Hi guys its me again…im sorry it's been so long since it's been updated but ive had a lot on my plate. Nick and I broke up a week ago and yeah it would have been our 5 month anno on the 17th…im so bummed. Plus school is back in full swing and yeah. Been getting sidetracked.

But one reviewer asked in a review of my new story "Suspicious Much!" (Yep another JouxKaiba one) when the next chapter for this would turn up and another complained in a review of chapter 3 as to how soon I meant when I said 'next chapter coming soon' as it has been (quote, end quote) "2 months already". So I stirred myself and have resolved to get this too you in the fastest times I can. Of course the reason I take so long to update is because my style of writing is long and descriptive (to a fault) so yeah. But ill do my best for you guys cos I love u all so much!

And to ChibiSmiles…haven't heard from ya in a while…how are ya? Hope you like it!

Here we go…

Jounouchi's Prerogative

Chapter 4

"WHEELER! GET OUTTA MY HOUSE, YOU WORTHLESS DOG!"

Jou flinched at the earsplitting roar that the seething business man had let out. It was scary, to be in an unwelcome and unfamiliar environment with a man who apparently wanted nothing more than to shove someone's head through a wall. Jou had a sneaking suspicion that that poor someone would eventually be him. He was very frightened, and with good reason. The billionaire looked ready to kill, and it was the fear of many that they would be around when Seto Kaiba lost his temper. Of course, par to Jou's luck so far this night, Seto kaiba was standing, breathing heavily and in the worst of moods, directly in front of an injured Jou.

'Great. Juuuust great.' Jou thought wearily, pain from his leg now barely registering in his numb mind. It seemed like hell had arrived, just in time to see Jou off. He could feel it, seeping through his body. A combination of exhaustion, pain, weakness and general tiredness that he could sense wavering in his damaged and surrendering physic. He felt about ready to collapse and darkness was already beginning to leech into his sight.

A frightened gurgle from the butler beside him snapped him awake and he raised dull honey eyes to meet the burning sapphire ones, staring at him with such intense emotion that he was sure it would bore right through him. He grimaced and raised the finger to kaiba, a signal that he wasn't as intimidated as his weak boned employees. Kaiba tensed and growled loudly in fury.

Alice grimaced and gathered Mokuba protectively in her large arms, trying to shelter him from the scenario he was caught in. Mokuba himself was huddled over, eyes wide with fear and surprise. He always believed that his brother was a good person, and yet here Seto Kaiba was, being anything but good. It must have come as quite a shock, as it was well known that Kaiba cared for his brother and made every effort to be civil when his younger brother was around. Such courtesies must not have risen to Kaiba's mind, and Jou would bet his lunch for a week that Mokuba had never seen his brother like this.

Charles had taken two steps backwards to give the furious man some room, inadvertently banging into the table. Not that he noticed; his attention was transfixed on the seething brunette.

"What the fuck are you doing here, you ratty asshole?" Kaiba hissed at Jou, eyes glinting with anger and hate. He seethed; frustrated that no one was daring to answer him. Jou didn't want to speak-he didn't trust himself not to piss off the man even more. Growling angrily, Kaiba snapped a finger at Charles, barking out an order. "It's the middle of the fucking night! Why did you let that punk in here, of all places?"

Charles, lost for words, threw his hands up over his face as though he thought Kaiba was going to strike him. Immediately Jou thought that Kaiba looked about ready to smash someone through a wall. Kaiba clenched his fists and took two arrogant steps forward, closing in on his terrified manservant.

"ANSWER ME!"

"He-uh…I mean...he just showed up!" The frightened man stumbled out, tripping over his words in the effort of trying to please his boss with a suitable answer. Kaiba sneered and growled slightly. The butler made a desperate attempt to move away from his employer, failing to avoid the piercing cerulean eyes glaring angrily at him. Stumbling for an excuse he said, "I couldn't leave him out-out there…its cold you know…and I-I didn't…"

"You didn't? Didn't what?" he snapped, silencing the butler's apologetic ramblings with a glare. Brushing his long grayed ponytail over his shoulder, Charles gave up and stared at the floor, avoiding Kaiba's demanding glare and not answering him. Jou suspected that Charles didn't want to explain why, or wasn't sure himself. Kaiba however took it as a show of defiance, and he grabbed Charles by the throat and forced his face upwards. "Answer me now, or ill fire you! Why is he HERE?" he spat in the old mans face.

There was a fleeting motion from the corner of Jou's eyes, and he turned in time to see Alice ushering a mortified Mokuba out of the kitchen door to his left. She turned back around in time to see kaiba reach for Charles throat and her eyes widened in fear and anger when she saw the aggressive action. She frowned, obviously disapproving.

"Let go of him, you idiot-RIGHT NOW!" she suddenly shouted, startling Jou to hear her raise her kindly voice. He sat down, feeling his legs go weak and his balance withering. Kaiba whipped his head around and stared at the adamant woman in front of him. He let go of the old man, who massaged his throat and gasped for breath.

"What did you just say?" he said softly, a dangerous glint in his eye.

Steeling her nerve, Alice stood up straight and tall, the top of her head coming up to Kaiba's chin. She picked up her faithful wooden spoon which Jou had just noticed she had put on the table in the panic and faced kaiba with an unreadable expression.

"You heard me, kaiba. I called you an idiot. Because that is exactly what you are acting like! Do you even know this boy? Why is it so difficult for you to accommodate for one injured boy in your enormous mansion?" she said levelly, trying to mask the emotion in her voice. Kaiba stood up, his energy sapping. Suddenly Jou noticed the sleep lines around his eyes and the fatigue of his motions. It looked like kaiba has had about as much sleep as Jou.

Alice continued, her softening voice reasoning with the brunette and unobtrusively trying to find a resolution. She didn't let him butt in with a comment, and it was obvious that kaiba was loosing the will to argue. "Why don't you let him stay? Hes injured and your little brother really wants him to stay. I can make sure he has nothing to do with you…does that suit you?"

Jou was impressed and he looked at kaiba with heavily lidded eyes. She obviously knew what she was doing, as Jou could see kaiba begin to melt and cave in as soon as his brother was mentioned. The prospect of not having to put up with Jou and have nothing to do with him finally seemed to win kaiba around, and Jou was thankful for the portly woman's reasoning skills and that she was on his side, not Kaiba's.

With a sigh of defeat kaiba spun on his heel and stalked towards the door. He paused for a moment and then turned around, fixing Jou with a cold glare. "You had better be gone before I get home from work tomorrow evening." He said icily, narrowing his eyes at the two Head Servants as if that was an order. Jou stood and balanced himself, noticing how his body wasn't responding the way it should. A cold shiver sped down his spine and a wave of dizziness clouded his vision for a split second before he regained himself fast enough to catch kaiba snap, "Do I make myself clear, mutt?

Jou sneered in contempt and started to move towards the left, making to get a glass of water and ignore the mutt comment. Kaiba hated it when Jou turned his back on him, and this was a prime example. Jou didn't care-all he wanted was something to drink. His mouth was so dry and his head was spinning. His cheeks felt flushed and hot, yet he had cold spasms with every move. Something was definitely not right. He just wanted to sleep.

Alice and Charles let him go, watching silently. Kaiba frowned as he noticed the wobble in the puppy's steps and the gingertenderness Jou was giving his obviouslydamaged leg. Jou reached the tap, pulled a glass towards him and filled it, turning the tap off again and taking a few moments to stop and stare at the glass. Jou shook the blonde out of his face and tried desperately to focus on the chilled glass, but his eyes wouldn't do it and colors were starting to leech from his vision. He took two steps back and turned, glass in hand, to see the concerned faces of Alice and Charles and the curious yet still fuming stare of Seto kaiba.

"Jou? Are you alright, dear? You look so very pale." Alice asked, a soft and concerned look on her round face.

Jou merely smiled and took a couple of steps forward, as if to say that he was fine. Not that that was how he felt. He knew what was going to happen, and he wished kaiba wasn't there to see it. He didn't want it to be because of pity that kaiba would let Jou be here for a while longer, but worrying about that was the furthest thing from Jou's mind.

He smiled again and, without warning, the glass slipped through his fingers, shattering and spilling its contents all over the floor. With a final glance at the brunette before him, Jou fell to his knees and collapsed, finally surrendering to the damaged and sickly demands of his body. His eyes open still, all he heard before his vision went blank was the startled gasp of an old man and the shocked scream of a woman. Then his world went dark, and he heard the rustling of clothes as the kind woman knelt beside him and took him gently into her arms.

"Im sorry…for everything…Seto…" he whispered, before his bland and dulled honey eyes closed and his head dropped onto her shoulder.

Jounouchi Katsuya passed out in the kitchen of Kaiba Manor in the arms of the Head Night Maid, being watched with worry by the tired and remarkably concerned Seto Kaiba.

Lady Luck and Madame Fate were certainly having fun tonight.

Well then. I wrote this in one night-whoop go me-it was a good night. There, so now you all can stop complaining.

Poor Jou huh? Yeah well, you try being out at midnight with a busted ankle in the middle of a freezing cold night and not get sick. Im gonna have it as pneumonia or chronic fatigue or something. good idea, ne?

Some of u complained that I wasn't updating this fast enough, so fine- I won't tell you that ill update soon, so I don't offend you when I don't. All I can do is promise that I will try my hardest to get this done for you all, and I send you all my love. Mwaa

Tell me what you think should happen next. How should kaiba react? Jou called him Seto in his moment of need. What will Jou do when he wakes up in kaiba manor and don't really remember what happened the night before? What will kaiba do when Mokuba asks for Jou to stay over?

R&R, Love Me.