[YGO] Guard Dog ~ Worth It
So I was watching Yu-Gi-Oh season zero for the first time the other night. In the second episode, there's a scene where Anzu, Miho and a girl with a crush on Jounouchi are trying to figure out what she can get Jounouchi as a present.
Anzu: Well, he likes porn.
A girl can't give porn to a guy, so they call Yuugi out. After all, Yuugi is one of the girls.
So, Yuugi. What does Jounouchi like?
Yuugi: *seriously* He likes Porn.
*Icka Quietly Dies*
Had some trouble with mac-to-pc formatting, if there's weird characters, please lemme know and I'll fix.
con't from here
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"Hey, guys?" Jounouchi looked up at the technicians who were up in the observation booth watching him. He'd already had one successful test run with the new Solid System upgrades today and was feeling pretty good about it. "Mind if I bring a friend out to play with this too?"
The technicians hemmed and hawed a bit. The technology was still new enough that everyone was leery about security leaks. "I've all ready gotten clearance from Kaiba." He added. "The big one, not the little one."
Murphy, the de-facto spokesperson whenever bad news may have been looming in the forecast, spoke up. "That should be fine." He said.
"Great." Jounouchi grinned as the techies murmured back and forth over who it could be.
Then Yuugi stepped out on to the floor and the murmur turned into a full grown buzz of excitement. He was pretty sure he heard a shout of 'We're not Worthy!' from the back as everyone gawked. Yuugi didn't duel as much as he once had, mostly to avoid the King of Games title, but that didn't mean his popularity had shrunk any.
"Are you -sure- my being here is okay?" Yuugi asked nervously, fiddling slightly with one of the black studded cuffs on his wrist.
"Yeah." Jounouchi grinned, slinging an arm around Yuugi's thin shoulders. "Asked Kaiba -ages- ago, this is just the first time I've gotten through a complete game while you've been here."
Yuugi nodded, giving him a small smile. "Thanks."
"No worries." He patted Yuugi on the back then raised his voice to get the still buzzing techies' attention. "Hey, so whaddya guys think the system is up for? He and I duel it out or we tag team against the computer?"
"I... er..." Murphy cleared his throat. "Just a regular duel, please."
Jounouchi nodded and saluted. Yuugi walked to where the shadowy opponent usually stood and they both activated their duel disks. "DUEL!"
Playing against the computer was fine and all, but nothing got Jounouchi's blood up and racing like facing off against a real person. And it never mattered how many times he dueled Yuugi, there was always some new strategy, some new challenge, something new and fresh. Yuugi was a strong opponent.
The techies cheered them both on, shouting readings to each other as the duel progressed. In this sort of forum, but he and Yuugi fought like the end of the world was at stake, because both of them had been there. In private, they would goof off and relax, but not in front of other people.
Jounouchi could feel the end of the duel when Yuugi summoned Black Magician Girl. He had nothing on the field to counter her, no plan of attack to get around her or anything.
But he wasn't about to give up without a fight. Or something else...
"Just a second, I wanna check something." He called, walking around the dueling area to where Yuugi was standing. Yuugi gave him a quixotic look and he grinned back, reminding himself that touching of the other duelist during a duel disqualified the game.
He then stepped into the arena area, eyeing the face down trap cards with barely concealed temptation. He'd often wondered if it would be possible to step on the cards and ride them like you would a magic carpet. But that was an experiment for another day.
Instead, he walked up behind the floating Black Magician Girl and flipped her skirt. Since she was floating well above eye level, this gave him an unobstructed view of what exactly she wore under that little skirt of hers.
Not that he got that long of a look, she squeaked and the club end of her magic scepter came crashing into his face sending him flying on top of one of the trap cards.
As it turned out, a face down trap card -could- hold a human's weight. But only for a few seconds, it dropped you on your butt onto the harsh unforgiving ground.
"Jounouchi-kun!!!" Yuugi shouted, his voice torn between horror and concern.
Jounouchi raised his hands into the air, a huge grin on his face despite the ringing in his skull. "WORTH IT!!!!" He cheered gleefully.
From the corner of his eye he saw Yuugi cover his eyes with a hand as he muttered to himself. Jounouchi was pretty sure that the word 'Porn' uttered a few times. Black Magician Girl hrumphed and crossed her arms under her chest, but he noted she was floating at a much more modest level.
"Jounouchi-san?" Murphy's concerned voice echoed throughout the room. "Jounouchi-san? Are you alright? Do you require medical assistance?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine." He waved it off. And even if he wasn't, he deserved it. He had done it knowing he deserved what ever he got. But it had been worth it. Completely, utterly, totally worth it. "Sorry about that, Black Magician Girl."
She sniffed and made a general motion that translated to 'Boys are Dumb' in any language, human or duel monsters and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Come on." Yuugi offered his hand to Jounouchi with a long suffering look. Jounouchi grinned back, grabbing his best friend's hand and allowing Yuugi help pull him up. End of the duel, but he'd pretty much forfeited the game anyway. "Be grateful that's not Mana-chan anymore." Yuugi commented. "Or Mahaado-san would have your hide for molesting his apprentice."
Jounouchi laughed nervously, he hadn't thought of that. And he'd -seen- Black Magician angry before, there was no way he wanted it aimed in his direction.
The speaker gurgled. "Are you sure you're completely fine, Jounouchi-san?" Murphy's concerned voice echoed through the room. "The Solid System isn't meant to react like that-"
"-Which it probably should be." Jounouchi snickered, touching what was going to be a marvellous shiner under his left eye once it finished changing colours. "I doubt I'm the only one who's had that crazy idea before and I doubt I'm gonna be the last."
Especially since those raised platforms were still in style, he could just see some idiot kids laying down to try to look up Change of Heart's skirts or something.
Which, since the card was generally male, could be a real nasty surprise...
Yuugi sighed. "Come on, Jounouchi-kun." With a shake of his head he began to pull Jounouchi towards the lockers. "Let's get an ice pack for your eye."
"Worth it~!" He sang again, letting himself be pulled along. He waved to the technicians, who waved back, shaking their heads at his antics.
Yuugi muttered to himself as he sat Jounouchi down on one of the benches in the locker room, tilting his face up to the light so he could see Jounouchi's face clearly, violet eyes wide with worry. "Are you sure you're okay? That was a pretty solid hit."
"I got a hard head." He assured Yuugi, running a hand down the small of his back, checking his tail. He'd landed on his butt and expected to be in a lot more pain than he was. He felt a little sore, but none of the excruciating agony he'd expected.
"Yes, but..." Yuugi sighed. "-Why- did you do that, Jounouchi-kun?" The look on Yuugi's face wasn't... disappointed exactly, but it was close.
Jounouchi looked up at the ceiling, away from Yuugi. "I figured why not? Y'know, cause I might not get another chance to do so and stuff."
He'd decided, years ago, that when Yuugi asked a question, he'd be as truthful about it as possible. Yuugi was as straight forward as possible, Jounouchi could do no less than return the favour. Well, except for the kissing Kaiba thing, but that was between him and Ol' Blue Eyes.
"Jounouchi-kun?" Yuugi questioned, his voice thick with worry. He wasn't outrightly asking, Jounouchi didn't have to tell him, but...
He leaned forward, hiding his face with his hair. Unfortunately, that was where Yuugi was standing, so he ended up resting his forehead against Yuugi's chest, the buckles on Yuugi's shirt cold against his skin. Yuugi was a short skinny little guy, but it was mostly muscle and bone under the black clothing he wore.
"I didn't get a card for the next doctor's appointment." He admitted as Yuugi wrapped his arms around Jounouchi's shoulders. "And I can't get hold of anyone to find out why. If I was fine, they'd tell me, right? But they're not and the only reason I can figure is because there's nothing more they can do..." He bit his lower lip, cutting off the flow of words before he could say the big 'd' one.
Yuugi went tense against him, hands gripping the material of Jounouchi's shirt almost to the point of it being painful. "Yuugi-?" He questioned.
"What is Kaiba doing right now, Jounouchi-kun?" Yuugi questioned, his voice pleasant but with an undertone of harsh steel. For a minute, Jounouchi almost thought Yuugi's Other Self was back and was ready to kick butt.
He lifted his head, pulling back slightly from Yuugi's grasp so he could look at his best friend's face. Yuugi smiled at him, but there was an angry, tense look around his eyes. "Um... Paperwork. All of his meetings were this morning-"
"Good." Yuugi smiled amiably at him, then reached down and grabbed his collar, triggering the communicator that hung around Jounouchi's neck. Jounouchi yelped, trying to disengage both himself and the communicator from Yuugi's grasp. "We Need to Talk, Kaiba." Yuugi said over his protests in that cheerful-yet-scary-beyond-belief tone.
"Yuugi?!" Kaiba's bewildered voice echoed.
"We're on our way up to your office now." Yuugi continued over their objections. "Please call Mokuba and Noa to join us. Thank you."
Yuugi cut off the communication, tugging on Jounouchi's collar. "Let's go, Jounouchi-kun." Yuugi said firmly, pulling him along by the collar, forcing Jounouchi to follow or be dragged along.
"What the-?" Jounouchi stumbled along, debating just picking up Yuugi and finding out what the hell was going on. But Yuugi had that stubborn look to him, like he could easily march into the gates of hell and back out again without a single singe on him. "The Frack?! YUU~GI!!!"
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The first thing that flittered across Seto's mind when Yuugi and Jounouchi walked in, Yuugi with a firm grasp on Jounouchi's leather collar, was that perhaps Jounouchi truly did require a leash. It would mean that the blond wasn't bent almost in double as he was dragged around by his friends.
The idea was quickly set aside in favour of more serious business. Mokuba, with Noa floating over his shoulder, stood to his right, looking confused. "What is the emergency, Mutou?" He rumbled, perplexed over Yuugi's behaviour. Twice in two weeks Yuugi had directly called him. Perhaps they should invest in a communicator for Yuugi as well.
Yuugi walked up to the front of the desk, releasing Jounouchi's collar and making him stumble a few steps. "Jounouchi-kun believes that he is about to die." Yuugi said without preamble as Jounouchi scrambled to regain his balance.
Jounouchi glared at his diminutive best friend as he straightened the collar around his neck. "Well, what else am I supposed to think?!" He snapped. "I didn't get a next doctor's appointment, I can't get a hold of anyone to talk to and all of you are acting like I'll disappear at a moment's notice!!"
"Bust~ed..." Mokuba whispered as Noa winced. Yuugi gave Seto a particularly harsh glare as if to say this was all his fault, Fix It Dammit!
Which, Seto sighed, intertwining his fingers in front of him, he supposed it was his fault. It had been his decision not to mention what had happened to the blond, one that Yuugi had been opposed to, but had acquiesced to because Jounouchi lived with Seto.
Apparently, Jounouchi didn't adhere to the adage 'no news was good news'.
"You are not dying." Seto informed Jounouchi bluntly. Jounouchi jerked slightly, as if taken back by this information.
"One of the docs went psycho on us." Mokuba said, his blue-grey eyes silently asking Jounouchi to understand. "He grabbed you, was going to continue Gozaburou's experimentations."
"We got you out." Noa added helpfully. "Before that happened. But..."
"The rest of the people on that project are currently undergoing psychiatric evaluation." Seto continued. "We thought it prudent to keep you close to evaluate for ourselves what your health is before releasing you into their tender care again."
Jounouchi let out a deep giddy breath. "So I'm really not dying? Every thing's fine?"
"As far as we can tell." Seto affirmed. "We'll know for certain after you visit the doctors again."
The triumphant howl Jounouchi released was almost deafening. He grabbed Yuugi and swung him around in a wide circle before releasing him, grabbing Noa and repeating the action. Mokuba laughed as Jounouchi grabbed him as well, spinning the two of them around in dizzying circles.
Seto didn't get spun in a circle due to the fact that he was sitting down in his chair, but he did get a bear hug and a quick kiss on the lips. He paused as Jounouchi grabbed Mokuba and Noa again, attempting to do some sort of bizarre laughing jig with them.
He pressed a finger against his lips. This time he had been paying attention, but it had been too fast to get more of an impression other than 'warm' and 'vibrant'. Jounouchi kissed like he had too much energy to burn. Which, at the moment, he probably did.
Seto glanced up and saw Yuugi's amused sympathetic look. So maybe there had been a reason for dragging Jounouchi along by the collar, it was one way to ensure the blond went where you wanted him to go.
"Just wait until he remembers the 'kidnapping' part." Yuugi commented dryly. Seto winced. Somehow he didn't think Jounouchi would be all that pleased about that part. Which had been one of his reasons for wanting to keep it quiet.
So much for that plan.
But right now, he mused as he watched Jounouchi laughing with his brother, couldn't find himself too terribly upset.
+++ To Be Continued +++
Anzu: Well, he likes porn.
A girl can't give porn to a guy, so they call Yuugi out. After all, Yuugi is one of the girls.
So, Yuugi. What does Jounouchi like?
Yuugi: *seriously* He likes Porn.
*Icka Quietly Dies*
Had some trouble with mac-to-pc formatting, if there's weird characters, please lemme know and I'll fix.
con't from here
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"Hey, guys?" Jounouchi looked up at the technicians who were up in the observation booth watching him. He'd already had one successful test run with the new Solid System upgrades today and was feeling pretty good about it. "Mind if I bring a friend out to play with this too?"
The technicians hemmed and hawed a bit. The technology was still new enough that everyone was leery about security leaks. "I've all ready gotten clearance from Kaiba." He added. "The big one, not the little one."
Murphy, the de-facto spokesperson whenever bad news may have been looming in the forecast, spoke up. "That should be fine." He said.
"Great." Jounouchi grinned as the techies murmured back and forth over who it could be.
Then Yuugi stepped out on to the floor and the murmur turned into a full grown buzz of excitement. He was pretty sure he heard a shout of 'We're not Worthy!' from the back as everyone gawked. Yuugi didn't duel as much as he once had, mostly to avoid the King of Games title, but that didn't mean his popularity had shrunk any.
"Are you -sure- my being here is okay?" Yuugi asked nervously, fiddling slightly with one of the black studded cuffs on his wrist.
"Yeah." Jounouchi grinned, slinging an arm around Yuugi's thin shoulders. "Asked Kaiba -ages- ago, this is just the first time I've gotten through a complete game while you've been here."
Yuugi nodded, giving him a small smile. "Thanks."
"No worries." He patted Yuugi on the back then raised his voice to get the still buzzing techies' attention. "Hey, so whaddya guys think the system is up for? He and I duel it out or we tag team against the computer?"
"I... er..." Murphy cleared his throat. "Just a regular duel, please."
Jounouchi nodded and saluted. Yuugi walked to where the shadowy opponent usually stood and they both activated their duel disks. "DUEL!"
Playing against the computer was fine and all, but nothing got Jounouchi's blood up and racing like facing off against a real person. And it never mattered how many times he dueled Yuugi, there was always some new strategy, some new challenge, something new and fresh. Yuugi was a strong opponent.
The techies cheered them both on, shouting readings to each other as the duel progressed. In this sort of forum, but he and Yuugi fought like the end of the world was at stake, because both of them had been there. In private, they would goof off and relax, but not in front of other people.
Jounouchi could feel the end of the duel when Yuugi summoned Black Magician Girl. He had nothing on the field to counter her, no plan of attack to get around her or anything.
But he wasn't about to give up without a fight. Or something else...
"Just a second, I wanna check something." He called, walking around the dueling area to where Yuugi was standing. Yuugi gave him a quixotic look and he grinned back, reminding himself that touching of the other duelist during a duel disqualified the game.
He then stepped into the arena area, eyeing the face down trap cards with barely concealed temptation. He'd often wondered if it would be possible to step on the cards and ride them like you would a magic carpet. But that was an experiment for another day.
Instead, he walked up behind the floating Black Magician Girl and flipped her skirt. Since she was floating well above eye level, this gave him an unobstructed view of what exactly she wore under that little skirt of hers.
Not that he got that long of a look, she squeaked and the club end of her magic scepter came crashing into his face sending him flying on top of one of the trap cards.
As it turned out, a face down trap card -could- hold a human's weight. But only for a few seconds, it dropped you on your butt onto the harsh unforgiving ground.
"Jounouchi-kun!!!" Yuugi shouted, his voice torn between horror and concern.
Jounouchi raised his hands into the air, a huge grin on his face despite the ringing in his skull. "WORTH IT!!!!" He cheered gleefully.
From the corner of his eye he saw Yuugi cover his eyes with a hand as he muttered to himself. Jounouchi was pretty sure that the word 'Porn' uttered a few times. Black Magician Girl hrumphed and crossed her arms under her chest, but he noted she was floating at a much more modest level.
"Jounouchi-san?" Murphy's concerned voice echoed throughout the room. "Jounouchi-san? Are you alright? Do you require medical assistance?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine." He waved it off. And even if he wasn't, he deserved it. He had done it knowing he deserved what ever he got. But it had been worth it. Completely, utterly, totally worth it. "Sorry about that, Black Magician Girl."
She sniffed and made a general motion that translated to 'Boys are Dumb' in any language, human or duel monsters and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Come on." Yuugi offered his hand to Jounouchi with a long suffering look. Jounouchi grinned back, grabbing his best friend's hand and allowing Yuugi help pull him up. End of the duel, but he'd pretty much forfeited the game anyway. "Be grateful that's not Mana-chan anymore." Yuugi commented. "Or Mahaado-san would have your hide for molesting his apprentice."
Jounouchi laughed nervously, he hadn't thought of that. And he'd -seen- Black Magician angry before, there was no way he wanted it aimed in his direction.
The speaker gurgled. "Are you sure you're completely fine, Jounouchi-san?" Murphy's concerned voice echoed through the room. "The Solid System isn't meant to react like that-"
"-Which it probably should be." Jounouchi snickered, touching what was going to be a marvellous shiner under his left eye once it finished changing colours. "I doubt I'm the only one who's had that crazy idea before and I doubt I'm gonna be the last."
Especially since those raised platforms were still in style, he could just see some idiot kids laying down to try to look up Change of Heart's skirts or something.
Which, since the card was generally male, could be a real nasty surprise...
Yuugi sighed. "Come on, Jounouchi-kun." With a shake of his head he began to pull Jounouchi towards the lockers. "Let's get an ice pack for your eye."
"Worth it~!" He sang again, letting himself be pulled along. He waved to the technicians, who waved back, shaking their heads at his antics.
Yuugi muttered to himself as he sat Jounouchi down on one of the benches in the locker room, tilting his face up to the light so he could see Jounouchi's face clearly, violet eyes wide with worry. "Are you sure you're okay? That was a pretty solid hit."
"I got a hard head." He assured Yuugi, running a hand down the small of his back, checking his tail. He'd landed on his butt and expected to be in a lot more pain than he was. He felt a little sore, but none of the excruciating agony he'd expected.
"Yes, but..." Yuugi sighed. "-Why- did you do that, Jounouchi-kun?" The look on Yuugi's face wasn't... disappointed exactly, but it was close.
Jounouchi looked up at the ceiling, away from Yuugi. "I figured why not? Y'know, cause I might not get another chance to do so and stuff."
He'd decided, years ago, that when Yuugi asked a question, he'd be as truthful about it as possible. Yuugi was as straight forward as possible, Jounouchi could do no less than return the favour. Well, except for the kissing Kaiba thing, but that was between him and Ol' Blue Eyes.
"Jounouchi-kun?" Yuugi questioned, his voice thick with worry. He wasn't outrightly asking, Jounouchi didn't have to tell him, but...
He leaned forward, hiding his face with his hair. Unfortunately, that was where Yuugi was standing, so he ended up resting his forehead against Yuugi's chest, the buckles on Yuugi's shirt cold against his skin. Yuugi was a short skinny little guy, but it was mostly muscle and bone under the black clothing he wore.
"I didn't get a card for the next doctor's appointment." He admitted as Yuugi wrapped his arms around Jounouchi's shoulders. "And I can't get hold of anyone to find out why. If I was fine, they'd tell me, right? But they're not and the only reason I can figure is because there's nothing more they can do..." He bit his lower lip, cutting off the flow of words before he could say the big 'd' one.
Yuugi went tense against him, hands gripping the material of Jounouchi's shirt almost to the point of it being painful. "Yuugi-?" He questioned.
"What is Kaiba doing right now, Jounouchi-kun?" Yuugi questioned, his voice pleasant but with an undertone of harsh steel. For a minute, Jounouchi almost thought Yuugi's Other Self was back and was ready to kick butt.
He lifted his head, pulling back slightly from Yuugi's grasp so he could look at his best friend's face. Yuugi smiled at him, but there was an angry, tense look around his eyes. "Um... Paperwork. All of his meetings were this morning-"
"Good." Yuugi smiled amiably at him, then reached down and grabbed his collar, triggering the communicator that hung around Jounouchi's neck. Jounouchi yelped, trying to disengage both himself and the communicator from Yuugi's grasp. "We Need to Talk, Kaiba." Yuugi said over his protests in that cheerful-yet-scary-beyond-belief tone.
"Yuugi?!" Kaiba's bewildered voice echoed.
"We're on our way up to your office now." Yuugi continued over their objections. "Please call Mokuba and Noa to join us. Thank you."
Yuugi cut off the communication, tugging on Jounouchi's collar. "Let's go, Jounouchi-kun." Yuugi said firmly, pulling him along by the collar, forcing Jounouchi to follow or be dragged along.
"What the-?" Jounouchi stumbled along, debating just picking up Yuugi and finding out what the hell was going on. But Yuugi had that stubborn look to him, like he could easily march into the gates of hell and back out again without a single singe on him. "The Frack?! YUU~GI!!!"
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The first thing that flittered across Seto's mind when Yuugi and Jounouchi walked in, Yuugi with a firm grasp on Jounouchi's leather collar, was that perhaps Jounouchi truly did require a leash. It would mean that the blond wasn't bent almost in double as he was dragged around by his friends.
The idea was quickly set aside in favour of more serious business. Mokuba, with Noa floating over his shoulder, stood to his right, looking confused. "What is the emergency, Mutou?" He rumbled, perplexed over Yuugi's behaviour. Twice in two weeks Yuugi had directly called him. Perhaps they should invest in a communicator for Yuugi as well.
Yuugi walked up to the front of the desk, releasing Jounouchi's collar and making him stumble a few steps. "Jounouchi-kun believes that he is about to die." Yuugi said without preamble as Jounouchi scrambled to regain his balance.
Jounouchi glared at his diminutive best friend as he straightened the collar around his neck. "Well, what else am I supposed to think?!" He snapped. "I didn't get a next doctor's appointment, I can't get a hold of anyone to talk to and all of you are acting like I'll disappear at a moment's notice!!"
"Bust~ed..." Mokuba whispered as Noa winced. Yuugi gave Seto a particularly harsh glare as if to say this was all his fault, Fix It Dammit!
Which, Seto sighed, intertwining his fingers in front of him, he supposed it was his fault. It had been his decision not to mention what had happened to the blond, one that Yuugi had been opposed to, but had acquiesced to because Jounouchi lived with Seto.
Apparently, Jounouchi didn't adhere to the adage 'no news was good news'.
"You are not dying." Seto informed Jounouchi bluntly. Jounouchi jerked slightly, as if taken back by this information.
"One of the docs went psycho on us." Mokuba said, his blue-grey eyes silently asking Jounouchi to understand. "He grabbed you, was going to continue Gozaburou's experimentations."
"We got you out." Noa added helpfully. "Before that happened. But..."
"The rest of the people on that project are currently undergoing psychiatric evaluation." Seto continued. "We thought it prudent to keep you close to evaluate for ourselves what your health is before releasing you into their tender care again."
Jounouchi let out a deep giddy breath. "So I'm really not dying? Every thing's fine?"
"As far as we can tell." Seto affirmed. "We'll know for certain after you visit the doctors again."
The triumphant howl Jounouchi released was almost deafening. He grabbed Yuugi and swung him around in a wide circle before releasing him, grabbing Noa and repeating the action. Mokuba laughed as Jounouchi grabbed him as well, spinning the two of them around in dizzying circles.
Seto didn't get spun in a circle due to the fact that he was sitting down in his chair, but he did get a bear hug and a quick kiss on the lips. He paused as Jounouchi grabbed Mokuba and Noa again, attempting to do some sort of bizarre laughing jig with them.
He pressed a finger against his lips. This time he had been paying attention, but it had been too fast to get more of an impression other than 'warm' and 'vibrant'. Jounouchi kissed like he had too much energy to burn. Which, at the moment, he probably did.
Seto glanced up and saw Yuugi's amused sympathetic look. So maybe there had been a reason for dragging Jounouchi along by the collar, it was one way to ensure the blond went where you wanted him to go.
"Just wait until he remembers the 'kidnapping' part." Yuugi commented dryly. Seto winced. Somehow he didn't think Jounouchi would be all that pleased about that part. Which had been one of his reasons for wanting to keep it quiet.
So much for that plan.
But right now, he mused as he watched Jounouchi laughing with his brother, couldn't find himself too terribly upset.
+++ To Be Continued +++