OurConnection

Summary: The story involves 10 high school students, Yugi, Heba, Yami, Atem, Malik, Marik, Bakura, Ryou, Joey and Seto, who are all members of the Rebellion Club, also known as detention within the school. One day, they begin experiencing a phenomenon. These phenomenons bring the group closer together, creating a friendship between them. As these ten friends face many phenomena, they soon realize this is the work of a mad-man.

Warnings: Strong language and other mature subjects. This is your warning, no other warning will be given in this story, so if you can't handle any Yaoi, please turn back now. There maybe some incest that will come, but it is not in the main pairing.

Pairings: Puzzleshipping, Bronzeshipping, Tendershipping, Puppyshipping, Blindshipping. These may subject to change, because of a twist but these are the main pairings.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or its characters. It all belongs to its creator

||Outside the School||

When the three left the school yard, Heba stopped to look around. "Ah, guys. Where's Joey?" He asked the other two, who stopped mid-sentence about the game they would be playing. They looked around the front of the school, but there was no sign of him.

"Maybe, him and Malik will meet us at Ryou's." Yugi wondered out loud. Ryou nodded, agreeing with Yugi, as Joey would often meet at his place whether they talked about hanging out or not.

Heba sighed. "Maybe, but we have to go to home first, Yugi. You know grandpa's rules." He reminded Yugi.

"Okay, well, we'll catch up with you later, Ryou." Yugi chimed happily. "Race you home, Heba?"

"You're on. Later, Ryou!" Heba shouted as he started to take off towards home. Yugi frowned at Heba taking off so fast, but he too, took off.

Ryou giggled and waved them off, before turning and heading to his own home. It wasn't far from the school. When he reached the end of the fence line surrounding the school, an arm reached out to him and Ryou jumped. "Ah!"

"Sorry." The hand left Ryou's shoulder, and Ryou turned around to see that it was Malik standing there, with a cigarette in his mouth. "Joey told me to wait here and said you'd be heading this way."

"Oh, that's all right. You just scared me." Ryou smiled and placed a hand over his heart, he sure felt like he was scared to death from this surprise. "Say, where did Joey go?"

Malik shrugged his shoulders and removed the cigarette from his mouth. "I have no idea, he just took off, yelling at Kaiba and then Kaiba pushed him into the limo. Who really knows with those two. They are always bickering at each other in class, wouldn't surprise me if Kaiba had enough of him and decided to kill him."

Ryou gasped and his eyes grew wide. "No, no. Kaiba wouldn't seriously hurt Joey, much less kill him." Now he worried about his friend's safety.

"Ryou, I was kidding." Malik rolled his eyes and dropped his smoke, before stepping on it. "I'm sure whatever Joey was yelling about, him and Kaiba have some business to deal with. All I heard was Joey yelling at Kaiba about costing him his job."

"Oh, my. Joey lost his job and it was because of Kaiba. He never said anything about it though. It must have really bothered him. Joey was trying so hard to get a job and keep it." Ryou sighed, he felt bad for Joey.

"Joey was kind of depressed all morning, especially growling whenever he heard Kaiba's voice, so I'm sure he's going to be the one punching Kaiba a few times." Malik shrugged, he never seen Joey and Kaiba fight with fists, probably because they were in the classroom, but with words, those two were at each other's throats.

Ryou nodded, worrying about Joey was going to get him no where. He pulled out his phone and sent Joey a text, just to be on the safe side. "Come on, my place isn't far from here. What do you like to eat? I'm sure I could find something you are willing to eat in my house."

"Ah." Malik was dumbfounded by Ryou's politeness. "Just make whatever you were thinking of making. I'll eat it even if I don't like it."

"Non sense. I like to cook for my guests and I always try to cook their favourites. Since this is such short notice for me and I haven't made it to the store to pick up anything special, I'll let you look for yourself and pick today's meal." Ryou smiled and took Malik's hand and lead him to his place.

Malik blushed a bit from when Ryou took his head, but he pulled back. He walked beside Ryou the rest of the way, not holding hands.

||Kaiba Mansion||

"Oh, Seto." Mokuba called out to his big brother, as he opened the door to Seto's office. "Why is Joey outside yelling at the door? I asked the butler why he wasn't letting Joey in, but he said it was your orders."

"He's being a pest. I brought him here to discuss something, but he insists on yelling at me, he can come in when he has cooled down, or he can simply leave. I don't care at this moment." Seto Kaiba continued to type on his laptop and talk at the same time. "If he is bothering you, then I suggest you tell him to leave."

Mokuba shook his head and left the office, closing the door behind him. He didn't understand his brother. Why would he bring Joey here when they went to the same school? He decided to go and see for himself what Joey's problem was.

Walking down the long hallway, all the way to the staircase. Mokuba had wanted to go out the front door, but it was clear that the butler had locked the door to comply to Seto's orders. He walked to the sitting room, where no one was and walked out to the backyard pool. He walked along side the mansion till he made it to the front.

"Hey, Joey!" Mokuba called out to the sandy blond, who was pounding on the door and yelling. He was surprised Joey even heard him and stopped what he was doing.

Joey turned around and grinned goofy at Mokuba. "Well, there's a friendly face. What you doing, Mokuba?"

"I came to check up on you. I can hear you from the gaming room. My brother said if you stopped yelling at him, he would like to talk to you." Mokuba told Joey.

"Ah, Kaiba just wants to rub it in my face." Joey crossed his arms and looked away. He really did hate that Kaiba costed him his job, where Kaiba can be a CEO of a company and go to school still. That was the fucked up part of all this.

"Well, I'd appreciate if you just stopped yelling and banging at the door." Mokuba told Joey, putting his hands on his hips. "I could let you in the back way, if and only if you promised not to yell at my big brother. When Seto has something to discuss it's usually important, so hear him out, at least. Don't like what he has to say, then leave."

Joey looked down at Mokuba wondering just where Mokuba was getting this attitude. He could guess he had been a bit loud and if Mokuba was doing something important, well Joey would be pissed too if he was interrupted. "Okay, Mokuba. You got yourself a deal then. I won't yell at Kaiba and if I don't like what moneybags has to say, I'll leave."

"Good, now come this way. I'll take you in through the back door, but we have to be quiet." Mokuba put a finger to his lips, telling Joey to be quiet and waved Joey to follow him.

Along side of the mansion, to the backyard where the pool was, Joey stopped for a moment to take in the sights. Never had he been to Kaiba's place, much less think that Kaiba would have a pool. It was probably for Mokuba. He followed Mokuba in and was stopped at the doorway, as Mokuba checked to see if the coast was clear. Mokuba gestured to Joey to follow him again. Joey felt like him and Mokuba were part of a spy flick with all the hand gestures Mokuba made and the sneaking around they were doing.

Mokuba and Joey made it to the office door where Kaiba was, typing away at his computer. Mokuba knocked twice before opening the door and walked in. "Hey, big brother. Someone is here to see you." He chimed out and walked into the office, making his way to a chair in front of the desk.

Joey peeked in, and followed slowly behind Mokuba before taking the other chair. Kaiba had finished typing out something, before turning his attention to Joey and folded his hands in front of his face as his elbows rested on the top of the desk. "Mokuba, if you may, I would like to speak with Wheeler alone."

Mokuba frowned, but looked to Joey. "You made a deal, better stick to your word." He got up and skipped out of the room, closing the door behind him.

Kaiba looked at his desktop computer and there were security cameras displayed on the screen showing that Mokuba was indeed leaving the hallway, probably to go back to the games room. He looked back at his laptop and started typing again.

Joey sat there for a few minutes till all this silence and typing keys was driving him mad. "Okay, Kaiba. I'm here and you wanted to talk, so talk." He didn't know why he even bothered to come. It would have been better if he just left and went back home, but home was far from the mansion here, and he didn't have money, nor seen any taxi cabs in this area.

"Hold that thought, Wheeler." Kaiba picked up the phone ad dial a number. "Yes, I would like 25 packages of that product to be sent out. Make sure it's done by the end of the day." He hung up the phone just like that.

Joey raised a brow. How could he just dial a number and tell someone what to do without saying who he was? Probably caller display, but it sure as hell confused Joey. With all this confusion and waiting, he was ready to give up and leave, but before he could make a move, Kaiba opened his mouth.

"I understand that you had that job as a delivery boy, Wheeler. You know school policies of not holding a job during school time. If you had a summer job that's fine, but you know the policies." Kaiba spoke to Joey in a business manner. "I would like for you to answer a few questions for me. As in why you would break rules and hold a job? Another question asking, how is it you got yourself a driver's license without actually taking the test?"

Joey coughed a bit, he couldn't believe Kaiba found that out. Though, it surprised him, but Kaiba had the resources to find things out. "You see, I need the job since my father wouldn't get off my back about not working." He avoided the last question.

"So, your father, a Mr. Wheeler, who works down at the docks. He seems it have a few violations against him because of his work ethics." Kaiba searched through a pile of papers on his desk before flipping to the one he wanted. "Drinking on the job, operating equipment while intoxicated. Some how, the list goes on, and yet, your father still holds the job. Sounds like a good father figure, do you drink, Wheeler?"

Scratching his head, Joey was thinking this sounded more like an interview then just talking. "No, I don't drink. I can say I have had a sip before, but I don't drink." He was thinking he should just answer Kaiba's questions with a straight answer, but who know what else Kaiba had on him.

"Now, back to this driver's permit you have. How do you have a license, yet never took a test? Care to explain yourself?" Kaiba looked up at Joey with piercing eyes. Those eyes could almost burn a hole right through Joey.

At least, Kaiba didn't have information on this. Or, did he and wanted Joey to answer the truth? Joey rubbed his forehead, feeling the pressure of Kaiba's words and not knowing what to say exactly. If he told the truth, Kaiba could have him arrested. Was it worth that? "I'll explain myself, if you promise not to inform the police." He told Kaiba.

"Is there a reason I should call the authorities? Did you perhaps commit a murder to get yourself a valid license? Your not explaining yourself, Wheeler." Kaiba told Joey, as he reached for his phone. "Perhaps you did commit a murder and I should call you in."

"No!" Joey jumped up and placed his hand on top of Kaiba's to stop him from picking up the receiver. "I didn't commit a murder, if that's what you are implying. I only took my father's certificates and got a driver's permit under his name." He spilled the beans.

"You realize that would mean you would have to change your personal identification to your father's name, though, you and your father carry the same name. How did you fake your age then?" Kaiba asked Joey.

"They never asked. Just went through with it and took a picture of me. They never asked questions. I was just happy they did it with no issues." Joey looked down at Kaiba and noticed his hand was still placed on top of Kaiba's so he quickly removed his hand.

Kaiba moved his hand and held it out to Joey. "May I see this license of yours?" He asked Joey, who reached back for his wallet and took out the card and handed it to Kaiba. Kaiba looked at it, and it seemed legit. He opened a drawer and grabbed out a pair of scissors and cut the card in half. "There."

Joey stared at Kaiba when he saw the card sitting there on the desk in half. "B-but why?" Well, he knew it was something illegal, but why did Kaiba do that?

"Easy. You will earn your driver's permit the right way. If it's a big deal to have it, I'll sign you up for the program and pay for it. I'm sure if you were driving before without actually having the lessons, you should pass the driver's exam with no problems, since you haven't gotten a ticket with the fake one." Kaiba threw out the card in the trash.

Joey was dumbfounded by this. "What did you say?" He cleared out his right ear with his pinkie finger. "Did you just say you would pay for the classes?"

Kaiba nodded. "Yes, I did say that. Of course, it would be after school, so you should be fine. Now, I would like to address the main reason I wanted to talk to you, Wheeler." He grabbed a file out of the desk drawer. "I would like to hire you as an assistant. I can see that money is tight for you and your father, probably the reason you had a job in the first place. What do you say, Wheeler?"

The gears in Joey's head were really rolling, as he was trying to comprehend exactly what Kaiba was talking about. Why would Kaiba sabotage his last job so that he got fired or quit, then want to hire Joey? "Why? Why go through all this trouble?"

"Why not? It amusing for me." Kaiba grinned lightly. "These are the regulations and contract. Read them over, and don't tell anyone about them. You can give me your answer by the end of this week, as you might need the time to read this over." He placed the file folder in front of Joey. "You may leave now."

Joey hesitated and took the file folder and got up. "Wait? How am I going to get home? I have no idea how to get back home from here. Clearly, I can't grab a cab out here."

"Just tell the driver where to take you. I'll call him to meet you in the front." Kaiba picked up the phone and pressed a button. "Yes, would you please drive Wheeler home, he will give you directions." He hung up and turned back to his laptop.

Joey shook his head, not believing what was happening. It was like some weird occurrence that just happened here, but he got up and decided to go straight home and read this file over to understand what Kaiba was asking of him.

||End of Chapter||

There's a another chapter for you all. As Londa1795 had said would be nice to see was an interaction with Joey and Seto back in Chapter 4. Well, I tried to figure out where I could put this interaction and there it is. Hopefully, more will come. Thank you to all the replies, makes me want to push out more chapters. Also, if you want to follow me on Archive of Our Own, you can see what else I write up, under the same name.