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Title: Lost And Found – Episode 14 - Entracte

Author: Maggiemay

Muses and Betas: Jazzy, mofaf1, Lady Laran, Sprinkles

Disclaimer: Don't own YGO or any of it's Characters. Do own my OC's and the work contained within this work.

Summary: Life after the Pharaoh left looked bright. Looks can be deceiving. Jounouchi is a cop who finds missing people. He's found everyone he's ever searched for – except one. This is the 14 episode in the ongoing 'Lost and Found' saga.

Rating: M for Mature just to be safe.

Size:   8 pages and 4477 words.

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They sat quietly while Thomas as loaded onto the litter, helped by a very solicitous Watanabe. When the procession began to walk back towards the road, Jou stood and trotted after his angry friend. He had thought the head priest knew why they were here, but why would he take them back to the road.

He jogged up to talk to the elder man, ignoring his forbidding glare. "I know you are angry, but I do not know why. Thomas-san only wants his children. He is no threat to them. Watanabe is their brother; you must recognize him as the boy who told you about the danger. If anyone has a right to be angry, it's me. You lied to me."

"I told you the essence of the truth. You knew what you needed to, and you still failed to protect them. Instead you brought the wolf to their very door." Anger vibrated through the old man.

"What are you talking about? He is their father; Watanabe is not danger to them. I'd stake my life on it."  Jou snapped.

"That is true; they have never been a threat to the children." The anger remained, coupled with a kind of frustration. "In ancient days of battle, wise generals would allow enemy scouts to see a small number of their men, perhaps prisoners, and discreetly follow them back to their camp with their larger numbers, to destroy the enemy at one time rather than just the victory of one scout. You have used this technique to catch criminals; yet you do not recognize it when it is used on you."

That froze him in his tracks. "Oh shit. I'm an idiot." The blond turned to find Seto already on his cell phone speaking rapidly to Ai. The words were too low to make out, but the urgency of his tone was clear.

"You are indeed." The priest agreed coldly. "Kaiba-san, I have sent all of the people at Antaiju out into the fields to gather special herbs and plants. The children are at the shrine. I presume you have called for immediate transportation. It would be wise to retrieve them as well as their safety here has been destroyed. We will remain with you while you await that transport. There is safety in numbers." The priest shortened his stride, deliberately falling back.

"Do you feel as stupid as I do Seto?"  Jou asked quietly.

"I never feel stupid, Katsuya. We overlooked the obvious. It should have occurred to us that Wang Chaoxing's only link to the witnesses to his crime was his son, Wang Lok. He's has been close at hand for years, hidden in the shadows, waiting for his son to act. The fact that Watanabe was his only link is probably what kept his father from killing him. He didn't raise the boy, had already shot him once. There was no fondness or bonds. Watanabe was already part of the police program and owed his father no loyalty and Wang knows that.  Jou, Watanabe protecting his siblings all this time is probably the only thing that saved his life."  Seto was frowning thoughtfully. "He sent them into the fields to buy time. Wang will not attack anyone because it would draw attention to him. The children at the shrine is a stroke of genius. Ai will have a transport helo here in half an hour. She is currently scanning the area for any sign of Wang."

"Yeah, great job."  Jou was still feeling stupid. He wanted to kick his own ass for leading the murderer right to his victims. "Kick my ass for me later okay? I can't reach it on my own."

Seto gave him a surprised look, then said seriously. "If you insist on some kind of corporal punishment I can spank you if you like. It's something I've been curious about. The endorphins are supposed to be addictive."

"They would be my endorphins not yours." The blond pointed out, a tiny smile fighting to break free.

"You would share."  Seto said confidently.

"Probably."  Jou conceded, the smile flirting with the edges of his lips. "But that will have to wait. Did Ai include any medical personnel to look at Thomas?" The smile died, and worry darkened the green-gold of his eyes.

"Yes. That is why it is taking thirty minutes instead of fifteen. They had to be called in." The CEO answered briefly.

Eyes fixed on the litter carrying the ailing man, Jou asked. "Do you think they know? About Wang following us?"

"I don't know, but it should have occurred to Roland. He is an expert on warfare."

"This is different though."  Jou said thoughtfully. "It's family. People don't think of family as warfare. Somehow, that is what makes this all worse. Could you imagine doing something like this to your daughter? You don't have to answer that. I know neither of us could. If it came down to it and it was our lives for theirs, I know what side we'd be on Seto." The cop that had seen too much rose in him. "Not everyone knows how precious a gift they've been given."

"I know." Blue-green eyes cut to him quickly. "I've been given quite a few recently." The gaze skirted away, but not before Jou read the acknowledgement in the gaze that Seto considered him a gift. Reaching down, he caught Seto's uninjured hand in his own and laced their fingers together, squeezing gently.

"Yeah, me too."

Seto frowned, "You don't doubt him, that Wang followed us. I'm curious why. I know why I don't doubt him, but I don't know why you don't. Want to tell me?"

"When I stayed here before, he spoke to me about something only I knew. Not in vague terms, but very specifically. I was freaked. He told me we were kin, that my gift was to 'find' and his was to 'guide.' I've never known him to be wrong - never. I would trust his words over almost anything except my own eyes."

"He lied to us."  Seto reminded quietly. A small flicker of disappointment crossed his face when Jou released his hand.

"I know, but only in the details, not in the essence. If we had known Wang Lok was in the car, we would have assumed he was at the monastery, not out there pulling the strings. He wanted us to look for Wang Lok. This way Wang Lok was our focus. He guided us to him as a primary focus. He was protecting Wang Lok as well. I let him down not figuring out what was going on."  Jou shoved his hands into his pockets. "He expected me to figure it out, and I didn't."

"Why didn't he just tell us? Why the games? Why the lies?" It pissed him off that the priest had played them.

"He guides. I think there was something that he was guiding me to." It sounded weak to Seto but to Jou, it made perfect sense.

"Guiding us to?" The brunet scoffed. "All he did was delay and distract us from a very real danger."

"Seto, I didn't say that it had anything about the case." He shook his blond hair out of his eyes as a breeze teased it into his face. "We, you and I, have made progress personally. When we saw him last, I was still dating Tatsu. Now, because we were together, because I was forced to see myself, you, Tatsu, and several things differently, that's changed."

Jou stopped walking and sighed. "Seto, I wasn't having as much trouble accepting that I liked guys, so much as I was trying to distract myself how I really feel." He hadn't planned on explaining this, but maybe it would be best if Seto knew. "Shizuka made me think. When I was with her talking, she joked about naming the baby after you. She... She teased me a bit about you. It was obvious that she knew we had a thing, but she said a few things that made me think she didn't believe we'd ever get together. I don't know why she thinks that, but I realized when I fell apart in your arms, I didn't want her to be right, at least not without trying damn hard. It wasn't really a thought as an emotional realization. I care about you, I want to find out if we can love each other, luggage and all. I don't want Shizuka to be right."

"You still have a problem with Yugi."  Seto said quietly. "If you didn't, you wouldn't want to see that video."

"Yeah and no. I won't deny I don't have some heartburn about what happened in school. I really thought that our attraction was mutual and when you showed me only aggression and sex and were so tender with Yugi, it really soured me." He wobbled a slight smile. "You were my first crush you know, not Mai. If you had been in love with anyone but Yugi I would have probably fought for you using the chemistry, but Yugi... Yugi was different. He needed you, and I loved him. So yeah, Mai for me and Yugi for you."

"You're getting past that?"

"Yeah, because you've figured it out for yourself, like I did for Mai." He watched as the procession continued further down the path, everyone out of earshot. "Seto, I have a question for you, and I want you to think about it and answer me, not now but after we check out your video."  Jou drew a deep breath, to gather courage, slowly released. "If that is Yugi, and I don't think it is, but if it is Yugi then this can only end in a couple ways. He can free you when you find a way to fix the portal shit - which I think you've figured out was not a mistake on your part - but probably a deliberate trick by Atemu and you probably won't ever find a fix."  Seto's clenching fists answered his oblique question. "You can refuse to form the portal. I'm fairly sure you will die if you do that because that seems like a catch Atemu would build into his trap. Your death would leave Seth's Ka unprotected so you won't do that. Another option is that Yugi will either choose to die, or find a way to acquire a Ka and come back to our side of life. I'm going to be straight up, I gave you up to Yugi once, I won't do it again. I also won't let you give yourself up for him. Neither of us is going to give him our Ka - if that's even possible."

Jou drew a deep breath and let it out slowly. "If the creature you think is Yugi chooses to die, will you blame me? Resent me? There is another part of the question. If he manages to acquire another Ka, and Yugi comes back to this side of life, what happens to us? Do you and he get together and I'm left alone again?"

"I can answer to all of that now."  Seto reached down and took his hand again. "I..."

"Nah, I don't want to hear it right now. I want you to see Yugi as he was, not as he is now. I want to see something as well."  Jou tugged him back into motion. "I hear the helo. Let's get moving. The less time it's on the ground the less likely it is that Wang will be able to track us to the shrine."

That made Seto smirk. "I dare him. That is a twenty person helo, there are armed security guards aboard."

"Shit, a gunship? Is that even legal?"  Jou chuckled. "Figures." He glanced up as the huge 'copter came into view. "Let's go." He grabbed Seto's hand and pulled him in a fast trot.

Four armed men in suits were on the ground rushing to meet us in a very slick, commando type operation. Thomas, Watanabe, and Tatsu were already in the helo when Seto and the blond, surrounded by the four men were escorted on. The CEO tossed his keys to one of the men, he and an already pre-designated man turned and ran to the car. The door on the copter was still closing when the bird was aloft, streaking towards the shrine.  Jou's jaw hit the ground when his old friend, the monastery priest nodded to him from the passenger seat. In his dash, he hadn't noticed the other man get aboard.

The medical personnel were working on Thomas and his color, after only a few breaths on the provided oxygen, was markedly improved.

Ai's efficiency was proven - again - when the helicopter crested the rise to land in the cleared, police surrounded, parking lot of the shrine.  Jou didn't waste time marveling at the sight or the coordination it must have taken.

The priest, Seto and Jou, escorted by two guards ran to the temple. Despite the danger, the former cop paused long enough to give a proper greeting at the shrine. The elder priests greeted each other like old friends and companions. After the briefest of explanations, two robe clad, blond haired and blue eyed, teens slipped quietly from an alcove. They bowed to Seto and Jou and after a quick hug of the two priests, they stepped in front of the two waiting men, the security men took the lead, and hurrying as fast as they could in their awkward group, ran to the waiting copter.

They were halfway to Domino Central Hospital when they received word that Wang Chaoxing had been captured by several of the monastery residents and was in custody of the local police being held over for Tokyo police the next day. Kidnapping and murder of an American was considered a capital offense and had to be handled by a multinational task force. The man had confessed, demanding he be sent to China for trial.

Jou looked over at Thomas and smiled slightly. His two children were cradled as close as possible. Watanabe was in the seat beside him wearing a shocked, happy expression. Yeah it sucked that they had been parted for all the years, but everything happened for a reason, besides, considering the alternative - dead by Wang Chaoxing's hand - this was a happy ending. Watanabe looked up at him with tears in his eyes and mouthed a silent 'thank you.' The blond grinned and shrugged. All in a day's work.

Thomas and family, along with the Kaiba's medical specialist were first off.  Seto and Jou left long enough to see them into the safety of the guarded rooms.  Seto instructing Roland that they were to use the KC apartments across the street then turned to Jou. "Anti-climatic. Didn't you want to go after the bad guy?"  Seto asked curiously.

"Hell no. I like finding people, not catching killers.  Seto, does that whirly-bird have enough gas to get us to Shizuka? Seeing them together made me want to hug my sister."

"I'll leave from here then. I have the same need - to hug my daughter."  Seto gently touched Jou's cheek with the tip of his finger. "Shall I have a meal waiting for everyone when you get back? "

"No. You need time with Keiko. I need to make arrangements for Shizuka."  Jou hated to say no, but they both needed to deal with their real lives.

"I'll have a limo waiting. You will call me?"  Seto hated that he sounded weak, but he really didn't know what to think. Everything had happened so fast, and he was afraid the other male would bolt.

"Tomorrow."  Jou leaned forward and caught his lips in an affectionate kiss and then stepped back. "You aren't getting out of our date that easy. I've gotten used to being around you, and I'm not letting you slip away just because we have different demands on our time." He sighed "Ai, let the copter know please?" A fond look was given to the taller man, and Jou headed back up to the Helo pad.

Seto touched his tingling lips lightly and opened his phone. His brainchild was already on the line. "Nice kiss. I've marked it on your calendar. I ordered a car brought to the hospital when word came in about Wang being in police custody.  Matashi and Aishira have already brought Keiko home."

After a wistful glance at the helicopter flying away, Seto turned to the elevators. "Thank you, Ai." He said absently and hung up the phone.

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Kawaii Shizuka gazed out at the ocean, her eyes as calm as the gentle seas. She didn't turn when Honda Hiroto approached. This meeting was as inevitable as the tides. Instead of a greeting, he opened with a question. "Why did you say that?"

A small smile curved her lips. "Because I don't like the game you're playing. He loves you. Yes he messed up, but so did you. Asking me to marry you with him there was cruel, even if it was just to 'give the baby a name.' I believe in karma. If you are cruel, you will receive cruelty." She turned to face him fully. "He cheated, that's what you said. You were happy together and then suddenly he goes and cheats? I don't think so. You got your degree, you passed the bar, and you found yourself in a whole new role, one that didn't embrace your lifestyle and your partner." She shook her head when he would have interrupted. "Please don't. You really can't lie to me about this. I see you, both of you, clearly. You drew away from him, didn't you? You deliberately buried yourself in your new work and left him alone. You couldn't handle the duality of your life, the conservative image with a male lover." She shrugged and turned away and tilted her face up to the sun. "You're a fool. I'd give anything to feel the love he gave you. Yes he cheated, but you gave him away. Your cruelty was too much."

"You don't know anything." Honda protested. "It wasn't like that. I was busy with work, and all he wanted was to party. I couldn't be that person any more. I had an image to maintain."

"I've spoken to both of you and know quite a bit."  Shizuka corrected casually. "You thought that, and you pushed him away. He could have fought, could have stayed. Instead, he did what you wanted, he left. You missed him; more you found that you could be accepted with him so when you saw him again you were ready to make up weren't you? He had moved on and because you weren't honest, because you couldn't admit that you shoved him away, you convinced yourself it was his entire fault. Now you're punishing him." She shook her head at him, her red hair dancing on the sea breeze. "He should earn your forgiveness, but more, you should be honest with him. Time is so short, how would you feel if the last thing he remembered of you in this world was you asking me to marry you?"

"I don't know." Honda admitted quietly. "Shizuka, you are very different from what I remember. I look at you in the sun, and it's like you are glowing, beautiful beyond imagining. Yet I feel no lust for you, and it's not because I am gay. It's as if that emotion is beneath you. You are pregnant so you must know lust and passion." He sighed and scratched his chin. "You are dying and most people would be freaked out or upset. You're almost embracing your death. It is as if you are standing on a pedestal, observing everything below and around you."

"I know my fate, in this life and in the future. I am happy with the choices I've made. I am a watcher by birth, and perhaps that same birth has given me the appearance you speak of. I can't say." She drew a deep breath, feeling the coolness of the ocean inside her lungs. "I've studied a long time, since I saw my brother stand up to a pet of a god. I knew then that he - we - were different. Honda, do you believe in any religion or faith?"

"Ah, not really, maybe? Some of that Egyptian crap? I don't know." The brown haired man shifted uncomfortably in the sand. "Why? Are you going to tell me which one is right?"

She giggled, "No Honda, I'll tell you that no 'one' is right. They all are. It's just a case of reading and understanding. Sons of Gods have come and gone. Find the one that is not 'Crap' to you and learn it. You will be happier."

"Shizuka!"  Otogi rushed up the beach. "Your brother is on the phone with Mai. He sounded upset."

She nodded. "Probably something to do with the urn. Don't worry about it, my brother is a hero, he'll be fine."

"If you're sure." The green eyes moved over them restlessly. "Is he changing your mind about marrying him?"

"I said earlier that I wouldn't marry someone who was in love with their ex, and I meant it. Honda still loves you, but he has some issues to work out." She smiled at them both. "You two should leave me alone now. Go talk, hold hands, make the most of your time together because it could end in an instant." She nodded and turned her back on them and didn't glance back when they walked away. They would sort themselves out, she was sure.

With a sigh she lowered herself into a comfortable lotus position and focused inward, remembering the past. She had been so amazed at her brother's ability and determination in standing up to the god card. It hadn't occurred to her until weeks later that her brother should not have been able to withstand that attack, been able to walk in the land of the dead, only to return.

That had prompted her to study her own bloodline. Not because she expected any kind of revelation, but just a kind of distraction from the tedium of listening to her mother trash talk her brother. One of the very good things about Japanese Koseki is that they could go back hundreds of years.,

She had always accepted that she was Haafu, half Japanese and half 'other.' In her study, she found she wasn't. Her family had always been in Japan, both sides. Her journey after that had taken a strange turn. She had found references of places where her family, both mother's and father's sides, had actually coincided. Strangely a lot of the places mentioned were very obscure and unknown in today, and only through historical record search had she found them. When she found a new place she would find a way to visit, sometimes saying she had a school trip and sometimes just by taking a day trip.

After the first few sites, she actually picked up on a common theme. Deserted temples, so long ago deserted that only oddly placed foundation stones carved deeply with what appeared to be writing. She'd taken pictures of them of course and researched them as well. What she'd found had blown her away. Her parents didn't know, Shizuka was sure of that, but if the did they would have never married, never have had children. The ancient carvings had been in a language remarkably similar to that found in the Dead Sea scrolls. It had taken her months to decipher it, but once she did, one word stood out - Seth - and she had known she was looking at something that was part of her, part of her very cells.

She found the 'Seth' at a temple, so it made sense to start with 'Seth' in religions - all religions. That was how she learned, grew, and changed. Once she knew who and what she was, she could feel the ancient ties spring to life inside her. Not just with one, but with all 'Gods' - for she was a daughter.

Shizuka was oblivious to the passing of time as she sat and remembered her journey, wondering if her baby would follow the same path, planning the diary she'd fill for both her brother and her child. She was still contemplating how to phrase the incredible into the practical when Mai approached. "Shizuka, Ai just called to inform us that the threat is gone.  Katsuya is coming with a helicopter to pick us up. He'll be here in about thirty minutes."

Shizuka gave her a calm look. "Thank you." She stood and dusted the sand off her backside and turned to walk to the house.

"Shizuka?" Mai's voice was soft, hesitant. "Do you want help packing?"

The red-haired woman didn't hesitate. She had too many precious items, relics she'd collected in her studies.   She didn't want Mai coming near them. "No thank you. I probably have less than you. When I finish, I'll come help okay?" Without another word, she left the blonde on the beach.

Mai, after a moment, blinked to clear her eyes. For a second, she thought she'd seen Shizuka glowing.

Shizuka was packed and waiting when the helicopter touched down on the beach.  Katsuya, after a tight hug, grabbed her stuff and led her to the aircraft. He barely acknowledged Mai or the others. She examined him carefully. Something had changed, shifted, in her brother. He was more grounded, like something inside him had settled. He had formed a determination that was set in bedrock. It was more than Shizuka had expected. Maybe, maybe, that determination would see him through the trouble she could see looming clearly over his head. She dropped her hand protectively to her belly and closed her eyes in prayer. She could only pray at this point - she didn't say a name in her prayer - instead she addressed the Gods images in her mind. As a daughter - she could do no less.

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Okay confused yet? :) The hints are all there. There was only 1 person from AFF who guessed about the bad guy and 3 from little dragon. I will send the link to Reality Shifted today or tomorrow.

:)

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