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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 28: Hollow Quarrels and Metal Wings

A/N:

I had a bit of a nasty shock when I finally looked up the time zones for this fic. Eastern Standard Time (New York time) is 14 hours behind Japan time. So as I�m writing this it is 11:06 AM on Thursday in New York, but in Japan it is 1:06 AM on Friday. I have no idea what the actual flight time from Japan to New York is so I�m going to say it�s 14 hours. According to my reasoning, which could be wrong, if you left Japan and flew to New York your arrival time would be roughly the same as your departure time. Now that you�re all scratching your heads, please read the chapter, maybe it will make more sense�

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The telephone rang abruptly, startling both father and son. Joey pulled away from their embrace and picked it up. �Yeah?�
�Joey?� A panicked voice asked.
A shadow settled over Jou's heart, carrying an uncomfortable weight with it. �Sis, what�s wrong?�
�Joey, it�s terrible. I need you. I need you to come here now.� Serenity cried brokenly.
�Serenity, calm down. Take a deep breath and tell me what�s going on.�
She did her best to comply, but she was too badly shaken for even those efforts to have any effect. �It�s Mom, Joey. We were on our way here. I have�I had�I was supposed to have a doctor�s appointment�� She sobbed.
�Were you in an accident, Serenity? Are you hurt? Let me talk to Mom.� Joey was starting to get frantic himself. He had to find out what was going on.
�She� the doctors�they told me that she�s brain dead�� Serenity managed to get out. �I don�t know what to do. I�m so scared, Joey.�
�Did you get hurt?� Jou asked her again, trying his best not to panic. He had to be the strong, level-headed one here, for Serenity.
�No. Joey, she was driving to the clinic�and she just collapsed. I got the car to the side of the road and called 911.�
�You did good, Serenity. I�ll be there as soon as I can. Call Tristan and tell him what�s going on. Is there anyone there with you?�
�N-no.�
�Find someone�a friend, a neighbor, a hospital volunteer�which hospital are you at?�
�St. Vincent�s.�
�We�ll be there as soon as we can.� Jou reassured her.
�Okay.� She answered him shakily. �Big brother, I love you.�
�Love you too, Sis.� He disconnected and stared off into space for a stunned moment before hitting a speed dial number.
�Yo.�
�Tris, pack a bag for a few days and grab your passport. Serenity will call you and explain.� Joey disconnected again without waiting for a reply and hit another number.
�Kaiba.�
�Seto, we have to leave for New York tonight. Serenity just called. She said something happened to our�her mother.� Pegasus laid a hand on Joey�s shoulder. �Seto, hang on a minute��
�Perhaps we could use my jet. It�s far more comfortable than a helicopter and its already refueled and ready to go.� Pegasus offered. Joey listened to Seto grumble on the telephone until he finally agreed.
�Okay.� Joey accepted Pegasus� offer, and then quickly called Yugi to let him know what was going on. Pegasus filled Croquet in as Jou grabbed his overnight bag, threw a few things in it and allowed Croquet to take it from him.
Seto joined them at the bottom of the steps to Jou�s apartment. �Andre will take us to the jet as soon as you�re ready, Jou.�
�We have to pick up Tristan.�
Seto�s eyes narrowed. �Why is Sharkhead Boy going?�
�He is Serenity�s boyfriend. Please don�t call him that. It�s bad enough that you call me dog names.� Jou said tersely. He�d had more than enough stress for one day without Seto insulting his friends.
Mokuba had pulled a wheeled suitcase with Seto�s briefcase precariously balanced on top up behind his brother just in time to hear the argument begin.
�As if you and your friends don�t call me names behind my back.� Seto snarled. �I know all about your punching bag with my face plastered on it.�
Uh oh, Mokuba thought, I shouldn�t have told him about that.
�And your asinine password.� Seto finished.
Joey was furious that Seto had chosen now, when he desperately needed to get to his sister, to start this fight. �You�re just jealous because you don�t have any friends!� Jou snapped and belatedly realized how brutal his words were.
�You�re right, Jou. I don�t. I don�t need any like the rest of you pathetic morons. Come on, Mokuba.� The proud CEO stalked back to his mansion.
Mokuba didn�t move. �Good job, Joey," he congratulated the other boy sarcastically.
�Would you call Tristan and have him meet us here?� Joey asked Mokuba before he sprinted across the yard.
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For what seemed like the millionth time, he pounded on Seto�s bedroom door.
�Go away, Jou. Go to your sister. She needs you,� Seto growled from behind the portal.
�Open the door, Seto, we need to talk.�
�It�s not locked, dumbass.�
Joey just about turned around and walked away right then. Maybe Seto was right. Jou didn�t need him, or the extra aggravation. Nevertheless, he went ahead and walked into the room anyway. He might not have needed Seto, but wanted him more than anything.
Seto sat at his desk glaring at the blond intruder. �I am not a dumbass,� Jou said firmly, matching glare for glare.
�Is that all you came to tell me? You needn�t have bothered.�
�No.� Jou said through clenched teeth. �I came to apologize. I�m sorry. I shouldn�t have said what I did.�
Seto sighed and Jou knelt beside him. �You�re not a dumbass, Jou. If you really wanted me to quit calling you dog names you should have told me.�
Joey laughed. �Yeah, right! I told you like a thousand times!�
�What you said about my not having any friends was just the truth, Jou. People gravitate to you so easily. I can�t help feeling like I�ll lose you to one of them.�
�I love you, dragon master. It�s been a rough day and it�s not true. I�m your lover and your friend�whatever you want, I�ll be.� His piece said, Jou kissed Seto gently.
�Jou, take your clothes off.�
He got up and did as he was told. Seto, still fully dressed, stood and pulled Joey against his body, running his hands over Jou�s luxuriously bare skin and then tangling his fingers in the gold mane. Seto loved the feel of Jou�s naked unresisting body in his arms. He kissed Jou�s neck, listening with delight to the noises his lover made.
Joey pulled away from him. �You wear too many clothes.�
�You complain too much.� Seto shot back, more than ready to shed the offensive garments. Anything that came between them could not be good.
�We gotta kinda make this quick.� Joey whispered as he helped Seto strip off his clothes.
�Shower.�
�What?�
�We�ll do it in the shower-save time.� Seto explained.
�Yeah. Good idea.�
They managed to get in the bathroom without letting go of each other or interrupting their kissing marathon.
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Tristan pulled up on his bike and met the others without any trouble. On the phone, Mokuba had told him that Pegasus had been at the mansion for supper when Serenity called and was loaning them the use of his jet. Mokuba had also hinted that there was going to be some sort of delay.
He had very bad vibes about the whole situation. While he was not thrilled about going anywhere with Kaiba or Pegasus, let alone with both of them on a small jet flying over a large body of water, he was mostly anxious about Serenity. A girlfriend was coming to sit with her at the hospital, but he hadn�t been able to comfort her much over the phone.
�Mokuba, where�s Joey, and your brother for that matter?� Tristan demanded, ignoring the other two men.
�Uh�� Mokuba�s face turned red.
�Are they in the mansion? I�ll get their rears in gear. Don�t you know it isn�t safe to leave them alone together?� Tristan started toward the mansion as Mokuba thought to himself that Tristan was right, but for all the wrong reasons.
�I doubt that�s a good idea.� Pegasus objected. �They had a bit of a lover�s quarrel.�
That went over Tristan�s head, but a moment later Seto and Jou came out of the mansion with identical wet heads. Pegasus noticed Kaiba�s wardrobe change. He was now dressed in black jeans, a black dress shirt and a white sleeveless trench coat.
�Are we ready, people?� Kaiba asked as he headed over to the limo.
Joey met up with Tristan and they high-fived a greeting. Tristan noticed their hair. Lover�s quarrel??? �Ah, geez, Jou, when are you going to learn to keep your pants zipped?� Tristan hissed under his breath while they were out of the others' earshot. �And Kaiba too! Man, that�s disgusting!�
Joey grinned a cat-who-ate-the-canary grin, but like the cat, said nothing.
The passenger compartment of the limo had two facing seats with plenty of legroom. Croquet sat in front with Andre. Tristan and Joey sat with their backs to the limo driver�s window. Pegasus, Seto, and Mokuba sat in the other seat, in that order, with Seto keeping Mokuba smashed against the door in an effort to keep both of them as far away from the Duel Monsters creator as possible.
Pegasus smirked slightly at the seating arrangement. Joey pushed the button to open the dividing window, turned in his seat, and chatted amicably with Andre. Pegasus� smirk turned into an indulgent little smile. That kid could charm the stripes off a zebra, he thought to himself, and his smile grew broader as he realized how greatly that annoyed Kaiba.
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The flight itself would have been peaceful had Joey not challenged Pegasus to a duel right after take off.
�Ya know, Pegasus, I came real close to challenging you at the castle�� Joey started.
�Yes, and I would have missed seeing you reduced to a cowering dog again.� As gruff as Seto�s words were, the accusation in his voice and his glare were solely reserved for Pegasus.
Croquet stiffened, but Tristan was the first to move, intending to throttle Seto for insulting Joey. Mokuba got between the two brunettes in an attempt to defend his not exactly defenseless brother while Pegasus sat quietly, wondering if Kaiba had ever heard of the concept of forgiveness. Joey stood and put a hand on Tristan�s shoulder.
�Chill out, Tris.�
�You know, Jou, I don�t get you. Don�t you realize we�re fraternizing with the enemy here?� Tristan demanded angrily. �And what about him?� Tristan jerked a thumb at Seto. �He started it!�
�And nobody asked you to get in the middle of it.� Seto retorted.
�We all know Seto and Pegasus have issues, Tris, but they�re just going to have to get over it.� Pegasus and Seto looked at each other in surprise. �Because I�m not giving either of them up.�
Weird and unlikely images popped into Tristan�s head as he tried to draw some sort of conclusion from Jou�s words. �No way�Kaiba and Pegasus?� �What the heck are you talking about, Jou?! Have you completely lost your mind?! Kaiba�s your boyfriend, which is crazy enough, but Pegasus�?�
�Is my father.�
Relief mixed with an urge to to do physical damage to the blonde. This was the second bombshell that his best buddy had dropped on him in less than that many hours, and his fists clenched, itching for something to hit. Unfortunately, the first likely target was Joey�s face, and as good as both Seto and Croquet's reflexes were, neither was fast enough to block Tristan's swing.
Jou blocked the fist easily, spinning Tristan around and neatly pinning his arm to his back as he pushed his friend against the nearest bulkhead.
�Ya know, you mighta told me.� Tristan grumbled.
�Sorry.� Joey said, letting him go. �I knew you�d flip out.�
�Yeah, well�you still should have told me. So�we�re stuck with him?� Tristan indicated Pegasus with his head.
�Yep.�
Tristan looked at Seto. �Both of them?�
�Yep.�
Tristan reached out and grabbed Seto by the lapels of his trench coat. �You ever imply that Jou is a coward in front of me again and I�ll knock your block off!� That said, he went off to sulk, trying to digest the news of Joey�s parentage.
Seto glowered at Jou. �Remind me why you insisted he come along?�
�Because my sister and I need him, Seto, maybe me more than her. He�s been there with me through the worst crap in my life.�
�Yes, well�� Pegasus interjected. �You said you missed the opportunity to duel me, Joseph?�
�Are you challenging me?� Joey grinned mischievously.
�Just for fun�to pass the time?� Pegasus suggested.
None of them could hide their interest in this match. Even Croquet�s whiskers twitched in anticipation.
�I never back down from a challenge.� Jou smirked. �Bring it on, Pops.�
There was a collective gasp of surprise and Pegasus choked on the wine he�d been sipping. Croquet patted him on the back until he recovered.
�Take him down, Jou.� Seto encouraged his lover with a slightly evil glint in his eyes.
Joey grinned at the other boy and gave him a thumbs up.
�I get absolutely no respect.� Pegasus pouted playfully. He had no intention of cutting Joseph any slack. If he did, his son would certainly pick up on it, would probably be insulted by it, and rightfully so.
They exchanged decks, shuffled, cut, and returned them to their rightful owners. A coin toss determined that Jou would make the first move.
Seto, Mokuba, and Tristan peered over the blonde duelist�s shoulder as he drew his hand.
�Hmm�� Seto commented.
Mokuba stood on tiptoe and whispered to his brother behind his hand.
�I haven�t even made a move yet!� Joey complained.
The two Kaibas shut up. Joey played two cards face down and ended his turn.
�Hey, are you sure that�s what you want to do?� Tristan asked.
�Everyone�s a critic! Could you guys please give me a little space?�
The three dark-haired teens reluctantly backed off. Pegasus fought to keep a straight face, but it was difficult not to laugh at his son�s ordeal.
�I�ll just play one monster face down in defense mode and end my turn.� Pegasus drawled.
�At this rate, this is going to be the most boring duel I�ve ever seen.� Seto huffed.
Joey played another card in face down in defense, he couldn�t afford to make any mistakes. After all, father or not, Millennium Eye or not, he was still dueling against Pegasus. Jou played the trap card Jar of Greed which allowed him to draw an extra card from his deck and ended his turn.
Seto sighed in exasperation, but Jou ignored him.
Pegasus played yet another monster face down in defense and then played Stop Defense against one of Jou�s defensive monsters forcing it to be placed in attack position. Then he flipped his first monster up into attack position as well. Pegasus� Cure Mermaid battled Jou�s Swordsman of Landstar and Jou lost a thousand life points.
Seto winced.
�Hey, Jou, you aren�t going to let your old man get the best of you, are you?� Tristan meant well, in spite of being irritating.
Now it was Pegasus who winced. At thirty-seven, he was hardly old, regardless of what these children thought.
�It�s only the second round. You�ve got time to make a comeback, Joey.� Mokuba encouraged.
Jou grinned at Mokuba and said to no one in particular, �Well, I know who really loves me.�
He proceeded to draw his next card. Pegasus had done some damage, but as Mokuba said, it wasn�t fatal and he still had his other face down card, which he flipped up now.
�I play Big Eye in attack mode and activate its special ability.� He then looked at the five cards on the top of his deck. Big Eye allowed him to look at them, place them in any order he wished, and return them to the top of his deck. He had to take out Cure Mermaid because her special ability gave Pegasus an extra 800 life points every time it became Joey�s turn. Pegasus now had 4800 life points and Jou 3000. Cure Mermaid had 1500 attack points and Big Eye only 1200. Jou pulled Gearfried the Iron Knight from his hand, attacking and sending the pesky fish to the graveyard. As a bonus, he managed to cause his father to lose 300 life points.
�Sorry, Pops.� Jou smirked.
Pegasus shrugged both the battle damage and the inane nickname off. There were worse things Jou could call him and by the devious glint in the boy�s eyes, he knew his son was merely teasing. So like his mother�
�And I play Just Desserts.� Jou now had 4000 life points again and Pegasus 4500. �And I end my turn.�
�Hm�Well, I shall send my face down card�Niwatori, to the graveyard in order to summon another monster which I shall play face down in defense mode.�
�Hey, Niwatori�I never told you guys about Drumstick. Now he was a good bird.� Jou looked over at Seto, �Seems like you still owe me a thank you for helping pull your butt outta that VR game. Ya know, I coulda died in there and all you could say was �Wheeler, you look like a monkey.��
Pegasus gave Croquet the evil eye. Apparently there were still some details his head of security had neglected to report to him about the VR game fiasco.
Croquet cleared his throat and stared straight ahead.
�Croquet?�
�Yes, Master Pegasus?�
�Did you conveniently forget to mention a few details�?�
�Kaiba had some assistance in escaping the VR world.� Croquet admitted.
�Yeah. A lot of assistance!� Tristan shot Seto a dirty look. �Tea and I held off both Pegasus� and the Big Five�s hired goons while Yugi, Mokuba, and Jou went in to save Kaiba�s scrawny neck and did he appreciate it? No. Big tough guy thinks he can do everything himself!�
Seto stood, in his eyes blue flames danced. �I didn�t ask for or need your help.�
Once again, Mokuba got between the two tall brunettes. �Hey. I asked for the help and I was grateful to have my big brother back.�
Joey and Pegasus exchanged a look across the table.
�Shall we continue?� Pegasus asked his son.
�Uh huh.� Jou agreed.
The duel ended up being quite lengthy. Jou dueled at the top of his game. More than once he had Pegasus cornered and the Duel Monsters creator managed to escape defeat as much by luck as by skill. In the end, Pegasus was victorious by a scant 50 life points and agreed with Tristan that his son was no coward. Happy, proud, and exhausted, Pegasus excused himself and retired to his private cabin.
Croquet showed the rest of them where the pillows and blankets were and went to see the pilot. Tristan and Mokuba found the fully reclining seats quite comfortable. Jou snuggled into Seto and instantly fell asleep. Seto was blissfully content to finally have his puppy back where he belonged.
As they flew, Pegasus� jet slipped through time by a magic known as science. Serenity had called Jou at 8:00 AM from New York, and they would land there at 10:00 PM, approximately the time of their departure from Domino.
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