Title: Dragon Trainers Chapter 6
Author: Alta Lemur!!
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: J/S and REBD/BEWD eventually
Spoilers: none
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to several books whose terminology, or names, I take. I do not own YuGiOh, but I like to think I own the rights to Blue Eyes' personality.
Summary: AU Shounen ai and het. Romance and angst. Night falls and the sun rises. Watch the rising and falling of love in a world of magic and dragons.
Dedications: Thanks for the people and inanimate objects that inspired me or helped me write this.
Yugi's prediction of a great disaster hadn't passed, yet. The young mage looked skeptically between the other four at the table. The two guests sat at Yugi's right, with Seto closest to him. Both were eating with a good deal of grace and refinement, as if looking down on the world. Currently, the world only seemed to encompass the two sitting across from them, Jou and Ember. The two had started the meal trying their best to ignore the guests, but soon realized they were being ignored, if not insulted, by the manners of the other two. At that point they had begun their campaign of using their worst manners possible.
Yugi sighed as another piece of food found itself on the table from the messy manner Jou and Ember were eating. This meal was not going well. Maybe he should start a conversation. But what topic wouldn't set the two dragon trainers and their dragons off?
While Yugi was thinking, Jou had decided on another strategy. He made sure neither Yugi nor Seto were watching him. He picked up a pea and flung it at Seto. Instantly, accusing blue eyes were on Jou. Innocently, Jou went back to gorging down food. When Seto went back to his plate, Jou picked up a bigger pea and flung it at Seto. This time a fiercer stare was fixed on him. Jou met Seto's gaze with his own intense one. Each tightly gripped the utensils at hand, silently daring the other to make the first move.
"So, Seto, where exactly is the Campestris Crossing?" Yugi quickly broke in.
Seto glanced towards the young mage, as if just realizing he was in the room. Slowly, he released the tight grip on his fork and responded. "It's in the Silver Plains, just south and east across the Narrow Straight."
Yugi nodded and saw out of the corner of his eye that Jou had momentarily stopped his efforts in order to listen. Encouraged, Yugi continued.
"That's a far ways to go to come here and an odd direction for a dragon trainer. Why not go and study in the mountains inland from the plains?"
Seto was silent for a moment. How could he explain this to a stranger? "The mountains hold nothing new for us." He paused to take a drink. "Would you be suggesting that there isn't anything for a journeyman dragon trainer here?"
Yugi recognized the evasion in Seto's speech and had expected it to some extent. Seto might still be uncomfortable in new company, but would eventually warm up to them. Yugi went on with his conversation, not detoured by Seto's secrecy.
Jou, however, was bothered. Every evasion, every verbal side-step, every subtle insinuation was a direct insult to both Yugi and Jou. He watched as Seto coolly bantered with Yugi. Jou saw the twitching of an eyebrow, the tensing of a jaw muscle, or the clinching of fingers that plainly spoke against most of the blue-eyed dragon trainer's words. Gods, Jou couldn't stand him!
"You'd think that with all the yammering you've done, you would have actually said something by now," Jou said, critical amber eyes fixed on Seto. "You can't even answer anything straight forward. Why the hell are you here anyways?"
A scrutinizing gaze locked with Jou's. Slightly, those blue eyes narrowed. "That's none of your concern. My business is with your master," said Seto, looking down upon Jou.
Jou slammed his fist against the table. "And what is that supposed to mean, you forked-tongued prat!"
Seto stood from his seat and loomed down at Jou with his fists against the table top. "It means that someone more suited for the title of stable boy than dragon trainer should keep his stupid mouth shut and let people who know what they're doing talk."
Instantly Jou shot to his feet, fist clenched and ready to punch the bastard. "And what the hell do you mean by that? Why don't you come over here and say that, you blue-eyed pansy!"
Yugi was on his feet as well now. Both dragons were already growling at each other. Their tails were violently thrashing. Oh shit, why did this have to happen? Quickly, Yugi picked up the nearest thing in front of him and slammed it down on the table.
"Listen!"
And they stopped. He had gotten there attention? Yugi thought he would have had to break something. Yugi was about to say something else when both dragon trainers paled. Then he heard Blue Eyes make an agitated noise in her throat. Yugi turned a searching gaze towards Jou's suddenly widened eyes. Just what was happening?
Yugi saw Seto turn his gaze down beyond the dinning room entryway, as if seeing past the stone. Seto's jaw clinched and his eyes narrowed in an odd determination. Sharply, he turned to Jou, giving the other dragon trainer a deep look. Then the journeyman turned to the others in the room.
"Let's go."
With that, he crisply walked out of the room and descended towards the lower dragon chambers, leaving Yugi in complete confusion. Turning to his friend to question him, Yugi instead saw Jou assume a similar determined face. Jou glanced at Yugi, then turned and followed after Seto's retreating form. Both dragons shuffled nervously before following their human companions. Yugi stared through the entryway of the empty room. Perplexed, the young mage slowly made his way after the others.
A/N: Is this my first cliffhanger? The next chapter will probably come out sooner. You've read, now review. Latinam Amate!
Author: Alta Lemur!!
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: J/S and REBD/BEWD eventually
Spoilers: none
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to several books whose terminology, or names, I take. I do not own YuGiOh, but I like to think I own the rights to Blue Eyes' personality.
Summary: AU Shounen ai and het. Romance and angst. Night falls and the sun rises. Watch the rising and falling of love in a world of magic and dragons.
Dedications: Thanks for the people and inanimate objects that inspired me or helped me write this.
Yugi's prediction of a great disaster hadn't passed, yet. The young mage looked skeptically between the other four at the table. The two guests sat at Yugi's right, with Seto closest to him. Both were eating with a good deal of grace and refinement, as if looking down on the world. Currently, the world only seemed to encompass the two sitting across from them, Jou and Ember. The two had started the meal trying their best to ignore the guests, but soon realized they were being ignored, if not insulted, by the manners of the other two. At that point they had begun their campaign of using their worst manners possible.
Yugi sighed as another piece of food found itself on the table from the messy manner Jou and Ember were eating. This meal was not going well. Maybe he should start a conversation. But what topic wouldn't set the two dragon trainers and their dragons off?
While Yugi was thinking, Jou had decided on another strategy. He made sure neither Yugi nor Seto were watching him. He picked up a pea and flung it at Seto. Instantly, accusing blue eyes were on Jou. Innocently, Jou went back to gorging down food. When Seto went back to his plate, Jou picked up a bigger pea and flung it at Seto. This time a fiercer stare was fixed on him. Jou met Seto's gaze with his own intense one. Each tightly gripped the utensils at hand, silently daring the other to make the first move.
"So, Seto, where exactly is the Campestris Crossing?" Yugi quickly broke in.
Seto glanced towards the young mage, as if just realizing he was in the room. Slowly, he released the tight grip on his fork and responded. "It's in the Silver Plains, just south and east across the Narrow Straight."
Yugi nodded and saw out of the corner of his eye that Jou had momentarily stopped his efforts in order to listen. Encouraged, Yugi continued.
"That's a far ways to go to come here and an odd direction for a dragon trainer. Why not go and study in the mountains inland from the plains?"
Seto was silent for a moment. How could he explain this to a stranger? "The mountains hold nothing new for us." He paused to take a drink. "Would you be suggesting that there isn't anything for a journeyman dragon trainer here?"
Yugi recognized the evasion in Seto's speech and had expected it to some extent. Seto might still be uncomfortable in new company, but would eventually warm up to them. Yugi went on with his conversation, not detoured by Seto's secrecy.
Jou, however, was bothered. Every evasion, every verbal side-step, every subtle insinuation was a direct insult to both Yugi and Jou. He watched as Seto coolly bantered with Yugi. Jou saw the twitching of an eyebrow, the tensing of a jaw muscle, or the clinching of fingers that plainly spoke against most of the blue-eyed dragon trainer's words. Gods, Jou couldn't stand him!
"You'd think that with all the yammering you've done, you would have actually said something by now," Jou said, critical amber eyes fixed on Seto. "You can't even answer anything straight forward. Why the hell are you here anyways?"
A scrutinizing gaze locked with Jou's. Slightly, those blue eyes narrowed. "That's none of your concern. My business is with your master," said Seto, looking down upon Jou.
Jou slammed his fist against the table. "And what is that supposed to mean, you forked-tongued prat!"
Seto stood from his seat and loomed down at Jou with his fists against the table top. "It means that someone more suited for the title of stable boy than dragon trainer should keep his stupid mouth shut and let people who know what they're doing talk."
Instantly Jou shot to his feet, fist clenched and ready to punch the bastard. "And what the hell do you mean by that? Why don't you come over here and say that, you blue-eyed pansy!"
Yugi was on his feet as well now. Both dragons were already growling at each other. Their tails were violently thrashing. Oh shit, why did this have to happen? Quickly, Yugi picked up the nearest thing in front of him and slammed it down on the table.
"Listen!"
And they stopped. He had gotten there attention? Yugi thought he would have had to break something. Yugi was about to say something else when both dragon trainers paled. Then he heard Blue Eyes make an agitated noise in her throat. Yugi turned a searching gaze towards Jou's suddenly widened eyes. Just what was happening?
Yugi saw Seto turn his gaze down beyond the dinning room entryway, as if seeing past the stone. Seto's jaw clinched and his eyes narrowed in an odd determination. Sharply, he turned to Jou, giving the other dragon trainer a deep look. Then the journeyman turned to the others in the room.
"Let's go."
With that, he crisply walked out of the room and descended towards the lower dragon chambers, leaving Yugi in complete confusion. Turning to his friend to question him, Yugi instead saw Jou assume a similar determined face. Jou glanced at Yugi, then turned and followed after Seto's retreating form. Both dragons shuffled nervously before following their human companions. Yugi stared through the entryway of the empty room. Perplexed, the young mage slowly made his way after the others.
A/N: Is this my first cliffhanger? The next chapter will probably come out sooner. You've read, now review. Latinam Amate!
