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

I Almost Had You
By
Hideki LaShae

Chapter Eight
In Other Words I Love You

- - 3000 years ago - -

“Oh, please don’t kill me for this,” whispered Jou before crawling to the center of the large bed where Atemu slept. “Atemu?”

A pair of amethyst eyes opened and looked at Jou. “Jou?”

Jou blinked repeatedly as he looked into the oddly colored eyes. “Your eyes… They look like Yugi’s… They’re purple…”

Atemu blinked his eyes and their color faded into the rich crimson color they usually displayed. “Yes… my servants have noticed the color change when I first wake up. We don’t understand why that is. Was there something bothering you, Jou? The only times Jono would dare sneak into my room at night were when he was particularly distressed.”

“Yes, something is bothering me… Everything it seems. Seth and Seto are after me…”

Atemu sat bolt upright. “After you? What do you mean?”

“Well… Seth indicated he wanted my heart, and Seto… well, he never showed any sign of interest in me when we were in our world unless you count calling me a mutt and tormenting me endlessly,” said Jou, not noticing the smirk gracing Atemu’s face at his last comment, “but now… he seems to want me… or at least he wants my body to satisfy his sexual tension. He’s been kissing me… among other things…”

“And you are confused. Understandable. How do you feel about them?”

“Seth said he loved me!” blurted Jou. He blushed.

“Did he? How do you feel about that?”

“How can he love me? He barely knows me,” whispered Jou hanging his head.

Atemu wrapped his arm around Jou and pulled him into a small hug.

“I don’t love him… Not now anyway,” said Jou, “I know that it’s possible. I could learn to love him, but I don’t think love should work that way.”

“I know I would rather fall than learn. I assume you would be the same.” Atemu smiled at Jou.

Jou smiled back at the Pharaoh and squirmed further into Atemu’s embrace. “You know… before I came here, I wasn’t that fond of being held and comforted. I was always the one who would do the comforting when one of my friends got hurt or whatever, and I would be holding them, but this is nice. This is very nice to just have someone take care of me for a while. My friends would laugh their heads off if they could see me here. I don’t seem quite like myself, but I feel most at home within my skin like this.”

“I think that may be because we have no preconceived notions of who you are and how you should act. We realize you are not Jono, and thus we know very little of who you are so you can be yourself without consequence,” explained Atemu, “But you are avoiding telling me how you feel about Seth and Seto. You do not love Seth, but do you like him in the manner to which he claims to love you?”

Jou blushed. “Yeah, yeah I do.”

“And what of your feelings for Seto?”

“That’s complicated…”

“Try to simplify it…”

“I thought I hated him when we were back home.”

“Thought?”

“I don’t think that anymore,” said Jou blushing even more and hiding his face in Atemu’s chest, “I still feel the same way that I did, but it feels so much…”

“What? Deeper? Stronger?”

“Weirder!”

“Weirder?”

“Yeah… like it wasn’t what it was… I mean, like it wasn’t what I thought it was. It just doesn’t feel like hate anymore. It feels as if Seto’s…”

Atemu raised an eyebrow.

“In my heart,” whispered Jou as if the words were a weapon that could be used against him.

“Does it feel anything like what you hold for Seth?” asked Atemu.

“No. Completely different,” said Jou.

“Do you think what you feel for him could be love?”

Jou fell backwards laughing hysterically. “Love? Love? You’ve got to be kidding me!”

Atemu simply smirked.

“Thanks, Atemu. I think I actually feel better about this situation now.”

“Give them both a chance, Jou. Your heart will make your feelings clear in time,” said Atemu.

“What if by the time I realize what my heart wants, it’s already too late because I’m back home?”

“I’ll give you the power to return if you haven’t decided who you care for more by the time we can send you home,” said Atemu.

“Thanks,” said Jou, “I’m going to go back to bed now. Thank you, Atemu.”

“Rest well,” said Atemu as Jou climbed from the bed and headed out of the room.

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“You must be out of your mind,” whispered Isis staring at Seto with shock-filled eyes.

“Will you help me or not, Isis?” whispered Seto in return.

“Do you honestly think this will work?”

“I have no doubts.”

“You think you can make Jou jealous by pretending to be with me? He knows I am lover to Mai,” hissed Isis.

“But Mai is a woman, and he doesn’t know whether or not you are attracted to both sexes,” explained Seto in a quiet whisper, “And where we are from it is not overly uncommon for someone who likes both sexes to take on two partners.”

“Fine… I’ll help you, but don’t expect me to like it one bit, and if Mai gets upset because of this I will gut you!” hissed Isis.

“Shush,” hissed Seto, “I hear Jou.”

“Great. Then we can get this over with now,” said Isis leaning up against the wall and pulling Seto’s body up against hers.

Seto kissed Isis’s jaw while his hands roamed across her chest.

Jou stepped into the normally unused hallway where Seto and Isis had met to talk. He gasped when he saw the intimate way Seto touched Isis. He stormed up to Seto and pulled him away from Isis. “What the hell are you doing, Seto?”

“Giving her what she wants,” said Seto, “Do you have a problem with that?”

Jou glared at Isis for a second. “What if I do?”

“What’s the matter? Would you rather be the one fucking Isis?” asked Seto.

“Or would you rather be in my position right now?” asked Isis shoving Jou lightly out of the way to pull Seto into a kiss.

‘Yes, Isis. I would,’ thought Jou. He growled. “This is none of my business. Fuck whoever you want, Kaiba!”

“Including you?” whispered Seto as Jou passed by. He delicately touched the retreating ass.

Jou ‘eeped’ and spun around to glare at Seto, a movement that lost most of its effectiveness due to his brightly blushing cheeks.

Isis left silently while the two males had their glaring contest.

“Are you saying you want to fuck me, Seto?” asked Jou.

“Are you suggesting you’ll allow it?”

“Can’t you answer a fucking question?”

“Of course. Now can you?”

“Yeah!”

“So you’ve agreed to letting me fuck you,” said Seto smirking as he moved closer to Jou to pull him into a long kiss.

“I didn’t say that! When I said ‘yeah’ I meant I could answer a question!”

“But when I said ‘of course’, I meant I want to fuck you.”

“Then why were you molesting Isis?” asked Jou looking away from Seto at last.

“Did that bother you?” asked Seto, “Did you want to be in her place?”

“I’m going to bed. I’m exhausted,” said Jou spinning around and hurrying down the hallway to return to his room. Once safely in his room, he collapsed on his bed and buried his face. “I can’t believe he wants to fuck me, and I find it even harder to believe I want him to do it.”

Jou’s mind wandered to the image of Seto doing his morning exercises in the buff, and he felt his body temperature rise a few degrees. He sighed into his bedding. “I bet he’s had tons of lovers before. He’s so confident about sex and nudity. I’d be a tomato.”

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“Come to bed, Bakura,” said Namu patting the spot next to him, “I’m sure you’re tired. You’ve been out all day robbing tombs.”

“I’m a bit tired,” said Bakura, “but I want to get this done.”

“What are you doing?”

“Deciding how much to sell a few of these items for,” said Bakura, “I don’t always steal food you know.”

“I didn’t say you did, now come to bed.”

“You’re not going to rest until I do, are you?”

“Nope! I can’t sleep without you here!”

Bakura moved away from the trunk where he stashed his treasure and pulled off his clothing before climbing into bed with Namu and covering himself with the thin blanket. “Why were you so desperate to get me into bed?”

Namu blushed, but he didn’t answer with words. He slid up against Bakura’s bare body and gave the white-haired tomb robber a series of kissed on his sun-chapped lips.

Bakura moaned and took the opportunity offered to him to slip his tongue into Namu’s mouth and deepen their kiss.

Namu moaned and pressed his unobstructed flesh further up against Bakura’s. His body made his desires well known, but he must voice them for Bakura to assist him with them. He knew Bakura wouldn’t lay a hand on his desire without permission. He pulled out of the kiss and gasped for breath. “Please, Bakura… Please, take me.”

Bakura’s eyes widened as he looked at Namu. “Are you sure?”

“Please… I… I love you,” whispered Namu.

“As I do you. Seriously,” said Bakura before rolling on top of Namu, “This will hurt you.”

Namu smiled. “I’m a healer, remember?”

Bakura kissed Namu slow and gentle, a great contrast to the rapid, blood-releasing thrust of his engorged member into the virgin opening of his new lover.

Namu cried in pain before focusing his healing abilities, and his body glowed with his healing light to repair as much of the damage as possible at the moment. His light dissipated after a moment. “I’m ready.”

Bakura kissed Namu again before pulling out and thrusting back in.

Namu’s eyes looked at Bakura trustingly, and he smiled softly. “Thank you… for being my… first lover.”

“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” whispered Bakura into Namu’s ear before seriously beginning their act of indiscretion.

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“I don’t understand why we’re here, Seto, and that bothers me,” whispered Jou.

“I know, Jou.”

“I’m beginning to think Atemu and Seth know how we got here, even if they don’t realize how to send us back,” whispered Jou reaching down to pluck a flower from the side of the garden path.

“What do you mean?” whispered Seto kneeling to examine the same flowers Jou was picking. He found one flower of the perfect shade and he pulled it from the ground. “Wouldn’t they tell us if they knew how and why we’re here?”

“Maybe not… I think…”

Seto looked directly into Jou’s honey-brown eyes. “What is it? What do you think is going on, Jou?”

“Seth… he’s in love… I don’t think he’s in love with Jono or me, but I think he may be in love with the soul that Jono and I have in common,” whispered Jou.

“Bastard!” Seto’s eyes flashed possessively. “If Seth had access to the monsters Jono had controlled, he could have used the power of that stupid Millennium Rod of his and the Time Wizard to bring you back here. Then he would try to seduce you and get you to remain here with him forever. Bastard!”

“Yeah… and during our duel… you used Time Wizard too, and so maybe that was why I was the incarnation of Jono that was summoned through time. Maybe if we hadn’t been dueling with each other’s decks, it would have been a different person to come back in time to Seth, my future or past self,” said Jou, “but since we were dueling like that, I was chosen, and you grabbed onto me and came with me because I had your deck with me. You were never supposed to come.”

“I’m rather glad that I did,” said Seto, “This has been a pleasant vacation for me, one that I greatly needed. That and it has given us a new perspective on each other. Before we came here, all we could do was fight every time we were in a room together. Now look at us. We are spending time together willingly and we are having civilized conversations.”

Jou blushed. “Yeah… I think I like being here.”

“But?”

“But we need to go home. Mokuba needs you, and I miss my friends.”

“Your sister needs you too.”

“For what?” asked Jou, “I never see her… I’m a lousy big brother…”

“Like hell you are!” exclaimed Seto angrily, “You are a great big brother! You know it! I know it! Everyone knows it! It’s just your stupid bitch of a mother who doesn’t realize how wonderful you are!”

“Do you really think that, Seto?” asked Jou hopefully.

“Jou,” whispered Seto pulling Jou’s face closer to his own with both his hands placed firmly yet still gently on each cheek, “You’re not as dumb as you might think. You’re very smart when you actually try. You have such courage and strength and the fire that motivates you to never stop in whatever you do. I’ve always thought kindness was a weakness, but I truly believe it might be your greatest strength.” With those words, he placed his lips upon Jou’s.

Jou’s eyes widened excitedly. “I’ve got it! I’ve got it! Thank you, Seto!”

Seto blinked in confusion when Jou shoved himself away from the ground and ran back towards the palace. He stood up slowly. “What the hell just happened?”

“I can’t believe it was right in front of me the entire time!” exclaimed Jou happily before entering the palace.

“Hey, Jou! Wait for me!” exclaimed Seto racing after the blond. He found Jou bubbling with excitement in his room minutes later. He saw the notepad in Jou’s hand, and he quirked an eyebrow at it. “What the hell just happened?”

Jou smiled at Seto. “I finished it! Thanks to you, I’ve finally finished it! After all this time, it’s done!”

“What’s done? What did you finish?” asked Seto in confusion.

“I’ve been writing this song for several years,” said Jou, “and I finally finished it! You gave me the inspiration to do it.”

“You write songs?”

“I dabble in a lot of things I like, trying to find my place in the world,” said Jou with a slight blush on his cheeks, “We can’t all inherit companies like you, you know.”

Seto smiled. “Okay… so you can write music… Can you sing it too?”

Jou scoffed at the idea. “Of course! Sit down and let me show you what I can do!”

Seto sat down on the only available surface, the bed, and he watched Jou.

Jou flipped through the pages on his notepad to find the proper verse to start, and he vocalized a few notes to warm up his warm tenor voice. “When the darkness surrounds you… And you have no place left to go… Stand tall, be strong… Let your inner light guide your way. You’ll find you are your own reward. When there’s nowhere left to run… Don’t stop! Stand your ground! You can fight to save what’s right. Just be true to yourself… And you are your own reward!”

Seto’s smile remained on his face even as he saw Jou hesitate as he flipped the pages again.

“Heh…heh… I do need to rewrite this to get it all in the proper order now,” said Jou with embarrassment, “This next part… the chorus line… is what was causing me so much problems until you gave me the idea out in the garden. So this is dedicated to you.”

“To me? What exactly did I do?” asked Seto, “We were just talking.”

Jou refrained from commenting as he began to sing again, “You are your own reward! Your strength and your courage… Your fire to go on… You are your own reward! You’re not as dumb as you might think. You’re smarter than anyone knows. You are your own reward! Kindness is not a weakness. It might be your greatest strength. Just remember you are your own reward.”

Seto chuckled. “Okay. Now I get it.”

“No one can be your inspiration… To be the very best you. It’s a decision you make yourself… Just to see what you can do… Cause you are your own reward. Don’t be another assimilation. You know what you want to do. You know who you want to be. Only you lead yourself to salvation… Cause you are your own reward,” sang Jou after flipping a few more pages, “You are your own reward! Your strength and your courage… Your fire to go on… You are your own reward! You’re not as dumb as you might think. You’re smarter than anyone knows. You are your own reward! Kindness is not a weakness. It might be your greatest strength. Just remember you are your own reward.”

“This song is pretty nice.”

“Thanks,” said Jou before singing, “Is this really how you want your life to be? Scaring away anyone who tries to care about you. Living your days out just doing the work you do. Isn’t it time you learned by now… Cold and alone is all you’ll ever be.”

Seto turned his eyes away from Jou in understanding. He realized the inspiration for this part of the song also lay in him.

“But you designed it that way you know,” said Jou still reading from his paper, “You are the product of your own design. You are your own reward. Only you can change the way you’re built. You are your own punishment.” He lifted his eyes to see Seto. He knelt in front of the brunet and turned his head so their eyes met, and for a second, cerulean clashed with honey-brown. Then his eyes closed as he moved in for a sweet, chaste kiss before singing the next words, “Do you see the people who could love you? Do you like making them feel worse than you? Do you know what you’re doing in the world? Do you really try to hide away your pain and happiness? You know you are your own reward!”

“Jou…”

“You are your own reward! Your strength and your courage… Your fire to go on… You are your own reward! You’re not as dumb as you might think. You’re smarter than anyone knows. You are your own reward! Kindness is not a weakness. It might be your greatest strength. Just remember you are your own reward,” sang Jou, “When the heartbreak is at your door… And the pain is just seconds away… Do the only thing you can do… Let it be a test of the heart… And you’ll be your own reward!”

Seto pulled Jou into his embrace and buried his face into the blond’s neck.

“I know that I’m my only reward. But I hope you see it too,” said Jou before his soft tenor voice sounded throughout the room once more, “Je m’aime. Je t’adore. Voulez-vous venir avec moi? Voulez-vous danser avec moi? Voulez-vous m’adorer? Voulez-vous être votre récompense?”

Seto smiled at the French half-verse even as Jou continued onto the final chorus line.

“You are your own reward! Your strength and your courage… Your fire to go on… You are your own reward! You’re not as dumb as you might think. You’re smarter than anyone knows. You are your own reward! Kindness is not a weakness. It might be your greatest strength. Just remember you are your own reward.”

“That was beautiful, Jou,” whispered Seto, “Simply beautiful. I love the French section.”

Jou blushed and clutched Seto tighter to himself. “Thank you, Seto. That means a lot to me. Do you like it?”

“I love that song,” said Seto, “It is my new favorite.”

Jou brushed his lips against Seto’s before pressing them firmly together in a kiss.

Seto opened his mouth slightly to let Jou dominate their kiss.

Jou pulled out of their lip lock reluctantly. “Thank you.”

“I only told you the truth. I did nothing else.”

“Thank you,” repeats Jou softly, “Thank you.”

Seto sighed. “I’m afraid we have to cut our time short. Atemu requested I do some work for him this afternoon.”

“Yeah, I understand,” said Jou moving away from Seto, “I told Shizu I would meet her to help her study and stuff too. We should probably both be going. We shouldn’t keep them waiting.”

“I heard you were giving Shizuru advice to implement in her priestess training,” said Seto, “but I don’t know how you would have any knowledge that would be able to help her.”

“It’s just another thing I dabble in, I guess,” said Jou shrugging his shoulders.

“I don’t think so, but if you don’t want to talk about it, I won’t push you.” Seto stood and walked towards the door. He stopped just inches before it. “Jou?”

“Yeah, Seto?”

“Would you mind joining me for dinner tonight? Just you and me out in the garden?” asked Seto without turning to look at Jou.

Jou smiled and blushed slightly. “I would like that.”

Seto sent a smile back over his shoulder. “Good. I’ll see you then.”

“Yeah…”

Seto continued out the door and disappeared from sight.

“Now really… asking me out on a date wasn’t that hard, was it, Seto?” whispered Jou happily before also running out of the room to go find Shizuru.

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Shadows surrounded the wielder of the Millennium Rod as he stared at the object of his affections lying on a bench in the garden after having enjoyed a lush meal with his rival in love.

“That was great, Seto,” said Jou, “but now I’m too stuffed to move!”

“Would you like me to carry you back to your room so you can go to bed?” asked Seto with a slight chuckle.

“Actually, it’s such a nice night out and I’d like to stay here for awhile,” said Jou grinning at Seto, “You go ahead to bed. I’ll follow in a little while.”

The shadows around High Priest Seth grew darker and more fearsome as Seto leaned over the form sprawled out on the bench.

“Well, if you’re certain…” Seto placed a kiss upon Jou’s lips.

“I’ll see you tomorrow…”

“Pleasant dreams, Jou.”

“And to you, Seto.”

Seto slowly headed away from the garden in case Jou decided to change his mind.

Jou sighed and closed his eyes. “So stuffed… can’t move… I am tired though. Maybe I’ll sleep here for a bit. Just until I can move again.”

Seth watched as the blond’s breathing slowed to signal he in fact slept. He gripped the Rod tightly and pointed it at his would-be lover.

- - Enter Dreamscape - -
- - Jou’s Flight - -
“I love you.”
I spun towards the voice and saw Seth standing in my doorway wearing nothing but a simple frock to cover the bare essentials. “Dammit, Seth! You scared the hell out of me!”
“I’m sorry,” said Seth, “That was not my intention.”
“Then what was your intention?”
“Well, I was trying to catch sight of you naked, but that obviously has failed… unless you want to undress for me now.”
My jaw dropped. “Huh?”
Seth strolled into the room and grabbed me around the waist. “Oh, come now. I know you want to see me bare and hungry for your touch. You show me yours; I’ll show you mine.”
“You want to see my… pervert!” I blushed.
“But you want to see mine as well. Doesn’t that also make you a ‘pervert’?”
“Well… I suppose, but that doesn’t mean I’d ask to see it!”
“Show me your body,” ordered Seth.
“I’ll show you mine. You show me yours.” I hesitated for a moment before pulling off my clothing.
“Such beauty,” whispered Seth dropping his clothing to the floor.
I swallowed hard as I took in all of Seth’s body. “Um…”
Seth chuckled and walked towards me. “May I touch you?” he asked before grabbing his partially erect cock, “May I touch you here?”
“I don’t think you should let him, Jou. He hasn’t earned that privilege,” came Seto’s voice from the balcony.
I spun to look at Seto with wide eyes.
“My, my… haven’t we been endowed?” Seto smirked as he looked at my crotch. “Had I known we were having this conversation nude, I would have come prepared.”
I couldn’t help but blush intensely.
“Get out, Seto!” snarled Seth stepping up behind me and wrapping an arm around my waist.
“I think not,” said Seto the second before his clothing fell to the floor.
“I will not let you have Jou,” said Seth, “His pleasure is my pleasure.”
“Oh, come now… afraid to share?” asked Seto, “I don’t mind sharing him this once, Seth.” He walked up to me and wrapped his arm around my waist, pressing our chests and groins up against each other’s.
Seth moved closer to me so I felt his body against my back and ass. I felt like the meat between two slices of bread.
I moaned as the two erections rubbed suggestively against my body.
“Do you want us, Jou?” whispered Seto, “Do you want us to be your lovers tonight?”
“Oh, yes!” That sounded like my voice!
“Which of us do you want to be your lover?” asked Seth kissing the back of my neck.
“Or do you want us both?” asked Seto kissing my collarbone.
“Seto! Seth!”
“Very well,” said Seth.
Seto kissed a trail down my body before engulfing my member in his hot mouth.
I gasped at the dual sensations of having Seto sucking on my cock while a slick finger from Seth’s hand slid into my channel. I succumbed to the feelings instilled in me by my twin lovers, blinded to everything around me. I could not see, only felt my body being stretched and prepared for the next step. I whimpered as Seto pulled away from me before I could come to my completion. “What?”
Seto smiled at me. “Let’s move to the bed now, Jou.”
I nodded and let Seto lead me back to my bed with Seth following behind us.
Seto lay down on his back and pulled me on top of him. He whispered into my ear, “Only for you, Jou…”
I looked at Seto with an expression of mixed curiosity and confusion.
Seth climbed onto the bed and knelt behind me.
Seto grabbed my member and guided me towards his opening.
“But I haven’t prepared you,” I said once I realized what he intended for me to do.
“I come pre-oiled,” said Seto.
I slowly started to push into Seto even as I felt the intrusion into my own body.
Together as one, all three of us started a rhythm to satisfy our desires.
I couldn’t last long, not with the sensation of being so filled and so complete. I screamed as I shot my seed deep into the recesses of Seto’s body.
Seto screamed out my name as his ejaculation spilled between us.
I couldn’t move from Seto’s body yet because Seth’s thrusts didn’t give me any room to maneuver, but I would guess by the way Seto’s moaning out his little ‘love’ nothings that he doesn’t mind the fact I’m still inside him.
Seth cried out in pleasure as he found his own completion. “I love you, Jou.”
“Seth… Seto…”
Seto looked at me with his pure cerulean eyes unguarded. His mouth formed the words, but no sound emerged. ‘I love you most.’
- - Exit Dreamscape - -

Jou’s eyes fluttered open and he sat bolt upright. “Aw, dammit! Not only is this bench the most uncomfortable place to take a nap, but now I’m as hard as a rock thanks to that dream. It had to be a dream. No way would Seto ever let me take him…”

Seth watched from the shadows as Jou stood up and stretched before heading towards the palace. He stared at the Millennium Rod in his hand and poked the ‘Eye’ symbol on the head of the rod. “What in the name of Ra just happened? Why didn’t this stupid Rod obey my commands? Seto was not supposed to appear in that dream. I had not planned that! And why did the dream take that shape once he appeared?”

“You didn’t just expect me to go to bed and let you use that Rod to control the mind of my puppy, did you, Seth?”

Seth spun around to stare into the blue eyes of his counterpart. “You…?”

“Yes, I could feel you over here, and I most certainly was not going to just let you mess with my puppy’s mind and heart,” said Seto looking in the direction that Jou walked off in, “so after I left him, I came back over here. And I’m glad I did too. You used the Millennium Rod to enter Jou’s dream so you could convince him to love you. I used the Millennium Rod to enter Jou’s dream to prevent you from doing just that.”

“How could you use the Millennium Rod?” asked Seth with wide eyes.

“I suppose it is because your spirit is in me,” said Seto with a shrug.

“Why didn’t you need to hold it?”

“Because your spirit is in you.”

“So you channeled our spirit? You actually were able to channel our mutual spirit and control the Millennium Rod through my body?”

Seto smirked.

“Bastard! You didn’t want him before, and now that I do… you decide he is yours? Is he really just property to you?” asked Seth before storming off to the palace. He headed to the only place he really felt he might be able to get answers. He listened outside of the door before he knocked upon its surface.

After a moment, the door opened, and Isis, barely clad in just a wrap of cloth, looked out at Seth with confusion in her sleep-filled eyes. “Seth?”

“Forgive the intrusion, Isis. Were you… entertaining?”

Isis shook her head and allowed Seth to enter her room. She moved back over to her bed and collapsed upon it. “What are you doing here?”

“It would appear that Seto can wield the Millennium Rod,” said Seth quickly.

“Of course he can. He’s you remember?”

“But he doesn’t need to hold it to do so! He can use it when I am holding it!”

“Now that is a surprise,” said Isis suddenly wide-awake, “He should not be able to do so. He has not been trained to do something like that. Were he the one holding the Rod and you using it through his body…”

“What do you think it means?” asked Seth.

“I think it means you shouldn’t use the Millennium Rod again until he is gone from our time,” said Isis, “I will think over it more and tell you should I come up with something.”

Seth nodded. “Sleep well, Isis.”

“And you, Seth.”

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

Jou stared off into the golden sands. He sighed. “Seto and Seth… What a bad situation I got myself stuck in! On one hand, there’s Seto who’s probably had more lovers than I have hairs… Then there’s Seth with his bad reputation with lovers. No matter which one I choose to be with, if I choose to be with one of them, I’m bound to wind up heartbroken in the end. But I can’t help it. I just feel so helpless around them, like I have no strength anymore.”

- - Enter Jou’s Memory - -
“Why did you let me sleep in here last night?” I asked stretching as I climbed from the bed. My back popped loudly as I realigned it by stretching my back muscles taut.
Seto winced slightly at the sound, but he ignored it and pulled his trench coat on. “You reminded me of Mokuba when he had a nightmare. Don’t expect it to happen again.”

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

Seth stepped closer to me and wrapped his arm around my waist.
“What did I tell you about touching me?” I asked nervously.
“I know you told me you didn’t want me to, but sometimes a person must go against what they’ve been told to do what is right,” said Seth, “And never has something felt more right to me than this.”
- - Exit Jou’s Memory - -

“I shouldn’t love either of them. I know I’ll just end up hurt in the end. And I know I shouldn’t want to be with either one of them, but I do. I can’t help this longing feeling deep inside me.” Jou sighed again and let his memory take him away as he looked out over the Egyptian countryside.

- - Enter Jou’s Memory - -
“Would you permit me to kiss you?” asked Seth smiling.
“Yes.”
Seth slowly leaned forward the rest of the way and pressed his lips against mine, and his eyelids slid closed.
My eyes fluttered closed. I slowly opened my mouth for Seth’s questioning tongue, and I pulled myself slightly closer to the powerful brunet.
Seth delved his tongue into my mouth bringing our kiss to a whole new level as he brought me tight up against his body.
I ripped my lips away from Seth’s and gasped hurriedly for breath. I rested my forehead against Seth’s temple and panted. My cheeks carried an attractive blush, and I held myself close to Seth for support for my weakened knees.
Seth brushed a strand of my hair away from my reddened cheeks. He smiled. “So… how was it?”
“Um… wow…” I chuckled. “Is that a good enough answer?”
“It is for me.” Seth pulled me back into another kiss, though not nearly as long or breathtaking as the first.

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

“Yeah, I’m jumpy this morning! I just had the craziest dream in the world about…”
“About?”
I looked at Seto to see the genuinely curious expression cross the brunet’s normally stoic face. I relaxed somewhat and whispered, “About Seth. In my dream, he asked me to stay here with him while you went back to Japan.”
Seto clenched his fist. “And what did you say?”
“I woke up.” I blushed. “I honestly don’t know what I would say if he asked.”
“I know what I’d want you to say,” said Seto standing up.
“Yeah. You’d tell me to stay so that you wouldn’t have to see the mutt ever again once you returned back home!” I exclaimed.
“Wrong!” exclaimed Seto grabbing me and forcing me back the two feet to the wall before roughly pressing his lips to mine.
My eyes widened, half expecting Seto to force his tongue into my mouth next, so it surprised me even more when a minute later, Seto pulled away. I took a deep breath. “You don’t kiss too many people, do you?”
Seto glared at me and started to back off. “What the hell are you talking about?”
“It’s not a jab, Seto. It’s an observation,” I said slowly, “You don’t seem to know how to kiss properly.” I blushed as I pulled Seto back up against me. “I’ll admit I’m not the most experienced, but I can help you a bit.”
“What do you…?”
I leaned forward slightly and pressed my lips gently to Seto’s a second before closing my eyes. I spoke in between short, gentle kisses. “You need to be gentle at first… until you find out… how each individual likes to be kissed… Every person… likes it different.”
Seto’s hands moved to wrap around my waist as I continued to kiss him. His eyes closed and he succumbed to the enjoyment of this simple kiss.
“Then, when you have the hang of that… you start to use your tongue a little.” I lapped at Seto’s lips with the tip of my tongue. “Don’t force it,” I whispered, “Let your lover open his mouth for you.”
Seto hesitantly moved his tongue to play lightly with the tip of mine.
I pulled back slowly and took a deep breath while opening my eyes. I smiled at Seto. “Better.”
Seto’s eyes opened and he smiled in return.
“Would you like to continue this?” I asked blushing as I stared into Seto’s cool blue eyes, “Would you let me in if I asked?”
“Yes,” whispered Seto leaning back in to gently kiss me once more. He watched my eyes flutter closed.
My tongue slipped out again to lightly caressed Seto’s lips.
Seto slowly opened his mouth, only to feel my tongue enter cautiously and move around at a leisurely pace, twirling around his own. He clenched his eyes tighter shut.
I pulled out of the kiss gasping for breath even as Seto did the same. My cheeks reddened.
- - Exit Jou’s Memory - -

‘It’s wrong to care for them, but it feels so right,’ thought Jou, ‘I feel alive when I’m near one of them, when one of them is holding me in his arms. Every time I try to run away from one of them, I end up running to the other one, and not always by choice. I think I may be falling for them. If this feeling is wrong, then it must be the right kind of wrong!’ He turned away from the spectacular view and headed back inside. ‘I think I may be falling in love.’

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Everyone gathered together at the dinner table, which had become customary ever since the arrival of the two Japanese young men.

“Atemu… what are we going to do about the delegation?” asked Otogi.

“What delegation?” asked Jou.

“My… betrothed… is on her way to visit us so we can finalize the details for the wedding,” said Atemu with a slight growl in his voice.

“Betrothed?” Jou whimpered and turned his eyes to his plate.

“Have you met this… person… before?” asked Seto.

“No. The wedding was arranged by my father before his death,” explained Atemu, “I don’t even know her name… Not like it would really matter to me. This woman could not possibly be my soul mate!”

“Arranged marriages are rare in our time. They still happen in certain cultures, but not on a regular basis,” said Seto, “It’s barbaric!”

Atemu smiled. “I agree whole-heartedly.”

“Must you still marry her even though your father is dead and can’t force you to go through with it?” asked Jou quietly not taking his eyes off his plate.

“Unfortunately.” Atemu rolled his eyes. “I must obey his wishes.”

“I don’t think Bes or Maat would complain much if your heart belonged to another,” said Jou.

Seto raised an eyebrow at Jou and many of the Priests and Priestesses looked at Jou with shock-filled eyes.

“However the one I love is no longer living,” said Atemu, “So I am damned to a loveless life no matter how I play my future.”

“I’m sorry,” whispered Jou.

“Anyway, we shouldn’t permit the delegation to see Jou and Seto,” said Seth, “No matter what ruse we have come up to explain Seto’s similarity to me, I doubt it would convince them.”

“The delegation will not be staying here with us for very long. Just a few passes of Amon,” said Otogi, “I suppose we could just keep Jou and Seto away from them for that amount of time.”

“You act as if you’re ashamed of us,” said Seto.

“That isn’t true!” exclaimed Isis, “And you know it!”

“I’d rather keep as many of you away from the delegation as possible,” said Honda from his position along the wall where he stood with a few of his best guards, “Especially Jou, Seto, Shizuru, and Mokuto.”

Otogi nodded.

“So it’s settled,” said Mai, “Only the inner council will have dealings with the delegation.”

“May they leave quickly!” exclaimed Atemu grabbing his drink and draining the cup.

“May they leave quickly!” came the various echoes of the toast.

“When do they arrive?” asked Shada.

“Before the dark moon,” said Isis, “They are nearing the city.”

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Bakura stood straight and tall as he looked out at the desert. “Tell me, what do you see?”

Namu rose from his position sitting on the roof of the dilapidated building. He looked out in the direction of Bakura’s glance. “In the distance… so far away, is that a caravan?”

“Yes.” Bakura smiled at Namu. “You have good eyes.”

Namu blushed. “I’m a healer, remember?”

“I could never forget. That is more than just a regular caravan, though,” said Bakura, “The Pharaoh’s future bride is traveling with them.”

“Isis, no… His heart has still not healed from the loss of his one true love, and here she comes now to try to take his place? My Pharaoh will be shattered!” exclaimed Namu, “We can’t let Atemu marry her!”

“They aren’t going to marry now,” said Bakura, “This is just a meeting so they can get a moment to speak to each other before they wed.”

Namu sighed in relief. “Good… if they were to be married soon, I would have to leave you. I would have to return to my Pharaoh to help him in his most desperate time.”

“You know I’m not keeping you here, but I don’t want you to ever leave me, Namu,” said Bakura, “I care for you.”

“I know, Bakura. I love you too.”

Bakura pulled Namu into a heated kiss.

Namu blushed, but he still cuddled close to Bakura. “So…” He shot a mischievous look in his lover’s direction. “Are we going to attack the caravan?”

“Not yet. Not while they’re coming into the city. It would be much more prudent to attack as they leave,” explained Bakura, “Then they have all the money they received from the goods they sold, and no one would miss them for quite some time.”

“No wonder you’re such a good tomb robber. You’re so smart.”

Bakura scooped Namu up in his arms. “Let’s go. Nothing important to see here yet… unless of course you wanted to show me what you’re hiding beneath those clothes while we’re up here on the roof.”

“Bedroom, now!” ordered Namu.

- - Modern Day - -

Ryou sighed as he brushed his white hair while looking in the bathroom mirror. “You… loved him… didn’t you?”

The spirit who looked back at Ryou through the reflection snorted and said, “Whom do you mean?”

“You loved Namu, Bakura.”

“Namu loved me. That was enough.”

“Why do you never tell me about what happened back then?” asked Ryou, “Do I hold that little importance to you that I needn’t know about your past at all?”

“I don’t tell you anything because I don’t want to think about it. It’s not important to me anymore. Whatever feelings I had then, died with me then,” replied Bakura, “I don’t make a big deal out of it because it doesn’t concern us now. It doesn’t concern you. Namu… Namu isn’t in my life anymore. Malik isn’t Namu. I don’t care for Malik like I did for Namu. I care for you, Ryou.”

Ryou smiled at Bakura as he tied his hair into a ponytail behind his head. “Thank you, Bakura. I care for you too. I’m going to go to bed now. Good night.”

“Sleep well, hikari.”
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