Hey y'all! Welcome back to Mating Season! This one is definitely going to be a slow burn story. I know I've promised that in the past but this time I mean it. Let's see how Dark Magician will fair until he find his mate, shall we?

Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh and it's characters belong to Takahashi Kazuki-sama. I only own the plot of the fanfic.

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

Dark Magician slowly exited his home, looking around cautiously. Because his Feral side was trying to get out he had entered the Duel Monster equivalent of a heat, and he did not want the other Duel Monsters to know. He quickly cast a spell to hide his scent and quickly makes his way into the nearby town. He needed more scroll parchment and ink, and he knew he would eventually have to go out to get them.

He slowly walked through the town, looking through all of the stalls that were around. He bought what he needed, then decided to look around some more. Unfortunately, several Duel Monsters took notice of his slightly altered physical appearance due to his Feral side and one of them began following the mage. Dark Magician wasn't aware of being followed and decided to take a shortcut to the next street of the town, going through an alley.

He got about halfway when he was suddenly cut off by the Arkana Dark Magician. "Well well, look who we have here..." the red-clad mage said, smirking. Dark Magician's eyes narrowed. "What do you want Arkana?" he asked, growling slightly. Arkana chuckled as he approached his amethyst-clad counterpart. "Oh, I simply couldn't help but notice your new appearance~..." he said, making it seem he would pass the other mage before suddenly pinning the lavender-haired male to the wall of the alley.

"I don't know what you're talking about..." said Dark Magician, sneering at his silver-haired clone. "You can't hide things like this from me, Mahad~... Your Feral state is trying to come out~..." said Arkana, chuckling. "I thought you would know better than to be out in public in your currant state~..." said the red-clad mage, leaning closer to the ice-eyed male. Dark Magician growled and suddenly blasted his doppleganger away from him.

Arkana growled as he got up, watching as the other mage ran off. "You cannot hide forever Mahad! You'll have to mate with someone sooner or later!" he yelled, growling again. Mahad ignored him, continuing to run. He had to get somewhere safe, somewhere away from the other Duel Monsters. He immediately thought of one place in particular that was nearby and rushed in that direction, soon coming to a cottage near the forest.

He frantically knocked on the door, panting from running all the way there. The door opened not even a second later, Chaos in the doorway. "Mahad?" he asked, quickly noticing how the other mage was acting. "I-I need inside... p-please, M-Mwt..." Mahad said quietly, shaking a bit. Chaos quickly ushered the lavender-haired male inside and after several minutes had him sitting on the couch with a cup of tea in his hands.

"What were you thinking Mahad!? You know entering your Feral state is our equivalent of entering heat! Why were you out in the town!?" Chaos asked sternly. Mahad looked at the cup in his hands, his armor and staff sitting nearby. "I-I needed more parchment and ink..." he said, hearing Chaos sigh. The black-haired mage sat next to his fellow mage. "Mahad, you could've easily asked your student or myself to get those for you... we just don't want to see you forced into mating with someone who isn't your chosen mate..." he said, frowning.

"I know Mwt... I'm sorry..." Mahad said, sighing. Chaos gently brushed some hair behind Mahad's ear, softly smiling. "There's no need to apologize... BUT, you will need to find your mate soon, or else your Feral state could become unbearable..." said Chaos, frowning. "I know... I think it was my mate who triggered my Feral state in the first place..." said Mahad, tightening his grip on his cup of tea.

"Hmm... that would explain why your Feral state is active in the first place..." said Chaos thoughtfully. Mahad nodded, taking a deep breath. "I am not ready to mate yet..." he said, looking over when Chaos gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "Just take your time Mahad..." he said, smiling softly.

Meanwhile, in the human world, Yugi was trying to figure out what was wrong with his Dark Magician card. I know something is wrong with Dark Magician! But what could it be!? He asked himself, frowning. He was concerned for the mage, and he wanted to make sure the spellcaster was alright. Even if it took all of his focus away from other things, he would figure out what was wrong with his favorite card no matter what.

Done! That was fun to write! Hope y'all enjoy!

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Until next time, Icy is out!