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A Slave for Who?	By : hachi-miitsu Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 7320 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 3
Disclaimer: I am in no way making money off of this Yu-gi-oh portrayal or the characters and settings therein. If I was well, I wouldn't be writing fanfiction. Ha...So it follows that I don't own the Yu-gi-oh fandom either...that would be Kazuki Takahashi.

Chapter List
- 11
- 12
- 13
Not much to say atm. Work is shit (*German accent*), schools started again…Urp. =-=;; I still suck. I know. Oh well, read on because I write on….write on, ha. Ha, ha. Ha….wow.
PUPPYSHIPPING IN THE HIZZ-OUS! Finallyyyyyy.

Chapter Twelve

Jou bent to press a kiss into Mokuba's hair, smoothing a hand down the blanket as he straightened. The child slumbered on, blissfully oblivious. They'd been back for a few minutes and the blond had made a beeline to Mokuba's room to check in on him. He found not only the child, still damp from his bath, but Olga too. It was a cozy little sight that squeezed his chest.
"I didn't know he sucked his thumb", Jou murmured in the off-light spilling from the hall. The shush of expensive shoes on carpet sounded behind him. On instinct, he caught the pale hand that reached around him. "Don't", he whispered. "Let him sleep."
Kaiba's brow puckered with distaste. "He should've broken this habit by now."
"He's a child. Jesus moneybags, let him be."
The duo fell quiet, Olga's snores from the chair by Mokuba's bed the only sound in the room aside from their breathing. Kaiba stared down at his brother with unnamable emotions brewing in his chest. His glacial scowl softened when he glanced askance at the blond next to him. Jou's face was painted with a similar expression; tender, protective.
Just as the faithful watchdog he was meant to be.
Kaiba was yanked from his musings when the other male stirred, padding from the room on silent feet. Kaiba slipped from the room as well, catching Jonouchi's elbow halfway down the hall.
The shorter male raked him with a look. "Can I help ya?"
"What's wrong?"
Jou slipped from his grip and shrugged without looking at him. "Tired", he mumbled.
Kaiba took the teen's tan shoulders into his hands and kneaded them. "You're lying."
It was all the spark he needed to rekindle his anxiety. Many thought Katsuya Jonouchi was not a complex creature who worried and fretted just like any other. Most thought he was nothing more than a handsome, compulsive, loudmouthed animal. A lot were wrong. Jou's eyes flashed as he slapped the CEOs hands off. "What do you care", he hissed, hugging himself and backing away. "It shouldn't matter to you as long as I do my job right?"
Something sharp twisted in Kaiba's chest. His face contorted from its aloof mask into genuine fury. He snatched Jou's elbow and dragged him down the hall to his room, barely managing not to slam the door before he backed the blond into it. "I care", he snarled, "because I try to take good care of my possessions."
Jou turned his head away but Kaiba cupped his cheek and led him back around. Honey locked with ice. "What's up? I can't help if you don't tell me how. You've been edgy ever since we got back." He searched Jou's face, tracing the soft shadows of pain and confusion that lingered there like bruises. He wasn't aware that his thumb rubbed circles against Jou's cheek until the shorter male twitched.
Biting his lip, Jou fought to hold Kaiba's gaze. "You", he whispered. "It's you..."
Kaiba's brows pinched.
A gesture, a shudder, a sigh. Jonouchi looked down and fisted one of Kaiba's lapels.
The next moments were a blur. Kaiba grunted with surprise when Jou's other hand came up and tangled the hair at his nape, tugging him down and crashing their mouths together with such force that the brunet tasted blood.
His head dipped with a growl, pushing the shorter male back even as Jonouchi surged up in a desperate attempt to keep their mouths connected.
"Whoa...whoa. sto-mph." A shuddering moan lodged itself in his throat as Jonouchi guided him towards his bed with a few hard pushes. They tumbled onto the mattress, clinging, kissing, ragged gasps stolen by the other's mouth.
A pained sound bubbled deep in Kaiba's throat but he somehow found the wherewithal to push Jou off him long enough to get a word in. "Wait", he said between gulps of air. "Wait...you don't want this. Stop." He held the blond back when all he wanted to do was pull him closer.
"Don't…wanna think…" Jou licked a path from Kaiba's wrist, up his arm. "Don't…wanna…" Seeing Mokuba in bed wrenched something deeper inside that he'd managed to keep buried until tonight. Until he'd seen the girl that looked like his sister. Until Kaiba had to go and treat him kinda special.
Jonouchi glanced up and realized his mistake when he couldn't look away. Amber orbs rippled with pain and desperation. Kaiba's jaw clenched. It was tense for a moment as the two faced off like two stubborn alpha wolves. Then Kaiba let out a heavy sigh and threaded into golden strands, fisting, dragging the teen close until their lips clashed in a torrid exchange. Their kiss was like everything between the two, a savage give and take and with every passing second, Kaiba's resistance wavered. He found a foothole again though, when the damp feeling of tears coated his own cheek.
Kaiba broke away, shoving Jonouchi off him so hard that the blond narrowly missed crashing into a nearby table. He landed instead on the floor with an incredulous chuckle. Panting, the CEO eyed his fallen guest, trying in vain to calm the seeping arousal that stung his loins. He jerked his wrist across his mouth.
At that moment, with the salt of the other males tears bitter on his tongue, the brunet wanted to smash his craving for this wild, beautiful creature into oblivion. His body was another matter. His body wanted to smash something else.Unfortunately for them both, the latter was winning by a land slide. Talk. He had to talk, distract himself so he could regain some control of this situation."Still going to insist you want this?"
Jou stared up at him through hooded lids as he dragged his fingertips up his bare chest. "I do."
Kaiba's lip curled. "I didn't buy a whore Katsuya", the CEO snapped. It was unexpected, yet it wasn't, the way Jou shot to his feet and swung his arm to deliver one of the sharpest uppercuts the taller male had ever been on the receiving end of. Kaiba tumbled to the ground, blinking stupidly as he shook his head.
He knew this dog to be feral when cornered, had seen it himself on the day he purchased the boy. Better this than the alternative though. He sighed with relief when he felt his erection twitch, then flag slightly.
He thought this would be the end of it. Typically, his Katsuya would storm out after striking. He would become frustrated and riled like an animal in a cage. Kaiba grunted in pain and surprise, made to push the boy off when Jounochi, ever the inconsistent creature, followed him down and straddled the taller male's hips, pressing their bodies together stubbornly.
"Isn't this what you wanted?" Jou's voice was ugly, mocking.
Sure. He wanted it. He was a normal man with normal desires. He wanted to be better, wanted to escape that shadow that hounded him even when those well-trussed vultures didn't pick apart his every move, but in the end there was no escape from the chains of servitude. None of them could, no matter what position in life they held. All he wanted was to keep his brother and his empire safe.
And he saw that Jou was beautiful. The reaction it stirred caused his chest to constrict and swell all at once. Sleeping with him would…change that safety.
Jou's sharp smirk turned mischievous as he licked a bead of blood welling from Kaiba's split lip. His thighs spread wider, lowering his center against Kaiba's throbbing crotch. "I know ya wan me. And I don' wanna say 'no' anymore." He had always been ashamed before when he used his body to get something he needed—whether it was to blow Haga for some pain pills or to let Pegasus fuck him just so his sister could stay comfortable and safe…lies. All of them had been lies. Shizuka was never at The Compound. The pills never worked for long.
He was tired of fighting.
"So just…lemme…" Jou trialed off, crushed their mouths together as he ground his hips in a slow circle. Panting, Kaiba dug his nails into the shorts until the leather creaked. Groans and snarls crowded the air. His resistance was shattering. Kaiba prided himself on keeping a cool head at all times but his hunger melted everything else into a hazy inferno. It was too much; alcohol, Jonouchi's punch, Jonouchi's body, they made his head throb. His body throb.
Responsibilities…
Sometimes they shift. Sometimes it's okay to be selfish, and to take what you want.
Kaiba squinted as Gozaburo's phantom voice echoed in the reaches of his mind. He'd told those words to Pegasus and Kaiba one day, long, long ago. And Kaiba had used that single valuable nugget of advice since.
Adapt.
You both want this.
"See? Come on." Jou was suddenly, violently hauled up and shoved backwards. Dazed, the blond glanced up just in time to see Kaiba descend on him, flushed and furious. The CEO pinned his slave to the wall and bent to hiss in his ear, "You want it so bad that you have to come to me like a bitch in heat? Fine. But remember, you asked for this."
The blond flexed his freshly trapped wrists. Kaiba's other hand came up to grip the slender column of Jou's neck, silencing his next question. Jou suddenly felt a foreign tingle of intimidation tremble through him, sending goose-bumps across tanned flesh in its wake. Kaiba was changing … Something dark and powerful radiated from within him, setting off the blond's instinctual response to imminent danger.
"Moneyb-ags…", Jou started cautiously.
"Isn't this what you wanted," the taller male snarled, mimicking Jou's earlier taunt. "Didn't I tell you not to fuck with me?" The CEO's tone was sinister. His hand tightened. Jou's honey orbs snapped shut in an attempt to regain his focus and balance. He was dragged around and slammed into the opposite wall. Dizzy, the slave vaguely realized this wasn't going to be over quickly. He'd awoken a beast.
"D-don't. Mokuba's asleep in the next room."
"Then be quiet."
"O-olga…"
"Is watching over him so be doubly quiet."
Kaiba caught Jou's lips in a savage kiss before searching out his ear. "Not that you deserve it after that cheap stunt you pulled … But I'll give you a choice", the elder paused to pinch the shell of Jou's ear with his teeth. "Either I turn you around and fuck you senseless against this wall … or you can behave and we can do this with lube, in a bed."
"Hnn-nh!", Jou whined. His spot…Kaiba was working his spot just as he had when they first met. The blond's knees wobbled before his body sagged in a grudging rush of submission.
Jou groaned as Kaiba took hold of his throbbing cock through leather and gave a firm tug that hurt. "Which is it gonna be?" Kaiba's eyes were icy despite his throaty purr. He used his free hand to grab Jou's chin and force their gazes together.
When Jou refused to answer Kaiba removed his hand from the blond's dick and swiped down his back fast, creating shallow scores on the tan flesh with his blunt nails while he continued to mouth the fleshy tan lobe between his teeth.
The boy arched up with a gasp as his eyes bulged in pain and a disturbing pleasure that tickled his core. Jonouchi's veins tried to flood with panic again but he stamped it down, meeting Kaiba's hard kiss and yanking his hands free of the other male's grip to peel his suit jacket and shirt off. Fingers flexed in the fine hairs on his nape as the taller male kept their mouths together, all massaging lips, sparring tongues, clashing teeth.
Kaiba's hand snuck between them, ripping open the laces on Jonouchi's shorts. The shorter boy's gasp was swallowed greedily and Kaiba felt a thrill when Jou squirmed for much needed oxygen. He didn't grant the request right away, chasing the blond's mouth, forcing his tongue inside to twine with Jou's eager muscle.
Only when he started to feel lightheaded himself did Kaiba pull back. "I take that as a yes", he panted.
Jonouchi's head lolled against the wall, his chest rising and falling with shallow gasps, eyes glazed. Kaiba smirked, dipping his head so his mouth could drag a hot path down the boy's naked chest as he jerked the shorts completely off.
Jou held his shoulders while the blond lifted first one leg, then the other. He was now completely naked and when Kaiba straightened again, the hunger in his eyes was insatiable.
The cool air against his heated skin was quickly replaced with Kaiba's talented mouth. Wild honey eyes blinked open slightly as the brunet's kiss bruised lips traversed Jou's chest with low hums, dragging wet bites upwards until the ministrations were joined by Kaiba's hard body pressing against the other male's naked form. Wool slacks itched the sensitive skin on his thighs. Jou's head thrashed from side to side at the tantalizing contact and a gruff moan vibrated from his sternum.
The shorter male jumped then buried his face against Kaiba's pale shoulder when fingers wrapped around him. Kaiba gave his dick a few lazy pumps, whispering dirty words into his hair.
When nails joined the fray, scraping his perineum and teasing against his hole, Jonouchi whined. Loudly.
"Quiet."
Honey orbs snapped open in horror.
Kaiba's chuckle sounded dark. "You wouldn't want to wake them would you? I won't warn you again." Contrary to his command, Kaiba's hand tightened around Jou's penis with bruising pressure.
Jonouchi crumpled with a choked cry, bucking his hips forward as tears sprung at the corners of his eyes. "F-fuck…"
"Like that do you?"
The teen was far from a mewling quim. He turned, arching his back and propping his heaving chest against the cool wall, shoving his naked ass at Kaiba's hand. "Think ya big nuff? Come on rich boy, show me whattcha got."
He bit his tongue against a scream of sheer agony when a single, unlubed finger shoved its way inside. "That desperate for it, huh? Who knew I got such a good deal; guard dog and whore all in one neat little package." Teeth sunk into Jou's sun kissed shoulder before he could grit out a reply. He scratched at the ornate wallpaper and pressed his ass harder against the intruding fingers. It felt like there were white hot insects crawling around in his brain. His stomach was churning and clenching and he tasted blood at the base of his throat. "F-uck", he choked. His body slammed back violently but Kaiba caught him and held him still, removing his hand and drawing the blond into a hug.
"Calm down", he implored quietly. "Stop fighting me, okay? We need to be quiet."
Jou's eyes squeezed shut, hating the wet sting of tears. If he faced Kaiba, he would've hit him again. "W-what're ya talkin about. I ain't fightin. I want this." A warm, solid weight settled itself over his back. The blond was utterly thrown by the sudden change of pace, the way Kaiba softened after such brutality as the taller male traced his earlier bite with lips and tongue. Jou's body started to tremble. "S-stop patronizin' me."
Kaiba kneaded Jou's nape with one hand. He guided the blond on shaky legs toward the bed and laid him on his back while his other manifested a bottle of lube open and allowed the clear liquid to pool into his free palm. "I'm not", he answered.
The brunet zipped his slacks down and urged his sex through the vent. It twitched, flushed with need. Jou couldn't tear his eyes away from the milky pearls beading the head.
After dropping the tube into the sheets, Kaiba generously spread cool fluid all over his aching member with a pleasured hiss before curving himself over Jou's body.
The blond tensed, meeting his master's icy gaze with a clenched jaw as he spread his thighs with a determined growl.
Kaiba's brows furrowed. "How about… just this once you stop trying be so goddamn unbreakable … and let me hold you up."
His hands descended on Jou's erection and twisted down the hard length with the slick excess on his palm, then stroked back upwards. He squeezed the boy's sensitive head, thumbing at the wet slit as his lips ghosted over one tanned shoulder and left goose bumps to prickle in his wake.
Jou turned his head and pressed his mouth into the sheets to muffle his harsh, ardent groans. His breath was steadily becoming uneven from both the torturous stimulation and the weight of the brunet's words. Was he that transparent, for even Kaiba to so easily see through and infiltrate the walls he'd painstakingly built around his own vulnerability? Or maybe…maybe it wasbecause this was Kaiba. His eyes fluttered open and settled on the CEO's face which was scrunched in patient concentration.
Thoughts gave way to feeling as the rising heat of Kaiba's skin radiated against his own. And that smell…God, that smell of expensive cologne and sweat and the warm musk of arousal….
Kaiba blinked in surprise when Jou surged up, not to hit at him, not to curse him or push him away but… to bury his face in the crook of the elder male's neck and cling to his shoulders with trembling fingers and fluttering heart.
Something he hadn't realized was tensed until that moment relaxed as he eased the blond back into the sheets and kissed him tenderly. His hand massaged down the ravaged chest, rubbed soothing circles around the teen's belly before he settled between the blond's legs. Jou spread wider for him, welcoming him in completely. Kaiba sighed when the blond cried out into his mouth at the second intrusion which was far easier than the first. One finger was joined by two, then three as he crooked and stroked, driving the boy below him to the brink of sweet insanity.
Jou's hips rutted against the strong leg between his thighs and he stifled his husky sobs by biting Kaiba's neck. "Oh…ohmig-god! Ah!"
"Shhh."
Honey orbs snapped open when something hot and big pressed against his bud. He met Kaiba's gaze and held it while the elder male slid inside. The pillowy clutch bore down on him and Kaiba sagged, resting his forehead against Jou's as they paused to breath each other's air. "Y-you ok", he stuttered. He felt Jou nod and tuck his cheek against Kaiba's so he could nibble the elder's ear.
"S-s'ok to...m-ove."
Kaiba's arms tightened around the teen as he complied. Shallow thrusts carried him inside until he was fully sheathed in that oiled heat. Jou squirmed against him. He gasped in surprise when his hips snapped forward automatically. With that one deep penetration he pinned the bundle of nerves tucked inside the blond's walls, sliding into and across the sweet spot and sending a pulse of rapture racing up Jou's spine.
"Ahhh fuck", he cried in blatant disbelief.
"Mmm, that the spot", Kaiba whispered through a shuddering gasp. He clapped a hand over the blond's mouth to muffle his next cry before pushing into it once again and earning another feral utterance.
This wasn't either's first experience in experiencing a male body, but by far it would be the most memorable in it's intensity.
Jonouchi's body spasmed with another stifled groan as a hot rush of semen roared up through his aching length.
He pushed up from the mattress and turned, trying to fight the overwhelming wave of sensation. The blonde gripped the headboard with white knuckles to keep himself from rocking back into the CEO's precise thrusts. His head slumped between his shoulders while Kaiba's hand slid over his mouth again. He'd never had a problem with being loud before. So why…why now?
"G-Goodth", he moaned into the stifling palm. "Stho goodth…"
Kaiba pressed his free hand into the small of Jou's back, forcing it into an arch so he could take full advantage of the new position. The blond's body seized as he tried to pull away, to calm this unnerving new hunger before it consumed him. But before he could successfully escape, Kaiba easily pushed the desire weakened blond back to the bed with one hand as the elder's lips found his nape.
"Stop it." The impassioned request buzzed against Jou's skin between savage bites and kisses. "It's ok", Kaiba murmured.
He surged forward, keeping his palm firmly over Jou's mouth as he let loose their combined tension and frustration until the two were a single, dripping mess atop the expensive sheets. Kaiba tensed when Jou's release clamped down on him as he soaked the bed. He tried to grit his teeth but his own climax blindsided him like a sledgehammer to the temple. He went rigid as stone, tucking his mouth against the blond's ear as he grunted and came inside.
Jou stuttered between chattering teeth as he collapsed into his own fluids. "Wha-wha…"
Kaiba curved over his body, carefully pulling out and sitting up on wobbly thighs. He scraped hair out of his face then smiled down at the boy who was fumbling on the bed like a confused infant, wondering why his limbs weren't working.
"Here", he croaked, reaching out a hand to help Jou sit up too. The dazed blond glared at him then took the offer, slumping into his body and hugging the arm that wrapped around his waist. "Let's get you cleaned up okay?"
Jou grunted and allowed himself to be carried to the bathroom.
After all was said and done, their bodies smelled like soap and the top sheets stripped, the two males collapsed onto the mattress again. Kaiba dropped right off with the most relaxed expression Jou had ever seen grace his features.
The blond didn't sleep though. He lay on his back and stared at the ceiling while a cool breeze that smelled of Italian nights wafted through the open window, making the curtains dance and flutter while it chilled his skin.
He was a hostage as quiet desperation settled in his chest. What would happen to him now?
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He'd waited hours before finally deciding to roll out of bed. The blond peered over his shoulder and smiled in spite of himself. A frown was back on Kaiba's face, his lips slightly parted with soft snores. Jou ignored the searing twinges that chased up his spine and dressed quickly, padding out the door. He was halfway down the hall when Olga surprised him.
"Where you goink, leetle darlink?"
He eyed her, with curlers in her hair and a goopy green mud mask on her face. Jou knew that twinkle in her eye. She pressed a finger to her lips.
"Coffee", he said carefully.
"I go bring?"
He shook his head and smiled at her. "It's ok. I need the walk."
She raised her eyebrows and Jou felt his cheeks starting to burn. "You...you didn't…we were….uh….last night, you see…" He blushed harder.
"You can steel walk after master. You good boy." She patted his shoulder and yawned. "Go to coffee leetle darlink." She was treating him as if he deserved this, like he'd just done something monumental and was still standing. Well, he had but…
Jou shook his head with a soft chuckle, some gold falling into his eyes. "You want anything?"
Olga snorted, tucking the locks back behind his ear. "You go. I no drink black slop." Olga patted her chest then turned to head back to Mokuba's room.
Jou watched her go before slipping out of the apartment. The guard stationed outside made to follow him but the blond waved him down. "Stay put suit. I'm goin it alone."
The man hesitated but he, like most of the rest of Kaiba's staff, didn't like Jou much anyway. He settled back with a sneer, crossing his arms. Let the brat stray on his own. He didn't see nothing. He hoped the little shit would get roughed up, would serve him right. But then he saw the glint of the collar under Jou's clothes. His sneer turned uglier. Master's little bitch. Nobody would touch him with Kaiba's collar. Damn.
Sensing his inner-monologue, Jou flipped the guard off with his tongue out and limped down the lush entryway to the elevator. When it dinged softly, he hugged himself and stepped out into the lobby. It was barely the crack of dawn. The skeleton crew for the hotel was scurrying around, making final preparations for the day shift all around him. A family in tacky tourist attire was milled about the front desk, early check-ins.
Jou stepped around them and outside. He tapped his pocket curiously. Kaiba, the ass, had insisted to stuff his wallet. He slipped a bill into the hand of one of the gondola drivers and pointed the way to a nearby café.
The smell of coffee and fresh baked bread drifted out, mixing with Italian spices and the walls around them still soaked from the sun's heat.
Jonouchi thanked the driver and clambered up the steps. He pulled his body into a lewd stretch and grunted with pleasure as some pressure was released with a couple of pops down his spine. The blond ambled toward the doors, idly wondering if Kaiba would like anything, and if so what?
Was he a black coffee type? A prissy cappuccino and muffin connoisseur? Or—
"Gotten quite comfortable haven't you?" He looked down as bony fingers suddenly gripped his elbow, yanking him from his thoughts and guiding him to a rough stop as he was shoved against the crumbling wall of the shop. Angry, lust filled eyes roved over him. "Whatever are you doing, wandering from your master so early in the morning? So…alone?"
Jou blinked down at the Inspector, his brows slowly pulling together in a scowl. How had he ever thought of this creepy, pathetic excuse for a man as scary? Jou yanked his arm out of the Inspector's grip and crossed it and his other across his chest. Haga's hands spidered up his chest as he stepped into the blond's personal space, gripping the collar with Kaiba's symbol, tugging it like he wanted to rip the thing off. But it was impossible. The collars were each fashioned by their masters and there was no way to remove them. Jou would wear it for the rest of his life. He was more bothered by the fact that it didn't bother him so much anymore.
"If you must know", he said, "I'm getting my master some breakfast. Get off me." A half lie, but so what?
Haga wheezed out a laugh. "Such a good boy. Such a good boy you are. Good boys deserve treats."
"No thanks." Jou stepped around him but Haga grasped his arm again and tugged him around. The blond's stomach sank as he saw the glitter of a needle in the morning light. "Stop", he shouted.
"Dont you have a bug to impale with that needle?" Chest still fluttering with panic, Jou jerked when Mai Valentine stepped up behind them. Miffed, she tapped her studded clutch against her shoulder in a subtle threat. "Scram."
Haga hissed at her like a cockroach before pocketing his syringe and scuttling away in a bitter rush of curses.
Smirking, the blonde gave Jou a blatant once over. He stiffened under her perusal. "Come on", she said, "I'll buy."
Jou blinked after her—a vision of boobs, sparkles, and clicking heels—and followed after, despite a voice in his head whispering to take caution. The prospect of caffeine was too tempting to ignore though, and it would subdue jitters of a different kind that Haga had instilled in him like a disease.
"You belong to that Kaiba boy don't you", she said after they'd ordered and sat themselves at a table.
"I don't belong to anyone", he started to snap out of habit. Jou's shoulders slumped before he picked up the little mug and sipped. "Yeah", he muttered. "What of it."
"Relax sweet cheeks. It's just a formality."
He glanced up at her again. "How do you know…?"
She shrugged in a way that managed to look both no-nonsense and dainty. "I sell the women. Pegasus sells the men. It's a necessary evil."
His pulse jerked, paused, sped up so much it made him dizzy. "Do you…", he paused to take another sip, licked his lips, set the cup down then picked it up again to hide his shaking. "Have you met anyone named Shizuka?"
Mai dabbed at her mouth with a compulsively folded napkin and gave her guest a calculative glare. She traced the edge of her latte with a finger. "It might ring a bell. Why?"
"My name is Jou. Please…is she…ok?"
Mai's eyes narrowed into a vicious glare. So this was the brother that had left his blind sister to grope, to survive. This was the brother who hadn't protected the girl that Mai found face down in the mud, beaten to a pulp.
She protected her girls and Shizuka had found a special place in her heart. The blonde had picked her up, cleaned her, given her the corrective surgery she so needed. Mai had rebuilt the quivering child, remade her, renamed her. Mai tightened her lips into a thin line, her body going rigid. "Her name is Serenity now."
Jou saw that she wasn't going to give him anything else, but she'd already said enough.
A tsunami of relief crashed into him, freezing, burning, lifting his soul into a victorious scream. He got up, dipped his head in farewell and turned.
She was alive. Serenity or whatever, that was his baby girl. He knew it was her.
When Jou got back he realized too late that he hadn't gotten anything for Kaiba. He shuffled his feet guilty but Kaiba smiled and crossed the room, coaxing the blond into a tender good morning kiss that tasted of champagne and morning breath. Jou wrinkled his nose which made Kaiba laugh. It was a nice, startling sound; rich, earnest, and as naked of pretence as his body.
Jou realized their position and cleared his throat, stepping out of the room. The knowledge of his sister burned like a live coal in his stomach, made his throat ache.
Kaiba took them out for one more shopping trip, to a bookstore that had caught Mokuba's eye. That was the straw that snapped his barely leashed patience. They saw the guy that had been with his sister, though the girl wasn't accompanying him today. He was also in different clothes, but the face and hair was the same, raven bangs spilling out of his ponytail over a red-checkered headband, piercing green eyes, a black slash spilling down his right eye. That face had branded itself behind his eyelids.
Mokuba was off in the history section when Jou stepped up behind Kaiba and tugged on his hand.
The brunet looked up from Plato's Republic and raised an eyebrow as Jou motioned anxiously, angling his body where he could keep Ponytail in sight. "Who is that", he hissed.
Sensing the poorly shrouded desperation, Kaiba craned his neck to have a look instead of questioning him. His eyebrows hiked higher into his hairline. "Ryuuji Otogi."
"And?"
His lips pressed together and he gestured at Otogi who was bending to pluck a tattered spine from the lower dusty shelf a couple aisles down. "The inventor of Duel Dice Monsters. It's not as popular as Duel Monsters but it's on the rise. Just more competition and one of Pegasus's buyers. I think he does some business with Mai too—hey. Are you alright?"
He cupped Jou's shoulders and turned him so the blond could lean against the bookshelf. He was pale and shaking, honey eyes bleached with pain. Emotions flickered on his face and were gone just as quickly. Jou stored the information away then straightened, shrugging Kaiba's hands off. "Yea, sure. Just thought he looked familiar. Get off would ya? Whadoo I look like, a damsel?" He smirked and stepped around the brunet as Mokuba called for him.
On the surface, the rest of the trip was normal though Kaiba kept a careful eye on Jou. They got back to the hotel with their packages, got packed, and checked out around one.
Olga sighed gratefully when she was relieved of her luggage at the airport. They were waiting at the gates when Jou started to fidget. "Kaiba, I gotta go."
"We'll be on the plane soon."
"No. I gotta go."
Kaiba's cheeks colored. "Can't you wait?"
Jou shook his head, a stubborn frown on his face.
"Come to think of it", Mokuba piped up. "I got to too."
The brunet ran an exasperated hand down his face. "Make it fast."
Mokuba grinned and snagged Jou's hand. They delved into the press of bodies and made their way towards the lavatories. In the chaos, Mokuba couldn't see the flash of regret and guilt on Jou's face. He squeaked when they were suddenly and violently separated. Mokuba turned, in a panic as the guard that was following him, the same from that morning, clamped his shoulder and led him safely out.
"Wait", he shouted. But his watcher wasn't listening. The suit was smirking because Jou was gone.

Dun, dun, duuuun! You didn't really think I killed his sister did you?
Shut up! Just because I've done stuff like that before doesn't mean I'm…well, ok I AM that bad but….I'm just going to shut up now. Did you like it? Hate it? Lemme know~!
I'm so happy they finally got to do it :3
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