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Chapter 7. A bite outta life.
Jou was startled awake as he felt the ground beneath him move. He looked around and it took him a second to remember what had happened. Oh, right, he had fallen asleep in the back of a truck in a cage that was headed to the underground demon rings. Great.
The brunette, Valon and the blond, Rafaru were moving his cage out of the now parked truck, and this is when Jou panicked. He looked at the two men with fear in his eyes as they began arguing. About Jou.
"What does boss want to do with him?" Rafaru asked
"He wants him to be a bait Inu." Valon replied as he struggled to keep his corner of the cage up.
"Wouldn't he make a good fighter though?"
"Boss thinks he wouldn't be loyal enough. He looks stubborn"
"We could just break him."
"You know, Rafaru, not every Inu responds to violence. You bloomin thug."
"Hey, you ain't a saint either."
"Just shut up, ya bloomin tart." They both chose that moment to drop the cage, causing Jou to twist his wrist and let out a disturbing yelp.
"Go get the other one, I'll get a leash on the bait." Valon ordered. Rafaru grumbled but obeyed non-the-less and went to retrieve Amelda. Valon opened the door to Jou's cage and nearly strangled him with the rope that he put around his neck, dragging the blonde out despite said blonde's attempts to stay in the safety of the cage.
Jou was soon dragged to an opening and tossed through it. Before he could scamper back through a door was shut guillotine style, nearly hitting his nose. He turned around sharply as he heard the cheer of a crowd. Suddenly he had a flash back, more vivid than ever before…
Steel bars. The roar of a crowd. His mother Shouting. "Take me! Kill me! Not my children!" His father barking, trying to ward off their attackers. His sister yelping and screaming in tortured pain as her eyes were gouged out. "Mom! Dad! Shizka!" The smell of blood, urine, drugs, alcohol. Cold gold and green eyes.
Jou pressed himself as close to the side of the ring as possible, his heart pounding, trying to tear out of his chest. He clawed desperately at the wood behind him, eyes on the other Inu he just noticed was in the ring with him. Large, muscular and deadly was how Jou would describe him. He was nearly as tall as Seto…
Seto… Oh how Jou wished he stayed with the brunette! At least he wouldn't die entertaining drunk, stoned and high idiots! He would give anything to back in the Kaiba mansion, even if it ment arguing with Seto! At least he would be safe and well fed! He whimpered and covered his face with his arms, waiting for the big ugly brute that was sharing the ring with him would end it, and hopefully quickly. He waited for the pain…
Instead, the enthusiastic, half slurred, chanting of "fight, fight, fight!" turned to panicked shouting and obvious struggling. He chanced to look up between his arms to see police storming through the doors; arresting everyone they could get a hand on. One woman even had the Inu that would have been the death of him held at boy.
"Jou!" The blonde looked up and saw Amelda leaning over the side of the pit. "He's getting away! Dartz is getting away!" He held his arms out to Jou, who took them and was quickly hoisted over into the crowd, which was quickly thinning.
The two Inus, bent on revenge, ducked through the crowd. Jou could feel his heart racing with adrenaline, his ears folded tight against the back of his head, growl escaping his throat. They pushed through a door and there he was, Dartz, desperately attempting to get a car door open.
The man who caused his sister to suffer. And caused his parents' death.
With only an ounce of hesitation, the blonde launched himself at Dartz, clawing, biting and ripping at and bit of flesh he could reach, savoring those pained screams, the sight of blood pouring out of the wounds he inflicted.
Then he was pulled away. He thrashed, and barked, and howled. He hadn't NEARLY inflicted enough damage! "LET GO!" He growled, reached towards the withering body that once was Dartz.
"Ssshh… Puppy" Jou went still at hearing his voice. The voice that, when directed at him, was so cold and full of loathing, was now attempting to sooth him. "Its okay, he can't hurt you, or anyone else now." And it was working! Jou whimpered as he felt a large hand stroking his hair, his crooked tail thumping against the larger male's leg.
"K-Kaiba…" He turned around in his arms and buried his face in his chest, hands clenching onto his shirt like a lifeline. He vaguely felt a jacket being wrapped around him as he was picked up bridal style.
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Mokuba gasped in horror as his brother carried the Inu into the threshold of the Kaiba mansion. "He's covered in blood! What happened?"
"He attacked someone who deserved it." The brunette said softly. "But keep your voice down, he's sleeping…" He gingerly carried the sleeping blonde up to his (Jou's that is) room and set him on the bed. "Get me a damp cloth, Mokuba." He ordered, earning a nodded from the raven-haired boy, who quickly went to do as requested. While he waited for his returned he watched the mutt sleep. He was covered in blood, and a good amount of it too, yet; somehow he managed to look cute.
Seto mentally slapped himself. He may recognize the blonde as possibly part of the family, but he certainly wasn't cute! Okay… he could be when he tilted his head in confusion when Seto said big words, or when he grinned and wagged his tail at the mere mention of food, or when he was lazily stretched out in front of a window, taking a nap in the mid-day sunlight, or even how he runs around the yard, playing tag with Mokuba.
Other than that he wasn't cute at all. Because Jou was just a mangy little mutt of the street who lost his owner and was too stubborn to tell them anything about it!
The Brunette's musings were cut short by Mokuba returning with the damp towel. Seto took it and gently washed off as much of the blood off the Inu's face as he could. Jou wined in he sleep, shifting a bit before smiling as if at an inside joke.
Stupid… cute mutt!
TWTB: Well, Jou is safe, Dartz is injured, the two henchmen were arrested and Amelda is free! And Seto admitted he though Jou was cute! Awwwwww!
Next time: Rides, food and fun, oh my! Seto, Mokuba and Jou take a trip to Florida! Who knows what insanity will ensue! Better pack some aspirin, Seto! Chapter 8, 'First stop: Magic Kingdom'! We'll see you then!
