Thank you very much to DarkFaerieLirael, zoe, Rowena Raven and Yugi and Mai for reviewing my last chapter!

DarkFaerieLirael: I would put lemons in this fic but I don't want to risk it, seeing as that's the reason why my fanfic got chucked off in the first place. Anyway, did you get the lemons? I sent them…please say in your review! There aren't any in this chapter though…well, thanks for the review!

zoe: here'sthe update! And I hope you got the lemons okay…

Rowena raven: Thanks for reviewing me again! Yes, more plot is going to be revealed in this chapter! Yeah, I know you can put edited lemons in, but I think it's simpler to just email it to people…and then they won't have an excuse to get me chucked off again! Well anyways here is the chapter, and tell me when you DO want the lemons!

Yugi and Mai: Thanks as always! I will send you the lemons at some point…

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, Kazuki Takahashi does.

Key

#Blah# Someone thinking, or talking to someone else through a mind link i.e. Yugi to Yami.

"Blah"Someone talking on the other side of a phone conversation, etc.

Warning: This story contains bad language, so if you get offended easily please don't read.

Episode 12 – Tearjerker

Joey groaned and sat up, rubbing his forehead vigorously. He and Seto had had a 'rough' time the night before, and his tiredness had made him forget where he was for a moment. He looked down and smiled upon his sleeping lover, who was breathing quietly by his side. He laid back down again and wrapped his arms around Seto, causing the older boy to wake up.

"Morning, love…" Seto yawned, pulling Joey gently closer to him in an embrace. Joey leant forward and kissed Seto lovingly, stroking his face with a finger.

"Morning…" Joey sighed happily as he allowed himself to be kissed back, settling back down into the bed.

"Sleep well…?" Seto asked. Joey smiled.

"Well, after last night, I don't think I could have stayed awake for more than a minute. I can't believe how good you are…"

"I'm glad you liked it." Seto smiled slyly. He pecked Joey on the cheek, before climbing out of bed. "Come on, get up."

"Seto, it's only eleven thirty. And it's the summer holidays." Joey said, hiding his face in a pillow.

"Well you can stay here then. But I'm hungry, so I'm going to have some brunch."

"It's breakfast time, not brunch time, Seto. It's not brunch till one, as far as I'm concerned." Joey looked up at Seto from his position on the bed, grinning slightly as he saw that Seto was completely naked still. It faded though when Seto put his shirt on, causing Joey to moan with annoyance. "Why are you putting clothes on? You look better when you're not covered up…"

"That kind of behaviour, Mr Wheeler, is for night time only."

"Oh…" Seto turned and smiled at a disappointed looking Joey, bending down and capturing his lips in a passionate kiss.

"Come on, Joey." Seto took the edge of the duvet on flung it off Joey, laughing as Joey madly tried to grab it back from him.

"Seto! Alright alright, I'm up!" Joey cried, springing to his feet before Seto could drag him up.

"Good boy." Seto hit Joey gently on his rear, causing him to yelp slightly as he jumped away from him. Joey growled as he watched Seto, who was now smirking, walk out of the room.

"I'll get you for that, Seto!" Joey called after him, before grabbing his clothes and stuffing them on hurriedly. He ran out of the room and down the stairs, crashing into Seto at the bottom.

"Argh! Watch where you're going, Joey!" Seto yelled, waving his arms to gain his balance. However, it was to no avail as he crashed to the floor with Joey following close behind. "Umph! Ow."

"Sorry…" Joey stood up to let Seto up, Seto rubbing the back of his head. He muttered something incoherent in reply, before walking haphazardly to the kitchen. Joey followed him in, sliding his arms around Seto's waist and kissing his ear. "Are you okay?" Joey continued to nuzzle Seto's ear and neck, holding him in a firm embrace.

"Yes, I'm okay." Seto smiled as Joey started to lick his neck, enjoying the gentle tickling sensation that was shooting up and down his spine.

"Good…now, food!" Joey abruptly pulled away from Seto and started to raid the cabinets, finding anything he could that was edible. He turned and caught Seto's exasperated look, and smiled innocently at him. "What? I'm hungry…"

"Yeah, I figured." Seto walked towards him and started to take some things out of the cupboard, before setting them out on the table. "So…did you want to do anything today, Joey?"

"Uh…I'm not sure. We could always go and see a film if there's anything interesting on." Joey said thoughtfully.

"Hmm…" They sat in silence for a while, each surrounded by their own thoughts. "Let's go to the park." Seto said suddenly, standing up from his stool.

"Well, I dunno…we went to the park yesterday." Joey said, considering the idea.

"We're going to the park. Now." Joey frowned at Seto as he walked over to him and grabbed his arm, stumbling as Seto pulled him off his stool.

"Hey, watch it! Can't I-" But Joey never managed to finish his sentence as Seto pulled him out of the kitchen, his grip tightening all the while. "OW! Seto let go of my bloody arm!" Joey yelled as he dragged him towards the door. "Wait!" Seto stopped outside the door as Joey roughly pulled his arm away from him. "Can't I even put my shoes on!"

"Yes. Quickly." Joey looked at him strangely before stuffing his shoes on, never taking his eyes off of him. "Let's go." Seto slammed the door shut before yanking Joey along again, not once looking back at him.

"Seto! Why do we have to go to the park!"

"Silence!" Joey gawped at him for a minute, his heart hurting from his harsh words. After that he let himself be dragged along, not caring as he felt depression wash over him.

#What has gotten into him? Is he doing this himself, or is it someone else?# Joey pondered over this, dread filling his mind as realisation dawned on him. #Seto…please don't tell me…you're being controlled…# Joey stumbled forward as Seto jerked his arm, and only then noticed that they had already reached the park. #That was way too quick for my liking…# He looked around Seto and thought he saw someone walking up ahead, but this was cut short as he soon found he could see nothing at all, his world falling into darkness… "SETO!"

Yami sighed as he stared at his reflection in the bathroom mirror, blood spilling from the open wound on his arm. He was wondering why he did it; he didn't really have a reason to. He just felt like it. In a strange way he felt reassured by the pain, it kept him from wandering from reality. But if anyone else found out about what he was doing, they would be furious…especially-

"Yami! Hey, Yami! Are you in there?" Yugi asked through the bathroom door, making him jump and stub his toe on the toilet.

"OW! Stupid toilet…"

"Err, you okay in there? Do you need help with something?"

"Nooo…"

"Okay then…I'll…be downstairs…" Yami listened as Yugi's footsteps receded down the hallway, and faintly heard a door shut.

"That was close…" Yami filled the sink with water, before plunging his head into it to and rubbing his face with his hands. He then dried his face on a towel and emptied the sink of water, before turning to tending to his arm. It wasn't a deep cut; he had just scratched- well, more than scratched- it with a compass that he had got out of his pencil case. The compass was now lying beside the sink on a bit of toilet tissue, blood surrounding the tip. He frowned at it before rinsing it under the tap, watching as the water was briefly coloured pink before running clear again. He dried the compass on the hand towel before putting it back down and placing some wet tissue on his cut. He winced as the cold water started to seep into the wound, squinting at it through pained eyes. He hurriedly wiped it before dropping the tissue into the toilet, taking some clean tissue and then drying the cut. He looked it in the mirror and ran his finger down it, his face turning from a frown to a look of sadness. He tugged the sleeve of his t-shirt down so that it covered the cut, before making sure everything was clean and flushing the toilet and walking out of the bathroom, not forgetting to pick up the compass before leaving.

"What were you doing in there?" Yami gasped and jumped, turning to find a curious-looking Yugi staring up at him with his innocent amethyst eyes.

"Uhh…I was…" Yami said whilst stuffing the compass in his pocket.

"What is that?" Yugi asked, indicating Yami's pocket.

"It was…nothing. I'm…going." Yami wheeled around and rushed into the bedroom, not noticing the sleeve of his shirt riding up his arm. Not by much; but it was enough for Yugi to see what it was and make him frown with confusion.

"What was that…?" Yugi asked himself quietly, before shrugging and walking back down the stairs.

Yami listened as he heard Yugi walking away again, before groaning and falling onto his bed.

"Shit…that was too close." He reached down for his school bag and took out his pencil case, putting his compass into it before placing it back into his bag. He looked to his arm and saw that the sleeve had already moved up his arm, revealing the cut to the world. Yami sighed and rummaged through his drawer, deciding it would be better if he wore a top with longer sleeves.

After he had changed, he went downstairs to greet an assortment of moods coming from the occupants of the house: Yugi was frowning to himself on a stool, Bakura was looking like he was going explode with hyperness, Ryou was looking depressed, and Grandpa was smiling happily to himself as he walked past Yami and out of the door.

"Good morning Yami!" Grandpa said cheerfully, before walking out of the hall door.

"Morning…" Yami looked round to find Bakura bounding towards him, yelling as he landed on top of him and started hugging him tightly.

"YAMI!" He squealed, scattering kisses all over his face.

"Bakura…" Yami said, looking at him wearily.

"Huggy!" Bakura sealed his lips over Yami's and poked his tongue into his mouth, all the signs that he had had too much of something that morning.

"Bakura…what have you…had?" Yami said in between kisses, before giving in and letting Bakura swamp him with his affection.

"He's had too much coffee! And also he decided he would have pop tarts for breakfast…" Ryou muttered, but couldn't help smiling a little when he saw Bakura and Yami rolling around on the floor.

"Mhph mph…" Yami tried to speak, but found that Bakura was not so easy to push off.

"Bakura!" Ryou yelled, standing over the pair of them on the floor. Bakura jumped up and started the same treatment with Ryou, leaving Yami staring with wide eyes at the ceiling.

"Uh, you okay down there?" Yugi asked, grinning as Yami turned his popping eyes onto him. He moved his mouth in silent words of shock, looking as though he had no clue what had just happened to him. "Come on, up you get." Yugi leant down and pulled Yami up by his arm, half carrying him towards a stool. Yami sat down on it and held Yugi in his arms, Yugi leaning his head on Yami's shoulder.

#Why?# Yugi asked, clenching a bit of Yami's shirt in his hand.

#Why what?# Yami looked down at Yugi, but Yugi was not looking at him.

#You know what I mean, Yami.# Yugi reached a hand up Yami's sleeve, running his finger along the cut on his arm. #Why?# Yugi looked expectantly at him, not removing his fingers from the wound.

#I…because I needed to.# Yugi smiled and shook his head, still not looking directly at Yami.

#You don't need to…# Yugi moved his hand to the side of Yami's face, before leaning forward and kissing him gently and passionately. #Because I'm here for you.# Yami felt his eyes sting with tears as he clung tightly onto Yugi, love overwhelming his heart. #Please don't do it again…I love you too much.# Yami felt suddenly angry with himself; he had no reason to do it. He had Yugi, and that was enough to keep him happy.

#I'm sorry Yugi…#

#Don't feel bad about it. I need you Yami, now more than ever. Do you remember what you promised me?# Yugi started scattering kisses all over Yami's face as he waited for his answer.

#Yes…#

#Good. I want you to keep that promise.# Yugi smiled as he turned around and sat himself on Yami's lap, leaning his head back so that it was resting against his shoulder.

"I promise, Yugi, that no matter what happens, I will never let you go…"

I watch with amusement as I see Kaiba desperately calling out Joey's name, finding it hard to control my laughter. What a dolt…he hasn't even realised what's happened yet. Well, face it Kaiba, you're never going to get your little Joey back!

With this thought in mind, I stand up and walk away from the scene, smirking because of Kaiba's insistent bawling. Ra if only I could shut him up…for good this time. He's so annoying. Like a little fly buzzing around your head…irritating, yes, but so easy to kill…

I quickly dodge behind a bush as I notice Kaiba coming in my direction, but it appears that he hasn't seen me because he goes straight past me and up the road.

"Run, run as fast as you can Seto…but try as you may, you will never escape me…"

After finding himself standing alone in the park, and with Joey nowhere in sight, Seto began to panic. He had run around for several minutes, worrying about what to do; but only one solution came to his mind.

#I must find…Yugi…# As soon as this came to mind, he ran out of the park, and in a minute he had reached the Game store. He stormed in through the front doors and walked straight up to the desk, but when he spoke it was clear that he was only acting confident; he, for the most part, sounded completely scared.

"Please, I must speak with Yugi. Where is he?" He asked Grandpa urgently, placing a hand on the counter. Grandpa looked at him with surprise, before lifting up the counter and indicating the door.

"He's upstairs, Seto. I hope you have a good reason for doing this; I don't think they'll like being disturbed…"

"I don't have the time!" Seto walked through and yanked the door open, before shutting it and leaving behind a very shocked looking Grandpa.

#What…?#

Seto rushed up the stairs and stormed in through the next door and into the kitchen, to find a shocked Yugi, Yami, Ryou and Bakura staring back at him.

"Kaiba! What are you doing here?" Yugi asked, not moving himself from Yami's lap.

"It's Joey. I think he's in trouble."

"Trouble? What kind of trouble?" Yugi looked a little more concerned now, walking over to Seto with Yami following close behind.

"I don't know! That's why I came here. I may need your help."

"Help?" Ryou said, surprised. They had all gathered around Seto, urging him to tell them more.

"What happened? Maybe we can work on it from there." Bakura suggested, pointing Seto to a stool. Seto nodded, glad that they had accepted his story as being true. He sat down, and proceeded to explain everything that had happened to him that morning.

"So…you were sitting in the kitchen, and the next thing you knew, you were standing alone in the park?" Yami paused for a moment. "Didn't you think of going back home?" Kaiba thought for a moment, before shaking his head.

"No. I'm sure something's happened to him. I mean, why would I suddenly end up in the park without even remembering it?" He looked sternly at them, but at the same time pleadingly; all he wanted to know was where Joey was.

"Well, I suppose we can help…"

"If you ask me, I'd say Malik might have been behind this…" Ryou said. They all looked at him, considering what he had said. "Well, let's look at the facts. Malik has the power to mind control people, doesn't he? And he wanted us…so there is no saying he didn't want Joey, either."

"Yeah, but WHY would he want him? It just doesn't make any sense."

"Well, maybe we should just have a look around then… maybe we'll see something." Yugi suggested. He looked back at Yami, who appeared to be deep in thought. A few moments later he looked at Yugi and smiled sadly, before nodding his head.

"Yes…let's go." Seto watched with a spite of jealousy as Yugi and Yami walked out of the room together, hand-in-hand and leaning on each other.

"Hey, come on." Bakura said, nodding his head towards the door. Seto sighed and walked after the two Yugi's, not sure if he was feeling at all hopeful or not. He just followed in a daze, not even looking up as he walked into the shop, with everyone in there staring at him as he walked out. He just didn't know what he would do if Joey really HAD gone, he wouldn't be able to live with himself.

"Seto, don't look so depressed. You don't know if Joey's been taken or not." Ryou said softly, only just loud enough for Seto to hear. He grunted, not looking back or making any other noise of acknowledgement. Ryou sighed with annoyance, before slowing down to walk with Bakura. "He just doesn't know how to cheer up, does he?"

"Hmm…" Bakura reached out and grabbed Ryou's hand, feeling calmed as he squeezed his hand in response.

Seto looked back and saw Ryou and Bakura holding hands, and felt even more irritated. Where was Joey? He begged and pleaded to the Gods that he was still alright…

Joey opened his eyes. Well, he was sure he had opened his eyes; only for the fact that it was pitch-dark, and he couldn't actually see anything. He felt around with his hands and found that he was lying on some kind of ground, and that it was dry, but cool. He sat up and tried to see if there was any light source at all, but he could still see nothing.

"HELLO!" Joey shouted, hearing his voice echo around him in the distance. #I must be in some sort of cave…# He thought, as he tried to stand up. He felt above him as he did so, to make sure he wouldn't hit his head on anything, but there didn't appear to be a ceiling. "HELLOO! CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME!"

For a few moments there was silence, but then he began to feel a rumbling sensation beneath his feet; he could hear cracking, as if the ground was splitting apart. And as he looked, he could see little beams, and then big pillars of light rising up from the ground. He looked up and realised that he couldn't see any kind of roof, it was still black above.

He yelled as a crack opened up beneath him, and jumped out of the way as it spread in front and behind him, and looking down he saw that the source of the light appeared to be fire.

"FIRE!" Joey ran as soon as he realised this, but it soon became impossible as he found himself cornered onto a skinny bit of rock. "I'm gonna die… I'm gonna die…" Joey repeated to himself, as the rock he was standing on began to rise up from the ground just as the rest of the land disappeared into bubbling fire. He closed his eyes as he felt the effects of vertigo set in, and knelt down as the rock rose even faster. He noticed the heat from the lava was lessening, and looked up to find that he could now see some sort of sky, well if it could be called that; it was swirling dark blue and purple, so subtle that Joey was not surprised he couldn't see it from the ground.

"Joey…" Joey yelled and jumped up, to find a shadowy figure floating in front of him.

"Wh-who are you?" Joey asked, backing away as far as he could without falling off the edge of the rock.

"That isn't important. Welcome to my game…Mr Wheeler."

Luff: ARGH! What's going to happen now people? I tried to make it exciting, but I dunno if it is.

S. Chensu: Hello people, I just randomly decided to come in and say hi. Anyway, it will be really cool but she won't tell me what exactly happens. I have however managed to get out of her who the person is. And it isn't who you suspect it is.

Luff: Thank you for telling them that. Now I'm sorry this is really late, but I had a few problems trying to write it.

S. Chensu: No, she just couldn't be bothered to. She's been too busy playing Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy.

Luff: Yeah, because you told me to! Nasty person… Anyway, time to go. Oh, and thank you to all of my reviewers too! Please review again!

(Yeah I know that note didn't really make sense as this update isn't really late, but that's what I wrote when I first put this story up…)