Walk In The Rain
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If there is a hell
I 'm sure this is how it smells
Wish this were a dream, but no, it isn't
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The car pulled up to a small house, it looked nice enough from the outside with it's bright red mail box and flower garden then again Anzu always tried to make things worth it even a crumbly little house deserved her love and attention.
Mokuba walked in front of Joey as they walked down the path to the door, it felt more like a funeral march for the older male as he gulped thinking of what Anzu would do to him. Sure she was always on his side but a lot of the time she would lecture him for his stupid mistakes.
But he knew it was never always like that and at least time he would be in need of a good talking down and even a good hard slap around the face. He even wished Mokuba had shot him the other night then he wouldn't be reliving all these flashbacks. All this anguish and this aching.
He sighed when his mind went into another flash back as he stepped onto the porch and watched Mokuba knock on the door.
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"Hey!"
"Oh no.."
"Uh guys isn't it a little early for Halloween?"
"Hush!"
"Don't hush me- huh?"
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Joey almost fell backwards at the site that greeted him when the door finally opened. A small boy with light brown hair almost dirty blonde stood there, his deep blue eyes blinked and his messy hair was ruffled by the hand of a woman.
"Good boy Joe go back inside and play"
"Hey Anzu" Mokuba said and bowed his head.
"Hey Mokuba!" She said warmly and looked over to the scruffy blonde man by his side.
Joey's eyes widened when he saw how much the girl had changed. She was now a woman, her hair was past her shoulders with bright red high lights and was a lot taller then she was before. She wore a short black skirt and tight looking black shirt.
"Mokuba I have a client later so I can't see to your friend" Anzu crossed her arms over her chest.
"Anzu? Don't you recognise me?" Joey said in a voice just above a whisper.
"How should I know? I might have slept with you" She said in a tone of being bored.
"It's me Joey!" Joey stepped closer to the girl.
"Joey?" She looked him over.
Sure enough from tattered sneakers to messy blonde hair it was her Joey all right the same one she would have done any thing for and even give her own life for. The same one she hadn't seen since she was a young adolescent with dreams and hopes still held in her heart.
"JOEY!" She cried and jumped onto the boy's arms.
Joey smiled and wrapped his arms around the girl as she wept into his arms and held him tight scared to death that if she was to let go he'd leave her again and never come back. She had to admit he was the last person she expected to be dragged to her door.
"Where have you been?" She asked looking a little angry.
"Where have you been?" She asked again rubbing tears away.
"Places" Joey answered.
Joey fell back and held his cheek that was now stinging as he looked at Anzu as she cried and glared at him at the same time a mix of emotions flew through her mind. Mokuba held her back by her arms and told her not to hit him again.
"HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE AGAIN!" She screamed.
"Anzu I'm sorry!"
"Tell that to Yugi! Or Seto! Or even Ryou! Anyone but me! I don't want to hear this bullshit off of you Joey Wheeler, you any idea what life you left us all with? We all changed in so many ways how could you think of coming back here?" She was crying more now and shaking with rage as she wanted to attack him again.
"Anzu! I am really sorry for what I have done!" Joey pleaded.
"How can you prove that you spineless bastard?" She growled out.
"I came back didn't I?" He watched her calm down.
"I guess.. But how can you make things right?"
"I can't but I can try"
Anzu looked into his eyes and saw the old Joey creeping back from the new one and she smiled and wrapped her arms around him once more and took comfort in the way he held her. She knew he'd never use her like all the other men did or like her father had. She had her best friend back now and things would get better.
"I have to see everyone, I have to see Tristan" Joey announced pulling back and looking into Anzu's eyes.
"First you have to see Serenity she's in such a terrible mess" Anzu held his hand and pulled him along the path.
"Mokuba please look after Joe for me"
"Right Anzu" Mokuba smiled and led the small child back in.
"Cute kid" Joey remarked as Anzu speed her pace up still holding his hand.
"I thought of you when he was born and named him, his father was long gone and well, he reminded me of you"
"The runnin' out on you part?" Joey asked running along side her.
"That and the fact he looked like you and even smiled like you" Anzu said with a dreamy sigh that Joey tried to ignore.
When they turned the corner they saw an ambulance and a few cop cars parked around a house. Anzu skidded to a stop and gasped holding Joey's hand tight. Joey looked at the ambulance and winced as he got a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"Dun't tell me that's my sis's house.." He gulped.
"Oh god! What did that monster do to her now!" Was all Anzu said as she ran towards the house Joey in tow.
Joey saw two very familiar people standing out side the house one was putting 'POLICE KEEP OUT' tape around the place while the other took notes. The one taking notes had shoulder length aqua green hair in a pony tail. He wore rectangular black glasses and a small frown. He was wearing shorts and a long T-shirt.
The one that had been putting tape up was a lot messier then the other. He had long messy brown hair that came down to his rear end. Chin length purple bangs framed the mans face from under a red hat, he wore a jacket and long T-shirt and rather baggy jeans.
"Ryuzaki? Haga? Man they sure changed!" Joey said in awe as Anzu and he rushed over to the two.
"Haga!" Joey yelled.
The aqua haired man looked up with an eyebrow raised and saw Joey running at him. Ryuzaki blinked and stood beside the once well-known insect duellist. Joey stopped dead when his headache hit him and he was plagued with more flashbacks.
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"He's Espa Roba he duels using ESP!"
"So he's psycho?"
"PSYCHIC, He'll know what cards you'll play even before you do!"
More images clouded his mind.
"Parasite Parodied turns all YOUR monsters into insects! Stopping you from attacking!"
"Ya gotta be kidding me."
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"Well if it isn't Joey Wheeler" Ryuzaki said with a smirk.
"Long time no see" Haga added.
"Haga what happened to Serenity this time?" Anzu asked urgently and saw the paramedics lifting the girl into the ambulance.
"Her so called 'loving husband' stabbed her in the back quite literally with a kitchen knife" Haga pushed his glasses up his nose.
"Tell me where he is and I'll rip holes into him" Joey snarled.
"Pfff you run away from here for how many years? And now you come back suddenly with all these threats? This isn't Battle City you know Wheeler" Haga snorted.
"Who the FUCK do you think your talking to bug boi?" Joey balled his hand into a fist.
"I think the question is WHO do you think YOUR talking too, I could chuck your low life ass in a cell faster then you can say 'what the fuck?'" Haga glared at the blonde.
"Haga give the guy a brake that's his SISTER they just wheeled away!" Ryuzaki pushed in between the two glaring men.
"Looks like you grown a personality at least Ryuzaki" Joey said glaring past him at Haga.
"That's what being married does to you Wheeler" Ryuzaki smiled weakly.
"Never pegged you as the sort to settle down.."
"Never pegged you as the type to get up and go either" Ryuzaki retorted.
"Ah"
"Ok boys enough flirting! Ryuzaki, Haga can you take us to the hospital?" Anzu asked cutting in.
"Why should I?" Haga sneered and turned his back on them.
"Fine, Haga you stay here and carry on the investigation and try nail that creep and I'll take these two" The brunet rolled his eyes at his partner and led the two to his car.
The car drive was silent other then the worried whimpers of Anzu and the constant cussing of Ryuzaki who was getting pissed off with traffic lights in the end he put the sirens on and floored it. Anzu grabbed onto Joey as they slammed past a corner and over a small curb almost crashing into the lamp post.
"How the fuck did you get yer licence dino butt!" Joey called as he was lobbed to the other side of the car.
"I'm a cop they had a bad health and safety issue in the kitchen, do the math" Ryuzaki replied and turned the wheel a little too fast and made Joey and Anzu crash to the other side of the car.
After a rough ride they got to the hospital in one piece and ran into the building and down the halls towards where they had taken Serenity. Ryuzaki just showed people who tried to stop them his badge and they let them pass without another word.
"I hope she's ok" Anzu called to Joey who nodded.
"I'll never forgive myself if she dies on me like this" Joey said and ran to catch up with Ryuzaki who he never knew was such a fast runner.
"I wont either" Came Anzu's more then cold reply.
They ran into the room they had taken the girl in and stood they're gaping in shock, well Joey and Anzu were Ryuzaki went to wait in the waiting room. Seeing the victims was never his thing it was more Haga's department. Serenity was hooked up to life support and having her wound seen too.
"Holy fucking shit!" Joey cried.
"Joey!" Anzu hit him.
"Geez sorry!"
The blonde went over by his sister's side and felt all the sadness of being away from her wash over him in waves of hate and pity. He was a bastard, he needed to be killed he needed his miserable existence to end, to end everyone else's pain.
"J..Joey?" The girl mumbled and tried to open her eyes.
"Yeah sis it's me, and I gunna be here fer yas" He smiled and held her hand softly.
"Oh Joey I .. missed..you.." Serenity closed her eyes and Joey was pushed away from her.
"Is she going to be ok?" He demanded to know.
"Sir there is a 50, 50 at this time please go out side and wait you will do her no good by being here" The doctor sighed when Joey refused to move.
"Don't be an ass he's right and you know it Wheeler" Came the gravely voice of Ryuzaki.
Joey sat on a seat next to Anzu and glanced over to Ryuzaki who looked like he was sleeping, the blonde shrugged and concentrated on the floor. He hated the hospital it smelt of blood and death he got the same feeling of fear and depression that he got from the nut house Ryou was damned to be forever in.
He was in hell, the hell he had made from a foolish reaction. He knew wherever Mai was now she had no idea what he had been going through for her, he then realised all of this hate and hurt he had brought all his friends were in vain and pointless and it took so many years to realise this.
He was a fool and what he had done could never truly be forgiven and now he had lost almost everything and one he was about to lose his sister the reason why he duelled in the first place. He was some sorta of jerk. He put his hand in his jacket and felt the relief of his guns handle.
If Serenity didn't make it he would kill himself. End all this pain at long last, he wished Mokuba had never found him. He could have lived his messed up life on his own and never have to look back never have to suffer flash backs or the over whelming guilt he felt drag his once light hearted soul down.
It was like his whole life had come down to this one moment, this one give or take situation, his future was riding on a 50, 50 chance of Serenity living. He had noticed his sister had grown into a very beautiful woman. Her hair was long and in a ponytail her eyes were still as bright as ever.
How could any one hurt such a delicate woman? Joey hoped to hell Haga would at least know where this bastard was so he may have the pleasure of killing him bit by bit with each bullet he had. He would even kill this monster with his own hands.
"Joey"
Joey felt a small hand hold his own and a person rest their head on his shoulder. He smiled a tiny bit and squeezed Anzu's hand back in reassurance. Ryuzaki glanced over to the two and back at the door, it was clear he felt out of place.
More To Come
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If there is a hell
I 'm sure this is how it smells
Wish this were a dream, but no, it isn't
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The car pulled up to a small house, it looked nice enough from the outside with it's bright red mail box and flower garden then again Anzu always tried to make things worth it even a crumbly little house deserved her love and attention.
Mokuba walked in front of Joey as they walked down the path to the door, it felt more like a funeral march for the older male as he gulped thinking of what Anzu would do to him. Sure she was always on his side but a lot of the time she would lecture him for his stupid mistakes.
But he knew it was never always like that and at least time he would be in need of a good talking down and even a good hard slap around the face. He even wished Mokuba had shot him the other night then he wouldn't be reliving all these flashbacks. All this anguish and this aching.
He sighed when his mind went into another flash back as he stepped onto the porch and watched Mokuba knock on the door.
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"Hey!"
"Oh no.."
"Uh guys isn't it a little early for Halloween?"
"Hush!"
"Don't hush me- huh?"
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Joey almost fell backwards at the site that greeted him when the door finally opened. A small boy with light brown hair almost dirty blonde stood there, his deep blue eyes blinked and his messy hair was ruffled by the hand of a woman.
"Good boy Joe go back inside and play"
"Hey Anzu" Mokuba said and bowed his head.
"Hey Mokuba!" She said warmly and looked over to the scruffy blonde man by his side.
Joey's eyes widened when he saw how much the girl had changed. She was now a woman, her hair was past her shoulders with bright red high lights and was a lot taller then she was before. She wore a short black skirt and tight looking black shirt.
"Mokuba I have a client later so I can't see to your friend" Anzu crossed her arms over her chest.
"Anzu? Don't you recognise me?" Joey said in a voice just above a whisper.
"How should I know? I might have slept with you" She said in a tone of being bored.
"It's me Joey!" Joey stepped closer to the girl.
"Joey?" She looked him over.
Sure enough from tattered sneakers to messy blonde hair it was her Joey all right the same one she would have done any thing for and even give her own life for. The same one she hadn't seen since she was a young adolescent with dreams and hopes still held in her heart.
"JOEY!" She cried and jumped onto the boy's arms.
Joey smiled and wrapped his arms around the girl as she wept into his arms and held him tight scared to death that if she was to let go he'd leave her again and never come back. She had to admit he was the last person she expected to be dragged to her door.
"Where have you been?" She asked looking a little angry.
"Where have you been?" She asked again rubbing tears away.
"Places" Joey answered.
Joey fell back and held his cheek that was now stinging as he looked at Anzu as she cried and glared at him at the same time a mix of emotions flew through her mind. Mokuba held her back by her arms and told her not to hit him again.
"HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE AGAIN!" She screamed.
"Anzu I'm sorry!"
"Tell that to Yugi! Or Seto! Or even Ryou! Anyone but me! I don't want to hear this bullshit off of you Joey Wheeler, you any idea what life you left us all with? We all changed in so many ways how could you think of coming back here?" She was crying more now and shaking with rage as she wanted to attack him again.
"Anzu! I am really sorry for what I have done!" Joey pleaded.
"How can you prove that you spineless bastard?" She growled out.
"I came back didn't I?" He watched her calm down.
"I guess.. But how can you make things right?"
"I can't but I can try"
Anzu looked into his eyes and saw the old Joey creeping back from the new one and she smiled and wrapped her arms around him once more and took comfort in the way he held her. She knew he'd never use her like all the other men did or like her father had. She had her best friend back now and things would get better.
"I have to see everyone, I have to see Tristan" Joey announced pulling back and looking into Anzu's eyes.
"First you have to see Serenity she's in such a terrible mess" Anzu held his hand and pulled him along the path.
"Mokuba please look after Joe for me"
"Right Anzu" Mokuba smiled and led the small child back in.
"Cute kid" Joey remarked as Anzu speed her pace up still holding his hand.
"I thought of you when he was born and named him, his father was long gone and well, he reminded me of you"
"The runnin' out on you part?" Joey asked running along side her.
"That and the fact he looked like you and even smiled like you" Anzu said with a dreamy sigh that Joey tried to ignore.
When they turned the corner they saw an ambulance and a few cop cars parked around a house. Anzu skidded to a stop and gasped holding Joey's hand tight. Joey looked at the ambulance and winced as he got a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"Dun't tell me that's my sis's house.." He gulped.
"Oh god! What did that monster do to her now!" Was all Anzu said as she ran towards the house Joey in tow.
Joey saw two very familiar people standing out side the house one was putting 'POLICE KEEP OUT' tape around the place while the other took notes. The one taking notes had shoulder length aqua green hair in a pony tail. He wore rectangular black glasses and a small frown. He was wearing shorts and a long T-shirt.
The one that had been putting tape up was a lot messier then the other. He had long messy brown hair that came down to his rear end. Chin length purple bangs framed the mans face from under a red hat, he wore a jacket and long T-shirt and rather baggy jeans.
"Ryuzaki? Haga? Man they sure changed!" Joey said in awe as Anzu and he rushed over to the two.
"Haga!" Joey yelled.
The aqua haired man looked up with an eyebrow raised and saw Joey running at him. Ryuzaki blinked and stood beside the once well-known insect duellist. Joey stopped dead when his headache hit him and he was plagued with more flashbacks.
~-~
"He's Espa Roba he duels using ESP!"
"So he's psycho?"
"PSYCHIC, He'll know what cards you'll play even before you do!"
More images clouded his mind.
"Parasite Parodied turns all YOUR monsters into insects! Stopping you from attacking!"
"Ya gotta be kidding me."
~-~
"Well if it isn't Joey Wheeler" Ryuzaki said with a smirk.
"Long time no see" Haga added.
"Haga what happened to Serenity this time?" Anzu asked urgently and saw the paramedics lifting the girl into the ambulance.
"Her so called 'loving husband' stabbed her in the back quite literally with a kitchen knife" Haga pushed his glasses up his nose.
"Tell me where he is and I'll rip holes into him" Joey snarled.
"Pfff you run away from here for how many years? And now you come back suddenly with all these threats? This isn't Battle City you know Wheeler" Haga snorted.
"Who the FUCK do you think your talking to bug boi?" Joey balled his hand into a fist.
"I think the question is WHO do you think YOUR talking too, I could chuck your low life ass in a cell faster then you can say 'what the fuck?'" Haga glared at the blonde.
"Haga give the guy a brake that's his SISTER they just wheeled away!" Ryuzaki pushed in between the two glaring men.
"Looks like you grown a personality at least Ryuzaki" Joey said glaring past him at Haga.
"That's what being married does to you Wheeler" Ryuzaki smiled weakly.
"Never pegged you as the sort to settle down.."
"Never pegged you as the type to get up and go either" Ryuzaki retorted.
"Ah"
"Ok boys enough flirting! Ryuzaki, Haga can you take us to the hospital?" Anzu asked cutting in.
"Why should I?" Haga sneered and turned his back on them.
"Fine, Haga you stay here and carry on the investigation and try nail that creep and I'll take these two" The brunet rolled his eyes at his partner and led the two to his car.
The car drive was silent other then the worried whimpers of Anzu and the constant cussing of Ryuzaki who was getting pissed off with traffic lights in the end he put the sirens on and floored it. Anzu grabbed onto Joey as they slammed past a corner and over a small curb almost crashing into the lamp post.
"How the fuck did you get yer licence dino butt!" Joey called as he was lobbed to the other side of the car.
"I'm a cop they had a bad health and safety issue in the kitchen, do the math" Ryuzaki replied and turned the wheel a little too fast and made Joey and Anzu crash to the other side of the car.
After a rough ride they got to the hospital in one piece and ran into the building and down the halls towards where they had taken Serenity. Ryuzaki just showed people who tried to stop them his badge and they let them pass without another word.
"I hope she's ok" Anzu called to Joey who nodded.
"I'll never forgive myself if she dies on me like this" Joey said and ran to catch up with Ryuzaki who he never knew was such a fast runner.
"I wont either" Came Anzu's more then cold reply.
They ran into the room they had taken the girl in and stood they're gaping in shock, well Joey and Anzu were Ryuzaki went to wait in the waiting room. Seeing the victims was never his thing it was more Haga's department. Serenity was hooked up to life support and having her wound seen too.
"Holy fucking shit!" Joey cried.
"Joey!" Anzu hit him.
"Geez sorry!"
The blonde went over by his sister's side and felt all the sadness of being away from her wash over him in waves of hate and pity. He was a bastard, he needed to be killed he needed his miserable existence to end, to end everyone else's pain.
"J..Joey?" The girl mumbled and tried to open her eyes.
"Yeah sis it's me, and I gunna be here fer yas" He smiled and held her hand softly.
"Oh Joey I .. missed..you.." Serenity closed her eyes and Joey was pushed away from her.
"Is she going to be ok?" He demanded to know.
"Sir there is a 50, 50 at this time please go out side and wait you will do her no good by being here" The doctor sighed when Joey refused to move.
"Don't be an ass he's right and you know it Wheeler" Came the gravely voice of Ryuzaki.
Joey sat on a seat next to Anzu and glanced over to Ryuzaki who looked like he was sleeping, the blonde shrugged and concentrated on the floor. He hated the hospital it smelt of blood and death he got the same feeling of fear and depression that he got from the nut house Ryou was damned to be forever in.
He was in hell, the hell he had made from a foolish reaction. He knew wherever Mai was now she had no idea what he had been going through for her, he then realised all of this hate and hurt he had brought all his friends were in vain and pointless and it took so many years to realise this.
He was a fool and what he had done could never truly be forgiven and now he had lost almost everything and one he was about to lose his sister the reason why he duelled in the first place. He was some sorta of jerk. He put his hand in his jacket and felt the relief of his guns handle.
If Serenity didn't make it he would kill himself. End all this pain at long last, he wished Mokuba had never found him. He could have lived his messed up life on his own and never have to look back never have to suffer flash backs or the over whelming guilt he felt drag his once light hearted soul down.
It was like his whole life had come down to this one moment, this one give or take situation, his future was riding on a 50, 50 chance of Serenity living. He had noticed his sister had grown into a very beautiful woman. Her hair was long and in a ponytail her eyes were still as bright as ever.
How could any one hurt such a delicate woman? Joey hoped to hell Haga would at least know where this bastard was so he may have the pleasure of killing him bit by bit with each bullet he had. He would even kill this monster with his own hands.
"Joey"
Joey felt a small hand hold his own and a person rest their head on his shoulder. He smiled a tiny bit and squeezed Anzu's hand back in reassurance. Ryuzaki glanced over to the two and back at the door, it was clear he felt out of place.
More To Come