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Serena: All right let's try another chapter shall we?
Yami Ser: You did it again didn't you?
Serena: Did what?
Yami Ser: You came full circle and are simply going to focus on this story for a while.
Serena: Hai!
Jou: Oh great….
Serena: frowns at Jou for a moment but then shakes it off I'd like to thank Sami, Ryous Hikari, for you steady reviews of each chapter, this one's for you! grins
In the Service of Seto Kaiba - Chapter Six - Enter Mokuba
Seto suddenly stopped walking and turned around quickly only to find nothing. There was no one behind him though he knew he had heard more than his own footsteps only a moment ago. With a growl he started to walk again and when he came upon Jou's new home he stopped for a minute and looked at the house from the end of the drive way. He really wanted to go and see the blond, to apologize for earlier, but his thoughts were quickly pulled back to the folder in his possession and with a sigh he continued on to his own home.
As he entered Mokuba as usual tackled his brother to the floor as soon as he entered but unlike he normally did Seto didn't struggle or complain he simply laid there for a minute before sitting up and giving Mokuba a quick hug before heading into his home office. He didn't even say hello.
Mokuba watched Seto for a minute and frowned. He's been like this since he got that delivery this morning. What the hell was in it? Mokuba wondered to himself. Seto had been so happy the day before mumbling something about buying his puppy a new home, and this morning it was back to 'stupid mutt'. Mokuba knew that he meant Jou but what he couldn't figure out was how his opinion if Jou could change so quickly considering that Mokuba knew how Seto truly felt about the blond.
Seto closed the door behind himself and sat down at his desk before finally taking the file back out. He emptied the contents onto his desk and set to work trying to figure out where the hell they had come from. The sooner he did that the sooner he could go about fixing everything that it had messed up. Seto was so busy with this he didn't even notice his office door open just a crack, nor was he aware of his younger brother peeking in and plotting to get his hands on the file.
Over in his own home Jou tossed and turned still trying to figure out why Seto suddenly seemed to hate him again.
'Call it a temporary lapse of sanity. I assure you it won't be happening again.' Seto said coolly. 'You are dismissed for the day. Now get the hell out of my office.' he hissed out.
Jou frowned as he remembered the words from earlier in the day and he stood up slowly before moving to his desk, grabbing a pen, and pulling out a piece of paper. He slowly put his pen to the paper and started to write a letter to Seto. It wasn't just any letter though, it was a letter of resignation. He wasn't going to use it right away, not until he at least found another job.
As he wrote he could feel his sadness building. It struck him as odd, he had been so happy the day before, and the happiness was caused by the very person that was upsetting him now. He was confused to say the very least. As he finished the letter he leaned back in his chair and rubbed at his temples before climbing back into his bed with a sigh.
Jou wasn't the only one falling asleep at that moment, back at the Kaiba Manor, Seto was also falling asleep. As soon as his eyes were closed Mokuba set his plan into motion. He made his way into the office as quietly as possible and crept over to his sleeping brother's desk. His eyes bulged slightly at the contents of the folder but he shook it off before gathering everything together and hurrying back out of the office.
As soon as the door was closed he leaned against it and frowned. So this is what was behind his sudden change of heart. Mokuba said glancing down at the folder he now held in his hands. I bet Jou doesn't even know. Knowing Seto he probably didn't even explain it at all. Mokuba thought as he hurried up to his room. He then quickly made copies over everything in the folder, scanning it into his own computer and printing it out as fast as he could. Putting everything back into the folder he headed back downstairs and placed the original back in his brother's briefcase before heading off to bed himself.
Seto awoke with a start as the alarm clock on his lap top went off. With grumble he got out from behind his desk and headed into the bathroom that was connected. After a quick shower and change he headed back out only to glance down at his desk and find it empty. Where did it go! he thought as a wave of panic hit him. He practically flipped the desk over trying to find the folder before he finally looked in his briefcase. I don't remember putting this back in here… he thought to himself with a frown glancing around the room. Then again I don't really remember falling asleep either. he added before gathering everything he need to take in to work. Once he was gone Mokuba started to pour over his copied contents of the folder trying to put everything together in his own mind.
'This makes no sense. How the hell did someone manage this?' Mokuba wondered aloud to no one but himself.
Suddenly and idea dawned on him and he quickly picked up his phone before dialing a number.
'Mushi mushi.' an accented voice answered with a small yawn. The younger teen paused for a moment wondering if what he was about to do was in fact a good idea. Finally he nodded to himself and responded.
'Ryou! Hey it's Mokuba, this will sound strange but can I please talk to Bakura?' Mokuba asked quickly. Ryou hesitated for a moment before he himself answered.
'Hai, hold on just a minute, I'll get him.' The white haired teen said before setting the phone down.
Mokuba sat there behind his own desk with his elbows propped up on it still glancing at the pages from the file as he waited. Finally the phone was picked up again.
'What do you want?' a voice all but hissed out at him from the other end of the line. Mokuba simply chuckled at the yami though.
'I have a job for you Bakura, you and Ryou both, don't worry I'll make sure you're well paid for it too.' As the words left his mouth he could almost hear Bakura smirking.
'I'm listening.' Bakura said quickly, his voice taking on a rather shifty tone.
'Good.' Mokuba said to the other as he grinned a very Kaiba like grin.
As Seto headed into his office he was more than surprised to see Jou already busy working on a stack of papers. With a frown he looked towards the blond and started to talk.
'I see you're here early today mutt.' He said sharply. When no response came from Jou he frowned again and seated himself at his desk.
After about and hour or so of silence Jou approached Seto's desk slowly. When Seto paid him no heed, he cleared his throat causing the CEO to finally look up at him. Jou then laid the letter he had written the night before down in front of Seto. The brunet glanced at it before glaring up at Jou who was busy looking at the floor, doing his best not to meet Seto's gaze.
'What the hell is this?' he snapped out and Jou frowned slightly at his outburst.
'Isn't it obvious? It's my letter of resignation. I quit Kaiba, since it's obvious you don't want me working here anymore.' Jou said quickly, his eyes never leaving the floor.
'That's nice mutt, but you can't quit.' Seto said simply. At this Jou's eyes went wide and he finally looked up at Seto in shock.
'What'da ya mean I can't quit!' he demanded rather loudly. At this Seto scowled but went on to explain anyway.
'In case you have forgotten mutt, you signed a contract. You'll be working for Kaiba Corp for the next year, unless I decide otherwise.' Seto said reaching into his desk, pulling out said contract, and holding it up for Jou to see.
The blond had forgotten about the contract and now cursed himself for his stupidity. With a huff he simply turned and stormed out of the office. This caused Seto to snap and he was up on his feet and out of his office in a matter of seconds.
'Get your ass back here mutt!' Seto screamed after Jou but the shorter teen didn't listen to him, he simply walked onto the elevator and gave Seto a hurt look before the doors slid closed.
Mitsuki watched this all from her desk and was mentally rubbing her hands together and grinning like a mad woman. Her plans were going perfectly. Jou had just walked out, and according to the Kaiba Corp rules and regulations, that meant automatic termination for any employee that wasn't Seto. Plus the fact that it had been Seto he had walked out on meant Jou would probably never been seen in the building again.
As Seto turned to head back into his office Mitsuki stopped him by calling out his name. He turned and looked at the woman with a scowl.
'Nani!' he hissed out at her. She seemed unfazed by this and grinned happily at him.
'Would you like me to delete Jounouchi-san's files?' she asked a tinge of amusement in her voice. At this Seto rounded on the woman and got in her face.
'What I would like Takanowa is for you to mind your own fucking business.' Seto hissed out at the woman before storming back into his office and slamming the door shut behind himself.
Mitsuki let out a frustrated sigh at this. Clearly this was going to be much, much harder than she had originally planned, and she hated when things weren't going as she had planned.
Jou made his way down the street not really paying attention to much of anything until he ran into something firm that started to chuckle at him. Jou finally looked up to see Bakura and Ryou looking rather smug. Jou gave his friends a confused expression before the two basically threw him into their car.
'What da hell is goin' on!' Jou demanded from the back seat as Bakura sped through the streets, driving fast enough to almost make the blond nervous.
'Someone wants to see you. We were asked to collect you among other things.' Ryou explained sounding rather cryptic, needless to say it creped Jou out a fair amount that his friend was starting to sound very much like his yami.
In the end Jou just looked at the two of them feeling rather confused by all of this and he was even more confused when they pulled into his driveway. The three climbed out of the car and headed into Jou's house. Once they were in the living room Jou realized that someone else was already in there. Jou looked at the younger ebony haired teen.
'Mokuba! What da hell is goin' on! Someone better start talkin!' Jou spat out looking at the three in the room. At this Mokuba held up his hands.
'Jou please calm down. I have something here that you need to see, it might explain the way my brother has been acting.' Mokuba said holding up his copy of the file.
Jou nodded his head slowly and moved to where Mokuba was standing. The shorter boy then dumped the contents onto the coffee table and Jou looked at it in shock not believing what was there before him.
'Oh shit'
Serena: Hehe! You all thought I was going to tell you what was in the folder didn't you!
Yami Ser: Thought you told me not to tease the readers.
Serena: I told you not to tease them, I never said I couldn't. grins
Jou: All right folks R+R!