«Katsuya!»
Jounouchi recognized the frisky voice. He turned and met the taller boy's gaze. «Waddya want Kaiba?» he replied bitingly. Seto sighed and rolled his eyes at the blond. «I need your help.» Jou's eyes narrowed. «I'm not your b- …helper.» he pointed out, biting his tongue at the canine swear. «You're right.» Kaiba stated, pausing for effect before going on, «You certainly aren't any help to anyone.» Jounouchi suppressed a growl and glared at the older teen. «But,» he went on with a sigh, «I still need your help.» Gold eyes searched blue ones for a trick. «Doin' what?» Jou finally replied. «I need you to babysit Mokuba tonight. The nanny canceled on me and he asked for you personally.»
Jounouchi thought it over. 'One night couldn't hurt, right?' He mulled over the situation in his head a few minutes, 'Besides, Kaiba won't be there, only his kid brother. What do I got to lose?' He shook himself from his thoughts and muttered «Fine. But this better pay good.» Before walking away.
That night at the Kaiba mansion, Katsuya and Mokuba were gingerly eating toast when Mokuba piped up.
«Jou?»
«Hum?»
«Where are Yugi and the others?»
«Gone on a trip.»
«But I thought Yugi was poor?»
«It was payed for by the school.»
«Where did they go?»
«Egypt.»
«Wow! Sounds fun!»
«Sure does!»
«Why didn't you go?»
Jounouchi sighed, closing his eyes for a second. «Ya sure do ask lots of questions Mokie!» Mokuba frowned at the change in subject but didn't push further. Jou stood up to pick up the plates on the table. As he turned back from the sink his shirt caught on the counter top corner and ripped. «Fuck!» He let the swear slip out without thinking of the younger Kaiba standing behind him. He was going to apologize for his language when he heard a small squeak. He turned to see a shocked Mokuba. «Jou what happened? You have bruises all over your back! Did you get into a fight or something?» Katsuya stood in disbelief for a moment, then grabbed the younger's hand and led them to the living room. «We needa have a talk kiddo.» was all he said.
That was short I know...So here's the deal...I honestly don't know where I'm going with this. I'm writing a fic and the whole reason I'm writing it is because I wanted the opportunity to write about the little fight at the beginning. I called it Surrender due to the fact that's the song I'm listening too right now. You should go check it out, it's by Billy Talent. :) I know you're all thinking I'm going to make a fic about Jounouchi needing help and having Kaiba save him but I'm not, this fic is for the lovers of a strong Jounouchi. Not that he won't have his emotional moments but... I've said too much. Anyway, hope you enjoy!