Title: Drown, Deep Underground

By: Kokuryuuha-018

Genre: Romance, supernatural, drama, suspense, horror

Warnings: Yaoi, yuri, and religious references. Also gore and naughty language;…. No lemons, just limes.

Summary: (Angel/YGO crossover) In a desperate attempt to help his ailing group of friends, Angel goes in search of the one person that can help them. Seto Kaiba. But there is a catch. Angel knows he can show the CEO what the boy really is, but can he make him believe? YAOI, YURI, FLUFF, and RELIGIOUS CULT REFERENCES!

Chapter Summary: Angel's little cameo was only the beginning. It seems his sudden presence in Japan has drawn the attention of a man to one Seto Kaiba, but was that his plan to begin with? Enter ETHAN

Stori: Okay then…… What's there to say about this chapter……? Not much, I guess… But I would like to ask a question. In response to a review, I have no clue what I'm going to do to Connor. He is of great significance for a few chapters, and then I'm supposed to toss him away like a rag doll. But… if anyone else thinks I should keep him and possibly give him a boyfriend or something to lighten up that little hell hole he's been forced into (although, to ever hope he will be completely sane again is of course a fools dream), then I will gladly take you're idea's into great consideration. So please give me you're two cents!!!!!

Thank you to all that reviewed.

Chapter three:

oOoOo

You're world is an ashtray

We burn and coil like cigarettes,

The more you cry you're ashes turn to mud.

- The Reflecting God

Marilyn Manson

oOoOo

"Angel…. Angel…. Ang-- Ah, here it is…"

Seto leaned back from his laptop, the extensive search he had just torn away from and the bustling cafeteria at Domino high giving him quite the headache.

It had been two days since that man had spoken to him, and for two days that man had been the only thing in the CEO's mind.

He had decided to look up something on the man, but his search always seemed to lead him to some vampire propaganda about someone named Angelus. Pfft… fairytales….

But he'd finally found something, even if it wasn't much. It seemed that a certain law firm had had some trouble with a man by the name of Angel, who was in turn a private detective. Oddly enough, though, there was no personal information on this guy at all. It was like he'd never been born….

Turning back to the laptop, he scrolled down the page, his cerulean eyes reflecting the gleam of the screen as he scanned said screen for anything related to the subject at hand.

"Angel Investigations; We Help the Hopeless…." Seto smirked as his eyes landed upon the name of the detective agency and its slogan. The date was quite old, but it was relevant none the less.

A little farther down the page, his eyes fell upon the same slogan, only this time it was in Japanese, not English… And the address had changed. They were now located at…

Oh shit.

Seto leaned back again, but this time his face was less than relaxed. The address on the screen in front of him was just posted yesterday. It was the 211th office of the business complex directly in front of Kaiba corp.

"Hmm…. It looks like you're search put you somewhere you wish you weren't…"

Kaiba jumped as a voice sounded behind him and a hand landed on his shoulder, 'Ugh… Not again…' He thought miserably, turning around to face the owner of the hand.

His eyes met with those of a much older man. His brown hair was receding slightly, his face gently worn. If Seto could say anything about him, it would be that this man was definitely not at a lack for money. A very expensive looking velvet shit hung loosely off his shoulders, and a pressed leather jacket sat on top of it. The finger that had curled around the younger boys shoulder was adorned with many clunky silver rings; some stained a dark crimson…

"Who ar-!?" A finger landed gently upon the brunettes lips, silencing him with the gesture.

"We don't want to make a scene now, do we?"A sly smile passed the man's face, shaking his head in response to his own question, "I didn't think so…"

Seto resisted the urge to roll his eyes. How many times was he going to be snuck up on? It was making him jumpy… He'd already pinned his secretary to the wall and knocked out a random employee.

"What is it?" Seto's eyes narrowed as he brushed the finger away.

"Well, well… Not even going to ask for a name?" He waited for an answer, but after receiving nothing but a silent death glare from Kaiba, he sighed and continued, "It's. Ethan. Rayne. Alright now?"

"What does he want?"

"Hmm... Wait, what was that?"

Ethan looked up from Seto's thighs, which for some odd reason he was mercilessly studying, causing the boy to shudder slightly, 'He couldn't get me to talk to him, so he sends this man…?'

"What does he want? What does Angel want!?" Seto's voice started to rise in his frustration, causing the Ethan to flinch before grabbing the CEO's arm and pulling the unwilling boy to his feet.

Before Seto could say anything, the older man had dragged him into the bathroom and barred the door using god knows what. He sighed and turned his glare to the teen, whose back was pressed against the sink, "I told you to keep it down… What do you think would happen if you were caught with a man like me during school hours? Do you think I care what happens to you or you're reputation? If anyone asks I'd gladly tell them you're my whore to get my ass out of the fire! Can't say what it would do for yours though..."

Ethan's fingers wound their way around Seto's wrist, pulling him into the center of the washroom, circling him with a predatory grin, "That would be a pity… As it being such a nice one at that." The man's eyes were now locked on the CEO's backside, as the latter rolled his eyes in disgust and impatience.

"You didn't answer my question… What. Does. Angel… huh?" The teen didn't have time to react before the man in front of him was now behind him, his chest pressed against the others back.

Seto suppressed a shudder as the much, much older mans hand ran down the side of his cheek, the other hand wrapped around his waist, "I'm not here for Angel… I'm here for me. You're quite important, Seto. Did you know that?"

The younger snorted in response, "No shit. You'd think if I had the brains to run a multi million dollar corporation I'd know how important I am. Now get you're fucking hands off of me!" The boy growled as Ethan tightened his grip, preventing him from struggling.

Clicking his tongue, the man rested his chin upon the boy's shoulder, "Don't swear. It's very unbecoming, especially to one of your status…"

"You've never heard someone in business swear before?" The younger asked incredulously, his eyebrow raised.

Ethan chuckled, causing a shudder to run through the other, "No, not you the president of Kaiba corp.… The real you…. Someone with such a title shouldn't let such word's slip passed such sacred lips…"

"Such a title?" Seto turned slightly as the older of the two released him, "What do you mean? What other title have I suddenly acquired without my knowledge? Please, enlighten me…" Every word dripped with venom, as his deep blue eyes narrowed.

"You don't know?" The CEO would have commented after this if the man hadn't sounded so serious. He really expected him to know just what the hell he was talking about…

"No. I don't know. What is it that I should know?" Seto's eyes were much softer than they were just moments before, but you could still see the malice bubbling just beneath the cerulean mask, ready to resurface should the situation call for it.

"Not yet…" Ethan breathed, scanning the boy just in case he'd heard wrong. How could someone's parents keep such a thing from their own child? Especially when this 'thing' directly involved said child!? With a sigh, the man looked back into deep blue eyes, shaking his head. Oh well… It wasn't like he cared. All he needed was the boy's body. It didn't matter if his mind was intact or not. He had to get the boy before anyone else, otherwise he'd still be indebted to that bastard, and one beating was more than enough from a Lasek.

Another sigh escaped his lips. Why did a member of Seto's family need to hire (or in Ethan's case, blackmail) a wizard to get the teen to come to them? Wouldn't he do it on his own?

His hand had made its way back the teen, only this time, his fingers entwined themselves in silky chestnut lock and gave them a hard yank, pulling him in the others direction and lowering his head.

With a sharp gasp, the teen fell forward, only managing to catch his balance at the last minute. Though it was futile with his head bent to the ground, Kaiba clenched his hand into a tight fist and took a desperate swing at the old bastard, only to have it connect with air. The playful chuckle that followed didn't help any…

He kept struggling, trying to pry him from the older mans grip without losing a patch of hair in the process. Oh, wouldn't it be fun if that happened? Having to walk into work tomorrow with a nice, shiny bald spot! He'd have to thank Ethan for that.

Taking another swing at the man, he smirked when he felt his fist come in contact with bone and the hand in his hair slacken, ignoring the pain from both his head and fist in his little moment of triumph.

Only to frown when that moment was stomped upon by a sadly familiar voice.

"Fuck, Kaiba!!!! I come here to help you, not of my own free will, but I still came, and this is the thanks I get!?"

Raising cerulean blue eyes in a haughty glare, he came face to face with one Jounouchi Katsuya. Make that one surprisingly pissed Jounouchi Katsuya.

"Did I ask for you're help, mutt!?" Seto snapped in response. Maybe it was the fact that some perverted jack ass had almost ripped out a big ol' patch of his hair trying to drag him to god knows where to do god knows what. But hey, maybe he was just moody.

That set Jou off into a string of curses, occasionally asking himself why he had even bothered. That is, until the reason walked through the bathroom door.

"Umm… Jou? Is everything okay?" Yugi asked from the door way, poking his head around the corner.

"Yeah, everything's fine on my end. But maybe you should ask rich boy here why he was hauled off to the washroom by some old dude, only to be pulled back out by his hair, 'cause it doesn't seem like he'd talk to me, willingly at least…" The blond snarled in the brunette's direction. He had a point; the CEO probably wouldn't talk unless you beat it out of him…

Yugi walked into the washroom, placing a hand on Jounouchi's arm in an effort to restrain him before turning his attention back to the taller of the two, "Kaiba… I sent him after you. I saw that guy with you, and he looked kinda suspicious, and then he dragged you to the bathroom… You sort of jumped when he tapped you on the shoulder too, so I thought that you didn't know him and that he might try something with you… So…"

"So you should have minded your own business." Seto really wasn't in the mood for this. Too much had happened so far today, and he was sick of it. Anyone who pushed his buttons now would regret it.

"Hey! Leave him alone! He was only looking out for you're sorry ass! Don't ask me why, I wouldn't have done it…" Jou's eyes bored into the CEO's, who was currently glaring back with equal, if not additional vigor.

"But you did just that less than three minutes ago!" He wasn't in the mood… He really wasn't…

"If Yugi hadn't asked, god knows I wouldn't have!"

He didn't need this…

"For god sakes, you really are his fucking dog!"

He didn't…

"Oh, you're one to talk, Kaiba! Who know what you were doing with that old guy before we got here!"

Ugh… He had a headache…

"Shut up!"

The brunette's hand whipped to his forehead, clutching his temples as the migraine he had managed to hold off, until now that is, hit him at full force. He leaned against the sink for support, both hands now fisted to his head.

"K-Kaiba..! Are you okay?" Yugi ran over to the taller boy, ignoring the agitated grunt from latter.

"Shit…" The pained moan passed the teens lips as he finally realized just how painful this headache really was. He'd had bad ones before, but this one made him feel like he was going to be sick.

And as if he didn't see it coming, the second that thought passed through his mind, he doubled over, promptly hacking up his just eaten lunch in the sink.

""Whoa… Kaiba, what's going on?" Jounouchi questioned, now interested as to why the seemingly healthy CEO had decided to cough up a lung.

Another moan emerged from the busied mouth, announcing that he was nowhere near ready to talk.

Seto's throat had dried out fast, and even thought the insistent hacking had finally ceased, his pounding headache hadn't.

What was wrong with him? He had been perfectly fine just a couple minutes ago… And then this had happened. He couldn't remember the last time he'd had a headache that bad… It felt like his brain was trying to break out of his skull. He didn't think that it had ever happened before. Well, he could remember his mom used to have them all the time but still, these couldn't be hereditary, could they?

"Kaiba?" Yugi concerned voice brought him out of his thoughts, and back to they insane pounding in his skull, "Kaiba, is there anything you need…?"

The taller boy was about to storm out of the room at the question, before he felt just how weak his legs were. This had all started when he had met that Angel… It had to be his fault! Although he couldn't think of a logical reason how Angel could have forced such a skull splitting migraine upon him if he hadn't seen him in two days, but his brain wasn't at it's best at the moment.

'Wait a minute…'

Angel. If Angel was the cause of all this, than he should be able to fix it! Well, at least for his sake he better be able to… Seto Kaiba, although opposed to popular belief, did have a life and he intended to get back to it as soon as possible.

"Yeah, you could do something…" The CEO managed to croak out, once again demonstrating that he wasn't in any condition to be standing, let alone talking. He handed Jounouchi the address to the business complex he had copied down before he met Ethan.

The blond reached out and took the small slip of paper, examining it briefly before looking back up at the brunette, "What do you want me to do with this?"

"I want you to bring me Angel…"

Stori: Alright then… I am very sorry for the extremely late update! There is no excuse I could possibly make that could justify this, so I'm not even going to try. I swear to god, the next update will be faster. I'm starting to really get into the fic now, so it's a lot easier. Also, there is a reason I made Ethan act the way he did. If there wasn't, than I probably wouldn't have written it that way… And I'd also like to say that my beta-reader has decided to run off to Saskatoon, so until she finds a place to settle down, my chapters may be a little choppy for a while. So if you spot any mistakes in this chapter, please let me know.