The Five Shades Of Blue
Chapter Four
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh, if I did, then I'd be sitting and thinking... "What the hell am I supposed to do now?"
WARNING: CONTAINS YAOI, SWEARING, ADULT SITUATIONS ETC.
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"Of course I'll move in wid ya."
One week later...
Jou had managed to pack the majority of his belongings by himself, all that was left to do was call Movers'n'Shakers to come and transport the multitude of boxes over to the Kaiba estate. He'd been on the phone all morning, first calling Seto's office and then Shizuka's place. There wasn't any answer from the latter. Jou was only slightly worried at this, seeing as though his sister had a habit of staying over at friend's places. She was afraid of being alone, and has been since Jou moved away to live with his father, which was a long time ago. They say that time heals all wounds, but Shizuka's were psychological scars, something that would probably never heal. She was abandoned in a sense...
Jou sighed and planted his hands on his hips, staring down at the stacks of boxes in his lounge room.
"It's gonna be a long day." He said aloud. "Might as well take out de trash."
He whistled as he went about carrying the trash bags, he could've called room service but he wanted to get out into some fresh air, the stink of the garbage he was carrying didn't exactly help, but after spending hours cramming everything he owned into boxes he thought he needed some 'outside' time.
Once in the elevator, he pushed the button for the ground floor, then a memory from his childhood came back to him. He smirked and set the garbage bags down, and pushed every button, causing the man that was in the elevator with him, to cough rather loudly and sigh over and over again. It didn't bother Jou, as far as he was concerned, he was floating on cloud nine. Just knowing that he was going to live with Seto created violent butterflies in his stomach. He loved it.
The elevator doors slid open smoothly once it reached the ground floor. Jou hefted the garbage bags in both hands and proceeded to walk through the lobby, earning glares from the rich snobs that usually hung around there. He walked outside and turned left into the rather large alleyway, littered with giant commercial dumpsters. He didn't bother to try and throw the bags in, so he just left them next to one of the smaller dumpsters. He turned on his heel and nearly fell backwards after coming face to face with his sister.
"Shizuka! Jeez you scared de hell outta me."
"Big brother I nee-" Shizuka lost consciousness, and fell forward. Jou caught her just in time.
Heart pounding, he slung Shizuka's limp form over his shoulders and ran back into the building, into the elevator and back into his suite. He fumbled with his cardkey but managed to get in without dropping his sister. Once inside, he set her down on the couch, wet a wash towel and dabbed her forehead with it.
"Shizuka? Sis.. C'mon wake up." Jou was panicky now, he turned around and scoped out the living room for his cell. He found it on the floor next to one of the boxes and snatched it up quickly. Dialling the emergency number, he sat down next to his sister and waited.
"Big brother wait." Shizuka said thickly, her vision was blurred and her tongue was numb.
Jou immediately hung up, tears in his eyes, he shoved his cell into his pocket.
"Sis what happened?"
Shizuka looked at him for a moment, as if she were trying to process the word 'happened'.
"I-" She began.
"What? What da fuck happened Shizuka?" Jou was trembling now, he was too panicky before to notice anything odd about Shizuka's appearance.
Dark circles under her eyes, in sharp contrast to the ghostly white of her skin. She was sweating and looked like a corpse that'd been floating down river for a month.
Jou took her hand, it was clammy, his was warm. He couldn't stop the hiss that came out of his mouth automatically.
Shizuka sniffled and slowly pulled herself into a sitting position. Jou didn't let go of her hand.
"Sis, you gotta tell me what happened. You look real bad y'know, I think I should call a doc-"
"NO!"
Jou was taken aback. He slowly let go of her hand and looked her right in the eye.
"Sis, I'm no doctor but I'm pretty sure ya need one righ' now."
"I-I can't."
"Dammit ya have to! Dat's it I'm callin' up."
"KATSUYA NO!"
Jou had already pulled out his cell, but Shizuka snatched it out of his hand and threw it across the room in one frenzied motion. She was panting heavily now, and looked frighteningly weak. Jou grimaced when the phone smashed into the wall and broke. He turned to face his sister and bit his lower lip.
"Alrigh', I won't call anyone, but ya gotta tell me... What happened to ya?"
Shizuka placed her hand over her breast pocket instinctively. Jou noticed this... There was a lump in the pocket. He suspected she was hiding something from him.
She took a few deep breaths and sighed. She looked into her brother's eyes. Honey. Glimmering with absolute devotion. Not worthy of her. She avoided his gaze and stared resolutely out the window. Jou took this opportunity to use his pick pocket skills from his youth. He snatched a small, unmarked packet out of her pocket. She felt something brush against her chest and her hand shot up to her breast pocket once again.
Big mistake.
"Give it back Katsuya."
"Why what's in it?" His brow came together in confusion.
"What'r ya hidin' from me sis?"
"I SAID GIVE IT BACK IT'S MINE!" she screamed, tugging at the hem of Jou's shirt. She didn't have very much strength left and so she lost consciousness once again. Jou carefully put the packet into his trouser pocket and then fixed Shizuka's position. He took the wet towel and placed it gently on her forehead before getting up and making his way to the kitchen. He pulled out the packet and set it down on the table. It looked familiar, in a disturbing kind of way.
He gulped. It all came back to him. In his teen years, drugs.
'God. Oh God not her..'
He opened the packet cautiously, as if the contents would jump out and rip his face off. He took in a few shaky breaths and picked a small syringe out of the packet.
She was using heroin.
The same hard drug he'd warned her about when he was living with his gang.
Don't touch the stuff Shizuka, it'll suck the life out of you.
I promise I won't big brother..
Jou let out a choked sob. Soon his entire body was shaking. He was crying so hard, but silently. He had to be strong.
After a good ten minutes he wiped his tears with a new determination. He quickly disposed of the packet and it's contents, and reconnected the hotel phone in his bedroom. He was gonna call the best fucking rehab centre in the city. But first, he had to call Seto.
He picked up on the thirteenth ring.
"What sort of fucking idiot let's the phone ring more that ten times!" Seto's harsh tone ravaged Jou's insides.
"Seto, it's me."
Silence.
"Katsuya? Oh.. I'm.. I'm sorry I thought it was an employee."
"S'alrite, listen Seto, I gotta tell you somethin' important okay?"
"Sure puppy, I'm listening." Seto's voice softened, and Jou was glad for that.
Jou told him everything. The entire phone conversation lasted for about twenty minutes, and ended with Seto promising to hire the best doctors in the country to go with Shizuka to rehab. No sooner did Jou hang up, the phone came to life again, ringing loudly and startling Jou.
"Jounouchi Katsuya speakin'."
"Hey little brother."
Jou's eyes widened and his breath hitched. The voice on the other line sensed it.
"Missed me?"
"Who.. Who is dis!"
"That's no way to talk to your older brother."
Jou gulped. He answered tentatively, "Logan?"
A/N: I know I've been updating daily, and I'm not sure how long I'm gonna continue doing that, so if the next chapter comes out after more than a couple of days, don't think I've stopped writing okies? Hope you liked this one! Please Review. Reviews are the lifeblood of authors.