HELLO!!!!!!!!! Err, yeah. I'm so happy you all reviewed!!!!! I would have updated sooner, but my internet desided to crash just after I'd writen all the replies. -- by that time it was about 11:30pm, so I had to leave it. Now I'm back for another attempt! Replies! (Firstly to the last reviews to 'The Review' (Prequell) then to 'Life Isn't Always Roses' ch1.)
Felidae: YAY!!! Pass me some! I like champagne! If you like Joey seme, there's this really good story called 'Succumb'. It's not mine, I just really like it! Or you could wait 'till I post my next lemon in this story! Whops! that gives just a little bit too much away!
ColeyCarissa: O.O Someone thinks I can write cute stuff? YAY!!!! &Hugs you really tight&
Botan Mai Kai: Who else did you think I was gonna kill?!?! I can't kill Seto or Joey 'cause I said there would be a sequell! I can't not have a main charecter in the sequell! And yes. You are VERY evil! How could you kill Joey?!?!?
LadySora:O.o Yell at you? I didn't think I was being that mean... Sorry if I upset you guys, and here's the long awaited sequell! Enjoy! Or don't 'cause it's full of my evilness!
Macbeth's Mistress: Thakies!
BloodMistress: I thought it was a bit short... oh well, you liked it, along with everyone else!
HikariAngel: More Seto/Joey coming up! They're my fave. couple so there's pleanty more where that came from! And I don't like cliffies either, but how else was I suposed to finish that? I had to leave at least one! It helps build the tention and keep my readers reviewing!
'Life Isn't Always Roses' replies:
ColeyCarissa: I know they are, oh well, it gives the fic a plot and somewhere to go!
joey baby: &looks demented& Don't worry, Seto gets punished for being an idiot! But he was going to propose as Joey's pressent in the evening.
BloodMistress: Here's the update!
Botan Mai Kai: Yes, poor little idiots! And you've read enough of my writeing to know that I LOVE leaveing cliffhangers! Please don't go crazy though, You might kill me! then the story wouldn't get finished!
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"He ditched you? No way! Ok, let me at that freak, I wanna rearrange his face!" yelled Tristen, once Yugi had explained, Joey being too deep in his misery to do anything but sit on the couch, his head in his hands, wanting nothing more than to die.
"I still can't believe he threw me out, and on our anniversary too." Joey muttered. Yugi was sat next to him, his hand on his shoulder, trying to make the dejected, crushed and utterly broken blond feel better, and failing. Duke was on the phone, and from the half of the conversation they could hear, it sounded as though he was trying, and failing, (A/N: thankfully!) to hire an assassin. Tristen was pacing up and down the room, massaging his knuckles, Yami was looking through a heavy book, written in hieroglyphics, that Yugi knew contained some very nasty spells and Têa and Mai were trying to convince everyone that it was all a misunderstanding and one big mistake, and they were failing miserably.
Then in the midst of it all, the phone rang.
"Hello, Turtle Game Shop, how may I help you?" Yugi said as he picked it up. Everyone stopped what they were doing and crowded around Yugi to see who was calling. An angry voice bellowed down the line to the extent that Yugi had to pull the phone away from his ear and everyone took a step back.
Once the person stopped yelling, Yugi tentatively put the phone back to his ear, and said,
"Excuse me, but, who are you?" the line went silent for a few seconds, then when the caller replied. Everyone turned to face Joey, a mix of confused, angry and pitying looks on their faces, that made Joey say,
"Who is it?" everyone looked to Yugi, who said in a very small voice,
"It's Mokuba, he want's to speak to you." Joey walked over and grabbed the phone off Yugi, a murderess look in his eyes and distaste and disgust written over his face. Putting it back on the hook, and grabbing his coat, he walked out the door.
############################### Joey's POV ############################################
I let my feet carry me to the only place that I can now find shelter, my old house. As I turn down my home street, I have to stop and remind myself that he's dead. He IS dead. He IS dead. I chant over and over in my head, thanks to Seto, I could never have done it without him... I feel a small tear trickle down my face, but I wipe it away and blink back is fellows that were resting in my eyes. I was not going to cry over that basted, I am never going to cry over him!
It takes me a while to dig the key out of my pocket and get the old, rusty lock to open. (A/N: he still has the key to his torture house after a whole year!) Then I kick the door a few times, and it opens.
The house still stinks, the mix of alcohol, cigarette smoke and blood, my blood. I open all the windows and then dig an old bucket, mop and other cleaning supplies out from under the sink and begin to make the place acceptable to live in. I'm going to be here for a long time.
The phone rings so many times while I'm cleaning that I end up unplugging it, just so I can hear the heavy punk rock music that I put on to give me something else to think about.
################################ About 3 and a half hours later #############################
There, I've done it! Finally! Now I'm hungry. I go to the front door and pick up my coat and keys, slipping my shoes on I make my way out of the door to be confronted with...
"Mr. Wheeler, what happened?"
"Why did you break up?"
"Is it true he threw you out after you hit him?"
"What are you going to do now?"
"Did you know he was going to propose to you?"
"How do you think you're going to cope now you've left the man of your dreams behind?"
"Are you going to try and get him back?" I'm blinded by the flashes of their cameras and deafened by the shouts as they stuff recorders and microphones under my nose. There are even television crews here! But I've lived with Seto Kaiba for a whole year; I know how to get rid of the press.
I push past them and walk off down the street, turning back for a few seconds, I yell,
"Get the hell off my property, if I ever catch you here again, I'll be taking you all to court!" I'm not sure my words carry the same threat as when I lived with Seto, but it seemed to work as they all packed up their stuff and left, disgruntled looks on their faces.
As I walk into the mall, I pull out my wallet, how much did I take in the end? 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, and 20, 30, 5. $135 that should last me a while. (A/N: incase any of you are currently thinking, 'what the hell was that all about?' that's how I would count out the notes Joey had.)
######################################## Half an hour later ###############################
I've finished getting food and other essentials; this is where I miss having a mode of transport.
When I arrive home I put the food away, and then put dinner in the oven while I go upstairs to have a much-needed shower.
################################### Next Day ##########################################
For once I'm on time for school! What a miracle! I had to run, but I made it! I slow as I reach the gates, I've just remembered, Seto. Shit. Oh well, we'll now see if he recognizes me...
As I enter the form room, I look around, and so does everyone else! My new appearance is making quite a stir!
I'm dressed in tight, and I mean tight, as in tighter than Yami's tight, black, shiny leather pants, a just as tight black sleeveless leather shirt, and black boots. There are silver buckles all over my outfit and a black leather collar with silver spikes on it around my neck, similar bands on my wrists and upper arms. I have two blood red dyed streaks in my hair, so it now goes, blond red blond red blond over my head and I'm wearing heavy black eye makeup and lipstick both with blood red outlines.
That's when I spot him. He's sat at the back of the room, starring day dreamily out of a window, his icy demeanor gone. He looks utterly depressed, as though he's on a different planet. One full of pain and torment. And I could swear I just saw a tear role down his face. All time seems to stop as he looks at me, and I scowl back sticking a finger up at him as I make my way to my seat.
"Looks like you're back to normal, Mr. Wheeler, it's a shame." The teacher says as she enters the room and looks around. That's when she sees Seto. She stops and stares at him, I turn to glance at him to. He's got his arms folded on the desk and his head rested on them, face down to the table. His whole body is shaking and it's clear, now, that he's crying, hard.
The teacher puts her things down on her desk and walks over to Seto. She gently puts her hand on his shoulder and he looks up at her. The whole room is staring at them now, as the teacher says, quietly, so no one else can hear,
"What's wrong, hey, you gonna tell me what's bothering you?"
"It's nothing," he says, looking directly at me,
"It's nothing, really, I'm just being stupid. Do you mind if I go to the bathroom a minute?" she shakes her head, following his gaze, and as he stands up she says,
"And Mr. Wheeler, don't think I don't know this has something to do with you! I want to talk to you after class, see if we can get this sorted out."
"Oh fuck off! You can't expect me to waste my time sorting out that crybaby?! We broke up! Big deal! I've got over it, so he should be able to as well! Get used to it, Kaiba, I'm not coming back!" what did I just do? Why did I shout at him like that? Oh yeah, he threw me out, I'd forgotten (A/N: sarcasm) I can see the hurt expression on his face, then something snaps in him and he strides across the room, picking me up from my seat he slams me against the wall and hits me square in the face. And it hurts like a bitch. I've got a broken nose now! Thanks a bunch Kaiba!
"Get the hell off me!" I shout as he pulls me away from the wall and slams me back against it again, shaking me about like a rag doll. Tears are streaking his face and he closes his eyes and turns his head away as he drops me and collapses on the floor still crying bitterly. I feel anger, hate and disgust boil through me and I kick him hard in the chest, or it could have been his stomach, I couldn't tell, but I hurt him, and that's what matters. He reels backwards and I just stand there, breathing hard, and looking at him with pure hatred shining in my eyes.
He stands up, as though my kick had never happened, and looks away from me while saying,
"How can you forget so easily? I thought we had something really special"
"I seem to remember that you were the one who threw me out!"
"You wanted to go!" I stared at him, I wanted to go?! Is he crazy?!
"Whatever Kaiba. You just believe that. I'm not interested anymore."
"Both of you down to the office now. You're both going home, but not before you go to the hospital to get those injuries fixed. Then one of you is transferring. I'm not having you both in this school fighting like this."
"No way am I moving! I've been messed around enough thank you!"
"Me too! You didn't make us move when we were fighting before!"
"You didn't put each other in hospital before!" the teacher shouts back,
"Why do you want to stay at the same school anyway?!"
"Cause we don't want to move!" we both shout back, turning to glare at each other for daring to say the same thing.
"Give them another chance Miss." I turn to glare at whoever was sticking their nose in, only to see Yugi recoil in his seat. I'd kinda picked up a glare as bad as, if not worse than, Kaiba's in the time I was with him.
"Why do you want us at the same school, Yugi? You're not thinking of playing match-maker are you?" He gives us a pitiful smile and nods slightly.
"Leave that to cupid. But I doubt even he could get us back together now." Kaiba says, turning to look at me, his eyes full of a mix of emotions, the most dominant being hatred.
"It's not going to work Yug."
"But you seemed so right together! You both did each other a world of good! Look at you now! You're both miserable! And why? 'Cause you broke up! Just give it another go, for me?" he gives us the cutest puppy-dog eyes and they would usually get him his way, but this time they didn't work. No way in hell would they in this situation. He's trying to get two people who currently hate each other back in love, how is that ever going to work?
"But you two seemed like me and Yami, and I know if I were to lose Yami I would feel like I'd lost a huge part of myself. How can you just throw away all that happiness? You were perfect together! How can you throw that away?" I know what he means. And from what I can see of Kaiba's face, he does too. But Yugi's fighting a losing battle here. He's arguing with the two most stubborn people in the whole school, who are stubbornly stuck against him, and each other.
"Ok, I won't make either of them move Yugi, but only if they both get down to the nurse now." The teacher says giving us pointed looks as she does.
"Fine," I mutter as I walk out of the classroom door.
The nurse cleans us up, and then calls an ambulance to take us to the hospital to get checked out properly.
################################# At the Hospital ########################################
It seemed as though the school had called Mokuba as soon as we had got in the ambulance, as when we walked into the building, Seto was hit by his little brother hugging onto him for all he was worth. This caused Seto to grimace in pain and push his little brother of him.
"What?" Mokuba said, tilting his head to one side and giving Seto a questioning look.
"Dog-Boy kicked me in the stomach, not that it hurt. I just don't know what damage he did yet" I growl and round on Seto, yelling,
"Well I know what you did to me! You fucking broke my nose!"
"Look at this!" he yelled, as he lifted his shirt to reveal a massive purple bruise. I took a step towards him, but stopped. I hate him.
"Call me a dog one more time and I won't be so nice" I say turning only to be hit with a fist aimed at my already broken and bleeding nose.
"I really don't understand you two idiots! One minute I can't get five minutes of sleep because of you both and you were on cloud cuckoo land whenever you were around each other, the next you're beating each other up with a menace, worse than you were before!" Mokuba yells as he glares at us,
"Why?" he says. I think for a minute, then it hits me,
"Because before, we didn't really hate each other, we were only trying to mask our feelings, now, we hate each other for real so we don't care about hurting each other." Mokuba just sighs at my response and gives us a pitying look before going with Seto and the nurse that had lead him away to get checked out. I was left siting on the hard, cold metal seats in the waiting room of the A&E department of Domino Hospital.