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I thought I might be able to get this chapter out earlier than today, but apparently my mind doesn't want to write the end of this story and it just keeps going and going. I think I've wrote three or four chapters without moving past one day in the story timeline. So again. I apologize for not being able to get these chapters up faster.

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Chapter Two

Kaiba stood outside of Yugi's shop, staring at the dark building. Two years had past and neither he nor Yugi's friends were able to find any sort of information on their blond friend. Kaiba felt useless. No amount of money or influence on the right people could give him any clues about the location of Jounouchi. The police finally filed a missing person report after the blond had been missing for a year. However, after three months of looking, they gave up on finding Jounouchi. That was something Kaiba was never going to do. He refused to admit that Jounouchi was dead, and the body would be found years later as nothing but bones. He knew the blond was alive, but where?

Kaiba entered into the game shop and looked over at the group of sorrow people. Yugi was the first to greet him with a smile unlike Honda and Anzu who glared slightly at him. "Thank you for coming, Kaiba," the tri-colored man whispered. The brunet nodded and glanced over at Jounouchi's other two friends. "Have you been able to find anything?"

Kaiba sighed and placed his silver briefcase down on the table. "All my leads have lead to nothing but dead-ends. I have nothing left to go on."

Yugi frowned. "It's okay. We'll figure something out. I'm sure Jounouchi is still waiting for us."

Kaiba sat down on one of the chairs that surrounded the counter. Honda glared at him. "How do we know you are even trying?"

"Honda," Yugi gasped.

"No, Yugi. Honda has a good point. He's never liked Jounouchi. Why would he help us? I don't think we should have stopped looking and left it all to him. He has all the money in the world and he can't find him. What if he's the reason for Jounouchi's disappearance?"

Kaiba growled and slammed his hands down on the desk. "I would never sink so low as to kidnap a worthless mutt like him and keep him away from you. What would be the point to that? In fact, what did you guys say to him at graduation to make him have a hurt expression like he did?" Kaiba was tired of constantly fighting with those two. He remembered a few nights ago that Jounouchi not only looked horrible but he had a strange look on his face when he was talking to Honda and Anzu.

Yugi gasped. "When was that?"

"Unbelievable. You didn't know." Kaiba laughed. "Honda and Anzu said something to him at graduation that made him nearly cry. Before you start blaming me maybe you should look at yourselves. What did you say to him?"

Yugi looked shocked. He knew there was a time during graduation that Anzu asked him to go get something and left Jounouchi with them, but he was having trouble remembering what happened. He was shocked that Kaiba could remember something that happened nearly three years ago. That might explain a little about why Kaiba was helping him. Could Kaiba secretly have feelings for Jounouchi? That was a puzzle for later. He glared at the people he called his friends. "What did you say to him?"

"He confessed something that would be impossible to happen. I was telling him that he shouldn't even bother trying," Honda admitted. "It's still impossible. I didn't want him to get hurt."

"What did he say?"

"I don't think it is our business to say," Anzu answered quickly, not wanting to tell Kaiba their secret.

Yugi slammed his hands down on the counter. "Tell me now," he growled with all the fury he could muster into his amethyst eyes. Honda blink, thinking for the first time that the pharaoh was back inside of Yugi.

He sighed and bowed his head. "He was looking for advice. He said that he had a huge crush on someone that we might not agree with and might not love him back. He wanted to know if he should tell this person. I told him that if he tried and got hurt I wouldn't be there to help him. I knew it was hopeless and couldn't believe that he thought he had a chance."

Yugi stared at his two friends. He couldn't believe how cruel they were to Jounouchi. If they were the reason why Jounouchi was missing, he knew he would never forgive them. "Who did he love?"

"I'm sure that's not the reason he left," Anzu defended. She couldn't let Kaiba know Jounouchi's dark secret nor did she want to find out if she was wrong.

Yugi glared again. "Why won't you tell me who it was?"

"It was me, wasn't it?" Kaiba finally asked, choosing not to remain quiet while Yugi tore his friends apart.

Anzu sighed. "Yes."

"I can't believe you two. You should have let him try and stand by his side either way. If that's the reason he left then I will never forgive you."

Kaiba watched the three as they continued to argue. The fact that Jounouchi was in love with him was a shock. He didn't know what to feel about that new information. He thought back to when he graduated wondering if he would have listened to Jounouchi's love confession. "Kaiba," Yugi called several times, finally drawing his attention. He glanced up at Yugi whose anger had slowly eased. "How would you have responded?"

Kaiba thought for a few moments. He knew that he constantly argued with the blond, but he never truly hated him. He would like to answer with certainty. Even now he wasn't sure. He did feel something at this moment for Jounouchi however he wasn't sure whether it was worry or love. He was leaning more towards love. "I might have said nothing at first. I wouldn't have turned him down. Maybe something could have come from it." The CEO glanced up at the shocked faces. "What?"

Yugi finally chuckled. "Do you even realize that you just admitted to liking Jounouchi?"

Kaiba crossed his arms. "What's your point?"

Honda and Anzu glanced between each other. "I can't believe he had a chance with you."

Kaiba stared at the briefcase in front of him. He hated to admit this, but he wanted to see their defeated faces which made him answer more honestly. "He still does if he comes back in time. This is why I hate when you people butt into something that is none of your business. He would be safe with me now if it weren't for you two shooting down something that you obviously knew nothing about."

The two looked guilty and was about to say something more when Kaiba's phone rang. He glanced down at the number and frowned. "What is it?" Kaiba listened in shock. "What did you say? No, don't do anything. I'll be right there." Kaiba rose and grabbed his briefcase.

Yugi jogged after him. "What happened?"

"Mokuba's been kidnapped."

"What did you say?"

"I'm sorry. I have to go. I'll be in touch." Before Yugi could say anything more, one of Kaiba's limousines drove in front of the game shop and picked him up. He didn't care that he was leaving his sports car in the parking lot behind the shop. He needed to get to the office and figure out what happened. Kaiba placed his briefcase in the seat next to him. Worry written on his face, the CEO didn't know if he could handle not only Jounouchi missing but his brother as well.

Mokuba shifted in the trunk of a car. His hands were firmly tied behind his back, giving him no chance of breaking free of the restraints. He couldn't believe how foolish he was to believe that the men were going to lead him to Jounouchi. He thought that he could ease his brother's suffering if he found the blond for his older brother. He knew his brother had information on Jounouchi all over the place. He didn't think it was odd that someone would come to him, but he was foolish enough to believe them without question. The car hit a bump, causing the raven haired youth to bounce against the roof of the trunk. He moved his body in attempt to remove the gag from over his mouth. He knew that if he could shout there was a chance that someone may hear him when the car stopped at a traffic light, but he couldn't get the smelly gag off.

The car stopped suddenly causing Mokuba to crash into the back of the trunk. The trunk opened a few moments later, and two pairs of arms reached in and pulled Mokuba out. He fought with the little energy he had left. The hooded figures managed to half carry him half drag him into the large dark house. The hallways were pitch black, making it extremely difficult for him to memorize the way back to the front door. He groaned as the two men pulling him dug their fingers into his arms. He knew he would be bruised later.

A loud steel door slid open before Mokuba was tossed inside. He cried out when his body crashed with the cold floor below them. He moved quickly when he heard a growling noise coming from the corner. Gasping, he backed away from what he thought was a large dog. He couldn't believe that these men would lock him in the same room as a rapid dog. When the animal didn't ran towards him, Mokuba relaxed slightly enough to notice that the body of the creature wasn't full of fur. In fact, it looked more human.

Mokuba approached the person very cautiously, but stopped every time the person started to growl. He was halfway across the room when he finally saw that the person had brown eyes hidden underneath the thick dirty blond hair, but oddly he had no beard or mustache. "Jounouchi," he gasped, running towards the familiar blond. He growled deeply and crawled over to a different corner. "Jounouchi, it's Mokuba. Don't you recognize me?" Jounouchi whimpered quietly as he sat his body back down on the floor.

Mokuba moved slowly with his hands out in front of him, palms up. "I'm not going to hurt you," he whispered. Jounouchi continued to growl at him, but didn't move from the spot. Mokuba managed to make it directly in front of the now shivering blond. He knelt down in front of him. The blond lashed out and bit firmly down on Mokuba's hand. The raven haired man bit his lip and tried not to cry out. Tears collected at the corner of his eyes, but he refused to show his pain. He put a smile on his face and reached with his other hand to run his fingers through Jounouchi's tangled blond hair. "It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you."

Jounouchi blinked a few times before finally releasing the hand he held tightly between his teeth. Mokuba placed his hand down on his lap, ignoring the urge to rub the pain away. He wanted to show the blond that he wouldn't hurt him. He frowned as Jounouchi buried his head in between his folded arms that rested on the floor. The blond whimpered and closed his eyes. Mokuba sat on the ground and watched the blond carefully. He felt horrible that his missing friend was in this horrifying situation.

Jounouchi shivered and curled into the fetal position. He whined from the movement. Mokuba noticed for the first time that something was sticking out of his naked butt. The raven haired youth moved to remove the object that looked like a tail from the blond, but he moved away quickly. "It hurts, doesn't it? Let me remove it."

Jounouchi whimpered and placed his head back down on the ground. Mokuba decided not to try again. It caused the blond more pain to keep moving away from Mokuba than to have the object inside of him. Jounouchi quiet down and started shivering again. Mokuba wrapped his arms cautiously around him and pulled him into his warm arms. Thankfully Jounouchi didn't try to move or bite him. "I'm sorry," Mokuba whispered. "I'm so sorry." Mokuba curled around Jounouchi not only providing warmth to his freezing body, but a sense of protection. He felt obligated to protect the man from harm just like how Jounouchi would protect him.

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Another chapter done. The next one should be out by now later than next Friday. I'm going to try to get it out sooner if possible, but I don't want to rush the ending chapters. Drop me a line to let me know how I'm doing. I know it's a bit slow right now but it'll pick up. I promise. Thanks for reading.

Angel Dov