Jaazi: Oh…wow…16 REVIEWS! (passes out)
D.J.: O,O Wow. I didn't think anyone would like this icky fluff.
K.K.: You're the only one who thinks fluff is icky…Besides I'm in this and Jaazi says I'm kawaii, so of course they love it!
D.J.: Arrogant little (says many not nice names)
K.K.: Hmm (pokes Jaazi) Wake up, Jaazi, your reviewers want to read this chapter.
Jaazi: (jumps up at the word reviewers) Of course! Much thanks to Killian, Sugarholic, Wicked Priestess of the Temple of Setkmet, Sami, Karoi Sakusha formerly Saelbu, Kuroi-Sakurapetals, Madyamisam, Sunddown205/Darklighting, Gods of Death, Egyptianprincess1691, Phoenix of the Sea, Iba, Hikaris-dark-side-08, Ryuueiki, CrossHunt-s, Mechante Fille
K.K.: Jaazi doesn't own Yugioh, but if she did she'd make it sooooo much better.
D.J.: Suuuuure she would.
Previously
Seto looked at Jou and felt a strange warm feeling inside. He gasped and tackled Jou with a hug. "Mokie, can I keep him? Can I , can I, can I?"
Chapter Two: Forgetful Seto
Mokuba gaped at his brother. Did Seto just ask if he could keep Jou! Speaking of Jou… He was very red in the face. It could be from a) anger, b) embarrassment, c) lack of air, or d) all of the above. (A/N: Take your pick). The rest of the gang stopped what they were doing in shock. Even Bakura and Marik stopped mid-punch.
"Kaiba…bastard…can't breath…let go!" cried Jou. Seto finally noticed that Jou was in, um, discomfort and loosened his grip. He didn't let go though. 'Cute puppy' he thought.
"S-seto, you can't keep Jou!" Mokuba asked. Apparently, even though Seto forgot about everybody else, he still remembered his love for Jou. But that doesn't mean he remembers him either.
"Is that his name? I like his name, it's nice. Wait. Why not! You said we could get a pet puppy! I like this puppy, I want him. I'll take good care of him, I promise. I'll feed him and play with him and make sure he's neeeevveer lonely," Seto begged.
"Moneybags! I AM NOT A DOG! Get your hands off me this instant, you evil bastard," Jou cried.
He started struggling and 'accidentally' punched Seto on the chin. Seto whimpered and let go of Jou immediately. Seto rubbed his chin and looked at Jou with teary eyes. His new puppy didn't like him and Jou hurt him too. Did he do something wrong?
"I-I'm s-sorry. Jou, I d-didn't mean to be b-bad." Seto managed to say through sniffles.
He then shuffled away to sit on a bench conveniently located in front of the ice cream shop Jou had stepped out of. Jou and the rest of the gang were speechless. Mokuba on the other hand was glaring at Jou.
"Did I just see the Priest, crying and apologizing? Hell froze over, didn't it? Oh Ra, we're all going to die, the apocalypse is coming, I swear it is!" Bakura said as he picked himself up from the ground.
Ryou patted his back, to try to calm him. Malik had fainted and Marik was now frantically trying to revive him. Rather unsuccessfully, though.
"Hikari-mine, it is no time to sleep! Baku-thief says the apocalypse is coming, we gotta leave or we die! Hmm, will there be blood?" his eyes glazed over at the thought.
Mokuba walked up to Jou and stomped on his foot.
"OWW! What was that for?" he yelled and started hopping on one leg.
"You made big brother cry! Go apologize now!" Mokuba commanded, sounding too much like Seto for comfort.
"Mokuba, what is the matter with Kaiba?" Yami asked.
It unsettled him, Kaiba acting so weak, it just wasn't like him. Yami also sensed something else about Kaiba, but he couldn't quite place it. Mokuba shrugged, never once taking his eyes off Jou, who was starting to look a bit guilty.
"I don't know, he just started acting this way earlier this morning. It was fun," Mokuba replied. Jou finally heaved a sigh.
"Fine! I'll go say sorry. But just because he's probably gonna die for acting so cute," he said dejectedly. Ryou giggled at this.
"You think he's cute? That's so sweet, you two will look nice together."
"What! NO! I didn't mean it like that! Ryou! Bakura what are you laughing at?" Jou protested. Bakura had gotten over his "hell froze over, we're all gonna die" episode, and laughed himself to tears.
"You…and the Priest…together! AHAHAHAHA! That's hilarious," he cackled.
Marik probably would've commented on this but he was still in his own little blood drenched dream world. Yugi on the other hand had gone over with Seto as soon as he left. Let's go check on them shall we?
"Kaiba?" Seto flinched, "I mean, Seto? Are you okay?" Yugi asked gently as he sat on the same bench as Seto. Seto shook his head miserably and sniffled.
"What's wrong then?" Seto looked up, err, down at Yugi who smiled sympathetically. 'He seems nice. I hope he doesn't get angry like my puppy did. Maybe we can even be friends?'
"My puppy's angry at me. I was only trying to be nice and he hit me. Did I do something wrong? Was I not being good enough?" Seto questioned timidly.
Yugi looked a bit startled. He wasn't used to the nice, more sensitive Kaiba yet. Yugi wrapped Seto into a hug and cradled him like a child. Which in itself is quite amazing, considering the height difference between them.
"Shh. Don't be sad. It's just that you and Jou fight all the time and you always call him a mutt and other doggy names. You must've surprised him today, acting nice and all." Yugi explained gently.
Seto was confused. He couldn't remember any of them. How could he have treated Jou badly if he didn't even remember him?
"But, this is the first time I met any of you. How come everyone treats me kind of mean and keep calling me Kaiba?" Seto pouted.
"Don't you remember any of us Kai- Seto? You used to duel Yami all the time. And you gave Malik and Marik restraining orders for trying to teach Mokuba how to hurt little animals with throwing knives. In fact we were all just with you yesterday for Mokuba's birthday party," Yugi said incredulously. Seto shook his head, even more confused than before.
"Sorry, I can't remember much. Did I really make Jou angry all the time?" Yugi nodded, "But he's my puppy, I don't want to hurt him. I want him to like me. Do you like me? Can we be friends?"
"Yes, of course we can be friends!" Yugi chirped. Just then Jou appeared. He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"Uhh, hey Yugi. How's Kaiba doin' ?"
"He's okay, but he doesn't remember any of us and he seems to be more emotional than he used to be. Be nice to him okay?" Jou agreed and Yugi then left so that Jou and Seto could talk more at ease. Jou scuffed his feet against the pavement, not meeting Seto's gaze.
"P-puppy? I'm sorry I made you mad," Seto said softly, breaking the uncomfortable silence.
"No, it's okay Kaiba," again Seto flinched.
"What's with the flinch? Are you hurt?" Jou asked. Seto shook his head and mumbled something. "What was that?"
"Kaiba is my step dad's name. He's not very nice to me, especially if I don't do well in my studies. My name's Seto, I don't like being called Kaiba," Seto explained softly.
"But, every time we called you Seto, you nearly bit our heads off. What's with the sudden change? Yugi says you don't remember us, but how can you not? You threaten and trash talk us almost every day." Jou said exasperated.
Seto flinched at Jou's tone. Jou immediately felt bad about hurting cute little Seto. 'Cute! Aw, hell no. I did not just think that. But, he was very hot before…Ahh! Bad thoughts! Bad thoughts!'
"I can't remember, it's all fuzzy. I'm sure I didn't want to be mean to you. Please forgive me?" Seto somehow managed to make the cutest puppy eyes you ever did see. Jou was already rather soft hearted to begin with and this just sent him over the deep end.
"Ack! Fine, fine. Just don't look at me that way!" Jou said desperately. Seto smiled shyly at him.
"So, you'll be my puppy?"
"What! No, no, no I never said that," Jou replied, wide eyed. Seto sniffled again and used his dreaded puppy eyes on Jou.
"Pretty please? Mokie said we have lots and lots of money 'cause I work hard. That means I can get you anything you want. I can get you yummy food and, and fun games and lots of other stuff. I promise to take good care of you and I'll make sure you're never sad or lonely. I'll love you forever and ever!" Seto pleaded, he so wanted his puppy to stay with him.
Jou blushed at Seto's declaration of love. 'Does that mean…he loved me before? No, no don't get your hopes up Jou! That'll only make it hurt more later…but maybe…' Jou looked into Seto's pleading gaze. Big mistake.
"Argh! Fine, I'll be your puppy. Just don't cry and be sad any more, alright?"
"Yaaaaay!" Seto glomped him and strapped something on his neck.
Jou hadn't noticed though. Yugi had been busy explaining the situation to the others, with help from Mokuba, when he was interrupted by a loud exclamation of joy. They all turned to see Seto smack a kiss on Jou's cheek, causing Jou to blush a deep crimson. They both made their way towards the gaping. Seto had not let go by the time they reached Yugi, Mokuba and the others.
"Uhh, hey guys. I umm, said it was, ahm, okay for Seto to keep me as a pet. Hehehe," Jou said nervously.
"YOU WHAT?" yelled Tristan, "HOW? WHY? WHAT?"
"Look, Tristan, buddy. It's just… you shoulda seen him. He was so sad and he practically begged me to stay and…well if he's going to act like this, it won't be so bad, right? Besides he said he'd get me anything I wanted." Jou tried to explain to Tristan who was hyperventilating.
Duke tried to calm him down but failed, so he eventually just decided to drag him home. He said a quick good bye to everyone and left quickly. Seeing Seto act this way was going to give him nightmares for the rest of the week, he was sure of it. Yugi and Ryou glared at Jou.
"You can't take advantage of Seto like that." Yugi scolded.
"Yes, especially in his condition. He's not acting like himself, so anything he does or says can't be held against him." Ryou quickly added. Malik (who had been revived when Yugi came back from his talk with Seto), Marik and Bakura had other ideas.
"Hey, Seto. We're very good friends of your mutt there. How about treating us with some cash? What do you say?" Bakura said in what he thought was a kind tone. On him, though, it just sounded creepy. Seto glared daggers at him.
"Don't call my puppy a mutt you… you…evil snow bunny!"
"That's it! I'm going to kil-mmpf!" Bakura was interrupted.
Ryou had quickly intercepted Bakura and started making out with him. This got Bakura pleasantly distracted. Seto blushed and buried his face into Jou's shoulder so he wouldn't have to look. Everyone else sweat dropped. When he and Ryou finally came up for breath, Bakura grabbed Ryou's hand and proceeded to drag him home.
"C'mon hikari, we're going home," Bakura informed him.
"But Bakura, we have to help Seto." Bakura paid no attention to him, "Bye guys, if you need any help don't hesitate to call." Ryou said to the others.
"Don't bother, we're going to be busy." Bakura growled, filling everyone's minds with a few disturbing images. Ryou eeped and blushed, but by then they had turned the street corner and were lost from sight.
"I wonder what they'll be busy with…" said Seto.
His mentality was that of a 6 year old, apparently. Yugi, Malik, and Mokuba blushed and looked at the very interesting pavement. Yami didn't look him in the face, but Marik had a big grin plastered on his face.
"You don't wanna know, Seto" Jou said gently. Marik suddenly noticed something around Jou's neck
"What does Jou-pup have on his neck, Pretty-Pretty?" he asked Malik. Malik looked up at Jou.
"Is that a collar?" Malik asked, giggling slightly.
"Since when do you where collars, Jou?" asked Yugi also giggling.
"I think I know who might've given it to him" grinned Yami. Jou glared at him. He looked at the dog tag, it read 'Property of Seto Kaiba. If found return to Kaiba Mansion' (1).
"I got it so if you get lost, someone can bring you back home to me!" Seto informed Jou as he cuddled him. He turned to Mokuba.
"Jou said I can keep him, okay Mokie?" he asked.
"Of course, big brother as long as you're happy. Let's take him home and make him comfortable" Seto nodded.
He and Mokuba started walking towards the limo. Jou whispered something in Seto's ear. Seto let go of him and Jou jogged back to his friends.
"Hey guys, don't worry okay? I'm sure I'll be fine. If anything strange happens I'll call you." Jou jogged back to Seto, very eagerly. For some strange reason, he didn't mind being cuddled by Seto.
Yami, Yugi, Malik and Marik were all walking home after a strange day out. Yami was frowning, obviously deep in thought. Yugi noticed this and asked what was wrong.
"I sensed something strange about Kaiba. His aura was off a bit."
"Gee, I would've never guessed." Malik answered sarcastically. Yami ignored his comment.
"Marik, did you feel anything different?" Yami asked his fellow dark.
"Marik-dark felt something in his tummy, but Pretty-Pretty says that it is hunger. Marik-dark saw pretty pink glitter all over Set-priest. Did Pharaoh-baka not see it?"
"No I didn't. Do you know what the glittery stuff was?" Yami asked in a very superior manner.
"It was pretty," Marik chirped.
"That's not what I meant," Yami replied, scowling.
"I know, silly Pharaoh-baka. I do not know what it was," Marik replied.
"Call me baka one more time and you will regret it" Yami glared at Marik. Marik grinned.
"Pharaoh-baka." he said and took off running. Yami took chase shortly after. The two hikaris sighed and followed to make sure no innocent bystanders get hurt.
TBC
(1) Thanks for the idea Sami!
Jaazi: Wow, 16 reviews…I'm in shock. Hope that didn't affect my writing though.
D.J.: Sooo, when is the gang going to figure out what happened to Seto?
K.K.: And when will I come back in the fic?
Jaazi: Soon, hopefully. But only if I get more reviews.
D.J.: Hear that people! Review or I'll have to hurt you, very, very badly.
K.K.: For your own safety, review. Besides I want to come back into the fic.