100 Puppies and Dragons

Author's Note: It's always been in my mind that in a hierarchy, phoenixes are just higher than peacocks. …Where do these ideas even come from? -_-

Vengeance

"Tell me why you're here."

"Vengeance."

The blond stared at him for a moment, then giggled and turned to walk away, his golden feathers fluffing in amusement. "Isn't that what everyone's here for?"

Seto stared at the feathers decorating the blond's hair, then let his eyes glide down to the long, thick golden tail of feathers shaped like eyes. He hummed quietly. 'Peacock.'

Not wanting to miss the opportunity to meet a peacock—they were so rare in this area—Seto walked after him and grabbed his hand. "Oh? What do you want vengeance for?"

The blond turned toward him with an awkward smile. "You don't see many peacocks here, do you? Do you think that's a coincidence?"

"No, I don't." He admired the golden eye shadow around the honey-brown eyes. "It's a shame. You're quite beautiful."

The blond blushed brightly, eyes widening in surprise. "Oh-!"

"Did they do something to your family?" he asked, curious, as the blond seemed to relax at the compliment.

"What family haven't they don't something to?" he retorted, taking a sip of what looked like nectar-wine. "I'm actually here to meet someone called Kaiba."

Seto smiled. "Oh? What for?"

The blond shrugged. "I'm supposed to make sure he isn't poisoned alongside his step-father."

Seto immediately spewed out his own wine.

The peacock grinned. "Don't worry. You don't drink the wine that I had my sister poison. Just your father and the rest of this repulsive family." He leaned closer as another group of people got closer and whispered, "Your friends asked that I rescue you before your step-father before he killed you himself. I thought I'd kill two wolves with one stone and poison him while I poisoned this family for trying to force my sister into mating with one of their children. You know Yami and Yugi? They asked me to come here."

"What—the—fuck-?"

The blond leaned over to kiss his cheek. "Come to the balcony with me and I'll explain."

Seto, at a loss for words, allowed the blond to grasp his hand and lead him out of the ballroom and onto the balcony. "You… Yami sent you?"

"Your cousin worries," the peacock replied, leaning against the railing. He smiled a little. "My name is Joey. I'm a… Well, I guess you could call me an assassin."

"…O…kay. And you've poisoned my step-father and his business partner—the entire Lector family, though?"

Joey's face twisted into a dangerous scowl. "They should not have tried t' force my sister into matin'." His face suddenly relaxed into a smile. "I'm s'posed t' get ya out of here so that when they die ya won't be suspect."

Seto scowled. "What about my brother?"

"He's fine," the peacock cooed, smiling. "He's already left t' stay with your cousin. And tomorrow, after suspicion of you is gone, we'll leave for your cousin's home as well."

The brunet couldn't help the curiosity he felt. "And just how did you figure that we could keep suspicion off of me?"

"You're a phoenix, aren't ya?" the blond cooed and pressed up against him. "Phoenixes are quite similar t' peacocks, don't ya think?"

All of his blood started rushing toward his cock. Seto swallowed thickly as his own feathers ruffled at the thought. "Are you suggesting that I take you up to my room?"

"And stay there for the rest of the night," Joey confirmed, smiling. "No one will be able t' suspect ya if you've been… entertainin' someone all night."

Seto licked his lips. "Tell me. Your accent—you didn't have that before."

"Well people would certainly suspect me if I had the accent of a ruffian, wouldn't they? I wouldn't want them to suspect me just because I sound uncouth." Joey began to kiss his neck gently. "Will you trust me?"

"Even if I didn't want to, my cock has already made the decision for me," the brunet ground out. "I just have one request."

Joey leaned back and blinked at him innocently. "Hmm? Whazzat?"

"I want to hear you screaming with that accent."

The blond smiled coyly and purred, "How do ya know I'll be screamin'?" He yelped as the older boy slapped his ass and jerked his hips forward. "Eek!"

"How do you know you won't be?" Seto hissed, then, leaving their glasses on the railing, he grabbed the blond's hand and dragged him back into the ballroom.

As dozens of eyes turned on them at the disturbance, Joey had a moment to roll his eyes before he began acting like the bashful little peacock he was expected to be when in the company of a phoenix, bringing his hand to his chest and giggling nervously. Remembering the brunet's earlier and quite blatant statement of 'you're beautiful,' however, brought the only genuine thing to his act—the blush of pleasure that came from a peacock being recognized by a phoenix as attractive.