Honor and Love, Lust and Hate
Chapter 4
Rating: PG-13-ish
Author: Moonchild DJ
E-mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: Yugioh and the characters therein this fic do not belong to me. They belong to the lovely various people that give us our beloved manga and anime, and various other things. I'm just borrowing the characters and returning them back, somewhat rumpled. :p
Author's Notes: Finally! I update for H&L, L&H, after a really bad writer's block on this particular story! Aint'cha all proud of me? *beams and grins sheepishly as readers wave pitchforks* This here story is one of the most demanded to update, and update I shall! It was somewhat difficult for me to get this chapter the way I wanted it, so I hope you all like it. Reviews are what keep me going, after all! I love hearing what you think! Hint hint, heh. ^_~ I write because I want to write, and I love to please people with my modest little works. So make it all worthwhile and enjoy!
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The next day seemed to dawn bright and clear for Seto. As he busied himself and Mokuba to get ready for school, he was almost of a mind that nothing was going to happen with Jou. That the whole mess would blow over, and Jou would still be okay and Otogi would let him go once the week was up, and he'd have worried for nothing.
But as he arrived at Domino High, he could see how very wrong that mode of thinking was. He stood beside the limo door, staring in shock at the sight before him, on the steps leading up to the building.
Otogi and Jou were already there, and apparently, the bet had started at sunup. The ebony-haired self-proclaimed Dice King was smirking, his arm around the waist of one red-faced Jounouchi-dressed in a girl's school uniform, complete with bow and skirt. A crowd of classmates surrounded them, cooing over Otogi and laughing at the poor blond, who looked as if he wanted to sink into the ground and die.
Seto scowled. Even he didn't make fun of the mutt this badly. There was a tasteful line to be drawn, and Otogi had just crossed it. He clenched at his briefcase and stalked over, wincing mentally at the blond's outright embarrassment. "I don't know what you're thinking, Otogi, but you could get in trouble for causing such a disturbance." he told the other coolly.
The dice-earringed other merely grinned cheerfully. "Oh, how sweet. Concerned for my welfare, ne, Kaiba? Aw, don't worry your pretty little head about me. It's already cleared with the principal. Just as long as we don't disturb classes, he doesn't see harm in a little fun."
Jou growled under his breath. "Yeah, and the fact that the principal already has it in for me wasn't a key factor." he muttered.
Otogi grinned innocently. "Why, it has nothing to do with it, at all!" he replied, snickering slightly as the blond scowled.
"Nice legs, Katsuya!" One boy crowed, and Jou turned even more redder, trying to pull the short skirt down a little, his head ducking down as tears pricked at his eyes in embarrassment as laughter sounded around them.
Though he had to admit that the mutt did indeed have the right kind of legs to pull it off, slim and curvaceous, without looking stupid-Seto turned and deathglared at the others, blue eyes narrowed in silent fury. Needless to say, the laughter died an abrupt death.
Otogi smirked, squeezing the blond's waist. "It was either that or the leather outfit with the attaching dog ears and tail. You're the one who picked the schoolgirl outfit."
Jou growled at him, trying to prevent himself from wrapping his hands around the raven-haired other's neck and squeezing hard. "Gee, I wonder why. Not like you gave me a lot of *choice*, did you?"
"Touchy." Those cat-like green eyes danced, having the time of his life embarrassing the blond, chuckling when he tried to swat his hands away. "This is just the beginning of the bet, you know. At this rate, you'll never survive the week."
"If you didn't sink to insane grade-school foolishness, I'm sure that it would be much easier for the both of you." Seto replied with a snort and a roll of his eyes, to which Jou blinked in surprise and smiled at him gratefully.
'My friends may not be here, yet, but at least I have someone in my corner, even if it is Kaiba, of all people.' He thought to himself, then squeaked when one of Otogi's hands settled on his rear. 'Is this what girls have to go through?' He growled and deathglared at the raven-haired other. "Hands. Off. The. Merchandise."
"Whoops, my mistake." Otogi winked as he pulled his hand back up. "See, you just look so scrumptious, I couldn't resist."
The blond sputtered and blushed furiously, while Seto's eyes narrowed, gritting his teeth. Otogi grinned.
"Perhaps I'll get you a little maid's outfit for when you do menial tasks."
"O-over my dead body, you will!" Jou stuttered, turning fire engine red.
A mental picture of the blond with a feather duster and a teeny black and white maid's outfit fluttered through Seto's mind, and it was several minutes before he pulled himself out of the daydream with a small blush as he eyed Otogi. "You just don't know when to quit, do you?"
White teeth set in a gamin, mischievous grin, and he shook his head. "Nope. But it makes a good daydream, doesn't it?"
As the brunette sputtered and didn't comment, Jou blinked between the two, then growled. "Hentais." he muttered.
Seto flushed and pointed at Otogi. "He started it." He replied rather petulantly, then shook himself. "Just what do you intend for him to do?"
"Oh..wait on me..feed me at lunch, perhaps. Carry my books for me, wax poetic on my many good attributes. For a start."
"What an ego." Jou rolled his eyes, then squeaked when Otogi grinned wolfishly and pulled him close.
"There are so many other things I can have you do..and do to you, you know, Jou." he purred into his ear. "Would you like that?"
"No! No, what you have is fine! Just fine! No worries!" Jou protested, turning bright red. He certainly wasn't going to agree to that suggestion, and especially not with Kaiba right there. He didn't know what that would have to do with Kaiba, but he just..couldn't.
"I thought so." Otogi smirked as he pulled back from the blond. Watching Jou turn so red around Kaiba was cute, especially when neither had a clue as to why they were like this with each other. It made him almost want to be nice. Almost. "It's nice to have a slave." He replied, then fondled the blond's rear again, watching Jou turn that pretty shade of red, and Kaiba that shade of green, complete with twitching eye. Oh, this week was sure to be loads of fun.
"Getcher hand offa me, you-you..!" Jou sputtered, then aimed his fist at him, growling when the green-eyed other ducked and wagged a finger at him.
"Now, now, is that any way to treat your master?"
"Just 'cause of this stupid bet does not mean I'm going to let you manhandle me!"
Seto, who was about to clock the grabby Dice King, himself, sighed and massaged his temples. "Otogi, why don't you just stick to the basic rules and leave it at that?"
"The rule is, whatever the winner wants, and if I want to do as such, no one can really stop me, can they?"
"Grrrr..why you..!" Jou paused, then blew a hank of hair out of his eyes as the bell rang. "So help me, 'master'..if you touch me 'gain, I swear you're gonna know about it, bet or no bet." He stomped away, trying to keep the skirt from blowing up, and Otogi grinned and followed after.
Pushing to the limits was fun..and when it came to two of the school's most talked about people-Jou and Kaiba-there was no telling where he could go.
"This day just keeps getting better and better.." Seto muttered, shaking his head as he followed the pair. "And here it had started out so well, too."
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Jou had never been so embarrassed in his life. And that was saying something with how much he'd gone through in the past few years. Besides the teachers treating his embarrassment as some sort of prank, there were his classmates laughing and pointing at him, having to practically wait on Otogi hand and foot, carry his books, hand in his work for him, and nearly having to sit on the baka's lap when he got it into his head after someone had cracked a joke as such.
He truly wanted to find a rock and hide under it. And his friends..Yugi and Anzu's looks of anger and pity, Ryou's wincing every time Otogi had him doing something, and Honda..he could have hit the idiot over the head with a book for his mixed expression of amusement and anger. He could have sworn he was leering at him one time or another, the ecchi.
Surprisingly, the only person who seemed to commiserate over his plight was Kaiba. No insults traded, and if deathglares could have killed, then Otogi would be dead a thousand times over. He gave him a small, grateful smile in between scrambling like mad to get his own work completed in between waiting on Otogi, blushing slightly when Kaiba smiled back. Mind you, it was a small smile, barely a quirking of lips, but a smile, nonetheless, which made his feel weak-kneed, for some reason.
"Thank you", he mouthed to him, and the brunette nodded in reply.
In the last minutes before the end of class, before lunch, and Otogi was occupied with bragging, a note flipped neatly over his head, landing on his desk. He blinked, then reached for the note, unfolding it and recognizing Kaiba's neat handwriting.
~Think you'll be able to sneak away from Dice-For-Brains, lose him in the crowd?~
Jou blinked, then picked up his pencil, growling and crossing his legs under the desk when a classmate tried to cop a feel, scribbling a reply before folding it again and sending it back to the brunette.
~I think so, why? If you plan on teasing me, too, save it. I've had enough to last me a lifetime.~
The note soon found its way back to the blond, and Jou was curious as to what was going on in the CEO's mind as he opened the note again.
~No, I didn't intend that. I'm not that cruel, mutt. I just wanted to talk, maybe get you some brief respite from that baka. If that's okay?~
Dark eyes widened as he stared at the words, and he glanced up again at Kaiba, grinning broadly before hastily scribbling a reply and sending it back to him.
~Are you kidding? Of course it's okay! I'm going to go crazy if I have to kowtow to Otogi, again! No offense, Kaiba, but I'd rather take your taunts than his, anyday!~
Seto sent him a smirk as one brow rose in amusement at his reply, then penned a quick reply before sending the note back.
~I don't know if I should take that as an offense or a compliment..but how does the bench under the sakura trees outside as a meeting place sound?~
~Sounds like a date. XD But seriously, sounds good. Gimme a few to make sure I lose Otogi completely, then I'll be there.~
Seto flushed lightly at the response, but glanced up at Jou and nodded, giving him a thumbs up.
Jou grinned, an honest smile after the so-far crappy day, and nodded. He glanced at Otogi. Now there was just the point of skipping out on Dicey Boy without him noticing it until it was too late. No telling what he would think of them hanging out, or how he would react. He bit his lip in thought, wondering how he could pull this off. Perhaps a distraction..he turned in his seat slowly, to not draw attention, and motioned to Honda, who blinked at him.
"Honda!" he half-murmured, half-hissed to him. "I need you to do a favor for me!"
The sharply-cut head of his best friend tilted curiously. "What for?" he asked, quirking a brow. Jou rolled his eyes.
"Never mind what for, I need you to distract Otogi for me!"
"WHAT?!" Honda nearly bellowed.
Jou motioned his arms at him frantically. "Would ya keep it down! I need you to distract Otogi so I can get a breather..please?"
The brunette frowned at him suspiciously, crossing his arms over his chest. It must've been important..Jou never asked for favors. He pursed his lips, then nodded. "Alright, I'll distract him. Question is, how?"
The blond fairly beamed at that, relief slumping his shoulders. "That's easy enough! Just talk about him, that'll keep him occupied, for sure!"
Honda sweatdropped, shaking his head. "Lovely. I'm stuck with an egomaniac."
Jou chuckled. "You'll do fine! I owe ya for this, Honda."
"Yeah, ya sure do."
Fairly grinning like someone had handed him the world, Jou gave a small sigh of relief and relaxed. Now he had a surefire way to distract Otogi, and he was curious as to what Kaiba wanted..certainly couldn't be anything worse than what he'd already gone through. He was *not* going to give baka Otogi more chances to make a fool out of him.
The school bell rang, and Jou stood, along with the rest of his classmates, and gathered up his books. Otogi smirked as he stood, snapping his fingers and whistling like he was calling for something.
"Here, Jou! Here, boy! Heel!"
Remaining classmates burst into laughter as Jou blushed in embarrassment, then slunk to Otogi's side, grumbling under his breath as he shouldered his backpack, clutching onto the straps rather than Otogi's neck.
Ignoring the deathglares he was receiving from Jou's friends and Seto, Otogi played with a lock of obsidian hair, grinning. "Always wanted a dog when I was a kid. Looks like I got my wish."
Jou snarled at him, glaring into the unusual green eyes. "I'm not a dog, and I'm especially not YOUR dog." he hissed softly.
"Not my dog, eh?" Otogi replied, rocking on his heels. "Does that mean that you're someone else's dog?" He grinned when the blond sputtered, flushing. "C'mon, pup. Lunchtime. Let's see what I can think up for you to do for me."
Bristling at the nickname, Jou followed after him, glancing back at Honda, then Seto briefly, before stumbling after the other when he was tugged away.
Honda blinked when he saw the blond's gaze dart away from him to his rival, and frowned. There was something going on..he shook his head and gathered up his books, heading to catch up to Otogi and Jou. He had a mission to do, after all.
Seto watched the other brunette leave, chewing on his lip absently as he gathered up his books and briefcase. "Hope Lawnmower Head is some help.." he muttered to himself as he trailed out to the meeting place.
**
"Otogi, Jou, wait up!"
Otogi glanced back, blowing aside a lock of dark hair from his eyes. "What do you want, Honda?" he sighed as the long-legged brunette caught up.
Jou grinned gratefully at Honda as the other slid on an easy-going smile. "Ne, I was wondering..could you show me some things of your game? I'm sure you would be the best person to ask, after all, being a pro at it and all."
Green eyes shone in eager anticipation at the mention of his game, puffing up with pride. "And you've come to the right place! I can tell you anything you want to know, be glad to."
"Great! You know, I came in too late to pick up Duel Monsters, so I thought to maybe try my hand at Dungeon Dice Monsters, since it's such an interesting game and you created it from scratch, who better to ask? Honda replied, motioning with his eyes to Jou to leave while he kept Otogi talking.
Jou nodded eagerly, smiling widely at his friend, before peering at the animate Otogi and tiptoeing away, holding his breath till he got across the hall, then darting the rest of the way, pushing the door open to outside. Home free! He sucked in a sigh of relief and released it. Now to see to matters and what Kaiba wanted.
**************** ~End Chapter 4~ ****************
A/N: Well, there you go! Chapter 4 up and running! I hope you liked it, it was a difficult chapter. Tell me what you think-sorry for the cliffy, but it seemed to be the right place to stop. ^^; R/R and let me know how I did! :p
Chapter 4
Rating: PG-13-ish
Author: Moonchild DJ
E-mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: Yugioh and the characters therein this fic do not belong to me. They belong to the lovely various people that give us our beloved manga and anime, and various other things. I'm just borrowing the characters and returning them back, somewhat rumpled. :p
Author's Notes: Finally! I update for H&L, L&H, after a really bad writer's block on this particular story! Aint'cha all proud of me? *beams and grins sheepishly as readers wave pitchforks* This here story is one of the most demanded to update, and update I shall! It was somewhat difficult for me to get this chapter the way I wanted it, so I hope you all like it. Reviews are what keep me going, after all! I love hearing what you think! Hint hint, heh. ^_~ I write because I want to write, and I love to please people with my modest little works. So make it all worthwhile and enjoy!
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The next day seemed to dawn bright and clear for Seto. As he busied himself and Mokuba to get ready for school, he was almost of a mind that nothing was going to happen with Jou. That the whole mess would blow over, and Jou would still be okay and Otogi would let him go once the week was up, and he'd have worried for nothing.
But as he arrived at Domino High, he could see how very wrong that mode of thinking was. He stood beside the limo door, staring in shock at the sight before him, on the steps leading up to the building.
Otogi and Jou were already there, and apparently, the bet had started at sunup. The ebony-haired self-proclaimed Dice King was smirking, his arm around the waist of one red-faced Jounouchi-dressed in a girl's school uniform, complete with bow and skirt. A crowd of classmates surrounded them, cooing over Otogi and laughing at the poor blond, who looked as if he wanted to sink into the ground and die.
Seto scowled. Even he didn't make fun of the mutt this badly. There was a tasteful line to be drawn, and Otogi had just crossed it. He clenched at his briefcase and stalked over, wincing mentally at the blond's outright embarrassment. "I don't know what you're thinking, Otogi, but you could get in trouble for causing such a disturbance." he told the other coolly.
The dice-earringed other merely grinned cheerfully. "Oh, how sweet. Concerned for my welfare, ne, Kaiba? Aw, don't worry your pretty little head about me. It's already cleared with the principal. Just as long as we don't disturb classes, he doesn't see harm in a little fun."
Jou growled under his breath. "Yeah, and the fact that the principal already has it in for me wasn't a key factor." he muttered.
Otogi grinned innocently. "Why, it has nothing to do with it, at all!" he replied, snickering slightly as the blond scowled.
"Nice legs, Katsuya!" One boy crowed, and Jou turned even more redder, trying to pull the short skirt down a little, his head ducking down as tears pricked at his eyes in embarrassment as laughter sounded around them.
Though he had to admit that the mutt did indeed have the right kind of legs to pull it off, slim and curvaceous, without looking stupid-Seto turned and deathglared at the others, blue eyes narrowed in silent fury. Needless to say, the laughter died an abrupt death.
Otogi smirked, squeezing the blond's waist. "It was either that or the leather outfit with the attaching dog ears and tail. You're the one who picked the schoolgirl outfit."
Jou growled at him, trying to prevent himself from wrapping his hands around the raven-haired other's neck and squeezing hard. "Gee, I wonder why. Not like you gave me a lot of *choice*, did you?"
"Touchy." Those cat-like green eyes danced, having the time of his life embarrassing the blond, chuckling when he tried to swat his hands away. "This is just the beginning of the bet, you know. At this rate, you'll never survive the week."
"If you didn't sink to insane grade-school foolishness, I'm sure that it would be much easier for the both of you." Seto replied with a snort and a roll of his eyes, to which Jou blinked in surprise and smiled at him gratefully.
'My friends may not be here, yet, but at least I have someone in my corner, even if it is Kaiba, of all people.' He thought to himself, then squeaked when one of Otogi's hands settled on his rear. 'Is this what girls have to go through?' He growled and deathglared at the raven-haired other. "Hands. Off. The. Merchandise."
"Whoops, my mistake." Otogi winked as he pulled his hand back up. "See, you just look so scrumptious, I couldn't resist."
The blond sputtered and blushed furiously, while Seto's eyes narrowed, gritting his teeth. Otogi grinned.
"Perhaps I'll get you a little maid's outfit for when you do menial tasks."
"O-over my dead body, you will!" Jou stuttered, turning fire engine red.
A mental picture of the blond with a feather duster and a teeny black and white maid's outfit fluttered through Seto's mind, and it was several minutes before he pulled himself out of the daydream with a small blush as he eyed Otogi. "You just don't know when to quit, do you?"
White teeth set in a gamin, mischievous grin, and he shook his head. "Nope. But it makes a good daydream, doesn't it?"
As the brunette sputtered and didn't comment, Jou blinked between the two, then growled. "Hentais." he muttered.
Seto flushed and pointed at Otogi. "He started it." He replied rather petulantly, then shook himself. "Just what do you intend for him to do?"
"Oh..wait on me..feed me at lunch, perhaps. Carry my books for me, wax poetic on my many good attributes. For a start."
"What an ego." Jou rolled his eyes, then squeaked when Otogi grinned wolfishly and pulled him close.
"There are so many other things I can have you do..and do to you, you know, Jou." he purred into his ear. "Would you like that?"
"No! No, what you have is fine! Just fine! No worries!" Jou protested, turning bright red. He certainly wasn't going to agree to that suggestion, and especially not with Kaiba right there. He didn't know what that would have to do with Kaiba, but he just..couldn't.
"I thought so." Otogi smirked as he pulled back from the blond. Watching Jou turn so red around Kaiba was cute, especially when neither had a clue as to why they were like this with each other. It made him almost want to be nice. Almost. "It's nice to have a slave." He replied, then fondled the blond's rear again, watching Jou turn that pretty shade of red, and Kaiba that shade of green, complete with twitching eye. Oh, this week was sure to be loads of fun.
"Getcher hand offa me, you-you..!" Jou sputtered, then aimed his fist at him, growling when the green-eyed other ducked and wagged a finger at him.
"Now, now, is that any way to treat your master?"
"Just 'cause of this stupid bet does not mean I'm going to let you manhandle me!"
Seto, who was about to clock the grabby Dice King, himself, sighed and massaged his temples. "Otogi, why don't you just stick to the basic rules and leave it at that?"
"The rule is, whatever the winner wants, and if I want to do as such, no one can really stop me, can they?"
"Grrrr..why you..!" Jou paused, then blew a hank of hair out of his eyes as the bell rang. "So help me, 'master'..if you touch me 'gain, I swear you're gonna know about it, bet or no bet." He stomped away, trying to keep the skirt from blowing up, and Otogi grinned and followed after.
Pushing to the limits was fun..and when it came to two of the school's most talked about people-Jou and Kaiba-there was no telling where he could go.
"This day just keeps getting better and better.." Seto muttered, shaking his head as he followed the pair. "And here it had started out so well, too."
******
Jou had never been so embarrassed in his life. And that was saying something with how much he'd gone through in the past few years. Besides the teachers treating his embarrassment as some sort of prank, there were his classmates laughing and pointing at him, having to practically wait on Otogi hand and foot, carry his books, hand in his work for him, and nearly having to sit on the baka's lap when he got it into his head after someone had cracked a joke as such.
He truly wanted to find a rock and hide under it. And his friends..Yugi and Anzu's looks of anger and pity, Ryou's wincing every time Otogi had him doing something, and Honda..he could have hit the idiot over the head with a book for his mixed expression of amusement and anger. He could have sworn he was leering at him one time or another, the ecchi.
Surprisingly, the only person who seemed to commiserate over his plight was Kaiba. No insults traded, and if deathglares could have killed, then Otogi would be dead a thousand times over. He gave him a small, grateful smile in between scrambling like mad to get his own work completed in between waiting on Otogi, blushing slightly when Kaiba smiled back. Mind you, it was a small smile, barely a quirking of lips, but a smile, nonetheless, which made his feel weak-kneed, for some reason.
"Thank you", he mouthed to him, and the brunette nodded in reply.
In the last minutes before the end of class, before lunch, and Otogi was occupied with bragging, a note flipped neatly over his head, landing on his desk. He blinked, then reached for the note, unfolding it and recognizing Kaiba's neat handwriting.
~Think you'll be able to sneak away from Dice-For-Brains, lose him in the crowd?~
Jou blinked, then picked up his pencil, growling and crossing his legs under the desk when a classmate tried to cop a feel, scribbling a reply before folding it again and sending it back to the brunette.
~I think so, why? If you plan on teasing me, too, save it. I've had enough to last me a lifetime.~
The note soon found its way back to the blond, and Jou was curious as to what was going on in the CEO's mind as he opened the note again.
~No, I didn't intend that. I'm not that cruel, mutt. I just wanted to talk, maybe get you some brief respite from that baka. If that's okay?~
Dark eyes widened as he stared at the words, and he glanced up again at Kaiba, grinning broadly before hastily scribbling a reply and sending it back to him.
~Are you kidding? Of course it's okay! I'm going to go crazy if I have to kowtow to Otogi, again! No offense, Kaiba, but I'd rather take your taunts than his, anyday!~
Seto sent him a smirk as one brow rose in amusement at his reply, then penned a quick reply before sending the note back.
~I don't know if I should take that as an offense or a compliment..but how does the bench under the sakura trees outside as a meeting place sound?~
~Sounds like a date. XD But seriously, sounds good. Gimme a few to make sure I lose Otogi completely, then I'll be there.~
Seto flushed lightly at the response, but glanced up at Jou and nodded, giving him a thumbs up.
Jou grinned, an honest smile after the so-far crappy day, and nodded. He glanced at Otogi. Now there was just the point of skipping out on Dicey Boy without him noticing it until it was too late. No telling what he would think of them hanging out, or how he would react. He bit his lip in thought, wondering how he could pull this off. Perhaps a distraction..he turned in his seat slowly, to not draw attention, and motioned to Honda, who blinked at him.
"Honda!" he half-murmured, half-hissed to him. "I need you to do a favor for me!"
The sharply-cut head of his best friend tilted curiously. "What for?" he asked, quirking a brow. Jou rolled his eyes.
"Never mind what for, I need you to distract Otogi for me!"
"WHAT?!" Honda nearly bellowed.
Jou motioned his arms at him frantically. "Would ya keep it down! I need you to distract Otogi so I can get a breather..please?"
The brunette frowned at him suspiciously, crossing his arms over his chest. It must've been important..Jou never asked for favors. He pursed his lips, then nodded. "Alright, I'll distract him. Question is, how?"
The blond fairly beamed at that, relief slumping his shoulders. "That's easy enough! Just talk about him, that'll keep him occupied, for sure!"
Honda sweatdropped, shaking his head. "Lovely. I'm stuck with an egomaniac."
Jou chuckled. "You'll do fine! I owe ya for this, Honda."
"Yeah, ya sure do."
Fairly grinning like someone had handed him the world, Jou gave a small sigh of relief and relaxed. Now he had a surefire way to distract Otogi, and he was curious as to what Kaiba wanted..certainly couldn't be anything worse than what he'd already gone through. He was *not* going to give baka Otogi more chances to make a fool out of him.
The school bell rang, and Jou stood, along with the rest of his classmates, and gathered up his books. Otogi smirked as he stood, snapping his fingers and whistling like he was calling for something.
"Here, Jou! Here, boy! Heel!"
Remaining classmates burst into laughter as Jou blushed in embarrassment, then slunk to Otogi's side, grumbling under his breath as he shouldered his backpack, clutching onto the straps rather than Otogi's neck.
Ignoring the deathglares he was receiving from Jou's friends and Seto, Otogi played with a lock of obsidian hair, grinning. "Always wanted a dog when I was a kid. Looks like I got my wish."
Jou snarled at him, glaring into the unusual green eyes. "I'm not a dog, and I'm especially not YOUR dog." he hissed softly.
"Not my dog, eh?" Otogi replied, rocking on his heels. "Does that mean that you're someone else's dog?" He grinned when the blond sputtered, flushing. "C'mon, pup. Lunchtime. Let's see what I can think up for you to do for me."
Bristling at the nickname, Jou followed after him, glancing back at Honda, then Seto briefly, before stumbling after the other when he was tugged away.
Honda blinked when he saw the blond's gaze dart away from him to his rival, and frowned. There was something going on..he shook his head and gathered up his books, heading to catch up to Otogi and Jou. He had a mission to do, after all.
Seto watched the other brunette leave, chewing on his lip absently as he gathered up his books and briefcase. "Hope Lawnmower Head is some help.." he muttered to himself as he trailed out to the meeting place.
**
"Otogi, Jou, wait up!"
Otogi glanced back, blowing aside a lock of dark hair from his eyes. "What do you want, Honda?" he sighed as the long-legged brunette caught up.
Jou grinned gratefully at Honda as the other slid on an easy-going smile. "Ne, I was wondering..could you show me some things of your game? I'm sure you would be the best person to ask, after all, being a pro at it and all."
Green eyes shone in eager anticipation at the mention of his game, puffing up with pride. "And you've come to the right place! I can tell you anything you want to know, be glad to."
"Great! You know, I came in too late to pick up Duel Monsters, so I thought to maybe try my hand at Dungeon Dice Monsters, since it's such an interesting game and you created it from scratch, who better to ask? Honda replied, motioning with his eyes to Jou to leave while he kept Otogi talking.
Jou nodded eagerly, smiling widely at his friend, before peering at the animate Otogi and tiptoeing away, holding his breath till he got across the hall, then darting the rest of the way, pushing the door open to outside. Home free! He sucked in a sigh of relief and released it. Now to see to matters and what Kaiba wanted.
**************** ~End Chapter 4~ ****************
A/N: Well, there you go! Chapter 4 up and running! I hope you liked it, it was a difficult chapter. Tell me what you think-sorry for the cliffy, but it seemed to be the right place to stop. ^^; R/R and let me know how I did! :p