Disclaimer : Don't own anything Yugioh, please don't sue.

A/N : (I really don't know why Ryou was so full of sap and I ended that chapter with his arms wide open. lol. I just think he's super cute. and I've got to apologize for my current writing. it really isn't up to par, but I've been distracted and haven't really had the time to reread anything I wrote. and now that I reread it again. it really doesn't flow.)

For those of you who haven't been reading this, or just really missed the point. this is a Seto/Jou fic.

Oh, yeah and it actually includes other pairings that I like. Bakura/Ryou and others. and I have asked myself, where is Yugi in all this? Don't know.

Yeah and prolly a lot of OOC-ness going around in this story in general

High Tide 3 . Bakura turned around to see Ryou, arms outstretched and waiting.

He was torn to say the least and didn't know what to do. His heart and soul wanted terribly to enter that warm embrace. He had deprived himself of Ryou because of the past, and his behavior was more than terrible in the present. The memories had kept a wall between what Bakura wanted and what he needed. He'd been hurt and knew that he could avoid that pain if he endured the pain of not having Ryou at all.

He just couldn't stand it. He knew he was weak, and Ryou was just waiting. Ryou was taking the initiative. He was being the dominant one. Waiting for him to make his decision, and Bakura wasn't about to disappoint. again.

Allowing his usual shell of manliness drop, he ran to Ryou and hugged him earnestly and so tight that he was about to refuse ever letting go of him. ever again.

Ryou seemed to lose all the strength that he had and all the control that he had in the situation, and let Bakura take over once more. He nestled against him and said, "It's been a while since we've done this."

########Egyptian Time ####

"Seto," Jou was standing in the middle of Seto's lavishly adorned bedroom currently waiting for some clothes (A/N: just missed the bath scene. darn), "you're going to have to explain it to me."

Seto had been avoiding the subject because it was a long and tedious subject to speak of. He couldn't help his reluctancy, but Jou wasn't very happy about being left in the dark. Either way, Seto felt that in some way, though he didn't know which way, he needed Jou's help to evacuate the city, and this unhappy Jou didn't seem very cooperative. It was cute though.

Seto came out dressed, extra robes in hand, and he stood and just looked at him.

Jou suddenly felt self conscious about the fact that he was standing naked, bruised and scarred, in front of the high priest of Egypt who was just staring. "Are you going to hand me clothes?" he asked softly. He was a slave and his master could decide whatever he wanted, clothing could be optional.

Seto smirked and pulled Jou closer to him, "Maybe I like you better this way." - Jou was blushing furiously. - "and you ask too many questions."

Jou answered, "I've asked only one, and you've been avoiding it."

He seemed to consider it for a moment then gave in, "Fine," he handed the clothes and stated as if it was common knowledge, "I'm the high priest of Egypt and close friend to the Pharaoh whose name is Yami. I was forced into a vacation that I did not want to go to by the Pharaoh and was transported into the alley where I found you." He gave a brief smile, which even Jou was beginning to realize was rare. "I have three blue eyes white dragons, one of which was used to, number one shelter us from the rain and number two fly us over here to the palace. Yami has a number of royal guards and advisors who are his friends including Tea, Bakura, Ryou, Honda, oh, yeah, and a personal slave, Yugi, who currently is sick. Each one of us has these abilities which more or less is the reason that we are employed by the Pharaoh. Tea has foresight; Bakura power over the elements; Ryou hindsight; Honda power of illusions, Yugi the power of summoning, and I can do basic magic and other miscellaneous things. The Pharaoh himself has numerous powers, but most of them stem from the Shadow Realm so of course there are limitations to his abilities. The rain doesn't look like it's going to stop any time soon, and because this whole city is in a desert basin, everything will probably flood. So, we have to help evacuate the city. Because of my telepathic abilities, I can reach the people who the Pharaoh cannot reach and tell them to evacuate. Good enough for you?" Before even waiting for an answer, he continued, "But it's too bad because the rain isn't going to wait for me to tell you any more of my life story."

Jou had dressed and was standing in awe trying to comprehend everything that Seto had told him. "I-i-it's fine," he was still lagging a little, "What can I do to help?"

***** In the throne room, later *****

"Seto," Bakura said in a hushed voice, "Yami already started, couldn't wait for you any longer. A little distracted?" Bakura teased looking at Jou.

Seto sent him a death glare, "You should talk, lover boy. I'm surprised Ryou isn't here." Just then as if on cue, Ryou walked up to them, and Bakura rolled his eyes. Seto said before Bakura could talk, "I'm going to get started with my task. Do you know what Yami has planned so that the people won't panic?"

Ryou smiled, "Well, I'm not quite sure how Yami's planning to keep them calm, but I know that he's giving them before this day ends. though I'm not sure how they're supposed to know considering the sun being blocked out and all. Yeah, and Honda, well, he's going to be wiped out by the time this is all through. He's making a golden pathway for the people to follow."

Jou had been listening intently, and so far he had been following, but when the 'golden pathway' remark had been said he looked to Seto for an explanation, "How's he managing that?"

Seto looked down, and instead of the annoyed look both Bakura and Ryou were expecting to see, he grinned and said, "Honda's creating an illusion of a golden pathway so that the people will know which path is the quickest to get out of the city."

"Where are you leading them?" Jou asked.

It was a good question, too. Seto looked to Ryou and Bakura for an answer. Both shrugged, but just then Tea walked into the room.

"He's leading them to the nearby hill city. It's the closest and the safest place for them to be." Tea looked exhausted.

"What have you been up to?" Ryou asked, "Are you okay?"

Tea looked at him sadly, "I've just been getting these visions and they don't seem to want to stop." She looked toward where Yami sat on his throne both eyes closed, but his third eye shining brightly on his forehead, "So, he started already? Yugi's getting a little better, but he's been calling for him."

Yugi had been sick for about a week now. Some strong fever had bedridden him and Yami had felt helpless to do anything. The Pharaoh had been distracted, so now, they all hoped that his attention wasn't being torn in two. It was make his task harder and it would take a lot longer.

"I've got to start as well," Seto stated and walked toward the window. He could concentrate better listening to the forces of nature. The steady pouring of rain would be a good thing to help Seto focus on his task.

Jou followed him even though he knew that concentration was needed for what Seto was about to undertake. "Do you want me to go somewhere else, Seto?" he asked tentatively, "I don't want to break your concentration."

Seto sat down cross-legged and Jou followed in suit. There had to be a reason why he felt that he needed Jou to be by his side, but he just couldn't figure it out. "Just sit by me. It may take a while, and if you want to leave, try to find Tea, Ryou, or Bakura. They'll tell you what needs to be done."

He started to go into a trance and Jou watched in interest as he felt Seto's presence leave to some other part of the city. He wondered for a moment why Yami and Seto didn't just send out a strong sort of wave out with the message. That way, everyone would know and even though it would take energy out of them, it would be a lot faster. But then again, a wave of that magnitude would be too intrusive and might cause them to go into some mental shock.

Jou shook his head, because he wasn't doing anything, he was left with thinking and he was starting to get a headache.

He looked at Seto again, and could see beads of sweat from all the concentration starting to form on his brow. He wished so badly that there was something he could do to make it a little easier on him.

He closed his eyes and felt for what he knew without a doubt to be Seto. Even though physically Seto was right beside Jou, it was a great distance that Jou went over the city to find his mind. Jou held back a little and felt as Seto warned each person individually to pack only their important belongings and follow the golden path to get out of the city. Jou could not only feel that, he could feel all the people that were leaving, too. Seto was working efficiently and had covered a good portion of the people who he needed to inform, but no matter how efficient he was, he was beginning to slow down because of all the energy that he had used. He would soon have to take a break. Jou was so enthralled with everything that he could feel because of Seto, that he didn't notice until a little later that Seto had stopped and was 'looking' at him - because more or less the only way that Seto could contact everyone was an astral projection of their minds.

'How? What.' Seto couldn't understand how Jou had managed to follow him. It took him some intense years of training to be able to leave his body, but Jou had just done it without even trying. 'How did you follow me, Jou?'

'You won't get mad, right?' Jou sort of mentally whispered.

'Do I feel mad to you? Now, just tell me how you followed me.'

Seto did have a point, he didn't feel that he was mad, 'Well, I was looking at you and I really wanted to help you, so I just concentrated and sort of felt for you. Is it okay that I did it?'

Seto didn't know what to think. Was Jou a natural telekinetic or was there another explanation? He decided that he would think about that later. 'Can you copy what I'm doing right now?'

'How am I supposed to know who to go to,' Jou asked nervously, he didn't want to mess up.

'I'll,' Seto trying to make up a plan of action, 'mentally mark the people. Just tell them the message and go to the next. There's a lot of people in this city and we need to reach them all.'

Soon the city knew to evacuate, and more than half already did so safely. Yami had finished a little before the two, but he was beyond exhausted and couldn't help but sleep a little while. By that time though, the water had risen to knee level. Walking was becoming extremely difficult and it was slowing their progress down.

Seto came out of his trance to find that Jou was practically asleep on his shoulder. His gut instinct had been right about his help, and even though he didn't think it was possible, but he was falling in love even harder for the blonde. He easily lifted Jou up and brought him to his room. Seto knew that the Pharaoh and they would be the last to evacuate the city. It was a given fact. Yami would not leave his subjects to face a flood alone. He looked down at the sleeping blonde and wished that he could make him evacuate with the others as well. He'd probably be safer.

Just then, Ryou ran into the room, breathless. "Where have you been? Yami's been looking for you."

"What?" Seto was worried, Ryou never hurried in anything. He usually was calm, but he seemed close to freaking out.

"It's raining even harder and people are getting stuck."

Raining harder? Seto thought to himself. Was it even possible? "Ra, what are we going to do?"

A/N: Finally, it's done. I think it's pretty short, so sorry about that. But the story'll finally get moving.