Let's see, where did I leave off? Oh, yes…Jou's spiraling descent into an unbearable madness. Sounds like fun? I thought so. I did heed the requests that Seto and Mokuba not be the next victims on my list…but I said there were six…and there's only two left! MWAHAHAHAHA! –Shelby-
Disclaimer: I do not own the YuGiOh series or any names mentioned.
I have to get some place safe; I have to get some place safe…some…place…safe... This sentence ran like a twisted mantra through Jou's head while he stumbled about blindly in the streets. He shivered and hunkered down under a bed of old soggy newspapers and nodded.
Yes, this is what I deserve. I deserve to freeze to death in a dark alley where nobody can see what horrible things I've done. This is some place safe. I am safe.
You won't be safe until you've completed your task, Jounouchi.
Ah, Father, I was just thinking about you!
Of course you were…I'm not an idiot.
Could've fooled me…
Shut your trap, fool! Your job isn't over yet, there is much work to be done. There's still two more bodies to add to the pile and I'm sure my little surprise gave it all away.
That was you? You were the one who placed the bodies in my room? What kind of sick and malicious game are you playing at?!
It's something terrible and something wonderful, Jou. I don't believe you'll ever truly understand until what you love most is taken away from you when you couldn't do a thing to stop it. Yes, you won't understand…for now.
For now? What do you mean 'For now'?"
I'm just saying that in due time, Jounouchi, you'll come to suffer just like we all have to suffer. It's all for the greater good, Jou.
Yeah, the greater good, my ass! This is madness! (This is SPARTA! Lol sorry, couldn't resist!)
Madness, indeed, Jou… madness, indeed.
A shuffling of footsteps awakened Jou from his battle within. A man in a navy nurse's smock held a flashlight and walked cautiously towards Jou. Jou felt the brightness of innocence slipping and the darkness of Father overtaking him.
"Hi there, stranger. I'm Takahashi Shin, what's your name?" He looked down at Jou from his sandy hair and smiled.
"Takahashi Shin?" Jou mumbled.
"That's right, good for you! What's your name?" He held out his hand and waited patiently for Jou to take it.
"M-m-my name is K-Katsuya J-J-Jounouchi," Jou stuttered. The icy cold of the night had given him a bad sniffle and he couldn't breathe properly. He reached up frailly and grasped Shin's hand tightly. "Where am I?" he asked.
"You're outside a hospital, Jounouchi. It looks like you could use some help. Do you need help?" After Shin had pulled Jou to his feet, Jou took on a look of extreme terror.
"Please, I beg you, get me somewhere safe! I cannot hurt him! I can't! He's going to make me kill them all, all six of them!" Jou started to cry.
"Who's going to make you do this, Jounouchi?" Shin asked.
"Father! He's going for the last two! There were four and only two more! I can't do it, please don't let me kill them all!" Jou buried himself into Shin's shoulder and cried even harder.
"Who did you kill, Jounouchi?" Shin remained calm but inside he felt a horror growing faster every moment.
"I killed them, Shin! The four on the news! Ryuuji Otogi, I slit his wrists at the Iwakuni Barracks! Mutou Yugi, I gave him a bomb! Hiroto Honda, I stabbed his eye with a nail file and I backstabbed Mazaki Anzu with a steak knife at the Kaiba Mansion! Please, Shin, take me somewhere safe!" Jou finally cried the last few tears and fell down in exhaustion.
"Then let's get you somewhere safe," Shin murmured.
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