Timeless Serenity
By: Saikyou Kirei262
Category: Angst/Romance
Rating: PG-13!
Summary: Ok, so now Joey and Kaiba are not on good terms! O.o Seto and Joey just don't seem to be having that ever lasting and sweet rising relationship we always expect...but that's cause I'm mean.
Meh: o.o Yeah sorry for that long long long vacation I happeningly took. ;; Now!! Review time!
Chika of the high Mts- Ah...but this story is PG-13...plus I don't want anything bad to happen to Joey either so I did decide to help out our poor little pup so he DIDN'T get hurt. Hope you enjoy it...
Makai Dragon- YEAH!!! You like it!! OH!!! I get a cookie?! YEAH!!! -goes off to finish up chapter-
Alana-Star/SugarCat- Seto isn't going to save the mutt but something original will happen! atleast I hope so...
Flame Swordswoman- Poor Jou-kun is right! But I am a nice authoress and won't hurt him because he doesn't deserve that much torture...
Joey: Yeah right...you just don't want to lose reviewers because people really like this story only for the fluff.
Me: THAT IS NOT TRUE! O.o I'm a PG-13 person...and anything above that is...uh...damn your right! -runs off-
hikarinotenshi15- Sweet is how I like it... Glad you can't wait for me...that I am...Mwahaha just means you'll come back!
mandapandabug- o.o Hello...how do you do? Hehehe...yes this story is awesome! You are drawn to it because it is by an AWESOME author...Yes....yes...Mwahahaha....
Joey- Ya dimwit...yer gonna scare 'em all away again.
Me- I AM NOT! Anyway! While I go off to bicker with Seto and Joey because I can...once again I greatly am happy that you have reviewed and encourage you to review more...O.o yes..
Y2J Chris Jericho - YES! I told you they were good Joey! I told you! I told you!!!!!!! -laughs in Joey's face before being pied- x.x Wah! That's mean!!! Anyway! I'm glad you enjoyed Chapter 7! wow...this is chapter 8...the farthest any of my fanfics have gone XD If this story holds out well enough I may even be nice enough to continue it...O.o; Err you did not hear that...it was just my weird self talking babble! -runs off-
Disclaimer: I do not own Seto, Joey, or any of the character's in this story except Chira.
Kiki: Duke...do your thing!
Duke: Will do!! Anyway! On with the -drum roll- STORY!
....I love my job..
/ Chapter 8:
Forever Memories /
Joey chuckled quietly, his back resting against the wall to Yugi's house. His hand that held half of a broken glass bottle was bleeding profusely...because the wound would not close up with the constant pounding of rain moistening the wound. Sighing heavily Joey couldn't help but cry out just quietly...His father was so close...so close to taking what he had been holding onto for one special person. His body shook with laughter...if that bottle had not been at the nightstand...he would have been completely and utterly broken.
No pain in the world could ever equal to what pain he would suffer if his father had gotten away with...attempted rape. Joey stood up weakily, his shoulder's shaking slightly because of the laughter he forced to not show. If only Yugi was back...
"Could my day get no worse?" Joey mused quietly as he quickly took an aimless direction to walk in. The thunder clouds above boomed loudly almost as if in protest as Joey stopped walking. His eyes fell to the ground, tears falling from his eyes.
"Why me? Why!? I did fall inlove with Seto...it's that simple..." Joey smiled faintly as he fell to his knees. His mind was so fogged with despair and remorse that not even now, when he remembered the piercing blue eyes and silky smooth hair of the one he loved, couldnot bring him from his pit of anguish. Dropping the bottle from his hands, Joey immediately covered his face, tears continuing to fall effortlessly from his eyes.
His body ached to be held by Seto...to be right next to his body and feeding off the welcoming warmth he offered, to feel the touch of his soft lips against his own... to hear the way he so cooly spoke. Joey sniffled quietly, his tears and body slowly calming down...yet now he still felt regret and despair. Seto was the only one he could even think about right now. No body else seemed important...not evenworrying abouthimself was important.
Quietly Joey removed his hands from hiding his face and stood up, wavering just slightly. "My blue eyes..." Joey coughed heavily, his body once more quaking with pain and coldness. The tips of his fingers had become numb only moments ago...and now he had only wished that his whole body was numb. Maybe if so...he wouldn't be thinking of how much he yearned for Seto's warm hands to touch his own...or embrace him in a hug.
"If only I could have that now..." Joey said quietly, a sad smile ghosting it's way onto his lips. "Oh gods...I'll probably die out here because I'm freezing to death...or because of blood loss...Maybe I should just go to the hospital..." Joey chuckled quietly as he hugged himself, trotting solemnly still in the one direction he had chosen. Even if he wanted to go to the hospital...yet for some reason he could just not think of going to that place and staying there.
"I hate the smell of hospital's anyway..." Joey said jokingly, an obvious try on his behalf to not be so mournful. Thunder clashed angrily once more in the charcoal black skies and immediately the sheets of rain became even more merciless. Joey chuckled quietly and raised his head to the sky, not minding the rather painful pricks of the rain beating against his face.
"Now I'm crazy...why do I keep talking to myself?" Joey whispered quietly, raising his hands together to catch the rain.
"Because you're a crazy mutt..." Joey's eyes widened immediately and he turned around, but not a single soul was behind him. Nothing but the empty streets were present...not even any trace of someone standing in the place behind him. Joey chuckled quietly once again before bursting into laughter.
"Now I'm imagining voices. I am crazy...Hahaha...." Joey cried through his laughter, holding his stomach tenderly as he looked back down at the ground. "What I wish though...that I wasn't imagining voices and that Seto was actually there..." Joey smiled quietly through his trembling lips before roughly forcing himself into a standing position and walking forwards.
"What if I told you though...that you weren't imagining voices?" Joey immediately looked up before him, his eyes widening as someone reached out and pulled him into a warming embrace. Joey winced just slightly..trying not to surrender so easily to the waking warmth of the body who held him. Quietly he pulled away...looking up to see none other than Seto himself, smiling faintly down at him.
"What did I tell you about being stupid mutt?" Joey blushed slightly and looked down, his arms going back to holding his stomach. Seto frowned slightly and wrapped his arms around Joey again, pulling him closer. He shivered slightly, taking notice of just how cold the mutt was now. Sighing, Seto placed a meek kiss on Joey's matted blond locks.
"What're you doing out here?" Seto asked questioningly, his arms tightening possessively around the lithe and rather weak boy. Joey grimaced slightly but promptly moved his arms to encircle around Seto's midstomach so that he could bask in the warmth he offered.
"Just getting away from my crazy father...aren't...aren't you mad at me though?" Joey questionedback quietly, his voice weak and barely audible over the rain. Immediately Seto looked down and shook his head, rather baffled.
"No matter what you do...I will never be able to stay mad at you." Seto said quietly, brushing back a few loose strands of blond hair. Joey sighed and closed his eyes, nuzzling his cheek against Seto's stomach.
"I'm so glad...my Blue Eyes...but...I..." Joey coughed quietly before falling motionless in Seto's arms. His breathing was heavy, and a look of pain and anguish showed on his face. Had Seto known any better, he would have sworn that this was a repeat of the day he ran into Joey during school. Growling quietly, he picked up the blond effortlessly and quickly went on his way to pick up the ice cream from the store for Mokuba...then return home.
(((( Fun little...Iono Joey's dreaming...))))
"Yes, Seto...Because...I-I love you. I always want to spend my days with you, no matter what happens between us. My love for you will never cease even if galaxies ontop of galaxies come between us." Joey smiled faintly at Seto, his hazel eyes shimmering with pure joy as Seto looked up happily with a smile on his own face. The ring he held in his hand soon became forgotten as he leaned upwards to place a rather shy kiss on his lover's lips. Joey smiled into the kiss before looping his arms around Seto's neck, causing the both of them to fall to the floor.
A laugh erupted from Seto's lips as he easily forced the two of them into a sitting position. Gently he took hold of Joey's right hand and slipped the silver ring, which by the way had a big ass diamond on it, onto Joey's index finger, marvelling at how beautiful it looked on his lover's slender hand. Seto smiled and looked up, resting his right hand on Joey's cheek, leaning up, he paused to just gently brush his lips over Joey's. A shiver coursed down his spine as instead Joey took over and kissed his chin, then kissing the sides of his mouth and nipping gently at the soft flesh of his own lips.
"Calm down pup..." Seto chuckled quietly as he forced Joey to stop his playful kisses. Gently he kissed him on the lips before standing up, though happily he picked up Joey easily in his strong arms. Joey yelped unexpectedly at being picked up and quickly placed his arms around his Blue Eyes neck, fearing in a sense that he'd lose his grip and accidentally drop him. As Seto whispered quietly though...his grip loosened exceptionally, trusting his Blue Eyes fully.
"Don't ever think I will drop you Joey..." Seto whispered quietly in Joey's ear. Joey shivered and nodded into Seto's shoulder...
"Joey......"
"Joey..." Joey furrowed his eyebrows in annoyance just slightly. Seto's once soft voice was now full of worry and rather rought on the edges to say the least...probably because he WAS worried. Opening his eyes, Joey was about to say something when he saw where he was and who he was with. Sitting up abruptly, Joey pulled the covers up just to cover the bridge of his nose just slightly. He did not want Seto...of all people to see him blushing like some school girl.
"Joey...are you alright? You passed out on me...again." Seto's voice dropped slightly as if to hope that maybe in doing so it would hide just how horribly worried he had been about the mutt. Joey winced and nodded slightly, glancing up at Seto...who sat on his bed without a shirt on. Speaking of beds, this wasn't his bedroom...but the one room at Seto's house. Joey groaned angrily and slapped his hand to his forehead before cursing vividly from pain.
"Itai! ITAI!!! Itai!" Abruptly he began to shake his hand, in a sense hoping that that would force the pulsing pain to nothing...but he was so wrong. Only after he was done shaking his hand did more pain begin to course through his hand, slither its way up to his shoulder and then send an even more painful shock of pain. Wincing slightly, Joey made a note to not do such an idiotic thing again...knowing now the consequences of what would happen if he did.
"Stupid pup..." Seto shook his head briefly before taking Joey's hand and pressing a cloth of cold water on the palm of his hand. Quickly he pulled the cloth away and immediately wrapped the wound in a thin cloth. Joey winced only briefly, and at those moments Seto cursed but he was pleased that after he was finished, Joey showed no signs of pain.
"Joey...what I said back there..." Gently Seto turned Joey's hand so that his palm faced down. Gently he leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on the topof his hand, giving Joey a vibrant red blush. Silently he shook his head and cupped Seto's face gingerly. Grinning, Joey leaned in, kissing Seto briefly on the lips before pulling away, his lips stretched to a wide smile.
"And I thought the CEO had no feelings..." Joey chuckled quietly. Seto looked at Joey questioningly before pushing forwards, knocking Joey back so that he lay on the bed. Grinning widely, Seto mused with the honey blonde locks, enjoying the silky feeling of each strand sliding between his fingers. Taking a deep breath, Seto looked down at Joey, his eyes almost wide with disbelief.
"The gods have blessed you, Jounouchi Katsuya. You are the most beautiful person I have ever seen in my life." Seto smiled, admiring the faint red pigment on the mutt's cheeks. "So...adorable. Stay with me Katsuya, stay here...with Mokuba...and me."
"Se-Seto...bu-"
Kiki- Who's da bitch now!? O.o Me! That's right...My gawd this was so corny...dear god save me. bangs head against wall Ok well...enjoy the corny-ness...my brain just malfunctioned...been studying to much. .. Anyway...leave a review if this chapter was worthy of one...probably isn't but who cares!? I do secretly...but you don't need to know that
Kiki-Yeah...this chapter is exceptionally short too...I'll make the last chapter, yes chapter 9 is the end of this story, extra super dooper long. Anyway...Have a good Christmas break! I'm going to be off to Japan in a few days so I most definitely won't update until probably mid January.
