Disclaimer: Don't own. Don't sue.

Warnings: There is a M/M lemon in yonder chapter, so if you don't like that than leave now and save yourself from the trauma.

Jou had seen the Kaiba mansion many times from the outside, but had never had the privilege of being allowed in. Thus he was a bit awe struck the moment he walked in.

"It's...big." Jou took in the pristine surroundings.

"You have a knack for stating the obvious." Seto remarked.

"How can you live in a place like this? It seems more like a museum than a home."

Seto shrugged his shoulders. "I don't really spend all that much time here. There's some rooms that I've never even been in, mostly because I have no use for them."

"Damn, this place really is huge!" Jou looked over at Seto, a sly grin spreading on his face. "Are you sure you're not trying to compensate for something?"

Seto raised his eyebrow at that, surprised the mutt actually had the nerve to make such a statement. "What are you implying?" What he really wanted to say was 'Why don't you come over here and find out', but decided he didn't want to scare blonde off so early in the evening.

Mokuba, who had been watching the whole exchange carefully, picked this moment to stretch and let out an exaggerated yawn. "Well...I'm really tired, so I guess I'm off to bed! Goodnight Jou, good night brother."

"Good night Mokuba." Seto didn't miss the little wink his brother sent his way before bounding up the stairs towards his room.

The pair stood in silence for a few minutes after that. Jou was taking in his new unfamiliar surroundings and Seto was considering what to do next. Luckily his pondering was cut short when Jou spoke up.

"I have an Idea."

"Amazing." Seto replied with his usual sarcasm.

Jou just frowned but decided to let the insult on his intelligence go, as he didn't feel like fighting. "Let's go exploring!"

"Exploring? Why would I want to go exploring in my own house?"

"You just said yourself that you haven't been in all the rooms...and I've never been here at all. Come on, it'll be fun!"

"Yeah...fun." Seto rolled his eyes.

* * *

It had been over an hour and the blonde was still dragging his unwilling companion throughout the maze they called the Kaiba Manor. They had visited a library that Seto had spent much time in his younger years. That didn't keep Jou's attention for long, seeing as how books were not really his 'thing'. Then they found a small room filled with various works of art. Other than that it was nothing really interesting. Just a bunch of rooms and studies with over-priced furniture.

"Don't you have anything cool, like a dungeon or something?" Jou asked as the climbed a set of spiral stairs.

"Why, are you into bondage?" Seto asked from behind him before collided into his backside as the blond stopped abruptly in his tracks. "Something wrong?"

"Um...your hand is on my hip..." Jou was grateful for the fact that he had his back towards Seto, it covered the blush that was spreading across his face quite nicely. It was then that he realized he was starting to do that way too much lately.

"So it is..." Seto had grabbed on to Jou to steady himself, letting his hand slip under the boy's shirt, his hand lingered on the soft skin for a moment before he reluctantly pulled back.

Jou shivered as the touch left him and he tried to remember why he had stopped in the first place. Oh yeah, the whole bondage comment. He remembered Bakura asking him that question once, and it resulted in quite an interesting conversation.

They continued the rest of the way until they reached a long hallway. At the end of the hall was a large oak door with golden fixtures. Jou stared to walk in that direction, stopping when he realized he no longer heard Seto's footsteps behind him.

Jou looked over his shoulder see that Seto had stopped a few feet behind him, looking a bit uneasy. Something that was quite unusual for the stoic man.

"Something wrong?" Jou asked as he gripped the door knob in front of him.

"Don't..." Seto rushed over and placed his hand over Jou's, ceasing his movement. "There's...nothing of interest in there." Seto stated, closing his eyes as he tried to keep calm. He hadn't been in this wing of the house since...god knows when, and he couldn't believe he had been lead here without noticing. He guessed that's what he got for staring at Jou's rear-end the whole time.

"So...is this where you keep all the victims?" Jou joked, but Seto just stayed silent, not moving. "Um...Seto? Really, what is this place?"

"My adoptive father's room, but he's gone now."

"I'm sensing you two had some issues?"

"Remember that thing I said earlier about stating the obvious?"

"Come on Seto...let's go inside, I bet it will give you some closure...for whatever is going on in your messed up head." Jou began to turn the handle and looked up at Seto who was standing close behind him, his hand still gripping Jou's tightly.

"...Alright." Seto shook his head and the two turned the door and stepped into the room together.

Jou immediately let out a huge sneeze, it was dusty and stale smelling, obviously the room hadn't been used in quite some time. A few pieces of furniture were draped with white sheets, and sunlight poured in from between a pair of heavy velvet curtains that were probably once royal red but had faded into a pinkish color over time.

Seto seemed to hover in the doorway before Jou grasped his hand and led him inside. The room was littered with books and seemed a bit untidy compared to the rest of the house.

"What happened to him?" Jou asked as he admired an expensive tiffany lamp, blowing off the dust so he could see himself in the stained glass.

"He's dead." Seto replied flatly.

"Oh...I'm sorry."

"Don't be..." Seto trailed off as he saw something out of the corner of his eye. It was Gozoburo's old marble chess set, and he walked over to it, not really sure why.

"Do you play?" Jou asked as he came up behind Seto, who was eyeing the table in front of him strangely.

"I used to."

"Yugi tried to teach me once...but I suck at it." Jou shrugged.

"Perhaps Yugi is not a good teacher." Seto replied as he took a seat in front of the chess set, waving the dust he stirred up out of his face. "Do you want to play? I can't teach you."

"Really?" Jou hopped onto the seat opposite of Seto, the side with the black pieces, and grinned. "Okay!" He reached out for one of his pawns before Seto spoke.

"Jou?"

"Yeah?"

"White moves first."

"Oh...yeah, I knew that! Just testing you!"

* * *

Seto wasn't surprised to see that Jou was a gloating winner.

"Aw man, three games in a row! I never thought I'd live to see the day that Seto Kaiba lost at something!" Jou grinned, deciding to not mention the whole Yugi 'incident', he was sure the trauma would just set Seto off.

"I must be getting rusty." Seto didn't look at the haughty blonde as he set back up his side of the board for another round.

"Let's play again!" Jou exclaimed, obviously pleased with his victory.

"Alright, but why don't we make it more fun?"

Jou groaned at that. "Why don't I like the sound of that?"

"For every piece that one of us captures, the other must take off an article of clothing." Seto stated. Cheap way to get the blond naked, he knew, but it was too amusing of a scenario to pass up.

Jou nearly fell out of his chair at that. "Strip chess?! Honestly Seto, where do you come up with this stuff?"

"What's wrong...are you afraid you're going to lose?" Seto had to hide the smile that was threatening as he watched the fire ignite in amber eyes. He knew he had hit his mark, it was just too easy sometimes.

"Hell no, let's do this!!"

* * *

"Check mate." Seto smirked and crossed his arms over his chest. He had played a flawless game, and it wasn't hard considering what a novice his opponent was. Seto Kaiba never got rusty, but he knew in order to get the blonde to participate in his little game he had to let Jou think he had the upper hand. His plan had worked perfectly.

He briefly wondered what would happen if he ever decided to use his powers for good and not evil, but shrugged it off as he watched Jou's shocked expression.

"You cheated!" Jou shouted and pointed and accusing finger across the table, clad now in only his white boxers that happened to be decorated with various colored scape-goats.

"Cute undies." Seto relished the blush that he received before he continued. "Now take them off."

"No way." Jou pulled up his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around them, suddenly feeling a bit under dressed and more than a little vulnerable.

"Why so shy all of the sudden?" Seto lifted a hand to the blonde's chin as he tried to bury his face in his knees in embarrassment. "This isn't like you mutt." Seto moved his hand to stroke the side of Jou's face, lightly brushing away a few stray locks of hair. Just like petting a dog, Jou thought resentfully.

"This isn't like you either!" Jou lifted up his head to gaze defiantly into those icy eyes, refusing to play the role of helpless puppy dog. "I just don't get you! One minute you hate me and the next you wanna get into my pants? I don't know who this Gozoburo guy was, but he must have screwed you up real good!" Jou angrily let out, instantly regretting the words as soon as they left his mouth.

"Seto, I..." The CEO batted the blonde's hand away as he tried to reach out for him, but Seto pulled away, getting out of his chair in a huff.

"It was a mistake bringing you here...you should leave." Seto didn't look Jou in the eyes as he spoke, he couldn't believe he had been so stupid to let his guard down, especially for a immature street punk such as the mutt.

"No."

"What was that?"

"No. I'm not leaving." Jou stood his ground as the two stared each other down, amber warring against sapphire, until Seto let out a defeated sigh and collapsed back down in his seat, burying his hands in his face.

"Seto..." Jou approached Seto's sloughing form carefully, not accustomed to seeing the brunette in this sort of state. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...are you listening?" Jou leaned over and placed a hand on Seto's, shaking him gently. He didn't have time to blink before to strong arms wrapped around his waist, pulling him into the owner's lap.

"Uh...S-seto?" Jou stuttered as Seto buried his face in Jou's golden locks, inhaling deeply, holding him in a possessive embrace. Jou turned his head to look at Seto before his mouth was caught in a fierce kiss.

"You can stay." Seto muttered into the blonde's neck as he pulled away to plant small kisses along that smooth skin. "But there's one more room you should see."

"What's that?"

"Mine." Seto smirked before he gathered a startled Jou into his arms and carried him damsel in distress style out of the room. He took a second to look back, satisfied at the fact that Gozoburo was probably rolling in his grave right now, before turning to leave the place.

* * *

"Would you put me down already?!" Jou exclaimed as they made their way into Seto's bedroom. Seto managed to kick the door closed behind them.

"Very well." Seto said as he released his hold on the squirming blond, sending him sprawling to the floor.

"Ah damn!" Jou hissed as he rubbed his ass. "That hurt!"

"You asked for it."

"Meanie..."

"Want me to kiss it and make it better?"

Jou looked up at Seto who was towering over him wearing that familiar 'I'm so superior, bow before your master' look, and decided that it was time for him to take some action for a change. Getting to his feet, Jou grabbed Seto by the collar of his shirt, pulling him down for a kiss.

"Take it off." Jou gasped out as they broke away, pulling at Seto's shirt demandingly. Seto was about to make some sort of smart comment before Jou pressed their bodies together, clinging to him like a pair of cheap pleather pants. "Please..."

Seto complied, shrugging out of the material, watching as Jou gazed up at him in awe. Timidly, Jou ran his hands up Seto's toned stomach and chest, latching his arms securely around the taller boy's shoulders. Seto ran his fingers through soft blond hair watching as it slipped through his fingers like water.

Jou sighed at the surprisingly gentle touch only to gasp a second later as Seto's fingers tightened using his grip to pull back the blonde's head. The long column of Jou's neck was exposed to him. He nipped harshly at the sensitive skin beneath the boy's ear causing Jou to hiss and shut his eyes tight at the feeling.

After Seto was done nipping and sucking at his captive's neck he loosened his grip on the golden strands and began to delicately trace the boy's jawline, studying the blond carefully as he did so. Jou's eyes were clasped shut and his eyebrows were drawn together, a faint blush crept across his cheeks, lips parted slightly. The taller man leant down to capture those full lips. Using his grip on the boy's jaw to hold him in place as he dominated the younger boy's mouth.

Seto used his free hand to steady himself by resting in on the curve of Jou's hip, stroking the smooth curve of the blonde's hipbone with his thumb as he did so. When the kiss ended Jou was left breathless, his eyes snapped open only to be met by icy blue, and it caused him to shudder slightly. Seto noticed this and smirked. Satisfied at the short labored breaths coming up from swollen kiss bruised lips. Even more so by the heat pressed into his thigh.

"Are you enjoying yourself puppy?."

"Tease..." Jou muttered as he tried to catch his breath, and jumped slightly as he felt a thumb slip into the waist-band of his boxers and he once again locked eyes with Seto.

Seto noticed the fear mixed with longing and something else in those amber depths as he slipped the garment down the boy's legs and onto the floor. He took a moment to appreciate the lithe form underneath him before he spoke again.

"Jou" He whispered softly "You have no idea..." He trailed off, not wanting to let out to much, not wanting to lose control, but he felt like it was all moving so fast.

"Seto...it's okay, let's finish this."

Jou was once again lifted up, and fleetingly resented being manhandled once again, before he was pressed into the silk covered bed by Seto's weight. He shuddered slightly as they we're pressed so close together, there was no turning back now.

"Calm down puppy, I won't bite.", he whispered into a sensitive ear and Jou gasped as he felt a firm grip on his erection, gently stroking him to full arousal. His eyes fluttered shut and he bit his lip to keep from moaning to loud.

He nearly jumped out of his skin as a slick finger brushed across his entrance, looking up at Seto who was discarding some sort of tube he had retrieved from out of nowhere.

"Uh...Seto?"

"Shh..." Seto pressed a soft kiss to the boys lips as he slid one finger carefully inside, still stroking him.

Jou arched his back and pulled away from the kiss at the new feeling. "Are you sure that goes there?" Seto smirked and Jou gasped as he added another finger, stretching him further.

"Just relax Katsuya..." Seto whispered as he busied himself with Jou's neck once more, intending on leaving a mark this time.

"Easy for you to say..." Jou grasped the sheets below him as he writhed under Seto's careful attention. The brunette merely chuckled at the blonde's last comment and nipped at his shoulder.

That's when Seto hit a spot that made Jou's knees go weak, and he arched his back at an impossible angle, wanting to feel more.

"Ah...Seto..." Jou whined as his lover pulled away, guiding the blonde's legs around his waist as angled him to just the right position.

"Katsuya, are you sure?"

"Would you stop if I wasn't?"

"...No."

Jou threw his head back and groaned, hardly believing that Seto could manage to be his normal difficult self even at a time like this. The blonde's eye's fluttered shut and he clung to Seto desperately. "Don't stop..."

With that Seto began to push inside slowly. Jou gasped and arched his back as he was filled, and cried out at the intense pain laced pleasure racing up and down his spine. Seto took a moment to collect himself and give his puppy time to adjust before Jou thrust his hips up weakly, coaxing the brunette to move. Seto happily obliged, starting up a slow and steady rhythm.

Jou whimpered and clung to Seto, scratching at his back as his body was rocked back and forth by the powerful thrusts, crying out as the pleasure became too much for him. Seto gathered his pet and held him tight to his chest as the blonde shuttered with release in his arms, the brunette soon followed and the two collapsed in a sweaty, dazed pile on the bed.

"Seto..." Jou mummered from underneath the heavy body that was nearly suffocating him.

It took Seto a few minutes, but he eventually pulled out of the blonde and flopped over on his back, dragging Jou with him as he pulled the blonde on top of him. "Yes?"

"I just have one question." Jou said as he tried to catch his breath. Seto merely nodded his head as he stroked Jou's back soothingly. "Why do you get to be on top?"

"Height rule."

"Uh...what?"

"I'm taller than you, stupid puppy."

"That hardly seems fair...ah well..."

"Are you complaining?"

"No!" Jou replied quickly before snuggling into Seto's embrace. He was too tired to argue when Seto gave him a light pat on the bum, whispering something about 'good dog'.

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Satanic Mechanic: Okay, I kind of rushed this out, but I just wanted to get it done. I think the reason why the lemon was so hard to write for me was because it couldn't be really graphic or else it wouldn't really fit in with the rest of the fic...you know what I mean? Ah well, I'll stop rambling now.