Sigh… sorry, too tired to review… enjoy chappie… If you think it's poorly written tell me, I feel that this isn't as good as my usual work…
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Chapter 10-Can Never Be Loved by Johan
"WELCOME TO MY HUMBLE ABODE!" The doors of the mansion burst open as a very large fat man came out. He had a full beard and mustache and a hearty laugh. His eyes were blue. He was wearing a tailored dark blue suit.
Judai and Johan stared at him curiously. They too wore suits, since Bingham and Benson made them.
The big man looked down. "Ah… you are the duke's son, correct?"
"Uh… yea…" Johan replied hesitantly.
The big man raised his hand to his chin and nodded in content. Suddenly he pointed his finger at Judai very fast and bellowed. "THEN YOU ARE THE MARQUIS OF LONDON!!!"
Judai's head sunk into his suit as he stared at the large man in fear. "Yes…" he whimpered meekly.
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
"YES!" Judai tried his best to yell.
The big man gave out a hearty laugh as he introduced himself. "IT'S A PLEASURE TO MAKE YOUR AQUAINTANCE! I AM BARON WORTHINGTON!"
'Great… he's the baron…' Judai thought.
"Daddy, you're too loud!" A feminine voice came behind the large man.
Judai wondered who it was as Johan's eyes widened with excitement.
"Ah yes, this is my daughter, Alicia." The Baron moved aside to meet a girl a bit shorter than Judai and Johan. She had golden blonde hair that dangled on he shoulders gracefully and a black hair band on her head. She wore a sleek blue dress and a long sleeved yellow sweater. She also had the same blue eyes as her father.
She smiled warmly until she noticed Johan. "Johan!" she screamed as she jumped towards the bluenette.
"Alicia!" Johan replied catching her and spinning her around before setting her down. Both laughing happily with each other.
Judai glared at her in jealousy. His fist clenched hard and turning white.
"Alicia! Where are your manners?! Say hello to the Marquis of London!" Said the Baron.
She stopped laughing and cocked her head in confusion. "Marquis?"
The baron gestured his head towards Judai, trying to be discreet.
"Oh! My apologies!" Alicia quickly turned towards Judai and curtsied before introducing herself. "My name is Alicia M. Worthington; it's a pleasure to meet you." She stuck out her hand.
Judai froze abruptly, remembering the etiquette teachings Bingham forced into his head.
"Likewise…" Judai said nonchalantly as he knelt down and took her hand. He placed a chaste kiss upon the hand and looked up at her. "I am Marquis Yuki, you can call me Judai." Judai took a second and looked over her figure. "You are quite beautiful."
She blushed and giggled before taking her hand away.
Judai stood up and glanced at Johan. He had a disgusted expression on his face.
"Johan? What's wrong?" Judai questioned.
"Nothing Judai…" Johan mumbled as he turned around.
"Well don't just stand there! COME IN!" said the Baron.
Judai and Johan entered. "Marquis please follow me." Said the Baron.
Judai went towards the direction of the Baron and Johan followed. The Baron quickly moved between Johan and Judai holding his palm out.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Andersen. But this matter is between the Marquis and I. Please be patient. "
Johan moved his head out of the way to look at Judai. Judai gestured him to go along with what he said. The bluenette sighed before replying, "All right, I understand."
"Good"
Judai and the Baron proceeded into a room while Johan went around the house. "Wow… It's been a long time since I've been here." Johan thought aloud.
"Hey Johan!"
Johan turned his head towards the staircase. "Hey Alicia."
"It's been awhile! How was Japan?" Alicia asked curiously.
"It was alright" replied Johan. "Saw new places, had fun duels, made new friends."
"Speaking of friends." Alicia interrupted. "How'd you make friends with the Marquis?"
"Well it's a long story, but he was my best friend, we met in Japan. He came with me back to England and discovered he was the son of the missing Marquis. Oh yea, he was also the number one duelist in Duel Academy"
"Oh…." She replied, pretending to be interested. "He's nice… and cute…" She said dreamily.
Johan sweat dropped. Not quite sure how to react.
"Anyway Johan, did you get me a gift?!" Alicia started excitedly.
"Uh nothing sorry Alicia…" Johan rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"Aw… well… you still want my present?" Alicia asked curiously while walking closer to Johan.
"Sure" Johan said, obliviously.
Alicia leaned in gave Johan a quick kiss on the cheek. Johan blushed while Alicia smiled. "Like it?"
"Uhhhh…" Johan was speechless, his hand covering the spot where he was kissed.
"I regret us breaking up, and I wanna get back together." She explained carefully.
Johan sighed, knowing where this was gonna go. "Alicia, sorry, but I'm taken."
Alicia froze, but suddenly calmed down. "Oh… well… that's unfortunate…"
"Yea…" Johan said continuously rubbing the back of his head.
"Well, who is it?" Alicia asked very curiously.
"Well, you already met the person, the Marquis." Johan explained bluntly.
Alicia froze again, she turned slowly to face Johan. "You mean… you're… gay?"
"Well yea…"
"I thought you said he was your best friend?!" She spoke, the tone of her voice getting louder.
"Well yea… but we fell in love." Johan said, still rubbing the back of his head. (Gonna be bald there one day….)
"Well… I'm not gonna let him have you until I get to do this!" Alicia suddenly leapt for Johan and pressed her lips onto his. Johan shocked, was pushed against the wall and was stunned. Just when she started poking her tongue in, Johan broke off, panting.
Alicia stood back and smiled. Johan glared at her, wiping his mouth.
"Hahahaha! That's my girl! Targets the young boys that she wants!"
Johan and Alicia turned to see the Baron chuckling loudly and Judai smiling.
Johan's eyes widened when he focused on Judai. Instantly he could tell that he had on a fake smile. That was not the smile he loved, the one that warmed every part of someone's body. That smile… it was sad… it pained Johan to see it.
"Judai…" Johan whispered gently as he walked towards Judai cautiously.
Judai turned his head towards Johan, smile still on his face. "What Johan?" Judai said cheerfully.
Johan was about to break down when suddenly Alicia spoke up. "Hey Judai, Johan said you're quite the duelist, how about a match with me?"
"Sure…" Judai said, a smile on his face.
"Don't go easy on me now!" Alicia said cheerfully.
"I don't plan on it…" Judai whispered under his breath harshly. Luckily no one heard it, but Johan. Johan's eyes widened as he stared at Judai. (btw, ima add cards that Judai doesn't use normally)
"Ready? DUEL!" Judai and Alicia said in unison. (don't worry, it's a one turn duel)
Judai-4000 Alicia-4000
Alicia spoke, "My turn! Draw!" She glanced over her cards and smirked. "I summon Dunames Dark witch in Defense mode! And I play Type Zero Magic Crusher! This allows me to discard magic cards which will damage you directly! Now I play Card destruction! Both players must discard their hands and draw back the original amount of cards."
Dunames dark witch appeared and a machine appears behind her.
Def 1050
"I discard 3 magic cards! 1500 points of damage to you!"
Judai groaned as an electric beam shot from the trap and hit him.
Judai-2500 Alicia-4000
Now Judai spoke, some anger in his eyes, "My turn! Draw!" He glances at his cards and quickly finds a strategy. "I summon flare scarab! Next I play Monster Reborn! This allows me to summon any monster in both opponents graveyard. I pick, Elemental Hero, Featherman!"
Flare scarab appears on the field. Atk500 Featherman appears on the field. Atk1000
"I activate fake hero! This allows me to summon Neos directly to the field! Come Neos!"
Neos appears on the field. Atk2500
"Go! Contact Fusion! I fuse flare scarab and Neos to form, Elemental Hero Flare Neos!" Atk 2500
"Next I play Neo Space! It increases my flare Neos's attack points by 500!" They're surrounded with a rainbow aura as Flare Neos's attack increases. Atk3000
"I also add, Heated Heart! This increases Flare Neos's attack points by 500 and the difference of my atk and your def points will come out of your lifepoints when I attack!" 3500
"Not done yet! I activate Gift of Martyr! I sacrifice Featherman and give his attack points to Flare Neos!" Atk4500 "Also! Flare Neos's effect! For each magic or trap card on the field, Flare Neos gets 500 more attack points!" Atk5000
"Battle! Flare Neos attack Dunames Dark Witch! Burns Rush!"
Flare Neos shoots a beam of flame at Dunames Dark witch, the field explodes and Alicia falls over. Her life points dwindle down to 0.
Alicia groaned, "Aw… I lost… In one turn…"
Judai turned around and started heading towards the door when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to meet Johan's disturbed emerald eyes.
"You didn't have to be so hard on her…" Johan whispered softly.
Judai just averted his gaze and continued walking out the door. Judai reached the limo when suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder again. Sighing, Judai turned around, and what do you know?! It's Johan!
"Judai… I didn't kiss her, she kissed me. I would never cheat on you!" Johan pleaded desperately.
Judai perked up a bit, but slowly entered the limo. When Johan got in Judai sighed exasperated. "Fine… I forgive you…" Judai mumbled.
"Arigato Judai-chan!" Johan glomped Judai and forced his lips onto Judai's shooting his tongue in and exploring his mouth. Judai wasn't into the kiss though, he thinking on what he could do so that Johan's love wouldn't falter. He believes he loves him… But that dream on the cruise… He could never forget it.(If you forgot, go re read the beginning of Dreams Without Love)
Just when Benson was about to drive away, Alicia yelled, "Hey wait!"
Judai and Johan watched her curiously as she suddenly jumped into the limo. "Let's go to the mall!"
"Sure" Johan said as he smiled. "Judai what do you think?"
"I think it's a great idea!" Judai said smiling.
'Judai… Why do you put on that smile… It looks painful…'
"Benson! To the mall." Johan commanded.
"As you wish, sir."
They drove off and Alicia kept toying with Johan as Judai absentmindedly stared out the window, deep in thought.
When they arrived at the mall, they exited the limo and told Benson to wait for them. Inside, Alicia dragged Johan and Judai around to buy clothes, food, books, games, and numerous other items.
"Yay! I got lots of stuff!" Alicia said cheerfully as she jumped up and down.
Johan and Judai sweat-dropped. They kept walking when all of a sudden something caught Judai's eye. He turned and looked at the store thoroughly.
Johan stopped and turned to Judai. "Judai? What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing. I'm going to check out this store." Judai said.
"Oh okay, let us come with you."
Judai quickly shook his head, "No, no, no. You guys wait here! I'll be back in a sec!" Judai then ran towards the store, an authentic smile on his face.
Johan sighed in content. 'At least he's happy again.'
Alicia noticed Johan wasn't paying attention anymore. She quickly took some bread and tossed it in her mouth. She collapsed. Johan spun around and looked at the figure on the ground, holding her throat. "Oh My God! Alicia!"
Johan quickly begun the Heimlich maneuver but it didn't work. Frantically he looked over her body and noticed her mouth. It mouthed out something. C… P… R…
Johan backed away in shock. 'No way! I can't do CPR on her! Judai's already starting to doubt me! But… I can't just leave her like this…And I don't think he's anywhere nearby…'
Johan sighed as he took a deep breath and picked her up. Slowly he pressed his lips onto hers and attempted to get air into her lungs.
What Johan didn't notice though, was the brunette, watching, a tear rolled down his cheek. 'Johan kissed her… She didn't kiss him…'
Alicia smirked as she saw Judai crying. Suddenly Alicia pushed Johan away and took a deep breath. "You saved my life Johan!"
"Don't mention it… No seriously… Don't mention it at all…" Johan said sighing.
"Well, I'm back guys." Said a cheerful voice behind them.
Johan spun around and saw it was Judai. "Oh hey, Judai."
Alicia suddenly stood up. "Hey Judai?"
"Yea?" Judai answered in confusion as he cocked his head to the side.
"I've wanted to ask you something for a long time, can you come with me?"
"Sure…" Judai said as he walked with Alicia towards an open area.
Johan watched when suddenly something hit him.
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(flashback)
I watched as Edo and Judai walked a few yards away, near some trees. They looked like they were having friendly conversation. Edo was talking a bit and Judai was laughing.
But then, Edo's face turned serious and Judai stopped laughing. Judai's expression turned from care-free to mild shock. Judai stood frozen. While Edo continued talking, Judai's mild shock state, turned worse, he looked like he was about to panic.
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Johan shook the thought out of his head. 'No… Nothing like that can happen. She doesn't like Judai…' Johan finalized his thoughts when he looked back at them, they were done and were walking back.
Judai… he had a pained look on his face… What did they talk about? Johan quickly intercepted Judai and told Alicia quickly, "We'll be right back, just need to talk about something."
Alicia nodded slowly and dumbly as the 2 boys walked away.
Johan dragged Judai into an empty alleyway in the Mall before he stopped. "Judai" Johan began. "What did you guys talk about?"
Judai put on a fake smile immediately. "It was nothing big Johan, don't worry."
That smiled… Johan loathed that smile… It has showed itself too many times for one day today.
"Judai... You're lying…" Johan said, depressed that Judai still wouldn't tell him the truth.
"Johan, stop being a worry wart, it wasn't anything big!" Judai said as he averted his gaze.
"Then why are you acting this way?! You haven't been happy all day ever since you saw her kiss me! Are you still afraid that I would leave you for her?!"
Judai froze. Did Johan see through him? No, he couldn't have. I'll just continue acting and change the subject.
"It's nothing. Let's go to that café over there." Judai continued acting. Judai was just about to turn around when he felt arms wrap around his waist and pull him in against something warm.
Johan pulled Judai into his body, he whispered into his ear. "Judai… please stop lying…"
Judai attempted to pull away from Johan, but his grip was strong. "Johan-kun, I'm not lying! Let me go!"
"Please stop lying…"
"I'm not lying! Let me go!" Judai continued, his voice sounding angrier by the second.
"Then why won't you look at me…"
Judai froze again. The one key to tell a lie. He had forgotten completely about it. He has averted his gaze from Johan after hearing his reply. He quickly thought of an excuse.
"Because you're holding me in a bear hug!" Judai yelled.
"Then what about before now?"
"That doesn't matter!" Judai yelled, still attempting to break free.
Judai finally broke free and he ran out of the alley.
Johan stared. Right before Judai turned the corner, he saw tears falling from his face.
Johan gave chase. "Judai! Wait! Stop running!"
Judai kept running, ignoring all of Johan's pleas.
"Grrr… Judai!" Johan jumped forward, his hand touching Judai's suit. 'I got him!'
But suddenly, Johan was tugged back. Johan became angry; he was so close to getting Judai back. "What the hell do you want?!" Johan screamed as he turned around to see who it was. His gaze softened as he realized it was Alicia.
Alicia replied calmly. "Let him go, he needs to be alone…"
Johan looked at her, then turned back to the running figure. He sighed as he collapsed onto the ground and held his head in his hands.
Alicia smirked as she watched the figure disappear from view.
'That's right Marquis of London… Johan is mine…'
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"Benson… Please… No questions… Just please take me back to the mansion now…"
Benson looked through the rear view mirror worriedly, looking at Judai's face. Tears were streaming down his cheeks and a depressed look was on his face.
"As you say… sir…"
Once at the mansion, Judai quickly ran to Johan's room and closed the door. He laid in the bed and broke down.
"Alicia's right…Johan doesn't love me… He kissed her in the middle of the mall! A half-breed like me would never be loved by a pure blooded noble. How could I be so stupid!"
Judai sobbed into the bed as he started pounding it and screaming loudly.
"WHY WAS I SO STUPID?! WHY! Johan could never love a half-breed like me… He still has feelings for Alicia… I can't even be of use to him as a Marquis… I don't know how to govern people…"
Judai continued to scream, "WHY AM I A HALF-BREED?! WHY AM I A HALF-BREED!"
Judai felt depressed, but angry at the same time. Not angry at Johan, not even angry at Alicia. He was angry at himself. For being a half-breed. For restricting Johan's love towards him instead of his true love.
"Johan… he isn't happy with me…He's happy with Alicia…" Judai looks up, tears still streaming down his face as he smiles. "He's so happy with Alicia. I can't remember when I ever made Johan that happy…"
Judai settles back in bed as he pulls the covers over him. "I can make Johan happy, I just need to let him be with Alicia."
Judai closes his eyes as he whispers under his breath one last time. "I can set my love free, from the cage that is my selfish desire…"
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Well R&R, if I get reviews from 3 people who think it's poorly written, I will rewrite this chappie tomorrow. I don't know why but I can't feel my imagination flow when I wrote this today. If you wish the chappie to be re-written just put it in your review.