Whoa. Ok, I scared myself with the last one. Really badly. I think I went a
little overboard. Even for myself. Oh well, all the more angst. The next
chapter features a surprise appearance by Yugi (bad timing for him, I
know), and. you guessed it-angst. Lots more where that last bit came from.
Also, I AM SO SORRY FOR BEING SUCH AN IDIOT!!!!!! There is one HUGE mistake
in chapter 2, being that I switched for a while into Joey instead of Jou. I
don't want to repost the chapter, 'cuz I'll lose the review!! There are
also mistakes with the chapter numbers!!!! Just ignore the numbers I gave
in the actual text, and pay attention to the ones in the little purple box
thing, and we'll all be much happier!!!!!! Well, anyways, here it is, the
next chapter. PLEASE R&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CHAPTER 5: Surprising Visit, Surprising News
Just then, a very upset looking Yugi burst into the room. He stared, seemingly shocked, at Jou's shocked face and Seto's lost expression, staring at the floor. He didn't even react when Yugi burst in. Jou, on the other hand, was less than pleased.
"I-I heard what happened," said Yugi. "I ran over as soon as I heard. The teachers are going to be ticked that I left class without asking, but I figure it's worth it. Geez, what a horrible thing to happen to such an innocent kid!" Jou stared at him in shock. Well, he thought bitterly, what could he expect? It wasn't like Yugi was just going to run in and confess to what he had done! Of course he was going to pretend he was just as shocked as the rest of them. But, damn it, it hurt so much to hear him say that!
"Yugi," Jou said, standing up and staring at the smaller boy. "Out. Now. I wish to speak with you." Bitterness and venom dripped from every word. Yugi looked questioningly up at him. "Out where?"
"The parking lot," came the answer. "I need to have a word with you about this. Unless," he added, knowing that Yugi would take the hint, "you wish to discuss this in the middle of a crowded building?" Yugi's eyes went wide.
"He really has done a pretty good job on you, hasn't he?" Jou was shocked by the question.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, now you're threatening your own friends, and taking his side in this, just because he came crying to you with a few scratches and a little bit of blood! I mean, it's not like your real friends haven't been through a lot worse, seeing you like this!" Jou glared at Yugi.
"A little bit of blood, Yugi? A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD??!! YOU LITTLE-" He stopped yelling when Seto put his hand on his arm.
"Out. Now. Or I'll tell EVERYONE what you did. YOU may have thought you were doing something good, but the law would not see it that way. Out." Yugi obeyed, and was unceremoniously dragged out to the parking lot by Jou.
"Alright," said Yugi as he ripped himself out of Jou's grip. "I'll listen! It's the least I can do for a friend!"
"A-a friend," said Jou bitterly. "A friend. Yugi, how could you-" He stopped, and a tear escaped his eye. "Which one of you was it?" he asked, looking up so that he wouldn't have to look Yugi in the eye.
"Pardon me?" asked Yugi, not understanding what Jou meant.
"I'll bet you didn't mean for it to go this far," said Jou, still speaking, as far as Yugi was concerned, in riddles. "I'll bet you never meant for this to happen. But it did. It did. And now, Yugi. he might die because of you!!" Yugi took a step back, frightened of the look in Jou's tear-filled eyes.
"W-what are you talking about, Jou? We did that to get sweet revenge on that faker, but. but we would never kill Mokuba!" Yugi was getting frightened now. He hadn't meant to kill the boy! They had been friends!! They-.
"Yeah, well, you might have," Jou's voice cut into his thoughts. "And I'm worried about you guys, Yugi. I'm worried, because something. came up. that you weren't expecting. If you think I'm worried because I forgive you, because I still consider you guys my friends, think again. I guess that's just the kind of haircut I am-way to forgiving."
"Jou, what are you talking about? Why are you worried about us?"
"Which one of you was it? Which one of you sick bastards was it that did that to such an innocent kid?" Yugi was confused.
"Did what?"
"I'll ask you one more time. I guess you can't take a hint, so I'll be clearer. Which one of you ra-Kami, I can't even say it. Which one of you took advantage of Mokuba? Which one of you took away the one thing he had left-his innocence?"
Yugi blushed furiously and looked at the ground. "Oh, that would have been Tristan." Jou could not believe that.
"That's it, that's all you have to say about it? Just, 'oh, that would have been Tristan?' THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TRIS-oh Kami," he said, as something hit him. "Tristan."
"What is it, Jou?" asked Yugi, still confused. "What is it?"
"Tristan," Jou said. "Please, not Tristan. He used to be-I mean, even after he did this. I have to tell him. It's my duty, even if he's no longer my friend."
"WHAT IS IT?!" asked Yugi, getting annoyed that Jou wouldn't answer his question. Jou stared at him, trying to find some sign of the Yugi he had known before the secret. He found it, buried under the bloodthirsty mask. So it was only Seto and Mokuba who were not allowed to see it.
"Mokuba has AIDS, Yugi. Tristan gave him AIDS."
"No," said Yugi, disbelieving. "No. Kami, no. We didn't mean to, it was. oh, Kami. We didn't mean to go that far with Mokuba, Jou. I swear."
"It doesn't matter whether or not you meant to go that far, Yugi. It doesn't matter anymore. You did. Now the little guy. Do you want to know his life expectancy, Yugi? DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG HE'S EXPECTED TO LIVE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO HIM???!!!" Tears coursed freely down his cheeks now. He couldn't believe, he simply couldn't believe that his friend would to that to a boy like Mokuba. Heck, he couldn't believe his friend would do that to ANYONE. But Mokuba-
Yugi shook his head. He couldn't take it; he didn't want to hear what he and his friends had done. He just wanted to wake up from this horrible nightmare, this revenge gone out of control. But Jou was going to give him no such option.
"Three months, tops. And that's just if he doesn't get to see anyone, if he's kept in a sterile, white room with no visitors. Not even his own brother. Yugi. can you even imagine what that will be like for him?" Yugi shook his head.
"Of course," Jou continued, "it's not possible. They couldn't do it. Mokuba would die of isolation. Not physically, of course. His soul would.oh, wait, I'm sorry," said Jou, his voice becoming sarcastic, "you bastards already KILLED his soul, so it can't die because of this. My mistake."
"Jou, I," began Yugi, but Jou was not about to let him speak.
"They can't do it. If that kid wants to have any chance of surviving, he has to wake up every morning, and come downstairs to see his brother, or go to the computer room to see his brother, or wake up to see his brother with a breakfast tray beside his bed. They need each other, Yug'. Kami, this is so ironic. He won't survive if he doesn't get to see his brother, but he won't survive if his brother so much as breathes in the same air as him. Either way, he's gonna die, Yugi. Within two weeks, Mokuba will have died. And it's all your fault. Your fault and your Yami's, and Bakura's and his Yami's, and Malik's and his Yami's, and Mai's and Tristan's, and especially, Tea's. You believed her Yug'. How could you believe her about something like this?" Jou sighed, and without waiting for an answer, turned to go back inside.
"Where are you going?" asked Yugi.
"Inside. I can't look at you anymore, or Tristan, or the rest of them. You can tell him what he did. Oh, and Yugi?"
"Yes, Jou?"
"You and the rest of them are personally invited to the funeral. That way, it might finally penetrate that thick skull, what you bastards have done."
With that, Jou left Yugi to go find Seto.
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I do NOT like this one bit. Oh, what don't I like? That little bit in the middle that made Yugi seem. normal. Doesn't work with my ideas. NOT AT ALL. Oh well, I'll just have to do a lot of, um, I'll have to rectify the situation in later chapters. I'll also have to shift the blame back onto Tea. somehow. She IS responsible for all this, for all those of you who are getting confused about that. It was just. kinda hard to write this with Tea instead of Yugi. You know. I can't even sympathise enough with her to let her have a speaking part. Maybe later. I think this story is going to have three more chapters. But no promises, it might be more. It probably won't be less. Anyways, PLEASE R&R!!!!! If you didn't like it, tell me, so long as you have a reason! JUST REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CHAPTER 5: Surprising Visit, Surprising News
Just then, a very upset looking Yugi burst into the room. He stared, seemingly shocked, at Jou's shocked face and Seto's lost expression, staring at the floor. He didn't even react when Yugi burst in. Jou, on the other hand, was less than pleased.
"I-I heard what happened," said Yugi. "I ran over as soon as I heard. The teachers are going to be ticked that I left class without asking, but I figure it's worth it. Geez, what a horrible thing to happen to such an innocent kid!" Jou stared at him in shock. Well, he thought bitterly, what could he expect? It wasn't like Yugi was just going to run in and confess to what he had done! Of course he was going to pretend he was just as shocked as the rest of them. But, damn it, it hurt so much to hear him say that!
"Yugi," Jou said, standing up and staring at the smaller boy. "Out. Now. I wish to speak with you." Bitterness and venom dripped from every word. Yugi looked questioningly up at him. "Out where?"
"The parking lot," came the answer. "I need to have a word with you about this. Unless," he added, knowing that Yugi would take the hint, "you wish to discuss this in the middle of a crowded building?" Yugi's eyes went wide.
"He really has done a pretty good job on you, hasn't he?" Jou was shocked by the question.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, now you're threatening your own friends, and taking his side in this, just because he came crying to you with a few scratches and a little bit of blood! I mean, it's not like your real friends haven't been through a lot worse, seeing you like this!" Jou glared at Yugi.
"A little bit of blood, Yugi? A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD??!! YOU LITTLE-" He stopped yelling when Seto put his hand on his arm.
"Out. Now. Or I'll tell EVERYONE what you did. YOU may have thought you were doing something good, but the law would not see it that way. Out." Yugi obeyed, and was unceremoniously dragged out to the parking lot by Jou.
"Alright," said Yugi as he ripped himself out of Jou's grip. "I'll listen! It's the least I can do for a friend!"
"A-a friend," said Jou bitterly. "A friend. Yugi, how could you-" He stopped, and a tear escaped his eye. "Which one of you was it?" he asked, looking up so that he wouldn't have to look Yugi in the eye.
"Pardon me?" asked Yugi, not understanding what Jou meant.
"I'll bet you didn't mean for it to go this far," said Jou, still speaking, as far as Yugi was concerned, in riddles. "I'll bet you never meant for this to happen. But it did. It did. And now, Yugi. he might die because of you!!" Yugi took a step back, frightened of the look in Jou's tear-filled eyes.
"W-what are you talking about, Jou? We did that to get sweet revenge on that faker, but. but we would never kill Mokuba!" Yugi was getting frightened now. He hadn't meant to kill the boy! They had been friends!! They-.
"Yeah, well, you might have," Jou's voice cut into his thoughts. "And I'm worried about you guys, Yugi. I'm worried, because something. came up. that you weren't expecting. If you think I'm worried because I forgive you, because I still consider you guys my friends, think again. I guess that's just the kind of haircut I am-way to forgiving."
"Jou, what are you talking about? Why are you worried about us?"
"Which one of you was it? Which one of you sick bastards was it that did that to such an innocent kid?" Yugi was confused.
"Did what?"
"I'll ask you one more time. I guess you can't take a hint, so I'll be clearer. Which one of you ra-Kami, I can't even say it. Which one of you took advantage of Mokuba? Which one of you took away the one thing he had left-his innocence?"
Yugi blushed furiously and looked at the ground. "Oh, that would have been Tristan." Jou could not believe that.
"That's it, that's all you have to say about it? Just, 'oh, that would have been Tristan?' THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TRIS-oh Kami," he said, as something hit him. "Tristan."
"What is it, Jou?" asked Yugi, still confused. "What is it?"
"Tristan," Jou said. "Please, not Tristan. He used to be-I mean, even after he did this. I have to tell him. It's my duty, even if he's no longer my friend."
"WHAT IS IT?!" asked Yugi, getting annoyed that Jou wouldn't answer his question. Jou stared at him, trying to find some sign of the Yugi he had known before the secret. He found it, buried under the bloodthirsty mask. So it was only Seto and Mokuba who were not allowed to see it.
"Mokuba has AIDS, Yugi. Tristan gave him AIDS."
"No," said Yugi, disbelieving. "No. Kami, no. We didn't mean to, it was. oh, Kami. We didn't mean to go that far with Mokuba, Jou. I swear."
"It doesn't matter whether or not you meant to go that far, Yugi. It doesn't matter anymore. You did. Now the little guy. Do you want to know his life expectancy, Yugi? DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG HE'S EXPECTED TO LIVE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO HIM???!!!" Tears coursed freely down his cheeks now. He couldn't believe, he simply couldn't believe that his friend would to that to a boy like Mokuba. Heck, he couldn't believe his friend would do that to ANYONE. But Mokuba-
Yugi shook his head. He couldn't take it; he didn't want to hear what he and his friends had done. He just wanted to wake up from this horrible nightmare, this revenge gone out of control. But Jou was going to give him no such option.
"Three months, tops. And that's just if he doesn't get to see anyone, if he's kept in a sterile, white room with no visitors. Not even his own brother. Yugi. can you even imagine what that will be like for him?" Yugi shook his head.
"Of course," Jou continued, "it's not possible. They couldn't do it. Mokuba would die of isolation. Not physically, of course. His soul would.oh, wait, I'm sorry," said Jou, his voice becoming sarcastic, "you bastards already KILLED his soul, so it can't die because of this. My mistake."
"Jou, I," began Yugi, but Jou was not about to let him speak.
"They can't do it. If that kid wants to have any chance of surviving, he has to wake up every morning, and come downstairs to see his brother, or go to the computer room to see his brother, or wake up to see his brother with a breakfast tray beside his bed. They need each other, Yug'. Kami, this is so ironic. He won't survive if he doesn't get to see his brother, but he won't survive if his brother so much as breathes in the same air as him. Either way, he's gonna die, Yugi. Within two weeks, Mokuba will have died. And it's all your fault. Your fault and your Yami's, and Bakura's and his Yami's, and Malik's and his Yami's, and Mai's and Tristan's, and especially, Tea's. You believed her Yug'. How could you believe her about something like this?" Jou sighed, and without waiting for an answer, turned to go back inside.
"Where are you going?" asked Yugi.
"Inside. I can't look at you anymore, or Tristan, or the rest of them. You can tell him what he did. Oh, and Yugi?"
"Yes, Jou?"
"You and the rest of them are personally invited to the funeral. That way, it might finally penetrate that thick skull, what you bastards have done."
With that, Jou left Yugi to go find Seto.
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I do NOT like this one bit. Oh, what don't I like? That little bit in the middle that made Yugi seem. normal. Doesn't work with my ideas. NOT AT ALL. Oh well, I'll just have to do a lot of, um, I'll have to rectify the situation in later chapters. I'll also have to shift the blame back onto Tea. somehow. She IS responsible for all this, for all those of you who are getting confused about that. It was just. kinda hard to write this with Tea instead of Yugi. You know. I can't even sympathise enough with her to let her have a speaking part. Maybe later. I think this story is going to have three more chapters. But no promises, it might be more. It probably won't be less. Anyways, PLEASE R&R!!!!! If you didn't like it, tell me, so long as you have a reason! JUST REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!