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Family Matters: Chapter Three: Family
To him family was everything, after losing his parents, almost losing Mokuba, having his 'fathers' family betray them and put them in that horrid orphanage and the 'training' Mr Kaiba had given him he knew that he would always treasure family. He did everything he could for Mokuba and Mokuba did everything he could for him and now he was going to do his best by Joey, because he wanted to be the best brother he could be.
Also he had a very…bad habit of being highly possessive of what he felt was his and he felt that Joey was now his little brother, just as Mokuba was his baby brother and Serenity was his little sister.
And these tendencies made he so angry, so furious when not two days after he had come to have this knowledge of who his family was, when Joey came to school with an ugly black eye. Hi little brothers walk a little on the stiff side and what looked like a hand print around his neck.
An ugly, purple hand print about the size of his own hand…of their fathers hands.
"Joey!" he shouted as the teen walked past where he sat, his laptop open and eyes all over the yard turned to see why he was talking to the boy from the other side of the tracks. "Yeah? Wha?" Joey asked walking over as Yugi and Tristan, who were with him followed Yugi giving him a little wave and a shy smile.
Inclining his head in acknowledgment for their presence, still uneasy with their knowing he wanted to be their friend, just incredibly unsure of how to be it he looked at the bruises on his brothers face and demanded, "Who hit you?" his voice leaving no room for argument.
Shifting uncomfortably Joey looked away and said "Dad," knowing that Seto just wouldn't believe him if he lied and said he had gotten into a fight with some idiot.
"…You're coming home with me tonight, we'll go to…his house after school and pick all your things up and you'll move in with Mokuba and me," Seto said as the bell went and he picked up his things putting them into his briefcase as they stared.
"Wha? What?" Joey asked baffled and Seto threw him a glare, "You. Are. Moving. In. With. Mokuba. And. I. Little. Brother," he said slowly, putting weight into each word.
Standing there like an idiot Joey just stared at him as if he had just spoken pig Latin and Mandarin at once, which he was capable of, speaking about 9 languages already though he had been speaking in plain Japanese.
"Get to class," Seto said shaking his head as he marched inside.
"Damn, yo0u get to move into Kaiba Mansion!" Tristain said his eyes wide and Yugi stared after Seto as if he were the only one in the world, a dazed look on his face.
"Ah…class, get to class, okay," Joey murmured his legs carrying him slowly, that had to have been one of the strangest moments of his life, after the whole, Kaiba-is-Your-Big-Brother thing that is.
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Meeting Seto after school Joey squirmed with discomfort as they drove to his house, his dads house, Yugi on the opposite seat, Seto having let him come along after he had asked if the midget could come along. The drive was short, the limo stoping in front of the apartment complex that had seen better days, graffiti and boarded up windows standing out against the ugly grey of the concert stuff used to make the five story building.
"Here we are," Joey said nervously, praying that his, their, father wouldn't be home, or if he was passed out in his room. He really didn't want another beating, his ribs still ached and his right leg burned from the lacerations of the glass he had broken falling down, the little shards had cut into his skin, deep enough that it would take a while to heal.
The limo door opened and they pilled out, Yugi hanging back with Seto in the middle though the older boy wished he could go before his brother but since he didn't know the way thought best if he didn't.
And upon entering the CEO felt his stomach roll, gods it smelt fowl, as if someone had died and cat shit, the scent making feel light headed and queasy, "Which room?" he asked covering his discomfort. As Joey looked back at him and nodded at the stairs silently Yugi moved up closer to Seto unconscious of the silent plea for protection, his small face pale.
"Lead the way," Seto said and Joey took the stairs two at a time his brother and best friend moving up one at a time though swiftly, Yugi's eyes glued to the CEO's buttocks as he moved before him.
And soon enough they reached the door, the wall on the other side having dints and a smug of blood that looked rather fresh on it. Putting his hand on Joeys shoulder, Seto moved his little brother back and nocked then tried the door handle, the door un-surprisingly unlocked.
"Get your stuff," he ordered moving into the lounge and a curse came for the far room as Joey darted into the one closest.
"What the fuck is going on out here?" Mr Wheeler demanded coming to stand in the doorway, wearing nothing but a pair of old, stained white boxers that needed a wash bad.
"Joey, hurry up," Seto said staring down at his father, his blue eyes frosty and Yugi rubbed his arms, moving closer to Seto, hiding behind his larger frame as Yami asked, his voice floating through his mind.
"Hikari, what is wrong? You are frightened,"
"We're at Joeys', Seto's demanded that Joey move in with him when he came to school with a black eye and walking funny, you remember I told you,"
"Is it Kaiba or his father that is frightening you?"
"Mr Wheeler, I'm hiding behind Seto,"
"Good, stay there or go help Joey,"
"I asked you a question boy, what the fuck is going on?" Mr Wheeler snarled his eyes nearly insane and Seto said his voice hard, "Joey is moving in with me," and Mr Wheeler raised his eye brows.
"What brought this on, I thought you hated you brother," he sneered as Joey stepped out with a napsac, a napsac that was hardly full.
"Your abuse," Seto said nodding at the door and Joey darted a look at his dad as he moved through it, Yugi following with Seto bringing up the rear, his back to their father.
"Don't fucken turn your back on me boy!" Mr Wheeler snarled rushing his eldest and Seto spun, his leg coming up for a high kick catching his dad in the solar plexus and the elder man grunted as he grabbed the foot.
"That'll smart lat'er," he said swinging the boy into the wall and Seto grunted, and as his foot was wrenched up he twisted catching his body on his hand as he kicked out with his other foot catching Mr Wheelers chin.
Staring Joey and Yugi watched as the older man fell and Seto back flipped then grabbed the older man by the hair and looked deep into the other mans eyes, "You touch me or Joey again and you'll pay. I'll take it easy on you for now, but you do something like that again and you will pray for death before it comes," he said with a small soft smile before letting go of his old man and turning his back on his left, Joey and Yugi following.
"Joey, would you like to join my mix martial arts classes?"