Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Return of the Demon ❯ D-Mag Busts Out ( Chapter 6 )

Xpyne: Heh heh heh heh. For those of you wondering what the hell "D-Mag Busts Out" means--heehee--I made that up. D-Mag is code for Dark Magician. I've made up "gangster" code names for all the main Yugioh characters.

Bakura: Don't sound so proud of yourself; they're stupid!

Xpyne: You're just mad because yours is 'Big Whitey'.

Solitaire: We have to have code names because Xpyne's ten year old brother--

Xpyne: Who loves his "Big sister!"-- ::nudges Mokuba::

Solitaire: ::rolls eyes:: --is a big fat eavesdropper. He makes the box from his Yugi Starter Deck (with the picture of Yami on it) hit on my Kaiba Starter Deck box...

Xpyne: He knows too much... O.O`

Seto: I don't let my little brother overhear me talking dirty about Yami and Yugi.

Mokuba: Yeah, I just have to see it! PDA is not OK. >____<

Seto: O_o`

Solitaire: Anyway (we say that way too much), oh yeah, congratulations to Dai-onna, who's finally legally old enough to read this stuff. ^_~ Buuuut Xpyne's not there yet.

Xpyne: Shut up! ^_^ Because her birthday was a little while ago, and because we like her stories so much, and `cause she actually sent us an e-mail... I've got a birthday present for you!! Yugi, explain it to her.

Yugi: Xpyne thinks she's a good artist (yeah, she's got a big head, and Solitaire doesn't help with all her flattery), so she's offering you your choice of one scene. It can be anything--from your mind, from a story, whatever--and she will draw it for you. Just...let's try and keep this rated R or less, okay? ^_~

Solitaire: She IS really really good. She drew me a picture from this chapter (which I would be happy to share with everyone, if I had an effing scanner!), and it had me cracking up--

Xpyne: --it was supposed to be funny-- stop looking at me like that, Seto! --

Seto: >_<

Solitaire: Oh well, looks like I may have to make a trip to Kinkos... Oh, and by the way, Dai, we saw your painting of Yami and Seto and really liked it!

Xpyne: Perhaps you are wondering how you will ever be able to see this picture I will draw for you. I will go to Kinkos...~_~ and hope no one I know works there.

Solitaire: And thanks to Sailor Comet who put us on her favorite stories list!

Xpyne: (HINT HINT to anyone else who likes our story.) And thanks to Lady Kaiba, whose review was really funny!

Solitaire: I know we said we were using American names, but I changed my mind. Big surprise. ::snickers:: And Xpyne wrote the part with the duel, but some of the rules have been "adjusted".

Xpyne: ::gapes indignantly:: Everything is correct, `cept I let the duelists pick up two cards instead of one. I know how to play. My eavesdropping brother taught me!

Yami: You can't play very well...

Yugi: She can too! She schooled that eight year old Asian boy across the street!

Xpyne: Yeah! And he was smack talkin' me, too! And he had a BEWD! My best card (okay, my brother's best card) is Dark Magician, or D-Mag, as I like to call him. ^_^

Solitaire: Alright, if you're done ego trippin'... Let's see, who will it be today? ::looks around at her possible victims indecisively:: Ryou?

Ryou: No! You hurt me!!

Xpyne: ::in Ryou voice, imitating him from the Yami B episode:: Do it!

Ryou: ::sighs:: Xpyne and Solitaire do not own Yugioh, but they do own the inventive nicknames for the cast.

Solitaire: Hey! I claim NO responsibility for those. I'm embarrassed to say them.

Ryou: ::rolls eyes:: I can't believe you're calling me 'Little Whitey'. Xpyne says you can use her names, only if you credit her with them, and notify her, because she wants to know who on earth would want to use her code names.

Seto: ::cautiously:: What's mine?

Xpyne: ~____~ ... umm... 'S-Dog'.

Seto: ............. You're an idiot. ::scowls::

Yami: S-Dog...? ::grins evilly:: I think I'm going to start calling you that.

Seto: You'd better fucking not.

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Chapter 6 - D-Mag Busts Out

Kaiba returned to the backyard to see Honda and his brother were dueling now. He was proud to note that Mokuba was kicking the other boy's butt. Yami was watching with an amused smirk. Tea was cheering Mokuba on and teasing Honda about getting schooled by a ten year old. Joey was foolishly trying to impress Mai by giving Honda pointers, but it wasn't working--for Mai or Honda. Seto frowned as he realized one member of the group was missing.

"Where's Ryou Bakura?"

The corner of Mai's mouth turned up as she glanced back over her shoulder at their host. "His Yami dragged him off through those trees about ten minutes ago."

Seto blinked. "He's not going to hurt him, is he? I don't want any dead bodies on my property." He cringed at how that came out.

Honda snickered from up on the dueling podium.

This threw the young billionaire off. "What? What aren't you guys telling me?"

Tea made a noise of irritation. "Honda, you are so immature. Ryou and Bakura are...together," she explained, emphasizing the last word.

It took Seto a second to get exactly what she meant, and when he did, he made a face. "I don't want anyone having sex on my property, either." Yami shot him a look that seemed to say "Anyone?" It was all Kaiba could do to keep a straight face.

Seriously, though, the idea of Bakura and Ryou having sex in his woods disturbed him, but hell if he was going to break it up with a ten foot pole. He scanned those present for a suitable victim. <Joey.>

"Joey! Go break up Ryou and Yami Bakura."

"Whaa? No way!" Joey looked panicked. Kaiba closed his eyes and dropped his head shaking it. His eyes snapped open to stare Joey down.

"Come now, it should be easy for even a scared dog to scatter a pair of 'rabbits'," he smirked. Joey shook with rage.

"I ain't no scared dog! And I ain't no lap dog either! Fetch your own 'rabbits'!"

"Joey!" Mai smacked him on the head. "Don't be such a baby. We're his guests, remember? I'll go," she huffed. She started off into the trees. Joey looked torn for a moment, until he clamored off after Mai.

"I can't let you face the visual trauma alone!"

"Kaiba," Yami said quietly. The billionaire regarded him warily.

<What happened to calling me 'Seto'?>

"I am not in the habit of being friends with 'scared dogs'. Perhaps you would do well not to insult me by insinuating otherwise." His voice was calm and low so only Kaiba would hear him, but his flashing ruby eyes relayed his anger. This display of loyalty and affection for Joey only caused Seto's jealousy and hate of the blonde to increase.

He narrowed his dark blue eyes and gritted his teeth. A vision of a regal Yami, his ear always bent to his annoying blonde friend, flashed through his mind. Or was it a memory?

"I have never understood how Joey has been in your high opinion all these years, but I have never been able to tolerate him."

\\ 'All these years'? Yugi has only known Joey for one... \\ He let it slide. "Ah, so now I know what you were referring to in the helicopter last night. That which you cannot do? How humbling it must be, to have Joey be your weakness," Yami taunted. Kaiba's jaw dropped.

<He can't turn this on me! How dare he! --Wait a minute, he heard that??> Kaiba clenched his jaw and stepped into the dark one's personal space, forcing the shorter boy to look up at him. "Maybe you'd like to settle this with a duel," he seethed.

Arrogant smirk on his face, Yami closed the minuscule distance between them, pressing his hips to Seto's thighs. "Are we dueling in the arena or the bedroom?" Seto backed away scowling and crossed his arms.

"Don't try to manipulate me!" <Damn him, he turned me on! No! I'm mad at him!>

Honda, Tea, and Mokuba all looked towards the pair when they heard Kaiba shout.

"Big brother?" Mokuba inquired curiously.

Without breaking eye contact with Yami, he called up to his brother. "Mokuba, finish the duel. Yami and I have something to settle."

The black haired boy was confused, but shrugged. He turned his attention to Honda once more. "I play this magic card: Ookazi!" Honda gaped as his remaining life points fell to zero.

"That's not fair! Your brother has hundreds of cards at his disposal, and you can use any that you want! I've never even heard of that card!"

Tea covered her mouth and tried to stifle her giggling. "Face it, Honda--Mokuba's just way better than you are at this game. Don't feel too bad; he is Seto Kaiba's little brother."

Grumbling, the teen stepped down from the arena podium, Seto and Yami taking his and Mokuba's places.

Yami pulled his deck from his pocket. Drawing his first five cards, he peered over his hand at Seto. "This will make it twice I've beaten you, Kaiba. Not counting the time Yugi and I let you win, of course."

Seto gripped the sides of the console tightly. He was livid, but he didn't honestly want to insult Yami; despite the fact that he was seriously pissing him off, he still loved him. Instead, he remained outwardly calm, refusing to give the multi colored hair boy the reaction he was looking for. He let his faze fall indifferently to the cards in his hand. "The first move is yours, Yami."

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Joey stumbled after Mai, trying not to trip over any tree roots or get smacked in the face by any branches.

"Seriously, Mai, I don't think we wanna walk in on whatever they're prob'ly doin'. Let's just tell that jerk Kaiba we couldn't find them. I'm sure they'll come back soon."

Mai dismissed him with a wave of her hand. "I don't think they would do anything here."

Joey stared at her as if she had grown a second head. "Are you nuts?! This is Bakura we're talkin' about here. What he did ta me yesterday before you an' Honda finally showed up--" His mouth snapped shut. Mai drastically slowed her pace and turned around, continuing to walk backwards as she faced Joey.

"What? What did he do to you, Joseph?"

<Me an' my big mouth.> Joey thought.

"Joey, what did Bakura do?"

The blonde boy shook his head. Main raised an eyebrow. "That bad, huh? Well, it couldn't have been worse than what Honda and I did see."

Joey remained silent and refused to meet her gaze. Mai's eyes widened.

"Oh my god, it WAS worse. What did he do??" She was becoming adamant by now.

Joey's head snapped up. <Not talkin' don' work either?!> "It wasn't worse--how could it be worse? Don't worry about it," he laughed nervously.

"Well, for one thing, he could have felt you up," she teased. The look on his face would have told her everything, if she had seen it. But she didn't, as right at that moment, her dangerously thin spiked heels caught on a fallen tree branch and sent her sprawling.

"Ahh--Omph!"

"Mai, are you okay?" She glared up at him.

"I'm in the mud, my ankle hurts, and I broke the heel of my favorite boots! Do I look okay to you?!"

"Maybe you should look where you're goin', den," he grinned at her. She made an angry noise of frustration. Then she held her wrist out daintily, and waited.

"Well?? Aren't you going to help me up!?!"

"Oh!" Joey ignored her proffered limb and grabbed her waist, hauling her to her feet by her hips. "Sorry," he apologized, holding her steady against him. Her arms wrapped around his neck for support. She tried to look displeased at his lack of chivalry. It shouldn't have been hard to frown when her ankle hurt and her outfit was ruined, but somehow, in Joey's arms, she couldn't quite manage.

"I--I didn't mean ta leave you hangin' there, Mai, but I wasn't sure you wanted my help," he began.

<Huh? Why wouldn't I want his help?>

"You're such a strong and independent person, you know. I didn't wanna insult ya by treatin' ya like a 'damsel in distress'."

"Thank you, Joey. For finally seeing me the way I strive to be." She smiled. "But even strong and independent women fall in distress sometimes." She leaned in closer to him, her hands slipping into his hair. His eyes closed.

"What is going on here?" a loud, cynical voice called. Joey's eyes popped open and Mai backed out of his embrace guiltily, glaring at the intruder.

"Nothing, you perverted creep! Get your mind out of the gutter!" Mai yelled.

Bakura was walking by casually, Ryou slung over his shoulder. As he passed them, he remarked, "Didn't look like 'nothing' to me." Mai threw a stick at Yami Bakura.

"Ow!"

Mai winced. "Sorry, Ryou."

"C'mon." Joey draped Mai's arm around his shoulders and they followed the two white haired boys. When they reached the clearing again, they found Yami and Seto in the middle of a heated duel.

"Whoa! What's goin' on here?" the blonde boy wondered aloud.

"Joey!" Tea squealed. "Yami is proving he is as true a friend as Yugi! He's dueling Kaiba to defend your name!"

"Huh?" Joey's jaw dropped. Honda stepped in and explained.

"Uh, well, it's like this: Yami got mad at Kaiba for calling you a dog and said something, and then Kaiba yelled somethin' about manipulation and challenged him to a duel. The stakes are Yami wins, Kaiba can't call you a canine anymore; Kaiba wins, Yami has to 'perform a favor' for him, whatever that means." Joey didn't like the sound of that.

"Go Yami! Wipe da floor with Kaiba!"

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Yugi hopped out of the car as soon as it stopped and ran towards the backyard. Solomon hurried after him.

"Yugi! Slow down; I'm not that young anymore, you know."

"Sorry Gramps!" He ran back to his grandpa. <How can I be so thoughtless?!> he berated himself.

\ Yami? \

\\ ...'De-spell' took away the 300 point power up 'Dark Energy' gave my King of Yamimakai-- bringing his attack points back down to 2000, which would be enough to go head to head with his Swordstalker--if it didn't receive the field power bonus from this meadow field! This trap card in my hand could have helped me--if only I could play it. Grrr. \\ Yami growled as his creature was destroyed. Yugi mentally peeked through their link to see Yami's hand.

\ Mostly magic cards. 'Castle Walls', 'Book of Secret Arts', and the fairy 'Gyakutenno Megami'. Hmm. \ Yami drew two more cards. \ A dark field magic card, and...Summoned Skull! \

::THUMP::

"Ow!" Yugi blinked and rubbed his head. He'd been so absorbed in Yami's duel, he'd walked into a tree. His grandpa paused and looked back at him.

"Yugi? Are you all right? You've been walking beside me in an unresponsive daze until just now when you hit that tree. I was beginning to worry."

"I'm so sorry, Grandpa! You see, I was linked with Yami just then." The small boy rubbed his forehead again. "I should really stand still when I do that."

"I'd say!" Solomon agreed. He was still getting used to the idea that Yugi could telepathically communicate with an ancient spirit through the puzzle he'd given him.

"Can we wait here a minute? I want to tell Yami we're here." Dipping back into their link, Yugi could see Yami had defeated the Swordstalker with Summoned Skull, laid face down 'Castle Walls', and picked up the 'Celtic Guardian' and the 'Ancient Elf'. Who was he playing? Yugi reached further into Yami's mind. \ Kaiba?! Why? This doesn't seem like a friendly match--Yami's going all out! \

Yugi snapped back to reality and led his grandpa as quickly as he could towards Kaiba's dueling arena. When they came into view, Yugi could see that 'Judge Man' had just attacked 'Gyakutenno Megami' in defense mode. While Judge Man's attack of 2200 should have destroyed the fairy, whose defense points were only 2000, a Castle Wall erected around her, shielding her easily from the assault, but only for one turn.

On Yami's turn, he played the Dark Field card. Inky blackness crept over the field, swallowing the duelists and the playing field, bathing everything in dark purplish shadows and powering up Summoned Skull, which then vanquished Kaiba's monster. Seto merely smirked.

"A loss that doesn't even faze me. Prepare yourself, Yami, for the legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon!!" The dragon roared, and its white hide gleamed in the surrounding darkness. BEWD obliterated 'Summoned Skull', despite his field bonus.

\\ Hunh! What can I do?? \\

\ There's a card in our deck that can defeat the Blue Eyes, once it's been equipped! \

\\ Yugi? How long have you been back? Is Grandpa with you? \\

\ Like, ten minutes already, thanks for noticing. And yeah, he's here. Why are you fighting Seto? \

The brunette could tell Yami was suddenly distracted. He then noticed Yugi and Solomon standing to the side of the arena.

"Please, Yami, try and defeat me without pointers from Yugi?" he mocked.

Yami's full attention snapped on him and the dark one scowled.

\\ Because he called Joey a dog again! \\

\ Oh. Can't he just apologize and then we can all go make out? \

\\ You suggest that to him. And now, Yugi, I must trust in the cards-- \\

\ You can do it! \

Yami opened his eyes to stare at the card he'd drawn. He smirked.

"I call upon the Dark Magician, equipped with the Book of Secret Arts!"

Kaiba scowled. "That's still only 2800 attack points. My dragon is greater!

The field glowed and shimmered in the shape of a man as the very sky crackled like thunder and split in a blinding slit.

"You forget. He also gets a dark field power bonus! Making him more than enough to--" Yami's jaw dropped. Seto's did as well. Yugi looked bewildered.

"There's TWO of 'em?!?" Honda stated incredulously.

Kaiba blinked. "There must be something wrong with the holographic modulator. The reference beam must be out of phase, distorting the interference pattern. Or maybe the diffraction grating--"

"Yeah, right!" Joey hollered. "Creepy Kaiba prob'ly built a fail-safe inta his machine that activates when someone plays a card that can beat his Blue Eyes White Dragon!"

Seto speared the blonde with a death glare. "Don't be an idiot. Fine, Yami, destroy my Blue Eyes. It's not like I don't have two more." He crossed his arms and scowled.

"Uh..." Yami glanced at each of the twin monsters on his side of the field. "Dark Magician--dark magic attack!"

Both Dark Magicians raised their staffs and took aim at the dragon across the arena. The holographic Blue Eyes roared, seemingly indignant, as it shattered into thousands of pieces. At the same time, a chunk was taken out of the wall of the arena. The resulting shockwave knocked Kaiba from the dueling podium, and he landed on the grass with a thud.

"Seto!" Yugi cried, rushing to his side. He helped the brunette into a sitting position. Yami wore a horrified expression.

"Seto?" he breathed, any lingering anger completely forgotten.

"Oh my gosh, Kaiba, are you okay?" exclaimed Tea.

"What the heck was that?!" Honda asked.

Kaiba held his head, grumbling. "I don't know; that's never happened before." He started to get to his feet when Yugi offered him a hand. The taller boy was about to wave him away when he realized that might hurt Yugi's feelings. Seto still wasn't quite used to taking other people's emotions into consideration before he acted; except for in Mokuba's case, it was new for him.

<Yugi is so kind and caring, I'm sure he'll keep me in line.>

Standing once more, he smiled down at the tri colored hair teen and squeezed his hand. He couldn't risk anything more affectionate with everyone, Grandpa included, staring at them. Nevertheless, even the small gesture caused Yugi's face to light up. Seto released him reluctantly and stepped over to the arena, inspecting the damage.

"Something must have gone wrong with the circuitry--a system overload, perhaps..." he mused. Turning to Yami, he declared, "We can finish the game with my dueling disks."

Shaking his head, Yami began collecting his cards from the console. "This duel is over, Seto. I will not risk any more harm coming to you."

Tea's eyebrows shot up. Glancing at Honda, she mouthed, " 'Seto'?" Honda shrugged.

Kaiba frowned. People didn't just 'stop' in the middle of a duel! If he and Yami didn't finish, how were they supposed to know who won?? His competitive spirit got the best of him, and he couldn't stop himself from snapping, "What's the matter, Yami? Afraid you'll lose?"

The pharaoh snorted, giving the brunette a look that said, 'What are you, on crack?' He removed his Dark Magician from the field, and with a second startling flash of lightning accompanying its departure, both magicians were gone. Yami stepped down from his dueling podium and Seto had opened his mouth to say something when Yugi tugged him down to his level and whispered in his ear, probably something having to do with apologizing and then going to make out.

The young billionaire looked torn. His eyes darted from Yugi to Yami to Joey. With a growl of frustration, he gave in and approached Joey. The blonde eyed him warily.

After almost a full minute of glaring at the other boy, Kaiba forced the words out grudgingly. "I'm sorry for calling you a scared dog. Again. And for calling you a Chihuahua." He glanced back at Yugi, who crossed his arms and gave him a stern look. Seto sighed. "And for calling you 'idiot' and 'moron'." He turned to Yugi again. "Anything else?" he inquired a bit sarcastically.

Yami cleared his throat and jerked his head in Bakura's direction. Kaiba rolled his eyes. "And for trying to send you after those two." He gestured at the pair of white haired boys.

Bakura, who had been watching this whole exchange carefully, suddenly guessed what was going on. Cackling evilly, he made a "whoo-psh" noise while acting as if cracking an invisible whip. No one got the full meaning of his action except for Seto and Yami, who both glared death at him.

Completely unfazed by the two, Bakura turned to Yugi's grandpa disdainfully. "Ah, Solomon, is it? I don't believe you've met little Yugi's yami--" He grabbed Yami and shoved him at the older man. The corner of his mouth turned up. "I've heard he's been teaching your grandson all kinds of new things... Why don't you ask him about it, hmm?"

Yami's eyes were wide as Solomon smiled at him expectantly. Yugi was scarlet with mortification. Bakura's barely stifled maniacal laughter was cut off abruptly as Kaiba grabbed him by the collar and hauled him away from the others. Joey could be heard trying to buy Yami some time.

"Uh, hey Gramps! You should'a seen me in Duelist Kingdom--I won a Red Eyes Black Dragon, an'--"

About ten yards off, Bakura struggled out of the brunette's grasp. "Get your hands off of me!" he snarled, angry that he was missing the scene he'd caused.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Seto demanded, trying to keep his voice low.

The platinum haired fiend shrugged innocently. "I do so hate to see secrets between family members..."

Seto narrowed his eyes at him. "That's none of your business."

Bakura made a rude noise. "Like it's any of yours? Oh wait, I guess it will be as soon as Yugi ditches the old man, hmm?" He grinned.

"Don't you have anything better to do?" hissed Seto, struggling not to blush.

"Well, I tried that before and you sent a search party after me..." Kaiba made a face and opened his mouth to make a retort when Bakura whipped around and shouted, "Shut up, Ryou! .....Since when? .....No, I d--" He broke off suddenly and turned back to the young billionaire with a grin that made him extremely uneasy.

"Good news, Kaiba. I've found something else to occupy myself with."

Seto's eyes darted nervously between Ryou and his yami. Seeing the look, Bakura rolled his eyes. "Don't worry, I'm not going to fuck Ryou again," he remarked snidely. As he ran off, almost gleefully, Seto grimaced.

<'Again'?>

Walking casually back to the group, he stood at Mokuba's side with a hand on his shoulder as everyone sweatdropped watching Grandpa ask Yami 10 million questions, ranging from "what are you?" to "why don't you have a white undershirt?" to "where did you get that black eye?" The former pharaoh shot Seto a pleading look.

After letting Yami squirm for a few moments longer, Seto bent and whispered in his brother's ear. "Ten bucks if you distract everyone."

His sibling glanced up at him smugly. "Hey!" Mokuba shouted unexpectedly, causing the whole gang to stare at him. "Let's go swimming!"

Yugi's eyes lit up. "Yes, please, can we, Grandpa?"

Solomon shook his head. "We've been gone too long already. We need to get back to the game shop, Yugi."

\\ <Oh no. Now Solomon's done it.> \\

Yugi's large amethyst eyes grew shiny and pleading, and his lower lip quivered ever so slightly. Yami was about to run to his side and offer him whatever he wanted--until he remembered just in time the puppy dog eyes were focused on Grandpa, not him.

"Can't we stay with our new friends just a little longer?" He bowed down. "Please?"

"Seto Kaiba is no friend of mine!" Grandpa glared evilly at the taller man. Then his expression softened. "But if it is what you desire, Yugi, how can I refuse?" he smiled, ruffling his grandson's hair. "After all, you did save half the people here's lives!"

Everyone sighed in relief. No one wanted to see Grandpa angry! Yami, especially, was glad for the eased tension. He wasn't completely up to date on modern sentiments, but he figured grandfathers still didn't take well to older men making love to their teenage grandsons...

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At first Yugi had been extremely grateful Mokuba had suggested swimming and distracted everyone... But now, standing in the poolside changing room with a pair of borrowed trunks, he was beginning to realize what swimming would entail.

<First off, exposing my pale, too-skinny, muscleless chest to the girls and ::gulp:: Seto. Secondly, being wet and half naked in Seto's presence. Third, Seto and Yami will be wet and half naked, too.> He blushed, imagining the weird looks everyone would give him when they observed him drooling over his two loves.

He reluctantly slid off his pants and boxers and pulled on the dark purple swim shorts. It was amazing that the Kaibas had so many bathing suits--even bikinis for the ladies--at their house. <Whatever. I'm not looking into that one.> He frowned, removing his jacket and white short sleeved shirt. Next off was his leather buckled top, and he shivered when the air hit his nude chest. He left his puzzle hanging around his neck and was about to leave, when as an afterthought, he slipped on a small black t-shirt he spotted laying on the bench in the stall. Feeling less self conscious, he exited the little room to see Joey, Honda, Mokuba, Seto, and Tea out and dressed and waiting.

Yugi casually let his gaze slide over Seto, taking in the pristine white trunks he wore, bare, muscled chest and arms, light skin, chiseled abs... <Don't drool don't drool don't drool...> ...and smirk?! The smaller boy blushed, realizing he'd been caught checking Seto out.

Just then Bakura emerged, half dragging Ryou, who was also still wearing a t-shirt. Ryou plopped down into a lounge chair and sighed, beginning to lather his fair skin with sunscreen. Bakura just rolled his eyes and let him be. Yugi was not so lucky.

"What's with the shirt, Yugi? Afraid your boyfriends like a little more meat on their mates?"

Yugi turned crimson, but no one noticed, as all attention was now on the sputtering, cursing tomb raider in the pool.

"You--you pushed me! You'll pay for tha-- No Ryou--yes...no...fuck off! ...okay, okay." He glared up at Seto as he tread water. The brunette was doing his best to look innocent. "I'm not killing you today, Kaiba," he spat, giving Ryou a dirty look.

A feminine voice clearing her throat caught everyone's attention again.

"How do I look?" Yugi almost laughed at the way Joey was drooling at Mai in a red bikini until he remembered he'd done the same thing when he'd seen Kaiba.

"G-g-good," Joey managed.

Honda gave her a thumbs up. "Mm-hm!"

The Kaibas nodded their approval.

"You look great, Mai!" Tea enthused. Mai smiled.

"Thanks, everybody. But what are we waiting for?" She brought a finger to her chin thoughtfully. "I guess Yami Bakura isn't!"

"We're waiting for Yami!" Mokuba declared.

\ Yami? \

\\ Grrr. \\

\ What's the matter? \

\\ I look ridiculous. \\

\ Oh please. Come on out, Yami. \

\\ But... \\

\ Seto's half dressed... \

Yami stepped out of his stall immediately. He looked Seto up and down, sizing him up. Blood red eyes met ice blue ones, the challenge in them evident. Seto resisted the urge to blush under the obvious scrutiny.

\\ We never did finish out duel. \\

\ Don't start! \ Yugi giggled. Yami looked anything but ridiculous. Out of character? Maybe. Extremely hot? Definitely. But ridiculous? No way. \ You look good, Yami. \ He smiled.

\\ You look...overdressed. \\

By now, the gang had all jumped into Seto's Olympic sized pool, except for Ryou and Grandpa, who declined the offer to swim, Yugi, Yami, and the elder Kaiba.

"Aibou, take off that shirt and let's swim." Yami hadn't been swimming since his last lifetime, and he was eager. Pink tinged Yugi's cheeks slightly as he recalled Bakura's words, which rung too true for his tastes. Yami had missed this, but Seto realized Yugi was embarrassed a bit.

<I can't believe this diminutive god is embarrassed of his body! I'm going to strangle Yami Bakura and feed him to my hounds half alive!! How dare his pasty hide insult my precious angel!!!> Seto's eyes widened at the fervor of his own thoughts. <Calm down!>

"I-I'm just gonna swim like this." Yami quirked an eyebrow. Why was his love being so shy?

It was killing Seto to see Yugi uncomfortable and even the slightest bit unhappy. He closed the distance separating them and stood between the pool and the small boy, so his friends couldn't see him draw his hand seductively over Yugi's side.

"You should strip down, beautiful; it's torture not to see you bare again." Yugi turned bright red, but complied. Yami chuckled--until he saw his little one in the bright sunlight. The teen was covered in purplish black and blue marks. Yugi didn't even seem aware. He simply jumped in after his friends, laughing. Judging by the look on Seto's face, he'd seen the bruises, too.

"Who the hell touched him?!" he hissed at the pharaoh. Yami shook his head.

"The past few days have been rough...?"

Bakura, who was swimming beside Yugi, decided he valued his perfect teeth enough to leave the suspected love triangle issue alone for a while. He grinned evilly. But he could always press other buttons...

"Hmm, Yami, it appears I'm not the only one who has beaten their light lately."

Yugi paused, treading water to look at himself, not quite understanding. Seeing all the discolored marks on himself, he blushed. He knew Bakura's words were false, but he couldn't help feeling guilty, like it was his own fault he'd hurt himself.

Yami, seething at the tomb raider's words, felt Yugi's shame through their link and it infuriated him. "I do not beat my light," he stared icily. But everyone was staring at Yugi, sweatdropping. The petite teen swam to the edge and pulled himself out of the pool. Ostensibly calm, he desperately just wanted to cover up the ugly marks that littered his body and drew everyone's attention. Reaching for his towel to pull it up against his body, a wrinkled hand stopped him.

"Let me see, grandson."

"It's nothing."

Solomon gently pushed his arms down and everyone stared at Yugi. His grandfather scowled.

"How did you get these?" He sent a suspicious glare in Yami and Seto's direction. Yami stiffened, and Seto's eyes narrowed, fists shaking. Yugi sighed. He pointed to a large purplish one on his smooth stomach.

"This is where Honda accidentally punched me." His finger traveled higher to a bluish black one on his upper chest. "This is where Bakura kicked me." Then some smaller bruises on his side. "I landed on some rocks in the 'graveyard'," he held up his elbow for inspection, "and I bumped my arm on the edge of a dueling podium."

"Yami! You kicked him?!" Ryou swatted at his dark, who had exited the pool to watch the show. Bakura only smiled.

"He deserved it."

"What about this one?" Solomon had spotted another mark on Yugi's back. The boy shrugged.

"Must have been when I landed on Ryou--" He turned to the other light. "Sorry about that."

"Apology accepted."

"::cough::Wuss::cough::" Everyone glared at Bakura. "I had something in my throat?"

Grandpa's eyes narrowed. "Explain these." He pointed to ten symmetrical blackish bruises, five on each hip, arranged in a pattern of four in a row and the 5th a few inches from them. Yugi sweatdropped.

\ You did make those... \

"I fell on a lot of rocks in the Shadow Realm," he lied. Grandpa's eyes darted from the various smaller, as-of-yet unexplained marks that Yugi sported, including those which could only be categorized as hickeys.

\ <What am I supposed to say-- "Grandpa, I got those during rough sex last night"??> \

\\ Was I too rough on you?? \\ Concern and guilt were evident in Yami's mental tone.

\ No! I liked it... ::mental smirk:: a lot. \

"Yugi?" Grandpa's expectant voice penetrated his thoughts. The light blurted out the best excuse he could think of.

"I don't know what they're all from--the little ones. They were just there when I woke up from the Shadow Realm," he offered. \ <There. It's no one's fault. They magically appeared.> \

"Kaiba!!" Solomon shouted.

"What?" he answered, confused. <Senile much?>

"You did half of this then! I knew I should never have let you leave with his body last night! I warned you about harming my grandson--"

"Grandpa, Seto didn't do anything to me," Yugi soothed.

"How can you be so sure?! You were unconscious, under his care, and you say you woke up battered!" Yugi shook his head and pinched the bridge of his small nose.

"Trust me, Grandpa, Seto Kaiba would not hurt me while I was defenseless or at any other time because we are friends and we care about each other."

Tea looked close to tears, hearing Yugi recite a friendship speech. Ryou and Honda were all smiles, while Mai and Bakura made gagging gestures and Mokuba grinned.

<Big brother has a true friend! I'm glad they hooked it up!>

Joey looked in greater disbelief than Grandpa. <Kaiba?? Care about someone? I hope Yuug knows what he's doin'--puttin' that much faith in 'im.>

Grandpa looked incompletely convinced, but he relented. "All right, Yugi. I'm sorry to have doubted Kaiba--just try and be careful?"

Yugi nodded. \ Crisis averted. Whew! \

The rest of the afternoon consisted of Seto playing Marco Polo, water volleyball, and other various aquatic games with his little brother and anyone else who dared. Yugi and Yami sat together looking like a pair of zombies as they conversed mentally, before eventually joining the others in the water. Tea sunbathed on and off with Mai, and Ryou tried to catch up on some much needed sleep. Solomon eventually went back to the mansion, claiming he was getting too much sun and wasn't fond of swimming. Seto called up a servant on his cell phone and told his to show Solomon how to work the tv and to bring him any refreshments he desired.

There was little tension in the air as the gang was just enjoying relaxing for a change, the stress of Duelist Kingdom behind them. Until Bakura decided the games everyone was playing were far too boring--what was the fun when one had to follow 'rules' to score 'points'? He much preferred his own method of entertainment, which consisted of sneaking up on unsuspecting saps and holding their heads under water.

The fiend found it highly amusing, discovering what a fuss everyone made when he shoved Yugi under for the first time. That annoying little twit Tea scolded him for attacking Yugi unprovoked; Joey started to tell him to pick on someone his own size when, realizing he himself fit that description, he shut up and swam as far away from Bakura as possible. Solomon upbraided him indignantly, and Yugi's overprotective boyfriends became furious, but were really no menace. Kaiba couldn't do anything without revealing a little more to Solomon about his intentions toward his grandson than he wanted to; and to avoid Yami, all he had to do was swim out past where the diminutive sovereign's feet could touch bottom.

After that, he was watched like a hawk whenever he got within a three foot radius of Yugi, and was forced to leave him alone. Mokuba was similarly off limits, as after his third dunking, Seto casually mentioned to Bakura that if he touched his brother again, he just might have to let Mokuba see if his Millennium ring was microwave safe. The girls scratched too much, and Kaiba was dangerously larger than him. That left Honda, Joey, and Yami to torture.

The little pharaoh was hard to sneak up on, but the delightfully threatening looks Kaiba gave him every time Yami came up sputtering made it worth it. Of course Joey, by far, was Bakura's favorite victim. The way the blonde fought and thrashed was extremely humorous, not to mention how he would come up choking and cursing, hair plastered to his face.

It was great fun until Joey decided he'd had enough and, unexpectedly, grabbed Bakura and shoved him below the surface. Caught off guard, the snowy haired boy didn't have a chance to hold his breath, inadvertently inhaling some water on the way.

Oblivious, Joey jeered the malicious yami as he held him under. "Yeah, how da'ya like that? S'not so funny when it's you, huh?"

Underwater, Bakura began to panic for what was probably the first time in 5000 years. Terrified and furious at his loss of control, he clawed and fought against Joey desperately.

\\ Ryou!! Wake up, damn it! Make him stop! I can't breathe! \\

With a worried expression, Ryou stood from his pool chair, rubbing his eyes sleepily. "Joey let him up. He can't breathe."

Joey scoffed. "What, an' I've got gills?"

Bakura's chest burned from lack of oxygen, and he took a breath reflexively, earning himself a lungful of water.

\\ Ryou, please--! \\

"Katsuya Jounochi, let him up right NOW!"

Surprised, Joey immediately released the tomb raider as he and everyone else stared at Ryou.

\ Yami? \ All Ryou heard through their link was silence. \ ...Yami?! \ He blanched. "He--he's not answering me!" \ Yami!!! \ He rushed to the edge of the pool, where Bakura remained motionless in the water. "Well don't just stand there!" he yelled at his horror-struck friends. "Pull him out! He's going to die!!"

Honda figured now wasn't the time to speculate aloud whether yamis could really die. With the help of Seto and Honda, Ryou pulled Bakura out of the pool and laid him on the cement.

"He's not breathing!" Turning to Yugi, he grabbed him by the shoulders, at the point of hysteria. "I can't--I can't reach him through our link!!" Yugi paled. "Someone has to do CPR! I--I don't know how!"

The tri colored hair boy's eyes widened. "I kind of know how, but not really. I was sick with the flu that week we learned in health class--"

Desperate, Ryou looked to the others.

"I--I would, but I missed that lesson, too," Tea faltered. "Half the class was out with the flu..."

Honda made a face. "Don't look at me! I'm not giving mouth-to-mouth to another guy!"

Joey gaped in disbelief. "You asshole! You mean you'd let him die?!" He shoved everyone back. "Get outta the way; I drowned 'im, I'll give 'im mouth-ta-mouth." Leaning over the lifeless yami, Joey pinched his nose and took a deep breath. <He's gonna kill me for this...> Fusing his mouth to Bakura's, he exhaled into the other's lungs. Joey then sat back and, clasping his fists, pumped his chest. Everyone watched tensely as Joey bent and breathed into Bakura again.

"Oh," Tea wailed after a moment, "I don't think it's working!"

Tears streaming down his cheeks, Ryou knelt by Bakura's head, stroking his hair. \ Yami? Yami, please answer me! \

Mai punched Tea in the arm. "You're not helping!" she hissed.

Seto hated to admit it, but he was worried as well. Bakura wasn't his favorite person in the world, but he wouldn't wish him dead. Besides, he seemed to mean a lot to Ryou, and Seto knew what it was like to lose someone you love.

Joey continued pumping the white haired boy's chest, trying to restart his heart. <You bastard! Don't you dare die!> He sealed his mouth to Bakura's again. <Come on, BREATHE!>

Suddenly, Bakura coughed up water. As he choked and wheezed Joey rolled him onto his side. Bakura gasped loudly and coughed up the rest of the water from his lungs.

\\ Stop...shouting...Ryou, I'm...right here. \\

Never had anything sounded so wonderful to Ryou as those words. Weeping with relief, he threw his arms around his dark half and kissed him. He was about to pull back, realizing Bakura would probably yell at him for smothering him so soon after he started breathing again, but the fiend snaked his arms around Ryou's neck and held him in place, kissing back ravenously.

The group looked on with various degrees of discomfort, but no one said anything to interrupt them. Yugi, who could sympathize with Ryou far too closely for his liking, wrapped his arms tightly around his own yami. Seto reached over and covered Mokuba's eyes. After several minutes Bakura broke the kiss and shoved Ryou away, panting for air. His light, however, ignored the callousness of the gesture and rested his head on his chest, hugging him.

"I was afraid you were gone," Ryou sniffled. He could never tell him, but just the thought of losing his yami hurt Ryou more than any of the physical pain he'd experienced at Bakura's hands.

"Pah, you wish," Bakura retorted, glaring up at those around them on all sides. "Let's just say I have no desire to repeat that experience." As his eyes lit on Joey, they darkened with rage. "YOU--!!" He lunged at Joey, who scrambled backwards quickly, eyes wide in fear. The blonde hid behind Mai while Honda held Bakura back. It wasn't much of a struggle; he was still weak from his near drowning. Giving up in exhaustion, the tomb raider slumped to the ground and took to hurling obscene death threats at Joey in Egyptian.

Yugi poked Yami under the ribs. \ What is he saying? \ Yami frowned.

\\ I don't know if I should tell you... \\ Yugi rolled his eyes and made a noise of exasperation. Yami looked down at him.

\\ Something along the lines of 'I'll slit your throat in your sleep, you mother fucking piece of camel shit.' \\ Yugi blinked. \\ You wanted to know. \\

Joey was apparently wondering much the same thing Yugi had been, because his eyes were darting nervously between the two yamis.

"Uh, do I wanna know what he's sayin'?"

The former pharaoh shrugged with a bored expression. "Probably not. Suffice to say it's life threatening and extremely nasty." Joey glanced at Bakura, who wore a self-satisfied smirk.

"Great."

Ryou now launched himself at Joey, almost knocking him over. "Thank you so much for saving him, Joey!"

Bakura growled from his prone position. "What the hell are you thanking him for? He nearly killed me!"

"He saved your life," Seto reminded him. "He gave you mouth-to-mouth. I can't say I'd have done the same." The corner of his mouth twitched the slightest bit. The yami curled his lip and sneered at him.

"Well, I've-ve-ve had q-quite enough-gh of a-all of-f-f you," Bakura declared around his chattering teeth. With one last glare at all those present, he retreated into the ring.

Honda cleared his throat uncomfortably and looked ashamedly at Ryou. "Uh, about earlier... Look, man, I'm really sorry. I guess I kinda freaked out, there." Ryou pursed his lips and looked away, not saying anything.

After that, no one much felt like swimming anymore. It was getting cold and dark, and none of them (except Mokuba and Tea) had gotten much sleep the night before, for various reasons... As everyone began to collect their belongings and get ready to go home, Seto leaned close to the taller of his new loves.

"Is there any chance you two could spend the night?" he murmured.

"Mmm. Of course we'll stay. Let me tell Yugi."

\\ Yugi? \\

"Yugi?" Grandpa's cheerful voice ignorantly interrupted. Yugi peeked his head out of the changing room. His large amethyst eyes darted to Yami before turning to Grandpa.

"Yes?" He came out of the stall, buckling his neck strap. His coat and white shirt were hung over his arm.

"It's time to go home, grandson. We've been away from the shop too long!"

\ Yami? \

\\ Seto wanted us to stay the night. \\ The little angel looked torn as he glanced from Seto to Solomon. There was a moment's pause.

"We need to leave, Yugi."

"But..." The boy couldn't seem to think of anything to respond. With a slight quiver of his lower lip, the teen hung his head and submitted.

"Yes, Grandpa."

"I'll call a car for you," Kaiba offered in a very disappointed voice. As he did so, Yugi told Grandpa to head over without him.

"I'm just going to say goodbye to all my friends, real quick," he assured the old man.

"Alright. Just hurry!" Solomon smiled, then departed for the front of the estate.

Tea's brow furrowed a bit. "Yeah, I should be going home, too. My mom must be worried sick by now." Everyone else agreed, murmuring similar excuses. In an unexpected display of consideration, Kaiba offered the whole gang rides home.

Joey beamed and clapped a hand on Seto's shoulder. "Hey, thanks, man. See? You c'n be nice, when ya wanna!"

The brunette's eyes narrowed and flicked to his shoulder, where Joey's hand still rested.

"Don't push your luck."

Joey raised his hands in a gesture of surrender. "Touchy," he grumbled under his breath.

Yugi glanced at his other. \ Are you coming, Yami? \ His dark half smirked at him.

\\ I don't believe Grandpa said anything about me leaving. \\

Yugi's mouth opened and closed soundlessly, indignation evident in his face. \ I--but--you can't! \

Yami's face fell, concern flooding his features. \\ Do you really not want me to stay? \\

Yugi took on a resigned look. \ ...No. You can stay, Yami. \ He said it so reluctantly, the dark one couldn't help but smile.

\\ I'm sure Grandpa will let you return tomorrow. \\

Yugi gave a put on sigh, pouting a little. \ I guess so... \ Their mental conversation was interrupted by Mai waving a hand in front of the shorter boy's face.

"Hello? Earth to Yugi?"

He focused on her. "Huh?"

"We've got to go. You coming?"

He sighed. "Yeah..." He was still sore at Yami for the fact that he'd be going home alone, but he stepped into his dark's embrace anyway.

\\ Do--do you mind if I kiss you? I mean, in front of all our friends-- \\

Yugi resisted the urge to giggle; he was still supposed to be angry at Yami. \ After how Ryou and Bakura have behaved these past two days, I don't think anything we do could shock them. \

Taking this as a favorable response, Yami brought his hands up to tenderly hold his light's face and dipped down to capture his lips in a gentle but meaningful kiss. Yami coaxed his lips apart, and his questing tongue was rewarded with a moan from the smaller boy.

Pulling back, Yugi blushed fiercely and refused to look any of his friends in the eye. Seto wasn't sure whether he should be amused or jealous.

"Oh, one more thing, aibou." Yami reached into his pocket and pulled out a stack of cards. "Here is your Duel Monster's deck." Yugi took it and turned to Kaiba.

"Thanks for having us over, Seto."

The brunette smiled warmly at him. "Any time." He gave Honda and Joey an uneasy look. "...Just be sure to call, first."

Yugi wore a pained look. He desperately wanted to kiss Seto goodbye, too, but there was no way he could do this with all his friends watching him. "Um...bye, I guess..." Honda was grinning like an idiot.

"Man, Yugi, when you come out of the closet, you really slam the door! Heh--OW!" Tea, Joey, and Mai all whistled innocently, as if they hadn't just smacked the brunette doofus.

<What the fuck??> Kaiba thought, bewildered. <This is the kind of wit Yugi spends his time around? It's a wonder he doesn't go insane from lack of intelligent conversation.>

Yugi gave Seto a long-suffering smile. "I'll see you at school, Kaiba." In actuality, he was going to try and convince Grandpa to let him return as soon as possible, tomorrow hopefully, but he didn't exactly want to broadcast his plans to his friends. Seto, not knowing this, was saddened, but he tried to hide it. He nodded slowly.

"Monday, then."

With one last wave to Mokuba, Yugi turned to leave. Joey, noticing the other tri color haired boy wasn't following, scratched the back of his head, confused.

"Eh, Yami, ain't ya comin'?"

The dark one shook his head, glancing at Kaiba with a smirk. "Kaiba and I never finished our duel, earlier. You wouldn't want him to continue to think he can get away with insulting you, do you?"

Joey blinked. "Oh yeah! I forgot!" He narrowed his eyes at the brunette. "I'd love ta stick around an' watch ya kick Kaiba's ass, but I gotta be gettin' home."

\ You're not serious, are you?? \

\\ Of course not. But what was I supposed to say? 'No, I'm sticking around because the second you all leave, I'm going to jump Kaiba and cram my tongue down his throat'? \\

\ ...Good point. \

As the group left, Joey called back, "I'll come by the shop tomorrow, an' you can tell me all about it!"

Seto scowled as Yami waved to the retreating figures. Once they were out of earshot, Kaiba narrowed his eyes at the smaller teen beside him.

"So now you want to finish our duel?" he asked suspiciously. Yami smirked.

"Yes, I do," he answered innocently. He pulled the brunette down to his level so he could speak in his ear. "In your bedroom, perhaps?" Kaiba's eyes widened.

"What? What?" Mokuba wanted to know what Yami had said. The pair sweatdropped.

"Uh, nothing, Mokuba."

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Solitaire: Okay, now I can tell you--the scene Xpyne drew for me was of Bakura and Yami after he shoved Yami under water. Bakura is laughing and pointing at him, and Yami does not look happy at all. Oh, and yes, I know that's not how you're supposed to give CPR to a person who drowned, but give me a break. The way I wrote it is easier to describe, plus it's more romantic. ::winks at Joey::

Joey: Hey! I thought you guys "straightened" me out!?

Solitaire: You're not gay....we just never said you're not bi. Plus I think I've been reading too much Joey/Bakura/Ryou lately...

Xpyne: Lay off, Jiggy! There's nothing wrong with being bi.

Joey: What the hell did you just call me???

Xpyne: ...Your gangster name is Jiggy.

Bakura: ::sniggers:: 'Jiggy'. Now I suddenly don't feel so bad about 'Big Whitey'. ::remembers what just happened:: How could you guys let Jiggy drown me?! Like I couldn't have kicked his ass! I didn't deserve that!

Solitaire: ::attempts to hug him, but stops when she sees the murderous glare he's giving her:: But you look so cute when you're cold and wet!

Bakura: Why wouldn't I have just gone into the ring when I started to drown?

Xpyne: Because! You were too panicked to have thought of that!

Solitaire: Stop pointing out plot holes!! ~_~`

Xpyne: ::brightly:: Since I'm sure everyone cares sooo much, I'm going to share with you the rest of my gangster code names.

Solitaire: ::buries her face in her hands:: Yugi's is the worst. I feel SOOO stupid having to say it.

Xpyne: Be quiet. These names are necessary... if my brother were to tell my mom I write gay porn.. O.O god.. I think y'all would notice the sudden disappearance of my internet access. -_- Anyway, here goes:

Yami: Darkside

Yugi: Lil' Angel

Seto: S-Dog

Joey: Jiggy

Bakura: Big Whitey

Ryou: Little Whitey

Honda: Lowrider

Tea: T-Bone

Mai: Emclass

Mokuba: Three-Feet (His hair, perverts! He's too young for the Kaiba genes to have kicked in. ^_~)

Grandpa: Decrept

Pegasus: P-Diddy

Yugi: 'Lil' Angel'? What am I, a 12 year old girl?? And "Kaiba genes"? ::raises an eyebrow::

Seto: ::blushes:: Is nothing sacred?!

Yami: Not when Xpyne's writing, S-Dog. Now I'm definitely looking forward to the next chapter... I'm gettin' some, right?

Xpyne: ::pets his spikey head:: Yes honey. One big batch of lemon, coming up!

Seto: 'S-Dog'?!?!?!?! I swear, I'm going to get you... Why isn't Yami's name as retarded as mine?!

Xpyne: ::shrugs::

Yugi: ::sniffs:: You sent me HOME!!

Xpyne: I'm so sorry, Yugi, but come on--do you think Grandpa would really let you stay? But um....you do get a little action. ::smiles mysteriously::

Solitaire: ::tries to stifle her giggling::

Yugi: ::suspiciously:: Does this "action" involve my hand?

Xpyne: ::cracks up:: I'm not saying anything more. Just be forewarned.

Seto: You bitch! You'd better not let anyone touch him but me...or Yami. >_<

Xpyne: You DARE you call me a bitch?!!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!! You're playing with fire, child. You wouldn't want to be unable to get it up on your first night with Yami, would you?

Everyone: O__________O```

Solitaire: You can't do that! I won't let you!

Seto: ::hiding behind Soli:: Yeah!

Xpyne: Oh yeah? You have no say, and Soli can't write lemon.

Solitaire: ::hugs Seto fearfully:: Shit, she's right!

Yami: ::giving Xpyne puppy dog eyes:: But that would hurt me, too.

Xpyne: ::hugs Yami:: Fine. For you. ::sticks tongue out at Seto:: He'll keep it up...all night.

Yami: Yay!

Solitaire: ::aside to Seto:: 'Yay?' He must want you bad. Um...I guess you should say you're sorry.

Seto: But she's planning something evil--I can tell!

Solitaire: ::shrugs:: There's usually a point to it. But then again, sometimes she just does it to be funny. In this case, I think it actually has an itty bitty bit to do with our plot.

Xpyne: ::demonstrating the eavesdropping skills that obviously run in her family:: Nope. ^_^

Seto: ::after being nudged by Soli:: ...I'm sorry, Prima Donna.

Xpyne: I guess that's as good as I can expect to get. ::hugs Seto::

Solitaire: ::makes a face, because she thinks Seto is hers::

Seto: ::makes a face, because Xpyne is way too touchy-feely with the young male cast of Yugioh--excluding Lowrider::