Storm Dragon Girl- I know, Yami was missing from that last chapter for some reason. Don't worry, he is the main character though so he's going to be around a lot in upcoming chapters.

shadows of chaos61- Thanks for the review as always! ::smile::

Pysche- I love getting your reviews! It's so much fun seeing how much you have and have not figured out! I really shouldn't be saying anything more . . . butttttttt there's only one person who knows what is completely going on in this entire story on both sides thus far. Seto, Mahado and Isis all know a lot of stuff but there are some things that each of those characters don't know. Most of the other main characters (like Yami and Malik) are in the dark for practically everything at the moment. That's all I'll say for now! "And YOU like MY stories?!" - I don't like your stories, I LOVE your stories! I can't believe you like my stories! Chef Yami and Wide Awake and Dreaming are my favourite stories by ANY author at the moment. I really can't decided which one I like better, I keep on going back and forth since both are so good. I know you just updated but UPDATE soon!

The following takes place between 11:00AM and 12:00PM

11:00AM

Yami unlocked the door to his apartment and entered the shabby place. After leaving the cemetery had returned home so that he could pick up some more clothes and drop them off at Seto's place before finding the nearest bar. But first he needed a drink.

Walking into the kitchen, Yami randomly opened a cupboard full of liquor bottles. Selecting a bottle of vodka, Yami was about to take a swing of it without bothering with a glass when a voice called out interrupting him.

"Isn't it a little early for that?"

"Fuck off Jou," Yami replied before returning the bottle to his lips when Jounouchi strolled over to him and grabbed the bottle away. "What the hell? How the hell did you get in here anyway?"

"I have a key remember," Jounouchi told him while dangling the key in front of Yami's face. He then strolled over to another cupboard found a glass and poured himself a drink.

"I thought you said it was too early to drink," Yami grumbled with a small pout on his face as he leaned up against the counter.

"For you, yes. For me, no. I've been up working all night and since you have decided to answer your phone I got to track you down instead of getting some sleep," Jounouchi dryly replied.

"I'm not working today."

"I don't make the rules, I just follow them," Jounouchi told him with a sigh. "Come on I'll drive you. I'm curious to find out what's up anyway before I head home."

"No! I out rank you!" Yami reminded him.

"And my orders come from Kisara which means that Kaiba told her," Jounouchi explained. "If you want to argue it with him go right ahead. Come on, I'll drive you to him so you two can fight."

Yami's eyes narrowed at Jounouchi before he remembered the note that Seto had left him that morning. Seto had said it was nothing but knowing Seto, Yami figured the pig headed jerk probably thought he could handle things all by himself.

"All right fine," Yami finally agreed. "But Seto better have a good reason!"

11:13AM

"The pasta here is really good," Shada commented as the four of them sat outside at a café looking at the menus. Even villains needed to take time to eat.

Isis was busy reading over the menu when a small voice called her name. "Isis?" Looking around Isis laid her blue eyes on the blonde haired person standing on the sidewalk.

Isis stared at her brother wondering what do to. It had been years since they had seen each other. Of course she knew that he lived in LA but did not expect to have bumped into him at all. Isis bit her lip as she remembered her mission. "Get out of here Malik," Isis replied as cool as possible before turning her attention back to her menu. "Go home."

"But Isis-" Malik started to protest when a waiter came over and stepped in between the two Ishtar siblings.

"I'm sorry sure buy you can't be bothering our customers."

Malik glared at the woman making a note of her name and the restaurant where she worked. Like his former boss by the end of the day she would find herself penniless and homeless.

"Fine," Malik growled before storming off. As he strolled down the street Isis stared after him with sad eyes.

"What a brat, he didn't even say hello to the rest of us," Karim commented and Isis swiftly grabbed his hand, twisting it in an odd angle til his wrist was almost at it's breaking point.

"Do not call my brother a brat," she spat at him before releasing his hand. Immediately Karim began rubbing his wrist trying to ease the pain.

"Why do you care? He works for CTU!" Karim angrily yelled back at her.

"We're in a restaurant Karim," Shada hissed at him. "Keep your voice down. The last thing we need is for them to call the cops on us because we were causing a disturbance."

"Well it's the truth," Karim grumbled.

"Actually it's not," Mahado told him. "It was either work freelance for them or jail."

"I know," Isis softly said while still staring at where Malik had been.

11:28AM

Ryou sighed as he pressed a button on his cell phone and laid on his back on the king-sized bed in his hotel room. Things were not going as well as he hoped.

"Bakura where are you?" he wondered out loud as he stared up at the ceiling, thinking about his tanned, white haired lover. "I need you."

Of course there was no reply. Instead Ryou ended up curling up into a ball on his side as he tried to stop the tears that wanted to flow from his eyes.

With a sniff, he sat up and wiped away the tears. He had to be strong. Strong for Bakura.

Picking back up his cell phone, Ryou started dialing another number. He still had more work to do before the day was out.

11:39AM

Seto walked down the stairs from his office and over to where Kisara was working at her desk. "You had something to show me?"

"Yes we collected Honda's remains almost a half hour ago. When the car was searched something strange was found."

"What?"

"Some kind of disk that was on the floor. It shouldn't have been there. Otogi was the one to find it and he's already tried running it on his laptop. It's encrypted so he couldn't read it though, so I'm having him bring it over. It should be here soon."

"What should be here soon?" a new voice demanded to know and Seto cringed as he recognized the voice. Masking his face, Seto turned around to face his petite lover, who had a scowl on his face. Clearly he was not happy about being there. Behind Yami was Jounouchi who had a confused look on his face.

"Come with me. You too Jounouchi," he told both of the agents before turning his attention back to Kisara. "Get that disk to Rebecca as soon as it gets here. All her priority is to get that disk decoded."

"Right," Kisara replied with a nod of her head. Seto then left her to get back to her work as he led Yami and Jounouchi to an unused conference room.

"What the hell is going on here Seto!" Yami demanded to know as soon as they were inside the room and the door closed behind them. Both Seto and Jounouchi sat down at the table while Yami decided to be stubborn and get in a staring contest with the Special Agent in Charge. Finally Yami sat down next to Jounouchi and across from Seto so that their briefing could begin.

"At approximately eight o'clock this morning Isis Ishtar entered the country. We're still trying to figure out why she is here but whatever it is it can't be good. Honda had been staking out Shada's place since he's a known contact of hers. An hour and a half ago Honda was shot and killed by what we presumed was Ishtar. An hour later Shada's mansion blew up and we now have no clue where they are."

"What's this about a disk?" Jounouchi asked remembering the conversation he and Yami had heard a few moments ago. Seto turned his attention to the blonde. Up until then, Seto had been looking solely at Yami trying to figure out what was going through his lover's mind.

"A disk was found in Honda's car. We don't know how it got there so it was probably left behind by one of them. That disk should be here by now so that we can figure out what is on it."

"So I guess I'm not going to be able to get any sleep yet?" Jounouchi asked with a sigh.

"All top level agents are being called in," Seto confirmed for him. Seto glanced once again at Yami. He was concerned that Yami still hadn't said a thing.

"There's something you're not telling us," Yami thoughtfully said, his voice extremely quiet and even.

Seto sighed, knowing that he could never keep such important information from Yami but wishing he could. "Mahado arrived with Isis."

"Bastard!" Jounouchi cried slamming his fist to the table.

"Bonkotsu, go report to Kisara, she'll give you something to do," Seto growled and the angry blonde stood up and left the room. Seto then turned attention back to Yami who was remaining quiet as he clenched the edge of the table. The spiky haired agent looked as if he was ready to rip the table in half.

"Did you know before you left this morning?" he quietly asked.

"Yes," Seto sighed as he stood and walked over to Yami's side of the table.

"And you didn't tell me because…"

"Because I don't want to see you hurt Yami."

Yami's eyes softened as he looked up at his tall lover before hardening again. "You should have told me. This relationship will not work if it's built on secrets." Not for the first time that day Seto wondered what would happen when Yami discovered the truth. "I want to catch him Seto. And you better not get in my way this time."

"You'll do the job that you're told to do."

"Fuck you Seto!" Yami yelled jumping to his feet and slamming his palms against the table with a loud smack. "You will not deny me this! Not today!"

"I'm in charge here! Not you!"

"Only because I turned down the job!" Yami shot back with a low blow. It was true though. Yami had been offered Seto's job first but had denied because he liked field work and he didn't want any more responsibilities taking his time away from the time he could spend with his cousin.

The pair glared at each other until there was a knock at the door and Mana entered the room. "Otogi brought that disk over and Rebecca started working on it but it looks messy. It could take a while to crack the code. Kisara sent me to tell you guys that."

"Thank you Mana," Seto replied and the girl disappeared back to her station. Seto then turned his attention back to Yami. "Well?"

"Call Malik."

"What?!"

"Call Malik!"

"You're not being rational!"

"I'm dead serious!"

"We're trying to stop his sister! No threats will get him to betray her!"

"Then give him something he wants!"

"Like what?" Seto growled and Yami crossed his arms over his chest.

"Get a full pardon US for his sister."

"You're insane! I'll crack the damn code myself!"

"You know you have to much else to do," Yami scoffed. "So unless you feel like relinquishing control over to me, you're going to have to call in Malik because no one else has the skill to crack that code in what little time we have."

"Fine!" Seto spat. He was not happy about it but he knew that Yami was right. "I'll get Jounouchi on it."

"Thank you," Yami whispered as he calmed down. Wrapping his arms around Seto, Yami gently kissed his lips. "I'm sorry about earlier. But I'll never be able to forgive Mahado for what he did even if Yugi was still alive. His betrayal hurt too much."

Pulling back a little, Seto cupped Yami's face with his hands and stared deep into the crimson eyes of his lover. "What happens just remember that I'll always love you."

"I will," Yami promised before resting his head against Seto's chest. In a few minutes they would both have to get back to work. But right then all that mattered was each other.

12:00PM