by SkyRose
Author's Note: Finished a while go, this has flashback scenes, with a small point of happiness in the present in it, mostly as a plot point for later on. If it confuses you, I'm sorry.
Chapter 5: Lost Innocence
The two lovers lied in bed, just holding each other, enjoying the touch of one another. "Anzu?" Yuugi asked. She looked up at him with love shining in her bright blue eyes. Yuugi ran his finger lightly down her cheek and kissed her on the lips. "I love you." She responded with the same words.
"I'm glad there will be no more duels. It will be so much more peaceful for us." Anzu said finally.
"It's sad now that Atemu is gone, but," Yuugi trailed off. Anzu hugged him to her.
"It truly is you I love, you know. That was just a school girl crush. I'm thinking of the future now." Anzu said.
"Career, family, or both?" Yuugi asked.
"Both, but I still want to be a great dancer. I just need a formal education, and I'll try hard for it."
"You'll do great, Anzu." Yuugi said, starting to move his hands into naughty places. Anzu moaned and nodded, deciding to let him have his way with her that night.
The next night, Yuugi cried himself to sleep in the large empty bed.
It had been a long time since he remembered that. He stared at the photograph in his hand. Their son. He felt sad, and yet somewhat satisfied. The little boy in the picture had an air of innocence about him, just like Yuugi had when he was younger. Yuugi slid the photograph in to a frame. 'You'll be something great.' Yuugi thought. 'You won't ever get as jaded as I did. You can get over any obstacle. I can only stumble through, wondering what's left out there for me.' The phone rang, shaking him out of his thoughts. Yuugi stared at it, upset that it pulled him out of reverie, but he finally answered it.
Yuugi wondered why Kaiba was asking for such a strange favor, but he agreed. He could never say no to a friend in need.
Yuugi got dressed in some casual clothes, then set out to walk to the favor. It was some strange directions, but he knew it might help, then again it might not. Yuugi eventually stood outside a beautiful one floor house like structure. It was a nursing facility for those that needed long term care, and Jounouchi was there. Yuugi took a deep breath and walked in. After asking for directions, he was standing in front of Jou's door. He knocked and entered. Jou looked at him confused.
"Jounouchi-kun." Yuugi said. Jou blinked. "I'm Yuugi." Jou looked away. "Don't do that. I know you're there somewhere." Yuugi said.
"I don't even know where I am, what happened to get me here, and every day it starts over." Jou said, staring out the window. Yuugi reached and turned Jou's face to his so he would look him in the eye.
"There used to be such passion in those eyes. You made a mistake. We all do it sometimes." Yuugi said quietly.
"I don't even know what the mistake was." Jou said. He did seem to think that this man's hair was unique, and definitely colorful. Maybe it was even familiar.
"Car, no seatbelt, trying to feel up your boyfriend." Yuugi said. "Another friend." Yuugi paused, wondering if he should mention Seto.
Jou blinked. Was he gay? He looked over the man in his room, and while he was attractive, Jou didn't feel an attraction to him. He had a few times had perverted thoughts about some of the nurses, but nothing while looking at another man. He wished he could remember. There was a silence between them, but it wasn't uncomfortable.
Yuugi handed Jou an envelope. "I was asked to deliver this to you in person." Yuugi said, finally thinking it was time. Jou opened up the envelope and a playing card slipped out. He looked at it. A fierce black dragon with ruby eyes stared back at him. Suddenly, a blaze of images played past through in Jou's brain, so many of them. Standing on a dock with the younger version of this, picking on him before being friends with him, helping save the world from others that used cards just like these to try to take it over. Tears came streaming down his cheeks. "Jounouchi-kun? Are you alright?" Yuugi asked, wondering what happened.
"Yuugi!" Jou exclaimed, and hugged him. "It's not everything, but I remember!" Yuugi hugged him back.
"That's great!" Yuugi paused. He had heard the stories about whatever happened when he saw Seto. He didn't want Jou drugged again after finally remembering something. "Do you remember Kaiba-kun?" Yuugi asked, testing the waters.
"Really tall, has a constant smirk, and a stick up his ass?" Jou asked
"For you, that's a fairly decent description of him." Yuugi said, trying not to laugh. "Remember what he looks like, as in physical features?"
"Ah," Jou paused, trying to put the picture together in his mind. "Brown hair, really skinny...blue eyes..." Jou said. Yuugi nodded.
"That's good." Yuugi sighed, but he had to see. Seto had a press conference the previous morning introducing a new product and announcing the profits for the quarter, so his picture was in the newspapers. Yuugi turned to the business section and showed it to Jou. "That's him." Jou stared at the man. He was handsome. A small voice in his head whispered the barely heard words 'You loved him.'
"I remember." Jou said, clutching the paper to his chest. Yuugi breathed a sigh of relief.
"The nurses said you got violent at the very sight of him." Yuugi told him.
"I don't totally remember that, but I think I understand."
It was dark, and Seto Kaiba was driving himself and his boyfriend, one Jounouchi Katsuya, to his home. Jou had had a bit too much to drink, and had his hands all over Seto.
"Jou, sit down and put your seatbelt on." Seto told him, scowling a little. It was difficult enough to stay on the road with another's hands all over him. He wanted it too, but he could wait until they got to the bedroom. Jou leaned over and nibbled on Seto's ear.
"Sorry, I didn't hear you." Jou said, continuing with his drunken idea of foreplay with the other man. Seto pushed Jou back into his own seat.
"Calm down. If I can wait, so can you." Seto said, growling a bit. Jou curled up a little, then got a glint in his eyes. He reached over and rubbed at Seto's crotch. "Jou!" Seto said, trying to keep from showing he enjoyed it, but his voice betrayed him. Jou got more and more bold, and eventually had what he wanted in his hand. Seto was breathing deeply, keeping the car under control, angry that his body betrayed him.
They passed a crossroad where a motorcycle was going across the road. Seto's eyes had only been closed for a moment. When they opened, the motorcycle was bouncing off the roof of his car, and the car spun around with the sudden force of the brakes applied. As this was a classic car that was from before air bags were standard, but seat belts were, Jou went flying through the windshield, glass cutting his body, and hitting his head on both the hood and the cement. Seto slammed into the steering wheel, recieving a heavy bruise. He immediately pulled out his cell phone and called for the ambulance. He was the only one still conscious. He walked over to Jou and winced, then he walked over to the motorcycle rider. His eyes widened when he realized it was one of Jou's friends.
Seto checked for a pulse on the man, but the force of impact might have killed him. Seto didn't want any more blood on his hands, and this happens. Seto slumped to the ground as the flashing red lights found the way to the scene of the accident. They picked up Jou and that friend of his that was believed to be dead. An EMT checked over Seto. "You were lucky." The guy told him.
"They're not so lucky." Seto stated while standing up, worried about Jou.
"You should come to the hospital and make sure you don't have any broken ribs or internal bleeding." The EMT pleaded.
"I'm fine." Seto said, knowing the pain of broken ribs, and it wasn't that painful. He walked off to look at the damage to the vehicles in the dark. He cringed at the thought of having to talk to the police about the accident. "Yes, officer, my boyfriend was giving me a hand job, and this motorcycle jumped in front of us when I orgasmed" Yeah, that sounded REALLY wonderful. There were no stop signs or anything, so the rider must have thought he could make it across. He leaned against his car, shaking his head.
Two days later, Seto was arranging for Honda's funeral, trying to keep his involvement to a mininum, but he had a feeling they all knew. He attended, but didn't say much, other than a "I'm sorry for your loss" to his family. He could feel the eyes on him, and wondered if the words that poured from his were the truth. Jounouchi was still in the hospital for observation yet. Seto headed there after spending a fruitless afternoon in his office.
He entered Jou's room quietly, frowning at the cuts that laced across Jou's body. Seto bent down and gave him a kiss on the lips. Jou looked up, and threw a punch at Seto, tearing the IV tubes from his arm. Seto reeled in shock. "What did you do that for, bastard?" Jou shot at him.
"Jou, it's me, Seto. Your boyfriend, you know." Seto pleaded.
"I don't know anyone by that name. And you don't just go around kissing strangers." Jou glared at him.
Seto blinked. Jou didn't know him? Had he hit his head harder than anyone thought? "We've been together for two years. You moved in with me six months ago." Seto said, trying to get his Jou back.
"Get out. Now." Jou said. Seto left, feeling very dejected. Jou didn't know who he was, or did he just fall back on an old pattern of fighting with him?
A nurse brought Jou his dinner later. He turned to the woman. "That man that visited this afternoon. I don't know who he was. He said," Jou struggled with remembering what the brunette told him. "He was my boyfriend?" She looked at him.
"I'll go get the doctor." She said, leaving the room. After the doctor had visited with Jou, it was determined that he had total amnesia. Seto lowered his head, having his suspicion confirmed.