Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or the GX series, they belong to their respective owners/creators. This story is just made for fun.
A/n: Hello again and welcome to the third installment of Whole Again. So yay we get to see Koiba in this chapter xD And possibly moving the plot along. Haha I wonder what's going to happen today. Expect some OOCness and some impossible things happen. Then again, this is YuGiOh, anything's possible...
"So that's how it happened huh?"
Yugi and Jou were having lunch at the Kame Game shop, while the kids were playing in the living room and having their fried shrimp and fried rice. Well, except for Sho, who was sitting on Yugi's lap and eating his Cheerio bits as the adults talked and had some coffee.
Jou nodded, "Yeah, I'm glad we got out of dodge and avoided that Kyle asshole," The blond almost steamed.
"I understand Jou, but you know this isn't over. I don't want to be a Negative Nancy and all," Yugi hummed with worry, sipping his coffee.
"Yeah I know...so tell me how you came to adopt these little darlings," Jou grinned, deciding to change to a lighter subject.
Yugi chuckled as he then sighed, "Alright, alright...well it was about...six months after Atem left? I've always wanted to adopt because I know I didn't want to date anymore and I know...no one could replace Atem,"
"But did he know how you felt?"
A dry chuckle came from the tri-colored haired male, "Even if he did, he never voiced it out. But yeah, anyways, I had a call months later about two brothers that were available in the orphanage I called up and it turned out, their parents abandoned them because of financial problems or some excuse like that. So I immediately took my chance and then...I just instantly loved Ryo and Sho," Yugi looked down at Sho, who looked up at him with big eyes and cooed, "Johan...was a different story,"
"What'cha mean?" Jou asked curiously.
"It was strange...I was in the park with Ryo and Sho, having our very first outing together...when Ryo pointed out a boy was standing on top of a water tower about to jump..." Yugi then raised a hand out as Jou looked shocked, "Apparently the boy said his 'Cobalt Eagle' would catch him and if he didn't, his 'Sapphire Pegasus' will,"
"And then what happened? Was the boy okay?"
"He was...I couldn't believe my eyes at first..." Yugi breathed out and leaned back, smiling, "I saw a flying horse catch the boy and landed safely on the ground. I approached him and asked if he could see Duel Spirits, and he said he could...and that his spirits were his family. I actually asked if his parents were around, and he pointed at a tiger and a pink panther like duel monster. He said to me, that they were somewhat his parents..."
Yugi paused as Jou looked enthralled, and smiled sadly.
"From what the Duel Spirits, Topaz Tiger and Amethyst Cat, told me; The boy's name is Johan...and he too was abandoned by his folks. But they too didn't know who the previous family were...it was like Johan just popped into existence. But in the end, I wanted Johan to be part of the family, but I had to agree that his Crystal Beasts would be part of the family too. And how could I say no to that?" Yugi chuckled.
Jou bit his lower lip and then breathed out, "That's what I wanted to talk to you about. Duel Spirits..."
"Oh?"
"Yeah," The blond looked nervous, "Judai can see them too,"
"Really?" The King of Games looked fascinated, "For how long?"
"Ever since before I adopted him apparently," Jou sighed and then hummed, "I am just trying to figure out if this Yubel character is friend or foe-"
A shattering of glass was heard as Yugi had dropped his tea on the ground with wide eyes, staring at Jounouchi as if he had two heads. Alarmed, the kids in the living room popped their heads in and Sho, still on Yugi's lap, looked up at his parent with confusion.
"Yubel?" Yugi questioned for a moment as the blond best friend raised a brow.
"Y-Yes. Yug, what's the matter?" Jou asked in concern.
Yugi then shook his head and stood up, "Jou, maybe we should talk to someone about this now..."
"Oh?" Jou raised a brow, "Like who?"
"Well I was thinking of Grandpa honestly, but he's out today with a couple of colleagues. And even though Malik and Isis are here for the new Egyptian exhibit, they are kind of busy..." Yugi hummed, tapping his chin, "But there's another person we can go to. The ones that possibly would know about new cards being made,"
Jou blinked slowly for a moment, and paled, then weakly laughed, "O-Otogi?"
"Noooo..." Yugi gave a pointed look.
"NO NO NO NO!" Jou whined as the kids looked confused, "There's no way in hell I'm going to-"
"...Kaiba Corp.,"
Jou groaned as he looked up at the tall KC building in front of him. He had a twin stroller for Judai and Edo to sit on as Yugi had the same for Johan and Sho, and Ryo just standing between the adults with a bored look.
"I'm sorry Jou, but I have no other choice. This Yubel character being made into a card and Judai could talk to it can't be a coincidence. And since you said that Pegasus can't be reached to ask about said card, this is the second best option,"
"You know how I feel about this..." Jou murmured with a glare, looking at the building as if it was the most hideous thing in the world.
They walked into the building, and then looked over at the secretary, who was busy on the computer. Yugi had them part the twin stroller near some sofas that seems to be the waiting area, magazines over the coffee table and a water dispenser nearby.
"Alright," Yugi hummed as he then looked at Ryo for a moment, and smiled, "Me and Uncle Jounouchi are going to visit Kaiba-san right now for something. You think you'll be okay to not only look after your brothers, but Judai and Edo too?"
The eight year old nodded once, "Yes,"
"Good," Yugi kissed the top of the older boy's head then stood straight, looking at Jounouchi, "Will you be able to behave yourself when we're up there?"
"Can't promise anything," But inside, Jou was panicking. He wasn't ready to face the man that broke his heart that day, he just wasn't!
Yugi's eyes softened in sympathy, touching his best friend hand and gave a soft smile. Jou just gave a weak one back, and soon the two were going to the secretary, saying they had an appointment with Mokuba and Seto Kaiba and that to keep an extra eye on their children. Yugi knew he could've brought the kids along, but also knew that Kaiba wouldn't appreciate children running around the building.
As the adults left, Ryo turned to tell the kids to behave...when he noticed someone was missing.
"...Oh no,"
"Wowee..." A certain brown haired and big eyed almost five year old said, looking around the halls of many paintings of the Blue Eyes White Dragon, "This is so cool,"
Judai giggled as he was then tilting his head, hearing a soft grunt and cooing sound. He immediately followed the sound, and peeked into a door that was slightly opened. There, his eyes widened and then smiled, seeing a faded image of a duel monster.
"Hello!" Judai opened the door and smiled up at the creature, it's blue eyes looking down at him warily, "I'm Judai! What's your name?"
The dragon like creature let out a sound, as if making a snooty comment of 'are you an idiot?' kind of way, as Judai just laughed.
"Kisara huh? That's a pretty name!" Judai spoke happily as the dragon just stared, "Do you wanna play with me?"
"What do you think you're doing here?!"
Judai squeaked, jumping up and looking behind him to see a really tall man with cold icy blue eyes in a white trenchcoat and suit, glaring down at Judai like he was some sort of criminal. But it didn't phase the little boy one bit. He just grinned up at him and waved.
"Hi! I'm Judai, and you're Seto Kaiba!" He pointed out with an excited grin, stars in his eyes, "You're a great duelist next to Yugi Moto!"
The man seemed to twitch as he looked angered, "...What?"
"Yeah! I mean, you're awesome, but Yugi is the best!" Judai kept saying with glee, much to the irritation of Kaiba.
"If you're going to insult me, then get out of my office brat, before I call security," Who was this child? If this was a child of an employee of this building they were so fired.
Judai didn't listen as he then pointed a finger at Kaiba, and grinned, "Hey! I know! Let's duel!"
Kaiba just stared at him blankly, "I don't have time to play games with a kid,"
"There's always a good time! Besides, I've always wanted to play against you. It would be sweet!" Judai was bouncing up and down with a huge smile, "Oh please? So I can know if I have what it takes to beat Yugi and become King of Games!"
This had Kaiba laughing, as he then sneered, "You? A mere child the next King of Games," Deciding to amuse the little one, he then brought his deck out, "Sorry to disappoint you, but I plan to take that title once I defeat Yugi,"
"ALRIGHT!" Judai looked excited as he brought his deck out, "Time to get your game on!"
"Thanks for having us Mokuba, I really appreciate this," Yugi was walking with Jou on one side, and the other teen on his other side.
The almost fourteen year old was smiling softly as he shook his head, "It's no problem Yugi. I'm glad that you still make visits to us. And I'm glad you're back also Jou,"
"Eh, I missed ya too much kid," Jou winked, teasing.
"You know it's okay that you could've brought the kids with you as well," Mokuba told them.
"I know how your brother is," Yugi said knowingly with a smile.
They had already explained what was going on with Mokuba, and the raven haired boy suggested that they go find Seto, since maybe a logical side from his big brother would also weigh in Yugi's suspicion...which Jou still didn't know what it was. Nevertheless, he wished to be anywhere but here. He wanted to go back to his boys that were probably bored out of there minds.
"-Attack him directly!"
He could hear one of his little one's voice now...
"Gotcha!"
...Wait.
Jou's eyes widened as he heard a familiar childlike laugh saying 'Sweet duel' and a growling sound, and soon was rushing at the door to open it, Yugi and Mokuba behind him in confusion. Inside the room, was a seething Kaiba, and an innocent looking Judai sitting there with his cards, smiling. The smaller brunet then perked up as he heard the door open and then smiled even more, seeing Jou.
"Momma!" He chirped as he then got down from his chair, scooping up his cards and bouncing over to him, "I was dueling against Kaiba-san and I won!"
Yugi and Mobuka looked like they were choking on air as Jou just stared in shock.
"...What?"
"Yeah! That means..." Judai then pointed a finger at Yugi and then grinned, "Be prepared Uncle Yugi! I'mma be King of Games sooner than you think!"
Jou suddenly was grinning, as he picked him boy and hugged him, "Oh my god, my son beat Kai-"
"So he's your brat, Mutt?"
Jou froze as he heard the harsh voice, and Judai's smile died as he saw his Momma was tense. Looking up slowly, Jou then saw the angry man, the very man that had rejected him almost months ago. He still looked good, despite still being a cold hearted jerk.
The blond then composed himself and glared at him, "He's not a brat, Moneybags. I see your stinkin' attitude hasn't changed,"
"Neither has yours, still growling like the dog you are," Kaiba hissed as Judai looked so confused.
Yugi coughed for a moment, making everyone look at him, "Kaiba, there's something important to discuss. We can catch up a bit more later, right now I need your opinion on something..."
After bringing the rest of the children up and in a a spare conference room with Mokuba, Kaiba was holding the Yubel card that Jou brought and was observing it while Yugi and Jou were sitting in front of his desk patiently. Well, Yugi was anyways.
"Well?" Jou murmured, arms crossed and glaring at the silent CEO.
"This card could be illegally made and given to the boy," Kaiba drawled out as he then threw the card in front of them, "I would know if Pegasus had created the card. He announces them made to all comapanis like that dice boy and myself before going to the public. Unless the boy's parents were from Industrial Illusions and betrayed Pegasus somehow and gave the card to the child...or the child could be a thief,"
"Judai is not a thief!" The blond defended with a growl.
"The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, Mutt. So forgive me if I don't believe you," Kaiba smirked as Jou was wishing to deck his face right now.
"And from what Jou told me, Judai doesn't have any living relatives before being adopted," Yugi spoke up this time, wanting to defuse any fights that might come up, "But thank you for confirming...and with Jou talking about Judai having abilities to see Duel Spirits, and the fact that he's talking with them, it's clear that there's something going on here,"
"Just don't involve me again with your ridiculous adventures, Yugi," Kaiba huffed as he folded his arms, "I'm already busy with my company as it is,"
"Yeah, wouldn't want you to waste your precious boring time," Jou said under his breath, but apparently Kaiba heard him and glared.
"At least I'm making a living your worthless dog. What exactly have you been doing besides babysitting a bunch of brats?"
Jou wanted to get up and strangle the brunet, but Yugi held his sleeve and stood up, bowing his head.
"Thank you for your time anyways Kaiba. It's greatly appreciated," Yugi then was tugging Jounouchi to get the children and not cause a seen.
Kaiba just stared after them and huffed, going back to his laptop to work.
As Yugi and Jou walked to the room where Mokuba and the kids were, they were surprised when Judai was standing in the middle of the table and hands were waving in the air as he was giggling with Johan, who was standing next to him and seems to be doing the same gestures.
"What are they doing?" Jounouchi murmured.
"They said they're petting 'Kisara' The Blue Eyes White Dragon," Mokuba spoke next to them, watching the two kids in awe.
Judai then turned his head, as he smiled brightly at Jou, "Momma look! I made a friend with Kaiba-san's Blue Eyes! She told me her Master was him,"
"She's so pretty," Johan cooed then yelped as he turned around then laughed at nothing, "No, no, Amethyst, you're still the most prettiest!"
Mokuba looked questionably at Yugi and Jou, who just gave shrugs of their own.
It was then Judai gasped and then his eyes were looking up then was landing onto Edo, who raised a brow for a moment.
"Oh! Kisara likes you Edo!" Judai pointed out as Edo looked around his shoulder then frowned.
"I don't see her,"
"She's right behind you!"
Judai argued as Edo was pouting at still seeing nothing as Yugi and Jou suggested they go home.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the darkness, a bony hair reached up to it's mirror, that had the face of a laughing Judai on it.
"I've finally found you...Haou..."
Who IS this mysterious character? And Judai beating Kaiba, was it just a fluke or what? Probably is. But yeah surprising no? I know it would NEVER happen, but this just amused me too greatly. And I wonder what awkwardness will ensue now that Jou has seen Kaiba again. Well that will all be revealed in the next chapter~! :3 So I hope you enjoyed, and again, reviews are greatly appreciated :D Thanks for reading~
