Zern – A male Ry’ken who’s taken the shape of a muscular Dragon.
Jack – A male black and white harlequin rabbit and pet of Zern. In love with being edged, denied, and wearing chastity.

Other Characters:
Talik – A male Ry’ken who’s taken the shape of a well-built Hyena.

Zern and Jack
	The drive back home from the Picnic was in embarrassing silence. Both Zern and Jack felt humiliated, both in different ways. Zern couldn’t look at his pet without Talik’s words echoing in his mind. Jack couldn’t look at his master without envisioning what Polo would do in this moment and feeling shame that he couldn’t do that. There was nothing either of them could do right now. The purpose of the Picnic had been completed and both had left with something they needed to improve on. If Zern wasn’t angry at himself, he would have thought this day went well.
	Ignoring the cup incident, everything else went perfectly today. But he had to factor it in. He risked another glance at his pet, Jack was sweating much less and seemed to have found a comfortable way to sit with the massive dildo inside him. He still moaned and humped feverishly whenever Zern activated his remote, but he still had a much better reaction than his first one.
	Jack was trying his best to not sour things further. Zern looked disappointed. He knew that part of it wasn’t his fault but the majority of it was even worse due to the rabbit’s previous actions. He didn’t deserve Zern… He was such a bad boy… He deserved this punishment… Even if Polo thought it was slightly too much, this was the best way Jack knew to atone. But even so… Maybe the kobold was right… Should he have made the punishment less severe for him? He didn’t really know at this point.
	As the two arrived back home, Zern unbuckled his seatbelt and looked at his pet. What did he deserve to have such a good, obedient rabbit? This was all his fault… He also needed to atone. “Go ahead and head inside my Pet, I’ll take things back inside.”
	Jack’s eyes widened in worry. “Huh!? B-But Master I’m perfectly capable of doing that! I’m not passed out like Polo was! Please let me- ”
	Zern put a finger on the rabbit’s mouth, silencing him. “Jack, my Pet… Please don’t be disobedient…” The dragon ry’ken wanted to give the rabbit a slight smile but that annoying heat came back. His Decadence forced him to keep a neutral face. One Jack was not taking very well.
	The rabbit was on the verge of crying again. He did it again! He was disobeying and questioning his Master too much! Why!? Why can’t he be a good, obedient Pet? Why was he such a failure? “Y-Yes M-master… I’m sorry for protesting…” He managed to squeak that out before another timed vibration episode ravaged his ass and urethra again. His body helplessly humped at the air again as he was brought right to the edge of orgasming yet again; only to whimper again as the sensations stopped before he could release.
	Zern’s guilt wanted to express itself again, but Jack was already obeying him and walking out of the car. All he could do was stare at the seat his rabbit was once sitting at. A dark spot were all of the rabbit’s pre had collected was easily visible. I should punish him for that… What a bad boy… He found the voice so fucking annoying! His Pet was fine! The mess was fine! “Damnit… I need to fix this now rather than later…”
	Zern would attempt to busy himself unpacking everything from the Picnic, but his Decadence was always there, making it hotter and hotter. Thoughts of putting Jack through more harrowing punishments plagued his mind. Something, anything minor deserves a great punishment…
	Jack quietly yelped in surprise when he heard the door to the house close loudly. His Master was angry… Angry at him… He had every right to be too. Master Talik may have called him a “Good Boy” but that had to be wrong… He wasn’t a good boy. Good boys don’t make their Masters angry like this! Zern didn’t deserve him…
	As Zern furiously walked into the house, he stole another glance at Jack. His poor Pet… The rabbit’s eyes alone told him that his Pet thought he was angry at him but that couldn’t be any farther from the truth! Jack wasn’t the one at fault here. It was Zern! Damnit… Why can’t I tell my Pet that?
	Because Ry’ken are never wrong… Only Pets can do wrong… And any that do require punishment… Jack needs more punishment…
	No, he doesn’t! Fuck! The dragon ry’ken gripped his head in frustration and walked into the bedroom. He instinctively locked it and threw himself under the covers. Fuck! He felt so hot! He needed something to ruin, to decimate! You need your Pet here so you can dominate them… You need to break them completely…
	Jack was deeply concerned when his Master walked past him and locked the bedroom door behind him. This was all completely new to him. His Master never did that! “It’s… It’s because of me…” He slouched on the couch, reliving all of his incidents again. He watched in his memories as his Master’s playfulness sour into disappointment. The very sight hurt him… He needed more punishment…
	Zern sat in his bed and wrestled with his Decadence for a while. With each counterargument and rebuttal, the ry’ken made against the voice, he was countered with an enticing technicality that was in both parts correct and incorrect about him. Each exchange only made him feel hotter. He pulled off his clothes as he felt steam emanate from his muscular body in frustration. He felt like he was a walking sauna. There was even smoke billowing from his nose that noticeably began burning his nose. He didn’t even know his body could get that hot!
	You can try to fight me Zern, but you know I’m right… The more you fight me the warmer your body gets… The more desperate you will grow… Just think, all of that can be satiated if you unlock that bedroom door and break that Pet of yours…
	I’m not doing that you annoying voice! Zern made sure the poison of his words were emphasized. He loved Jack and loved being kinky with him, but he never truly wished to break him like how his Decadence wanted him to. This was what was pushing him. This was the terrible thought egging the ry’ken forwards. It was this voice that made him further punish Jack more than necessary. All of his problems, from the couch incident to now was all because of this voice… He needed to get rid of it!
	Zern’s Decadence heard his thought process clearly. There was no part of the ry’ken’s mind it couldn’t read. Hehehehe… You can’t get rid of me Zern… I am integral to you… No ry’ken can get rid of their Decadence, the most you can do is ignore me…
	Grrr… Well, I’ve been trying to ignore you but you’re way too damn loud! Why can’t you go back to being silent!?
	Silence filled the void space between the two. His Decadence couldn’t really find an answer. … Honestly… I do not know… Ever since that horrible incident where that disobedient rabbit made a mess on our precious couch, I found a way to express my grievances using your draconic body heat…
	That… That was when I evolved. Talik was right… My heat IS my Gift… but you control it… Zern turned his voice bitter. Relinquish control to me at once!
	His Decadence made a gasp in exasperation. Huh!? What!? Do you honestly think I CHOOSE to be this loud!? It is your own power! I am merely using what I have access to express my own beliefs! Am I really evil for doing that!?
	Grrr. You’re evil because you’ve gained more control over me and allowed me to agree to egregious punishments for Jack!
	I didn’t know that could happen okay!?
	Bad actions and choices have bad consequences… If you were the voice of an Ry’ken’s instincts I would think you would understand that.
	The voice seemed to get more desperate and defensive. I DO KNOW THAT! I’M A PART OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS AND SUBCONSCIOUSNESS!!
	Then why did you lead me to make Jack be overstimulated and edged to oblivion? Why was he such a nervous wreck that both Polo and Talik saw through it? Why was I allowed to be embarrassed at a Picnic?
	Well… I- … Ry’kens are- … The voice grew meek and quiet.
	Come on Decadence… Tell me. Tell me why I was subject to bad consequences when those are all supposedly supposed to be afflicted only on Pets like Jack… I wish to know…
	… I- … But… When a Pet does something wrong, they need to be broken and made an example of…
	Your words are true, but they only speak of me dominating and destroying Jack… What about building both me and him up so we both improve as Master and Pet? 
	That’s… That’s impossible! Ry’kens are a perfect species! There is no reason for a Master to improve!
	Then why does Talik seem to have a better grasp over this than me?
	Well… He’s your elder brother… It-It makes sense!
	But should that not even matter because we’re both ry’ken? Why is your logic flawed?
	I-NO! You will not twist my words like this!
	Zern couldn’t help but smile to himself. I can and I will. You’ve been twisting my behaviors and words before this, so why can’t I do the same?
	TRY ALL YOU WANT ZERN! YOU CAN’T SUPPRESS ME!
	At this point, I don’t even want to suppress you… I want you to learn your place…
	Noticeable fear echoed from his Decadence. I- Wh-What…?
	Zern steadied his breathing and focused on his heat. He flexed his muscles slightly, feeling them noticeably fluctuate in temperature. It felt… empowering. He felt more dominant than ever, and his Decadence seemed to catch wind of said change too.
	Zern felt his mental space shift slightly. He found himself in his bedroom but with a naked and nervous looking rabbit staring at him. The rabbit shared Zern’s color scheme all the way to his eyes. The rabbit even had splotches of green near his muzzle and arms. The rabbit was giving him a slightly fearful look. When the dragon ry’ken took a step towards the rabbit, they would flinch back slightly.
	Zern kept up his ominous steps until the rabbit had backed against the wall, knocking over a drawer filled with cuffs, ropes, and a rod cage. Zern smiled at the display. “Where’s your bravado now?”
	L-Look Zern we can still just talk normally about this…
	Zern continued forwards until his breath was right on the rabbit. “Sure~ We can talk about it…”
	His Decadence’s face began changing from fear to a reluctant smile. All until he felt the towering ry’ken grab him by the shoulder and throw him onto the bed. Eep!
	“We can talk about you learning your place… You will learn who deserves full control.”
	Zern reached down to pick up all of the spilled objects and walked to the bed. The rabbit was still a bit stunned from being thrown and couldn’t react to what he did.
	The rabbit whimpered as he felt a hot presence press down on his back. Ah! H-Hot!
	Zern smirked at the rabbit struggling in his grasp. “Is it now? This is just my hand. If this is how you’re reacting, then you won’t last against my cock.”
	Sh-Shut up! I’m the embodiment of your prideful instincts as a Ry’ken!
	Instead of verbally responding. Zern would cuff the rabbit’s wrists and legs instead. His Decadence barely noticed what he had done until they had attempted stretch their legs. A satisfying whimper escaped the rabbit Zern turned him over.
	H-Huh!? W-Wait!
	Zern blew smoke out of his nostrils. “No. I’m not waiting. Your actions stopped me from fucking my Pet. You’re going to be the next best thing.”
	The rabbit began to struggle slightly until Zern held him firm again. He opened his mouth to protest only to be gagged with a ball gag. Hrhgh~
	“Much better. Now, since you made me think a rod cage was a suitable punishment for Jack, why don’t you try one out.”
	His Decadence’s eyes widened at the sight of the cage. He watched as Zern breathed on it to change it back into a sounding rod. He blushed at the sight and turned away from it.
	“That’s not going to work. Hold still…” Zern made sure his tone was commanding. It was incredibly easy, especially with his heat.
	The rabbit didn’t want to, but Zern’s tone forced him. It was too alluring to not obey. All he could do was drool in anticipation as the ry’ken brought the rod above his cock. All it took was a single touch of Zern’s warm claw to make the rabbit erect. The warm organ was warmed even further. He moaned through his gag.
	That moan was only the beginning and Zern was going to make sure it wasn’t the last. He slid the rod over the rabbit’s tip, coating the rod in pre. He gave the rabbit a malicious glare before inserting the rod.
	The rabbit could only let out a muffled moan as his cock’s hole was stretched. He instinctively thrusted into the rod, pushing it further into his cock. However, all he would find was disappointment. 
He looked at the rod in desperation. It had bottomed out in his cock but still had another full inch remaining outside. He heard a dominant chuckle as Zern stares at the rabbit.
“Heh. My thoughts were correct, you’re smaller than even Jack and even more pathetic.”
Ywr thloughts? I’M YU!
“If you were me, you wouldn’t be buckling under pressure like this.”
His Decadence glared daggers at him, a face that was easily broken when Zern continued sounding the rabbit.
Zern kept up the act until he was sure the rabbit was close to cumming. Once he did, he breathed on the rod again.
The rabbit moaned in both pleasure and pain. The dragon ry’ken’s hot breath heated his cock he would have came on the spot if the rod wasn’t blocking his hole. He whimpered as the rod changed into a chastity cage, sealing up the rabbit’s already pathetic cock.
Zern looked at the overall scene with contempt. “So pathetic and worthless and you call yourself superior.”
His Decadence could only look away in shame at the comment. Then, his eyes would widen as Zern brought out his multi-tool. He shook his head frantically at what was about to happen.
Zern remained unmoved, pressing the button to activate the rod cage’s vibrator. The rabbit immediately began humping the air at the stimulation. He moaned in desperation as he was brought closer to release. However, his desperation would turn into confusion.
Whg cgn’t I cghm?
Zern stared into his eyes uncaringly. “Because you are in my mental space, and you must obey it. Remember: Bad Pets aren’t allowed to cum. Only Good Pets”
The rabbit helplessly struggled against his bonds. Pwht!? I’M NOGH A PWHT! I’M YWR DIGHIDGHNCE Y-YWU CGN’T DO SHIS
“Oh, my Decadence. No, you’re not even worthy of that. Oh, you pathetic piece of my mind, you may as well be. You’ve been the only disobedient thing here. Now, if you’re done bitching its time to break you like how you wanted me to break Jack. Hope your ready Pet…”
The rabbit could only sense pure domination and poison in the ry’ken’s voice. The very heat emanating was becoming hotter. Steam seemed to radiate off of his muscles, granting them an unnatural flare. He gazed at the ry’ken in pure fear and admiration. Zern was right… He was a bad boy… He was the one that needed a harsh punishment… 
Zern’s face began smiling wider in victory as the rabbit’s face lost any and all defiance it once had. He didn’t even need to say anything as the rabbit rolled over and presented his as to the dragon ry’ken.
He obliged immediately, rubbing his already half-mast cock against the rabbit. Just the initial touch of the ry’ken’s cock made the rabbit yelp in pain at the heat of his organ. Alas, Zern could hardly care about his Decadence’s well-being. He rubbed the bound rabbit’s hole more until his behemoth of a cock was fully erect. It seemed slightly different though.
His once green cock had a slight tinge of red in it. It seemed even longer and girthier than it normally was. His already noticeable barbs became sharper and more pronounced. And, the biggest change, his flare was much more extravagant. His total size completely dwarfed the rabbit’s anal ring, and now, even the tip of the flare seemed impossible to fit.
“Ahh~ Look what you have don’t to me… At least you did one thing right… I should repay the favor…”
His Decadence could only moan in pain and pleasure as the oversized cock was shoved into his anus. His entire body craned to accommodate it, failing miserably. Not helping anything was the extreme heat being fired into his ass by said cock.
Zern was expecting a tight fit, but this was a whole other level. The rabbit’s ass was completely virgin and unused. With each inch Zern plunged, more and more of the rabbit’s hole became ravaged. His hot body only felt hotter, and he did nothing to stop it. No. He encouraged it…
As soon as the poor rabbit’s ass was hilted, the pain only increased from there. Zern then pulled back and thrusted even harder into him. He pushed his cock deeper and deeper, if the rabbit had any organs, he couldn’t imagine what they would be like right now. His sheer heat and pleasure turned him into a pathetic mess of whimpers and moans. His cock ached in its caged prison, feeling completely battered by the rod cage’s vicious vibrations.
It all quickly became too much for Zern’s Decadence. The poor rabbit’s eye’s quickly shot to the back of his head. Zern wasn’t even halfway to his orgasm before the rabbit completely surrendered.
“Grrrah! You’re fucking pathetic! You’re a sorry excuse for a ry’ken’s consciousness and a rabbit! Jack could have handled this and more! You’re worthless…”
The rabbit’s broken body agreed. Tears streamed down his eyes as Zern rutted him deeper. He succumbed to the heat, letting the dominant male take everything from him.
Zern kept up his scolding, growing hotter as he came closer to his orgasm. “When all of this is done, you will never take away from me nor Jack’s experience ever again… Understand!?”
The rabbit completely broke at the ry’ken’s words. YESH MASHTUR! I-I WOGH’T DO SHIS EVHUR AHGIN! I’M SOWWY!
“To whom are you sorry too?”
YWU!!!
Zern made sure to thrust much harder at the response, increasing his heat as well.
More tears and drool streamed down the rabbit’s face as he felt the ry’ken’s barbed cock ravage his ass and virile precum invade and burn his insides.
“It’s more than just me you need to be sorry to…”
I-I’M SOWWY TOGH YWUR PET!
“He’s not just a “Pet” that’s my boyfriend and he has a name!” Zern didn’t let up. Not only was he close but he also wanted to hear his Decadence say the full thing. He needed to be sure this Pet knew its place…
JACK!!! I’M SOWWY JACK! YWUGH AND ZURNGH I’M SOWWY FO EVWRTHUGH!! The rabbit couldn’t hold anything back at all, his Master’s mental space or not, he came. Nothing came out of the orgasm, just more pre. But he felt it. He felt everything and became numb to it at the same time. He was worthless… He was the bad boy… He was the disobedient Pet… He was the scum of the universe… And He deserved this fate…       
 Zern let out a small victorious smile as he thrusted hard into the rabbit one more time, pushing his barbed knot through the rabbit’s already broken rear. The gaped hole accepted the greater girth and allowed him to breed it. Zern’s vision clouded as he shot is superheated cum into the ravaged hole. Everything felt perfect… Everything felt complete… A column of smoke billowed from his snout, no longer burning it. In matter of fact, his entire body didn’t feel hot anymore at all! He felt… Dominant… All until he heard an alarm…
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	Jack had been trying to be a good boy this whole time, but he found it completely impossible now. Nothing could ever repair what he had done. The rabbit had embarrassed his Master so hard the dragon had locked himself up in the two’s bedroom for the rest of the evening. His Master didn’t even respond when he announced he had made dinner for the both of them. 
When he had reached for the door, had felt an immense amount of heat coming from the room. D-Does Master have a new power or something? Or… maybe… it’s to keep a failure like me away? Those thoughts ate up at Jack, forcing him to trudge back into the living room with lowered ears.
He sat on the couch. The very couch where this whole new set of issues started. Maybe… Maybe if he didn’t touch himself thinking about his Master back then… Maybe none of this would have ever happened…
His grief and anxiety gnawed at the poor rabbit. What a terrible excuse of a Pet he was… He wallowed in sadness until his eyes grew too heavy to keep him awake…
The next day wasn’t even better. The entire house seemed to be much hotter than it needed to be. The rabbit was completely unprepared for it… Maybe if I remembered to watch the news forecast before falling asleep, I would have prepared for this… Stupid Jack… Why are you so worthless?
The poor Pet found it hard to do anything that day either. Everything he did always seemed to have something go wrong… Breakfast? Burned the pancakes. Lunch? Fucked up the seasonings… Dishes? He couldn’t scrub certain marks off of the dishes… AND WAIT!!! HE SHOULDN’T EVEN BE DOING THEM!!! 
Jack stopped mid action. His Master wasn’t even watching him right now and he was disobeying… Tears streamed from his eyes as he placed the remaining dishes back into the sink and unplugged the drain… He dried his hands and looked at them… They were so meek and useless… To think… I’ve touched a beautiful creature like a Ry’ken with these hands… I’m completely unworthy…
Jack gave up… He couldn’t do this… Not to Zern… Not to Talik… Not to Polo… Not to any other Ry’ken… He walked back to the couch and sat down quietly. All he could do was bathe himself in the immense heat of the house… It felt nice… It felt warm… It felt cozy and dominating… Like… Like Master… No… I’m not fit to even call him that… It feels like… Zern… He smiled in melancholy. He loved this feeling, and he loved Zern… He loved everything about him… But… He was wasting it… Zern deserved a better Pet…
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	Today, Jack planned to do one last thing for Zern. At least, try to do it correctly… He wished to make Zern one of his favorite foods he had once tried while living on this planet. It was none other than breakfast Beignets. The two had once had it from a local restaurant in the city but Zern wished to savor the taste, so they rarely ever went there. He wanted to do this one thing right… But his useless body failed him…
	Jack had access to almost every kitchen appliance he could ever need! He’s cooked much more complex dishes than this! He’s even managed to satiate the hungers of not just one or two or even three Ry’kens. He had managed to make Zern’s entire squad of Ry’ken Masters savor his cooking. But now? That was all lost… Jack didn’t have it anymore… Instead, he had a bunch of Beignets overcooked and charred beyond belief. The fuck up was so bad that the fire alarm went off! NO! Nononono! Please God no!
	Jack scrambled to contain things, getting drops burning oil on his fur, singing it. It took a grueling 20 twenty seconds but everything managed to settle. There his final breakfast for Zern sat… Completely charred and inedible… He looked at his useless hands… Tears streamed down his face as he looked at the food in defeat… I’m… I truly am unworthy… I’m just some useless rabbit… Nothing has changed at all… I’m still the same useless Jack I’ve ever been…
	He made a plate out of the food and set it down at the table. He looked at both his and Zern’s plates with disgust and vitriol. Why!??? Why am I like this?
	Zern woke up slightly confused by the alarm. It took him a bit to realize that he was lying in his bed naked. He looked down at himself and noticed a few changes. He had a faint discolor of green stripes on his body now. His fully erect cock was still dripping his virile cum, however, it had an orange tint to the fluid rather than normal. His cock itself was noticeably larger. Just from a glance, he could tell that he was larger than his brother now with his girth now most likely matching the hyena ry’ken. His barbs became similar to the “dream” he had only a lot less extreme. Even his knot and sheath were bigger. If he had to guess, everything about him increased by two inches minimum. And as Zern stood up, he knew that included his height as well.
	He briefly walked to a mirror and gazed at his bigger body. The only thing that didn’t grow unfortunately was his muscular frame. He still looked the same on that front. Ah well… It’s still better than before…I’ll take this new me.
	He walked out of the room as the aggravatingly loud sound ceased. He walked out of the room and towards the living room. As he was walking there, he felt a horrid thought hit his head. Wait! Fuck! It’s morning time! I left Jack out here by himself! Damnit Zern! He calmed himself down slightly, fearing the annoying voice to come back. Somewhat unsurprisingly, it didn’t. What he did in his “dream” was enough to put it in line. This will be something else I plan to apologize for when I speak to Jack.
	As the dragon ry’ken got closer, he smell something both alluring and odd. The smell was undeniably a Beignet, but it didn’t smell like a normal batch. As he rounded the corner, he found his precious rabbit missing from the room. His heart quickened in concern until he walked a bit further in. There he would find a much worse sight than he wanted to see…
	Jack heard Zern’s incoming footsteps. Each one was louder and more soul-wrenching. He couldn’t bare it but forced himself to anyways. He was ready… He knew what had to be done…
	The two’s eyes would eventually meet in silence. Zern stared at his Pet, finding pain, desperation, and… sadness? Jack stared at his Master, finding guilt, frustration, and… relief?
	Immediately, Zern knew what had happened. “So, my Pet… You, uh, set off the alarm?” He kept his voice quiet, making sure no anger slipped into his tone.
	Jack gulped and side-eyed the kitchen, quickly looking back. “Y… Yes Master… That was me…” After saying that, he internally braced himself for Zern’s incoming rage.
	“I… See…” The dragon ry’ken walked over to the table and sat down. His suspicions were indeed correct. “Attempted to make beignets?”
	The rabbit slowly nodded his head. “Y-Yes, I did Master… And… I failed miserably… Like… Like I always do…”
	“Oh… My dear Pet- “
	“ZERN!!! DON’T CALL ME THAT!” Jack panted hard at his outburst. He shook his head and realized what he had done. But no. He needed to do this! “I’m, I’m sorry… I mean… I don’t deserve to be called your Pet Zern…”
	The ry’ken couldn’t stop a look of shock from appearing on his face. He also had to shake his head and calm himself down too before speaking. “W-What?”
	“I said “I don’t deserve to be called your Pet”!”
	“… Why?”
	“Because I don’t! I’ve messed up way too many times! And each time you punish me accordingly I still don’t get better! Break important things and disobey your orders and rules! What kind of “Pet” DOES THAT!?” Jack didn’t realize he had unconsciously stood up. He looked down at himself in sadness. “… A Bad one…”
	Zern shook his head. “Jack, you don’t mean- “
	“Yes, I do! I’ve failed as your Pet Zern! From the couches and my punishment to the cup and my chastity punishment and even to my jealousy of you breeding another Pet like Polo! Time and time again I’ve failed you, with you getting more and more understandably frustrated at me!” Jack looked at his useless hands again. “You’ve given me way too many chances to get better Zern, to be the perfect Pet of a beautiful alien like you, and I’ve squandered everything every time…” He looked deep into Zern’s beautiful lime green eyes. “You don’t need a dumb, worthless, useless bunny like me as a Pet. You deserve a better Pet like Polo… One you can actually be proud of and won’t embarrass you in front of the other Masters… You need a Pet that reflects your perfect capabilities as the leader of a global subjugation quest… Someone who’s not me… the dumb, worthless, useless rabbit that unsealed you and the other Masters in the first place…”
	Zern already knew what Jack was getting at but let him finish anyways.
	“…Basically… What I’m asking is… Master? Zern? Can you swap me for a better more useful Pet? Leave me behind in the dirt I belong in for a much better Pet that will help you better subjugate the world?”
	Zern looked away from Jack and chose to look outside at the rising sun. The mornings on this planet were very beautiful, one of the many wonders of it. He let the rabbit’s confession weigh on him a bit. He unconsciously closed his eyes and found himself in his mental space again…
	His Decadence was dressed this time and was meekly sitting on the bed. Zern found himself standing in front of a mirror, gazing only at the rabbit’s reflection.
	So… Wh-What are you going to do Master? Do we find another cute rabbit?
	Zern looked at himself long and hard. Beneath all of this draconic skin, he was a Ry’ken… A dominant species that sends insurgents to planets to subjugate or prepare them for subjugation… But Ry’kens were also, highly romantic… Relationships are valued at the highest honor… And one of the main cruxes of a relationship was communication… “What Ry’ken would I be by failing to communicate?”
	His Decadence gave him a confused look. Well, you would be a pretty bad and embarrassed one. Relationships require communication to function. That’s integral to every Ry’ken’s instinct…
	“All of this shit started with the couch incident… That’s undeniable… But the main scar that plagued me and Jack was my failure to communicate to him… Whether by cause of you…”
	The rabbit fearfully glared at him. H-Hey! I’ve already apologized for that Master!
	Zern ignored him. “… or me…” Looked up at his ceiling as he felt an idea come to him.
	The rabbit narrowed his eyes. Hey… I-I don’t like that… You’re thinking through something instead of looking only at the future…
	“Yes, I am…” Zern smirked as the idea funneled into both his and his Decadence’s parts of his mind.
	Grr… You’re not some Divergent Master! You’re a proud Ry’ken!
	“Well… Look where being a “proud Ry’ken got me” …”
	The door to Zern’s space would open, revealing a certain hyena ry’ken. He wordlessly leaned on the side door, smirking. Zern could only smile and shake his head. “Well… Maybe I should think like one more…” He looked over to his brother. The hyena ry’ken had his genuine smile. It may have just been a mental image of him, but he was still annoying all the same. “Heh… I hate it when Talik’s right.”
	So… What are you going to do Master?
	“Tell him… everything…”
	Jack waited in anticipation. He gulped as Zern opened his eyes and turned back to the rabbit. When he did, Jack would find a face he would have never expected… Zern’s face looked… happy. Not his seductive smile he would have normally but a rare genuine smile… The same one he had when the two first met…
	“Jack… I’m sorry… I failed you as both a Master and a boyfriend…”
	Jack’s heart sank. “Oh! Z-Zern you- “
	The dragon ry’ken put a finger on Jack’s lips. “Shh… Please let me explain…”
	Jack nodded reluctantly. If he was allowed to fully say everything, who was he to deny his Master doing the same?
	Zern sighed and took a deep breath. “In Ry’ken culture Jack, a relationship is held in very high regards. It’s considered dishonorable to fail to have one. Even having a friendship is seen as better than being alone… In order to help with this our species evolved three things: A decadent thought process, a gift that fits our nature, and… an Intuitive Spark…”
	“An… Intuitive Spark?”
	“Yes… It’s a certain kind of feeling we get when we find someone, we truly connect with… It doesn’t matter if it’s a Pet, Ry’ken, or a whole other species entirely, that spark tells us that that entity and ourselves are meant to be…”
	Jack looked away and blushed. “Did you… Did you see it in me?”
	Zern smiled at him. “What face do you think I’m giving you right now?”
	Jack’s heart fluttered at the admission. He always did love the ry’ken’s smile and now knowing that it was completely genuine and meant to be made him feel elated. However, as soon as the high began his failures came suit. Sadness took over. “B-But… I’ve failed you so many times Zern. Maybe… M-Maybe it’s wrong about me…”
	Zern placed his hand under the rabbit’s chin and pulled it up gently. Jack obeyed, allowing the dragon ry’ken to make the stare into each other’s eyes again. “Oh Jack… Wanna know something funny? Ry’kens are never wrong about anything when it comes to their instincts… We just don’t typically think things out…”
	Jack’s eyes widened. “R-Really?”
	“Really… I’ve done it way to many times… Especially with you… From the couch incident to the stuff at the Picnic to even at this breakfast table with your burned food… It’s just as much, no, it’s pretty much all my fault… I pushed you so hard to be perfect and didn’t seek to perfect myself…”
	“B-But… You don’t need to Zern! I’m the one that messed up! That’s why you punished me!” Jack looked down as his hands again. “I can only wish I was even half as perfect as a Pet than Polo…”
	Zern smiled and leaned in close. “Heh, you wanna know something about Talik and Polo?”
	The rabbit looked up with intrigue.
	“Talik told me, as I also suspect Polo hinted at as well, both of them were not perfect either.”
	“Wh-WHAT!?”
	“It’s true… If anything, Talik and Polo’s incidents were considerably worse than ours…”
	“H-How did they get bet- ” Jack silenced himself as Polo’s words from the Picnic came back to him… “…when I look back at those times, I don’t have regrets… I feel relieved that Talik taught me a lesson… Now I never make those mistakes again!” His own mind answered his own question. “Master Talik learned from the experience as well… Both he and Polo grew from it…”
	Zern nodded. “Indeed… And Talik made sure to rub that fact in during the Picnic… All of his yelling was to berate me…”
	Jack’s face became shocked.
	“… And to be honest… I did deserve it… I mean, look at what I’ve done to you…” He gestured to Jack’s crotch, noting that his rod cage still remained snugly attached to the rabbit’s organ. The massive dildo within the rabbit seemed to have been fully accommodated for by his body as the rabbit was able to sit much more casually now. “Because I couldn’t control my decadence nor my gift, I let my internal heat become too much to bear… I took that out on you when you didn’t deserve it… Just the rod cage or just the dildo would have been enough… Using both on you…” The dragon ry’ken shook his head. “… It was completely unnecessary… I’m sorry Jack…”
	Jack began to tear up. “Z-Zern… After all these times I’ve failed you as a Pet and it’s you who apologizes to me!? I-I really don’t deserve you!”
	The rabbit lunged forwards and hugged the alien. The speed of it did manage to surprise him. He couldn’t help but feel himself getting warmer in response. Something Jack was quick to feel.
	“Ahh~ So… You feel so warm Zern~!” He buried himself deeper into the dragon ry’ken’s chest.
	Zern could only smile and began tearing up as well. “Heh… That would be me gaining control over my Gift… Speaking of control…” He pulled himself and the rabbit back and looked back into those beautiful heterochromatic eyes. The very ones that was the first things he ever saw when being unsealed. “… I give you full control right now Jack… What would you like to do? Would you like to leave me and go back to your old life or stay with me and have us both work out some of these kinks we still have? … Or even some third option? I… I haven’t thought that far ahead… So uhh. This is hard for me…”
	Jack couldn’t help but laugh loudly. Never before had he heard a more sincere admission other than himself. He looked back towards the kitchen, then to the sink, and finally, to the couch… He’s made so many mistakes, but Zern did as well… The rabbit initially thought that nothing he had done had changed but now he knew… He knew that that was fine… Everyone grows and learns from experience and that includes his Master.”
	Zern risked adding more to his plea. “Would a supposedly “useless and dumb” rabbit want to take another chance with a stupid and inexperienced alien?”
	Jack heart skipped a beat. It was true… both he and Zern failed. But rather than discarding him for something better, his beautiful alien boyfriend wanted to restart things bit… And if Jack was honest, he didn’t want this life to end, he just thought he needed to… Tear of joy welled up in his eyes as he held each of Zern’s hands in his own. “… Yes! I-I want to start again…”
	The two couldn’t stop themselves from passionately kissing. Both felt the moment to do so to be perfect… The couch? Insignificant. The cup? Talik and Polo didn’t mind. The Picnic? The perfect wake-up call. And now… This breakfast? A new start…
	The two would break their kiss after a full minute, both only lightly panting in the aftermath. Jack would blush as the saliva trailing from the both of them. He would earn a smile from Zern before the ry’ken slurped up the strand into one final kiss before separating…
	“This… This is what M-Master Talik and Polo were doing…”
	Zern leaned in close. “Indeed. Seems like they both left a good example on us both… Now we can truly return to form.”
	Jack would smile as an idea appeared in his head. One that would rekindle them both. “Z-Zern… If we wish to truly return to form, how about we do the very first thing we ever did?”
	Zern chuckled. “Heh. Are you asking me to breed you?”
	Jack blushed hard and looked away. He couldn’t help but feel his own embarrassment stir up. “I’m… I’m asking if you could reclaim me as your Pet… officially… again…”
	“Ah~ Right… You did technically relinquish that…” The dragon ry’ken gently but firmly held the rabbit. “You wish to earn becoming my Pet again? Master Zern is happy to oblige…”
	Jack’s heart began racing with excitement as the big dragon lifted him up and carried him into the living room. He let out a yelp and a moan as Zern placed him firmly on the couch.
	The two remained still gazing into each other’s eyes again. A smile grew on both of their faces as Zern spoke. “Are you sure you want to go through with this? Once I do this, there’s no going back for you~”
	Jack instinctively moaned in response as Zern repeated the very same words he first said to the rabbit. The moment was so clear to him right now. It was all the same! The only difference was… Zern felt so much more dominant and warmer than ever before. “Ahhh~ P-Please do it Zern! Take me! Make me yours! I wanna be your Pet!”
	Zern gave him a smile before pulling down Jack’s underwear, revealing his caged cock and a massive dildo. “Hmmh~ I have to remove something first… Something, annoying…”
	Jack braced himself on the couch and moaned loudly as he felt Zern tug at the large dildo. The dragon ry’ken tugged on the insertion, coaxing the knot of the dildo out more and more. “Hhaaahh~ Y-Yessss!” *plop!*
	With a successful pull, Zern pulled out the dildo. The shaft of the insertion easily slid out of the rabbit’s hyper stretched hole. Jack could only moan as the bulge in his stomach disappeared and his gaped holed felt the air of its surroundings fill and tickle his insides. His paws curled in response to the feeling.
	“Hnnngh~ Empty…”
	“Heh, not for long my precious Pet…”
	Jack didn’t get to say anything before a musky, dominant scent filled his nose. The dragon ry’ken’s hand and body was feeling much warmer than usual. His overpowering scent drove his own pheromones into a frenzy. Pre leaked internally inside his cage, and he could only moan as the intensity of everything increased.
	Zern began building up his heat more and more. His cock quickly grew erect and peaked out of its sheath in anticipation. The amazing smell of Jack’s submissive pheromones made him hungry, and the rabbit’s gaped hole certainly wasn’t helping. Zern played with his sheath a bit more, coaxing out his cock’s bigger length.
	Jack’s eyes would widen upon seeing Zern’s newer cock. “Oh m-my~ Zern your… Much bigger…”
	Zern blushed. “I know… This happened very recently…”
	“It’s… At least half an inch wider! And you’re nearly 30 inches!”
	Zern frowned a bit… “Is that… too much for you Jack?”
	Jack’s eyes lit up. “Are you kidding!? It’s amazing! You’re a stallion! P-please Zern! Stretch me more! I already want you to reclaim me!”
	Zern’s face turned back into his genuine smile. “As you wish my future Pet~”
	Zern wasted no time forcing in his flare. The tip punched through into Jack with some resistance. There would be no issue in the rabbit taking his cock until the final few inches.
	“Hrnngh~ M-More please! Zern! I can take it! Be rough! Like you always are!” 
	Zern reeled back before thrusting back into the rabbit again. Jack would moan more as his anus was stretched even more than the dildo he carried could go. It felt so good~! He felt so warm~!
	Jack pushed into the ry’ken attempting to help himself more to the heated rod. Zern was somehow getting hotter and hotter and so was his cock. It felt amazing! Everything about his cock felt much greater! The way his barbs raked and tickled at the rabbit’s hole sent him into a lust-filled frenzy! He looked down to see a noticeable bulge in his stomach each time he was hilted. It made him feel so prideful~!
	Zern felt like he could make himself hotter, his precious rabbit was enjoying it fully and he was willing to take it further! But, he didn’t. He wouldn’t. No, unless Jack really wanted it. No decadence. Only wishes… “Grrh~ Hope you’re ready for my eggs Pet!”
	Tears streamed from Jack’s eyes as he felt his Master penetrate deeper into him. He was ready! He wanted this! “Please Master! I’m ready~! Breed me!”
	Zern wordlessly obliged, choosing to let out a guttural growl of dominance as he forced the rabbit’s already abused hole to accept his massive knot. He heard Jack scream in pain and pleasure as the knot squeezed past his anal ring and settled into his ass. His virile cum shot into the rabbit, earning a moan and whimper with every spurt that coated his innards.
	“Hhrrghhh~!!! S-So full~ S-So warm~ Mmmmph~!”
	Zern leaned on top of Jack, putting his face close to the rabbit’s. He whispered the very words Jack always wished the ry’ken said to him again. “So… What are you?”
	Jack responded as true to himself as he could ever be. “A Pet~… Jack is Zern’s Pet~… Zern is Jack’s Master~… Master is the owner of a harlequin rabbit Pet named Jack~…” He was so proud of himself! He had remembered the beautiful mantra his Master had trained into him! He felt so warm~! So full~! So… happy~!
	Zern watched as Jack’s eyes grew tired. His stomach was still bloating, attempting to accommodate the ry’ken’s virile load. Occasionally, the rabbit would gulp deeply, more than likely tasting his Master’s cum in the back of his throat. Zern felt so proud of himself and his Pet.
	Jack felt his Master lay down behind him, wrapping him deeper in warmth. It only encouraged his sleepiness further. “Hngh~ Hahh~ M-Master…~ mmmmph~”
	“Heh. I love you Jack…”
	“I love you too Zern…”
	The dragon ry’ken couldn’t help but drag his hand down to his Pet’s rod cage. “Mmph~ After this rest, I’ll get you out of this Ry’ken Cage. You don’t need continue to be punished with it…”
	Jack moaned at the touch and looked down with half-lidded eyes at it. “M-Master…”
	“Yes?”
	“Is it weird that I still want to keep using it?”
	“Oh? Do you like it more than your original cage?”
	Jack blushed. “N-Not necessarily. It’s just… This punishment made me love having my urethra penetrated… So… C-Can I…”
	“Heh. Does my Pet want me to add sounding to our regiment?”
	“It-It’s selfish to ask, but… Yes. Please… I want to be sounded more. And wear cages with rods…”
	Zern did silently curse himself. He afflicted a punishment on his Pet so well that his Pet liked it. Back when he couldn’t control himself, he let it happen. *sigh* All I can do is live with my consequences… He gave Jack a smile. “Then I will add it to the list my Pet. I’ll make sure we train that hole well…”
	Jack blushed deeply and snuggled in more against his Master’s warm body. “Mmmph~ Th-Thank you… Master…”
	Zern wanted to respond but Jack quickly slipped away into sleep. He gave the harlequin rabbit a smile before looking around for the remote to the tv. He found it laying on top of the couch, along with his phone. Odd… Did I really leave my phone out and not put it on the charger?
	He sighed before slightly straining to grab both of them without waking up his Pet. Curiously, as soon as he picked up is phone, it began vibrating with a phone call.
	Zern promptly answered it, hearing his brother on the other line.
	“Hey little bro~” Though Zern was a bit annoyed at the coy voice, he could sense that something big was behind it.
	“Hello Talik… What up?”
	“First off… How was everything? Did you sort the voice out?”
	“My decadence? Yeah. I fixed that problem.”
	“And Jack?” Zern was quick to notice his older brother’s slightly poisonous tone.
	“Don’t worry Talik. We sorted out everything. We made up…” Zern couldn’t help but brush his hands over the sleeping rabbit, earning him a smile from his sleeping form. “Our bond is on a path to becoming even stronger.”
	There was silence over the phone for a bit. Zern couldn’t hear anything, but his senses told him that the hyena ry’ken was judging whether or not he was being truthful.
	“Well… Ouch… I didn’t think my own brother would believe I was lying and feel the need to mentally prod at me like that.” He made sure his tone was equal part accusatory and joking.
	“Heheh~ Sorry Zern, I couldn’t take any chances. I had to be thorough.”
	“I guess, speaking in “thorough” why did you call me? Weren’t you supposed to be doing the Breeding Ritual with Polo?”
	“Hehe~ I did that 2 days ago silly, Polo just delivered the eggs today!”
	Zern’s eyes widened. “Wait… 2 days?” He looked down at Jack with worry.
	“Something wrong Zern?”
	“I… I spent 2 days asleep?”
	“Uhh… Yeah. You were talking with your Decadence. That stuff takes time buddy… Why? What happened?”
	Zern shook his head. “Nah… It’s nothing. Just… That explains a lot…”
	Zern knew Talik could detect his bad attempt at a lie but thankfully the hyena ry’ken didn’t push the thought further. “Alright… Well, anyways… I wanted to talk to you about your request…”
	Zern leaned in on his phone. “Do you have a plan, Talik?”
	“Yes, I do~ All thanks to my precious kobold~ Tell Sothist to meet me at my work at 10 am tomorrow…”
	Zern sighed. “Why not tell him yourself Talik?”
	Talik’s tone quickly became bitter. “You know exactly why Zern… Me and that lizard can cooperate, but we can barely stand each other…”
	Zern could only shake his head. “*sigh* Alright Talik… I’ll pass on the message…”
	His brother’s voice quickly swapped to its fake, positive tone. “Awesome~! Thank little bro~ I’ll get started as soon as my Love wakes up from his cute nap~! Bye-bye~!”
	“Goodbye…” Zern hung up the phone and shook his head again. He then scrolled down his contacts to the “S” section and found a picture of a purple and yellow skink. He hesitated a bit before pressing the call button.
	The phone rang 3 times, each one bringing Zern closer to a slight amount of relief that he would just go to voicemail. Alas, fate wasn’t on his side here as the confirm beep would occur. A slithery and snarky voice would appear on the other end…
	“Hello Captain~!”
	“Sothist…”
	“To what do I owe the pleasure? What are my orders?”
	“Talik wants you to meet him tomorrow at his work. 10am sharp. No lateness.”
	“Oh~? That hyena wishes to willingly interact with me? Verrrry niccce~ As you command sir I shall follow. Anything else?” Zern hated the poison in way he called his brother’s disguised race.
	“Make sure you limit that attitude with Talik understand?”
	“Oh yessss~! Absolutely Captain! I shall dial back my mannerisms as best as I can~! Anything else?”
	“… No. Nothing else.”
	“Amazing~! Enjoy your Pet and the rest of your Day Captain!”
	Sothist hung up the phone for Zern. He stared at that “Call Ended” tag as it faded back into the skink’s picture. He couldn’t help but feel his heat burn a little too fiercely.
The low groan of pain it coaxed out of Jack’s sleeping form was enough to get him to stop. He turned his heat down lower and went back to softly caressing his sleeping Pet as his mind continued his thoughts. *sigh* That lizard always makes it hard to like him…