Title: Down in the Dungeon

Series: Part 08 of Entangled. Takes place approximately a week and a half after Kiss the Night.

Summary: Yami explores the grounds of the Kaiba Mansion, but it is not without consequence.

Pairings: Kaiba x Yami

Rating: Rated M for a graphic sexual lemon and language.

Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! does not and will never belong to me.


Chapter 01: Down Below

It had been over a week since Yami had visited Kaiba Corporation and seen the hidden entrances that had piqued his interest ever since. He couldn't stop imagining them as traps in an ancient Egyptian tomb and Yami was curious about what sort of things were at Kaiba's mansion. As a result of his unwise interest and explorations, Yami was now residing in a dark jail cell somewhere in the basement of Kaiba's house and cursing himself for not listening to the warnings.

Even though he was currently in a very bad position, some part of Yami's mind couldn't help but be fascinated by it all. When Yami had failed the eye scan, the floor had simply dropped out from underneath his feet and gracelessly dumped him into the concrete holding area. While there was something oddly impressive about the display, Yami was still sore from the fall and he quietly groaned in pain as he tried to sit up and assess his situation.

A row of lights had turned on once he had been deposited, but they were mostly burned out and the few functioning ones were flickering wildly, giving the area an eerie feeling that made Yami uncomfortable. Even though he logically knew the only thing that could hurt him was the fall he had already suffered, it was still unnerving to hear the electric hum of an unstable light source. It provided him with just enough light to see that the metal bars keeping him in the cell were solid enough that he had no chance of escaping without some help and Yami sighed to the darkness at his own foolishness. He could only imagine how angry Kaiba was going to be with him for exploring on his own even after he had technically been warned not to. "Damn," Yami muttered to himself, knowing he would deserve every word of it. The only way to avoid it was to free himself before Kaiba found out, but the odds of that weren't very high at the moment.

Yami briefly contemplated reaching out and contacting Yuugi, but his aibou was in the middle of a retest and it wasn't dire enough to bother him. He didn't have a cell phone, so he couldn't call Kaiba, so that meant Yami had no choice but to just sit and wait it out for the time being. Maybe once Yuugi's test was over, Yami would contact him, but then again, that meant his aibou would have to call Kaiba and face his wrath. Yami had gotten himself into the situation and he didn't want Yuugi to have to suffer the initial rage that Kaiba would inevitably vent—especially if he could escape from the situation. Plus, his pride didn't want to take the hit of knowing he had gotten into the danger Kaiba had alluded to. There had to be a way out and Yami was determined to find it.

Feeling slightly discouraged after getting up and trying to open the heavy door, Yami sat on the floor once more and tried to think of a better plan.


The sound of a door opening woke up Yami and he scrambled up into a sitting position, immediately on his full guard; he hadn't even known he had drifted off to sleep. Yami's face flushed immediately when he recognized Kaiba's footsteps and he braced himself for the lecture he knew he deserved, especially once he heard the sound of a very large keyring.

Once Kaiba's eyes had adjusted to the dimness, his gaze narrowed at the sight of Yami sitting in the middle of the holding pen. His initial rage had been tempered by concern for Yami's safety, but he was still angry about the whole situation. "Do you have any idea how humiliating it is to have a business meeting interrupted by my security team to inform me that my boyfriend managed to get himself trapped in a cell?" Kaiba demanded as he neared.

Yami curled up tighter into himself as he looked at the floor and mumbled an apology. It did raise a very important question, though: if the security team knew that he was down there, why hadn't one of them come to get him out?

Ignoring the apology, Kaiba continued, "Be grateful you found that entrance. If you had found any other, you would be in a far worse position and in infinite amounts of pain." Even though it was a fact and not an idle threat, Kaiba's stomach still dropped at the thought of what would have happened if Yami had fallen into a different trap.

"Who the hell builds a dungeon in their house?" Yami incredulously asked, pushing aside his own embarrassment.

"My grandfather," Kaiba dryly answered, methodically going through the keys one by one and trying them in the door's lock. "I'd say ask him, but he's dead."

Yami had assumed it had been some evil machination of Gozaburo's, so to find out that it was actually Kaiba's grandfather was a surprise. Instead of inquiring further on the topic, Yami asked, "You don't know which key it is?"

Kaiba paused long enough to glare at Yami before threatening, "You're lucky I'm even here at all. I had to cancel two meetings for this bullshit."

Even though Kaiba's tone wasn't harsh, Yami still felt the guilt of inconveniencing Kaiba. "If you give me the keys, I can get myself out while you go back to work," he offered. "There's no reason for you to miss meetings because I got myself into this."

Kaiba's look softened slightly, but his demeanor didn't change. "I didn't feel like being in those meetings anyway," Kaiba muttered as he continued failing on each attempt. "Besides, you don't know how the lock works."

"How hard can it be?"

"It's just…time consuming when you don't know which key turns which of the locks."

"But there's only one keyhole?"

"Yes, but the deadbolt is split into four parts that are reached by four different keys," Kaiba explained as he continued slowly working his way through the keys. "The first key turns to the left, the second and third ones turns to the right, then the forth one turns to the left."

It was elaborate and yet Yami didn't expect anything less. He said nothing as he hugged his arms around his knees and continued to watch.

Noticing the action, Kaiba asked, "Are you hurt?"

"I'm fine," Yami replied with a small smile as he stood up and approached the bars. Grabbing Kaiba's tie and gently pulling him closer, they shared a tender kiss between the bars before Kaiba pulled back slightly.

"Don't distract me," Kaiba growled with a warning look. "I don't feel like spending all night in this hellhole."

Yami found it to be a strange comment; it wasn't that terrible, but then again he had the promise of a relatively immediate release. Unless Kaiba had been forced to stay in the cell as a punishment when a child? The thought immediately caused Yami's expression to darken. Even though he knew little about Gozaburo, he wouldn't put it past him to do such a heinous thing.

"Whatever you're thinking, stop," Kaiba ordered, almost as if he were following Yami's thought process.

It made Yami even more suspicious that he was correct in his assumption, but he said nothing. Now was not the time and he stepped back and sat back down on the floor to appease Kaiba. "What about a locksmith?" he suggested.

"And risk having word get out to the public that I have a jail cell in my house? I don't think so," Kaiba answered. "Even if I did, I'd have you out of here before they showed up and got started."

Glancing uncertainly at the numerous keys still waiting to be tried and knowing that the process would have to be repeated three more times, Yami had to question that assertion. It was then that Yami noticed that there was a slight tremble to Kaiba's hands, furthering his evidence, but he wisely chose not to comment. Instead he fell into silence and waited patiently.

When Kaiba reached the end of the keyring without success, he vehemently cursed, "That fucking bastard!" Yami winced at the slight echo of his anger and he looked up questioningly at Kaiba. "Shit, I should have known he wouldn't risk it…"

"Risk what?" Yami dared to ask.

Every time Gozaburo had used the keys, he switched their order to prevent anyone from figuring out which key was the right one. Kaiba was starting to suspect that Gozaburo had kept the keys elsewhere and he could already feel the bile rising at the thought of having to go into that room to find them. "Shit," he cursed again, his grip tightening on the metal ring holding the keys.

"Seto?"

"I'll…be back," he said tersely before turning sharply on his heel and retreating up the steps.

Yami listened to the keys jingling and his mind raced trying to find an answer about Kaiba's reaction. It wasn't hard to deduce that Gozaburo was a factor, but Yami didn't know to what extent or how. Lying down again, Yami waited for Kaiba to return since there was nothing else he could do.


A/N: I know it's a little short this time around, but next week's conclusion will be nice and long, with some smutting to ensue.

NEXT CHAPTER: Untitled

Questions in the dungeon, answers in the bedroom.

The next chapter goes up on Sunday, April 19th and will conclude this story line. After that comes another oneshot in the Entangled universe, but after that is a long multiparter in the works.

Also, I've started a Vampire Knight oneshot with Kaname and Zero, so that might be getting posted some time this week (yeah, it took me by surprise, too). So if you're a fan of that series as well, it'll be a bonus week for you! The next part of Anywhen, Anywhere is still pending, though. Updates will be announced next weekend, as per usual.

Thank you again for all of your wonderful reviews and encouragement! I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this one and I hope to see everyone again next week!