"Jou! Your ride's here!" Jonouchi bolted straight up, reflexively blinking his eyes as he heard George's voice from downstairs.

"Shit!" He yelled as he shuffled through his clothes and grabbed the first thing he could find. After throwing the clothes on he tried to find his cane. That proposed a problem as he searched everywhere, eventually getting on his hands and knees to try and find it. Jonouchi finally found it after ramming into his dresser.

Jonouchi hurried down the steps, rushing through getting ready and finally ended up outside.

"Jou! We're over here!" Jonouchi hurried towards the car, reaching towards the door and sliding into the seat. He put his bag down, resting his white cane against his legs as he shut the door and grabbed the seatbelt, pulling it over his chest. A small pair of arms wrapped around him.

"Jou!" Yugi's voice yelled directly behind him. A grin crossed the taller teens lips as he turned his head towards the voice.

"Sorry to get you up so early Jou, but I have some stuff to do before school. You can hang around Domino High till your school starts. Yugi will walk you there." Anzu said as she started the ignition.

"How early is it?" Jonouchi groaned.

"It's about six-thirty right now."

Yugi stifled a laugh. "You thought you were late, Jou?"

"Shut up Yuge!" Jonouchi yelled back at him as he sunk back in his seat, crossing his arms.

Yugi just kept on laughing. "Oh, come on Jou, it's just a bit of fun." Yugi chided him.

"Yugi!" Anzu called. "Doesn't he look so cute when he pouts?"

"Yep! Like a little puppy!" Yugi covered his mouth. It had just slipped out without even thinking about it. Puppy, mutt, mongrel, they were all the same. They were all originally from Kaiba's mouth.

"It's okay Yuge," Jonouchi said as he forced a smile.

"Here we are!" Anzu declared as Jonouchi felt the car halt. Jonouchi pulled at the handle and popped the door open. He stepped out and stretched as his white cane hit the solid ground.

"Come on Jou! We got about an hour before you need to get to school," Yugi called and Jonouchi followed his voice.

"Coming Yuge!" Jonouchi hurried up to join Yugi.

"I'm going to drop my stuff off in the classroom." Yugi said as he grabbed Jonouchi's arm, leading him inside the building.

"Jonouchi!" A familiar voice said. It was Miss Sorayoka, Jonouchi's favorite teacher. "I didn't know you were here already! They told us you'd be coming back in a few weeks."

"Uh no!" Jonouchi exclaimed as Yugi waited impatiently. "Yugi is going to walk me to the other school but it doesn't start for a while."

"Well, okay. See you around Jonouchi!" Miss Sorayoka said cheerfully as Yugi dragged him towards the room.

"Well mutt, is Mutou your guide now?" The voice was all too familiar as Jonouchi stepped into the room.

"Leave him alone Kaiba!" Yugi snapped at him.

Kaiba approached them and stood over Yugi, dominating him. "And what makes you think you can tell me what to do? You may be able to defeat all three of my Blue Eyes but you will never be my equal, runt!" Kaiba yelled at Yugi.

Yugi let loose a growl and Kaiba ignored him, his eyes falling on the blond. "Jonouchi, my brother wants to see you. I'll pick you up after class." Kaiba snarled and returned to his seat.

"Come on Jou," Yugi grabbed his arm. "Let's go outside."

"Good morning class," a youthful male voice said as Jonouchi managed to find an empty seat. "I'm Sensei Takeshitta and I'll be your homeroom teacher. This class is the one you'll be with for the rest of the year."

Jonouchi sighed as he leaned back in his seat.

"Hey," the voice seemed young and female. Jonouchi felt a tap on his shoulder. "I'm Gloria Belemat, from Hamburg, Germany."

Jonouchi tilted his head towards her voice. "Katsuya Jonouchi, Domino, Japan," Jonouchi said as he reached towards her hand and took it, once he had finally found it.

"So you're from here? Cool!" Gloria smiled. "I'm a little nervous. You know we're combining with Domino High, right?"

"Yep," Jonouchi reflexively nodded his head. "Next semester."

Gloria blushed. "I was just transferred from the other School for the Blind. I used to house with another student from Germany and my host family only speaks English. Well, I can't speak any Japanese."

"It okay Gloria," Jonouchi said.

"Really?" She blushed even brighter.

"English?" Jonouchi asked in his own broken English. He could speak it but not too well.

"What?" She frowned in confusion.

"Speak you English?"

"Yeah, I've studied it for years." Gloria said as she realized what he was trying to say.

"You teach English, I teach Japanese," Jonouchi told her and a grin found it's way on her face.

"Danke Schane!" Gloria exclaimed.

"Can speak a little, but not good."

Gloria's smile only broadened. "You're doing really well! Your English is really broken but you seem to understand it."

"Can understand, not fluent."

Gloria giggled out loud. "Don't worry, I'm don't know everything either. You just need to work on your grammar." Gloria patted him on the shoulder as she turned back around in her seat just as the teacher was finishing with roll.

"Now will you please take out your Extended Algebra books," Sensei Takeshitta said cheerfully. "We'll just be working on review today since it is the start of a new school year. Jonouchi fingered through his books and finally found the thick Extended Algebra book.

"Here's your notes for this chapters, please take one and pass them back. Moments late Jonouchi had a sheet of braille in his hands. He ran his fingers over it as he sat there.

"Please open your books to page eleven. We'll start on polynomials and rational numbers."

"This is just as boring as Domino High," Jonouchi muttered as the bell finally rang for lunch. Jonouchi stretched and swiveled his head around. "Okay Gloria, where's the food in this place."

"I don't know," Gloria heard the groan from her new friend. "But I do know some one who does!" She finished excitedly.

"Who?" Jonouchi demanded. "Sorry," he muttered as he realized he had been too demanding.

Gloria laughed loudly. "It's okay. I'm famished too." Gloria picked up her white cane and grabbed Jonouchi's arm, dragging him out into the hallway. She heard what she hoped to and headed over another direction. "Jacques!" Gloria yelled and another teenager yelled at them.

"Hey Gloria!" He called her over and Jonouchi felt himself dragged.

"Jacques, this is Jou, Katsuya Jonouchi. He's from here in Domino. Jou, I'd like you to meet Jacques. He went to the other School of the Blind with me for years. He's from Paris!"

Jonouchi stuck his hand out and Jacques took it. "So you're a real bonified Domino kid."

"Yeah," Jonouchi shrugged his shoulders. "I hear you know where food is."

"Oh yeah!" Jacques laughed. "Just watch out for Gloria. She's a human garbage disposal!"

"Jacques!" Gloria yelled as she hit him.

"Ok," he said. "This way." Jacques led them down a few hallways when Jonouchi smelled the food.

"I smell food! Follow me!" Jonouchi ran ahead with Jacques and Gloria on his heels.

"Wait up Jou!" Jacques yelled as he tried to catch up with the Japanese teen. Gloria chased after the boys and got in line. It took them several minutes to get through the line and a few more to find a seat.

"So Jou," Jacques said as he munched on the food. "How long have you been blind for?"

Jonouchi winced. "Talk bout sore subject," Jonouchi took a moment to think back. "Four months."

"Pretty good. Most older people that go blind never return to a normal lifestyle."

Gloria's jaw dropped. "You've only been blind for four months?"

"Yeah, so."

"It's just," Gloria paused for a moment. "Strange."

Yugi poked at the food on his tray absentmindedly. "Aren't you hungry, Yugi?" Anzu asked him as she frowned.

Yugi shook his head mutely. "It's just, well I guess, it's, oh I don't know."

"School seems so quiet," Anzu said half to herself. Honda snorted from where he was sitting across from her.

"It's perfectly fine. Nothing could be better. It's no different even without Jonouchi here." Yugi and Anzu turned to look at him but Honda turned away, trying to ignore them. "Okay, fine," Honda said. "I miss him too."

"Maybe he'll come over today." Yugi said.

Anzu nodded her head. "Yeah, I need to pick him up from school afterwards!"

Yugi shook his head. "Nope, Kaiba's picking him up." Yugi saw his friends staring at him and frowned. "What?"

"Kaiba?!?" They echoed.

"Yeah, Mokuba wanted to see him." Yugi shrugged his shoulders. "I figure Kaiba's just doing it 'cause he has to."

"Kaiba," Honda fumed. "That no good, double-crossing, murderous snake in the grass. I don't trust him." Honda frowned as he noticed Kaiba had disappeared from the table across from them as they had been talking. He suddenly jumped as he felt a hand on his shoulder. Honda turned, finding himself face to face with none other than Seto Kaiba himself.

"No good, double-crossing, murderous snake in the grass?" Kaiba echoed. "You wouldn't be calling me that, now would you?"

Honda briefly shook his head.

"Good, now that we have an understanding." A smirk passed over his features. "I will be picking up the mutt from school everyday. I will be dropping him off at school. He will do his homework with me, he will sit with me at lunch, and he will work with me at school. Is that clear?"

Honda sat there fuming. "You have no right to try to control Jou's life!"

The smirk never left Kaiba's face. "I have every right to control the life of my pet," Kaiba sneered as he walked away.

"I really hate that guy," Anzu said from where she was sitting.