"More than a Weapon" by: Setsuna X

Summary: Joey Wheeler escaped from a secret organization in the USA to Domino, Japan and resumed a life as Katsuya Jounochi, but is still being pursued. What will Seto Kaiba do once he is asked to take down his long time crush and rival? S/J, maybe Anzu/Yugi

Warning: Will contain future Boy x Boy, mentions of drugs/alcohol…um either than that, not much else in this chapter.

Chapter 2-Past

-Jounochi Household-

Jou entered his one bedroom apartment and placed his keys onto the table near the door. After removing his shoes and coat at the door entrance he made his way into the living room and collapsed upon his couch.

He hated it when he had to let Kaiba get his way.

Jou knew that if he used his real strength against the arrogant CEO that his cover would be completely blown. People would come swarming to Domino to get him and two years of extensive hard work would go down the drain.

Jou flexed his am in front of his face and grinned when he thought about finally beating that no-good Kaiba once and for all. That is, once he finished tracking down everyone that was in contact or part of the experiments he went through.

The experiments, he thought, began around the time when he was five years old, at least. Whenever he tried to think about his father or mother vague memories came into mind, but he knows not to believe in them. They felt so empty.

Jou did remember that the scientists had experimented on his memories for about two weeks after his sister's death. Serenity was a 'failed experiment'. They had to tackle the blonde down and literally tie him up and inject a heavy dose of drugs into his system to make him more manageable.

They had knocked him out for a whole 48 hours, allowing his body to calm down. The drugs were the ones that allowed his mind to calm down so much that it would not put up a fight once they began to alter his memories. The memory adjustments made him believe that he didn't love his sister at all, therefore was unaffected by her death and should just move on.

Jou hated thinking abut his past. He was glad that he loved his sister so much that eventually his true feelings broke through the adjusted memories. It gave him strength to know that he was able to break free of most things he was put through.

He gave up reminiscing about the past and decided to focus on what he had felt when he came in contact with Kaiba.

He did hate Kaiba, right? And besides he was straight…wasn't he?

Ever since hanging out with Honda and hearing about the 'curves of women' and their 'round breasts and slim bodies' he always just assumed that he was straight, but he had never given it any real thought. He knew not to get into any sort of romantic relationship because they'd demand answers to questions he couldn't possibly reveal, and once the time came when he had to leave then they'd be heartbroken and he'd hate to leave someone that attached behind him.

The only people he was comfortable around were his friends: Yugi, Honda, Anzu and sometimes Ryou and Otogi, but even they were kept at arms length from the blonde.

But why was he now thinking about Kaiba and his vanilla and cologne scent, or had those passing visions with Kaiba undressing? Jou clenched his head between the stiff grips of his fingers in hope of trying to will away the thoughts.

Why was he feeling this way? He never got emotionally attached to anyone. Sure he liked his friends and might be a bit saddened when he would have to leave, but the attachment to Kaiba was different. Lately he felt like following the brunette CEO everywhere, his eyes glancing up to meet steel blue ones every time he came by.

Now that he stopped to actually think about it, he had been seeking out Kaiba more than usual lately and taking in his features while at it.

Does Kaiba know I'm staring at him? Do I want him to see me staring at him?

"Gah!" cried out Jou in exasperation. All these thoughts were confusing! Why do I even have to analyze this!?

He was becoming emotionally attached to Kaiba! Something that he vowed to never do with anyone, but he couldn't help it. Avoiding him would be completely out of the question, if he avoided him Kaiba would become suspicious and he knew things would go downhill from there, but would seeking him out more be better?

No, things should remain as normal as possible. First things first, he had to figure out if he was even gay or not…yes that was the most reasonable place to start.

Seeing as it was eight o'clock at night Jou decided it would be better to talk to Yugi, Honda, and maybe Ryou and Otogi after school tomorrow. Right now a long, calming bubble bath would be best before doing some homework and continuing his surveillance on the 'Feds', as he dubbed them.

Their name to the public was 'Dream Scape' and they specialized in entertainment products for the younger generation, or in 'video games' for short. But on the underground, from the information he managed to gather before coming to Japan they were known as 'Deadly Sins', and each ranking member was called after one of the Seven Deadly Sins: Envy, Gluttony, Sloth, Lust, Wrath, Pride, and Greed.

They were involved in many immoral things such as drug trafficking, Prostitution, alcohol and cigarette selling, and even assassinations, if his information was correct. All this was so they could earn an income and to fund their research lab. The members of Deadly Sins were a bunch of sick bastards that liked to think that with all their wealth and status they were given the titles of Gods and as such could do whatever the hell they wanted to the human race.

Jou entered his nicely lit bathroom in hopes of ridding himself of the thoughts and feelings those bastards put him through. The bathroom was nothing fancy, but wasn't disastrous either, he liked to think that he had good interior decorating skills. The tiles in the tub and shower were shiny obsidian and the walls were a nice blood red color. He liked the feeling the deep red and the jet-black clashing brought out, it made him feel more relaxed.

Jou's golden hair stood out against the heavy red of the walls and the darkness from the bath. He approached the tub and proceeded to turn on the cold and hot faucets until he found the perfect temperature to fill the tub. He poured in some apple-scented bubble bath into the tub, allowing the churning water to produce the foam.

Jou let the water run while he went to retrieve some towels from the towel rack near the door and placed one on the ground so the floor wouldn't get wet once he finished his bath and another near the side of his bath for easy access.

He pulled down his pants and boxers and threw the clothes into the hamper near the door, then proceeded to slowly remove his uniform shirt over his lithe, toned chest, ignoring the tiny scars that littered his body. He threw the shirt into the hamper as well. Calculating that the tub would overflow with his added mass, Jou turned off both facets and slid into the tub. The warmth that draped his body soon lulled him into a deep sleep.

TBC

A/N: New chapter complete! Yay! I only got like 3 more chapters for this story written out, so it'll take me a while to update again…I got the basic plot, it's the details that are hard to come by.

Thanks to everyone who read, specifically my reviewers: pennypigeon, journey maker, dragonlady222, and Ryou-la-lune. And of course to anyone else who has read this. I'll try to keep updating this and my other stories. Thanks a lot to everyone for their support and patience.

I'm still deciding on whether Anzu/Yugi should be a couple, and so far I have one vote for 'no' and one vote for 'yes', so any suggestions and feedback would be appreciated, thanks.