Okay, like I said, I'm prone to random inspiration and I was REALLY
inspired tonight when I remembered my idea for this story! so here it is,
and I'm sorry I'm like only on chap 3 of "The real cupid and psyche" but I
need to redo something in that story, cuz I kinda got sidetracked ^^;
Anyways, well here's this thing *hehe*
~walks off imitating a kuriboh "Kuriiiiiiiii"~
Hope you guys enjoy this!
// = thinking
"" = speaking
Disclaimer: I dun own Yu-Gi-Oh! Whatsoever, I do however, enjoy using them for my own purposes *evil smirk*
Chapter one: Breathe * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
//Don't look back . . .// he thought to himself as he ran through the city park, not bothering to watch where he was going, he knew the place like the back of his hand.
The boy pushed a lock of stray blonde hair out of his eyes, making sure his vision wasn't obstructed. //Just a few more blocks. . . //
A breath of cool summer's night air playfully brushed against his cheeks, which were already red from running so far. The wind whistled in his ears as he flew past.
Finally, his destination came into view, there stood an aging tenement building that appeared to be abandoned, but he knew that there was more than which meets the eye.
He ran up to the back door through the empty alley and carefully brought his knuckles down on the decaying wood in an organized pattern *knock, pause, knock, knock, pause, knock*
A few lonely seconds passed, finally, another youth inside answered, a small boy with spiky red and black hair, crowned by golden bangs. His round, crimson orbs were wide with fear, it was evident from his face that he had anticipated his misfortune of opening the door on the large, drunk man that visited the place often, he was rumored to take advantage of the boys he thought were "pretty."
But it wasn't the drunk man, and his heart skipped a beat as he saw who was actually at the door "Jou . . ." the boy breathed out in relief.
A small, street-wise smirk flashed briefly across the blonde-haired boy's face. "In the flesh" was his sole reply. "Did you get it?" The smaller boy asked eagerly.
"You don't think they'd send a rookie to get this would you?" the smile spreading as Jou fumbled through his orange sweatshirt pockets in search of the mentioned item.
His finger hit something sharp and smooth, gently removing it from its soft bed, he laid the gem flat on his palm, the brilliance of the diamond far outshining his soiled hands.
The two stood in the alley, their eyes glued to the glistening jewel for what seemed like an eternity, but the silence was soon shattered when a half-empty beer bottle was suddenly tossed from the second story window, shattering loudly on the cement, chips flew everywhere, barely missing the two.
"Get you lazy assezup here before I have too come down therund beat the hell out of you, you worthlezbastards" a dark haired man called as he stuck his unshaven face out the window.
Jou quickly pushed himself and the other boy into the building, shutting the door behind them. They found themselves in the dark of the unlit room.
Both boys squinted and stepped carefully as they silently felt their way up the stairs, when they reached the landing, a rotting hall stretched ahead of them. A single light shown at the end of the way. That was where they were to go.
Jou and the shorter boy besides him maneuvered quickly through the hallways, it was second nature to them on how to avoid where the rotting places were and to step where the safe wood was.
* * * * * * *
A pair of chocolate eyes, followed by a pair of crimson ones peaked into the room, they saw the man sitting on his bed, scratching his greasy head and flipping through channels on a small TV set, he had a new bottle of bear clutched in his fat hand.
He looked up and caught side of the two boys through his bloodshot eyes.
"Did yuget it?" he growled, his talking was slurred, obviously from drinking. He stood and made as if he was going to charge the two if they dared say no, and it was no doubt to the boys that he would charge if indeed they responded with failure.
"I got it Hiroko-sama" Jou said as he stepped forward and presented the shining diamond to the man.
He snatched it up greedily and dangled it by the chain. Twirling it around like some child's toy, examining it just to make sure it was authentic.
The diamond cast an eerie kaleidoscope effect on the ground as the dim light in the room filtered through it.
Finally, the man smiled. "Goojob Jou!! Thiis wonderful! Go get yurselfs some bread, you mus be hungry, goin all the way to Tokyo jus to fetchme this diamond from that old bat" Hiroko let out an indistinguishable laugh that sounded almost like a cry of pain.
"But Hiroko-sama, you said that after I got this diamond, you'd let me and Yugi go, you promised this was the last thing I'd have to steel" Jou suddenly replied, his voice breaking up when he realized that Hiroko might not keep his end of the bargain.
"Sure Idid, sure, sure, we'll talk tomorrow morning, after you get something else for me, we'll talk later, go get yurself some food," Hiroko balanced himself on the bed as he felt the pains of being drunk, he clutched his head with the hand that still held the diamond and cried out "Kami!! My head hurts so damn bad, you two, get out of here, Jou, we'll talk tomorrow, go, get out!"
He shoved the boys out of the room and slammed the door in their faces.
For a moment, shock overwhelmed Jou, but when he regained his senses, his fists tightened with anger as he cried out and attacked the door, banging on it with all his might.
"You promised!!! You said you'd let us go!!! Damn you Hikoro, you promised you'd let me and Yugi out of this hellhole," he pounded harder on the door, loud booms could be heard through the whole building, as younger boys in their cots awoke to the yelling.
"Jou stop!! Stop!!" Yugi cried as he tried to calm his friend. "You know he was going to lie, you shouldn't have gone!! It's worthless, just stop trying, before you get caught!!" tears began welling up in his large eyes.
Jou turned to face his friend, anger and hate flashing in his eyes. "I don't care Yugi, he lied!"
"There's nothing you can do about it!" Yugi responded, the tears set themselves free and rolled down his cheeks .
"No, I'm going to get us out of here, we're not living like this, stealing for gems, begging for bread, we deserve better" Jou answered in a bitter voice, as if he knew Hikoro was on the other side listening to every word.
"Let's wait until tomorrow Jou, come on, you're tired, get some food, and then you can go to sleep," Yugi replied in a reassuring voice.
But Jou continued to shake with anger, and his face shown no signs of giving up. "Tomorrow, we'll see if that day ever comes"
He moved his friend's hand off of his shoulder and quietly walked down the hallway, towards his own 'room'.
Yugi stayed a few more moments, watching Jou's form disappear into darkness, when finally nothing more could be seen, he wiped away his tears and left in the opposite direction towards his own shelter.
When he entered his room, Yugi lay upon the cot and cried. The pillow muffled the sounds of his painful sobs. //Doesn't Jou understand that it'll never change? Why does he tried so hard to get things to change?// Yugi thought to himself bitterly.
Somewhere down the pitch black hallway, his friend was thinking different thoughts.
//Hikoro better live up to his next promise, if indeed he means tomorrow's job will be my last, then I won't have to resort to my final plan// Jou lifted up a dagger and carefully pulled it out of its ivory sleeve, the moonlight danced off of the flawless silver and blinded him for a minute.
"He'd better live up to his promise, or else he won't live at all."
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Well there you go with chapter one!
Anyways, yes, I bet you're all wondering "well where the heck is the S/J??" that will be next chapter, I promise, but I'm not the kinda person who's like *snap* instant romance ^_^ I like to develop a lil bit of the plot first, don't you?
^.~
Please R/R!! I would really luv to know what you guys think of this fic
Ja ne!
P.S. if you're reading this, and you know who you are!! *grins a funny lopsided grin* what do u think? ^.~
Anyways, well here's this thing *hehe*
~walks off imitating a kuriboh "Kuriiiiiiiii"~
Hope you guys enjoy this!
// = thinking
"" = speaking
Disclaimer: I dun own Yu-Gi-Oh! Whatsoever, I do however, enjoy using them for my own purposes *evil smirk*
Chapter one: Breathe * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
//Don't look back . . .// he thought to himself as he ran through the city park, not bothering to watch where he was going, he knew the place like the back of his hand.
The boy pushed a lock of stray blonde hair out of his eyes, making sure his vision wasn't obstructed. //Just a few more blocks. . . //
A breath of cool summer's night air playfully brushed against his cheeks, which were already red from running so far. The wind whistled in his ears as he flew past.
Finally, his destination came into view, there stood an aging tenement building that appeared to be abandoned, but he knew that there was more than which meets the eye.
He ran up to the back door through the empty alley and carefully brought his knuckles down on the decaying wood in an organized pattern *knock, pause, knock, knock, pause, knock*
A few lonely seconds passed, finally, another youth inside answered, a small boy with spiky red and black hair, crowned by golden bangs. His round, crimson orbs were wide with fear, it was evident from his face that he had anticipated his misfortune of opening the door on the large, drunk man that visited the place often, he was rumored to take advantage of the boys he thought were "pretty."
But it wasn't the drunk man, and his heart skipped a beat as he saw who was actually at the door "Jou . . ." the boy breathed out in relief.
A small, street-wise smirk flashed briefly across the blonde-haired boy's face. "In the flesh" was his sole reply. "Did you get it?" The smaller boy asked eagerly.
"You don't think they'd send a rookie to get this would you?" the smile spreading as Jou fumbled through his orange sweatshirt pockets in search of the mentioned item.
His finger hit something sharp and smooth, gently removing it from its soft bed, he laid the gem flat on his palm, the brilliance of the diamond far outshining his soiled hands.
The two stood in the alley, their eyes glued to the glistening jewel for what seemed like an eternity, but the silence was soon shattered when a half-empty beer bottle was suddenly tossed from the second story window, shattering loudly on the cement, chips flew everywhere, barely missing the two.
"Get you lazy assezup here before I have too come down therund beat the hell out of you, you worthlezbastards" a dark haired man called as he stuck his unshaven face out the window.
Jou quickly pushed himself and the other boy into the building, shutting the door behind them. They found themselves in the dark of the unlit room.
Both boys squinted and stepped carefully as they silently felt their way up the stairs, when they reached the landing, a rotting hall stretched ahead of them. A single light shown at the end of the way. That was where they were to go.
Jou and the shorter boy besides him maneuvered quickly through the hallways, it was second nature to them on how to avoid where the rotting places were and to step where the safe wood was.
* * * * * * *
A pair of chocolate eyes, followed by a pair of crimson ones peaked into the room, they saw the man sitting on his bed, scratching his greasy head and flipping through channels on a small TV set, he had a new bottle of bear clutched in his fat hand.
He looked up and caught side of the two boys through his bloodshot eyes.
"Did yuget it?" he growled, his talking was slurred, obviously from drinking. He stood and made as if he was going to charge the two if they dared say no, and it was no doubt to the boys that he would charge if indeed they responded with failure.
"I got it Hiroko-sama" Jou said as he stepped forward and presented the shining diamond to the man.
He snatched it up greedily and dangled it by the chain. Twirling it around like some child's toy, examining it just to make sure it was authentic.
The diamond cast an eerie kaleidoscope effect on the ground as the dim light in the room filtered through it.
Finally, the man smiled. "Goojob Jou!! Thiis wonderful! Go get yurselfs some bread, you mus be hungry, goin all the way to Tokyo jus to fetchme this diamond from that old bat" Hiroko let out an indistinguishable laugh that sounded almost like a cry of pain.
"But Hiroko-sama, you said that after I got this diamond, you'd let me and Yugi go, you promised this was the last thing I'd have to steel" Jou suddenly replied, his voice breaking up when he realized that Hiroko might not keep his end of the bargain.
"Sure Idid, sure, sure, we'll talk tomorrow morning, after you get something else for me, we'll talk later, go get yurself some food," Hiroko balanced himself on the bed as he felt the pains of being drunk, he clutched his head with the hand that still held the diamond and cried out "Kami!! My head hurts so damn bad, you two, get out of here, Jou, we'll talk tomorrow, go, get out!"
He shoved the boys out of the room and slammed the door in their faces.
For a moment, shock overwhelmed Jou, but when he regained his senses, his fists tightened with anger as he cried out and attacked the door, banging on it with all his might.
"You promised!!! You said you'd let us go!!! Damn you Hikoro, you promised you'd let me and Yugi out of this hellhole," he pounded harder on the door, loud booms could be heard through the whole building, as younger boys in their cots awoke to the yelling.
"Jou stop!! Stop!!" Yugi cried as he tried to calm his friend. "You know he was going to lie, you shouldn't have gone!! It's worthless, just stop trying, before you get caught!!" tears began welling up in his large eyes.
Jou turned to face his friend, anger and hate flashing in his eyes. "I don't care Yugi, he lied!"
"There's nothing you can do about it!" Yugi responded, the tears set themselves free and rolled down his cheeks .
"No, I'm going to get us out of here, we're not living like this, stealing for gems, begging for bread, we deserve better" Jou answered in a bitter voice, as if he knew Hikoro was on the other side listening to every word.
"Let's wait until tomorrow Jou, come on, you're tired, get some food, and then you can go to sleep," Yugi replied in a reassuring voice.
But Jou continued to shake with anger, and his face shown no signs of giving up. "Tomorrow, we'll see if that day ever comes"
He moved his friend's hand off of his shoulder and quietly walked down the hallway, towards his own 'room'.
Yugi stayed a few more moments, watching Jou's form disappear into darkness, when finally nothing more could be seen, he wiped away his tears and left in the opposite direction towards his own shelter.
When he entered his room, Yugi lay upon the cot and cried. The pillow muffled the sounds of his painful sobs. //Doesn't Jou understand that it'll never change? Why does he tried so hard to get things to change?// Yugi thought to himself bitterly.
Somewhere down the pitch black hallway, his friend was thinking different thoughts.
//Hikoro better live up to his next promise, if indeed he means tomorrow's job will be my last, then I won't have to resort to my final plan// Jou lifted up a dagger and carefully pulled it out of its ivory sleeve, the moonlight danced off of the flawless silver and blinded him for a minute.
"He'd better live up to his promise, or else he won't live at all."
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Well there you go with chapter one!
Anyways, yes, I bet you're all wondering "well where the heck is the S/J??" that will be next chapter, I promise, but I'm not the kinda person who's like *snap* instant romance ^_^ I like to develop a lil bit of the plot first, don't you?
^.~
Please R/R!! I would really luv to know what you guys think of this fic
Ja ne!
P.S. if you're reading this, and you know who you are!! *grins a funny lopsided grin* what do u think? ^.~