When We Were Friends

The Book

"No…no father. No… I d…don't want to p…play your games anymore. Please… please h…help me… somebody…anybody."

I just stared at Joey. What was he talking about? His father couldn't have been the one that hurt him. Could he?

I thought back to when Joey and I met. He did say his father drinks. Maybe his father got drunk and hurt him. Poor Joey.

"No…no please don't leave me with h…him." Joey kept mumbling. "H…he isn't safe. Y…you can't just leave m…me with him. Please m…mom take me with y…you."

By that point I was really confused. What did Joey's parent do to him? What could have happened to Joey?

*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%

Joey closed the book. He looked at the title again.

The Autobiography of Seto Kaiba

Joey took a deep breath. He never really thought Kaiba even remembered the little boy had helped him out. Let alone wrote a book about him.

Joey walked down the streets of Domino City. He really needed to get some questions answered.

Joey held his new book in one hand and rang the doorbell to the Kaiba Mansion. He waited for someone to answer the door while still think of what he was going to say to Kaiba about his book.

"Hello," Mokuba answered the door. "Oh hey Joey, come on in."

Joey walked in the mansion before he spoke, "Mokuba, is your brother home?"

"Yeah. He's up in his office. Here I'll take you there." Mokuba led Joey through the twists and turns of the mansion. Joey knew if he had tried to do it himself, he would have been lost for years.

When they got to a door at the end of one of the long hallways, Mokuba knocked before he poked his head in the door. "Big brother, Joey's here to see you."

Kaiba looked up from his computer and stared at Mokuba. The last thing he wanted was to talk to the mutt. He was way too busy to even bother talking to him. But, maybe, he should talk to the mutt. It might make his day to torture the little dog for a while.

"Alright Mokuba, send him in." Kaiba didn't get up from his desk when Joey entered the room. "What do you want mutt?"

Joey glared at Kaiba. How could a sweet little boy who was had saved his life turn into this bastard.

"I wanted to talk to you about this bock of yours." Joey threw the book over to Kaiba who caught it and stared at it.

"What does the puppy want an autograph or something?" Kaiba returned Joey's glare and now got up from his desk and walked up to Joey. He handed the book back to Joey and pushed him to the door. "Too fuckin bad."

"Than it's a good thing I didn't want one. I just had a question for you."

Kaiba smirked and walked back around to is desk. "And what's that?" He looked back down at his computer and started typing again.

"Why didn't you tell me you were leaving the orphanage?"

Kaiba froze. He never told any of the kids in the orphanage that he was leaving, not even his best friend. "I…I don't know what your talking about." Kaiba hated stuttering. It showed weakness and that was one thing he couldn't stand.

Joey smirked. "You know exactly what I'm talking about. When I got out of the hospital, you were already a Kaiba."

"Leave now. I have no more time to waste on you. Finish reading the book. That is if you can understand it."

Without another word Joey left the room. Kaiba leaned back in his chair. His autobiography had gone on sale just a few days ago. He opened his desk drawer and pulled out his own copy of the book and opened it up to where Joey had first got in the hospital and began to read.

*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%

"No…no please don't leave me with h…him." Joey kept mumbling. "H…he isn't safe. Y…you can't just leave m…me with him. Please m…mom take me with y…you."

By that point I was really confused. What did Joey's parent do to him? What could have happened to Joey?

I sat down in the chair and stared at Joey. I felt so sorry for him. I just wished I could have done more for him.

"Young man?" It was the nurse again. "You need to get some sleep."

I wasn't in the mood to argue so I went over to the extra bed and lied down. I stared up at the ceiling and prayed for Joey's safety and for Mokuba's happiness. I didn't care what happened to me, as long as my brother and friend were ok.

A/N - Sorry if that got confusing. Alright, Kaiba wrote his autobiography and Joey has been reading it. In the autobiography he is always called Seto but in present time he is always called Kaiba, ok?