Offer he can't refuse part 9
"Please Yugi! Honda! Anzu! Mr. Kaiba!" Shizuka weeped pleadingly. Seto looked up from his seat amused slightly she had included him. "He doesn't talk to me anymore! He came home really early this morning and I think he was bleeding! He won't tell me what's going on!"
Honda put a comforting arm around her.
"He hasn't talked to us much either. The last time I saw him he decked me!" Anzu smacked Honda upside the head.
"Doofus that won't make her feel any better!"
"But it's the truth. Don't worry, Shizuka, we'll think of something."
Seto let the choice opportunity for an insult pass, a free gift to Honda for his part in getting Jonouchi out of that gang years ago, and looked at the clock. Five minutes till class, almost everyone was already here. Only Jonouchi and a few others hadn't shown up yet. He still hadn't heard from the detective and Shizukas' words worried him. Blood? What had he been doing?
"Shouldn't you be in your class?" Seto asked the girl. Honda and Anzu looked at Kaiba like he just said he was going to eat puppies.
"God! Are you heartless?" Anzu sneered.
"Yeah, can't you see how worried she is?" Honda growled.
"No, I think I see what he's saying." Everyone turned to Yugi looking a little shocked, although Kaiba looked more interested. "Jonouchi will be here any minute and if he sees his sister here he's going to be upset that she's missing class, let alone defensive about what she was talking to us about."
"Well at least one of you has a brain." Kaiba nodded. The rest be grudgingly nodded.
"But give us your number and address and we'll tell you what we find out later. Don't worry. Jonouchi is just mourning after his dad died...I have faith he'll come around."
Shizuka sniffed but nodded as she jotted the information down and handed it out to Yugi.
"Thanks for helping everyone." She put on a brave face and left.
"Okay, what should we do?" Anzu asked looking to Yugi after the girl left.
"Well try to get info out of him and then follow him to this job of his after school. I think that's the best way to see if he really is okay." The others nodded (except Kaiba who was looking toward the door that just opened).
Jonouchi stood there in the school uniform looking somber and a little tired, a cuff earing still on his ear was the only thing that was physically different from Jonouchi on any other day. Well no that wasn't true because there was also a large bandage on his left cheek and another one poking out under his collar on the left side. Upon spotting Yugi and his friends Seto noticed the boy take a deep breath and put on a goofy smile.
"So you guys miss me?" Yugi, Honda, and Anzu turned as one to Jonouchi. Yugi took one look at the smiling face and ran toward the blond, hugging him tightly.
"I sure did! We all did! Didn't we?" the group smiled and nodded. Kaiba grunted from his chair in the back, he couldn't believe how easily Yugi and his friends were being duped by Jonouchis "I'm all better now act."
"Don't think I've forgiven you for slugging me though!"
"Heh, Sorry about that Honda! I'll make it up to you one day."
"Just put in a good word for me with your sister..and we'll call it even."
"Sure, I'll..WHAT?!" The whole room chuckled at that one and the atmosphere returned to normal with the chuckles. Who knew the mutts smiling goofy presence made such a difference. Obviously everyone did miss him.
"Ah! Jonouchi! What happened?!" Anzu cried pointing to the bandages on the blonds left side. Honda and Yugi took notice of this too and waited for the answer. Kaiba wanted to smack them for waiting for so long, his sister had said he came home late and bleeding after all.
He put his hand behind his head and laughed as if he were slightly embarrassed. I've been working a lot of late hours lately at the new job and on the way home last night I got jumped."
"Oh my god, Jonouchi! Are you okay?" Yugi asked hurriedly
"Yeah, you should see what the other guy looks like!" Honda held his hand up for a high-five and Jonouchi Obliged him.
"Alright man! You still got it!" Honda elbowed his friend playful and he playfully pushed back, but not before Seto Kaiba noticed a wince.
Kaiba never wished he was on casual speaking terms with this group more. Hello? Morons! He just winced in pain! You all know he lives downtown now...the ritzy area. No one gets "jumped" on that side of town. He doesn't know you know he lives someplace different!" Instead he stared intently at his cell phone waiting for it to ring.
The teacher entered as the bell rang. To the world it seemed like Jonouchi was back to his old self. Seto Kaiba glared at his phone as he put it away. The answers were so close.
"Please Yugi! Honda! Anzu! Mr. Kaiba!" Shizuka weeped pleadingly. Seto looked up from his seat amused slightly she had included him. "He doesn't talk to me anymore! He came home really early this morning and I think he was bleeding! He won't tell me what's going on!"
Honda put a comforting arm around her.
"He hasn't talked to us much either. The last time I saw him he decked me!" Anzu smacked Honda upside the head.
"Doofus that won't make her feel any better!"
"But it's the truth. Don't worry, Shizuka, we'll think of something."
Seto let the choice opportunity for an insult pass, a free gift to Honda for his part in getting Jonouchi out of that gang years ago, and looked at the clock. Five minutes till class, almost everyone was already here. Only Jonouchi and a few others hadn't shown up yet. He still hadn't heard from the detective and Shizukas' words worried him. Blood? What had he been doing?
"Shouldn't you be in your class?" Seto asked the girl. Honda and Anzu looked at Kaiba like he just said he was going to eat puppies.
"God! Are you heartless?" Anzu sneered.
"Yeah, can't you see how worried she is?" Honda growled.
"No, I think I see what he's saying." Everyone turned to Yugi looking a little shocked, although Kaiba looked more interested. "Jonouchi will be here any minute and if he sees his sister here he's going to be upset that she's missing class, let alone defensive about what she was talking to us about."
"Well at least one of you has a brain." Kaiba nodded. The rest be grudgingly nodded.
"But give us your number and address and we'll tell you what we find out later. Don't worry. Jonouchi is just mourning after his dad died...I have faith he'll come around."
Shizuka sniffed but nodded as she jotted the information down and handed it out to Yugi.
"Thanks for helping everyone." She put on a brave face and left.
"Okay, what should we do?" Anzu asked looking to Yugi after the girl left.
"Well try to get info out of him and then follow him to this job of his after school. I think that's the best way to see if he really is okay." The others nodded (except Kaiba who was looking toward the door that just opened).
Jonouchi stood there in the school uniform looking somber and a little tired, a cuff earing still on his ear was the only thing that was physically different from Jonouchi on any other day. Well no that wasn't true because there was also a large bandage on his left cheek and another one poking out under his collar on the left side. Upon spotting Yugi and his friends Seto noticed the boy take a deep breath and put on a goofy smile.
"So you guys miss me?" Yugi, Honda, and Anzu turned as one to Jonouchi. Yugi took one look at the smiling face and ran toward the blond, hugging him tightly.
"I sure did! We all did! Didn't we?" the group smiled and nodded. Kaiba grunted from his chair in the back, he couldn't believe how easily Yugi and his friends were being duped by Jonouchis "I'm all better now act."
"Don't think I've forgiven you for slugging me though!"
"Heh, Sorry about that Honda! I'll make it up to you one day."
"Just put in a good word for me with your sister..and we'll call it even."
"Sure, I'll..WHAT?!" The whole room chuckled at that one and the atmosphere returned to normal with the chuckles. Who knew the mutts smiling goofy presence made such a difference. Obviously everyone did miss him.
"Ah! Jonouchi! What happened?!" Anzu cried pointing to the bandages on the blonds left side. Honda and Yugi took notice of this too and waited for the answer. Kaiba wanted to smack them for waiting for so long, his sister had said he came home late and bleeding after all.
He put his hand behind his head and laughed as if he were slightly embarrassed. I've been working a lot of late hours lately at the new job and on the way home last night I got jumped."
"Oh my god, Jonouchi! Are you okay?" Yugi asked hurriedly
"Yeah, you should see what the other guy looks like!" Honda held his hand up for a high-five and Jonouchi Obliged him.
"Alright man! You still got it!" Honda elbowed his friend playful and he playfully pushed back, but not before Seto Kaiba noticed a wince.
Kaiba never wished he was on casual speaking terms with this group more. Hello? Morons! He just winced in pain! You all know he lives downtown now...the ritzy area. No one gets "jumped" on that side of town. He doesn't know you know he lives someplace different!" Instead he stared intently at his cell phone waiting for it to ring.
The teacher entered as the bell rang. To the world it seemed like Jonouchi was back to his old self. Seto Kaiba glared at his phone as he put it away. The answers were so close.