YUGIOH

Invisible Stalker

Chapter 11.

It was the end of gym class, and Yugi was always the last to get out, since he was the little guy always being picked on by the bullies. Of course, all the real major bullies had mysteriously disappeared from school. Fortunately, no one bothered to connect that with Yugi.

As Yugi packed up, he was about to leave the locker room, when Kaiba stood, barring his way.

"Kaiba." Yugi said, startled. He then smiled, saying, "Nice to see you."

"Spare me the bullshit, Yugi." Kaiba muttered. "There's some information that I need, and I expect you to answer truthfully."

"Okay..." Yugi said. "Uh...what is it?"

"First...what did Wheeler use to do what he's been doing?" Kaiba asked.

Smiling, Yugi pulled off his school jacket, to show Kaiba the arm band. "It was a gift from Ishizu. It was supposedly made for the high priest to better commune with the dead. With it, Yami can come out more and do more things, so he's not entirely dependant on me. I guess, it allows any soul to leave a person's body for awhile. And since Joey was a friend of ours, Ishizu asked him to deliver it to me, and...well, he used it, instead. I'm sorry about that, Kaiba. And it just doesn't make sense why he'd do that! I mean, Joey was taken over before by Marik...so he should know better to do that to someone else!"

Not even acknowledging what Yugi said, Kaiba next stated, "Wheeler explained to you certain things that have happened. I want to know what he said to you."

Yugi was confused. "Uh...but, don't you know?"

"Of course I know. I want to ensure he told you everything accurately." Kaiba smirked.

Yugi nodded. "Okay. Well...he told me that he was basically holding a grudge against you for picking on him all the time. I never realized how much of a grudge he held, until now. If I only knew..."

"Get on with it, Yugi." Kaiba snapped, impatiently.

"Okay." Yugi said. "Well, he used the item to try and take over your body. He said he was going to use your body to do stupid things and humiliate you in front of others. But then you found a sharp object and cut yourself, because...well, he thinks the pain allowed you to focus better in order to boot him out."

Yugi then looked down. "He never told us how many other times he might have tried to take you over. I know he tried once more, because he left his body when we caught him. But I don't know if he ever got close enough to you to do anything then, before we forced him back."

Joey was telling the truth. Yugi didn't a know a thing about what happened. And he knew Yugi enough to trust his word. He saved Mokuba enough times...he owed Yugi that much trust. Plus, the kid was just so damn innocent, it was almost sickening.

"It wasn't entirely accurate, I'm afraid." Kaiba said.

Yugi looked up, asking, "It wasn't? What did he miss?"

Kaiba smirked. "I didn't make that cut to hurt myself. He was inside of me. I used the blade to hurt him. I knew that pathetic mongrel would buckle at the slightest feel of pain. I barely even had to struggle with him...he wasn't a challenge, at all."

Yugi smiled and nodded. He clearly remembered coming into the bathroom hearing Kaiba screaming his lungs out. But he assumed Kaiba was simply saying that to save face, so that Joey didn't seem to be as tough of an opponent to him as he was.

"I guess all stories get exaggerated when it's passed on. Thanks, Kaiba." Yugi said.

Kaiba nodded and left the locker room.

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It was later that night. Joey had hung out with his friends for a little while, but left early. After about an hour there, he couldn't stand the fake looks of friendship, anymore. He had a feeling their friendship couldn't last much longer. He was gonna lose them...he was going to lose everything.

"Where do you think 'your' going?"

Joey turned to see Kaiba leaning against the wall of a building, dressed in his blue trench coat again...probably to help him blend more with the night and not be so noticeable.

"Kaiba? What are you doing here?" Joey asked, not expecting to see him around.

Kaiba pushed himself from the wall, and approached him. "I believe we still have a game to finish."

"What?" Joey asked, still puzzled.

"Are you now as deaf as you are dumb?" Kaiba asked. "We still have a game to finish. There can't be two winners or two losers...and I wont accept a stalemate. The game's going to have to continue until it's official."

"Uh...but..." Joey sputtered out, totally confused. "But the game's over. You know who I am, and..."

"Then there will have be new rules made." Kaiba stated simply. "Is something wrong, Wheeler? Don't tell me you're afraid of losing. Atleast I'm not afraid of a little risk...are you?"

Joey's mouth opened, which lasted close to a whole minute before he got it to finally mutter out a word. "No." Somewhere in that head if his, a gear had finally moved and he was starting to figure out Kaiba's really weird language. Kaiba wanted to see him...not a ghost, 'him'.

Kaiba turned and began to walk down the road. "Then what are you waiting for...let's get moving."

Joey loyally began to follow behind, before he even registered doing so. "Where are we going?"

"To the mansion. We need to discuss the new rules of the game, before it can begin." Kaiba muttered.

Joey was finally started to get it, and attempted to joke with him, "Hey...I thought I was the one that was supposed to make the time and place. Who's in charge, here?"

Kaiba looked behind him at Joey, offering an amused smirk. "Hmph...we'll see." Kaiba was pleased to hear it. It proved to him that Joey was officially on board with his idea. "But, these things first have to be discussed. You'll just have to live with it for tonight."

"Yeah, maybe I'll let it slide, for now." Joey said and froze in his tracks. "Woah...is that your ride?"

Kaiba straddled the motorcycle, and tossed him the other helmet. "I don't have all night. Climb on, all ready."

"Yeah, sure! No prob!" Joey said, eagerly accepting the ride. This day looked like the pits, originally. He never thought it could get better. But after tonight, Joey was finally starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Yeah...he might still have problems with his friends. But maybe...just maybe he could still have Kaiba. And this time, perhaps Kaiba would like him for him.

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

Kaiba had a discussion all right. His version of a discussion was in room, his bed, with the lights off and clothes off.

And Kaiba was pleased to see that knowing it was Joey Wheeler in bed with him didn't reduce his excitement in the least.

Joey Wheeler...the one who had not only defeated him, but gave him the power to accept it as a win all at the same time.

The best part about it was for the first time, he could return the kisses, and touch the one touching him. For once their control was equal, not one-sided. He couldn't keep track of the times he wished to be able to touch the one offering him so much pleasure. Now he could finally do that...and it was amazing.

...and he never wanted this game to end.

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

"Gimmee my books back, you asshole!" Joey boomed, leaping up to grab the book that Kaiba was playfully dangling over his head.

"Loser dog, is that the best you can do? Do I have to teach you everything right?" He asked.

"Grrrr...gimmee my freaking books, ya prick!" Joey growled.

"Why don't you sit and beg? Maybe I'll consider it." Kaiba smirked.

Yugi and the others came into the cafeteria to see Joey and Kaiba at it, again. Yugi was angry to see Joey 'not' keeping his word. But he was equally puzzled to see Kaiba not appearing to be angry with him, anymore. And that actually pleased Yugi. 'Atleast Kaiba finally learned not to hold a grudge.' He thought.

"Joey!" Tristan called, also upset that Joey still couldn't control himself around Kaiba.

Joey didn't hear, and snapped, "I said, give it back!" And leaped on Kaiba, as they struggled for the book.

"JOEY!" Yugi snapped.

Joey stopped immediately, and leaped up seeing his three 'friends' glaring over at him. "Oh." Joey said, who had forgotten the promise, after the time he had with Kaiba last night. He had been flying in the clouds all morning, and didn't even need to separate from his body to do so.

He moved away from Kaiba, trying to hide a smile as he muttered, "Sorry..."

Kaiba got up and roughly shoved the book at Joey, then approached Yugi's group. "I think we need to talk."

"Kaiba?" Yugi asked.

"Now. Let's go." Kaiba said, directing his hand in the direction of the door.

All 4 of them followed Kaiba outside, when Kaiba finally turned to face Yugi and snapped, "This ridiculous promise you had Wheeler make to you...it stops now."

Yugi's eyes widened. "But...but, Kaiba..."

"Listen, dude...we understand you believe in fighting yer own battles." Tristan said.

Then Tea jumped in, adding, "But, Joey had no right to do what he did to you."

"He didn't do anything to me." Kaiba stated simply.

"Kaiba..." Joey said worriedly, nudging him to shut up.

Yugi shook his head. "Kaiba...there's no sense in denying what happened. You even told me about it that one day. You even admitted and confirmed it, later."

"I lied." Kaiba said.

Yugi sighed. "I'm sorry. There's nothing you can say to us that would convince us that he didn't..."

"He wasn't trying to take me over, Yugi. We were fucking." Kaiba said flatly, causing Joey to almost fall over.

Everyone else just looked at him, stunned.

Kaiba turned to Joey, saying, "You said the only reason you didn't admit the truth was because of me, right? So then, this shouldn't offend you."

Joey blankly shook his head, saying nothing.

Kaiba then turned to Yugi, saying, "Are you still going to accuse me of lying, Yugi? Do you honestly think I'd make up something like that, in order to deny the other story? Do you really think I'd stoop to such levels just to defend Wheeler?"

But Yugi remembered that Kaiba was in pain, crying out on the bathroom ground. Then again...now that he thought about it, maybe that scream wasn't about pain, at all. Both Yami and Yugi were so concentrated at the time to find the culprit throwing magic around the school. At first, they thought maybe Kaiba was causing it, and followed. But now that Yugi thought about it, it did look like Kaiba had grasped the area between his legs before ducking into the bathroom stall. Hmmm...how did they miss 'that'?

Yugi suddenly blushed furiously, before muttering, "But...how did you cut yourself, then?"

Kaiba looked away and shrugged, like it was nothing. "You were all ready gracious enough to give me another excuse for what you saw. I merely did that to reinforce your claim, so you would never question it."

"Why were you trying to hide it, then?" Yugi asked.

Kaiba glared at him, like he was stupid. If Yugi was screwing an unknown ghost in the school bathroom, wouldn't he want to hide it? "Because what I do with my personal time is none of your business."

Tristan muttered, "Uh...but aren't you two like, guys?"

Joey now moved up from behind Kaiba, snapping, "Yeah, so? Ya got a problem with that?"

At that instant, Yugi's eyes widened, as realization slapped him in the face. He began to tear up, as a big wide grin came across his face. Yugi then ran over and hugged Joey. "You didn't try to hurt Kaiba, at all! You just liked him! Oh, Joey...I should have known you'd never do anything that mean! It didn't make sense why you'd you that, after something like that was done to you! You should have told us the truth!"

Joey smiled, giving Yugi a hug. "Hey, man...I'm sorry. I was just..."

"I know." Yugi smiled back. "I know, now. You were just trying to protect a friend."

"Hmph." Kaiba grunted, seeming disgusted from all the weird fluffy crap. Kaiba was as usual expecting the worst, to have to defend his self-respect after admitting such a thing to the others. Atleast that he would be able to handle. This whole weird 'friendship reunion' nonsense was way too much for him to deal with.

Kaiba turned away and began to leave. He said what he came here for...there was no reason left to stay.

"Kaiba..."

Kaiba paused, looking over at them.

Yugi smiled, saying, "Thank you...for defending Joey like that." Joey smiled and nodded, confirming his own thanks to Kaiba, for helping to give him the trust of his friends back.

"Whatever." He muttered. He turned away, again. "What Wheeler sees in you losers, is beyond me." Kaiba then walked away.

And Joey was finally happy, once again. He had his friends that treated him just as they had before, Yami finally had the item that Ishizu was giving him, and he even Kaiba to continue his so-called game with Joey, though they both knew what was really going on between them.

END