Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Black Memories ❯ Why baths are not a good idea ( Chapter 7 )

What would happen if everything you knew was taken away from you? What would you do if you suddenly woke up from an 8-year sleep? A little girl has a quest for something very important to her. Unfortunately, that something is Jonouchi.

Black Memories

Author: Sakiyama

Posted: October 6th

Authors note: I own my rubber ducky…I mean not YuGiOh!

Fluff ahead!! Jou and Seto in the bathroom ^_~

Italics aren't working…damn…

~…~ flashback!

Chapter seven: Why baths are not a good idea

Mokuba led Jonouchi up the stairs slowly. The blonde looked around in wonder, everything seeming so familiar yet so foreign at the same time.

That picture…I think I remember that one! Or am I imagining it? Do I remember walking up these stairs…or is it only because I am now? This is so confusing…I wish I would remember…

Poor Jonouchi was confused, and his headache didn't help him any.

"Here is your room, Jou-kun," Mokuba said happily pulling him in. His room was green, the carpet being forest green and the bed sheets the exact same color. The curtains were a slightly lighter shade of green and the furniture, fortunately, was polished wood and not green.

"I guess I like green, ne?" the blonde chuckled, walking into the room with the raven-haired boy. He looked around, taking in all the sights at once, making his senses spin. His clothes were folded neatly to one side thanks to the maid, and his bed looked brand new. Some of his schoolbooks lay scattered on the floor but otherwise the room was pretty clean. "I'm usually this clean?" Jonouchi asked, looking around in wonder.

"No actually," Mokuba chuckled, "you are quite messy."

"Oh, sorry about that," Jonouchi giggled nervously, walking around the room and opening a door, finding a closet. "Wow! This thing is huge!" He walked to the opposite side of the room and opened the other door. "Oh my god! My own bathroom!"

Mokuba couldn't help but let out a giggle. This was just like re-living when Jonouchi first came to the house; he had the same reaction as he did now. He followed the blonde all the way into the bathroom where Jonouchi was turning on all the different knobs near the bathtub and watching in wonder as suds of all different colors poured out.

"That is so amazing…" Jonouchi commented, mesmerized by the colors of the bubbles. "I think I'm going to take a bath," he announced, turning to face Mokuba. "Tell Aria that I'll be out in a half hour for me?"

"Of course Jonouchi," Mokuba smiled, "I'll tell Seto too, he'll want to know how you're doing." The boy ran off, leaving the blonde in the bathroom alone.

It seems Kaiba really cares about me. I wonder how he treated me before? Was it good or bad? I…I think I'm willing it to be good…but if it's bad…I'll be upset.

He started to undress slowly, playing with the knobs a little bit more before settling on light blue foam with his bath water. He undressed fully and slipped into the tub, sighing as the water surrounded his tired body. A knock sounded on the door and Kaiba stepped in. Jonouchi turned around from his position facing away from the door and smiled.

Did he just smile?…

Kaiba thought about this, and his heart started pounding. He willed it to stop, but his heart betrayed him and his heart rate increased steadily.

"I…was wondering if you wanted someone to…help you…so you could relax and…I thought I could help…" Kaiba broke off, scolding himself.

You baka! You're scrambling for words! This isn't right. This feeling isn't right. I need to get rid of this feeling now…but it feels so nice.

"That sounds really nice," Jonouchi smiled again, sinking back under the blue suds. The CEO walked over hesitantly and picked up some shampoo, soap and a washcloth. He lathered the washcloth in soap and started to wash Jonouchi's back. The blonde closed his eyes and leaned forward, so the CEO could have a better reach.

They sat in silence for a while, Kaiba moving on from Jonouchi's back to his arms, neck and settled on his legs. This made the brunette's heart race again as he started near the blonde's feet and worked his way up.

Oh no…THAT is down there…I'm getting so flustered…I hope he can't hear my heart beating…oh crap my hands are shaking.

"Something wrong?" Jonouchi asked the CEO who was becoming flustered more and more by the second. "You stopped…I just wanted to know if something happened?"

"N-nothing is wrong…" Kaiba replied and continued. When he reached the spot in between his legs, he purposely stopped and handed the washcloth to Jonouchi. "You do that," he said stiffly, hiding his faint blush and pouring shampoo into his hands.

This made the blonde puzzled for a moment.

I see him blushing. He thinks I don't notice but it's kinda hard to miss. I wonder if he secretly likes me or something? Ya know like…a secret crush. I mean I can understand why he wouldn't want to wash me there…I'd rather have him wash my hair instead.

So, Jonouchi proceeded to let Kaiba wash his hair and washed himself quickly. The CEO started to massage the blonde's scalp unintentionally, liking the feel of the texture of the blonde's hair and scalp.

And also, unintentionally, the blonde groaned softly from the good sensations of his unexpected massage. This made the brunette jump, flush a bright shade of crimson, and run out of the bathroom.

"Huh??" This all happened so fast it didn't register into Jonouchi's mind for another two minutes. He only realized it when he got shampoo in his eye and screamed loud enough to wake the entire neighborhood. A few seconds later Kaiba ran back into the room to see the blonde jump out of the bathtub unexpectedly and hop around not knowing that the CEO was right there. Once again Kaiba blushed, even darker than before, as Jonouchi hopped right into his arms.

"I'm blind!!" he cried, which brought the brunette back to his senses to the matter at hand.

"Don't worry…" Kaiba soothed him, carrying him over to the medicine cabinet and searching through it.

Damn it…nothing here! What do you do for this sort of thing anyway???

He wrapped Jonouchi up in one of his big soft robes quickly and hurried outside to where Mokuba was.

"Mokuba! He got shampoo in his eye, what do you do for that sort of thing??"

"Seto…you have to have him open his eye and you have to spray water in it," the raven-haired boy explained and Kaiba ran back into the bathroom. The blonde's cries died down and he started to whimper.

"Jonouchi…open your eye for me?" the CEO asked in a soothing voice. The blonde obeyed quietly and Kaiba splashed some water from the main sink into his eye. As Jonouchi was still whimpering, he splashed a little more in.

"Thank you…" Jonouchi blinked once and sighed, "Damn that really hurt."

Then he regained his senses a little and realized Kaiba was holding him and he only had a green robe on. Acting on instinct he punched Kaiba in the face weakly, who wasn't hurt but dropped him in surprise.

"Ow!" Jonouchi complained after he hit the ground with a thud.

"Ow…" Kaiba complained more softly than Jonouchi, rubbing his cheek.

"Sorry about that," the blonde grinned sheepishly, staying where he was on the floor, "I really don't know what came over me." Suddenly images flashed through his mind like they did before.

~"What the hell did you do that for?!" Kaiba yelled, holding his cheek and glaring at Jonouchi who lay on the ground.

"Well why the hell are you here?!" Jonouchi spat back, getting as far away from Kaiba as he could.

"Because you shouldn't be living on the streets, even though you are a mutt," the CEO took a step towards the blonde again who backed away more.

"What if I like living here?"

"You don't. And you're coming with me whether you want to or not."~

"Jonouchi??" A voice resounded through the boy's head.

Kaiba?…

He tried to reach out to the voice but the images wouldn't stop. Horrible images of him being beaten and forced to drink liquor…playing cards with older men in which the stake would be his body…all of these images flooded his mind and made him scream out loud.

~

"What is going on up there?" Yugi asked everyone. They were told to sit in the family room to wait and they did so politely. But they started to hear thuds and then a scream. Ryou was still fairly quiet and Bakura's eyes kept darting from side to side in a devilish way, which made them all shiver.

"I don't know aibou. But it doesn't sound good," Yami admitted. They just realized that Aria had been sitting with them the whole time, not moving an inch. When the scream was heard, she jumped up as if struck out of a trance and bounded up the stairs.

"That was…weird," Ryou commented. The others just stared at the spot she was once sitting in, kind of dumbfounded for a moment.

"Yeah…weird," Yami replied 3 minutes later.

~

"Jonouchi??" Kaiba asked for the third time, shaking the blonde slightly. He let out another scream and tried to shake the CEO off of him, muttering things under his breath and shivering.

"Mommy!" Aria cried, opening the door with a huge bang. She ran over to Jonouchi and put her hand on his forehead. "Ah…he's so cold and clammy…"

"Why? What's wrong with him?" Kaiba asked in a worried voice, his cold exterior melting away immediately without warning.

"Flashbacks," Aria said simply and closed her eyes. After a few seconds Jonouchi stopped whimpering and fell forward into the CEO's arms. "I cleansed his mind, he should sleep for now."

"…Thanks," Kaiba barely managed to get out before she walked out of the bathroom. He looked down at Jonouchi's face and still saw the creases of worry on his smooth skin. The brunette traced his fingers along those lines, smoothing them away and making the blonde's face look peaceful once again. He then proceeded to pick the boy up and place him in the bed under his green sheets.

"Is he okay?" Mokuba asked, entering the room quietly.

"I don't know. Aria calmed him down with some freaky stuff," Kaiba said, pulling up a chair and sitting by Jonouchi's bedside.

"Gonna stay with him?" the raven-haired boy concluded, watching his older brother and saw worry on his face he rarely ever saw.

"Yeah, show Yugi and the others to their rooms for me will you?" the CEO said distractedly.

"Sure Seto," Mokuba smiled and left the room.

And he says he doesn't care for Jonouchi. If he didn't before, he sure does now.

Kaiba took Jonouchi's hand in his, although he didn't know why, his body sort of gave that command on it's own.

Please be okay. Life wouldn't be the same if you weren't here to tease or pick a fight with…

~

Mokuba shuffled down the stairs and was met with four curious gazes and one wink. He smiled brightly and said,

"Who wants to take a nice, hot bath!?"

"I'm in!" Aria exclaimed, bounding up the stairs. The other four boys just stared.

"Come upstairs or my guards will kick you out," Mokuba sighed. The four boys glanced at each other quickly and then raced each other for the stairs. "If you harm the stairs in any way…" Mokuba glared at solely Bakura, "Seto will personally kick you out."

Bakura growled low in is throat but was careful not to damage the staircase as he leapt up the stairs. Mokuba followed after all of them, signaling to the maids to lock up downstairs and then go home. He found Kaiba in Jou's room still, with Aria on the other side swinging her legs.

"Come on, nii-chan, let's go to sleep," Mokuba yawned, finding himself sleepy somehow.

"Alright Mokuba," Kaiba agreed and let go of Jonouchi's hand, following his younger brother to their bedrooms next to each other.

Aria changed quickly and slipped into bed beside the sleeping blonde.

"Sleep well mommy. I'll watch over you," she smiled and draped an arm over Jonouchi's form and fell asleep quickly.

~Jonouchi's Dream~

Jonouchi opened his eyes and sat up, realizing he was on the floor.

"How'd I get here?" he asked himself, looking around not noticing anything familiar.

"My lord!" A tall man in a dark green cloak rushed over to the blonde, helping him up.

"What happened?" Jonouchi asked, not even bothering to ask who this man was.

"My lord…you collapsed on the ground. I sent for your daughter, she should be here shortly."

All Jonouchi could do was nod, he had no idea what was going on or why he felt so weak. Two more of these cloaked men rushed down a staircase that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and had a little girl with them. She was around 8, with flowing blonde-purple hair and sparkling dark amethyst eyes filled with worry. She was dressed in a flowing green dress, adorned with a necklace that had a blue sapphire and a thin silver headdress.

Aria?…

"Mommy!" the girl exclaimed, running over and examining the blonde extensively, making him a little uncomfortable.

"I really wish she'd stop calling the lord that…" One of the cloaked men mumbled irritably.

"Shut up!" she snapped, making Jonouchi surprised.

I didn't know she had that kind of vocabulary!

"S-sorry my lady," the man apologized, bowing very low as if to mock her. She stuck her tongue out and continued her examination.

"It's just his blood pressure failing him again," she announced, "take him to his bed and do not let him leave under any circumstances!"

"Aria?…" Jonouchi just couldn't believe it was her. She acted like an adult yet she was only eight years old.

"What, mom?" Aria set her amethyst eyes on him. They pierced through his skin, her gaze unwavering and inviting.

"N-nothing…"

"You should rest. I told you not to tire yourself out like that! Don't worry about going to the pharaoh's meetings, I'll go in your place."

"Uh…thanks, Aria," the blonde allowed himself to be carried up the stairs by one of the particularly larger and stronger cloaked men and watched Aria walk off with two of the men at her side.

This is so weird…how did I get here? Why would I be meeting the pharaoh?

"Rest well my lord, May your recovery be a speedy one," the man who helped him off the floor initially spoke.

"Thank you," Jonouchi smiled and rested his head against the soft pillows. "Man, these feel like silk. Wait a minute, they are silk. All I know is that I'm tired…" He thankfully closed his eyes and fell asleep right away.

~End of Dream~

Jonouchi opened his eyes suddenly, expecting to see those strange green-cloaked men standing over him. Instead he found himself back in his room with Aria sleeping next to him.

Only a dream…

He closed his eyes again, running through the scenes in his mind. It definitely seemed more than a dream. And Aria was in it. What did that mean? He decided he would ask Yami or Bakura later about it, but he needed some more sleep.

"Good night Aria sweetie," he whispered and fell back asleep.

~End of Chapter~

I'm wondering if you guys like it ^^;; Give me some feedback PLEASE!!! I really want to know your feelings and ideas on this story. Something is starting to develop, since I'm not that good with those things!! Well, review please!!

Kuramafan58: Yeah, don't you hate it when that happens? I just love writing shonen-ai or yaoi so, almost all of my fics are like that ^^'.

RyousGirl567: Well, Ryou is innocent no more. Mwahahaha. O.o.

TheKirbyKid: Mokuba said it before you did! >.>. I have speeeecial plans for Kaiba's silverware!! You'll see ^^;;