Brood: Okay everyone! Here I am finally starting on the second of my
fanfiction contest prize fics! This one has Wingleader Sora Jade's
character, which I'm tentatively calling simply, "Sora Jade."
Zutsokaki: Great. Let the baka onnas unite.... *Baka onna = stupid woman*
Brood: Yeesh....I'm just gonna let him ramble all he wants. He just hates it when I start a new story. This one is for WSJ..... Muahahahhaaa..........................................
Zutsokaki: Oooh boy. She's at it again.....
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CHAPTER ONE
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"HEY EVERYONE!!! WAIT UP!!!!" Yugi Motou jogged hurredly after his friends in the deepening sunset, laughing with the rest of them.
Jounouchi was running up ahead, grasping one of Yugi's new Duel Monster's cards he'd gotten today, and thought it'd be just hilarious to play "Keep Away" with the rest of them with it. "The rest of them," being Anzu, Honda, Yugi, and Ryou.
Anzu dashed up to Jou and lunged at the card, but Jou grinned cheekily and sidestepped her, and she barreled into a mailbox, laughing hysterically.
"One down..." Jou said, grinning at the rest. Honda ran up and immediately jump-grabbed for it, but Jou ducked and pushed him over his shoulder to land on the mailbox Anzu had run into. He landed on top of it uncerimoniously on his backside, grinning and spinning to watch the rest of the "game."
While Jou was flipping Honda over though, Yugi had snuck behind Jou, and in a daring move (for he didn't know if it would work or not), he began ticking Jou's sides. Jou wriggled and squeaked out, "No fair!" as Yugi did his dirty work.
Jou had to reach down to try and grab at Yugi, but as his hands came down, the card came in reach and Ryou's hand shot out.
"Yoink!" Ryou snagged the card and scampered back a few steps, grinning and laughing, and Anzu, Honda, and Yugi all joined in as Jou sweatdropped and let a huge smile crack his face.
"Ahh, okay guys, ya got me....." Jou put one hand behind his head and Ryou handed the card to Yugi with a small bow and flourish.
"Your card, Yugi-sama." Ryou said with a smirk, and Yugi grinned. The group then walked around a corner, onto the block where Anzu lived. They all said goonight to her as she trotted lightly up her front steps, the dark beginning to set in.
It went like that, all of them going home one by one, promising to see each other tomorrow, until only Jou himself was left.
"G'night Yugi! See ya later!" Jou waved as Yugi jogged inside the Kami Game Shop, waving back.
He then turned his back and walked in the direction of his own home, two blocks off. Night was setting in very well now, and he knew that his dad wasn't going to mind him coming in late one little bit. In fact, his own father probably wasn't even home yet from boozing it up with his friends.
Jounouchi sighed and continued along his way, now only about a block from his house.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Jou's head snapped up immediately, and he spun around in the direction of the scream. It was definitely a woman, and definitely coming from an alley he'd just passed. Adrenaline rushing into his body, he kicked it into high gear and spun on his heels, running into the alley.
If he was expecting to see a mugger holding a knife to a girls throat, taking her purse, he got a shock. In fact, he didn't even know what he was seeing for a moment. All was pitch dark, and he had to let his eyes adjust in the deeper dark of the alleyway. Then he saw a dark man hunched over the form of a woman lying in front of him, and he seemed to be reaching for her.
"HEY! GET AWAY FROM HER YOU CREEP!!!" Jou yelled out, causing the man to start and turn towards him. The man was in a dark hooded cloak, so no face could be seen.
Then, to Jou's sheer surprise and near horror, the man GLIDED towards him, holding his hands out. Suddenly though, before he could cry out, his surprise was clouded over with something deeper....it was a voice, in his head. The voice that wasn't his own told him to remain calm, and what was happening was perfectly normal. It said that he had to stand perfectly still, and that he would be left a greater being than he ever was before. Jou liked the sound of that, and his eyes drooped where he stood as the man advanced.
The next thing he knew, he was lying on his back in the alley, and the girl was gone. His head was pounding and his whole body was shaking like it was a large mass of jelly.
"What.........happened to me..." he muttered thickly as he attempted to sit up. His arms gave out under him and he fell backwards, and decided to lay there for a moment until he got his strength back.
When he felt like he could make it, he staggered to his feet and shambled the rest of the way to his house. He leaned heavily against his front door as he fished around for his key. Limply pushing the door open after unlocking it, he noticed idly that his father wasn't home yet. He let his eyes wander to the clock, and surprise shot through him, waking him from his sluggishness.
"It's FOUR IN THE MORNING!?!?!?!?!" Jou yelled in surprise. But that simple effort of that exclamation took more out of him than he thought, so he fell backwards for the second time that night onto the couch, and slept soundly.
Outside his living room window, a voice laughed darkly.
The next morning, Jou dragged himself off of the couch and looked up at the wall clock again. Groaning with the realization that he was running late, he hurried as best as he could in his tired and groggy state to get to school on time.
Finally, half an hour later, he pushed himself out of the door with a piece of toast in his mouth. He took a late bus and barely made it before the school's gates closed, and he pulled himself to his classroom as if it were a horrible effort to do so.
As he took his seat, Yugi leaned over. "Hey Jou...are you alright?"
"Eh...? Ooh Yugi...yeah, I'm fine. Just didn't get much sleep...."
"The puppy looks like he's been beaten...." came a jeering whisper from behind him. He normally would have a smart reply for Seto Kaiba, but he was just too out of it to snip back at him. And he knew that when he was too groggy to throw an insult at Seto, he was really out of it.
"Pssstt...Jou....hey Jou...." Anzu was whispering down at him now, sitting at her double-desk with someone else. "Are you alright?"
"Mmm? Yeah. I'm okay Anzu...really I am. Just didn't get enough sleep is all."
"Okay, but did you at least remember your project outlines?"
"What project, huh?" Jou almost fell over.
Reaching over to her deskmate's side of the desk, she grabbed a piece of paper from the blonde girl's small stack and waved it in Jou's direction, trying not to grab the attention of the teacher who was currently writing something on the board. "This Jou! For our big semester project!"
"Eek." Jou looked over at Yugi, who was his partner for the project.
"Don't worry about it Jou, we can just scribble it up when we get together for our class time. We have the idea anyway," Yugi reassured him with a smile.
Jou only nodded apologetically and sighed.
The rest of the day passed similarily, with Yugi, Anzu, and Honda helping him at every step, and Seto hissing insults at him without Jou even thinking of one decent comeback.
During the walk home, Jou was dragging his feet so much his friends were afraid he'd stumble.
"See you later, Jade-chan! That was a good idea you had, I'll call you tonight!," Anzu called after her project parter, who'd walked with them a ways talking to her about it. She just turned down her corner, and waved goodbye. The others waved politely back, and continued walking, glancing worredly at Jou.
"Jounochi, are you sure that you're okay?"
"Sure Honda, I'm great. Don't worry about me." His hair seemed a bit limp, and his eyes a bit cloudy, but at these worried expressions from his friends, he tried to walk a bit taller.
"Are you sure Jou, I mean, if you didn't get enough sleep last night...."
"Yeah, that was it Yugi. I didn't sleep well." Actually, he wasn't entirely sure WHAT it was. He looked up towards the sky, thinking to himself. Last night, he just ended up passing out in that alley after he'd tried to help a screaming lady. No real explination, but when he'd gotten back up, he'd felt like crap and the lady and attacker were gone. It just made no sense whatsoever.
Just then, the clouds moved aside and the sun peeped out, raining warmth on Jou and his friends. Jou suddenly felt nauseated though and paused, turning his face downcast again.
Anzu came up behind him and touched his arm, and Jou tried to smile at her. "I'm okay, Anzu. Just let me catch a breath."
She nodded, not moving from Jounochi's side as Honda and Yugi came back to them. They helped him home, despite his weak protesting, and they left him at the door. Jou wouldn't let them help him further than that. After letting himself in, he headed directly for the couch and fell over onto it, and for the second time, his eyes fell and he slept.
Outside though, something was prowling. They smelled Jou coming home, and they knew that all they had to do was wait. They glanced hatefully upwards, and knew that they only had to wait a little bit longer.......
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Brood: OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zutsokaki: YAWN! That was a sleeper if I ever heard it!
Brood: Oi Zutso, go bob for french fries will ya? Alright everyone, we have the plot set up and ready to take off! What do you guys think happened to Jou, eh?
Zutsokaki: Like she didn't make it painfully obvious already!!!
Brood: *sweatdrops* Yeah yeah yeah you jerkface. Predictions and ideas welcome! Keep your eyes peeled for the next chapter coming later!
Zutsokaki: Great. Let the baka onnas unite.... *Baka onna = stupid woman*
Brood: Yeesh....I'm just gonna let him ramble all he wants. He just hates it when I start a new story. This one is for WSJ..... Muahahahhaaa..........................................
Zutsokaki: Oooh boy. She's at it again.....
~*~
CHAPTER ONE
~*~
"HEY EVERYONE!!! WAIT UP!!!!" Yugi Motou jogged hurredly after his friends in the deepening sunset, laughing with the rest of them.
Jounouchi was running up ahead, grasping one of Yugi's new Duel Monster's cards he'd gotten today, and thought it'd be just hilarious to play "Keep Away" with the rest of them with it. "The rest of them," being Anzu, Honda, Yugi, and Ryou.
Anzu dashed up to Jou and lunged at the card, but Jou grinned cheekily and sidestepped her, and she barreled into a mailbox, laughing hysterically.
"One down..." Jou said, grinning at the rest. Honda ran up and immediately jump-grabbed for it, but Jou ducked and pushed him over his shoulder to land on the mailbox Anzu had run into. He landed on top of it uncerimoniously on his backside, grinning and spinning to watch the rest of the "game."
While Jou was flipping Honda over though, Yugi had snuck behind Jou, and in a daring move (for he didn't know if it would work or not), he began ticking Jou's sides. Jou wriggled and squeaked out, "No fair!" as Yugi did his dirty work.
Jou had to reach down to try and grab at Yugi, but as his hands came down, the card came in reach and Ryou's hand shot out.
"Yoink!" Ryou snagged the card and scampered back a few steps, grinning and laughing, and Anzu, Honda, and Yugi all joined in as Jou sweatdropped and let a huge smile crack his face.
"Ahh, okay guys, ya got me....." Jou put one hand behind his head and Ryou handed the card to Yugi with a small bow and flourish.
"Your card, Yugi-sama." Ryou said with a smirk, and Yugi grinned. The group then walked around a corner, onto the block where Anzu lived. They all said goonight to her as she trotted lightly up her front steps, the dark beginning to set in.
It went like that, all of them going home one by one, promising to see each other tomorrow, until only Jou himself was left.
"G'night Yugi! See ya later!" Jou waved as Yugi jogged inside the Kami Game Shop, waving back.
He then turned his back and walked in the direction of his own home, two blocks off. Night was setting in very well now, and he knew that his dad wasn't going to mind him coming in late one little bit. In fact, his own father probably wasn't even home yet from boozing it up with his friends.
Jounouchi sighed and continued along his way, now only about a block from his house.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Jou's head snapped up immediately, and he spun around in the direction of the scream. It was definitely a woman, and definitely coming from an alley he'd just passed. Adrenaline rushing into his body, he kicked it into high gear and spun on his heels, running into the alley.
If he was expecting to see a mugger holding a knife to a girls throat, taking her purse, he got a shock. In fact, he didn't even know what he was seeing for a moment. All was pitch dark, and he had to let his eyes adjust in the deeper dark of the alleyway. Then he saw a dark man hunched over the form of a woman lying in front of him, and he seemed to be reaching for her.
"HEY! GET AWAY FROM HER YOU CREEP!!!" Jou yelled out, causing the man to start and turn towards him. The man was in a dark hooded cloak, so no face could be seen.
Then, to Jou's sheer surprise and near horror, the man GLIDED towards him, holding his hands out. Suddenly though, before he could cry out, his surprise was clouded over with something deeper....it was a voice, in his head. The voice that wasn't his own told him to remain calm, and what was happening was perfectly normal. It said that he had to stand perfectly still, and that he would be left a greater being than he ever was before. Jou liked the sound of that, and his eyes drooped where he stood as the man advanced.
The next thing he knew, he was lying on his back in the alley, and the girl was gone. His head was pounding and his whole body was shaking like it was a large mass of jelly.
"What.........happened to me..." he muttered thickly as he attempted to sit up. His arms gave out under him and he fell backwards, and decided to lay there for a moment until he got his strength back.
When he felt like he could make it, he staggered to his feet and shambled the rest of the way to his house. He leaned heavily against his front door as he fished around for his key. Limply pushing the door open after unlocking it, he noticed idly that his father wasn't home yet. He let his eyes wander to the clock, and surprise shot through him, waking him from his sluggishness.
"It's FOUR IN THE MORNING!?!?!?!?!" Jou yelled in surprise. But that simple effort of that exclamation took more out of him than he thought, so he fell backwards for the second time that night onto the couch, and slept soundly.
Outside his living room window, a voice laughed darkly.
The next morning, Jou dragged himself off of the couch and looked up at the wall clock again. Groaning with the realization that he was running late, he hurried as best as he could in his tired and groggy state to get to school on time.
Finally, half an hour later, he pushed himself out of the door with a piece of toast in his mouth. He took a late bus and barely made it before the school's gates closed, and he pulled himself to his classroom as if it were a horrible effort to do so.
As he took his seat, Yugi leaned over. "Hey Jou...are you alright?"
"Eh...? Ooh Yugi...yeah, I'm fine. Just didn't get much sleep...."
"The puppy looks like he's been beaten...." came a jeering whisper from behind him. He normally would have a smart reply for Seto Kaiba, but he was just too out of it to snip back at him. And he knew that when he was too groggy to throw an insult at Seto, he was really out of it.
"Pssstt...Jou....hey Jou...." Anzu was whispering down at him now, sitting at her double-desk with someone else. "Are you alright?"
"Mmm? Yeah. I'm okay Anzu...really I am. Just didn't get enough sleep is all."
"Okay, but did you at least remember your project outlines?"
"What project, huh?" Jou almost fell over.
Reaching over to her deskmate's side of the desk, she grabbed a piece of paper from the blonde girl's small stack and waved it in Jou's direction, trying not to grab the attention of the teacher who was currently writing something on the board. "This Jou! For our big semester project!"
"Eek." Jou looked over at Yugi, who was his partner for the project.
"Don't worry about it Jou, we can just scribble it up when we get together for our class time. We have the idea anyway," Yugi reassured him with a smile.
Jou only nodded apologetically and sighed.
The rest of the day passed similarily, with Yugi, Anzu, and Honda helping him at every step, and Seto hissing insults at him without Jou even thinking of one decent comeback.
During the walk home, Jou was dragging his feet so much his friends were afraid he'd stumble.
"See you later, Jade-chan! That was a good idea you had, I'll call you tonight!," Anzu called after her project parter, who'd walked with them a ways talking to her about it. She just turned down her corner, and waved goodbye. The others waved politely back, and continued walking, glancing worredly at Jou.
"Jounochi, are you sure that you're okay?"
"Sure Honda, I'm great. Don't worry about me." His hair seemed a bit limp, and his eyes a bit cloudy, but at these worried expressions from his friends, he tried to walk a bit taller.
"Are you sure Jou, I mean, if you didn't get enough sleep last night...."
"Yeah, that was it Yugi. I didn't sleep well." Actually, he wasn't entirely sure WHAT it was. He looked up towards the sky, thinking to himself. Last night, he just ended up passing out in that alley after he'd tried to help a screaming lady. No real explination, but when he'd gotten back up, he'd felt like crap and the lady and attacker were gone. It just made no sense whatsoever.
Just then, the clouds moved aside and the sun peeped out, raining warmth on Jou and his friends. Jou suddenly felt nauseated though and paused, turning his face downcast again.
Anzu came up behind him and touched his arm, and Jou tried to smile at her. "I'm okay, Anzu. Just let me catch a breath."
She nodded, not moving from Jounochi's side as Honda and Yugi came back to them. They helped him home, despite his weak protesting, and they left him at the door. Jou wouldn't let them help him further than that. After letting himself in, he headed directly for the couch and fell over onto it, and for the second time, his eyes fell and he slept.
Outside though, something was prowling. They smelled Jou coming home, and they knew that all they had to do was wait. They glanced hatefully upwards, and knew that they only had to wait a little bit longer.......
~*~
Brood: OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zutsokaki: YAWN! That was a sleeper if I ever heard it!
Brood: Oi Zutso, go bob for french fries will ya? Alright everyone, we have the plot set up and ready to take off! What do you guys think happened to Jou, eh?
Zutsokaki: Like she didn't make it painfully obvious already!!!
Brood: *sweatdrops* Yeah yeah yeah you jerkface. Predictions and ideas welcome! Keep your eyes peeled for the next chapter coming later!