Zypher: Well, finally got an idea that kick the crap out of whatever I was going to try and come up with, if I did. Thank Phoenix Takaramono for her birthday idea. So anywho, here's Jou's birthday one-shot. Enjoy.
Summary: Jou is a person that doesn't believe much in myths. But what happens when a shinigami makes its way into his life trying to court him?
Warning: Not much. Just a little heads up that a certain stoic teen will become slightly ooc. Depends on how far I'm going with this one-shot. Also, me don't own Yugioh. Easy to understand.
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Jou was a simple boy with a simple dream, to finish up school, find a girlfriend that he may marry one day, have children and live a pretty peaceful life.
But that all changed on one rainy day.
"Ugh! Why did it have to rain today!" Jou whined as he rushed through the crowded sidewalks trying to make it to school. He was already soaked to the bone and cursed himself for oversleeping again. 'And just enough to make me miss the bus.' he thought as he finally reached the school gates and walked inside, sighing heavily. 'Let's hope something good comes out of today.'
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Not far from the school, a teen sat in the branches of a tree, rain slipping through the foliage but never contacting with the teen within the tree. The reason for this is that said teen wasn't a teen at all. He was known as a Shinigami, or Death God. Why was a Shinigami on the planes of Earth, you ask? Well, he was bored with courting evil souls so he decided to see what was happening within the human world but being there obviously meant that he would only appear as a spirit unless he wishes to pose as a human but he didn't care. But he did care when he spotted a certain amber eyed, golden blond human running through the streets towards Domino High School.
'Now who is this darling little human?' The spirit wondered as he sat up and watched the other run into the school still sopping wet. 'Maybe I will have some fun today.' The spirit thought with a grin as he left from the branches of the tree and started making his way towards the school, taking a temporary human form.
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"Jou, you were almost late. And why are you so wet?" A small, tri-colored haired teen asked, violet eyes shining with concern. "Just the usual, Yugi. Overslept but I missed the bus this time around so I had to run to school through the rain." Jou said, now in a loaner uniform until the end of the day, patting his hair dry with a borrowed towel from the gym. "Oh. You know you could've called and my jii-chan would've picked you up." Yugi said as he sat in a chair beside the older teen. "No, it's alright. No need to worry your grandfather with me." Jou spoke, giving him a grin as he slung the towel around his neck.
In the office, away from prying eyes, a teen sat at the desk, scanning through records of all the students within the school, looking for a particular one. 'Where is he?' he thought before smirking as he came up to the file. Beside him, the principal sat, eyes dulled and silent, being placed under the spell of the shinigami. "Now, his name is Katsuya Jounouchi. Wonderful name for such a beauty." he whispered before looking at his schedule before nodding. He returned the screen back to the main one before leaving from behind the desk and stood in front of it, releasing the principal from his spell.
The old man rubbed his head, wondering if he fell asleep before looking to the teen. "Oh. Hello and welcome to Domino High. May I help you?"
"Yes. I would like to apply here."
"Name please."
"Kaiba Seto."
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The teacher walked in and the class gave their morning greeting before the teacher opened the lesson book. "Oh yes. We have a new transfer student today. Please, welcome Kaiba Seto." he said and the other walked in, wearing a crisp uniform and looking about the class before locking eyes with Jou. He smirked as he looked to the other teen and Jou flinched under his gaze. 'What's with this guy? Only two seconds within class and he already hates me.' Jou thought. "Well, Kaiba-san. There's a free seat next to Katsuya-san. Katsuya, please raise your-"
"No need. I know who he is." Seto spoke as he headed over to the seat beside Jou's desk and sat down. 'Who is this guy? I never met him before and yet he knows me. There's something creepy about him.' Jou thought as he opened his books to the designated pages and tried his best to pay attention to the class.
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At lunch, Jou went to his locker to place his things in and yelped when it slammed closed, feeling really glad he moved his hands before they could get crushed.
"Who the hell you think you are slamming-" He started to rant before turning to see Seto standing there. "What are you doing here?" he questioned. "Just came to get the chance to know you a little more." Seto replied, looking down on the amber pools of the other teen.
"Well, I don't have the time. I got other people to meet." Jou murmured as he tried to slip past Seto but the other still keep him there. "Well, why don't I join you?" he questioned which sounded more like a statement to the other, those piercing eyes looking into his own. "Sorry! Got to go!" Jou cried as he finally pushed past and practically ran from other, not knowing his shove cause a black book to fall from Seto's school jacket.
Seto watched him go before chuckling, finding some fun within courting the young blond. He walked off, never noticing the book that dropped onto the floor.
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After the final bell rang, Jou headed over to his locker and grabbed the books he needed for the homework and was about to walk off when he spotted the little black book resting on the floor. "Now where did this come from? It's a miracle someone didn't pick it up throughout the day." Jou murmured as he reached down and picked up the book before heading out the door.
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Seto cursed as he dug through his pockets. 'Now where did I put that book?' he thought before looking up, seeing Jou walk out of the school and eyes widened when he saw a familiar book in the boy's arms. 'Well, that explains where it went. Now how to get it back?' Seto thought, contemplating ways before getting an idea.
"I'll let him keep it for now. I still want to court him and if I remember correctly, his birthday is coming up soon. Why not give him the ability to use the Death Note and get rid of those that has made his life horrible if there are people who did such." Seto whispered quietly to himself before he became an apparition and disappeared back to whence he came.
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"Now, let's see what this book is about. Hopefully its nothing private." Jou whispered as he opened the worn cover and spotted some writing that was written in kanji but there was a English translation beneath it.
/This be the Death Note. The Book of the Dead. To use it, you must follow these simple rules./
"Death Note? Who in their right mind would have such a book? And why does it need rules?" he asked, thinking that by the name, it was some sort of horror book. He read through the rules before snickering. "I don't believe this. Someone won't die from writing someone's name in here. Must be some sort of joke by whoever dropped it." Jou muttered as he placed the book onto the desk and started on his homework, knowing that sooner or later, his father will be back from his alcohol run and he rather be done with his homework before he finds himself in excruciating pain of his father busts in his room when he gets back.
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Like he thought, when is father did get back, his first target of his drunken rage was Jou. Jou was pretty much used to it, knowing his father would have a reason to beat him. Whether it be coming home just a minute late when his father goes out while he's in school or coming home and not seeing dinner made.
Jou mostly gets take out anyway since they don't have the money to buy much of anything. Jou did have a meager job but whatever money he gets, his father probably finds and uses it for his alcohol money so he tried hiding it in various places so his father wouldn't find his entire stash.
He hoped to save enough so he could get a place of his own but at the rate its going with his father finding most of it, he didn't know how long that will be. He crumbled to the bed in a dead heap, wincing as he jarred some of his inflicted injuries and turned his head painfully to the side, looking towards his desk and saw the black book resting there.
His mind immediately went to the rules written within the book and wondered if it could be true. 'What am I thinking? I that actually did work, who in their right mind would have such a thing? Not to mention not picking it up when it dropped on the floor.' Jou thought as he painfully got up from the bed and went over to his desk, sitting down and pulling out a pen.
"Do I really want to do this? Especially to my own father?" Jou wondered, opening the book. He looked to the first blank page longingly, wondering if he dared risk his own father's life just to test the limits of what could be nothing more than a myth and a joke to creep people out.
"Well, it's not like my life's been any better with him around. It probably won't work anyway so let's write in the most non-promising death that can be easily avoided. Even by a drunk such as my father." Jou said as he pictured his father's face in his head as he started to write out the name, the cause of death and the details.
Once he was done, he closed the book and went to bed, cutting his light off.
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He went to school the next day and everything was just as normal, especially without Seto around and just before lunch, he was called down to the office and gulped, hoping it wasn't for anything related to grades or schoolwork. He opened the door to the Principal's office and walked in. "You wanted to see me, Kasubi-sama?" Jou asked and the old principal nodded. "Yes. I have some grave news, Katsuya-san. Your father died in an accident today." he said and Jou's eyes widened. 'It can't be. Did everything I wrote actually happened?' he thought as he asked how his father died.
"He was in a car accident. Ten car pileup right at the intersection of Aku Avenue and Gurth Street. He was crushed under five of the ten so they couldn't rescue him before he died."
'I can't believe it. It happen...the cause of death, the details...everything. That book really isn't a joke.' Jou thought, remembering every single detail he wrote within the book the night before.
-Name: Katsuya John
Cause of Death: Car accident at intersection.
Description: Pileup of cars of any number at the intersection of Gurth Street and Aku Avenue. To happen within the times of 12 pm and 1 pm.-
'That book is dangerous. I should get rid of it but who knows what would happen in if gets into the wrong hands.' Jou thought as the principal gave him a pass to leave school early and he did so, walking out the doors silently and started making his way home. As he walked, he was still thinking about the book and what magic could possibly give it the ability to kill whoever name's you write into it. He heard soft chuckling behind him and turned to see Seto standing there. "What are you doing here? And what are you laughing about?" Jou demanded.
"I heard about the little accident that happened today. Such a simple one and yet you elaborated it so much. I'll make it a pleasure to torture your father's soul." Seto spoke and Jou gasped. "You-you're a-a..."
"A shinigami? Lucky guess." Seto said with a smirk as his appearance changed and he looked the same except for the large scythe he carried in hand now and the large black wings with a sheen of blue on his back. "But how...and why?" Jou questioned softly, backing away from the other slowly. "Now now, Katsuya. No need to be afraid. I won't hurt you." Seto purred, using magic to bring the other teen closer and wrapped an arm around him.
Jou shivered in his grasp. "What do you want with me?"
"Oh nothing much. I'm not here to take your soul. Just got bored and being a Death God, sometimes you need a little excitement other than courting souls to their doom. So I came here. I brought the book with me just in case I spotted someone doing some inhumane deed while I was on the earthen plane and instead, I spotted you. You were an interesting little case so I joined the school for a day and hoped to learn something about you.
"And I did. I noticed your birthday was coming up soon but I wasn't expecting for you to find my notebook so for a little gift, I'll let you use it to deal with anyone you please but only until your birthday. Think of it as a privilege." Seto explained and Jou nodded slowly, wondering what the shinigami found interesting about him.
"Well, I must be going now. I have a little date with your father's soul. Any requests?" he asked, looking to Jou. "Do what you will. Just make him feel all the pain I did from his beatings." Jou whispered.
"Beatings, hmm? Such a shame for flawless skin like yours to be marred by bruises. I'll make sure he is dealt with the most agonizing of punishments." Seto said before he disappeared, Jou flushing lightly from Seto's words. 'Well, he gave me the book for a few days since my birthday is only in five days but what could I do with it. It's not like a crime's going to happen each day.' Jou thought as he started walking home. He was glad for one thing; it seemed that the meeting with Seto was invisible to everyone walking around them so at least people didn't freak out with the appearance of the Death God in the middle of the day.
As the five days came to pass, Jou was actually surprised himself. There were crimes and by the most deadly of criminals that even he wouldn't expect to pop up and do inhumane things such as killing nearly 20 people in the span of a day to setting a bomb at Domino Pier and causing the deaths of 15 people.
For each criminal, Jou wrote down their name after seeing their picture on the news and a cause of death, leaving three of those criminals to die from a simple heart attack. On the day of his birthday he went to the park, carrying the notebook of death in his arms. 'Now, how am I supposed to find Seto and give him his book back?' he thought as he sat down on the bench and waited, hoping that the Death God would appear soon.
He looked up when he heard a cry, a very familiar cry and jumped from his seat and looked around.
"Leave me alone! What did I ever do to you?" Cried the voice and Jou followed it to find Ushio and his gang of cronies beating upon poor defenseless Yugi. He was already covered in bruises, some of them having small cuts that bled. He whimpered as they gang closed in. "Nothing. You're just such an easy target to beat up. Especially when that mutt Katsuya isn't around." Ushio said as the others laughed. "So, what should we do now? The more we come after him, the more boring he gets." One spoke, looking to Ushio.
"I say we kill him. With him out of the way, we can go raid his family's shop for some goods. His grandfather is a weak old man and surely can't stop all of us." Ushio replied, laughing along with the others. Jou growled, hands tightening on the Death Note book and remembering he had it in hand, he got an idea not only to get rid of Ushio but to also bring Seto out so he could return the notebook back.
He quickly took out a pen and opened the book to a fresh page and started to write in Ushio's name and the cause of death along with the time. As he closed the book, the clock ticked to 12 pm and the skies darkened.
Ushio looked up, wondering about the quick change in weather before he gurgled, the blade of Seto's scythe burying through his stomach. The other guys and Yugi gasped in horror as they saw him appear from thin air. Seto grinned darkly as he brought the blade upward and with a disgusting sound of flesh ripping apart as the blade cut through like butter, Ushio's dead form soon fell to the ground, blood pooling over the grass heavily.
The cronies screamed in terror as they ran from the shinigami and Yugi would've done the same if the other didn't smile down to him, even with blood splattered across his clothes. "No need to worry yourself. Just did as I was called for." Seto spoke as he looked up, hearing running footsteps getting closer.
"Yugi! Are you alright?" Jou called as he knelt down beside the smaller teen. "I'm fine, but...who is he?" Yugi asked, looking back up to Seto. "Just a friend, somewhat. He's a shinigami." Jou said before explaining the situation to Yugi and he nodded. "Well, this is odd. And Jou, I thought you didn't believe in this kind of stuff." Yugi said.
"I know but with something like this actually working," he started, showing Yugi the Death Note notebook. "Some things may actually be true." he finished before turning to Seto. "Well, here's your book back. Thanks for letting me use it. Felt really odd to use it for killing off unwanted people but I guess that's how the life of a Death God goes." Seto chuckled softly, taking the book from him.
"Yes. It takes some getting used to but being a Death God, it feels normal." Seto said. Jou sighed, looking down before turning back to Seto. "Well, I guess this is the last time we'll be seeing each other. Even though I knew you for only a few days, I really think of you as a good friend, even for a shinigami." Jou whispered, smiling to him. "Glad you consider me as a friend." Seto said before moving closer and took his chin, placing a soft kiss upon his lips. Jou blushed and Yugi giggled softly before the other backed away.
"Think of that as my gift for your birthday today, Katsuya. Maybe one day, we'll see each other again and when you die, if you happen to be sent to the shinigami world, I'll save a spot for you beside me so none of those lesser gods get a hold of your soul. You may not have noticed but even shinigami can love and I found great interest in you but sadly, there is no time to share it with you." Seto spoke, looking down.
Jou walked closer to Seto and lifted his head, returning a kiss upon Seto's lips. "I'm sure you'll make time to see me again and I'll be waiting." Jou whispered, wrapping his arms around him. Seto returned the hug before looking to the notebook and handing it to Jou.
"Are you...letting me have this?" Seto nodded.
"May take you a while to get use to using it to kill people off but I'm sure you can put it to good use and besides, you can make a cause of death to someone by calling me and maybe we can spend some time afterwards before I have to go back to court that soul to his or her punishment." Seto explained and Jou nodded, giving him another hug before backing up and Seto disappeared back to his world.
"That was interesting. And to think, you found love within a Death God. I always thought you were going to live a normal life with a normal girl and have some children?" Yugi spoke as Jou help the smaller from the ground and started walking back to the game shop with him.
"Yeah but hey, this will be one of the most interesting couples you will ever know of, Yugi." Jou said with a laugh and Yugi laughed as well.
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Zypher: Well got it done and somehow randomly started to add some elements of the Death Note manga into it which I don't own. Think I made Seto a little more ooc that I planned. Now I'm in the mood to write a Naruto story since my mind's still focused on the sad past of Gaara. -snickers- Anywho, hoped you enjoyed this one-shot and again, thank Phoenix Takaramono for the idea that actually made a pretty good one-shot and maybe even a story if I really thought about it. Give Jou a Happy Birthday wish and I'll see you again later.
Translations:
Gurth: Death
Aku: Evil, wicked, bad, etc