Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Insert Cool Yu-Gi-Oh! Related Title ❯ Chapter Thirty: The End… Or Is It? ( Chapter 30 )

Disclaimer!

No, I don't own any Yu-Gi-Oh! related etc. If I did, this fic would be turned into a MOVIE! And I'd be the director. And hot, skinny, gay Asian guys with bleached hair, loose morals, and Yami bodies would be the actors. And I'd say, “Let there be lights, camera, action!” And it would be good. Oh. Oh, it would be good. Oh, it would be so good.

 

//Are the yami mentally speaking to their hikari.//

/Are the hikari mentally speaking to their yami./

And Italics are thoughts.

 

 

Chapter Thirty: The End… Or Is It?

 

Jounouchi whistled a tiny flat tune as he calmly made his way into a fast food restaurant. The carelessly spun out notes where meant to represent a recently heard song off the radio. Unfortunately, it sounded more like the death of a harmonica. A few random pretty girls giggled as the blonde stood behind them in line. Jounouchi, though, had a lot more on his mind and completely did not notice them.

 

Alright. So…? We have to figure this out.

 

The black clad blond mentally spoke to himself.

 

That night… There really is no point in denying it. No point.

 

He sighed.

 

Something happened between Kaiba and me. That much is obvious. You don't just wake up naked with no memory of the previous night and assume nothing happened. Something happened. But… What?

 

Jounouchi swallowed dryly as he momentarily felt the quickening of his pulse and the heat rise in his skin as he picked his brain for clues to the mystery.

 

What mystery? There's no mystery here.

 

Memories lingered on the tip of his mind's tongue. Memories that required him to take deep breaths.

 

You know exactly what happened…

 

He blinked and looked away as he caught onto the metal railing, slightly dizzy from the near visions of bare skin and loose strands of hair.

 

Brown hair.

 

He coughed and took in another deep breath. He was scared. He was starting to remember. He was terrified.

 

God..?

 

He shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts.

 

Is it possible? Could it have been…?

 

“Jounouchi!!!”

 

“Huh? What?” the blond snapped back into reality. “Who's-? Oh, crap,” the boy let slip under his breath as he looked up only to find the faces of his greatest friends all gathered conveniently together at a booth.

 

Crap.

 

“Damn it! Why the hell do you hate me so damned much, God!?” he silently pleaded out loud.

 

What the hell are they doing here?!? Great!! My day just keeps getting more and more wonderfully awkward! Next thing you know, I'll have the KaibaCorp logo branded onto me-

 

Jounouchi remembered the leather collar.

 

Damn it!!

 

“Jounouchi!” Anzu called again as she waived her hand in the air getting his, and practically the entire restaurant's, attention. “Jounouchi!”

 

The boy felt his fingernails dig far too deep into the palms of his hands. He faked a grin, followed by a smile. “Hey… Guys! What are… What are you guys doing here?” he over casually asked.

 

“Us?” Honda began. “What about you, dude?”

 

The blond could literally see the suspicion painted all over Honda's face as the spike haired boy looked him up and down with a scrutinizing glance.

 

He knows! Damn it! He knows!!

 

“Oh… I was just, you know… Passing by and… I got hungry,” Jounouchi grinned again and shrugged. “That's all.”

 

“Uh, huh,” Honda retorted, obviously not believing him. Jounouchi could see them all eyeing him, his clothes. His collar.

 

“Jounouchi..?” Yugi timidly asked. “Um… Would you like to sit with us?”

 

Jounouchi raised an eyebrow.

 

Huh?

 

“We've been talking,” the tri color haired boy continued, as he suddenly became very interested in one of his shirt's buttons, “and, well… We've all made some… Confessions.” Yugi looked up and let his red eyes meet his friend's hazel ones. “Maybe you might…Well, maybe… We could talk?” he asked.

 

“Talk?” Jounouchi didn't like where this was going. He needed some alone time right now to figure things out. Last thing he wanted was to talk about something he still had no sure idea about. “Uh, listen. Now's not a good time to-“

 

“Cut the crap, Jounouchi,” Honda suddenly growled. Both Yugi and the blond flinched from the verbal aggression in his tone.

 

Anzu gasped. “Honda!”

 

“What the hell is this?” the spike haired boy yelled again. “What's up with the clothes?!”

 

Jounouchi hesitated. “It's…” His friend looked pissed. “It's just… I…”

 

“What?” Bakura finally broke in with an absolutely delighted smile smeared across his sadistic face. “Tripped out of your clothes and fell into Kaiba's?”

 

Jounouchi's mouth gapped open as his mind raced to formulate a plot out of the situation.

 

“Oh, wait,” the demon continued as he burst into laughter. “Was that before or after you tripped and fell on his cock?”

 

Ryou fell to his knees. His two hands covered his gasping mouth as his wide eyes darted to his yami. /My God! Bakura! That's… Stop!/

 

Both Yugi and the pharaoh shared Ryou's expression. //Bakura!!//

 

Jounouchi's eyes widened. His brows were frozen in a downward curve, and he radiated both anger and fear. A flash of cold sweat escalated down his curved spine as Bakura's words echoed in his ears.

 

Damn. Damn…

 

“Don't try to deny it either,” the white haired bastard spoke again. “He's got his slut collar around your neck and everything.”

 

Damn. Damn him…

 

//Bakura, stop it!!//

 

“Suppose that makes you his bitch now, huh?”

 

Damn him…

 

//Bakura!!!//

 

DAMN HIM! DAMN KAIBA!!!

 

“Shut-up!!!” Jounouchi screamed. His eyes were held tightly shut as he felt the skin give way to his nails as they burrowed deep into the flesh of his palms. “Shut-up!!! You don't know anything!!! You don't know-!!! God! God… You don't know…” Tears were beginning to stream down his red face as he gulped down a rising wave of bile. He shook his head hysterically. “You don't know-!”

 

“Oh, but I do,” Bakura slowly laughed, savoring the blonde's public humiliation. “I know everything,” he hissed, bearing his fangs in a twisted grin.

 

“Stop this!” Anzu yelled.

 

“Is it true?” Honda asked, ignoring everyone around himself. Even all the odd glances received from all the restaurant's avid patrons, who were currently giving their utmost attention to the little soap opera being played out right in front of them. The brunette swiftly closed the distance between himself and the blond. “I said, `Is it true?!'”

 

“I don't know,” Jounouchi answered as he looked away.

 

“Don't give me that, BS!” Honda grabbed the other boy's arm and roughly smacked him out of his daze. “I asked you a question!”

 

“F&%$ you!!” the blond shouted, suddenly overcome with rage. He tore his arm free from the brunette's grasp, resisting the urge to punch him. “Go to hell!!!” he screamed, turned and stormed his way out of the restaurant.

 

“Jounouchi! Wait!” Yugi called after the blond. “Jounouchi?!”

 

“Let him go,” Honda stated coldly. “Let the dog go back to his damn master.”

 

* * * * * * * * * *

DAMN HIM!

 

Jounouchi made his way to the mustang, leaving a sparse trail of wet tears on the pavement as he walked.

 

GOD DAMN HIM! DAMN KAIBA! DAMN HIM!!!

 

He let himself fall into the car's interior and slammed the door shut. “Damn him! Damn him! Damn him!” he screamed as he beat his fists against the car's steering wheel. “God damned him… That bastard. He's ruined everything…”

 

* * * * * * * * * *

“Honda! What's wrong with you?!” Yugi stammered. “How could you-?!”

 

“Can-it, Yugi!” Honda shouted. “I have all the right in the world. He should have told me!”

 

“Well, if you'd given him a chance-“

 

“I said, `can-it'!” Honda shouted again. That's when he noticed dark violet eyes glaring at him. “And don't you start either, Yami. I don't want to hear it from you.”

 

“Then you'll hear it from me!” Ryou yelled, as he stepped forward. “That was your friend!”

 

“Friends don't keep secrets like that from each other!” Honda shouted back, pointing in the direction in which Jounouchi had just left. “He practically back-stabbed me! I mean, with Kaiba?! Of all people-!! Look, just… Whatever.” He flipped his jacket's collar up and stormed his way out of the restaurant.

 

“Wait, Honda!” Yugi shouted after him. He turned back to give Ryou a pleading look. “What do I do now?”

 

Ryou sighed. /Bakura?/

 

//Yeah?// the demon spirit responded with a permanently affixed smile on his face.

 

/I truly hope that was worth it. I truly do, because you are so not getting any, do you hear me? None! Ever!!/

 

//What?!?! But-! You can't hold me responsible for that! I didn't have anything to do with that! Well, OK, maybe a little, but- I'm evil! It's in my nature!//

 

/Yeah, well, you just keep telling yourself that all night long- while you're sleeping on the couch!! For like a week!!!/

 

* * * * * * * * * *

Honda pushed the door open with a bit more force than was actually necessary and sent it suddenly swinging open with a savage fury that nearly knocked over two incoming customers. They sent dirty looks, but the spike haired boy shot them right back. “What?! You wanna mess with me!? You wanna piece of me!?!” The two bystanders glanced away and pushed past him. Honda scoffed. “Didn't think so,” he muttered more to himself than to the fleeing patrons.

 

Damn him, that punk!

 

He felt like kicking in a wall. It was beyond obvious that his best friend had something going on with Kaiba. That had just been ridiculously obvious. That part disturbed him more than it bothered him, but the fact that Jounouchi had withheld the information from him, annoyed him to no end. And made him angry.

 

We're supposed to be best friends! We're supposed to trust each other! We've never kept anything from each other before!

 

Honda punched the red, brick wall to alleviate some of the pressure building up inside. Then he kicked it. Then he punched it again. It made him felt better. Then he felt worse; physically now, not just emotionally. He shoved himself against the hard building wall and sighed.

 

Crap... I guess I shouldn't have yelled at him…

 

He sighed again, as he massaged his sore hand. It was bleeding just a little from where the skin on the knuckles had hit the rough, brick surface. As he threw his head back to curse, his eyes fell upon a black clad blond in a sleek, red, muscular mustang currently engaged in beating the crap out of the steering wheel. He sighed and walked over.

 

* * * * * * * * * *

Jounouchi was busy slamming his fists into the wheel and yelling at Kaiba; blaming him for all his troubles, when he heard an unexpected tapping at the window on the passenger side. “Huh?” He cleared his eyes and looked up to reveal Honda sheepishly looking in.

 

“Yo, uh… Let me in. We… Um, need to talk.”

 

Jounouchi continued staring at the brown haired guy.

 

Is this a trick?

 

“Dude, open up,” Honda impatiently demanded.

 

Jounouchi bit his bottom lip softly, but leaned over and manually pulled the switch up, forgetting that the car had automatic locks located on a button panel next to his door. Honda opened the door and slid in. “Thanks,” he nonchalantly said. “Hey, man, listen,” he began as he closed the door. “I gotta tell you that… Whoa...” Honda took his first opportune look at the car's insides. “Holy crap… Is this thing for real?!” he exclaimed as his hand hovered inches over the many buttoned stereo system. “It feels like- Oh, damn!” he nearly had an orgasm as he felt the seat up.

 

The blond busted out into a small laugh as he finished wiping his eyes dry. “Yeah, that's what I said.”

 

“Where the hell'd you get this!?!” Honda shouted out before thinking, still fingering the dashboard. Jounouchi looked away. “Oh. Right,” Honda coughed and returned his hands to his lap. “Um... Listen, about that. Uh, how I reacted... I… I didn't mean to come off sounding like a… You know…”

 

“Jerk?”

 

“Yeah…” Honda sighed. “It's just that you just caught me off guard-“

 

“You're right though,” Jounouchi interrupted. “I mean, what the hell am I thinking, right?” he asked sarcastically. “What the hell am I thinking..?” he sighed. “What the hell /am/ I thinking?”

 

“Uh… You wanna talk about it, man?” Honda seemed at a loss for words. “I mean… It is what I think it is… Right?”

 

Jounouchi snorted. “Would you believe me if I said, `I'm not sure?'” Honda looked confused. The blond took in a long, deep breath and sighed. “Kaiba invited me over to his house. Yesterday… And I went.” He paused.

 

Honda took it as his cue to ask why. “Uh… Why?”

 

The blond boy shrugged. “'Cause…” he closed his eyes and shook his head as if baffled. “'Cause… I like him?”

 

Honda frowned. “I thought you hated him.”

 

“I do!” Jounouchi let out as he slammed his fist on the wheel. “That's what makes this whole god damn thing so god damn annoying! I hate that guy's guts and he hates me!” A sudden surreal flash of Kaiba hovering over him, like a dark guardian angel; protecting him as he slept peacefully in the cool, dark, school storage room rekindled in his mind. “Or… At least that's what I thought…”

 

Honda took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. “Well… Um… Yeah. Hmm….”

 

Jounouchi snorted. “Tell me about it.”

 

“So, uh… How long's this been going on?”

 

Jounouchi shrugged, “I don't know. A few days? I don't even know if anything /is/ going on… God! I feel like crawling in deep, dark hole and just dieing.”

 

“Well, you certainly look that way. Stop crying, dude. It's, you know...” Honda fished around for a word. He fished with out bait. “You're a mess,” he finished, trying to get Jounouchi to stop feeling so bad. “I mean, come on. You're wearing his clothes, you got that… `Necklace' on. Hell, he even let you use his sweet ass car, so there has to-”

 

“I stole it.”

 

“What?!” The brown haired boy nearly blanched.

 

“I stole the car.”

 

“You're kidding!” Honda retorted wide eyed.

 

“No. Stole the clothes too.”

 

Honda didn't even bother with words. His gaping mouth pretty much summed up his surprise. “Wow. You do wanna die.”

 

Jounouchi unexpectedly laughed. “Yeah.” He leaned his head onto the steering wheel and sighed again. “I feel like crap, Honda.” His eyes started to well up with tears again. He turned to look at the other boy and in a crackling, whispered voice asked, “What am I going to do?”

 

“Jou… “Honda hesitated. “Listen, just… Why don't you tell me about it? Maybe, I don't know, maybe I can help?”

 

The blond closed his eyes as he tried to dry them. He smiled weakly. “You don't have to Honda-“

 

“Hey,” the brown haired boy spoke in a clear and firm voice. “What are friends for?”

 

* * * * * * * * * *

“Maybe I should have gone after them?” Yugi worried as he glanced back towards the restaurant doors.

 

Anzu shook her head. “Too late now.” She seemed annoyed by something.

 

“No. They just need some space right now,” Ryou added, trying to make Yugi feel better.

 

“But… I don't know. This all feels like it's my fault.”

 

//It's not, Aibou,// the spirit of the Pharaoh quickly stated.

 

“Yami's right,” Ryou agreed. “Don't blame yourself.”

 

“But-“ Yugi began again on the verge of tears, until Bakura cut him off.

 

“Oh, shut up! Because of you, I'm not gonna get any for like a week!!!” He stated as he took over Ryou's body.

 

/Try like a month!!!/ Ryou yelled back.

 

“What?! You said a week!”

 

/I changed my mind!!/

 

“Argh! Damned you Pharaoh!!!” Bakura screamed.

 

//Wha- what?!// Yami stuttered caught off guard. //What the hell do I have anything to do wi-//

 

“Damned you!!!” Bakura shouted, pointing an accusing finger at the other spirit. “Damned you!!!!!”

 

“Well,” Anzu suddenly spoke up, setting her drink down on the table rather harshly. “Seeing as how everyone else is gone, and I can't seem to follow this conversation at all, I'm going to go home.”

 

She got up to leave as Yugi called to her. “Anzu I'm sorry-“

 

“Not right now, Yugi. Thanks, really, but… I have to go home now. I'll see you at school.” Anzu got out of the booth and walked away. She hesitated for a moment as if she were about to turn around and say something, but instead continued walking away and out the door.

 

Yugi sighed and slumped back into the red, vinyl seat. There was an awkward silence between all of them. Yugi finally broke it. “I wish I could talk to Jounouchi.”

 

Ryou's eyebrows creased. He regained control over his own body, got up and went to sit next to the tri color haired boy. He put both his arms around Yugi, then laid his head on the boy's shoulder. A few odd glances were sent in their general direction by some of the other people in the restaurant, but they remained oblivious to them. “Don't worry Yugi. He'll be OK. Everything will work out, you'll see. Everything will be fine.”

 

Yugi smiled. “Yeah,” he whispered and nodded as he fought back the welling tears threatening to fall free. “Everything will be fine.” He sniffed and hugged the white haired angel back. “Thanks Ryou.”

 

Bakura cussed obscenely and kicked the table.

 

* * * * * * * * * *

Honda blinked, swallowed, laid back in the leather car seat and let out a high whistle. “Wow. So… Well… Wow. Talk about a weekend adventure.”

 

Jounouchi was leaning with both his arms folded over the steering wheel looking somewhat sheepish. “Yeah… So, you see what I mean?” he asked. He'd just recounted the last few days' events to the other boy. In very intimate details. And he now sat there awaiting a response.

 

Honda cleared his throat. “Ah… Yeah. I think… Well…” He hesitated, but Jounouchi could tell there was something on the boy's mind.

 

“What?” he asked. “This isn't, like, making you uncomfortable, is it?”

 

“Huh, what?” Honda suddenly said. “Oh, no! No, of course not! Come on, who do you think I am? I mean, I guess it should be and all. You think it would be, but, strangely enough, it's not. I mean, actually, it's kind of funny, heh. In a funny weird way. I mean, in the last ten minutes, I just found out that all my guy friends are gay. You know, that kind of tends to-“

 

“Wait, what?!” Jounouchi quickly sat up and seemed very perplexed. “What the hell are you talking about?!”

 

Honda busted out laughing. “Oh, yeah! You don't know. Oh, man! You're gonna love this!” The dark haired boy grinned from ear to ear, showing off all his bright and pearlys. “OK, get this: Yugi; our little Yugi…”

 

“Yeah?” Jounouchi quirked an eyebrow.

 

“Is…?” Honda giggled as he stretched the word out, allowing enough time for Jounouchi to guess on his own.

 

“What, gay?” the blond deduced. Honda laughed as he nodded. “Well,” Jounouchi sat back in his seat and scratched his head. “Can't really say I'm surprised at that one. I mean, we've both seen how he dresses.”

 

“Oh, it gets better.”

 

“Eh? Better?”

 

“Oh, yeah!” Honda smirked. “Guess with who?!”

 

“Uh…” Jounouchi blinked and looked around. “Um… Ryou?”

 

“Nope! Try again. Although you should probably know that Ryou is also gay,” Honda added.

 

“Yeah. I already knew about that one. Yugi caught him at school with- Uh, never mind.”

 

“Yugi's doing it with Yami!!!” Honda, with out warning, suddenly shouted out. The blonde's jaw fell smack open. And stayed that way. “Yeah, I know! It's crazy!” Jounouchi still didn't reply. “I mean, damn! Yami! Of all people! That's just… And they're doing it too!” He broke out into a fit of giggles. “Our little Yugi's all grown up, and he like to play with big boys! Hahahaha!!!”

 

The laugh was rather contagious and Jounouchi had to join him, although he was still a little dazed from the news. “No way…”

 

“Yeah. Anzu's pretty upset about it too.”

 

“Oh, yeah,” the blond exclaimed. “She would be. She's had that crush on Yami for, like, forever.”

 

Honda nodded. “And Ryou's up with Bakura. How the hell that one's working out is beyond me. Complete opposites. Not to mention one is the god damn devil.”

 

Jounouchi snorted. “Well, they say opposites attract.”

 

“Yeah. Just look at you and Kaiba.”

 

The blond looked away and rubbed the back of his neck. “Honda… I really don't know what happened… You know. That night.”

 

“Isn't it obvious?” Honda gave the other boy a `duh' look.

 

Jounouchi hesitated still not wanting to fully believe it. “Not as obvious as I'd like.”

 

Honda crossed his arms in an annoyed manner. “Well does your ass hurt?”

 

Jounouchi choked on his own spit in his hurry to shout out the words, “What?!”

 

“'Cause I hear it should, you know, hurt if you get screw there. Unless you did the screwing,” Honda chuckled. “You should march on over to Kaiba and get up all in his face and demand he tell you if his ass hurts.”

 

The blond simply stared at Honda in amazement that he'd suggest such a suicide suggestion. “No, thank you. I'd like to keep on living if that's OK with you.”

 

The spike haired boy couldn't keep his straight face and busted out laughing. “OK, OK, but you gotta realize that you're going to have to confront him sooner or later.”

 

“What makes you say that,” Jounouchi asked.

 

“Well, let's not forget you both have school on Monday,” Honda answered matter of factly. “And, to be frank, from what you've told me… It's just stupidly clear that you've got a thing for Kaiba.”

 

Jounouchi frowned in confusion. “What does that have-“

 

“And that he's got it bad for you, too.”

 

The blond didn't respond. His eyes seemed lost as if his best friend's words had just smacked some sense into him.

 

Really..? Kaiba… Likes me too..?

 

“Also, you stole his car.”

 

That brought reality crashing back onto him. He laughed nervously shaking his head out of the daze. “Oh, yeah. Forgot about that.”

 

“Yeah. Out run the police, maybe. But not Kaiba,” Honda explained.

 

Yeah… He'll catch me.

 

Suddenly, Jounouchi felt happy. In a strange sort of way, he felt almost ecstatic knowing that he'd have to see Kaiba again.

 

Heh. He's right... I do got it hard for the bastard.

 

“Thanks, Honda,” Jounouchi smiled calmly. “You've really helped me on deciding what I'm gonna do next.”

 

“Uh, huh? And what's that?” the boy asked not quite sure what to expect.

 

Jounouchi grinned. “I'm going to drive 150 mph down that stupidly long ass driveway, spinout in front of his damn mansion, park in the flower bed, race up the stairs, kick the door down, march right up to him and…”

 

Honda was holding his breath. “And?”

 

“And punch him in the face.”

 

“Gah!” Honda face faulted and sweat dropped at the same time.

 

* * * * * * * * * *

“Um… Nii-sama?” Mokuba timidly asked as he popped his head into the secret monitoring room.

 

“What is it Mokuba?”

 

“Um…” Mokuba tried to ask nonchalantly. “Have you seen Jounouchi? 'Cause… I don't know where he is.”

 

“He's gone.”

 

“Oh… OK.” The black haired boy prodded further while twirling his finger in a lock of long black hair. “Um, where?”

 

“I killed him.”

 

“What?!” the kid practically screamed as he fell into the room. “But- Oh my God! That means- Oh God! But how could you?! I mean- Oh God! Why-!“

 

“Mokuba, I'm kidding.”

 

The boy stopped hyperventilating long enough to recover and look up to glare at his brother. Kaiba was sitting in front of all the monitors with his back to the door and to Mokuba. “That wasn't funny!”

 

Kaiba snorted. “He left early this morning. He's gone.”

 

“Oh. OK.” Mokuba suddenly got this strange feeling coming off his brother. “Are you OK?” he asked.

 

“Yes, Mokuba. I'm fine.”

 

“Um…” The black haired boy frowned, but didn't say anything else about it. He could tell that something was up, but if his brother didn't want to discuss it then so be it. “OK. Well… See you around.”

 

Kaiba didn't respond. He waited until Mokuba had left and closed the secret door. He couldn't let Mokuba see his face right now. He couldn't let him see the pain in it.

 

“BLEEP - Unauthorized personnel detected,” a computerized female voice announced.

 

“What?” Kaiba turned towards the monitor. “Display,” he commanded. A few different monitors quickly flashed to static followed immediately by a screen of a car driving unnecessarily fast down the long driveway. Kaiba's heart skipped a beat. It was his pretty, red mustang. “It can't be…” he whispered. “Identify,” he ordered.

 

“BLEEP - Identifying… BLEEP - Katsuya, Jounouchi.”

 

Kaiba staggered back. “What's he doing here…?” The brunette stumbled forwards again and followed the car's progression down the paved road. The car left a huge cloud of dirt in its wake, which was pretty impressive a feat seeing as how the road was paved and all.

 

“BLEEP - Engaging the anti-intruder precautionary measures,” the computer voice filled the room again.

 

“No!” Kaiba nearly had a heart attack. “Do not engage!” The last thing he wanted to do now was go and kill the blond. “Let him pass.”

 

* * * * * * * * * *

“Two….!”

 

Vroooom!

 

“Three….!”

 

Vroooom!

 

“Four….!”

 

Vroooom!

 

* * * * * * * * * *

“What the hell is he doing?!” Kaiba yelled at the computer monitor.

 

“BLEEP - Driving in circles on the flower beds.”

 

The brunette suddenly got the urge to reactivate the anti-intruder precautionary measures.

 

* * * * * * * * *

Vroooom!

 

“Six…..!”

 

Vroooom!

 

“Wheeeee!!!” Jounouchi screamed as he spun out one final time before putting the car in park. “There,” he exhaled heavily as he got out. He looked at his lovely handiwork. Black streaks of rich soil marred the surreal landscape of beautiful flowers. “That should really piss him off.”

 

* * * * * * * * *

“Is he trying to piss me off?!” Kaiba raged as he stormed down the hall towards the main entrance. “I'm going to make him pay!” He reached the top of the stairs leading down to the front doors just as he saw them fly open.

 

“Hey, Kaiba!?” the blonde's voice echoed through the building. He stepped in through the doors he had practically kicked down. “Kaiba!?” Jounouchi looked around again till he found the enraged multi-billion dollar CEO standing at the top of the stairs.

 

Oh… He looks… Not happy. Well, can't back out now. If I'm going to die anyways, might as well go out with a bang!

 

The blond took a deep breath then began a languid pace up the flight of stairs, all the while keeping his eyes directly focused on the other boy.

 

I have to… Calm down. Must… Not… Loose… My nerve.

 

“What. THE HELL! Are you doing!?!” Kaiba shouted at the blond.

 

“Wanted to get your attention,” Jounouchi chucked. He was only a few steps away from the boy of his many wet dreams. “Did I?”

 

“I'll say you did,” Kaiba responded coolly, obviously masking his inner rage.

 

“Good.” The blond walked right up to the other boy, quickly closing the space between their bodies. He let his fingers rest softly on the CEO's hips. “I was hoping to get your… Attention.”

 

Kaiba's eyes widened.

 

What?!? Is he- Is he flirting with me!?!

 

He had this intense urge to rip the blonde's beating heart out from the inner cavity of his chest, but, at the same time, he had this unquenchable thirst to just absolutely rape the boy's mouth. Ironically, both ideas were as equally tempting as they were unhealthy for the other boy.

 

“Kaiba…” Jounouchi breathed out in a desperately sexy voice that made Kaiba's saliva glands go into overactive hyper mode. “There's something I have to do.” Two long finger's trailed their way up the brunette's chest.

 

Oh, God…

 

Kaiba thought as he watched Jounouchi's lips quake as if in anticipation. The blonde's whole body seemed to radiate an ungodly amount of heat. He felt the other boy press his body to his own. He felt the delicious pressure of physical contact as the other boy's hand glided over his collar bone. The proximity screamed alarm through every one of his senses, as he fought to keep his eyes from rolling into the back of his head.

 

“Kaiba?” the blond whispered again in a husky voice. “Nothing personal.”

 

“Huh?” Kaiba cleared his eyes with the intention of asking the boy what the hell he meant by `nothing personal', but instead he was rudely surprised by a fist directly slammed into his face. “Agh!!!” he yelled as he nearly fell backwards from the direct hit.

 

“That,” the light haired boy gasped out as he held onto his no doubt sore hand, “was for me having to put up with all the crap from today!” Kaiba looked up with absolute anger dripping from his face. “And this,” Jounouchi exhaled as he rushed Kaiba, “is for all the crap I had to put up with last night.” Kaiba took a step back, readying a fighting stance, anticipating the other boy's next move. Unfortunately, he couldn't anticipate the searing kiss that nearly blinded his mind's ability to continue functioning.

 

The shock froze him in place. Jounouchi took the initiative by prying the boy's mouth open with his tongue. That made Kaiba react. Spontaneously, he pushed the blond away with his arms and covered his mouth. He couldn't think. His eyes were wide and filled with a sort of new and unfamiliar alarm. He was breathing erratically.

 

What the- Did he- He just-

 

“Kaiba!” Jounouchi shouted as if angry. “What the hell's wrong with you?! Are you just going to let that go?! Are you just going to stand there looking at me?! Or are you going to put me in my place!?!”

 

Kaiba stood still, blinked a few times, then grinned.

 

I see… Is that how you want it? Alright, mutt. I'll bite.

 

“Hey, Jounouchi?”

 

The blond looked at Kaiba cautiously. “Yeah..?”

 

Kaiba, with lightning fast reflexes, dashed towards the boy, grabbed him around the wrist with one arm and bent it behind his back pinning the boy to himself, while his other hand raced through the golden blond locks and fisted as he tore the boy's head back. Jounouchi barely had enough time to suck in air in the form of an audible, almost terrified gasp as Kaiba easily invaded his mouth.

 

Jounouchi moaned into the rough kiss, letting his own tongue play with Kaiba's. He pushed into the brunette's body, feeling the hardness of toned muscle beneath the thick cloth. Abruptly, Kaiba pulled his head away.

 

“Nothing personal.”

 

“Huh-? Gahhh!!!” Jounouchi fell forward, onto Kaiba, as the air was blasted out of his lungs by a swift blow to his stomach. The light haired boy felt strong arms warp around him, sustaining him upright. His insides felt like burning styrofoam. He sucked in air as he fought to keep breathing.

 

Crap! Damn, that bastard!

 

Then, as if vertigo had slapped his mind, Jounouchi felt himself go horizontal. “Wha-?” he was being lifted off the floor and carried away. “What-? Agh… Where..? Where are you taking me?!” he managed to pant out. The pain in his chest burned with every breath he took. Kaiba didn't respond. Jounouchi felt incredibly awkward being carried bride style down the hallway. Not to mention, his stomach felt like it was on fire. “Put me down!” he panicked. That's when he suddenly recognized a set of massive dark oak, double doors.

 

Oh, crap…

 

With one foot Kaiba easily kicked the doors wide open, walked into the dark room, up to the canopy bed shrouded in silken, sheer cloth and unceremoniously dumped Jounouchi onto the plush mattress. The blond landed face down and quickly scuttled over to lay on his back. Staring up at Kaiba, he couldn't make anything out except a shadowed mask where a face should have been. He gulped. “What are you doing..?” he asked, even though his mind was already busy with the task of conjuring up all sorts of possibilities. Kaiba simply stood at the foot of the bed, then soundlessly turned and walked away. “What? Where are you going?!” the blond quickly shouted as his eyes lost sight of the other boy. “Kaiba?!” That's when he heard the sound of the doors shut tight. And the dull clank of a key turn. And lock. That's about the time when his blood ran cold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! I'm sooooooooo sorry for taking absolutely forever with this chapter!!! And I'm even more sorry for it not being the last chapter. See, it was going to be, but, at the last second, I got inspiration and I wanted to put in a few more quality scenes (AKA: more smutt ^ ^;). So, chapter 31 is pretty much going to be nothing but yummy yaoi fiction! I'm already in the process of typing it up, so it shouldn't be long. Ah! A-kon is this weekend though, so it won't be updated for at least another two weeks. Sigh!

Oh! Things are so busy and hectic! I'm putting up my own con in July 9th! And I'm busy doing stuff to get really for it almost every day! Go here to see the site for it if you'd like: www.KAAPCON.com

Oh, and yay! I'm out of school, for now. I go back starting next week. Go summer school. ^ ^;

Let's see what else… Oh! Oh! Oh! I finally finished YuGiOh! Gods, it's awesome! And the ending episodes are so great! They explain all sorts of stuff, like how Yami can pull the perfect card out of his ass exactly when he needs it. They actually explain how he can do that! And Bakura! Oh, my Gods! Bakura kicks asssssss!!!!! All three God cards are nothing against him. He destroyed them without even batting an eye! Ah! It was sweeeeet! Sigh.

I'm currently into this new anime called Soul Hunter (Houshin Engi). It's so cute. I'm going to cosplay it soon!

Well, better get back to finishing my outfit for A-kon. I'm going as a Bird from Pet Shop of Horrors. Oh! Tell me if you're going to A-kon. I'll look for you! I'm going to be in the cosplay competition so look for me too! Like I said, pretty bird outfit. Also look for Medusa, Count D, Leon, Chris, a lizard, panda, cat and some other animals. We'll be hanging out together as the cast from Pet Shop of Horrors and doing a skit together.

 

Now, gomen for the neglect, but onto the reviews!

 

 

Beysie
Yoh! Long time, ne! Sigh, It may take me another year (which I promise you, it won't), but I will finish this fic. I really like it and I want it printed and bounded at Kinkos, so yes, it will be finished! I've just been so busy! Sorry! And I will review your fics too, just give me some time. I have your name saved to my desktop with a reminder that say, “Read her fics, ya' last bum!” So, yeah, it'll get done. ^ ^; Promise.

 

Velvetina
Yoh! I must first and utmost apologize for my complete lack of updating. Gomen. *holds head down in shame* You're like my favorite reviewer so I'm really sorry it's taken so long! I've been so busy! Everyday, I go to these auctions getting ready for my con on July 9th! Go here: www.KAAPCON.com, and you'll see what I mean. So much to do! Oh! I'm holding a rave after the con, so I got these two 400 watt speakers! And in the mean time I'm like, “Well, where do I put them temporarily till the con?” Heh, heh… They're currently hooked up to my computer and TV system. Mmmm… Sweeeet! I can now hear notes I never even knew existed! Awesome. Oh, and I moved to Huntsville to go to school with a friend, but I'm back in Houston for the summer. Vina's always's wanted a goat farm, and I just sort of bummed off her and made my chicken coop. I've always loved chickens! I even have chickens in Houston… Even if it is illegal. *cough* Oh, and I'm /thinking/ about maybe waiting to let Bakura have any. You kow, till the next arc, `cause let's face it. It would be damned funny! But… I'm not sure yet. Hmmm. I'll see what mood strikes me. Ahahah! I couldn't stop laughing at the scenario you put in your last review about Yami's thoughts at Bakura calling him a cocksucker! That was damned high-larious!!! My mom walked by and even asked what was so funny, heh. Man, kinda makes me wish I'd put that in the fic, bwahahaha!! Oh, and I'll send you gmail in a little while.

 

Sakiyama
Yeah. One day Vina, my room mate was like. I want a goat farm. That was several years ago, before we even entered High School. Then, fast forward a few years later, we go to collage and bam! We have a goat farm. So I'm like, well, might as well get some chickens. `Cause I loves chickens. ^ ^ They's so cool. Heh. Yeah, the ninja part was pure inspiration. But, come on, Jou would so think of that. He's funny that way. Oh, and yeah. Anzu's an annoying whore that I wish I could kill off and not have to deal with, but, well. Can't. It'd make Yugi sad. So, we have to deal. But, hey, we all need a character to hate. Oh, and I haven't forgotten about reviewing your fics. I'm getting there. ^ ^; Got a little note on my desktop that reminds me to got review them. Heh.

 

Saelbu
Ah! Gomen! I really wanted to put some KaibaXJounouchi lemon in this chapter, but I was on page like 20 and thought, you know, I should just make a chapter 31 and it'll be nothing but smutt. Yeah. I'll do that. So I did. You'll love that chapter. It's awesome so far… I find it hard to keep typing it `cause I'm so busy re-reading it, heh. *sweatdrop* It'll be out soon! Promise!

 

Rachel Dracon
Thanks yo! Rest assured, I'll finish this fic to the end! And then some, heh. Yeah, I like Honda and he seems like the easy going kind of guy. Also, he's Jounouchi's best friend, so he's gotta be cool, you know, if Jounouchi likes him. Anzu, on the other hand… Like most of the fandom world: I wish she'd die. Or maybe get run over. Or eaten. By a big chicken. Seems fitting somehow. Come to think of it, I'm hungry. Ooh! Ice cream! Yes! Mint flavor! *stops writing typing and goes to the kitchen*

 

Motje
Ooh! New reviewer! Yay! Welcome to the club, heh. So, who's your favorite pairing?

 

Deme O-o
Yay! Gush! Gush! And all that cool stuff. (Ooh! That rhymed ^ ^) Ne, gomen for the long wait! Oh! So busy! I'm making my own con on the 9th of July, so I've been busy like hell is hot preparing for it! Check it out here: www.KAAPCON.com Ah! And I'm getting really for A-kon again! It's this weekend and I'm in a skit so my outfit has to be completely cool. It's got peacock feathers and everything! *nods* I want turkeys too!! I had another turkin, but it got eaten by a huge ass rat snake about a month ago. Saddness. I'll eventually get another one, but I want to wait until the school year starts up again in the fall. It makes it easier on me. Ooh! You like poultry too! Deme is now even cool than before! And you were pretty cool to begin with! ^ ^

 

JoeyWheeler2004
Hehehe. No problem. My friend Ryoko also does the same thing, where she skips over the description of things and just reads the dialogues. Heh. So long as you enjoy the fic, I personally don't care how you read it! ^ ^ And I guess you're in luck. This chapter was mostly just about Jounouchi and Kaiba. And the next and last one will pretty much be all Kaiba and Jounouchi smut. Heh. Lucky you.

 

GutterFlower
Hahaha!!! That's a great visualization: Anzu exploding! And… Wait for it… Wait for it…. BOOOOM!!!! Yay! And the world rejoices. ^ ^ Yeah, Yugi had a hard time. And now it's Jounouchi's turn. Heh heh.

 

Motje
Hi again! Oh! Oh! Oh! Bakura and Ryou plushy!!! Yay!!! I'm.. So… Happy! ^ ^ Whoo!

 

Yakari Taito
Shwah? I don't remember your name. You must be new! Yay! New reviewer! Whoot. Howdy! ^ ^ And thanks for the review! So? Who's your favorite pairing?

 

Id
Yay! You're back! My Id's back. You tell your friends, I'll tell Ego. And Ego will tell Super Ego. They's tight like that. Heheh. ^ ^ Ha! Simple life, I wish! I'm so busy! With the farm, school, cons, and blah! My time's always sucked up like how Yami sucks Yugi- I mean… Forget I said that. ^ ~ So, tell me about your friends!

 

Euphoria
*Nervous laugh* Yeah. Finally showed up again. Heh. ^ ^; *Nods* I saw the Egyptian Saga in Japanese with English subtitles, but eventually they'll show it on TV. Of course, it'll probably be heavily edited. Um, how can I put it..? Bakura is an evil bastard that should probably not be shown to little kids. Ever. It's like the last 20 or so episodes of the series. And gods! Are they awesome! Yeah, Bakura was a slave to the pharaoh, and a bandit leader, but he was going to be executed, until he was released by the.. Minions of evil? I don't know, I'm not quite sure who they were, but they looked dark, evil and couldn't die. And they rode on horses. They followed Bakura around and did his bidding. ^ ~ Heh. You want dirty little erotic images, just wait till the next chapter!

 

Sparx539
Oh, no, please! Repeat yourself! Go ahead! Heh. I'm so glad you liked the fic! I loves it when reviewers loves the fic. ^ ^ Yay! Awesome. I'll look for your review on the next chapter! So, who's your favorite pairing? If it's KaibaXJounouchi then, you're in luck! That's pretty much the whole next chapter. ^ ^ Heh. Brilliant. Aw, you're to kind. Hee hee. PS: I take it you like Spyro?

 

Sakayora
*big teary googly eyes* Ooohh!! Cookie of my dreams!!! *gobbles it in .2 seconds flat* Oh, here, you can have a crumb. It was delicious! Yay! Wow, you're right. I'm almost over 300! Wow… Heh. And, don't worry about Jou. He's got good stuff coming to `em. Hehehe. Kaiba will make him happy. *snorts* Bwahahaha!!! *cough* cough* Yo, hand over the milk. I got cookie in my throat. Wait, what's that? There's no milk?! Ahhh!!! It's punishment for taking so long in updating!?!? Ahhhh!!! I'm sorry!! I'm so sorry!!!! Whaaa!!!

 

Loar5
Ooh!! Interesting name! Where'd it come from? Reminds me of… A sci/fi fantasy movie or something. KaibaXJou, eh? Yeah, I likes them. So many possibilities! Although, I gotta say, BakuraXRyou are still my number one favorite. ^ ^ Hope you like this chapter too!

 

Tristan Daniel Taylor
*holds finger to mouth* Shhhhhh!!! Yes, you are. I'm not really here. It's all in your head. ^ ^ Heh, heh. (And don't worry, you don't get Anzu. I've better stuff in store for you ^ ~ )

 

Velvetina
Ah! You've discovered my one weakness! The reviewers! Agh!! Eh? Shwah? Illness? What illness? Ah?! No! Not my favorite reviewer! What's wrong?! I hope it's nothing serious. Hope you feel better. I can email you what I have so far for chapter 31 if you want, but it's all pretty much just smut. It's not till the //very// end of the chapter that the set up story plot for arc 2 comes out. And I haven't typed that part up yet. ~ ~ Really, though, I hope it's nothing serious! Hope to hear from you again!

 

RyousGirl567
Yoh! Long time! Yeah, don't feel bad about not visiting MM in awhile. I've been neglecting it too. *sigh* Heh, and of course Kaiba wouldn't chase after Jounouchi. He's far too proud. So, it had to be Jou to make the first move. Heehee. And we all saw where that got him. ^ ^ Yeah, Ryou is so cute. As always. And like always, Bakura is being a punk ass. Hahaha! Oh, and I haven't forgotten about your fic. I'm still going to read it. I got a nice, little note on my desktop reminding me to go read it. As soon as I get some time, I'll be off doing that, but for now… I got a con to get ready for!

 

Here I come A-kon!!!