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

Warnings: Shounen-ai; BL; slash; boy x boy; homosexual relationships; yaoi, SetoJou; Kaiba Seto x Jounouchi Katsuya, a shitty artist attempting to write, may be OOC, and spoilers up to the end of the series.

Notes: Please read the notes from the previous chapters as well (if you haven't already done so) as they still apply for this chapter.

Please don't get confused whenever I say "The-Other-Yugi", that's basically referring to Yami/Atem. That's just what they call him… I'm tempted to type Yami all the time, I swear. XD; Anyways, since his name isn't going to pop up that much I thought I'd just stick to "The-Other-Yugi." I don't think I'd want to write "The-Other-Yugi" constantly if Yami was around a lot. That would suck.

Oh. And I spell it "Yugi" because "Yuugi" looks ugly to me XD...but "Yuugi" should be more "correct".

I think some of you are going to kill me in this chapter…

Or just think I'm really lame.

The One Who Disinters The Stars

"What the hell?" Both boys shouted in unison.

Katsuya rubbed his eyes to check if he was hallucinating as the other person in the room walked towards him with a displeased expression painted over his face.

It was Seto. It was Kaiba Seto! Correction, it was Kaiba Seto with only a bath towel around his waist! What was he doing here?

"Holy shit. What are you doing here, Ka-Mnh!" Just when Katsuya was about to say Seto's name, Seto covered Katsuya's mouth with his hand firmly.

"Don't you dare finish that sentence," he warned quietly, gritting his teeth.

Oh man. Seto sounded pissed.

He tried yanking Seto's hand off his face, but as always, the brunet easily overpowered him. Katsuya's eyes widened as he attempted to protest, only to have his cries muffled by Seto's strong hand.

"The question should be: What are you doing here?" His eyes were fixed on Katsuya's, glaring, but he finally removed his hand.

A soft gasp for air slipped through Katsuya's lips when Seto freed him. "What is wrong with you?" He returned the glare as he responded.

"You enter private property without permission and you're demanding answers?" Seto folded his arms across his chest.

Yep. Seto was still an ass.

"Look, it's a long story but I was just looking for Mai's necklace! I thought no one was here." He didn't know if he should be afraid or not. He was glad it wasn't Matsuo who had discovered him but finding Seto here instead was confusing. "What are you doing at Matsuo's place? I thought you were in America!"

"Quiet down, idiot."

"Why you!"

Seto just ignored him as he appeared to be thinking.

"Answer me!"

The nearly-naked-CEO's frown deepened. It was evident that he just had a shower—a few droplets of water lingered on his skin and strands of his wet hair clung to his face. However, Katsuya didn't hear any showering noises when he broke in. Perhaps Seto had already finished and was drying up.

Whoa, wait.

"Why are you naked?" he shrieked. Well, more or less.

Seto glared again, signalling him to either lower his voice or shut up.

"I see." If Seto wasn't going to answer his questions, then he would just have to force it out of him. He frowned and then began to speak, with an even higher voice level. "WELL THEN, KAI-"

Seto's hand covered Katsuya mouth again, shooting a deadly look at him.

"What do you want?" he hissed quietly.

Katsuya managed to push Seto's hands away this time. "I want answers! Tell me or else I'll run out there yelling that word you don't want me to say so much."

"It's none of your business."

"It will be." He placed his hands on Seto's shoulders firmly. It felt a little dumb to have to look up at him in that position. It sucked to be shorter. "Did you whore yourself to Matsuo?" He was speaking quietly now.

Seto raised an eyebrow. "Why would I have to whore myself out to anyone?"

Good point.

"Well then answer me! Or I'll assume you're whoring yourself out."

"No one cares about what a mutt thinks." He smirked.

Katsuya, feeling smart, returned the smirk and released Seto's shoulders, folding his arms. "Or I can just tell Yugi."

"Are you blackmailing me?" His eyes widened slightly before frowning again.

"Ka-" He stopped himself. "Something is obviously not adding up. You're here naked when you should be in America and you won't let me say the K-word. Tell me what's going on!"

Seto closed his eyes, thinking again. He then proceeded to the coffee table and picked up a remote that was lying on it. He pushed one of the buttons and music began to fill the room quite loudly, but not loud enough to piss the neighbours off.

"What are you doing?" Katsuya blinked a few times, confused. Was Seto trying to block him out?

"Making sure the neighbours don't overhear us." He turned to face Katsuya. "I can answer your inquiries if and only if you promise to keep this between us. It's important."

"Of course!" Katsuya beamed. "Jounouchi Katsuya never betrays a friend!"

There was a short pause before Seto muttered something that sounded like 'Hn. Friend.'.

Katsuya tilted his head slightly, grinning. "What?"

Returning the remote back to its original spot, Seto started to leave the living room.

"Wha? Where are you going?" Katsuya started to follow him.

"To change. Unless you want to talk to me in my 'streaking nude', as you keep calling it."

"You better not be trying to run away!" He warned with a fist.

"Stop following me. I prefer to change without eyes on me." Seto entered one of the rooms and closed the door behind him.

Katsuya was grinning like an idiot behind the door Seto closed in his face. Seto didn't change at all from what he could see so far. He was still the giant dismissive bastard Katsuya knew and missed (as masochistic as that may sound).

He pivoted to the opposite direction and scanned the room, wondering what he should do. He stared over at the coffee table between two very comfortable-looking couches and decided to just sit and wait. He figured Seto shouldn't take very long to slip into something.

He opened his closet and scanned over his selection of clothes. He didn't need to look flashy. He didn't want to wear something that was out of character either. He rescanned his choices and eventually decided to wear his dark-blue collared shirt and black pants.

The towel around him slipped off and pooled around his legs. He quickly dressed himself, but made sure his clothes were on neatly and presentably. When he finished, he stared at himself in the mirror and started to contemplate.

Should he tell the truth? Maybe he can come up with a believable lie instead. Something like Matsuo was his long lost cousin. No, that was stupid.

He shook his head. Lying might cause problems in the future since it was likely that he'll be seeing Katsuya more after this. He brought his right hand up to his temple and started massaging it. Why did Katsuya have to do the most unpredictable things? No normal person would decide to break in someone's house hoping to find a lost item. If this were any other situation, he would have just kicked Katsuya out the door for trespassing and perhaps even threaten to call security on him. But right now, Katsuya had seen something he shouldn't—something that he could use against him. He must ensure that Katsuya's lips would be sealed.

His fingers left his temple and began combing his messy hair. Telling the truth was the best way. Perhaps Katsuya will understand how important it was to keep his secret confidential and pretend this whole thing had never happened. No, Katsuya will keep this a secret. Katsuya knew who he was dealing with. He wouldn't be dumb enough to risk his future by messing with Kaiba Seto.

He picked up a black choker lying on the nightstand and headed towards the door, retrieving the towel that was abandoned on the floor in the process.

He didn't know how Katsuya managed to give him a headache every time. But perhaps telling Katsuya wasn't a bad idea. Maybe he could make use of Katsuya; he needed some small errands to be done after all.

Sighing, he twisted the door knob and left the room, placing the towel back in the bathroom before facing Katsuya again.

Once in the living room, he stayed silent and observed Katsuya, who was sitting on the couch studying the room just like a curious little puppy in a new environment. Seto grinned inwardly.

"Bonkotsu." (1)

Katsuya quickly whipped around to meet him, grinning like an idiot. "You're still going on about that, huh? I've improved a lot since we've last seen each other. I bet I can beat you now!"

"Doubtful." He smirked.

"Wanna try me after your explanation and see then, tough guy?"

"I don't have my cards with me."

"You serious?" Katsuya gaped slightly from the shock. "Why?"

"You'll understand later."

As he walked closer to Katsuya, the blond shifted positions in his seat to get comfortable, like a child getting ready for story time.

"Again, before I begin, you must keep your word in swearing secrecy. I also want you to not raise your voice."

"Okay, okay."

"I'm under a secret investigation." He suddenly began.

Katsuya stayed silent.

"It's related to Kaiba Corporation. There is a company I suspect to be plotting something against my company."

"Hayasa?"

It was a good guess, since Katsuya was probably fixed on trying to figure out how this related to him being at Matsuo's place.

"No. YamamotoCorp."

"What does this-"

"Be patient." He sat down on the couch across from Katsuya. "Do you know who the owner of Hayasa is?"

"No." Katsuya rubbed the back of his head, looking a little embarrassed.

"Does the name 'Yamamoto Kayane' ring any bells?"

Katsuya's eyes widened a bit. "A Yamamoto?"

"Coincidental much? They're actually brothers. The owner of YamamotoCorp, Yamamoto Kenji, is the younger brother of the owner of Hayasa."

"What are you getting at?"

Seto brought the choker he had in his hand up to wrap it around his neck. It had a metal 'SxK' on it rather than 'SK'. When the choker was comfortably around his neck, he snapped the letters 'S' and 'K' together, locking the choker in place. The 'x' was hidden inside and between 'S' and 'K', leaving only 'SK' to be visible.

"What are you doing?" Katsuya blinked a few times, confusion bestowed upon his features due to Seto's random action.

Seto closed his eyes temporarily in frustration. Some things still haven't changed. Bonkotsu was still slow.

He was silent for a short while, concentrating on preventing his tone from sounding irate, before speaking. "Do you get it now, Katsuya?" He opened his eyes, hoping Katsuya wasn't as hopeless as he seemed.

Katsuya sat there wide-eyed and gaping. "M-Matsuo's voice!" He jumped back in his seat and clung onto the backrest. Luckily he didn't make the couch topple over as it would have given Seto another reason to be irritated. "Th-That means!" His face lit up in shades of pink.

It was so amusing to see the puppy like this. He smirked to himself.

"What's the meaning of all this?" Katsuya replaced his previous expression with a frown. His voice was louder but at least he kept it lower than the music.

From the looks of it, Seto probably had to explain everything from the beginning.

"Okay, Bonkotsuya. I'll tell you everything but only once."

"Got it." Katsuya's expression was serious for a second but it quickly changed into a disturbed one. "But do me a favour and don't use that voice." He shuddered.

"And I was sure this voice was a lot more attractive than my original." His smirk returned.

Katsuya winced. "It's weird hearing it from you." There was a pause. "How do you change your voice like that anyways?"

"This choker I invented..." Seto pressed on two mini hidden latches on the sides of 'S' and 'K' and the 'x' appeared again. The action loosened the choker, making it slip off his neck and into the palm of his hand. "...it changes my voice." His voice reverted back to his original one.

"Wow! That's so cool!" Katsuya's face lit up. "Let me try!"

"It's not a toy," he responded sternly.

"I thought that's what you did—make toys."

"I designed this for strictly mission purposes. There's a special device in the 'x' that alters my original rendered vocal output. It gets activated when it slips between the 'S' and 'K' pieces. I'd go into the details, but a bonkotsu like you couldn't possibly understand it."

That made Katsuya's frown return. "I don't care for that technical crap anyways," he retorted.

"Figures."

"Why do you have to be such an asshole all the time anyways, Ka-ahh…"

"Matsuo is fine."

Seto doubted the neighbours could hear them and it was most likely that they were out, but he preferred to be cautious.

"Whatever. Just get on with your story already."

He didn't want to go soft on Katsuya but he walked up to him and quickly snapped the choker on around the blond's neck anyways.

"Go ahead." He crossed his arms. "Play with it then."

"Uh…" Katsuya appeared lost on how he was to respond. He was trying to look at the choker but he probably couldn't see it. "What does the 'SxK' stand f-Hey! I sound like Matsuo!" He smiled brightly. "This is so cool!"

Seto grinned, proud his little gadget pleased the other boy.

"Lalalalala." Katsuya started to say a bunch of random things as a test. "Hi, I'm Kaiba! I like to eat doughnuts. Kaiba's a jerk. Jounouchi is better than Kaiba, who has a trench coat-dragon-technology fetish."

Seto grabbed the choker and removed it as quickly as he equipped it on Katsuya, growling. "If you're going to be immature, then kindly get the hell out of my house. You weren't supposed to say that 'K-word' either! You're lucky the music is on loud enough to block your insolent voice."

To Seto's surprise, Katsuya was laughing and breaking into giggle fits.

"What is your problem?"

"Well, it was you." He stifled his laugh. "But, that was a long time ago. What's yours?"

Seto ignored him. "Do you want to hear the story or not?"

It was the beginning of July. Seto was sitting in his office doing his daily paper work, not wanting to be disturbed the slightest.

Knock knock.

Seto peered over at the intercom screen and found Mokuba waiting patiently. Without saying anything, Seto merely pushed one of the buttons at his desk and the doors to his office swung open. It was okay for Mokuba to disturb him.

Mokuba looked slightly upset and closed the door behind him gently. "Big Brother! Hayasa is on live right now! They're suddenly making an announcement about their new game for the next gen console YamamotoCorp is designing! You have to hear what they're saying!" Mokuba climbed over the couch and grabbed the remote lying on the seat. He pushed the red 'power' button which turned on the flat television screen that hung in the room.

Seto looked up from his papers and watched Mokuba frantically channel surf to the right channel. "Is it revolutionizing?" he asked.

Mokuba shook his head. "But it is related to us."

Seto glanced up at the screen once Mokuba found the right channel.

"-top seller Sagas series' new battle concept is certainly amazing. When will the new game going to be released, Mr. Ochiai?"

This live interview was already in the middle of nowhere, but Seto continued to listen and waited for the big announcement Mokuba was so frantic about.

On live was a man who looked around 30. He was dressed in a blue business suit and his hair was combed neatly back.

"The new Sagas series is going to be called Crystal Letter. It will be released the same time the next gen console, This-Game GX, is going to be released.

"This is so exciting, Mr. Ochiai. How do you think the competitors will feel about this news? Are you not afraid of releasing this idea out too soon to the public?"

"Ah not at all. Hayasa has been working on this project for a while and it was time to let the public know. There will be a new trailer coming out soon too. Then everyone will get the real feel of Crystal Letter."

"What about the competitors?"

Ochiai laughed softly. "I am excited as well to see what new gaming technology they had come up with. Especially Kaiba Corporation who is always rated number one in the gaming industry."

How typical of them to dodge the question on competitors, but Seto didn't care.

Mokuba made a sound of annoyance and flailed his arms in the air. "Get to the point already!"

"Oh we're already running out of time! For those of you who are joining in just now: Hayasa's new Saga's series, Crystal Letter, is going to have a new and improved battle system! The technology is phenomenal and this shows the power of This-Game GX. Its new person-player interaction brings the player one step closer to the feelings of the characters in the story."

Ochiai smiled and continued the reporter's explanation. "Our new game will be running on a new technology YamamotoCorp has invented. It will be multiplayer, virtually interactive, have vocal recognition and much more!"

"This is as phenomenal as Kaiba Corporation's Duel Monsters technology!"

Seto slammed his fists on his desk which startled Mokuba, making him jump.

How can this be possible?

Mokuba winced. "Big Brother..."

Multiplayer, virtually interactive and have vocal recognition? These pathetically rookie creations were all already achieved by Seto before but those were Seto's ideas to release into the public when his console comes out! Since those pathetic 'competitors' could not come up with anything beyond a controller pad connected to a small box, he thought he'd create the first Kaiba Duel console with the aforementioned features to show the world how far gaming should be. He also wanted to do this because he was in the business world. Even though Kaiba Corporation was not in the console industry, they were still in the gaming industry, so competition was still considered competition. It would not be wise to give your competitors a lead in any way. By joining the game, you can either take away that lead or lessen it.

Mokuba had walked up to Seto and placed his hand on top of his brother's arm reassuringly. "There goes our two months of planning on the Kaiba Duel console. This must be how Siegfried von Schroider felt."

It actually wasn't exactly two months of planning on the console. It was more like two months of on and off planning on the console and the first game Seto wanted to release on the system.

Seto growled and glared at the television which had gone into a commercial break. "Turn the thing off, Mokuba."

Mokuba did as he was told.

Seto was irritated by the fact that he wasted time planning something he couldn't release. Hell, if it was Schroider Corporation who did this to him instead, he'd be less pissed. Siegfried actually knew what he's doing and was a more worthy rival.

He wanted to base the first game for his console system on the pharaoh Atem, his greatest rival, as well as his life. He felt like he needed to leave a mark of Atem's presence and the challenges he had been through so that he'll be forever remembered by everyone…

"We can't release the Kaiba Duel console now, Mokuba."

"Yeah…" Mokuba eyes reflected his disappointment and worry. "But that's all right, Big Brother… We still have to work on Kaiba Land."

That was right. Seto and Mokuba had been working hard on Kaiba Land. He did a few small projects on the side every now and then including the console, but Kaiba Land was always his main focus. Since Seto and Mokuba were creating a chain of amusement parks worldwide, it was immensely busy for them. After graduation, Seto had more time to spend on Kaiba Land, so the speed of that project had picked up a lot. The two brothers had to travel to a few places back and forth over the two years just for their Kaiba Land project. Many times Seto had to travel alone since he wanted Mokuba to attend school.

There was some unfinished business for Seto's second Kaiba Land. Seto wanted to make a few changes to upgrade the theme park. He had also asked for renovations to his mansion in America which should be complete in a month so Seto will have to fly over to America.

"Our dream is coming true, Mokuba."

Mokuba gave Seto a cute smile and hugged him tightly.

Kaiba Land was not an easy project. To build the amusement parks took time and just maintaining them was financially draining. Because Seto and Mokuba had created these amusement parks for underprivileged children, those children were allowed in Kaiba Land for free. The combined cost for workers, maintenance, materials and equipment and other fees made it that much harder. Any child without adult supervision were supervised by people hired at Kaiba Land for that particular job. Security at Kaiba Land was perfect. He made sure it was safe for children.

For a normal person, the blow in the wallet for having a worldwide chain of amusement parks would have been harsh and probably impossible to maintain, but for Seto, it was possible. Seto profited from the other parts of his business immensely and was creating Kaiba Land at a pace that was manageable for both Mokuba and him. He had to stay over at the countries where he had extended Kaiba Land to inspect the construction and to hire workers, but he never stayed long. He would always return to Domino for Mokuba, who was there for his education.

Mokuba broke from the hug gently. "Don't go telling people I still hug my big brother." He grinned.

"I'll be sure to broadcast it internationally." Seto ruffled Mokuba's hair and gave his brother a smile that was only exclusive to him.

"We can come up with a better console idea. Our original consisted only of compiled technology we had created already in our older productions. We'll make something even better and release it to the market!" Mokuba said excitedly with his hands forming fists.

"We will. Tell the others of our new plan on completely remodelling the Kaiba Duel console."

One of Mokuba's fists shot up into the air. "Yeah!"

Seto couldn't help but smile again. "Have you finished the work I gave you for Kaiba Land, Mokuba?"

"Yes, Big Brother. I'll have someone send them up to you shortly."

Seto nodded. Even though his life had never been busier, he was glad; Kaiba Land was running smoothly and Mokuba was growing up healthily. But…

He couldn't help but feel like something was missing.

Tired, Seto leaned back on his chair, and massaged the bridge of his nose. He let out a sigh before Mokuba knocked on his door again. And again he permitted him in.

"Big Brother! It's time to go home!" Mokuba walked to Seto's side and started massaging his arm.

It was then Seto noticed a strange shadow from behind him, projecting from the window. He made a casual glance at the window and saw nothing there, but when he turned back around to where the shadow once was, it disappeared.

Seto got up from his seat and grabbed his already packed briefcase. "Let's go." And Mokuba followed Seto out the door.

They headed down and out the building to the limousine that was already waiting for their arrival. Seto noticed some rustling in the bushes and in the corner of his eye, he saw someone's shoe for a split second before that image disappeared. He pretended he hadn't noticed anything and stepped into his limousine after Mokuba.

Someone was watching them. How long had it been? Just today? Or had it been for a while now? He had been so preoccupied with Kaiba Land that it was possible for a few things to slip past him. Seto was not pleased with this. His security was obviously doing an inadequate job.

Who could it be? An internal spy? An external spy? Hopefully not a psychotic fan girl.

"A few days later YamamotoCorp announced that there might be a delay in the release of their console because they might add even better features to it. The timing was very suspicious seeing how I scrapped my console idea not too long ago and suddenly YamamotoCorp decided to also change their console design."

"So you suspected that the person who was watching you was someone hired by YamamotoCorp?"

"Correct. I didn't say anything about this plan of mine to anyone, not even Mokuba. I didn't want my plan to be ruined or leaked out if the spy happened to overhear me discussing with Mokuba. I don't know how many spies there are or if the spy is someone from the company or someone outside it or how much security they can get past."

"Why didn't you just get one of your goonies to catch the person?"

"Because. I figured I can use them to my advantage. As long as I don't arrest the spy, whoever hired the spy will continue thinking that Kaiba Seto is unaware—it keeps their guard low. If I had revealed that I knew of being watched, then they will most likely stay alert and it will be much harder to catch the real enemy. I could've interrogated the spy but I had a feeling things would go a lot smoother if I didn't."

Besides, this was a game to Seto. Although he was a busy man with a business to run (so he shouldn't be running around playing cops and robbers), a part of him thrived an adventure. It was something which he had grown accustomed to and partially missed… something that used to happen a lot when Atem was still around.

Katsuya really wanted to know more; without realizing it, he was leaning a lot closer to Seto than he was during the beginning of the story. Seto noticed this and smirked. He leaned closer to Katsuya so that their faces were merely centimetres apart.

"Aren't you getting a little close, puppy?"

Katsuya jumped back in surprise and yelped.

"Don't raise your voice, idiot." Seto frowned.

"What the hell was that?" He kept his voice lower this time. That was creeeepy.

Ignoring Katsuya's question, Seto continued with his story. "Since I had to visit America anyways, I formulated a plan to catch the culprit behind this. I spent the rest of the week normally and departed to America right after Mokuba's birthday."

"Mokuba's birthday? Wow. How old is he now?"

"He's 14 now."

Katsuya was sure he saw a slight smile when Seto responded.

"Going to America fitted perfectly for my plan. My mansion over there is heavily guarded and the study is located in the center of the building. No spy could get to me there since they would have to get through all the security around it and inside it. Simply trying to get into the building is a difficult task by itself. I had the mansion designed that way for security measures." Seto smirked, proud of his ingenious mansion. "The spy ended up following me to America. Heh. Some people go so far for their salaries."

"How'd you figure that out?" Katsuya shifted in his seat; he didn't expect Seto to get into that much detail in his explanation. He originally thought he would have had to annoy it all out of the CEO.

"It takes an amateur to detect that spy's behaviour after you first notice him. He wasn't able to get past my security over there; they were aware of the person, but I instructed them to ignore the spy unless he did anything more than watching from outside the building."

This was like some sort of action movie! Katsuya was excited and continued to listen to Seto intently.

"During the first two days I was there, I had checked up on the renovations and ordered for new construction on some areas of Kaiba Land. Afterwards I stayed in the study debating how I should reveal the spy's motive and whether YamamotoCorp was behind all this. I could have easily hired someone to do this for me but that would've been risky. It's always best to do things yourself so that's what I decided to do.

"Because I was in the study most of the time, my employees had to visit me there for inquiries; it was when they were there that I gave them my strict instructions. I had given them specific instructions to guard the place and pretend as if I was always there after I left. I did not clarify the reason, but they were to do as they were told. They were instructed to never speak a word of what I told them or me at all. If anything went wrong... they knew the consequences. Soon all the workers knew about this rule. To make matters much more interesting and convincing, I had the workers continue their routine during my absence. The kitchen staff still made meals for 'me', the maid continued to bring 'me' the paper and so on."

He had even programmed his computer to be active on its own. It would check stocks, the news, research pages and everything else Seto normally went through. It would even send out pre-typed e-mails to Mokuba periodically and the computer would turn off on its own at night. He did all this just in case the spy was able to hack into his computer system. Since the spy was unable to get into the mansion to watch Seto, it was likely that he would try to hack in at least one of the terminals. Although it was unlikely for someone to be able to hack into Kaiba Seto's network, it was still a precaution. If the spy was someone like Siegfried, then he or she had a chance. If not, the spy would most likely at least be able to detect internet activity from the mansion, so it would be a bad sign if no activity was ever picked up.

"What happened to the extra cooked meals then?"

Leave it to Katsuya to ask about food. "It would be secretly distributed among the workers. The spy can't see the study and the inner parts of the mansion after all."

"This is too cool but, did you really have to go all hardcore? It's just one little spy-"

"No. I didn't. However, YamamotoCorp was caught damaging one of Kaiba Corporation's inventions before. They tried to sabotage one of our duelling gadgets so that when it was time for the public demonstration, it would blow up in our face and humiliate us. They have always saw us as a thorn and always tried to get rid of us through pathetic attempts. The person who was caught got into an accident during the sabotage and conveniently passed away. With that, the owner of YamamotoCorp got away by claiming he knew of no such act. I'm pretty ticked off by them now since they're not leaving Kaiba Corporation alone. If they want to play it this way then I'll just have to get rid of them this way. Rumours were floating around that YamamatoCorp wasn't clean. I figured it shouldn't be hard to find evidence while they're plotting against Kaiba Corporation at the moment."

"But they might not be."

"Which is why I plan to find out."

Katsuya was grinning, obviously excited; he couldn't even stay still in his seat.

"I spent the rest of my time in America creating a new identity. Matsuo was born that day. I even made up his family and his lover's identities. His whole life history and achievements in the programming field was all added to official databases. I even made a medical history; I did everything."

Katsuya eyes widened a bit. "And how the hell did you do that?"

"It's called hacking."

"Whoa!" Katsuya jumped up from his seat. "I wanna learn! Teach me!"

"No."

Disappointed, he sat down again. "Why not?"

Choosing not to answer his question, he continued. "I had Isono order disguise equipment for me on the first day but he had to complete the task before returning to Japan. I had him leave it at the end of the tunnel." Isono was instructed to return and stay by Mokuba's side.

"Isn't that risky? I mean with the spy around and all."

"Yes. Everything has its risks but we were careful. I gave instructions in the study of course and I made sure the spy was still watching me rather than Isono on the day of Isono's flight back to Japan. If he was a good spy he would know Isono was only returning to Mokuba. But either way, he didn't follow him. True there could've been the possibility of more than one spy, but I trust Isono to be careful.

Isono's plan was to arrive at to the airport first, disguise himself somewhere safe like the bathroom, escape and prepare my things. Afterwards he returned to the airport to take his trip back to Japan. Luckily things went smoothly for us."

Katsuya was amazed. Seto acted like a secret agent. "Teach me how to hack." He thought he'd try his luck again.

"It's not the type of thing for bonkotsus."

Katsuya frowned. "Stop calling me that already!" This elicited another smirk from Seto. Oh how he loved teasing Katsuya.

Still smirking, Seto continued his story. "I left the mansion via a hidden underground passage connected to my study."

"Was it like one of those secret bookshelf things you see on T.V.? Like you know, the ones where the person would pull out one of the books and the bookshelf would slide to the side?" he asked, excitement evident in his voice.

"It's just a hatch under the rug." Seto would have teased Katsuya for getting excited like a child over this, but he decided to just continue with his story. Katsuya better be pleased that he had spent the time to elaborate on his plan this much. "It's a long tunnel that leads to a deserted forest, I left at night to avoid being seen, and then by the time I reached the area, I got into my Matsuo disguise equipment Isono bought for me."

"A wig?"

Seto nodded. "A wig, new clothes, special contacts, glasses and a makeup kit."

"Does Isono know about your plans?"

"No. Like the others, he only did what he was told. He was not allowed to question nor allowed to ever speak of it."

Wow! Katsuya couldn't help but grin. That means he was the only one who knew. He wanted to help! There hasn't been an adventure ever since The-Other-Yugi left. His life returned to its normal predictable routine that day. And now, Seto was now presenting him with an adventure! A chance to chase away the dullness in his life. He felt as if a candle that had long been blown out had just been relit again inside of him. He'll have to ask Seto if he could help out after the story.

"So then I flew over here as Matsuo, got myself a job in Hayasa and here I am now." Seto was a little tired and thirsty for talking so long. He couldn't even remember the last time he said that much to a single person. "Do understand it all? I made it easy for bonkotsus to understand." He grinned as Katsuya shot him a glare.

"Yes, I understood the whole thing. Thanks for being so considerate, prick." Katsuya was determined to annoy the hell out of Seto now.

Debating whether he should ask Katsuya if he wanted a drink, Seto glanced over at the kitchen and then back at his guest. He was silent for a moment but soon came to a decision. "Water?"

Katsuya nodded.

Seto got up from where he was sitting and walked into the kitchen and prepared two glasses of water before returning to Katsuya.

"Thanks." He took the glass into his hand and chugged the whole thing down quickly. "Why Hayasa though? Why not go straight into YamamotoCorp?"

Strange puppy, he gets angry and forgets about the issue so quickly. "Because YamamotoCorp wasn't hiring, the position out for Hayasa was high enough for me to do my work and although they are different companies, they keep close ties with each other so being in Hayasa is like being in YamamotoCorp."

"This is so cool! Have you found any evidence against them yet?"

"Not yet. I've only been there for two weeks. I still have to familiarize myself with the place, the people and also YamamotoCorp's building. Being in Hayasa is a good opportunity to find out if Hayasa was part of this scheme as well. Any more questions?" He hoped there weren't any. He didn't feel like answering anymore questions. "I would like to remind you that you must keep this a secret or else. You can picture the consequences."

"I still have questions." Katsuya suddenly grinned which made Seto raise an eyebrow. "Sooo...How have you been?"

"Fine." What was bonkotsu up to?

"Can I have a fake ID too?"

"No."

"How old is Matsuo supposed to be?"

"21."

"Whoa. Isn't that a little young to be the head of programming? You don't even look 21!" Well he barely did with the disguise.

"Aren't you forgetting something? I hacked his profile, mutt. Matsuo is a genius. And some people just look younger and the makeup helps. I don't look old enough to be any age higher."

"Aren't geniuses usually well known?"

"He's not Einstein but he did graduate from school quickly and has experience due to his programming hobby."

"Can I join your secret investigation?"

"No." Seto was starting to get irritated at Katsuya for bombarding him with questions with such enthusiasm.

"I won't tell anyone if you do!" Katsuya moved closer to Seto.

"Don't push your luck."

"I want to help though! Add that to the agreement too and for sure I'll keep it from the world! I promise I'll be useful."

"Agreements don't change, mutt. I thought 'Jounouchi Katsuya never betrays a friend'."

"Am I your friend?" Katsuya's grin grew wider. He knew this was a difficult question for Seto

Seto didn't respond.

"Am I?"

"Shut up."

Katsuya laughed. "Hey, is Matsuo gay?"

"What kind of stupid question is that?" Seto growled and fought the urge to smack Katsuya.

Katsuya was laughing hysterically inside at this point. Seto looked ticked. He knew Seto couldn't last long. Oh how he loved annoying Seto.

"How heavy are you?"

"What?"

"Can you lick your nose with your tongue?"

What does that have to do with anything? "How many idiotic questions do you have?" Nobody had the right to mess with him!

"Chill man, just messing with you." Katsuya broke into laughter. "I haven't seen you in a while, I missed you man." He forced the words in between gasps for air and his laughter. His cheeks and tummy were starting to hurt.

Seto rolled his eyes. Seriously. What was wrong with the idiot? Did he hit his head when he was younger?

"I don't remember you being this 'playful'." Seto folded his arms.

"Remember Jin from Amaranthine? His fault." He answered through giggles. "Sorry, I'll stop and be serious now." He cleared his throat. "All right! We can do this!" He grinned while holding up two fists with his hands.

Seto only frowned.

"What's Matsuo's first name?"

"You don't need to know it."

"Sure I do! Since I'm part of the investigation now, I deserve to know."

"I never said you were allowed in." Seto groaned. "It's Tatsuya. Matsuo Tatsuya."

Katsuya paused. "Say what?"

"It was selected at random." Not.

"Right..." Katsuya raised an eyebrow. "I shouldn't have asked."

Seto got up from his seat again with the two empty glasses and headed towards the kitchen again. Katsuya followed him.

Seeing Seto again made Katsuya strangely happy. He never thought he'd be able to have such a long conversation with Seto without beating the guy up. He had been here for hours. He was so glad Seto told him of all people everything. He wasn't going to let Seto down. He'll help him with the investigation and keep it a secret from the world!

"Didn't you go to work today? How come you're here?" He leaned against the counter.

Seto growled. "I was heading there, but a wretched truck drove across one of the big puddles and splashed me." He still remembered the license plate but he wasn't going to do anything as Matsuo. That driver will just have to wait. "My wig got drenched so I was forced to return home to shower. I already called in sick."

Katsuya nodded, understanding what Seto meant since he had to deliver papers everyday. Puddles are deadly shit.

Seto placed the glasses into the dishwasher.

"Everything Matsuo did was an act right?"

Seto nodded.

"You didn't have to request me, but you did. Why?"

"I wanted to mess with you. You were also my excuse for staying silent that night. I didn't feel like acting like Matsuo then and conversing with the others. If I said you looked like Kazuki, I had a reason to be quiet and eat my meal peacefully."

So that's how it was. Fair enough. But...

"Hey?"

"What?" Seto sighed. This better be the last question.

"Why'd you kiss me?"

Notes: Thanks for reading!

Holy crap that took a long time. Now I'm tired. I'm sorry if everyone feels OOC in this chapter...

After this chapter, my writing-rate will probably depend on how motivated I am to get things done. Most likely depending on the amount of reviews...as sad as that may be. I'm not a writey/ready person so there are only so many ways to get me motivated. It's because I have exams coming up. I also want to draw and finish my Yu-Gi-Oh! AMV.

(1) Did you read my "Notes" from chapter two?