Jou-pup: Yay! ^-^ Another chapter!! I'm in fire!!

Bad pup: Somebody is feeling assertive these days. Why rejoice, Good pup is doing all the job around here.

Good pup: I don't mind.

Bad pup: of course you do…

Jou-pup: enough! Now is the time for the disclaimers and all the legal mumbo jumbo.

Disclaimers : I do not own Yu-gi-oh. I am stealing these characters and using them for my own…. Well don't condemn me, most of you do it do!! The rest of you, I am sure that this is not your first fanfiction you have read. So don't go and sue me!

Warning : OC!!!!  O.O  There is an OC in this chapter. ^-^ People who had a bad OC experience please ignore my OC. Aside from that and bad writing skills, I don't know what to warn you about.

Somewhere I belong

Chapter 3

Late night escapade

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Seto already had had enough of the demi-human. Yami and him only turned their backs to him in order to sign the pup's release form, and when they came back into the room they were greeted by the sight of a puppy-less room and Yugi tied up in blanket. After searching the hospital high and low they found the mutt in the bathroom attending to his needs. It was already late evening when Yami and Yugi left the hospital and he was left to deal with the annoyance that was the dog.

The ride to Seto's apartment, in Sector 6, was in silence. Both were in deep thoughts. The inspector thinking about what to do with the wolf cub, and the lupine thinking how he was going to ditch the cop.

At Seto's apartment, Jou wasted no time examining his new 'home'. They now both stood in the living room. After finishing inspecting a painting of a giant white dragon, he stated. "Man, this place is clean, for a human house."   He sniffed the air, taking in all the new scents, then turned and glared at Seto. "But don't fool yourself. I don't like your shabby apartment and at the first occasion, I'm out of here!" His heated declaration was only met with a indifferent. "Whatever."  Feeling robbed of an angry Kaiba, the wolf decided to push the cop's buttons a little harder.

"Say Kaiba, can I use the bathroom? I need to take a bath, I think your stench rubbed off on me during the ride."

Seto's eyes narrowed and he pointed to a door down the hallway. He then made his way down said hallway and entered a room on the left. Jou assumed it must be the bedroom. Heading for the bathroom, Jou spared a last glance at the half opened door and entered the bathroom.

His eyes widen at the clean washing area. His bare feet patted on the marble floor, still tingling at the sudden temperature change between the warm carpeted floor of  the living room and the cool marbled one of the bathroom. Letting out an amazed 'wow' he ran his fingers on the clean sink. His small claws (1) scratching the metal a little. "That guy must be a clean freak." He muttered. He then stared at his reflection in the mirror. An image of a young disheveled blond were-wolf met him. Eyes still a little pink from the tears he had silently shed, and clothes rumpled and bloodstained from his bullet injury; the hospital hadn't even bothered to give him new clothes. All in all, it was quite a pitiful sight. He almost jumped out of his skin when the door burst opened. And Seto's head peaked in.

"What the hell? Can't I have a little privacy? You pervert! You were planning to take a peek while I was naked huh?" he screeched, wolf ears laying flat on his head.

"Stop screaming like a school girl, mutt. I'm just here to bring you clean clothes, now shut up, shower and get dressed." With that said, the brunet threw the lupine a pair of black leather pants and a black muscle shirt. When he saw the wolf-pup's suspicious glance, he huffed and added. "It's not like they are going to bite you."

Jou frowned. "There's no place for my tail. How am I supposed to wear these pants if there is no hole for my tail?"  

Seto lifted an eyebrow. "Does it look like I have a tail? You'll manage."(2) He then left.

Jou growled a little but decided to let it go. Using his claws, he tore a hole in the leather pants; creating room for his tail. He then turned on the water, striped and slipped in the bath. He sighed: at home, his bathroom was as big at the ones in a gas station. ( and just as dirty) They also had a shower instead of a bath. This was new to him, just like in the movies. Deciding to soap up a little, his eyes searched for a bottle of shampoo. All he found was a vanilla scented one and one that smelled like cinnamons. Liking cinnamon more than vanilla he chose the cinnamon scented bottle and latter up.

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Jou stood in front of the mirror admiring himself. He looked quite sexy in Seto's black muscle shirt. The shirt cling to his skin, showing his lean frame. The leather pants stayed glued to him like a second skin and Jou, who had noticed that Seto was wearing similar pants, wondered just how the brunet managed to even put these pants on: kami and Seto Kaiba only knew how hard he had worked in order to put those on. There was no way he could wear his boxers with those, and Kaiba hadn't given him any underwear. His tail wagged. 'Who would have known that Kaiba's clothes would look so good on me?'

Although his spirits were momentarily lifted up, his thoughts quickly turned in a more somber trail. "Mom, dad, Shizuka…I will avenge your deaths. But first I need to get out of here, at least for tonight…"

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            "…the explosion that occurred in a laboratory in Sector 2. Police believe that this incident that happened two weeks ago is related to the arson of laboratories in the Sectors 4 and 5 of Domino city. Reasons are still unknown as to why this is happening. In other news, multibillionaire Koguchi Akihito , CEO of Koguchi enterprises, took over Akimoto Corp. Owning now around 95% of Domino city's technology. People believe click"

Seto changed the channel of the television and turned his attention at the blond wolf that just stepped out of his bathroom. The mutt looked surprisingly good in his clothes; blond hair shining and a little wet, chocolate eyes shimmering a little.

Sapphire blue eyes met chocolate brown ones. A stomach was heard rumbling and the brunet smirked. "Sorry, but I don't have any dog food or treats. Guess you will have to go to sleep with out any food."  He could see the fur on the dog's tail stand on ends and the ears that flattened themselves on the pooch's head, but he chose to ignore them and turned his back on the demi-human. Jou growled. That Kaiba had the nerve to insult him and then turn his back on him, proving that the cop didn't acknowledge him as a threat. That was an insult! Calming himself, the wolf-pup flopped on the couch and stared stubbornly at the TV screen, surprising the brunet by demonstrating a great deal of tolerance.

They then sat in silence watching television for the rest of the evening.

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It was only around midnight that a tired Seto called it a night. As the brunet stood and made his way to the bathroom, the wolf spoke up. "Erm, where exactly am I going to sleep?" Seto spared the lupine a lazy glance.

"Where else mutt, on the carpet. I don't have a basket in which you would fit in, so the carpet it is. Just be lucky I have carpeted floors." With that, he disappeared in the bathroom, avoiding murderous glares.(or probably ignoring them)

After emerging from the bathroom he was greeted by the cute sight of a puppy sleeping on his couch. Shaking his head at the blond's soft snores, he went into his room and paid his nightly visit to the land of dreams. Unbeknown to him, the sleeping pup wasn't really asleep at the moment. After making sure that the cop was indeed sleeping, the cub snuck out of the apartment, a suspicious bag in hand.

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Seto stood over his window, watching the half wolf run out of the building: he wasn't the only one who knew how to fake sleep. 'I'll let you run for now pup, but you better be here tomorrow morning, or there will be hell to pay.' After the pup was out of his line of vision, he went to sleep.

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Nothing! He had searched the entire house high and low and had come out empty handed.

The Master hated empty handed-ness.

He was as good as dead….

But he had information. Yes! To inform that a member of the Jounouchi is still alive would likely cheer the Master up. He will live. Letting out a soft chuckle, the chameleon ran through the night. He will live, but, the wolf cub will surely die once the Master will be through with him.

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Jou ran through the streets of the sector 7 slums. The wolf blood flowing in his veins seemed to circulate at a fast pace. His heart was pounding in his chest like a drum at a rock concert. He had only one thing in his mind: revenge. He couldn't count on the dumb humans, soon enough they will class this affair in the "unsolved" files like they always do when it concerned demi-humans.

'Stupid Kaiba, he doesn't care about us demi-humans. As proof, he didn't even bother to interrogate me tonight. At this pace, the track will go cold.' He snarled; thinking about that stuck up jerk made his hair and tail bristle.

"Dumb humans, they fell right into their trap. I know that my family was not slaughtered by a stupid anti-demi-human faction." His musing was interrupted by a shrill laugh.

Groaning, Jou looked up to see a figure crouched on top of a lamppost.

"Say, Jounouchi, didn't you know that internal monologues are supposed to be… you know, internal? Or are you speaking to your invisible friend?"

Jou gritted his teeth, baring his fangs.

"Koumori, what do you want?"

Koumori was a bat-ling. (a half bat half human)  Like most of his kind, he was ugly as sin. He was skinny and wore torn and dirty jeans. He never wore a shirt, showing to every one the excess of skin that extended from his forearms to his waist and enabled him to glide. His skin was a tanned brown color but it was so dirty it was often mistaken for black. His face was slightly deformed and big bat ears rested on top of his head. But the most distinguished facial feature was his eyes. Koumori was blind as a bat, but he also didn't have any irises so watching him in the eyes was like looking at two big  ping pong balls. It made staring at him in the eyes kind of …freaky. All in all, Koumori looked more like a bat than a human or a demi-human.

Jou stood on his guard: the bat-ling might be blind, but he had long, sharp and black painted claws that were longer than his. That and Koumori's hearing was better than anyone he knew, the bat didn't need to see in order to kill.

Koumori only cocked his head to the side, white eyeballs staring blindly at the young lupine. "Oh nothing really. I heard about your family's demise. Too bad you didn't die with them."

Jou's eyes narrowed: Koumori had a grudge against his family ever since Shizuka told the bat that she would rather bathe in acid than date with him. Jou couldn't blame her though, even a blind girl wouldn't want Koumori for a lover; he was as mean as he was ugly.

"If you are here to laugh at me, then you are going to have to reschedule, I don't have the time to waste it with you."

Koumori smirked, showing his fangs.

"Why, Jounouchi, we are friends. And as a friend I feel myself obligated to warn you; watch your back Jounouchi."

"My, you sound worried about my well being Koumori, I am surprised. Don't tell me. You also have a crush on me?"

The batboy's face twisted into a frown at the lupine's sugar coated voice and words. "Don't misinterpret wolf-boy, I want to be the one who will crush your skull. I want to be in front row seats when you draw out your last breath."

With that said, he hopped off the lamppost, spread his wings and glided out of sight.

Jounouchi frowned, he didn't like the way Koumori was acting. 'That bat knows something. I'm sure of that.'  Keeping an eye out for anything suspicious hiding in the shadows, Jounouchi crossed the street and entered Backgammon Park.

Backgammon Park was an old park in the Sector 7 slums. Rumors said that it was the whereabouts of a feared demi-human. Sector 7's police used to roam around the area day and night, but the numbers of officers who died in this park only increased and now there were no cops in this area of the Sector. Even demi-humans were scared to wander the park at night.

Of course Jou wasn't scared. He knew exactly who was responsible for the death of all those cops. He was actually one of his best friends, and just the guy he needed to help him.

Jou quickly searched the park, no luck. He then headed to the old abandoned high school that was in the middle of the park: Backgammon High. He easily found a broken window and snuck into the school. Walking down the familiar hallways, he headed to the room where he knew the people he was searching for were resting. Opening the door of the principal's office he found…

Nothing.

Frowning he headed out to the roof. Opening the fire escape door that led to the roof, he was rewarded by voices.

"…And then he said…"

"Hey guys."

A blond haired, half tiger boy turned from where he was talking to a white haired half-human who was staring down at the city. Amethyst eyes locked with chocolate eyes and they glinted softly in the moonlight. The wolf wondered why his feline friend's eyes were glowing with un-expressed happiness: he was never this happy to see him before. He also wondered what was that weird scepter thingy the tiger was twirling in his hand.

"Hey there Jou. I see you made it."  The tiger smiled, albeit a little sadistically, and pointed his newly stolen rod to his white haired friend. "See Bakura, I told you that Jou would make it out alive. You owe me your next kill."

The boy turned and dark brown eyes glared at the blond tiger. His white cat ears were laying flat on his skull and he hissed. "Shut up Malik." The wild cat then turned his attention to the lupine now standing in front of him.

"Jounouchi."

"Bakura."

End of chapter 3

(1)- Claws look like nails. They are tougher and sharper than human nails. Some demi-human's claws are retractable (adjusts sizes)(for felines) and some are inhumanly long. (example: for bats or moles). Most of the others have human shaped claws that are sharp enough to kill. Or have small claws that are just like nails. (like mice or bunnies). For Jou's "claw" size, just think about Inu-yasha's.

(2)- After re-reading this chapter, (and this passage two or three times) I finally found what made me feel uncomfortable about this passage… For all those quick thinking people who aren't as slow witted as me: Kaiba was talking about having an animal tail. Not a "human" front tail. -_-'

Jou-pup: Oh la la. C'est fini!!

Bad pup : : )  You still have other fics to update you know?

Jou-pup: Please -_- don't remind me. I'm tired already and I'm off to read about DNA for stupid Biology class.

Good pup: ^-^ Don't worry, It'll be all right. Actually, it's Bad pup's turn to help with the next chapter. He was really idle during the first 2 chapters.

Bad pup: XD Yeah. Violence and trauma! Who needs physical torture when mental one are soooo much better!

Jou-pup: -_-  Oh well. Please read and review people! ^-^ Bakura and Malik are up on the next chapter. And will Jou return to Seto's side?  For once I hold the answers!!  XD The story is finally shaping itself into a solid plot! I have tamed my plot bunny!!!