*Jumps around yelling "PIXIE STICK!!!"*
Nass: *covering his hears* what the hell are you so happy about?
^^ Yami-kitty-kun, they like me they really like me!
Nass: How so?
^^ My story now has lots o' reviews!
Nass: oh... like that affects my life
Actually it does, if ppl didn't like my stories I would neglect my account once again, leaving you here all alone and not exsiting
Nass: I think I had time to get use to that while I was stuck in that infernal item.
Awww... Nass-neko-kun such a sour puss...
Thank you to all of those who read and reviewed my stories, and as an award, chapter 4! YAY!!! Also the song Jounouchi-kun is sining is the ending
song for the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh. *thumbs up* Very recomened. It's called "Ashita Moshi Kimi Ga Kowaretemo" I am sad to say I do not know
who it's from or have the english translations.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He was high amongst the clouds, looking down at the large city he knew as Tokyo, which looked nothing more then a toy town, little plastic figures made to
look like a smaller replica of the great city. How he got in the sky was something he didn't know, he wasn't holding onto anything or supported by a rope or cord,
just there, hanging in the sky. He felt as light as a feather and closed his eyes as a warm breeze picked up and brushed against his face. He didn't care that
nothing was keeping him in the air, he wanted to stay.
Just as wonderful it came in it came back down. Jou could feel himself getting heavier and descending, it was slow though, very slow. He thought nothing of it, once
he would gain his full body weight he would be on the ground by then. That was not the case.
A dose of reality hit him he started falling, he opened his mouth to scream but no words came out, just silence. A flash hit his mind making him flinch
it was too fast he couldn't see what it was when he got hit with another. He saw a man cast in shadows drawing his fist, then five more hit Jou they hurt for some
reason. As he started to get closer and closer to the ground more flashes smacked him in the face. They were memories of past beatings he
had received over the years, the wounds they inflicted, the bruises that hurt for weeks, and scars that would remain. He held his arms in front of his face and
tightly closed his eyes, hoping it would stop the memories from slapping him, forcing him wake up to reality, it was his life nothing could be changed.
He was getting close to the ground he could feel it. He tried to scream again; only the sound of the rushing air whistling in his ear was heard. He was going
to die, he knew it, become nothing but a bloody mess on the ground, a red stain would remain were his body landed after they cleaned it up. Tears escaped
from his eyes, he didn't want to die no matter how bad his life was, he didn't want to meet his fate, he was still just a kid. 'Please, someone help. I don't want to die.
Not now, not like this.'
He felt himself stop, like an invisible rope around his waist ran out of slack and held him there. He was about open his eyes when he felt himself move again
but up this time, back into the free sky. He felt strong, warm hands hold him tightly ensuring his safety. Jou opened his eyes slowly. The city was below him,
and his feet brushed along the tops of clouds. A feather caught his eye, it was fairly large feather, dark grey in colour, like thunderclouds. He reached out to grab
it when he saw a large wing flap at his side, its colouring identical to the feather. 'An angel?' He lifted his head to the face of his savoir. Their face was hidden in
the shadows of their large wings and the sun made it even harder to see.
"Who are you?"
No answer came they just held Jou tighter.
"Wake up," was all the winded one said.
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Jou shifted his head before hitting the corner of something hard, "Damnit!"
He held his head and lifted him self from his bed. He slowly opened his eyes shooting them wide with shock.
There asleep before him was Kaiba, his head faced to the side, mouth slightly open making the occasional soft snore, (not SNORE just
you know… the cute one) a few strands of hair covered his eyes, and his hand at his side. Jou made small smile, it was almost comical to see Kaiba like this, not
in a thousand years would anyone picture the strong, hard-ass CEO look so child like in his sleep. He looked over to Kaiba's wrist to check the time. 9:13 am.
He was up before Kaiba, and it was hours past sunrise, 'Guess he decided to rest while we were stuck in here.' He got up and stretched, scratching his head, he
turned to face him one more time then took the coat and covered Seto with it.
He had to pee really badly; I guess it was a good thing that they were stuck in there and not in some other room.
He flushed and washed his hands, Kaiba stirred. Jou quickly turned the water off, not wanting to wake him up from his
peaceful sleep. He stood still of a minute, water dripping from his soaked hands as he watched Kaiba to see if he just merely moved or was waking up.
He made a small noise before grabbing the coat closer to him and lifted his hand to the wall using it as a pillow.
Jou smirked, 'Like a child.' He decided to wipe his hands on his jacket to prevent further noise and sat next to the dark teen.
He poked one of his bruises and flinched, yep, they still hurt like the little S.O.Bs *son of a bitches* they were, but they weren't as bad as they were before.
He rested his head to the wall and looked over to the sleeping boy, 'I wonder if he's dreaming? And if he is, what's he dreaming about? He's got to have some
imagination to have created that game Yugi, Mai, Mokuba and I went into to save his sorry ass.'
He sighed, 'Speaking of dreams, what was mine all about? I haven't had a dream that wasn't about anything else then past beatings, so why now?
Why do I all of a sudden get a dream where I'm being saved from my end and memories? And just who was that winged being? Argh. Too many questions.
Questions? OH SHIT! I got a math test on Monday!' He reached over to grab his backpack when he heard a noise.
"Hm..." Kaiba opened his blue eyes from his sleep, rubbing them with the hand he slept on.
"Ohayo beautiful," Jou mocked.
"Beautiful? ... Shut up" Kaiba glared and snapped back.
He gave a small laugh and reached into his backpack, grabbing a small apple, taking out his pocket knife he cut it in two and handed one piece to Kaiba.
"What's this?"
"It's uh... well, my way of saying thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?"
"For last night, when I was in pain. It really helped," then flashed a smile.
Kaiba took his half and bit into it. It was warm, bruised and sour, he almost spat it back out in disgust when he saw Jou looking as if he was about to do the same.
"Cheap bastard, says we're too broke to afford decent food while he's spending hours at the pubs and strip bars," his voice was low as if he was talking to
him self, obviously he didn't want anyone to hear.
Kaiba was thinking about throwing his half away, but he wondered, maybe this would be his chance to take heed to that old saying, "To walk in someone
else's shoes." He was getting to know more about the hot-headed, street boy from his point of view, first seeing the bruises, the minor fights they had, and now
the condition of the food he had to eat everyday. It was sad, but a valuable lesson none the less.
Quickly they both ate the rotten apple not wanting to taste it, even though the taste and texture of the spoiled food lingered in their mouth, fallowed by an awful
after taste.
"Sorry I didn't have anything better."
"Doesn't matter, as long as we have something in our stomachs."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*elapsed time*
Jou went back to retrieve his backpack. Kaiba lifted his head to look over the blond's shoulder to see what he was fetching, he was hoping more food, but all
the teen grabbed was his math text book, a few pieces of paper and a chewed up old pencil missing the eraser. He cocked an eyebrow, "The teacher didn't
assign us any math homework."
"I know, but I've got to study."
Kaiba was silent for a moment, "You failed the test didn't you?"
"Give the man a prize," was all Jou said as he stuck is nose in his work, "ARGH! I hate that question! It's impossible no matter WHAT Ryou says!" He bit his
pencil, obviously he ran into the fifty-fourth question in his text.
Kaiba mentally shook his head, how could he STILL not have gotten that question? Tired of watching the boy struggle he got up and kneeled behind Jou.
"Shut up and I'll show you," he grabbed the pencil from Jou's mouth, wiping the saliva of it with his pant leg and leaned over the boy's shoulder to write on
the paper.
"Now watch, because I'm only going to explain once, then you're on your own."
As he started to explain, Jou looked over to his tutor. He stared into his cerulean eyes, almost loosing himself in their gaze. His mouth was slightly open, not paying
any attention to what he was saying, he didn't even feel the small blush that spread across his face.
"Jou? Jou."
He blinked a few times coming back to reality, "Huh? What? I'm sorry I didn't hear what you said."
"How could you not, I'm right beside you, are you deaf or something? Why are you red?"
"Uh...."
"Forget it and pay attention for bloody sake. I hate repeating myself."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It wasn't until an hour later Jou had finally finished his math work, "God that stuff's so boring. It's the same thing over and over again. Yawn" He stretched and
moved his neck around getting rid of the stiffness that started up.
"Yo Kai... or sorry, Kai-BA. What time is it?"
"5:46 pm."
Seto sighed and closed his eyes, his stomach started to hurt. But he didn't want to show the young teen that he was hungry, it would be almost insulting to him self to
let Jou see him in mere pain from hunger. He sat there and tried to ignore it but hunger didn't want to be left unnoticed. A low rumble escaped from Kaiba's
stomach, fallowed by a second.
Jou started to laugh, this was a first for him, hearing the tough CEO's stomach growl in hunger, he was probably suffering hunger pains as well.
Not wanting to sound desperate for food he raised his head eyeing Jou's backpack, "Got anything else in there?"
He shook his head, "Sorry Kaiba, that apple was all I had."
'Great.' He leaned back hitting his head against the tiled wall. He was hungry, very hungry and all those survival tricks he knew was in no use in a washroom.
Good like trying to find mushrooms or any other source of food.
"If you're hungry I could show you a trick."
Kaiba looked up at the teen, he had a mischievous glint in his eyes and that grin on his face added the final touch, "What trick?" He didn't care he had gone
almost two days on nothing but yesterday's two meals, and half a rotten apple, he was willing to try anything.
Jou got up and moved over to the sink, he turned the tap on and started collecting the water in his hands, then bringing then up to his mouth. He did that for only
a few seconds, thirty to be exact.
He just looked up in confusion.
Then after wiping his mouth he turned around to meet Kaiba with a smile of satisfaction on his face, "Ahh, nice and full."
"You just filled yourself up on water."
"Exactly, it won't hurt, or just not as bad. Hunger pains hurt 'cuz all it's saying that your stomach is empty so you just have to fill it up. And best of all, going to the
John won't be an obstacle, I mean look were we are. Sure we'll be pissing like race horses, but we'll be full."
He was surprised, that was actually a very smart trick. "Where did you learn a trick like that?"
"I just watch and catch on. It's been really helpful on days I forget my lunch." He smiled, 'Forget my lunch, that 's a good one. I really wish I could tell him how
I actually came up with that trick, nights on the street 'cuz I'm too afraid to face the old man. He sure seems surprised with it.'
He watched as Seto got up and filled his hands with water, bringing them up to his lips and drinking the cold liquid that filled his stomach. He filled his hands five
more times before giving a relieved sigh and wiping away execs water from his chin.
He turned to look at Jou to thank him for the tip only to see the young teen standing tall and proud, arms crossed and a wide smile that made him look ridiculous.
Scowling, he sat back down.
"What no thank you? Yeesh, I knew you here a hard ass, but not fossil hard. What someone taught you to act like that?"
Kaiba sprung to his feet and grabbed Jou's jacket, pushing him into the wall. Jou's eyes widened in shock as Seto's cold blue eyes glared as if trying to pierce his
very soul with darkness. His breathing was shaky, never had he seen Kaiba so serious, so... so pissed off from a simple comment. A moment went by
before Kaiba harshly slapped his hand away from Jou and sat back down.
He was speechless; he didn't know what to say. Had someone actually hurt Kaiba? He didn't want to think about it, knowing it would just drive himself into
asking the boy. Instead he sat next to the wall he was thrown against and sat there staring at the floor. Nothing to do, and not wanting to start a conversation
in fear that Kaiba would just snap back and tell him to shut his trap. He was even too afraid to ask for the time.
He coughed and held his head up, trying to get a good look of his metallic watch.
Kaiba opened his eyes just to see Jou looking like a damn Ostrich, "What?"
He lowered his head and backed away like a scared puppy, "Sorry... I just wanted to..." he eyed the watch.
" 6:15 pm, anything else?" He said coldly.
Jou shook his head and turned his attention to the ground.
It had been at least two hours since anyone said anything.
Kaiba, still pissed at the youth, closed his eyes and sighed. 'How dare that mutt say something like that. What does he know?'
He let himself drift off into a short sleep.
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"I said HURRY UP!" A slap hit his young face as he rushed to get the final touches in place. His hands were covered in oil and grease, with the occasional
electrical burn from the wires. He wiped his dark brown hair out of his blue eyes and hurried to get the piece of machinery done before his foster father
could hit him again.
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Kaiba shifted and woke up to the sound of a soft voice.
Jou had his eyes closed and head buried in his knees; he was singing a soft tune, his voice lowered so he wouldn't wake him up.
Call My Name
Dareka Ga Yobu Koe
Kurayami No Fukai Kanashimi
Shiroi Suhada No Kimi Ga Boku No Soko Ni Hikari Wo Sasu
Kuro Ka Shiro Ka Wakaranai Mama
Konna Ai Wa Jidaiokure Nano Ka
Bokura Wa Ichinichijuu
Asa Ga Otozureru No Wo Matsu Dake
Ashita Moshi Kimi Ga Kowaretemo
Koko Kara Nigedasanai
Tsukareta Karada Wo Iyasu
Kimi No Hohoemi Yo
Lonely Heart
Moteamasu Kokoro
Pokkari Ana Ga Aita You Da
Jibun Wo Osaekirezu Nanika Ni Iraira Shiteta
Ano Koi Wo Wasurerarenai To
Deatta Koro Hanashiteta Ne
Honshin Wo Kakushita Kao
Mada Boku Niwa Sukui Ga Arisou?
Ashita Moshi Kimi Ga Kowaretemo
Samayoi Tsuzukeru Darou
Aishite Hajimete Shitta
Ushinau Kowasa Wo
Ashita Moshi Kimi Ga Kowaretemo
Nani Mo Mienaku Natte Mo
Yasuraka Na Toki No Naka De
Bokura Wa Arukidasu
Kimi No Maboroshi Yo
He smiled softly, he had no idea the boy had a lovely singing voice, you could never tell by just listening to him talk.
Jou slowly opened his eyes to see Kaiba awake. "Kaiba."
"What?"
"N...nothing. Did I wake you?"
He shook his head.
Jou smiled then looked back down, "Look... about what happened earlier, I'm sorry if it offended you in some way..."
"No, it's mine."
Jou looked up.
"I should thanked you for the tip. It was very helpful."
"Ya, comes in handy doesn't it? Speaking of such I gotta pee!"
"Thanks for telling me..." He turned his head and closed his eyes giving the boy some privacy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They boys ended up playing duel monsters; Kaiba won thirteen out of the fifteen rounds they played. Obviously Jou wasn't happy with it, but he tried to ignore it
before Kaiba started rubbing it in his face, causing him to blow one of his fits.
Once 11:30 pm rolled around they decided to call it a night. Kaiba took his coat and covered both of them; back-to-back they leaned up against each other,
Jou and Kaiba both admitted that they hated sleeping like that, but unless they wanted to freeze there was no other choice.
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And dat's de end of dat chapie! Sorry not much of a topic going on but what is there to do in a washroom? Don't worry my later chapters will be MUCH
better... hopefully.. *Jumps * I SAW HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS TODAY!! it was soooo cool.
Nass: *sarcastically* Oh do tell...
^^ Ok!
Nass: o_ô
*talks for hours about the movie, while Nass tries to cover his ears, wishing for death then realizing he's all ready dead*
Nass: *covering his hears* what the hell are you so happy about?
^^ Yami-kitty-kun, they like me they really like me!
Nass: How so?
^^ My story now has lots o' reviews!
Nass: oh... like that affects my life
Actually it does, if ppl didn't like my stories I would neglect my account once again, leaving you here all alone and not exsiting
Nass: I think I had time to get use to that while I was stuck in that infernal item.
Awww... Nass-neko-kun such a sour puss...
Thank you to all of those who read and reviewed my stories, and as an award, chapter 4! YAY!!! Also the song Jounouchi-kun is sining is the ending
song for the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh. *thumbs up* Very recomened. It's called "Ashita Moshi Kimi Ga Kowaretemo" I am sad to say I do not know
who it's from or have the english translations.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He was high amongst the clouds, looking down at the large city he knew as Tokyo, which looked nothing more then a toy town, little plastic figures made to
look like a smaller replica of the great city. How he got in the sky was something he didn't know, he wasn't holding onto anything or supported by a rope or cord,
just there, hanging in the sky. He felt as light as a feather and closed his eyes as a warm breeze picked up and brushed against his face. He didn't care that
nothing was keeping him in the air, he wanted to stay.
Just as wonderful it came in it came back down. Jou could feel himself getting heavier and descending, it was slow though, very slow. He thought nothing of it, once
he would gain his full body weight he would be on the ground by then. That was not the case.
A dose of reality hit him he started falling, he opened his mouth to scream but no words came out, just silence. A flash hit his mind making him flinch
it was too fast he couldn't see what it was when he got hit with another. He saw a man cast in shadows drawing his fist, then five more hit Jou they hurt for some
reason. As he started to get closer and closer to the ground more flashes smacked him in the face. They were memories of past beatings he
had received over the years, the wounds they inflicted, the bruises that hurt for weeks, and scars that would remain. He held his arms in front of his face and
tightly closed his eyes, hoping it would stop the memories from slapping him, forcing him wake up to reality, it was his life nothing could be changed.
He was getting close to the ground he could feel it. He tried to scream again; only the sound of the rushing air whistling in his ear was heard. He was going
to die, he knew it, become nothing but a bloody mess on the ground, a red stain would remain were his body landed after they cleaned it up. Tears escaped
from his eyes, he didn't want to die no matter how bad his life was, he didn't want to meet his fate, he was still just a kid. 'Please, someone help. I don't want to die.
Not now, not like this.'
He felt himself stop, like an invisible rope around his waist ran out of slack and held him there. He was about open his eyes when he felt himself move again
but up this time, back into the free sky. He felt strong, warm hands hold him tightly ensuring his safety. Jou opened his eyes slowly. The city was below him,
and his feet brushed along the tops of clouds. A feather caught his eye, it was fairly large feather, dark grey in colour, like thunderclouds. He reached out to grab
it when he saw a large wing flap at his side, its colouring identical to the feather. 'An angel?' He lifted his head to the face of his savoir. Their face was hidden in
the shadows of their large wings and the sun made it even harder to see.
"Who are you?"
No answer came they just held Jou tighter.
"Wake up," was all the winded one said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jou shifted his head before hitting the corner of something hard, "Damnit!"
He held his head and lifted him self from his bed. He slowly opened his eyes shooting them wide with shock.
There asleep before him was Kaiba, his head faced to the side, mouth slightly open making the occasional soft snore, (not SNORE just
you know… the cute one) a few strands of hair covered his eyes, and his hand at his side. Jou made small smile, it was almost comical to see Kaiba like this, not
in a thousand years would anyone picture the strong, hard-ass CEO look so child like in his sleep. He looked over to Kaiba's wrist to check the time. 9:13 am.
He was up before Kaiba, and it was hours past sunrise, 'Guess he decided to rest while we were stuck in here.' He got up and stretched, scratching his head, he
turned to face him one more time then took the coat and covered Seto with it.
He had to pee really badly; I guess it was a good thing that they were stuck in there and not in some other room.
He flushed and washed his hands, Kaiba stirred. Jou quickly turned the water off, not wanting to wake him up from his
peaceful sleep. He stood still of a minute, water dripping from his soaked hands as he watched Kaiba to see if he just merely moved or was waking up.
He made a small noise before grabbing the coat closer to him and lifted his hand to the wall using it as a pillow.
Jou smirked, 'Like a child.' He decided to wipe his hands on his jacket to prevent further noise and sat next to the dark teen.
He poked one of his bruises and flinched, yep, they still hurt like the little S.O.Bs *son of a bitches* they were, but they weren't as bad as they were before.
He rested his head to the wall and looked over to the sleeping boy, 'I wonder if he's dreaming? And if he is, what's he dreaming about? He's got to have some
imagination to have created that game Yugi, Mai, Mokuba and I went into to save his sorry ass.'
He sighed, 'Speaking of dreams, what was mine all about? I haven't had a dream that wasn't about anything else then past beatings, so why now?
Why do I all of a sudden get a dream where I'm being saved from my end and memories? And just who was that winged being? Argh. Too many questions.
Questions? OH SHIT! I got a math test on Monday!' He reached over to grab his backpack when he heard a noise.
"Hm..." Kaiba opened his blue eyes from his sleep, rubbing them with the hand he slept on.
"Ohayo beautiful," Jou mocked.
"Beautiful? ... Shut up" Kaiba glared and snapped back.
He gave a small laugh and reached into his backpack, grabbing a small apple, taking out his pocket knife he cut it in two and handed one piece to Kaiba.
"What's this?"
"It's uh... well, my way of saying thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?"
"For last night, when I was in pain. It really helped," then flashed a smile.
Kaiba took his half and bit into it. It was warm, bruised and sour, he almost spat it back out in disgust when he saw Jou looking as if he was about to do the same.
"Cheap bastard, says we're too broke to afford decent food while he's spending hours at the pubs and strip bars," his voice was low as if he was talking to
him self, obviously he didn't want anyone to hear.
Kaiba was thinking about throwing his half away, but he wondered, maybe this would be his chance to take heed to that old saying, "To walk in someone
else's shoes." He was getting to know more about the hot-headed, street boy from his point of view, first seeing the bruises, the minor fights they had, and now
the condition of the food he had to eat everyday. It was sad, but a valuable lesson none the less.
Quickly they both ate the rotten apple not wanting to taste it, even though the taste and texture of the spoiled food lingered in their mouth, fallowed by an awful
after taste.
"Sorry I didn't have anything better."
"Doesn't matter, as long as we have something in our stomachs."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*elapsed time*
Jou went back to retrieve his backpack. Kaiba lifted his head to look over the blond's shoulder to see what he was fetching, he was hoping more food, but all
the teen grabbed was his math text book, a few pieces of paper and a chewed up old pencil missing the eraser. He cocked an eyebrow, "The teacher didn't
assign us any math homework."
"I know, but I've got to study."
Kaiba was silent for a moment, "You failed the test didn't you?"
"Give the man a prize," was all Jou said as he stuck is nose in his work, "ARGH! I hate that question! It's impossible no matter WHAT Ryou says!" He bit his
pencil, obviously he ran into the fifty-fourth question in his text.
Kaiba mentally shook his head, how could he STILL not have gotten that question? Tired of watching the boy struggle he got up and kneeled behind Jou.
"Shut up and I'll show you," he grabbed the pencil from Jou's mouth, wiping the saliva of it with his pant leg and leaned over the boy's shoulder to write on
the paper.
"Now watch, because I'm only going to explain once, then you're on your own."
As he started to explain, Jou looked over to his tutor. He stared into his cerulean eyes, almost loosing himself in their gaze. His mouth was slightly open, not paying
any attention to what he was saying, he didn't even feel the small blush that spread across his face.
"Jou? Jou."
He blinked a few times coming back to reality, "Huh? What? I'm sorry I didn't hear what you said."
"How could you not, I'm right beside you, are you deaf or something? Why are you red?"
"Uh...."
"Forget it and pay attention for bloody sake. I hate repeating myself."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It wasn't until an hour later Jou had finally finished his math work, "God that stuff's so boring. It's the same thing over and over again. Yawn" He stretched and
moved his neck around getting rid of the stiffness that started up.
"Yo Kai... or sorry, Kai-BA. What time is it?"
"5:46 pm."
Seto sighed and closed his eyes, his stomach started to hurt. But he didn't want to show the young teen that he was hungry, it would be almost insulting to him self to
let Jou see him in mere pain from hunger. He sat there and tried to ignore it but hunger didn't want to be left unnoticed. A low rumble escaped from Kaiba's
stomach, fallowed by a second.
Jou started to laugh, this was a first for him, hearing the tough CEO's stomach growl in hunger, he was probably suffering hunger pains as well.
Not wanting to sound desperate for food he raised his head eyeing Jou's backpack, "Got anything else in there?"
He shook his head, "Sorry Kaiba, that apple was all I had."
'Great.' He leaned back hitting his head against the tiled wall. He was hungry, very hungry and all those survival tricks he knew was in no use in a washroom.
Good like trying to find mushrooms or any other source of food.
"If you're hungry I could show you a trick."
Kaiba looked up at the teen, he had a mischievous glint in his eyes and that grin on his face added the final touch, "What trick?" He didn't care he had gone
almost two days on nothing but yesterday's two meals, and half a rotten apple, he was willing to try anything.
Jou got up and moved over to the sink, he turned the tap on and started collecting the water in his hands, then bringing then up to his mouth. He did that for only
a few seconds, thirty to be exact.
He just looked up in confusion.
Then after wiping his mouth he turned around to meet Kaiba with a smile of satisfaction on his face, "Ahh, nice and full."
"You just filled yourself up on water."
"Exactly, it won't hurt, or just not as bad. Hunger pains hurt 'cuz all it's saying that your stomach is empty so you just have to fill it up. And best of all, going to the
John won't be an obstacle, I mean look were we are. Sure we'll be pissing like race horses, but we'll be full."
He was surprised, that was actually a very smart trick. "Where did you learn a trick like that?"
"I just watch and catch on. It's been really helpful on days I forget my lunch." He smiled, 'Forget my lunch, that 's a good one. I really wish I could tell him how
I actually came up with that trick, nights on the street 'cuz I'm too afraid to face the old man. He sure seems surprised with it.'
He watched as Seto got up and filled his hands with water, bringing them up to his lips and drinking the cold liquid that filled his stomach. He filled his hands five
more times before giving a relieved sigh and wiping away execs water from his chin.
He turned to look at Jou to thank him for the tip only to see the young teen standing tall and proud, arms crossed and a wide smile that made him look ridiculous.
Scowling, he sat back down.
"What no thank you? Yeesh, I knew you here a hard ass, but not fossil hard. What someone taught you to act like that?"
Kaiba sprung to his feet and grabbed Jou's jacket, pushing him into the wall. Jou's eyes widened in shock as Seto's cold blue eyes glared as if trying to pierce his
very soul with darkness. His breathing was shaky, never had he seen Kaiba so serious, so... so pissed off from a simple comment. A moment went by
before Kaiba harshly slapped his hand away from Jou and sat back down.
He was speechless; he didn't know what to say. Had someone actually hurt Kaiba? He didn't want to think about it, knowing it would just drive himself into
asking the boy. Instead he sat next to the wall he was thrown against and sat there staring at the floor. Nothing to do, and not wanting to start a conversation
in fear that Kaiba would just snap back and tell him to shut his trap. He was even too afraid to ask for the time.
He coughed and held his head up, trying to get a good look of his metallic watch.
Kaiba opened his eyes just to see Jou looking like a damn Ostrich, "What?"
He lowered his head and backed away like a scared puppy, "Sorry... I just wanted to..." he eyed the watch.
" 6:15 pm, anything else?" He said coldly.
Jou shook his head and turned his attention to the ground.
It had been at least two hours since anyone said anything.
Kaiba, still pissed at the youth, closed his eyes and sighed. 'How dare that mutt say something like that. What does he know?'
He let himself drift off into a short sleep.
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"I said HURRY UP!" A slap hit his young face as he rushed to get the final touches in place. His hands were covered in oil and grease, with the occasional
electrical burn from the wires. He wiped his dark brown hair out of his blue eyes and hurried to get the piece of machinery done before his foster father
could hit him again.
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Kaiba shifted and woke up to the sound of a soft voice.
Jou had his eyes closed and head buried in his knees; he was singing a soft tune, his voice lowered so he wouldn't wake him up.
Call My Name
Dareka Ga Yobu Koe
Kurayami No Fukai Kanashimi
Shiroi Suhada No Kimi Ga Boku No Soko Ni Hikari Wo Sasu
Kuro Ka Shiro Ka Wakaranai Mama
Konna Ai Wa Jidaiokure Nano Ka
Bokura Wa Ichinichijuu
Asa Ga Otozureru No Wo Matsu Dake
Ashita Moshi Kimi Ga Kowaretemo
Koko Kara Nigedasanai
Tsukareta Karada Wo Iyasu
Kimi No Hohoemi Yo
Lonely Heart
Moteamasu Kokoro
Pokkari Ana Ga Aita You Da
Jibun Wo Osaekirezu Nanika Ni Iraira Shiteta
Ano Koi Wo Wasurerarenai To
Deatta Koro Hanashiteta Ne
Honshin Wo Kakushita Kao
Mada Boku Niwa Sukui Ga Arisou?
Ashita Moshi Kimi Ga Kowaretemo
Samayoi Tsuzukeru Darou
Aishite Hajimete Shitta
Ushinau Kowasa Wo
Ashita Moshi Kimi Ga Kowaretemo
Nani Mo Mienaku Natte Mo
Yasuraka Na Toki No Naka De
Bokura Wa Arukidasu
Kimi No Maboroshi Yo
He smiled softly, he had no idea the boy had a lovely singing voice, you could never tell by just listening to him talk.
Jou slowly opened his eyes to see Kaiba awake. "Kaiba."
"What?"
"N...nothing. Did I wake you?"
He shook his head.
Jou smiled then looked back down, "Look... about what happened earlier, I'm sorry if it offended you in some way..."
"No, it's mine."
Jou looked up.
"I should thanked you for the tip. It was very helpful."
"Ya, comes in handy doesn't it? Speaking of such I gotta pee!"
"Thanks for telling me..." He turned his head and closed his eyes giving the boy some privacy.
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They boys ended up playing duel monsters; Kaiba won thirteen out of the fifteen rounds they played. Obviously Jou wasn't happy with it, but he tried to ignore it
before Kaiba started rubbing it in his face, causing him to blow one of his fits.
Once 11:30 pm rolled around they decided to call it a night. Kaiba took his coat and covered both of them; back-to-back they leaned up against each other,
Jou and Kaiba both admitted that they hated sleeping like that, but unless they wanted to freeze there was no other choice.
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And dat's de end of dat chapie! Sorry not much of a topic going on but what is there to do in a washroom? Don't worry my later chapters will be MUCH
better... hopefully.. *Jumps * I SAW HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS TODAY!! it was soooo cool.
Nass: *sarcastically* Oh do tell...
^^ Ok!
Nass: o_ô
*talks for hours about the movie, while Nass tries to cover his ears, wishing for death then realizing he's all ready dead*