Chapter 3
Thanks to everyone for the reviews, I totally appreciate it! And now, on with the story. And since most people voted, here is the list. If you disapprove. Tell me in a review or email me. First, Malik, than Honda, than Yami, Yugi, and whoever you want in between. But with popular demand, in my eyes. Seto is last! But this is if I really want everyone to hit on Jou. P.S. Malik is a tad OOC in this chapter. But in the next, there will be some major Anzu bashing! I can promise you that. (Hits Anzu on the head!) I hate you Anzu! I hate you!
"Hey guys. I have to go now. I can't be late." Jou said as he picked up is bag.
"I'll walk yah home!" Malik said happily as he ran to the front door of the apartment that was on the second floor of the game shop.
"You sure?" Jounouchi asked, slightly confused that Malik would be happy walking thirty-two blocks in the wrong direction of his home. "Won't Isis get worried if you're late?"
"I am totally positive! Let's go!" He cried as he grabbed Jou's already bruised arm and bolted out the door. Jou bit his lip to keep from crying out, very painfully. They walked down the street away, Malik looking back every so often to see if anyone was behind them. "Uhh, hey Jou, I have a question for you…"
"Yeah, what is it Malik?"
"Do you… do you have a date for this Saturdays dance?" Malik asked hopefully, rubbing his hands together. "The ice breaker before they open the dorms?" (I'll explain those later in the story, promise)
"I'm sorry Malik, but yes I do… I'm going with Otogi to the dance." He said as he watched Malik's hope filled face fall. "Don't ask me why, 'cause I have no idea. If you would've asked sooner, I would have gladly gone with you."
"Really?" Malik asked, Jou simply nodded, before getting glomped by a very enthusiastic blonde egyptian. "Oh thank you Jou!"
"Hey, hey, hey. Down blondie." Jou remarked as Malik helped him back to his feet. "I'd go with all of you, but than I would be labeled as a player." He smirking as he bent forward and brushed a faint kiss across Malik's lips. "You are way to hyper, did you know that?"
"Yup!" The egyptian chirped as he slowly returned the kiss. The pair made their way down the street till they made it to a small pink house. "Hey Jou, why are we stopping here? I thought your house was that run down white one right there?" He pointed out, motioning towards the third house down.
Jou's eyes darted back and forth between the houses. He couldn't tell them he ran from home and is now living with an old lady and her cat. Think Jou, think! "Oh umm, yeah, I do, I'm just dropping by here to check up on old lady Karu is all." He gave a lopsided fake grin. "You coming in? 'Cause I smell cookies."
"Cookies?" Malik asked as he sniffed the air. "Uhh, I think you're hallucinating man, 'cause all I can smell is a faint copper scent."
"Whatever." Joey said as he opened the front door and they made their way inside. "Hey! Old Lady Karu, You in here?"
"Oh my gods. Jou, what is that smell?" Malik asked as he stepped into the house. Suddenly jumping in Jou's arms as a shrill yell reached his ears. "WHAT THE HELL?"
"Nazooru!" Jou cried as he bent down and picked up the little black and white kitten. "It's ok Nazzie, he didn't hurt you."
"I didn't mean to step on him…" Malik said quietly. "Sorry."
"It's fine. She's just a four week old kitten, very tiny and easy to miss." He handed Nazzie to Malik. "Old lady?"
"I'm not kidding Jou, what is that smell? It smells… like dead flesh."
"Trust me Malik, only you and your Yami would know that smell…"
Malik walked through the house quietly searching the rooms. "Old Lady?" He peeked into the living room and about fell over. "Oh shit."
"What? Did you find her?" Jou asked, starting to get worried. "Where is she?" He ran to where Malik was standing.
Malik literally dropped Nazzie and stopped Jou from going any further. "Stop, I don't want you to see this. Just… just go call the cops."
Jou's eyes grew wide from the statement. "What happened Malik! Old Lady Karu! Let me see her Malik! Let me go!" He cried as he struggled to get past the blonde Egyptian. "Malik let go! I'll regret having to move you with force!"
"No! I won't let you!" He said as he pushed Jou away from the door. Jou growled, throwing a punch, connecting with Malik's jaw, knocking him forcefully to the floor. He made a run for the room. "JOUNOUCHI NO!!!"
Jou stopped dead in his tracks, while staring teary eyed at the still figure on the floor, surrounded by dry copper colored blood. "Karu…" He fell to his knees, his big honey colored eyes not leaving Karu. Slowly his eyes traveled around the room, landing on a small piece of ripped paper. Not noticing Malik entering the room, he crawled over and grabbed it. It read.
The old hag is dead boy, time to come home and stay.
Jou dropped the note and stared at the woman next to him, his knees sitting in her blood, getting his school uniform covered in blood. "Come on Jou, let's go… We'll head back to Yugi's after calling the cops."
"I-I can't, I can't leave her. She wanted me to come back after school… If I would have left when school got out, this would never have happened." He slowly held his head in his hands, crying quietly. "This is all my fault."
"No Jou, this is not your fault. Come on, let's leave this room. You have to leave…"
"I just can't!"
/Yami… Marik! I need you!/ Malik cried, sending the plea through his mental link. /MARIK!/
//What? What is it?//
/It's Jou. The old lady he's always talking about has been murdered, and I can't get him to leave her body! Get over here, and bring the others./ Malik cried, quickly giving directions.
Marik relayed and went back to the link. //on our way, hold tight!//
Thanks to everyone for the reviews, I totally appreciate it! And now, on with the story. And since most people voted, here is the list. If you disapprove. Tell me in a review or email me. First, Malik, than Honda, than Yami, Yugi, and whoever you want in between. But with popular demand, in my eyes. Seto is last! But this is if I really want everyone to hit on Jou. P.S. Malik is a tad OOC in this chapter. But in the next, there will be some major Anzu bashing! I can promise you that. (Hits Anzu on the head!) I hate you Anzu! I hate you!
"Hey guys. I have to go now. I can't be late." Jou said as he picked up is bag.
"I'll walk yah home!" Malik said happily as he ran to the front door of the apartment that was on the second floor of the game shop.
"You sure?" Jounouchi asked, slightly confused that Malik would be happy walking thirty-two blocks in the wrong direction of his home. "Won't Isis get worried if you're late?"
"I am totally positive! Let's go!" He cried as he grabbed Jou's already bruised arm and bolted out the door. Jou bit his lip to keep from crying out, very painfully. They walked down the street away, Malik looking back every so often to see if anyone was behind them. "Uhh, hey Jou, I have a question for you…"
"Yeah, what is it Malik?"
"Do you… do you have a date for this Saturdays dance?" Malik asked hopefully, rubbing his hands together. "The ice breaker before they open the dorms?" (I'll explain those later in the story, promise)
"I'm sorry Malik, but yes I do… I'm going with Otogi to the dance." He said as he watched Malik's hope filled face fall. "Don't ask me why, 'cause I have no idea. If you would've asked sooner, I would have gladly gone with you."
"Really?" Malik asked, Jou simply nodded, before getting glomped by a very enthusiastic blonde egyptian. "Oh thank you Jou!"
"Hey, hey, hey. Down blondie." Jou remarked as Malik helped him back to his feet. "I'd go with all of you, but than I would be labeled as a player." He smirking as he bent forward and brushed a faint kiss across Malik's lips. "You are way to hyper, did you know that?"
"Yup!" The egyptian chirped as he slowly returned the kiss. The pair made their way down the street till they made it to a small pink house. "Hey Jou, why are we stopping here? I thought your house was that run down white one right there?" He pointed out, motioning towards the third house down.
Jou's eyes darted back and forth between the houses. He couldn't tell them he ran from home and is now living with an old lady and her cat. Think Jou, think! "Oh umm, yeah, I do, I'm just dropping by here to check up on old lady Karu is all." He gave a lopsided fake grin. "You coming in? 'Cause I smell cookies."
"Cookies?" Malik asked as he sniffed the air. "Uhh, I think you're hallucinating man, 'cause all I can smell is a faint copper scent."
"Whatever." Joey said as he opened the front door and they made their way inside. "Hey! Old Lady Karu, You in here?"
"Oh my gods. Jou, what is that smell?" Malik asked as he stepped into the house. Suddenly jumping in Jou's arms as a shrill yell reached his ears. "WHAT THE HELL?"
"Nazooru!" Jou cried as he bent down and picked up the little black and white kitten. "It's ok Nazzie, he didn't hurt you."
"I didn't mean to step on him…" Malik said quietly. "Sorry."
"It's fine. She's just a four week old kitten, very tiny and easy to miss." He handed Nazzie to Malik. "Old lady?"
"I'm not kidding Jou, what is that smell? It smells… like dead flesh."
"Trust me Malik, only you and your Yami would know that smell…"
Malik walked through the house quietly searching the rooms. "Old Lady?" He peeked into the living room and about fell over. "Oh shit."
"What? Did you find her?" Jou asked, starting to get worried. "Where is she?" He ran to where Malik was standing.
Malik literally dropped Nazzie and stopped Jou from going any further. "Stop, I don't want you to see this. Just… just go call the cops."
Jou's eyes grew wide from the statement. "What happened Malik! Old Lady Karu! Let me see her Malik! Let me go!" He cried as he struggled to get past the blonde Egyptian. "Malik let go! I'll regret having to move you with force!"
"No! I won't let you!" He said as he pushed Jou away from the door. Jou growled, throwing a punch, connecting with Malik's jaw, knocking him forcefully to the floor. He made a run for the room. "JOUNOUCHI NO!!!"
Jou stopped dead in his tracks, while staring teary eyed at the still figure on the floor, surrounded by dry copper colored blood. "Karu…" He fell to his knees, his big honey colored eyes not leaving Karu. Slowly his eyes traveled around the room, landing on a small piece of ripped paper. Not noticing Malik entering the room, he crawled over and grabbed it. It read.
The old hag is dead boy, time to come home and stay.
Jou dropped the note and stared at the woman next to him, his knees sitting in her blood, getting his school uniform covered in blood. "Come on Jou, let's go… We'll head back to Yugi's after calling the cops."
"I-I can't, I can't leave her. She wanted me to come back after school… If I would have left when school got out, this would never have happened." He slowly held his head in his hands, crying quietly. "This is all my fault."
"No Jou, this is not your fault. Come on, let's leave this room. You have to leave…"
"I just can't!"
/Yami… Marik! I need you!/ Malik cried, sending the plea through his mental link. /MARIK!/
//What? What is it?//
/It's Jou. The old lady he's always talking about has been murdered, and I can't get him to leave her body! Get over here, and bring the others./ Malik cried, quickly giving directions.
Marik relayed and went back to the link. //on our way, hold tight!//
