WAIII! I got 5 reviews! 5! (bounces around the room in joy)
First id like to thank those who reviewed, FireieGurl, Thunderstorm101, Yume Ishimaru, someone, Magicians of the Yami. THANK YOU! (gives cookies)
Ok in this chapter, more kawaiiness to rot your teeth, i think the angst fairy had left me and the fluff fairy joined
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Seto stared down at the blond limpet clinging to him, eye brows raised, looking utterly clueless Mokuba was giggling silently. Finaly Katsuya decided he had squeezed Seto enough and let go, much to the CEO's relief. The blond toddler was now studying Seto with a questioning expression, head cocked to one side, looking even more like a puppy than usual.
"You'r a stranger!" the small boy said pointing an accusing finger at Seto. Seto just marvelled at the child's sudden 180. Katsuya just frowned at him.
"Mom dold me, never to dalk to strangers. Why would she weave me wid one?" (AN: ARGH! I cant type child speak its hard)
Seto just glared at the boy.
"Just accept it brat!" Kaiba said, sounding utterly annoyed. Jou's mouth fell open with shock before he started screaming.
"HELP HELP! IM BEIN KID NAPPED!" Seto jumpped a mile and Mokuba glared at his brother. The younger Kaiba sat down next to the screaming child and gently set a hand on his shoulder.
"You're not being kid napped, Katsu-kun, you just haven't met us in a while. We've been away for a while see. Last time we met you were only a baby so you don't remember us. But i promise you're not being kidnapped." Mokuba smile reassuringly at the sniffling child.
"Weally?"
Mokuba nodded. Jou sniffed again and wiped his nose with the sleeve of his overly long T-Shirt.
"Why are my clothes gone big?" he asked, pointing to the T-Shirt he wore. It was so big on him it bearly managed to stay on his small shoulders. Mokuba just sweat dropped and Seto glared even more.
'He asks to many questions.'
"We'll get you some clothes now ok." Mokuba said as he took the small boys un bandaged hand and gently tugged him to his feet. Katsuya followed meekly. Thankfully not questioning anything else.
Seto followed, curious as to wear Mokuba was going to find clothes to fit Katsuya. Mokuba may be small, but even his clothes would still be too bit for the now tiny blond.
The child looked around at the hallways in awe as he was lead through them, many time he almost tripped as he turned his head to look behind him at something, while at the same time walking forward. After a few second Seto felt a small bandaged hand slip into his own. Seto glared down at the child only to be met with a sweet, brilliant smile.
Seto just directed his glared forward to the empty corridor.
Now the room they had been in was on the second floor, and Mokuba's destination was on the third. After passing many a hallway, door and stair cases, that cause the small childs head to spin at the sheer size of the place they arrived at Mokuba's room.
Katsuya let go of the Kaiba brothers hands and ran to the big bed. Jumpping on it with a delighted squeal. Kaiba frowned, but Mokuba just smiled and laughed. Seto was just about to shout at the boy for jumping on the bed, but seeing the delighted smile of joy, he just couldn't bring himself to do it.
Mokuba went to his closet and Seto sat on the bed. Catching Katsuya mid jump, and sitting him down beside him. Katsuya pouted and crossed his arms, but remained seated.
Mokuba was currently throwing random items of clothing over his shoulders, muttering words like, 'too big' and 'wrong colour'. Finally Mokuba found a t-shirt that had shrunk in the wash that had been hidden long ago and a pair of old jeans that could easily be rolled up if they were too long. He also found the boy clean underwear and a pair of shoes, that would be a little too big for him, but at least he'd be able to walk around outside. Mokuba gave the clothes to Katsuya and the boy instantly began to change. Well, he tried anyway. He was currently having trouble with the T-shirt. Trying to put his head through the arm hole.
Seto sighed and took the T-Shirt off the struggling boy. Katsuya smile gratefully and stuck his arms up in the air. Seto easily slipped the T-Shirt on, each body part going through the right hole in the fabric.
After much fuss Katsuya was dressed. The clothes were a little baggy. While the shirt fitted fine, the jeans were loon long and too wide around the waist. They were currently being held up with a belt, the legs rolled up to accommodate for Katsuya's short legs.
"Come on kid, we're going to go visit someone." Seto said darkly, currently planning out the various nasty things he could do to Yami.
"Mokuba, are you coming?" Seto asked. Mokuba shook his head.
"I'm going over a friends house and im already late." Mokuba waved as he ran off. Seto glared. Katsuya looked up at him, already standing by the bedroom door, ready to leave.
Seto sighed and began to walk down the corridors. Again Katsuya grabbed his hand. The small child looked a bit overwhelmed at the mansion, as if he'd never seen anything like it. The childs pace was also rather slow. The shoes were a bit too big and cause his to trip a number of times.
Seto finally had enough of the slow pace and easily scooped the small child into his arms. Walking quickly down the corridor. Katsuya didn't seem to mind being carried. He snuggled up to Seto while still looking around at the various things they passed as the journeyed down the hallway.
Seto got i the limo and sat Katsuya in the seat next to him. He told his driver where to go and sat back o relax. Katsuya didn't seem to want Sato to relax though. He climbed over Seto, and landed in his lap. Seto was sitting by the window and should have expected this. The little boy now had his hands pressed against the glass as the watched the world go by. Seto shook his head. Why did bad things always happen to him.
"Ne, Se-to, where are we gowin?"
"To visit...a friend." Seto said. Trying to avoid looking into the big brown eyes. Katsuya just nodded his understanding and continued to watch the streets fly past the window.
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They arrived at the game shop shortly after. Seto hoped Yugi and Yami were there. The shop was currently closed for the night. Seto wondered how much time had passed since the incident. Looking at his watch he found it to be 7 P.M already.
Kaiba knocked the door sharply with his knuckles and waited. And waited...and waited. He was just about to knock again when the door creaked open, and a spiky haired head popped out.
"Kaiba, what are you doing here?" Yugi asked, looking politely confused. Kaiba just picked up Katsuya and head the boy at Yugi's eye level.
"Recognise this?" he asked. Katsuya just cocked his head to one side again, studying Yugi, before smiling at him.
"J...Jou!" Yugi said, widened eyed. Then his eyes narrowed and he turned around quickly.
"YAMI!"
The pharaoh, who had been trying to sneak out of the room, froze.
Yugi, Yami and Seto each stared at each other. Seto and Yugi both looking angry, while Yami looked a bit worried and surprised that he had been caught trying to escape. Katsuya, who was still being held up by Seto wave at the teens.
"Hello!" He said cheerfully.
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Yugi was currently playing a board game with chibi Jou, well trying. Kaiba and Yami were in another room.
"What the hell happened to him? Is that what he damn thing was meant to do? Is that what would have happened to me!" Kaiba sounded furious.
"Well...yes that was supposed to happen. Just not to Jou." Kaiba growled.
"And what are you doing feeding that stuff to Jou anyway, it was only meant for you, made especially for you." Yami now looked angry.
"I didn't feed him that stuff, we were doing our project and he picked the wrong bottle up..." Kaiba went on the explain what happened.
"Hmmmm...so when the beaker shatter, the potion entered his blood stream and that's how it worked on him. Well i never expected that to happen."
Kaiba lunged at Yami, longing to hurt him. Yami easily side stepped, causing Seto to crash into the wall.
"Now if you had drunk the stuff like Yugi told you do, you would have returned to normal after a week or two. Jou on the other hand...i have no idea how long it will take for him to return to normal. It could be weeks...months...good think its the summer holidays, huh?" Yami said cheerfully. Kaiba growled again.
"Why would you want to turn me into a chibi anyway?" Seto asked.
"To let you learn you could trust us. We would have looked after you, and when you returned to normal hopeful you would have calmed down a bit, and learned you can trust us. Yugi worries about you for some dumb reason." Yami said, sounding as if he couldn't believe it.
Seto's eyes widened. Although it was an odd way to go about it, it showed just how much the short boy wanted Kaiba's trust, to be his friend. Kaiba shook his head.
"Whatever, i'm leaving. he's your problem now." Kaiba stood and made to leave. But at that moment Katsuya came bouncing into the room.
"Come play a game with us, come on come on!" He shouted, tugging on the CEO's hand.
"I can't," he managed to tug his hand free from Katsuya's grasp, "i have to go." he walked off and Katsuya follwed, pouting.
Yugi went after Katsuya.
"Why don't you stay with us for a bit Katsuya-kun, Kaiba is a very busy man." Katsuya shook his head vigorously.
"If i stay here, mom might not know were to find me." he looked deadly serious and worried about this. Seto growled, wishing he had come up with a better lie.
"Ok," Yugi looked at Seto, "take care of him." Yugi said softly. His tone of voice telling Seto he would be in deep trouble if anything bad happened to the small boy. Kaiba just glared at Yugi and took the small boys hand in his own.
"Come on, we have to leave now." Katsuya followed, waving happily at Yami and Yugi.
"Think we can trust Kaiba?" Yami asked as the door closed. Yugi nodded.
"Kaiba maybe be a bastard, but he'd never hurt Jou. Especially a chibi Jou."Yami just shook his head at his trusting hikari.
"Whatever you say."
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Katsuya had fallen asleep in the limo. Using Seto as a pillow. Not the Seto minded. The child was now quiet, which was a blessing. He watched the little boy sleeping. Thinking of the older Jou, wondering how long it would take for him to return to normal. If he would remember everything. Seto laughed quietly as he thought of what the mutts reaction would be.
They arrived at the mansion quickly. Katsuya was still asleep so Seto had to carry him again. Katsuya didn't even wake when Seto changed him into some old pyjamas of Mokuba. Deciding the best room for the boy would be the one next to his Seto gently tucked the small boy into bed.
"Good night, " he whispered quietly as he shut the door. In his room he opened the secret door that connected the two rooms. He left it open a little, enough so if the boy woke up in the night, from a nightmare, he could easily see the door.
Seto remember when Mokuba was little, his younger brother had nightmares now and then, and often he would come crying to Seto. It was just luck that these two rooms were connected.
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The small boys dreams were peaceful at first, filled with sweets and toys and whatever else small children dreamed about. But suddenly everything changed. It went dark, very dark. Katsuya shivered, this was diffrent than other dreams. This felt real. He sat down and hugged himself into a tight a ball as possible.
"Where am i?" he whispered quietly to the darkness.
"That's what i'd like to know," a familiar voice said. The small child jumped and looked to his right, where and older version of himself sat.
"Who...who are yo?" the older boy smiled.
"I'm you, you're me." the small boy looked confused and the older one ruffled the child's hair.
"It's ok, don't worry, nothing will hurt you here." Katsuya just hugged his small frame tighter.
"I don't like it here." he whispered. Jou looked at the child version of himself with pity.
"I'm sorry kid. But you'll wake up soon. So don't worry."
This didn't seem to comfort the boy. Although he knew he could trust the older blond. The dark place scared him. He shivered slightly.
"I want Se-to, where is he," the older Jou raised an eye brow at this but said nothing. Katsuya began to cry, silver tears falling down his face.
"I don't like it here!" he wailed miserably. Crying into his knees. Jou tried to hug the boy, but as he reached out, the small child had already vanished.
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Katsuya woke up, tears still running down his face. He wiped them away but found he was still shaking slightly. Everything was strange to him, this wasn't his room. Although he knew he was in Seto's home, he didn't know where to find the teen. He began to cry again, feeling utterly lost, when he saw a sliver of light. Still sniffing he got out of the bed and headed for the door that Seto had left open earlier.
Seto had gone to bed early, but had stayed up to read. of course, he had fallen asleep reading, leaving the lamp on, and giving Katsuya his guiding light.
Walking through the door way Katsuya found himself in another bed room. He looked around the strange room for a second, confused. Expecting to see his parents room. Then he remembered where he was. Looking over at the bed he saw the brown haired teen he was looking after him. He smiled and ran over to the bed. He trusted the teen, even though he acted cold and mean, the child knew he wasn't like that deep down.
Seto was asleep and the blond didn't want to wake him. The boy was still sleepy and he didn't want to go back to his bed. Alone. So he climbed into the big bed were is sleeping baby-sitter lay. He always did this with his parent so could see nothing wrong with climbing into the CEO's bed.
He curled up to the teen he trusted and instantly fell asleep.
Seto wake as he felt the bed move, looking down he saw Katsuya cuddling up close to him, his pale cheeks wet with tears.
'He must have had a nightmare.' Seto thought. Yawning again, Seto tucked the blankets around the small child and switched off the lamp, plunging the room into darkness.
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Seto awoke to someone poking him and calling his name.
"Se-to...Se-to...im hungwry. Se-to...wake up!" Seto groaned sleepily and looked at the clock on his bedside table. 6 A.M. He groaned again. He forgot the joys of having a toddler around. They always woke you up and inhuman hours no matter what day it was.
""I'm hugwry," Katsuya said again. Seto nodded, to show he was listening and dragged himself out of bed.
"Come on then." he said, yawing. Katsuya smiled and followed Seto to the kitchen.
"So what do you want to eat kid?" Katsuya shrugged. Seto sighed and poured the child a bowl of Mokubas favourite cereal. Katsuya smiled gratefully and began to eat. Wincing every now and then, using a spoon while your hand was bandaged and sore was not easy.
After the boy had winced in pain for the tenth time Seto took the spoon off him and began to examine the small boys hand.
When Seto unwrapped the bandages he found the wound hadn't worsened or gotten much better. It wasn't bleeding anymore, which was good.
"Maybe we should take you to see the doctor," Seto mumbled to himself. He missed the look of fear on Katsuya's face. The boy tugged his hand back and hugged it to his chest.
"No, no im fine. Weally. It don't hwrt." Seto just raised an eyebrow.
"We have to take you to the doctor, just in case the wounds infected. It will hurt more if you don't go."
The boy shook his head.
"Don't wanna go." Seto sighed , "don't like needles." the blond said so quietly Seto only just caught the words.
"I'll be with you." He smiled reassuringly at the blond. Or at least he tried too. Smiling wasn't something that came naturally to him. The blond child still didn't look convinced.
"Ok, how's this. If you go to the doctors, and behave. After, we'll go for ice cream. Would you like that?"
The blond chibi thought this over for a second, a small frown that looked more like a pout graced his features. Then, he slowly nodded.
"Ok." The blond boy then gave him a brilliant cute smile that would make any girl scream KAWAII! at the top of her lungs and even make mean biker dudes smile. Even Seto felt the corners of his lips twitch.
"Mornin'." Mokuba mumbled, walking into the kitchen rubbing the sleep out of his eyes and still clad in his pyjamas.
"MORNIN'." Katsuya shouted jumping from his chair and running to give the younger Kaiba a hug. Mokuba only just caught the blond bundle of energy. He gently patted the boys head.
"Mornin' Katsu-kun." Katsuya smiled up at Mokuba.
"Seto said he's taking us for ice-cream, are 'ew gonna come too?" Mokuba smiled.
"Really Onii-chan! Can we go to that new place, please please please!" Seto was now attacked with double puppy eyes, and it wasn't fair at all.
"Yes fine, ok now stop with the puppy eyes and eat your breakfast. Mokuba let out a whoop of joy and Katsuya began to run around the kitchen shouting. Seto sat at the counter and massaged his temples.
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Katsuya was not a happy camper. Tears were welling up in his eyes and he was currently trying to tug his sore hand away from the big scary doctor. Seto was sitting next to Jou but it didn't help much, Mokuba sat on his chibi Jou's other side. The doctor examined the childs hand and was currently looking rather annoyed at the childs constant tugging. He longed to shout 'keep still' but the glare the older Kaiba kept shooting him held his tongue.
"It dosen't seem too bad, there's no glass in there anyway," he began to rub some cream into the cuts. This cause Katsuya to scream and let go of whatever was left of his will not to cry. Great big tears began to fall down his cheeks as the doctor bandaged the hand up again. He then gave the tub of cream to Seto.
"Rub this into his hand everyday and change the bandages at the same time," it should heal within a week or two and leave no scars." Seto nodded as he scooped a sobbing Katsuya into his arms.
No wonder the little boy didn't like going to the doctors, that guy was a real sour old bag.
"Katsu-kun,k its ok now, don't cry," Mokuba tried to comfort the chibi.
"We're going for ice-cream now, what flavours are you going to have?" This seemed to be the right topic, Katsuya sniffed one more time and began listing all his favourite flavours, with Mokuba commenting now and then.
Seto rolled his eye's and set Katsuya on the floor when he realised the child wasn't crying anymore, as soon as Katsuya was on his feet again he clutched Seto's hand with his unbandaged one and continued to talk animatedly to Mokuba.
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The ice cream shop was quiet when they got there. Both Mokuba and Katsuya had decided they wanted the biggest ice cream they could get and were currently arguing about who could eat it the fastest. Seto rolled his eyes. No way were two children going to eat that much ice cream. Breakfast this morning had taught him it didn't take allot of sugar to make Katsuya hyper, and his brother often went nuts whenever he ate too much ice cream.
They managed to get a both to themselves. Kaiba ordered 3 sundaes and allowed Katsuya and Mokuba both to choose what flavours they wanted. Their ice cream arrive in record timing, crammed to the top. Both Mokuba and Katsuya yelled happily and dug into their ice cream with vigour. Seto meanwhile ate his with a quite dignity as he watched the two boys make pigs of themselves.
Katsuya was currently giggling and pointing at Mokuba who had somehow managed to get some of the whipped cream in his hair. Mokuba was glaring the offending piece of hair, angrily shouting at it fir stealing his ice cream. Katsuya wasn't in a neater stare, he had ic cream all over his mouth, and a big dollop of cream on his nose.
"Baka," Seto muttered as he used his finger to rub the cream off the childs nose and handed Mokuba a napkin with his other hand. Katsuya eye the ice cream greedily and instantly bit Seto finger taking the cream with it.
"What was that for!" Seto shouted nursing his sore finger and trying not to imagine the real Jou liking the cream off his finger.
'I will not have thoughts like that about the mutt.'
Katsuya just smiled.
"You can't steal any of my ice cream!" he said happily as he continued to eat. Seto just rolled his eyes, still thinking that was not a good enough reason to bite his finger, and still trying to get rid of the image of the real Katsuya doing that to him, only much more gently, and slowly.
This was not a good day for the CEO.
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Next Seto was dragged to the mall, Mokuba had insisted that they buy a whole new wardrobe for Katsuya since they could rely on Mokuba's old clothes. SEto had agreed and Katsuya was just happy to be outside. He was currently sitting on Seto shoulders. Giggling and shouting 'hello' at random people.
Mokuba had ran off the the game shop, where he had met his friends and had gone off with them. So now Seto was left with a toddler...all on his own, this was not good. Especially when the toddler in question was Katsuya and had a tendency to get extremely hyper, extremely quickly.
Seto manage to find a child's clothes shop easily and went in, suddenly feeling very embarrassed, the shop was full of women and their children, not a single man was in sight, all probably too wise to go shopping with their wives and children. Seto sighed. He could really do without this.
He plucked Katsuya from his shoulders and put the boy on the floor.
"Awwww, i was having fun sitting up there, the view is so cool!" the little boy shoutted. Seto rolled his eyes.
"Just go look for something you'd like to wear." Katsuya smiled and ran off. All children love to explore shops. Especially shops made just for them.
Seto began to look through the various clothes, he suddenly realise he didn't have a clue what size Katsuya was. He shook his head angrily and took a wild guess, grabbing a pair of jeans that would look like they fitted. While Seto was looking for clothes Katsuya had found 'the tree', yes in this shop was a big plastic tree, and this tree was very special, if you pressed the button it would sing to you, a bear also stood near the tree and did the same thing.
(AN: theres a shop like that near me, and that tree is scary, (shudder) the bear is cute though)
Katsuya pressed the button and squealed with delight as the tree and bear started to sing in perfect harmony. He began to dance to the tune and tried to sing along. Many people near by stopped what they were doing to watch the cute display. A few children even ran over and began to dance with Katsuya, giggling childishly.
Seto meanwhile was wading through the many choices of pants, T-shirt, jackets and shoes and whatever else the shop sold. After accumulating a large pile of clothes he went in search of Katsuya.
"Katsuya, Katsuya where are you!" he shouted. He made two laps of the shop before he found the blond, dancing in front of the stupid, plastic, singing tree.
"There you are," he said. Katsuya looked at him and grinned.
"SETO!" he shouted joyfully and threw himself at Seto's legs, which was the highest he could reach. Seto only just managed to keep his grip on the pile of clothes and his balance.
"Katsuya calm down, you need to try these on, come one." he said as he walked towards the changing rooms and tried to ignore the adoring looks of the women and their muttered, "How sweet!"
It took nearly an hour for Katsuya to try on all the clothes Seto had picked for him. Seto's guess had been accurate and all the clothes fitted Katsuya perfectly. When the blond boy had decided which clothes he wanted Seto took the selection to the cash register. Katsuya stood near him, holding onto the hem of his coat.
The sales clerk began to run each item through the register and she smiled at Katsuya.
"What a cute son you have," she smiled and Seto and Katsuya. Seto just stared at her as if she'd had a brain transplant and Katsuya began to giggle.
"Do I LOOK old enough to be his father!" Seto shouted indignantly, the woman cowered away from Seto's wrath.
"Well teenage pregnancies are on the rise you know," she muttered. The vein in Seto's head began to tick, he quickly stormed out of the shop after paying for his purchases, a still giggling Katsuya followed him.
"It's not that funny you know," he muttered at the blond. Katsuya just smiled.
"Sure it id, you look nothin like my daddy," he giggled again, "your alot more grumpy." Seto just glared ahead of him at this remark. Right now Seto would give anything to have the normal Katsuya standing neck to him, even if they would be arguing.
Seto's mobile began to ring and he answered it rather snappily.
"What?"
"Nice to talk to you too onii-chan, did you get everything for Katsu-kun?"
"Yes," Seto said icily, he'd rather not be reminded of that place.
"Well im staying over Taka's house today, i'll be back later. Ja." and Mokuba hung up. Seto just glared at the phone.
(AN: Taka is mine, all mine, mwahahaha i made him up!)
"Seto, where are we goin now?" Katsuya asked.
"Home," Seto said snappily, he had worked that needed to be done.
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In the limo Katsuya would not sit still, he pressed every button in his reached at least twice and Seto had to bite his tongue to keep himself from shouting at the boy. Seto was glad to finally be home.
"Katsuya, you have to stay in Mokuba's room ok, play whatever games you like, don't brake anything." and he left the boy in his little bothers room, hoping Katsuya would stay there, he really needed some peace and quiet.
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Ok pointless fluff and not much of a story, but it was cute! Mwhahahaha. Chibi!Jou is so fun to writte, and Seto is just too sweet (pinches his cheeks.)