Hey y'all! Welcome to Mating Season! This is going to be a semi-prequel to A Mother's Love. The reason I say semi-prequel and not just prequel is because, while it does take place before A Mother's Love, it can also be read as it's own story. This story will contain another couple of headcanons for myself, one of which is that all human-like Duel Monsters (like the Dark Magician) have a "Feral" side that houses their most basic and wild instincts (this headcanon does not apply to Dragons, Beasts, Fiends, or any animal-based Duel Monster). The other headcanon I have is a variation of the Omegaverse AU, but in my headcanon it only affects Duel Monsters due to the large amounts of shadow magic they have and it doesn't affect human characters like Yugi and them. Hope you guys will enjoy it!

Warnings: Eventual Scornshipping (Kaiba x Dark Magician), lemon in later chapters, Alpha/Omega dynamics for Duel Monsters (semi-Omegaverse), swearing

"How much longer Seto?" asked a young pre-teen with long black hair and onyx colored eyes. He looked over at the older brown-haired male in the room, the other male sitting at a desk and typing on a laptop, pausing slightly as his sapphire eyes looked at the onyx-eyed male. "Not long Mokuba... just a couple more adjustments to the code and then we can go home..." he said, turning back to his laptop.

Mokuba sighed and flopped back onto the couch that the brunette had in his office. "But I'm hungry!" he said, pouting. Kaiba chuckled as he finished up the coding he was doing. "Well, when we get home we'll have a big dinner, how about that?" he asked, closing his laptop. Mokuba immediately sat up and grinned. "Yeah! Let's go!" he said, jumping to his feet and following his brother out of the office to the elevator.

"Can we have chocolate parfaits for dessert!?" he asked, looking up at his brother eagerly. "I don't see why not... I'll ask the cook to make a couple for us to have after supper..." said Kaiba, giving his little brother a small smile. Mokuba's eyes lit up and his grin widened. Kaiba loved seeing his brother happy, even if it meant allowing the younger Kaiba to eat junkfood. The elevator soon opened and allowed the brothers to exit, the two heading to the front door of the KaibaCorp building.

"I'll call the limo and-" Mokuba started but Kaiba stopped him. "It's nice out... why don't we walk home? Just like old times?" asked Kaiba, smiling at his brother. Mokuba smiled and nodded, happily leading the way back to the Kaiba manor. However, about halfway there someone literally ran into Kaiba, knocking him and the runner to the ground. "Seto! Are you ok!?" Mokuba asked, panicking. Kaiba grunted as he sat up, sending a very cold glare to the blonde that was currently laying across his lap.

"Wheeler... GET. OFF." said the brunette, growling slightly. Joey looked up, then immediately got to his feet. "Shit! Sorry Kaiba! Here, let me-" the blonde flinched back as Kaiba slapped his hand away. "I don't need your help mutt..." he said, getting to his feet. Joey growled and glared at the brunette. "Listen here ya prick-!" He was immediately cut off when another brunette clamped his hand over his mouth.

"JOEY!" said the other brunette, smiling apologetically to the Kaiba brothers. "Sorry about that!" he said as a brunette girl and another male arrived. "Tristan, what's going on?" asked the shorter male, his amethyst eyes full of confusion. "Hey Yugi! Hey Téa!" said Mokuba, smiling. "Oh, hey Mokuba! Hey Kaiba!" said Yugi, smiling. "Hnn..." said Kaiba, crossing his arms. "Keep your mutt under control Yugi..." he said, glaring at the shorter teen.

"S-Sorry Kaiba, w-we were in a bit of a hurry... Duke invited us to play Dungeon Dice Monsters with him..." said Yugi, smiling sheepishly. "Whatever... just don't let it happen again..." Kaiba responded, pushing past them with Mokuba shooting them an apologetic look as he hurried to catch up. Joey managed to get out of Tristan's grip. "What was that for!? I can take 'im!" said Joey, sneering. "Cool it! We don't need you causing trouble!" said Téa, scolding him. "Let's go to Duke's game shop... we're already running a little late!" said Yugi, the others nodding and following him.

"There you guys are! You kept me waiting!" said Duke as the group ran up to him. "Sorry, had a run in with Kaiba..." said Tristan, panting. Duke nodded and led them into his game shop, though Joey noticed Yugi wasn't following "Yuge? You ok?" he asked, walking back over to his friend and noticing Yugi was looking at his Dark Magician card.

"Joey, something's wrong with my Dark Magician... My Millennium Puzzle is vibrating, as if sensing a disturbance with his magic..." he said, his free hand clutching the ancient Egyptian artifact around his neck that he had been allowed to keep after his duel with the spirit that had previously resided in it. "What do ya mean Yuge?" asked Joey, frowning. "I can't describe it... but I have a feeling we'll figure it out soon enough..." Yugi answered, frowning.

Meanwhile, in the realm of Duel Monsters, a certain amethyst-clad mage was sat curled up in his home, a temple-like building resembling those found in Ancient Egypt. "Master?" asked a soft voice, a blonde female mage in a blue and pink outfit hesitantly entering the room he was in, though she was held back slightly by a male with black markings on his blue skin, red eyes, and long black hair in a black leather outfit. "Easy Dark Magician Girl... he is beginning to exhibit signs of his Feral side..." said the blue-skinned male.

Dark Magician Girl frowned. "But Chaos... he's holed himself in here for two days now!" she said, worry in her voice. "I know, but there's nothing we can do... he needs to find a mate..." said Chaos, turning his attention to his fellow mage who was in the corner. "Let's leave him be for now... he's still in the early stages..." he said, gently leading Dark Magician Girl from the room so they could give the lavender-haired male some space.

Dark Magician lifted his head, looking over at the entrance of the room where his companions had just been. A growl escaped his throat and he gripped his head, feeling his Feral instincts trying to take over. He winced and moved his hands to look at them, his nails longer to the point they were beginning to look like claws. Another growl escaped him as he glanced in a nearby mirror, his normally icy blue eyes looking dragon-like and his teeth more like fangs.

He looked away and sneered. He didn't know what had happened in the human realm, but he knew that whatever it was, it was forcing his Feral side out into the open. I thought I had this under control... I've not let it out since I was 16! I've had it held back for 5000 years! He thought, curling into a tighter ball as he could only think of one thing that would set off his Feral side. My MaTe...

Done! Hope you guys enjoy the story!

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Until next time, Icy is out!