Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Insert Cool Yu-Gi-Oh! Related Title ❯ Chapter Twenty-nine: See, Fast Food Is Bad For You ( Chapter 29 )

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


Chapter Twenty-nine: See, Fast Food Is Bad For You

Silence. Absolute silence. Kaiba relished this kind of magnanimous environment. Nothing to trouble him. Nothing to bother him. Nothing… Except a staggering hang over. “What the hell…?” he muttered as he gripped his forehead in great annoyance. His eyes darted up to inspect his surroundings.

Where the hell-? Oh, God..!

Kaiba’s eyes grew in abhorrent terror as he suddenly remembered all to well where he was. And what had transpired between himself and the sexy, naked blond that lay at his side. The brunette took in a deep breath, held it, then let it out slowly. “Oh… God…” His hand quickly went to cover his mouth as he felt a sudden rush of bile in his throat.

I have to get out of here!

With feline grace and acrobatic skill, the CEO daftly maneuvered himself out of the entanglement of legs, careful, of course, to keep the blond from waking. Jounouchi did not stir a bit though, much to the billionaires relief.

That boy could sleep through murder, I bet.

Once Kaiba stood up and turned to begin his mad dash towards the door, he paused momentarily and turned back to stare down at the blond. It was the first time he had actually stopped to look at the boy since his panic began. Last night still lingered hazily in his thoughts though, and the brunette had to avert his eyes as his face flushed at the sight of the boy‘s lack of clothing, except for the black leather collar encircled in metal with the Kaiba Corp logo almost arrogantly emblazoned on it.

Damn it… Why the hell did he show up yesterday! If he had just stayed in his room…

A small moan from the unconscious blond sent cold shivers down the other boy’s spine as he was suddenly reminded yet again of their current state of dress. Or lack there of. Kaiba gritted his teeth as he looked from side to side wondering which escape route to take, when suddenly, he froze at Jounouchi’s voice.

“Mmh… Kaiba…”

He stared down hard at the prone figure on the cold tile floor. His lips parted slightly as if to reply, but he quickly closed them. And bit his lower lip.

It was… Mutual.

He reminded himself.

It’s not like he fought back or anything. He wanted to do it… Of course… He was drugged…

Kaiba closed his eyes and slowly berated himself, as if he had deliberately taken advantage of someone weaker and stupider than himself.

He had to have been drugged… There’s no other explanation. What the hell was Mokuba thinking..?

Still, he remained standing next to the sleeping boy, and his eyes couldn’t help but travel up and down that sleeping boy’s body. And the memories of having touched that body; of having licked it, and tasted it, and kissed it… All came flooding back making him bite down even harder onto his bottom lip until the flow of red copper stung his tongue.

I.. I have to get out of here. This isn’t right. What we did… All of this! These last few days! What the hell is going on!? Why am I..?

Kaiba noticed the delicate curve of Jounouchi’s chin, and the sweet peaches and cream texture of his skin. And the way his muscles marked every nook and cranny with toned depth and delicious strength. The brunette unknowingly reached out to touch that body again; to feel its heat and hardness under his fingertips, but stopped dead in his tracks as he caught his breath.

What am I doing?! What am I thinking?!? I can’t do this! What will..? What will Jounouchi think?! What will he think when he wakes up..? That is… If he wakes up?

An onslaught of nasty ideas on how to permanently silence the currently helpless boy rushed their way into Kaiba’s brain.

It’s not like you haven’t killed for less, you know…

Kaiba looked away, both ashamed for considering the option, but still considering it none the less.

It’s for the best… Then no one will know. No one will know what happened.

Kaiba dropped to his knees at Jounouchi’s side and let his hands fall at Jounouchi’s neck.

Squeeze hard, and no one will be the wiser.

Eyes obscured and thoughts withdrawn, Kaiba began to tighten his grip. “Squeeze hard…” he whispered as if in apology. “And no one…” The blond’s eyes twitched in pain as his hands came to his neck’s aide. They dug into Kaiba’s own hands, trying to dislodge them and let the air flow again. “And no one,” Kaiba repeated, swallowing harshly as he slowly continued crushing the boy’s windpipe. He tried to tune out the puppy-like whimpers that Jounouchi made. “And no one will be the wise-”

“Kaiba!” Jounouchi screamed as if begging for the boy’s help.

Kaiba let go immediately and staggered back, falling as he did, almost unable to believe what he had almost done. “What..? I…” he began, breathing hard as he tried to explain himself. “I.. I was.. Oh, God! Jounouchi?!” The brunette quickly crawled back to the coughing blond’s side. “Jounouchi, are you-?” Kaiba held his breath as he noticed that the boy was still asleep. “What the..?” He busted out with a low chuckle and a huge sigh of relief. “Idiot,” he scoffed. “You really could sleep through murder…” Kaiba looked away and then back at the boy he had almost strangled to death.

I almost killed you…

Kaiba brushed some errant blond strands of hair out of Jounouchi’s face, exposing his forehead and leaning in so that his head lay poised directly over the blond’s. He gently caressed the other boy’s skin.

You were about to die…

He lowered his face so that his lips hovered just millimeters over the other boy‘s. He could feel their warmth. He could remember their taste.

Out of all the things you could have said or done…

He leaned in even closer, letting the memory rekindle. “Why did you call out my name?” Kaiba halted and closed his eyes. Then, got up and left.

Jounouchi woke up a few seconds later…

*~*~*~*~*~
This is it.

Jounouchi stood at the bathroom doors. Both of his hands lay frozen on the door handles. He took in a deep breath, letting his body feel the soft, yet sturdy material of his borrowed black clothes stretching against his expanding rib cage. It felt odd, yet strangely exciting to wear Kaiba’s clothes. The simple knowledge of knowing that underneath these very clothes that he now wore Kaiba had been completely naked…

Agh! What the hell!?!

Jounouchi furrowed his eyebrows.

I’m about to commit grand theft auto and here I am thinking about Kaiba being naked!? Oh, God! What the hell?! Now is so not the time! I mean, oh God, now is seriously not the time for this!!!

The boy shook his head. “Seriously… Especially after…” Jounouchi stopped himself and looked away.

Especially after last night…

He sighed.

That’s why I have to get away.

Jounouchi took another deep breath, ignoring the rich caress of his black clothing and all of its entitling thoughts, as he opened the doors. Fortunately, his exit was rather uneventful. There were no random people standing about ready to question him, or ninjas hiding behind flower pots ready to assault him.

I’d almost forgotten who’s house I was in. Of course there won’t be any random people around… Maybe ninjas though…

Jounouchi giggled to himself as his mind privileged him to a quick Hong Kong styled skit, filled with ninjas flying out of doorways and windows and chandeliers. It was all very tacky and unprofessional, along with the horribly dubbed voices.

We are here to retrieve our master’s clothes! Hand them over! No! You will never get them! Ah! But that is what you think! Haha! There are more of us than there are of you! We shall defeat you! That is what you think! Ah! Ah! Ah! Hya! Ha! Run, cowards! That will teach you a lesson in dealing with Jounouchi-sama! Ahahaha!!

Tears actually ran from Jounouchi’s eyes as he had to fight to keep from laughing out loud. Sometimes he swore, his brain just wanted him to get caught.

Shut up, moron! I’m supposed to be stealthy……… Hya!

Jounouchi fell to the ground giggling.

**********
“Oh, yo! Anzu!” Honda called out after scanning the restaurant’s clientele. He had just walked in from outside and now he let himself fall into the booth opposite the girl’s side. “Yugi not here yet?”

Anzu shook her head. Her hair bobbed to the sides. “Nope. I just got here. Haven’t even ordered yet. You know, it feels kind of funny sitting here. I’m so used to being the one that takes orders, you know?”

“Heh, yeah. Are you working today?” Honda continued the small talk.

“Yeah, but my shift doesn’t start until later. Guess I could check in early. There’s never a shortage for cute girls to work on Saturdays!” she added with a wink.

“Hello,” a suddenly familiar voice rang up, as a boy walked over to the group.

“Oh, hey, Ryou!” Honda called out as he motioned for the boy to join them.

Ryou nodded his head and sat next to the spike haired boy. “And Yugi?”

“Not here yet,” Anzu perked up, suddenly interested in the kid. “So, any idea what Yugi has to say to us?” The white haired boy blushed, but nodded. “Really?” Anzu straightened up as she leaned over the table towards him. “What’s he going to say?!”

//Look at her,// Bakura sneered. //So damned impatient. Tell her to shut her mouth and wait for the midget freak to get here. You’re not her damned parrot!//

Ryou ignored Bakura of course. “It’s… About us.”

Anzu looked confused. Ryou couldn‘t tell for sure, but he was pretty sure that Honda was confused by his answer too. “’Us‘?” she asked.

Ryou nodded again. “Yeah. About us and our yamis.”

“Oh,” the girl responded, as though she suddenly understood. Bakura scoffed at her pretend ‘understanding‘.

“Hey guys!” a happy and chipper voice rang.

“Yugi!” Ryou greeted, thankful that the tri color haired boy had finally appeared. Talking about himself and his yami was a lot harder than he had anticipated. At least with Yugi around, he figured it would be easier. “You’re here!”

Yugi smiled as he sat next to Anzu. “Yup! Sorry I’m late. Yami nearly didn’t let me out of bed this morning.” Yugi caught his breath as he spoke his word, realizing to late what he had said. “Uh.. I mean.. Um,” he quickly changed the subject. “Have ya’ll ordered yet?”

“No, service this early in the morning is kind of slow,” Anzu answered not really having paid attention to the kid. Honda on the other hand raised an eyebrow at Yugi’s statement. “Hold on, I’ll flag us down a waiter… Hey! Yeah, hey, you! Oh! Hey, Toumi! I didn’t know you worked the morning shift.” Anzu began a pointless conversation with this boy that looked only about a year older than her. Eventually, she turned the small talk into orders for herself and Honda. Ryou just asked for water and Yugi said he’d order later. “You sure you don’t want anything now, Yugi?”

“No, I’m fine. Thanks, though. I‘ll get something in a little bit,” he reassured her.

“Well, alright,” the girl smiled coquettishly.

//Slut,// the tomb robber spoke in an almost bored tone.

/Bakura!/ Ryou chastised.

//What?! It’s true!// he exclaimed. //Heh. Just wait till she finds out that he don’t swing that way!// he emphasized with bad grammar. //The look on her face will be priceless!//

Ryou blushed, as did Yugi having over heard.

//Well, once again,// the image of Yami appeared next to his hikari, //you’ve managed to prove yourself an uncouth and vulgar brute, Tomb Robber.//

The white haired spirit likewise appeared next to the white haired angel. //And once again, Pharaoh, you’ve managed to prove that you suck COCK!/

//Wha-!?!// Yami faltered and nearly fell through the table. //What, but-! Why you-! You bastard! I should destroy you! How dare you-!?! I should-!?! I’m going to-!//

//What? What? You’re gonna what?! You’re going to what, Pharaoh?!//

//I’m going to kill you!//

//Oh! Kill me?!//

//Yes, kill you!//

//Oh, yeah?! Let’s see you try!//

Their conversation continued, completely uninterrupted and completely unheard of by the others in the group. Except for the hikaris. They heard it. They also both managed with supernatural ability to ignore it. That didn’t keep their faces from becoming bright tomatoes as the banter caused by their yamis continued, yet still, undaunted.

/Ne, Yugi?/ Ryou asked while sweat dropping. /Sorry about this./

//Yami likes cock! Yami likes cock!//

//Urusei! Kisama!!//

Yugi sighed. /Can’t be helped, I guess./

“Yugi!!”

“Huh?!” the tri color haired boy suddenly snapped out of his dreamlike state. “What?!”

“Are you alright?” Anzu persisted. “You seem… Distracted.”

“What?” Yugi smiled.

//COOOOOOOCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!//

“Why would you think that?” the boy twitched. Ryou coughed discreetly.

Anzu shrugged and waved her hand as if to dismiss it. “Never mind,” she grinned. And smiled. And winked.

//Hey, best watch out cock lover or the great she-whore hound’s gonna slobber all over your kiddy bone meal.// Bakura gestured to Anzu’s obvious flirtation.

//What!?!// Yami quickly glared at Anzu as if angry then paused and turned back to stare at Bakura with a look of disbelief. //I very well quite possibly have never in my life heard anything stated in such an unnecessarily obscene sentence. Please don’t speak again. Ever.//

Yugi swallowed a large lump in his throat as he tried very hard not to pass out from the sudden rush of blood to his cheeks. Ryou joined him.

“Yugi..?”

“Nothing!” the tri color haired boy shouted out far too quickly, startling everyone including the short haired girl that sat directly next to him.

“Um… OK,” she blinked.

“Ahem,” Honda ahemed in a ’this isn’t actually a cough, but a way to quickly get your attention’ kind of way. It worked. Everyone turned to look at him. “So, Yugi, you told us all to meet here because you wanted to tell us something important?”

“Uh, um, yes,” the boy fidgeted slightly. Honda noticed. “Um, actually, both Ryou and I have something to say.”

The white haired boy nodded as well. Bakura and the pharaoh had both calmed down and paid attention. //Take your time Aibou.//

Yugi smiled at the soft words of reassurance from his other self. /Hai./

“Something about… Yami?” Anzu asked.

“Uh… Yeah. Well…” Yugi wondered which would be the best way to explain the situation.

I want them to understand. What do I say? I haven’t even thought of what to say. How could I not have thought of what to say? I should have thought of what to say! I’m so not prepared for this!

He gave his yami a panicked look.

//Aibou. I’m here for you. Just speak you heart. They are your friends and I‘m sure they‘ll understand.//

//Or disown you,// Bakura grinned. //Either way, you’ll get laid tonight.//

Yami shot the tomb robber a dirty look.

/And unless you behave, you’ll ‘not’ get laid tonight./ The white haired demon quickly turned his surprised eyes on his hikari. He was about to argue, but quickly shut his mouth and looked thoroughly ticked off. Yami laughed.

Yugi sighed, took a deep breath and nodded in resolution. “Anzu? Honda? We’ve been friends for a long time now. And we’ve been through a lot of things together. You’re my best friends in the whole wide world. I’d do anything for you. I hope you know that. For the longest time, that’s all I’ve ever wanted: best friends. And… I found them,” he looked up to see both Anzu and Honda smiling at him. Ryou and Yami were also smiling. Even Bakura seemed affected by his words, although he had a completely unaffected look on his face. In fact, he may not have been affected at all. “And… Well… Before I even met you,” Yugi continued, “any of you, there was another person that I knew; that was my friend.”

“Yami,” Anzu guessed.

“Hm,” the tri color haired boy nodded. “Since the day that I completed the Sennen Puzzle.” The boy held up the gold upside down pyramid that hung around his neck on a chain. “Because of this puzzle, I met Jounouchi and Honda. And because of them I met you Anzu. And I also met Ryou because of it. Everyone that’s now my friend: Otogi, Rebecca, Malik, even Kaiba; I’ve met because of this puzzle. And because of Yami.” Yugi brought the shinning gold piece back up against his small chest and held it close as he let his eyes linger on its reflective metallic surface; letting his soft eyes caress it where his fingers currently could not. “I owe him more than I can ever repay…” he trailed off as he had to stop and wipe some of the dampness away from his wet eyes using the ends of his blue sleeves.

//Aibou…//

“But you see,” he began again, smiling as he sniffed, letting his yami know that he was alright. “Through out everything, I’ve always had Yami. He’s always been there for me. He… He and I have been through everything together.” The small tri color haired boy stopped again and just stared at the beige table top for a bit; thinking of what to say next. “I can’t imagine not being with him,” he let out in a timid whisper. “We share the same soul.”

Both Anzu and Honda, even Bakura, seemed taken aback by the seemingly naïve boy’s strong words. “Yugi…” Anzu spoke.

“For the last few days, I’ve been acting kind of… Strange I guess you could say, “Yugi still continued. “And, well, I guess you could also say that that’s the reason why I called you all over: so that I can tell you why. I want to tell you. Because you’re all my friends and I want you to know why…” Yugi smiled and seemed to brighten as he continued to speak; gaining courage. “Why I’m happier now than I’ve ever been!”

Ryou smiled and nodded to Yugi; urging him on.

“See, like I said, Yami and I… We share the same soul. We’re like the same person, but we’re completely different people. In fact, we don’t even share the same soul. He has his own soul. That was just a metaphor I was using. We actually just share the same body, but he has his own personality and, although you can‘t see him, he‘s always there and I can see him, and I can feel him too,” Yugi tongue tied himself with the speed of his speech. He calmed down. “What I mean to say, is that he’s like just another normal person to me. He’s like…” Yugi looked down and started picking at the buttons on his coat. “He’s like my boyfriend.”

After a few seconds of silence, Yugi looked up to gauge the reaction of his friends. Ryou was smiling of course. Honda had a surprised look on his face, although he too was grinning with what Yugi only hoped was amusement. Anzu looked surprised as well. And confused. Surprised and confused. Confused and surprised. More confused than surprised.

“Um…” She started. “What, exactly, are you trying to tell us?”

A sudden itch needed scratching and Yugi had to raise a hand to the back of his head as he sheepishly answered, “That… That I… That I, well, that I love Yami. And… And he loves me. And… We’re,” he grinned as an obvious blush spread across his cheeks. “And we’re together.”

Anzu blinked again, perhaps, in non-understanding. Honda had a half open mouthed grin, half look of disbelief on his face and Ryou held his eyes in a happy smile. “My turn,” he timidly called out to the other two.

Bakura rolled his eyes and crossed his arms as if annoyed that he had to sit through this. //Just tell them: I want to screw you, the feeling’s mutual, and let’s get the hell out of here.//

Ryou ignored him.

“You’re turn?” Anzu almost quivered. “Your turn to what?”

“Well, pretty much to say the same thing Yugi just said,” Ryou explained. “Bakura and I… Well, remember when I said that Bakura wasn’t evil anymore?”

//To you,// the white haired demon quickly cut in. //I’m not evil ‘to you’ anymore,// he emphasized. //I’m still ‘evil‘… In general.//

Ryou ignored him again. “Yes, well, there’s reason for that. It’s kind of hard to be evil with the person you love.” The angel chuckled softly. “Funny, isn’t it? That love can do that?”

“Wait, I don’t understand,” Anzu quickly stated.

//Duh,// Bakura exhaled as if he had been waiting for her to say those words.

“What are you saying?” she turned to Yugi. He could see the hurt, the pain and the confusion in her eyes. It was obvious why she wore that distraught look on her face.

/Yami? What do I say to her? She’s always liked you. What could I possibly say to her?/

Yami said nothing, but instead took over his hikari’s body. Yugi felt himself switch with his other self. “Anzu, what I am saying,” Yami’s distinctive voice startled the girl, “is that my aibou and I are now, and forever, a part of one another.”

“But,” the brunette persisted, shaking her head, “how..?”

“How is not important. Simply that it is. My aibou felt that as his friends,” the pharaoh spoke in loud enough a voice that Honda knew he was being referred to as well, “you held the right and the privilege in knowing this. He trusts you. As do I,” he added in a softer tone.

Anzu still looked hurt, but Yami’s words seemed to make her react. She looked suddenly disappointed, but nodded anyway, finally understanding that she now never stood a chance in gaining the interest of whom she longed for: the pharaoh himself. She looked away, still hurt and stunned.

Yami’s eyes softened as he saw that she now understood. “Gomen ne, Anzu,” he whispered for her. She smiled weakly and looked up. He could still see pain in her eyes, but she also seemed relieved almost, maybe even happy for him. At least Yami hoped.

//For you, Aibou.//

/Mohitsuori No Boku… Arigato,/ Yugi nearly cried and threw himself into his lover’s arms. /Arigato!/

**********
A large wooden door sternly swung open, letting light filter in. Mokuba’s eyes twitched as they adjusted to the new intake of brightness. “Hm? Nii-sama? That you?” he asked, still groggy, as he slowly sat up. The small boy could distinctly make out the silhouette of a very tall man standing in his door way. “Nii-sama?” The figure simply stood there. “Nii-sama? What is it?”

A short bout of time elapsed in which the figure continued to do nothing. Mokuba was about to jump out of bed and ask what was wrong, but instead he heard, “Nothing.” It was Kaiba’s voice. “Nothing’s wrong Mokuba. Go back to sleep.”

“Wha-?” the black haired boy was about to ask more, but before he could, the door closed. “Huh? What was that about?”

**********
Jounouchi wasn’t sure if the gods hated him or loved him. On the one hand, not only had he managed to cavort across Kaiba’s manor in record speed without meeting any other living life form and find the acre long garage miraculously without getting lost once, but also all of the car keys themselves were conveniently located adjacent to their specifically matching car.

On the other hand though, he was in love with Kaiba.

Yeah… God hates me.

The blond thought as he passed by an old style lava red mustang convertible. Old style. Classic old style. Both his breath and pace slowed as he passed the sweet car. He came to a full stop. Then retraced his steps.

Hmmm? Well… Kaiba’s gonna kill me anyway. Might as well give him a good, or, uh, better reason, don’t ya’ think?

His eyes lingered on his own blond distorted reflection in the chrome hub caps.

Yes. Yes, I could not agree more!

Jounouchi nodded, gulped and made a small mad dash to the car’s side. He opened the crimson door slowly, savoring the immediate release of that luxurious new car smell. His eyes came to feast on the polished black interior.

Oh, sweet Jesus! Just feel that leather! Like a baby’s ass!

The blond whimpered as he let himself sink into the leather seat. He shut his eyes relishing the incredible feel of gently gliding his fingertips over the velvet soft steering wheel. He glanced all around at the fully decked out machine. The obvious CD and MP3 player lay before him as well as a large LCD screen and interesting computer panels. Keyboards and strange pads surrounded the console. The mileage was marked in kilometers per hour and went up to an ungodly number that existed probably only in unnamed roads in foreign countries. And it all whispered to him of luxury that he would never have in a sexy taunting accent that excreted narcissism. Jounouchi had to shake his head. The voice sounded like Kaiba.

God damn that rich ass bastard and his damn money!

A sick grin clung to the boy’s face.

Honey, I bet he doesn’t even appreciate you, huh? How about you and me hook up? I’ll show you a good time; show you what a man’s all about, baby doll.

Jounouchi’s teeth shinned like the chrome fender itself as he quickly turned the key and sat there, just listening to the red tiger purr; feeling the vibrations cling to his skin tight black pants and crawl up into his flesh and muscle.

Oooh… I have to get me one of these… Mmmmm….

**********
Outside of Mokuba’s bedroom, Kaiba stood with his back against the cream colored wall. He had originally planned to barge into his brother’s room and yell at the brat for a few years, but he suddenly thought against it. He had never done that before: yell at Mokuba. Regardless of what he did. And it wasn’t like it was the first time the boy had drugged him. Actually, he did it on a regular basis.

Kaiba could always count on his little brother to give him just the thing he needed to relax him, or make him feel good, or pass out for a few hours whenever he really needed the sleep. Of course, he was always careful to do it when it was only convenient to Kaiba himself. He never just drugged Kaiba for the hell of it. At least, not yet. Mokuba always held his brother’s well being and safe regard in mind when he did what he did. And because of that, Kaiba had never yelled at the boy. And he couldn’t start now. If he did, his brother would know that something was different. And that little bastard was a clever little demon. He’d figure it out. Kaiba didn’t know how, but he was certain of the fact that his brother would figure it out. After all, he had been trained by the best. He would figure out what had happened that night, no doubt about that. And he could not have that. Absolutely not.

So… He had walked out of Mokuba’s room. And now he stood, leaning against the hallway wall.

Damn. Now what?

He looked up and glared at a painting hung directly in front of himself. It was of a shinning black dragon with glowing red embers for eyes. It reminded him of his blond Jounouchi.

Jounouchi…

Kaiba continued staring at the picture without a single emotion evident on his face. For the life of him, he could not remember when he had hung that picture there.

**********
“So…” Honda spoke while drawing out the words and looking from Ryou to Yugi. “What you’re saying, both of you, is that you’re in love with your other selves. That um… They are too? And that you’re together. As in, like… Together?“ Yugi nodded, as did Ryou. Honda exhaled slowly and sat back sinking into the red, vinyl, plush booth. He seemed to ponder the situation; his eyes occasionally darting back and forth from one boy to the other, carefully weighing their words. “Hey, man,” he eventually said. “Whatever. To all there own, you know,” he grinned shaking his head, closing his eyes and laughing. “Whatever floats your boat.”

Anzu looked mortified. “Honda! Please!”

“What?!” he chuckled, holding up his hands in his defense.

“Well-!” she spoke then hesitated.

“You’re not upset are you?” Yugi asked getting back into the conversation.

“Who me?” Honda sat back up. “Why would I be upset? Weirded out a little, yeah, but not upset.”

“That’s good,” Yugi sighed. “I’m glad. What about you, Anzu? Are you OK about this?” he asked cautiously knowing fully well that the girl held feelings yet for his yami.

Anzu bit her lip slightly, but nodded. “It’s just… I’m surprised is all. Really surprised actually. I didn‘t think that… Well, that, you‘d… I‘m just surprised,” she turned away shrugging. She still held her lip between her teeth. Yugi nodded. He didn’t press the matter further.

“Hey,” Honda got the tri color haired boy’s attention again. He leaned forward, as if about to whisper a secret to him. “So, I gotta ask you,” he said in a very amused tone. “You said you can feel each other right? ’Cause I never really understood the logistics of that completely. You mean: you can feel each other emotionally, or, like, you can feel each other ‘physically‘.”

“Honda!” Anzu gasped.

Yugi blushed. Ryou opened his eyes wide and covered his big grin with his hands as if to denote surprise and faux shame. Honda laughed at both Anzu’s and Yugi’s reaction. “Ah huh,” he chuckled, assuming the latter part of the statement for truth judging by their reactions. “So,” the spike haired boy commented as he made the ‘moving on’ motion with his hands. He leaned onto one elbow and squinted his eyes. “Exactly how far have you two gotten anyway? First base? Second base? Third? Dare I say, home run?”

“Oh, my god! Honda! Stop!!” Anzu stood up, bumping into the table and nearly knocking the napkin dispenser over. Ryou quickly reached out and kept it from falling.

“What?! I’m curious,” Honda laughed as Yugi turned bright beet red. “I mean, it’s not like it’s everyday that someone declares that they’re into spirits. Check that; that they‘re into spirits and that they can… You know,” he made a few head motions by bobbing his head and grinning like an perv teen. Anzu gasped. Agast.

Bakura burst into laughter as he watched Honda dodge the girl’s fists. //OK, I changed my mind. This idiot is only slightly less stupid than I initially thought. He makes the grand and glorious Pharaoh squirm, thus he amuses me. I shall spare him in the up coming apocalypse.// The white haired spirit nodded over in Yami’s direction. Sure enough, there stood the pharaoh blushing and fidgeting. And looking mad at Bakura for pointing it out.

Ryou shook his head, smiled and sighed. /I’m glad he’s taking this so well, actually./ He suddenly felt himself lighten, as if he had just lost his body. He immediately recognized that his yami had just switched with him.

“Hey, Little Yugi!” Bakura’s voice clearly gave himself away as he caught the attention of the others at the fast food restaurant booth. “So why don’t you actually tell us just exactly how far you’ve gotten with his majesty, the Pharaoh, hm? First base? Second base? Third base- What? What’s that?! You scored a home run, you say?! A home run up the ass!?!”

Honda busted out laughing, as did Bakura. Anzu looked like she was about to have a peptic ulcer and Ryou’s eyes bugged from his head as he gaped unbelieving at Bakura’s statement. Yugi blushed, but said nothing in his defense. He just turned crimson. Yami shot Bakura the glare of a thousand daggers. Unfortunately, it was obscured behind both Bakura and Honda’s uncontrollable laughter.

“Actually…” Yugi began and trailed off. Anzu’s head darted towards Yugi. Honda stopped laughing and quirked an eyebrow at the small boy.

Bakura’s laughter faded away. He frowned, then got angry and returned Yami’s glare. “Ugh, perv! He‘s like twelve!” Bakura was ticked off. Mostly because Yami had already gotten some. And Bakura still had not.

/I’m not twelve!/ Yugi screamed.

“Well ya’ look it!” Bakura barked back.

Suffice to say, Yami had a ’I will one day eat your children’ look on his face. It was completly directed directly at Bakura.

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Kaiba wandered the halls not really paying much attention to where he was going. Eventually he came to stand in front of a rather large and heavy looking book self. He stood staring at it, as if in a daze. The CEO reached out half hazardly and lay two long fingers on a seemingly random green book with no distinct markings on it. He pulled back as if drawn by a reflex. The book nudged diagonally and returned to its place as soon as Kaiba let his fingers go limp. The wall drew to the side as though it were a sliding door at the grocery store.

Behind the shelf, a simple metal door frame stood. Kaiba let himself in. The lights turned on by themselves as he entered and the wall closed automatically. The room was large; much larger than seemed possible considering it was a secret room stashed behind a book self.

A low humming reverberated throughout the whole room as panel after panel of monitors displayed the events recorded by unseen cameras located throughout the Kaiba manor. Kaiba’s eyes slowly graced each screen. He was searching for nothing in particular, but still he never let his eyes rest on a single monitor. That is, until they fell upon a car he distinctly recognized: his pretty red mustang. And it wasn’t where he had last put it.

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Jounouchi fiddled with the radio. At first he had thought that he shouldn’t even touch the music player in the car. He was afraid that he might accidentally push a wrong button and somehow set some nuclear weapon off on some far away island. And then where would Tokyo be? But then his brain informed him that that was stupid. Also, he was getting boarded of the sound of wind as he cruised down the ridiculously long Kaiba manor driveway. Getting away with one of Kaiba’s cars was turning out to be easier than he had initially thought.

The blond pressed the scan button and let the radio flash to the first available station. As he did, he noticed the faint feeling of pressure surrounding his neck and his fingers returned to the dark collar with the Kaiba Corp initials at his throat. His own body temperature had now made the metal hot. And his thoughts drifted back to Kaiba. And to the night before.

What the hell happened..?

A station caught his attention and he shook his head free from random thoughts.

I can’t think about that. Not right now. I have to get out of here because… Because of that night… And what… What I hope to God didn’t happen… God… I hope…

Jounouchi’s heartbeat grew. It wasn’t helped much by the fact that “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails had just started playing. The detached techno beat made the boy take notice and listen closely as the sickly sweet voice started humming, almost whispering the lyrics.

~ You let me violate you.
~ You let me desecrate you.
~ You let me penetrate you.
~ You let me-

He turned the radio off. That was the last song he needed to hear right then and there.

Damn it…

Just then, he looked up to see a huge upcoming gate. It was closed obviously, but on the other side lay the road leading towards Domino.

Hmm… That was quick. Now… How do I open this gate..?

On the left, the mutt saw a brick guard house with large glass window panels clearly revealing the insides. No one stood there though. To his right lay a few trees, more land and large amounts of exotic flora.

Hmm…

On a whim, Jounouchi looked up in the car and noticed a well blended, black button camouflaged into the black leather, just above the stylish rear view mirror.

I wonder what you do?

A quick push from the button and the gates started opening immediately.

Heh. I’m a genius.

He drove out of the privately paved drive way road and onto a public street. He could feel the difference in the ride. This street was rough and bumpier, but over all, the boy was beyond relived to be out of the estate. He was relieved to be far away from Kaiba. And yet, the pressure from his black, leather collar with the insignia of Kaiba Corp. on it… Seemed almost unbearably tight around his neck.

**********
Kaiba watched the gate doors open and let his puppy escape. And although several minutes had already passed since the car’s departure, his eyes lingered on, unmoving. He watched the small screen, knowing fully well that the car was gone. And that it would not return. But he looked on; never letting his eyes falter. In silence, in the secret lit up monitoring room, his eyes never left the screen.

Jounouchi…

**********
An awkward sort of silence had descended upon the odd little group at the burger joint. Ryou had managed to switch back with his yami, regaining a vice grip over his own body. Yugi held his hands in his lap, and his vision held low. A rose colored blush of embarrassment lay evident on his face. Anzu worked her teeth into her lips as she sat there saying nothing and thinking plenty, while Honda held a peculiar look on his face.

Eventually, the silence proved too unnerving and Honda finally broke it with a fake cough. Everyone looked up at him. The spike haired boy laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head dodging the glance. “Well… Wow. What can I say? I mean,” he shrugged. “I can honestly say, I did not see this coming.”

Yugi smiled bashfully and nodded, agreeing with the brunette. “Yeah…”

“I mean… Wow. Who would have thought that little innocent Yugi would, uh, you know,” Honda made the implication obvious with the way he flashed his eyes back and forth. Yugi blushed again and looked down at the hands in his lap. Honda laughed. “Heh. Way to go, Yugi!”

“Huh?” the tri color haired kid looked up suddenly. “What?” Yami also seemed taken aback.

Honda laughed again at the confused expressions shared by the others at the table. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m as surprised as anyone, but, you realize what this means, right?”

“Um,” Yugi blinked as he looked around for a clue. He didn’t find it.

Honda grinned really wide and reached out across the table to smack Yugi on the back. “You’re a man now, Yugi!”

“I.. I am?” the boy asked, rather startled.

“Oh, please, Honda,” Anzu spoke as if annoyed and bothered.

“Hi! I’m here to get your order!” a bright and peppy girl spoke as she placed the ordered drinks on the table. She was trying her best to ignore what little she had already overheard of the immediate conversation.

“What? It’s true!” the other boy explained. “It’s a, like, tradition that the guys have a big party, and stuff, when one of us looses our virginity!”

Both the waitress and Yugi nearly had a coughing fit at the mention of that word in reference to the aforementioned conversation. Yugi was beyond glad that apparently Honda supported his relationship with his yami, but it was a little weird hearing him talk about it so freely.

“Oh, man! I remember the last party I threw-” Honda began recounting in extreme excitement before Anzu interrupted him.

“Stop it! Just stop it!” she yelled. “It’s not the same! It’s nothing like that!” Everyone turned to look at her. She looked alarmed and seemed to have trouble calming herself. “It’s not…I mean…” She sighed dramatically and almost slammed her fist into the table. “How can you just sit there and expect me to understand?! I don’t understand! It doesn’t make any sense! How can…? I just… Yugi..? Why?” she nearly cried. “And you Honda! Acting like Yugi just said he did it with some random girl! He didn’t! He did it with a- God, I don’t even know what! A spirit?! Some dead guy! Since when are you into guys?!” the girl shouted, attracting a few stray glances from other Burger World patrons. “I mean,” she looked hysterical as her hands shot into the air. “When the hell’d you turn gay!?!”

“Anzu,” Honda reprimanded.

“Um,” the peppy waitress girl sweat dropped. “I’m going to just, uh, I’ll be back when you’re ready to ord-”

“What?!” Anzu interrupted again. “You want to know too! Don’t act like you don’t, I know you do!” she yelled at Honda. “So stop acting like everything fine! It‘s not! He can‘t just say something like that and expect me to be fine about it!” The short haired girl started breaking down into sobs.

“Anzu, calm down,” Honda stated again.

“I’m sorry,” Yugi’s voice startled them all. “It’s my fault. You’re right. It was stupid of me to tell you.” The boy started shaking his head and crying. “I shouldn’t have-”

“No!” Honda grabbed his attention. “It’s not your fault, Yugi. Listen to me, it‘s not your fault.” He shot Anzu a nasty look. “You’re allowed to like whoever you want, regardless of who it is, understand? Yugi, do you understand?” The tri color haired hikari nodded and wiped away some of his tears. Honda returned his dirty look to Anzu. “People fall in love Anzu. It’s something that just happens. You can’t control it. And you can’t force it,” he emphasized knowing perfectly well why Anzu was yelling.

Anzu bit her tongue and looked away. She looked sad. And angry. Mostly with herself. It was no secret that she liked Yami. And it killed her to know that Yugi had taken him away; had taken her dream, and any possible hope of her every even having any chance with him. She looked up to see her best friend sobbing with big, red eyes, and it made her even more angry to know that her jealousy had hurt him. “I’m sorry Yugi,” she spoke in a dull, flat voice. “You’re right… I have no right...” Her apology trailed off abruptly.

Yugi sniffed and smiled softly. “It’s OK Anzu. I should have… I should have thought about your feelings before I told you. I should have told you better.”

Anzu suddenly felt like kicking herself. Yugi was her best friend. How could she have yelled at him like that? “No,” she sighed and shook her head. “Yugi, it’s my fault,” she became teary eyed. “Please forgive me! I’m so sorry! I am.”

Yugi cried as he reached out and hugged the girl he had known for who knows how many years. “Arigato… Anzu!”

“Yugi!”

//F#$k,// Bakura muttered and walked away.

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Jounouchi bobbed his head up and down in beat with a very catchy tune as he thumped his fingers on the black, leather steering wheel. His vision looked up and down the street as he slowed down at a red light.

Hm… So? Where to? My house? Eh, I guess. I can get out of these clothes there.

For some reason, the notion saddened him.

Or… I could just drive around until I run out of gas? Then Kaiba will have to get his car towed back to his mansion. Yeah, heh, that’ll show him!

Jounouchi’s eyes fell to the dashboard. Actually, he didn’t really want to make Kaiba upset. Or, well, anymore upset that what he already was going to be. If anything, he wanted the exact opposite of that.

Kaiba… What happened that night?

The boy sighed and looked up again. As he did, he noticed a distinct grumble in his stomach. “Ahhh. Ahhh! Itai! God, I’m hungry!”

With all the commotion of breaking the law, and crap, I forgot all about breakfast!

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“Alright, so we’re all good about this?” Honda asked in general. He received nods from everyone at the table. “Good,” he sighed happily. “Well, now that that’s taken care of, let’s eat! I’m starving! Hey, where’s the waitress?”

“I think we scared her away,” Ryou chuckled.

“Ugh,” Anzu sighed. “I am never going to here the end of this from her. That was Mindy. All she ever does is gossip. You should see her in the back of the kitchen! By now probably everyone in the place knows about this.”

Yugi gulped. He was having a hard time accepting the notion that his relationship might be discussed amongst strangers. Of course, they probably thought he was just crazy. Or something. “We can call another waiter, can’t we?”

“Huh? Uh, yeah,” the short haired girl nodded.

“Or just go eat somewhere else,” Ryou grinned. He wasn’t much a great fan of grease.

“Naw! This place is great!” Honda laughed and leaned back into the booth. ”Besides, I already got a coke,” he said as he brought the beverage to his lips.

Yugi smiled and also took a sip from his drink. He looked around. Anzu seemed sincerely sorry for her outburst and was busy now trying to flag down a waiter.

Ryou hadn’t said much since Anzu had started yelling. Bakura on the other hand was quite busy making a big deal about how he was going to perform several unmentionable and life scaring atrocities onto Anzu because she was “a big, ugly, stupid whore“. In reality, Bakura was rather irked by the fact that Anzu had completely ignored Ryou in her yelling rant, because had she said anything to his hikari, it would have given him a viable reason to punch her in the face. But alas, she had not, and this made Bakura very annoyed, because he really, really, REALLY wanted to punch Anzu in the face.

As for Yami, Yugi smiled in his direction. The spirit smiled back and nodded a silent complement. It made Yugi bubble up with a warm feeling of pride.

“Ah!” Honda snapped his fingers getting Yugi’s attention again. “I was telling you about the time I made Jounouchi a big bash!”

“Huh?” Yugi blinked in confusion. “What?”

Honda laughed. “It was a huge party! Everyone was there! I told you, man, we gotta celebrate your loosing your virginity!” The spike haired boy laughed again, although this time it was more to himself than out loud. “I still find it hard to believe, you know. I mean, little Yugi!” The tri color haired hikari couldn’t help but feel the blood rush to his face again. “And to think, it feels just like yesterday that we were celebrating Jounouchi loosing his!”

Bakura’s attention was struck again. //Jounouchi?//

Ryou turned to look at his yami. /I wonder if…/

//No, his thing with Kaiba is recent. Very recent,// Bakura informed his hikari.

//What? What thing?// Yami asked. //What thing with Kaiba?//

The tomb robber grinned sadistically. //Wouldn’t you like to know.//

“You boys are so vulgar,” Anzu shook her head as Honda continued to describe what the party had been like.

“Oh yeah!” the brunette boy grinned. “We all ended up drunk, did who the hell knows what and passed out who the hell knows where! All we do know is that we woke up in jail and that night will forever be on our permanent record under the heading ‘indecent behavior in public’ and ‘disturbing the peace‘! Ha, ha!” Anzu just rolled her eyes.

//Aibou,// Yami called out, momentarily ignoring Bakura. //I forbid you from doing whatever it was that they did, understood?//

/Um, OK,/ Yugi submitted.

“We’re gonna have a blast! Don’t worry about a thing. Jounouchi and I’ll plan it all out! Just wait till you tell him!! Oh! The expression on his face is gonna be great!” Suddenly Honda stopped and looked around. “Speaking of which, where the hell is he?”

Anzu also looked around. “I thought you knew where he was. You’re his best friend.”

//Bakura! Do you know where Jounouchi is?!” Yami turned his attention back to the ancient spirit.

//And what if I do?// the white haired demon taunted.

“Did you ever find out where Jounouchi is, Yugi?” Honda asked the boy.

“Uh, no,” he answered truthfully, although he was half distracted by the conversation that the yamis were holding. “Ryou, do you know where he is?”

“Um,” Ryou stuttered as he tried to think of what to say. “I don’t think that, um, well, not really. I mean, I think I might know, but, I’m not sure and I probably shouldn‘t, you know, ‘cause, I mean, he might be, uh, he‘ll, um, you know.”

“What?” Honda squinted his eyes completely confused by what the white haired angel had just said.

“Wait!” Yugi suddenly remembered what he was going to ask Ryou back in school. “I remember now! You know who Jounouchi likes, don’t you?!”

“Um…” Ryou felt trapped.

“You mean, who he likes?” Anzu repeated, asking Yugi, before turning to face Ryou.

“Oh, yeah!” Honda snapped his fingers as if the jigsaw puzzle suddenly fit. He pointed at Yugi. “That would explain a lot of things lately, wouldn’t it? Like why he was acting all weird and stuff. You think that’s where he’s at right now? With her?”

“Uh…” Ryou began to worry. “I… Don’t know.”

Bakura laughed out loud. Yami quirked an eyebrow. //What’s so funny?//

Honda slammed his fist into his palm. “That’s it! I bet that sly dog is with her right now! Right, Ryou?”

“Um… Well… You see…” he began.

“Who is it Ryou?” Yugi asked. “Who is Jounouchi with?”

“Yeah, who is it?” insisted Honda.

“Is it someone we know?” Anzu pushed.

Ryou looked defeated. “Yeah,” he nodded. “It’s someone you know.”

“Really?” the short haired brunette tapped her finger to her chin. “Who is it?”

“Come on Ryou, enough suspense. Who’s Jounouchi with?” Honda called out.

Bakura grinned even more when his hikari gave him a ‘please help me’ look. //You know where I stand on this. I still say blackmail, so, you might as well tell them. Hey, if you want I’ll do it! Can’t promise I’ll be nice about it though, heh.//

A sigh escaped Ryou’s lips as he bowed his head. “Might as well let you know, even though I’d really rather he tell you himself…” Ryou looked up and… Let his jaw hang there open while his eyes fixed themselves onto a point past everyone’s heads.

“Huh?” Honda blinked. “What’s wrong?” He let his eyes follow the path Ryou’s did. Then he too went into gasp mode.

“What are you looking a-” Anzu began, then quickly stopped as she too saw what had made both Ryou and Honda stop in the middle of their sentences.

Yugi was the last to look over as he had to climb onto the booth itself on his knees to look over the booth’s back. His mouth dropped open. There, in the fast food lane, making line, stood none other than Jounouchi himself.

//This is too perfect,// Bakura laughed.

Ryou was about to say something, but he felt his body going weightless. /Oh, no./ He turned quick enough to see his yami clearing his throat.

“I would just like to point out, if I may,” the demon began, “that it might be useful in figuring out who the blonde’s new shag is by noticing just whose clothing he’s wearing. Oh, and the big, hulking, leather dog collar that obviously says Kaiba Corp on it might also give it away, but just a little, you know. ‘Cause it‘s sooooo hard to tell that the whore spent the entire night with none other than Seto Kaiba!”








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Dum-dum-DUM!!!
Yoh!!!!! I’m back!!! Miss me? I know I would, heh.Wow, I was gone for almost, um… Since November!? Damned… Um… Sorry about that. Really am, no da. Didn’t even notice the time go by so quickly, I swear! Ah! So much has happened since my last post. I’ve moved away from home and now live with two roommates in another city, and I’m going to college and I’m working at a farm raising goats and chickens!! Didn’t see that one coming did ya’?! Yess’um, boss. I’ms a farmer! Hyuk. *spit* Hahahahahaha!!!! I’m finally getting back into my writing groove, though, so, I won’t take so long to post next time. Hopefully in a week or so.
^ ^; Hopefully. ‘Cause right now, I’m working on the barn and, believe me, it’s a mess! Today, I fixed the chicken coop! I have to repair so much stuff! And I smell like chicken crap, right now, and I’m all dirty and nasty looking. My face is probably all smudged up and my clothes are covered in dirt, and I came directly to the school’s computer lab and people are like, avoiding me… Heh. All the computers around me are empty, haha! *sweatdrop*
But enough of this! Let’s get the ball rolling again and onto the reviews! Whee!
Oh! And I hope ya’ll like the extra long chapter. My way of saying, “Gomen, ne, yo.”

Beysie
Yoh! Oh, don’t worry about Seto and Kaiba. As ruler of this fic’s destiny, they WILL end up together. Mokuba gave Kaiba some ecstasy-like drug. As you can see, they can’t get each other out of their minds, heh. *wink* You’ll like the next chapter! It’s the last one in this arc, so Jounouchi and Kaiba finally get together! Whee!

Rowan Girl
Ah, puppyshipping indeed, heh heh. ^ ^

Fallin Dark Angel
Shwah? Jacuzzi?! What kind of school is this? Well, to be fair, my school had a pool, but I never once saw it. Personally, I think it was just a myth that it was there, but everyone assured me otherwise. Even had a few kids show up to lunch completely drenched ‘cause they just ‘jumped in’. *shrugs* My motto: If I can’t see it, it doesn’t exist. This also applied to anything that’s behind me. In other words, if something is behind me, I don’t think it’s actually there. People in class find this very annoying, because when I don’t pass the sign in sheet to the person sitting behind me they say, “Why haven’t you passed it!?!” I say, “What’s the point? ‘Cause you don’t actually exist.” This really bothers them for some reason. *shrugs* So, how are you and your girl, hm?

Deme
Yoh! Ne, gomen for lot having too much lemon in this chapter. Actually, I don’t think there was any at all… Damned. Oh, well. Lot’s of Kaiba/Jou in the next chapter. It’s the last one in this arc, then starts part two! So, thems two boys finally are goings to do the horizontal Macarena in chapter 30! Whoo! Can’t wait to write it!! Eee! Haha. Ah! I’m raising chickens now!! I’ve got a whole bunch of rare breeds to! I’ll name them all in the next chapter ‘cause I can’t remember all the breeds right now. And I’m getting pheasants and peacocks too in the next few weeks!!! How kick as is that!?!?! My roommate is raising African Pygmy Goats. They grow no taller than 21”!!! Like little dogs! And they’re so sweet! The bucks got a cold right now, and unfortunately, he’s so affectionate that he rubs up against us and wipes his snot all over us. It’s kind of annoying, but, you now, meh. His name is Pepper, Dr. Pepper. *says in James Bond accent*

DemonandGoddess
Heh, gomen ne, yo, but I had to end the Kaiba/Jou scene like that… But I have flash backs! See, I like flash backs. ^ ^; They’ll be a lot more flash backs in the next chapter. Oh, and Kaiba/Jou finally get together. In a physical way if you catch my hint, heh, heh. Oh, and about “He remarked sarcastically. I'm going to steal Kaiba's car. The blond boy wearily stalked towards the bathroom door.” The problem is that MM.org doesn’t keep my formatting (none of the thoughts are italicized, which they should be), so it’s confusing knowing what is thoughts and what is not. Basically, Jounouchi is wearing all black, like a thief would wear and he’s also coincidentally stealing a car. *shrugs* Hopefully that explains it.

Sakoyara
Oh? Yay! One of your favorite stories?! Ooh! I’m so proud! I’m gushing! Wai! Wai! Yay! Yay! *keeps gushing* Um… I’m still gushing..? It won’t stop… I don’t think that’s normal… Whoa.. Feeling queasy… Oh, no! I’m loosing too much gush! What do I do?! What do I do?! Ah! Ah! Ah! *passes out* ………….. OK, I’m back. Lucky for me, I recover gush at an accelerated rate. Heh. Hope you liked the new chapter!

Euphoria
Yeah! I was walking through Wal-mart the other day and bam! Right in my face a big ass Yami towel for $4.95, and I would have bought it, but, well… I want a Bakura towel… *sigh* I can only dream… Oh! I’ve been watching the Egyptian Saga (last few episodes of the YuGiOh! Series) and, holy crap, Thief Bakura (Dobora Bakura) is freaking //EVIL//! And there is such a twist!! It’s crazy!! And freakishly awesome!! Bakura is soooo POWERFUL too! He kicks everyone’s ass! And I got to see him shirtless and chained up too! Mmm… He had such an amusingly ticked of expression on his face when he came to and realized he was chained up and a slave. Also, he was tanned and absolutely yummy. Incredibly yummy. Ah, yes. The next chapter is the last episode in the arc. Then arc two begins, aka: part two. Basically, it’s what happens after everyone finds out that the hikaris and the yamis are together. There’s a lot of Kaiba/Jou relationship comedy because, well, that’s just trouble waiting to happen. Oh!! And best of all, Malik comes back!! Bet you’ll love that!

Sakiyama
So true, so true. Heh. The farm is very distracting. I have to care for the animals and that just sucks up so much time. And then to top it off, I got school too! Three out of four of my classes have labs too! So, it may take longer than usual to get the chapters out, but they WILL get out. I really like writing this fic, so, rest assured, I won’t just abandon it. *strikes a pose* I’ll finish it! To the end!! *a goat bleats in the background* I’ll try to go check out the fics you’ve written! Look for my feedback in a few days!

Saelbu
Ah!!! I’m so sorry, great and powerful Saelbu!! Forgive me, I beg!! Please accept this 20+ page chapter as an offering! I promise much Kaiba/Jou action in the next chapter! Just please forgive me!! Ahhhh!!!! *chunks the chapter and runs like a mutt dog after the neighbors truck*…… *sweatdrop*

RyousGirl567
Yoh! How goes it mah homie! ^ ^
Yeah, sure! I’ll review your fics! I likes them! Give me a few days though. The chicks over at the farm are gonna be a handful so my times gonna be really divided, but I’ll try to sneak them in as often as possible! *sigh* I’m in the middle of fixing up the hatchery. I’m almost done too! I only have to fix the mesh wire net thing that surrounds the enclosure, lay some new bedding out after I clean out the old crap, and install a few lights around the room. Tee-hee! Tomorrow, I’m going down to this other farm to pick up a doe, maybe two, for our buck. He wants a female. He wants her bad. *sweatdrop*

Mooselini McSqueegee
Heh. I know exactly what ya’ mean! That happens all the time to me! *nods* Ah! I read your name again and I was like, “Ah! I remember that name! I loves that name!” It makes me grin. Heh. I’ll try my hardest to update as soon as I can! *sigh* So much to do! No wonder farmer people get up so damnedably early…

Velvetina
Yoh! So, what YuGiOh! saga are ya’ll on now? Grand Prix, with that REALLY fruity guy, I’d imagine, huh? After that, it’s the Egyptian Saga! Finally, ne!? Oh, damned! Dobora Bakura is SOOO freaking /EVIL/!! He kicks ass! Oh! I can’t wait for you to watch it!!! Oh, and Malik comes back for like two episodes. When Yami and the gang go to Egypt, Ishizu, Rishdo and Malik are there to greet them. So, rejoice, you get to see him again. But he doesn’t do much.
Oh! Read any good manga lately? I have to order most of my yaoi manga off of Amazon.com, but that’s OK, because they’re 30% off! So instead of being $15, they’re only $10! You might want to check that out. It really saves money and all. Check out the manga called: Desire. It’s really good and only two volumes long.
Yeah, heh. It might take you some time to learn the title to the second part too, heh. It’s called: “Cool YuGiOh! Related Title Inserted”. Heh, heh. I just had to name it that. Couldn’t resist.Oh! You’ll like the next chapter. It’s pretty much a Kaiba/Jou lemon. Also, it’s the end of the first arc, but, yay! It continues! Whoot!
Ahhh… I’m so annoyed that I haven’t been able to update as often as I’ve wanted to. Ah! So much is going on!! I’ve got so many repairs to do to the barn, and get the hatchery ready, and get the goats and chicks and go to school and let’s not forget eat. Which reminds me, I’m hungry. Hmm… I’ll eat after I post. Can’t put it off any longer. Oh, and I have a con this weekend on Sat. I’m a dealer there and also one of the major volunteers too! I’m going to be running games and giving out prizes and stuff. Most of my time is going to be spent up on the stage or running around. I’m taking my brother too so that he can help me run my booth. This time, my posse and I are cosplaying the main characters from Weiss Kreuz. I’m going as Yoji. He’s so cool, heh. Oh, by the way, my email is DugFinn@gmail.com in case you wanna drop me an email. What’s yours so I can send you a gmail account invitation? Gmail is a new email service from google, but it gives you a gig of space! It’s pretty cool.

Kurayami Ryuu/the monster in the attic ^_^
Ahhhh!!! Attic monster!!! Ahhhhh!!! Heh, heh. Yoh! ^ ^
How goes it my non-dusty and well lit room challenged friend?
And Yoh! to the friend who’re reading this on printed paper too! ^ ^ ‘/
Many electronic blessings to you!
Heh, I know what you mean! I have friends that don’t have the internet either, and I have to print it out for them too! Ah! So much paper! I had no idea that I babbled so damned much! *sweatdrop* Oh! Oh! Oh! What does your posse talk about?! I’d love to know! Mostly my posse doesn’t even mention my fic to me in the real world. *sniffs and glares* Bastards! Yeah, but they still like the printed chapters, greedy jerks!
Ah! What happened to you in the Hall of Studying Lawyer Larvae also happens to me all the time! I’m in class, or in the lab and I’m killing time by reading some fics, then I get to a funny part, and I bust out laughing! People mostly don’t pay attention to me, but that’s kind of hard to do because I keep doing it, unintentionally of course. Also, I have purple hair. And I dress… Differently. Heh. Ah, yeah. I miss Turkin, but I’m starting up my hatchery soon. It should be ready by no later than Monday! Whoot! I’d finish sooner, but this weekend I’m going to an Anime con! Yay! Go cons! Ya’ll ever been?
Oh, and I figured that Bakura’s personality has to be like this. Like he said in this chapter, he’s still evil, just, only to certain people. Ryou is his keeper, heh. I’m so glad ya’ll like this fic! Hope to hear from ya’ll again. Oh, and say Yoh! to your posse for me. I’d hit on them myself, but… I just came back from working on the farm and I’m covered in chicken crap and smell like goat. It is my deep belief that somehow that’s not considered attractive. It’d feel dirty. And not in a good way, heh. *sweatdrop* Better yet, just disregard those last few sentences, heh, heh…

JoeyesGal
Yoh! Long time, ne! What’s been happening?
Ah, and yeah, but Jounouchi got away with it! Got the car and all! I haven’t had time to read Pools of Glass, but I really want to! I’ll do it in the next few days! I really like that fic! ^ ^ *nods* Expect to see my review soon! I’ll also read some of your other fics too! I’ll soon have my hatchery! I was working on it today over at the barn, and so I’m all covered in chicken crap and I smell like goat too. *sweatdrop* But, it’s almost done! I figure, one or two more days tops and I’m done! Eeee! Can’t wait! Ah, I also can’t wait to write the next chapter. It’s the last one, you know. Wow. I’m almost done. Then I start the second arc! Part two!

GutterFlower
Ah, so that’s were the name came from. I see, I see (said the blind man as he tripped over the coffee table). Many E-blessings onto ye whom pointed out this fic to you. Who is it? Do they have a name as bemusing as yours, oh great and powerful GutterFlower?! Hee-hee! I love saying that name with a deep voice: All submit to the almighty powerful GutterFlower!! The GutterFlower is all!!! Ye shall bow to the mighty GutterFlower!!! Bwahahahaha!!!! Heh, heh… How amusing… All that you see and hear continues to exist only because the great GutterFlower so sayeth!!!!

Id
Ah! Gomen ne, yo! I’m so sorry! It’s been killing me too, wanting to write this and not having time! I still don’t have time, but I’m trying my hardest to squeeze it in there!! This chapter was pretty much nothing but babbling, but the next one is a bunch of Kaiba/Jou lemon. So you’ll like that one! Also, it’s the last chapter of the first arc. Then starts the second arc; part two! Ah! Looking forward to that! Malik comes out in that one, yay! It’ll be called “Cool YuGiOh! Title Inserted.” Eh? You make your friends read this too? Heh, heh. Good for you! Good Id! Ego and Superego would be proud of you!

Melissa Penwrym
Yes!!! Alright! My work here is done! Yes, my purpose in life has been fulfilled, heh, heh. Ooh! A Ryou fish? Oh! I’d love to see it! I bet it’s cute! Yes, my fish are always… Funky. I can’t seem to keep them alive for more that a few months. *sigh* I’ll just stick to chickens. I’m good at that, heh. ^ ^ Ah! Ah! I know what you mean!! Whenever I watch YuGiOh! (and even when I’m not watching YuGiOh!, heh), I imagine Bakura and Ryou just being… Um… Yeeeeeah… Especially when a rather provocative song comes out on the radio. Can’t help but think of them. Especially to KoRn. That pairing works wonderfully with KoRn!

Velvetina
Itai, yo! I’m up, I’m up! I was just uh… Resting my eyes. Yeah. Yeah, that was it. *cough*

KaibasNymph
Ooh! I’ve not seen you before. Interesting names. I like! Heh, speaking of fixing computers, I gotta go change the motherboard out of a friends computer so it can work again. *sigh* Alas, poor thing. Starved to death. Then, she can go back to reading fics, just like you!

Lord of Idiots
You know, if you’re the lord of idiots, then nine out of ten people are your minions. Why, you’d have dominion over all the average American population! Just think of what you could do! Ah! Like some person always said, “I fear the idiots, because there are just so damned many!”

Euphoria
Be proud. I do believe that it is secretly everyone’s hidden dream to at least once in their life make a drug metaphor. Kudos, ne. Kudos. ^ ^