Whispershipping (Possessed Jonouchi x Kaiba)
There was always something in that boy's face – a fire of some sort. Sometimes it was raging, clearly bright and full of unrestrained rage like a forest fire. Sometimes it was a smoldering heap of coals, stewing in half concealed anger. Most days it was a soft, flickering but dancing flame, like a calm, comforting campfire that could easily explode into a bonfire of passion and determination at any moment.
It was always burning, that fire always. Even in sadness, the flames would jump from the charcoal, desperate to remain alive. Always burning.
But not today.
Seto felt a slow shudder run down his spine as he tried not to look at Jonouchi's dead, flat eyes, but he couldn't look away. It was like watching a horror movie, or seeing a mangled corpse: terrifying, but impossible to tear your gaze from.
The emotions on Jonouchi's face were strange, pulling his muscles into strange and unfamiliar expressions – expressions like hatred, malice, and gleeful evil. Those were emotions that Seto himself had managed to discard only with Yugi's help – it was not right to see them on dumb, happy-go-lucky, trigger-happy, beginner's luck Katsuya Jonouchi. And even those emotions had no real fire to them – only a dull, flickering artificial light, like one of those fake candles that pretended to be flames, but were really just electricity.
Despite the terror rushing through his veins as he knew that Mokuba was held captive and inches from death behind him, he found himself wishing so desperately for Jonouchi's face to change.
Light that fire again, he thought. Come on you stupid, half-rate idiot! Do something right for a change!
Why did he miss that flame? Why was it that his greatest wish at this moment was to see that spark reignite?
Why did he care?
It was a question he would probably never answer – maybe he would find the answer, but perhaps his own stubbornness would prevent him from accepting it.
But he could not deny that there was a reason that his own inner fire, though concealed, burned so very brightly.
A/N: That was REALLY short, and not a speck of dialogue to be seen. I'm trying to be a little more artistic with my stories; I'm not sure if it's working. :3 But I kind of liked this one, despite being vehemently anti-Puppyshipping and refusing to believe that possessed Jonouchi is an actual character. Anyway, next will be Watchshipping (Jonouchi x Priestess Isis). Who comes up with this stuff? I'm already sick of writing Jonouchi fics, despite my overall love for the character.
