All I want for X'mas is my Puppy
Part 6: Warm Hug, Hot Kisses
by YYY

"It's quiet outside. I think the Yakuza are gone now." Seto says. He then realizes Joey is sleeping on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry. I don't mean to use your shoulder as a pillow. I guess I'm a little tired." Joey says as he opens his eyes. Joey's eyes are usually bright and crystal clear. But right now, those eyes are red and dull from the tiresome night. Joey looks so exhausted, it makes Seto feels bad about waking Joey up.

"Don't apologize. You're human and human gets tired. You have been running around the whole night." Seto says.

Joey smiles to Seto and says in a happy voice, "why are you being so nice all of a sudden? If you're worry about me, don't be. I will be fine! Those Yakuza are no match for me. I can take them down with my eyes closed." Seto can tell Joey is not fine. Joey is just pretending to be happy because he doesn't want Seto to worry.

The CEO taps on Joey's nose and says, "your nose is twitching, mutt."

"Huh?" Joey doesn't understand what Seto means.

"Your nose twitches when you're scared. I learned that when we duel. Whenever you were scared that you might lose to me in a duel, your nose would start twitching even though you acted fearless." Seto says.

"I'm not scare." Joey says as he gets away from Seto. Seto pulls Joey back into his arms and holds Joey tight.

"I know you're scare. Stop pretending you're not." Seto says to Joey, "it's okay to be scared. Just remember that you're not alone or helpless, I'm here with you and I'll help you."

Joey is very weary at pretending that he is not afraid. He really wants to let his feelings out. Since Seto is being so nice, Joey decides to open up to Seto. "I'm scared. I don't really know if I still got enough strength in me to fight all those Yakuza. There, I admit I'm scared. Is my nose still twitching?" Joey says.

Seto taps on Joey's nose and says to him, "no, it's not twitching anymore. It's a shame, your nose is very cute when you twitch it."

"My nose isn't cute!" Joey protests. Seto just smiles and plants a kiss on Joey's nose. The kiss surprises Joey and makes Joey blushes. Seto smiles and says, "your nose is too cute, I have to kiss it."

Joey's creamy cheek blushes like ripe apple. "You can't just go around and kiss people, that's…" Joey says. Before the blonde can finish the sentence, Seto kisses Joey on the lips. The kiss is so hot and passionate; it makes Joey's heart beats two times faster than before.

The blood in Joey's body is pumping so fast Joey's whole body is getting hot. Joey is very heated from squeezing into such a tiny space with the handsome CEO. When Seto kisses him, he can't hold down his feelings anymore. Joey kisses Seto back passionately. The blonde wishes the kiss will last forever, but he needs to go and save those girls.

"I better get going," says Joey as he breaks his kiss, "thanks for the encouragement, Kaiba, I needed that. It's a nice feeling to have you hold me in your arms."

"Puppy like to snuggle?" Seto jokes.

"I should have never said that. It's stupid of me to give you a chance to make fun of me." Joey grunts. He takes a stick on the shelf for weapon and gets out of the storage room.

"Hey, mutt, remember what I said." Seto says, "you're not alone. I'm here with you."

Joey smiles, "thanks for coming with me, Seto."

Just as Joey predicted, all the Yakuza are relaxed. None of them think anything will happen in the tranquil sea; so they've all put their guns down. The Yakuza are scattered around the ship eating, drinking, smoking or taking naps.

Joey has drawn a mental map of the whole ship when he was sneaking around earlier so he has no trouble moving around the ship unnoticed; the blonde finds the scattered Yakuza one at a time, and then he takes the Yakuza down one by one. It isn't an easy task, but Joey manages to take down all the Yakuza on the ship with Seto's help.

Joey ties all the Yakuza up and locks them into a cell. He then let the girls out and gets some food and water for the girls. Afterward, Joey steers the ship to where the water police are. (Joey used to fish around the area a lot, so he knows where the police ship will be.) The Interpol gets onto the ship and arrests all the Yakuza.

"Thank you so much for saving those girls; if it weren't for you, we would have never know there are girls on this ship." The Interpol commander says to Joey and Seto, "we'll take those girls home now."

"Thank you so much, Niisan!" The girls cry as they all hug Joey. Joey smiles, "don't mention it. I'm just happy that you are all okay."

"Unbelievable, the crazy mutt really saved those girls." Seto says.

"Who are you calling crazy mutt?" Joey asks.

"There is only one crazy mutt here, and that's you." Seto says to Joey, "you could have got yourself killed back there. Now I understand why your sister is so worried about you. Don't you ever do something so dangerous again."

"Your boyfriend is right, Joey. It was very dangerous for you to go up against a gang of Yakuza like that. I'm very thankful that you saved the girls, but the truth is the Yakuza could kill you. You should listen to your boyfriend." The commander says.

"He is not my boyfriend!" Joey screams.

"He is not? I'm sorry. From the way the two of you behave, I would think that the two of you are a couple. The way he looks at you is more loving than the way my dad looks at my mom; and my parents are married for 30 years." The Commander says.

"Stop looking at me!" Joey yells at Seto.

"But you're so funny to look at. If I don't look at you, where can I find something to make me laugh?" Seto asks.

"Are you two really not a couple? The two of you fight like my parents, too." The officer asks.

"We are not a couple!" Joey is screaming so hard; his face turns bright red.

An Interpol agent runs up and says to the commander, "Sir, the Yakuza are smuggling more than girls. We found drugs and weapons in the cargoes too."

"That Ginoh will do anything to get some money." Joey grunts.

"Too bad we can't do anything." The commander says, "We have been trying to charge him for a long time, but Ginoh is really careful and we can never find anything on him."

"My dad used to be Ginoh's partner. He didn't trust Ginoh so he kept all Ginoh's transaction in a secret file in Kaiba's Crops computer. I downloaded those files to my palm top. Too bad I left my palm top at my office." Seto says.

"You mean this?" Joey takes out Seto's palm top from his back pocket.

"How did you get it?" Seto asks.

"I was worried last night and I went to your office to get you. When I got there you were gone and the palm top is on the table. I thought you might need it so I took it with me. I was going to give it back to you, but I forgot with everything that's happening." Joey says.

"You're such a good puppy." Seto grins.

"Stop calling me a puppy!" Joey grunts and walks away.

"It's hard to believe you aren't his boyfriend." The commander asks.

"Oh, I'm his boyfriend, he just doesn't know it." Seto smirks.

TBC….