Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ From the Past ❯ Part III ( Chapter 3 )

Title: From the Past 3/? Author: Telpei Rating: PG-13 Pairing(s): Various combinations of Seto, Joey, Jouno, and Seth Beta: Samurai Butterfly Spoilers: Nope. This is an AU. Disclaimer: Not mine!

Summary: Joey gets accidentally summons High Priest Seth back from the past. The Priest has to get back to his slave Jouno, but he can't get back to his own time until the past has been repeated...

PB # 28

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Amber eyes met gold-flecked brown, and each pair widened by a fraction before they narrowed suspiciously.

"Jouno," he accused. "I had a feelin' I was gonna meet ya sometime or other."

There was a nod from the other blond, and in the next instant they were closer. "I can tell you how to send my master back, but you must do something for me as well," the spirit murmured, reaching out a hand to brush his bangs back from his forehead.

"Well, I'm willing to get him outta my hair," he replied hotly, trying to step away from his other half but finding that his feet seemed rooted to the floor by some unseen force.

"I have something I must tell my master. You must deliver the message for me," the slave stated evenly, taking yet another step closer to him.

"Seems simple enough," he murmured, still suspicious and untrusting. "What's da catch?"

"Nothing that will harm you or my master's hikari, I promise you," Jouno soothed, trailing his fingers down his reincarnation's jaw bone, his tongue running over his bottom lip sensually. "You will agree to this."

A craving came over him, and suddenly he was responding to his yami's touch, their lips meeting for a brief moment, and his mind was flooded with the love this Egyptian had for another. He stumbled backwards, overwhelmed at the emotion his look-a-like felt for the priest. "I'll help you," he consented once he'd regained his balance and his mind, linking fingers with his other half. "What do I gotta do?"

"I will need to take control of your body to deliver my message to my master," the slave explained, his voice soft. "Will you allow me this privilege?"

"Then you'll tell me how ta get Seth back to yer time?" he questioned, his voice equally as soft as Jouno brought his hand up, brushing lips softly over his knuckles.

The slave nodded, sliding smooth fingers of another hand along his cheek, leaning in for another brief touch of lips against lips. "History must repeat itself before the opening between times can be found. The seeing stone is of utmost importance. You must learn to love, and my master must teach love. Only when love has been found can my master be returned to his own time," he whispered, lips brushing over his right ear and sending tingles down his spine. Again, the love for the priest could be felt through a link that he imagined was similar to what Yugi and Yami shared.

"I don't quite understand," he protested, taking a step back so that he could look into the eyes of his darker half. "Love? What's that got ta do wit anything?"

But it was too late. His yami was fading into the back of his mind, but he could still feel the comforting presence of his other self. "You know what it means," he heard, the words barely loud enough to be detected. "You do understand."

He sighed softly, finding himself now alone. With a nod, he placed his hand over his heart. "I feel it," he murmured to himself, with a shake of his head. "This is just asking to get my ass kicked. Kaiba ain't gonna like this too much."

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"Come in," Kaiba responded to the knock on his office door automatically, his eyes never leaving the screen of his computer. He did glance up, however, when a certain black-haired munchkin launched himself into the older brother's lap, grinning as he claimed his morning hug.

"Good morning, Seto," he greeted, his grin widening as the brunette allowed him a small smile.

"Good morning, Mokuba," the CEO replied, gently setting his brother back on the floor. "Did you get some breakfast?"

"Not yet, big brother," the child answered. "Joey and I are going to make pancakes. Right Joey?"

Kaiba looked up quickly, slightly embarrassed that the mutt had caught him in the tender moment he'd been sharing with Mokuba. Joey didn't seem to have noticed, though. He was standing in the doorway and looked....distracted, despite his disheveled 'just rolled out of bed' appearance. He was wearing his school uniform from yesterday, but the wrinkled white shirt was unbuttoned and his jacket was hooked in a finger, nearly dragging on the floor. Seto found his eyes lingering on Joey's smooth, revealed stomach, and he quickly averted his gaze.

"Right, Joey?" Mokuba repeated, raising an eyebrow at the blonde's lack of response.

"You bet, kid," the blonde looked up, startled, but responded through a yawn from where he was standing in the doorway. "I just gotta visit the john first. I'll meet ya in the kitchen." He turned to head down the hall, but he paused slightly, glancing over his shoulder to meet Kaiba's judging eyes. "Mornin', Kaiba," he said softly before he disappeared from sight.

Seto grunted softly, before he dismissed the blonde and the odd behaviour from his mind and turned to his brother. He ruffled the silky black locks affectionately before he turned back to his computer. "I'll come down to the kitchen once I finish here. Wheeler and I have to get to school in an hour or so."

Mokuba nodded, his ever-present smile still brightening his features. "Ok, Seto," he replied. "But...why is Joey here? I thought you didn't like him."

"We have a situation to deal with," Kaiba replied a little bitterly, his eyes narrowing. "Unfortunately, we have to do it together."

"I am not a situation," a new voice growled from the doorway that Joey had vacated only moments before.

Both Kaiba brothers looked up, but Seto had no way of anticipating Mokuba's reaction.

"Holy shit!" the boy exclaimed, and Seto's eyes widened before they narrowed into a glare at his little brother.

"Mokuba," he stated calmly, his voice at a warning tone. "Watch your language."

The raven-haired thirteen year-old grinned sheepishly. "Sorry, Seto," he murmured, before he turned wide eyes back to the stranger in the doorway. "But it's just that he...he looks like you!! Is he your yami?!"

Seto sighed, rolling his eyes at his brother's excitement. "In a way, yes," he admitted, sounding annoyed. "His name is Seth. Seth, this is my brother Mokuba. Now that you've been introduced, you can head down to the kitchen," he deadpanned, casting a pointed look at his brother. "Right, Mokuba?"

The younger Kaiba nodded, still staring openly at the Egyptian, but a nudge in his side from Seto urged him on his way. He shut his mouth and jumped into Seto's lap for another hug before he took off out of the office and into the hall.

Seto sighed as he motioned for Seth to enter the room as he shut down his laptop. It was looking like he wasn't going to get any work done this morning. "What is it?" he questioned as the priest sat down in a seat on the opposite side of his desk. It was as if he could somehow sense that the Egyptian had something of importance to tell him.

"Joey has the answer," the priest replied mysteriously. "We must clear this up as soon as possible. I need to get back to my own time very soon. I have a feeling that the stone he mentioned last night may be the key to this puzzle."

Seto nodded, closing the lid to his computer and getting to his feet. "Looks like we won't be going to class today," he commented. "The sooner we can get you out of here, and the mutt back in his own house, the sooner I can start getting some work done."

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Joey frowned in concentration as he slid the spatula underneath the last pancake, and with grace many didn't think he had, he flipped the flapjack into the air and grinned as it landed with a perfect sizzle back on the frying pan.

"Oooh, that was a good one, Joey!" Mokuba exclaimed as he set his dish in the sink. He'd already eaten and Seto was ushering him to go and get dressed.

"You're going to be late for school," the older Kaiba warned, glancing at his watch. "Hurry up and don't forget to brush your teeth. I'll get the driver for you."

"Ok, big brother!" the raven haired pre-teen replied happily, taking off at a run for his room on the second floor.

"Shouldn't we be hurrying up too?" Joey questioned as he slid the dirty dishes into the dishwasher. "I mean, we're going to be just as late as he is if we don't leave soon."

Seto sighed, and shook his head as he turned back to his morning paper. "We're not going to school today, mutt."

The blonde raised an eyebrow, casting a wary glance at Seto. "Uh...you know, that warrants a detention fer me. You've got yer connections and all, but I ain't as lucky in my friends as you."

"Don't worry about it," Seto replied evenly, not even glancing up from what he was reading. "I already called in for both of us. And your father won't find out about this either."

Joey blinked. "Uh...thanks, man...I guess."

The brunette only grunted in reply, and both of them missed Seth's smirk from where he was sitting on the other side of the kitchen table.

Joey leaned against the counter as he waited for his pancake to finish cooking, watching Kaiba somewhat discreetly, his gaze drifting between his classmate and the Egyptian that was the cause of their current problem. A whisper in the back of his mind was telling him that the way he felt around the brunette was perfectly normal, and that destiny was the cause of it. He sighed softly in confusion, and blinked in surprise as Kaiba seemed to notice. Seto glanced at him with a raised eyebrow, silently asking what the matter was. Joey shook his head shortly, and then cursed as the scent of burn pancake caught his nose. With another rather vulgar swear, he removed it from the pan and frowned at it. Kaiba snickered and got to his feet, moving to peer over Joey's shoulder at the burnt cake, just barely brushing against the blonde's body.

A shiver shot up Joey's spine and he gulped nervously, only regaining his senses when Kaiba's taunting voice broke through his muddled thoughts. "I see you've managed to burn your breakfast, mutt," he murmured, reaching around the blonde to turn off the stove.

Joey shook his head to regain his thoughts, and stepped away from Kaiba with a glare in the brunette's direction. "Only 'cause you were distracting me!" he insisted.

Seto raised an eyebrow. "I fail to see how I could have been distracting you."

In the moment that Joey hesitated, Seth's smirk turned knowing and grew about ten sizes.

The blonde's reaction finally was decided as a blush, his cheeks igniting in an angry shade of red as his hands curled into fists at his side. "I...have something to confess," he admitted, his voice somewhat bitter and strained as he glanced back and forth between the priest and Kaiba. "I had another dream last night."

Seth nodded, while Seto just waited for Joey to continue. The blonde sighed again and crossed his arms over his chest. "This is gonna sound corny, but my Egyptian self was there. An' he told me how we gotta...uh, work together, I guess, to get him," he paused to nod in the priest's direction, "back to his own time and all."

The Egyptian nodded again, as if he had been expecting such. Kaiba, however, was frowning, and looked decidedly doubtful and suspicious.

"What do you mean by 'work together', mutt?"

Joey laughed nervously, one hand scratching the back of his head as he averted his eyes from Kaiba's blaming glare. "Uh...Jouno said that we have to...find love, or something corny and Hallmark-ish like that."

Seto bristled. "Tell me you're joking, puppy."

"Unfortunately, I'm not," Joey muttered. "All we gotta do is-"

The blonde's sentence was cut off, however, as his body suddenly went stiff before his eyes shifted to a gold-flecked chocolate colour. "My part of the bargain must be fulfilled, Joey," a voice that Kaiba was not used to murmured as those haunting eyes turned towards the priest.

Seth's eyes widened and he shot up from his seat, his breath catching in his throat. He stepped towards Joey's body and cupped the blonde's cheek, staring down into the familiar eyes. "Jouno?" he questioned, his voice unbelieving. "Can it be?!"

A soft smile captured Jouno's lips and he nodded. "It is I, master. I haven't much time, however. My strength will not sustain this connection for long."

"Speak then, my beloved. I am listening."

"The stone that Joey has will lead you to where I am being held captive in our time. The Pharaoh walks into a trap as we speak, so you must come back as quickly as you can," the slave insisted, sliding his arms around his lover's waist and resting his head against a strong shoulder. "I fear that our time will soon come, my love."

Seth nodded slowly, his fingers sliding under the hem of Joey's shirt, caressing the smooth skin of his slave's lower back. "I feel it too, Jouno. But we will be together at least, when it happens. I will come back to our time. I will be there with you."

The slave nodded, lifting his chin to meet Seth's dark blue eyes. "My strength wanes. I haven't much time."

"Be strong, my love," the brunette murmured, leaning down to brush his lips against Jouno's forehead. "You must believe in me."

"I do," the blonde murmured, offering his lips to the priest, who accepted them instantly.

Kaiba had been watching from the side, unwilling to turn away and give them the privacy they deserved. He couldn't help but feel that they looked like they fitted perfectly together, and he couldn't help but wonder what it would feel like to have another blonde settled so comfortably in his arms. So he stood, entranced, as he watched the scene unfold in front of him. Only when they parted did he bristle with unexplainable jealousy as he realized that Jouno's strength had failed him in the middle of their embrace, and that Joey's mind had been fully restored.

Normally, Seto Kaiba would not have reacted. But when Seth's lips parted from his puppy's and curled into a smirk as their similar blue eyes locked...Kaiba couldn't help his reaction.

Ooo TBC ooO