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~Seto's POV~

When I awoke, I was completely serene. All I knew was that I felt her body against mine, and last night I had gotten something I had waited so long for.

Jem was fully engulfed in my arms, right where she should be. Last night was surreal, but it had happened. I now had a piece of her that no one else could ever have.

I sensed it was still very early, and I wanted a little more of her before I left. Gently I buried my face in her neck, awakening her with affections. She stirred, but as she awoke she didn't seem peaceful. She drew herself into me more, but then I felt her hand move from my chest to grip my arm. I had experienced this grip for the first time last night.

"What is it?" I asked, concerned.

"It still hurts a bit," she whispered. She had put herself through a great deal for me, which I did appreciate and acknowledge. And though this wasn't something I had talked her into by any means, I had not wanted to hurt her. I had come to learn that I was the only one that had ever touched her admiringly, and I didn't want this to scare her. I didn't want her to shy away, only ever thinking touch would hurt. She needed some care now, but I found that wasn't hard to give after not seeing her for so long.

I held her, kissing her forehead before tucking her under my chin. She shrunk into me, again clinging to my body. I thought for a minute, then finally decided to tell her, "So long as you're with me, no one can harm you. It will never happen again." Perhaps at this point she would have pulled back to look at me, but she was too securely encased in my arms to be able to do that easily.

I ran my hand over her soft skin. She was still bare, and I couldn't help but continue to caress her body. It must have felt nice to her as well, based on the quiet, tired moan I heard. She was falling back asleep. I twisted to look at the time.

It was far later than I intended.

"Dammit," I muttered to myself, releasing her and racing out of bed. I needed to hurry, my time to call out the menace now extremely limited. This time she had caused me to sleep too well.

She awoke a little more at this. "What's wrong?" she asked, still very sleepy.

"I have to go," I snapped. I wasn't thrilled with having to leave her like this. "You need to rest."

"Do you have to?" she mumbled as I hastily dressed. I would have to change into my other clothes at work.

"Yes. I have someone to humiliate today," I stated

She smiled and rolled back, then opened her eyes to look at me. "I missed you," she disclosed again. I smirked. Even with the intense experience, she was still very taken with me. Me.

With my clothes on, I went back. I leaned over, placing a hand on either side of her. She reached up, holding my tie, doing her best to secure me there.

I didn't like leaving her like this. I didn't much like leaving her at all, but I had to go. Today would be the last day of the tournament, and I knew there would be something she would like, something that would make her feel better. "Come see me tonight," I entreated.

"Ok," she replied. She yawned, "Just tell me when and where."

"I will." I quickly pushed myself off the bed and showed myself out, turning to glance back at her as I closed the door. As I walked briskly down the hall, I came across Avery, who seemed to be working on breakfast. He was, of course, rather surprised to see me.

He opened his mouth, but I cut him off.

"Make sure she takes it easy today," I directed on my way out.

He became concerned. "Is she ok?"

"She should be," I shot as I closed the final door behind me.

~Mokuba's POV~

I sat among Yugi and friends, my eyes keen on my brother. He had just tried to throw a tournament, you know, a normal one for the grand opening of KaibaLand. But of course he couldn't just do that, of course some jerk had to come and try to take everything my brother worked so hard for away from us. Soon that creep would know better than to cross my brother, though.

I watched intently as my brother dueled. I was trying to decide if it was good or bad that he was dueling. Yes, why he was dueling wasn't good, but my brother had wanted to participate so badly in this tournament. He seemed to be in a good mood, at least for my brother. I wondered if it was because he was dueling now.

"I know he's upset, but, I don't know, does Kaiba seem to be in a better mood? I mean, for him anyway. With everything that's been going on, I'd expect to see more rage like we've seen in the past. Am I just making this up?" Téa voiced.

"No," I indulged. I had thought the same thing. "Seto's handling everything really well. I mean, with our company's reputation at stake, then putting so much work and effort into opening a theme park and running a tournament that he can't even duel in when he wants to beat Yugi more than anything, then this creep shows up-"

"Eh, fat chance. Dere's no way Kaiba's evah gonna beat Yugi," Joey said, his interruption slightly delayed.

I continued, concerned. "Seto doesn't deserve this. He's worked so hard! He was so busy that he didn't even come home last night..."

"Good moods and not coming home, eh? Sounds like the boy had a date to me," Yugi's Grandpa joshed quietly to his friend, cupping a hand over his mouth. The two old men chuckled and I turned to them, glaring. They noticed. "Sorry, lad, I didn't mean for you to hear that. We're just a couple of old geezers. Don't mind us, I'm sure your brother was very busy. We can appreciate all the hard work he does. I can't imagine he was distracted by a girl."

The gang seemed to have a good laugh at the idea of my brother being with a girl. Laugh now, but Seto will show you all, I thought to myself, still frustrated with the whole situation.

I turned back to look at Seto. All that, and he had been behind in this duel the whole time, and he was still completely collected. Irritated, but having a bit too much fun with his opponent for what was happening, and I had no way of explaining it. I guess he just really missed dueling.

Next Chapter: Discovered

"I'm guessing Seto doesn't want you back here," I retaliated.

He smirked, seeming to think we were quite alone, and I became very worried that was true.