-1Title: Shadow Games

By: KuroSakura-chan

Summary: Three thousand years have past since the High Priest Set betrayed his lover, the Thief King Bakura. Seto Kaiba denies memories of being High Priest, but he remembers all, especially when Bakura comes by. Desperation eventually leads the CEO into a confrontation, to which Bakura only smirks and replies with three words.

Category: Yu-Gi-Oh!

Genre: Romance, Angst, Drama,

Couples: Set/Thief King, Seto/Bakura,

Warnings: Yaoi, 1st Person, Flashbacks,

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!.

/He wraps an arm around me…/ -flashback

Hold him…: Italics without the slashes-thoughts

Kuro: What, no one wants to talk today? Fine, I don't want to talk to you guys, anyway. (pout)

-Bakura-

Ah, he's figured out I'm here.

I can always tell because he begins to remember. And once that starts to happen, he stiffens, slyly beginning to look around. I don't think he thinks I know. But then, he may not care that I know, so long as I say nothing of it.

Some things never change.

/"What will you do when the Pharaoh finds out?" I purr in the pleasant afterglow of our embrace.

Set growls lowly, glaring at me with his cold blue eyes. I long to melt the ice that has built up in him due to the damned Pharaoh, but it's hard to get him to warm up. Atemu's work, I'm willing to bet my life on it.

I know he hates it when I bring this topic up, because it forces him to see how dangerous his time with me is. Every time that occurs to him, it makes him want to run away with me-which is what Iwant-but he's so loyal to his home.

It's an unwritten rule that I do not bring up things that make him uncomfortable.

But when have I ever followed the rules?/

Oh look, he's found me.

"Bakura, you agreed on not coming here."

Ra, his eyes are just as cold now as they were all those years ago. What did he do to deserve so many lives with so much torment? He has always done well in his lives-High Priest in our time and a CEO now, not to mention the other lives between-but something bad always happens to him. Perhaps I am the bad thing that happens…

The gods all know that watching me die wasn't good for his psyche. After all, when you sleep with someone, you tend to become attached, and usually, you'd prefer to not see that person beheaded in front of you. Some people would probably say that Seto is the exception to that, but I know differently. I saw Set's eyes before I died. He cared. And in this life, he cares as well. I know because I can see the guilt in his eyes when he first looks at me. He shouldn't really feel guilty. The Pharaoh forced him to choose between his home and me. Even I knew that Set's loyalty lay with his homeland. Besides, I am not angry with him.

It's hard to be angry with the one I--

"Bakura."

Oops, got lost in his eyes and my thoughts. I should be more careful, because now he looks pissed.

"No, I didn't." I respond to the comment he made when he first found me. He looks startled for a moment-I think he forgot what he said-then scowls.

"What're you doing here?" I wish his voice was different from Set's. I mean, while they are technically the same person, they aren't, and sometimes, Seto will say things that Set did, sending me back to Egypt.

/"What are you doing here?" I smirk predatorily and advance on the Priest, who stands his ground.

"I'm here for you, Priest." I reach up, beginning to run a finger along his cheek. He snarls and reaches up to clutch at my wrist. I smirk. He didn't pull my finger away./

Instead of answering him, I decide to run my fingers along his cheek. He looks surprised, but doesn't stop me. Proof that Set and Seto are different. I trail my fingers over to his lips and lightly trace over them.

For always being so harsh, his lips are actually quite soft. It would probably come as a surprise to most people. I should mention that to them. I think Seto and I would like the reaction.

I grin and pull my fingers away from him. "Let's go. The party, remember?" I slip down from the window sill I've been perched upon, loving the feeling of his eyes on me.

However, he does not touch me. Instead, he walks to his computer and does something, closing it afterward. Sometimes, I've wanted to hack into his system and delete everything. That or destroy all of Kaiba Corp.'s computers. Both will piss Seto off, so it doesn't really matter which I do, if I do either. Actually, the second one would probably make him angrier, because he wouldn't be able to get to his documents at all. Hmm…

"Bakura." I walk to the door where he waits for me. I'm quite used to him being domineering and demanding. In fact, I like it. It proves that he isn't scared of me, and that pleases me. Besides, a lover who couldn't throw me done or hold his own against me would be useless. I hate weakness.

Ryou is the only real exception, but that's only because the boy can be strong if he wants to be. I wonder how the Pharaoh deals with the complete and utter weakness that is his hikari…Probably the same way he deals with the idiots he surrounds himself with. By that whole 'friendship' thing.

I glance at Seto walking beside me and attempt to think of how he'd be if the Pharaoh and his 'friendship cult' had managed to convert him to their ways. I snort and shake my head, drawing his attention to me.

"What?" He demands, and I smirk. I like to toy with him every now and then, just to piss him off. I like to see what creative threats he can come up with.

There have been some pretty interesting ones in the past; things I wish I'd've thought of. Like, he threatened to remove my organs and replace them with jello. How cool would that be to do to someone? I think it'd be totally awesome. I wonder if it's possible…I wonder if I would die from it.

Probably not, now that I think about it. And even if I did, I'd probably get right back up the next day. Even if I stayed dead long enough for them to cremate or bury me, I'd just appear. Gods, I could be quite the pain-in-the-ass for someone if they got hired to kill me. Maybe I should hire someone to kill me…

I climb into the car Seto had waiting for us out front and open my mouth to see how he would react to me hiring someone to kill myself, only to realize that he's still glaring at me. Wow, he really wants to know what I was thinking about…

"You in the Friendship Cult." I say, and he raises a thin eyebrow.

"Excuse me?"

"I was thinking about what you would be like if you were in the Friendship Cult. I couldn't even imagine it." I clarify for him. He opens his mouth and I shake my head. "Ah, ah. You've done it before." He closes his mouth, blinking in confusion.

/"What are you thinking, Set?" I murmur as he chuckles cynically.

"I was trying to imagine you reconciling with Atemu and joining the Palace…The scene I imagined did not end well."

"Of course not." I snort. "For one thing, I'll kill the Pharaoh before I ever 'reconcile' with him, and I'd screw you in front of the entire court before that even." Set raises an eyebrow.

"Who'd screw who?"

"Ra, you know what I'm talking about." I smirk./

I don't ask him if he can remember, because I can tell he does. Besides, it's more fun to make him think that I don't know or that I don't care. I don't really know whether he thinks I know or not, but I suppose it doesn't matter. He'll snap sooner or later and demand to know why I don't hate him. It's inevitable.

And it won't be too long until it happens.

A/N: Awwwwww…Bakura's being an ass…Typical Bakura behavior. Anyway, R&R. Oh, and if any of you are GaiaOnline, please, go there and look me up. I'm Eldariss. I'm opening up a fan fiction minishop with my manager, ShinigamixGirl here, CrazyxLadiee there. Check us out if you're there! Because if you have enough gold, you can make me write you one-shot in your fave fandom with your fave couple, assuming I know the anime/manga/game. Yeah. Ok. Preview:

-Seto-

Of course there would be alcohol at this party. It's a party that Malik and Otogi are throwing. Exactly how those two bought alcohol, I wouldn't know, but then, Bakura says that they can do anything if they really want to. Perhaps this should concern me…