SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Half Human
Chapter 3
Seto watched as Joey battled with the eerily realistic illusion Yami had set into his head. His injuries hadn't worsened and Seto was surprised to find them actually getting better. However, no matter how much Seto told Joey he didn't have to fight for him, Joey would give the illusion a dark glare and mutter something about the Oath. Once however, he heard something about a second revenge would taste sweeter than the first. Though when that was brought up Joey simply told him that the soul he had been bound with had at some point been Nafi's slave but refused to say any more about that. As the week wound down, Seto found himself on the edge of a battle that hardly anyone of them could possibly hope of winning. But, he hadn't seen the true power of a dragon seer yet. That day soon came when Nafi showed herself once again, she had been waiting for him in the alley next to the Game Shop. Seto watched from the roof after hearing a few of the whistles outside. At least by now he'd learnt how to watch Joey move at such speed. Joey moved left and right, but still was knocked into a wall which collapsed upon him. Then, Nafi made her move towards Seto, figuring Joey was dead for sure. Only when the bricks began to shift and move did she turn back to her opponent. She smirked as a gigantic black dragon rose to snap at her. It let out low growling and kept attaching her as best it could in such a tight spot. "I think I can understand what he's saying." Seto replied.
He paused before realizing he could. 'Your fight is with me Nafi! Do not bring any other being into this!' Joey bellowed at her.
He slashed her chest and stomach with the spikes he had on the end of his tail and she smiled wider. "Touche' my fine enemy, you've beaten me yet again, however, I have left for you a present for a slight revenge." She replied.
'Be gone with you into the other realm, the one of death, witch!' Joey yelled.
"Fine, so be it! But with my spilt blood did you not notice the wreath about your neck? Only my death holds it from serving it's purpose and you know that not even my death will rid this world of my kind." She gasped once, before falling into dust.
With that her blood glowed caging Joey into a red light. Seto gasped, before making his way to where Joey had been, only to find no trace. Seto started to look everywhere for him and only when something bumped into his leg did he realize something. That the blood was a form of spell.
Seto slowly looked down at the small and clumsy beast before turning blanch white. What had been Joey and was still Joey was smaller, just a baby at most but still in a dragon form. "Joey?" Seto asked.
'THAT BITCH!!!!!!!!!!,'Came Joey's reply.
.....
Seto watched absentmindedly as Joey lay watching Yami flicking through some spell book. 'I can't believe what a sore loser she is.' Joey complained.
"Well, you did sort of kill her, I think she had every right to trap you in this form," Seto sighed. "I know you would do the same if-"
'There are no if's!!!!,' Joey yelled at him.
Joey glared at the book again. Before turning slightly and seemingly frowning at Seto. 'You're the reason I'm in this mess in the first place.,'Joey admitted.
"I said you didn't have to help me." Seto replied.
'Well, that was my stinking choice, I just didn't want you to go through what my dragon's spirit went through, Kaiba! It's just like what I always do!' Joey replied.
"What do you mean you always do?" Seto asked.
'Oh, do you think I live far away from my sister on purpose?! Well I'll tell you buddy, it's not for this cruddy life I'm doing that!,' Joey replied. 'To think I could have live with my Mom and left her here, well, I'm not that kind of a guy.'
"What do you mean?" Seto quietly asked, blinking in utter confusion.
'That's right, you don't know that my parents are divorced do you?,' Joey muttered, climbing into Seto's lap. 'Well, I'm not sure I remember when it all started... But I do have a faint idea....'
Seto sighed as Joey got settled and laid his head on Seto's leg. 'We were all happy an' everything a real family you know. A few quarrels, but we never knew that they were predictions of later events.,' Joey sighed. 'Then, one night I heard the two fighting. A real nasty one and that's when I knew something wasn't right. At first, I pretended everything was all right.'
"So, what happened?" Seto asked, stroking Joey's wings with one hand.
'Dad started to stay out late an' get drunk. Sometimes, when Mom wasn't there to protect us, he would come to hurt me and Serenity, only, he never got her.,' Joey looked off into memories. 'I stood in his way, and I took both of our beatings. When the decision was made that Mom and Dad where to split, the courts told them one child per parent, and we got to chose who would go with whom. Course, I knew Dad would become worse after the split, so I made the best decision I could, I stayed behind so she wouldn't get hurt. You at least understand that, you have Mokuba, like I have Serenity. You know I'd give my life if she could live one happily.'
"Does she know?," Seto asked.
'Hm?,' Joey asked.
"Does she know you're a dragon seer?" Seto asked.
'No, actually.... I don't know if she does or doesn't, she might have seen me change forms while we were still little.' Joey replied.
"I'm glad Mokuba at least knows where I am right now." Seto replied.
'I don't care if Dad knows or doesn't, my punishments are worse usually if he doesn't. Once, when my bus was running late, he threw me through the window. I don't know how he'd take this excuse.,' Joey looked up at Seto. 'Do you mind helping me find some food? Confession makes me hungrier than any full grown gold dragon could ever be.'
"Is that the largest type?" Seto asked.
"Nah, but it eats the most, actually their favorite food and the reason for being nearly killed off was horse. Imagine being a knight and watching one eat your mighty steed.' Joey mused.
"I see the point." Seto replied.
.....
Soon, Joey was returned to normal and though he sat there naked, it was better than being stuck as a baby dragon any day. Seto got up enough courage to actually go stop Joey from leaving before he had a chance to say something. "Joey, I um.... I never realized that you lived...." Seto started.
"With a raged drunk?" Joey replied.
"Yeah, well, why don't you go stay over with Mokuba. I mean, it'll give you a place to stay and give Mokuba somebody to keep him company." Seto replied.
"Is this an actual heart that we're showing?" Joey asked.
"Accept it and shut your mouth before I do pummel you into the ground." Seto growled.
"Right, right, okay, then, I guess I could, besides we all now Nafi wasn't really dead." Joey replied.
"What do you mean?" Kaiba asked.
"She never escaped the realm I put her in, she created a cloned version of herself to come here and do her dirty work." Joey replied. "That was why she turned to dust."
"Do you think she'll escape anytime soon?" Seto asked.
"Nah, in order to make one of those, you give up half your lifetime. Meaning she's too old to escape now." Joey replied, before leaving.
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