All You Wanted – And So It Goes

Yuugi: Tis bittersweet. Who will Seto end up with? Isis-san? Anzu-chan? Jounouchi-kun? Even I don't know. Nobody tells me anything except "Do my evil bidding."

Me: Shut up before I take your Jounouchi-kun away from you forever.

Yuugi: sarcasm Oh, please don't do that.

Me: You know you'd be crying.

Yuugi: Yeah, crying tears of joy.

Me: That's it. You have now earned yourself a torture session with Jounouchi.

Yuugi: I'm so scared.

Me: You should be.

"Yuugi," Jounouchi called happily, bounding up to his friend and enveloping him in a giant bear hug. He nuzzled his neck, wrapping his arms tighter around him. The one lone customer they had in the store gave them an odd look before walking out the door.

"I'm starting to think letting you move in here was a bad idea." Yuugi pried his way out of Jounouchi's arms. Jounouchi promptly gave him a hurt puppy expression. "You're bad for business, and more importantly, you're destroying my sanity."

Jounouchi's eyes filled with tears, and Yuugi rolled his eyes. "Yuugi, how could you say something like that? I thought you loved me." Yuugi tried to pull away from him, but Jounouchi leaned forward, pinning him to the counter in an all-encompassing hug, sobbing into his shoulder.

Yuugi unsuccessfully tried to push Jounouchi off of him. "You really are high maintenance, you know that?" He attempted to squirm away from Jounouchi, but the larger boy had him effectively trapped.

"Yes, but you're man enough to handle me, aren't you?"

Yuugi really hated it when Jounouchi did that. Why couldn't he keep his damn hips still? He was so annoying and so tempting at the same time. Well, most likely all their customers had been scared away, and he had been neglecting Jounouchi ever since Anzu had come asking for his advice. "Oh, what the hell."

Two minutes later…

After watching them for about thirty seconds, Isis realized they were incapable of realizing she was there without outside assistance. "Excuse me, should I come back later?"

Yuugi took Jounouchi's temporary moment of distraction to push him onto the floor and sat up on the counter, straightening his shirt. "No, now's good." Jounouchi gave him a disgruntled stare from his position on the floor. "How can I help you, Isis-san?"

She really thought she should have left and come back later. Jounouchi gave her a death-glare which rivaled any one of Seto's, and Yuugi seemed a little bit preoccupied despite his reassurances. Why couldn't she have just stayed at home? Hmm, that was right; Seto had been avoiding her recently. "Yuugi, your advice sucks."

Both of them looked at her in shock. "Isis, I never knew you could be so blunt."

She glared at him; he was really starting to get on her nerves. "What would know? You're just Yuugi's pet."

He pouted and grabbed onto Yuugi's pant leg. "That was low."

"Why are you here?" Did he never go home anymore or something? Or did somebody kick him out because he got too annoying for them?

"I live here."

"He seriously does." She briefly wondered why, but she decided she really did not want to know. She most certainly did not want to know where he stayed. "Now, why does my advice suck?"

Should she tell him or should she just leave him in suspense? She did have that favor she needed to ask of him. "How am I supposed to know Seto's reaction when I never see him?"

"Wow, that's a tough one." Isis heard knocking on the back door, and Yuugi's ears perked up. "Jounouchi-kun, take Isis-san upstairs; I'll get the door."

"You can't leave me alone with him," Isis protested. Honestly, did Yuugi actually hate her that much? Obviously he was not as sweet as people made him out to be.

"I put up with him twenty-four-seven. I think you can survive for five minutes." Before she could respond, he walked away, leaving her standing next to Jounouchi.

"Come on, Isis." Jounouchi tilted his head to a back door. She sighed, following him up the stairs. He led her into the living room, indicating she could sit down. She hoped so; Yuugi would massacre him if he didn't offer her hospitality. She sat down on the couch, and he sat down on the chair cattycorner to her. "So, Isis, how can we help you?"

Should she tell him? It couldn't hurt; at least he would blab to Yuugi eventually. "I need Yuugi to do me a favor."

He eagerly leaned forward. "I can do it for you," he said enthusiastically.

"Concerning Seto." He scowled, leaning back against the chair. Now she knew the secret of shutting him up. Actually, she knew two ways of keeping him silent.

She heard the distinct sound of a bell ringing downstairs. "Excuse me, I should take care of that." She silently praised the gods as he stood up and disappeared back down the stairs.

His sanity had to be completely gone; that would explain why he was standing outside of Yuugi's door when he knew perfectly well that Jounouchi was going to be there, and he would be subjected to the sheer adorability of it all. But he really needed to know the rest of Yuugi's ultimate evil plan. Damn his forgetful, distracted mind. Why couldn't he have just listened in the first place? That was right; mentally he had been as far away from those two as he possibly could.

When Yuugi opened the door, he thanked all that was holy that it was he who opened the door and not the mutt. Perhaps his luck was finally starting to change for the better. "Kaiba-kun?" Why did he look so surprised to see him? After all, he had shown up recently without any warning and without any apparent reason. "What are you doing here?" he asked, blinking several times.

"You're not even going to invite me inside?" He shouldered his way past Yuugi and into the storage room. The least Yuugi could do was show him some common courtesy. Just because he constantly insulted his pet was no reason for Yuugi to be rude to him. Thankfully, the mutt was no where in sight. With any luck, he would remain that way so he would not be subjected to the torturous cuteness.

"Sorry, Kaiba-kun." Yuugi came to stand in between him and any further movement into the building. "Will you please tell me why you are here?" He was certainly impatient; must come from spending too much time with the puppy. However, he did not feel like admitting his weakness to Yuugi, so he decided to stall for time.

By simply ignoring him.

It was bad enough he had to go to Yuugi in the first place, but this was downright embarrassing. Maybe he shouldn't have come here today. This was probably the worst idea he ever had. "Umm, Kaiba-kun, can you wait here a moment? I have something I need to take care of." Before he could answer, Yuugi had disappeared, leaving Seto standing there, glaring at the spot Yuugi had just vacated.

"Anzu, what the hell are you doing here?" Jounouchi froze just inside the store, staring at her in disbelief. Even he knew there was no way this could be good. If they saw each other, or found out why the other was there, he and Yuugi would have hell to pay.

"What am I doing here?" She pointed to herself. "What are you still doing here?" she asked angrily, leaning close to her with an evil glare.

"I…" He suddenly realized nobody believed him when he told them he lived there. Was it really that difficult to believe? "Never mind."

She stared skeptically at him; she half-expected him to give her that stupid story about living there. Like Yuugi's grandfather would ever let him stay there for more than two hours. "I need to talk to Yuugi. I would have called, but nobody picked up."

He sweat-dropped and backed away from her. He had disabled the ringer so he could um… it really wasn't important. Anyway… "Do you want me to find Yuugi for you?"

"Yes, get going." She shooed him away with her hands.

He headed off to the back room, jogging as soon as he left Anzu's sight. He barely got five feet before he ran into someone, knocking whoever it was to the ground. He practically panicked when he saw who it was.

"Oi, Yuugi, I'm so sorry." He extended his hand to Yuugi, helping him back to his feet. He did feel really bad about running into him; however, he had a bigger problem to worry about. "Yuugi, we have a huge problem."

Yuugi gave an exasperated sigh. "Jounouchi-kun, I don't care that you're horny." Jounouchi blinked in stunned silence. That wasn't it at all. "Right now, I'm more concerned about Kaiba-kun standing in the back room."

He hated to be the bearer of bad news, but Yuugi's house was quickly becoming a disaster area. "Yuugi, it gets worse." Yuugi looked up at him with his cute eyes wide with fear. "Anzu is in the store."

"What? Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Jounouchi rolled his eyes. "Okay, we have to keep the three of them from seeing each other and asking awkward questions."

"We? You were the one who decided to give them conflicting relationship advice. Why couldn't you have just told them all something that would work out the first time so they wouldn't have to come back and we wouldn't be in this mess?"

"Jounouchi-kun." There it was. He was pleading with his cute little innocent eyes all big and watery. Damn, he couldn't resist that look and Yuugi knew it.

Eventually, he gave in. "Alright, what do you want me to do?" He always ended up giving into Yuugi. He would do anything for him to keep him from giving him that look again.

"Well, Kaiba-kun doesn't want to see you." Obviously, he never did. "I'll go talk to Anzu, and you can try to keep Isis-san entertained for a while. In about three minutes, I'll go back to Kaiba-kun, and you can talk to Anzu." Yeah, like he really wanted to go back to her. She seemed prone to kill him if he came within two feet of her.

So, he went back upstairs to find Isis waiting for him and giving him the most impatient scowl. Did everybody really hate him anymore or something? What did he ever do to them? "Jounouchi, what took you so long?"

"Sorry, very picky customer," he lied. "They didn't like my services so now Yuugi's cleaning up the mess." Which wasn't a complete fabrication. Hopefully by this time Yuugi was attempting to sort out the mess he had made. Why did they all have to go to Yuugi for advice anyway? They were cutting in on his special time with him which was very damaging to him emotionally. Couldn't they just try to be considerate of his needs for a change? "While we are waiting for Yuugi, why don't I take you on a tour of the house?" It would keep her busy until Yuugi was done with both Anzu and Kaiba. Like hell he was going to go down there to talk to either of them. He would much rather take his chances with Isis. She seemed reluctant at first, but eventually he persuaded her to take the grand tour of Yuugi's house.

"Anzu, Jounouchi-kun told me you were here," Yuugi said, approaching her with an obviously fake grin. "What can I do for you?"

He was acting strangely suspicious; he kept checking his watch like it was going to explode or something. Maybe he and Jounouchi had another fight; she really did not care. She had much bigger news for him. News that was so important to her, it just had to be important to him as well. "Seto and I are talking again!" she said excitedly, clapping her hands together.

"Yeah, that's great, Anzu," he said very apathetically, checking his watch yet again. What the hell was his problem? She had just told him such wonderful news, and he was acting like he did not even care. Honestly, if he was in another fight with Jounouchi, he should not be taking it out on her. "Listen, Anzu, I have business I really have to take care of. Could you wait here for a few minutes?"

Before she could respond, he left and headed towards the back room, hoping Kaiba was still where he left him. Just his luck, he wasn't, but Isis and Jounouchi were. "And this is the storage room. It's not very impressive."

Jounouchi was giving Isis a tour of the house? How stupid could he get? "Jounouchi-kun, where's Kaiba-kun?" Okay, he had definitely been spending way too much time with Jounouchi recently. He supposed that was what happened when you let someone move in with you.

Isis was giving him a weird stare, and Jounouchi was looking at him like he was the stupid one. "At home, where else would he be?"

Yuugi grinned sheepishly. "What was I thinking?" Hopefully Isis was too concerned with other things to really notice what he said. "Now, Isis-san, how can I help you, and how soon can you leave?" The fewer of them he had roaming around his house, the better off they would all be. Why had he gotten involved in this mess in the first place? Why couldn't they all have left him and his Jounouchi-kun alone?

"I need you to do me a favor," she began.

"Yuugi, what the hell is going on with you today?" Oh, great. Anzu had just made her way into the back room. Technically she was not allowed back there, but she did not seem to care. "Isis-san, this is the last place I expected to see you." Isis smiled half-heartedly at her. As long as they did not ask why the other was there, and Kaiba remained missing in action, they should be just fine.

"You really should not let your pets use the bathroom." Yuugi froze and sweat-dropped. "They make it a mess." Yeah, he had been meaning to clean the bathroom, but he had been distracted recently. Once Kaiba noticed the girls, they were going to be in big trouble. "Isis, Anzu, what are you doing here?"

Yuugi took the trio's momentary distraction to run over to Jounouchi and cling at his waist. "Protect me," he pleaded.

Anzu rolled her eyes before turning her attention to Seto; honestly, those two were sad. "I'm here for relationship advice from Yuugi," she admitted. She feared knowing his reasons for being there, but she just had to know. "Why are you here, Seto?"

"I was here for relationship counseling." At least he was being honest with her, she hoped.

Maybe he really did care if he was seeking relationship advice. Especially since it was coming from his arch-enemy. And then there was the matter of Isis. "Isis-san, what are you doing here?"

Yuugi was making frantic hand gesture for Isis to stay silent, and Anzu glared at him. He was such a coward, hiding behind Jounouchi like that. "I am actually here for Seto counseling."

Seto counseling? Was that what she thought it was? Yuugi's eyes went wide, and he buried his face in Jounouchi's side. He had been giving Isis advice concerning her boyfriend? "Yuugi, what have you been telling her?" she asked angrily, taking a step towards them. "How could you betray me like that?"

"Hey," Yuugi said defensively, pulling away from Jounouchi. "Your boyfriend is the one cheating on you. Don't take it out on me."

Seto was giving him the death glare of a lifetime. "Nice move, Yuugi." Jounouchi said as he disappeared behind him once more. "Now they both want to kill us."

"At least I'll die with you."

Gods, it was all so annoying; she really did not need to deal with them at the moment.

Seto really had been cheating on her. For how long she did not want to know. Her eyes filled with tears as she took a step towards him. Her eyes filled with tears as she took a single step towards him. "Seto?" she ventured. His eyes showed her no compassion, none of the love she had come so use to seeing. "Seto, do you love her?" She had to know the truth.

"Yes," he said, staring directly into her eyes.

How could he do something like this to her? She thought he had changed. "Then I guess it's over." He nodded once. Heartbroken, she turned and ran from the store as the tears fell freely from her eyes.

"Someone should go after her and make sure she does not get hurt," Isis said after a few moments, looking to Seto.

"Why should I do it?" he asked defiantly. "I'm the last person she wants to see right now. Send one of those two to do it," he told her, indicating Yuugi and Jounouchi with a jerk of his thumb. Isis gave him an odd little look which he did not quite understand. He looked over at the two boys and immediately regretted it. "Oh, gods, I think I'm going to be sick."

He made his way quickly out of the room, as fast as he could without losing his breakfast. He was dangerously close to it already. He would never be able to burn that image out of his mind. He doubled over, keeping one arm rested on the store counter. Maybe he should give them something to clean up; it would serve them right after what they had just put him through. Not much time had passed before Seto heard Isis behind him. "It's getting very disturbing in there."

He knew which was exactly why he had left the way he had. One second of witnessing those two together was way too much. Isis came up beside him and placed her hand on his back. Ah, the joys of physical contact. Maybe he could pretend to be sick for a bit longer; besides, he still had the mental image. "Seto, did you mean what you said earlier?" He straightened himself up, turning to look at her. "When you told Anzu you loved me?"

She looked so beautiful, standing there and looking at him with questioning eyes. "Of course." She smiled shyly at him, and he leaned closer to kiss her gently on the lips. Just as sweet as he remembered. "It would seem everybody but Anzu got all they wanted."

"No, my brother didn't," she told him, placing her hand on his arm. Nice muscles.

"Well, he doesn't deserve whatever he wants." He wrapped his arm around her shoulders, pulling her close to him. She seemed to fit so perfectly. However, she did not seem too happy with his comments about her brother. As long as she did not pull away from him, he didn't care. He started leading her outside, hoping to put some major distance between them and the two boys in the back room. Once they stepped outside into the sun, he stopped. "Am I the only one who finds it odd that my brother never once showed up during this whole ordeal?"

Isis shrugged. "I wouldn't worry about it too much. He probably has his own problems to deal with." He just hoped he wasn't having girl trouble and decided to go to Yuugi and Jounouchi for relationship counseling. He would never make that mistake again.

"Would you like to come back to my house?" he asked her slyly.

"Seto, was that all you ever wanted?" she asked him with a grin. He smiled and leaned down to kiss her again. Fate always had a way of working things out.

He started walking away with her on his arm, but they had barely gotten five feet when she stopped him. "Wait just one moment." He watched as she went back to the store and turned the sign on the door so it said "Closed."

"You take care of them too much," he accused as she walked back to him.

"What, are you jealous?"

Now that he had some of his past memories back, he could remember her from her past life. Not only that, her caring had always drawn him to her to begin with. He would never try to change her. "No," he told her, placing her back under his arm, "because I know that you love me best." A brief image of a girl with blue eyes and white hair flashed in his memories. Who was she compared to Isis? "And I've always loved you the most." He sealed the promise with a kiss.