" I don't need your protection. I can take care of myself."

" I didn't ask if you needed it. You're going to get it anyway."

" Excuse me?! I'm 17-years-old. I didn't need a bodyguard when I was a child and I don't need one now!"

" It's not negotiable."

" …Why are you so intent on protecting me?"

" I—What? Oh…Well, it's just that so much has happened to you. So many bad things that no one should have to deal with, but you have and you've survived. I don't mean to smother you nor do I think that you are unable to take care of yourself, Seto-chan. I just want to take care of you now. I think it's time someone else did the hero thing. I won't be your typical fanatic bodyguard koi. I'll just be like I am with Yugi."

" How rude."

" What?"

" I am not a 3-year-old."

" Seto-chan. You know what I mean."

" Fine. It's obvious you've made up your mind. So long as you don't get in my way, But if you're the hero, what does that make me?"

" Damsel in distress."

" HEY!!!"

As the memory disbursed, Seto came back to the land of the living. He didn't know where he was or what happened. The room he was in now was just a bed in a warehouse room with a skylight just above his head about 20 feet up. The last thing he remembered was…

Er…

What was exactly the last thing he remembered? He was lying down somewhere. Thoroughly exhausted after what his boyfriend put him through, hentai that he was. And then he was here?

But what happened in between those times? Where was he and how'd he get here? And what was that with Shizuka? She had come upstairs to see him for some reason, and then he couldn't remember a thing. It was like there was this black spot in his memory and nothing could wipe it away.

" Calm yourself priest."

Seto whipped around at that voice. He knew it, but he couldn't think of who it was. He narrowed his eyes at the purple eyes that were watching him from the darkness. He looked around for anything else, but that was all he could see, save for the Eye Of Horus above those purple eyes.

" Identify yourself! Who are you?! What am I doing here?!"

" Don't you recognize me turmoil seahorse?"

Seto gasped then. That name. He recognized the voice that said that cursed name. That was the same voice that had haunted his dreams and his nightmares. The voice that he dreaded to hear again.

So…he finally had a face to go with the voice. Well, sort of. But it would do to glare death at and promise pain. Swallowing his initial fear and glaring for all he was worth, Seto shifted so he was finally in position to yell at whoever this was.

" So it's you. I can't say I'm too surprised Malik. Finally got tired of violating my privacy and grew a backbone to kidnap me, ne?"

He heard a slight chuckle as the named stalker revealed himself. Malik strode out of the darkness and jumped on the bed at the foot so he could watch Seto attentively. " If you say so, Blue Eyes."

" Don't you dare call me that. No one has any right to call me that but my koi and you are not him. I demand to know where I am and what you mean by capturing me!"

A hand reached out of the darkness and ran along his cheek in a dirty caress. " So many questions Blue Eyes. You'll understand everything in time. This is a very intricate game we're playing with the Pharaoh you know. And it just wouldn't do to reveal plans unless they were called for, ne? You'll just have to wait patiently until we move on to the second part of the game aino-chan. Mochiron, if you get bored, I'm sure we can think of some things to do to entertain ourselves while we wait for the Pharaoh to come and rescue his most coveted priest."

The CEO narrowed his eyes and slapped the hand away from his face. " This is a game to you?! That's what this is all about?! You want to play a game with Yami?! Then why torment me?! Why not go after him?!"

" Would you prefer that I did?"

He shut his mouth before something else came out. But the silence only lasted a few seconds while Seto had been seething. " Why am I being used?! Why not Yugi or Anzu or one of his friends again? He goes insane if something happens to them."

" Silly seahorse. You know just as well as I do that he's crazy about you. He truly goes insane if something happens to you. The best bait in the world. As for the two mentioned, well they wouldn't serve a purpose because I would have killed them out of annoyance before the Pharaoh arrived here. You're useful…"

Once again, blue eyes promised death as Seto pulled the white covers up to his chin and pulled his knees up to his chest. He would rather shatter his own heart than let Malik touch him. " You put your hands on me and you'll draw back mangled, twisted limbs, got that?"

Malik pouted. " You're going to ruin my fun already, ne? Well, that's okay. I've still got others to play with."

As soon as Malik said that, a light turned on from the ceiling; revealing someone in the corner. Seto's eyes went wide as he realized who that was being held against their will.

" It's…that girl whose name I can never remember…Shizuru? Shiziru? Shizaru?"

The brown-eyed, brown-haired female glared at Malik. He smiled and turned his attention back to Seto. " She says her name is Shizuka. But this should be enough incentive to get Yami here pretty quick, ne?"

Seto glanced at Shizuka once again. " You took her too?"

" That's right."

The dragon tamer's brow furrowed. " Wait…that doesn't make since. You're here alone. You can't possibly carry myself and…what's her name over there by yourself. And you don't have any minions anymore…"

" You're starting to understand my seahorse. I knew you'd put that genius mind to work sooner or later…"

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" Yami, put that man down! He said he didn't see anything!"

" He LIES!! You've seen my Seto-chan haven't you?!! Where is he?!"

" I honestly don't know what you're talking about sir!"

" Yami, stop it, you're scaring him!"

" That's the general idea!"

Yami, Bakura and Yugi-tachi were in the town nearest to the condo Yami and Seto had been staying in. Yami had been glaring at anyone who happened to pass by that he thought happened to be suspicious. His friends trailed behind him; afraid that he'd jump on them too if one of them said anything. Bakura was walking next to Yami with his arms crossed and his eyes closed; blatantly ignoring Yami and his antics.

Then came this dude standing next to a building smoking a cigarette. He and another male had been talking about…something or other and one of them said: Setna Kaira.

But Yami heard Seto Kaiba and attacked.

He grabbed both mean, one collar in each hand, lifted them about a foot and a half off the ground and demand that they tell them where his Seto-chan is. Yugi-tachi had yet to get him to let the men go and not kill them. One man had already soiled himself while the other had swallowed his cigarette. (Or did Yami make him eat it?)

Ryou looked to his yami, who was leaning against the building the men had been leaning against and watching the whole sight with amusement. Ryou scowled at him. " Bakura, do something! Yami's going to kill both of these men!"

" You want me to do something? Okay." Bakura yawned and stretched, then returned to his original position against the wall. " There. That's something."

" I meant, give us a hand."

Bakura looked at him blankly for a minute. Then he held his hands up—

--And clapped.

Ryou sweatdropped. " I should have known better than to ask you…"

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" Mattaku Pharaoh…You really rough those men up back there."

" 'Rusee Tomb Robber, unless you want to be next."

" You're acting like a maniac again. You should see how you look right now."

" I don't care! I want Seto-chan back!"

Bakura sighed and rubbed his temples. The damned Pharaoh was being insane, possessive, blind and stupid. At first, it was funny because he would harass and assault individuals whenever he thought they either did something suspicious or said something close to 'Seto Kaiba'. Now it was just plain stupid.

They were wasting time while they were supposed to be saving Seto. How could he help himself to the CEO if he couldn't swoop in all dramatic like and sweep him off his feet and save the day for once? He needed to save Seto first so the beautiful brunette would be grateful and owe him something. That way he could steal him from the Pharaoh and have the priest all to himself.

Seeing as how Yami was NOT thinking and strangling someone else in the middle of the street he couldn't depend on him to come up with some plan. Jou, Honda, Ryou and Otogi were trying to pull the Pharaoh off a man 3x his size, so they were busy; not that he would trust them to think of something to save anyone's life anyway. Mai and Anzu were doing their best to distract any bystanders, but were coming off looking like lunatics so people pretty much ignored them and everyone else, so they were out; not that they could think in the first place…

Bakura sighed heavily. It looked like it was up to him to save the dragon tamer.

" Oh well…that just means he'll be that much more indebted to me when all this is over. Nothing says thank you like a Seto sundae. Summer, spring, fall and autumn, sex ain't great unless Seto's on bottom…"

OGE: *Sighs* That was a lot of work. I was so stuck on what to do with this chapter. But I've figured out what to do with this and everything. And yes, I am very aware of what color the eyes in Seto-chan's dream were. I wrote it remember? It should start coming together to some of you by now. So shh! Don't spoil it! ^_^ I know exactly what I'm doing. And I'll let ya'll know…as soon as I finish thinking it up. Eheh…*Puts hand behind head and laughs nervously*

Youji: Freakin' Joey Wheeler Jr. over here…

OGE: Shut up you! And Chibi-sama, I sent you a reply to that email o'yours. If you didn't get it, it might just be hotmail. You might should wanna maybe try my yahoo one. It's my penname with @yahoo.com at the end of it. 

On a lighter note, I know I'm getting two of my favorite games for Christmas! Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and True Crime: Streets Of LA. Badass games, I'm not kiddin'. Though I'm still traumatized from BloodRayne with the head and spine monsters chasing after me…*Shivers*

Youji: Wuss…

OGE: Quiet 'for I hand you over ta Chibi-sama!!

Youji: AAHH!!! That's cruel and unusual!!!