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D.J.: Someone, anyone, take me away from Kira!
K.K.: (glomps) DJ Don't worry I'll take care of you!
D.J.: Noooo!…Hey are your reviewers supposed to be that color?
Jaazi: (looks at reviewers who are blue) Uh, I guess I shouldn't have hugged so hard, huh? lets go
Reviewers: (gasp for air and grumble) Can we read the fic already!
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D.J.: (glares at lawyers) Jaazi doesn't own Yugioh so back off! lawyers slink away
Previously
Zhira walked home, completely unaware of the fact that she was being followed by a certain fairy feline. And poor Seto and Jou were completely left alone without the assistance of any fairies.
Chapter Four: Slumber Party Discoveries (1)
Jou woke up the next morning feeling comfortably warm. He snuggled into the very warm body pillow. The said pillow snuggled back and let out a content sigh. Jou may still be half asleep, but he was pretty sure pillows don't snuggle and sigh. He tried to shift out of the strong embrace but the 'pillow' groaned in protest and held a bit tighter. Jou finally managed to look up at the face of the so called pillow. He was greeted with the peaceful face of a sleeping Seto.
'I don't think I've ever seen Seto this at ease before. Even yesterday, when he was actin' so weird, he was kinda alert…wonder why? He looks so nice this way, he should relax more often.'
"Mm…Jou…my puppy" Seto mumbled sleepily. He smiled in his sleep. Jou was loving every moment of this. Seto just called him 'his puppy' ! Seto's lips were so close too. 'Maybe I could…I mean, it couldn't hurt…he's so close' Jou had just convinced himself to go for it. He leant forward and he was mere centimeters away when…Seto decided to wake up. Jou nearly had heart attack and backed away as quickly as possible.
"H-hi Seto, slept well? That's great, well I'm gonna go get some breakfast. Okay? Okay. Bye!" Jou said nervously. He quickly exited, leaving behind a rather disappointed Seto.
"Okay, bye." he whispered at the empty room. Why had his puppy left so quickly? Did he scare the puppy? He was so close too. It looked like his puppy was going to kiss him. That would've made Seto so happy. A kiss meant that he loved Seto, right? Seto wanted the love of his puppy so badly. Seto sighed and got up. If Jou was going to have breakfast, he might as well join him. Every minute spent with Jou was worth a hundred…a hundred… uh, really valuable somethings. He frowned, shrugged, and threw the thought aside. He didn't bother changing out of his pajama bottoms or even throw on a shirt.
Seto found Jou scavenging the kitchen. He stood at the entrance, watching his puppy. He was adorable, with his messy blonde hair and his joy filled, honey brown eyes, it was no wonder Seto thought him a puppy. He walked up behind Jou and hugged him around the waist.
"Good morning, puppy. Have you found any food? I could get Zhira to make us break-" both he and Jou were tackled to the floor by, as Jou now thought of him, 'the imp'.
"Big brother, Jou! I'm hoooome! Did you have a good day yesterday? Did you miss me?" Mokuba asked quickly. They were all a tangle of limbs on the floor, the very hard and cold floor.
"Owwww, uh, hey Imp, nice to see you. Could you please get off?" Jou groaned. Mokuba leapt off as if nothing happened.
"Why are you home so early, imp?" Jou asked as he helped Seto up. Mokuba giggled.
"Early? It's three in the afternoon(2), I've been home since ten in the morning. I was soooo bored so I invited everyone for a slumber party here. Is that okay, big brother?" Mokuba asked Seto, breathlessly. Seto looked at Mokuba's eager face and giggled .
"Who did you invite Mokie?" he asked. Mokuba's eyes lit up.
"I invited Yugi, Ryou, Malik, and their yamis…let's see, I think that's all of them." he smiled at his big brother.
"Okay, Mokie, but I don't really know them that well." Seto said timidly. Jou looked at Seto's nervous face.
"Ah, don't worry Seto. They're all very nice, they won't hurt you…well, may be Marik and Bakura will, but the rest are okay" Jou tried to comfort him. It worked, somewhat.
"What time are they coming over, Mokie?" Seto asked.
"In a couple of hours, but Ryou always comes early so in about an hour and a half," he said excitedly. He dashed off to make preparations, leaving Jou and Seto alone in the kitchen. Zhira walked in angrily.
"Why wasn't I informed about the slumber party TILL JUST NOW? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH I HAVE TO COOK FOR THAT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE? GET OUT OF MY KITCHEN, RIGHT NOW! I HAVE MUCH TO DO AND LITTLE TIME TO DO IT!" she yelled. Seto and Jou ran out of the kitchen, nearly tripping over in the process.
"Is your cook always like this?" Jou gasped. Seto laughed and nodded.
"Usually. But today seemed worse than usual, I wonder why…" Seto said.
"I don't really want to go back and find out, so lets get out of these pajamas and get some real clothes on." Jou suggested. They both ran upstairs and changed. Seto put on his purple gravity-defying trench coat, with his usual black shirt and black pants. He took out a blue trench coat and a green shirt for Jou to put on. (A/N: The outfit he wore during Duelist Kingdom, that's the one he's giving Jou).
"Here, puppy. Put this on! I've always wanted to see you in it. You'll look very nice, I promise!" Seto handed the outfit to Jou. Seto sat on the bed waiting for Jou to put on the outfit. Jou was blushing a bright red.
"Uh, Seto, could you turn around, or something?" Jou mumbled. Seto's face tinged pink as he turned around.
"Okay, so how do I look?" Jou asked. Seto turned and saw Jou in his blue trench coat and green shirt and blue jeans. The clothes were a bit big on him. The cuffs of the trench coat went over most of his hands and the shirt revealed some of his chest, erm, a lot of his chest. Seto gaped, doing a good impersonation of a fish.
"What? Do I look that bad?" asked Jou.
"N-no! You look great. I told you that you would look good…let's go downstairs with Mokie." Seto made a hasty exit. Jou stayed behind. 'Is it just me, or is he avoiding me?'
Downstairs, Mokuba was chatting with Zhira and helping her cook. Seto and Jou gaped. Was she being nice? Zhira looked up and scowled at them both.
"What are you looking at!" she snapped.
"Do you want to help us make snacks?" Mokuba chirped.
"No way are they going anywhere near my kitchen. Now get out." she demanded. Just then the doorbell rang. Mokuba leapt off the stool he had been standing on.
"That's probably Ryou! Let's go greet him!" he dashed off dragging Seto and Jou behind. Zhira sighed and continued preparing food. Out of the corner of her eye she saw something black and furry. She whirled around, but nothing was there. She shrugged and continued her work.
"Ryou! Hi!" Mokuba cried and glomped Ryou, nearly toppling him over. Bakura growled and pried Mokuba off of HIS Ryou.
"Watch it, brat," he spat. Mokuba just blinked cutely at him and smiled.
"Hi Bakura!" he then proceeded to glomp Bakura, much to his dismay. He pushed Mokuba away quickly and sent him a glare that clearly stated 'hands off'. Mokuba guided everyone to the living room.
"Hello Ryou, and Evil Snow Bunny," greeted Seto cheerfully. Jou laughed out loud. Bakura was turning an interesting shade of red, he looked ready to murder a certain someone.
"I am NOT a bunny. You WILL call me Bakura, otherwise I'll have to…" he was interrupted by a displeased sound from Ryou. Bakura twitched, but stayed silent. Ryou smiled sweetly at Seto and Jou.
"So, how have you two been doing?" he asked. He glanced at Jou's outfit and found it quite odd that he would wear such clothes. Of course, being the polite person that he is, didn't mention anything about.
"We're doing great, Ry. No worries," Jou said with a cheerful grin. Seto glanced at his puppy with a slight blush on his face. He had made his puppy happy!
"Yes, my puppy and I have been having lots of fun together, we played lots of games…but my puppy always lost, but that's okay!" he exclaimed and hugged his puppy.
"Um, yeah. Seto? I can't breathe." Jou gasped. Seto quickly let go of him.
"Sorry puppy," he mumbled sadly.
"It's alright, Seto. See? No harm done," Jou glomped Seto to reassure him.
"Awww, that's so sweet! Isn't it Bakura?" Ryou squealed. Bakura grunted and mumbled something like 'stupid priest with his dumb mutt' Luckily, neither Seto or Jou heard him. An hour later, everyone had arrived. They were all sitting around in the living room, in pairs. Malik with Marik, Ryou with Bakura, Yugi with Yami, and Jou with Seto. Mokuba was bouncing around them, very hyper.
"What do you guys want to do? I know! Let's watch a movie!" he practically yelled. Everyone winced and glared at the psychotic blonde duo. Did they have to give Mokuba Pixie Stix?
"Okay, what movie should we watch?" Yugi asked.
"A gory, horror movie!" cried Bakura, Malik, and Marik.
"It figures," Yami said and rolled his eyes.
"C'mon Pharaoh, you know you like gory horror movies…" Malik teased.
"…Yes I do but I'm sure most people here would prefer to watch some other movie." he admitted grudgingly.
"Fine lets vote. The gory, horror movie?" Malik counted the voters, "Some other kind of movie?" Ryou and Yugi were the only ones who voted for this.
"Gory horror movie it is, then." Malik said happily. Zhira twirled in holding platters of pepperoni pizza and bottles of coke and Pepsi. She set them before them and went back into the kitchen. She came out again with platters of nachos with cheese, whipped cream and all the other good stuff. She left for the kitchen again. While she was gone, Marik's eyes widened as he looked toward the spot Zhira was at a moment ago.
"Kitty-Fairy?" he asked. Kira, who had been sure she had her invisibility shields up, whirled to face Marik.
"Marik?" she asked incredulously.
"Kitty-Fairy!" he yelled and glomped, what seemed to be empty air to all the spectators present.
"Koi? Um, what are you doing?" asked a very worried Malik. Marik pouted and glared at Kira.
"Let them see you," he ordered. Kira sighed dejectedly and let down her invisibility shields. Seto recognized her immediately.
"Hey, I know you! You're that fairy that visited me the other day! How are you? Do you want to stay with us for a while? Why are you here anyway?" Seto asked eagerly.
"You're not supposed to remember me!" she cried out desperately.
"Will someone be kind enough to tell us what is going on here?" Yami interrupted. He looked at the strange cat-like creature that was floating in midair before them. Kira glared at Marik.
"This is all your fault Marik, they're not supposed to know about me!"
"Tell them about you!" Marik ordered.
"Fine. Hi everyone, I'm Kitty Kira. I'm a kind of cat/fairy hybrid. Fairies are supposed to grant pure wishes, that is no evil or greedy wishes such as world domination," she looked pointedly at Bakura and Marik.
"That doesn't explain why you're here," Yami pointed out.
"You haven't figured it out yet? I was sent here on an errand. A little boy wished for his brother to be kinder toward others and for him to find a partner, if you catch my drift…I am the best with lovey dovey type wishes, and the Head Fairy sent me on this one because he thought it was a tough nut to crack." she giggled, "Well, Yami, figured it out?"
"You made Seto act this way!" he practically yelled, "That's what the sparkly stuff Marik saw on Seto was, it was your magic!"
"Yep!"
"Fix him! You messed him up," Bakura growled. He did not like Seto calling him a bunny.
"I what? I didn't…wait, how has he been acting?" she asked worriedly.
"Like a child. But he has been nicer," Ryou answered.
"Uh oh," Kira giggled nervously, "Um, oops?"
"What's going on? I'm not broken…why did you say oops?" poor Seto asked, terribly confused.
"Weeeeell, you see…uh, Seto was very cold hearted, he had very strong defenses around his heart. So I kind of…gave him a liiiiittle teeny bit more magic than I usually do. Like, when I put Ryou and Bakura together I gave them like two pinches of fairy dust, and with Malik and Marik they needed only a pinch of fairy dust. Yami and Yugi needed just a teeny sprinkle, not even an entire pinch of dust." she giggled nervously again.
"Wait, wait, hold up. You put us all together? You mean all the love we feel for each other is only because of magic?" Malik angrily interrupted. He thought what he felt for his yami was real love, not some magical fabrication.
"What? No! Not even magic can control love like that! No, see what my magic does, is…well, it's like a courage boost, a bit more confidence to finally confess to yourself and the person you love how you feel." Kira explained hastily.
"So it's just a little push, to send the person over a cliff," Bakura said bluntly.
"Um, you could look at it that way…" she said carefully. Leave it to Bakura to put it that way.
"How much magic did you give Seto? You said you only gave us a pinch or less and it didn't change our behavior as drastically as Seto." Yugi inquired. Kira scratched one of her kitten ears, guiltily.
"I gave him…" she mumbled the amount so that no one really heard it.
"Come again?" Ryou said politely.
"Um, you know those super big bouncy balls? The ones that are two feet in diameter?" she asked sheepishly.
"Please tell me you didn't give him that much." begged Ryou.
"Okay, I won't tell you!" Kira said cheerily. Everyone sweat dropped.
"You're here because of Seto then?" Jou eyed Kira curiously. Kira looked, if possible, more guilt than before.
"Not really, I kind of forgot about you guys…because I saw-" she was cut off by the reappearance of Zhira, who was carrying a platter with all kinds of pastries on it. She stepped into the room and stopped in mid-step when she laid eyes on Kira. Her eyes widened and she dropped the platter to the ground.
"IT'S YOU! I KNEW I SAW SOMETHING THIS MORNING AND JUST NOW! YOU WERE STALKING ME! I'M NOT JUST PARANOID! I knew I wasn't going insane. The voice in my head said I was paranoid, and I told it I wasn't, then the other voice in my head said that I WAS being stalked…I knew I wasn't going insane!" Zhira ranted. Everyone sweat dropped.
"You keep telling yourself that," Bakura said coolly. Zhira glared at him.
"You were following her? Why? Did someone wish something for her?" asked the now non-hyper Mokuba. Discovering that fairies do exist and fly around granting wishes sort of shocked him out of it.
"No, nobody wished anything for her…" Kira trailed off, blushing.
"Then why were you following me?" snarled Zhira.
"Because, I…I thought…thought that you were…" Kira stammered.
"Spit it out already," Zhira snapped.
"Ithoughtthatyouwerepretty," Kira responded quickly.
"Could you repeat that, a bit slower?" Jou asked nervously. If he had heard right, then Zhira might get a little upset…Jou snorted, saying that Zhira might get a little upset was like saying a tornado was just a little wind.
"I said that I thought Zhira was pretty," Kira blushed and hid her face in her hands.
"YOU WHAT?" yep, Zhira was upset alright. Kira was practically in tears by now, she was so embarrassed.
"I thought that you were pretty and I was hoping we could be friends. I think that you don't like me much, so I'll leave now and stay out of your way," she said, tears cascading from her eyes.
"Awww, Zhira, look you made her cry! Honestly, would it kill you to be her friend?" Mokuba scolded. Zhira looked down at Mokuba, he was the only one Zhira tolerated.
"Possibly," she said brusquely.
"Please?" Mokuba gave her the dreaded puppy eyes and Kira gave her the even worse teary kitten chibi eyes.
"Oh, fine! Stop looking at me that way!" she said exasperatedly. Kira let out a cry of glee and glomped Zhira.
"I'll be the best friend ever! I'll take care of you and love you and be with you forever and ever! You won't regret this!" Kira said.
"It's too late for that," Zhira muttered under her breath, "Well, I'm leaving for home. See you losers later."
"Who'll clean up this mess of pastries?" asked Bakura with a scowl.
"Tch, not me, that's for sure," scoffed Zhira. She turned to leave.
"Wait, what about Seto?" Jou asked Kira, who still hadn't let go of Zhira and didn't look like she was planning to any time soon.
"Don't worry, the effects should wear off soon. Bye everyone!" she said happily.
"What? You're not coming with me are you?" Zhira asked her. Kira nodded yes causing Zhira to groan loudly, "Why do these things always happen to me!" Kira just giggled in response as they left the Kaiba Mansion.
"That was odd…" Malik sweat dropped. Everybody nodded in agreement.
"Soooo, lets watch the gory horror movie," Bakura said eagerly and popped a movie in the DVD player. Halfway into the movie everyone was clutching each other in fear. Not that any of the yamis would ever admit it. The snacks, which were several, mind you, were looooong gone. Mokuba, amazingly enough, was the only one who was anywhere near the big screen TV, watching it with rapt attention, free of fear. Seto, on the other hand, was clutching Jou protectively and burying his face in Jou's golden locks every now and then on the especially scary parts. Jou didn't mind at all, in fact he encouraged it as much as possible. He also noticed(3) that Seto was acting less like a little kid and more like a normal love struck teen.
"That movie was awesome!" cried Mokuba when it was over. He looked over his shoulder at everyone, since he heard no sound of agreement. He was amused to see that they were all chalk white, in fright and disgust.
"How am I ever going to sleep now?" whimpered Ryou as he buried his face in Bakura's neck. Yugi and Malik did the same with their yamis, and the yamis, being the loving caring yamis that they are, comforted them as best as they could. Jou whimpered also. Seto looked at him worriedly.
"Jou, are you okay, puppy?" he cuddled Jou.
"Yeah, I'm okay, just a little freaked out," he snuggled into Seto's warm embrace. This touching moment was interrupted by the insane blonde duo, who had picked up the fallen pastries and decide to throw them at Seto and Jou.
"They look so swwweeeeeet, literally!" Marik and Malik burst out laughing, only to have pastries thrown at them courtesy of Jou.
"MY BEAUTIFUL HAIR! YOU PUT GOOEY SUGAR STUFF IN MY HAIR!" Malik shrieked. This of course started an all out food fight.
Hour and a Half Later
"Ewwww, I'm covered in melted cheese," whined Yugi.
"I've got pepperoni in my hair," Yami said as he picked pepperoni out of his hair.
"Yeah, well, I'm all sticky," complained Malik, Marik was covered in gooey sugar too but he didn't mind. He could always have Malik lick it off later, (wink wink). Bakura had pizza sauce in his hair and Ryou was currently licking nacho stuff off of his hands, which gave Bakura a few ideas…
"Seto, we're going to go get a room upstairs," he picked up Ryou bridal style.
"Marik thinks, he and Malik will do the same," Marik smirked and dragged Malik upstairs and picked out a room for themselves.
"Yami, I'm tired, can we go to bed now?" the ever innocent Yugi said as he yawned.
"Of course, aibou. Do you mind if we get a room for ourselves Seto?" Yami asked politely.
"Just don't take my or Mokuba's room." he answered. Yami looked confused.
"Doesn't Jou have a room too?" he asked.
"No, he sleeps in my room with me!" Seto said with a smile.
"Oh, really?" Yami smirked at Jou.
"It's not like that! We're just sharing a bed, sleeping not doing anything…else," Jou cried blushing.
"Doesn't stop you from wanting to."
"Yami! Shut up!" Jou yelled, embarrassed, "And tell Bakura and Marik that if they're going to go at it with Ryou and Malik, to keep it down." Jou realized what he just said and blushed a deep red and covered his face.
"I can't believe I just said that," he mumbled. He looked up at Seto who was giggling.
"You're cute when you're red," he smiled and kissed Jou on his forehead, which didn't really help the blush at all. Yami had already left with Yugi and the only ones in the living room was Jou, Seto, and Mokuba. Mokuba had fallen asleep on the couch. Jou picked him up and, along with Seto, carried him to his room. Seto tucked him in.
"Did you have fun tonight puppy?" he asked shyly.
"Yes I did…although the movie sort of freaked me out, I'll probably have nightmares tonight" he murmured. They both walked into their room, changed into the pajama bottoms they had the night before and settled into bed. Seto wrapped his arms around Jou.
"Don't worry, I won't leave you to face the monsters alone, I'll be with you and never leave your side." he whispered warmly, "Good night puppy."
"Good night Seto…Seto?" he whispered cautiously.
"Hm?"
"I love you," Jou said. Seto's eyes visibly brightened.
"I-I…I love you too, Jou,"
They both fell asleep in each others arms.
THE NEXT MORNING
Seto was in bed, feeling very pleasantly warm. He groaned a bit. 'Damn, I have to go to work today. The bed's so warm, I don't want to leave. Oh well, let's see what's on the agenda today. Take Mokuba over to Yugi's today, then drive to KaibaCorp and design a new gaming system…' Seto opened his eyes and saw the last person he expected in bed with him. His mouth dropped open as he remembered what happened, what he had done over the last two days. He had made a fool of himself. He yelled the first words that came to mind.
"OH SHIT!"
END OF CHAPTER
TBC
(1) The sleep over idea came from Hathor's-Favorite, so much thanks!
(2) I've done that! Slept till three and was still tired when I woke up!
(3) Yeah, in this fic, Jou's actually attentive and somewhat bright…
Jaazi: I updated!
DJ: Finally.
KK: Did you like this chapter? REVIEW PLEASE AND LET US KNOW!
DJ: To let you two know, I couldn't care less if they like it or not.
Jaazi: (glares) Why don't you keep your mouth shut for once?
DJ: Thinking…thinking…no!
KK: (pouts) Fine, be that way. Again, to all readers, PLEASE REVIEW!