The Hunt For Treasure

Story by Natsuru on SoFurry

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Story request for my friend :Thizoracicon: and the second story of the Year of the Dragon Misadventures.

With a mysterious temple having appeared within the Australian jungle, Natsuru and Drake go in to investigate the temple. Not only because it might involve Demonster activity, but also because of the chance of finding treasure of all kinds. But can they endure every trap the temple throws; among other challenges?

Story and Natsuru Drake © :Natsuruicon:

Drake Lynx © :Thizoracicon:

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Year of the Dragon

The Hunt for Treasure

By Natsuru

Driving through a dense jungle; somewhere in Australia, were Natsuru Drake and Drake Lynx. Excitement was present upon their faces, as they were heading in the direction of a newly discovered temple. Briefly staring at one another, the two were now grinning; just as the lynx was parking his jeep just a few feet away.

“So; you’re saying this temple just appeared”, Natsuru said; upon exiting out from the jeep. His goggles covering his eyes, as he sported a new cork hat atop his head; the same kind that his lynx friend usually wears. “Just, completely out of nowhere?”

“Yep; at least according to the news”, Drake answered, as he too exited from the jeep. He slightly lowered his favorite cork hat, to shield his eyes from the sun’s rays that pierced through the jungle trees.

“And so far; nobody’s explored this temple, right”, Natsuru asked.

“That’s right”, Drake answered. “I guess everybody was too scared to even want to investigate the place. Probably figured it’d be too dangerous.”

The grin on the dragon’s face had widened. Natsuru brought himself over to the lynx’s side, and placed an arm across his shoulder. “So then; why did you bring us here”, Natsuru asked. The dragon moved his face closer to one of Drake’s ears. “In fact; why did you only request for me to come along with you?”

Just like the green reptile, the grin across Drake’s face had widened. “Well, don’t you just find it suspicious for such a temple to appear out of nowhere”, Drake questioned. “This seems like something up our alley to investigate whatever’s in there.”

Listening to the words that came out from his friend’s mouth, Natsuru nodded his head. The dragon seemingly understood what the lynx was getting at; there was probably some demonster activity going on with that temple. At the very least, that answered both of Natsuru’s questions, but as for why Drake only wanted him, had him curious.

“Also…”, The lynx took his friend’s arm off from around his shoulder. Drake’s eyes were immediately replaced with the Australian equivalent of dollar signs, as he raised a fist. “Think about what all sorts of valuable things are lying in wait in there”, he said with excitement. “Gems, gold, treasure; we’ll be rich, mate.”

“Oh, so that’s why we’re really here; because of greed”, Natsuru said bluntly.

Drake didn’t make any attempt to deny his friend’s words; the lynx just nodded his head with a smirk, as his eyes returned to normal. Although, the feline was right that there still could be some demonster activity within. The dragon walked himself up to the temple entrance, and leaned himself against one of the pillars. The look on his face appeared to be that of disappointment, but…

“I’m so disappointed in you, Drake”, Natsuru said in a solemn tone. “And here I thought the reason you brought me along, was just you taking me away from Haru, and making me all yours.”

At first, Drake was worried when he heard the first sentence from the dragon. But as soon he heard the second sentence, he could immediately tell Natsuru was messing around; he could even hear a subtle snicker. “Hah! In your dreams, mate”, Drake said, as he flicked his friend in the snout. “Although, depending on how things go, I just might give you a reward far greater than any treasures.”

With a wink from the lynx, Natsuru grin didn’t waver, as steam blew out from his nostrils. With no more waiting around, the two proceeded to make their way inside of the temple. But unbeknownst to them, the two were seemingly being followed, as two shadows appeared at the temple entrance.

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Now within the temple, Natsuru and Drake were traveling in a straight line further away from the entrance. The lynx was very excited; looking every which way as he walked on through. The temple was really tickling his miner instincts; imagining all of the things he could dig up. That is, if he’d remember to bring along his mining tools.

Natsuru; on the other hand, wasn’t as excited as he’d hoped. Not to say he wasn’t excited about the prospect of finding treasures, there was just something else occupying his mind. Ever since they walked in, the dragon’s senses - namely, his sense of smell - has been messing with him. He’d been taking in so many smells, that it was hard for him to make out just what he was looking for.

“Oh no, this is bad”, Natsuru thought. “I can barely make out what I’m smelling.” Even while going through his thoughts, the dragon focused his attention on Drake; checking the feline out from top to bottom. The dragon was now glaring; baring his fangs in the process. “I can barely smell Drake, and if I can’t smell him; despite being this close, then I won’t be able to smell any other demonsters, or non-demonsters. Is it because of this temple?”

As they continued to walk in a straight line, Drake took notice of just how silent it was; he and Natsuru should’ve at least been conversing. From the corner of his eye, he could see that the dragon was deep in thought at the moment. Just to break the silence - and because he remembered something very important - the lynx began to share some valuable exploration tips.

“Now, Nat, while we’re exploring this place, we should really be aware of our surroundings”, Drake started. “So make sure you don’t step on, or press against any switches.”

Unfortunately for the lynx, Natsuru was only half listening, since he was still wondering what was up with his sense of smell. “I wasn’t paying attention; what should I look out for?” Just as soon as the dragon had finished his sentence, his ears twitched at the sound of a clink. Seeing that he’d stepped on a pressure sensitive switch. His eyes - along with Drake’s - had gone completely blank. “Uh…I just pressed down on something.”

A few seconds later, little holes started to open up upon both walls, and being fired out from them were blow darts. Natsuru and Drake were in a panic, as they dodged every blow dart being shot at them. Their clothes were being torn and ripped, and they were dealt some minor cuts upon the parts of their body that weren’t covered. The two were now running for their lives; all while avoiding the darts as best they could, until the trap stopped. Stopping in place, the two were catching their breaths.

“Ya see…Nat…that is why…we must always…be aware of…our surroundings”, Drake said between breaths. “Let’s make sure…that will be…our only trap.”

“Got it”, Natsuru said with a thumbs up. “I’ll do a better job…at checking my surroundings, and make sure…not to think while walking.” While the dragon was recovering his breath, he placed a hand against one of the walls. As he was helping himself to stand upright, Natsuru had unintentionally brought his hand upon another pressure switch, and pushed it in. He and the lynx’s eyes went blank again, as they heard that clinking sound again. “Uh…I pressed against something again.”

Immediately, a red vein appeared upon Drake’s head. Although Natsuru had accidentally activated another trap, nothing was actually happening. Even then, the two were on their guard; looking around to see just where the next trap would come from. And yet, nothing still happened; which in turn put the two at ease.

“Well, would ya look at that”, Natsuru said. “It was a dud.”

Just after saying that, however, a spear had suddenly come out and stabbed through the side of Drake’s body. “GAH, FUCK”, the lynx shouted. Despite what had transpired before him, there wasn’t a hint of worry present on the dragon’s face. Instead, he let out a very nonchalant “ouch” in response to the lynx’s pain.

“You…um…doing ok there, Drake?”

The lynx didn’t immediately respond, as he focused on removing the spear from his side. With a quick tug, Drake’s eyes widened and his fangs clenched, as he removed the spear. “Yeah, I’m fine; doing fine”, he answered back. “Look, my wound is already healing.” And true to his words, the little hole upon the feline’s body was closing up; looking good as new, like he didn’t suffer a hit.

“Now that’s a good benefit to being half demonster”, Natsuru said. The reptile brought himself over to the lynx, and took the spear from his hand. He then started sniffing the tip of the spear, but even then, his sense of smell was still bad within the temple. “It’s hard to tell, but I can guarantee that this thing doesn’t have any poison on it.”

“Well, aren’t I lucky”, Drake said in a sarcastic tone. “Alright, Nat; I’m going to be taking charge. I think…it’ll be much safer, if I lead the way.”

Natsuru raised a finger; ready to speak out, but he quickly relented. Considering he’d already activated two traps for the day, the dragon had to reluctantly agree that the lynx leading the way would be safer. With a smile on face, Drake brought himself over to the reptile, and gave him a few pats on the shoulder.

“Now follow my lead, Nat”, Drake started. “I’ll lead us straight to the area where the treasure is safely, and with no traps activated.”

In a stroke of bad luck, the lynx ended up doing what the dragon had done prior. He’d accidentally stepped on a switch and pressed it downwards; the two hearing that familiar clinking sound again. And just like before, Drake’s eyes were blank, while Natsuru stood with a grin on his face.

“Oh would ya look at that; you just stepped on a trap switch”, he taunted. Hearing those words expelled from the dragon’s mouth, a sweatdrop appeared upon Drake’s head. “Didn’t you just say you would safely lead the way, without activating a trap?” The sweatdrop upon the feline’s head was immediately replaced with a large, red vein. And suddenly, the two began to feel the temple rumbling. Looking back, the two saw a giant boulder rolling its way down towards them.

“IS THAT A FUCKING GIANT BOULDER”, Natsuru shouted.

“Oh how cliche”, Drake said in a nonchalant tone. “RUN!”

With another trap having been activated, the two were now being chased by a giant boulder. It was the fastest the two have ever ran in their lives, but even then, the two couldn’t truly outrun the giant rock, as the stone was inching closer to crushing them. But seeing a small doorway up ahead of them, a smile appeared upon their faces, as they knew they could run through, while the boulder wouldn’t. And in just a minute, the dragon and the lynx ran through the door; the boulder coming to a complete stop, as it crashed into the doorway. Holding onto their knees, the two were panting, as they were catching their breaths.

“Blimey”, Drake started. “I wasn’t expecting for us to experience an Indiana Jones boulder chase run, but here we are.”

“More like…a Sonic Adventure DX: Director’s Cut boulder chase run”, Natsuru said.

“You didn’t have to say the whole title; just stop at DX”, Drake thought with a sweatdrop. “In any case, we should really try to be more careful about our surroundings.”

With their breaths regained, Drake and Natsuru were ready to continue their search for treasure. Unfortunately for the two, as they took a step forward, they both ended up pressing down upon another trap switch. And once again, their eyes went blank. “Oh no”, they both said simultaneously within their thoughts.

They felt the room they were in rumbling; the walls from both sides of the room were moving forward. At first, the walls were moving very slowly; a trick to give Drake and Natsuru a false sense of security. Cause the moment the two thought they could quickly make a run for it, the walls suddenly sped up, and smashed themselves against the two. Or so it seemed, as the walls hadn’t completely closed themselves against the two; Natsuru and Drake were safe. They just had the misfortune of being stuck in between the walls; their bodies pressed against one another.

“Thank God this trap seemingly broke before we were completely crushed”, Natsuru said.

“Right”, Drake agreed.

Managing to turn his head, the lynx looked in the direction of where he and the dragon were going to go. Squinting his eyes for a bit, he could see the doorway up ahead. He and his friend just needed to walk themselves through the tight passage they were now trapped between to freedom.

“It might be difficult, but we’re going to have to slowly walk our way towards that exit”, Drake said.

“You mean, as exactly as we are now”, Natsuru said. "With our bodies pressed up against each other like this?”

There was a sudden slight blush across the feline’s face. Admittedly, Drake already knew about the circumstances of their bodies moving against each other, he was just trying not to think about it. If only because now wasn’t really a good time for them to be getting sexual with each other.

“Don’t make it weird, mate.”

“I’m not”, Natsuru responded in a semi-cheeky tone; turning his eyes back.

“Ok; now, let’s slowly walk through this, to the exit”, Drake said.

The dragon gave a simple nod of his head. Slowly, the two began to walk their way rforward. Due to being restrained by being in between the two walls, they both knew their walk would be difficult. Not only that, but they had to deal with two problems along the way. The first being that their groins would rub against each other during their walk. While it was clear that Natsuru was enjoying that, Drake wasn't, or at least not to the same extent as his reptilian friend.

“N-nat…”

“Hey; you and I both know we have no choice on this matter”, the dragon said with a grin. “Besides, don’t act like you’re not enjoying this.”

“Well…this would be a lot better…if we weren’t in between these walls.”

As for the other problem, which was far more annoying to them both, was them having to deal with some small thorns that protruded from the walls. The two would wince from the few times they’ve been pricked, and the occasions their clothes would be caught in them. Nothing usually happened, until their jackets were caught again, and were tugged off their bodies by the thorns.

“Don’t worry, it was just our jackets”, Natsuru said.

The lynx was annoyed, but there was nothing he could do about that for now. He and the dragon just continued their walk to the exit. But along the way, the two of them felt their shirts had gotten caught by the thorns. The two now had glares upon their faces, as they felt their shirts being tugged. And just like with their jackets, their shirts were eventually pulled - or in this case, torn - off from their bodies.

“It’s fine, it was just our shirts”, Natsuru said.

There was a low growl that escaped through the feline’s fangs; another problem he’d have to deal with later. He and the dragon continued with their walk; now with a new problem. Because the two were now shirtless, they now had to deal with their nipples rubbing against each other. That - along with the rubbing of their groins - had Natsuru really excited; he was unintentionally blowing steam out from his nostrils into Drake’s face. Both of them felt their members getting hard, as they continued to rub against one another.

Annoyed as the lynx was, he really couldn’t do anything considering their current situation. All that really mattered right now, was them getting to safety, and they were just about there. Unfortunately for them, just like with their previous attire, the two now felt their pants being tugged by the thorns. “Oh no”, they both thought. Not wanting to lose their pants, the two tried to maneuver their way through the passage, but that was all in vain. They couldn’t avoid their pants being torn off from their bodies; along with their boxers. Momentarily, the two stopped in place; both blushing and their eyes blank.

“It’s fine, it was just our pants and boxers”, Natsuru said with a smirk.

“At least we’re exactly right at the entrance of the next room”, Drake said. “Just a few more steps, now.”

With the two now having made their way into the next room, they both parted from one another. For a brief moment, the two were catching their breaths again, while also checking their surroundings. The room they were in appeared to be safe; they didn’t even spot any trap switches. All those things alone made the two feel at ease.

“Just how many rooms are in this temple”, Natsuru complained.

“Hopefully not that many”, Drake replied. “Let’s just continue onwards, until we find the treasure room.”

“If there is one.”

Together, the two took a step forward, and just like in the previous room, they both ended up stepping on another trap switch. On cue, their eyes went blank once again. “GOD DAMN IT”, they mentally shouted. And just like the previous room, the area was rumbling. But instead of a regular trap being activated, a statue that had the appearance of a biblically accurate angel had risen from the ground; its hands in a triangular formation. Seeing that, the two assumed they had a fight on their hands, so they both got themselves into fighting positions. Natsuru materialized his twilight blade, and Drake went into demonster mode; his fur had risen and his eyes turned yellow, while his sclera became black.

“I absolve you of your sins.”

A voice echoed throughout the room; it sounded like a mixture of man and woman. In terms of where the voice had come from, Natsuru and Drake concluded that it was the angelic statue before them. Now the two were on edge; waiting for that statue to make the first move, but nothing happened.

“Nothing’s…happening”, Natsuru raised a brow.

“Maybe…it’s because we don’t have any sins”, Drake guessed.

And right on cue, just after the lynx had said that, the statue fired a beam of light at the two. With such a force, the beam sent the two flying back into the wall behind them. The two fell to the floor into a very familiar death pose seen from an animated adult sitcom; their hats slowly falling to the ground beside them. They were still alive; evident by their bodies twitching.

“You have been forgiven.”

That same voice echoed throughout the room once more, as the angelic statue began to recede back into the ground.

“That hurt”, Natsuru said bluntly. “Drake; you still alive, considering that was a magic attack?”

“Surprisingly, yes”, the lynx answered. “Ugh, I’m gonna need to recover my strength, though.”

The dragon’s ears twitched upon hearing those last words. Usually for Natsuru and his friends, an easy way for them to recover their strength was with food; standard food or even demonster meat. But Drake was a special case; given that he was a half vampiric demonster. He could recover his strength by also drinking blood; something he generally detested. Not only that, but Natsuru and Haru made sure that the lynx wouldn’t drink any blood.

“Strength recovery, huh”, Natsuru said, as he got back on his feet. As he was realigning his bones back in place, the lynx had gotten back on his feet too; doing the same thing. “Drake…”, Natsuru said suddenly. Having caught the feline’s attention, Drake saw that his friend pointed two fingers at his neck. “Do you want to drink some of my blood?”

“YOU’LL LET ME”, Drake excitedly shouted. That excitement of his was mostly the lynx’s vampiric side showing. In response to his words, the dragon gave a few nods of his head.

“Only just for this one time”, Natsuru said.

Not letting that opportunity go to waste, the lynx positioned himself behind the dragon, and placed his hands upon the reptile’s shoulders. Right then and there, Drake brought his fangs down on Natsuru’s neck; the dragon winced upon feeling those teeth. “No way. He actually pierced through my scales”, Natsuru thought.

With the lynx sucking his friend’s blood, there were two thin trails of blood running down from the dragon’s shoulder. Natsuru grimaced, as his body twitched from every suction of his blood he felt. Low groans of pain managed to escape through his clenched teeth, but there also seemed to be a hint of pleasure in his voice. His limp dick was slowly becoming erect; it throbbing and twitching from every suction he got.

“This is so strange, but this feels kinda hot”, Natsuru thought. “Oh my God, I’m being aroused by Drake sucking me…of my blood.”

Unfortunately for Natsuru, despite experiencing a new form of stimulation, it didn’t last long. Drake had gotten his fill of the dragon’s blood; his strength having recovered. The lynx removed his fangs from Natsuru’s neck with a gasp; immediately licking his fangs clean of any leftover blood on them.

“Ah, that was delicious”, Drake said in satisfaction. “Hahahaha! I feel so invigorated. Like nothing won’t be able to stop me. Hehehe!”

“DRAKE!”

From the sudden shout of his name from the dragon, the lynx immediately trembled. Remembering that he was around a trained demonster killer, Drake had gone back to his original personality. “I-I’m fine, mate”, he answered quickly. “I’m in full control of myself, eheh.”

“In any case, at least you have your strength back”, Natsuru said. The dragon had a hand placed over the bitemarks, but he seemed unbothered by them overall. Didn’t change the fact that he still appeared to be weak from his own lack of strength. “We should’ve brought some food along”, he bemoaned. “I think that damn statue actually weakened me.”

As the two picked up their hats and placed them atop their heads, the little bit of peace they had was over. Before their eyes, some demonsters actually appeared. A smirk was present upon Drake’s face; the lynx was glad he hadn’t gone back to his normal state. “Look at that, Nat; dinner’s here”, Drake said. “You just relax, while I’ll take care of them.” Despite his words, the lynx wasn’t given a response, which confused him. “Nat?”

There was a red aura emanating from the dragon’s body; a large red vein present atop his head. “These fucking bastards now decide to show up”, he said in such anger. “I had you suck some of my blood for no reason.” Baring his fangs, Natsuru summoned his twilight blade; ready to fight with no hint of exhaustion coming from him. Taking some steps forward, he was now by the lynx’s side.

The demonsters growled and hissed, before launching themselves at the lynx and the dragon. Likewise, Natsuru and Drake launched themselves at the attacking demonsters. Luck was in their favor, as the two easily killed the demonsters, and in turn had gotten themselves some food. Like ravenous beasts, the two were fiercely chowing down on the remains of the demonsters; Natsuru regaining his strength, while Drake was gaining some more. And while they were eating, Natsuru was going through his thoughts about the demonsters.

“I think my guess about this temple is right”, Natsuru mentally said. “It’s affecting my sense of smell. I didn’t even smell these demonsters once they appeared.”

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Now full of their fill and their strength regained, Natsuru and Drake continued their search for possible treasures. Learning from their prior experiences with the temple’s traps, the two were being extra careful this time. Being suspicious of any room, looking every which way, and maneuvering themselves past any trap switches. And along the way, they engaged themselves in conversations.

“Ya know, the fact that we’re traversing this temple in the nude, is reminding me of when Haru and I went all natural in public”, Natsuru said with a grin.

“Ah, so you two finally did my dare”, Drake smirked.

“Yep! First thing we did this new year. You would’ve loved the look on Haru’s face, hehe.”

“Speaking of new year; I’ve noticed you’ve been acting quite differently, Nat”, Drake changed the subject. “You seem to be a lot more cocky, than you usually are. Not to mention, the complete change in personality.”

“Ya know, Haru and Saline said the same thing”, Natsuru replied. “And yet, I don’t feel any different. Is my “apparent change” gonna be a problem?”

“Heh; not at all.”

The two shared a smirk, as they continued their traversal of the temple. Still very observant, as they continued to avoid activating any other traps. They even had to solve some tricky puzzles; allowing them further access through the temple. And while they were dealing with everything the temple had to throw at them, they were completely oblivious of the fact they were being tailed.

“So, Drake; what did you do on the start of this new year?”

“Funny you should ask; I had initially thought about having a New Year’s party with you and the others some place”, the lynx answered. “But, I had a guest since my birthday, after you all left. So I spent the rest of December with her.”

There was an immediate grin present on the dragon’s face. “Ooohhh, a woman”, Natsuru cooed. He brought himself closer to Drake’s being, and placed his hands upon the feline’s shoulders. “So, tell me about her. Is she really sexy?” Someone I’d probably like to have fun with, if you invited me?”

“Well, she’s indeed quite the sexy sheila, but…”, Drake began to stammer. The lynx went into his imaginations; thinking about Natsuru actually meeting Nicole. Just thinking about the dragon freaking out - pointing a cross at her - because of the female lynx revealing herself being made up of nanomachines. “... I’m not sure you’d like her.”

“Oh! And why is that?”

The dragon was now egging the lynx on for an answer, but Drake was remaining quiet. That was until the two walked themselves into another room. A room that was seemingly devoid of any trap switches. Instead, there were treasure chests within the room; two in fact. Drake’s eyes became Australian dollar signs again.

“OH BONZA”, Drake shouted. “Look at that, Nat; treasure chests.”

Unlike the feline, the dragon was sorely disappointed. “What?! You’re telling me this is supposed to be the treasure room?” The tone in his voice said it all; the reptile was annoyed. “And here I was expecting a room full of nothing, but lots of gems and gold.”

“Oh, this probably isn’t the main room that we’re looking for”, Drake replied. The lynx walked over to one of the chests; getting on his knees, as he prepared to open it. “This probably just means that we’re getting closer to the big treasure room. Might as well take these, too.” Just as the feline placed his hands upon the chest, he was surprised to see that the lock of the chest was actually an eyeball. And upon the chest opening it - gazing at the feline - the chest itself opened and let out a roar, before engulfing the top half of Drake’s body. His voice was muffled, but it was clear that the lynx was screaming for help.

“DECEIT CHESTS”, Natsuru shouted. “A demonster mimicking the appearance of treasure chests. I should’ve expected them to be within this place.” The dragon’s ears twitched, as he heard the muffling of his friend’s voice growing somewhat in volume. It was quite clear to him that the lynx needed assistance. “Don’t worry, Drake; I’ll get you out from that…”

Natsuru was immediately cut off. Having left his guard down, allowed for the other Deceit Chest to bring itself behind the reptile, and engulf his top half from behind. And just like the feline, Natsuru was now shouting within the demonster’s mouth; his voice also muffled.

To watchers of the scene, it would appear that the Deceit Chests were trying to eat the two…and they sort of were. But in actuality, they were just messing with the dragon and the lynx in a most debauchery way. Tentacles had come out from the demonsters’ mouths; coiling themselves around the legs and dicks of the two captors. While the Deceit Chests were stroking their captors, they brought out their large tongues; of which they brought to the two’s balls. While the tips of the wet muscles fondled the balls, the tongues also coincidentally licked along the frontside and backside of the lynx and the dragon respectively.

“Mmm…mmm…mmm!”

The muffled screams of Drake and Natsuru were now replaced with moans. Their members were becoming erect and the Deceit Chests were aware of that. Bringing out a couple of more tentacles, the demonsters used one of them to take in the top half of their members; essentially sucking them off. While they sent the other tentacle thrusting through their captors’ assholes. The prior tentacles were stroking along the legs and members faster; firmly squeezing them as well. The bodies of the lynx and the dragon were struggling in response to the demonsters’ actions; their muffled moans having risen some more.

With the tentacles thrusting through the anal passages of the two, they were making the inner walls rapidly press themselves against the tendrils. That in turn had Natsuru and Drake’s dicks emitting precum. The Deceit Chests were salivating; the demonsters were clearly delighted in violating their captors just for the fun of it. And following what they had their tentacles do, the Deceit Chests coiled the top halves of their around the balls; squeezing them, while still licking them.

The stroking and sucking of their members was making veins appear along the base of their dicks. Natsuru and Drake’s bodies were trembling, as the two continued to struggle from within the demonsters’ mouths. Their toes were curling from every thrust and suck given to them, as more pre was being emitted from them. And the curling had gotten faster, due in part to the tentacles thrusting faster through their asses. The tips of the tendrils eventually made contact with Natsuru and Drake’s prostates; causing the two to orgasm, as the tendrils squeezed on their balls, legs, and shafts. The bodies of the two were twitching, upon every release of their white fluids.

It was strange, but it appeared the demonsters were actually snickering; delighted by their devious actions upon their prey. They were even more thrilled, when it appeared that the bodies of their captors appeared to have become lifeless, as neither of the two were moving. However, the Deceit Chest that held Drake went wide eyed, as the lynx’s claws stabbed right through it. From there, the feline ripped the demonster in half; killing it and subsequently freeing himself, and getting the tentacles and tongue off from his body.

On the dragon’s side, the Deceit Chest also went wide eyed, as there was a glow coming out from its body. Then suddenly, the demonster’s whole body exploded; Natsuru was now free. The dragon sat with his mouth wide open; light smoke escaped from it, as a sign that he’d just unleashed a blast. From that experience for the two, both the dragon and the lynx’s eyes were once again blank, as they both held what appeared to be the looks of despair.

“Well…that was…an experience”, Drake said.

“It’s been…a long time…since that’s happened to me again”, Natsuru said.

The two sat in place for what seemed to be a few minutes; they were both thinking if the treasure they were hoping to find was worth it. But after a while, the two eventually got themselves back to their feet, and proceeded to walk into the next room. After having dealt with the Deceit Chests, the two were completely out of it, as they had once again stepped upon a trap switch. The blankness of their eyes really showed how they really felt about the situation.

“Did we just…”, Natsuru started.

“Yep”, Drake answered.

The ground shook and beneath the two’s feet, a trap door was opening. Immediately, they both ended up falling downwards into a pit of sand; their eyes still completely blank. However, once they both felt themselves slowly sinking, did the two “wake up”; their eyes no longer blank.

“Oh no”, Drake said. “Out of one problem, and immediately straight into a fucking another. THIS IS QUICKSAND!”

“AAAAAHHHHH”, Natsuru suddenly shouted. “I was so out of it, that I forgot that I could fly. I could’ve saved us both from this situation.”

Not thinking at all, Natsuru began to rapidly flap his wings, as he struggled to try to get his body out from the quicksand. That was his undoing, cause all that did was help the dragon sink faster. Seeing that made Drake’s body tremble, as he started to panic.

“NAT, STOP; YOUR STRUGGLING IS ONLY MAKING YOU SINK FASTER!”

The dragon immediately ceased his action, and came to a complete stop; his body had sunken faster within the quicksand, up to his shoulders. Natsuru was quick to send his arms into the air, so they wouldn’t be submerged within the sand. Both he and the lynx let out a sigh of relief afterwards.

“Now, let’s just remain calm”, Drake started. “Let’s just look around, until we can find something for us to use to get out of this mess.”

Following the lynx’s words, the two of them started looking in every direction within the pit. With the two baring their fangs, they were feeling anxious; evident by the sweat running down their heads. Luckily for the both of them, it didn’t take them long to find some vines for them to use to climb out from the pit. Unluckily for them, though, the vines were on the farther ends of each side of the pit. Meaning they would have to walk themselves over to them. And if things couldn’t get any more worse for them, some holes in the pit walls opened, and started pouring out some more sand into the pit.

“Quickly; to the vines”, Drake commanded. “But let’s try not to move too fast.”

“Now you’re just being confusing”, Natsuru retorted.

Now heading off into opposite directions, Natsuru and Drake were walking themselves at a somewhat medium pace to get to their respective vines. However - despite them finding the right speed for themselves - the two’s bodies would continue to sink. At first, they just assumed it was because of the pit being filled with more sand, but they actually felt themselves sinking.

“AW BLOODY HELL”, Drake swore. “We’re moving slowly; at least I think you’re moving slowly, Nat.”

“I am!”

“And yet, we’re still sinking. WHY?!”

“Well, aside from this pit being filled with more sand”, Natsuru started. “I think this whole damn temple might just be the cause. “IT’S FUCKING SCREWING WITH US!”

“Oh yeah; Nat’s personality has definitely changed”, Drake thought. “I don’t recall him ever swearing this much.”

Shaking his head to focus on what was more important, the lynx continued making his way over to the vine on his end. Likewise, the reptile did the same, and luckily for them both, they were getting closer. Wading their way through the quicksand, the two couldn’t keep themselves from blushing; feeling their groins becoming hard from the feeling of the sand. Even after their prior experience, their bodies just wouldn’t stop being excited. And as their beings continued to sink, they both let out a shriek upon feeling the quicksand making contact with their nipples. The fur of Drake that hadn’t been completely submerged had risen in response to that feeling.

“ARG! I DON’T WANT TO BE AROUSED BY QUICKSAND”, Natsuru shouted with a blush.

“Nat; stop making this situation weird for the both of us”, Drake said sternly.

Despite saying that, the lynx himself was also blushing from the situation; not like he could really keep his cool through it. But within luck for the two of them, Natsuru and Drake made it to their respective vine ropes. And it was a good thing they kept their arms raised, as they were now neck deep within the quicksand.

Grabbing a hold of the vine ropes, the dragon and the lynx mustered all of their strength to pull themselves upwards. It proved a little difficult for them to get their bodies out from the quicksand; especially with the pit still being filled. But the two did manage to get part of their bodies out from the quicksand, as they proceeded to climb upwards. With their feet against the walls - while still submerged - Natsuru and Drake were climbing up the vine ropes slowly. They made sure to keep themselves calm and not struggle; making it easy for them to get their entire beings out of the sand.

They were grunting as they continued their climb; their hands becoming sweaty, as they were nervous. They were anxious about falling back down into the quicksand, because if that happened, it would be all over for them. And as they climbed, Natsuru was flapping his wings; wiping them clean of the sand that was still on them. The dragon thought up an idea, but he was unsure if his wings would let him.

“I hope my wings haven’t been tarnished by the quicksand”, Natsuru thought.

Halfway up the walls they climbed, Natsuru took a chance and kicked himself off from his wall. He prayed, as he started flapping his wings; hoping they wouldn’t stop him from flying. He was lucky that the sand didn’t ruin his wings, as he was able to fly. And with the lynx in his sight, the dragon flew himself over to Drake, and picked him up from under his pits; flying them back to solid ground.

“Phew; we were almost goners there”, Drake said in relief. “Thanks, mate; ya saved both our asses.”

The two took a moment to clean off their bodies of the quicksand that was left on them. As they did so, they took notice of a large door before them, and in front of said door were two pressure switches. Just seeing those had Natsuru and Drake on edge; understandable considering what they’ve been through all day. But the lynx couldn’t help, but think that those switches were for opening the door in front of them. A sweatdrop appeared atop Natsuru’s head, as he questioned Drake about them both willingly having to step on the switches. The feline said they had no other choice and that they should pray, of which Natsuru let out a sigh. And so, the two stepped on the pressure switches, and the ground began to shake, as the door before them slowly opened. Natsuru and Drake’s eyes sparkled from what they saw next.

“TREASURE”, Drake shouted. “This is it, Nat; this is the treasure room we’ve been looking for.”

“So there really was treasure in this God forsaken temple”, Natsuru said in awe.

Staring at one another, the two nodded their heads and proceeded to walk themselves into the treasure room. Unfortunately for them, things just couldn’t go easy for them. Just from only taking a step forward, the two suddenly felt something coil tightly around their necks. In reaction, Natsuru and Drake grabbed whatever was around their throats; attempting to pry them off, but that only made things worse for them.

“Is…is this a…tail”, Drake managed to say, as he inspected what was choking him.

“Hehehe! Right you are, feline.” There was a sudden voice, and who it belonged to made his appearance. It was a naga; much to the lynx’s shock and dismay. And he wasn’t the only naga there, as the one that held Natsuru captive also made his appearance. And from their similar, but somewhat different striking body appearances, the one strangling the dragon was a coral naga, while the one strangling the lynx was a milk naga.

“Just…our luck…”, Natsuru managed to speak. “Nagas!”

“Hehehe” the coral naga snickered. He cupped the dragon’s chin, as he watched him struggle within his grip. “I never expected that I’d come face to face with a dragon.” The coral naga squeezed his tail tighter around the dragon’s neck; making Natsuru’s mouth go agape. The coral naga opened his mouth to show his fangs; venom dripping off from them. “I wonder if you can survive my poison.”

“Where…did you…two…come from”, Drake said. “Are you…actually the trap…guarding this…room?”

“Of course we aren’t”, the milk naga answered. “We’ve been tailing you two since you both entered this temple.” And just like his companion, the milk naga squeezed tighter around the lynx’s neck. Drake’s mouth wide open; saliva running down from the sides.

“You two dumbasses were none the wiser to notice our presence”, gloated the coral naga. “We allowed you two to lead the way; taking care of any trap for us, until you brought us to the treasure.”

The nagas further tightened their grip upon their captives; forcing Natsuru and Drake onto their knees. Their faces were becoming blue, as it became much harder for them to breathe. Their vision was even blurry, as they were starting to lose consciousness. Despite that, they were both still trying to free themselves; Drake was even clawing at the naga’s scales. Seeing them struggle made the nagas laugh.

“Oh no; not now”, Drake managed to go through his thoughts. Amidst his face turning blue, there was a shade of purple across his face. His dick was throbbing, as it was slowly becoming erect from the strangulation. “I’m so…turned on…right now.”

Managing to turn his head and look in the lynx’s direction, Natsuru could see that Drake’s member was throbbing, as it was becoming erect. Like the feline, there was a shade of purple across the dragon’s face, just from looking at it. He even had a good look at his fangs, before looking back at the coral naga’s fangs. Soon, Natsuru felt his own member throbbing and becoming hard, as the thought of being bitten upon again was arousing him. “Must…focus”, Natsuru thought. “Mustn’t…have…amoral…thoughts…now.”

“WHAT THE FUCK”, the coral naga suddenly shouted. That alerted his companion to turn in his direction.

“What’s wrong, Milk”, the milk naga said; revealing his companion’s name.

“This dragon here is some kind of pervert, Coral”, Milk said; also revealing his companion’s name. “I think he’s actually aroused by me strangling him.”

Coral was taken aback by his companion’s words, and turned to give the lynx a look. It was there that he now noticed that Drake was aroused too. “Ugh, even this feline is aroused by my strangling of him”, he said. But unlike the other naga, he wasn’t bothered by it to the same extent; merely shrugging it off. “It doesn’t matter. If these two wish to die in arousal, then let’s just fulfill their dying wish.”

“Heh! Oh, I’m gonna have this dragon feeling more than just arousal”, Milk snickered. “I’ll have him feeling the most excruciating pain from my venom. He’ll be begging for the sweet relief of death, amid his arousal.”

There was nothing for Natsuru and Drake to do; their fates were now decided by those two nagas. Their struggling to try to free themselves had weakened; their hands were ready to give way. Gasping for any sort of air, there were hints of tears now coming from their eyes; it appeared to be the end for them. The nagas were snickering once more at their unfortunate victims.

“So, feline”, Coral said; bringing his face closer to the lynx. “Do you have any last possible words?”

“H-harder…”, Drake managed to speak.

For some reason, Coral lost his cool right then and there from the feline’s words. With his hold on Drake already tightened, the naga slammed the lynx down upon the ground. “Insolent mammal; how’s that for harder?” Amidst his shock of being slammed, Drake managed a smirk. Because of the naga’s action, the lynx’s lower body was in the air. With the claws of his toes, Drake managed to slash at one of Coral’s eyes. “AAAAAHHHHH!”

“CORAL!”

Alarmed by his companion’s scream, Milk turned his attention over the naga’s direction. He saw the naga clutching his injured eye; blood dripping from it. He also noticed that Drake was free from the naga’s grasp; catching his breath.

“YOU FUCKING FELINE; HOW DARE YOU HARM MY BROTHER”, Milk shouted. There was so much rage emitting from the naga, that he pretty much let his guard down; unaware that Natsuru was planning something. “I’ll kill you the same way I’ll kill this dragon. Just wait until I inject my poison into your body.” While the naga was busy giving out his threat, Natsuru used that time to give him a smack to the face with his tail; catching his attention. “BASTARD”, Milk shouted; returning his attention back to Natsuru.

The naga was immediately taken aback, as he saw the dragon charging up something within his mouth. With his attack seemingly ready, Natsuru sent a blast of twilight magic at Milk’s body. The naga’s eyes widened, as he was hit square in the chest; the blast sent him flying back into the wall, which also freed the dragon from his grasp. Upon hitting the wall, the naga both left a large crack, and fell unconscious; groaning out in pain.

“Oh no; Milk”, Coral said. Looking back at Drake, the naga quickly swiped at the lynx with his tail, before bringing himself over to Milk’s side. He held onto his brother and helped him up. “Let’s retreat for now, brother”, he said. “Consider your fates saved for now, you two. But we won’t forget this, or you both; we have your scents.” After saying his threat, the nagas made their escape from where they came in; both abandoning the treasure and their prey. Natsuru and Drake were now left alone to regain their breath in peace.

“G-great; two more nagas on this planet”, Natsuru complained. “As if just having three wasn’t already bad enough.”

As the two were panting, they turned their attention towards one another. Staring at each other, they could both see that neither of their erections had not gone away. Their faces were red, as they watched sweat running down each other’s bodies; they were hot and bothered.

*********

Pinning Natsuru up against the wall of the treasure room’s door; Drake and the dragon locked themselves into a french kiss. The lynx grinded his body against Natsuru’s, while he sent his hands traveling down along the reptile’s body. Drake found what he was looking for; that being the dragon’s ass, of which he grasped and gave a good feel of those cheeks. And while the lynx did that, Natsuru took hold of their members and started frotting them against each other.

Their actions amidst their kissing had them fully aroused; the streak of red across their faces had lengthened. The two moaned into one another’s mouths, as their tongues danced between them; saliva was running down their mouths. Eventually, the two ended their kissing; breathing out hot breath into each other’s mouths. Upon reeling his head back, Drake brought his face upon Natsuru’s neck; sucking upon it. Specifically, he was sucking the spot where he drank the dragon’s blood from prior. The lynx may not have been sucking for blood that time, but to Natsuru it felt similar.

“Aaaahhhh”, Natsuru moaned out. “Drake…take me.”

The sucking that Drake was doing was very short lived, he took his mouth off from his friend’s neck. He then proceeded to sensually lick along the bite marks he left upon Natsuru’s shoulder; causing the dragon to shiver in reaction. With a grin across his face, the feline brought his face up close to the reptile’s ear.

“How’s about a suck and a drink first, before I take ya, mate?”

*********

Now on his hands and knees, Natsuru had his mouth around the lynx’s dick. With the lynx having a firm hold on one of his horns, the dragon was made to bob his head along the feline’s length. Not that Natsuru minded, as that was his request.

His tongue was coiled around Drake’s dick; licking and squeezing upon the member, in time with his head movements. Bits of the dragon’s saliva were dripping down from the reptile’s mouth, and off from the lynx’s length. And while Natsuru was sucking on his friend’s dick, he was stroking his own member. Any moans he was making were muffled; the sounds of them vibrated along Drake’s dick. The lynx’s dick throbbed within the warm mouth of the dragon’s; veins appearing along the base.

“Ah…ah…ah…ah”, Drake moaned. The expression on his face was that of pure lust, while also sporting something of a devious look. “You still…know how to…use that tongue of yours.” With a yank of the horn, Drake pulled his friend’s face forward; going balls deep into the dragon’s mouth. Natsuru’s blush returned, as he gagged upon the length in his mouth; his suction having increased. “AH FUCK; you really do…love having my dick…down your throat, huh, mate?”

The lynx went back to fucking the dragon’s throat; bobbing the reptile’s head faster along his length. Likewise, Natsuru began stroking upon his length faster. Soon enough, the two started emitting precum, as they both were edging closer to their orgasms. In their excitement, their tails were wagging; the dragon’s wings were slowly flapping as well.

“Ah, I’m so close”, Drake moaned. The lynx yanked the dragon forward again; going balls deep down his throat once more. Natsuru gagged again, as he gave his dick a firm squeeze. From there, Drake would continue to yank on his friend’s horn; giving the dragon’s throat some hard thrusts. “Almost…almost…”, Drake continued to moan.

“GHURK…GHURK…GHURK!” Natsuru’s moans were completely replaced by the sounds of his gagging. He could feel his throat becoming sore from those hard thrusts, but despite that, the reptile was enjoying it all. With those sounds continuing to vibrate upon Drake’s dick, the throbbing of it became fiercer. The both of them felt a stinging-like sensation coming from their members, as the blood running through their groins never ceased, until…

“NGH!”

With his fangs clenched together and his eyes tightly shut; Drake reached his peak and released his seed down his friend’s throat. With Natsuru being forced to ingest the white fluids, his own eyes were closed, as he too reached his orgasm; his hand becoming sticky with cum. And even though the lynx had came, that didn’t mean he would stop fucking his friend’s face. Drake continued to pull upon Natsuru’s horn; slowly thrusting his member through the dragon’s throat. A blessing for Natsuru, as his throat was no longer feeling sore.

“That’s it, Nat. Drink it all.”

It wasn’t like the dragon had a choice in the matter of drinking his friend’s seed, considering the lynx was holding onto his horn. But Natsuru could feel that Drake’s grip had lost some of its strength. If he wanted to, the reptile could easily pull his head back. But after it seemed like the feline was spent of his seed, did Natsuru reel his face back; removing Drake’s dick from his mouth. Any remaining seed that Drake had, hit the dragon in the face. It was a good thing Natsuru had his goggles on, otherwise his eyes would’ve seriously suffered some damage.

“Ah, fuck me, Drake”, Natsuru demanded lustfully. “Fuck me, as if you were trying to impregnate me.”

Just from those words, Drake was stunned. A sweatdrop appeared upon the lynx’s head, and his mouth was agape. Likewise - realizing what he’d just said - a sweatdrop appeared atop Natsuru’s head, and his own mouth was agape too.

“Oh shit, I just made things awkward”, Natsuru thought.

*********

The awkwardness between the two was quickly shrugged off, as the lynx was giving the dragon just what he wanted. With Natsuru holding himself against the wall, Drake had a firm hold on his friend’s hips, as he was fucking him. Knowing exactly what the reptile liked, the lynx didn’t hold himself back, as he fucked his friend’s ass fast and hard. The sounds of Drake’s balls smacking against Natsuru’s rear, were echoing throughout the room. Both men’s teeth were clenched; the moans they were making escaped out through them.

Natsuru was clawing at the wall, as he was being thrusted forward and back from it; his own dick flailing about in time with his body’s jerking motions. Feeling the lynx’s dick moving through his anal passage, the dragon’s inner walls were pressing themselves against the thrusting member. Natsuru’s wings were flapping with excitement again.

From the corners of his eyes, the dragon looked back at the lynx; he could see the lustful excitement upon Drake’s face. Knowing of his kink, his friend was giving him what he wanted; that of him being dominated by a mammal. The blush across Natsuru’s face wasn’t going to go away any time soon. And while going through his thoughts, the dragon decided to give the feline something he really enjoys. Drake didn’t notice or sense it, but Natsuru had brought his tail up to the lynx’s neck, and coiled it around it. Drake’s grin had widened, as a large streak of redness now ran across his face.

“D-damn it, Nat”, Drake managed to speak. “Are you trying…to get me to cum…right away?”

Natsuru didn’t answer back to the lynx; the lustful desire on his face was a good enough answer Drake could see. With his grin not wavering, the feline increased the pace of his thrusts; fucking the dragon faster and even harder. Natsuru felt the length traveling further through his inner passage; his ass clenching as the head was getting closer to hitting his prostate. Upon every thrust the reptile was given, he would have his tail squeeze tighter around Drake’s neck.

Both of them were trembling - but for different reasons - as their bodies were filled with so much ecstasy. The two were emitting precum again; Natsuru shivered as he felt the bits of lynx semen within his rear. The reptile’s tongue was hanging out from his mouth; saliva dripping from it, while saliva ran down the sides of Drake’s mouth again. The red streak across the lynx’s face had turned purple, as his face was becoming blue. Every squeeze around the feline’s throat would make his dick throb in between those pressing anal walls; expelling more pre from him.

Overcome with lust, the both were so close to reaching their peaks yet again. Thanks to the precum that was emitted from the feline’s dick, the inner passage was partially lubed up; making it easy for the member to move further ahead. With the head an inch away from making contact with his sensitive spot, Natsuru’s tail had further tightened around the lynx’s neck. With Drake being reeled back, he completely hilted himself within his friend’s rear, as he sent the dragon a final thrust; the head of his dick hitting the prostate, and the walls closed themselves around the length.

“NGH!”

Moaning and groaning out through their teeth, Natsuru and Drake reached their peak for a third time that day. They stood in place, as they released their white fluids; the dragon making a mess upon the floor and wall, while lynx seed filled his anal passage. With every release of their cum, their bodies would jitter, and Natsuru’s tail would yank Drake by the neck.

By the time the two felt their orgasms dying down, their bodies began to calm down. With Natsuru’s anal walls parting themselves from the member, his tail uncoiled itself from around the feline’s neck. With Drake now able to remove his dick from his friend’s ass, he shot out any remaining seed he had left upon the reptile’s lower back. Turning his head to face the lynx, Natsuru and Drake stared at one another with a grin; the feline offering a hand to him.

“Now then…”, he started; “...let’s go get some of that treasure.”

“Heh; not just satisfied with lust, huh”, Natsuru joked, as he took Drake’s hand.

*********

Considering it as their reward, both for all they had to endure, and the sexual intercourse they had, Natsuru and Drake walked themselves into the treasure room. Their eyes sparkled again in wonder, as they looked around the entire room; gazing at all the gems and gold they would take. The dragon looked and pointed upwards at the ceiling; taking notice of the large hole for them to leave out from. The lynx gave a nod of his head and a thumbs up, as the two continued their look around the room.

Aside from the treasures, the other things that caught their attention were six golden statues. One very large one of a man with his palms out and opened, and the other five were about the same height as the two. Three of them looked like human explorers, one was of a duck, and the other was a raccoon with a cane.

“Look at these golden statues, Drake”, Natsuru said. “I think this temple might’ve made them. The shocked looks on the faces, tells me this temple has a morbid sense of humor,”

“Well, it definitely doesn’t know a thing about the female body”, Drake said. The lynx was staring at the statue of a human woman; specifically at her breasts. “Hard to tell, but this woman clearly has pyramid shaped tits.”

With nothing else for them to really look at, Natsuru and Drake began to gather up some of the treasure. Since they didn’t have any bags with them, and their pants were torn off from their bodies, that left them with having to use their cork hats. The two began scooping up some gems and gold within their hats; moving themselves forward to the larger statue’s hands. They didn’t notice it, but there was gold dust spiraling from the center of those large hands. Upon getting closer to the statue’s hands, a chill ran along the dragon’s spine.

“Uh, Drake; I’m sensing some kind of magic here”, Natsuru said. The lynx ceased his scooping of treasure, as he faced the reptile. “I don’t know what kind of magic it is, it’s just…hmm…indescribable.”

“Aw, Nat; you’re just worried after the hell this place put us through”, Drake said. The lynx went back to gather treasure into his hat; walking upon the statue’s hand. He didn’t notice the gold dust spiraling around his feet; his feet slowly turning to gold. “So long as it’s not magic that can kill us, then we shouldn’t wor…” The lynx didn’t finish his sentence, once he noticed he could no longer move. Upon looking downwards, he saw that his legs were turning to gold; slowly going upwards. “Oh shit…”

“Ya know, Drake; I didn’t really think of this, until now”, Natsuru started. “You’re only half demonster, so maybe magic can’t kill you.” As the dragon lost himself in his theorizing, he unknowingly stepped upon the statue’s other hand. Just like the lynx, he didn’t notice his legs slowly turning to gold. “But very obviously cause you immense pain, hehe. So maybe this unknown magic won’t kill us; could even be harmless.”

“Nice explanation, Nat, but I’m gonna seriously need your help right about now.”

With Drake having caught his attention, Natsuru was shocked to see his friend on the other side turning to gold from the legs. The lynx was struggling to move, but he couldn’t. “DRAKE”, Natsuru shouted. The dragon immediately dropped his cork hat full of treasure, as he was about to make his way over to the feline’s side. Unfortunately for him, he found out couldn’t move his legs; looking down and noticing he too was turning to gold.

“What is this”, Drake questioned nervously.

“That’s what I’d like to know”, Natsuru answered. “This is either that magic I sensed, or a curse from this damn temple.”

As the spread continued upwards along their legs, the parts of their bodies that hadn’t succumbed yet were trembling. Upon seeing and feeling their groins and tails turn to gold, two had now become anxious. Sweat began running down from their bodies; they too turned to gold, as their abdomens and chests had solidified into gold. The two were now gasping, as if they were trying to get some air.

“I…think…my heart…just…stopped”, Natsuru said between gasps.

Eventually, their arms began to turn to gold as well. And by the time their necks had changed, it became even harder for them to breathe. Natsuru and Drake were panicking; their eyes were twitching, as they felt the spread reaching their chins.

“I’m…sorry…Nat”, Drake apologized. “This whole…idea…of mine…was a…stupid one.”

“Dr-drake.”

“N-nat.”

Those were their last words; calling each other’s names, as their faces had completely turned to gold. The two now stood in place as golden statues; their expressions were that of fear. They looked no different from the five statues they had examined prior. Was that their fate now? Were they going to be stuck forever as golden statues; never to be found?

End?