All I want for my X'mas is my Puppy
Part II-A ride that ends in a big Bang!
by YYY

"Fasten Your Seat Beat, NOW!" Joey screams as he steps on the accelerator. The taxi shoots forward.

Seto feels like he is sitting on in a rocket. Before Seto can ask what happened, the black car strikes Joey's taxi from behind with enormous force.

"Hold on tight!" Joey shouts as he tries to get away from the black car.

"Wheeler!" Seto screams. A motorcyclist hits Joey's window with an iron bar. The window shatters and broken glasses fly into Joey's eyes.

"I can't see anything!" Joey shouts. The motorcyclist waves his iron bar toward Joey.

"Dodge!" Seto shouts. Joey dodges and the iron bar misses Joey's head.

Joey's street instinct kicks in and he can sense the bar brushes across his hair. The former gangster grabs the bar and jabs it at the direction it comes from. The iron bar hits the motorcyclist's helmet and makes the motorcycle flies away.

"Are you okay?" Seto asks Joey.

"Yeah! You hold on!" Joey says as he opens his eyes. There are a bunch of black cars on the road trying to hit Joey's taxi. The blonde races around the cars with amazing skill but there are too many cars to avoid. One of cars hit the taxi at the side. The taxi bounces off the road and hits the window of a store at the side of the street.

A group of Yakuza get off the black cars and start shooting at Joey and Seto. Right before the Yakuza reach Joey and Seto, the taxi's engine explodes. The explosion sends the Yakuza fly off in air.

"Where is Seto Kaiba?" One of the Yakuza asks.

"He must be dead, no one can survive that blast." The other Yakuza answers.

"Damn it, those people really wanted to kill me." Seto mutters. The ground breaks upon the impact of the explosion; Seto and Joey fall through the ground and landed in a wet, dark and dirty tunnel.

"What is this place?" The BEWD master asks.

"Underground sewage system." Joey says as he wakes up next to Kaiba.

"What times is it?" Seto asks.

"Around 11:30pm." Joey says as he looks at his watch. His eyes hurt so much that when he tries to read the time, tears start coming down.

"Let me check your eyes. There might still be glasses inside." Seto says as he walks up to Joey. The CEO holds Joey's cheek and looks at Joey's eyes. Joey can feels Seto's fingers touching his face, he can see deep into Seto's crystal blue eyes; he can also feels Seto's warm breathe on his icy cheek. Seto's face is so close to Joey their lips are close enough to kiss.

Seto suddenly realizes how close the two of them are. This is the first time he touches Joey; and Joey's skin feels soft and smooth. Joey looks mesmerizing with those watery brown eyes. The CEO coughs and moves away.

"It's impossible to see anything in this dark place. You better get something to wash your eyes. Now get going, mutt. I have somewhere to go and I have no time to waste on you." Seto says before walking away.

"I'm going with you." Joey says.

"I don't have time to walk you, mutt." Seto says as he pushes Joey. Joey falls to the ground and lets out a painful cry. It is then Seto notices Joey's leg is wounded and Joey has a hard time standing.

"Those killers shot your leg! You need to go see a doctor!" Seto shouts.

"My leg is fine; the bullet just scratched me. The bleeding will stop if I pressed on wound. I don't need a doctor. I can still walk and I'm not going to leave you. Those people are not common thugs, they're the Genyosha Yakuza! You need my help!" Joey says. The blonde is wounded, dirty and cold. The winter air is making Joey shivers (he is only wearing jeans and shirt because there is heat in his car). Yet, Joey never looked so determined and strong.

Seto takes off his jacket, puts it around Joey and says, "I already got you shot, now go away before I got you killed."

"I'm staying! There is no way you can get away from them without my help. We have to get to the police before those Yakuza got you!"

"There is no use. Ginho is the one who wanted me dead." Seto says. Ginho is a powerful crime lord and he got the whole police department bribed.

"Ginho is the one who is after you? Why?" Joey asks.

"Ginho was a friend of my step-father Gozaburo. He used to use Kaiba Crops to laundry his dirty money when Gozaburo was around. I found hidden records of those transactions in Kaiba Crops' computer this morning." Kaiba says.

"No wonder he wants you dead." Joey says.

"Ginoh puts a virus into my Kaiba Crops computer. The virus is working it way through the system and it will destroy everything at midnight. The main computer can stop the virus but it needs my voice command, retinal scan and handprint. I need get out of here and get back to Kaiba Crops before 12 o'clock."

"You can't get out of here and get to Kaiba Crops in 30 minutes." Joey says, "Trust me, I have been driving my taxi down Tokyo streets last couple of X'mas Eves, I can tell you right now it's gonna take at least an hour on the road. Besides, the Yakuza will find you the moment you get back up there. They have watch-dogs all over the city."

"That isn't going to stop me." Seto says.

"Seto, listen to me for a second. I worked here last summer as an inspector and I walked around these tunnels everyday. If you run fast, I can get you to Kaiba Crops in 20 minutes."

"Of course I can run. But I can't make you run, you just got shot at your leg."

"You're just afraid to loose to me." Says Joey as he ties a piece of clothes around leg wounds and runs away.

"Wait!" Seto chases after Joey. Joey shouts, "Let's go! We don't have much time! My legs are fine!"

Upon hearing those words, Seto can't help but looks down at Joey's legs. Joey's legs are not fine. Joey's legs are amazingly great. (Wonder if Joey's legs are as soft and tender as his face?) Seto thinks as he imagines having Joey's legs wrapping around his waist.

Seto almost falls down because he is checking Joey's hips. "What the hell am I thinking?" Seto yells at himself. He regains his balance and follows Joey down the dark tunnels.

TBC…