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Joey groaned softly as he gained consciousness. He slowly took in his surroundings; he was sitting in a large nest of some sorts, within a cave, and sitting between two eggs that were bigger than himself. "What in the world is going on?" Joey asked out loud. Something then roared in response from the entrance of the cave. Joey turned to see a large black dragon that had red eyes. "Blackie? Is that you?" A smile bloomed across Joey's face. The dragon cooed and brought its snout to Joey's chest. "I missed you." Joey muttered as he gently patted the large reptile's snout. Joey then turned to the eggs, "Are these yours?" His tail started to wag in excited curiosity. Blackie nodded and then nudged Joey towards the eggs. The blond inu then started to sniff around; there was a faint scent that Joey couldn't quite put his finger on. Then it hit him, "Blue-Eyes? You had eggs with her?!" Joey gasped and stared at his dragon in disbelief. Blackie cooed with embarrassment and then went to curl around the eggs. "I thought the girl dragon is supposed to keep the eggs warm." Joey chuckled and then went to sit against Blackie's neck. Joey then used this moment to think. He couldn't believe that he was a inu; he turned to glare at his tail that laid limply on the floor. Oh how he wanted to sink his fangs in and tear off the blasted appendage, but it would do him no good. So instead he cursed his father, this was most likely his fault. After all, if mom is human, than dad had to be an inu for Joey to be. 'That explains so much.' Joey sighed. Blackie sensed the boy's stress and nudged him. "Hmm? Oh, I'm okay…" Joey muttered to the dragon. His stomach then made a soft gurgling sound. "Guess I should go hunt for something. Be back soon Blackie." Joey stood, shook his body, and then walked out the cave.

When Joey came back, he had dragged a full deer into the cave. That way he and Blackie could split it; after all, Joey couldn't eat a whole deer by himself. So Joey got a small fire started, with some help from Blackie, and cooked the meat. When done he happily started to eat, and as he ate, Joey would speak between bites, "I never had so much fun. Chasing the deer was so exhilarating, I never felt so good. Sure I could do without the blood, but it still tastes good." Blackie cooed softly in response, enjoying listening to Joey talk. Just then, a new roar sounded from the cave mouth. "Who's there?" Joey asked as he sniffed the air. It was Blue-Eyes. 'She must have come to check on her eggs.' Joey concluded as the white dragon came and sniffed at the two eggs within the nest. The blond sighed and decided to leave the cave, let the dragons have some time to themselves. Seeing that he now had free time, Joey went inside his cottage. He walked in the front door and sniffed around, sneezing from the accumulated dust. "Looks like other than the dust, nothing's changed." Joey stated as he wondered to his bathroom. Checking to make sure things still worked, Joey started to prepare a shower. He went to grab some old clothes and returned to the bathroom.

And so Joey ended up staying out in the woods with Blackie for one and half months, Blue-Eyes would come and check on her eggs ever other day. Though today was an exception, right now both white and black dragons were standing over their eggs alongside Joey. At the moment the eggs were shaking softly. "I can't wait to see the babies; I wonder what they will look like." Joey yipped excitedly and wagged his tail. Blackie cooed trying to calm the blond down as the eggs started to get their first cracks. Joey gasped as he quickly went to grab a pair of towels so he could help clean the babies when they hatch. The next thing Joey knew was that one of the eggs fell over, more cracks appearing over the whole shell. Then with the soft sound of pecking, the first egg broke open, a small white dragon appearing from the remains of the first egg. Joey was quick to start wiping the baby off with a towel. By the time Joey was done and Blue-Eyes took over, the second egg had hatched, the second newborn was also white. As he cleaned this one, Joey sighed, "They both look exactly like Blue-Eyes." Blackie had roared softly to Joey in response. "Good point. Well, I'm going to go clean these towels off in the river, see you guys later." Joey gathered up the dirty towels and then left the cave to allow the new family bond.

While at the river Joey had the oddest feeling of being watched. When the sudden smell of tiger lilies wafted up Joey's nose along with a faint hint of Blue-Eyes Joey just knew who was following him. As the feeling of the hairs on his neck rising, Joey turned and growled at the trees behind him. "What do you want?" He huffed.

"Is that anyway to talk to me, mutt." Joey recognized the nickname and the voice that spoke it.

"I asked what you wanted Kaiba." Joey sighed and turned around.

"Since when do call me by my last name?" Seto asked with both anger and worry lining in his words.

Joey avoided the question and asked one himself, "What do you want?"

"When did you get the nerve to talk back to me like that?!" Seto hissed, his ears turning back and flattening against his skull.

"Since you abandoned me!" Joey growled.

Seto blinked his eyes and turned away, "…I'm here for Blue-eyes, I was wondering where she was and I followed her scent here."

"She is with my dragon and their kids in their cave!" Joey snapped, tears starting to fall down his cheeks, his tail tucking between his legs, and his ears pulling back.

"J-Joey…" Seto mumbled, staring at the poor blond.

"…If you don't mind I have two baby dragon to help take care of." Joey wiped his eyes, retrieved the towels, and then started walking back to the cave. Little did the blond realize, but Seto was following him the whole way. Joey stopped at the mouth of the cave when he finally noticed that Seto was stalking him. Seto looked around, spotting the cottage. "I hadn't thought that your cottage was so nice…puppy."

"P-Puppy?" Joey raised his eyebrows in confusion at the new nickname.

"Oh yes," Seto walked up to Joey and smirked, "I like the sound of that; puppy sounds much better than mutt."

"K-Kaiba?" Joey gulped.

"What's wrong puppy?" Seto asked halfheartedly as he slowly looped his arms around Joey's waist.

"Hey! Let me go!" Joey barked and tried to push the brunet off.

Seto wouldn't have that, "Just let me speak." Joey then fell limp in the neko's arms, falling submissive to the other. Seto purred slightly at this. "So, may I come into your home?"

"Yes…" Joey replied as a shiver went through his body. Seto huffed in acceptance and then walked with Joey to the cottage. Once inside the small home, Seto went straight to the main bedroom – and once he found it he tossed Joey onto the bed. Which other than some of Joey's clothes, the bed was the only thing in the room. "How can you live with so little?" Seto sighed softly. Joey just huffed and swung his feet over the edge of the bed. "Talk to me puppy. I know I hurt you, I'm sorry." Seto frowned and stared sadly at Joey.

"I think it's you that needs to do the talking." Joey growled softly.

"Sure. I admit I was shared and I had run. My instincts told me to do that and I sadly listened to them." Seto explained with a frown.

"Right, while you were doing that, Yugi had to clean me up and calm me down." Joey whimpered.

"Puppy, I'm sorry." Seto mewled and went to hug the blond on the bed.

"D-Did you not know how emotionally scarred I've been?" Joey whined and buried his face in Seto's shoulder.

"I can't say sorry enough; I've regretted this the minute you were out of sight. I've been so frustrated and lonely without you." Seto murmured and rubbed small circles on Joey's back.

"When you say frustrated, do you mean mad at yourself or sexually?" Joey asked with a small smirk.

"Is it safe to say both?" Seto let out a low our and nuzzled the side of Joey's head.

"S-So you're still willing to mate with an inu like me?" Joey questioned.

"Of course." Seto growled lustfully at the blond. With that Joey started to cry, happy tears though. "Don't cry puppy." Seto smiled and licked away the tears that fell from Joey's eyes.

"So then…" Joey wiggled slightly.

"What?" Seto smirked.

"Mate with me?" Joey huffed with a blush.