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"He's going to need more food in about..." Jonouchi looked in the already open fridge. "Two days."

"Okay."

"Rent needs to be paid at the end of the week. If we don't pay, we get kicked out. Remember it. It's important."

"Yes, Jonouchi."

"And we need to pay the power real soon."

"You told me that."

"Dad gets home at roughly 10:30. You can have supper done by then? He's not too pleasant, so you don't have to stick around when he gets there."

"Okay, Jonouchi. I ..."

"I'll call you when I get there. If you run into problems, you'll know where to contact me."

"Yes, Jonouchi. Jeez, you sound like my sister the first few times I babysat Johji. Don't worry about me or your father."

Jonouchi sighed into the receiver, closing the fridge door. "Thank you, Honda. You're a real pal."

"Of course I am," Honda laughed.

"And don't steal any of my money! I'm trusting you with my bank account info, and I don't have enough for you to take any."

Honda laughed. "You can trust me. What time did you want me to pick you up tomorrow?"

"Six AM. You can do it, right?"

"Six?" He could hear Honda throw himself onto his bed. "Yeah, I can do it."


Jonouchi's hand violently smashed down on his snooze button when his alarm went off at 5:30.

He was motionless for a few minutes, until his doorbell began ringing.

He sat up sleepily and stared at his alarm clock. The red 5:36 that stared back at him didn't register and he stared at it stupidly until he heard the lock on his apartment door unlock with a click. He then directed his half-asleep gaze to his bedroom door, where Honda's head peaked in.

"Your house is a mess," Honda grinned.

He didn't see the pillow coming until it was too late.


"Why are you here so early, anyway?" Jonouchi asked, now clothed and sitting at the table with a cup of coffee cradled in his hands.

"Figured you wouldn't wake up on time," Honda shrugged and sipped on his own coffee. "Looks like I was right."

Jonouchi shot him a glare, which he ignored. "Your old man got any booze laying around?" he asked instead.

"Yeah, but none for you. You're driving," Jonouchi snapped, but grinned good-naturedly.

"Come on. You know I can drive fine with a little alcohol.

"I know, but I don't want anything to go wrong," Jonouchi looked at the time, gulped down the rest of his coffe, and stood up. "Time to go."


Soon the two were driving down the highway on Honda's motorcycle, pushing the speed limit as much as they could without being considered speeding.

Honda wove in and out of traffic like a pro, Jonouchi hanging onto the bar behind him.

It was 6:20 by the time the got to the airport.


As much as Jonouchi told him he didn't have to stay, Honda refused to leave until he got to meet, or at least see, Jonouchi's sister.

"Big brother!" Jonouchi heard someone call out from behind the pair, not ten minutes later.

Jonouchi grinned and hugged his sister back as she embraced him.

"Wow," Honda stared. "She's h–" he was cut off when Jonouchi's heal stomped on his toes.

"Jonouchi." A tall blond woman emerged from the growing crowd.

Jonouchi winced, the name hurting him more than his mother probably meant it too.

He decided to greet her in the same fashion. "Ms. Kawai," he greeted, nodding his head in a curt bow. He wondered why his victory didn't feel as complete as he had hoped when he saw the look of pain in his mothers eyes.

Ms. Kawai turned her gaze onto Honda. He blushed slightly, and bowed deeper. "I just gave Jonouchi a ride here, I'll go now." He turned around and headed towards the doors of the airport.

Jonouchi found himself fidgeting when his mothers trained business gaze fell on him. He wondered if he was suppose to say something, and quickly found himself grasping for words. He didn't remember his mothers gaze being this intense when he was younger.

"I'll uhm – I promise I'll take good care of your daughter while we're in America." He kicked himself. Your daughter? Why would he say that when he could've easily said "my little sister" or even Shizuka.

"You better," Ms. Kawai barked. He knew that she probably didn't trust him, knew she probably knew of his reputation. She did run a small law office after all, she probably knew all about his many run-in's with the police. Though he had been good lately, since Yugi had gotten him into Duel Monsters.

Shizuka shifted from foot to foot beside him, frowning slightly, before smiling. She hugged her mother. "I'll call you from the hotel when we get there, okay Mommy?" she said, her voice over-flowing with enthusiasm.

"Okay dear," her mother said, hugging her daughter and kissing her forehead. For some odd reason, Jonouchi was reminded strongly of the fact that he barely knew anything about his sister as she were today.

"Let's go, Katsuya!" Shizuka grinned, grabbing his wrist. "I'll get us breakfast."

"You'll – I can get us–" Jonouchi started, only to be cut off when his sister pulled him hard in the direction of the escalator.

"Wait!" their mother cried when they had gotten not four feet away. Both Jonouchi and Shizuka stopped.

"Take care of Shizuka," she said, her eyes looking watery. "Take care of yourself, too, okay Katsuya?"

Jonouchi fought back the grin that was tugging at the corners of his lips. "I will." He paused for a moment, before saying it. "Good luck with your business thing, mother."

Then he allowed Shizuka to lead him to the cafeteria, trying his best to ignore the crystalline tears that began to fall from his mothers eyes.

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Yami Bakura's Wife:

**Snicker** Ahh, that won't happen for a while yet, you know that ^_~

Princess Star Neko- To review on ch. 1:

Uhm..... nooooooooooooo......

She died when he was nine. **Cough** ^^;;

Misura:

Heh ^^;; A sibling bond. Something I wish I had sometimes XD

...Damn XD You caught on to that ^-~

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Isn't it though XD

I like SXJ as well.

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