Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh… I've come to terms with this, but please don't rub it in my face. I do however own Pax, my OC also featured in Dreaming Wide Awake (Untitled for Now). These stories are not related!

Agents of Change

Chapter Two: Passing the Baton

Not long after walking out on his brother, Mokuba found himself waiting for a friend in a coffee shop near campus. He glanced at his watch for the third time in about as many minutes. The man behind the counter wiped his hands on a cloth and removed his apron, joining Mokuba and giving him a soft kiss on the lips.

"Hey Little Bit."

Mokuba rolled his eyes. "Could you please not call me that? It wouldn't be so embarrassing if I were a girl, but people are going to think it refers to more than my height."

Pax just smirked contentedly. "But we both know the truth about that. So how's waiting?"

"Boring. He's cutting it close. I have class in less than an hour."

Pax soothed his irritated lover. "He'll be here."

And at those words a blur of color and leather swung into the seat across from them.

Pax gave Mokie an 'I told you so' kiss and went back to work.

"Sorry I'm late." Yugi said a little breathlessly.

"It's ok, I do have to bail soon though, class." He said, rolling his eyes.

Yugi smiled. Everyone knew that Mokuba's ambition came in second only to Seto's and that any exasperation he expressed was feigned to make his stressed out classmates feel better. "Yeah, how is that? Are you the teacher or the student now?"

Mokuba grinned, glad for permission to be proud and openly in love with what he did. "Student. I don't ever plan on teaching, my heart belongs to clinical work."

Yugi glanced significantly at the man behind the counter. "I wouldn't tell Pax that. He seems to think it's in his possession."

"He's just holding it for now."

"I heard that!" Pax shouted from behind the espresso maker.

"Love you!" Mokuba called back. Then turning to Yugi, "Anyway, I just wanted to catch you up." He leaned back and steepled his fingers. "The seed has been planted."

Yugi could easily imagine him petting a large white cat and plotting the worlds doom, he was suddenly thankful that Mokuba used his powers for good. "So when do you think Seto will call him?"

"Two days max, late tonight at the very earliest."

"Ok, well, I'm meeting Joey for dinner tonight and I'll do what I can then. I figure the closer we can push them to each other the easier it will be for them to make it the rest of the way."

"Like magnets."

"I suppose…" Yugi cocked an eyebrow, looking a little confused.

Mokuba was already gathering the things he'd left on the table into his backpack. "Awesome. You'll call and tell me how it goes? And I'll stay out of Seto's way for the next few days in case he invites Joey over."

Yugi nodded. "Sounds good."

"Ok, cool, I really do need to get going though."

"That's fine, I was the one that got here late."

"What kept you, anyway?"

"I had to drop Aiko off with Yami."

Mokuba smiled softly. "How is she?"

"She's getting big. She should be starting to stand on her own soon. Though walking's still a long way off, thank god." Mokuba glanced at Pax with a dreamy look that Yugi recognized instantly. "Are you thinking about kids?"

Mokuba quickly snapped out of it and sighed. "Yeah, but I shouldn't be. Not until I'm done with grad school, not until I'm settled…"

Yugi just smiled. "If you want it to happen sooner you find a way."

Mokuba shook his head, bemused and thinking of how pediatrics really was the perfect place for Yugi. "I'll see you soon. Call me with an update."

"I promise. Good luck in class."

::End Chapter::

A/N: I'm trying to get a fresh start on a this, Prior Engagement and You Can't Always Get What You Want, and it sucks because I had part of each of the next chapters written and they just sat there so long, so I'm just going to post what I have of them and start new with the next chapters.