Disclaimer: Do I look rich? Nah, or else I wouldn't be in China teaching English. I would leave for Japan

Title: Daddy-Dragon-King

Author: Yukiko Angel

Beta : Wiccabeth

Rating: G

Pairing(s): Yami/Lights

Status: 1/20(?)

Spoilers: None, this is a AU story.

Disclaimer: This is a fanfiction based on the novel Daddy-Long-Legs
using characters from the series Yugioh. I own nothing, not even a kitty.

Summary: Jou grew up in the orphanage, his only help was his vivid
imagination. Now, thankfully to a daddy-long-legs' or to
Daddy-Dragon-King, he can go to Pyramids College in hope of becoming a
novelist.

The only payment for all of this? A letter to Daddy-Dragon-King

Author's Note: Daddy Long Legs is my all time favorite fluff story,
and for me I needed to pimp it in a Yugioh Ficcie.

Also I want review to post another chapter. I used to NOT be a review whore but now I see they fueled my muses. it will be 10 per chapter.

Also all of my stories are posted on my Yahoo Group before, since I am the mod :P

groups. are welcome, I never had one so far :)

Wednesday was, most of the time, a normal day in the week. Yet when it was the first Wednesday of the month, it became hell on earth for Jounouchi. In the Golden Eyes Orphanage, the first Wednesday of the month was when the trustees came to check if their money came in good use.

For Jou, it was the time of the month where he had to make sure every room was clean, every floor was swept, all little ninety-eight children were calm, and none of the hard cases, namely Bakura and Marik, insulted or harmed them. Then it became the day to find excuses to leave the room and run away from the gentlemen's and ladies' glaresas he was the eldest orphan still under their 'care'. Hmpf, it wasn't his fault if no one wanted to adopt him because he was a little too
energetic as a kid and had the tendency of day dreaming.

So while they were having their tea time after they had 'checked their stock' with Mr. Pegasus, he would be forced to clean up the kitchen, the dormitories, and sometimes the children who decided to play in the mud, as most, if not all, of the first Wednesdays were rainy.

Then he would spend another day saying 'Thank you sir' to Mr. Pegasus since he was so kind in letting him stay another day. Hmpf, he was also repaying his debt by acting as a servant to him, without the pay; a -slave-.

Yet this particular first Wednesday of the month, like its predecessors, slowly came to his end. The day overall was a total pleasure for Jou. He knew he was lucky to still be in the orphanage. Not only was he in good shape and a fast learner in manual labor, but he was also keeping top notes in school in most of his subjects, and had, as his Literature teacher, Professor Ryou, said, a vivid imagination.

Such a vivid imagination that it took him away daydreaming his favorite fantasy; to be a trustee himself. He would just pat heads and nod at every comment Mr. Pegasus would say. He would play with the
children, bringing them sweets. And after, he would go back to his gigantic house to his own wife to simply love her and be happy. Or maybe not a wife but …

"Jou-nou-chi Kat-su-yaaaa
The di-rec-tor wants toooo
See you right nowwww!!"

The sing-song voices of his too familiar chorus of troublemakers, Marik and Bakura, woke him from his daydream. Why would the headmaster need to see him? He had finished all of his chores for the day and even found a great excuse to not be seen by the trustee.

"What did he said boys?" he asked in a calm tone with underlying anxiousness.

"We don't knooow
Be-cause he didn't said whyyy
But he looks ma-aad!!
So hurry up you A... BUTT!!"

Had one of the kids misbehaved? Cursed? Or worse, thrown something at the trustees! Maybe he hadn't been convincing enough with Bakura and Marik about a frog not-being a good gift. He did try hard and had released the little amphibian outside after.

Or maybe they decided he was just a waste of money and they were going to throw him out after all this time. But where would he go? Professor Ryou did tell him he was welcome to work at the school, but he was sure it came more out of pity then anything else.

He ran down the stairs, only stopping half way as he saw the shadow of one of the trustees leaving. The light of his car was projecting his shadow over the painting of a white dragon with sapphire eyes donated by one of the said trustees. The man was tall and lean, his dark reflection blending perfectly with the painting as if both belonged together as master and pet.

Jou blinked a couple of times as he realized his imagination was, once again, taking him over to the realm of fantasy. Shaking his head to remove that picture from his mind, he ran toward the office of the director.

You could cut the tension with a knife. Whenever you were asked to sit in front of the headmaster, except on some rare days, it was always for a bad reason.

Mr. Pegasus was not even looking at him for the moment, more interested in some papers on his desk. Jou knew the man was acting so only to study the orphans. Too many times he had been in this position for some mischief he has done as a child.

The frog was actually one of his own ideas which had resulted in him not being adopted by the shoemaker family, the Folgers. They decided to select his best friend, Anzu, instead. The director had then kept him up in the office for hours before finally giving him the order to clean up all the dishes alone. At that time, seventy-five children had been in the orphanage, but the job was monumental for a nine years-old child.

It was still a traumatic experience for Jou. Since it had been such a big chore, he had to stay up all night with only the dim lamplight to help him. "There was no need to light up the room for only one boy," were the headmaster's own words. The sound of the large mansion held a spookier feeling that night. He was still afraid of the dark and ghosts after all these years.

"Mister Jounouchi," said the headmaster finally, taking Jou out of the painful memories. "You have been under our care for a longer time than any of our others charges. Due to your good marks in school and your help toward the others charges …"

'Yeah more due to the fact that you needed someone to boss around without paying …' Jou mentally finished.

"The trustees agreed to give you another year with us. Only this year, you will finish high school, and the fees for your college years would be too much for this institution to handle. Our primary solution would have been to let you try fending for yourself in the world. Only that your English teacher, Professor Ryou, insisted that the trustees read one of your essays called Blue Wednesday'."

'Damn ' was the only mental answer from Jou. The story, as one would assume, was about the feelings of a young girl living in an orphanage. Every Wednesday she would have to visit the trustee of the institution she was living in. It wasn't a happy story, and portrayed the place as a dark and depressing house.

Without any words from Mr. Pegasus, he could feel the dispute in hiswork coming from the older man.

"As the piece did not agree with some of our benefactors' work, one of most important gentlemen one found this … interesting. We just had an important discussion concerning your future in our care. The man just left us."

Jou swallowed hard. Maybe they won't even keep him until he can find another place.

"This gentleman is quite important for us as he has sent some of our best charges to different colleges and universities over the last few years. He refused to be name by anything else then M. John Smith for a personal matter. M. Smith thought this fiction' could be quite good for the Pyramids College. He accepts to send you to this college in hope of developing your writing talents. He has this crazy idea of making a writer out of you. We did try to coax him toward some more benevolent candidates but he insisted. You will leave the institution by the end of the summer as the Pyramids College is an all boy school with its own dormitories. He will pay for any fees and send you a monthly allowance of 100. The only thing he is asking for .."

Ah, here was the long awaited 'but'. 'But' was Jou's least favorite words. But' was always followed by something long and painful for him.

"Is for a letter each month concerning your progress. He is quite specific about it, claiming it should improve your writing abilities to a more active level. You do understand this is one of our MOST important trustees and that you should, under every condition, stay the most polite at all times. You do understand Jounouchi Katsuya?"

He nodded twice at the answer before finally figuring what was going out. A man would send him to a college. He was leaving the orphanage forever. He, Jounouchi Kastuya, was finally LEAVING!

"The gentleman also expressed that, should he find your grades satisfactory after three years, then he would also send you to university. I trust that this unique opportunity will make you grateful to him. Not many boys of your nature would be given the good fortune to …"

"I .. Yes! Thank you! I think … I think I better make sure Bakura and Marik didn't catch the frog again. Goodbye!"

Jounouchi left the room, feeling too light-hearted to even care about the rest of Mr. Pegasus' tirade.

AN : So, interesting?