Blue Eyes: Sorry for the lack of update, but I must admit I totally forgot
about this fic until today. Won't happen again, I promise, but I was
kinda' stuck on my other stories last weekend. Anyway, here's chapter
three, and thanks so much for those who reviewed last time!
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Yu-gi-oh
Kaiba: Thank god, look how her story's coming out. The show would be ruined!
Joey: Yeah, I mean, just read the chapter, it's so OOC
Yami: *grinning* I'm in this chapter, hurry up and read it!!!
Chapter Three
Weird Day: Part 1
Yami had decided to join Yugi at school the next day, as the younger boy was feeling much better and going in. Actually, Yami hadn't had much choice in the matter. Yugi had decided that his friend had needed to do something to get his mind off of whatever was bothering him. Unfortunately Yami couldn't bear to tell his hikari that the cause of his problems would be at school with him.
Seth, now Seto. Yami knew that they were the same person deep down, therefore had to possess the same feelings. Now Yami had a chance to rebuild the relationship they'd once shared, only this time without the lies and betrayal that had become a tangled web over their love centuries before. He knew Seto would love him back . . . the boy just needed a reminder.
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Seto awoke the next morning as his alarm clock went off. He glared at the small device, buzzing away merrily on his nightstand. Due to all of his late nights at the office he'd never been a morning person.
Hitting the button on top of the box a bit harder than necessary, the brunette noticed an unusual pressure on his legs. Looking at them he was surprised to see Joey Wheeler laying, asleep, on top of them. How had that happened?
They must have fallen asleep talking the night before, he realized. Looking ocer the blonde's face, Seto could tell that the punch he'd made last night was going to leave a mark for a while as well. The poor boy's face was a mixture of tan, purple, and blue. After a moment of contemplation Seto kicked Joey lightly in the side in order to wake him up, or at least get the other off him. The blonde's eyes shot open to reveal sleep-filled brown irises.
"Huh? Oh, hey Kaiba." Suddenly Joey sat up rather quickly. "Kaiba! Whatta' ya doin in my bed?" Seto smirked.
"I believe, Wheeler, that you're in mine." Joey looked around the room, until his gaze rested on the picture of Mokuba.
"Oh . . . guess I am." He said sheepishly, but then his gaze found the alarm clock.
"Wow! We're gonna be so late! There's no way we can get ready and walk to school in time!"
Seto's smirk widened.
"Wheeler, you're forgetting, you're with me. We have my limo, and if we get really short on time we can always take my helicopter."
Joey grinned, thinking for a moment about what the kids at school would think if they showed up on campus in a helicopter.
"Ok, so I guess we're fine on time then." He looked to his dirty clothes from the day before, embarrassed. "But . . . I kinda' ran outta my house yesterday without a change of clothes."
Seto got up and moved to his closet.
"I suppose . . . you could borrow one of mine." He said softly, swinging the door open. If even one day before anyone had told Seto Kaiba that he would be loaning clothes to Joey Wheeler he'd have thought them either mad or delusional. Yet now he gritted his teeth slightly and pulled out two clean school uniforms, both in the customary blue and white.
"They might be a little big on you." He commented, handing the outfit to the slightly shorter teen who took it gratefully.
"Thanks." Joey said before leaving the room to change.
Seto sighed. He could already tell that this was going to be a weird day.
He was right.
*~*~*~*~*
Getting into the school had been easy enough, Yami decided. They'd simply gone to the main office and told the secretary that he was Yugi's older brother visiting from a private school and he wanted to see if he would want to transfer here instead.
Fortunately, the secretary had been too busy drooling over him to ask for identification or a note from the other school. After he'd gained a permission pass from the main office the two boys had gone to the front of the building to meet Yugi's friends.
"Oh, hi!" Tea Gardener's face brightened considerably upon seeing Yami. "What are you doing here?" Ignoring her coy glance the once-Pharaoh responded,
"I just wanted to see where Yugi spent his days."
Tea looked disappointed at his obvious lack of response to her flirting, and internally Yami sighed. It wasn't that he didn't like Tea, he did. She was a good friend, but he couldn't like her the way she liked him. He was in love with someone else.
Tristan jumped in.
"Whoa man, you must be the only guy ever to come to school when he didn't need to."
Yami smiled, looking at the building.
"I do not understand why you all so detest this place. It is a learning institution, but the way you speak of it one would think it a prison."
Tristan looked extremely exasperated with Yami's lack of understanding, and Tea and Yugi just smiled and shook their heads.
"You'll see, right guys? By the end of the day you won't still be calling it a 'learning institution', you'll understand how bad it is."
"Actually Tristan," Yugi stepped in, "it's really not that bad."
"Could be a lot worse things to do with your days." Tea added.
Tristan's eyes widened.
"Joey, you'll back me up on this . . . wait, where's Joey?"
Yugi looked around.
"Haven't seen him so far."
The brunette boy looked worried.
"Uh oh. I called his house last night and his old man started yelling obscenities when I asked for Joey. Hope he's ok."
Yugi's violet eyes filled with worry, and Yami asked his light silently,
//Joey's father?//
Yugi gave his other half a weak half smile and replied,
/He's not the nicest guy, especially after he gets drunk./
Crimson eyes met violet with silent understanding. In Egypt it was more common for parents to beat unruly children, but Yami understood that in this time it could be punished with time in prison. Joey did not deserve to be beaten by anybody, he had one of the warmest hearts the Pharaoh knew.
Everyone reflexively glanced up as a sleek black limousine pulled to a stop before the school. Yami's heart leapt.
'Seth.'
Indeed when the limo door swung open Seto Kaiba stepped out of the back seat. Yet instead of slamming the door shut like he normally did, he paused, reached inside, and helped Joey Wheeler out. Joey was walking with a slight limp, even from across the grounds Yami could see that. But what was he doing with Seth? The limo pulled away from the curb, Joey spotted Yugi, and the two newcomers began to move toward the group of friends.
The violet eyed boy ran to his friend, and the others quickly followed.
"Joey, are you ok?"
"Kaiba didn't give you those did he?" Tristan asked. His tone was joking, but his eyes were suspicious.
Joey grinned and answered quite truthfully,
"Only one."
Kaiba, standing silently behind Joey, spotted Yami suddenly and he froze in surprise. Yami's eyes captured his, and after a moment the blue eyes pulled away and the teen stepped back.
"You'll be fine here Joey." He said quietly, but everyone there did a double take. Kaiba called the blonde Wheeler, dog, worthless, but never by his first name.
"Yeah, I will. Thanks again Seto." Joey responded, smiling. Kaiba nodded briefly, his face becoming the tiniest bit less stern as he looked to the bruised boy, then darkened again as he turned to stride away.
"What was that about?" A baffled Tea asked, crossing her arms. Joey merely shrugged.
"Kaiba an' I found out that we've got sumthin' in common after all."
Yami had stopped listening however.
"Yugi, I'll be right back." Then he hurried after Seto, ignoring Yugi's protests that classes would begin in five minutes.
The Pharaoh spotted his target striding quickly toward the main building. Putting an extra burst of speed into his own steps Yami caught up with Seto and grabbed his shoulder.
"Seto." Kaiba spun around. When he saw it was Yami standing there his look of annoyance was replaced by lightly masked fright.
"What do you want?"
"I don't want you to be afraid of me, Seto."
"Why are you talking to me? I don't even know who you are." Yami's eyes flashed in frustration.
"I'm someone from your past. Do I not seem familiar to you?"
Seto was about to object, but paused.
'Yes!' Yami thought excitedly, 'He does remember me!'
Seto reached out one hand and touched it to Yami's face lightly, as though trying to place it.
"Who are you?"
Yami smiled.
"Deep down, you know who I am."
Seto paused, then pulled his hand away and his face hardened.
"I don't know what you're talking about." And with that he turned and strode quickly into the building without another word.
Across the school grounds Yugi Moto witnessed the whole scene, eyes widened in surprise and confusion as his friends, unnoticing, chatted away happily behind him.
'This is a very weird day.'
*~*~*~*~*
TBC
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Blue Eyes: That's all for this chapter, I'll update within a week as long as I get any reviews. Five would be nice. Five would be really, really nice. I promise, the day I see five reviews for this chapter I'll update!! So please review!!
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Yu-gi-oh
Kaiba: Thank god, look how her story's coming out. The show would be ruined!
Joey: Yeah, I mean, just read the chapter, it's so OOC
Yami: *grinning* I'm in this chapter, hurry up and read it!!!
Chapter Three
Weird Day: Part 1
Yami had decided to join Yugi at school the next day, as the younger boy was feeling much better and going in. Actually, Yami hadn't had much choice in the matter. Yugi had decided that his friend had needed to do something to get his mind off of whatever was bothering him. Unfortunately Yami couldn't bear to tell his hikari that the cause of his problems would be at school with him.
Seth, now Seto. Yami knew that they were the same person deep down, therefore had to possess the same feelings. Now Yami had a chance to rebuild the relationship they'd once shared, only this time without the lies and betrayal that had become a tangled web over their love centuries before. He knew Seto would love him back . . . the boy just needed a reminder.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Seto awoke the next morning as his alarm clock went off. He glared at the small device, buzzing away merrily on his nightstand. Due to all of his late nights at the office he'd never been a morning person.
Hitting the button on top of the box a bit harder than necessary, the brunette noticed an unusual pressure on his legs. Looking at them he was surprised to see Joey Wheeler laying, asleep, on top of them. How had that happened?
They must have fallen asleep talking the night before, he realized. Looking ocer the blonde's face, Seto could tell that the punch he'd made last night was going to leave a mark for a while as well. The poor boy's face was a mixture of tan, purple, and blue. After a moment of contemplation Seto kicked Joey lightly in the side in order to wake him up, or at least get the other off him. The blonde's eyes shot open to reveal sleep-filled brown irises.
"Huh? Oh, hey Kaiba." Suddenly Joey sat up rather quickly. "Kaiba! Whatta' ya doin in my bed?" Seto smirked.
"I believe, Wheeler, that you're in mine." Joey looked around the room, until his gaze rested on the picture of Mokuba.
"Oh . . . guess I am." He said sheepishly, but then his gaze found the alarm clock.
"Wow! We're gonna be so late! There's no way we can get ready and walk to school in time!"
Seto's smirk widened.
"Wheeler, you're forgetting, you're with me. We have my limo, and if we get really short on time we can always take my helicopter."
Joey grinned, thinking for a moment about what the kids at school would think if they showed up on campus in a helicopter.
"Ok, so I guess we're fine on time then." He looked to his dirty clothes from the day before, embarrassed. "But . . . I kinda' ran outta my house yesterday without a change of clothes."
Seto got up and moved to his closet.
"I suppose . . . you could borrow one of mine." He said softly, swinging the door open. If even one day before anyone had told Seto Kaiba that he would be loaning clothes to Joey Wheeler he'd have thought them either mad or delusional. Yet now he gritted his teeth slightly and pulled out two clean school uniforms, both in the customary blue and white.
"They might be a little big on you." He commented, handing the outfit to the slightly shorter teen who took it gratefully.
"Thanks." Joey said before leaving the room to change.
Seto sighed. He could already tell that this was going to be a weird day.
He was right.
*~*~*~*~*
Getting into the school had been easy enough, Yami decided. They'd simply gone to the main office and told the secretary that he was Yugi's older brother visiting from a private school and he wanted to see if he would want to transfer here instead.
Fortunately, the secretary had been too busy drooling over him to ask for identification or a note from the other school. After he'd gained a permission pass from the main office the two boys had gone to the front of the building to meet Yugi's friends.
"Oh, hi!" Tea Gardener's face brightened considerably upon seeing Yami. "What are you doing here?" Ignoring her coy glance the once-Pharaoh responded,
"I just wanted to see where Yugi spent his days."
Tea looked disappointed at his obvious lack of response to her flirting, and internally Yami sighed. It wasn't that he didn't like Tea, he did. She was a good friend, but he couldn't like her the way she liked him. He was in love with someone else.
Tristan jumped in.
"Whoa man, you must be the only guy ever to come to school when he didn't need to."
Yami smiled, looking at the building.
"I do not understand why you all so detest this place. It is a learning institution, but the way you speak of it one would think it a prison."
Tristan looked extremely exasperated with Yami's lack of understanding, and Tea and Yugi just smiled and shook their heads.
"You'll see, right guys? By the end of the day you won't still be calling it a 'learning institution', you'll understand how bad it is."
"Actually Tristan," Yugi stepped in, "it's really not that bad."
"Could be a lot worse things to do with your days." Tea added.
Tristan's eyes widened.
"Joey, you'll back me up on this . . . wait, where's Joey?"
Yugi looked around.
"Haven't seen him so far."
The brunette boy looked worried.
"Uh oh. I called his house last night and his old man started yelling obscenities when I asked for Joey. Hope he's ok."
Yugi's violet eyes filled with worry, and Yami asked his light silently,
//Joey's father?//
Yugi gave his other half a weak half smile and replied,
/He's not the nicest guy, especially after he gets drunk./
Crimson eyes met violet with silent understanding. In Egypt it was more common for parents to beat unruly children, but Yami understood that in this time it could be punished with time in prison. Joey did not deserve to be beaten by anybody, he had one of the warmest hearts the Pharaoh knew.
Everyone reflexively glanced up as a sleek black limousine pulled to a stop before the school. Yami's heart leapt.
'Seth.'
Indeed when the limo door swung open Seto Kaiba stepped out of the back seat. Yet instead of slamming the door shut like he normally did, he paused, reached inside, and helped Joey Wheeler out. Joey was walking with a slight limp, even from across the grounds Yami could see that. But what was he doing with Seth? The limo pulled away from the curb, Joey spotted Yugi, and the two newcomers began to move toward the group of friends.
The violet eyed boy ran to his friend, and the others quickly followed.
"Joey, are you ok?"
"Kaiba didn't give you those did he?" Tristan asked. His tone was joking, but his eyes were suspicious.
Joey grinned and answered quite truthfully,
"Only one."
Kaiba, standing silently behind Joey, spotted Yami suddenly and he froze in surprise. Yami's eyes captured his, and after a moment the blue eyes pulled away and the teen stepped back.
"You'll be fine here Joey." He said quietly, but everyone there did a double take. Kaiba called the blonde Wheeler, dog, worthless, but never by his first name.
"Yeah, I will. Thanks again Seto." Joey responded, smiling. Kaiba nodded briefly, his face becoming the tiniest bit less stern as he looked to the bruised boy, then darkened again as he turned to stride away.
"What was that about?" A baffled Tea asked, crossing her arms. Joey merely shrugged.
"Kaiba an' I found out that we've got sumthin' in common after all."
Yami had stopped listening however.
"Yugi, I'll be right back." Then he hurried after Seto, ignoring Yugi's protests that classes would begin in five minutes.
The Pharaoh spotted his target striding quickly toward the main building. Putting an extra burst of speed into his own steps Yami caught up with Seto and grabbed his shoulder.
"Seto." Kaiba spun around. When he saw it was Yami standing there his look of annoyance was replaced by lightly masked fright.
"What do you want?"
"I don't want you to be afraid of me, Seto."
"Why are you talking to me? I don't even know who you are." Yami's eyes flashed in frustration.
"I'm someone from your past. Do I not seem familiar to you?"
Seto was about to object, but paused.
'Yes!' Yami thought excitedly, 'He does remember me!'
Seto reached out one hand and touched it to Yami's face lightly, as though trying to place it.
"Who are you?"
Yami smiled.
"Deep down, you know who I am."
Seto paused, then pulled his hand away and his face hardened.
"I don't know what you're talking about." And with that he turned and strode quickly into the building without another word.
Across the school grounds Yugi Moto witnessed the whole scene, eyes widened in surprise and confusion as his friends, unnoticing, chatted away happily behind him.
'This is a very weird day.'
*~*~*~*~*
TBC
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Blue Eyes: That's all for this chapter, I'll update within a week as long as I get any reviews. Five would be nice. Five would be really, really nice. I promise, the day I see five reviews for this chapter I'll update!! So please review!!
