The Rave

Chapter 8


"I am relaxing...stretching my legs so to speak. Tell me, what are you doing here?" Seto asked as he moved with the music that had once again began to pulse, but instead of dancing around Jou, he encircled him within his web. Anyone on the outside would see it as two old lovers swaying with the music, using the dance floor as a sexy form of foreplay.


"I work here. Dragon this is a fucking gay club. You need to get out of here before someone sees you." Jou said and then attempted to move Seto from the floor, only to be stopped by Seto digging in his heels and stopping him from moving. And then Seto grabbed him and slipped his hands into his and pulled him against him


"I know." Seto said whispering against his ear, the music still pulsing around them


"Then what the hell are you doing here. Are you TRYING to lose face. Asshole!" Jou said squirming to get away from him


"You keep moving against me like that and I will answer your invitation Puppy." Seto said, his voice full of promise. Then grimaced as Jou slammed his foot down onto his, digging the heel into his instep


"Gods damn it Seto! Would you get your hentai head out of the clouds and TRY to pay attention. This is a gay club. Japanese people don't approve of gays. Japanese people SHUN people that are gay. You are worth BILLIONS, who rely on you being WHOLESOME." Jou said shouting yet whispering at the same time.


"Okay that's it." was all Seto said and he dragged him off the dance floor and as he did, scanned for where he could have some 'Puppy Time'. Seeing a few rooms off to the side, he pulled him inside and slammed the door shut.


"Okay first off, I haven't given a damn about what people have thought. Let them think I am screwing ZEBRAS for all I care. There are only two people in this entire world whose opinion matter to me. You and Mokuba. Everyone else can go to hell in a hand basket. Hell I'll weave it for them. Second, I already came out. Last week when I was in New York. My board had a fit and I shocked the hell out of Mokuba. Third, you are MINE. Get that through that gorgeous head of yours. Now you can answer me a question. What in gods holy creation are YOU doing here, dressed like THAT! Are you TRYING to get raped!" Seto bellowed to a stunned into silence Jou.


"I need to sit..." Jou finally said stumbling around and finally just fell to the floor.


"Pup...you okay?" Seto said as he could see the confusion running through his topaz eyes.


"Too much....brain hurts" Jou said shaking his head at the same time. Seto was about to come over to him and hold him close, but he heard a knock at the door. Seto was torn as to whether to comfort his love, or answer the door, but unfortunately he didn't get a chance to make that decision when the door opened and Yukio came in.


"Jou, you know you aren't supposed to be in here if the client hasn't paid yet...." Yukio said and then frowned as he saw Jou on the floor, holding his head and Seto frowning at him


"And who are you?" Seto asked, his tone arctic


"His boss. Now. Jou, get up and go shake that money maker. And if you get those pants dirty, you are paying for the dry cleaning. I went to a lot of trouble to get that specially ordered for you." Yukio said not realizing he just dug his own grave.


"So, if I am to understand you...you dressed Jou like that? Am I correct in this?" Seto asked, his voice sounding like sweet honey. Only someone that knew him, would know that they were about to have their head bitten off.


"Dragon don'tch'a do that." Jou said already knowing that tone of voice. He remembered it from the KC Grand Prix and it never boded well for anyone


"It sells here. Boys here want the unattainable, and most of the regulars know that Jou is asexual. It gives them a thrill to think that they can get their hands on him." Yukio said, still not exactly realizing who he was speaking to. The room was still fairly dark and while he had seen through the video camera's that Jou was in the room and not alone, he had not seen who the patron was.


"Let me tell you a little secret then." Seto said his voice low, and Jou could tell it was full of menace.


"And what would that be?" Yukio said, still not hearing Seto's tone of voice. Jou on the other hand began to get up to hold back the volcano that was about to erupt. But he was too late, as Seto had already begun moving towards him and then glared down at him


"Katsuya Jounouchi is MY PROPERTY." Seto roared at him and Yukio went completely white as Seto began to breathe righteous fire onto Yukio


"You FUCKING ASSHOLE!! I ain't yure property! Asshole!" Jou spewed out so outraged that he began swearing at him in every language he knew including the Ancient Egyptian that Jou had sworn up and down that he didn't remember to Yugi and the gang.


Yukio on the other hand was for the first time nervous. He knew that this man was a serious dude, but couldn't for the life of him figure out who it was. It was fairly obvious that he knew Jou, but from where who knew. He had always had the impression that the only male that Jou cared for was Ben, but according to this guy Jou had been seeing him.


"Jou, I never thought I would have to say this to you, but please do not use this place as your own personal sparring match. Now young man, if you wish to continue this, you will have to pay for Jou's attentions. This room is for paying customers." Yukio said though quaking. He could feel the rage radiating from the man and wondered just who it was that he was talking to.


"Gods damn it Yukio he is NOT my boyfriend! How many GODS DAMNED TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE I AM NOT GAY!!!!!" Jou screamed and ran past both men and slammed open the door and ran out of the room. Cursing and swearing he went into the employee room and went into the locker rooms and sat down.


Desperately trying not to start crying as everything today was just too much. Seto showing up, not only back in his life but telling him that he loved him and feeling his reactions to him was too much for him. Then hearing him spout off at his EMPLOYER about him being a possession....


Yukio on the other hand was left in the room with Seto, his blue eyes narrowed in on the man.


"You will not harm him or I will see this place razed to the ground. Is that perfectly clear?" Seto said in his normal take-charge voice


"Just who are you?" Yukio asked wanting to confirm his absolute worst suspicions


"I am KAIBA. And he is mine. He always has been mine. I am claiming him now whether he likes it or not." Seto said but Yukio frowned slightly


"He won't go for something like that. You have to be subtle with him. Something in his past closed him off to those kind of feelings. I don't know what, maybe raising Ben and devoting everything but if you continue how you are, you will lose him." Yukio said wisely, his own perceptions of him always accurate.


"I have waited twelve years for him. I am not waiting any more." Seto said to the man, more of a statement then explaining


"Twelve years is a long time young man." Yukio said in observation


"He was too young for me then. I was running my company then and I had my baby brother to worry about. Social services were constantly trying to take him away from me." Seto revealed giving a hint as to what life was like for the former teen billionaire


"So now you are old enough?" Yukio asked though he knew the age of the CEO. He was still one of the youngest CEO's ever other then Jou's brother in law. Otogi was now, as he was a year younger then Seto and had been running the Black Crown Empire since he was seventeen


"I am old enough now not to be dictated by society. Now I can claim him and he can take his rightful place at my side. It is where he has always belonged." Seto said just as arrogant as ever, but Yukio saw past that.


"That may be, but he has done just fine without you. True, completely asexual, and a mother hen to Ben, but he nearly a doctor. Something he did without you. So don't go there. He won't appreciate it." Yukio said, stunned that the man was listening to him, but also relieved that he hadn't bitten his head off


"He had done without me because I had to leave. But I was also not given the chance as well. I didn't know why he dropped out. His friends told me to stay away from him. All I had heard was about some nasty argument and that was that. He was gone out of my life, and I was shut out from his friends, the only source of information. I now see why, but that still doesn't change things. Thank you for listening, I can tell you are a good friend to him. But a word of warning. You ever dress him like that again and I will kill you." Seto said in a quiet voice, one that Yukio was getting used to.


"As long as he works here and I pay his wages, I will dress him in whatever uniform I chose. I am sorry young man, but this is my club. Just as I would not dream of telling you what to do, you do not have the right to tell me what to do." Yukio said and with that moved away from him.


"Then I will just have to change the management, won't I?" Seto said and was about to open his cell phone when he caught the smile on his face.


"Good luck with that. Trust me when I say the owner will never sell this place. There isn't enough money to make him sell." Yukio said with a huge grin on his face. Though that didn't seem to stop Seto. As he walked out of the room, with Yukio closing the door behind him, he could hear him wheeling and dealing with someone that he could hear called Albert. Smiling because the man was about to discover that this place would never be sold to him for all the money in the world he headed back into the employee section, knowing that he would find Jou there.


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Jou was now quiet, resting his head on the sofa that was in the staff lounge. He knew that he had to get back out there as he wasn't being paid to be inside here brooding. Seto so confused him. He didn't understand what was going on with him, and his firm belief that he was straight was being shredded. He should have realized that it wasn't really true when not even seeing Mai that one time, completely naked had done nothing for him.


It had happened one of the very few times he had gone out and Mai was babysitting Ben. He was being his normal colic self and had been a disaster waiting to happen. Which it did all over Mai. And himself. So she had taken him into the shower to clean themselves up, when Jou had returned home early and caught her coming out of the shower, still naked.


What had shocked her at the time, was that Jou wasn't even embarrassed, but had handed her a towel and began to focus completely onto Ben, splaying him with raspberries all over his tummy and playing with his feet as he got him into his diapers. He had remembered seeing her looking at him strangely, and now reflecting on it, he should have realized that he should have explained that he didn't see her, not like other people....or one specific person. He couldn't remember the amount of times he had seen all his friends naked at one point or another but to him, they were fuzzy. Not really there. Except one.


He was so confused.....


Which was what was running through his head as his manager came into the back room.


"I knew I would find you here. Look I don't know what is going on with that guy, but I don't want it disturbing my place." Yukio said for once actually serious


"I don't know what is going on with that guy either. But I don't want him here either. I just want to focus on school. He confuses me." Jou admitted, though he hadn't exactly intended to let that little tidbit out.


"A guy like that would confuse you. He doesn't know the meaning of no. Tell me, has he always been like?" Yukio asked


"Yeah, a real arrogant prick. With a pole of pure ice up his ass. But I get why he is like that. I do. I don't think I should get into it, but I get it. Let's just say he didn't grow up ideal. Then again, he took control of Kaiba Corp at 14. That had to do something to him. Plus he has been raising Mokie since he was, I think 7...maybe 8. He has been mother and father to him, like me and Ben, so I am probably one of the few that actually get what he has gone through." Jou said saying a lot more then he had wanted to, but could not stop the flow of words coming out of his mouth.


"I didn't know he was that young. I had always heard about the iceberg that ruled KaibaCorp and turned it away from making weapons to games. So he really was that young." Yukio said more in contemplation


"Yeah. He's a genius. Gods is he smart. But he's always been that smart. Even long ago---" Jou said and then broke off. That was NOT what he planned on ever discussing no matter how open Yukio was.


"Long ago?" he asked Jou


"Forget I said anything. Look, I wanna go. Do ya mind?" Jou asked him looking at Yukio with puppy dog eyes.


"Yeah get out of here. Get some sleep. I will see you next week, but I am going to expect you two hours later next week. To make up. So make sure you get your homework done before getting here. Last time you tried to do your homework on your break, you grossed out some of my patrons." Yukio said but didn't get a response as Jou had already jumped up and ran into the lockers to get changed.


"Kids these days..." Yukio said with a grin


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In an apartment not too far away a black haired man was talking on his cell phone in whispered tones as to not awake his slumbering husband. Trying not to giggle at the message that he had just gotten from his real estate agent who had just been yelled at for the last 2 hours at nearly 1am in the morning, he finally turned off the cell phone and trotted back into bed, to skirt up to his brown haired lover of 11 years.


"'Togi, who was that?" the groggy man said, his voice still deep from sleep, even though he had just crawled into bed 45 minutes earlier.


"My agent. Seems she had gotten a call from a blue eyed dragon that was breathing fire at her." Otogi said to his husband


"What did that bastard want with her?" Tristan said now coming a bit more awake. Otogi had not had a chance to tell him of what happened that day as Tristan had just walked into the house, stripped and crawled into the slumbering Otogi.


"It appears that Seto was barking at her to sell him one of my pet projects." Otogi said with some humour.


"'Togi, you only have one pet project....oh GOD. He wanted to buy the Rave!" Tristan said now waking up slightly more.


"It appears so. She didn't tell him I own it, hell only she and Yukio know I do. Wouldn't do for Jou to find out that he works for me." Otogi said with a smile


"No, considering he still won't let us pay for his schooling. I know this was the only way we could do it. Give him the appearance of being independent, without knowing that his wages were so completely outrageous on purpose." Tristan said about their little scheme to pay for Jou to go to school, without him being wise to it.


"Love you know it was brilliant. Plus he loves it there. And he thinks he is getting away with it too. Hell Yukio wants to put him in hot pants next week....what do you think?" Otogi said


"Well if we stick him in a white vest as well with a cowboy hat, I think it would awesome." Tristan said about their penchance for doing that to him. Yukio assured him that while Jou complained...a lot...he didn't really mind.


"So...how do we get Seto there?" Otogi asked and Tristan grinned, both of them thinking that their house was just about to get larger.