Puppy Love
Seto x Joey Seto x Joey x OC OC x Yami
Disclaimer: All the usual stuff that applies to any FanFic goes here. You should know by now what it is, so I don't need to put it. This is my first YGO FF, so bear with me on this one. Joey's depiction of being Kaiba's "puppy" came from the author Ykarzel (find her on AFF).
Chapter 1: Reality Check
Joey awoke with a start, drenched in a cold sweat. With a shaking hand, he grabbed the phone from its cradle and dialed the numbers that had become so familiar to him. The phone rang… once, twice, three times before it was answered.
"Hello?" a shaking voice asked.
"Mokuba!" Joey cried, fear gripping his heart like a cold hand. "Where's Seto?"
Silence.
"Mokuba…?"
"Joey, I—I'm sorry… I'm so sorry!" Mokuba's voice cracked and he began to sob uncontrollably.
"Mokuba, what's wrong bud?" Joey began to feel panicky and nauseous. Something was going on, and he didn't like it at all.
"Oh Joey, I'm so scared! C-can you come?"
"Gimme five minutes, okay?"
"Okay…"
Hanging up the phone, Joey grabbed a pair of jeans and pulled them on over his boxers. "It's warm enough dat I don't need a shirt," he told himself as he stuffed his feet into a pair of shoes. He ran outside and hopped into Duke's car. Why his car was there, Joey didn't know. He was just glad it was there.
The road seemed longer than usual as Joey sped along. 'What could have happened to make Mokuba so upset?' he wondered, nearly missing the turn to the Kaiba Corps building. Driving around to the back lot, Joey noticed Seto's limo was a wreck. 'No time to look at it,' he told himself, 'Gotta get to Seto… and Mokuba!'
Slamming on the brakes, Joey leapt out of the turquoise convertible and began running to the building where the Kaibas lived. Halfway to the door, Joey heard a blood-chilling scream that stopped him in his tracks. The sound of glass being broken caused him to look up. He suddenly realized something was falling towards the ground at an alarming speed.
"Help meeeeeeeeeee!" the object cried.
"Shit!" Joey yelped, realizing all too late that the object was really a person, and that person was Seto Kaiba.
Paralyzed with fear, Joey could do nothing but stare as Seto hurtled ever closer to the ground. Time seemed to stand still when he hit the pavement, head-first. A sickening SNAP was heard as his neck broke, his skull smashed open on the cement.
He managed to turn his head to look at the now-running Joey. Taking one of Joey's hands between his, he stroked it lovingly. "Hey Pup," he murmured through his blood, "Glad I got to see you… one last time…"
Joey was sobbing into Seto's sleeve. "C'mon, Seto… don't do… don't do this to me…" Bending down, he wiped the blood from Seto's lips. "I—I…" he sobbed, the tears streaming down his face.
"What's wrong, Pup?" Seto asked, his eyes starting to close. He smiled gently, a peaceful look playing across his face. "I love you, Joey."
"Seto…"
"I'm sorry…" he coughed, blood spattering his lips again.
"Seto, I love you… don't leave me!"
The grip on his hands loosened. "Seto!"
Silence answered him, and Joey knew he was gone.
"I swear I'll find da bastard dat did dis to you, Seto… I swear it!" He got to his feet and ran back to Duke's car. Grabbing his coat (which he could have sworn he left at home), he returned to Seto's side. "I love you," he whispered again, placing a longing kiss on his lips before closing his eyes. He placed his jacket on his lover's face and stood up again. He glared at the broken window, "You sunuva bitch!" he screamed, the tears still falling. "I'm commin' to getcha, you hear me! I'm commin' for your ass!"
From the window came a familiar laugh. A head appeared, the hair automatically giving away its owner's identity.
"Yugi!"