I got such great reviews from Sea of Rage that I decided to go ahead and post the first chapter of the sequel. This is a JxS story. A Jou/Seto pairing is my second favorite, Yami/Yugi is my top fav. So, enjoy the first chapter of Sea of Rage II: Changing Tides.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I'm only playing with them.

Chapter One- Shifting Views

Seto saw a blond human conversing with Princes Yugi and Yami but he didn't hear what was being said. His eyes were locked on the blond and all he heard were his thoughts about said human.

'He looks exactly like Joey. If he were human. But, I thought he died. I have to meet him.'

Seto's thoughts stopped long enough to hear the blond say, "You two want to go swimming tomorrow?"

"Sorry. Mother and Father want to discuss our wedding outfits tomorrow."

"That's okay. I'll go swimming tomorrow anyway. Maybe we'll do it together another time."

"Sounds great. Goodnight."

"Night, Yug. Nigh, Yami."

Seto slipped down below the waves and headed for the Sea King's palace. The meeting he hoped for would happen tomorrow.

'I believe I am beginning to see why Yami is interested in humans because I am starting to feel the same way. And it's because of that blonde. The resemblance is uncanny.' Seto shivered at the thought as his mind went back in time.

Six Years Ago

"Catch me if you can Seto," a blonde merboy called back as he raced among the coral. His brown eyes sparkled with merrriment as his pale yellow tail propelled him throught the warm South Atlantic waters.

Seto eagerly chased his friend. He had gotten away from his lessons and met up with Joey earlier that afternoon. The two of them frolicked and played together, exploring their home while making sure they didn't stray far. However, once their game of tag started, they paid no heed to their surroundings.

Finally, Seto tagged Joey's fins and the two merboys collapsed on the bottom, winded but happy. As Seto's sapphire eyes took in his environment, he sat up with a start.

"What's up, Seto?"

"We've wondered too far!"

"Oh no! My mom's gonna kill me."

"Not if we don't tell them. Let's get going."

Before the pair could begin their trek back, a shark came into view. And it spotted them! Terrified, the merboys began to swim as fast as their fins could go. Seto prayed that they could outswim or outfox the shark and get away. A scream caught the brunette's attention. He looked back and cried, "Joey!"

The shark had caught up to the blonde and had the merboy's fins in his mouth. Seto swam back, grabbed Joey's wrists, and started to pull.

"Seto, it's too late. Get away."

"No, I'm not leaving you. You're my friend. I won't let you die."

The shark's razor-sharp teeth engulfed half of Joey's tail. The blonde gave and ear-piercing scream before saying, "Leave me, Seto! I don't want yoou to die because of me." Yanking his wrists free, he pushed the white-tailed boy back. "Go!"

Seto looked into Joey's pleading eyes. What he saw there made him realize what Joey had known when he got caught. His friend was as good as dead. There was nothing he could do to help.

Shoulders sagging, Seto stared as his friend with teary eyes. "Goodbye Joey," he whispered before swimming off. He kept glancing back as he swam, but he stopped before Joey's upper half vanished into the shark's maw.

Present Day

"Seto, what took you so long? Where's Yami?"

Gozaburo's demanding voice jolted Seto out of his thoughts. "What?"

"You heard me. What took you so long and where's Yami?"

Seto's fabricated story came rushing back to him and he hung his head. "I...tried to save him. He got caught in an undertow. Before I could pull him up out of it, his struggling pulled him free, but his increased speed put him in the path of a grove of jagged rocks. His body was...completely...destroyed." Seto buried his face in his hands, giving him an appearently distraught face. He even squeezed out a few tears.

Gozaburo patted his son's shoulder smypathically. "I'm sorry that you lost your mate, but cheer up! A rumor's been going around that Princess Mai might be breaking off her engagement to Duke. This could be your chance. Many merfolk would leap at the chance to be your beloved."

"That's nice."

"Ah, but you're still mourning. I'll leave you then and I'll tell the king about the unfortunate news." Turning on his orange tail, the elder Kaiba left.

Seto could care less about Mai and Yami. All he cared about was the Joey lookalike. Was it possible that Joey had been resurrected as a human? Maybe. And what a handsome human! Tomorrow promised to be an exciting day.

And that's a wrap. So far, so good. Seto's planning to see Jou. And for those of you who are wondering, no, Joey and Jou are not the same person.