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I Know You're Out There Somewhere	By : Firewing Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 3536 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 21 The Mist is Lifting Slowly

In which Jou becomes suspicious of having been thrown in an AU story by an evil authoress�

Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to the Yugioh franchise�.yada, yada, yada.

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Joey woke to the sound of a foreign alarm clock and deep blue eyes.
�Sleep well, Puppy?�
�Mmm��
�I�ve got to get ready for work.�
�What time is it?� Jou mumbled.
�5 a.m.�
�Too early. Go back to sleep.�
�Can�t, Puppy. I�ve got work to do and you need to go before Mokuba gets up.�
�So we�re keeping this a secret?� Joey asked him. �It�s not like anything happened��
�I just need to have a talk with him first.�

Uh huh. Yeah, right, Seto. That baby brother of yours knows more than the two of us combined, Joey thought to himself. To Seto he said, �You know, we could play hooky today�and just stay in bed.�
�Now that wouldn�t be very responsible now would it?� Seto�s reprimand lost its effectiveness somewhere in his smile. Joey had no idea how close he was to giving in, but with an iron resolve he pried his way out of Joey�s arms.
Jou wasn�t going to give him up easily. He gently, but insistently, drew the brunet closer and gave him a feather-light kiss on the lips. Joey wasn�t about to wait around to catch Seto�s reaction. He rolled away from the workaholic teen planning to land on his feet on his side of the bed and hit the floor running. But he miscalculated the size of the bed and rolled off of it instead, landing with a loud thud on his backside.
�Jou?�
�Yeah?� He looked into a smirking face. �You planned this, didn�t you?� Jou accused Seto.
�Are you okay?�
�Nothing hurt but my pride.� Joey made it to his feet and out the door without further mishap.
In his haste to escape the mansion he failed to notice the bleary-eyed boy in red and white striped pajamas at the other end of the hall. Mokuba was slack-jawed with shock, his eyes wide with wonder. He silently slipped back into his room, slipped under the covers and tried to muffle his giggles.
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At school, the teachers tried without success to impart a last bit of their wisdom to the students before summer break.
Jou went through the day as if it were a roller coaster ride. One minute he was thrilled about his developing relationship with Seto and the next he was depressed because his bloodline connected him to Pegasus.
How could he tell his friends who he really was?
Joey could only conceive of Pegasus being his father in some insane alternate universe, a prank some evil mind came up with complete with doctored documents, something�but it couldn�t be true. If he couldn�t accept it, then how were his friends supposed to? Especially Yugi. Yugi said they were family, but most families didn�t include a lunatic grandpa-soul-stealing relative who was obsessed with pink rabbits and got his jollies from trapping invited guests in his dungeon.
Joey thought about Pegasus� journal. It mentioned that Pegasus had given up his son after his wife died. Every thing the man had done regardless of how crazy it was he had done in the attempt to resurrect his wife. Jou�s mother. Her name was Cecelia and she was beautiful� If her portrait reflected any of her personality then she was the mother Joey had always longed for.
She was the woman in his painting of Red Eyes�like father, like son-obsessed with painting the blonde beauty�and then it hit Jou. She had been there�during the fire, as he lay on the edge of death, his mother had come to him.
Joey jerked out of his desk, knocked books and papers everywhere. The warm classroom and the droning voice of the history teacher had most of the students half asleep, but they were wide-awake and glaring at Jou now.
�Mr. Wheeler, what seems to be the problem?� Mr. Jones asked.
�Uh�uh, I need to go to the little boy�s room.� He improvised quickly.
Mr. Jones handed him the bathroom pass with a skeptical look on his face.
Once in the restroom, Joey sighed and sank against the wall. Then he pulled out the cell phone Seto had given him and punched in the programmed number.
�Kaiba.�
�Seto, do me a favor?�
�What?�
�Would you get Yugi and I out of our last period class? All we�re doing today is reviewing for our tests.�
�Why?�
�Because I need to tell Yugi about Pegasus before I get Mokuba.�
�Can�t it wait until this evening?�
�Seto, I need to do this now, kind of like you had to tell me last night.�
�And what am I supposed to tell the school?�
�I dunno. That you need Yugi and I to run an errand for you and it can�t wait?�
�Fine.� The CEO hung up.
Joey walked back to class and started pulling his stuff together and shoved the mess into his book bag. The school secretary walked in and whispered in Mr. Jones� ear.
�Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Motou? Please come with me.� The secretary addressed the boys.
Yugi started, lavender eyes wide wondering what he had done and then he packed to leave the classroom stealing a quick glance at the smirking blond.

�Mr. Kaiba called to have you excused from the rest of your class. He said his errand couldn�t wait until after school, Mr. Wheeler, and that you would know what needed to be done.� The secretary told them in the hall and then turned on her spiky heels and headed back to her office.
Yugi gave Joey a quizzical look. �What are we doing for Kaiba?�
Jou set off for the student parking lot. �Nothing. I needed to talk to you so I called him when I was in the bathroom and asked him to get us out of school.�
�Wow.� Yugi responded as they slid into the silver Mustang. �He got you out of school just so you could talk to me?�
�He knows what I need to tell you is really important.� Joey said getting a little nervous about revealing his biological father�s identity to his best friend.
�What? Are you gay?� Yugi teased.
Joey did a pretty good imitation of Seto�s death glare. �Did Tristan tell you that?�
�No.� Yugi answered quickly, surprised by Joey�s reaction. �Oh. You are gay.�
Joey pulled into the middle school parking lot and turned the Mustang�s engine off, in frustration he turned to Yugi and said, �That wasn�t what I wanted to talk to you about!�
�Oh.� Yugi sounded disappointed.
�Now what?�
�What did you want to tell me, Joey?� Yugi asked softly, a tad bummed out.
�You�re right. Okay? I am gay.� Jou admitted in exasperation.
�Wow.� Yugi said perking right back up.
Jou was now freaked. His best friend was way too happy about his sexual orientation. �Okay, Yug, what�s going on?�
�Huh?�
�Why are you so happy that I�m gay?� Joey elaborated.
Yugi giggled suddenly understanding. �Oh, don�t worry about it, Joey. It�s not me that has a crush on you. What did you need to talk to me about?�
�Can Yami physically separate from you?�
�Yes, but he doesn�t really like to. He did the night of the fire because he was trying to protect us both.�
�Would he be willing to do it now? I�d like to talk to both of you.�
//Tell him yes, aibou.//
Yugi nodded to Joey. There was a flash and then the Pharaoh materialized in the backseat of the Mustang.
Joey reached out and squeezed Yami�s shoulder. �Wow. Solid. You�re real.�
�Yugi, is he okay?� Yami inquired of his light.
�I don�t know,� Joey answered. �It�s a little weird seeing a 5000 year old pharaoh appear out of thin air.�
�Point taken.� Yami smirked.
�How do you do that, Yami? I mean you have a physical body. How is that possible? Spirits don�t have bodies, do they?� Jou asked.
�Hmm�no. But not all spirits have magical powers either. The night of the fire was the first time I had need of a body independent of Yugi�s. Somehow in the middle of the crisis I was able to access the Shadow magic that makes this possible.� He gestured to his physical form.
�Crisis.� Joey nodded. �That might be why she was drawn to me.�
�What are you talking about, Joey?� Yugi asked.
�My mother, my real mother, she was there. She kept trying to get me to wake up, to move, but I couldn�t and she couldn�t touch me because��
�Because she is a spirit.� Yami finished for him. �I saw her too, Joey. She took me to you.�
Jou�s eyes filled with tears. Yugi was giving himself whiplash trying to keep up with the conversation.
�Kaiba told me last night.� Jou whispered.
�Told you what, Joey?� Yugi asked.
�Who my birth parents are.�
�Really, Jou? Are you going to contact them?� Yugi asked enthusiastically.
//Aibou, his mother�s a spirit�// Yami reminded his light.
�Well, you could get in touch with your real father anyway�� Yugi corrected himself, blushing faintly.
�Jonathan Wheeler is my �real� father and he�s dead, Yugi!� Jou snapped.
Chastised and confused, Yugi looked miserable. �I know. I�m sorry, Joey. I just meant��
�Yugi, listen to me. You know how tough Kaiba is, everything just sort of rolls off of him�well unless it involves Mokuba. Kaiba found out who my birth parents are on Friday. He took off over the weekend and when he came back he looked like he�d been through a war.�
Yugi and Yami had twin frowns on their faces.
�Huh? Why is Kaiba so upset about who your parents are?� Yugi asked.
�Who indeed, aibou.� The Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle had put the pieces together in short order. He remembered the echoes of a sad love story and the portrait of a lady from Yugi�s memories of Castle Pegasus. Not only had the Duel Monsters reinventor had a child he put up for adoption, he was also Kaiba�s enemy and the lady in the blue silk gown bore a striking resemblance to the painting��Your mother�s name was Cecelia, wasn�t it, Joey?�
�Yes.� Now Joey was miserable. �Yugi, do you remember Pegasus� journal?�
Yugi�s eyes widened as realization dawned. It could not have been more silent inside the Mustang if they had been dropped into the middle of the Shadow Realm and then�
�You�re Pegasus� son!� Yugi screamed.
The bell rang dismissing the middle school students and Yami retreated to his soul room. It wouldn�t do to have to explain the sudden appearance of a Yugi look-alike at this point.

Yugi had a look on his face that was a mixture of shock, horror, and complete fury that lasted perhaps a whole second (maybe two). Then he grinned and hugged his best friend.
�Good thing he gave you up or we might never have been friends.� Yugi giggled.
Joey hugged him back, relieved. He hadn�t realized heavy his burden was until it was suddenly gone. If Yugi was okay with Pegasus being his father then everything would be okay. He let Yugi go only to be met with the infamous Kaiba glare, pint-sized version.
�What�s Yugi doing here?� Mokuba pouted looking every inch a rich spoiled brat.
�Uh, well, he�s my friend, Mokuba, and we�re giving him a ride home.� Joey explained, confused and a little angry at Mokuba�s rudeness.
Yugi sat there in silence, stunned and hurt, as Mokuba climbed into the back of the Mustang.
�Did you have a bad day at school, Mokuba?� Joey asked. What was up with the kid?

�Wait until my brother hears about this!� Mokuba snarled.
�Hears about what?� Yugi asked quietly, just as confused as Joey.
�You�you two!� Mokuba sputtered.
The lights went on for the blond. Mokuba had seen he and Yugi hug and thought Yugi was moving in on territory his brother had laid claim to.
�Mokuba, Seto knows that Yugi was going to be with me when I picked you up.�
�Yeah, does he know you guys were going to be making out in the middle school parking lot?� Mokuba asked defiantly.
Yugi turned crimson and as Jou stopped for a red light he felt like banging his head into the steering wheel.
�And after you spent the night with Seto too!� Mokuba continued with increasing volume.
Yugi looked to Joey for an explanation, stunned by this latest revelation.
�Mokuba,� Joey growled, �Why don�t I just put the roof down and make it easier for you to announce to the whole world that your brother�s gay! I�m sure the news media would have fun with that!�
Mokuba abruptly shut up and Joey stopped in front of the game shop. �I owe you both an explanation.� Jou began. �Seto came to my apartment last night, Mokuba. He told me that he had found out that Pegasus is my biological father.� Mokuba�s big violet-gray eyes went humongous with horror. �That�s why he was gone over the weekend. I had a nightmare last night and I went to talk to your brother. He let me stay in his room so I wouldn�t have to be alone. Yugi and I were not making out. I didn�t know how he would react when I told him about Pegasus, but he accepted it like the true friend he is and I hugged him. Do you understand, Mokuba?�
�Oh. I feel really stupid. I�m sorry, Yugi. I just��
�It�s okay, Mokuba. You were just trying to protect your brother. I know how he feels about Joey.� Yugi got out of the car with a sly smile and a wink to his friend that said I told you so.

Grrr�Did everyone know that that Seto had the hots for me before I did? Joey wondered to himself.
�Mokuba, is it okay if we stop at the art supply store up the street?�
�Sure, Joey.� Mokuba said quietly from the backseat. He felt like a little kid that didn�t know anything.
�Mokuba, lighten up. You made a mistake. It�s not the end of the world.�
�Okay. Joey, is Pegasus really your dad?�
�Yeah, Kuba, I guess so. You think I�d joke about something like that?�
�No. Seto told me you were adopted, but it�s kind of��
�Weird? Unbelievable? Horrible? Shocking? Frightening? All of the above plus some?�
�Yeah.� Mokuba grinned.
�I need to get a couple of tubes of paint and then I think we deserve to go on a candy raid.�
Mokuba�s grin widened. �Cool!�
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Mokuba went bounding into the mansion on a major sugar high, ran into the living room and jumped onto the couch where Seto was lounging and trying to read the paper.
�Big brother, you�re home early!� Mokuba exclaimed, bouncing up and down.
�Little brother, you�re home late.� Seto scowled, suspicious of the aura of chocolate that seemed to be emanating from his baby brother.
�We took Yugi home and got some paint and went to Mr. Bulky�s and then we stopped at the new arcade to check it out. It�s so cool, Seto. We gotta go when we can stay for a couple hours.� Mokuba managed to spiel off in a single breath.
Seto reached over for the phone and called the apartment, �Jou, you fed my brother chocolate.�
�Yeah, well it was a rough afternoon.�
�Really.� Seto replied doubtfully.
�Yes, it was.�
�If I have to deal with a hyper brother, so do you. It�s almost time for supper anyway.�
Joey laughed.
�I fail to see the humor in this situation.� Seto grumped.
Joey laughed harder.
�Mutt, you fed Mokuba chocolate.� Seto emphasized as Mokuba turned the TV onto some music videos, turned them up, and started singing and dancing along with them. Seto rolled his eyes. �Your butt is mine.�
�Anytime, anyplace you want to claim it, sunshine.� Joey chuckled.
Seto turned beet red, glad that Joey couldn�t see him and that Mokuba wouldn�t notice. He�d better have that talk with Mokuba soon. �Supper�s at six sharp.� Seto hung up, took a deep breath, and yelled so he could be heard over the racket emanating from the TV, �Mokuba, turn that off!�
Mokuba did as he was told and plopped down on the couch by his brother. �What�s up?� He asked in all innocence.
Seto fought to maintain his self control as he felt heat rise to his cheeks again. �We need to have a serious talk.�
�Oooh�the birds and the bees talk?� Mokuba giggled.
Seto lost out to embarrassment as his cheeks went red against his iron will. Mokuba was less inebriated on vodka�
�Oh yeah, this ought to be sooo good! My brother�s going to give me the talk!� Mokuba giggled.
This was not working out the way Seto had planned it. At that moment a still smirking Jou came into the room. He immediately sensed Seto�s tension and his grin faded.
�Uh�should I leave?� Jou asked uncomfortably.
�No, Jou.� Seto said.
�Joey, Seto�s gonna tell me about sex!� Mokuba said bouncing up and down.
�Can I leave?� Jou asked hopefully.
�No.� Seto told him flatly.
Joey agreed with Mokuba on one thing though-this should be good. He decided to make himself comfortable on the ottoman.
�That wasn�t exactly what I wanted to talk to you about, Mokuba.� Seto told him, trying to regain some control over the situation.
�Okay, then what?� Mokuba asked.
�I�ve sort of started seeing someone.� Seto started uneasily looking to Joey for support.
Mokuba looked at Joey and giggled. Joey wanted to crawl into the nearest deep ditch.
�Really? Who?� Mokuba asked.
�Well, the thing is�Kuba, it�s another guy.� Seto said slowly.
�Yes!� Mokuba jumped into Seto�s lap, hugged him and gave him a big sloppy kiss on the forehead. Seto gave him a most bewildered look and Joey hid his face in his hands shaking with laughter he could barely hold in. �I knew you and Joey would get together if I gave him a little push!� Mokuba exclaimed with glee.
�Mokuba!� Seto growled. �What is going on?�
�Uh�nothing.� Mokuba said sheepishly.
�Jou?� Seto quizzed the other person present in the room.
�We sort of discussed this on Saturday, Seto.� Jou told him.
�Why didn�t you tell me this earlier?� Seto growled softly.
�Uh�I thought you should handle this your way. He�s your brother and I didn�t want to get into the middle of a family matter.� Joey replied.
�Yes, you did a good job of staying out of it, since you are the middle of it!� Seto said irately.
�Hey, it�s time to eat!� Mokuba announced and started to run for the dining room.
Seto snared him by the back of his jacket. �Mokuba, what did you mean about giving Jou a little push?�
�I knew you liked him. I just made sure he knew it too.� Mokuba confessed.
Joey covered his mouth with his hand, dreading what Seto was almost certain to say next. Today was certainly a day for confessions�
�And since when do you have the knowledge or wherewithal to play matchmaker for me?� Seto asked.
�I was only trying to help, big brother.� Mokuba pleaded.
�What made you think I liked Jou that way?� Seto persisted.
�I�I��
Joey suddenly realized that Mokuba didn�t dare tell him the truth. If Seto had written anything in his journal about Gozaburo, he would know that Mokuba had read it too and that could be devastating.
�Hey, Seto, don�t give the kid the fifth degree. He�s got good instincts, that�s all.� Joey quickly threw in.
�Okay.� Seto seemed to accept that. �Let�s go eat.�
Mokuba pulled Joey aside briefly. �Thanks.� He whispered and headed after his older sibling.
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The rest of the week was pretty uneventful, exams at school, studying at home. Seto and Jou found themselves mutually avoiding each other, although for different reasons. The pressure between them was tremendous. Jou was still trying to adjust to the idea that Pegasus was his father, let alone had considered what, if anything, he was going to do. Seto made it clear he wanted a definite decision about that particular issue. It seemed that Pegasus had managed to bring their relationship to a standstill before it really got started.
For Seto time itself seemed to be at a standstill. He was also torn about the Pegasus issue and kept his distance as he fought conflicting emotions and desires. It took every ounce of willpower he had to keep his hands off the puppy. He buried his face every night in the pillow where Jou had slept inhaling as much of his scent as he could until Jou�s essence completely faded. He caught himself daydreaming at awkward moments during business meetings about how right the blond felt in his arms that night. Seto�s hard as nails reputation as a ruthless businessman was crumbling and damned if he knew how to stop it.
Jou spent his spare time painting and drawing. The painting of his dragon and his mother seemed magically inspired. Jou felt almost as though he could reach out and touch Cecelia the way he had touched Red Eyes in his dream. Like his father, Jou had become obsessed with her. If she had this much power from the grave over him, then who was he to judge Pegasus for the enormity of his loss? If he did choose to include Pegasus in his life, he would have to find out more about this woman who had given him life. But would Seto be able to accept Jou�s decision?
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