Nobody Understands
Chapter 2: Joey Wheeler
My name is Joseph Wheeler I am eighteen years old and in my finishing year in high school. I am a duellist, I used to be duelling in the shadows of one of my best bud's Yugi but once I duelled in the Battle City tournament that rumour was finished and I proved myself to be a truly great duellist. My little sister Serenity used to live with our mother and until recently I lived with my drunken father. Well I'm working two part time jobs but still struggle to provide for my sister and mom. Not that I let them know it though, I just wish mom would try to get a job it could help a lot. I just try not to get fired it is getting harder to get a job in this city still while finishing school.
My biggest rival is a really powerful guy who goes by the name of Seto Kaiba; he has the highest grade point average in the world I know I'm exaggerating a bit but he seriously is a teenage genius but for some reason he just comes up and picks fights with me. A long time ago I was like Yugi and Tea I wanted to be friends with him but he's just so difficult to deal with. He dares to call me a puppy and a mutt then when I go through his tournament he says I didn't belong there; if anything I deserved to be there more than anyone else. I never wanted to be at war with him but I couldn't just lie down and play dead like a dog which is the worst insult he could deliver.
I initially entered Duellist Kingdom to help my sister get her eye operation with the three million dollar prize money but I soon realised that I was good at this but until I was forced to duel alone my ultimate potential wasn't able to begin to shine. In Battle City I duelled many skilled duellists with many different strategies and I prevailed and became recognised as a power player in the game of duel monsters but I still was considered a follower instead of a leader.
Living doing final year classes, two part time jobs, struggling to continue maintaining a position as a high levelled duellist and taking care of my family which had total dependency upon me was difficult and I guess acting like an idiot is the only way I knew how to deal with the stress of it all in addition to this my father had died earlier due to alcohol poisoning. I guess I feel it is partly my fault and I regret just letting him be like that for so long. It just makes me feel so scared because maybe mom was right maybe I was always going to turn out like him a worthless bum living in a dump. She just hit the bullseye I really think that's just what I'll turn out to be; I have nothing to aspire to or go on to later in life. I don't think I have dreams anymore, unlike my friends I have no future I can't follow on with dancing like Tea, Yugi has his game shop if he doesn't find something else, Duke has his game, Kaiba has his company, I will always be the one left behind because I will always be underestimated in everything I do.
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