An Innocent Joke? Chapter 16: Don't Take Him Away

By: Freewater

Disclaimers: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! Please don't sue me, you won't get much at all

Warnings: Male/Male relationships, swearing

Pairings: Seto/Jou

Rating: R for swearing and later chapters

Archive: If you want this story for your website then just ask first

Feedback: Definitely! Please, yes!! I want to know if I did a good job or not writing this!

Notes: A bunch of these little stars Means a change in time or scenery. 'These things here indicate thoughts.

oO&Oo

Katsuya slowly woke up the next morning with the sun in his face, warming his half covered body as he slowly opened his eyes and looked up, smiling warmly with the sight of his sleeping lover.

Seto lay on his back, head turned to the side as he breathed in evenly while the blonde held onto him. He looked so calm in his sleep, so peaceful and a lot sweeter then what he liked to let on to the rest of the world. He was happy that he got to see it, Seto's softer side. The part of him that he only showed to Mokuba before now. It made him feel... special. Like he was important.

Reaching his head up, he kissed the brunets neck affectionately. Seto stirred a bit but didn't wake up. Last night their lovemaking was so... He didn't know how to describe it. Intense he supposed. It was as if Seto didn't want to let him go at all. He was so gentle the one minute and then so fast the next. He was almost acting as if it would be their last time together, but Katsuya simply shrugged that stupid thought out of his head. They were going away together, so what was there to be worried about?

"Wake up Koi." He whispered into his ear before lightly kissing it.

To his ultimate surprise, he said no. "Need more sleep." He mumbled before turning over and trying to ignore the evil things that would dare to wake him up from such a nice dream in such a comfortable position.

Katsuya snickered before tickling his sides playfully, causing Seto to just about jump out of the bed with a startled cry and land on the floor with a thud. Katsuya blinked, not thinking he would get that kind of reaction from the CEO since he was unaware of how ticklish he was.

Seto slowly got back to his feet, part of the blanket wrapped around his waist to clothe himself, snarling at his puppy playfully just as the blonde burst out laughing at him.

"You little mutt!" He cried out before grabbing a pillow and hopping back on the bed to try and playfully smother him. "Lets see how you like it!" He shouted before pinning him down to tickle his own exposed ribs. Katsuya's laughter only intensified as he thrashed beneath him, trying to get him off.

"Ahahahaha!! I give!! Hahaha!! S-Seto I-I give!!" He cried out in between his bursts of laughter while trying to take in some air at the same time. Satisfied with the victory, Kaiba smirked at his Koi before quickly kissing his cheek and hopping off of the bed, the blonde still giggling a bit.

Then the sight of his alarm clock on the stand next to his bed caught his eye. Ten thirty in the morning!? They had to be at the airport within the hour! "Puppy, hurry up and get dressed! We're going to miss our flight!" The CEO cried out before quickly picking out a pair of jeans from on the floor and tossing them at him. The fear of losing his puppy from the night before returning with a vengeance.

Katsuya wasted no words at that point as he just did as he was told, trying to keep his eyes off of the brunet as he got dressed in front of him. He didn't want Seto to miss his flight because of him, so he just hurried as he dressed.

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"Hurry up Mokuba! We're late already!" Kaiba yelled up the stairs as he picked up one of his suitcases and walked out the door. His limo was waiting for them at the front gate, and he thankfully managed to call the airport to have the flight delayed until he got there. Owning the airport really did kick ass sometimes.

But right now they were still lagging behind because there were a few things that they all forgot to pack. Such as Seto's Cell phone, Katsuya's stuffed puppy and the picture of his sister, and Mokuba was upstairs looking for his Game Boy Advanced so that he could play with it on the flight. All in all, things were going slow.

"Found it!" The black haired boy shouted in triumph as he ran out of the house, his backpack of toys over his one shoulder with his suitcase in his free hand. Katsuya ran up from behind him, his own smaller suitcase in his free hand with his puppy in the other.

"Let me take that, Mokuba." He offered, taking his suitcase and holding the both of them with the puppy now squeezed between his arm and his rib cage. The kid had enough heavy things to carry in his opinion anyway, and since his suitcase didn't have much in it and was fairly light, he thought he'd do him a favour by taking it off of his hands.

"Thanks Katsu-kun" The boy said as he waved around his hand to get some feeling back into it. Perhaps it was time to cut back on the games? ....... Nah!

"Hurry up you two!" Seto called impatiently to them, handing the limo driver his own suitcase to put away as they all readied to leave. It was getting later and he was getting increasingly nervous. No doubt this would be the first place those idiots would look for Jou in, and he wanted to get out of here before they showed up. He didn't even know when to expect them!

That's when he heard it. The most horrible sound imaginable. The loud screeching of the tires on a vehicle moving far to fast for the road it was on as it turned the corner far down the road and headed straight for them at top speeds. Kaiba's eyes went wide as he instantly recognised who the vehicle belonged to. Honda. And everyone else was no doubt with him inside as well.

"Katsuya take Mokuba into the house, now!" He shouted at him in a panic, stopping the puppy in his tracks. They couldn't do this! They couldn't be here!! Not now!!

The blonde blinked. "What? Why?" He asked, watching the car head for them curiously. Who were they? What was wrong?

"Just do as I say!!" Kaiba roared at him with a stamp of his foot. If he didn't leave then they'd get caught. Please just go! Go!!'

Katsuya was thoroughly confused and a little hurt at the outburst, but did as he was told anyway. "C'mon Mokuba, let's let go." He sighed before walking in, his stuffed puppy falling out of his hold and onto the ground without him seeing.

Seto let out a shaky sigh of relief when the door closed just as the Jimmy pulled up and all the people unloaded. Yami and Yugi were hand in hand as they hopped out, Tea was right behind them with Bakura and Ryou as well. Honda hopped out of the drivers seat, and the last two to walk out were Shizuka and... Otogi! What the hell is he doing here!?!' The CEO thought in a panic.

If he told them about Katsuya then it would be all the harder to leave the country with him! And judging by the unhappy looks on their faces, he'd definitely said something.

Quick to put on his "I don't give a shit" face, Seto scowled deeply at them. "What do you want?" He demanded, crossing his arms.

Yami scowled back at him. "You know damn well what we want! Otogi told us everything! Where is Jou!" He demanded, pointing his finger at him accusingly.

Kaiba's eyes widened, despite how much he tried to keep them from doing so. No.' He thought, his spirit sinking.

Jou again?' Katsuya thought from behind the window he was watching in. Who the hell is he?' He thought to himself curiously, before he finally started to take in the sight of all the people out there, his eyes soon landing on Yugi. And he couldn't help but widen them at the very sight. Hey! That's the kid from my dream!! Motou I think it was.' He thought to himself before returning his gaze to the rest of the group.

Then his eyes travelled towards the slim looking girl with the long auburn hair, and he couldn't help but recognise her from the picture of his dead sister. Or at least, Seto told him that she had died. "Shizuka?" He said out loud in stunned awe. No, that couldn't be her, Seto wouldn't lie to him about something like that! He wouldn't!

"Katsu-kun?" Mokuba asked, coming up behind him and placing a sympathetic hand on his shoulder. He heard him say his sister's name. Was he starting to remember?

"Yugi?" He then said out loud, not hearing the small boy behind him as he turned around and walked away, heading straight for the door. He needed to know what was happening. What were these names in his head? Why did it seem that his sister was really alive and not dead like how Seto had told him?

"Katsu-kun, wait!" Mokuba called out just as he opened the door and stormed out of the house, determined to get some answers and hoping that this was all just one big mistake.

He was more than a little shocked when the frantic yelling and arguing had died down to nothing at his presence.

"Jou!!" The kid that Katsuya thought was Yugi cried out before letting go of his Koi's hand and running over to where he stood, throwing his arms around his waist in a bone crushing and very relieved hug. The blonde just stood there, looking down at him curiously before looking back up to see Seto's disappointed

face. "Who is this Seto?" He asked.

"You see!! I told you!!" Otogi cried out to the others, his face looking rather angry. "Kaiba was taking advantage of him! He can barely remember anyone here because of the car accident and it's all his fault!!" He shouted, pointing at the CEO with disgust on his face.

The tri coloured haired boy looked up at Jou with tears in the rim of his eyes. "You really can't remember us, Jou?" He asked sadly.

The blonde frantically shook his head. "My name's not Jou!" He cried out, shoving the boy off of him before stepping away. But he still couldn't help but notice how familiar that name was. Why did it ring a bell in his head every time he heard it? This is so stupid! I should of just stayed inside like I was told to!' He thought to himself frantically.

Noticing the puppy laying on the grass out of the corner of his eye, Katsuya quickly snatched it from the ground and held it tightly close, trying as hard as he could to stop the flood of images from entering his head.

"Jou it's us!" Honda called out to him desperately. "You have to remember us!"

The blonde slowly brought his head up to look at the brunet with the one spike in his hair. "Honda?" He asked without knowing why or where the name came from.

When the other boy nodded his head yes, a relieved smile on his face, Katsuya's eyes widened fearfully before running up to Seto as fast as he could, grabbing onto the front of his blue trench coat desperately. "This is a joke! Tell me this is a joke!" He pleaded, not wanting a word of what these strangers were saying to be true.

Shizuka stepped forward. "It's no joke, big brother." She said in an equally pleading tone of voice.

"I was asking him not you!" He shouted at her angrily, instantly feeling guilty for it as he watched her wince.

"Please Seto," Katsuya begged, turning his eyes back to him. "Tell me that I don't know these people, I'll believe you if you do, I will! Just please tell me that they're all lying!" He cried out, feeling himself quickly getting dizzy with the flood of images washing out his brain. Why was the world around him spinning like this?

Everything was coming back. Pegasus' Island. Duellist Kingdom. Noah. The five members of Kaiba Corps attempted takeover. His friends. His father... His father. And who Seto really was to him.

But he hated him! Seto didn't like him at all! No!'

Seto looked him square in the eye, his blue eyes filling with tears that he refused to let fall. This was it. It was over. "I am sorry for this, but they're right, puppy. It was only supposed to be a joke... I was using you." He said quietly, his words slashing through the blonde's heart like a knife.

Before he could explain himself any further though, Katsuya fainted in his arms. "S-Seto..."

"Katsuya!" The CEO cried out worriedly as he held him close to keep him from falling to the ground, but Otogi came up from behind him to tightly hold him still as Honda went to take the blonde away from him. "Don't touch him!" The brunet barked, glaring at the other teen for all he was worth as he struggled.

"Just give it up already, you've lost." Otogi whispered into his ear.

"No!!" He cried out, clutching the unconscious blonde to him tighter in an effort to keep him from being taken. Yami and Bakura eventually had to step in to help Otogi hold him down so that Honda could take him.

"No!! Stop it!! Get the hell off of me!!" He roared out in a rage as he struggled beneath the three teens, watching helplessly as Honda picked up his puppy and carried him to the car with his sister and Yugi nearby, watching over him and full of concern. Ryou quickly walked over and picked up the stuffed puppy to give to Jou when he woke up, before heading to the car with them.

"Let go of my brother!!" Mokuba shouted as he ran out from the house as fast as he could and jumped onto Bakura's back before pounding on it furiously. Bakura hardly moved or felt a thing.

Yami was more than a little stunned with the display the usually mature boy was showing. "Mokuba!" He shouted in shock as he went to get the boy off of him, allowing Kaiba to get up just as the doors to the Jimmy were locked and the vehicle started. "Don't take him." He pleaded.

Yami snarled at him before placing a very pissed off looking Mokuba on the ground, not wanting to hurt the normally sweet boy. "He never should have been here. How could you take your hate for him so far, Kaiba!?! You never had any right to do this!"

Bakura rolled his eyes. "Save us all the speech and lets just go, pharaoh! My hikari is waiting and I keep him that way then he doesn't give me any!" He spat, a sour look on his face.

Yami simply gave him a nod of his head before they both turned their backs on him.

"Come back here!" Seto demanded as he advanced on them. He couldn't just let them take away his puppy, he couldn't!

Yami whipped his head at him, and he snarled. "One more step and I'll send you to the Shadow Realm, Kaiba!" He shouted, his voice laced with hate as the glowing eye appeared on his forehead, causing the CEO to stop in his tracks. He couldn't do much for Katsuya at all if that were to happen.

The former pharaoh glared at him. "Don't ever come near him again, if you do then I'll let Bakura slice you open and play with your insides!" He threatened, causing a fearful gasp to erupt from Mokuba's throat that he simply ignored.

The tomb robber licked his lips at that thought. It would be rather nice to have a fresh kill. That and he would have a chance to see if his skill with the dagger had diminished or not. Quite the nice opportunity.

Kaiba simply stood there, unfazed by the threat. He'd simply have to find another way to get his puppy back, even though it would be hard considering he'd have to get his forgiveness first.

No matter how much he thought about it, he just couldn't think of any immediate way to stop them, so when the doors were unlocked to let the two Yami's inside, Seto found himself staring longingly at the unconscious Jou in Otogi's arms as the car drove away with him and out of sight.

He didn't feel the tears flowing down his face as he watched them take him, but Mokuba saw them. And the only thing he could do to comfort his brother was take his hand into his as they both stood there on the side of the street. No sound was made, not even the whistle of the wind as they stood there, so still. Like ghosts.

This was really it. The end of his prank. But who was the one to truly suffer here? Himself or Katsuya? Only time could tell.

The End

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To Be Continued......................

A.N: heh, i pulled this trick the first time i posted this up before deletion, and since there are a few new readers here i thought I'd do it again! sorry but it was too good to pass up!

Heh, review please!