*13* Jou *13*

I opened my eyes and found myself back at my memorial bench. It was strange because normally when I was with Seto I wouldn't get tired unless I got too angry. I wasn't angry… was I? He was going to do something dumb. I sighed in frustration and glanced up at the sky. "Would you explain the rules to me because this is getting old?" I yelled at the gods.

"Are you sure about this?" I sat up, that was Honda's Voice, "I mean Kaiba doesn't really like us. It doesn't matter how much we try." He said as he came around the corner with the others. Seeing them like this made me feel like I could go up to them but I knew it was impossible.

"That's true but he's really beating himself up about Jounouchi." Anzu said, but it seemed like my name was hard for her to say. I'm sorry, Anzu.

"Besides that, Jou would want us to at least try to stay the people we are and we should try and help Kaiba." Yugi said.

"Well it doesn't help that Mokuba is missing." Honda added. True, Mokuba was under the protection of Kaiba's body guards.

"It can't be helped, he's studying abroad." Yugi said, "I think Mokuba would be okay with us trying to help his brother."

"But we need him to help us get Kaiba to come to the party." Anzu said, "He'd never show if one of us invited him."

That's for sure, I agreed.

"True." Yugi said. "I bet if Jou were here he'd come up with a great plan." He smiled warmly.

"Yeah, and it would land us in a heap of trouble." Honda smiled too

"But it would make a memory that would last forever." Anzu added.

"Aw, guys." I could feel tears forming in the corners of my eyes.

"We can still show him we care by inviting him and hope he shows up." Yugi said, bringing them back to the mission at hand.

Okay, that was it. I was going to get Kaiba to show up at their little party.

"Let's do something really fun like Karaoke." Anzu said, "We haven't done that in a long time."

"Ha, Kaiba wouldn't do that." Honda said, but knowing him, he was picturing it. I wonder what kind of singing voice he has. "Since he's so perfect at everything, I bet he can't sing. Wouldn't that be funny?" Honda added.

No, I bet it's smooth and even. Ugh, I know he'd never go to Karaoke but maybe if I trick him…still, how could I get him to sing?

"Well I think we should give it a shot because I think it would be really fun." Yugi said, "We need this. And besides it would make Kaiba feel less awkward because we'll have a private room so we can all just be us."

"Alright." Honda and Anzu said at the same time.

I left the gang with a spring in my step. I had to get back to Kaiba as soon as possible, he might try to go back to Kaiba Corp. and end up doing something dumb.

It only took me an hour to get to the warehouse but I was feeling really weak and I knew that if I didn't find Kaiba soon I would have to start over again. "Kaiba," I called to him; I knew it would be okay since only he could hear me.

"Fuck." My ears perked up and I stepped around a corner only to find Kaiba leaning up against a wall, his face showing pain.

"There you are. What are you doing?" I asked as a quickly made it to his side.

"I need to get back to work… I have to stop them…" he groaned. "I felt fine a moment ago. I don't understand what's going on."

"It's obvious that your meds have worn off. You are in no condition to walk around right now." I said and grabbed his arm and slung it over my shoulders. "We're going back."

"No, I…" he let out a small gasp when I yanked him free of the wall. "…fine…" I rolled my eyes and helped him back inside and onto the couch.

"Stay there. I'll get you some more meds."

"I don't need you to baby me." He said,

"It's not babying, you were shot, it's not like you stubbed your toe." I said and gave him a few pills, which he took without water. "Careful."

"What now?"

"You could hurt your throat that way." I said, "Man, you really never have had anyone to take care of you, have you."

"I can take care of myself." He pouted. I never really noticed how cute his pout was and without thinking I poked his cheek.

The death glare that followed was more than I've ever seen before and for once I was glad I was already dead.

"What's with you?" he said.

"What do you mean?"

"Being all nice to me. It's not normal."

"Well, normally you would be annoyed by me."

"Yes, go back to normal. I don't know how to deal with you now."

"I donno I guess I see that we aren't that different. Neither of us has a good relationship with our fathers, we love our siblings, we have things we fight hard to keep. I guess that I kind of like those things about you. It's nice to see the real you and know that you don't always keep it hidden."

"Well that would be impossible. You know that you would never have seen me like that if you weren't with me all the freaking time."

"Point is that I have seen you like that and I like it." I said. Kaiba paused and stared right at me a moment before his lips curled into a smile. Whoa.

"You like it?" he asked, leaning in real close. "What else do you like?" I moved away slightly when Kaiba's fingers stroked my cheek. "I wonder if I can feel more of you than just this."

"K-Kaiba… what…"

"Answer the question. What else do you like about me?"

"You are very strong and when you enter a room everyone respects you. Despite the fact that you say you hate me and my friends you are always there to help us when we really need it. So I think, when you don't help us it's because you think we can deal with it alone, you want us to be stronger because you actually care about us."

"Hmm."

"I am right, right?"

"Perhaps you losers are the only "friends" I've ever had, well the closest things to them."

"What's going on with you, anyway? You are being very open."

"I guess I just wanted to try it." He said, "I want to try something else…" he paused.

"What?" it was a mistake because as soon as I asked his lips were on mine, they were hard and controlling. His mouth shifted slightly and he bit my bottom lip hard. I brought my hands up to push him off but when his tongue swept across my lip by hands wrapped around him instead. I was becoming intoxicated by him. His ocean scent, the feel of his wet lips on mine, the small noises he was making. I dug my nails into his shoulders and the kiss became more aggressive.

When he pulled away I was left breathless and I felt a little cold and just like that, the amazing feeling was gone.

"I can't believe how real you feel and taste." He said, licking his swollen lips.

"T-taste?" I looked away, this was embarrassing. Shit, what did he just do… and did I like it? No I didn't just like it, I wanted more.

"Mm, I figured it was the only way to be one-hundred percent sure I wasn't losing my mind." Kaiba sat back.

"Wait, you only did that to test me? How many times do I have to prove it?"

"I wanted to know for sure and kissing you was as far as I was willing to go, plus it shut you up." He said, "You walk around here thinking you know me. You don't know a damn thing. And don't worry about the fact that I can kiss someone I don't like, it's easy for an elite business man such as myself.

"You bastard." I said. I can't believe he was toying with me that way. I stood up and crossed the room and plopped down into my seat. I was definitely going to find a way to get him to Karaoke now, I hope he sings and he sucks at it. I pouted.

"On the plus side I think I have a plan to save my company and get rid of you." He said harshly. Get rid of me. I see then, this was just a test to be sure I could really help him get his company back. I should have known since all he cares about is that dumb company of his.

"Good, the sooner I'm gone the better." I said.

A sinister man sat back in his big office chair as he reviewed the footage presented to him. Items were flying off the shelves. But there was no wind and no visible strings. It was happening again just as predicted. Ten years ago his plan failed but now he was ready. With Kaiba out of the way and a new bio-weapon in the works, he was sure to be the most powerful man in the world and the best part would be that he could never die. He laughed. He'd win for sure this time.