Well, in the last chapter of the 'Snippets' Seto and Shizuka weren't married yet, yes, true. Doesn't make that much of a difference, does it? And yeah, I used their Japanese names (I like them more) but now I'll keep using their English names; it flows better within the English text...!

This is the result if one reads to much InuYasha fan fiction… Sorry for possible abuse. Haha.

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Theme: Curtains
Words: around 880?
Genre: humor
Note: not beta-ed.

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Part VI

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Behind the Curtains

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The tune of "Captain Future" whistling Mokuba trudged along the long hallway of the first floor in the Kaiba mansion as he caught the sound of a weird scream.

He stopped involuntarily by surprise and turned, facing the two wings of the door to Seto's office. It had been sounding like a muffled shriek and this really could not be normal. What was his brother doing in there? Raising a brow Mokuba scampered closer to the double winged door that was only ajar. He peered inside with one eye and found Seto on his knees.

Immediately, alarmed by his big brother's unusual position, Mokuba pushed the door carefully open, expecting anything but what he found there. He grimaced slightly.

Seto turned, still on all fours, and faced his younger brother. "Mokuba…"

"U-hu," the young Kaiba tilted his head to one side and raised one of his pitch black eyebrows. "What…are…you…doing…there?"

Seto's gaze seemed to be glued on the carpet as he tried hard not to be embarrassed.

"Hunting," he bravely answered.

"What…are…you…hunting?" It was hard to believe for Mokuba that his brother indeed knelt there in his expensive Armani suit on the carpetand seemed to be caught totally off-guard. Never, ever, had Seto been looking like this. Never.

"My…wife," Seto responded and shrugged, trying to regain some of his pride back.

The corners of Mokuba's lips twitched and a big, wide, extremely large grin erupted on his face before he began to laugh. He laughed hysterically, crying tears and pointing his finger at his brother.

Serenity!

Mokuba should have known. Only she was able to make an idiot out of the serious CEO of Kaiba Corporation. And oops… she did it again.

"Is…that…your tie…around your waist?" Mokuba held his belly as it hurt from laughing.

"Yes," Seto smirked and sat back on his legs. "So?"

Seto's try to be cool about the whole situation was making it only the more hilarious for Mokuba and so he kept giggling like a little schoolgirl. "What the hell is that on your cheeks?"

"Demon marks," seriously answering Seto smirked. He had enough!

It was okay if Mokuba found this was funny—it was after all—but if he wouldn't stop anytime soon, Seto could not fulfill his mission. He gave him one of those looks that told the young man more than any phrase could do.

Waving his hands in front of himself Mokuba nodded. "Okay, okay, I'm already out."

The giggling vanished with the younger brother's disappearance after he had fortunately closed the door.

A muffled giggle escaped from the west side of the room. Seto's eyes narrowed as he focused on the red curtains. Back on all fours he smirked as he caught the two tips of small female feet behind.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are!"

Another muffled yelp escaped from behind the curtains and Seto growled before he jumped and wrapped his arms around the figure within the thick fabric. Serenity screamed albeit laughing and tried to wriggle out of her husband's grasp.

"No way can you escape, human." Seto held her firmly.

"Please, I'm begging for mercy." Serenity tried to make puppy eyes but had to giggle when she came face to face with Seto.

"There's no mercy for what you did," he shook his head no.

"But it looks cute!" She pouted, then smiled. Indeed it was cute when Seto's cheeks were painted with her pink lipstick! "And it's funny. The tie suits the lipstick perfectly."

"Really? Funny chick," Seto smirked. "You deserve a lot of punishment."

"No, please, Seto. It wasn't serious, just fun. And you've played along wonderfully."

"That's no excuse." He kept his grip firmly on her. "I'm afraid there's no way to escape your punishment, darling."

"What the accusation?"

"The try to make your husband look like Sesshoumaru while he takes a nap," he replied and bent down to bring his face closer to hers. "A serious crime that deserves solid punishment."

Serenity gasped. Yes, she could have fun with Seto. Yes, they laughed when playing silly games like these. Yes, sometimes she even laughed about him. But, at some points he could still let one's blood freeze, their heart race and right now Serenity's bottom lip tremble with just one gaze.

She swallowed. "And…the judgment?"

A wicked grin spread on Seto's lips.

Later, at night, he settled comfortably into his bed and waited for Serenity to join him. An annoyed groan reached his ears from out of the bathroom.

"This is insane!"

"No, it isn't. It's your punishment. Now, get out of the bathroom and come here." Seto crossed his arms and legs as he leant back on the headboard of their bed.

Slowly Serenity emerged from the bathroom and stood, hands on her hips, smirking uneasily at Seto. "Are you satisfied now?"

"Not completely."

"What else? I've got the uniform—with an awfully short skirt by the way—the socks, the shoes, even the damn bow! So what else? Color my hair?" She stomped with her right foot and blew angrily one of her auburn bangs of hair out of her face.

Seto chuckled. "No, you're perfect that way—just too far away."

"Oh…"

"Now, join your demon, Kagome!"

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The end.

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eBay can be so inspiring! Just search for "cosplay"…

A/N: I knew you'd think it's Sess x Kagome stuff BUT it isn't. It's Seto who thinks that Kagome is attractive... like my male friends do think, too. And it's Serenity who thinks that Sesshoumaru is really hot... like... moi? Yup. Anyway, this really has nothing to do with any Inu pairing--but only Yuugioh.