Fuzzy Snow

Girlo- ^_^ Woot! Thank you I’m so happy that you like it! I hope you like this one too!

Maggiemay- Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for the link!

J Chan – OH I love Ry-ry as a bunny! *grabs Animal from the muppets* Animal, sick em! No one hurts ryou and gets away with it!! ^^; sorry lettin’ the dark side out anyway!
Seto isn’t going to be tortured by being a mini animal any longer.


A/N: I was reading over my chapters and yes, I realize that I write one thing and then write another like names and such. That is because I can’t for the life of me remember what I write. ^^; It could also be the fact that I’m half awake and listening to soft music while writing. LOL, I’m such a dork anyway here it is, enjoy!

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He felt alone, utterly alone. All he could remember was thinking how beautiful Jou looked before drifting off to sleep. He had realized earlier that he loved Jou and yet for most of the time had been with Jou he had second guessed him-self.

His consciousness drifted in and out. He caught voices here and there but never could gain any sense from them.

“…IABA!”

“….Look so …”

“ …ing up…!”

“…Seto…”

Gaining more sense that he was awake he realized that it was dark, too dark to see anything. Seto groaned and rubbed his face with his hands but paused in an almost panic like nature. He was human again and who were those people!?!

When did all of this come to be and where was Jounouchi? Feeling his face he felt bandages over his eyes, as to why they were there he didn’t know.

‘Well that explains one thing’ he thought to himself. Seto tried to think back to the time spent as a kitten, he couldn’t. Did this mean it was all a dream or hallucinations brought on by some psycho that wanted to get into his pants!?! Shaking his head he went to remove the bandages when a voice stopped him.

“Dose are dere for a reason, Kaiba” he knew that voice could it really be?

“Jou?” It all came back in a flash, everything about him being an animal was so vivid it couldn’t have been anything but reality.

“Callin’ me ‘Jou’ now huh? Whateve’ happened ta ‘mutt’?”

Seto’s eyebrows furred, why was Jounouchi acting like, like, well him?! Was he right, did nothing change between them?

“…What happened?” he managed to ask after a while his voice was dry but soft.

“I dun know, ya just showed up one day un-announced an’ lookin’ like shit so dey stuck ya in de hospital. I only came down here ta check up on Mokuba, kid was in near hysterics” It was a lie. He’d found Seto, carried him almost seven blocks to the hospital, called Mokuba and hadn’t left until his side since.

“How is he?”

“Doin’ bette’ now dat your back, where de hell were ya?”

“…I was…”

“Yeah?”

“…I…” Seto couldn’t quite get it out. He figured Jou would freak out or start rambling on about how he was the real idiot or what kind of drugs he was on.

“Go on, I ain’t gonna say nothin’ if it’s really weird or somethin’” Jounouchi reassured him, noticing that there was a light blush splashed on the other teens face.

“I was with you…the whole time”

This little bit of news shocked the blonde a little, a million different thoughts were popping through his head but he had to know.

“What do ya mean?”

“…What did you call me when I was a kitten? KC?” Seto said turning his face in the direction he assumed Jounouchi would be.

“Dere’s no fricken way” was the only response he could utter.

“What you want proof or do you think I was spying on you the whole time and that stupid funeral thing was just for publicity? At least they never did get a chance to do it” Jou’s silence angered Seto slightly, so he didn’t believe him and probably wouldn’t even if he provided details. It didn’t matter at the moment and there was no reason to get upset over it. With a sigh he told Jou what he could remember, especially about the last night he had seen them through the eyes of a kitten.

After a while he heard Jou clear his throat.

“…Everyone came ta see ya earlier but ya were still out pretty cold”

“That explains the voices. Anyway why do I have bandages over my eyes, you never explained why Katsuya” the name rolled off his tongue without Seto so much as realizing it. Jounouchi did however and was blushing slightly because of it.

“Voices? Well um, d-dey had ta do surgery on it, I told ya dat you were in really bad shape when ya were found. At least ya weren’t naked just…ya … ya were half dead. Dey said in uh simpler terms dat ya eyes were practically popsicles”

Seto couldn’t respond, too shocked by the last parts of the sentence to do much else. A sweet voice caught both duelists attention.

“Mokuba said you were in here, you need to take a break Kats its been almost two days and you have yet to eat!” the soft feminine voice scolded. Seto growled, he could have smacked Jou did he want to end up like him?

“Baka puppy” he muttered quietly.

“What did ya just say?” Jou asked, wanting to make sure that he heard what the teenage CEO said properly.

“I said you’re an idiotic dog; now go eat before your stomach continues to eat its-self!” that oh so familiar growl caused the brunette to smile.

“I ain’t no dog!” Jou barked out before heading out of the room in a huff, whoever the voice was, was right on his heels. Soon a small hand gripped his larger one.

“How are you feeling Seto?” Mokuba asked, his voice a on the horse side and from the sound of it ready to drop into the pure bliss of darkness at any moment.

“Fine, how about you Mokie? You sound like you’re ready for bed”

“Damn strait” the young teen mumbled. The elder Kaiba laughed, he didn’t blame Mokuba, he felt like that in the beginning too.

“You can go to sleep if you want no one’s stopping you from doing so” That seemed to be all the confirmation Mokuba needed before he got comfortable and drifted off to a light sleep.

In all reality he hadn’t known how long he had been out but he had assumed it had been longer than a week. Reaching up Seto stubbornly went to remove the bandages again when the sweet voice returned.

“I know it’s hard not to want to take them off Kaiba but they’re there for a reason” he didn’t recognize the voice right away but it did sound awfully familiar.

“You’re Shizuka huh? Do you know how I got here?”

“Yeah! Jounouchi hasn’t left your side since you got here and no one knows how you were found but no one besides you seems to be asking. You don’t remember getting here huh?”

“I can remember the snow and seeing gold but that’s it”

“Don’ worry ya’ll remember soon enough Kaiba!” Jou mumbled, the sound of food being inhaled caused Seto to smile slightly no one in the room caught it though.

“Sure, whatever you say mutt” that familiar growl made him want to laugh and curl up in his puppy’s lap. It would seem quite awkward if he did that now and besides, he was blinder than a bat.

“Yous just lucky dat ya didn’t die out dere, because I’d kill ya again makin’ Mokuba worry like dat!” Jou huffed while crossing his arms. He knew what the blonde was talking about, he could easily read through that macho man exterior. That was when the doctor made his entrance.

Seto almost sighed as the two were ushered out of the room and the quack proceeded to list off everything that was wrong with him.

‘Don’t worry puppy, I’m not planning on going anywhere’

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Jou hadn’t realized how much his newest companion had kept him so much company. He felt so empty without the little guy around. He found it a little weird that KC disappeared when Seto popped back into reality.

Grabbing his head in frustration he let out a slight scream. Tristan raised an eyebrow at his friend, who seemed to be frayed severely. Then again, the little kitten had kept Jou so much company and seemed to show nothing but devotion when his friend needed it the most; when they could not.

Even Blanky was highly depressed as her new ‘baby’ was taken from her. Reaching down he patted the old dog on her head. They’d both be alright after some time.

‘Jou’s got to be fried pretty bad, losing and gaining something of value isn’t exactly an equal trade’

Then again, Seto and Jou hadn’t said barely two words to each other if that! Mostly the usual: ‘Money bags’ or ‘Mutt’. Though he had to admit seeing those azure eyes back to normal did his heart good.

In any case Tristan thought Seto and Jou needed to get out all that tension that followed them around off their backs even if that meant beating the ever living shit out of each other.

Jou let out another frustrated scream and buried his face into a pillow to dull the sound so they wouldn’t get in trouble with their apartment.

“Damn man calm down, if you’re that frustrated take a walk or something!” Tristan grumped. The only response was a muffled response that sounded something like ‘you take a walk’.

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It had been almost two weeks since he had last seen Jounouchi Katsuya, for longer than a few hours. Seto noticed in all that time life at home and life at work never changed. The only thing that seemed to change was his perspective of it all. Sure on the outside he was still the walking ice statue but on the inside he was a raging inferno ready to blow.

He was tired again, choosing to spend the hours he should be sleeping with Mokuba. This was most likely how he had created that candle wick aggression span in the first place. At least the weather was for the most part warm and sunny; which meant that when he was not at work or at home, he was at school. It was practically the only time he saw Jou the only time he could pester the blonde into a petty fight just to be with him for a moment longer.

That morning had been no different. He got up early to get ready and get Mokuba ready and eat breakfast with him before they hopped into the limo and went to school. Sure he was always there before everyone else it meant he could have a few extra minutes to doze off.

Slipping into his seat he placed his briefcase on the desk and opened it for a moment to take out his books. Placing it back down, he rearranged them so he could sleep with a little darkness. That didn’t seem to last long at least in Seto’s opinion as the English language class soon became full with noise.

Jounouchi was last to arrive again, this time more than ten minutes after the class had started. It earned him a nice comfortable reserved spot in detention which the blonde was more than happy to spew back what he thought of the teacher. Of course that only made the punishment much better.

‘Why does he do this to himself?’ Seto thought not even bothering to pay attention to what the teacher was saying. He’d known all of that crap since he was twelve, well if you consider learning being forcefully shoved in your face until you knew it backwards, with your eyes closed and in three different languages then yeah.

He hadn’t realized that he was sleeping with his eyes open until he felt someone flick him in the forehead. He didn’t need to know who did it since it was the most obvious who would.

“What do you want mutt?” he muttered quietly

“Sensei’s been tryin’ ta get ya attention; she finally gave up thinkin’ yous was ignorin’ her”

“How do you know that I wasn’t?”

“You kinda had dat glazed ove’ look in ya eyes, it was obvious to anyone who’s done dat before yous was sleepin’ wit’cha eyes open”

“You do it all the time I presume?”

“Ya know me so well money bags”

“Can’t teach an old dog new tricks mutt”

“I AIN’T NO DOG!!!!” the initial yell brought the entire classrooms attention to fall on the two of them. The teacher growled herself and pointed her finger to the door. Jou, still growling from the old comment grabbed his things and left.

Seto knew it was for him as well since she was still pointing to the door after Jou had already left. It was no big deal for him, they’d show up in detention together and for a day he’d be able to see his puppy like he’d wanted to.

Seto had barely set foot into the hall when he was forced back into a set of lockers. Jou had one fist clenched in his school uniform while at the same time pushing against his chest forcing him to stay backwards.

“I’m getting real tired of dis dog crap Kaiba, either ya treat me with respect or ya leave me alone plain and simple!!”

Seto smirked; angry Katsuya was a very sexy Katsuya. Before Jou could get any angrier Seto reached up and touched the end of his nose. At first the blonde was weirded out but then it hit him like a freight train, all of what Seto had told him in the hospital had been true. By some weird force they had been brought closer together even if they hadn’t notice at first.

Before Jounouchi could react any further Seto leaned in for what would be their first kiss. Even if his lips were relaxed, they were just begging to touch Jou's, at this point, at any cost.
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That’s it, you guys know what to do! ^_~ thanks for reading!

For those of you who want to know just what the voices were saying and who the voices were here it is!

Yugi:(Kaiba!)
Anzu:(He doesn’t look so good)
Tristan:(I think he’s waking up)
Mokuba:(Hang in there Seto)