Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Insert Cool Yu-Gi-Oh! Related Title ❯ Chapter Twenty-eight: Misty Morning Minty Breath ( Chapter 28 )

…This chapter is dedicated to the late Turkin. May she rest in peace…

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No, I don't own any Yu-Gi-Oh! related etc. If I did, special YuGiOh! brand tri color hair bleach and dye kits would be sold at your local Wal-mart retailers for your consumer convenience.

//Are the yami mentally speaking to their hikari.//
/Are the hikari mentally speaking to their yami./
And Italics are thoughts.

Chapter Twenty-eight: Misty Morning Minty Breath

"Hm?" Kaiba's head jerked in the direction of the bathhouse's door.

That's odd. I just thought I heard a splash... Hmph. Probably just my imagination. I'm a little out of it right now. Hell, I thought I saw a fish bird when I first walked in here, swimming through the walls. In fact, I thought I could see through the walls. Yes. I'm probably just imagining things again… Unless… Could that be Mokuba?

Kaiba was about to wade over to where the noise had emanated, but instead he paused.

Wait… Isn't Mokuba with Jounouchi? So… If Mokuba is here, then is Jounouchi here too?

Kaiba hesitated in continuing towards the disturbance, suddenly remembering his current state of undress. He furrowed his eyebrows and chastised himself.

It's MY bathhouse! Why should I suddenly feel embarrassed about bathing in my own home! If anything, it's Jounouchi that should feel embarrassed about being- Wait… Jounouchi's going to be… Unclothed too!

Suddenly Kaiba had a less than chivalrous reason in wanting to investigate the odd splashing sounds. He submerged his head below the water and pushed off the side of the pool. He quickly found himself skimming over the smooth surface of the pool's floor as he made his way towards the entrance of the bathhouse.

The entire place had been built as a series of complex pool systems that overlapped with one another. In between them, islands rose, covered in exotic flora, as well as waterfalls and large stone protrusions, ideally suited for sun bathing under the glimmering glass dome. Certain areas were deep, while others very shallow. There were also traditional showers located along the walls, disguised as waterfalls, where the water only reached a grand total of a few inches. Most of the smaller pools were sectioned off by crisscrossing walls, so that at any one point in time, they could be turned into a heated whirlpool bath, like a Jacuzzi. Upon Mokuba's insistence, water slides had even been installed. In essence, the Kaiba manor boasted having it's own indoor water theme park as its personal bathhouse.

Kaiba surfaced and dove under again. One more turn and he should find them. Long ago, Kaiba had learnt how to swim with his eyes open underwater. He figured it was a useful trick, but had never thought that it would serve him as much as it did that day, when seemingly out of nowhere, a curtain of bubbles flooded the water in front of him. They quickly dissipated, revealing a soft flowing wave of blond hair attached to a human body. A body that wasn't moving.

Jounouchi?!

The shock was momentary, as Kaiba immediately shot forth from the pool floor and encircled his arms around the prone blond, lifting him towards the surface. He gasped as he broke through the water and brushed the long bangs out of the boy's face, inspecting him closely. "Jounouchi? Hey, mutt?" The brunette shook him, but the teen didn't respond. "Jounouchi? Jounouchi?!" That's when he noticed he wasn't breathing.

Oh….. God. No.

"Jounouchi!?!" As if the CEO could fly, and leap tall building in a single bound, he was out of the water and at the pool's side in seconds, administering CPR to the fallen blond. "Jounouchi! Wake up! Wake up, now!" Without hesitation or second doubts, Kaiba leaned in and pressed his lips to the other's and breathed into his lungs. "Come on, Jounouchi! Breath, damn it!" he yelled as he checked his pulse. The beat was faint and erratic, but still there.

Thank God! But he's still not breathing!

Kaiba leaned in again and sent more air into the boy's body.

Come on! Breath, damn it!

Again, more air, and still no results. "Jounouchi! Breath! So help me! I'll… I'll… Damn it!" More air. "Breath! Katsuya!"

Jounouchi's eyes shot open as a stream of water sputtered from his lips. His entire body arched forwards, gasping as more water escaped his mouth. Kaiba helped the coughing blond sit up correctly and even patted his back lightly as he moved clinging wet strands of hair out of the other boy`s face. Jounouchi held his eyes closed and wheezed in another breath of air, clinging to whatever it was that held him so tightly. He distinctly felt warmth surrounding his body, as though from another person, and a large hand soothing his back and caressing his skin. It was soft and gentle and reassuring, which is why he nearly had a heart attack when he realized it was Kaiba. Without meaning to he jerked away and nearly toppled over. Again, Kaiba reached out and held him up. Before Jounouchi could react again, he fell into another wave of hacking coughs.

Kaiba pulled him closer into his arms and held him, as if trying to protect him from himself. Eventually, the coughs subsided, but the blonde's energy had drained away with the release of water from his lungs, and he simply slumped into Kaiba's protective embrace; his back against the CEO`s uncomfortably enticing chest. A hot wetness mingled between the skin where their bodies touched. He let out one more small wheeze before opening his eyes and looking up to find a sea of blue sky glowing through dew fogged crystal glass as the first rays of the morning sun made it shine like sparkling azure gold. And he saw Kaiba's eyes that outshone the heavens without even trying to. "Kai… Kaiba..?"

"Oh, God…" the brunette exhaled, and visibly dropped his shoulders as his body lost its chiseled, tense nerves. "I thought that… Damn it…" The sapphire of his eyes obscured, and returned to opaque ice. "Kisama…You almost died! What the hell were you doing!? Idiot!"

Jounouchi would have flinched from the verbal assault, were it not for the fact that Kaiba had only pulled the other boy in closer against himself, as if almost afraid of letting go. The blond was confused beyond understanding. The boy was practically asphyxiating him in a bear hug. "Kaiba..?"

"What if I hadn't been here?! You'd be dead! Do you understand?! Dead, Mutt! Dead!! And I'd never get to see you agai-…" Kaiba turned his face away. "Stupid Mutt…"

Silence followed as Jounouchi stared into Kaiba's chest, his head almost painfully pressed into skin and bone; delectably warm and irresistibly soft, silky skin and bone, the blond couldn't help but notice. The trace scent of chlorine mixed with the CEO's distinctive sweet fragrance caused a not unwelcome redolence that killed Jounouchi with an unimaginable urge to lick the other boy's slightly tanned, wet skin. The blonde's eyes remained wide open in disbelief and refused to close.

I didn't just… Hear what I thought I just heard… Did I? Oh, God…Am I dead? Am I in Heaven?! This can't be… Real..?

"Kaiba..?"

"Shut-up, you idiot, inbred mongrel."

Oh my God! I'm not dead! This is real!

"Kaiba, you saved me!"

Duh! What a wonderful and astute deduction, moron! Like he doesn't already know that!

"I mean," Jounouchi felt like smacking himself upside the head. "Thanks." There was no response from the cold CEO. "Um…" The boy was about to comment on something else when he suddenly remembered his current state of nakedness. Also, what he had been doing in the water came to mind. And that the evidence of it was still hard between his damp legs made him gulp and blush an obvious crimson.

Oh, no! Did Kaiba see!?!

"Uh…Kaiba..?" The blonde's heart was beating furiously. If he hadn't been so incredibly terrified that Kaiba might have realized how rapidly his heart was pulsing, then he might have noticed that the other boy's heart was busy thundering just as loudly and just as fast.

Why..? Why hasn't he let me go? I mean… It's not that I don't like it, or anything. I love this! Him holding me so hard that it hurts, but what the hell is going on?!

Jounouchi desperately longed to just fall into those strong arms; to just give in and sigh, and let himself be swept away by Kaiba`s touch; let the warmth and heat take him over, but he did not dare let himself. He was too afraid. He feared Kaiba would feel the loosening of his rigid nerves and would hear his painfully sweet moaned sigh. His heart felt like ripping in two, and there was nothing he could do about it.

God… Please let me go! Kaiba! I can't stand this! Being so close to you… And not… Being able to… Oh… God, Kaiba! Why?! Why can't I just-?!

Jounouchi fought against his hand's urge to reach up and touch the other boy`s face. "Kaiba-?" His question was abruptly silenced by a kiss. Suddenly, the blond wasn't to sure about himself not being dead and in heaven anymore.

This… This can't be happening… He's not… Actually… Kissing me… He can't be! This is… It's a… It has to be a trick… It has to be… He's just messing with me! He wouldn't ever actually… He wouldn't-! Oh! God! SCREW IT!

Jounouchi threw an arm around Kaiba's neck pulling himself up and pressing himself against the other boy's body as he opened his mouth and forcibly pushed his tongue into Kaiba's, effectively deepening the kiss. He wrapped the other arm around the small of Kaiba's back and pushed their two bodies together even further. The blond knew he was signing his own death warrant, but he didn't care anymore. He needed this. He needed this kiss.

And Kaiba's the one that started it too!

Instead of immediate death, as the nearly drowned dog had guessed would follow, the brunette similarly traced his arms around the contours of Jounouchi's body and ground into him, letting them both know just how hard and excited they both were.

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!! Oh, my freaking God!!! I can`t believe he`s-!!!!!

Kaiba harshly lowered Jounouchi onto his back, against the cold, water logged tiles of the bathroom floor and broke the kiss. They were both panting and breathing awkwardly. Both of them held incredibly surprised, yet obviously lust induced wide eyes and grins. "Why, Jounouchi Katsuya," the frost prince asked in a mocking tone, "What the hell did you think you were doing?"

I love that voice… I love that disgustingly smug ass, damn bastard's voice…

The other boy blinked and furrowed his eyes. "Drowning! Now, I'll ask you the same damn question!"

"Isn't it obvious?" the brunette spoke in a snide and condescending remark, as he distinctly brought to their attention the fact that they were both `at attention` by grinding roughly into him. Jounouchi's eyes rolled into the back of his head as he audibly whimpered and cried out and gasped. He tasted blood as he unintentionally bit into his bottom lip. "I'm going to kiss you until you pass out from lack of oxygen!" Kaiba hurriedly whispered into Jounouchi's ear. "Then we'll see if you ever try drowning again, you idiot mutt!"

"Mmh-!!" Jounouchi's mouth was detained from giving a witty reply as Kaiba's lips engulfed his own and basically ravaged him in the most searing kiss the blond could ever recount.

Oh….! God!

The boy squirmed under the slightly taller CEO. His legs contracted and tighten around the other boy's waist as his arms did very much the same. His head felt like a dazzling glitter filled nightclub as stars and shimmering colored lights fluttered on and off. His lungs even tried to commit suicide as they screamed for air. He was finally forced into tearing away from the brunette as he burst out into another coughing fit.

Kaiba didn't miss a beat as he took the opportunity to trace Jounouchi's collar bone with his hot, moist tongue. Of course, it didn't help the blond much with his cough. Between wheezing and coughing, the hallucinations simply increased until the boy would have sworn that fireworks were going off in the bathhouse. Of course, he wasn't about to tell Kaiba to stop. Far from that. In fact, his right hand quickly buried itself in Kaiba's damp hair and directed him lower.

Kaiba caught on and latched onto a hardened nipple, biting lightly and earning himself an excited yelp from the other boy. "Like that?" he exhaled, in a breath of hot mist that seeped deeply into the acute hypersensitive skin of the blonde`s chest causing ripples of tiny electrical pinpricks to course throughout the boy's writhing body. Jounouchi managed a nod.

This is all a dream… It has to be…

Jounouchi moaned and raked his nails down Kaiba's back as his head swooned backwards and splatters of black dots obscured his vision. Kaiba gritted his teeth and muffled a moan into the blonde's chest, sending a wave of goose bumps down the mutt's skin. The brunette closed his eyes and slowly opened them. His perception on reality was becoming slightly skewed.

Am I just imagining that Jounouchi is under me right now..? Or is this actually happening?

A new pang of electrical flashes flowed through the CEO's body as Jounouchi unexpectedly thrust into the other boy's hips. "Ah!" Kaiba groaned and thrust back. Jounouchi cried out and, again, returned the favor. Kaiba nearly lost his grip on Jounouchi's slick, sweat covered body as he thrust into Jounouchi's hips. He maneuvered his legs between the blonde's, effectively parting them, and sliding them to the sides. Jounouchi put up no resistance as he was spread apart. He placed both feet firmly on the ground and used all of his remaining strength to push himself off of the ground to grind into Kaiba again.

The brunette squinted an eye shut as the friction caused him to topple over and land directly on top of the boy under himself. Jounouchi then wrapped both arms around the fallen boy in a constricting death hug, and ground into him again. Kaiba gritted his teeth and used Jounouchi's own hold on him to steady himself and grind back. His erection deliciously mingling between the blonde's moist legs, rubbing up against the other's member as well.

Never had Kaiba ever been involved in such an erotic dance. His breathing dramatically increased it's pace as did his heartbeat. He felt like he would explode at any second. Both of his eyes were closed and the world around him became obsolete. Nothing mattered anymore; whether this was real, or fake, or all in his mind, all he could concentrate on was the sweet pressure building up inside his body.

Damn! This… It's… God! Ah! God!! This feel so good!!!

A dark swirling spiral settled over the taller boy as he struggled to match the blonde's ever increasing pace. He felt like a coiled spring just waiting to expand; to shoot out and feel sweet release.

The blonde's eyes still remained closed. His grip on the boy on top of himself only tightened with every thrust upwards. He could feel the friction of Kaiba's member rubbing up against the sensitive skin of his inner thighs. Every brush caused him to moan out and grunt in pleasure. He could barely think or even formulate cognitive though, much less come anywhere near caring about whether this was real or a dream. All that mattered was the incredible feeling saturating every pore of his body. All that mattered anymore was Kaiba.

He could feel it. Kaiba was nearing his climax. He was hard as a rock between his legs and his husky panting and feral moaning only confirmed his suspicions. "Kaiba?!" Jounouchi gasped. "Kaiba!?!" He heaved up as his nails dug into the other boy's back. "God, Kaiba!!!"

"Shut up!" the brunette exhaled sharply and jabbed into Jounouchi harshly. The blond gritted his teeth, but a loud whimper escaped him anyway. "Mokuba," the CEO tried explaining, "He might… Ugh… Hear… Us!"

Whether Jounouchi understood or not is still in debate because his very vocal display of affection continued undaunted. Kaiba seemed to not care though. The longer the two bodies shook and convulsed against one another, the less they gave a damn about their surroundings.

The blonde's mind was a jumbled array of confetti while Kaiba couldn't seem to keep his thoughts straight. He rocked into Jounouchi over and over, again and again, each thrust harder and harder, until the mutt was crying out in both pain and pleasure. Kaiba grunted and pulled away as a wave of dizziness hit him hard. He nearly fell to Jounouchi's side as he tried to steady himself and clear his mind. The blond grabbed onto Kaiba's shoulder and waist and shook him, but Kaiba's eyes rolled backwards as he fell limp on top of the struggling boy. "Kaiba?!" The blond shook him again, but the CEO failed to respond. "Kaiba?!" And then a walloping buzz hit the blonde's head as the world did a 360 and didn't land right. Jounouchi barely had a chance to put his hands out in front of himself as his body fell back onto the slippery tile floor. "Ooh! My head!" Like a fish out of water, Jounouchi started convulsing as a sudden migraine threatened to take his consciousness away. "Ah!"

Kaiba's eyes drooped a little, but fluttered open almost immediately as he heard Jounouchi's strained growls. Slowly, he pulled himself to his knees, cringing as his head tried to kill him for moving to fast. He wrapped an arm around Jounouchi's shoulders and pulled the boy up into a sitting position. "Get up!" Jounouchi wasn't to sure of what was going on, but he tried his best to comply with the direct orders. Kaiba half crawled, half dragged the blond over to the far wall. As they moved away from the water's edge, Jounouchi's head began to feel less instinctually suicidal.

"We have to… Get to… Ugh…" Kaiba slumped over. "Pills…" he weakly stated and pointed over to a cabinet near the sink. Suddenly Jounouchi knew exactly what he was trying to do: counteract the effects of the drugs. He pulled away from the CEO and made his way over to the same cabinets he and Mokuba had recently been at not but several hours before. As he reached out to open the wooden doors, a wave of nausea hit, and he was forced into bringing both hands up to his mouth.

Oh no!

The feeling passed as quickly as it came, but was replaced by an earth shaking mind reel that sent him star sight seeing.

No! But… I have to… To…

Jounouchi passed out. Kaiba cursed from his spot a few feet away. "Damn…" he cringed as another powerful pang pounded into his head. After taking a deep breath, the brunette slowly managed to steady himself long enough to crawl over to the drug stash. His vision was to far gone to correctly distinguish between the labels on the bottles, but luckily, thanks to his anal retentive ways, he had the bottle placements memorized.

Damn it! The crap Mokuba gives me has never reacted this way before… Then again…

Kaiba turned to glare at Jounouchi's fallen form.

This specific situation has never presented itself before.

He reached out and grabbed what he only hoped was the correct bottle and after struggling slightly with the child safe lid, finally managed to open it.

* * * * * * * * * *

A soft beam of light filtered its way into the Mutou residency through a window located next to Yugi's bed. The small streak danced on the boy's face slowly stirring him from his slumber. He sat up and yawned while lazily scratching his head. "Mmm," he smacked his lips as if testing out his jaw functions. "Yami?"

//Yes, Aibou?// answered the pharaoh from beside the once sleeping boy.

/Oh, there you are,/ Yugi smiled and laid back down, leaning his head onto his yami's shoulder. He yawned one more time.

//Still tired?//

Yugi shook his head. /Not really. Just a little… Lethargic, I guess./ His grin grew as arms snaked around the his neck, followed by chaste kisses on his shoulders. /Yami!/ he giggled and tossed his head to the side allowing his yami better access.

//Hm?// Yami continued kissing him.

/What time is it?/

Yami shrugged. //Morning?//

Yugi leaned in and placed his lips on Yami's letting the once ruler of Ancient Egypt kiss him. /We have to be at Burger World by nine thirty./

//I know.//

/That means I have to check the time./

//Alright.//

/Mohitsuori No Boku, that means you have to let me go,/ the small tri color haired boy giggled again as he tried to pull free from Yami's hug. The pharaoh clung tightly and pouted. Yugi laughed and leaned into the spirit's arms. /Fine, have it your way, but don't blame me if we get there late./

* * * * * * * * * *

Ryou woke up. He was in his apartment, in the living room, on the floor, partially under the coffee table. "Huh?" He sat up and quickly noticed that he was sans clothing. "Well, at least I have a blanket," he said as he stumbled to his feet and wrapped the blanket around his waist. "Um, Bakura?" he called out, a slight pang of urgency to his voice. "Bakura?!"

//Yeah?//

"Where are you?" he asked, calming down a little.

A small pause preceded the spirit's answer. //Outside.//

Ryou walked towards the balcony, sliding the door open and stepping outside. /What are you doing out here?/

Bakura shrugged. //Thinking. Watching the sun rise. I was going to wake you up and ask you if you wanted to watch too, but you were still sleeping. You looked like an angel. I couldn't bring myself to wake you up. You looked so peaceful. Like you were having a nice dream," the tomb robber looked away, "For a change. Seemed a shame to disturb it.// The white haired spirit took a long, deliberately slow, deep breath. //So, were you having a nice dream?//

Ryou smiled sadly. /Kind of. Not really./ He said as he went to stand next to Bakura near the railing. /I dreamt that I had everything in the world. Everything I ever wanted. All the friends and money and stuff that I've ever seen on TV. Even my father came home. And I lived in this big house, and all my friends lived with me, and we were all like a big family. It was really nice./

Bakura frowned. //How is that not a good dream?//

Ryou leaned into the spirit and slipped an arm around his waist. /Because during the whole thing, I kept feeling like a part of me was missing, like something wasn't right, and I couldn't figure out what it was. And then… I can't remember exactly what happened next, but I found out that you weren't there because if you were, then I'd have to give up everything else. I couldn't have both. I had to choose between everything I've ever wanted… And you./

Bakura didn't say anything. He simply starred at the busy streets below. //So.. Either me or happiness, huh? What`d you choose?//

/Nothing. I woke up./

//Oh.//

/And it wasn't a question of either happiness or you, Bakura./

//It wasn't?// The spirit looked down at his hikari.

/No,/ Ryou shook his head. He pried Bakura's arms open and whirled into his yami's chest, pressing his back against him. /How can I ever be happy if you're not around?/ he whispered almost hurt that he had to remind his other self of that. /And it wasn't me that had made the decision, either./ Ryou turned around and looked into his yami's eyes. /It was you who chose for me. You left so that I could have everything./

//Oh.//

/Bakura?/ A small glaze of water coated Ryou`s eyes. /I woke up and I didn't see you near me. I got scared. I thought… I thought for a second that maybe my dream had actually happened, and that you'd left.../

Don't worry Ryou. You don't ever have to worry about that...

/I was so scared…/ Ryou buried his face in Bakura's chest.

//I'll never leave you.//

/You promise?/

I'll never give you up, Ryou. Even if it does costs you everything. Your mine, and I'll never give you up.

//I promise.//

* * * * * * * * * *

"Ah! We have to hurry up!"

//Calm down, Aibou,// the pharaoh semi-chuckled. //We can still make it.//

"I know, but I wanted to get there early! What if the traffic gets crazy? What if the subway gets backed up?!" Yugi yelled as he scampered down the stairs while still pulling his socks on. "What if-"

//We're walking there, remember?// Yami nearly sweat dropped. //It's only a few blocks from here.//

The tri color haired boy reached the bottom of the stairs, nearly tripped and scuttled towards the kitchen. "Oh, yeah."

//Aibou? Are you alright? You seem nervous.//

"I'm fine," Yugi waived. "Maybe a little nervous," he admitted, hovering his index finger over his thumb.

"Oh, well, I'm fine, too," Sugoroku mentioned, surprising Yugi half to death.

"Ahh!!"

"Can't say I'm nervous, though. My back is acting up a little. Does that count?" the old man laughed.

Yugi took in a few deep breaths trying to calm himself. "Ji-chan! You scared me!"

Sugoroku laughed harder. "Gee, am I really that scary looking?"

"Ha ha, very funny," the boy laughed sarcastically and opened the refrigerator and took out some milk.

"Who were you talking to?" The boy's grandpa inquired as he took a sip of his coffee. "And what are you all dressed up for so early on a Saturday morning? Going somewhere?"

Yugi nodded. "I'm meeting up with my friends at Burger World. We're gonna have breakfast there."

Sugoroku made a face that matched Yami's at the mention of eating anything from a place called Burger World. "Oh, to be young again and have a stomach of steel," he reminisced.

Yugi snorted. "There food isn't that bad." He poured himself a glass of milk and added some powdered chocolate. "Oh, and I was talking to Yami."

"Oh." The old man stiffened slightly at the mention of the spirit's name. "Well… Have fun."

Yugi drained the chocolate milk and put the glass in the sink. "I will," he called as he ran towards the door. "I'll be back later." He quickly slipped his shoes on and ran outside. "Ja!"

* * * * * * * * * *

//I don't want to go!//

/Bakura! Why not?! I figured you of all people would want to go!/ Ryou stamped his feet as he glared at his yami from across the room. /Don't you want everyone to know that we're together?/

//Frankly, I couldn't give a damned about what those obnoxious amebas you call friends know, but it has nothing to do with that,// the spirit explained. //I just don't want to spend my entire morning with that damned goody-good group.// Bakura made his way next to his hikari. //I'd rather spend it with you.// He wrapped his arms around the other boy's waist. //Alone.// He leaned in and whispered into the white haired angel's ear. //In bed.// He licked his hikari's earlobe.

Ryou shivered, but pushed Bakura off. "You're just sore `cause you didn't get any last night," he baited.

Bakura looked peeved. //Believe me, I'm a lot more than just sore. I'm damned right pissed off!// He growled and crackled his knuckles. //I'm going to bash that pharaoh's face in as soon as I see him!//

"Please don't?" Ryou sweat dropped, and tried to sooth the thief's nerves.

//Why shouldn't I?! He deserves it! I swear, as soon as I see him-!//

"You will not upset Yugi or Yami for the entire duration of our stay in Burger World!" Ryou suddenly demanded.

//Or what?!// Bakura challenged.

"Or I won't sleep with you for at least another week!"

//What!?! But-! No, but-! Oh, gods, no!// the white haired spirit sputtered, taken completely aback.

Ryou took the opportunity to slink up on him and grasp his hand. "But, if you're good," he spoke in a completely different voice, one laced in sexual ribbons. "If you're good, and behave yourself, I promise…" He raised his yami's hand and separated a finger. "I promise, as soon as we get back, I'll disconnect the phone." He slipped the finger into his mouth and lightly licked the tip of it. /And I'll lock all the doors./ He sucked on it. /And I'll let you do whatever you want-/ he bit down hard and slowly extracted the finger from his mouth. /-With me./

Bakura swallowed a huge wad of spit that had suddenly accumulated in his mouth from an

unnecessarily large amount of saliva over processed. //Hikari, unless you want a ridiculous amount of pain in your lower back before you even get to eat breakfast, I suggest you run - as fast as you can - all the way to that damned Ra forsaken grease trap, and not stop until you've gotten there, because, so help me Ra, I WILL rape you the second you stop to catch your breath…//

Ryou sweat dropped, laughed nervously, took a few steps backwards, then ran like his virginity depended on it. 'Cause it did.

* * * * * * * * * *

Ugh… What the..?

Jounouchi blinked back a blearing stream of light that nearly blinded him.

Where… Where am I?

He rubbed his eyes as his vision became acclimated to the brightness that filtered in through the large glass dome high up above. He looked around, baffled by his humid surroundings.

What…? Where..? Where am I? Huh? Wha-? Oh! Crap!!

The boy's eyes suddenly went wide with terror as he remembered exactly where he was. And why he was there.

Oh, crap! Oh, crap! Oh, crap!!!

He could feel the blood drain from his face as he stared down and gripped his head. He dug his nails into his scalp as he tried to remember the previous night.

I was… Swimming? No… I was… Doing something else. Oh, yeah. It's called jacking off.

His brain eloquently reminded him.

Shut up! Then…I… Can't remember… Then…

Jounouchi scrunched his face up as his brain fought hard to remind him.

I… Oh! Kaiba!?! No! It can't be! It couldn't have been!

The blond quickly looked up and scanned the area around himself as if trying to prove his memory was faulty. As he turned his neck, he distinctly felt something around it.

What the-?

His hands immediately grasped onto a weird thing that encircled his throat. It felt soft and smooth, like worked leather. In the front, directly under his Adam's apple, he felt a coolness that told him a metallic trinket lay imbedded in the band.

What the hell is this!?!

He tried pulling it off, but it stayed perfectly in place. On shaking limbs, the boy pulled himself up and stumbled over towards the mirror on the far wall. His curiosity to find out what the odd necklace was overpowered his sense to duck and find cover for his obvious nakedness. The blond stood still in complete shock as his eyes fell upon a black collar that encircled his neck. What froze him in place though was the distinctive symbol that marked the collar's owner. A brazen, metal logo made up from the initials "KC." Jounouchi gulped, "Kaiba Corp…" A thin finger outlined the letters and graced their way down his chest. "What the hell…?" he spoke as he shook his head and cleared away foggy thoughts. "What the hell happened? I was… Swimming and then… Then…" Jounouchi gritted his teeth and furrowed his brow. "Then…"

`Jounouchi! Breath! So help me! I'll… I'll… Damn it! Breath! Katsuya!' A glimmering thought of Kaiba came to his mind. He was on top, and he looked frazzled, almost scared.

Kaiba? Scared..? What on Earth could scare Kaiba..?

`Oh, God… I thought that… Damn it… Kisama…You almost died! What the hell were you doing!? Idiot!' Suddenly, the blonde's face was crushed against the other boy's chest.

That… But… Is that what happened..?

`What if I hadn't been here?! You'd be dead! Do you understand?! Dead, Mutt! Dead!! And I'd never get to see you agai-… Stupid Mutt…'

Jounouchi staggered back as he came back into focus in the full length mirror in the bathhouse. "No way…" he whispered to himself. He fell to his knees, but his fingers remained on the collar. He unconsciously traced the metal logo with his fingertips. "No way…" He looked up and saw himself in the mirror, only then becoming aware of his lack of clothes. "I have to get out of here. I have to get out of here. I have to get out of here!"

Without second thoughts or guesses, the blond got up and ran to the sliding door that lead out of the bathhouse and into the smaller bathroom. He paused at the door and slowly slid it open, sticking his head inside, making sure that the coast was clear. Once confirmed, the boy ran inside and to where he was positive he had left his clothes. He froze in horror as all he saw where Kaiba's sleeping clothes. "Damn! I forgot! I left my clothes in the guest room! Hell! What am I going to do now!?"

After biting his lips in vain, Jounouchi spotted a white trench coat. His heart nearly cleared the Guinness World record for highest jump as he realized who's coat it belonged to. "Kaiba…" Instinctually, the blonde's eyes quickly darted around making sure the cold CEO wasn't lurking in any dark corner of the large room. After taking a deep breath, as he tried to calmed his frayed nerves, he cautiously walked over to the coat. A pair of black pants lay below, as well as a black, long sleeved turtle neck. As he lifted the coat, he also found black silk boxers and a black tank top undershirt. "Hey… This is the clothes Kaiba was wearing at school! He must've taken them off when he took a shower earlier today, uh, yesterday, I mean." Jounouchi almost stopped breathing as he suddenly formulated a daring thought.

Well… I do need something to wear…

His eyes glazed over the clothes in front of himself.

But… He'll kill me… True. But he's probably going to kill you anyway. Yeah… I guess… Take them. You need them. Get dressed and get the hell out of here! Now!

Jounouchi didn't hesitate after that. He got dressed immediately, marveling at how he and Kaiba where almost identical in size.

I can't believe I'm doing this! Believe it! But… Where am I going to go?! Walking out of his drive way will probably take all day! Where the hell am I supposed to go?!? It'll take all day if you walk. Which is why you're going to take his car. WHAT?!?! Like I'm not dead enough!! Now you want me to- Oh! Hel, no!!! Fine then, you stay here and explain how you and him made out last night!

The blond took in a sharp breath as he almost keeled over. "What..?" he covered his mouth. "Oh, God… I… We…" Bits and pieces of the previous night where slowly coming back to him. "We…"

Jounouchi's back arched. `Harder,' he gasped. `Please Kaiba… Please! Harder! Oh, God! God! Ha-Ahh!!!'

The blond took in ragged breaths as he escaped the quick flashback and collapsed onto the little carpeted mat on the bathroom floor. "Oh… God. I… I have to get out of here! I have to!"

You'll need wheels. I… I know. I'll… I'll take his car. I have to. I have to get out of here. I have to get as far away as possible! Then let's go.

Jounouchi nodded an affirmative to himself and stood up. He was now decked out all in black.

How fitting.

He remarked sarcastically.

I'm going to steal Kaiba's car.

The blond boy wearily stalked towards the bathroom doors.

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Damned hell, it's been awhile. I'm not sure why, but lately every time I sit down to type I keep getting distracted. It's annoying! I //will// finish this fic, and I //will// write part 2… It just might take me like a year to get it done, no da, heh. *sweat drop* Well, today was really sad. My Turkin (turkey/chicken crossbreed) fell in the pool and froze to death. Gods! I was so sad! Aw… I'm gonna miss her… Stupid cold. I hate the cold. It's cold now, here in the deep south and man does it suck. I miss the heat! And the stifling humidity! Damned it! I can't wait till spring. Then I can go out and get me a turkey chick. *sigh* Bye, Turkin… I'll miss you…

Sakiyama
Heh, you /must/ be a mind reader, 'cause that's exactly what happened. Yeah, next episode, I mean, chapter, Yugi finally tells everyone. Ah, but there's going to be a surprise entrance by a certain so and so… Heh, heh. It's so amusing. You'll like it. Hope you liked this chapter too. And hopefully Bakura will get some!!

Rowan Girl
Ah, yes. The yaoi dreams. Hee. They /are/ the greatest, ne. I bet Jounouchi has plenty of thems, heh.

DemonandGoddess
Yeah, Jou didn't die. He's a main character, and besides that, I hate character deaths. I can truthfully go ahead and say that //no// character (that is hot and bishy) will ever die in one of my fics. Make you feel better now?
^ ^

Hm? Oh, Daisy (AKA: Mexican Peach) is a character from the Nintendo Gamecube game Super Smash Brothers Melee. It's what they where playing, when Mokuba said that. He was just messing with Jou's head. He'll do that you know. Tricky devil, that boy. Oh, and, you know, now that you mention it… How /did/ Yugi get that good? I figure, since they're both mind linked, Yami subconsciously "told" Yugi what he wanted done… Yeah… *cough* DugFinn conveniently covering her plot holes *glares at self* Shad up! *nods* I'm thinking about Ryou and Bakura last too. It does /seem/ right, somehow.

JoeysGal
Ah! Don't worry! Jounouchi's alive! Don't kill me- eh?! Pregnant yami Nyoko? Nanio…? *scratches head* Yellow vacuum cleaner? Odd… Not exactly the first thing I'd image one to run to, but… OK. *shrugs*

Saelbu
Heh. Yeah. Every morning, yo. Oh, gomen for the freakishly long wait. I'm trying to kick the habit. But it fought back. It has sharp claws.

Velvetina
Oh! I was recently told that the Doom saga is staring up in the English YuGiOh! Soon, you'll know who Dartz and Rafael are! Oh, and no, Malik's gone. He doesn't show up anymore at all. But after the Doom saga, Bakura comes back. Yay! *DF does a little dance* Heh. My brother's looking at me weird `cause I just did a little dance in front of the computer, haha. Ahh… Amusing. *nods* Kaiba goes to America for a long time. During the Doom saga, all the YuGiOh! Cast goes to America. Even Haga (Weevil) and Ryouzaki (Rex). Oh! And they meet up with Otogi too! Oh, you'd love Escaflowne and Yami No Matsuei. Ah! Today, RyokoMink and I were at the bookstore and lo and behold we found a crap load of shonen ai and yaoi manga! Eee! They're finally bring them over, yay! Eh? MM.org is going to restrict reviews?! That's not cool! That's not cool at all! I love these emails disguised as reviews! I hope they don't. Oh, man! I don't even what to try angst. I think I'd cry myself if I wrote one, heh. That's why I like comedy! Oh, you'll like part two. It's basically just 'week' two. The story arcs go by weeks. Right now, they're on day six, Sat. One day left to go! Yup, Kaiba to the rescue! I think everyone saw that one coming. Haha! I love that rewrite. It's great to see just how people remember the fic in their heads. Heh. Ah! I'm going to go start on chapter 29 now that I'm still in the writing mood.

xxallisonxx
Request granted! So, like the Jou/Kaiba-ness? I know I did, heh. And yeah, you where one of the first to ever review me! How could I forget?!

Deme
Ahh!!!! You read that fic too?!?! I love that fic! It's just so… So… So… *shivers* Bakura's so EVIL in Tainted Reflections! He's evil incarnate! Ah… I get goosebumps just thinking about it. Man, BakurasMistress is a freaking genius for writing that fic! Eh?! You're putting my fic's Bakura in the same league as BakurasMistress's? Wow… I'm… I really am speechless. I don't think I've ever been so complimented. Ever. Thanks, yo. I mean, really! Wow, thanks. I filled this chapter with Jou and Kaiba goodness! And, just for the aforementioned, I promise you a /real/ Jou/Kaiba lemon next chapter! You want it, you got it!

sakayora
Don't worry, Jou's good now. *wink* And he'll get better in the next chapter, heh. *wink*wink*

Fallin Dark Angel
Ow. Gomen, ne, yo. So sorry I took forever. Annoying habit I'm trying to kill, but it keeps defending itself. Stupid random writing mood. Anywho, your school sounds funky. Eh? Hit on you?! Ew! Perv! Sheesh! Really, what is up with everyone? Hope it gets better, yo.

Beysie
Oh! Really?! That sounds awesome! I'd love to take a Japanese course, but my school doesn't have it. Aw. Oh! I can't wait for you to do so! Finally, we'll have a fan as a translator! Whoot! You have a fanfic? I'll read it if you put it up! So, get an account, edit your fic and put it up! Post the link and I`ll be on my way!! Hmm… That dream's sounding mighty tempting actually… Mmm… Ryou… Sandwich…Banana peppers…*drool*

RyousGirl567
Heh, heh. Yeah. Yugi would eat burgers for breakfast. And still stay skinny like a toothpick! Punk. Ah, and yeah, Kaiba saved the day! And then passed out. ^ ^; But then he woke up. And did stuff to Jounouchi, *cough* but you don't learn about that until next chapter. Heh, heh. Yay! No grudge for not updating in like 2 months! *weep* Only other fanfic authors can understand the whole `not updating in forever' thing. It's 'cause they go through it too. Well! I'll try really hard to to do it again!

koneko666
Ahhh!! I'm so sorry!! I'll update faster from now on! I will! I will! Oh, and you're so nice for wanting to give me more points! Arigato, yo!

Euphoria
Haha!!! Malik's a whore, haha! Yeeeeah. My posse and I always agree on that, heh. Hey, at least Yami's a consumer whore. His face is on everything! I shudder going down the toy section in Wal-mart. Or the electronics section. Or the bath and house section. Or the- Damned it! He's such a consumer whore! Ah! Are you talking about "OMAE WO KOROSU!!!!!!!!"? It means "I'LL KILL YOU!!!!" I just figured Bakura would say something like that while destroying the phone. I would. Oh, and yeah, it's the cool Malik that I'm going to use. Of course, he has reason to be depressed and stuff, but don't worry. There will be plenty of comedy to make up for it. Eee! Two chapters left before this arc of the story is done and part two starts!!

*koumori wolf*
Ah! Gomen for the long ass hiatus, yo. So much has happened! So much left to happen! My goal is to finish this fic before the end of the month, so you'll get the next two chapters pretty consecutively. That'll make you happy, ne? Oh, come now. Cliffys are cool. The suspense! It is to much!

*+*+*Gemini*+*+*
Hee, you know I would never kill Jounouchi off. I likes hims to much! And then Kaiba would be sad. Mokuba would be happy, but /Kaiba/ would be sad. And that's not cool. *nods* Before the end of this month, I'm going to dish out the final two chapters, then I'll start of part two of the fic. *sigh* I will do it!

RyokoMink
Why the hell am I reviewing you review? I see you like every other few days and stuff. Which reminds me, "Banana Fish!!!"

GutterFlower
Ooh! You're new aren't ya'? Yay! New reviewer! I loves them! Like pocky, I do. And your name is interesting. I had a tree that started growing out of our gutter once. Never flowers though. Hmm. Now there's a concept that works! I'll plant a crap load of flowers in the gutters and see if anyone notices! Heh, heh….. OK, I probably won't, but it's a cool visual. RyokoMink comes over and asks, "Why are flowers growing in your gutter?" I shrug, "Well, the walls are covered in leaves, so I figured, why not?" Heh. Our front lawn is barren of all plant life (except a few weeds and trees), but the house itself is covered in vines and leaves and… Trees… It's odd. Well, look at me, I'm rambling! Ja ne, yo!

Velvetina
Ah, I see you /like/ me always giving you two replies, ne? Heh. 'Cause I do! Ah! Gomen, ne yo! Dang! Two months, ne! Wow, I'm so sorry to everyone that's been waiting! I really will try to not do that again! Whoa! 15 times! My gods! That's… Dedication, yo! Wow. I'm, like, impressed. And speechless (in metaphore only), heh. *nods* I'll get ya'll the next two chapters before the month's end! At least… That's the plan, heh. ^ ^;