Yep, I'm back. And I've made a decision. I am NOT going to continue "Live
Another Day". I don't like it, and when I don't like a story, I go brain-
dead on it. I have writer's block on it and it's not going to go away.
Sorry to all of you who were waiting for the next chapter, but it's not
coming. Now, onto notes for this fic.
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SCENES OF VIOLENCE, OOC-NESS AND MENTIONS OF A MALE/MALE RELATIONSHIP. I AM AWARE THAT I USED SOME OF THE NAMES FROM THE DUBBED VERSION AND SOME OF THE NAMES FROM THE JAPANESE. I DON'T CARE. SOMEHOW SETO AND JOU SEEMS TO FIT BETTER THAN SETO AND JOEY, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T READ IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. ALSO, FEEL FREE TO FLAME ME, IT WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE ME. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW WHAT A BALROG IS, I ONCE TOLD MY FRIEND I HAVE THE BODY OF A HOBBIT (I'M NOT FAT, SO DON'T ASK) AND THE SPIRIT OF A BALROG. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU THINK I AM CRUEL TO EVEN POST THIS STORY, DON'T TELL ME SO IN A FLAME, BECAUSE SINCE I AM COMPOSED MOSTLY OF FLAME, IT WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE MY CRUELTY. NOT TO MENTION MY TEMPER. BEWARE MY NASTY TEMPER IF YOU FLAME ME.
This sort of popped into my head yesterday when I was watching Much Music yesterday and heard the song, which is to come in a later chapter. Enjoy!! Oh, and also, another way to appease my nasty temper is to review. Or, you can just do it because you feel like it. Either way, REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If anyone wants to tell me how to make things so that they look like they are in italics when the story is uploaded, or how to make the three dots show up (you know, like when you just press the '.' button three times in a row if you're using Microsoft Word), it would REALLY appreciate it. It's not working with this story. Neither is any of the stuff I'm putting in bold.
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CHAPTER 1: Betrayal And Pain
Seto Kaiba could not believe this. When had it come to this? When had he, Seto Kaiba, the richest teenager in Japan, ever run away before? He had always been used to using his money as a weapon, throwing it around to get people off his back, and sometimes onto someone else's. He was used to being able to defend himself and his brother with his money. Now he could do neither. Why? When had it come to this?
Oh yes, now he remembered. It was that bitch Tea Gardner. She had caused all this. Seto Kaiba and Katsuya Jounouchi had both come to realize, all to late, that they were not the only ones who could effectively hide their true selves from the world. Tea, under her annoyingly abundant friendship rants and her so-called 'favourite duelling card', Shining Friendship, was as cold as steel, and more cruel than even Jou or Seto could be when they had to. Not to mention, a lot more stereotypical and judgemental.
Seto stopped and ducked into an alley, at the end of which was a fence, blocking his way. 'Shit!' he thought, and looked anxiously at the entrance of the alley. To his horror, a host of people had appeared there. Tea, Malik, Yami Malik, Yami Bakura, Mai, Serenity, even Yugi, his Yami, Ryou and Tristan were there, and all had the bloodthirsty look of revenge in their eyes.
Seto looked down at the unconscious boy in his arms, covered in bruises and cuts and blood. A pained sob escaped his lips. He looked helplessly at his captors, tears clearly visible on his face even through the rain, which was just starting to get heavy.
"Please," he begged, "he didn't do anything to you. Heck, neither did I. But, please, he's only eight, he can't stand this. He doesn't deserve this. Please." Another harsh sob escaped his lips, at which Tea laughed cruelly.
"You think we'd listen to you, Seto Kaiba, after all the damage you've done?" Seto stared at her, confused and afraid. "What did I do?"
"Cut the crap," snapped Yugi angrily. "You know perfectly well what you did. You seduced Jou into thinking he was a fag; into thinking he was in love with you. You made him make out with you!!" Seto stared, shocked, at Yugi, then at Tea.
"Is that what you told them?" he asked her incredulously. "That I seduced him?" He stared helplessly at the small boy in front of him. "And you believed her," he said. It wasn't a question, more of a resigned statement.
"Yugi, listen, please. All of you. I did not seduce Jou into doing anything. He was with me because he loves me! And he's not a fag, he's gay. Like me. There's nothing you can do to change that, certainly not this. Please." He trailed off, searching desperately among the faces for some sign of mercy or compassion, or even pity. There was nothing.
Then he saw Yugi take something out of his pocket, and Tea took something out of her purse, and pretty soon they were all fishing things out of backpacks, pockets, and shoulder bags. Then Seto realized, with a wave of pure horror, that they were each carrying a weapon.
"No," he whispered, barely loud enough to hear. Then, louder, "Please, no. Don't." But his pleas went unanswered. They started to advance on the horrified boy. Then, to his immense relief, the child in his arms stirred and opened his eyes.
"Mokuba, you're awake! Thank Kami-sama!" exclaimed Seto when he saw.
"Of course I am, Nii-sama," said Mokuba, confused. He obviously didn't realize that he was not safe yet. "You rescued me, just like I knew you would. I'm safe now. Although I don't remember who you saved me from. Who." he started to say, but Seto cut him off.
"If you don't remember, it's for the better. But we're not safe yet, Mokuba. Your Nii-sama needs you to do one more thing, and you need to do it fast. I know that you're in pain, but I need you to jump over this fence. I'll boost you. Can you do that?" Mokuba nodded uncertainly, then looked at the high chain link fence. Seto took the opportunity of not having his brother's full attention to look back and see what was taking the attackers so long. They were advancing slowly, menacing looks on their faces. Tea was in the lead. They were about halfway up the long alley.
He looked back just before his brother turned again, and held the small body so that he couldn't. He didn't want his younger brother to realize what was happening. He quickly picked the young boy up and set him on his shoulders.
"To Jounouchi's," he called up before boosting his little brother up the fence. "The direct route. And don't look back!" he vaulted his brother up, watched him scramble up, over and down the fence, and run as fast as he could, while limping, towards the street, obediently not looking back. Seto was just about to do the same, when he felt several pairs of hands grab him and pull him down. The mob had caught up with him.
They pushed him to the ground and began to beat him, cut him, hit him, until he was begging for mercy without even realizing it. Then, miraculously, they finally left him alone, with the promise that there would be a next time. He lay there for a few seconds after they were gone, wishing desperately to just sleep. But then he remembered Mokuba.
'Shit!' he thought angrily, vaulted himself up the fence, and took off limping as fast as his battered legs would carry him. It didn't take him long to find Mokuba.
"Oh, no," he said out loud. "No, please. No." He had found his little brother lying unconscious at the side of one of the most deserted streets in the area. It looked like he had even more cuts covering his body. Cuts that looked as if they had been made with a pocketknife. He limped to his little brother's side and picked him up. Cradling him in his arms, he ran for their lives to Jounouchi's house.
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The first time Seto rang the doorbell, nobody answered. The same thing happened the second time, and the third. 'Come on, Jou, please answer. Answer the f*ck*ng door!!' Finally, the door opened to reveal a pale, shocked looking Mr. Jounouchi. "Hello, Mr. J.," said Kaiba. "Let us in, we need to use your couch. And if you say one word, you're fired." The man stepped aside and let a bloody Seto and Mokuba pass. Seto grimly set his little brother down on the couch in the living room, then began to check to see how bad the damage was. It was bad.
"Kami-sama," he cried out angrily, "why did you let this happen? Please, tell me! Show me a sign that you can hear me!" There was none. Defeated, Seto slumped onto his brother's unconscious body and wept. Just then, Jounouchi came into the room.
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A/N: Well, what did you think?! Hate it? Love it? TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!! Also, please give me a reason for your opinion, if you can. It would help. If not, REVIEW ANYWAYS!!!!!!!!!! It's kinda obvious why I rated it. If you think the rating should be higher, tell me plz!
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SCENES OF VIOLENCE, OOC-NESS AND MENTIONS OF A MALE/MALE RELATIONSHIP. I AM AWARE THAT I USED SOME OF THE NAMES FROM THE DUBBED VERSION AND SOME OF THE NAMES FROM THE JAPANESE. I DON'T CARE. SOMEHOW SETO AND JOU SEEMS TO FIT BETTER THAN SETO AND JOEY, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T READ IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. ALSO, FEEL FREE TO FLAME ME, IT WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE ME. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW WHAT A BALROG IS, I ONCE TOLD MY FRIEND I HAVE THE BODY OF A HOBBIT (I'M NOT FAT, SO DON'T ASK) AND THE SPIRIT OF A BALROG. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU THINK I AM CRUEL TO EVEN POST THIS STORY, DON'T TELL ME SO IN A FLAME, BECAUSE SINCE I AM COMPOSED MOSTLY OF FLAME, IT WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE MY CRUELTY. NOT TO MENTION MY TEMPER. BEWARE MY NASTY TEMPER IF YOU FLAME ME.
This sort of popped into my head yesterday when I was watching Much Music yesterday and heard the song, which is to come in a later chapter. Enjoy!! Oh, and also, another way to appease my nasty temper is to review. Or, you can just do it because you feel like it. Either way, REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If anyone wants to tell me how to make things so that they look like they are in italics when the story is uploaded, or how to make the three dots show up (you know, like when you just press the '.' button three times in a row if you're using Microsoft Word), it would REALLY appreciate it. It's not working with this story. Neither is any of the stuff I'm putting in bold.
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CHAPTER 1: Betrayal And Pain
Seto Kaiba could not believe this. When had it come to this? When had he, Seto Kaiba, the richest teenager in Japan, ever run away before? He had always been used to using his money as a weapon, throwing it around to get people off his back, and sometimes onto someone else's. He was used to being able to defend himself and his brother with his money. Now he could do neither. Why? When had it come to this?
Oh yes, now he remembered. It was that bitch Tea Gardner. She had caused all this. Seto Kaiba and Katsuya Jounouchi had both come to realize, all to late, that they were not the only ones who could effectively hide their true selves from the world. Tea, under her annoyingly abundant friendship rants and her so-called 'favourite duelling card', Shining Friendship, was as cold as steel, and more cruel than even Jou or Seto could be when they had to. Not to mention, a lot more stereotypical and judgemental.
Seto stopped and ducked into an alley, at the end of which was a fence, blocking his way. 'Shit!' he thought, and looked anxiously at the entrance of the alley. To his horror, a host of people had appeared there. Tea, Malik, Yami Malik, Yami Bakura, Mai, Serenity, even Yugi, his Yami, Ryou and Tristan were there, and all had the bloodthirsty look of revenge in their eyes.
Seto looked down at the unconscious boy in his arms, covered in bruises and cuts and blood. A pained sob escaped his lips. He looked helplessly at his captors, tears clearly visible on his face even through the rain, which was just starting to get heavy.
"Please," he begged, "he didn't do anything to you. Heck, neither did I. But, please, he's only eight, he can't stand this. He doesn't deserve this. Please." Another harsh sob escaped his lips, at which Tea laughed cruelly.
"You think we'd listen to you, Seto Kaiba, after all the damage you've done?" Seto stared at her, confused and afraid. "What did I do?"
"Cut the crap," snapped Yugi angrily. "You know perfectly well what you did. You seduced Jou into thinking he was a fag; into thinking he was in love with you. You made him make out with you!!" Seto stared, shocked, at Yugi, then at Tea.
"Is that what you told them?" he asked her incredulously. "That I seduced him?" He stared helplessly at the small boy in front of him. "And you believed her," he said. It wasn't a question, more of a resigned statement.
"Yugi, listen, please. All of you. I did not seduce Jou into doing anything. He was with me because he loves me! And he's not a fag, he's gay. Like me. There's nothing you can do to change that, certainly not this. Please." He trailed off, searching desperately among the faces for some sign of mercy or compassion, or even pity. There was nothing.
Then he saw Yugi take something out of his pocket, and Tea took something out of her purse, and pretty soon they were all fishing things out of backpacks, pockets, and shoulder bags. Then Seto realized, with a wave of pure horror, that they were each carrying a weapon.
"No," he whispered, barely loud enough to hear. Then, louder, "Please, no. Don't." But his pleas went unanswered. They started to advance on the horrified boy. Then, to his immense relief, the child in his arms stirred and opened his eyes.
"Mokuba, you're awake! Thank Kami-sama!" exclaimed Seto when he saw.
"Of course I am, Nii-sama," said Mokuba, confused. He obviously didn't realize that he was not safe yet. "You rescued me, just like I knew you would. I'm safe now. Although I don't remember who you saved me from. Who." he started to say, but Seto cut him off.
"If you don't remember, it's for the better. But we're not safe yet, Mokuba. Your Nii-sama needs you to do one more thing, and you need to do it fast. I know that you're in pain, but I need you to jump over this fence. I'll boost you. Can you do that?" Mokuba nodded uncertainly, then looked at the high chain link fence. Seto took the opportunity of not having his brother's full attention to look back and see what was taking the attackers so long. They were advancing slowly, menacing looks on their faces. Tea was in the lead. They were about halfway up the long alley.
He looked back just before his brother turned again, and held the small body so that he couldn't. He didn't want his younger brother to realize what was happening. He quickly picked the young boy up and set him on his shoulders.
"To Jounouchi's," he called up before boosting his little brother up the fence. "The direct route. And don't look back!" he vaulted his brother up, watched him scramble up, over and down the fence, and run as fast as he could, while limping, towards the street, obediently not looking back. Seto was just about to do the same, when he felt several pairs of hands grab him and pull him down. The mob had caught up with him.
They pushed him to the ground and began to beat him, cut him, hit him, until he was begging for mercy without even realizing it. Then, miraculously, they finally left him alone, with the promise that there would be a next time. He lay there for a few seconds after they were gone, wishing desperately to just sleep. But then he remembered Mokuba.
'Shit!' he thought angrily, vaulted himself up the fence, and took off limping as fast as his battered legs would carry him. It didn't take him long to find Mokuba.
"Oh, no," he said out loud. "No, please. No." He had found his little brother lying unconscious at the side of one of the most deserted streets in the area. It looked like he had even more cuts covering his body. Cuts that looked as if they had been made with a pocketknife. He limped to his little brother's side and picked him up. Cradling him in his arms, he ran for their lives to Jounouchi's house.
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The first time Seto rang the doorbell, nobody answered. The same thing happened the second time, and the third. 'Come on, Jou, please answer. Answer the f*ck*ng door!!' Finally, the door opened to reveal a pale, shocked looking Mr. Jounouchi. "Hello, Mr. J.," said Kaiba. "Let us in, we need to use your couch. And if you say one word, you're fired." The man stepped aside and let a bloody Seto and Mokuba pass. Seto grimly set his little brother down on the couch in the living room, then began to check to see how bad the damage was. It was bad.
"Kami-sama," he cried out angrily, "why did you let this happen? Please, tell me! Show me a sign that you can hear me!" There was none. Defeated, Seto slumped onto his brother's unconscious body and wept. Just then, Jounouchi came into the room.
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A/N: Well, what did you think?! Hate it? Love it? TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!! Also, please give me a reason for your opinion, if you can. It would help. If not, REVIEW ANYWAYS!!!!!!!!!! It's kinda obvious why I rated it. If you think the rating should be higher, tell me plz!