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Notes: This chapter is pitifully short (once again, compy is in the blender and I wrote this AT school on PAPER. So yeah.), and rather…odd. To me, anyway. If you have only read the Jou-centric chapter/thing, go back a chapter. I'm going to try NOT to double post again.

Here's something that might come to help for you if you ever see that there are more chapters than what the site says. See in the address bar? It says '2212334 –backslash–3-backslash-' The '2212334' is the story number. The '3' is the chapter number. Try this. Replace that '3' with a '2'. You got to chapter two. Just remember to keep the final backslash there.

Sorry for the ramble. Just thought I'd share my limited knowledge. ;3 Review Replies are at the bottom.

The Rain
by Glue Project

He stood there and just looked at the blond for a few moments, stunned. Without even thinking about it, he took in the other's battered appearance, all the way to the green collar around his neck. His thought processes snapped back a moment latter, making his body lurch into action, first checking the other's pulse.

Quite strong. Very reassuring.

He sat back on his heels for a moment.

He had only seen the other by accident…chance…luck. He nodded. Luck. The blond, after all, seemed to come by a lot of it.

This was the pretty much-unused portion of the park, and Katsuya had been left here unconscious.

Not a good sign.

Furthermore, his clothes were twisted roughly while still on his body, and his form was contorted much like a corpse.

In fact, if it weren't for the breath he could now hear sliding out between the puppy's bleeding lips, he would have mistaken him for one.

With a grimace, he shook that thought away before he took his coat off and wrapped it around the blond's form. Seto easily picked the blond up, carrying him bridal style to the hospital that he could see a few hundred feet away.

He didn't see Jou's eyes flutter open for a second before he went out again.

Seto remained leaning against the wall even as he watched the ageing doctor toddle away. He was still somewhat in shock.

As soon as he had walked into the emergency room with the blond in his arms, a nurse had appeared seemingly out of nowhere with a gurney in tow.

Seemed like that had Katsuya in here a lot because the nurse just waved to the one behind the desk.

The desk-nurse had just nodded and dated a stack of forms that had been sitting on a corner of her desk.

He found out later that those were a set of forms for the puppy.

That hadn't been the most surprising thing though.

"…left leg…broken…right arm…three places…repeated signs of rape…"

That last one had taken the proverbial cake.

That one had rendered him literally speechless.

And he was going to take the puppy home, through hell or high water.

No matter what anyone said.

Surprisingly, no one had said anything against him taking Katsuya home with him. If anything, they seemed relieved.

Now they were both in his room (he had called a cab to get them from the hospital to the mansion) and the puppy looked pretty, sleeping on his bed like he was.

Well, minus the whole casts and stitches thing. But even so, he was still beautiful.

Seto had a feeling that he was going to be sleeping on the couch in his room for a while.

He was glad Mokuba had that camping trip, keeping him out of Seto's hair of the time being.

As Seto drifted off to sleep, finally berating himself for not following his 'Internally smack self when referring to the Mutt as 'Katsuya'' rule, he didn't see the two pairs of eyes that watched him.

The first nodded and added another log quietly to the fireplace in the room.

The second turned its gaze outside and made the wind snap and howl.

It was soon snowing.

REVIEW REPLIES

Nachzes Black-Rider: Yeah…same here. My laptop decided 'I don't want to start. My batteries are dead. HAHA!' (sweatdrop) I have to ask to go on the internet regardless though…only one phone line. I think I started to read your fic…interesting way of watching the scene over and over and over again, but through different characters eyes…I think that was you anyway…I think Seto wants to kill the driver as well…
optimistic girl94: (bows) And I have written more! (grins)
Goddes-of-Sol: Seto is a very odd one. That's what makes him so loveable despite his…social flaws…
Flame Swordswoman: Nope, not quite the first reviewer, but close. I rather liked the list too…Our Seto-kun is verily much confused, is he not? Well…this might not be quite that angsty. More like fluff with a few head injuries.
Lil-Riter: I liked the line too…the whole drabble-style bit was centered around it.
durrtysouthrp: I might read them…but…er…are they very much author-insert? Neways, I hope this helped.
Kumori Sakusha formerly Saelbu: (grins) (chirrups) Continuing! (Jou: She's managed to read the whole Chobits story in three days…Plum wore off on her…sweatdrop)
Chihiro: (tilts head to the side) Ne? So…my life is now in exchange for my story? Ne…I guess that's kind of encouraging.
astalder27: (points to the beginning of post) Maybe that'll help? It wasn't taken off the site, but often times it takes quite a while for the new chapters to appear. Next time that happens, maybe you can try that. (smiles)
DemonSurfer: Well, not much more bishie pain…unless batteries to the head count. (grins) And the plot bunnies keep attacking and attacking and attacking…
Hazel-Beka: You like short chapters? I myself hate them, but that's all I can seem to write as of late.
puffin: Well, this one was longer. Does that help? (grins)
Felidae: Right here. Actually, your review reminded me that this bit of the story was waiting in my notebook. (grins) You get a cookie. (smiles)

There's review replies.

I need help. (Well, it's not so much need it as want it.) Anyway, I've had this plotbunny kicking around, and it goes like this: Jou typically read off from (a different version from ours where they still have the whole 'read.php' deal) and while its in read-only mode to get updated, he stumbles upon a 'new' anime category. Guess what's inside. Well, it doesn't take our Jou-kun long to figure out that the 'Jou' and 'Joey' in the stories refer to himself, and who the rest of Yuugi-tachi have their own stories as well. I want to have it so that Jou looks at those stories and compares it to what he sees around him. The only thing is that I want to quote actual stories. (shaky grin) And have Jou comment on them and show his reaction. Imagine if he stumbled on some puppyshipping lemons? (cackles) Sorry. I'll leave now.

-Glue