The Secret
By: Freewater
Disclaimer: I do not own, nor do I think I own any of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Characters. This story was written just for the plain fun of it.
Rating: R
Pairings: Seto/Joey
Notes: I'm going to be using their English names because I feel like it.
Warnings: This is a YAOI story (sort of but not really) possible lime later on
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Chapter Three
Seto Kaiba sat in his office, contemplating the fight he'd endured earlier that day from behind his Cherry wood desk. A hand held protectively over his still aching crotch while he rested his chin on the other. Wincing every time he thought back to where he's been kneed.
He'd already determined his actions, no matter how violent, to be an act of self defence that any of his well paid lawyers could defend, so he wasn't too worried about getting sued by the mutt over his one lapse in judgment. No, it was rather how the fight had progressed that worried him.
Wheeler had literally screamed like a girl when he struck him in the nose, and as for that feeling beneath his jacket, it felt far too large and soft to be muscle. Which he always thought it was.
Wheeler had a slightly larger chest then most of the other boys in their class, but he'd always assumed that it was muscle he'd packed on from his days in his gang. But after touching it... it just didn't seem to fit anymore.
The mutt was rather slender, almost feminine even, something Kaiba noticed with how often their bodies would come into contact with their frequent fights, but he honestly thought them to be a simple deformity with the large chest and all.
Kaiba sighed and leaned back in his chair. He had a mountain of paperwork to be doing, but every time he put his pen to the paper his thoughts would wonder.
What did he actually know about the mongrel? Kaiba ticked off his fingers as he thought.
He knew he had a sister who lived out of town with his mother. He knew he lived on the wrong side of the tracks. He knew that Wheeler used to be in a gang, and was actually bullying Yugi around until they became friends for whatever reason. That was all Kaiba knew.
It was all useless information.
Kaiba leaned forward in his seat and typed in Google on his laptop. Searching the name Joey Wheeler. With a record like his, there was no way Kaiba couldn't dig up something on him.
There were over a hundred thousand search results to the name, and most of them had nothing to do with what he was searching for until finally, after nearing an hour, Kaiba came upon some online Domino news clippings that proved to be very interesting.
"...custody of Josephine Wheeler was awarded today toher father, Benjamin Wheeler. The mother, Alice Wheeler, has made a statement to take her nine year old daughter, Serenity Wheeler, with her outside of town..."
Kaiba blinked. Josephine Wheeler? That couldn't be right. So he checked the next page.
"...gang on another crime spree. One member was captured, Josephine Wheeler, but refused to give a statement..."
"What the Hell?" Seto mumbled, clicking on the next page. Surely the reporters had made some kind of mistake?
"...known members are Tristan Taylor, Ryan Smith, Josephine Wheeler..."
Kaiba growled, clicking out of the website and going back to Google. Typing in the name Josephine Wheeler instead this time.
What he got was a mug shot of the mutt. Apparently taken after he'd been caught in a snatch and grab at a local corner store a few years ago. Kaiba almost breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of a very male looking Joey Wheeler, but then his eyes were drawn to the below information.
NAME: Josephine Wheeler
AGE: 14
GENDER: F
'F?' Kaiba thought, suddenly horrified. 'F means Female.'
There was no mistaking it anymore, and Kaiba jumped right out of his seat. "HOLY SHIT!"
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The bell rang for school, and Joey sighed miserably at his locker. Kaiba had officially ruined his start to the weekend, and therefore it sucked ass. Worse then that, it was over before he could blink three times, and he hadn't even had any fun at all.
Yugi skipped up to him the first chance he got. "Hey Joey! How was your weekend?" He asked cheerily. Somehow he was the only person in the world who could ever find the beauty in a Monday, and Joey could only wish that he had that kind of tolerance.
"Terrible," He said, pulling out his Math book.
Yugi looked at him sympathetically. "That bad huh?"
Joey snorted in response.
"Well then, is your nose better at least?" The tri haired boy asked.
Joey smiled down at him, knowing that he was only trying to help and grateful for the concern. "Yeah it's better," He said, rubbing at his nose as if to show him.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Kaiba walking by, both arms crossed and staring straight ahead, pointedly ignoring his presence.
For a moment Joey figured that perhaps the CEO was still angry with him for kicking him on Friday, and for a split second he felt guilty for using such a low blow, but then he remembered that he wasn't supposed to care, and felt angry himself at being ignored.
Yugi caught sight of his staring, and his face fell. "Joey, please, not today, it's Monday, everyone's in a bad mood and you'll get a detention." He warned.
Joey flashed him a brilliant grin. "Don' worry about it, Yug'! I won't get into any trouble. I'll be right back!" He said, running off to meet Kaiba while Yugi sulked off to class.
Joey caught up to him quickly, spinning him around and glaring.
Kaiba almost looked shocked to see him, but Joey decided not to let that hinder him. "Kaiba! What the Hell? I mean I know what I did sucked an' all, but I said I was sorry! You don't have to ignore me!" Joey said, irritated.
Kaiba only blinked down at him, tilting his head to one side, and then another, as if studying him. "I can't believe I never noticed..." He mumbled.
Joey frowned at him, but only in thought rather then annoyance. "What are you talking about?" He demanded, raising an eye at him when Kaiba simply continued to stare.
"You're being real weird today, y'know that?" Joey said, suddenly sounding genuinely concerned. "I mean, you look kinda dazed. You sick or something?"
Kaiba shook himself out of his stupor at those words. "I'm perfectly healthy, Mutt." He hissed, getting back into his old routine.
As if on schedule, Joey bristled. "I am not a dog you prick!" He snarled, making Kaiba think otherwise.
To Joey's ultimate shock, Kaiba only nodded his head. "You know what? You're right, and I'm sorry." He said.
Joey's face fell, and he stared wide eyed at the CEO, wondering if perhaps he really was sick. "Holy shit Kaiba, you okay?" He asked.
Kaiba nodded his head. "I told you I'm fine, besides, I can't call you a dog anymore." He explained.
Joey blinked at him. "Uh... why not?" He asked.
Kaiba scratched his chin, and allowed himself the luxury of a small smile. "Because I think the proper term for it would be a... bitch?" He smirked.
Joey's eyes flashed, and he laughed. "Ha! Now I know you really are sick, Kaiba! Because I'm not as stupid as you think! That's a girl dog!" He yelled, pointing a finger at him.
Kaiba's expression turned cold, and he stared him right in the eyes. "I know." He said.
Joey tensed, and his blood froze on him. He found himself unable to move under Kaiba's cold stare, and he was about to panic.
He couldn't know. It was impossible. How could he have found out? No one knew!
While all those thoughts ran through his head, Joey didn't notice Kaiba saunter up to him until he felt a breath in his ear.
"I know what you are, mutt, and I swear I'll tell everyone in the world about it unless you agree to do exactly as I say. Understand?"
Still frozen, Joey could only nod his head, not knowing what else to do without causing a scene.
Kaiba smirked, once again having gotten his way. "Good. I'll have my driver pick you up tonight at five O'clock at your place. You are to be showered and ready outside by then, do you understand?"
Joey gulped and nodded his head, trying not to look at him. Kaiba took his chin in his hand and forced him though, wanting to see his expression.
"Good dog," Was all he said, ruffling his hair and heading for class, leaving Joey to stand there.
The bell rang for first period, but he didn't move. He couldn't, he was too afraid that if he did it wouldn't turn out to be nothing more then the horrible nightmare he wanted it to be.
"Joey!"
Joey whipped his head around and saw Tristan running for him. "We're late! Hurry up!" He yelled, but Joey still couldn't move his feet.
"You alright, man?" Tristan asked upon seeing his blank stare.
Joey blinked at him. He considered telling him that Kaiba knew, but then thought better of it. To tell him would only cause his best friend to worry for nothing. Kaiba was only trying to mess with him, that was all, and once he had his fun they could go back to the way things were before. Simple as that.
"Uh, yeah, sorry about that, I'm still not all woken up." Joey explained, laughing it off.
"Well, you'd better hurry up and wake up before we get into trouble. Let's go." Tristan demanded, grabbing his arm and pulling him forward to their first class.
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As strange as it was, the school day went by rather fast. Joey had once heard something about the relatively of time, causing it to speed up when you wanted it to go slow and to slow down when you wanted it to go faster.
It was complete bullshit, and before he knew it Joey found himself giving his friends lame excuses just so he could walk home by himself and get ready for his and Kaiba's little meeting.
He opened the door to his apartment and stepped inside. His father was on the couch with a beer in his hand, watching a program on the TV.
"Hey boy," The older Wheeler greeted, not taking his eyes from the set.
"Hey dad," Joey said back, making a beeline for his room.
"There's still some pizza in the fridge if you're hungry!" His father called.
"Okay!" Joey called back, going through his drawers and looking for some clean clothes.
He had to settle with a pair of faded blue jeans and his Battle City T-shirt, so he grabbed them and ran into the bathroom.
Joey took a deep breath when it came time to remove his school shirt, throwing it away and looking down at his bandaged wrapped chest. Sighing and undoing them, throwing the bandage wrap beside her shirt when she was done.
Joey didn't have a chest like Mai's, nowhere near that size really, but there they were, her breasts, in plain sight for her to see.
They were easily hidden though, and she was thankful for that much. Her time spent with Tristan in their gang had given her muscle, which in turn, shrunk her breasts from the size they actually were. Not much of a difference, but with all the wraps she packed on it made her chest look bigger then it really was.
Joey mentally slapped herself for ogling her own tits, shredding her pants and hopping into the shower. She hated it when she stared at herself like that, like the parts she had weren't meant to be there and she was astonished that they simply showed up one day.
That's what she got for watching all those porn flics with the guys she supposed.
Joey wanted to take her mind away from such thoughts, they weren't helping her current situation, so she poured a generous amount of shampoo in her hands before lathering it in her hair to get the grease out. She didn't shower too often, but when she did she made sure to go all out with the soap to keep herself cleaner for longer.
She rinsed the soap out of her hair and put her face beneath the hot spray before turning off the water and getting out, drying herself off before reapplying the bandage wrap to her chest and putting on her Battle City clothes.
Joey looked himself over in the mirror, pleased with the image before throwing his towel in the dirty laundry corner and stepping out. He didn't bother with brushing his hair, just a quick comb through with his fingers was enough to get it the way he wanted, all nice and messy looking.
A quick look at the clock showed that it was quarter to five, so Joey went for the fridge to grab some of the pizza his father promised had been there and grabbed a slice.
"Hey dad, I need to head out for a while, there's something important I need to do for school. Can I clean up when I get back?" He asked, taking a bite of his pepperoni and bacon pizza.
The older man simply shrugged, taking a swig of his beer. "Sure, whatever." He said, and Joey shrugged back before heading out the door.
He took the elevator down, and was surprised to see Kaiba's limo waiting when he got outside, an entire five minutes early.
He walked up to it, not too sure if he should open the door and get in or not. There was the possibility that it was someone else's limo, but who would bring a limo down this end of town to this apartment of all places?
Thankfully, his mind was made up for him when the door opened for him, revealing none other then Seto Kaiba inside.
"Get in," He ordered, and Joey did as he was told. Seto slamming the door behind him.
Joey nodded a greeting in his direction.
"Kaiba."
Seto nodded back. "Mutt."
To Be Continued...
A.N: Thank you's:
Marsdemon: Heh, sorry about that, if i'd gotten your review sooner i would have put your name up in the thank you section of the second chapter, but I'm glad that you're liking the story so far. And as for making the reader forget that Joey can be a girl, well that was the hope! Because she is also supposed to forget that she is a girl sometimes too
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