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Notes: Introducing Jounouchi... Jounouchi ran across the roofs at an inhuman speed, easily leaping the distances between them. His eyes glowed a dim red in the darkness as he ran, his trenchcoat billowing behind him like a cape. He growled softly as he drew closer to his target. 'Vampires must die... raped my mother, tortured my partner... vampires must DIE!' Yuugi had already caught sight of his own target, crouched about twenty feet away on another rooftop. He reached for a gun, intending to slow Jounouchi down, not kill him. He caught the back of the blond's leg and, with surprising grace, leapt the now-shortened distance between them, placing himself on the same roof as his target. He kept the gun at his side, waiting to see Jounouchi's reaction. Jochi chi growled as the bullet grazed past his leg, whirling around to face Yuugi, crouching towards the ground. His claws dug long slashes into the concrete as he slid to a halt, his fangs bared in a silent snarl. His nose twitched slightly and his glowing eyes narrowed. "...You're not a vampire. Why did you shoot?" Yuugi's eyes narrowed. "I need to talk to you," he said shortly, keeping the gun in both hands, ready to fire again - with more intent. Even a dunpeal couldn't get away too easily with three bullets in their brain. Jounouchi snorted softly, still tensed to either run or attack. He sniffed the air again and growled. "Why should I listen to the lackey of a vampire?" Yuugi frowned. "I've heard you aren't so exclusive about your employers lately either," he said, voice even as he watched Jounouchi carefully, ready to defend in a moment's notice. Jounouchi's claws dug deeper into the concrete as he tried to control his anger. "That was Bakura's choice, not mine," he snapped. "Besides, I don't trust them either." "You would do anything for Bakura, then?" Yuugi asked, inching closer. He had some tranquilizer a fua funny feeling that, to get Jounouchi back to the castle, he might have to use it. Jounouchi backed up as Yuugi drew closer, and his eyes narrowed, his expression pure fury. "If you lay one hand on Bakura, I will hunt every one of you down, vampire or not, and kill you *very* slowly..." Yuugi frowned. "My master thinks something may have happened to him," he said carefully, wondering how much to divulge at this point. Jounouchi's eyes widened slightly and he let out a snarl before dashing back the way he came at top speed. "K'so!" Yuugi took off after him, tackling him to the ground as he jumped. "Hold on," he said firmly. "They're taking care of him now." He tried to keep a firm grip on the feisty Jounouchi, locking his hands around the other's chest. Sometimes you just have to get physical in this line of work... Yuugi found himself flying through the air not long after, Jounouchi crouched against the roof once more. "Don't. Touch. Me," he gritted out, very tense. Yuugi shook his head to possibly stop the stars, crouching into a defensive position as he got up. "I deal with your kill dll day, Jounouchi, I can be patient," he said, holding his gun out, with intent to fire. Two shots, one grazing each of Jounouchi's arms. "You should come with me." Jounouchi reached back and snatched one of the bullets from the air, looking at it for a moment. He snorted in contempt and tossed it aside. "Dunpeal aren't so common you you to deal with us as much as you say," he retorted, standing up. He brushed a hand over one of the scorch marks on his coat. "One of my favorite jackets..." he grumbled to himself, leveling a glare at Yuugi. Yuugi smirked. "Well, that makes you at least twice as smart as any other dunpeal I've met," he said, still crouched and ready to fire. "And I work with all manner of the undead." He paused, looking at the jacket and shaking his head. "You really should come with me." Jounouchi glared at Yuugi for a moment longer, then sighed in annoyance, deflating a bit. "...Fine. Take me to Bakura. Your *Master* had better not have hurt him..." Yuugi snarled then. "My master is no common vampire," he said seriously, standing up and lowering the gun slightly. "You'd do good to show him respect." Jounouchi smiled bitterly. "Oh, of course... I wouldn't want to *offend* your benevolent master..." "No, you wouldn't. He is far more powerful than you can imag And And he doesn't fight alone anymore." Yuugi had the sense to look a bit smug, holding the gun out in one hand now. "Not all vampires are bad," Yuugi said, eyes narrow. "Tell that to Bakura," Jounouchi said flatly. "Don't bother to try to convert me, I've always hated vampires, and I always will. Now take me to Bakura." Yuugi turned his body, the gun still pointed at Jounouchi and began walking, his eye on the dunpeal for every step. "Fine, I'll let Yami-sama decide what to do with you when we get there," he said bitterly. "'Darkness'..." Jounouchi muttered to himself, following Yuugi cautiously. "Of course he'd call hlf tlf that..." Yuugi halted, allowing Jounouchi to nearly run into the barrel of his gun. "You know, maybe I won't take you to Bakura," he said sarcastically. "I'm sure you can infiltrate the castle on your own and get him out. If he's not hidden away somewhere." Jounouchi stopped, giving Yuugi a long look before giving the human a sardonic grin. "You think I couldn't get in? I have to admit, getting out again *would* pause a bit of a problem, since I doubt Bakura's in any shape to be of much use..." The grin vanished, and he gave Yuugi a hard look. "You try being the child of rape, stuck between two worlds and see how grateful you are to the 'race' that fathered you." Yuugi turned to face Jounouchi. "My parents are dead," he said simply. "And you couldn't even get in. Maybe if it were a normal house.ut iut it's not. I really shouldn't have to deal with you. I should be going after your employers. But Yami-sama wanted to find you." "My so-called employers are probably out of the country by now," Jounouchi said in that disturbingly flat voice. "Since it seems they've already had their fun with Bakura... of course, they'll be back. Kek can't seem to leave Bakura alone for long... but, in the meantime, they're gone, I'm here, and I want to see my partner *now*." "Well, you're going to have to do better than that," Yuugi said flatly. He turned to face Jounouchi again, his finger tightening on the trigger of the gun. "Why don't you tell me something. Why so close to Bakura? Do you havehave something going on?" Jounouchi snorted softly. "Of course not. For one thing, I don't mix business with pleasure. And for another, Bakura's too traumatized from Kek's playtime to have anything close to a healthy relationship. And finally, he's my partner because he's watched his whole family tortured and killed in front of his eyes by vampires, and is often used as a vampire play-toy. I feel sympathy for him, and he's useful. That's it." He gave Yuugi a cold look. "Why would you care, anyway?" Yuugi's expression didn't change. "Why did you let him accept the job?" he asked, though no amount of effort could keep the strain from his voice. "He asked to help me," Jounouchi said, still talking in that cold, flat voice. "It was either help me kill the ones who tortured him, and those like them, or go insane. If you were in his place, which would you choose?" Jounouchi looked up at the stars, the cold mask slipping slightly. "...Me, I chose to kill... going insane don't do nothin'..." he murmured. "Yami never did anything to Bakura! He's only ever helped him!" Yuugi said, voice filled with passionate argument. He lowered his gun. "You have some seriously screwed up ethics." Jounouchi laughed bitterly again, looking at Yuugi. "Screwed up ethics? Yeah... yeah, I do. But that comes from having a seriously wed wed up life. I'm a crime against nature... I've never had a moment that wasn't filled with pain, because my very genes are ripping themselves apart. My mother hates me, my sister's terrified of me, and let's not even get into my father. I don't fit into either the human world, or the vampire one; I'm an outcast in both. What do you expect me to be doing, making daisy chains?" "I never said that," Yuugi retorted. "I was just pointing it out. It seems, however, that is what you say is true, your sense of justice would be a bit clearer. Like I said, my parents are dead. My grandfather too. But I work with Yami because I know he's not like the ones that did that to my family. You just want to see every vampire dead. But you're still messed up enough to work with two of the most evil vampires I've ever heard of." His face became flushed from shouting and he stepped forward, into Jounouchi's personal space - which he invaded quite freely. "What's wrong with you?" Jounouchi smirked slightly. "Do you really think I'd leave them alone? They neo dio die, just like the rest of the vampires." The smirk disappeared. "I know they're evil. I've seen what they do to Bakura... they will die. Trust me... they'll die." Yuugi backed away a bit, as if realizing how close he'd gotten to the other, looking confused. "I just don't understand," he said, shaking his head. "How could you... betray him like that?" he asked, eyes wide. "You don't care about anyone, do you?" he asked. Jounouchi growled, prowling into Yuugi's personal space now, glaring down at him. "Don't care? Don't CARE?! The hell I don't fucking care!!! Why the hell do you think I'm partnered with Bakura in the fuckin' FIRST place?! Why do you think it hurts so damn much that my own *mother* hates me as much as the thing that raped her?! Don't you *dare* judge me!" He grabbed Yuugi and shook him hard for a moment before he realized what he was doing. A flash of shame flitted across his face before he let go of Yuugi quickly, backing away. "Don't... dammit, don't do that... do you want me to hurt you? I..." He seemed to pull into himself, shutting down all his emotions. Yuugi looked up at Jounouchi wordlessly, his eyes dull. "Then why did you..." his voice caught. "Why did you let them do that to him?" he asked, looking far too hurt for a complete stranger. Whatever upset him was closer to home. "Why didn't you save him?" "You think I haven't tried!" Jounouchi snapped, pulling further away from Yuugi. "Kek has some hold on Bakura that I can't do anything about! I can't watch him 24/7! Though... God knowse tre tried... I didn't know they'd done that to him! Dammit!" He turned his back to Yuugi. "Dammit... I didn't know... I didn't..." Yuugi seemed to slip out of his trance. "I'm sorry. We really shouldn't be fighting. Bakura's hurt... and..." He shook his head, sinking slowly to the ground. "I need to sleep more or something," he muttered, shaking his head as thoughts he knew he shouldn't be having filtered through his mind at light speed. "Yeah, that's it..." Jounouchi remained with his back turned to Yuugi for a long moment, then finally turned around again, the cool, emotionless mask in place once again. "...Take me to him. I need to make sure Bakura's alright..." Yuugi nodded, standing up, composed as usual himself. "Follow me," he said, grabbing his gun once more. He led Jounouchi quickly through the city then, from rooftop to rooftop, finally abandoning the higher places for the ground. Jounouchi followed Yuugi silently, landing lightly on the ground when they jumped down from the rooftops. Yuugi turned to him, the gun well hidden now that they were on the ground. He lightly brushed at a small gash on his face from when he'd tackled Jounouchi, wincing just a bit at the realization that it was worse than he thought and was now bleeding quite badly. He tried to ignore it, walking forward, into an alley. "We'll be there soon," he said absently. Jounouchi's nose twitched and he frowned when he realized he smelled blood. Yuugi's blood. "...Shit. I did that, didn't I?" he muttered to himself, walking over to Yuugi to gently wipe away some of the blood with his fingers, carefully avoiding from making any new wounds with his claws. He couldn't help himself from licking the blood off his fingers, though. Yuugi shivered at the slight touch, eyes locked on Jounouchi when he licked the blood away. "It's all right," he whispered. "It... doesn't hurt..." He bit his lip, tryin fig figure out the mess his insides had suddenly become. It was just the way he did it, just the way he was... Yuugi's thoughts spiraled dangerously. "I saw the wince," Jounouchi murmured in reply. He hesitated for a moment, leaning forward to lick the gash clean. Any pain Yuugi had felt was now gone, and the bleeding had stopped. "Not as good as a true vampire, but..." Yuugi shuddered quite a bit this time, jerking forward against Jounouchi. There was something fairly irresistible about the moody dunpeal. "Oh..." he sighed. "Thank you..." His eyes had suddenly grown very, very cloudy. Jounouchi swallowed hard, struggling not to ravish the human hunter then and there. 'Bakura... I need to check on Bakura... and dammit, he works for a vampire! Don't even know his name...' "Shit, what the hell are you doing to me?" he growled softly before pulling Yuugi into a fierce kiss. Yuugi responded eagerly, wondering much the same thing. What was he thinking? 'I can't do this, this is like fraternizing with the enemy or something...' he thought, but the sweetish, coppery taste of his blood added to the pure addictive sweetness that was Jounouchi seemed to convince him that he would have a good excuse when this was all over. 'He's so warm...' he found himself musing. "Gods..." Jounouchi gasped between kisses. "We're... so... screwed-up..." He growled softly, nipping down along Yuugi's neck, but not hard enough to break the skin. Yuugi tried to nod, but couldn't. "Yeah... wh-what else is new?" he asked, clutching Jounouchi desperately. He mewled softly at each little bite, fear and adrenaline lacing his excitement... because there was nothing now between Jounouchi and himself. Jounouchi shuddered at the noises Yuugi was making. He could sense Yuugi's pulse racing, almost taste the blood running through the hunter's veins. With a soft cry of anguish he pulled away from Yuugi, turning his back to him. "Gods... I can't... I don't want to hurt you!" Yuugi gasped, looking pained. He couldn't speak, simply following after Jounouchi and rested his head on Jounouchi's back, his hands fiddling with the hem of Jounouchi's coat. "It wouldn't be so bad..." he whispered. Jounouchi made a noise that sounded like a cross between a laugh and a sob, and Yuugi could feel the dunpeal trembling as he rested against him. "You'd never be a full vampire... just would be another freak like me... stuck in between... I couldn't... I just couldn't do that to another person..." Yuugi pulled away. "You aren't a freak," he whispered, then wrapped his arms around Jounouchi. "What if..." he trailed off. Jounouchi tried to control his trembling, searching for the calm he always relied on, but foce, ce, he couldn't find it. "...What if?" Yuugi sighed. "What if you turned?" he asked, looking up at Jounouchi, desire shooting through him all of a sudden at the sight of the blond. Jounouchi froze for a long moment. "...Turned? I... I don't... know..." He trembled harder, on the brink of losing it. "Becoming... becoming the one thing I've hated all my life? What would... what would Bakura think? Gods, Shizuka... Mother would never let me see Shizuka again! But... but you... Oh gods..." "It's better than being this way. At least then you're on one side or the other," Yuugi said pleadingly, clutching at Jounouchi fiercely. "I can't let go now..." he murmured. "Damn you," Jounouchi muttered, though his heart wasn't in the words. "Before I met you, everything was so easy... I knew my my friends and enemies were..." Yuugi buried his face in Jounouchi's chest. "And before I met you I thought I had this whole business figured out," he mumbled, one hand playing with the fabric of Jounouchi's shirt, feeling warm skin beneath it. "And now..." Jounouchi shuddered at Yuugi's touch against his skin and sighed softly. "Let's go see your master... and I still need to check on Bakura... he'll rest better knowing nearnearby..." "All right," Yuugi said, "It's only a little ways away," he murmured, stepping away from Jounouchi and running swiftly in the right direction, his mind whirlwind. Jounouchi ran after Yuugi, keeping pace with him easily. Despite being only a dunpeal, his speed and strength were still superior to humans. Yuugi arrived at the rather imposing castle, only slightly out of breath. "Okay," he whispered, slipping inside easily and motioning for Jounouchi to follow. Yuugi was greeted by the butler at the door and led downstairs. Jounouchi followed Yuugi silently, tensing slightly as they entered the mansion. H knew Yuugi said it was alright, but... still... Yuugi led Jounouchi to the living room, blinking in surprise to see Kaiba and Yami there, kissingtedltedly. "Yami-sama?" he questioned warily. Jounouchi's eyes widened slightly when he saw two vampires making out like there was no tomorrow. '...This is what he meant, about not being alone... Shit. *Another* vampire... it had to be very recent, or I would have heard about it, but... he's so... powerful, and so young...' He swallowed hard, tensing for a fight. Seto growled softly in vexation as they were interrupted again. "We have to get some time to ourselves, or I'm going to go crazy with frustration..." he murmured against Yami's lips. Yami nodded, taking Seto's head in his hands and kissing him once more. "Soon enough. It looks like Yuugi was successful," he said, glancing over Kaiba's shoulder at Jounouchi. Yuugi smiled shakily at Seto. "So, you must be Jounouchi," Yami said, sliding from behind Seto gracefully, looking for all the world like he needed a cape to accompany him. Jounouchi nodded sharply, still tense. He wasn't sure if he wanted to fight or run... maybe both... Seto eyed the dunpeal cautiously. Jounouchi did not seem very comfortable. Not surprising... What *was* surprising was the fact that Yuugi had acquired a few "love-bites" since the last time Seto had seen him. His eyebrows raised slightly. "Bakura is resting right now," Yami said calmly. "Why don't we go have a talk, all of us?" he suggested, without leaving much room for suggestion at all. Yuugi shifted his feet nervously, tugging on his collar nervously. Incidentally Yami had noticed the tiny marks as well, which brought a whole new dimension to things. He led them into a room adjoining the living room. Study perhaps. "So, Jounouchi..." Yami said, trailing off, trying to leave the blond dunpeal room to talk. "How was your trip?" "Besides having to keep constant watch on my partner, it was lovely," Jounouchi stated, the cold, flat tone back once more, though there was a hint of guilt and self-loathing hidden in them. "For all the good it did him..." "Why weren't you with him earlier?" Yami asked, unnervingly calm. He looked at Yuugi, who simply looked away, biting his lip. "I was hunting," Jounouchi replied in the flat tone, a bit more guilt creeping in. "We have many safe-guards, but they're useless if someone from the inside turns them off. Nothing we've tried has been able to counter Kek's hold on Bakura..." Seto frowned, watching Jounouchi carefully. There was... great pain, hidden. It wasn't that hard to see it, not with Jounouchi talking in that flat tone. Only the walking wounded talked like that. "Kek?" Yami asked. "And Malik as well?" He shook his head. "They killed Bakura's family, didn't they?" he questioned, arms crossed. Yuugi was very pointedly keeping himself out of this conversation. He didn't want to interrupt Yami... of course, but he also didn't want to address Jounouchi for the moment. "Are you aware of the scale of the job you accepted? To kill me? Us?" "Of course," Jounouchi said with a slight smirk. "One cannot meet Kek and not realize the scale... I think Bakura was going to join me in the battle, when it happened. We chase our deaths, he and I. Is that so surprising?" "It doesn't surprise me," Yami said. "Not from what I know of you. Maybe of Bakura, yes. How long have you known each other?" he questioned, interlacing his fingers and resting his chin on them. "Out of curiosity." Jounouchi shrugged. "I've lost track of time. Years, I believe... at least three. Maybe more... Neither of us have managed to care how long we live. If you can call the existence the two of us have living..." Yami suddenly snarled, eyes mere slits in a matter of seconds. Yuugi turned back to look at both of them, between the two, rapidly. "Long enough," Yami hissed, eyes flashing. Jounouchi merely blinked, unimpressed by the sudden show of temper. "Long enough? Long enough for what? For us to try to kill Kek? We couldn't possibly destroy him. In the end, he'd kill me, and have Bakura has his playtoy until he tired of him. To try to help him? I have tried. There's not much to live for after having your loving family tortured and ki rig right before your eyes..." "Why did you even let him near those monsters?" Yami said, his voice calm, though his words were fiery. "He's been raped more than once. And probably more than once each time. How could you NOT do something about that?" he asked, sounding irritated. "Bakura's not going back. That's not negotiable." Jounouchi snarled. "I didn't *let* him do anything! I'm not omnipotent, vampire! I'm just a dunpeal! Do you think I *liked* finding him bitten, raped and abused after turning my back on him for no more than five minutes?! I hated it! But what the *hell* was I supposed to do?! Bakura *let* them do that to him, couldn't you tell?! He's terrified of them, he hates them, but he lets them in every damn time!" His eyes flashed a dull, dark red. "You arrogant son of a bitch, don't you *get* it?! The only way I could have prevented what happened was to have slit Ryou's throat!!!" Jounouchi was trembling with fury, barely keeping himself from attacking Yami out of pure rage. The *gall* of that bastard! Yuugi looked over at Yami, who was by now far gone into 'rage' mode, wanting to stand up and do something, but not really knowing what. "You'll learn to watch who you insult, dunpeal. I could have left therthere to die. And I could refuse you any help. But I'm not. I'm angry that something like this could happen to him. And I'm sorry for what happened to you." He took a deep breath, still very upset, but his mind was clearing enough that he could place blame where it needed to be place. "Where are they? You must have some idea." Jounouchi swallowed hard, trying to drag the cool mask back down again. His eyes flickered towards Yuugi for a moment before moving back to Yami. 'He likes this vampire... and damn him, he *did* take care of Ryou...' "Don't apologize for things you don't know," Jounouchi muttered, still pissed at the accusations. "They're gone. They never stay after their little 'sessions' with Ryou, they always run before I get the chance to come after them. I don't know where they've run off to..." "We'll find out," Yami said authoratively. "Do you have something to say Yuugi?" he asked, his tone stern. Yuugi paled, shaking his head slowly. "Are you sure?" he further questioned, noticing Yuugi's (wise) decision to not look him in the eye. Yami crossed his arms and looked over at Jounouchi piercingly. Jounouchi lifted his chin, not about to back down under that stare. Seto leaned over to murmur into Yami's ear, too quiet for anyone but his lover to hear. "My love, I do believe there's something going on between those two, and if you care anything at all for Yuugi, I suggest you find some way to get along with Jounouchi. There's much more to him than is on the surface... I think Yuugi found that out..." Yami smirked, seemingly without reason. "I know, Seto," he said sweetly. "And I am trying, very hard right now." He tilted his head to the side. "So, Jounouchi, how do you feel about Yuugi?" Jounouchi's eyes widened, shock draining the red color from his eyes to reveal their honey-brown natural color. He flushed slightly, glancing at Yuugi again. 'What the hell *do* I feel for him? Love? Shit, I've known him for all of ten minutes and already I'm thinking of turning into what I hate most just to be with him...' Seto snorted softly, leaning down to nibble on Yami's neck. "Why don't you just hit him with a 2x4 next time... it'll be more subtle..." he muttered. Yami shrugged. "Subtly was never really all that important to me, Seto," he said, gasping lightly and nuzzling against Seto, which caused Yuugi to turn away. "Why do you need to turn Yuugi in order to be with him?" he asked, leading the blond along the thread of conversation he had chosen. He reached for Seto's arms, drawing them around his waist firmly. Yuugi bit his lip, chancing a glance at Jounouchi, his expression still rather confused. Jounouchi ground his teeth in frustration. 'Dammit, why do I have to explain myself to him?!' "I don't... I don't want to hurt him..." he said slowly, trying not to snap at Y 'Go 'Gods, why do I have to go through every single bad memory I have tonight?!' Yami sighed. "Look, I'm trying to help you here. Yuugi had some sort of idea regarding himself and you, hmm?" he questioned, wanting nothing more at this point than to steal away to some place dark and secluded with Seto. And that desire was growing fast by the second. Jounouchi reached for the calm again to settle himself down. 'Yuugi wants this... do I? If... if it'll keep me from hurting him...' "He thought..." he licked his lips nervously. "He thought... if you turned me completely..." He looked away, not able to face any of them. "If I bit him now, and I would evenly, ly, I'd only turn Yuugi into a dunpeal like me... and I *won't* do that to him!" 'Not again...' "But... if I was a full vampire... I'd be able at the least to control myself..." That was painful to admit, that he had no control. Yami nodded. "And would you be willing to do that?" he asked, eyes no longer glowing as he calmed down significantly. There was something about this dunpeal that just got him riled up. He mentally berated himself for the brief lapn con control, looking over at Yuugi, who's expression was quite tormented as of that moment. He kept stealing glances at Jounouchi, then looking down at his lap... then back to Jounouchi. Never at Yami. Jounouchi closed his eyes for a moment, then turned to look at Yuugi. "For him," he said firmly. "For Yuugi, I'd be willing." Yami nodded, looking over at Seto shortly, gauging the other's reaction to everything that was going on. "All right," he agreed, standing up and moving toward Jounouchi. Yuugi's breath hitched. Seto smiled slightly in approval and sat back to watch. Jounouchi swallowed hard when Yami got up, but he wouldn't back down. He had to do this... 'I want this... for Yuugi...' Slowly, he managed to relax, golden-brown eyes watching Yami calmly, waiting. Yami took a deep breath, leaning over, his hair brushing Jounouchi's cheek. He closed his eyes, waiting, or so it seemed. Jounouchi licked his lips again and leaned down, biting Yami's neck gently. He drank Yami's blood as it welled up from the bite, a deep-seated hunger taking over. Finally he pulled away with a gasp, shuddering. Yami shuddered, trying to remain still. It didn't feel the same... not at all. He didn't care for this feeling very much, now even more eager to get back to Seto. He pulled away slowly, eyes hazy. He nodded at Yuugi before retreating to Seto's lap. Seto hugged Yami tightly before pulling his lover up again. "Let's leave them alone for now..." he murmured to Yami, smiling slightly at Yuugi before leading Yami out of the room, leaving Yuugi and Jounouchi alone. Jounouchi fell to his hands and knees the moment Seto closed the door behind him, shuddering. The change was running through him, and it was leaving ver very unsteady. Yuugi got up, as soon as Yami and Seto left, going to Jounouchi's side immediately. He wrapped his arms around Jounouchi gently, once more burying his face against the blond's chest - almost as if he couldn't stand to be away from him, had to touch him and know he was there. "Jounouchi..." he whispered, voice sounding thin and somewhat choked. "Katsuya," Jounouchi murmured, holding Yuugi close. "No one calls me by my given name... not even my mother. I'd like it if you did..." Yuugi nodded slowly, feeling the intoxicatingly cool skin of the person next to him. "Katsuya," he said softly. "I like that." He looked up at Jounouchi, reaching up to lick some of the blood from Jounouchi's lips. Jounouchi shuddered a little, looking down at Yuugi a bit hungrily. "Do you wish to stay human? I can restrain myself... now..." Yuugi seemed to be thinking about it, his eyes locked on Jounouchi's. "Do you want to?" he asked softly, rubbing softly against Jounouchi's collarbone. Jounouchi smiled slightly. "Only if you want me to. Though..." he ran his hand over Yuugi's cheek gently. "I'd hate to lose you... now that I've found you..." "Then do it," Yuugi said simply, still watching Jounouchi, his breathing slightly uneven. He leaned up into Jounouchi's touch, only breaking his gaze for a moment to close his eyes and hum lightly under his breath. Jounouchi smiled fully for... the first time in his life, he supposed. He leaned down to kiss Yuugi's neck gently before biting down, lapping at the blood. It was warm and sweet. Yuugi gasped, clutching at Jounouchi fervently, his hands gripping the back of Jounouchi's shirt. He felt a sort of chill run through him, then his body seemed to go very limp. He sighed heavily, eyelids fluttering. Jounouchi gave Yuugi's neck one last lick before pulling away a bit. He ran a claw along the inside of his own wrist, cutting himself. He held it to Yuugi's lips with a slight smile. "Drink, Yuugi..." Yuugi nodded weakly, taking Jounouchi's wrist in his hands and lapping at the blood, slowly at first, then with more fervor, a tiny moan escaping his lips. The numb, cold feeling wasn't so bad anymore... not really. Jounouchi closed his eyes for a moment, finding the feeling of having his life drawn out of him... it wasn't so bad. It was Yuugi drinking from him... his Yuugi... He smiled, watching Yuugi drink for a long moment before pulling his wrist away and kissing Yuugi fiercely, enjoying the mix of Yuugi's blood, his taste, and that of his own blood in the kiss. Yuugi responded the best he could, looping his arms around Jounouchi's neck and pressing his lips to the other's. His thoughts were somewhat fuzzy, but that insatiable desire drove him forward as he settled in comfortably in Jounouchi's lap, somewhat leaning over him, their combined taste like some kind of aphrodisiac to the smaller one. Jounouchi finally ended the kiss with a sigh, smiling gently at Yuugi. "You'll be tired for a while... I should let you rest." Yuugi shook his head in protest. "I'm fine..." he said, voice breathy, but not entirely unsteady. "I want to be with you," he said, clinging to Jounouchi as if he were a lifeline - which, at this time, he very nearly was. "Please..." he begged, almost desperately. Jounouchi's breath caught. "So beautiful..." he murmured, shaking his head slightly. He chuckled softly. "You know I'll never be able to be apart from you again, hm?" He kissed Yuugi again, gently this time. "r...r..." "Good," Yuugi whispered, pressing cool lips to Jounouchi's neck. "Good," he repeated, humming under his breath softly. He let his hands fall, then rise again beneath Jounouchi's shirt, aware that he was still wearing a heavy trenchcoat and boots, much to his chagrin. "I don't want... it to be... any other way. I love you." "As I love you," Jounouchi sighed happily, tilting his head to offer more skin to Yuugi's cooling lips. "Which was quite the surprise, since I thought I'd killed that part of myself a long time ago..." "I'm glad to know it's still alive," Yuugi replied, nibbling harmlessly at Jounouchi's skin. "Very glad. Otherwise I might just die of sadness." His hands continued to slide upward beneath Jounouchi's shirt, teasing firm skin mercilessly. He did feel rather weak, but once again, he couldn't seem to resist going forward with this. "Now," Yuugi said huskily, "Show me how you love me." Jounouchi grinned and held Yuugi to him tightly, standing up and moving them over to the couch. "You... are far too tempting for me to refuse that. But after... you *will* rest." Yuugi pouted a bit, but eventually allowed himself to be placed on the couch, exhaustion worming it's way through him already. "... don't... don't wanna..." he murmured, eyes sliding shut slowly. In a few moments, he was asleep, curled up on himself comfortably. Jounouchi smiled and held Yuugi close, settling down on the couch. He closed his eyes. 'My sweet Yuugi... we have all the time in the world...'