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Realm of the Winter Prince:

A Pirate's Tale Chapter 5** :**

Bonds Between Boys of the Boat

The moon was high in the star-filled sky, shining down upon a pirate ship docked at a harbor which just happened to be next to a tavern. All the adult men from the ship, including the captain and a certain Pyroar, were in the building and enjoying comradery, grog, and the seldom experienced company of women. Their sounds could be intermittently and faintly heard by the teenaged boys, who were left to their own devices on the vessel. On the deck, Nikola--a slender, jet black naga--and Marcelo--a chubby brown tanuki sat together as they gazed upon the stars. Laying on their backs, the two boys had their digits interlaced together tightly.

"Do you think fate meant for usss to be together?" Nikola asked as he turned his head to the side to look into Marcelo's dark brown eyes. "I mean all twenty sssomethin'-odd of usss boysss on the ssship? You and me with the rest of our groupmates?"

The tanuki smiled as he gently brought his hand, intertwined with the naga's, to his muzzle. "Whatever it was, we're both here now, and I'm eternally grateful for that," he said smiling at the other boy. The naga blushed, and pulled himself up to kiss the tanuki on the cheek.

The boys turned to face each other and nuzzled their faces together. The chubby canine looked upon the scale and smiled. "We have the captain, Pyrodin and the other adults to thank for us becoming so close to one another."

The reptile gently pulled his friend closer. "I wanted to asssk you sssomething...would you want to ssspend your entire life at sssea?"

"Why do you ask?" the canine inquired after he kissed his groupmate's forehead.

"Becaussse I want usss to be together alwaysss," Nikola said kissing Marcelo's cheek. "I love you and everyone elssse on the ssship."

Those words made the young tanuki blush, and the teen hugged the naga tightly. "I love you and our seaborne family, too," he said while nuzzling along the naga's shoulders.

"Well..." The black fur masked hound thought for a moment. "I want to spend some amount of time at sea...but I want to do more with life. What I really want is..."

The adolescent was interrupted by the sound of hoofsteps coming from the stairs leading to the cabin. The door was pushed open from the floor of the deck and a snow white deer--dressed in a black tank top and tight black shorts--called out to the duo, speaking in an authoritative manner. "Hey guys, we have a task from the captain, so I need you two downstairs now."

"Yesssssir," Nikola said as they both went slowly to the door. "What were you about to ssssay?" the serpent asked holding Marcelo's hand.

"I'll tell you later," the canine replied as they reached the stairs.

Tapping his hoof on the floor, the deer called from the bottom of the stairs. "Hurry up, the captain's note says that it's something dire we need to do." He turned and hurried to the group's shared quarters.

Whispering into the reptile's ear as they descended, the tanuki said, "Isn't he taking the leader thing just a tad too far? I mean the captain appointed him as the head boy of our group just last week. He was so joyous, but now...He's kinda strict and bossy."

"I guesss all that power of head boy hasss gone to hisss head," Nikola chuckled softly to the tanuki as they both reached the meeting room. There sitting in a circle was the deer, a cheetah, and the porcupine, the later of whom still had a singed, bandaged tail from the last time he picked on the naga.

The cheetah was lying on his back as his spotted tail gently wagged back and forth at his side. He was different from other cheetahs, for he was black with purple spots, which contrasted well with his torn grey shorts. He was the lazy one of the group. Unless it had to do with learning to handle a sword or sweep another's leg, he often tried to ditch out of his duties.

The porcupine was in a blue tank top, black pants, and red bandanna. He tried to hide his tail from the naga's view by tucking it under his knees, which were folded to his chest and hugged by his arms. He was not showing it, but he was still sore about the lion lightly cooking off his tailfur.

The naga softly chuckled, remembering the way Pyrodin told the porcupine off and how the rodent learned not to bully anyone anymore.

"Alright, everyone. Roll call!" The snowy buck said commandingly as he stood. He began by pointing to himself before declaring, "Head Boy Bradley, present and accounted for. Next, Cyan." The room went quiet, prompting the boy to look at the cheetah, who had dozed off into a nap.

The porcupine to thought to himself. "You have a real commanding presence, Bradley. I'm sure he heard you in his dreams."

The cheetah sat up and yawned, stretching his spotted arms to the ceiling. "I'm here," purred the adolescent as he snuggled up to the deer's leg, making the buck blush.

The feline was lazy, but he was also very close with the deer. He knew how to easily get the antlered male to overlook his offences of laziness. The facts that he was fast and the deer easily flustered were also helpful.

The porcupine thought to himself as he looked down in a sense of disdain, "And the oversized housecat gets off scot free by making the captain's pet as red as the _ __ bandana __ __ on __ __ my __ __ head_. Meanwhile, I'll get reprimanded the next time I make a snide remark."

The buck regained his composure and commanding voice. "Thank you, Cyan. Now, Dianthus."

The quilled teen answered in a huff, "We're all obviously here. Now, get on with it," in a curt and rude, which was no surprise to the cervidae.

Although, the buck hated receiving disrespect from the porcupine, and he replied in a cool headed manner, "I know you're jealous that the captain appointed me head boy, but you don't have to be so prickly about it."

As the cheetah, easily amused, laughed from the comment, the porcupine went red, stood up and stared daggers at the deer, whom was an entire head taller than him even without the antlers.

Nikola winked at Marcelo and Cyan as he saw a match near a lantern. He quickly struck it against his scaly lower half and set the burning tip on the porcupine's tail. Dianthus sniffed then screamed in pain as he sat on his own quills. Three of the boys looked at him and laughed and the naga declared, "Ssserves you right," in a sense of vindication.

Marcelo looked on as the naga and cheetah laughed and the buck covered a vicious chuckle with a closed maw behind his paw. The porcupine stood back on his hind paws, ran out of the room, up the stairs and onto the deck.

The tanuki looked astonished at the reptile. "Why did you do that? He wasn't even doing anything to anyone."

The jet snake's visage formed in response; however, before he could say anything the deer interrupted. "Ok let's get back to the task at hand. We're already behind."

"What about Dianthus?" The canine asked concerned.

In a decisively dismissive tone, the buck answered, "He'll do what he always does: run off, pout, and comeback when he doesn't get attention for it. Now, the captain left a note for us," He held up a green glass bottle before continuing, "and we need to complete the objective before bed. Let's sit in a circle and get to work. We have only a couple of hours before we have to be asleep." The other boys joined in a circle and sat down.

Meanwhile, the porcupine decided to leave the ship and walk into the dark scene of the town alone and without the others knowing.

Nikola suddenly had a sickening feeling. "Excussse me," he said before sitting up and slithering out the door to find the porcupine. He searched all over the ship to look for him, except in the rooms of other groups. However, the porcupine was nowhere to be found. Feeling regret and worry, the snake rushed back in and declared in distress, "He'sss gone! I can't find him anywhere!"

The cervidae huffed in slight frustration as the naga immediately left the room. When he heard the news of the porcupine's absence, the youth replied, "He's just found another hiding place. We shouldn't get distracted, the captain has a task for us, and we need to finish it. I say let him be. If he doesn't help us complete it, let the captain give him a well-deserved razing on his spiky rear end."

The tanuki looked up at the reptile and asked, "Are you sure you looked everywhere? He is the shortest of us, he may have just found a new place to fit into and be alone."

In the port town, the porcupine was walking around without direction. The streets seemed to be empty. All the shops were closed, but there were candle lit scenes in the windows of the wood and stone buildings. As the teen continued deeper into the unknown layout of the streets, he thought to himself, "Well this is a first. I leave the ship to get away, and now I'm lost in the city. I bet they are still laughing it up and haven't even noticed I'm gone. Oh well, as long as I get back before the men tomorrow morning, I think I can dodge the scolding and paddling from the captain." The barefoot rodent decided to go into the back alleys and scrounge for food when he heard the sound of his stomach growling. "I need to find something to gnaw on while I think."

"Well, you can do that, but I'm going out there," Nikola said and looked to the tanuki for help.

"Count me in," Marcelo said joining the longer male to look for Dianthus.

Upon walking deeper into the alley, Dianthus came across a fruit vendor, whom was throwing some produce away in the wooden dumpsters. The porcupine approached the jaguar--dressed in a simple green shirt, black pants and white apron--and asked for some of his soon to expire wears.

The seller, a man in his mid-forties replied, "What are you willing to pay for the fruit boy? It may be soon to turn, but I need to still make a living."

The teen replied in a cool, respectful, and confident demeanor, "I don't have any coins on me, sir." Then, he slid into his knees with his front paws flat on the ground as he licked his lips, he suggested with a soft murr in his voice, "But maybe I can trade something else for your produce."

The jaguar rubbed his chin and smiled. "Tell you what: come inside to my back office and maybe we can arrange giving you some fresh fruit?"

"Lead the way, sir." Dianthus stood to his feet and padded behind the elder male to a door that was just a few steps away. "As he followed, the adolescent thought, "Just like the horny old vendors back home. Let the green grocer seed you for produce _.__ T he butcher will_ ha __ve you sample_ his own personal meat before giving you any his stock. This is nothing new_."

Back on the ship, the deer was reading the captain's note as he began to sweat from a startling realization. "Alright boyos, I want ye five have been havin' trouble getting' along. So, I want ye five to play a good ol'fashion game of spin the bottle to share and bond." After finishing reading, he slammed the paper onto the floor and exclaimed, "Son of a thieving bilge rat!" as the thud from his hand jolted the slumbering cheetah awake.

"Bradley, what's got you so worked up?" The black and purple feline stretched as he yawned out his question.

"No time. We have to find the others. If all three of them are off the boat, then the captain will keelhaul me for ill leadership."

"They what?" Cyan asked sitting up concerned. "I'm sure they can find their way back. They're smart, resourceful boys." The cheetah hugged the buck's arm and nuzzled the head boy reassuringly while purring.

"Damn it, Cyan! Stop being selfish. All you do is sleep and rut. I actually have to take charge." His harsh tone caused the feline to release his limb. The big cat tried to speak, but the buck had turned and hurried up the stairs to go after the others.

Cyan felt hurt and ran after him. "Bradley, wait, I'm coming with you!" he shouted running after the buck as he caught up. "I won't let you go out there alone. If you get into trouble, I'll be there for you."

"No," the deer said to the pleading feline. "Someone needs to be here if they come back, and I need to take responsibility for this."

Cyan nodded his head in affirmation. "Alright, but Bradley, just promise me you'll be careful," the feline said with a tear in his eye.

Before the buck left, Cyan gave Bradley a loving kiss before went down below to prepare thing's for the boys' return.

Meanwhile, the dog and snake regrouped at the bottom of a tall building. The chubby canine was panting from the running as the snake slithered down the outer wall. "Did...did you...see...see him."

"Yesss! I sssaw him go into a building with an older man." The snake grimaced. "What'sss he doing?"

In the fire light of the shop, the jaguar grinned as he knelt down to lick out the porcupine's chamber with his big, rough tongue while giving out a long purr.

The rodent was laying atop an old wooden desk, which the feline had covered with a blanket to avoid injury from splinters. Legs spread, the boy gripped the desk as he softly moaned from the jaguar's strong yet gentle tongue work.

"It looks like he's... he's mating with the grocer," Marcelo gasped as he looked in through the window.

Dianthus ground his rear into the face of the black cat as he release a gasping moan from his muzzle. "Oh Sir, please be gentle. I've never been entered by an older man before." This of course was a lie, but he had found such tactics to work in these situations.

The other teens watched in silent arousal as their hands wandered lower in voyeuristic carnality.

"Don't worry," the jaguar said kissing Dianthus, "I'll be gentle just for you." He slowly stood carefully slid the head of his member in as he nuzzled the teen.

Marcelo and Nikola kept on watching as they tried so hard to hide their erections and avoid being spotted.

Bent over the jaguar's desk, the porcupine sounded a quivering whine from the pleasure as the elder male ran a padded paw over the pup's back. "It seems that porcupine quills soften when relaxed, it's good to know some things never change." As he gently pushed his member against the puckered mound and slid inside the younger male, the feline leaned in and nestled with the boy's thick, soft quills as he allowed Dianthus to adjust to his barbed member. "I'm average size around here, so you shouldn't need much time to get accustomed to my stalk, lad."

The tanuki whispered into the naga's ear, "I want to watch, but it might be better for us to back away and let them finish...If we do that, we can take care of ourselves," he said nervously with a chuckle.

With a reassuring kiss upon the cheetah's head, the Buck declared, "I promise. And you set up the game and put out some cushions, blankets, and snacks. Kind of like a sleep over. That way we can try to put things behind us more easily when everyone is back."

The jaguar leaned down and with his feline tongue, licked the boy's cheek out of feral instinct as he slowly went in and out of Dianthus. "I haven't had this much pleasure in a long time," he purred softly hugging the boy beneath him.

"Maybe," Nikola said as he and Marcelo snuck back to make sure Dianthus made it back to the ship alright.

The elder male lapped at the adolescent's ear, bringing the organ into his muzzle and gently chewing, purring around it. This action caused the porcupine to tremble, barely managing to hold himself upon the blanket covered top of the desk. His arms buckled, but the jaguar's swift paw caught and held his body up. Before the boy could respond, the feline began quick short humping into the boy's experienced anal door, and the teen moaned loudly as he relished the ecstasy.

"So hot inside!" the Dianthus thought to himself. "Just like the captain did to me over his desk on my first night as part of the crew!"

The young voyeurs had quickly turn back at the sound of the porcupine's moaning, even more aroused. They had never even seen their crew mate naked, much less willing to let himself go.

Then, all three male's snapped to reality when the jaguar announcde, "It seems you were loud enough to attract an audience, lad."

Bradley looked around the ship for any signs of where the others may have went. The town they were in was big, and the boys had never been there before. So, he had to make sure he found the right direction, or risk getting himself lost as well.

After 15 long minutes of searching, Bradley spotted the familiar forms of the naga and tanuki, silhouetted by firelight from within the building. The scene he came upon had him speechless.

The slender snake and the chubby hound were passionately kissing as they stroked each other's members. The tanuki's sizable testes were swaying freely as he attended to the naga's twin, black, hook covered rods in one, big paw. The black reptile's claw was working just as fast to reciprocate his groupmate's speed and effort. The panting males looked into each other's eyes and nodded to each other in wordless readiness.

The scene inside the house had advanced as well. The jaguar was now sitting in a bright red arm chair as the porcupine rode his barbed manhood. The porcupine was sitting reverse cowboy, watching the other two teens through the open door with the strong light of the hearth shining upon them and flooding part of the back alley. The big cat had abandoned all restraint and began to pound mercilessly into the adolescent's bussy, and the porcupine was unable to hold back the long, open mouthed moans that were sounding from his hormone idled body.

Nikola whimpered while he humped into Marcelo's hand and kissed the tanuki as he was about ready to release his seed. Marcelo held the naga close as he inserted his puphood into the naga's chamber under the twin members and kissed the naga just as passionately.

The tanuki pumped hard enough to audibly pop his inflated knot into the slender, reptilian male, continuing to pump so much as he could as they screamed in unison. Soon, Nikola felt the surge of canine cum inside of him as he hugged the chubby hound, sandwiching his twin serpentine members between the two of them as they spit forth the naga's own seed.

Simultaneously, the eldest male hilt his cock inside Dianthus and held the boy tight as he bit the boy's neck. Feeling the seed and teeth piercing his body, the porcupine jerked violently as he sprayed arching ropes of teenaged, male essence onto into the air and onto the stone floor. His quills were still soft, so the jaguar leaned back in the chair and brought the still trembling youth to his chest, releasing his jaw from the lad's neck, to allow the now whimpering adolescent to slump backwards and rest on his fit, though slightly potbellied, body.

The buck was astonished at the scene. He was filled with a mix of arousal from the lingering scent of male musk in the air and dread that the boys had done this type of thing away from the ship and out in the open. The anxiety of the captain's punishment and the stressed caused him not to even notice the prominent tent in the pelvic area of his own pants. Bradley shook his head and he knew he would have to get the boys back on the ship or else.

Nikola hugged Marcelo and then realized something. "Uh... I think you'll have to carry me back to the ship," the naga said blushing. "I'm stuck on you...literally."

The chubby canine nuzzled the snake, and replied, "It's a good thing that it doesn't take me long to deflate. Don't want the captain to think we were just screwing around."

The jaguar looked outside when he heard the other two boy's sounds of climax and grinned. "Good lad," the elder male said licking the porcupine's cheek.

"That... That was amazing," The porcupine heaved out as he felt the older male's manhood fall out of him. "The only man that made me feel that good was..."

The feline stood Dianthus up and held the boy steady as his buckling legs readjusted to the ground. He then stood behind the lad and pat him upon the head. "Looks like another friend of yours has come to see you." Looking at the astonished buck, the jaguar declared, "You must be the head boy, judging by the look on your face. Worried about your mates, were you?"

"Uh... yes, I am," Bradley responded quickly. "Guys, I insist that we all head back to the boat at once." And with that, the boys picked themselves up and went back to the ship. Before Dianthus left, the jaguar whispered, "I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you again," As gave the lad a big cloth bag of fresh produce for the porcupine to take with him. The food was the reason the boy approached him after all.

The boys proceeded on their long walk back to the ship. Bradley was at the front while Marcelo was a few steps behind with Nikola at his side, and Dianthus was holding up the rear a few feet behind. No one had said anything, and the only noises were that of the buck's hooves clacking against the stone paths of the city. The atmosphere was thick with awkwardness and lingering negativity from their last interaction upon the ship.

Finally, Nikola took a deep breath and turned around to face Dianthus. "Look, I think I owe you an apology," he said. "It's just that you always bullied me all the time and I wanted to get even with you... I was wrong and I don't blame you if you hate me now... But I'm sorry that I hurt you. I didn't mean to go that far, I swear. Just let me make it up to you."

The porcupine looked at the naga in surprise that he apologized. The teen had had a rough life of living on the streets and was always walked on by people tougher and bigger than him, so he never thought that someone would apologize so genuinely. Dianthus sighed with a deep breath and said to the reptile, "No, I'm sorry...I shouldn't have picked on you." Looking away from the snake's gaze, the teen continued, "It's just...never mind." He walked passed the other three as the Tanuki and buck looked on, wordlessly following his steps as he reached the ships boarding ramp.

"No wait," Nikola said slithering up with concern on his face, "Pleassse tell me." He wanted to show Dianthus that there was no barrier between them anymore, and that they did not have to keep secrets from each other.

"No," the porcupine said in a serious tone. "You didn't care to know my issue when you burned my tail. Neither did Pyrodin at that. So, I have no need to say anything. However," he opened the cloth bag and reached in to fish out a bright red apple and present it to the naga. "You like apples, right? I remember you say something to one of the men. Anyway, consider this a peace offering and a token of apology."

Bradley, literally, put his hoof down, causing a loud clop to echo through the street behind him. His face visibly flustered red from the anxiety and worry of the situation, he said with a superior tone, "Cut the act, Dianthus. You've played the bad boy with a vague past this whole time, and it's gotten old. If you did have anything to say, a jealous, attention-harlot like you would've spit it out by now."

The quelled adolescent grit his teeth and turned to face the buck. "I refuse to take that from a boy who only came to look for me because he was afraid that the captain would have his right foothoof if everyone wasn't present and accounted for. Say what you will about me, but at least my head isn't so far up my own rear that my antlers are coming out of my mouth."

The nervous, sweat drizzling tanuki, tried sheepishly to step in as the two stared down each other. "G-guys...About Captain Scripes...maybe we should get back on board before we cause a scene. I'm sure any punishment will be multiplied if he hears that we woke up the town and caused his reputation damage."

"Yesss, please," Nikola said slithering up and hugging both Dianthus and Marcelo. "Let'sss jussst get back to the ssship."

The buck and the porcupine stared at each other before wordlessly walking onto the ship as the tanuki joined the naga's side and whispered, "What are we going to do. I hate to think what the captain will say when he sees this non-comradery."

"I'm sssure he'll underssstand," Nikola said once they got back to the cabin, where Cyan was pacing back and forth nervously. When the cheetah saw Bradley walk in, he rushed to the stag and hugged him tightly. "I was so worried about you!" he exclaimed with a whimper.

"And he seems to be the only one you were worried about." The porcupine's voice cut curtly through the moment, causing the buck to grit his teeth.

The canine put his paw in between the two and tried to continue mediation. "It's been an eventful night, so maybe we should take a breather and..."

The Buck raised his voice suddenly and proclaimed, "I'm head boy, and I'll make that decision."

Cyan knew how to calm Bradley down, so he began kissing the young stag, whom closed his eyes and felt calm once more.

The buck hugged the black cheetah and nestled with the feline, sharing his body's warmth with his beloved purple spotted groupmate. After the kiss broke, Bradley took a deep breath and said, "Look, the captain, wanted us to play a game to bond...but we clearly have some issues. The captain may overlook us not finishing the game if we try work out our problem. So how about we sit down, enjoy the produce and talk things out?" He awaited for responses from the other boys.

Nikola nodded and looked at Dianthus who finally consented as they all sat in a circle with Marcelo on Nikola's right, Dianthus on the naga's left. Left of Dianthus was Cyan with Bradley on Marcelo's right.

The boys sat in silence. The bag of produce, open and showing the vibrant fresh fruit, was in the middle of their circle. Nikola was holding the apple in one claw as his other was slightly behind him and nestling with the tanuki's, and the snake's tail was wrapped around his chubby mate's. Cyan's head was laying in the buck's shoulder with his eyes closed. The head boy was feeling the full awkwardness of the moment as he and the porcupine simply looked at each other.

"Bradley, why don't you start?" Marceleo asked, breaking the silence.

Bradley took a deep breath. He knew that the porcupine was hot tempered, and, after how the night started, he wanted to be a good leader. The snow colored buck decided to try being diplomatic. Looking straight into the bandanna clad rodent's eyes, he inquired, "What is happening with you?"

"What is happening with me," the porcupine began in a quick reply, "is my own business and I will deal with it in my own way." He averted his eyes from the taller, more toned male.

The buck replied, "The problem is your way has so far amounted to bullying, disappearing, and pouting. This is doing nothing but disrupting our task and our general morale."

The porcupine heaved a sigh and said, "And I see that your way of resolving the situation amounts to talking down to those who you see as subordinates."

"I'm not talking down. Only stating the fact that your actions are not healthy for you or anyone else. I can't make you tell us what is wrong, but you can't continue to affect us as a group."

"Fine," the rodent said as he stood and grabbed and orange. "I'll go to the deck for the night, and you can continue to the captain's task." He turned to face the door to the halls when he felt a scaly tail wrap gently around his ankle.

"Pleassse ssstay," Nikola said with a warm concerned look that made Dianthus feel bad and return to his seat.

"Ok..." the porcupine silently relented. Sitting with his knees bent and to his chest, he said "I am...feeling a lot of things...and I don't know how to deal with them." The teen looked to the wooden floor of the ship upon which his hind paws were kneading.

"Well... can you tell us what those feelings are?" Cyan asked gently.

"I don't know." The youth let his back fall to the floor and looked up at the ceiling of the room. "I don't know how to convey them...I only know that some things like acting out keeps my mind off of them."

Nikola slithered up to the porcupine and snuggled up to him. "I'm sssorry we never knew how you felt," he said kissing the boy's cheek.

The rodent gave the snake a one armed hug and continued to look to the ceiling. "It's my own fault. I'm the one who bullied you and ruined the night by running off."

"Well, I forgive you for all the timesss you bullied me," Nikola said caressing Dianthus' cheek.

The buck was lying to the rodent's other side and snaked an arm under the porcupine's neck, easy due to the fact that the porcupine was relaxed enough to allow his quills to soften.

Marcelo took the side by the snake, as Cyan nestled behind the snowy deer.

The moon came out and shone into the room through the portside window of their room, placing the five into a lunar spotlight.

Bradley leaned down to kiss Dianthus on the lips; however, before their lips could meet, the leader noticed tears trickling down the rodent's visage. He caressed Dianthus and nuzzled him comfortingly to show that he was sorry for being so rough on him.

The rodent gently pushed away the buck's hand as he sat up with tears about to stream out of his eyes. He was having a memory, one he had almost forgotten. The teen saw flashes of himself as a cub sitting in the moonlight with a woman, nestling in her breast as he looked up into the moonlit and star dotted sky. The sudden rush of the image was too overwhelming for him, and he began to hyperventilate.

"What's the matter?" Bradley asked feeling worried. "Did I do something wrong?"

He could only shake his head as he continues to cry and tremble. The youth was unable to speak, and the other boys could only watch the sight and feel helpless.

Bradley caressed him and said, "Dianthus, you don't have to worry about keeping secrets. We're all here for you as friends and even family. Please, let us help you."

From the head boy's words and ministrations, the porcupine calmed down, his trembling and breathing soon subsiding as the buck held him gently. The rodent's quills were as soft as they had ever been, as tears trickled down his cheeks. "It's nothing...I was just having a memory..."

Bradley cuddled the boy and kissed his forehead. "What was it about?" he asked softly as he nuzzled Dianthus.

The rodent calmed down and took a deep breath. "It was about my mother. I was with her looking at the full moon in the star filled sky. Even now I faintly feel the warmth of her breasts. It was so vivid...I haven't thought about her since..."

The stag hugged and caressed the boy kissing his cheek. "It's okay. She's still with you in a way," the boy said placing a hand on Dianthus' chest. "Right here, where your chest beats."

The other males looked upon the scene as the fragile, unguarded teen said a soft, "Thanks." He gripped the hand of the buck with his still slightly trembling paws.

The cheetah hugged the porcupine from behind as the tanuki hugged both the stag and the rodent in a bear hug from behind. Then, Nikola coiled quickly around the ground and tightens his hold as he stopped and put his arms around Dianthus and whispered, "We are here for you, too."

Nikola's tongue flicked out allowing him to taste the salty tears coming from Dianthus. "What else did you do with your mother?" the naga asked sitting upright and brushing away a tear from the porcupine's eyes with his thumb.

"Well... I'd use to play in a field buy our old house. I'd help her clean before she'd leave for work..." Dianthus paused and looked down at the wooden floor of the room. "But then, one day she took ill and...passed away soon after. Since then, I've had to use my body to get food and my fists to keep myself safe." His body began to tense as his words became more strained by emotion." I have no education...or skills...besides being rutted and fighting, so...I...I...I took the captain's offer when he came to my village a few months back. B-B...But now I-I think mother would be ashamed of me... if-if she could see me."

"Well, I think she would be happy for you since you're now surrounded by friends who care about you," Cyan said stroking the top of Dianthus' head. "And as for education, we can teach you if you want."

"I've been a child...and she taught me better. As far as teaching me anything, I may not be here for that. The captain may just throw me overboard after the trouble I caused tonight." The sudden thought of being alone again caused the boy to produce a melancholic expression upon his young, furry visage.

"Don't worry about being alone," Marcelo said. "If he throws you out, he'll have to throw me out too."

"And me," Nikola said slithering close to the tanuki.

"We're family," Cyan said resting a paw on the porcupine's shoulder. "And family sticks together no matter what."

The stag was silent at first. After a moment, he suggested, "Well...We don't have to tell him."

The very fact that the buck would keep something from the tiger was astonishing to the boys, now looking upon him in disbelief.

"But perhaps the jaguar knew the captain?" Marcelo said out loud in thought.

Nikola lifted his head in realization. "He alssso ssseemed to know that Bradley isss the head boy after ssseeing him." The naga looked down to the other boys. "I have an idea, we ssstill have hoursss before sssunrissse. In my old village, vendorsss usssually lived on the sssecond floor above their ssshopsss. Maybe, we can asssk him nicccely not to tell the captain."

Marcelo added, "Or maybe we can invite him onto the ship to..."

"NO!" Bradley declared immediately and emphatically. "No strange men on board. If the captain found out we let some local on the ship he'll punish us for sure, and I can kiss my head boy title good bye."

"We can just tell the captain the whole story." The feline sat up and stretched his arms upward as he let out a soft grunt of relaxation. "That way we can accept blame together. There's no lying or skirting around it if the captain is told by the vendor. At the very least, coming clean will make our individual punishments better. Either way, mine will be most lax since I actually stayed on the ship." The feline smiled half-jokingly at his own words.

A feint smile crossed the porcupine's face. Just a few moments prior, they were at each other's throats. After tempers flaring, hormones racing, and tears shedding, he felt he had grown at least a little closer to the other young men around him. Upon hearing the other boys try to devise ways to cover for him, his paw, clutched around the snake's vest trembled from a swelling overflow of happiness that he began to feel at that moment.

Nikola looked at Dianthus and hugged the boy as well as nuzzling his head on top of the porcupine's.

"Your quills are very soft," The reptile declared as he nestled in the bushy hair of the rodent. "Hey, didn't you have on a red bandanna earlier?"

The porcupine quickly felt his head quills as the snake moved away. "It's gone," he uttered in realization. "It had to fall off at the produce store. We need to go and get it. It's very important." He frowned as he finished that last sentence.

"But, why? What's so important about a bandanna?" Marcelo asked confused as he saw the boy get up and head for the door.

The porcupine turned back as he blushed a deep red before shouting in one breath, "Because... it's Pyrodyn's! He gave it to me the day after he burned my tail. We had just mated, and .he gave me a stern talking two while he held me gently in his bed. He said that I remind him of himself when he first came on the ship before he tied it around my head and told me to keep my quills soft or else it would rip. Then, he made me promise to keep it safe and in one piece for him because he would ask for it back after I thought about myself and my attitude. So, I need to have it. My mother told me to never break a promise, and..."

"Wait! I have an idea," Cyan said as he got up and from behind a corner, he pulled out a small white rat. "Don't worry. This little fella and I are close friends. Just tell him what color and he'll use his nose to find it."

Marcelo looked to the tiny vermin and asked the big cat in surprise, "Where did that come from?"

Cyan declared in reply, "What ship doesn't have rats?"

The anthro rodent kneeled to the feral and said, "It's a pure red bandanna. I haven't washed it so it smells like me. The produce store was north of the ship the end of a dark alley."

The cheetah pet the rat and encouraged him by saying, "You heard him, McGuffin. Go find it." The rat hopped off the feline's paws and scurried through a hole in the wall to carry out its assigned task.

Coming onto the ship's deck and crawling down the gang plank, the rat followed the scent to the grocer's store. McGuffin had to avoid getting trampled and he was being chased by a few alley cats, but he managed to get to his destination. Once he saw the red bandana, he grabbed it with his mouth and scampered back to the ship as fast as his little legs could carry him.

The porcupine was on pins and needles as he awaited for the rat's return upon seeing the rat, he heaved a sigh of relief and knelt down to pick receive the bandanna from the inner wall crawler.

McGuffin squeaked victoriously as he scurried to the feline, who had a piece of cheese in his paw.

The mouse took the cheese from the cheetah and scurried away to enjoy his reward inside the wall.

Heaving a glad sigh, the porcupine tied the bandanna around his head.

"Wait a minute," the chubby canine interjected, looking at the rodent as he smirked. "I thought you didn't like Pyrodin."

The prickly youth replied, "I don't," as he presented a betraying, pouty blush across is gray face.

Nikola smirked and hugged Dianthus. "I guess there's more that you haven't told us," the naga said snuggling the porcupine.

The rodent sighed as he kneeled down reached for a fruit to stuff into his mouth so that he didn't have to respond. His paw managed to grab a curious pink fruit that was almost heart-shaped with a single stem and leaf protruding from its top. He opened his muzzle as he brought the produce to his muzzle.

Bradley and Cyan were snuggling together and looking on with Marcelo. All three presented giggling smiles at the shyness of the rougher furred of their group's dynamic.

The naga, who still held the lad teasingly accosted the other youth, "Go on and admit it."

The fruit soon gave Dianthus a feeling of openness and trust. He passed the fruit around to the others, whom took one bite out of it and felt the same feeling overcome them.

Moments later, the boys lay upon the many colors of cushions and sheets on the floor as the silent yet warm atmosphere washed over them. The buck and cheetah nestled together as the snake and tanuki did the same. The porcupine, meanwhile spooned a pillow and broke the silence. "Maybe I do like him."

Nikola opened one arm for Dianthus to join him and Marcelo. "Won't you tell us?" the naga asked nuzzling his new partner.

Accepting the claw, the rodent pulled himself into the dog and snake, sandwiching the naga. Then? he laced his paw on the exposed scaly chest of the reptile as he cuddled the two tight. He jerked slightly as he felt the Buck's hand upon his shoulder, causing him to realize that he was now flanked by the other boys.

"So... tell us more about what we need to know," Nikola hissed as his tongue flicked in and out of Dianthus' ear, which made the porcupine's ear tickle.

The rebel of the group took a deep breath and exhaled quietly. "I might like him...like a big brother I never had, someone I could've used after my mother passed...Then, I wouldn't be such a mess like I am now." As he spoke, the boy's arms around the shoulders of the deer and snake, tightened and pulled the other males close to his soft, warm, adolescent body.

The porcupine blushed as he realized that he was now rock solid from the emotional atmosphere of the moment. His black pants were tight and strangling his teenaged bone. His blush only deepened from the realization that the other boys were just as heated, especially the pantsless naga whose twin, hooked members were quivering and slightly drooling in sexual readiness.

"Maybe we should undresss," Nikola said blushing, "For comfort'sss sssake if nothing elssse."

"Well, we haven't seen each other naked before." The porcupine turned his head to the buck behind him and said with a soft smile. "However, I think that decision is the head boy's to make."

"I say let's all get those clothes off," Bradley said with a smile as he was cuddling Cyan and Dianthus.

Marcelo interjected by sitting up and saying, "I have an idea. We are supposed to bond right? Well, what's more intimate than undressing someone else? We could take turns undressing each other until we are naked. That way we can fully appreciate looking at each other...and maybe more..." As he finished talking he let out a nervous chuckle as his brown furry face became flushed.

Nikola smiled and slithered up to Marcelo, slipping his hands around the tanuki's waist and kissing along his shoulders. "Sssounds pretty intimate to me," he hissed as his hands slipped under Marcelo's shirt and lifted it off his body to reveal the canine's round belly, which Nikola kissed tenderly.

Murring softly, the tanuki placed a paw along the snake's head and rubbed the other male's chest with his free paw. "You know how I like it." The dog slipped his paws under the reptile's vest and gently pulled it off, revealing the naga's nude form. Then, his paws ran gently over his groupmate's sides while his eyes locked with the jet scale's.

"Your turn," the cheetah said, drawing the other boys' attentions to the feline, whose paws were now messaging the strong, snow colored buck's shoulders.

Bradley grinned as he reached around Cyan and gave him a loving peck on the cheek before slipping his hands under the cheetah's shirt.

The cheetah immediately set to work, slowly pulling up the deer's shirt as he gazed passionately into the antlered male's eyes. While the buck's white face reddened, the black and purple feline nuzzled his lover's toned, masculine chest.

The porcupine watched the heated exchanges as his youthful boyhood strained ever more against his pants.

Nikola slithered over and removed Dianthus' shirt before he kissed down the porcupine's chest.

Then the hormonal teen practically tackled the porcupine with love. "This is fun, but it's taking too long. I'm so...in need of mating," the reptile said as he looked at the rodent.

Gulping nervously, Dianthus replied, "Well...we could all shed our pants on the count of three."

"But, I don't have any pants," Nikola replied as he showed his nude, sleek body coiled around them.

Marceleo chimed is as he pet the snake's head. "You could be the judge."

The naga leaned his head backwards until it was upside down so he could see the chubby dog behind him. "Of what?" he asked as he blinked two times for effect.

At first the tanuki was at a loss before the black and purple cheetah glomped the porcupine from behind and said enthusiastically, "A most interesting boy parts contest!"

The naga smiled, coiling up on a nearby pillow to watch as the other boys stood.

When the others were ready, Bradley counted off, "Three...Two...ONE!" and the boys discarded their bottoms, revealing their members.

Marcelo's red, chiseled headed member was fully erect with his canine knot, supported by his two apple sized testicles, in full view.

Cyan stood with his paws at his sides as his purple, black-barbed feline cock bobbed and drooled clear male fluid. The color inverted organ was completely covered in feline spikes, save for the head with looked as smooth as a river stone.

Bradley was definitely the most endowed, as evidenced by his long, turquoise boyhood that touched the base of his toned, white chest.

Lastly, Dianthus' rod was interesting to say the least. The fleshy, dark red mass was out of his sheath, but it was still completely covered in a cocoon of skin. This showed him to be naturally uncut, something of a rarity amount males of this realm.

Powered by heated lust, the snake zoomed around each male in a series of interconnected figure eights to look over the charms of each boy's masculine masses to choose the winner.

"I choose you as the winner!" Nikola declared as he curled around Dianthus and kissed his lips.

Blushing with the kiss, the porcupine replied, "Really, what did I win?" as the other boys pat him on the back in congratulations. The naga leaned into his ear and replied...

"You won the chance to top a naga," he whispered softly into the boy's ear.

"Re...Really?" Dianthus said softly in unexpected surprise. "But I tend to be kind of rough when I'm the male, and...Let's just say my head, back, and rump arnt the only places that have spikes." The teen hugged the naga as he looked shyly away.

Meanwhile, Bradley had called the other boys into a huddle. "Ok men. We are all horned and want to have our fun too. So..."

The feline randomly gripped the antlers of the buck and declared, "But you're the only one with horns."

Then Marceleo reached down and took a firm hold of both males' members at their bases, eliciting soft moans from the deer and cheetah. "Not below the belt he's not."

Nikola smiled and nuzzled Dianthus. "It's okay. I'm much tougher than I look," the naga said, before kissing the boy's nose.

"Well" the quill covered youth began with an even deeper blush as he got on his knees, "I think I should start here." His paws set to caressing the reptile's sides as he leaned in and quickly put his hot mouth around the heads of both the naga's members to suckle and tease the leaking snakehoods.

At the same time, Marcelo had taken Cyan's cock into his own maw and worked his tongue around the head, eliciting moans and mewls from the big cat.

Bradley walked over to a nearby drawer and reached into it to pull out a pink liquid. "The captain told me to use this with the others for a special occasion," he said to himself in thought as he uncorked the clear container. The scent hit his snout, making him moan and shudder unconsciously. "This stuff smells just like the fruit we just ate..."

Nikola moaned as the porcupine kept on sucking on his two members. "That feels so good...Don't stop!" he whimpered as he felt pleasure run through his coils.

The porcupine suddenly felt a gentle hand on the underside of his short tail. When he looked behind him, he saw the buck kneeling behind him as he looked away with a deep red blush on his face. The rodent slightly repositioned his lower body so that his rear was exposed for the snowy furred deer.

"Are you sure?" the antlered fur asked as he turned his gaze to the small hairs on Dianthus' back and buttocks.

"Yeah..."the rodent replied with an equal amount of shyness to his new friend. As not to leave the reptile unsatisfied, he used his paws to alternate strokes on the snake's twin hooked cocks.

The head boy held up the bottle of pink liquid in his free hand so that the porcupine could see it. "I think this is made from that strange fruit we shared before we got heated. The captain said that we should use it for making love with each other. We may get even more heated and uncontrolled if we use it...What do you think?"

"I think it's worth using," Dianthus said with a grin just as he watched Bradley open the vial and poured some of the solution onto his paw.

After producing a big glob on his hand, the buck reached over the porcupine rubbed his gel covered palm with the rodent's. Immediately, he rubbed that same hand long the crevice of the prickly male's rear.

As Dianthus rubbed Nikola's hole with his fingers, he murred from the tingling the pink liquid caused him to feel. As he was suckling the snake's boyhoods, his needy vibrations caused the reptile to moan from the dual sensation upon his cocks and hole.

Bradley embraced the porcupine from behind and kissed along his new lover's neck as his digits slipped easily into the relaxed, welcoming chamber. Simultaneously, his hard buckhood, ready and leaking was beginning to mark the more rebellious teen's back spines with his clear male nectar.

The vial, which was just discarded by the head boy, rolled over to the cheetah and tanuki, who were still locked in oral bliss.

The cheetah picked up the container and looked to Marcelo. "Would you like to top me?" he purred softly to the tanuki.

The tanuki grinned at the cheetah and declared, "I have a better idea." The canine motioned for the feline to get closer.

Upon leaning down, the black and purple big cat listened to the naturally masked chub, who was whispering in his rounded ear. Grinning as he looked to the buck's toned, unguarded behind, the spotted fur whispered, "Let's do it!"

Meanwhile, the deer, porcupine and snake were panting heavily just from the aphrodisiac scent of the liquid they were using in preparation for youthful, heated intercourse. Nikola and Dianthus are now on the floor. The reptile was on his back and having to hold his tail back from smacking the other two males. The rodent was barely managing to hold himself up on his knees and one elbow as his other paw was working three fingers into the naga's tight, increasingly needy anal slit. Bradley was still standing on his knees as he continued to explore the inner recesses of the porcupine with two digits as he stroked his own foot long, sharply pointed member with the pink lubricant. The physical and nasal sensation from the liquid sent a rush from his body as he reared his head back in an open mouthed moan, drowning out the equally lustful calls of the other two males.

Cyan was next to Marcelo as they snuck up behind the buck. "Are you ready?" the feline whispered softly to the tanuki.

After the tanuki nodded, the big cat pounced on the buck and gently slipped a lubed finger into the deer's chiseled tail hole. Bradley mined louder as pucker was punctured by the feline's lubricant covered digits, and his lusts grew ever more. He didn't usually let himself bottom for the other youth of the ship, but tonight he was in a heat the likes of which he never before experienced. Meanwhile, the chub prepared his own fingers to pleasure the feline.

Still laying on the floor, the naga declared loudly, "I can't wait any longer! I need you to take my hole, Dianthus!"

Bradley moaned as he felt Cyan finger him from behind, and the feline gasped as he felt something wet massage his chamber door.

The porcupine lined up his member with the anal slit of the naga, whom he was straddled over and looking deeply into the male's emerald eyes as if to ask, "Are you ready?"

"I can take it," Nikola said bringing Dianthus up to his lips and kissing him lovingly while Bradley was still prepping the porcupine with Cyan fingering Bradley and Marcelo exploring Cyan.

The porcupine lined himself up with the naga. Looking into the boy's eyes, he leaned in as his uncut member began to push against the wet, warm snakeslit.

The other three boys were now also impaled, Cyan pressing into Bradley and the tanuki lining himself up with the be-spotted feline. As the cubby fur's canine cock brose through the boy's pucker, they became interlocked, like a train line of lust and carnality.

Nikola moaned and kissed Dianthus as the long mating train finished hitching with Bradley gently entering the porcupine, and the buck moaned as he felt the shared heat running through all five of them.

The rodent froze as he felt the deer push his gifted buckhood into his hole, and the porcupine moaned as he buried his head into the scaly chest of the jet naga. In response, the snake wrapped his arms around the teen's head and ran his claws gently through the now soft, downy quills.

Bradley held the soft, slightly flabby rear mounds of Dianthus as he continued to lovingly push in as the cheetah already began to pump slowly in and out of the deer, causing the cervidae to rear his head back. While the spotted feline leaned in to nuzzle the buck's head, the chubby dog fondled and gripped wantonly at the chest of Cyan, whom was working his tail hole over Marcelo's puphood.

"Oh... yeah that feels great!" Nikola moaned and panted as he felt his twin members' leaking pre from the momentum that the others were sending his way as all four males humped rhythmically.

Their moans filled the room as they were soon sliding in and out of each other without resistance. The strange pink liquid--slick and warming--had granted them with a never before experienced level of pleasure. The rodent was pounding inside the naga. Now, the force was causing his foreskin to peel back, and his spiked covered knob to prod and scrape against the reptile's increasingly sensitive insides.

The naga whined and whimpered, but it was all in pleasure as he held onto Dianthus and the other boys were thrusting in their own heats as Cyan and Bradley turned to each other and kissed.

The porcupine suddenly screamed in ecstasy as his quills stiffened slightly. Trembling, he flooded the naga with his youthful male essence. Bradley clutched the rodent's ass tightly as his massive cock jerked and knocked around inside Dianthus and seeded the rebel with buck sperm. The deer's pleasured scream wouldonly cresendo at the feel of the cat's teeth sinking into his neck, and Cyan hilt inside of him and held the buck close to him. As the feline's creamy load claimed the cervidae, the tanuki emptied his grapefruit sized testies, the contents of which were welcomed by the cheetah's experienced and hungry chamber.

Nikola was moaning, and his two members splashed their seed upon Dianthus as the others managed to help guide them to lay on their sides panting and took turns kissing one another. After, the boys lay there in post-coital affections.

Marcelo, locked into and cuddling the big cat from behind, was soon asleep and snoring softly. However, the other boys were still awake and snuggling as they talked softly.

"So...was the jaguar kind to you?" Nikola asked Dianthus as the naga wrapped a coil over the other teen's legs.

Gently stretching himself as the buckhood inside of him returned to its housing, the porcupine replied, "A lot nicer than Bradley was. Just because you're gifted doesn't mean you have to recklessly ram in and out like rutting is going out of fashion" as he grinned playfully.

Bradley grinned and hugged Dianthus from behind him. "Is that a challenge for me to do you again?" he asked playfully and kissed the porcupine on the cheek.

"I bet I could take you better than you could take all of us one after another," Dianthus sneered after accepting the kiss.

Before the buck could reply, the black and purple cheetah interrupted. "Hey, whatever did we decide to do about the vendor?"

Meanwhile, said merchant was sitting in his office and sharing a bottle of wine with Captain Scripes. The tiger was relaxing in the wooden chair as he held his wine glass by the stem and declared, "To te boyos and their newfound closeness. I'm sure they won' be forgettin' tonight. And thank ye for your part, me old shipmate." He nodded to the jaguar and downed his glass in one gulp.

The older male chimed in, interrupting the tiger's merriment. "How do you know it went well? From what you told me, the porcupine and deer don't get along so well."

"Just like us when we be their ages and ye were chosen as head boy." The striped feline was unaffected by the jaguar, three years his senior. "And look at us now. This batch of young ones could be the closest I've seen in a while, provided ye gave them the fruit of truth and slipped off the boy's bandanna like I asked of ye."

"I did indeed," the jaguar said setting down his wine glass and walked over to kneel before the striped feline as their lips slowly met in a passionate kiss.

After the kiss broke the tiger asked, "Aren't ye a happily married man with kits of his own?"

"Well, let's just say, while the wife and kids are away, the big cat likes to play. I've never forgotten how wonderful our time together was."

"Then let us relive the old days." With that the tiger pulled the older male's shirt away.

The next day, the boys were lined up in the captain's room as the captain at behind his desk, paws laced under his chin and elbows on the wooden surface. The boys, shoulder to shoulder, were at attention and awaiting the captain's words. After a strategic silence, the striped feline inquired, "I hear ye boys had an interesting night last night. Do ye care to share?"

Nikola looked to Marcelo and to Dianthus, not sure what to say. Cyan elbowed Bradley because he was head boy, and they all had agreed earlier that the buck would be the one to tell him.

The buck stepped in front of his team and took a deep breath. Looking down slightly from the captain's gaze, the deer said, "Well, it started when Dianthus and I were about to argue...and Nikola burned his tail...Dianthus left the ship, and Nikola and Marcelo went after him...I waited then searched when they didn't comeback...I found them and we came back together."

"I believed ye skipped somethin', head boy." The tiger gruffly, halting the boy's account with his tone of voice cutting through the room. "Now, what happened when ye went searching for your men? And have the decency to look in me eyes."

Bradley shot his gaze up to lock gazes with the captain. "Well... uh... I... uh," stammered Bradley nervously, too afraid to continue.

Dianthus' voice came from behind the buck, calling the captain's attention to the porcupine. "I rutted with the vendor." The boy had stepped forward so that he was less than an inch behind the snow white deer. "I let the vendor seed me in exchange for produce."

The naga slithered to stand just behind Bradley, opposite to the rodent. "And Marcelo and I found him in mid-rut and mated ourselves, in full view of the vendor from inside and anyone who happened to be in the street."

Resounding a fake cough to interrupt the boys, the striped big cat, with his flaming red jacket open to expose his battle scared chest, declared, "I'm sure your leader appreciates ye efforts boys, but I asked Bradley what happened. I have high expectations for me head boys, and those include manning-up when the situation calls." The tiger immediately turns his piercing blue eyes to the cervidae. "Now, Bradley, continue. What happened when ye found your men?"

"It was like they said...I found Dianthus when he had just finished mating and the same went for Marcelo and Nikola," the buck said sadly.

"I see...Ye boys realize that I can't let this go unpunished." Scripes stood up, causing all the teens to flinch upon the site of his towering, built form. Placing his paws on the desk to stretch his body, he declared, "Not only did ye leave the ship without permission, ye put deserves in a position where ye could've been harmed. Now, someone here has to be punished."

Dianthus was about to speak up when Bradley stepped up. "Me...I'll take it," he said.

Just then, Nikola slithered up. "And me."

"Now boys, I said someone." The tiger said as he walked to the front of his desk, the sounds of his boots resounding in the room. "Normally, each of ye would be getting his own punishment, but today be a busy one. I'll need all possible hands on deck. So, one of ye will have to take the punishment for all of ye."

Dianthus spoke up and raised his hand to the sky.

The Tiger said, "It's decided then. Now Dianthus, pull down ye pants and bend over me desk." As the boy complied, the striped feline turned, reaching over to his drawer, and pulled out a brown paddle with holes drilled into it.

At the site of the disciplinary tool, the buck spoke up. "Wait, I'll do it! I'll take the punishment! I'm the leader, and I could've stopped this. Also, my lack of manhood is why we are still talking instead of doing the punishment! So I'll take it!" By the time he finished talking, the buck's eyes were shut tight as he was still afraid to look his captain in the soul cleaving blue eyes.

The paddle was raised, but the tiger paused and looked up at the buck. Dianthus looked up as well, as no one had ever stood up for him before.

The tiger sighed before responding, "Get on over here then, Bradley."

The buck stepped to the desk as the porcupine redid his pants and walked back to the group. As he crossed paths with the deer, their gazes met for a brief second as Bradley and Dianthus gain more trust for each other. Without another word, the buck pulled his pants down and placed his paws firmly on the desk and prepared himself for the inevitable pain.

After the buck was ready, the captain set to his work. The sounds of the smacks upon the teen's rear and the boy's cries reverberated in the room as the other adolescents watched on. The deer barely managed to keep from buckling his legs with beach loud, hard impact with the paddle. Increasingly his rear redder with a mix of embarrassment and soreness. At the tenth strike, the tiger placed the paddle on his desk, signaling the end of the punishment.

"Straighten yourself up lad," Scripes said in a gentle demand.

At the captain's orders the buck pulled up his pants as he stood erect, flinching from the pain. The tiger's paw now rested upon the boy's head and gave you a reassuring pat. "Standing up and taking responsibility for ye men is a good trait and something important for a future leader, boyo."

"Yes, sir," Bradley said as he felt the captain bring his warm, soft arms around him.

After a brief, warm moment of embrace, the tiger released the boy. "Now, ye boys get to ye tasks. We set sale after lunch."

They all did so. As they exited the captain's quarters, Dianthus came up to Bradley and gave him a tight, silent hug.

After following up with a kiss on the buck's cheek, the blushing rodent ran off to do his duties.

The porcupine reached the deck to do his cleaning duties and found the fiery maned lion waiting for him.

"Looks like someone's had quite a night," Pyron said. "Everything alright, Dianthus?"

"Well...It was a fun night of bonding to be sure." Dianthus smiled sheepishly with a blush as he looked at his feet shyly. At the next moment, the lion swiftly removed the red bandanna with one swipe of his paw.

"In that case, I think I will take this back," The lion said in a playful voice and smirking face as he pat the boy upon his head quills.

Dianthus blushed with a smile at the hot lion. "Thanks," he whispered. "For everything."