Octavarium

Pairing: Seto/Jou, Yami+Yugi

Beta: JennieB - The best

Notes: Lyrics in italic and between quotes belong to Dream Theater.

Prologue

Jounouchi…

Jounouchi…

The blond frowned in his sleep. What was that voice?

Save…him.

Save him. Before it’s too late.

Jou woke up, sitting up on the side of the bed in one quick movement and gasping for air. What was that sensation? He put his hand on his chest; his heart was pounding loudly and quickly. That was when he noticed two things.

First, it was still night; Two o’clock in the morning according to the watch that sat beside the four-post bed. Second…his lover wasn’t there with him. Jou's frown deepened, the echoing words from his sleep and his current situation beginning to worry him.

It had been five years now since he and Seto had started living together. All of his friends had been a little reluctant in the beginning since they had only been dating for such short period of time. But, after seeing that the brunette had only the best intentions with Jou, they had accepted without further question.

That thought made the blond smile for a few seconds, and he remembered all the gang acting like a mother giving her daughter away in marriage. But, the happy thought soon faded when he came back to the present. Where was Seto at this time of the night? He didn’t make it a habit of leaving the bed at this bizarre hour.

Sighing, the blond tugged the sheets from his body and got up, going over to the large window and opening the drapes, the moonlight casting a faint glow into the room. He closed his eyes and opened them again, staring out at the full moon, which was a little red around the edges and…

Wait a minute. Red? Jou stared at the moon again, and it was really red around the edges, like someone’s blood had stained it. A flash of white caught his attention, and he turned around, seeing a piece of paper sitting on the desk. He padded over to the it and picked up the sheet, curious about what had been written. He widened his eyes as he read all the elaborate words, his heart beating faster each second:

“Trapped inside this Octavarium

We move in circles.

Trapped inside this Octavarium

On a gleaming razor’s edge

Trapped inside this Octavarium

Colliding with our fate.

Trapped inside this Octavarium

This story ends where it began.”

You will never see him alive again.

“Seto…” he whispered, tears streaming down his cheeks without his permission. What have they done to his dragon? And worse than that…who were they?!

TBC