Ah, writers block my old friend how are you (this would be sarcasm)
Kisa: Yeah, we got a lot of ideas, but it's actually getting to a point where we can use them that's the problem. And it's not like Joeys making our jobs any easier, damn stubborn puppy.
Me: Don't worry, he'll come around eventually.
Kisa: Tis the price you pay for trying to keep people as in character as possible, I mean there are smutty puppyshipping sotries out there, but they hardly seem like joey and Kaiba by the end of them!
Me: anyways, please enjoy this little act of boredom, a little bit of smut, a little bit of fantasy, a little bit of everything. Either way we're all gonna have fun (I hope)
Disclaimer: I do not own yugioh nor the various refrences to Alice in Wonderland.
One fine summer day, young Seto Kaiba thought he'd lounge by his favorite tree, gazing at the crystal clear brook nestled outside his house. His younger brother, Mokuba, played in the distance with a bright red ball, laughing and having fun. The proud older brother smiled, and relished his brother's happiness. His back held at a comfortable angle because of the tree trunk, Seto let his head fall back so he could gaze at the sky between the limbs of the tree. The leaves rustled in a comforting way and the heat of the day made his eyelids droop. Though the young man usually had a large company to take care of, just this once, he allowed himself to relax,
Though he could not help thinking that something was missing.
Soon enough, the young man started to snooze, the cool shade of the tree shielding him from the sun. He barely registered the absence of his younger brother's laughter and assumed that he had returned inside for the day. No matter, no harm could come of Seto taking just a few more moments of peace.
That was when a rustling in the bushes startled the young man, though he did not open his eyes. Perhaps it was merely Mokuba trying to play a trick on him, or perhaps it was just a bird searching for its next meal.
The sound of grumbling soon greeted his ears after, grumbling of what sounded to be a young boy Seto's age.
"Damn it all, late again. Useless pocket watch." The boy continued to grouch, and by the sounds of the rustling, he was getting closer to Seto's resting place.
Seto remained still, though he had half a mind of apprehending the other boy for trespassing, he was grudgingly curious about what exactly he was late for.
"Better hurry, where the heck is that hole again?" The boy asked himself, and the footsteps left the bushes, only to pad across the soft grassy almost inaudibly. Seto tried to imagine what this stranger looked like, though he sounded young, was he attractive or ugly, tall or small?
"Is that it over there?..no, how bout over-Gah!"
Seto grunted when the wind was knocked out of him, someone had tripped on his legs and landed heavily on his lap. His eyes immediately opened, a shout of anger rising in his throat.
It died within a second.
Sprawled about his lap was a beautiful boy…well that was only half true. The boy looked almost human, except for a pair of white as cotton rabbit ears, on his head, one drooping haphazardly in front of his face, the other perched on top and twitching curiously.
The first word that came to Seto's mind was 'Adorable.'
The rabbit shook his had dazedly, successfully removing the ear from obstructing his sight,
"Sorry about that," he started, looking up apologetically then all of a sudden pouting, "but don't you know betta than to fall asleep at random places? Of course people are gonna trip over you!"
"…I wasn't aware rabbits could talk." Seto said absently, still captivated by the rabbit boy's beauty.
The rabbit blinked and stared at him like he was mad, "Of course I can talk, what kinda rabbits have you been hangin' out with?"
Seto was startled when the rabbit boy attempted to stand up. He thought rabbits were shy and skittish creatures, yet this one stood up to him without a second thought, while most of his employees that were grown men would cower in fear at the very sight of him. It was refreshing, to have someone not be afraid of him. And the little rabbit's temper was amusing.
He reached up and took hold of the rabbit's arm before he could start to run again.
"Where do you think you're going?" Seto asked casually.
The rabbit turned angrily to Seto, "Look dude, I'd love to chat (not really) but I'm late! Leggo!"
He tried to wrestle his arm free, but Seto was persistent, standing up so as to get better leverage and grip.
"You fell on one of the most powerful men in the country and talked to me quite rudely. Little rabbits should be more careful, or they could just fall into the wrong hands…"
Kaiba smirked as the rabbit boy looked considerably more uncomfortable, giving a few feeble tugs to get free from Seto. The brown haired boy decided to be daring, and tugged the rabbit towards him, so the smaller would stumble and hold his hands out to catch himself, resulting in him laying his hands on Seto's broad chest,
"And how do you intend to make up for this mistake, little rabbit?" Seto asked huskily.
The rabbit blinked, face very red indeed. Finally, after spluttering for a minute or two, the rabbit pushed away with as much force as he could muster, once again knocking the wind out of the CEO and taking off it he opposite direction, leaping into the bushes,
"Crazy human! I'm outta here!"
Seto shook off his surprise, and let a feral grin slide onto his face, and gave chase to the frightened rabbit. It had been a while since the CEO had had this much fun with another human being (besides Mokuba that is) and he wasn't going to let the source of that get away so easily.
The rabbit soon noticed Seto was following, and let out a panicked yell, quickening his speed, his ears twitched like radar, trying to find the rabbit hole in which he had come to this unfamiliar land from. Finally, he spotted it, under a thicket of rose bushes.
Storing his gold pocket watch into his vest, the rabbit dove for the hole.
"Sucker!" he shouted, disappearing into it just as Kaiba broke through the brush to see it happen.
The young CEO would not be deterred, however. He knelt by the rabbit's hole and gazed down it curiously. There was just enough room for him to fit through.
Without a second thought, Seto jumped into the hole by choice, regardless of what the repercussions might be.
Though he passed many strange visions on the way down, the stoic CEO remained unimpressed, and casually knocked obstacles out of his line of sight so he could keep an eye out for his little blonde rabbit.
He still didn't even know his name.
Soon enough, Seto landed skillfully on his feet next to what appeared to be a small table, on it was a potion. The potion said "drink me."
"That's not suspicious," Seto said sarcastically, he raised an eyebrow as he noticed a slice of cake next to the potion that said "eat me"
"Only a complete imbecile would-"
"You know that's the only way out right?"
Seto would have jumped had he been anyone else, but instead turned to stare coldly from which direction the voice had come from.
"Down here!"
Seto looked down to see a tiny oak door, whose face was of a woman with brown hair and blue eyes, looking up at him expectantly.
Seto knelt down, assuming that if the rabbit came from this place and he could talk, he shouldn't be surprised that doors could, too.
"Did a rabbit come through here, cute, white ears, blonde hair?"
The door seemed to think about it for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, he came through in quite a hurry just before you showed up. Seemed he was late for something, or trying to get away from something."
"A bit of both actually."
"Huh?"
"Nothing."
The door gave him a skeptical look but nonetheless shook it off, "If you're looking for him, you'll have to pass through my doorway."
Seto found himself getting impatient, he wanted to find his little rabbit soon, "How exactly do I do that?"
The door shrugged, which was odd seeing as when she did the whole wall shifted, "figure it out."
Seto glared at her, but stood up. It didn't take a genius to realize that the items on the table were the answer. He only hoped whatever made him small enough to fit in the door would not have any other side effects.
Not a big fan of sweets, Seto decided to try the potion first. Popping out the cork, he took a small sip and immediately felt strange. Like the entire universe was trying to compress him, shrinking him down to the size of the doorway. Fortunately, his clothes were going about the same change. He made sure just before the change to grab the cake, because it undoubtedly had something to do with changing back. 'What kind of idiot wouldn't be able to figure that out?'
"Congratulations, welcome to Wonderland!" the door said cheerfully as he passed through, and he grunted in acknowledgment.
As he started to walk away, he heard her cry out, "My name's Tea, by the way!"
"I don't care."
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After walking through the quadruple sized grass for a while, Seto grew bored of his surroundings and decided enough was enough. He took a bite out of the cake, and soon found he was back to normal size.
"Oh, if it isn't you!"
Seto looked up to a nearby tree to see a young boy leering down at him. Close, the boy did have blonde hair, but he also had considerably tanner skin than the rabbit.
Oh and he had cat ears and a tail.
"We've never met, cat, so how can you say that?"
The cat shrugged, and absently swung so he could land idly on the ground.
"How do you know we've never met? I could be your oldest friend, and you could be mine. Or perhaps you are right, we are strangers, do you remember every single person you talk to?"
Seto did not the mind games the cat was trying to put him through, "Fine, then, whatever. Just tell me if you've seen a white rabbit or not."
The cat smirked and shrugged, Ttsk, so impatient. You'll have to learn better if you want to get through Wonderland in one piece. Coincidently, do you know why a raven is like a writing desk?"
Seto was getting steadily more frustrated with the cat, and decided that if he was going to spout off random riddles, then he probably was of no use anyway. He turned to leave,
"Hey!"
He ignored the cat and decided to go about his own way until he came to a fork in the road. He was contemplating which way to go when a flouting mouth appeared just in front of him. It was pouting, lower lip jutting out and everything,
"That wasn't very nice you know, just walking off without answering a question when asked it."
"You were the one that ignored my question in the first place. Just answer me and maybe I'll consider thinking about that riddle."
The cat materialized fully and continued to pout, then finally pointed down the path to the right,
"I saw him go that way, towards the Hatter's. Would you like me to accompany you?"
"No thanks, I'm not exactly a cat person." Seto responded, and the cat responded with a huff.
"Fine then, be that way. I'll go and play with her highness at the castle. Maybe her other highness will have made cookies."
Before Seto could ask the meaning of 'her highness and her other highness' the cat disappeared, and he was left to fume silently and continue his search for the illusive white rabbit.
After walking the trail for some time, Seto heard music in the distance, and soon came to a clearing bearing a little cottage. The music was coming from the back yard.
Deciding that his wants were more important than property laws, Kaiba peered over the white picket fence.
"You've got to be kidding me..."
Seated at a table stacked with tea cups and other such things, was a rabbit with wild looking black hair(odd, he looked a lot like Mokuba…but that was impossible, Mokuba was safe at home, very much without rabbit ears.) Next to him was a man with extremely odd looking hair, red and black with blonde lightning like streaks through it, wearing a tall hat. Finally, there was a smaller look-alike to him, who had mouse ears.
The mouse like boy perked up as soon as he heard Seto push the wooden gate open,
"Oh look, hatter!" He chirped, "Someone has come to tea, this must be a very lucky unbirthday for you!"
The hatter glanced over his cup at the brown haired boy, and set it carefully on the saucer in front of him,
"Indeed," he said.
The mouse boy hopped up from his seat, and ushered Seto into an open one, pouring him a cup of tea with such speed one would think he scarcely needed a minute to do it all. The hatter smirked and ruffled the smaller one's hair fondly.
"And what do I owe the pleasure of this unexpected visit good stranger?" said man asked politely, and Seto crossed his arms, pushing his tea away.
"I never came to visit you on purpose; I am merely looking for something I've lost track of."
The mouse boy swung his legs underneath his chair innocently, "Perhaps we can be of some help? What exactly is it you are looking for?"
Seto paused and closed his eyes, picturing the perfect rabbit boy and all his beauty, but not even a memory could capture it in its fullness.
"A rabbit, a very special rabbit…with white ears and blonde hair," He added when seeing the black rabbits slightly alarmed look. The black hare shrugged and went back to his tea.
The hatter however seemed to straighten in interest.
"Do you speak of the Queens' advisor, Joseph Wheeler?"
"…sure," Kaiba said, he had never actually learned the blondes name, he never really had the time seeing as the blonde was preoccupied with running away from him.
"It must be Joey!" the younger one with the same crazy hairtyle said happily, "No other rabbit has blonde hair and white ears in the kingdom like he does, it's quite unusual here you see."
The hatter nodded then gave Seto a skeptic look, "We are both good friends of the advisor, but he has never mentioned knowing a human such as yourself. What is it you want with him?"
Seto glared at the hatter, not appreciating the overprotective vibe he was getting from him,
"I don't feel that happens to be any of your business." Seto stated coldly.
While both boys commenced glaring at each other, the mouse boy started to get flustered.
"Please you two, don't fight! Hatter, I'm sure our new friend means Joey no harm, do you?"
Seto glanced at the smaller boy briefly and shook his head, "No harm will come to him. I simply want to get to know him better."
"You see?" The mouse chimed happily, though the hatter still looked uneasy, he stood.
"Very well then, my good man. If it is true that you mean no harm to our friend, we would be happy to escort you to the palace. That is where he most likely is at the moment."
The mouse nodded, "Their majesties were probably wondering where he was, after all, nothing gets done unless Joey is there!"
Seto paused, "their majesties?"
The hatter nodded solemnly, "We have two rulers, you see. Twin sisters. Her elder highness refused to take the thrown by herself, so her younger highness is ruling as well. It is an unusual way to operate, but thanks to their balanced nature, our kingdom has been in an era of great peace."
Yugi, the mouse's name it turned out to be, trotted in between them on the wooded path, the March hare had opted to stay behind and hold down the fort. Although Yugi had whispered that it was most likely because he feared her elder highness, as she had quite a temper.
"It' the younger sister that keeps it under control though."
Pretty soon, the dark and twisted woods spread to reveal a glistening red and white palace in the distance. Several different rose bushes littered the grounds, red and white roses sitting on the branches in harmony.
The guards gave Seto a strange look, but on the insistence of the hatter, all three were allowed in and were led by one of them to the throne room, where the Queens, (and hopefully Joey) would be.
The guard pulled the long rope that acted as a doorbell to the pair of giant white doors in front of them.
"We don't want any!" A female voice called out, then snickered slightly after.
"Kisa, stop that- Please enter!" another voice, very similar to the first chastised, then beckoned them in.
All three boys entered as the guard led them through, the doors shutting with a 'boom' behind them.
The hatter and the mouse immediately kneeled.
"Good day your majesties," they said together.
One of the Queens, sure to be the elder as she crossed her legs in a superior way, smirked at the hatter and waved flirtatiously. The younger one gave a polite incline of her head, smiling at the two.
"I'm glad you could visit Yami, Yugi." She paused and her eyes connected with Seto's ice blue ones for a moment. She seemed a little intimidated, but nevertheless, continued.
"May I ask your name, good sir?" she asked, and the elder, Kisa, whapped her lightly on the head.
"You're royalty, dear sister, you don't have to be so polite."
The younger glared at Queen Kisa, and Seto smirked, walking forward but not bothering to kneel, after all, these were not his rulers. He was simply a traveler passing through to them. He just needed to pick something up on the way…
"I am Seto Kaiba." He answered simply, crossing his arms in an arrogant way.
Queen Kisa smirked dangerously, "Keh-heh, cocky son of a-"
The younger held a hand to her temple and covered her sisters mouth before she could go any further. Yes, it was a good thing they had decided to rule as a team, or Kisa would have turned the system into a tyranny within the hour of her coronation.
"Yes, well," she said, taking a steadying breath, "What brings you here to our Wonderland, sir?"
Yugi perked up, smiling, "He was looking for Joey, your highness, is he here yet?"
Kisa shook off her sisters hand and scratched her head, "I think he came running in about an hour ago. Thought he was late, poor guy, I keep telling him to get that watch of his fixed. It's an hour fast."
The younger Queen seemed to think it over for a moment, "I believe he went to find the bathroom around ten minutes ago, he must have gotten lost again. Laura, would you mind finding him for me?"
Laura, the Queen's captain of the guard, nodded, "On it, mon capitaine!"
The brown haired girl ran full sprint out the doors, Seto could hear the thundering footsteps of her armor all echo all the way down the hallway as she ran.
The younger Queen placed her hands in her lap politely and cleared her throat, "Well then, while we wait, I believe me and my sister have neglected to introduce ourselves."
The younger Queen placed a hand on her sister's shoulder, "This is my dear elder sister, Kisa."
"You may either address me as 'your majesty,' 'your highness,' or, if it is Tuesday at precisely 3:05 and 27 seconds pm, you may call me Batman." She grinned manically at all three boys who could do nothing more than stare at her. Out of everyone, she had to be the maddest one here.
The younger Queen shook her head and held her temple as if to nurse a massive headache, then looked up with a clam smile.
"I am the younger Queen, as you know. My true name is Meghan. I wish I could tell you that is all you need call me, but I'm afraid that the guards, by instinct and principal, will apprehend you and you will probably die."
"Good to know." Seto nodded. The sweet smile she had after uttering such a foreboding sentence made him think twice as to just who was the madder twin.
The was another chime of the bells that signaled that Laura had returned.
"Please enter!" Queen Meghan called, and the great white doors opened once again.
"I found him… your majesties," Laura called out upon returning to the room.
Joey, the white rabbit was examining his pocket watch thoughtfully as Laura led him into the room. It wasn't until he was kneeling right next to him on the floor in greeting to his Queens, that the bunny even noticed Seto was there.
Joey scrambled back until he was bumped into the legs of the yugi the mouse, who glanced down at him curiously. His mouth was agape and every so often some unintelligible garble would spill out of it.
"You-wha-when-how-WHY?" he finished finally, hopping to his feet with agility and running to hide behind the younger Queen's thrown. He knew better than to expect the elder to protect him.
"I thought you said you would not cause him harm." Yami, the hatter said menacingly as Seto smirked.
"And there won't be. As I said, all I want is to get better acquainted with the little rabbit."
Joey glared at him, peeking around the high backed thrown as the Queens watched the dispute with interest, "Yeah, don't think I don't know what ya mean by THAT ya sleezball! Pervert!"
Silence rang throughout the throne room as the words echoed. Joey had shrunk back a little at the warning glare Seto was sending him and the Queen Meghan was patting his ears soothingly.
On Queen Kisa's side of the thrones, however, the mood turned considerably more dark and sinister. Her expression curled into a smirk that could rival the Cheshire cat's, and she leaned to whisper to the Queens' lady in waiting, Marie.
"Things just got a lot more interesting," she steepled her fingers like a villain in a movie. Marie grinned maniacally next to her, and the Queen soon found a Yugi had joined Joey in cowering behind her. She sighed and patted his spiky little head as well. Though she couldn't find the heart to blame them.
Something needed to be done however, or they all just might be stuck in the same position hours from now.
"…sister." The younger Queen started, standing so as to command the attention of all present, "I propose that we hold a party to celebrate Mr. Kaiba's visit. It is not often we find strangers in Wonderland after all, nor is it often that they are a human capable of befriending our beloved Joey."
"He ain't my friend or nothing!" Joey protested.
"And so with that, Marie, may I ask that a room be prepared for Mr. Kaiba. Preferably near Joey's, so he can be near his friend."
"But your highness, he ain't my friend!" Joey whined, he quieted with a pout however, when Kisa's brow furrowed in slight annoyance.
"I will see that it is done, Madam." Marie bowed and exited.
The younger Queen stepped delicately from her thrown to stand a little ways from Seto,
"Well Mr. Kaiba, while all is being readied, may I ask that you join me for a walk in the garden. The roses are quite beautiful this time of year."
Seto scanned her face, as he had trained himself to do in the business world. Her eyes were well meaning, but it was clear that she wanted to discuss other matters besides the flowers.
He smirked, "That sounds nice... your highness," he added quickly when a guard lifted his spear threateningly. Laura gave him the signal to "at ease" and followed the Queen and Seto out to the courtyard, where she would keep an eye on the stranger and the Queen for their own protection with her mighty battle axe. (lil1diva: I gave myself an axe
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Seto found quickly that Queen Meghan was right about the roses, they were quite beautiful. And well taken care of. He also saw people playing croquet in the lush green grass, hedgehogs being used as balls (thanks to Meghan), but were protected by a custom built suit of armor as flamingos were being used as hammers to swing at them with their helmet clad heads (also courtesy the more sympathetic twin royal.)
"Your country is quite…interesting," Seto said as she caught him staring at the game.
She smiled, and nodded, "Indeed it is, with many interesting people. Including our advisor."
She cast him a knowing look, and he smirked.
"Are you going to scold me like the hatter tried to, your majesty?"
The younger Queen shook her head, "No, I merely ask that if you have romantic intentions towards Joey, will you, or will you not, treat him cordially. Like a proper gentleman."
Seto folded his arms behind his back to portray innocence, "Of course. It is not often that I find something fascinating enough to chase after, your highness. And Joey Wheeler made that fascination grow when he made me chase him down that rabbit hole."
The Queen giggled, and while he let her finish, he still cast her a serious look when he was finished.
"I do not believe in love at first sight, your majesty. But, I do believe that love begins with first sight as intrigue, and grows as you continue to see that particular person. For Joey, I
want to fall in love with him every time I see him. So I will chase after him as much as I need to, down a rabbit hole, and into a totally different world. Whatever I have to do to make him mine." (lildiva: awwww).
Queen Meghan looked at him as if he were a baby seal, her eyes growing wide with emotion as she held a hand to the side of her face.
"Well then, good sir," she said happily, "I wish you luck in your endeavor. Our Advisor is stubborn, but he is very kindhearted. I want you to take good care of him."
Seto nodded, "Oh, I will."
He paused however, as he bent to examine a red rose, "I cannot promise, however, that all of my endeavors will be…innocent."
The Queen flushed and pulled out her hand fan, "Um, I suppose that is fair, so long as you take, er responsibility for your actions."
A maid soon came trotting up the cobblestone path to let Seto know that his room was ready, and that he should get ready fro the party (things get done quick in Wonderland, especially when it came to partying.)
Laura joined Queen Meghan on the path.
"He seems to be a decent guy," Laura assured Meghan; she knew how much of a soft spot the younger Queen had for the rabbit.
"I hope both of them will find happiness, even more so with each other. But I'm worried. We have only just met Mr. Kaiba. What if this kindhearted attitude is just an act?"
"To that, dear sister," Kisa said from behind both, as she handed a white parasol to the younger to match her red one, "There is always the whole, 'Off with his head!' fall back."
Meghan rolled her eyes, "You know, there are other ways to solve your problems than just decapitating people."
That night, at the party…
Seto watched as the numerous occupants of Wonderland danced and partied to their hearts content. The outfits seemed to develop from odd to down right crazy as the night went on, and the brunette found himself shaking his head and walking to the window… where the white Queen, Meghan, stood.
"How does the party suit you, Mr. Kaiba?" she asked politely, barely flinching when Seto turned his glaring eyes toward her. She was becoming used to it, and assumed that was just how he always looked.
"…I suppose it's alright," he said grumpily.
The young man was also frustrated that he had yet to locate his white rabbit. He had imagined what he would look like, all dressed up in formal attire that he would be uncomfortable in, but in which he would no doubt look adorable. He kept scanning the ballroom for him, but alas could not find him. The white Queen cast a concerned glance around the room, understanding immediately what Seto was searching for.
"I'm not sure at all where Joey could be, he promised both me and sister that he would join us for the party. With how bravely he runs his mouth, I never expected him to be so shy in matter such as this."
"It's probably my fault, when I want something I tend to be a bit aggressive. It's something he'll just have to learn to get used to," Seto responded.
The white Queen glanced down at her gloves apologetically, "I'm sorry, I wish there was something I could do to help you both."
Seto was about to tell her it was not her responsibility to make him and Joey happy, when the sound of someone clucking their tongue chidingly came from between them.
Seto raised his eyebrows while the young Queen jumped beside him, when the mischievous cat from before appeared in a puff of smoke. The white Queen's face turned suddenly very red.
"Marik!"
The cat cast her a smirk that made the blush grow stronger, before he turned with his arms folded to Kaiba.
"It takes a certain kind of gall to make a girl worry about your problems. Especially one of their majesties. You do realize that if her sister knew you were causing her any kind of distress, your head would be floating around in the moat within minutes." As serious as the topic had turned, Marik, the Cheshire cat, still had that damn smirk on his face. Like everything amused him in some way.
Seto glared at the blonde cat, he did not appreciate him insinuating that he had purposefully forced his problems on the Queen. She was the one who decided to get involved.
"Please, Marik, there is no need to talk to Mr. Kaiba in such a way." Meghan said, blushing when Marik looked her way again, she stared down at her gloves.
Marik seemed to consider them for a moment, before he leaned back, "You know, Wonderland is such an unpredictable place, sometimes, to get what you want, you need to take a chance and not worry about the repercussions..."
For just a moment, Seto considered asking the younger Queen if the cat always spouted unrelated dribble when talking to someone, when he paused, to consider his words. How much had he heard of the conversation before he interrupted? Did he know how he felt about Joey? Did he know he was having trouble showing Joey how he felt (part of that trouble was because Joey kept running away, but well, there ya go.)
They stared for a minute or two, Marik smiling enigmatically while the Queen looked on, thoroughly confused. As if he knew that Seto had finally understood what he was trying to tell him, Marik jumped from his perch to land in front of Queen Meghan.
He bowed politely, "Like so. M'lady, may I have the honor of a dance?"
Seto snorted, the younger Queen looked embarrassed enough to melt into the wall, but nonetheless, she nodded and took the cat's offered hand as he led them onto the dance floor. Seto was left alone once again.
For a while, he was content with just watching the rest of the party commence. Queen Kisa soon found her younger sister dancing with the cat, and proceeded to tease her relentlessly. Eventually, however, she grew bored, and decided to flirt shamelessly with the hatter. Seto noticed blandly that Yami didn't seem to be bothered, nor happy about this. He even indulged her in a dance or two. Even Laura, the captain of the guard, was swing dancing with a pair of albino looking twins, one happy about this, but the other sending her death glares every possible moment. He contemplated trying to fight her, but she was dancing with her axe at her side, the one that she uses to decapitate people.
It was indeed amusing, but Seto once again grew tired of watching everyone flirting when the one he wanted to do so with was no where to be found. Even little Yugi was visiting his girlfriend, which was Tea, the door Seto had first met in Wonderland.
"Ahem."
Someone cleared their throat behind him, and Seto turned. Only to be surprised as the object of his thoughts stood there, arms folded behind his back. The brunet was delighted to find he was 100 percent right about Joey looking adorable in formal attire. The blonde was wearing black dress pants, along with a white linen shirt, and a silky red vest, his trusty pocket watch nestled inside with the chain looping outside. Perched on his nose were a pair of rimless glasses, that he had a sneaking suspicion had been put there by someone other than the rabbit simply because it made him all the cuter, trying to peer through them but also keeping them balanced on his face. He didn't look too happy to be standing within arm's reach of Seto, but the CEO knew beggars could not be choosers.
"Their highnesses the Queens said you wanted to speak with me. As a guest of their majesties, and because I'm the royal advisor, I have to respect this request. So what do ya want?"
Seto felt the corners of his lips tug upwards in amusement, Joey was trying to speak formally, but he just sounded so stiff and awkward; it was downright comical.
"I do want to speak with you, Joey Wheeler was it?" Joey's eyebrow twitched in annoyance, "But not here, come."
The brunet took the rabbit by the wrist, dragging him to the doors and out into the hallway. He continued to do so until they were in a secluded hallway far away from anyone that could find them.
"Alright, enough!" Joey spat, ripping his wrist from the CEO's grasp, face red as a tomato for letting the contact go that long, "What do you want already? I'm a busy rabbit, so spit it out!"
The words Marik had spoken earlier echoed in his head. Perhaps he was right, perhaps it was time to throw logic to the wind and just take a chance.
Without a second thought, Seto had Joey pinned against the wall, pressing his hips against the smaller boy's so as to effectively take out any movement, but also to enjoy a small moment of friction.
"It's quit simple, really," Seto whispered in the rabbit's ear, the white fur tickling his lips for a moment, "I want you."
The look on Joey's face was priceless. His face seemed ready to explode with how red it was, and his jaw hung slack at how blunt the brunet was. You don't just SAY something like that In the middle of the Queens Palace hallways, where ANYONE could hear!
"L-Look you!" Joey said, turning his head away so he didn't have to look at Seto's piercing blue eyes, "I'll tell ya one last time, I ain't interested in being a crazy human's bitch!"
The silence that followed was eerie, and Joey chanced a curious glance at the human.
He was slightly alarmed. Seto's eyes were still filled with lust, but he also looked angry.
"You think…" Seto said, increasing his grip on the shorter boy's wrists so it was almost painful, "I would chase just anyone down a damn rabbit hole, in a seriously disturbed world with some seriously disturbed people, just for a cheap fuck?"
Joey blinked, and Seto could tell he was thinking. To be honest, even though he was scarily mad, this was the most sincere sounding thing that had come out of the CEO's mouth since they had first met.
Seto could almost see the gears running in the little rabbits head, what he said made sense. He thought Joey was special enough to chase, if he had wanted a whore, he could have easily gotten one, yet he had stepped up to the obvious challenge that was Joey.
"You… you're crazy." Joey said finally, his voice meek and embarrassed. He closed his eyes and turned his head away again.
Seto felt the anger melt away in a second.
"I suppose…" he said huskily, leaning in to press his lips to the blonde's exposed neck, "But then again, insanity seems to be a basic requirement of living around here,"
He could feel the boy trembling as he continued to brush his lips over the soft skin. He was nervous, so he had proper rabbit instincts after all.
"Easy now, little rabbit," Seto whispered into his ear, kissing the top of it lightly, making Joey gasp, "No one's going to hurt you."
"Mm… mmmm" Joey bit his lip as Seto changed tactics, now sucking at his neck and lightly grazing his teeth over his pulse. He didn't want to cry out, it was too embarrassing. But it felt so damn good.
Damn Seto.
Said brunet kissed up the blond's neck, only to circle, kissing his cheeks, forehead, nose, and jaw.
He never touched the lips, though, he came very close, but for some reason he felt that it was wrong to do so yet. But what was holding him back?
Seto knew that the rabbit was putty in his hands now so he let go of Joey's wrists, allowing them to droop at his sides like jelly sacks. The CEO reached down to start unbuttoning the rabbit's vest.
He narrowed his eyes in annoyance when the rabbit tensed again, and grabbed his hands.
"Relax," Seto said again, making his voice sound as smooth and silky as possible.
From the look on Joey's face, it was working. His eyes were glazed over in pleasure and his eyelids where drooping, even so he held the CEO's hands still.
"Look… if-if were gonna… not here," he said finally, looking away from the CEO.
Seto blinked, and then smirked. Without a word he tossed the blond over his shoulder and strode briskly to the nearest door. He didn't care if it was his room or not, it was a room and he was going to use it well.
He closed the door behind him with a slam, so much so that he didn't even notice a mischievous looking Queen Kisa, along with the lady in waiting, Marie, snickering and placing a small "Do not disturb" sign on the door.
Seto tossed the blonde onto the bed and climbed on top of him.
The white ears drooped tiredly over the pillow, too wound up and flustered to stand upright anymore. Joey panted a little, his mouth open just a little bit.
His lips looked so delicious, and Seto wanted nothing more than to claim them as his own.
So why didn't he?
Arms wrapped around his neck, as if the owner could read his mind,
"You figure it out yet?" Joey asked quietly, smiling up at him.
"What?" Seto asked, leaning back so he was still sitting on the blonde's hip, but no longer hovered over those tantalizing lips.
Joey propped himself up on his elbows, "I know there's a Joey out there that you really love. And I know that ya think that guy is me. But I'm not."
Seto blinked and stared at the rabbit.
Joey grinned up at him, "Believe me, I know what it's like, see?"
He pointed to a corner of the room, and Seto nearly fell off of the bed in a fashion that was so NOT like Seto.
Standing in the corner, in traditional Victorian gentleman garb was a Wonderland version of himself.
Seto continued to stare at both of them; this was officially the craziest thing to have happened to him in Wonderland.
"Don't worry too much about it, human," the Wonderland Seto said coolly.
Seto felt a hand hold his cheek tenderly.
"Your Joey is waiting. So go," the white rabbit said amber eyes warm with understanding.
"But-"
What was happening? It couldn't possibly be a dream, not all of it. Joey had felt so real, he had him in his arms. He was so close…
The room started to get blurry, and spun. The touch didn't leave his face, but Seto suddenly had the sense that he was standing precariously on an edge, just seconds from tipping over it.
"Go..." rabbit Joey said once more, before Kaiba was falling once again. Up and out of the palace, past the tunnel of many mysteries. Finally into a pitch blackness that seemed to swallow him whole.
Kaiba's body convulsed as the sensation of falling ended, and he collapsed onto his bed once again. (a/n I bet a lot of you have experienced this yourself, I know I have.)
He sat up quickly, eyes not even open.
Everything was quiet, but he could feel the warmth and light of the sun shining on his face. It must be early morning. He could smell the fresh linens on his bed, feel them in his hands. The sensations weren't muted like they had been in the dream. He was awake.
He opened his eyes, to find himself alone in his bedroom, the large king sized bed seeming just a little too large. It needed another occupant, or half of its space would have been made for nothing.
Kaiba was not used to this feeling, this feeling of regret that the dream was over. He knew better than to want dream like that to be real, there was just no sense in it.
"Your Joey is waiting for you…"
Kaiba looked up.
That's right,
He DID have a Joey waiting for him (in a sense) in the real world.
Pulling the covers off of him quickly, the oldest Kaiba got dressed in his normal attire and walked briskly across the hall, knocking turning the door handle.
He was not surprised to find the blond still asleep, sprawled out on his bed like a child. He must be an active sleeper, rolling around and tossing and turning.
The CEO sat on the edge of the bed, gazing at the blonde's serene face. He reached out, and brushed at Joey's cheek tenderly, touching the soft skin just below the eye. His lips were a pale pink, and they hung slightly open as he breathed deeply in and out.
As much as he had enjoyed the dream, Kaiba had to admit…
The real Joey was 100 times better than any dream.
Gah! Finally! Finished! That was a really fun chapter to write, recently I've really gotten into the whole "Alice in Wonderland" thing. Thought it felt weird to write myself as a Queen,
Kisa: I could get used to it X3
Me: anyways, I tried to add a little smut but…I just feel like it isn't time yet. It is coming, I promise, later chapters will have smut coming out the wazoo! But for the sake of the story believe me when it doesn't feel right to type it now!
Lil1diva: if you want to know about the twins I was dancing with, they were Bakura and Ryou. Now go back and laugh at Bakura. Love ya, Bakura!
Joey: it's fine already, jeez….can I take these damn rabbit ears off now?
Everyone including Kaiba: No!