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Warnings/Pairings: This fic contains Yaoi!!! Main: SetoJou, Sub: YamiYugi, Marik/Malik, RyouBakura(next chappie) and Anzu bashing….;;;
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A/N: Aloha! It's the third chappie!!! Yay!!!! Um… I'm not sure if this story has any plot so I'm srry if it doesn't…… Srry that I'm kinda late in updating…if you didn't notice then it's all good! . But, I'm probably not going to be updating until after June 11, 2004 I hafta study for my finals…yech… evil tests that decide if you flunk or not twitch
But, this whole chapta is gonna be based on the two main dudes!!! YAY!!
… I think? ENJOY! x
Chapta Three: Satanic Angels Jou threw himself backwards onto the couch and stared at the CEO exasperatedly. He was pretty sure by now that Kaiba was just bluffing, I mean, who would be able to take in the fact that another guy had a wet dream about you without slipping up? It was Kaiba he thought as rationally as he could under the circumstances, if he'd truly heard him then he shouldn't be sitting on the couch comfortably- he'd probably be pinned against the wall, with a gun barrel between his eyes… Locking his arms behind his head, he propped his feet up onto the side of the chair Kaiba was sitting in, disregarding the protesting grunt that came from the depths of the hunched over figure and continued to banish all sorts of intriguing feelings that popped up from the dark recesses of his mind from a random image of the CEO pinning him against the wall... with his arms above his head… blue eyes penetrating-Jou blinked and scowled at the offending air in front of his face- gods… it was like he had a fetish for blue-eyes instead of skirts- unlike normal hormonal male teens. That's not bad enough though… oh, no …it just had to be friggin' Seto Kaiba's blue eyes…after all no one else's were quite as blue…
"Gaaah…" Jou moaned loudly, banging the back of his head against the couch's frame, ignoring the disgruntled mumble from a certain figure slumped over awkwardly in a chair.
If it had been anyone besides Kaiba, Jou would have offered to move off of the couch to make space for the person to lie down on… but then and again, it was Kaiba. The blonde didn't want the brunette anywhere near him at the moment…
The stupid prick had nearly driven him to suicide, regardless of the fact that there were no shiny, pointy objects near, by pretending that he knew something and now had managed to get inside his head, manipulating his thought process. Wondering abstractedly if anyone had the power to hack into someone's mind and screw things up he shifted into a more comfortable position in the worn cushions, a small picture of a sneering Kaiba typing furiously on his laptop with a document that was titled 'Jou's thought processes.' A light sadistic echo of a laugh ran through his mind as the image faded- compliment of his…mind. The blonde sighed and tilted his head back to stare at the painted ceiling as he felt his brain go on overdrive. Gazing at the naked angels blankly he fumed silently, going over the various torture methods that could be applied towards the arrogant teen, throwing out all ideas that had handcuffs in them…for various reasons…He hated the sensation of being ignored more than anything, and that was the only response that Kaiba was dishing out. No matter what he said, the only response was a barely audible grunt. Stupid prick probably thought that a whole language could be based on grunts, what with the various tones of grunting serving as alphabets or something.
It really was rather rude, Jou finally decided.
But, then what had he expected? It was the cold, malicious bastard, Seto Kaiba with the amazingly clear blue eyes he was trying to converse with.
A slight stirring in his stomach made itself known, signaling that the blonde hadn't eaten in around twenty hours already… or something along those lines.
Narrowing his eyes at the heavenly seraphs his new target of rage, their images began to blur into something less than holy.
Jou shrank further into the cushions. It's okay, man. They're just paintings…jus' color on walls,,, thas all.
Jou whimpered as the lights flickered briefly before shutting off and mentally asked what he'd done to piss God off, before acknowledging the fact that he'd forgotten the lights had come back on an hour ago… Well, I guess that's what Serenity meant by, 'don't take things for granted…'
Unable to tear his eyes away from the painted scene on the ceiling his eyes widened as the images appeared even more malicious in the new atmosphere of shadows. He could've sworn that one angel in particular was covered in blood…that appeared to be dripping off of the ceiling and onto the carpet directly beneath it. A shadow? Or a dark pool of liquid collecting on the old carpet?
He tried to burrow himself into the cushions as the figures in the painting began to grow horns and glow an un-heavenly crimson, their holy faces twisting into deranged sneers.
Finally giving up on all pretenses of courage and sending his ego to hell when the front most angel took on a pointed tail-completing the satanic ensemble, he launched himself across the room with a strangled cry and attached himself to Seto's slumped form.
"Gaaah!" Seto yelped jerking up as he felt an unspecified lump come in contact and cling onto his back.
"AHHHHH!" Jounouchi screamed back and buried his head into the folds of the back of Seto's jacket, digging his hands into the brunette's shoulder blades, terrified at the sudden sound.
Breathing deeply, to slow his heart down, Seto thumped his head back down onto the desk loudly, welcoming the burst of pain with his masochistic streak. That stupid mutt, what the hell was wrong with him now?
Reaching over his shoulders to pry the blonde's grip off of him, he only succeeded in causing Jounouchi to tighten his hold, winding his arms around the brunette's chest even more, digging into his back sharply with his forehead.
Jounouchi whimpered and tugged on the front of the CEO's jacket, as he lifted his head briefly to glance around wildly. He didn't care what the stupid prick thought any more- he just wanted out. Couldn't the brunette see that being trapped in here they were sitting ducks for the armed intruders? Not to mention the library was occupied by revengeful angels…
Making an irritated noise in the back of his throat, Seto stood up from his position at the desk and smoothly slipped his jacket off, ridding himself of the blonde's grip. Turning around to glare at the blonde he stopped as he spotted the look of pure terror stamped onto the other teen's face and settled for rolling his eyes before barking out, "Well? What the hell is wrong, mutt?"
Flinching at the brunette's loud, harsh tone, Jou inched closer to Kaiba, telling a voice in his head to go to Anubis…- like he didn't know that this was all so degrading to his ego? Just as he was about to bow down and beg shamelessly for Kaiba to get him out of there, a sudden crackling noise from the PA systems caused him to rocket into Kaiba's arms, burying his head once again into the fabric that the brunette wore, welcoming the safe feeling that flooded him when he came in contact with the CEO.
Much to his utter embarrassment, Kaiba patted the blonde's head uncertainly, uncomfortably reminded of the times that Mokuba had nightmares, waking him up in the middle of the night, insisting that a shadow monster was hiding under his bed, waiting to mince them all into little chunks of dripping carnage with the guts spraying across the bed sheets and eyes staring blankly up at the ceiling … or floor… depending on where your head landed of course...
Kaiba winced at his mind's choice of words. Okay…so maybe he didn't describe it that way…but that's sure as hell what it translated into…
"Make 'em go away!" Seto twitched as he heard what the teen had uttered deliriously. Make who go away? He'd always known that the blonde was a little off in the head, but this was extreme. They were obviously alone in the library- the cause of his discomfort?
Frowning at the crackling noises that the PA System kept making he tried to loosen the mutt's vise like hold on him. He was done being nice, and the under nourishing 'nap' had given him a nice amount of energy back… he was after all used to all-nighters.
The system must be broken… he realized as his mind once again registered a fizzing sound from the general area of the speakers and made a mental note to have them removed then burned in a ritual bon-fire after they got out of the hell hole of a library.
Besides, hadn't enough time passed already for the 'armed intruders' to leave?
"Let GO, Mutt!!" Seto growled as he realized that the more he tried to physically get the blonde off, the tighter the grip got until the blonde had his arms wound tightly around his waist refusing to budge more than a millimeter- effectively cutting off his air supply, suffocating him.
In the back of his mind, he wondered randomly if this was all a ploy to kill him. He wouldn't put it beneath the mutt… after all nothing could be lower than the blonde.
"Make'm goes ways… t-they come'n ta gets me…" a forlorn, voice said from his chest region, followed by a rather loud, pathetic sniffle.
Rolling his eyes heavenward to meet the ceiling, he jumped a little as he realized that there was a mural painted up there…
"Daamn…" he breathed as he slowly took in the masterpiece, forgetting about the weight on his chest. The depicted angels stared down at him with bloodlust shining clearly in their eyes.
Coming back down to earth after he'd stared at the painting for a long while, naturally hypnotized by the red ethereal glow that the seraphs had seemed to emit he suddenly felt more than a little apprehensive. Shuddering a bit after he'd torn his gaze from the 'fallen angels' as his mind had labeled them, he decided that it would be in his best interest to be nice to a certain blonde- after all it would be pretty pathetic if he died by suffocation in a school library…
Besides, he could always use this moment as blackmail after they got out. He smirked as he imagined the scene when the pharaoh and his brat, Yugi finds out that Jounouchi Katsuya, the ever-oh-so-brave-mutt, was scared of the dark and had clinged onto him of all people like a lifesaver in the middle of a tempest on the ocean.
In better spirits, he turned his attention down to the shivering and close to hyperventilating blonde.
"Pup, tell me what's wrong." He commanded, thumping lightly on the blonde's head with a closed fist for emphasis.
"Ow… I dun like da dark." Jou mumbled softly with his eyes squeezed shut- if he couldn't see the shadows, they weren't there and therefore couldn't get to him. It was really stupid, but his reasoning was that even the angels wouldn't attack Seto Kaiba…
Who would have thought…the mutt doesn't like the dark… Seto thought sarcastically as his mind took in the piece of info, I could never have guessed, dear, dear Jounouchi…he finished scathingly.
Blinking at the endearment his wayward mind had supplied he shrugged it off and blamed it on the Aspirin he'd taken. After all, drugs were known to make a person a little 'off' in the cranium region…
Well, the darkness around could easily be fixed; he was willing to sacrifice his cell phone if it meant getting the blonde off of him, and a healthy supply of air again... He wasn't know for altruism but, hell this better get put down in the books…
Leaning back against the desk still supporting the extra weight attached to him, he fished through his briefcase for the small compact phone.
Finally, his fingers closed around the smooth metal object just as he felt his footing start to slip as his body started to tilt. Cursing fluently, he stopped and braced himself against the desktop still clutching the cell phone.
With Jou's unrelenting grip, he had no way of up righting himself- in fact; he wouldn't be able to move without the consequence of falling down onto the floor in an undignified heap or banging his head against the edge of the desk.
"Mutt, let go…" He commanded softly, trying to get the blonde to let go in order for him to regain his balance.
Jou responded in a way that completed surprised Kaiba- mistaking his command as an indication that he was about to leave, the blonde had vigorously shook his head keeping his eyes shut tightly against the dark, terrified that he was going to lose the warmth that the other boy's body had provided and tightened his hold on Kaiba before leaning in towards the other teen's body.
Kaiba panicked as he felt his elbows start to give- he was strong but he couldn't support his and the mutt's weight. Closing his eyes as he muttered a random prayer, he grasped the cell phone tightly and let go of the desk, his head barely missing the edge as he plummeted to the floor, with the blonde on top of him.
The CEO winced in agony as he felt his backside come in contact with the hard ground emphasized by the burst of pain near his tail bone… if there was so much as a bruise there… he was screwing the mutt's ass off. Kaiba blinked…sueing…that's what he meant… whoops, slip of mind! He thought wryly and wondered if the librarian had substituted some illegal substance in the aspirin bottle instead of the actual pills…
Breathing as well as he could with another person on top of him, who amazingly had seemed ignorant of the fact that they were now sitting on the floor- well, Kaiba was- Jou was efficiently- in a sense- straddling the brunette's hips, his head still buried withing the folds of Kaiba's shirt.
Blushing at the sudden thought of what it would look like to another person he sat up sharply and tried to dislodge the blonde, once again failing miserably as Jounouchi had wound his legs around his waist as well, cocooning him into a suffocating, though warm embrace as the library was beginning to get chilly.
Seto slumped forward in defeat after a minute of trying to pry the mutt off, his arms hanging limply on either side of the blonde -having spent his small spurt of energy and rested his forehead onto the blonde's head. After all they were alone in the library and no one was around to take pictures for blackmail…
Smelling a scent of green apples, he surreptitiously sniffed the other teen's hair. Yum… aaaaapppplessss… Kaiba thought happily and unconsciously licked his lips, a vision of a shirtless Jou munching on a green apple happily.
Jerking back from the blonde as he realized what had popped unbidden into his mind's eye, he took up the task of getting the blond off of him with a new vigor, fueled by horror and mortification.
Slapping the blonde's face a couple of times when all else failed- he took great pleasure in doing that- he managed to get a slit of chocolate orbs to show and waved the cell phone in front of Jou's face, not sure if the blonde could see in the dark that well.
"Here, just turn it on." He said gruffly, handing it to the stunned blonde and he slipped out of the blonde's newly loose grasp easily. After successfully pushing Jou back onto the couch, he turned to go back to his desk when a timid voice piped up from behind him.
"Um… K-Kaiba? … C-could you stay next to me?"
Raising an eyebrow in amusement, his nice mood gone sour from a certain vision, he turned back to the teen on the couch and smirked, his arrogant mode kicking back in.
"What's this puppy? Can't get enough of me?" Jou flushed as the remnants of a recent dream flashed through his mind again.
"No!" he replied hotly, the glow from the cell phone making him paler than usual, covering up his blush. "I-I just want to make sure you don't sneak up on me…or sumthin' like that." He finished lamely.
Rolling his eyes Seto sneered at the teen. "Why don't you just say that you're afraid of the dark, mutt?"
"Am NOT!" Jou shouted indignantly, aghast at the thought of Kaiba knowing… not that he had made it obvious or anything… besides the mural on the ceiling had made it impossible to not react in a negative way
"Fine." Kaiba said coolly and walked back to the desk, bending down to pick up his previously discarded jacket, it was cold in the library and he'd grown accustomed to the blonde's warmth around him in the last few minutes- therefore, the air was giving him goose bumps, not to mention the fact that he was feeling the angels' gaze on every move he made…
Unwillingly he glanced up at the ceiling and flinched as he met an angels gaze head on, he could've sworn that the painting's eyes had widened with unsuppressed glee and a forked tongue had slipped out to lick drips of blood off of it's lips. The hair on the back of Kaiba's nape stood up as he once again ripped his gaze away from the morbid painting. Slipping a look at the pouting blonde on the couch he was tempted to go and sit next to him just for company sake… even a mutt is better than being alone…
But…that means letting go of all your pride… a voice commented slyly in his head.
Seto set his jaw and started to trudge slowly towards the isolated table underneath a group of angels, he'd live…
They're not going to hurt you…he thought nervously, slightly ashamed that he was acting like Mokuba, Paintings…just paintings… only paint… Seto grimaced as he sat down and continued to mentally chant the new mantra that he'd made. Only paint…only paint…gods… only-
"Alright Kaiba! I'm scared so please, please get your ass over here!!!!" Jou screamed from his frozen position on the couch, his eyes having wandered back up at the mural, there was no pride left him anymore... it'd all been drained out of him.
Needing no second invitation, Kaiba decided to let the chance of teasing the mutt pass and quickly strolled over to the couch eager to get away from isolation, forcing his eyes to stay on the ground before him… lest he started to imagine things again…
Jou bit his lips as he felt the other teen's weight plop down next to him on the couch, but that wasn't enough reassurance… after all when a blood-covered angel was leering maniacally at you nothing really was…
Groping on air for a few seconds, his hand finally came in contact with the CEO's jacket and tugged urgently on it, his eyes still trained on the unhinged angel. After all, who knew what would happen if his gaze left the creature for a split second? The thing was looking more and more three-dimensional by the second and was obviously seeking to bathe in blood and carnage galore… their blood and carnage…
When it was obvious that he'd caught the brunette's attention he pointed a shaky finger up at the angel and croaked out, "K-Kaiba…" trailing off, the most he could do was whimper softly.
Seto unwillingly looked up and froze as he felt a chill travel down his spine, they were sitting under the obvious leader of the 'fallen angels' Her wings looked bony and horns were definitely poking out from her distorted face, a forked tongue licking off blood from one hand as the other tightly gripped a pitchfork, a pointed tail lashing in the air behind her.
Breathe, Seto reminded himself as he stared into the bottomless orbs that made the angel's eyes… Breathe and everything will be fine… Forcing his voice to be steady, he forced Jou's head to stare down at the lit cell phone instead.
"She isn't real, Katsuya… J-Just look at the cell phone." Jounouchi glanced up at Seto's face surprise etched sharply in his features.
"…What?" Kaiba growled as he noticed the blonde's gaze on his face.
"You… called me Katsuya…" Jou said softly, forgetting the murderous angels above.
Seto furrowed his eyebrows and glared at the blonde hardly as he thought back to the previous moments… Kaiba winced as he realized that he really did call the blonde by his real name…
"No I didn't mutt… you were obviously delirious with fear."
Jou ignored the snide remark about his fear of dark and smiled widely at the CEO, not really knowing why he was so excited over the prick calling him 'Katsuya'
"You DID!" he exclaimed, bathing with satisfaction in the look of discomfort that had crossed the brunette's face. Hah! The insufferable prick is uncomfortable! Jou snickered softly to himself, his cocky attitude coming back, awww…poor Seto-weto…
"Hmph." Seto grunted and rolled his face in the other direction, resting against the back of the couch.
"Shut up, like a good puppy and let me sleep…" He mumbled, his eyes drifting slowly shut. Obviously, being locked up with the blonde in the same room, had damaged some of his thinking skills- he just hoped it wasn't permanent.
TBC
YL: aheheheh… nnyaaaah…… 3,451 words…w/o the author notes… wow… I can really drag things out….;;;
NEwayz, Am I making Seto out of character? I really hope not…-.-;;
I hate OOC-ness…Grrrrrrr……
Oh! A question for you ppls…what do you think dreams mean? Like, do you go for a scientific definition or a more spiritual one?
Just curious… aheheheheh looks sheepish
Thank you all you ppls that reviewed!!! I love 'emin fact I wanna print 'em out…hell, I'm gonna!! Passes out cookies and plushies Now review sum more 'n I'll get ya sum uv dis here doujinshis! waves a pile of various Doujins around wildly
Seto: --;; yech…full-on bribery…even I don't sink that low…
YL: excuse me? Did I hear that you wanted me to make you into a sex-slave in my upcoming ficcie?
Jou: Sex…slave? Blushes and turns beet red
Seto: O.o; Nope… I said you should give them…er… more… ah Stuff!!!!
Yl: hmm… STUFF……ponders over the obliqueness
Jou: C'mere, sexy slave of mine…
Seto: ……?!
YL: Please review! Wanders off mumbling 'stuuuffff'