^.^ Heres chap 3 my friends ^_^
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Walk in the rain, in the rain, in the rain
I walk in the rain, in the rain
Is it right or is it wrong
and is it here that I belong
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It was raining making the streets slick and wet and filled with puddles, Mokuba hopped over one only to be splashed by a passing car. Joey had to smile at Mokuba's reaction of giving the driver the finger. If Seto were still alive Mokuba would never have dared to do such a thing.
At that thought another flash back hit him.
-*-
"Hehehe Mokuba! That fairy turned you into a girl!"
"Great, can she make you smart?
-*-
He sighed and shook his head following Mokuba across the street and the two walked along neither saying any thing both thinking things over about the past and the present and what a bleak future was in store for the two. They had both changed and neither could believe it.
Mokuba sighed and hugged himself as the rain poured down and made him shiver, Joey smiled gently but Mokuba didn't see. Secretly Joey was glad Mokuba had found him he did miss his old life but still feared returning to it and it seemed Mokuba missed him too.
"TAXI!" Joey yelled and had a taxi hurtle to a stop.
"Where to?" The driver asked as he watched Mokuba jump in the seat after putting his stuff in the back.
"Down town" Joey said and sat in and slammed the door.
"Yer da boss"
The drive again was silent other then the noise of the driver ranting about how the city never slept or even rested it's eyes. He almost crashed into a few things along the way making Mokuba cling to the seat for dear life, he glanced over to Joey and saw the man wasn't the least bit bothered.
Joey held his head in pain as another flash back washed over his mind, why was this happening to him? Why? It seemed to have only started when Mokuba had reminded him of all his friends, all the people he had betrayed. Maybe he was being selfish? Maybe he should go back?
He knew he had to when the flash back took over his mind.
-*-
"Joey I know your in there!!! Joey.. You're my friend.."
"We're with ya bro!"
"You can do it Joey kick his but back to the stoneage!"
"Thank you Joey.. This is the. nicest thing any one has ever done.. For me"
-*-
He winced when the last voice left his mind. He had lost site of everything when he lost Mai and now he had lost everyone. The people he would have left would never be the same again but then again he'd never be the same either. Broken dreams and shattered lives.
The rain beat against the window and he saw for the first time in ages his reflection. It looked hurt and lost beyond the powers of finding. His eyes changed so much his face showed lines of age and the stress of the life he now led.
He choked back a small cry when his reflection faded and one of his old self appeared, bright eyes met with cold ones as the rain washed the image away and brought a new one. One of everyone he knew from Anzu to Mako, from Yugi to Ryuzaki. Everyone that had been in his old life.
Soon darkness over come him and his mind faded away.
Mokuba smiled as he saw Joey fall asleep and was amazed at himself, he had seen a man being killed and yet it didn't phase him any more. Maybe after all the horror he had been through had made nothing in this world able to hurt him. After all he had seen Ryou dragged away, seen his own brother kill himself and such other unspeakable events.
And so much worse. Him and Joey were more alike then ever now both had their fair share of bad points and goods but at least Joey had been able to run away from his problems unlike Mokuba. Mokuba had been damned to live in this hell and watch Joey make his own.
The rain tapped on the window and made Mokuba glance out the window and into the night sky. He let a tear run down his face. 'Oh Seto I wish you were alive, I'm bringing Joey home now and things would have been better.' He sighed and he too fell asleep.
Next thing either knew the car had stopped and the driver was beeping his horn in an attempt to wake the two in the back. Joey's eyes opened slowly and he shook Mokuba awake even when he didn't want to. The kid looked so happy in sleep untouched and innocent once again.
"Come on kiddo we're here"
"Uh.ok.." Mokuba brushed the sleep aside from his eyes.
"That'll be $50 mac" The driver held his hand out and was glad to see Joey even handed him a tip.
"Yeah thanks"
Both unloaded their things and stood in the still rushing rains of the night as bitter and cold as it was it didn't match either boys feelings. Joey dragged his feet along the streets as his long green jacket swished along as he walked. Mokuba dragged his stuff along and followed the blonde.
"So we ARE going back to Domino?" He asked with a fearful hope in his voice.
"Might as well, I need a place ta run and well seems like a good place now" Joey smirked.
"But dun't think fer a second I is gunna stay in that shit hole, this is my home and this is where I belong now" The last part was said more to himself then to the child.
Did he really belong here? With all the killing and violence? Or did he need to go back to Domino to prove to himself that he was missing the home he never wanted to leave in the first place? With a shrug he led Mokuba to a small motel.
Mokuba sat down on one of the chairs and dripped water from his long spiky black bangs as Joey tried to con the lady at the desk into giving him a cheap first class room. The black haired teen noticed that Joey had definitely become a man it seemed every woman found him sexy and tried to flirt with him.
Instead of the bumbling teen he once knew Joey was a smart and sophisticated young man who knew how to take care of himself and how to deal with the stabbing pains life would always bring. Mokuba wished he was more like Joey, he was still weak and hurt himself.
"See ol' Joey still got da charm" Joey winked at the boy and dangled a first class room key in front of his eyes.
"Yep still the modest one!" Both chuckled a little and made their way to their room.
The room wasn't all that great but it was liveable. It had two beds and a TV and some of the other basics such as a shower. Mokuba grinned and put his stuff down.
"I am SO having a shower! I smell worse then Haga's attitude!" The teen giggled a little and went into the bathroom.
Joey smirked and shook his head, even if Mokuba had grown up and lost almost all his innocence he still showed child like feathers that made Joey feel more at home. He remembered a time when they were all care free other then a few dark times like at DK and in BC.
He heard the water going and a small almost feminine voice singing to a song, a song he remembered from a time when he was younger it was from a band he used to like.
"I can't feel this any more don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored!" Mokuba sang to himself happily.
The door to the shower opened a little and Joey crept over to watch the teen. Mokuba's long black hair made him look like a very pretty girl. He never had, had much of a males figure and looked a little more feminine then most men he knew.
Joey hadn't been with a man or woman in a long time and he did miss the feel of skin on skin. He thought about how cute Mokuba was even if the cuts and marks married his arms and back he still looked inviting.
Joey sighed and watched the boy turn the water off and reach for a towel. Joey sat back down on his bed and pretended to look out the window as the teen walked in with his hair dripping everywhere.
"How did you find me?" He asked.
"Isis"
"Ah" Joey should have realised that woman had, had something to do with this.
"I would never have been able to find you if not for her" Mokuba sat by Joey and tried to dry his hair off.
The blonde was getting needy all the thoughts of what he missed when he had been with another were clouding his own judgement and he pinned the shocked and a little scared teen down onto the bed. Mokuba eeped when Joey leaned down and kissed him running his hand along his body.
The black haired boy leaned over and grabbed the item he was looking for, Joey deepened the kiss only to hear a 'CLICK' next to his head. He pulled back and saw the glare Mokuba was aiming at him and also noticed the boy was holding a gun to his head.
"I WILL kill you Joey" Mokuba hissed.
"You won't" The blonde snorted and sat up.
"Despite popular belief I am NOT a play thing!" the boy let tears slip down his face as he glared and held the gun steady.
"I'm sorry ok?" Joey bit back.
"That's what my so called foster father said after he got drunk and stole my virginity! Then after he raped me night after night after night till I was on the edge" Mokuba gritted his teeth together as painful memories hit him.
"I'm nothing to that man other then a sex toy! I ran away to find you so you could help me! But now that I see it maybe I was safer just running away and leaving you for dead in this hell of your own making!" He shook all over and let the tears run freely.
"MOKUBA! I swear if I had known I would NEVER have done such a thing!" Joey said genuinely for the first time that he had been with Mokuba.
Joey grabbed the gun from the sobbing boy and chucked it over to the other bed and pulled the child into a hug. Even if Mokuba was 18 he was still so torn up and he was like a betrayed child in Joey's eyes. Joey sighed and let the boy cry harder into his shoulder.
"I swear I'll make that bastard pay" The once lucky duellist vowed and rocked the child back and forth calming him.
"Thank you.. Joey"
"Hey it's ok kid me and you we like partners now" He smiled weakly.
"Just dun't point that fucking gun at me again" He smirked as he managed to get a muffled chuckle out of the teen.
A little later that night Joey sat on his bed in his boxers and smoked one of the few things that kept his cool, a cigarette and gazed out the window. The rain had stopped a little and let the moonlight come in and make his skin glow in an out of character angelic glow.
This time tomorrow they would be in Domino the place it all started and in a lot of his friends cases the place where it had ended. He was going to save the ones he could before all that remained of the once dedicated group were all gone like a faded memory.
He lay down on the cheap sheets of the bed and let himself fall into a deep sleep, a sleep of dreams that danced around like the painful flashbacks. The ones plagued his mind once again like they did when he first left Domino and swore never to return as long as he lived.
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"Mai I'm sorry I lied ta you"
"Huh?"
"That dream.. When I said you weren't in it.. I lied.. You were! Mai your one of my friends please remember me"
"I-I.. I remember.. JOEY!"
"You remember me!"
-*-
Images of Mai and the last time they had spoke to one another flashed through his mind and then his mind past back to other duels and times in his life.
~More to come~
PLZ RnR ^.^
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Walk in the rain, in the rain, in the rain
I walk in the rain, in the rain
Is it right or is it wrong
and is it here that I belong
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It was raining making the streets slick and wet and filled with puddles, Mokuba hopped over one only to be splashed by a passing car. Joey had to smile at Mokuba's reaction of giving the driver the finger. If Seto were still alive Mokuba would never have dared to do such a thing.
At that thought another flash back hit him.
-*-
"Hehehe Mokuba! That fairy turned you into a girl!"
"Great, can she make you smart?
-*-
He sighed and shook his head following Mokuba across the street and the two walked along neither saying any thing both thinking things over about the past and the present and what a bleak future was in store for the two. They had both changed and neither could believe it.
Mokuba sighed and hugged himself as the rain poured down and made him shiver, Joey smiled gently but Mokuba didn't see. Secretly Joey was glad Mokuba had found him he did miss his old life but still feared returning to it and it seemed Mokuba missed him too.
"TAXI!" Joey yelled and had a taxi hurtle to a stop.
"Where to?" The driver asked as he watched Mokuba jump in the seat after putting his stuff in the back.
"Down town" Joey said and sat in and slammed the door.
"Yer da boss"
The drive again was silent other then the noise of the driver ranting about how the city never slept or even rested it's eyes. He almost crashed into a few things along the way making Mokuba cling to the seat for dear life, he glanced over to Joey and saw the man wasn't the least bit bothered.
Joey held his head in pain as another flash back washed over his mind, why was this happening to him? Why? It seemed to have only started when Mokuba had reminded him of all his friends, all the people he had betrayed. Maybe he was being selfish? Maybe he should go back?
He knew he had to when the flash back took over his mind.
-*-
"Joey I know your in there!!! Joey.. You're my friend.."
"We're with ya bro!"
"You can do it Joey kick his but back to the stoneage!"
"Thank you Joey.. This is the. nicest thing any one has ever done.. For me"
-*-
He winced when the last voice left his mind. He had lost site of everything when he lost Mai and now he had lost everyone. The people he would have left would never be the same again but then again he'd never be the same either. Broken dreams and shattered lives.
The rain beat against the window and he saw for the first time in ages his reflection. It looked hurt and lost beyond the powers of finding. His eyes changed so much his face showed lines of age and the stress of the life he now led.
He choked back a small cry when his reflection faded and one of his old self appeared, bright eyes met with cold ones as the rain washed the image away and brought a new one. One of everyone he knew from Anzu to Mako, from Yugi to Ryuzaki. Everyone that had been in his old life.
Soon darkness over come him and his mind faded away.
Mokuba smiled as he saw Joey fall asleep and was amazed at himself, he had seen a man being killed and yet it didn't phase him any more. Maybe after all the horror he had been through had made nothing in this world able to hurt him. After all he had seen Ryou dragged away, seen his own brother kill himself and such other unspeakable events.
And so much worse. Him and Joey were more alike then ever now both had their fair share of bad points and goods but at least Joey had been able to run away from his problems unlike Mokuba. Mokuba had been damned to live in this hell and watch Joey make his own.
The rain tapped on the window and made Mokuba glance out the window and into the night sky. He let a tear run down his face. 'Oh Seto I wish you were alive, I'm bringing Joey home now and things would have been better.' He sighed and he too fell asleep.
Next thing either knew the car had stopped and the driver was beeping his horn in an attempt to wake the two in the back. Joey's eyes opened slowly and he shook Mokuba awake even when he didn't want to. The kid looked so happy in sleep untouched and innocent once again.
"Come on kiddo we're here"
"Uh.ok.." Mokuba brushed the sleep aside from his eyes.
"That'll be $50 mac" The driver held his hand out and was glad to see Joey even handed him a tip.
"Yeah thanks"
Both unloaded their things and stood in the still rushing rains of the night as bitter and cold as it was it didn't match either boys feelings. Joey dragged his feet along the streets as his long green jacket swished along as he walked. Mokuba dragged his stuff along and followed the blonde.
"So we ARE going back to Domino?" He asked with a fearful hope in his voice.
"Might as well, I need a place ta run and well seems like a good place now" Joey smirked.
"But dun't think fer a second I is gunna stay in that shit hole, this is my home and this is where I belong now" The last part was said more to himself then to the child.
Did he really belong here? With all the killing and violence? Or did he need to go back to Domino to prove to himself that he was missing the home he never wanted to leave in the first place? With a shrug he led Mokuba to a small motel.
Mokuba sat down on one of the chairs and dripped water from his long spiky black bangs as Joey tried to con the lady at the desk into giving him a cheap first class room. The black haired teen noticed that Joey had definitely become a man it seemed every woman found him sexy and tried to flirt with him.
Instead of the bumbling teen he once knew Joey was a smart and sophisticated young man who knew how to take care of himself and how to deal with the stabbing pains life would always bring. Mokuba wished he was more like Joey, he was still weak and hurt himself.
"See ol' Joey still got da charm" Joey winked at the boy and dangled a first class room key in front of his eyes.
"Yep still the modest one!" Both chuckled a little and made their way to their room.
The room wasn't all that great but it was liveable. It had two beds and a TV and some of the other basics such as a shower. Mokuba grinned and put his stuff down.
"I am SO having a shower! I smell worse then Haga's attitude!" The teen giggled a little and went into the bathroom.
Joey smirked and shook his head, even if Mokuba had grown up and lost almost all his innocence he still showed child like feathers that made Joey feel more at home. He remembered a time when they were all care free other then a few dark times like at DK and in BC.
He heard the water going and a small almost feminine voice singing to a song, a song he remembered from a time when he was younger it was from a band he used to like.
"I can't feel this any more don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored!" Mokuba sang to himself happily.
The door to the shower opened a little and Joey crept over to watch the teen. Mokuba's long black hair made him look like a very pretty girl. He never had, had much of a males figure and looked a little more feminine then most men he knew.
Joey hadn't been with a man or woman in a long time and he did miss the feel of skin on skin. He thought about how cute Mokuba was even if the cuts and marks married his arms and back he still looked inviting.
Joey sighed and watched the boy turn the water off and reach for a towel. Joey sat back down on his bed and pretended to look out the window as the teen walked in with his hair dripping everywhere.
"How did you find me?" He asked.
"Isis"
"Ah" Joey should have realised that woman had, had something to do with this.
"I would never have been able to find you if not for her" Mokuba sat by Joey and tried to dry his hair off.
The blonde was getting needy all the thoughts of what he missed when he had been with another were clouding his own judgement and he pinned the shocked and a little scared teen down onto the bed. Mokuba eeped when Joey leaned down and kissed him running his hand along his body.
The black haired boy leaned over and grabbed the item he was looking for, Joey deepened the kiss only to hear a 'CLICK' next to his head. He pulled back and saw the glare Mokuba was aiming at him and also noticed the boy was holding a gun to his head.
"I WILL kill you Joey" Mokuba hissed.
"You won't" The blonde snorted and sat up.
"Despite popular belief I am NOT a play thing!" the boy let tears slip down his face as he glared and held the gun steady.
"I'm sorry ok?" Joey bit back.
"That's what my so called foster father said after he got drunk and stole my virginity! Then after he raped me night after night after night till I was on the edge" Mokuba gritted his teeth together as painful memories hit him.
"I'm nothing to that man other then a sex toy! I ran away to find you so you could help me! But now that I see it maybe I was safer just running away and leaving you for dead in this hell of your own making!" He shook all over and let the tears run freely.
"MOKUBA! I swear if I had known I would NEVER have done such a thing!" Joey said genuinely for the first time that he had been with Mokuba.
Joey grabbed the gun from the sobbing boy and chucked it over to the other bed and pulled the child into a hug. Even if Mokuba was 18 he was still so torn up and he was like a betrayed child in Joey's eyes. Joey sighed and let the boy cry harder into his shoulder.
"I swear I'll make that bastard pay" The once lucky duellist vowed and rocked the child back and forth calming him.
"Thank you.. Joey"
"Hey it's ok kid me and you we like partners now" He smiled weakly.
"Just dun't point that fucking gun at me again" He smirked as he managed to get a muffled chuckle out of the teen.
A little later that night Joey sat on his bed in his boxers and smoked one of the few things that kept his cool, a cigarette and gazed out the window. The rain had stopped a little and let the moonlight come in and make his skin glow in an out of character angelic glow.
This time tomorrow they would be in Domino the place it all started and in a lot of his friends cases the place where it had ended. He was going to save the ones he could before all that remained of the once dedicated group were all gone like a faded memory.
He lay down on the cheap sheets of the bed and let himself fall into a deep sleep, a sleep of dreams that danced around like the painful flashbacks. The ones plagued his mind once again like they did when he first left Domino and swore never to return as long as he lived.
-*-
"Mai I'm sorry I lied ta you"
"Huh?"
"That dream.. When I said you weren't in it.. I lied.. You were! Mai your one of my friends please remember me"
"I-I.. I remember.. JOEY!"
"You remember me!"
-*-
Images of Mai and the last time they had spoke to one another flashed through his mind and then his mind past back to other duels and times in his life.
~More to come~
PLZ RnR ^.^