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I Almost Had You	By : Hideki LaShae Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 8329 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter List
- 1-I Almost Had You
- 2-Two
- 3-Three
- 4-Four
- 5-Five
- 6-Six
- 7-Seven
- 8-Eight
- 9-Nine
- 10-Ten
- 11-Eleven
- 12-Twelve
- 13-Thirteen
- 11
- 12
- 13
Disclaimer: All Yu-Gi-Oh! characters and references belong to their respective owners. I do not own the rights to any of the songs used in this story and they were all used with the best of intentions. The songs include Come a Little Bit Closer by Jay and the Americans, Welcome To My Life by Simple Plan, Witch Doctor by David Seville and the Chipmunks, I Can’t Fight This Feeling by Chicago, Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65, Kiss… Rainbow… The Hour (L'Heure)… Ready Steady Go… Tears Among the Thorns… Lover Boy… Heaven’s Drive… by L’Arc~En~Ciel. Story elements © Hideki LaShae. No money was gained in the writing of this story.

I Almost Had You
By
Hideki LaShae

Chapter Twelve
Just Another Boy With Blind Ambition

- - 3000 years ago - -

Seth knocked on the door to Jou’s room.

“Come in!” called Jou.

Seth opened the door and walked into Jou’s room to see the blond on the bed writing upon his small notebook. “I need to speak to you, Jou.”

Jou turned to look at Seth and closed his book. “I’m sure you do.”

Seth walked to the bed and sat down facing Jou. “Atemu has asked me to make the preparations to send Seto home.”

“Seth… I care for you. I’m sure you know that by now,” said Jou, “but I don’t love you. I’m afraid I can’t marry you. Seto isn’t yet aware, but I will be returning with him.”

“And returning to him?” asked Seth.

Jou blushed, but he still nodded his head.

“I understand,” said Seth, “It was a long shot for me to bring my love back to me. I see that now, but I am glad to have met you.”

Jou pulled Seth into a kiss quickly. He pulled away with a sad little smile. “Just so you know, Jono loved you very, very much. He would have tried to bring you back if you had been the one who died. His one regret when he died was that he never told you he loved you. He knew you loved him…”

“Can you… communicate with him inside you?” asked Seth hopefully.

“Not with words, but with feelings,” said Jou, “and with dreams that are more memory than fantasy.”

“If I had asked him the question I asked you, what would his answer have been?”

“It took you long enough to ask,” said Jou, “That would have been his answer.” He blushed. “Apparently to be followed right after by him forcing you into bed.”

Seth blushed. “I should have asked him.”

“Yes, you should have,” said Jou with a smile, “You would have made him so happy, and I think he would have made you happy. He wanted to try.”

“Do you know… did he die a virgin?”

Jou’s smile faded away and he sighed. “No, and yes.”

Seth cocked his head to one side and looked at Jou curiously. “I don’t understand. How could he be a virgin and not be a virgin?”

“During the Trials of Ptah’s Children, the two candidates for priesthood have a sexual encounter with each other. They have intercourse,” said Jou, “It’s been done that way for centuries, but Jono never considered that event to have taken his virginity. He didn’t love the Priestess of Seth, nor was he even interested in women in that manner. Since he didn’t love her, in his mind he was still a virgin, because he never had intercourse again. He waited for love. He waited for you.”

Seth clenched his eyes closed. “I will now do the same for him.”

“Huh?”

“He waited for me. He chose to pleasure himself daily… I know, I was watching… rather than be with anyone else. He could have had a pleasure slave. One was offered to him, but he refused. He waited to be with me, and from now on, I will not bed anyone who isn’t my Jono,” explained Seth, “In our culture we believe the dead go on to the afterlife where they rest until it is time for them to be reborn. They are always reborn into a similar social status as before, so a Pharaoh would eventually be reborn as a Pharaoh’s child. I will not bed another until I am in the afterlife with Jono.”

“Good,” said Jou, “He’d like that, but he doesn’t seem to think you’ll last.”

“Then I’ll just have to prove him wrong,” said Seth rising and walking to the door. He turned and smiled at Jou. “I won’t tell Seto you’re going with him, but if he doesn’t treat you right… you’re welcome here.”

“Thank you, Seth.”

Seth turned and stepped through the door. He returned to his own room and passed into a small chamber. “Get up, slave.”

The bald headed young man stood and followed Seth back into the main chambers.

“What were you before you came into my possession?” asked Seth.

The slave blinked twice before looking at Seth curiously.

“Answer me. What were you before you came into my possession?”

“I was just a child. I walked the Pharaoh hounds and brought them food and water,” whispered the slave in a subjugated tone.

“And what would you do if I no longer had need of your services?”

“I don’t know. I would probably be sent to the pyramid construction,” whispered the slave.

“Quite a step down from your current position.” Seth sighed and muttered, “Jono would kill me.”

The slave bit his lower lip before asking, “Is something the matter, master?”

“I no longer need nor desire your services, but you will remain my personal slave. Stay out of my way and you will not have to work another day of my life,” said Seth, “Return to your chambers.”

“Master? Have I displeased you?”

“I’ve displeased me,” said Seth, “I am taking a vow of chastity until my true love can break me free of it. You don’t need to understand why I’m saying all this. The point is you are to never pleasure me again. Leave me, find someone to love you… I don’t care what you do any more. You are no longer my concern.”

“Am I free?” asked the slave.

“Only if you want to be. Otherwise, you are welcome to remain on and be my slave, but no services will ever be required of you. You will get room and board for doing nothing. Now if there is nothing else. Return to your chambers,” said Seth waving his slave away with a flick of his hand.

The slave nodded and headed back into the smaller adjacent room.

Seth fell onto his bed. “Until we meet again, Jono, my love… and next time, let’s hope I tell you how I feel much sooner so we can spend our lives in love.”

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The dining hall filled with people at lunchtime.

“You have two days to say your final good-byes, Seto,” said Seth.

“Two days?” asked Seto raising an eyebrow at Seth.

“Two days and then the celestial bodies will move into alignment so we can send you back from whence you came,” said Seth.

“I understand…”

“You’re leaving?” asked Mokuto with eyes starting to tear up. “Why?”

“I have responsibilities of my own I must tend to. You don’t need me here,” said Seto, “but my brother needs me at home.”

“We will miss you,” said Isis catching Seto’s eyes with her own. She smiled. “I wish you luck with love. You certainly don’t need it with money or power.”

“You could say that again!” exclaimed Jou quickly.

Seto glared at Jou.

“But I will not,” said Isis.

Jou turned his sole attention to the food in front of him and he ate quietly. He knew what Seth’s words meant. He had two days to say his own good-byes to everyone. Saying good-bye to Seto, even though he knew he’d see him again, would be the hardest thing he’d ever had to do so far.

- - Modern Day - -

Everyone tried to avoid eavesdropping on the infuriated girl’s phone conversation, but the way she yelled into the phone made that feat quite difficult.

“Listen hear, you old hag! I don’t really give a flying fuck what you expect me to do! Jou is my brother! You get that? I love him and I am not going to abandon him when he needs me the most!” A moment of silence reigned before the normally peaceful girl started her rampage again. “What the hell kind of Seth-fucking-Osiris idea is that? Who the hell do you think paid for my eye operation so I could see again, you damn bitch? Jou! That’s who! He helped me when I fucking needed it, and now that he’s disappeared and needs me, I’m not going to stop until I find the shit-face who kidnapped him and rip him a new asshole!”

“She is like totally pissed off,” whispered Honda, “Remind me to never, ever piss her off.”

“Never… never ever… ever piss Shizuka off,” said Malik trembling slightly in Marik’s translucent arms.

Marik squeezed Malik tighter to his chest.

“No fucking way in hell! I am not coming home! You are not coming to get me! And you can just go rot in fucking Osiris-damned hell for all I really give a shit! Just cause you don’t give a flying rat’s ass about Jou doesn’t mean I don’t! He’s my God-damned brother and I am going to find him and bring him the fuck home!” screamed Shizuka into the phone, “Fuck you! As far as I’m concerned, I’m home right where I am!” She slammed the receiver down with a feral scream and she turned around seething to glare at nothing in particular.

“Flying fuck? Seth fucking Osiris? Damn bitch? Shit-face? Flying rat’s ass? Damn girl, you cuss as good as I do!” exclaimed Bakura proudly.

“Bakura?” hissed Ryou cuddling up in front of him in case Shizuka decided to turn her anger onto his love.

Shizuka blushed a bright burgundy. “Osiris! You guys heard me? Don’t tell Jou I was cussing! He’d wash my mouth out with soap!”

“Of course we fucking heard you!” exclaimed Marik, “I think Jou might have even heard you!”

Shizuka paled at those words.

“I mean you were screaming loud enough!” exclaimed Marik, “And we were all sitting right here!”

“Sorry about that,” said Shizuka falling into a chair with a sigh, “Mom thinks Jou’s dead and wants me to return home immediately.”

“We got the impression it was something like that,” said Yugi, “But we’re not allowing you to leave until we get Jou back here safely. He’ll want to see you.”

“Fuck that! I’m not leaving. Period. End of discussion. I have just officially run away from home!” exclaimed Shizuka.

“Well, you can always stay here with me,” said Mokuba with a sly smile and a slight blush, “There’s plenty of room after all.”

“Thank you, Mokuba,” said Shizuka blushing.

“Now only if we could get Jou and Kaiba back,” said Tea with a sigh.

“We will,” said Mai.

“Do you think they want to return?” asked Isis as she carelessly caressed Mai’s blond hair.

“Why wouldn’t they?” asked Otogi.

“What, besides all of us, do they really have to return to?” asked Isis, “Kaiba has his company which takes up all his time and keeps him away from the only person he cares about. He has no friends to speak of because he always refuses our offers to befriend him. He has no one to love and share his life with.”

“He has me!” exclaimed Mokuba.

“That is not the type of love I’m talking about, Mokuba,” said Isis, “I mean he has no one to share his bed with him.”

“Oh…” Mokuba looked down. “You mean a boyfriend.”

“Boyfriend?” asked the other Yugi raising an eyebrow, “Not a girlfriend?”

“He’s gay,” said Mokuba, “We’ve both known he was gay since we were in the orphanage. He doesn’t like to admit it.” He hesitated for a moment before adding, “I think if there was ever anyone he could love… It would be Jou.”

Everyone sat in silence for a moment as they contemplated this new piece of information about Kaiba.

“Speaking of Jou… what would he have to return to? A sister he never gets to see. A group of wonderful friends who love him. A father and mother who both could care less that he even exists,” said Isis, “His only happiness is around us and Duel Monsters. You haven’t seen it yourselves because he is always happy around you, but when he is alone, he is so very alone.”

- - 3000 years ago - -

Jou stepped into Seto’s room from their shared balcony. He saw Seto in the bath washing himself before he went to bed. “Were you planning on saying good-bye to me, Seto?”

Seto spun around to look at Jou with wide eyes.

“Or were you just planning on leaving tomorrow without a single word to me?” asked Jou, “You’ve been avoiding me recently.”

“Not intentionally,” said Seto slowly.

“Yes, you were,” said Jou, “I don’t think you really want to say good-bye to me. Do you?”

“I have to go back. I have a company to run and a brother to take care of,” said Seto, “We’ve discussed this.”

“I know…” Jou hesitated for a moment before he walked towards the bathing pool. “Do you mind if I join you?”

“If you must,” said Seto.

Jou quickly shed his clothing and slipped into the water with Seto. He slid into Seto’s arms. “This will be our last night together.”

Seto wrapped his arms around Jou and pulled the blond against his chest. “I know. I’ll miss you.”

“One last night… please… sleep with me again,” whispered Jou before placing a kiss to Seto’s lips.

Seto took control of the kiss and quickly dominated Jou’s mouth. He stood up, lifting Jou with him, and carried his lover to the bed. He placed Jou down on the center of his bed before settling his body on top of the other’s form.

“Can we try something different?” asked Jou blushing and smiling.

“Like what?” asked Seto in between kisses on Jou’s face and neck.

“Can I be on top?”

Seto’s eyes widened with an emotion Jou could easily confuse for fear.

“I don’t mean take you, necessarily, unless you want me to. But could I at least ride you?” asked Jou, “If you’ll let me be on top that is…”

“If it means that much to you,” said Seto rolling them over so Jou lay on top of his chest. He smiled. “I would like to see you try to ride me. The view alone would be worth giving up control for awhile.”

Jou smiled. He sat up on Seto’s chest and caressed the smooth skin. “I hope you don’t mind, but I prepared myself already.”

Seto moaned. “Damn puppy! You should have waited!”

Jou hung his head slightly.

“I would have liked to watch,” whispered Seto.

Jou smiled. “Sorry… if I’d known, I would have waited. I never knew you had a thing for voyeurism.”

“For watching, yes… being watched, no…”

Jou kissed Seto’s chest and pulled a nipple into his mouth. He moaned.

Seto ran his hands through Jou’s hair. “Lower, puppy… go lower…”

Jou slid down Seto’s body, kissing and nipping as he went before he pulled the tip of Seto’s erection into his mouth.

“Jou!”

Jou finished slicking Seto’s member with a long lick along the underside from the base to the tip. He knelt over Seto and used one of his hands to guide the penis to his opening. He lowered himself down until the penis filled him completely.

Seto set his hands on Jou’s hips, and he helped guide the uncertain movements for a few moments until Jou got the hang of the up and down motion.

Jou nearly screamed as his lover’s hard member rammed into his prostate. He sped up without a word of warning and bounced harder to give himself deeper, harder, and faster jabs against the sensitive bundle of nerves.

“Oh, yes,” hissed Seto, “So good… Good puppy…” His eyes dilated as he saw Jou’s hands reach to his straining erection and start stroking. He raised his arms above his head in a position of compliance. “Gods, you’re beautiful!”

Jou slammed down hard and screamed out a name as both lovers released their sexual essence simultaneously.

Seto smiled as he pulled Jou down to kiss him.

“Seto,” whispered Jou cuddling up to the brunet.

“Sleep, Jou. Sleep, and dream of happiness.”

“Seto… promise me…”

“Hmm?”

“Promise me that you’ll find someone to love, truly love, and you’ll let him take you once in awhile,” whispered Jou, “It doesn’t have to be every time, or often for that matter. Just on occasion.”

Seto wrapped his arms around Jou and held him close. He whispered, “I promise, Jou. I’ll let him take me once in awhile.”

Jou closed his eyes and rested his head on Seto’s chest.

“Good night, Jou. Sleep well.”

“Love you,” mumbled Jou.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Seto walked into the underground arena where the Shadow Games were played with Jou following slowly behind him. He still wore his Egyptian attire, but a grass woven bag slung over his shoulder carried his clothes and his duel disk resided in its place on his arm. He saw the Priests and Priestesses sitting nearly in shadows around the edge of the room with Atemu and Mokuto in their midst.

“Jou, are you ready to help Seto pass into the future?” asked Seth from his position in the center of the room.

Jou secured his own duel disk into place and checked to make sure his CD player is hidden beneath his clothing. He drew the Time Wizard from his deck and stared at it. “Yeah. I’m ready to do my part. Take care of Time Wizard for me, Seto.”

Seto took the card with a nod. “It will be well tended.”

“Safe passage, friend,” said Atemu.

A chorus of “Safe passage, friend” sounded from the Priests and Priestesses.

Shizuru joined Seth and whispered a prayer to Osiris.

Seth dropped a few hairs into a small fire burning in a brazier. He pretended they were all mahogany brown, but he knew some were golden blond.

Shizuru took one of Seth’s hands in her own and they started into a chant of long forgotten words.

- - Modern Day - -

“I miss you, Jou,” said Shizuka lighting a candle on the table in front of her.

“I miss you, Jou,” whispered Yugi looking through his photo album with Anzu and Honda. He received firm nods from the other two, in agreement to his whisper.

“We all miss you, Jou,” said Bakura as he caressed Ryou’s hair.

“Even you, Bakura?” mumbled Ryou drowsily as Bakura’s gentle ministrations threatened to lull him to sleep.

“Even me,” said Bakura.

- - 3000 years ago - -

Wisps of Shadow Magic floated around the room, and the temperature dropped twenty degrees because of the cold seeping out of the darkness.

“It is time,” said Seth and Shizuru with one voice.

Jou took a deep breath. “May your journey be all that you desire!”

Seto nodded.

Four combined voices of Jou, Seto, Shizuru, and Seth cried out the words, “I summon Time Wizard!”

The familiar monster appeared in between Seto and Jou. It waved its wand in a silent greeting to Jou.

“Time Roulette! Go!” screamed Seth and Jou.

“Go Time Roulette!” exclaimed Shizuru as tears formed in her eyes.

Seto took a deep breath before saying, “Time Roulette! Go!”

The roulette wheel spun and landed on the time machine.

“We wish you well!” exclaimed Atemu, “Know that we will always care for you!”

“I say the same to you,” said Seto as the portal opened. He closed his eyes as his body lifted from the floor and flew into the portal. He didn’t see Jou also enter into the portal.

- - Modern Day - -

Time moved mysteriously backwards, rewinding events that had already taken place.

“It would be Jou… I think if there was ever anyone he could love,” said Mokuba before hesitating, “He doesn’t like to admit it. We’ve both known he was gay since we were in the orphanage. He’s gay.”

“Not a girlfriend?” asked Yami lowering his eyebrow, “Boyfriend?”

“You mean a boyfriend.” Mokuba looked up. “Oh…”

“I mean he has no one to share his bed with him,” said Isis, “That is not the type of love I’m talking about, Mokuba.”

“He has me!” exclaimed Mokuba.

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“I guess in retrospect, I love you sounds so clichéd,” said Marik.

“I think we were meant to be split souls and to love our others,” said Yami.

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“What was that?” Honda kissed Otogi.

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In a matter of minutes, all the events of the past few days, weeks, months… reversed and change. No longer were Isis and Rishid difficult to find in Egypt because they remained in Domino.

Everyone returned to the schoolyard where Seto and Jou had their fateful encounter leading to their disappearance.

The portal appeared.

“Jou!” exclaimed Honda running from where the portal appeared back to a tree that he latched onto. “JOU!”

“Jou!” screamed Yugi.

For a split instance, Seto and Jou both appeared in the portal still wearing their school uniforms with Seto’s hand clutching Jou’s as they were right before the portal sucked them in, but then the next second they were gone again. This time, they reappeared after a few seconds delay and they stood facing each other wearing their regal Egyptian garb with their duel disks on their arms.

A blast of energy from the Shadow Magic knocked everyone off their feet.

“Jou!” exclaimed Shizuka getting to her feet first and racing over to embrace her brother.

“Shiki? What are you doing here?” asked Jou looking around at everyone with wide eyes, “What the hell happened here while I was gone?”

Shizuka smiled. “A lot.”

“Big brother!” exclaimed Mokuba running to embrace his brother as soon as he had his own feet beneath him. He tackled Seto and knocked the brunet who was just rising back down onto the ground. “I’ve missed you so much!”

Seto held Mokuba in a warm embrace. “I’ve missed you too, Mokuba!”

Everyone rushed over to pull both boys into several hugs, severely loathed by the brunet but practically demanded by the blond.

“So… you went back to ancient Egypt,” said Marik knowingly, “I certainly hope you had fun because we were here worried to death!”

“Oh, I did have fun!” exclaimed Jou grabbing Marik even though he was a spirit and hugging him tight. He pulled back with a wide grin. “But thanks for worrying!”

“Come on! Tell us everything!” exclaimed Mai.

Isis smiled as she finished what Mai wanted to say. “What happened? How did you get back? Who all did you meet?”

“There will be plenty of time for that!” laughed Jou, “Let’s go back to the Game Shop and we’ll tell you everything!”

“I am not going to that game shop, mutt!” exclaimed Seto glaring at the blond.

Jou stopped laughing abruptly and his shoulders slumped down in defeat. “Yeah… Yeah, sorry, Se… Sorry, Kaiba. I forgot. You’ve been gone from your company so long, and you probably need to go catch up on paperwork or something. Don’t worry about us. I’ll tell everyone what happened by myself.”

Seto grit his teeth. He pulled out his cell phone from the bag he carried and looked at it. He sighed. “Mokuba, do you have your cell phone? I forgot... my batteries are dead.”

Mokuba felt around his pockets. “Sorry, big brother. I must have left it behind.”

“Fine… we’ll walk back to the house,” said Seto turning away from everyone. He started to take a few steps and then stopped. “Aren’t you coming, pup?”

“Huh?” asked Jou cocking his head to the side.

“I thought you wanted to tell everyone what we’ve been doing.” Seto sighed as he looked over his shoulder. “I am not going to the game shop. So you and your friends will have to come to my house for your little story time.”

Jou smiled. “Can we eat too? Junk food and soda?”

“Yeah! Can we have pizza for dinner, Seto?” asked Mokuba.

“Fine,” said Seto, “Now come, puppy!”

Jou skipped the few steps to Seto’s side and looked up at the brunet adoringly. “Let’s go, guys!”

“You look very happy, Jou,” said Shizuka, “Did something good happen while you were away?”

“I think so, sis,” said Jou, “I hope so actually. And the great news is, I think Osiris approves!”

Shizuka clung to one of Jou’s arms. She smiled at him. “I’m happy for you. So much has happened here while you were gone. I ran away from home.”

Seto stopped suddenly and Yugi, who had been just a step behind him, ran into his backside.

“Hey! Warn me before you stop like that!” exclaimed Yugi with a cute pout.

“The newspaper,” said Seto pointing at the window of a newspaper box, “Look at the date. That can’t be right! That can’t possibly be the right date!”

Yugi looked at the date on the newspaper. “That was the date you left!”

“That explains the ripple of Shadow Magic!” exclaimed Bakura with widening eyes.

“Yes! Time here had progressed, but the Shadow Magic reversed the flow of time here so that what had happened, didn’t actually happen!” exclaimed the other Yugi, “We still remember what happened in Jou and Kaiba’s absence because we are so closely tied to the Shadow Realm and Shadow Magic. That ripple reversed time for everyone but us and got us back into the position where we had been, but we all remained together because we are all tied to the magic in some way! Kaiba didn’t lose any time working after all!”

“I guess some good came of this,” said Seto before shaking his head and continuing to walk.

The procession made their way to the Kaiba mansion as fast as they could.

Seto dished out orders to his butler as soon as he walked through the door. He flung his bag into the man’s arms. “Have that laundered and sent up to my room. Order pizza, twenty… no, twenty-five of them with everything on them… Fetch me a cup of coffee. Bring the entire stash of sodas and alcohol into the living room. Have the guest rooms all prepared for the night. Our guests will be staying.”

“Anything else, sir?” asked the butler.

Seto looked at Jou. He turned back to the butler. “Yes. Bring some chocolate to the living room as well… and anything else we have in the house that’s made mostly of sugar.”

“Yes, sir,” said the butler before hurrying off to do as commanded.

“Seto?” asked Mokuba, “Why twenty-five pizzas?”

“I’ve seen the way Jou eats,” said Seto, “and I’m hungry!” He took a long breath before heading into the living room. “It’s good to be home!”

“And what was that about alcohol!” exclaimed Mokuba running after his big brother to be joined in the living room moments later by the rest of the gang.

“What happened to you while you were gone, Kaiba?” asked Anzu, “This doesn’t sound much like you.”

“I just had a rather long vacation, and I’m glad to be home,” said Seto collapsing into a chair, “If you’d all care to sit… we could answer all your questions about where we’ve been.”

Seats upon the dual sofas, love seats, and various other chairs filled up quickly, but even though there was still room for him elsewhere, Jou sat down on the arm of Seto’s chair.

“Okay, so we know you went to Egypt,” said Honda, “But why?”

“For love,” said Jou simply.

“Seth, the High Priest of Ra, had been in love with Jono, the Priest of Osiris,” said Seto, “But Bakura, the Thief King, killed Jono.”

Ryou glared at Bakura.

“Hey! I didn’t know him then and I never suspected I’d be stuck with him again in another life!” exclaimed Bakura raising his hands to surrender.

Ryou hit the back of Bakura’s head.

“So Seth tried to go back in time to prevent Jono’s death, but something went wrong and we were transported there,” said Seto.

“You would have loved it there, Yugi!” exclaimed Jou, “We met the Pharaoh, Atemu, and the Captain of the Guards looked just like Honda! But he was kind of wimpy actually. I guess that was to be expected though since he was sleeping with the Priest of Anubis, Otogi!”

“Wimpy?” shouted Honda.

“Otogi?” Otogi’s eyes widened.

Jou nodded. “Yes. Hiroto and Otogi were not too discreet about their relationship! I’m surprised they ever managed to get anything done what with their make-out sessions in the Temple of Anubis or their sexual encounters all around the palace…”

Otogi blushed.

“At least Mai and Isis were discreet. They kept all indecent acts restrained to their bedrooms,” said Seto.

“Mai? Isis?” asked Malik looking between his older sister and the blonde-haired woman, “Really?”

“Priestess Isis of Isis and Priestess Mai of Bastet,” said Jou, “They were lovers too. It was Isis and Mai, Otogi and Hiroto, Seth and Jono… or they would have been if they had gotten their heads out of each other’s asses! They never admitted to each other that they were in love.”

“Mokuto and Shizuru also hooked up near the end of our stay as well,” added Seto with a look to Mokuba and Shizuka who sat side by side in a cozy chair, “Mokuto was Seth’s younger brother, and Shizuru was Jono’s younger sister. And the last we heard of Namu, he was rather friendly with Bakura.”

“Plus Atemu was engaged to Teana, but she died. He didn’t want to marry her anyway,” said Jou, “So Seth had brought us there because he wanted me. Seto coming was a complete accident! Seth spent all his free time trying to seduce me and get me to fall in love with him!”

Yugi and Shizuka shared a look of understanding when they heard Jou say ‘Seto’, and they both smiled a little.

“Tell us all about it!” exclaimed Anzu.

Jou rambled about anything and everything… except he conveniently forgot to mention anything about Seto courting him.

- - 3000 years ago - -

“Good-bye, Jou. Live a good life with Seto,” whispered Seth with a quiet voice.

- - Modern Day - -

The butler pushed a wheeled cart covered in various sodas and other bottles into the living room. He placed a cup of coffee on the small coffee table to the right of Seto’s chair. “The pizzas will be here shortly, sir, and the cook is preparing your sugar-fix now.”

“Thank you. That will do,” said Seto grabbing a soda from the cart and opening it before taking a long drink. He passed the bottle to Jou.

Jou stared at the soda in his hands with glee. “Oh, I love you!” he exclaimed before tipping back the bottle and drinking the remainder, “That is some good shit, Seto!”

“So now what?” asked Yugi, “We’re the only ones who remember that these events even occurred. As far as the world is concerned, Kaiba only skipped one afternoon of work and Jou never was reported missing.”

“Yeah… Now what do we do?” asked Jou looking to Seto for answers, “Do we just forget all this even happened?”

Seto saw the hope waging war behind Jou’s eyes. “That sounds like a wonderful idea. Forgetting everything.”

Jou lowered his eyes.

“But I don’t want you to,” said Seto, “We’ll just keep these events to ourselves… for the time being. We’ll figure out some way for the public to find out, just not tonight.”

Jou smiled.

“Jou… Are you in love?” asked Shizuka in a singsong voice.

Jou blushed intensely, but he didn’t get to answer because the cook and maids entered with several trays of chocolates, cookies, and candies. He fell to his knees in front of the coffee table where the servants placed the food, and he started stuffing his face with the sugared confections. He closed his eyes and moaned. “So good! So good!”

The elderly cook laughed and looked at Seto. “You should bring this one over more often, sir.”

“We’ll see, Yo-lei,” said Seto, “Puppy, chew first… then swallow!”

Jou turned to glare at Seto, but instead he tossed a cookie at him.

Seto grabbed the cookie with a small nod of thanks and ate it slowly, savoring the sugar as it began rushing through him.

Jou smiled at Seto before continuing to gorge himself on the food. He leaned back against Seto’s legs with a plate of cookies in his hands, and he closed his eyes as he thought.

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Jou lifted his head from his desk and looked at the door right when Seto walked in wearing his pristine school uniform with his dark trench coat over top. His eyes roved over the neatly styled brown hair.

Seto walked over to his desk still reading the papers in his hand, and he sat down before removing his glasses and rubbing his temples. He put his glasses in a small case that he slipped into an inside pocket of his trench coat, and he put his papers into his briefcase only to bring out a book to flip carelessly through while we waited for class to begin.

Jou watched Seto with a goofy grin upon his face, but it wasn’t the uptight high school student or businessman he saw. He saw the semi-carefree Egyptian in revealing clothes with tan skin and eyes staring lovingly at him. He sighed.

Several girls entered the classroom and looked over to where Seto sat. They giggled and swooned, but all they saw was the money and the looks. They didn’t see what lay beneath the surface.

Jou remembered the wind blowing through Seto’s hair and the feel of his arms wrapped tight around his waist. He couldn’t prevent the whispered word that escaped his lips, “Beautiful.”

Seto glanced over at Jou with a raised eyebrow.

Jou blushed.

Seto smirked and whispered, “It certainly is.”
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Jou opened his eyes in time to catch Seto grabbing a cookie from his plate. He turned to glare at the brunet. “Hey! These are mine!”

“Yours?” asked Seto, “We’re in my home. These cookies come from my cookie jar where my cook put them after my cook made them. Where do you get the idea that they are yours?”

“Jeeves brought them in for me!” exclaimed Jou.

“His name is not Jeeves,” said Seto, “His name is Toyo. Remember it, puppy.”

“Toyo… butler. Yo-lei… maid,” said Jou.

“Yo-lei is the cook,” said Seto, “I’m sure you’ll get to know her really well.”

“Cook! Great!” exclaimed Jou continuing to eat a cookie. He grabbed the one from Seto’s hand. “But these are still mine!”

“I don’t think so!” exclaimed Seto grabbing the cookie back and putting it in his mouth quickly.

Jou’s eyes sparkled mischievously as he placed the plate back on the coffee table and turned completely to face Seto. He whispered, “Do you think that’s going to stop me?”

“So, you two have gotten rather friendly,” said Mai, “What exactly happened between you two in Egypt?”

Jou blushed as he turned around, but he didn’t answer.

“What has been happening here in our absence?” asked Seto quickly after seeing Jou’s embarrassment.

“Well,” said Yugi before going into a detailed description of their search efforts.

“Big brother,” asked Shizuka slowly after Yugi finished, “you know you said I couldn’t date Honda or Otogi?”

“That’s right! I won’t let those two perverts within a hundred feet of you!” exclaimed Jou.

“Well, what about if I wanted to go out with Mokuba?” asked Shizuka stopping her brother’s rant about Honda and Otogi.

Jou’s jaw dropped and he stared at his sister in shock.

“Do you want to date her too, Mokuba?” asked Seto.

“Of course I do!” exclaimed Mokuba blushing, “We need your permission though!”

“If I find out you’re having sex before you’re sixteen, sis, I will so ground you for life,” said Jou. He smiled. “Otherwise, permission granted.”

“The same goes for you, Mokuba,” said Seto, “I doubt you could do much better than Shizuka. She’s quite the lady. You’d better treat her right.”

Shizuka jumped from her seat and quickly embraced both her brother and Seto.

“Okay, something is definitely wrong. Not only did Kaiba just compliment someone, but he agreed with Jou!” exclaimed Otogi, “Is it just me or are those two things impossible?”

“I thought they were impossible, but I just saw it happen!” exclaimed Marik.

“It would appear that a great deal more happened in Egypt than they are letting on,” said Rishid.

“What did happen?” asked Ryou, “You know you guys can tell us everything.”

“You might as well tell them, puppy. They’ll figure it out eventually anyway,” said Seto.

“Are you sure?” asked Jou biting his bottom lip.

Seto sighed. “Just tell them.”

“Okay… the brief version of events… I already mentioned the language fiasco when we first got there. That was interesting at first. Then Seth gave us a tour of the palace, and stupid Seto got him calling me a puppy too!” exclaimed Jou with a mock glare at Seto, “We were given rooms with an adjoining balcony. I was lonely that first night, and Seto allowed me to sleep in his room with him.”

Mokuba’s eyes widened. “He what?”

“I let him sleep with me. It was just like when you sleep with me during a thunderstorm,” said Seto with a shrug, “Nothing to raise a fuss about.”

“Yeah, but you let him sleep with you?” asked Mokuba, “You said you’d never let anybody sleep with you! That… that the news coverage of you and a lover would be disastrous to the company and so you could never have a lover and I would be the only person you could fall asleep with because I was just your brother! But you slept with Jou beside you, didn’t you? Maybe you should date Jou!”

“Continue the story, puppy,” said Seto.

“Yeah, so late one night, Seth took me outside and he gave me my first guy-on-guy kiss,” said Jou.

“So… it took you long enough to realize you were gay, big brother!” exclaimed Shizuka, “I’ve known you weren’t really interested in girls since we were separated!”

Jou simply blinked at this revelation.

Shizuka smiled knowingly. “Even when you didn’t realize it, I knew, Jou. I could tell what was in your heart all along.”

“Um… wow…” Jou chuckled. “You really do know me, don’t you, sis?”

“If I knew nothing else, I would always know you.”

“You’re right though. I am gay. When I was there with Seth, I told him I thought I was bisexual, but I’m not.” Jou sighed and shook his head. “I must be really stupid! It took me this long to realize I’m gay!”

Seto stroked Jou’s hair. “Only I get to call you stupid, puppy.”

“Only you get to do a lot of things…” Jou blushed when he heard the words come from his mouth, and he quickly grabbed a chocolate to stuff into his mouth.

Seto smiled as he drank his warm coffee in a few quick gulps.

- - Enter Jou’s Memory - -
“The truth about what’s in your heart,” said Shizuru, “I know what you don’t even realize yet. It’s one of the gifts given to me by Osiris. I was given the ability to see the truth beneath the lies.”
- - Exit Jou’s Memory - -

Jou’s eyes widened. “Shiki! The Gift of Osiris! He gave you the ability to see the truth beneath the lies! That’s what Shizuru told me he gave to her!”

“Yeah!” exclaimed Shizuka smiling, “He did give me that gift, when we were very young! That’s how I’ve always known you were gay!”

“And Shizuru saw the truth too. She saw what I really feel,” said Jou.

“She was a bright girl,” said Seto.

Jou nodded. “Right. It was after our trip into the city that we were given the wardrobes we wear now as signs of our high rank as advisors to the Pharaoh Atemu.” He lifted his hair to give them a better look at the earrings he wore as he added, “Mai even pierced my ears.”

“I did that?” asked Mai moving to examine Jou’s ears more closely. She smiled contently. “Nice work. Maybe I should get a job at a piercing parlor!”

Everyone laughed as Mai returned to her seat. They sat in silence once the laughter died down as Jou thought about what happened next.

Jou turned to look into Seto’s cerulean eyes, and when he saw only consent there, he continued on. “Well, while Seth was courting me, Seto decided to do a bit in his own way. We met on our balcony one morning for a very impulsive, impromptu make out session. It was a bit… well, not weird, but certainly… different. And surprising, too. Having Seto kiss me was the last thing I expected him to do at the time!”

“No fucking way!” shouted Honda, “You made out with Kaiba! Tell me you’re shitting me!”

“No, he’s not,” said Seto, “As a matter of fact, we have kissed on more than one occasion while we were on sabbatical.”

Honda paled.

“Yeah… after one kissing session, Seth met me in my room for a little unwanted physical contact which Seto happened to see,” said Jou, “I still can’t believe the little fucker wouldn’t stop jerking me off when I told him to!”

Shizuka blushed. She mumbled, “A little too much info, big bro.”

“I can,” said Seto, “That bastard had it in his head to beat me at everything with regards to you. He had your first kiss, your first hand job, and your first sex.”

“Huh? When did Seth have sex with me?” Jou raised an eyebrow as he looked at Seto.

“You don’t remember? I was coming to talk to you when I walked in on you two going at it!” exclaimed Seto.

“I never had sex with Seth!” exclaimed Jou.

“Really? Then what the hell did I see? You were naked, lying on your stomach, and he was all over you!” exclaimed Seto.

Jou’s eyes widened in comprehension. “Oh, that!”

“Yes, that! You were fucking Seth!” exclaimed Seto starting to get up from his chair.

Jou jumped to his feet and grabbed Seto by the shoulders to force him back into the seat. “No. I wasn’t. I’d hurt my back helping Shizuru, and Seth was massaging a healing ointment into my back muscles. We were not having sex!” he exclaimed looking at Seto sincerely, “I never had sex with Seth! I only had sex with you!”

Several of the others gasped at Jou’s latest words.

“Believe me, Seto. Trust in me and my feelings for you,” said Jou, “I never had sex with Seth. He wanted me to, but I didn’t want him. I wanted you. That’s why I refused his marriage proposal. He couldn’t give me what I want most. I want your heart. I was a virgin until that night with you.” He slid into Seto’s lap and wrapped his arms around the brunet’s neck.

“As was I, puppy,” whispered Seto before pulling the blond into a kiss, “I love you, Jou.”

A look of pure ecstasy crossed Jou’s face for a moment before he lunged at Seto and kissed him passionately. He pulled out of the kiss with a huge smile and exclaimed, “I love you, Seto!”

“This is un-fucking-believable!” shouted Honda rising to his feet, “What the hell were you thinking, Jou?”

“Huh?” asked Jou turning in Seto’s lap to look at one of his closest friends.

“What the hell do you think Kaiba could possibly see in you besides an easy fuck?” shouted Honda, “How could you let yourself fall for his bullshit! He is just going to use you and throw you away like yesterday’s garbage! He calls you a mutt and that’s all you are to him!”

“Ignore him, puppy,” said Seto coldly glaring at Honda, “He’s just jealous.”

“Why would I be jealous because Jou fucked you?” asked Honda turning an unnatural shade of green.

“You’re not. You’re jealous because I fucked Jou before you could stand a chance with him,” said Seto.

“Honda… You mean well, I’m sure, but you have to understand… I am in love with Seto,” said Jou, “and if he’s going to hurt me in the end, then that’s my decision now. He can’t hurt me without my permission. If I don’t open up to him now, I’ll never have lived, or loved, and I’d never get hurt. I’m willing to accept that I might get hurt later. You have to accept that too.”

“I swear, if he ever hurts you I will gut him like a fish!” exclaimed Honda falling back onto his chair.

“And I’ll help him,” added Otogi.

“There will be no need for that,” said Seto stroking Jou’s hair.

“Okay, Jou… I don’t have to like it, but I’ll give you and Kaiba your space,” said Honda.

“Thanks, man.” Jou closed his eyes and relaxed into Seto’s arms. He hummed his contentment.

Toyo and Yo-lei entered carrying several boxes of pizza each.

“Your dinner is here, sir. Did you wish to feast in the dining room?” asked Toyo.

“Here’s fine,” said Seto, “Puppy, the pizza is here.”

Jou grabbed one of the boxes from Yo-lei with a grateful smile. “Thank you, Yo-lei!”

“You’re welcome, sweetie,” said the woman setting the rest of her boxes amidst the various coffee tables while Toyo did the same.

“Help yourselves, everyone.” Seto grabbed a bottle of wine and opened it before partaking of the pizza along with Jou.

Hours later after Seto and Jou finished the last pizza together, and everyone polished off the sodas, wine, and beer, they settled down to watch a movie and relax.

“Are you going to sleep with me tonight?” whispered Seto as Jou curled up in his arms.

“If you want,” whispered Jou.

“I do. We have some things to discuss,” whispered Seto.

“Like the tabloids?”

“Like my press release informing everyone that you are my consort,” whispered Seto.

“I don’t know what a consort is, but I don’t think I want to be it,” whispered Jou.

“If you don’t want to be my boyfriend, then you’d better not sleep with me tonight,” whispered Seto, “A consort is a companion, a partner, a spouse, such as a boyfriend or husband.”

Jou blushed. “Oh, then I’ll be your consort.”

“I do not wish to hide you from the world, so we need to decide how to tell them you are mine and I am yours,” whispered Seto, “And we need to talk about it.”

“We’ll talk in the morning,” whispered Jou.

Mokuba yawned and got to his feet shakily. “I’m going to bed.”

“It is getting late,” mumbled Yugi before hiccupping drunkenly.

“Maybe we should all go to bed,” added the other Yugi.

Mokuba helped Shizuka to her feet and guided her towards the staircase that led to the upper levels of the mansion.

Everyone slowly rose and headed up the stairs, entering rooms at random and collapsing onto the beds within.

Seto pulled Jou into his own room and quickly locked the door. He kissed the other hungrily. “Make love to me tonight.”

Jou smiled. “How do you want me tonight? On all fours like a puppy?”

“Inside me…”

Jou’s eyes widened.

“I promised you that the man I loved would be able to take me on occasion,” said Seto, “and you are the man I love. This is an occasion, and I want you to take me. Will you give me that pleasure?”

“Oh, fuck yeah!” exclaimed Jou kissing Seto for all he’s worth.

Seto guided them both over to the bed while removing the clothing they wore.

They fell onto the mattress together wearing nothing but the jewelry Seto was unable to get off their bodies.

Jou sat up and looked at Seto. He smiled. “I love you, Seto!”

“I love you, Jou, my puppy.”

Jou slowly removed the gold adornments from both of their bodies, including the earrings from their ears that he placed upon the nightstand. “Do you have any lube?”

“In the bottom drawer of the nightstand, beneath the book,” said Seto.

“What are you doing with this?” asked Jou as he fumbled with the drawer and found the bottle.

“Using it on myself. I do have needs, you know, and I did get lonely waiting for you,” said Seto relaxing upon his back, “As far as I was concerned, you were the only person worth sharing my bed with. Only you would ever stand up to fight me. You don’t fear me. You’re strong enough to be with me. I’ve wanted you for so long. You’re the one I pictured when I would touch myself, but even in the midst of all that, I thought I hated you. I thought I wasn’t worthy of you. I wanted to hate you because it would make my life so much easier if I did. If you were the only person I could love, and I hated you, then no one would ever find out I was gay and there could be no repercussions to my company.”

“But you would be alone forever,” said Jou.

Seto shrugged. “That thought never occurred to me.”

“Enough talk. Time to start moaning,” said Jou starting to kiss Seto. He lubricated his fingers with the oil from the bottle. He smiled when he saw Seto spread his legs after placing a pillow beneath his hips to help raise himself up into an easier position for Jou. He gave Seto lots of short kisses as his finger made a ring around the exposed opening.

Seto moaned and grabbed Jou’s shoulders lightly. He didn’t complain when a single finger entered his body and started sliding around, stretching him and looking intently for something. He pulled out of the kisses. “French… Speak French to me…”

“It makes you horny when I speak French to you, doesn’t it?” asked Jou, “Je m’aime. Je t’adore. Voulez-vous venir avec moi? Voulez-vous danser avec moi? Voulez-vous m’adorer? Voulez-vous être votre récompense? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Je t’adore. Je t’adore, Seto. J’adore Seto.”

“Je t’adore. Je t’aime,” said Seto as Jou added a second finger and began to scissor them inside his passage.

“You’re so tight, mon amour,” said Jou.

Seto rocked his hips back against the invading fingers. His eyes widened as they struck something inside sending ripples of pleasure throughout his entire body. “Jou!”

Jou quickly added a third finger while Seto’s distracted by pleasure.

“Now, Jou,” said Seto as the fingers struck his nerves again.

Jou withdrew his hand and applied some of the lubricant to his own cock. He lined his erection up with the loosened opening. “Do you think you could kiss me senseless while I enter you?”

“Is that a challenge?” asked Seto pulling Jou to him for a greedy kiss.

Jou slowly pushed into Seto’s ass with short thrusts until he finally rested completely sheathed in his lover’s body. He moaned at both the tight heat surrounding him and the talented mouth kissing his breath away. “How do you feel?”

“Wonderfully full,” said Seto, “I never thought you would be big enough to fill me like this. I don’t think I could accept any more of you.”

“Good, cause I have no more to give,” said Jou.

“You are the perfect size,” said Seto squeezing his muscles against the invading flesh, “You’re perfect.”

“Thank you,” whispered Jou, “Are you in pain?”

“No… Go ahead and move. I can handle you,” said Seto.

Jou slid out slowly and then slowly reentered.

Seto moaned quietly.

After several more slow thrusts, Jou struck Seto’s prostate gland to make the brunet cry out his pleasure. He smirked as he quickened his pace and maintained his position to keep pounding into the same spot.

“Jou… Jou… Jou…!” exclaimed Seto tossing his head back and forth against the pillows.

“Tell me what you need me to do!” gasped Jou trying to please Seto with his actions, “Command me, master.”

“Harder!” exclaimed Seto, “Faster!”

Jou pounded into Seto as hard and fast as he could. He watched Seto’s hand slide around his erection and he moved his own hand to join it so they worked together for mutual pleasure. He exploded inside Seto just a moment before Seto’s release washed over their chests. He slid out slowly and lay beside Seto while kissing him passionately. “I love you!”

“That’s my line,” said Seto wrapping his arms around Jou.

“Let’s sleep now. We can do this again in the morning,” said Jou resting his head upon his lover’s chest.

“In the bath I hope,” said Seto closing his eyes, “Sleep well.”

“You too.” Jou closed his eyes and snuggled closer to Seto’s warmth.
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