Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Seduction of Ice ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

A/N - well....I have yet to come up with a prize for the 'contest' winners...but since there are so many winners then I guess it will have to be a group prize. I'm thinking sequel...how does that sound to everyone?

Anyway, thanks for all the lovely and wonderful reviews! Here are the contest winners (from the three sites, ff.net, mm.org, and aff.net) :

Leviathan, HanyouKitsune, Dragons Eye, Demon and Goddess, Anime-Blade, Chibi Harika, Spyke014, and Lomelindi!

These readers all guessed correctly that the theme of the party would have something to do with Egypt...so be prepared for much Toga goodness ^_~

Summary: Yami finds out that his hikari is not pure and innocent the hard way when he loses a duel and has to hold up his end of a bet: seducing the iciest businessman in Domino.

Dedication: For you, Beckster...you *did* request it, after all.

Disclaimer: Not mine!

//...// Yami to Yugi
/.../ Yugi to Yami

*~* change of scene
*** change of perspective

Warning: limey content, yaoi

Seduction of Ice

Chapter 6

Yugi grinned as he let Ryou into the game shop, the gesture only widening as his friend's gasp of surprise.

"Yugi...the decorations are bloody brilliant!" he exclaimed, blinking repeatedly.

The short teen nodded. "I know. Yami helped a lot...well, sort of. I kind of forced him to do it."

"Hm," Yami replied from the bottom of the staircase. "More like blackmailed me," he replied with a roll of his eyes before heading towards the kitchen.

Ryou blinked, his eyes glued to the spirit of the puzzle. "Yugi...is that what Yami is wearing tonight?"

Yugi grinned. "Why yes, Ryou, that is what Yami's wearing tonight. Why do you ask?"

Chocolate brown eyes narrowed, and Ryou's hair spiked as the ring glowed beneath his school uniform. "Kaiba isn't going to be the only one after that piece of meat..."

*~*

Yugi's evil smirk only grew as the night went on. Yami himself was growing a bit edgy...the Kaiba brothers had yet to show. Although this didn't surprise him, it was still nerve wracking. The former pharaoh didn't know what to think of the young CEO...and he was starting to doubt that perhaps his advances in the cafeteria had been too sudden, too drastic.

He kept these thoughts to himself, however, and managed to maintain his mask of indifference and his calm exterior despite his nervousness.

The spiky haired duelist sighed softly, running a hand through his bangs and cursing the elaborate headdress that Yugi had insisted upon. However, his thoughts of 'revenge-on-the-hikari' were interrupted as someone waved a hand in front of his crimson eyes.

"Helloooo!" Jou called out in a singsong voice with a smirk teasing his lips. "Earth to Yams!"

Yami rolled his eyes at the use of the nickname Jou had come up with a few days ago. "Gomen, Jounouchi-kun," he replied to the blonde's teasing look. "I suppose I spaced out for a moment or so."

"A moment or so?" Jou replied. "You was starin' off into space like you was in another world, man! What's on yer mind?"

The former pharaoh shrugged, but before he could attempt to change the subject, he was cut off.

"Thinkin' about someone, per'aps?" Jou taunted, prodding Yami's bare chest with his index finger. "Who's Yug' tryin' ta set you up wit this time?"

A faint blush crossed the game king's cheeks as he struggled to keep his composure. "I don't know what you're talking about, Jounouchi."

"Aw, c'mon man! Everyone knows how Yug gets all evil and shit when he's messin wit someone's personal life. So, who's da chick?"

Yami blinked. Since when had Jou become so observant? He glanced around their circle of friends a little nervously. To date, none of them knew his sexual preferences, and he wasn't about to tell them now. However, he couldn't help but notice how the blonde's joking nature seemed a little forced, and how his ear-to-ear grin looked a little strained...

"So, who is it?" Honda inquired, looking curiously. "C'mon, Yami, you can tell us. That way we can give Yugi a hand!"

"Give me a hand with what?" Yugi asked as he joined the others with Ryou following not far behind. The two were dressed similarly in the fashion of Egyptian concubines, fine silk cloth leaving wonderful thoughts to the imagination. Both wore pharaoh's symbols that matched Yami's costume, implying that they belonged to Yugi's darker half.

While Jou explained to Yugi what they had been talking about, Yami found himself un-intentionally ignoring the conversation. His eyes were locked with Ryou's...or what he thought were Ryou's. Yugi's English friend was eyeing him with a primitive glint in his coffee brown eyes.

Yami blinked as the white haired teen licked his lips, and it was then that he noticed the ring.

Suspicions confirmed, Yami decided that he was no longer dealing with Ryou. He cursed mentally. He had warned Yugi that his costume left too much skin exposed! Now he had a psychotic tomb robber on his hands!

<At least he looks willing,> his inner mind supplied. <Kaiba is anything but.>

Yami groaned softly, and Jou and Yugi's cheerful chatter ceased as they turned to look at him with twin expressions of worry.

Bakura smirked.

"I've got a headache...I'm going upstairs," Yami muttered, excusing himself rather hurriedly as he headed for the staircase to the apartment above the game shop.

Yugi frowned slightly. "I hope he's ok," he murmured softly, glancing worriedly at Ryou.

The English transfer student nodded, and now that he was back in control of his body he was mentally lecturing Bakura on why he was not allowed to eye Yami as if he were a foreign chocolate. "I'm sure he'll be fine, Yugi," he replied after the shortest moment of delay. "Just give him a little break and then we'll go up and bring him back down. You-know-who has yet to arrive anyway."

Yugi, Ryou, and Honda all missed the flash of hurt in Jou's eyes once he'd heard that indeed there was someone that Yugi was trying to hook up with Yami. However, before they could smarten up to his distress, the blonde had it hidden carefully behind a cheerful grin. "So, Yug, who's th' lucky girl?"

Yugi only laughed, and before Jou could further press the matter, a certain chilliness settled over the group. "Nice get-up, mutt. Who knew 'bed sheet' was your colour?" a familiarly arrogant voice stated in mild amusement from behind the blonde.

Jou whirled around, glaring at the young CEO for all he was worth. "Would you quit it with the dog comments Kaiba?!" he growled, amber eyes flashing with defiance.

"Jou-kun!" Mokuba cried, appearing behind his older brother and cutting off Seto's reply. With a wide grin, he launched himself at the blonde and caught him in a fierce hug.

The Egyptian warrior (as Jou was dressed, after all), returned the embrace and felt his anger towards the CEO fade slightly in the presence of the twelve year old. "Hey, kiddo!" he greeted warmly, carefully setting Mokuba back on his feet. "Great costume."

"You too!" Mokuba replied, grinning his greetings at the rest of the Yugi-tachi. "You guys all look great!"

"Come on, Mokuba," Seto cut in before his little brother could engage in conversation with the mutt and the rest of the friendship-orgy. He placed a hand on the raven-haired pre-teen's shoulder and steered him away from Yugi and his friends. "Let's head downstairs."

Jou looked like he was about to protest rather loudly, but Ryou's hand on his arm cut him off. He glared slightly before turning his back on the brunette. "Whatever, moneybags."

Mokuba mouthed an apology at the group before he allowed Seto to cart him off as he started rattling on about something or other. The CEO only really started listening when his imp of a brother started talking about costumes.

"Yours is by far the best so far, Seto-kun! I can't wait to see Yami! I bet you anything he's a pharaoh! And did you see Jou-kun? He looked pretty good too! He even has a real sword!"

Seto stifled a sigh as he grunted something about 'plastic toys', severely surprised and a little disoriented to find that he did agree with Mokuba, on two accounts no less.

One: he could barely wait to see Yami's costume...in fact, he had been quite disappointed to find that he hadn't been with Yugi and the others.

Two: he would never admit it (either to himself or to anyone else), but despite his comment...the mutt had looked pretty good.

Maybe togas weren't as evil as he thought them to be. And perhaps this night wouldn't be so bad after all.

However, he'd have to give Yami fair warning. Things were going to get interesting if his rival was as shirtless as the pup had been.

*~*

Kaiba hated to admit it, but Yugi had organized a damn good party. The game shop had been transformed into the entrance to an Egyptian pyramid, and the basement beneath the building was now the inside of a Pharaoh's tomb. The pillars that supported the house were wrapped in ivy and streamers with Egyptian hieroglyphs and the banquet table was spread out with golden platters. Scarlet red drapes covered the windows, and there was a throne at the front of the room. Kaiba didn't know where they'd found the sarcophagus that was in the centre of the dance floor...but he suspected it was a creative invention on Yugi's part.

There were plenty of guests, and Egyptian-sounding techno music rocked the walls. The dance floor was crowded, the sofa and chairs set up at the edge of the room were crowded, even his 'dark-corner-in-which-to-brood-and-become-invisible-so-as-not-to-interact-w ith-friendship-orgy' was crowded.

Kaiba recognized a few of the faces. Mai Valentine was with the mutt and his dorky friend with the shark-fin hair. His business rival Otogi Ryuji was here as well, with a flock of groupies as per norm. Mokuba was hanging out with a few kids from Domino Elementary, and there were various teenagers from Domino High.

Part of the genius of the party was the costumes. Kaiba would willingly agree that it was rather predictable, considering the happenings at his dueling tournament, but everyone fit into their roles so nicely. Yugi had set it up so that it was more of a role-playing party than anything...everyone had received a role to play at the party with their invitations, and that was how he had ended up as High Priest.

Mokuba had been rather elaborate with his costume, but Kaiba couldn't say he minded much. It helped add to his mysterious and dangerous aura, after all, to be one of the few guests not wearing a bed sheet wrapped around their body toga-style.

His little brother had managed to get a hold of a cotton Egyptian tunic that hung just past his knees. The belt consisted of a golden band with a royal blue woven pattern, the ties hanging down in the front. Material the same shade of blue hung down over the tunic at the back.

His chest was bare, but this didn't bother him as much as it should have. Around his neck hung a golden ankh pendant, and some sort of blue and gold metal attached to the white cape flowing down his back and over his shoulders. On his head was some sort of Priest garb, blue in colour to match the rest of his costume.

The golden armbands around his wrists and upper arms were a little tight...but other than that the costume was mostly comfortable, apart from the awkwardness of wearing sandals at this time of year.

A smile threatened his lips as Mokuba approached him, grinning from ear to ear. "Seto!" the younger brother called out, waving as he darted around various other guests in order to reach his sibling. "Why are you over here all alone?"

Seto's threatening smile faded all together and he glared out at the dance floor. "I still think coming here was a bad idea."

Mokuba pouted. "But Setoooo...if you just tried to be friendly, you might have a little bit of fun! Besides, I hear Yugi just went to find Yami..." his teasing voice trailed off suggestively, and an impish look glinted in his stormy gray eyes.

Seto stared down at his brother, eyes narrowing into a glare. Mokuba's costume did look good on him...he had wrapped himself in some sort of silk and looked like he was one of the priest's apprentices. "Mokuba...how many times do I have to remind you that I am NOT interested in Yami?"

Oh, but that statement couldn't have been more false.

Yami entered the room at that exact moment, and Jou's shameless cat-call caught Kaiba's attention. His sapphire eyes narrowed in on his rival...and Seto forgot to breathe.

*** TBC ***

Woohoo, longest chapter yet! And an evil cliffie no less! I might be dragging this out a bit too long...but I had to cut it off there. It was just too hard to resist ^_~

I have plans for the next chapter, so it should be out within a reasonable time period.

Note: there were several hints in here pertaining to the sequel...we'll see if anyone can guess the pairing I've got planned ^_~ (it's not a very common one...you might have to think for a while)