A/n: Third chapter! Wow…this is going by very, very slowly, ne? -_- Gomen nasai, minna-san. Oh, there's humor in this chapter. I'm not exactly sure why…
Okay, if you haven't read Worthy of You yet, I really really have to ask you why. I mean, I've been consistently nagging you for two chapters already. Okay, so that's not a lot, but still!
Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!, Takahashi-sama does. Midnight Blaze is by U1.
Pairings: Yaoi and Yuri. You have been warned. Bakura/Yami, Malik/Ryou, Mai/Anzu, Seto/Jou
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Mokuba backed up, pulling Shizuka with him. Seto walked up to them. "Mokuba…" he said dangerously. "Why are you in my office? And how the hell did you get past all the security locks?"
The black-haired youth wouldn't look at his brother. "Nii-sama…I just wanted to show Shizuka-san your new pen!"
"What, the one that that Minako bought me?" Seto asked. "Stupid secretary. I told her to buy a black pen and she comes back with some crappy silver personalized pen. Sure, it's a good pen, but why couldn't she just buy a black one? I mean, how hard is it to find a black pen? Of course, I expect it to be a _good_ black pen, but damn it, she still could've gotten me one." He muttered to himself.
"Yeah, that one." Mokuba said, ignoring his brother's rant.
"Why couldn't you just ask me if you wanted to see it?" Seto asked sternly. Mokuba gulped.
"I didn't know when you would be home and I wanted to show Shizuka-san before she left." He answered uncertainly. Shizuka crossed her fingers and hoped that they wouldn't get in trouble. Seto's glare faded.
"Fine. I'll let you off this time. Not because I'm nice, but because I owe you, Shizuka, for helping Jou-chan and me patch up our relationship a while ago. Now get out of my office, both of you." The CEO said, pointing his index finger at the door.
Mokuba and Shizuka hurried out the aforementioned door and ran back to the room they were previously in. Meaning Mokuba's room. Shizuka panted.
"Your nii-sama is scary, Mokuba." She admitted. Mokuba grinned, despite what had just happened.
"Nah. That's just his cover-up. On the inside, he wouldn't hurt a fly." He answered.
Right after he said that, a fly buzzed by both of their faces. And the people who were hired to watch Mokuba on the security camera couldn't understand why both of them started cracking up.
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Yami laughed evilly as Anzu stepped off the DDR machine, looking just the slightest bit dazed. "He-he-how…I-I'm the best—but he—out-danced…ME—" Anzu was soon dragged out of the arcade by Mai, though the younger girl was still babbling incoherent nonsense in shock. Yami smirked as the two left.
"I am the undefeated Game King!" the past pharaoh cackled insanely. He received several odd looks and raised eyebrows in response. "Anyone up for a defeat?" He said, repeating Anzu's previous words without knowing it.
Just like before, mostly everyone backed away. Yami frowned cutely, something that Bakura could never resist. "I'll face you, Oh-Mighty-Pharaoh-sama!" he said semi-bravely. He received a few odd looks from the rest of the group and Yami raised an eyebrow.
"…Oh-Mighty-Pharaoh-sama?" he asked. "Where the hell did that come from?"
Bakura shrugged nonchalantly. "Just a taunt I used against you in Ancient Egypt."
"…Oh. Did it work?"
"Nope."
"Uh, so are you two going to, like…DANCE?" Yuugi interrupted, speaking of the others.
"…Why would we do that?" Bakura asked in confusion.
"Baka! DDR, hello? Dance Dance Revolution? Dance?" Malik said in exasperation.
"Okay, okay, calm down, Mr. Let's Team Up and Kill the Pharaoh Because I Have Cool Pants." Bakura replied.
"Do you really think that my pants are cool?" Malik looked down at his khakis with a bewildered, yet strangely hopeful expression.
"No, not really." Bakura replied. Malik frowned. Yami stomped on the corner of the machine in frustration.
"Malik, would you quit exchanging conversation about your damn pants with my koi and let him get up here?" he practically yelled. Malik snickered softly.
"Fine, fine, whatever, Oh-Mighty-Pharaoh-sama. Go on, do as you wish."
"Stop calling me that!"
"JUST START THE DAMN SONG!" Bakura shouted, getting onto the DDR machine grouchily.
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Seto sat down at his desk, frowning. The note on his desk had been moved. Could it be…?
Had Mokuba and Shizuka seen it?
Oh, shit! I knew I shouldn't have left it out in the open like this! Now they know and if they're smart, they'll tell on me. Can't let that happen, I wouldn't be able to live with the humiliation. Besides, it would completely mess up the plan if anyone found out!
No, it has to be kept a secret. And I'm going to do what I have to do to restrain both Mokuba and Shizuka from telling anyone about this.
About anything.
He began to devise a plan in the back of his head. Kaiba Seto was very good at forming plans. It was his specialty. He could always do it quickly and that's what made him such a good, strategic duelist. When he was in crisis, he could easily think of a plan to get him out of the troubling situation.
He needed that talent now.
Now, how could Mokuba and Shizuka be kept quiet? He couldn't make them mute or anything, because that would be going way overboard.
So what could he do?
Tape their mouths shut with duct tape? Too immature and primitive. He cringed. That would hurt. A lot. Lock them up in a closet for the rest of their lives? Feed them a superfluous amount of food so that they'd never be able to speak? Shove socks into their mouths?
He raised an eyebrow to himself at the odd thoughts that were going through his mind. Must be Jou. He's probably poisoned my mind...somehow. Don't ask. He crossed his legs and intertwined his fingers. He laid his head on his hands. So…what should he do?
If the police somehow found out what he was doing, he could be arrested. Him, Kaiba Seto, arrested? Not very good for his reputation. And especially not good for his pride. Okay, go over the choices again…
Tape mouths shut, lock them up, shove socks into mouths—Hey! Lock them up? He stopped with his list to dwell on that particular idea. Maybe not for the rest of their lives, but just for a short amount of time until I complete The Plan. Then, I'll let them out and they can go tell anyone they'd like, and I won't even give a damn! He grinned. Good going, Seto.
And now he'd revise it to make it perfect…Okay, I can't lock them up in a closet, because they'd run out of air. I wouldn't want my own boyfriend to come after my blood because I killed his sister with lack of oxygen. So…I'll lock them up in a room…in the mansion.
Obviously. Now what room should it be?
He thought for a moment. What room would be the most perfect to lock them up in? Oh, of course! The…Locking-Up Room! It has everything, books, magazines, air conditioning, food, beds, desks, sofas, and a bunch of other stuff. Wow, I'm such a genius to have thought of this.
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"Stole my heart on the dance floor
No way, can't leave no more
What am I supposed to do without you
To make you mine is all I wanna do
Step by step as I approach
I say to myself I need a coach
I know you can read my mind
You're the best that a man can find
I'll be your midnight blaze
Brighter than the moon and stars
Guide you through the cave of love
I'm gonna dance 'till the morning
Take my place to shine
When you see the light is not from me
You know it's too late."Yami danced with grace that rivaled even Anzu's. Bakura wasn't that bad himself, although he started out a bit shaky. Yami shot Bakura a smiling look out from the corner of his eye. Bakura didn't see it, but someone else did. Someone who was standing off to the side and watching with jealous amethyst eyes.
"All night long you take the lead
Stay with me you're all I need
Please make this moment last
Time is running really fast
Something tells me you must go
Why, I need to know
Do you think we will meet again
If not my future'll never begin
I'll be your midnight blaze
Brighter than the moon and stars
Guide you through the cave of love
I'm gonna dance 'till the morning
Take my place to shine When you see the light—"Bakura slipped suddenly and fell toward Yami, flailing his hands helplessly. Luckily, Yami stopped and caught him just barely. Yami knelt down and held Bakura in his arms with unexpected strength. "'Kura! Are you okay? What happened there?" The thief winced.
"Itai…I don't know. I slipped on something…" The two spirits looked at Bakura's DDR platform. On the right arrow was a slip of paper folded in thirds. Yami grabbed at it. He began to read it, but was interrupted by other people eager to face each other at DDR.
"Hey! Get out of the way!"
"Yeah, we want to play!"
Yami didn't reply, but stuffed the note in his pocket and ran off with Bakura in his arms.
"Hey, guys." Honda greeted from behind Yuugi-tachi.
"Hello, Honda. Thought you weren't coming?" Jounouchi asked, half-curious. Honda shrugged nonchalantly.
"Was bored, so decided to come after all. So, what just happened? Why was Yami running out like a swarm of bees was chasing him?"
Ryou shrugged in reply. "My yami slipped on something while he was playing DDR. Yami Yuugi was probably just worried."
"Oh." Honda said in reply. His hazel eyes glittered in triumph. "Ohh…"
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A/n: -_- This fic is going to take a while to finish…I can never get any damn inspiration. ShadowSpirit's newest chapter of Itsumademo Naito motivated me to write this one…but there's much more to go…[sigh]
Anyway, who do you think it is now? ^_^ It's kind of interesting reading your suspects, so I'm just curious. Neh, I know that this all gets kinda confusing, but it'll all make sense at the end. I hope.
The following reviewers deserve to be thanked.
ShadowSpirit (Anzu...Ugh. Nah, I almost never write het, so...^^), Sourcery, KaTyA (Glad you caught all the hints. And yeah, I'm trying to confuse everyone. ^_=), Borath, Yersi Fanel, Kitt Sseh, DogsruleW, Infiny (Oh, *lots* of things will happen to 'Kura...[evil smirk]), TsukiMegami.
Review, onegai.
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