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Here it is! Finally! Yes! Basically I e-mailed all my reviewers who have e-mails to tell them I would be unable to review for two-three weeks as for two of those weeks I was on holiday, and for the past week I've been at school and at work, and I've been to busy to update! So I made it my duty to update this weekend!
Responses to the Reviewers are at the end of the Chapter, okay?
Flashes of chocolate brown hair, gracefully swaying in the light breeze which had seemed to suddenly pick up rather rapidly, sparkling orbs which when looked deep into you could gaze into the owner's soul, pale velvety skin- so soft to touch and caress, large pure white feathery wings used to shield the owner's body from the increasing wind- an angelic glow outlining the man's body…
"Angel… Will you help me? Angel?" a soft voice curiously questioned, the words being carried away on the wind and seemingly lost from the Angel's ears, "Angel…Please?"
Cerulean met Cameral, a connection being formed, "…Jou…"
"Angel, please take me with you, please save me…" the blonde weakly raised his hand up, his eyes pleading and scared, yet a certain confidence gleamed in them as the teenage boy called out to the Guardian of Heaven.
Gradually, the Angel moved his hand out, reaching out to meet with that of Jou's…
Suddenly crimson covered the boy's vision, he yelped in fear before a large blow to his right side was given and he felt himself being thrown back, crying out the name of his attacker, "Father! Please stop! Dad!"
He opened his eyes, petrified to the spot where he lay in a crumpled heap as he gazed up at his drunken father, whose sadistic smirk scared the blonde to no end, "Nobody's gonna save ya boy… You're all on your own… But you did bring this on yourself, just remember that okay? All this pain is your own fault, no one else's…" the elder Jounouchi lectured, knowing that by using these words for the amount of years he had done he had managed to brainwash his own son into believing he deserved to be abused and that it was his own fault, not his Father's.
A row of kicks and punches were then followed after the man's speech, he had never liked the word 'abuse' to be used when he hit his son, no, he much preferred to call it 'teaching the boy a lesson' as that was what he was doing, he was teaching the boy to fear him and to realise he was only considered a piece of shit in this vast world filled with so many different people. Jou needed to know he could make no difference in the world, he was born and raised in the slums, a place filled with drunks, junkies and rebels, no one cared for those people and never would- so Mr. Jounouchi took it upon himself to teach his son this painful fact.
The 'lessons' also proved to be a useful way to vent all his frustration and anger also, sure when he first started hitting his son it had hurt him also, hearing the screams of pain and the loud cries as a bone snapped or twisted, but over the years he had grown accustomed to it, and was then able to easily block them out.
Jou's honey-coloured eyes glazed over with fear and hurt, watching his own Father beat him roughly, enjoying every moment of it as well, was this his life? A life with no meaning and no point? Was there any reason really going on like this at all…?
A eerie chill instantly shot up the tall man's spine causing him to subconsciously grow cautious of his surroundings, the darkness was frightening and it seemed to carry on far into the distance; narrowing his eyes he searched around in hope of catching a small glimpse of something which could help him to determine where exactly he was and what was going on.
Fear had already claimed the brunette's soul, but he wasn't going to give in any time soon, he was a logical man, he had been brought up to being taught that everything had to be logical, if it wasn't logical, then it wasn't real. That was the basis to Seto's disbelief of the Sennen magic that Yugi, Marik and Bakura all claimed to control and carry. He had even viewed use of this mysterious magic with his own eyes, but it had played with his mind, there was no logic behind it, yet it seemed to be real- one thing Seto hated more than illogic was confusion, he never liked to be confused and he would never admit to being confused either. Confusion meant hesitation, and hesitation meant a gap of weakness. And being weak was never an option to the multi-billionaire CEO of Kaiba Corp.
He jumped in surprise when the sound of a single drip falling and splashing against some form of surface echoed throughout the darkness, jolting around with his Battle city Trench coat roughly swinging behind him he sprinted towards the sound, not wanting to lose his own chance of figuring out just where he was.
As he ran on, something seemed to emerge in the distance, a light of some form; he forced himself on, his legs aching with his continuous movement, but he refused to give up!
His eyes widened in shock and disbelief as he neared the light source, his running slowly becoming a jog then a quick walk as he gaped at the image before him; the image of a young blonde boy lying in his own puddle of blood, bruises and cuts marking his body all over.
An older man violently connected his foot with the boy's skull, sending the lifeless body backwards- the boy was definitely unconscious and Seto wasn't sure if the person was even breathing anymore!
He gritted his teeth together, glaring dangerously at the attacker before lunging straight at him, hoping to knock the man down so he could start beating into him.
But shockingly Seto landed on the ground on the opposite side of the man, he frowned thinking the man had dodged his attack but when he looked up the man hadn't moved an inch away from his current position, his sadistic expression remaining.
Seto adroitly jumped to his feet, charging straight forwards with his fist preparing to make contact with the other man's jaw, but once again he ended tripping over, scuffing against the invisible ground beneath him.
His eyes narrowed suspiciously, trying to work out the logic from the scene before him, he calmly got up and walked over to the man, reaching out to touch his shoulder when he gasped loudly as his hand fell right through the man then went missing inside his body.
"A hologram?" Seto wondered out loud.
The 'hologram' spat on the ground beside the boy, "That's your lesson for the day Katsuya… Make sure you learn from it…" he spun around before disappearing, becoming apart of the darkness himself.
Seto frowned, this was just plain bizarre, "Wait! Did he just say Katsuya?" Seto realised, sending a curious glance at the unconscious boy not too far from him, "Is-is that…?" he walked over, kneeling down beside the boy as his eyes shot wide open in disbelief, "JOU!"
Seto looked over Jou a few times, he was hurt all over and his breathing seemed to be somewhat ragged and coming in quick gasps at times, the cobalt-eyed man frowned, Just what the hell is going on here?
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