Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A Summer to Remember ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )
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By: Kleptomaniac Can Opener 
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Hentai / Drama / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.11.2006 | Pages: 4 | Words: 5.2K | Visits: 877 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Hentai / Drama / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.11.2006 | Pages: 4 | Words: 5.2K | Visits: 877 | Status: Work In Progress
Title: A Summer to Remember 6/7
Author: Kleptomaniac Can Opener
Beta: WhosJeebus
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Seto x Jounouchi
Disclaimer: Any and all things related to Yugi-Oh do not belong to me. However, everything else that has nothing to do with the original series does belong to me.
Summary: The last thing they expected to find at the beach was a naked body.
~*~*~*~
Nagano City, nice place to live.
As long as you stay out of the forest surrounding the mountain, where there have been stories about missing children for around four generations or so.
According to Kaiba's compass, the sorcerer is holed up INSIDE the mountain. Now, as gung-ho as Kaiba is to go charging in to get his brother back, I'm exhausted. I've been switching off in the driver's seat with Grandpa Hawkins for the last few days to get us here as quickly as possible.
"We're taking today off and that's damn well final. Grandpa was nice enough to rent us a great room to relax in, and I'm going to definitely sleep in that bed." I stop Kaiba from protesting with a finger on his lips. "No. I'm tired. I'm going to sleep, get something good to eat, shower, THEN we can go to Mount Minakami. You can sightsee with the others if you want."
To tell the truth, I rather be sleeping WITH Kaiba, but that's not an option. Not when I know it would make his leaving all that much harder on me.
Kaiba scowls. "So sleep!" He slams the door closed behind him.
I sigh and grab my bag. I knew he would catch on that I'm more or less avoiding him. We haven't so much as kissed in three days. "Damn, no helping it..." I head up to the hotel room. Shizuka said it has an awesome view of the mountain.
I have the room to myself for the meantime. Shizuka and Rebecca went to the park to get some swimming in at the public pool before doing some shopping, Grandpa Hawkins is doing maintenance on the motor home, and Kaiba...I don't know where he went.
That could be why I can't sleep even though I'm as tired as all get out. Dammit, this isn't fair.
The door opens and closes quietly; it must be Grandpa. Except it's Kaiba, with his eyes screaming for a fight.
I sit up, feeling a little irritated. "I said I need to sleep." He slams me back onto the bed. "What did I say about manhandling me?!" How can he be so fast? I've never even seen him run yet he can still move like lightning!
Then he's kissing me and stealing my breath. His hands are everywhere, touching, feeling, making me moan and buck. Don't do this to me!
I push him away. "Stop!" I'm panting, my blood is roaring between my ears and in my groin, but his quiet voice manages to be heard over it all.
"We may die tomorrow."
My heart misses a beat. He's right. God dammit, he's right.
He kisses me again. Gentle this time, coaxing. "Show me...show me how."
We slowly undress. Our mouths, hands, and tongues trace over newly exposed skin, tracing dips and curves, teasing, tasting.
I stroke my hands over his erection. God, it's been a while. I hope I can handle him. I push him onto his back and kiss the wet tip. I feel a shiver of pleasure when he moans. I lick and kiss and suck all over it, he tastes just incredible. I can't even describe it. I swallow him.
"Ah!" His hands bury themselves in my hair.
I smirk around my full mouth and bob up and down, sucking hard. Moan for me, I want to hear you.
I pull off, licking my lips. Kaiba whines and glares at me for stopping. "Shh, I have something better in mind." I reach into the bedside table and pull out the complimentary hand lotion. I slick my fingers, then snake them between my legs, making sure he can see everything. "Ahh..." I watch him as I prepare my body. His eyes have darkened to almost black with need and lust. His shaft twitches the longer he watches me.
I can't wait any longer! I need him!
I remove my fingers and position myself over his weeping cock. Relaxing my body with a deep breath, I lower down. "A-aah...!" I'm stretching so much!
His hands grab my hips, but I can't let him force me. He doesn't know how not to hurt me. I know his fingers will leave bruises.
My breath shudders when I've taken him all the way. "Kaiba...? You okay?"
He hisses between his teeth. "Yes! Move!"
A smile tugs my lips. I squeeze around him and I'm rewarded a hard buck. "Nh!"
He sets the pace; taking me hard and fast, letting instinct move us. The room is filled with our cries of pleasure. I hold on to him and our mouths meet; tongues twist and fight and we can taste everything.
"AAH!" Kaiba flips us over and pounds into me. The bed rocks, the backboard thumps into the wall with every thrust. "Kaiba!" My nails press into his back. My legs wrap around him and pull him in deeper. "Kaiba!"
He kisses me with bruising force just as he slams right into my sweet spot. My vision goes white and then I'm cumming with a scream, his name on my lips. His body stiffens against mine and it's hot and wet inside me.
"Oh God..." We're clinging to one another, panting and living in the afterglow. We share more kisses, these gentle and tender. My heart pounds harder than it did during sex.
We can't die tomorrow. I can't lose this.
~*~
From what Kaiba understands, the sorcerer recharges his power with moonlight, then uses magic during the day. It makes sense seeing as we've only encountered his peons during daylight hours.
So our plan is to attack him at sundown, after he's used some power but before he recharges. There's only one problem...
"We're not taking you, Rebecca!" No way does a twelve-year-old belong in a life or death situation!
"And what are you going to do if you get sliced up again?"
"I'll deal with it!"
Shizuka steps in between us and bends down to Rebecca's level. "It's not that we don't want to bring you, Rebecca, but you're so cute the sorcerer would snatch you right up!"
"You're just trying to butter me up."
Shizuka smiles. "Is it working?"
Rebecca sighs. "I'll stay, but only because you asked. I'm going to miss out on a lot of research material, you know."
Sis pats her on the head. "I'll give you a full report when we get back."
That was cute in such a weird way.
Grandpa Hawkins drives us to the forest early afternoon. This gives us plenty of time to make our way to the mountain and find the secret entrance.
We give our goodbyes and a promise to write an essay about the incident, and then head into the forest. It's so peaceful and green. Who would think an evil sorcerer lives here?
It's around four when one of Shizuka's spirits locates the entrance. After pressing a small stone into the side of the mountain, a staircase reveals itself in the ground, going down.
Is it in the Bad Guy Handbook that secret, evil lairs must be dark and dreary? I feel like I'm in a 60's horror flick. There are even TORCHES on the walls. What's next? Gargoyles?
Ooh, I spoke too soon. And they're nowhere near as cool looking as the ones in the Disney series.
"Come on! I can take ya!" A sword of fire appears in my hands. Time to get to work!
I push and slash at one. It screams when its flesh is burnt. "Whoa!" I jump back just in time to keep my guts where they belong, only getting a shallow cut on my stomach from very sharp claws.
"Jaarlem!" A creature pulls itself out of the rock wall at Shizuka's command. It smashes into the enemy. Screeches, the sounds of breaking stone, and Kaiba's singing mixes in the air.
Shizuka screams when she suddenly drops through the floor.
"Shizuka!" I try to run to her only to lose the ground beneath my own feet. "SHIT!" I can't see anything; all I can hear is the wind whistling in my ears.
I hit water.
Ican'tbreatheIcan'tbreathe!
Which way is up?! Need air! Kaiba!
My hand breaks the surface and I kick hard to reach it. Land! I feel land! I crawl up, gasping and coughing, trying to breathe and expel water at the same time. I don't have time to rest though because a huge tentacle just wrapped around my body and hefted me into the air.
WHAT IS WITH THE GIANT SQUIDS?!
"HAA!" I set the bastard on fire. "See how much you like that, asshole!"
The squid screams and drops me.
I twist to land on my feet. "You want some more? Do ya?" I watch it sink into the water. "That's what I thought!" Whoa, I'm dizzy. I guess I shouldn't do bursts of fire like that without taking some deep breaths or something. I fall over.
I jerk awake. How long have I been out? One, no, two hours. Definitely feels like two hours. Hell, that's not good. I need to find the others.
I walk around to the opposite bank where I spotted a door while I was being held in the air. A short trip down the hallway finds me in a room much more modern than I thought this place would have. It looks like I'm on the catwalk of a modern factory, or a mad scientist's hideout, whichever you prefer. Down below are all kinds of machines I can't even begin to guess what they do. They look shiny and important, though. I wonder if I can hit any with a fireball from up here? Is that a theater-sized flat-screen HDTV built into the wall? I totally want one!
Footsteps on metal. I look up ahead and feel relief shoot through me. "Kaiba!" I run into open arms. "God, I'm so glad to see you! I had no idea what happened!"
He kisses me. Then I punch his dumb ass in the face for not being Kaiba! I spit fiercely. "Who the hell are you?!"
The fake Kaiba snarls and rubs his jaw. "I'm surprised a human can be so perceptive. My disguise was perfect."
"You get an A for effort, but perfect? Ha! Where's the real Kaiba? Where's Shizuka?"
"The prince and the girl? Let us see." He waves a hand and the television turns on, showing a split-screen.
Shizuka's in a room of ice facing a penguin-like man. "Fayir! Nialit! Pechar!" Three fire spirits appear and spread out, destroying ice golems.
But Kaiba looks like he's in some sort of courtroom full of vampires. I watch him sing in a rage, smashing enemies into walls only to have more replace them. "Run, ya idiot! It's faster if you run!"
The fake Kaiba laughs. "He can't run no matter how much he wants to. Master Kaiba has no idea how that human body works!"
"Master Kaiba? You're another traitor like that Gansley guy!"
"Traitor is such a strong word. I prefer to think that I'm expanding my horizons by transferring companies."
"Shit is still shit no matter how pretty the package is."
He wrinkles his nose. "How vulgar. Enough play time, you really should be dying right now." His image warps and twists to leave a constipated-looking man with mechanical arms coming out of his back. Ew! It's like Doctor Octopus gone too far!
"Whoa!" I dodge out of the way of steel limbs.
"I really must thank the sorcerer for allowing me the opportunity to experiment with human technology. You're uncivilized, vulgar parasites that should be squashed, but you do have a few useful things."
"WE'RE uncivilized? You're the one trying to kill ME! And you haven't even introduced yourself!"
"I have been rude. I am Nesbitt, your executioner." One of his arms mangles the railing when I dart away.
"Careful, stupid! We're standing on this thing!"
Nesbitt smirks. "If I should fall, my arms will save me. You however, have no such advantage."
"OOF!" He tripped me! What a low trick! I jump up and manage to evade another attack, but eight against one are sucky odds!
Wait. DUH! How could I forget science class? I grab the arms, twisting them together, and dig my fingers in.
"Let go, human!"
"Hell, no." I grin. "I just remembered that steel conducts heat."
He screams.
I run out of the nearest door, hoping against hope it leads me to either Shizuka or Kaiba. I'm pretty damn lucky it does. "Kaiba! Duck!" A fireball takes care of the current wave of neck-biters.
"Order! Order! You were not called to the stand!"
"What crack are you on?" I glance over my shoulder at the man sitting behind the podium. The nameplate says JUDGE OOKA.
"Court is still in session!" He slams down his hammer.
"Shit!" I jump out of the way of a column of electricity.
"Pup, take his shield down and I'll take care of him."
"On it!" No time to argue about bad nicknames. I call a sword of flames to my hands and charge, stabbing right at that jerk's head! His shields jumps to life, glowing brighter the harder I push.
"Impossible! You'll never get through!"
"Don't you know I'm lucky?" I suck the fire back into my hand and slam my fist home! The shield shatters like glass.
Ooka leaps out of the way before my fist can connect with his ugly face, but he doesn't get far.
"Ooka, for treason against the Royal Family, I sentence you to death."
I hide my eyes behind the podium. At least I don't feel sick this time.
"You okay, Kaiba?" I look him over. A few cuts and bruises and a slight limp, but he seems okay otherwise. "Good, we have to find my sister."
The far wall caves in. It's the penguin man...? Shizuka steps through and gives him a swift kick in the ribs. "You shouldn't have underestimated me just because I'm a girl!"
"Damn. Good going, sis."
"Katsuya! Kaiba!" My arms are suddenly full with her. "You're both okay! I'm so relieved!"
"We're all relieved. That was nerve-wracking business we just went through. Your arm!"
"I'm fine, it's just a scratch. The bleeding should stop with a compress." She goes back over to the penguin guy and tears a long strip off his shirt then wraps her arm. "I should be fine, honest."
"If you're sure..."
She nods and smiles, but I can tell she's trying not to move her arm too much. There's pain in her eyes.
"Pup, Shizuka, this way."
We follow Kaiba out another door and pause.
Statues.
Statues upon statues upon more statues. There must be a hundred of them! And they're all kids. The oldest can't be more than twelve.
"Mokuba!" Kaiba power walks ahead until he reaches the statue of a boy with spiky hair and a fish tail. He ears are extended out like fins. His fingers are webbed and there's a sailor fin running down his back. Next to him...is a kid who looks a whole lot more like Kaiba; only he's a Siren like Mokuba. "Noa...?" Kaiba touches the faces of both statues.
"It's terrible." Shizuka keeps her voice low so as not to disturb Kaiba.
"Yeah."
He grits his teeth, his hands form tight fists. "The sorcerer should be up ahead. Once he's dead, the spell should break."
Somehow, I understand his unspoken words. Even if the spell is broken, there's no guarantee that the children will be alive.
We nod and continue on, trying not to look too closely at the children.
The last thing I expected to see when we entered the room was Yugi inside a huge aquarium. "Yugi?!"
Violet eyes snap open. He scrambles to his feet and bangs against the glass walls. "Jounouchi-kun! Shizuka-chan!"
"Do you know him? I acquired him just yesterday. So young and beautiful, isn't he? A work of art. He'll be joining the rest of my collection soon." The voice is cruel and cuts right to my core.
"Let him go, you bastard!"
He finally steps into the only light source in the room. "No. He's mine." The sorcerer looks like a forty-year-old businessman. He's even wearing a burgundy suit. His hair is cut short, almost military regulation length, and he has a trimmed mustache.
"I must admit, I didn't expect you to make it this far, Princeling. I'm almost impressed."
"Gozaburo." Kaiba spits his name out like acid. I didn't even know he knew the guy's name. "Release your spell."
Gozaburo laughs. "You think I would do so on your order? Spoiled brat, I'm the ruler here!"
"You are powerless, sorcerer. Much of your magic has been used today and the moon has not risen."
"I may be low on energy, but I'm hardly powerless!"
Both attack simultaneously, one with his voice and the other with darkness. It results in a bright flash I have to cover my eyes from.
The battle is fast and furious. There's no way Shizuka or I can jump in without doing more harm than good in the confusion of offensive and defensive spells.
But the minutes are ticking by...
Gozaburo bellows his laughter. The sound echoes painfully off the walls. "You're too late! The moon has risen!" Indeed, we can see the moonlight shining through the sunroof.
Kaiba curses. "Shizuka, call your spirits of light!"
"I can't! They're all exhausted and I only have energy for maybe three summons!"
"I'll see what I can do." I hop onto a stone table, inadvertently knocking off a bowl of fruit, and shoot a flamethrower at the opening. If the light can't get through he can't recharge!
That damn sorcerer laughs again. "It's useless, mortal! You'll die before the sun rises!"
"Shut the hell up, you pervert!"
I watch Kaiba, hoping to hear him pull a winning idea out of the air. His eyes land on Yugi.
"Shizuka, summon a spirit of sun."
"But doesn't that take a lot of energy? And I haven't even met one!"
I watch his lips curl up. No way...he's not implying...
"Do it. It's our only chance. Pup cannot keep that up forever."
"Don't call me that!"
I go ignored as she nods and concentrates, trying to find the name that will allow her to summon.
"Bennu!"
Yugi screams. His body begins to glow like a star. I watch as his blond spikes lengthen and move like living organisms; his eyes turn completely violet, not a bit of white is left; his skin fades into a dark tan. A flash of light and he appears above Shizuka as someone I don't know. Even his clothes have changed to look like something out of Stargate, that exotic mix of Asian and Egyptian.
I didn't even notice I had stopped my fire until Kaiba's voice snaps Shizuka and me back to reality.
"Have him block the moon."
"Right! Bennu! The skylight!"
Yugi, no, Bennu swoops in like a Phoenix, his radiance easily drowning out the moonlight. He lifts slim arms and releases an inferno at Gozaburo.
The sorcerer throws up a hasty shield and tries to retreat.
"Kaiba!" I jump down. "What the hell is going on?"
"I had suspected he was descended of a spirit. I would hazard to guess from the Egyptian one known as Ra."
"RA'S REAL?!"
"Is there a reason he wouldn't be?"
The battle continues on for several minutes. I'm having to hold Shizuka up. She's panting hard from supporting Bennu. Then we see it. Gozaburo's shield flickers out.
"I'll take it from here." Kaiba walks towards the exhausted sorcerer when Yugi -Bennu-, stops his assault.
I cover Shizuka's eyes and close my own. I know what's coming next.
A song, a wet sound, and it's all over.
When we look again, Kaiba is standing alone, a lump of robes at his feet. We try not to look too closely. The bundle glows, then there's a visible wave of magic like a tsunami that blasts out. It's so strong that we're knocked over! From the edge of my vision, I see Bennu land before collapsing. "Hell! Yugi!" A flash of light and he returns to the way that I know him.
"Is he okay?" Shizuka tries to move to check on him, but she's totally drained of energy.
Kaiba walks over to our small friend. It figures HE remained upright. "He only sleeps, he should wake in the morning. Are you two well?"
"Yeah. Hurt, tired, but alive."
There's sound in the statue room. The kids!
Kaiba is in there faster than a bullet train with oil on the rails.
I help sis to her feet once she feels that she can stand, and then I fetch Yugi, cradling his small body in my arms. It's hard to believe his small frame has so much power hidden inside.
We slowly go to the statue room and are amazed at the sight of dozens and dozens of confused children. Some are human, but most, I notice, seem to be otherwise. I'm going to guess that they're Faye folk like in legends.
What is going to be done with all of them though?
Shizuka pokes me to get my attention. "Katsuya, they're over there."
And there they are. Now that they're not slate gray, it's easy to see Noa and Mokuba are both lookers, in both the human and fish aspects. Noa's tail is such a dark black it looks blue, and Mokuba's is a fiery red. I wonder what color tail Kaiba has...
"Noa, Mokuba, these are two of the humans who assisted me. The girl-child is Shizuka and the boy is Pup."
"Katsuya!" I snap. I can't believe he introduced me like that!
Noa blinks as he looks at me. "I understand why. You must be fierce to have such a nickname."
"Huh?"
"Pup, in your language, means small dragon."
I'm speechless. I thought he was comparing me to a dog, but he's been calling me a dragon this entire time. "You jerk! You knew what I was thinking whenever you said that!"
He smirks. "It was amusing."
It's the next morning before we leave the lair. The entire night was spent trying to help the confused children and figuring out what to do with them. Most of them can't go back to their families; they're long dead or seriously old.
But between sis and the Royal Trio, the families of the non-human kids took in the human ones who had nowhere to go. They're lucky things got worked out so smoothly. If they had tried to return to human society...
"You're okay!" Rebecca flies into Shizuka's arms.
"You bet. And we'll file our reports later."
Grandpa urges us all inside. It's crowded, but warm and safe. "Who are these three now?"
I first introduce the comatose Yugi, then Kaiba introduces his siblings, and I translate when he forgets that Noa and Mokuba aren't speaking Japanese.
It's almost ten when a groan penetrates our conversation of what we went through in the lair. "Oww..."
"Hey, Yugi. Welcome back to the world of the living." I hand my buddy a glass of water.
"What happened?"
"What do you remember?"
"I remember something that couldn't have been possible." He sips from his glass, he eyes still cloudy from sleep.
"You kinda passed out. We're all about to crash, so how about you go back to sleep, and then we'll explain things later, okay?"
"Okay." He's out again in less than a second.
"Um, how ARE we going to explain it to him? It's not everyday you find out you're part spirit or whatever."
"I'll take care of it, Pup."
Now that I know it means dragon, it's not such a bad nickname.
~*~
I chew my lip. Kaiba just broke the news to my best friend about all the crap that's been hitting the fan, and the icing on the cake is that he's not human. I expect to hear denial, rage, accusations, that kind of thing.
"I can't say I'm surprised."
"SAY WHAT?" I'm floored! Yugi never ceases to amaze me!
"Well, Grandpa gave me this family heirloom and it had some interesting hieroglyphics on it."
I'm going to leave that story for another day.
Noa walks into the room, looking serious. "Kaiba, are you ready?"
Huh?
"...Yes."
"Ready for what?"
"It's time to go home."
I feel my stomach drop through the floor.
The Hawkins' give Kaiba and his brothers their goodbyes first. They're staying at the motor home to fix up the place, and to arrange it for Yugi to take the bullet train home. Grandpa told the little guy he would drive him, but Yugi being Yugi, he didn't want to impose. He's currently buying tickets online using Rebecca's laptop.
Shizuka and I, on the other hand, follow the Singing Trio to the river, which connects to the ocean. Apparently, Gozaburo had made it that way, `cause no human map says it does.
Sis hugs Noa and Mokuba in turn. "It was great getting to know both of you. Travel safely."
I...I don't know what to say. I feel tears in my eyes, but I refuse to shed them. I won't make this harder than it already is.
That's when he pulls me into his arms, kissing me like he never has before. My blood boils and my heart cries.
This isn't right! I don't want him to leave! Forgetting my pride, I cling to him, pouring everything I have into this kiss.
It's too short a time when we break apart. My throat feels swollen; I can't say anything.
He pulls away from me, our fingertips lingering together.
Shizuka hugs my arm. I know she's trying to comfort me, but I don't think anything will stop the pain in my heart.
Kaiba walks deep into the water to join his siblings who have already changed back to their natural states. He opens his mouth to sing the last song I will probably ever hear from him. It's beautiful.
We watch as his ears extend to be fin-like, his skin becomes bluish and the fin sprouts from his spine. His body dives under, his tail slaps the surface. It's long and white and he has the biggest pair of fins I've ever seen! With a quick flip, he's gone.
I choke on my breath. "Goodbye."
~*~
Everyone tries to console me on the way back to the beach house, which Grandpa is kind enough to drive us back to. But I just can't gather the energy to care about anything right now. I feel empty.
I do admit some surprise that our parents notice my depressed state when we arrive only two days before we have to go back to Domino. Shizuka covers for me by saying some girl broke my heart. It's not too far from the truth if you replace 'girl' with 'guy'. It might be worth seeing our folks freak about that. Shizuka had no problem accepting me, but I know mom doesn't have too high of an opinion on homosexuals and dad's a TAD phobic, if you know what I mean.
I spend my last couple days at the beach, staring across the ocean and hoping to see a white tail and blue eyes.
Author: Kleptomaniac Can Opener
Beta: WhosJeebus
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Seto x Jounouchi
Disclaimer: Any and all things related to Yugi-Oh do not belong to me. However, everything else that has nothing to do with the original series does belong to me.
Summary: The last thing they expected to find at the beach was a naked body.
~*~*~*~
Nagano City, nice place to live.
As long as you stay out of the forest surrounding the mountain, where there have been stories about missing children for around four generations or so.
According to Kaiba's compass, the sorcerer is holed up INSIDE the mountain. Now, as gung-ho as Kaiba is to go charging in to get his brother back, I'm exhausted. I've been switching off in the driver's seat with Grandpa Hawkins for the last few days to get us here as quickly as possible.
"We're taking today off and that's damn well final. Grandpa was nice enough to rent us a great room to relax in, and I'm going to definitely sleep in that bed." I stop Kaiba from protesting with a finger on his lips. "No. I'm tired. I'm going to sleep, get something good to eat, shower, THEN we can go to Mount Minakami. You can sightsee with the others if you want."
To tell the truth, I rather be sleeping WITH Kaiba, but that's not an option. Not when I know it would make his leaving all that much harder on me.
Kaiba scowls. "So sleep!" He slams the door closed behind him.
I sigh and grab my bag. I knew he would catch on that I'm more or less avoiding him. We haven't so much as kissed in three days. "Damn, no helping it..." I head up to the hotel room. Shizuka said it has an awesome view of the mountain.
I have the room to myself for the meantime. Shizuka and Rebecca went to the park to get some swimming in at the public pool before doing some shopping, Grandpa Hawkins is doing maintenance on the motor home, and Kaiba...I don't know where he went.
That could be why I can't sleep even though I'm as tired as all get out. Dammit, this isn't fair.
The door opens and closes quietly; it must be Grandpa. Except it's Kaiba, with his eyes screaming for a fight.
I sit up, feeling a little irritated. "I said I need to sleep." He slams me back onto the bed. "What did I say about manhandling me?!" How can he be so fast? I've never even seen him run yet he can still move like lightning!
Then he's kissing me and stealing my breath. His hands are everywhere, touching, feeling, making me moan and buck. Don't do this to me!
I push him away. "Stop!" I'm panting, my blood is roaring between my ears and in my groin, but his quiet voice manages to be heard over it all.
"We may die tomorrow."
My heart misses a beat. He's right. God dammit, he's right.
He kisses me again. Gentle this time, coaxing. "Show me...show me how."
We slowly undress. Our mouths, hands, and tongues trace over newly exposed skin, tracing dips and curves, teasing, tasting.
I stroke my hands over his erection. God, it's been a while. I hope I can handle him. I push him onto his back and kiss the wet tip. I feel a shiver of pleasure when he moans. I lick and kiss and suck all over it, he tastes just incredible. I can't even describe it. I swallow him.
"Ah!" His hands bury themselves in my hair.
I smirk around my full mouth and bob up and down, sucking hard. Moan for me, I want to hear you.
I pull off, licking my lips. Kaiba whines and glares at me for stopping. "Shh, I have something better in mind." I reach into the bedside table and pull out the complimentary hand lotion. I slick my fingers, then snake them between my legs, making sure he can see everything. "Ahh..." I watch him as I prepare my body. His eyes have darkened to almost black with need and lust. His shaft twitches the longer he watches me.
I can't wait any longer! I need him!
I remove my fingers and position myself over his weeping cock. Relaxing my body with a deep breath, I lower down. "A-aah...!" I'm stretching so much!
His hands grab my hips, but I can't let him force me. He doesn't know how not to hurt me. I know his fingers will leave bruises.
My breath shudders when I've taken him all the way. "Kaiba...? You okay?"
He hisses between his teeth. "Yes! Move!"
A smile tugs my lips. I squeeze around him and I'm rewarded a hard buck. "Nh!"
He sets the pace; taking me hard and fast, letting instinct move us. The room is filled with our cries of pleasure. I hold on to him and our mouths meet; tongues twist and fight and we can taste everything.
"AAH!" Kaiba flips us over and pounds into me. The bed rocks, the backboard thumps into the wall with every thrust. "Kaiba!" My nails press into his back. My legs wrap around him and pull him in deeper. "Kaiba!"
He kisses me with bruising force just as he slams right into my sweet spot. My vision goes white and then I'm cumming with a scream, his name on my lips. His body stiffens against mine and it's hot and wet inside me.
"Oh God..." We're clinging to one another, panting and living in the afterglow. We share more kisses, these gentle and tender. My heart pounds harder than it did during sex.
We can't die tomorrow. I can't lose this.
~*~
From what Kaiba understands, the sorcerer recharges his power with moonlight, then uses magic during the day. It makes sense seeing as we've only encountered his peons during daylight hours.
So our plan is to attack him at sundown, after he's used some power but before he recharges. There's only one problem...
"We're not taking you, Rebecca!" No way does a twelve-year-old belong in a life or death situation!
"And what are you going to do if you get sliced up again?"
"I'll deal with it!"
Shizuka steps in between us and bends down to Rebecca's level. "It's not that we don't want to bring you, Rebecca, but you're so cute the sorcerer would snatch you right up!"
"You're just trying to butter me up."
Shizuka smiles. "Is it working?"
Rebecca sighs. "I'll stay, but only because you asked. I'm going to miss out on a lot of research material, you know."
Sis pats her on the head. "I'll give you a full report when we get back."
That was cute in such a weird way.
Grandpa Hawkins drives us to the forest early afternoon. This gives us plenty of time to make our way to the mountain and find the secret entrance.
We give our goodbyes and a promise to write an essay about the incident, and then head into the forest. It's so peaceful and green. Who would think an evil sorcerer lives here?
It's around four when one of Shizuka's spirits locates the entrance. After pressing a small stone into the side of the mountain, a staircase reveals itself in the ground, going down.
Is it in the Bad Guy Handbook that secret, evil lairs must be dark and dreary? I feel like I'm in a 60's horror flick. There are even TORCHES on the walls. What's next? Gargoyles?
Ooh, I spoke too soon. And they're nowhere near as cool looking as the ones in the Disney series.
"Come on! I can take ya!" A sword of fire appears in my hands. Time to get to work!
I push and slash at one. It screams when its flesh is burnt. "Whoa!" I jump back just in time to keep my guts where they belong, only getting a shallow cut on my stomach from very sharp claws.
"Jaarlem!" A creature pulls itself out of the rock wall at Shizuka's command. It smashes into the enemy. Screeches, the sounds of breaking stone, and Kaiba's singing mixes in the air.
Shizuka screams when she suddenly drops through the floor.
"Shizuka!" I try to run to her only to lose the ground beneath my own feet. "SHIT!" I can't see anything; all I can hear is the wind whistling in my ears.
I hit water.
Ican'tbreatheIcan'tbreathe!
Which way is up?! Need air! Kaiba!
My hand breaks the surface and I kick hard to reach it. Land! I feel land! I crawl up, gasping and coughing, trying to breathe and expel water at the same time. I don't have time to rest though because a huge tentacle just wrapped around my body and hefted me into the air.
WHAT IS WITH THE GIANT SQUIDS?!
"HAA!" I set the bastard on fire. "See how much you like that, asshole!"
The squid screams and drops me.
I twist to land on my feet. "You want some more? Do ya?" I watch it sink into the water. "That's what I thought!" Whoa, I'm dizzy. I guess I shouldn't do bursts of fire like that without taking some deep breaths or something. I fall over.
I jerk awake. How long have I been out? One, no, two hours. Definitely feels like two hours. Hell, that's not good. I need to find the others.
I walk around to the opposite bank where I spotted a door while I was being held in the air. A short trip down the hallway finds me in a room much more modern than I thought this place would have. It looks like I'm on the catwalk of a modern factory, or a mad scientist's hideout, whichever you prefer. Down below are all kinds of machines I can't even begin to guess what they do. They look shiny and important, though. I wonder if I can hit any with a fireball from up here? Is that a theater-sized flat-screen HDTV built into the wall? I totally want one!
Footsteps on metal. I look up ahead and feel relief shoot through me. "Kaiba!" I run into open arms. "God, I'm so glad to see you! I had no idea what happened!"
He kisses me. Then I punch his dumb ass in the face for not being Kaiba! I spit fiercely. "Who the hell are you?!"
The fake Kaiba snarls and rubs his jaw. "I'm surprised a human can be so perceptive. My disguise was perfect."
"You get an A for effort, but perfect? Ha! Where's the real Kaiba? Where's Shizuka?"
"The prince and the girl? Let us see." He waves a hand and the television turns on, showing a split-screen.
Shizuka's in a room of ice facing a penguin-like man. "Fayir! Nialit! Pechar!" Three fire spirits appear and spread out, destroying ice golems.
But Kaiba looks like he's in some sort of courtroom full of vampires. I watch him sing in a rage, smashing enemies into walls only to have more replace them. "Run, ya idiot! It's faster if you run!"
The fake Kaiba laughs. "He can't run no matter how much he wants to. Master Kaiba has no idea how that human body works!"
"Master Kaiba? You're another traitor like that Gansley guy!"
"Traitor is such a strong word. I prefer to think that I'm expanding my horizons by transferring companies."
"Shit is still shit no matter how pretty the package is."
He wrinkles his nose. "How vulgar. Enough play time, you really should be dying right now." His image warps and twists to leave a constipated-looking man with mechanical arms coming out of his back. Ew! It's like Doctor Octopus gone too far!
"Whoa!" I dodge out of the way of steel limbs.
"I really must thank the sorcerer for allowing me the opportunity to experiment with human technology. You're uncivilized, vulgar parasites that should be squashed, but you do have a few useful things."
"WE'RE uncivilized? You're the one trying to kill ME! And you haven't even introduced yourself!"
"I have been rude. I am Nesbitt, your executioner." One of his arms mangles the railing when I dart away.
"Careful, stupid! We're standing on this thing!"
Nesbitt smirks. "If I should fall, my arms will save me. You however, have no such advantage."
"OOF!" He tripped me! What a low trick! I jump up and manage to evade another attack, but eight against one are sucky odds!
Wait. DUH! How could I forget science class? I grab the arms, twisting them together, and dig my fingers in.
"Let go, human!"
"Hell, no." I grin. "I just remembered that steel conducts heat."
He screams.
I run out of the nearest door, hoping against hope it leads me to either Shizuka or Kaiba. I'm pretty damn lucky it does. "Kaiba! Duck!" A fireball takes care of the current wave of neck-biters.
"Order! Order! You were not called to the stand!"
"What crack are you on?" I glance over my shoulder at the man sitting behind the podium. The nameplate says JUDGE OOKA.
"Court is still in session!" He slams down his hammer.
"Shit!" I jump out of the way of a column of electricity.
"Pup, take his shield down and I'll take care of him."
"On it!" No time to argue about bad nicknames. I call a sword of flames to my hands and charge, stabbing right at that jerk's head! His shields jumps to life, glowing brighter the harder I push.
"Impossible! You'll never get through!"
"Don't you know I'm lucky?" I suck the fire back into my hand and slam my fist home! The shield shatters like glass.
Ooka leaps out of the way before my fist can connect with his ugly face, but he doesn't get far.
"Ooka, for treason against the Royal Family, I sentence you to death."
I hide my eyes behind the podium. At least I don't feel sick this time.
"You okay, Kaiba?" I look him over. A few cuts and bruises and a slight limp, but he seems okay otherwise. "Good, we have to find my sister."
The far wall caves in. It's the penguin man...? Shizuka steps through and gives him a swift kick in the ribs. "You shouldn't have underestimated me just because I'm a girl!"
"Damn. Good going, sis."
"Katsuya! Kaiba!" My arms are suddenly full with her. "You're both okay! I'm so relieved!"
"We're all relieved. That was nerve-wracking business we just went through. Your arm!"
"I'm fine, it's just a scratch. The bleeding should stop with a compress." She goes back over to the penguin guy and tears a long strip off his shirt then wraps her arm. "I should be fine, honest."
"If you're sure..."
She nods and smiles, but I can tell she's trying not to move her arm too much. There's pain in her eyes.
"Pup, Shizuka, this way."
We follow Kaiba out another door and pause.
Statues.
Statues upon statues upon more statues. There must be a hundred of them! And they're all kids. The oldest can't be more than twelve.
"Mokuba!" Kaiba power walks ahead until he reaches the statue of a boy with spiky hair and a fish tail. He ears are extended out like fins. His fingers are webbed and there's a sailor fin running down his back. Next to him...is a kid who looks a whole lot more like Kaiba; only he's a Siren like Mokuba. "Noa...?" Kaiba touches the faces of both statues.
"It's terrible." Shizuka keeps her voice low so as not to disturb Kaiba.
"Yeah."
He grits his teeth, his hands form tight fists. "The sorcerer should be up ahead. Once he's dead, the spell should break."
Somehow, I understand his unspoken words. Even if the spell is broken, there's no guarantee that the children will be alive.
We nod and continue on, trying not to look too closely at the children.
The last thing I expected to see when we entered the room was Yugi inside a huge aquarium. "Yugi?!"
Violet eyes snap open. He scrambles to his feet and bangs against the glass walls. "Jounouchi-kun! Shizuka-chan!"
"Do you know him? I acquired him just yesterday. So young and beautiful, isn't he? A work of art. He'll be joining the rest of my collection soon." The voice is cruel and cuts right to my core.
"Let him go, you bastard!"
He finally steps into the only light source in the room. "No. He's mine." The sorcerer looks like a forty-year-old businessman. He's even wearing a burgundy suit. His hair is cut short, almost military regulation length, and he has a trimmed mustache.
"I must admit, I didn't expect you to make it this far, Princeling. I'm almost impressed."
"Gozaburo." Kaiba spits his name out like acid. I didn't even know he knew the guy's name. "Release your spell."
Gozaburo laughs. "You think I would do so on your order? Spoiled brat, I'm the ruler here!"
"You are powerless, sorcerer. Much of your magic has been used today and the moon has not risen."
"I may be low on energy, but I'm hardly powerless!"
Both attack simultaneously, one with his voice and the other with darkness. It results in a bright flash I have to cover my eyes from.
The battle is fast and furious. There's no way Shizuka or I can jump in without doing more harm than good in the confusion of offensive and defensive spells.
But the minutes are ticking by...
Gozaburo bellows his laughter. The sound echoes painfully off the walls. "You're too late! The moon has risen!" Indeed, we can see the moonlight shining through the sunroof.
Kaiba curses. "Shizuka, call your spirits of light!"
"I can't! They're all exhausted and I only have energy for maybe three summons!"
"I'll see what I can do." I hop onto a stone table, inadvertently knocking off a bowl of fruit, and shoot a flamethrower at the opening. If the light can't get through he can't recharge!
That damn sorcerer laughs again. "It's useless, mortal! You'll die before the sun rises!"
"Shut the hell up, you pervert!"
I watch Kaiba, hoping to hear him pull a winning idea out of the air. His eyes land on Yugi.
"Shizuka, summon a spirit of sun."
"But doesn't that take a lot of energy? And I haven't even met one!"
I watch his lips curl up. No way...he's not implying...
"Do it. It's our only chance. Pup cannot keep that up forever."
"Don't call me that!"
I go ignored as she nods and concentrates, trying to find the name that will allow her to summon.
"Bennu!"
Yugi screams. His body begins to glow like a star. I watch as his blond spikes lengthen and move like living organisms; his eyes turn completely violet, not a bit of white is left; his skin fades into a dark tan. A flash of light and he appears above Shizuka as someone I don't know. Even his clothes have changed to look like something out of Stargate, that exotic mix of Asian and Egyptian.
I didn't even notice I had stopped my fire until Kaiba's voice snaps Shizuka and me back to reality.
"Have him block the moon."
"Right! Bennu! The skylight!"
Yugi, no, Bennu swoops in like a Phoenix, his radiance easily drowning out the moonlight. He lifts slim arms and releases an inferno at Gozaburo.
The sorcerer throws up a hasty shield and tries to retreat.
"Kaiba!" I jump down. "What the hell is going on?"
"I had suspected he was descended of a spirit. I would hazard to guess from the Egyptian one known as Ra."
"RA'S REAL?!"
"Is there a reason he wouldn't be?"
The battle continues on for several minutes. I'm having to hold Shizuka up. She's panting hard from supporting Bennu. Then we see it. Gozaburo's shield flickers out.
"I'll take it from here." Kaiba walks towards the exhausted sorcerer when Yugi -Bennu-, stops his assault.
I cover Shizuka's eyes and close my own. I know what's coming next.
A song, a wet sound, and it's all over.
When we look again, Kaiba is standing alone, a lump of robes at his feet. We try not to look too closely. The bundle glows, then there's a visible wave of magic like a tsunami that blasts out. It's so strong that we're knocked over! From the edge of my vision, I see Bennu land before collapsing. "Hell! Yugi!" A flash of light and he returns to the way that I know him.
"Is he okay?" Shizuka tries to move to check on him, but she's totally drained of energy.
Kaiba walks over to our small friend. It figures HE remained upright. "He only sleeps, he should wake in the morning. Are you two well?"
"Yeah. Hurt, tired, but alive."
There's sound in the statue room. The kids!
Kaiba is in there faster than a bullet train with oil on the rails.
I help sis to her feet once she feels that she can stand, and then I fetch Yugi, cradling his small body in my arms. It's hard to believe his small frame has so much power hidden inside.
We slowly go to the statue room and are amazed at the sight of dozens and dozens of confused children. Some are human, but most, I notice, seem to be otherwise. I'm going to guess that they're Faye folk like in legends.
What is going to be done with all of them though?
Shizuka pokes me to get my attention. "Katsuya, they're over there."
And there they are. Now that they're not slate gray, it's easy to see Noa and Mokuba are both lookers, in both the human and fish aspects. Noa's tail is such a dark black it looks blue, and Mokuba's is a fiery red. I wonder what color tail Kaiba has...
"Noa, Mokuba, these are two of the humans who assisted me. The girl-child is Shizuka and the boy is Pup."
"Katsuya!" I snap. I can't believe he introduced me like that!
Noa blinks as he looks at me. "I understand why. You must be fierce to have such a nickname."
"Huh?"
"Pup, in your language, means small dragon."
I'm speechless. I thought he was comparing me to a dog, but he's been calling me a dragon this entire time. "You jerk! You knew what I was thinking whenever you said that!"
He smirks. "It was amusing."
It's the next morning before we leave the lair. The entire night was spent trying to help the confused children and figuring out what to do with them. Most of them can't go back to their families; they're long dead or seriously old.
But between sis and the Royal Trio, the families of the non-human kids took in the human ones who had nowhere to go. They're lucky things got worked out so smoothly. If they had tried to return to human society...
"You're okay!" Rebecca flies into Shizuka's arms.
"You bet. And we'll file our reports later."
Grandpa urges us all inside. It's crowded, but warm and safe. "Who are these three now?"
I first introduce the comatose Yugi, then Kaiba introduces his siblings, and I translate when he forgets that Noa and Mokuba aren't speaking Japanese.
It's almost ten when a groan penetrates our conversation of what we went through in the lair. "Oww..."
"Hey, Yugi. Welcome back to the world of the living." I hand my buddy a glass of water.
"What happened?"
"What do you remember?"
"I remember something that couldn't have been possible." He sips from his glass, he eyes still cloudy from sleep.
"You kinda passed out. We're all about to crash, so how about you go back to sleep, and then we'll explain things later, okay?"
"Okay." He's out again in less than a second.
"Um, how ARE we going to explain it to him? It's not everyday you find out you're part spirit or whatever."
"I'll take care of it, Pup."
Now that I know it means dragon, it's not such a bad nickname.
~*~
I chew my lip. Kaiba just broke the news to my best friend about all the crap that's been hitting the fan, and the icing on the cake is that he's not human. I expect to hear denial, rage, accusations, that kind of thing.
"I can't say I'm surprised."
"SAY WHAT?" I'm floored! Yugi never ceases to amaze me!
"Well, Grandpa gave me this family heirloom and it had some interesting hieroglyphics on it."
I'm going to leave that story for another day.
Noa walks into the room, looking serious. "Kaiba, are you ready?"
Huh?
"...Yes."
"Ready for what?"
"It's time to go home."
I feel my stomach drop through the floor.
The Hawkins' give Kaiba and his brothers their goodbyes first. They're staying at the motor home to fix up the place, and to arrange it for Yugi to take the bullet train home. Grandpa told the little guy he would drive him, but Yugi being Yugi, he didn't want to impose. He's currently buying tickets online using Rebecca's laptop.
Shizuka and I, on the other hand, follow the Singing Trio to the river, which connects to the ocean. Apparently, Gozaburo had made it that way, `cause no human map says it does.
Sis hugs Noa and Mokuba in turn. "It was great getting to know both of you. Travel safely."
I...I don't know what to say. I feel tears in my eyes, but I refuse to shed them. I won't make this harder than it already is.
That's when he pulls me into his arms, kissing me like he never has before. My blood boils and my heart cries.
This isn't right! I don't want him to leave! Forgetting my pride, I cling to him, pouring everything I have into this kiss.
It's too short a time when we break apart. My throat feels swollen; I can't say anything.
He pulls away from me, our fingertips lingering together.
Shizuka hugs my arm. I know she's trying to comfort me, but I don't think anything will stop the pain in my heart.
Kaiba walks deep into the water to join his siblings who have already changed back to their natural states. He opens his mouth to sing the last song I will probably ever hear from him. It's beautiful.
We watch as his ears extend to be fin-like, his skin becomes bluish and the fin sprouts from his spine. His body dives under, his tail slaps the surface. It's long and white and he has the biggest pair of fins I've ever seen! With a quick flip, he's gone.
I choke on my breath. "Goodbye."
~*~
Everyone tries to console me on the way back to the beach house, which Grandpa is kind enough to drive us back to. But I just can't gather the energy to care about anything right now. I feel empty.
I do admit some surprise that our parents notice my depressed state when we arrive only two days before we have to go back to Domino. Shizuka covers for me by saying some girl broke my heart. It's not too far from the truth if you replace 'girl' with 'guy'. It might be worth seeing our folks freak about that. Shizuka had no problem accepting me, but I know mom doesn't have too high of an opinion on homosexuals and dad's a TAD phobic, if you know what I mean.
I spend my last couple days at the beach, staring across the ocean and hoping to see a white tail and blue eyes.