Jou and Honda left the gang a year ago, now Rayle wants them to keep a promise they made…this will be slash Seto/Jou
Flames will be rewarded with sweaty socks
disclaimer: I don't own YGO...'cries'
1. Collar-guy
Sunshine falls on a sleeping Jou from the window across the room. Annoyed by the ticklish warmth he stirs in his sleep before he let's out a yawn and slides out of bed.
With one eye open he picks up yesterdays jeans from the floor, after finding a pair of clean underwear he quickly puts them and the jeans on. With a bit of effort he manages to get his hands on a T-shirt from under the bed. After making sure his chosen clothing isn't too smelly he heads for the kitchen.
Jou finds his father snoring by the kitchen table, face-down in a bowl half-filled with cereal, but thankfully without milk. (A/N "I don't do milky faces…juck!") Careful not to wake him up, Jou makes himself a sandwich to eat while walking to school.
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"Jou! Wait up!" Honda catches up with Jou as he reaches the Kame game shop. "Sheesh! Why do you have to walk so goddamn fast?!" The last part wasn't really a question, but it didn't matter since Jou was busy thinking of something entirely different.
The lack of reaction from Jou seems to bother Honda since he smacks him in the back of his head, causing Jou to fall forward. Before Jou even understands why the ground is closing in to his face he's jerked backwards by Hondas grip on his collar.
"Snap out of it." Honda says before he pulls Jou into a standing position.
"Huh? What did I do?" Jou asks with a slightly lower voice than usual since Honda had almost strangled him by the grip on his collar. Honda seems to think about the question before he replies.
"Nothing really…But you were totally spaced out and you almost walked right past Yugi's shop…"
"That's it?! You almost choked me for 'spacing out'? Cheeze!"
"What do you mean, cheese?" Honda quickly changes the subject before it gets to violent, which isn't too unusual with the two. "You're not hungry, are you?"
"No…well, yes but…whatever!" Jou gives up on the argument since doesn't feel like fighting Honda just now anyway.
"So? Are you going to tell me why you spaced out and lost your ability to hear when someone's shouting in your ear?" Jou takes a deep breath and slowly breaths out before answering.
"The old gang's in trouble. They messed up real bad…"
FLASHBACK
Jou's walking home from school, for once he didn't get detention for being late to class or running in the hall. But the whole thing of getting home early wasn't for Jou.
A few blocks from home he walks past a dark alley where he and Honda used to hag out back in the days when they belonged to the local gang, ruled the local gang, until they met Yugi that was.
Suddenly four guys runs out of the alley and attacks Jou. Being the experienced street-fighter that he is, Jou makes a 'duck-roll-and-run-like-hell'-move but stops somewhere in the middle of 'roll' and ends up sitting on the street.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?!" He yells at his attackers that for some reason happens to be his old gang members. Muttering to himself he gets up and grabs one of them by the collar before they have a chance to react. "You better have a goddamn reason to fucking jump me!" (A/N "you know he's just swearing this much because he's pissed, right?)
The 'grabbed-by-his-collar'-guy nods.
"If you let me down…?" He says calmly as if he was lifted like this every day. Jou gives him a look that says 'don't try a fucking thing' and simply drops the guy who falls on his knees. After sending Jou a dark look, collar-guy raises a hand and snaps his fingers. Immediately seven other boys steps out of the alley, right behind them comes three girls.
All in all there are fourteen gang members and one Jou.
"I can see that the group has grown a bit the past year or so since I left…" Jou comments on the five-person difference, including the girls. Turning back to collar-guy he continues "…Why are you bothering me and what happened to the guy, Rayle, I left in charge?"
"I'm still here." A voice says from behind Jou. First now he notices Rayle sitting in a bench close by. "Sorry for the whole sneak attack and all but I needed too see if you still had it in you…"
END FLASHBACK
"So what did Rayle want you?" Yugi, who joined the two during Jou's 'this is what happened' story, couldn't help but asking, giving both the taller boys a curious look. Jou sighs before answering.
"He wanted me and Honda to keep a promise we gave him when making him the gang leader…"
"…he wanted our help with something…" Honda finishes Jou's sentence.
hallonhiada: just wanted to tell that I didn't get any help at all with this first chapter, that includes not having a beta so if I've made to many grammar and/or spelling errors just tell me and I'll fix them...if it's too much for me I'll find a beta I promise...maybe..