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Category:
Yu-Gi-Oh › General
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
1
Views:
1,393
Reviews:
6
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
Disclaimer:
I do not own YuGiOh!, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Beyond and Below
)Beyond and Below(
By: HikariKurai
Disclaimer: Wow…seven reviews in one day for Icefire! Yay! ::Cheers:: Thanks to all that reviewed: alostblackcat, Animom, Yamijou (love the name, BTW), Ykarzel (Wow…YKARZEL liked MY fic?!?! I’ve read her stuff and it ROCKS!), Leaf Zelindar, mamoru cat, and cool. Thank you all!
If there was one consensus with all the reviews, it was that I need to make a story arc/sequel out of this………so, I will! I think I’ll call it the ‘Elemental Wheel Arc’. So that means there’s gonna be a lot more pairings, and a lot more hidden magical powers! So please, keep reading!
This installment mainly deals with Jou’s past, as well as Kaiba’s, and why they were afraid of their powers. So I guess you could call it a seprequel………or maybe a presequel? I dunno. And, yeah, they still have their powers………they’re just sealed/dormant/under control. Also, I’m going to assume Malik goes back to normal after Battle City (Malik is MARIK’S non-yami form). Anyway, I don’t own Yu-Gi-Oh, cause if I did, Mai would probably be a ferret now.
WARNINGS: Bad language, YAOI!! S/J Lemon………again. Seto being a sweetie, if that counts as a warning.
Read and review!!
~HK~
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KATSUYA POV:
Ain’t it funny how three weeks can change your life?
Yeah, three weeks have passed since our little ::Ahem:: EVENT in the woods.
Needless to say, my friends were a little surprised when we got back to camp that night. Well, except for Yugi. It would probably take a nuclear explosion to surprise him. But, the rest of them accepted my relationship with Seto pretty well, even his little brother. Mokuba was thrilled to have someone to play video games with. Honda was a little surprised, finding out I was gay. Me, macho Jou, in love with KAIBA.
Yeah, I’m in love with Seto. Have been forever. He just dosen’t know yet.
He let me move into his house with him and his brother, away from my abusive dad, and to tell the truth, I’ve never been happier.
Well, ALMOST.
You see, ever sinceo ano and I sealed each other’s elemental powers, I’ve been having really bad nightmares. More than once Seto’s had to shake me awake, I was screaming so loud. They’re always the same too………I’ll be back in the woods, running, and I get to a big open space, and scattered around are the bodies of my friends, ALL of my friends. Dead.
Then I go berserk, and everything explodes.
I made the mistake of telling Yugi about my dreams, who contacted Malik, who talked to Isis, who told Shadi, and now they’re on their way to Kaiba’s mansion to take a peep into my skull. And they still don’t know about my powers.
Oh, JOY.
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SETO POV:
Jou’s fidgeting again.
I glanced at my golden eyed puppy out of the corner of my eye, watched him as he wrung his hands.
“Relax, koinu.” I said to him very quietly, keeping my voice passive.
“Can’t.” He replied shortly.
We were sitting in one of the larger family rooms in my mansion. Jou was sitting on the very edge of my blue leather sofa (AN: Blue leather………::drool::) making an honest apt tpt to strangle the hem of his green shirt. I gently took his chin between my fingers, turning his face to mine, and gave him a quick, firm, kiss. He responded immediately, eyes growing dark.
“Be a good puppy and I’ll reward you later.” I said, and I received a VERY wicked grin in return.
“Count on it.” Jou said, just as the sound of the doorbell resod thd through the room. A few moments later, a quiet knock sounded on the closed door.
“Mister Kaiba, there’s a rather large group of people to see you.”
“Let them in.”
The door opened, and a string of people walked in, lead by Yugi Motou. Isis Ishtar followed just behind, followed by her brother Malik (AN: NON YAMI!!!), then Shadi, Ryou Bakura, Hiroto Honda, Ryuji Otogi, and Mazaki Anzu bringing up the rear.
“You didn’t tell me there would be this many, Yugi.” I said a little shortly.
The short boy just looked up at me, violet eyes innocent. “Once I said that Jou was having nightmares, they insisted they come too.”
Jou rose from his seat.
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“Shall we start?” Isis asked quietly.
Isis, Malik, Shadi, Yugi (who at some point transformed into Yami), Jou, and Seto were gathered in one of the small private libraries. The others had insisted that they be allowed to watch too, except for Ryou.
“You never know.” The white haired boy had said simply, “Bakura might feel the Millenium magic and decide to go after the items. And besides, I think this is something that they need to do on their own, you know? This is a private matter.”
So they were occupied with the game room.
“A mindwalk can be a dangerous thing.” Shadi said in his quiet, slightly accented voice, his curiously blank blue eyes watching Jou. “Should you become scared, the connection between your body and spirit could k.” k.”
Jou gulped.
Yami sighed, rubbing his eyes. “Don’t frighten him, Shadi. He’s scared enough.”
“How is this going to work?” Seto demanded, looking amongst the Item holders.
“Well,” Malik began, “We will use the Millenium items in tandem. Yami and the Millenium Puzzle will keep Jou grounded. Shadi will use his Millenium Key to unlock Jou’s mind, and Isis and I will use the Rod and Torque to make his mind visible to us.”
Seto nodded.
Jou took a deep breath, but a slight amount of fear still shone in his honey colored eyes. “We may as well get it over with.”
“Then let’s begin.”
Yami moved behind Jou.
“It will be ok, my friend.” He said quietly, wrapping both arms around Jou’s muscular shoulders.
“Easy for you to say………” The boy grumbled.
A faint golden light spread from the Millenium Puzzle around Yami’s neck, enveloping the two friends in its glow. After a few moments, Malik and Isis moved closer to the pair, calling on the power of their own items. A circular void appeared in the air, filled with blackness.
Shadi nodded, then touched the Millenium Key to Jou’s forehead.
Instantly, a loud scream exploded in the room, and the dark circle burst with light.
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\Flashback\
A small, golden haired boy, perhaps six years old, walked slowly down a sunny sidewalk. Though the day was beautiful, his face was melancholy. He passed by an empty lot, where some kids were playing soccer.
The ball rolled out of the lot, coming to a stop in front of the boy, and he stooped to pick it up.
“Don’t touch my ball!!”
The boy looked up, turning pained golden eyes to the speaker, a tall buy several years older than him.
“I was just going to give it back.” He said quietly.
“You’re that Katsuya kid, aren’t you?” The tall boy sneered, coming to stand in front of him. The other kids stood behind him, some laughing, some with strange expressions………like fear. When the boy identified as Katsuya didn’t respond, the tall kid just laughed.
“I’ve heard about YOU. Everybody says that you’re different from the rest of us.” He sneered. “But now that I’m looking at you, you just seem like a weak little kid to me. I could probably kick your pussy-ass from here to next week!”
He said nothing.
“What, you little fucker? Too afraid to talk?” The boy took a step forward.
The kids behind him laughed as the boy took another step, causing Katsuya to shrink back.
“Get out of here, f!” !”
He punched Katsuya in the gut. The boy crumpled, gasping for air, to the sidewalk. The boy kicked him, sending him sprawling, then ground his booted into his lower back.
Katsuya screamed.
A sudden, bright red flash lit up the area, the air suddenly thick with the smell of smoke. The tall boy stumbled back, screaming, his clothes and hair on fire, his eyes wild. The others started screaming as well, and people were starting to pour out of their homes.
Katsuya ran.
He ran as fast as his short legs would carry him, eyes gritty with soot and anger. He dashed down an alleyway, coming to a gasping halt when he could run no further, the rage inside of him still burning hotly. The sunlight sparkled off of a deep puddle nearby, so he knelt and looked into the water.
Crimson eyes gazed back.
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SETO POV:
I watched with horror the events of Jou’s past, amazed at the cruelty of children. The void flickered, then came to life again.
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Katsuya huddled beneath the blankets, truing to plug his ears against the noise.
“Toru has second-degree burns.”
“And you seem to think our son did it?”
“Yes, I do! All the children said he did it!”
“Miyuka………”
“We need to take him to the doctors at the university. We need to let them see what’s wrong with him!”
“Wrong?”
“Yes. Whatever the boy is, he isn’t natural. And I’m NOT going to let Shizuka grow up with a………a MONSTER!”
Katsuya shut his eyes tightly, hot tears leaking out no matter how hard he tried.
(AN: Ok, I know. I’m SURE Jou-kun’s mom was a wonderful woman and all, but I think it was kind of wrong that she separated Jou and Shizuka like she did. And besides, it works with the fic.)
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Katsuya was seated on a chair in a large, gray room. He was c and and was too short for the chair, so he swung his legs back and forth. Up, down, up, down, side to side, never breaking his rhythm.
It gave him something to concentrate on.
Occasionally, there would be a loud bang or a bright flash. The people behind the glass were trying to scare him. He glanced up, scowling boyishly at said people hiding in their white coats behind the really thick glass. His mom was among them, looking detached, and so was his dad.
Mommy didn’t know that Daddy had been drinking.
The others were watching computer monitors atherther things, and every time they looked at him, the boy could almost FEEL their hatred.
“Why………why don’t they think I’m a person?” He asked the thermometer on the wall.
The thermometer didn’t answer.
Suddenly, the room was filled with loud bangs and bright flashes. Katsuya tried to cover his ears and eyes at the same time, but his hands weren’t big enough.
He screamed.
The same as before, there was a brilliant flash of golden light, and the room was consumed in fire.
Katsuya, untouched, sat dumbstruck in the center of the conflagration as the chair beneath him was consumed, crimson eyes fixed on the thermometer.
Up, up climbed the mercury, past the 100 degree mark.
It exploded.
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SETO POV:
Jou screamed, thrashing within Yami’s grip. His eyes were wide open, burning crimson.
The seal was broken.
“What’s happening??” Yami demanded, as the temperature in the room climbed.
Sweating, I carefully made my way toward the pair. Malik had dropped the Rod and was moving to restrain Jou, leaving Isis keeping the vision going alone. I waved him back. He glared at me, violet eyes flashing, but backed off.
I knelt beside Jou and Yami………I could see Yami’s exhaustion as he tried to keep Jou’s soul where it belonged. Waves of heat flowed from him, crashing against me. Carefully, I reached up my hand.
“Kaiba! NO!” Yami snapped. I ignored him, and reached my hand into the aura. The light burned me, and I hissed in pain, but I was determined.
I touched Jou’s hand.
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YAMI POV:
I watched with horror as Kaiba touched Jou’s hand. There was a sudden roar of sound, and I watched in amazement as the image in the vortex flickered and went dim, being replaced by another.
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The house was on fire!!
Eight year old Miganuchi Seto (AN: I’m gonna assume that Kaiba is not their last name, and besides, this makes it more interesting) ran through the clouds of choking smoke, trying to get to his little brother’s room. Sparks fell round him, falling in his hair. The loud crash of a roof beam falling sent him to his knees, forcing him to crawl the last few feet to his brother’s slightly opened door.
“Mokuba!” He yelled, hi voice washed away in the roar of flames.
A small pile of blankets in the corner caught his attention. Crawling quickly, coughing,mademade his way over there. His little brother, Mokuba, was huddled beneath them, crying. Seto gathered his brother up in his arms and huddled deep into the corner as he could go, the crackle of he flames becoming louder and louder.
“Mokuba!”
“MOMMY, DADDY!!” Mokuba cried.
There was a roar, and another loud crash as a burning beam crashed though the ceiling, landing not tree feet away.
Seto cried out in hock. Suddenly, there was a huge blast of cold air. The icy cold wind came faster and faster, blowing flames every which way, extinguishing the fire surrounding them. It got colder and colder, and soon the brothers breaths were creating white clouds in the air.
It was suddenly silent. Gone were the sound of the flames and crackling wood, only replaced by the wail of sirens and their own chattering teeth.
Seto stood, carrying his little brother, and carefully picked his way around frost-covered debris down the hall. He came to the doorway of his parent’s room………
And passed out.
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“Amazing that the kids survived………”
“Yeah………It was arson, right?”
“Yeah. The fire burned so fast that the parents were still in bed………it’s weird, though.”
“Huh? What’ weird?”
“Coroner said that the parent’s didn’t die of fire, or smoke inhalation.”
“What?”
“No. They died instantly of hypothermia.”
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KATSUYA POV:
I watched Seto’s life flash before my eyes, I could feel his pain in my soul.
I had no idea where I was but I knew I wasn’t alone.
A blue bubble appeared before me, floating and full of smoke. The weird mist vanished, revealing the tall frame of Seto floating inside.
“Jou……….” He whispered to me. I could see more of my surroundings now………I was floating in a crimson bubble within a void of darkness, my only lifeline to reality the thin, golden thread of Yami’s conciousness. I knew it was his Millenium magic keeping me grounded.
“Kaiba?”
Seto slowly floated toward me, and in a moment his bubble joined with mine, becoming bright purple and a little larger. He pulled me close to him.
“Come back, Katsuya.” He whispered gently, stroking my hair.
I felt tears stinging my eyes. “I can’t. I’m a monster.”
“Don’t you get it, baka inu? I don’t give a fuck if you’re a monster or not.” Seto looked down at me, and I could see my own reflection in his eyes. “You’re mine, Jou. You belong to me.” Seto cupped my chin in his hands.
I sighed, and he kissed me. I knew he was offering me a lifeline, a way back. I took it.
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SETO POV:
I came back to my own body, still kissing Jou. As we broke apart, him, Yami, and I collapsed.
“What just happened here?” Isis asked, her voice a mere thread of sound. She and Malik were kneeling over us.
“Go away.” Yami groaned. The door to the library flew open, and Yugi, Otogi, Anzu, Honda, Ryou, and Mokuba all ran in.
“Yami! I thought I felt………” Yugi stopped sort, blinking. “What the FUCK happened here?”
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“And that’s the story.”
Jou sipped slowly at the cup in his hand, wincing as the hot coffee scalded his throat. The group of them had gathered once more in the living room (AN: meaning Yugi, Anzu, Otogi, Honda, Isis, Malik, Ryou, Shadi, Mokuba, and Seto). “After that, my mom and dad divorced, and my dad drank more and more. He used to be a good man………but now………”
Yugi looked up at his fried sadly. “So all this time, you’ve had this ability and you never said anything?”
The blond boy looked at each of his friends in turn, eyes serious. “Couldn’t. Millenium items are one thing. This is something else altogether.”
His answer was met by silence. Seto cleared his throat.
“There are many guest rooms prepared for you. If you wish to stay, you may do so. However, It’s been a long day, and Jou needs some rest.” His tone begged no argument. There had been no mention of Seto’s own past, or of the fact that Jou’s soul had almost been lost. Only Yami, Malik, Isis and Shadi knew the truth.
The group stood, and after various goodnights and see you tomorrows, they scattered. Mokuba paused momentarily to give Jou and Seto each a hug, then dashed off to his own room. Jou and Seto were left alone.
“Come, puppy, let’s go to bed.” Seto said quietly, sweeping Jou up in his arms. Ignoring his squeak of protest, the tall young man walked up the stairs to his bedroom. Kicking the door open, Seto strode over to the dark-draped bed and very gently laid Jou upon it.
As he turned to switch on a light, he wtunntunned by a small, helpless sound.
Jou was crying.
Seto crawled onto the bed in the darkness, gathering the sobbing blond up into his arms. “What is it, koi?”
“I’m………sorry………” Jou sniffled, burying his head into his lovers shoulder. Hot tears soaked into his silk shirt. (AN: First leather, now silk…)
“For what?”
“For………telling.”
In the pale light of the moon sneaking through the curtains, Seto could see the slight sine of tears. Bowing his head, he carefully kissed them away, then captured Jou’s lips with his own.
“Seto………” Jou whispered against his mouth.
“Shhhhh, koi.” Seto pushed Jou backwards, till he was lying on the bed. “You did nothing wrong.”
“I………” His protest was quickly cut of and replaced with a groan as he was kissed senseless. Seto unbuttoned Jou’s shirt, trailing his tongue along the side of his neck and along his shoulder, pausing at one of his flat nipples, carefully licking the nub of flesh.
“Seto!” Jou gasped, arching off the bed, as his lover’s tongue moved down is body to dip into his navel.
“Relax. Let me do this for you.” His fingers already fumbled at the button of Jou’s jeans. Soon he had them and his boxers in a heap on the floor.
Jou shut his eyes tight at the first exploring touch.
“Do you know how beautiful you are, puppy?” Kaiba whispered as he slowly stoked Jou’s erection. “You are like a golden god………actually you aren’t even really a puppy. You’re more like a wolf. A golden eyed wolf.”
Jou groaned. “Seto, please…”
“Your wish is my command.”
Jou screamed aloud as Seto’s mouth closed around his length. His tongue danced along the underside of his manhood, his long, talented fingers caressing where his mouth didn’t touch. Groaning and bucking, the smaller boy tried to keep still as best as he could, which was difficult to do considering the intense waves of pleasure that were threatening to drown him.
Slowly, Seto slid one finger deep inside Jou’s opening, brushing against a tiny, hidden bundle of nerves.
The world exploded.
Groaning, Jou came, his seed pouring into Seto’s mouth. The CEO swallowed every drop, carefully cleaning his lover up with his tongue.
“Se………to.” Jou hiccuped as the tall boy moved up onto the bed beside him.
“Shhh, my wolf.” Seto said, kissing him on the forehead. “Go to sleep.”
“What about you?” He could feel Seto’s erection pressing into his thigh.
“I’ll live. Get some rest.”
“Seto?”
“Hm?”
“I can take care of that…”
A laugh. “Don’t worry about it.”
“Seto?”
“Hm?”
“Aishiteru.”
Seto kissed Jou gently in the darkness, his heart constricting in his chest.
“Aishiteru. Always.”
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Outside the city of Domino, a tall female figure stood silently atop a hill. The brown curls of her long hair gleamed golden in the reflected light of the city, and were blown back by a sudden powerful gust of wind. Her enigmatic golden-green gaze was fixed on the city spread out below her.
“I see now…”
Her gaze fell to the object in her black gloved hand, a round, gold disc shaped vaguely like a wheel. Returning the object to a pocket within her black coat, she slowly began walking toward Domino.
“And so…the wheel begins to turn again…and the Guardians awaken once more…”
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Yugi was once again jolted from sleep by the voice of Ya
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\Aibou!\
/Huh???/
\Did you just feel that?\
/I couldn’t feel a damn thing, Yami…I was SLEEPING./
A sigh. \Yes. I’m…sure it was nothing.\
/Good. Now that we have that established, GO BACK TO SLEEP!/
Another sigh. \Yes, Aibou.\
/Good Yami. Maybe I’ll teach you to fetch next./
\Shut up, Aibou.\
/You too./
!!!OWARI!!!
There it is, the next installment. You’ll have to forgive me for any wierdness or inconsistencies in there…I’m fighting a pretty bad cold, and my head’s so fuzzy with drugs it’s not even funny. And yes, the girl at the end is sort of a self-insert, but don’t worry. She’s not going to end up paired with anyone (but that dosen’t mean she c hav have a crush on a character, ne?). Well, read and review! Thanx!
~HK~
By: HikariKurai
Disclaimer: Wow…seven reviews in one day for Icefire! Yay! ::Cheers:: Thanks to all that reviewed: alostblackcat, Animom, Yamijou (love the name, BTW), Ykarzel (Wow…YKARZEL liked MY fic?!?! I’ve read her stuff and it ROCKS!), Leaf Zelindar, mamoru cat, and cool. Thank you all!
If there was one consensus with all the reviews, it was that I need to make a story arc/sequel out of this………so, I will! I think I’ll call it the ‘Elemental Wheel Arc’. So that means there’s gonna be a lot more pairings, and a lot more hidden magical powers! So please, keep reading!
This installment mainly deals with Jou’s past, as well as Kaiba’s, and why they were afraid of their powers. So I guess you could call it a seprequel………or maybe a presequel? I dunno. And, yeah, they still have their powers………they’re just sealed/dormant/under control. Also, I’m going to assume Malik goes back to normal after Battle City (Malik is MARIK’S non-yami form). Anyway, I don’t own Yu-Gi-Oh, cause if I did, Mai would probably be a ferret now.
WARNINGS: Bad language, YAOI!! S/J Lemon………again. Seto being a sweetie, if that counts as a warning.
Read and review!!
~HK~
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KATSUYA POV:
Ain’t it funny how three weeks can change your life?
Yeah, three weeks have passed since our little ::Ahem:: EVENT in the woods.
Needless to say, my friends were a little surprised when we got back to camp that night. Well, except for Yugi. It would probably take a nuclear explosion to surprise him. But, the rest of them accepted my relationship with Seto pretty well, even his little brother. Mokuba was thrilled to have someone to play video games with. Honda was a little surprised, finding out I was gay. Me, macho Jou, in love with KAIBA.
Yeah, I’m in love with Seto. Have been forever. He just dosen’t know yet.
He let me move into his house with him and his brother, away from my abusive dad, and to tell the truth, I’ve never been happier.
Well, ALMOST.
You see, ever sinceo ano and I sealed each other’s elemental powers, I’ve been having really bad nightmares. More than once Seto’s had to shake me awake, I was screaming so loud. They’re always the same too………I’ll be back in the woods, running, and I get to a big open space, and scattered around are the bodies of my friends, ALL of my friends. Dead.
Then I go berserk, and everything explodes.
I made the mistake of telling Yugi about my dreams, who contacted Malik, who talked to Isis, who told Shadi, and now they’re on their way to Kaiba’s mansion to take a peep into my skull. And they still don’t know about my powers.
Oh, JOY.
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SETO POV:
Jou’s fidgeting again.
I glanced at my golden eyed puppy out of the corner of my eye, watched him as he wrung his hands.
“Relax, koinu.” I said to him very quietly, keeping my voice passive.
“Can’t.” He replied shortly.
We were sitting in one of the larger family rooms in my mansion. Jou was sitting on the very edge of my blue leather sofa (AN: Blue leather………::drool::) making an honest apt tpt to strangle the hem of his green shirt. I gently took his chin between my fingers, turning his face to mine, and gave him a quick, firm, kiss. He responded immediately, eyes growing dark.
“Be a good puppy and I’ll reward you later.” I said, and I received a VERY wicked grin in return.
“Count on it.” Jou said, just as the sound of the doorbell resod thd through the room. A few moments later, a quiet knock sounded on the closed door.
“Mister Kaiba, there’s a rather large group of people to see you.”
“Let them in.”
The door opened, and a string of people walked in, lead by Yugi Motou. Isis Ishtar followed just behind, followed by her brother Malik (AN: NON YAMI!!!), then Shadi, Ryou Bakura, Hiroto Honda, Ryuji Otogi, and Mazaki Anzu bringing up the rear.
“You didn’t tell me there would be this many, Yugi.” I said a little shortly.
The short boy just looked up at me, violet eyes innocent. “Once I said that Jou was having nightmares, they insisted they come too.”
Jou rose from his seat.
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“Shall we start?” Isis asked quietly.
Isis, Malik, Shadi, Yugi (who at some point transformed into Yami), Jou, and Seto were gathered in one of the small private libraries. The others had insisted that they be allowed to watch too, except for Ryou.
“You never know.” The white haired boy had said simply, “Bakura might feel the Millenium magic and decide to go after the items. And besides, I think this is something that they need to do on their own, you know? This is a private matter.”
So they were occupied with the game room.
“A mindwalk can be a dangerous thing.” Shadi said in his quiet, slightly accented voice, his curiously blank blue eyes watching Jou. “Should you become scared, the connection between your body and spirit could k.” k.”
Jou gulped.
Yami sighed, rubbing his eyes. “Don’t frighten him, Shadi. He’s scared enough.”
“How is this going to work?” Seto demanded, looking amongst the Item holders.
“Well,” Malik began, “We will use the Millenium items in tandem. Yami and the Millenium Puzzle will keep Jou grounded. Shadi will use his Millenium Key to unlock Jou’s mind, and Isis and I will use the Rod and Torque to make his mind visible to us.”
Seto nodded.
Jou took a deep breath, but a slight amount of fear still shone in his honey colored eyes. “We may as well get it over with.”
“Then let’s begin.”
Yami moved behind Jou.
“It will be ok, my friend.” He said quietly, wrapping both arms around Jou’s muscular shoulders.
“Easy for you to say………” The boy grumbled.
A faint golden light spread from the Millenium Puzzle around Yami’s neck, enveloping the two friends in its glow. After a few moments, Malik and Isis moved closer to the pair, calling on the power of their own items. A circular void appeared in the air, filled with blackness.
Shadi nodded, then touched the Millenium Key to Jou’s forehead.
Instantly, a loud scream exploded in the room, and the dark circle burst with light.
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\Flashback\
A small, golden haired boy, perhaps six years old, walked slowly down a sunny sidewalk. Though the day was beautiful, his face was melancholy. He passed by an empty lot, where some kids were playing soccer.
The ball rolled out of the lot, coming to a stop in front of the boy, and he stooped to pick it up.
“Don’t touch my ball!!”
The boy looked up, turning pained golden eyes to the speaker, a tall buy several years older than him.
“I was just going to give it back.” He said quietly.
“You’re that Katsuya kid, aren’t you?” The tall boy sneered, coming to stand in front of him. The other kids stood behind him, some laughing, some with strange expressions………like fear. When the boy identified as Katsuya didn’t respond, the tall kid just laughed.
“I’ve heard about YOU. Everybody says that you’re different from the rest of us.” He sneered. “But now that I’m looking at you, you just seem like a weak little kid to me. I could probably kick your pussy-ass from here to next week!”
He said nothing.
“What, you little fucker? Too afraid to talk?” The boy took a step forward.
The kids behind him laughed as the boy took another step, causing Katsuya to shrink back.
“Get out of here, f!” !”
He punched Katsuya in the gut. The boy crumpled, gasping for air, to the sidewalk. The boy kicked him, sending him sprawling, then ground his booted into his lower back.
Katsuya screamed.
A sudden, bright red flash lit up the area, the air suddenly thick with the smell of smoke. The tall boy stumbled back, screaming, his clothes and hair on fire, his eyes wild. The others started screaming as well, and people were starting to pour out of their homes.
Katsuya ran.
He ran as fast as his short legs would carry him, eyes gritty with soot and anger. He dashed down an alleyway, coming to a gasping halt when he could run no further, the rage inside of him still burning hotly. The sunlight sparkled off of a deep puddle nearby, so he knelt and looked into the water.
Crimson eyes gazed back.
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SETO POV:
I watched with horror the events of Jou’s past, amazed at the cruelty of children. The void flickered, then came to life again.
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Katsuya huddled beneath the blankets, truing to plug his ears against the noise.
“Toru has second-degree burns.”
“And you seem to think our son did it?”
“Yes, I do! All the children said he did it!”
“Miyuka………”
“We need to take him to the doctors at the university. We need to let them see what’s wrong with him!”
“Wrong?”
“Yes. Whatever the boy is, he isn’t natural. And I’m NOT going to let Shizuka grow up with a………a MONSTER!”
Katsuya shut his eyes tightly, hot tears leaking out no matter how hard he tried.
(AN: Ok, I know. I’m SURE Jou-kun’s mom was a wonderful woman and all, but I think it was kind of wrong that she separated Jou and Shizuka like she did. And besides, it works with the fic.)
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Katsuya was seated on a chair in a large, gray room. He was c and and was too short for the chair, so he swung his legs back and forth. Up, down, up, down, side to side, never breaking his rhythm.
It gave him something to concentrate on.
Occasionally, there would be a loud bang or a bright flash. The people behind the glass were trying to scare him. He glanced up, scowling boyishly at said people hiding in their white coats behind the really thick glass. His mom was among them, looking detached, and so was his dad.
Mommy didn’t know that Daddy had been drinking.
The others were watching computer monitors atherther things, and every time they looked at him, the boy could almost FEEL their hatred.
“Why………why don’t they think I’m a person?” He asked the thermometer on the wall.
The thermometer didn’t answer.
Suddenly, the room was filled with loud bangs and bright flashes. Katsuya tried to cover his ears and eyes at the same time, but his hands weren’t big enough.
He screamed.
The same as before, there was a brilliant flash of golden light, and the room was consumed in fire.
Katsuya, untouched, sat dumbstruck in the center of the conflagration as the chair beneath him was consumed, crimson eyes fixed on the thermometer.
Up, up climbed the mercury, past the 100 degree mark.
It exploded.
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SETO POV:
Jou screamed, thrashing within Yami’s grip. His eyes were wide open, burning crimson.
The seal was broken.
“What’s happening??” Yami demanded, as the temperature in the room climbed.
Sweating, I carefully made my way toward the pair. Malik had dropped the Rod and was moving to restrain Jou, leaving Isis keeping the vision going alone. I waved him back. He glared at me, violet eyes flashing, but backed off.
I knelt beside Jou and Yami………I could see Yami’s exhaustion as he tried to keep Jou’s soul where it belonged. Waves of heat flowed from him, crashing against me. Carefully, I reached up my hand.
“Kaiba! NO!” Yami snapped. I ignored him, and reached my hand into the aura. The light burned me, and I hissed in pain, but I was determined.
I touched Jou’s hand.
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YAMI POV:
I watched with horror as Kaiba touched Jou’s hand. There was a sudden roar of sound, and I watched in amazement as the image in the vortex flickered and went dim, being replaced by another.
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The house was on fire!!
Eight year old Miganuchi Seto (AN: I’m gonna assume that Kaiba is not their last name, and besides, this makes it more interesting) ran through the clouds of choking smoke, trying to get to his little brother’s room. Sparks fell round him, falling in his hair. The loud crash of a roof beam falling sent him to his knees, forcing him to crawl the last few feet to his brother’s slightly opened door.
“Mokuba!” He yelled, hi voice washed away in the roar of flames.
A small pile of blankets in the corner caught his attention. Crawling quickly, coughing,mademade his way over there. His little brother, Mokuba, was huddled beneath them, crying. Seto gathered his brother up in his arms and huddled deep into the corner as he could go, the crackle of he flames becoming louder and louder.
“Mokuba!”
“MOMMY, DADDY!!” Mokuba cried.
There was a roar, and another loud crash as a burning beam crashed though the ceiling, landing not tree feet away.
Seto cried out in hock. Suddenly, there was a huge blast of cold air. The icy cold wind came faster and faster, blowing flames every which way, extinguishing the fire surrounding them. It got colder and colder, and soon the brothers breaths were creating white clouds in the air.
It was suddenly silent. Gone were the sound of the flames and crackling wood, only replaced by the wail of sirens and their own chattering teeth.
Seto stood, carrying his little brother, and carefully picked his way around frost-covered debris down the hall. He came to the doorway of his parent’s room………
And passed out.
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“Amazing that the kids survived………”
“Yeah………It was arson, right?”
“Yeah. The fire burned so fast that the parents were still in bed………it’s weird, though.”
“Huh? What’ weird?”
“Coroner said that the parent’s didn’t die of fire, or smoke inhalation.”
“What?”
“No. They died instantly of hypothermia.”
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KATSUYA POV:
I watched Seto’s life flash before my eyes, I could feel his pain in my soul.
I had no idea where I was but I knew I wasn’t alone.
A blue bubble appeared before me, floating and full of smoke. The weird mist vanished, revealing the tall frame of Seto floating inside.
“Jou……….” He whispered to me. I could see more of my surroundings now………I was floating in a crimson bubble within a void of darkness, my only lifeline to reality the thin, golden thread of Yami’s conciousness. I knew it was his Millenium magic keeping me grounded.
“Kaiba?”
Seto slowly floated toward me, and in a moment his bubble joined with mine, becoming bright purple and a little larger. He pulled me close to him.
“Come back, Katsuya.” He whispered gently, stroking my hair.
I felt tears stinging my eyes. “I can’t. I’m a monster.”
“Don’t you get it, baka inu? I don’t give a fuck if you’re a monster or not.” Seto looked down at me, and I could see my own reflection in his eyes. “You’re mine, Jou. You belong to me.” Seto cupped my chin in his hands.
I sighed, and he kissed me. I knew he was offering me a lifeline, a way back. I took it.
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SETO POV:
I came back to my own body, still kissing Jou. As we broke apart, him, Yami, and I collapsed.
“What just happened here?” Isis asked, her voice a mere thread of sound. She and Malik were kneeling over us.
“Go away.” Yami groaned. The door to the library flew open, and Yugi, Otogi, Anzu, Honda, Ryou, and Mokuba all ran in.
“Yami! I thought I felt………” Yugi stopped sort, blinking. “What the FUCK happened here?”
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“And that’s the story.”
Jou sipped slowly at the cup in his hand, wincing as the hot coffee scalded his throat. The group of them had gathered once more in the living room (AN: meaning Yugi, Anzu, Otogi, Honda, Isis, Malik, Ryou, Shadi, Mokuba, and Seto). “After that, my mom and dad divorced, and my dad drank more and more. He used to be a good man………but now………”
Yugi looked up at his fried sadly. “So all this time, you’ve had this ability and you never said anything?”
The blond boy looked at each of his friends in turn, eyes serious. “Couldn’t. Millenium items are one thing. This is something else altogether.”
His answer was met by silence. Seto cleared his throat.
“There are many guest rooms prepared for you. If you wish to stay, you may do so. However, It’s been a long day, and Jou needs some rest.” His tone begged no argument. There had been no mention of Seto’s own past, or of the fact that Jou’s soul had almost been lost. Only Yami, Malik, Isis and Shadi knew the truth.
The group stood, and after various goodnights and see you tomorrows, they scattered. Mokuba paused momentarily to give Jou and Seto each a hug, then dashed off to his own room. Jou and Seto were left alone.
“Come, puppy, let’s go to bed.” Seto said quietly, sweeping Jou up in his arms. Ignoring his squeak of protest, the tall young man walked up the stairs to his bedroom. Kicking the door open, Seto strode over to the dark-draped bed and very gently laid Jou upon it.
As he turned to switch on a light, he wtunntunned by a small, helpless sound.
Jou was crying.
Seto crawled onto the bed in the darkness, gathering the sobbing blond up into his arms. “What is it, koi?”
“I’m………sorry………” Jou sniffled, burying his head into his lovers shoulder. Hot tears soaked into his silk shirt. (AN: First leather, now silk…)
“For what?”
“For………telling.”
In the pale light of the moon sneaking through the curtains, Seto could see the slight sine of tears. Bowing his head, he carefully kissed them away, then captured Jou’s lips with his own.
“Seto………” Jou whispered against his mouth.
“Shhhhh, koi.” Seto pushed Jou backwards, till he was lying on the bed. “You did nothing wrong.”
“I………” His protest was quickly cut of and replaced with a groan as he was kissed senseless. Seto unbuttoned Jou’s shirt, trailing his tongue along the side of his neck and along his shoulder, pausing at one of his flat nipples, carefully licking the nub of flesh.
“Seto!” Jou gasped, arching off the bed, as his lover’s tongue moved down is body to dip into his navel.
“Relax. Let me do this for you.” His fingers already fumbled at the button of Jou’s jeans. Soon he had them and his boxers in a heap on the floor.
Jou shut his eyes tight at the first exploring touch.
“Do you know how beautiful you are, puppy?” Kaiba whispered as he slowly stoked Jou’s erection. “You are like a golden god………actually you aren’t even really a puppy. You’re more like a wolf. A golden eyed wolf.”
Jou groaned. “Seto, please…”
“Your wish is my command.”
Jou screamed aloud as Seto’s mouth closed around his length. His tongue danced along the underside of his manhood, his long, talented fingers caressing where his mouth didn’t touch. Groaning and bucking, the smaller boy tried to keep still as best as he could, which was difficult to do considering the intense waves of pleasure that were threatening to drown him.
Slowly, Seto slid one finger deep inside Jou’s opening, brushing against a tiny, hidden bundle of nerves.
The world exploded.
Groaning, Jou came, his seed pouring into Seto’s mouth. The CEO swallowed every drop, carefully cleaning his lover up with his tongue.
“Se………to.” Jou hiccuped as the tall boy moved up onto the bed beside him.
“Shhh, my wolf.” Seto said, kissing him on the forehead. “Go to sleep.”
“What about you?” He could feel Seto’s erection pressing into his thigh.
“I’ll live. Get some rest.”
“Seto?”
“Hm?”
“I can take care of that…”
A laugh. “Don’t worry about it.”
“Seto?”
“Hm?”
“Aishiteru.”
Seto kissed Jou gently in the darkness, his heart constricting in his chest.
“Aishiteru. Always.”
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Outside the city of Domino, a tall female figure stood silently atop a hill. The brown curls of her long hair gleamed golden in the reflected light of the city, and were blown back by a sudden powerful gust of wind. Her enigmatic golden-green gaze was fixed on the city spread out below her.
“I see now…”
Her gaze fell to the object in her black gloved hand, a round, gold disc shaped vaguely like a wheel. Returning the object to a pocket within her black coat, she slowly began walking toward Domino.
“And so…the wheel begins to turn again…and the Guardians awaken once more…”
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Yugi was once again jolted from sleep by the voice of Ya
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\Aibou!\
/Huh???/
\Did you just feel that?\
/I couldn’t feel a damn thing, Yami…I was SLEEPING./
A sigh. \Yes. I’m…sure it was nothing.\
/Good. Now that we have that established, GO BACK TO SLEEP!/
Another sigh. \Yes, Aibou.\
/Good Yami. Maybe I’ll teach you to fetch next./
\Shut up, Aibou.\
/You too./
!!!OWARI!!!
There it is, the next installment. You’ll have to forgive me for any wierdness or inconsistencies in there…I’m fighting a pretty bad cold, and my head’s so fuzzy with drugs it’s not even funny. And yes, the girl at the end is sort of a self-insert, but don’t worry. She’s not going to end up paired with anyone (but that dosen’t mean she c hav have a crush on a character, ne?). Well, read and review! Thanx!
~HK~