The Sultan's Love Part 1
The Sultan sat in his throne. He was bored, very bored. His head was propped up by his arm resting on the chair. The day was dragging on and his court was still waiting for the arrival of a gift from the Sank kingdom. No doubt it was the princess. He had met her before he had become the Sultan. The girl had one thing on her mind. To become a queen.Her being given to him as a gift was probably her plan to get to the throne. Though he doubted any one else would become his first. Aja was everything to him. She was quiet and listened and gave him comfort. Not the same comfort as those in his harem. But comfort to his soul. The loss of his first has been terrible. When she died, he wished he'd died too.
The others of his harem kept him going. Each in their own way. Wufei talked to him as did Hilde. Dorothy yelled at him. Heero argued with him. And Duo held him. His eyes closed to think of the longhaired beauty. Duo had taken it as bad as he. Duo and Aja had been the best of friends. They talked and laughed and did most things together. In the end Duo and he held each other for hours and nights on end.
He left Heero to take care of Duo. Poor Heero had no idea what to do. Hilde and Dorothy took care of each other. And Wufei had his trusted advisor Treize. Which most of his court disagreed with. But he was left with three small children. Three children that reminded him of Aja. Especially Jade, as she was a spitting image of her mother. Right down to the thick curly brown hair and calming gray eyes. He had no doubt that as she aged she would lose the charib face.
"Sultan!" A man at the bottom of his platform said. "The gift from Sank is here."
He looked at the man and nodded. The doors opened and in walked the princess of the Sank kingdom. Her hair was done up in a bun and a tiara placed around it. She had a long flowing pale pink dress on. He almost groaned out laud. She walked up and curtsied.
"Speak." He said, it came out almost like a sigh.
"Sultan, I come from the Sank kingdom. I am Princess Relena Peacecraft." She curtsied again.
'Really? Like I didn't know that already.' He thought to himself.
"My people wish to honor you with a gift. I am to be that gift. For my people I give myself to you."
"How kind of your people." He groaned again to himself. "Are you aware of what you will be required to do?"
"Yes, I have been given all the knowledge needed."
He raised an eyebrow. "I don't take used gifts."
She narrowed her eyes. "I beg you pardon! I am NOT used!"
"Then you don't have all the knowledge. And your attitude needs work. Treize, take her to the room."
The man at the bottom of the platform bowed and then walked over to the princess. "Come with me."
"Have her put into some decent clothes too."
"Yes Sultan."
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The door opened and all heads turned to it. In walked the Sultan's most trusted advisor. With him was a honey blond young woman. And guessing by her clothes the others figured she was royalty. She came in and looked at each of them. She knew she was better than them and in her heart she knew she would be the Sultan's first in no time at all.
"This is the Sultan's new gift. He wishes for her to be dressed properly. I'm sure after her long trip she will need a bath. Have her ready by meal." With a quick glance at a Asian man with long black hair and dark onyx eyes, he left the room.
A girl with short black hair and blue eyes looked around at the others and then back at the newcomer. She got up and walked up to her. "Hi, I'm Hilde." She smiled.
"Hello, I'm Princess Relena." Relena said. The Asian man with black hair snorted. Relena looked at him. "Is something the matter?"
"You are no longer a princess. You are a member of the Sultan's harem. Here we are all equal."
"And you are?" She sneered, how dare this peasant talk to her in such a way.
"Chang Wufei. I have been here the longest, since the Sultan was fourteen. Hilde has been here one year less than me. And Dorothy one year less than Hilde. Heero came six months after her. And Duo has been with us two years after Heero. You are new, you need to learn you place."
"I am the Sultan's new gift, I would think that was important."
"Wufei please." Hilde looked at him. "I'm sorry, Wufei has his ways. Here let's get you washed up."
Hilde led her to a small pool in the alcove of the room. It had glorious windows over looking the gardens and sheers hanging all around it.
Relena looked at Hilde. "You want ME to wash HERE?"
"Yes this is our private bath. We can all fit in here, but we usually only go three or two at a time. Duo and Dorothy and sometimes Wufei bath at the same time. Sometimes Wufei joins Heero and me. Why, what's wrong?"
"The men will see." Relena whispered harshly. Hilde looked at them and back at Relena.
"You need to let go of your modesty Miss Relena." A woman with long blond hair and forked eyebrows said walking up to them. "There is no place here for it. Now take off your dress and get into the bath."
"But..."
"No 'but's. We have been told to wash and cloth you properly. We mustn't disobey the Sultan."
Dorothy calmly walked behind Relena and started undoing her dress. Hilde reached up and removed her tiara and other jewelry. In no time they had her naked and into the bath. The washed Relena and her hair. Relena had pink a flush on her cheeks. The men paid no attention to them. Wufei sat reading in a corner. Duo sat in the window and stared out over the land. Heero sat watching Duo. Hilde pulled Relena out of the bath. Dorothy handed her a towel. Dorothy dried Relena off and then herself.
"Duo, could you be a dear and brush out her hair?" Dorothy asked.
"Sure!" Duo bounced over and took a brush from her.
"WAIT!" Relena grabbed the towel. "I'm not dressed!"
"What will you do when the Sultan wants us all without clothes?" Wufei glared at her.
"I told you, get rid of your modesty." Dorothy hissed and snatched the towel away. "Now sit down and let Duo comb your hair."
"No!" Relena protested.
"Is there a problem?" Everyone turned to look at the door and Treize. Relena screamed and ducked behind Hilde. "I do believe I told you to have her bathed and dressed properly as per the Sultan's orders. I suggest you hurry, meal time will be soon. Wufei, the Sultan wants you." Treize turned and left.
Wufei rose and walked to a door and left. All eyes on him. Wufei walked down a hallway. Candles lit the way. The hall had no one in it but Wufei. He stopped in front of a large wood door. He opened it and walked in, closing the door behind him. He walked up to a massive bed and knelt beside it.
"Come up here." A kind voice said. Wufei stood and climbed onto the bed. Laying on the bed was a blond man wearing only his pants. Wufei stared at him, golden locks laying around him, eyes closed and chest bared. The blond looked small and harmless in his clothes. But his muscles were well defined.
"Are you done staring?"
Wufei nodded. "You called for me?"
"Yes, what is she like?"
"She won't do as she's told and acts as if she is better than the rest of us."
"Lay back." He ordered. Wufei did as he was told. With his back against the headboard and legs stretched in front of him the smaller man crawled up into his lap.
"She thinks because she's new that she is more important." Wufei put his arms around the figure.
"Sounds like she needs to learn her place amongst my harem."
"I agree, Quatre."
Quatre smiled, he liked his room. He was called by his name not Sultan or sire or sir. And Wufei always held him. Of course, that's all Quatre wanted him for. They had been friends at one time. But with the death of Wufei's wife, he was sent to Quatre as a gift. And while Quatre had claimed Wufei as his girt, they never really spent that much time in the role of Sultan and slave. Besides Quatre knew Treize had feeling for Wufei. So Quatre gifts his advisor with Wufei.
"What do you think should be done?"
"Quatre, why do you ask me? I am your slave."
"No, you are my friend. You always have been and you always will be. I claimed that first week and that is all I have ever asked of you."
"You ask me to go to Treize."
Quatre looked up into onyx eyes. "Is he cruel to you?"
"No."
"Does he force you to do things you do not wish to do?"
Wufei blushed. "Um... no."
"Then what is the problem? He cares for you, you care for him."
Wufei sighed. "How about we force her to go without clothes until she lets go of her modesty?"
"That's cruel."
"No less than what you did to Dorothy or Heero."
Quatre smiled. "That's true. Okay, when we're done you can go back and tell them."
"When we're done?"
"Yes, just hold me." Quatre snuggled into Wufei.
"This is new." Wufei whispered.
"For you, yes. For me no. Aja would hold me for hours. I miss her so much. And now I find that I'm lonely. I don't want to do. I don't want to dishonor her by taking another first. But I find I miss having a first."
"Who said you would be dishonoring her? I'm sure Aja would want you to be happy. And you are not happy."
"What if you're wrong?"
"Why don't you ask Duo. Aja and he were close, he would know."
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"It will hurt him. He still hurts from her death. Jade came in one night and saw him in bed with me. He left quickly, but when he looked back at her he was crying. I can feel how hurt he is. I couldn't do that to him. I don't even know what's kept him from harming himself."
"He doesn't talk about her. Nor do you. You are hurting too. You should both talk. When I lost Meiran I was forced to talk about her. The pain died down."
"Does it ever go away?"
"No, it can only be eased."
TBC...
Short parts. Very short parts. So I find them fun, I might make them longer though. Feedback is much needed.
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