Yu-Gi-Oh- Tangled
Author- Luna P aka Nikki
Editor- QX aka Steph
Rating- R because last time I posted something on the YGO site it was deleted because it was underrated…he what ya gonna do?
Warning- Yaoi, aka malexmale relationships if you are a homophobe…(glares) leave now…otherwise enjoy
Summary: The Christmas season is upon us and Kaiba finally learns of his feelings for one of the Yugi-tachi but someone else feels the same and will do anything to get what they want, YamixSeto
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for my OC's
A/N: Yes here is the third instalment, I know I know. The last chapter was shit and there was a lot of jumping from one place to the other, hopefully this chapter will make up for it, for those that are still confused this fic is YamixSeto, I hope you enjoy chapter three.
AH WARNING PLEASE READ!: There are some spoilers in this chapter, mainly at the beginning but you've probably seen series 4…or 5, well it's called waking the dragons so if you've seen it you're safe, if not I am sorry but I don't give away much.
Nikki: there you happy Kaiba
Kaiba: (smiling at Yami) ecstatic
Yami: Noooo! I'm in love with Mokuba!
Kaiba: WHAT?!
Yami: Just joking, anyway on with the fic
Nikki: Ok…well, I hope if anyone out there is reading this you like this chapter,
Review replies will be done at the end…
Chapter 3- Shiver
Normal POVA small glistening tear slowly slid its way down tanned skin leaving an invisible trail behind it. Crimson eyes fluttered open and then closed before the former Pharaoh shifted on his bed and walked away from the comfy furniture instead choosing to wander to the window and stare out into the night. The darkness was comforting. Hiding him from the world and his 'friends' if he could call them that.
Then again he couldn't blame them, not after what he had done. Yugi had surrendered his soul for him, but it was his mistake his fault and ultimately his stupidity. So in all honesty it should have been him, this was the reason why the Yugi-tachi kept their distance. Kami-sama if he didn't feel bad enough just when he thought they were finally getting over it, it came back to haunt him.
He sat on the window ledge and pushed the window open letting the freezing December breeze hit into him and make him shiver. He rubbed his arms in a desperate attempt for more warmth but the elements were reflecting his emotions, he was getting the cold shoulder and so the whole world was. Or so it seemed, he smiled, as far as he knew it never got this cold back in Egypt.
His shimmering crimson orbs drifted upwards, to the stars. He smiled again and studied the constellations with unfathomable interest. They were the only things that never seemed to change, everything else in his life had. The stars were a constant, they would always be there or so he hoped. The loud knock at the door jarred him out of his thoughts.
"Come in" he mumbled and continued to join the stars so that he could work out their constellations without any problems. He heard the door click open and a few footsteps before the door closed again but after that there was silence. A cold silence, one of Yugi-tachi most likely apologising. That was common, they'd shout at him bring back the memories, ignore him and then apologise for doing it. It drove him mad.
Someone had once told him that people only said what they truly thought when they were angry. This made sense and seemed to fit in with the way Yugi-tachi acted, what he couldn't understand was if they regretted doing it then why do it in the first place? He sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Yami, I'm sorry…I didn't mean anything by it…it's just…" silence, a cough, Jounouchi never was very good at apologising. "I really hate Kaiba and when you stuck up for him like that…"
"He was right, Mokuba is his little brother not yours. He doesn't go around telling you what to do with Shizuka so don't go around telling him what to do with Mokuba." He didn't mean to be so harsh but it was true, sometimes Jounouchi thought he knew best, he didn't.
"I know, but the kid needs a break!" The blond explained and joined his friend at the window "Kaiba treats him like a prisoner"
"That's not true, Mokuba has a good life and is loved very much…and you know that" Yami sighed and ruffled his hair with his hand, maybe if he just accepted Jounouchi's apology the blonde would leave him to his thoughts.
"Yeah, Yami you're right, you're always right…I'm sorry, please forgive me. You know how I permanently have my foot lodged in my mouth…" A chuckle from Jou a fake smile from Yami as he tried to prove that everything was ok between the two when it wasn't. It wasn't even close to being ok but Jou was Yugi's koi and so he would play the game. After all it was what he was king of. "We cool?"
"Of course, anyway I'm really tired I'd better get some sleep"
"Yeah, I'll go back to Yug, he'll probably think that I've got lost or something like that" another chuckle followed by another false smile. There was definitely a pattern emerging somewhere. Jou nodded at Yami and placed a hand on his shoulder before he turned and left the room. Yami let out the breath that he had been holding when the door slammed closed behind the blonde.
He sighed and let another yawn escape his lips, before he stood from his perch on the windowsill and wandered over to the bed. He coughed quietly and fell down onto the bed. The wonderfully soft piece of furniture that offered nothing more than a warm comfortable place to sleep. A sigh as long lashed eyelids fell closed over crimson eyes like curtains fell closed over crystal clear windows.
Mokuba giggled as he ran past his brothers room, his brother was asleep and having one of those dreams. The young Kaiba couldn't help but wonder what they were about. He sniggered quietly, he knew what they were about what he really wanted to know was who they were about. The raven-haired boy knocked on the door, there was no answer so after a few seconds of silence he opened the door and stepped into the dark room.
"Nii-chan?" Mokuba called out as he wandered across the room and over to the bed, he smiled at the sight of his brother lying face down on the bed, still fully clothed. He slowly tip-toed past the bed and over to the desk where he searched the draws for the little black address book that he knew his brother had. He knew this because he'd brought it for him last Christmas.
Mokuba froze when he heard his Nii-chan call out, he wasn't sure what he had said exactly. It had come out as more as a mumble than anything but for a split second the small Kaiba actually thought that the dragon master had awoken to find him looking through his stuff. If there was one thing Kaiba valued more than anything it was privacy and if he ever caught anyone, even Mokuba, going through his stuff. Well let's just say he wouldn't be best pleased.
After a five-minute wait Mokuba was fairly certain that his brother was fast asleep, infact he was certain that his brother was soo deep in sleep that not even an explosion in the room down the hall wouldn't be enough to wake him. He giggled again when he found what he was looking for and slammed the desk draw shut in excitement, mentally cursing himself for being louder than necessary however. He yawned and ran a hand through the long raven locks before walking over to the doorway. He giggled again as he placed the book in his jacket pocket and reached for the door handle.
"Mokuba? What are you doing in here?" The small child thought about his excuse for a while, his baka Nii-chan had woken himself up at the worst possible moment. Just as Mokuba was making his escape. He sighed and turned to face the CEO who was sat bolt upright on the bed, sapphire blue eyes studying every move that the younger made. The raven-haired boy chuckled to himself when an idea crawled into his head; an idea that Seto might not believe but would make him shut up at least.
"I came in to wake you, I couldn't sleep cause you were making so much noise" even in the darkness the younger could see his Nii-chan pale considerably. "What was your dream about Seto?"
"Nothing, you should go back to bed Moki" Mokuba nodded in agreement and grabbed hold of the door handle. Soon after he was back in the hallway when he heard the slam of his brothers' door he whipped out the little black book and began to flick through the pages.
"Work, work, work…" Mokuba repeated as if constantly reminding himself of what he was looking for. He had a fabulous plan; he'd come up with it earlier when Yugi-tachi were there. He was going to make sure that his brother celebrated at least one Christmas with him…and his…'friends.' He laughed maniacally in a way that would make Yami no Malik and Yami no Bakura squirm with jealousy. This plan was one hundred per cent flawless. Nothing could go wrong…well that's not true, Seto could very well go absolutely mad and kill everyone within a two thousand mile radius but that wouldn't matter.
Rini watched the young Kaiba as he descended the staircase, black address book clenched tightly within his grip. She smiled at the small boy, to her it was blatantly obvious what was going on and if completely honest she was proud of the child. He was very slowly becoming incredibly smart; maybe one day he would outsmart even his brother and maybe that day was today.
Yami rolled over on his bed, his head was pounding and he felt like he'd had too much to drink. He'd been woken an hour ago by a loud ringing sound and ever since then he'd floated in and out of consciousness. That was probably the reason he felt so bad, being awake yet asleep at exactly the same time couldn't be good for your mind, could it? He yawned and ran a hand through his hair, crimson eyes slit as a ray of shining white light slid in from the window and hit into his shimmering orbs.
He jumped when he heard the sound of wood meeting wood and sat bolt up right on his bed to see Yugi stood at his dresser. With a suitcase emptying the contents of Yami's draws into said suitcase. Was Yugi throwing him out? Was the first question he asked himself. Then immediately shook it away, if only to stop himself from worrying or getting upset before knowing the details.
"Yugi?" The hikari jumped at the sound of his other halves voice and spun on his heel to face his look-a-like with a smile on his face. "May I ask what you are doing?" Yugi giggled and slammed the lid of the suitcase before dropping it down on the floor and pouncing onto Yami's bed in a cat like way.
"I got a phone call earlier" Yugi explained and shifted on the bed so that he had his arm draped over Yami's shoulder. Yami turned his head slightly and raised a questioning eyebrow at the younger. "It was from Mokuba" Yugi stopped again and Yami nudged him, trying to get him to continue.
"And?" Yami prodded Yugi giggled again and stared at his nails, "Yug can I just point out that I am not psychic and have absolutely no idea what you are going on about, so if you would be so kind and tell me why you are packing my suitcase…"
"We're going on holiday" the hikari explained with a Cheshire cat smile and a giggle as he clapped his hands together for the millionth time.
"Great, where?" Yugi's smile dropped, just slightly but Yami noted that it had happened, wait a minute what was it that Yugi had said earlier about Mokuba? Yami pondered over this question for a while and then turned to face Yugi shaking his head in disbelief. "Yugi…"
"We're going with the rest of the gang up to Kaiba's cabin in the woods for the festive holiday. Moki called earlier and explained everything, I came in to tell you an hour or so ago but you were asleep and so since Jou said he'd pack for me I figured I'd pack for you because the limo will be here soon and I didn't want you to have to rush your packing cause you know you might forget something."
Yami blinked, he wasn't quiet sure what Yugi had said. It had all been so fast that he'd only managed to pick out a handful of words, those words being. Them, Kaiba, cabin, woods, packed.
"I left a set of clothes out over there but everything else that you will need has been packed, wow this is exciting anyway I'd best go see how Jou is getting on and get changed myself." As the hikari rambled on Yami couldn't help but notice that the other hadn't taken a breath throughout the whole speech and that in order to live people needed to breathe. In other words Yugi could very well cause himself some sort of injury if he didn't inhale some oxygen soon.
"Yug, breathe" Yugi stopped, nodded and took a deep breath just as Yami had said and after a few seconds of inhaling and exhaling the pale blue colour that had been present on the young hikari's skin had disappeared.
"Thanks…well anyway now that you're up to date I shall leave you to get ready" Yugi explained and pushed himself up from the bed. Yami nodded and glanced around his room, something was missing.
"Uh…Yugi…" Yami called out to the other as he continued to search his bed for the missing item. He looked up at Yugi and the hikari stopped in the doorway, he passed Yami a questioning look and shrugged. "Yuki?" He questioned the whereabouts of the stuffed seal, which earned him a smile and a chuckle from the other boy who merely pointed at the suitcase.
"When I came in he was on the floor so I packed him for you, I know you don't like to be without him for too long so…" Yami smiled and Yugi nodded at him before turning and leaving the room. Yami sighed and fell down onto the pillows,
"A secluded cabin, in the woods, Yugi-tachi and Seto Kaiba this is insane" Yami mumbled and closed his eyes. These were the words of a man that knew insanity well so he was most likely correct in assuming that everything would go wrong and things would turn mental and if anyone survived Christmas it would be a miracle.
"YOU WHAT?!" Mokuba giggled coyly and backed away from his older brother. Safe to say he hadn't thought this through, he'd sorted everything out but he hadn't accounted for how his brother would react.
"I…uh…I…I booked you some time off work and then invited Yugi-tachi to go up to our cabin with us for Christmas." A shudder ran through the elder Kaiba's body as he slid down onto the leather couch. When Mokuba had come to him earlier asking if they could talk he would have guessed that it would have been about anything but this. How could Mokuba do this to him? He didn't mind that Mokuba had booked him time off but the fact that the younger had booked him time off which he would now spend with the Yug-tachi. That was almost unforgivable…almost…
"Uh…Nii-chan?" The younger Kaiba questioned as he watched the other stare off into space. It did seem that Seto's mind was elsewhere, that couldn't be good, how was Mokuba going to tell him that the Yugi-tachi would be arriving at the Kaiba mansion in less than five minutes without getting his head bit off?
"Yes Mokuba?" Kaiba asked after escaping from his thoughts for long enough to hear and answer his brothers' query only this time it seemed to be Mokuba who was 'away with the fairies' if you will. "Moki, I am not angry with you…anyway I will have time to prepare for these few days, it's not as if they will be here any minute now is it?" And as if fate was waiting for him to say these exact words before it continued to screw with his life there was a knock at the door. A knock that Kaiba was trying with all his might to ignore. A small giggle from the smaller Kaiba indicated that his worst dream was coming true. Mokuba had set him up and was at present giving him another reason to hate Christmas.
The blue-eyed dragon master watched as his brother smiled evilly and slowly skipped out of the lounge in a mocking way that meant 'ha got ya older bro' if he didn't love the kid he would have killed him for that. Kaiba growled and folded his arms across his chest; this was not what he had expected to happen this morning. A smirk appeared on his face as an idea entered his mind. Before anyone had time to blink Kaiba had jumped over the back of the couch and was now stood inbetween Mokuba and the door.
"Ha, Mokuba, I am sorry but I cannot go with you on your trip. I haven't packed yet" Kaiba smiled when he saw the raven-haired child's mind working and then ignored the muttered swear that escaped the younger boy's lips. Another thing that Mokuba hadn't thought out, he had packed for himself but not Kaiba and he hadn't asked for anyone to pack for his Nii-chan either. He had to admit, to himself at least, he had seriously screwed up and now Seto was going to get off without even spending one second with the Yugi-tachi. And he wouldn't feel even the slightest guilt about it.
"That's not true Kaiba-sama" the blue-eyes' sparkle disappeared when Kaiba heard those words and he turned on his heel to see Rini stood behind him. Left arm hidden behind her back and right extended to show him the packed suitcases stood beside the door. A wink from her right eye was aimed at Mokuba who merely giggled in joy. Another knock and a few more laughs.
"Thank you Rini!" Mokuba giggled and pushed past his Nii-chan throwing his arms around the maid's waist and almost knocking her to the floor. Somehow she managed to steady herself and stay on her feat. All Kaiba could do was stand there, stunned, was the whole world against him?
"I heard you talking last night Moki, I knew of your plan and I knew of its flaws. That is why I fixed them for you…Merry Christmas young one" Rini explained and hugged the small boy back.
"Thank you, it's the best Christmas present I could have wished for, hm, what do you get for the person who had everything…?" Rini giggled, she remembered this 'joke' all too well.
"A burglar alarm" she finished for him he giggled for the millionth time and glanced at his older brother whose eyes were still firmly fixed onto the case. He decided that his Nii-chan was either in genuine shock or was trying to will the suitcase to disappear.
"If no one else is going to get that then I shall" Norman explained as he walked to the door after hearing another round of loud knocks that, he thought, couldn't be missed. "Oh and Master Kaiba, uh…both of you…the driver just called and said that he is bringing the car around for you and your guests." Kaiba growled and walked back into the lounge, with one last growl he dropped down onto the couch and folded his arms across his chest. It was official he was in hell.
Nikki: Neh, another screwy chappie, ok…ok don't worry next chapter it will start off in the cabin…Yay! Maybe I can get this fic on the road
Kaiba: Here's hoping, you're just trying to annoy me aren't you?
Nikki: not everything I do revolves around you Kaiba-kun
Kaiba: What did you just call me?!
Nikki: oh shut up, please review it would mean so much to me…
Review replies:
Hakudoshi-chan: Thanks for reading, I'm glad you liked it and hope to see ya again soon
Siiarrei: Wow, you thought my fic was amazing? That's soo cool…thanks and I'm really glad that at least one of my reviewers doesn't like Anzu cause I despise her with a passion…she's just too clingy
Nachzes Black-Rider: Don't worry about it, there have been times when I've thought that my memory was going and that I was becoming senile…well thanks for your review, I hope you liked this chappie too…
Telpei: Well I pretty much figured the way Kaiba would deal with his dream was to ignore it…the typical it'll go away on it's own thing. And the reason the Yugi-tachi are upset with Yami is because Yugi sacrificed his soul to save Yami…ot really a valid reason to be pissed at the Pharaoh but oh well. I'm glad you thought it was cute and that the rest will be just as fluffy…
Sami: yeah you really don't have to worry about the YugixJou thing, it's minimal, a little hand holding here and there but otherwise they just seem to be friends…I hope you stick with it and enjoy the rest of the fic but if not I'll understand
dangerousgirl: Yay! The only person that has said they love this pairing, when I was reading through the reviews of people saying it wasn't 'their cup f tea' if you will it got me really down…then I read yours and my spirits picked up and I'm now sending you a Kaiba plushie and a truck load of magnets if the magnets will be used for what I think they will be used for then cool…s
shadows of chaos61: I'm glad you liked it too and that the rest is just as good thanks for the review
Luthien: Yep, I hate JouxKaiba but love kaibaxYami I just think they're real cute together…honestly you don't have to keep reading if you don't want to…I won't hold it against you I know how annoying it is to read fics that revolve around a pairing you don't like, never the less it's always nice to hear from a past reviewer…