~I Never Knew That~

Warning: Yaoi(slash) so you homophobes please leave now. There may be slights hints of lemon or lime. Do not flame also. Jounouchi/Seto pairing (I just love this pairing!) I prefer to use the term yoai/shounen ai most of the time...

Aerith101:Whee! A Yu-Gi-Oh! ficcie!

Kaiba: When will we go on with the story?

Aerith101: YOU DO the disclaimer Kaiba-kun, 'cause, I'm too lazy to do it.

Seto: (gets mad and chibifies) FINE BE A SPOILED LITTLE LAZY BRAT! Aerith-chan does NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! Besides, if she did, the storyline would be pretty screwed up...

Aerith101: Well my fellow yaoi addicts, WHEE!

Yami: You, Aerith-chan T_T; definitely had too much sugar...

A/N: :Thought: Kaiba thinking

Thought Jou thinking

Seto might have an OCness

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*Let's Get a View of Jou's Ass*

:He looks so cute, just the way he should be...: someone yelling distrurbs a young brunette's thoughts.

A young dirty-blond teen yells, "Well, if isn't Kaiba, the biggest jerk in all of Domino city!"

Seto Kaiba, the young president of Kaiba Corp. looked at Jou, in effort not to argue back that he wasn't a jerk and that he had feelings for the blond, but put his game face on and replied back coldly, "Hn. It's the pooch running back to his master..."

:That's right, the puppy runs back to his master just like he should...: Seto was trying not to smirk in front of Jou so he wouldn't have to explain himself to the raging teen.

Jou was impatient for Seto to diss him back and mocked him, "What? You afraid Kaiba? You afraid that I'm gonna kick your ass? If that's what it is Kaiba, you can back down from the challenge."

Seto replied back coldly once more, "Hn. Correction puppy, it should be you that should be afraid, not me"

:What I just said was completely wrong, I'd never do anything to you unless you really wanted it...:

Yuugi, who was nearby at the moment, saw the two arguing -again- for the third time that week. He was getting worried and tried to be the peacemaker as usual. "Stop it you guys! Why can't you stop picking fights, you both have younger siblings, and you have to set an example for them, especially you Kaiba. Mokuba is way younger than you. Both your siblings look up to you as if you were gods you know, so stop!"

Seto thought about what Yuugi just said "Fine." He walked away fixing his trench coat and got Jou even angrier, "See you later Inu and Yuugi, until the next time we meet."

Jou wasn't paying attention as usual and lost his temper when he saw Kaiba leaving the area, "Wha? Kaiba, why the hell are you leaving?!? It's payback time for what you did in History!"

*Flashback*

:Hmm... I feel like tripping someone, I know! I'll trip Jou! Heehee, maybe I'll get a nice view of his ass! ^o^ Where is he? Great, he's on the other side of the room:

Jou was making his way through the classroom, to Yuugi's desk, where most of his friends were crowded. Seto's desk was across Yuugi's desk and Seto was impatiently waiting for Jou to walk close enought to his desk in order to have a good shot at tripping Jou.

:Come on Jou, don't take an enternity walking from your desk to here! This is like a once in a year opportunity! Walk, faster!:

When Jou was close enough to be able to be tripped, Seto stuck his foot out. Jou walked a couple of paces more and tripped, and if you were there, all your attention be directed at poor Jou falling flat on his face. Jou lost his temper with Seot and yelled at him, "You asshole, why'd you trip me?"

Seto on the other hand was enjoying the view, and when Jou started yelling, he snapped out of his fantasy world and replied, "I felt like it you inu."

:At least I got a good view ^_^: Seto then felt his cheeks burning, they were turning a light shade of pink.

Jou became confused by Seto blushing and asked impatiently why he was blushing, "Kaiba, why are you blushing?"

All Seto could do was stammer in his defense, "It's, it's really none of your business! Baka!" He then turned a darker shade of red.

*End of the Flashback*

Seto was trying hard not to smirk playfully as the fantasies came flooding back into his mind. He then stammered again, "Um... yeah,I remember..."

Jou became confused again, "What the hell are you smiling for?"

Seto had to become mean so Jou wouldn't pester him, "Umm... it's really none of your business you baka."

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*Jou's POV*

Man, Kaiba's been acting really weird last week, I wonder, what's up with him? Something's not right, maybe's something's wrong. I remember seeing somewhere before that if something is wrong people might get really stressed out and do things that aren't in the person's personality. Maybe it has to do with Mokuba, I'm gonna ask him

Jou was in the hallways during lunchtime looking for Seto and when he found him, Seto was doing calculus problems. Everyone knew that Seto was really smart and in the IB (International Bacculareate) Program and was the top of every class, but he was always doing something that was out of the freshmen's range of school work. "Hey Kaiba! I need to talk to you!"

Seto looked up from his work and saw Jou, "Oh, it's you. What do you want pooch?"

"Is something wrong with Mokuba?" asked Jou.

"No, and did you ever learn not to pry into other's personal business?" replied Seto coolly.

"Yeah, but you've been acting really weird lately, and I thought something was wrong..." Jou answered him with a edge of worry in his voice.

Seto cut him off and waved him away, "Listen Katsuya, I really don't care what you think, okay? Now get lost. I need to finish these calculus questions before the end of lunch, because I have a very important meeting after school."

:You baka, don't you dare believe the crap I'm dishing out right now, because in fact, I do care what you think! Please, just please don't believe what the hell I'm saying right now...: While Seto was busy mentally yelling at Jou, Jou left then Seto realized that the blonde had left. And so he lightly banged his head against his locker door, closed his eyes and sighed, "Shit, what have I done?"

At the end of the day, Jou looked at his watch and thought I have to go home now, hope my 'jisaan won't notice me sneaking into the house. Maybe I can stay with Honda, but my 'jisaan found me staying there...So I can't stay there, shit, what the fuck am I going to do? Maybe Yuugi can let me stay for the night...

Jou walked to the game shop that Sugoroku Motou owned, and rang the doorbell, and Yuugi opened the door. Yuugi looked a little surprised that Jou was standing there in front of his home and asked him what he was doing there. "I was wondering if you and you grandpa could let me stay for the night..."

Yuugi said, "Gomen Jou, but I have to help my grandpa pack for a game shop convention in Tokyo, gomen again Jou, maybe some other time..."

Jou answered back with some fear in his voice, "Oh, that's okay Yuugi, I understand that you guys are really busy and stuff..."

Yuugi sensed something wasn't right, so he asked if Jou was alright but Jou told him he was fine and that he was disappointed that he couldn't stay for the night. Jou looked at his watch again and it read "4:30", Damn, 'jisaan's going to be home in a while and it's going to be late by the time I get there.

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Jou was one block away from his home, he looked at his watch to check the time and on the the watch it said, "5:15", he took a while longer to arrive at his house and when he entered his house, and into the living room, he saw his father there with a vodka bottle in his hand and a lit cigarette in his mouth. His father raised his hand and hit his son. Jou fliched as usual and waited for his father to strike him, it was kind of like a routine that his father did every day after work. He hit his son for whatever he was pissed off at. This time Jou's father was drunk so that meant, that the beating was going to be worse. It was always worse when Jou's father was drunk.

*Flashback*

A young brunette woman in her late twenties is yelling at her husband, "I'm leaving this hell hole, you bastard! You drink too much, you smoke too much, and you are a bad influence on the children, plus I'm taking the kids!"

Her husband wasn't affected by what she said, he replied to her dryly, "Hon. You ain't gettin' both of 'em. Plain and simple"

"I'm determined to take them both! No matter what!" she replied with a motherly fierceness.

The father, Yuhei Katsuya, took a sip of the alcoholic beverage that he was holding and said angrily, "Really? Do you honestly believe that you can get both kids out of this house?"

He saw Jou spying in on the arguement like a espionage agent, trying to get a report back to his sister. Jou saw Yuhei heading his way and tried to escape but his father grabbed him by the shirt and locked him up in a closet. His mother, Sonomi, became angry and screamed at her husband in rage, "No! Get Jou out of there, don't involve the children in this! Now!"

His father just chuckled darkly and retorted, "That, is just plain bull woman, I ain't lettin' him out and you, you are my property!"

After a while, Jou was let out of the closet and his mother and sister comforted him, "Jou, honey, I'm sorry but I have to leave now but, I'm going to take your sister with me, she can't survive this place, but you can. I promise I'll come back for you when you're sixteen, ok? Be brave and try to outsmart your father, by all means if you have to, run away if you can. cries Bye honey..."

(A/N: I know, I know, it sounds stupid but I couldn't think of anything else.)

Jou looked up to her and tried as hard as he could to protest in coming along with them, his mother couldn't really think of anything else to say and so she just said, "Yeah..."

That day, she left Jou to be raised by her ex-husband, by himself. His father came home that night, still angry about the arguement between him and his ex. He called out for his wife but she didn't answer because she left. It took a while for Yuhei to sober up a little and figure out that Sonomi was gone. He found Jou in his room hiding from him and he grabbed Jou by his arm and started to violently beat him. Jou, who didn't know what being abusive family was like, started to cry. He wailed, "STOP! PWEASE! *sobs* STOP HURTING ME! WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME?!?"

Yuhei was still drunk, and was getting more and more agitated by the moment by Jou's cries, hit him harder and harder. He replied drunkenly, "Why should I? She left me, that damn bitch left me! She refused to listen to me!"

*CRACK!* Jou's arm was broken, after his father finished beating him, he was then taken to Domino General Hospital. When they arrived at Domino Hospital, a young nurse greeted them and said slowly with a hint of suspicion, "Hello, I'm Nurse Lee. Why are you two here so late?"

Yuhei, who did not want to get arrested for child abuse quickly explained that Jou had been jumping on his bed and fell off. Jou knew that was a lie, and started to open his mouth in protest but his father applied pressure to the broken arm and Jou started to cry. The nurse knelt down and hugged the young boy and comforted him, "Don't worry, we'll get that arm fixed up in no time. Here Mr..."

"Katsutya, Yuhei."

"Katsuya-san, please fill out this form and we'll get to you in a couple of minutes."

The nurse still suspected that Jou wasn't hurt by falling off his bed, and every time Jou and his father went to the hospital, she always helped Jou out. Later on in the story, she has a very important role, but that's not what I'm focusing on right now...

*End of the Flashback*

I'm fifteen and my birthday isn't coming in a year and it was just last week...Damn. Another year of these beatings

*Crack* Jou slumped against the wall with blood on his back, there was a trail of blood on the carpet and the wall. Jou felt himself lose consciousness and before he blacked out he vomited. His father got mad and hit him with the -now empty- vodka bottle. While the bottle made contact with his body, Jou regained a bit of consciousness and treid to stand up, but instead, he fell down again. And his father decided to beat him some more.

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Aerith101: So what do you think? Well, thanks for reading my first chapter! More to come soon ^_^

Seto: When do we get to the good part?

Aerith101: Maybe chapter four.

Jou: I can't believe it, I get beat up? That's not nice!

Aerith101: It's something that you and Seto can bond over.

Jou: Huh?

Aerith101: I'm not telling you people what happens in the next chapter, go and find out yourself!

Okay, people! I now know what "aibou" means, arigato minna-san!