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)
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Chapter Nine
The next day at school, all students stood around their desks chattering with their neighbours and friends about what they did over the weekend. The Duelist convention being the main topic of conversation.
Tristan and Tea were having a mild argument about which one of their favourite cards was better on the field, and Yugi was having an interesting conversation with his Yami.
To everyone else, it looked at if he was daydreaming in his seat, his eyes blank and unfocused, when in reality, Yami was standing in front of him, transparent and unseen among the other students. Yugi didn't have to move his lips for Yami to hear him speak, but Yami spoke with his mouth to make things look a little less strange for his smaller self.
'So you're saying that woman Kaiba was with was Kisara's reincarnation?' Asked Yugi.
"Yes," Yami nodded, his words not heard by anyone else in the room. "She's quite different, is she not?" He asked.
Yugi scratched the back of his head. 'I guess so, from those memories we all saw she had blue hair, and she didn't speak much either, this new Kisara, Joey, seemed kinda louder. Why do you think that is?'
Yami shrugged. "People don't normally stay the same as they once were after reincarnation. She could have been reborn as a male and still had the same loving soul she always had. I'd imagine though, that after having rocks thrown at her and being cast out her entire life that she would want to be reborn into a stronger shell."
'You think so?'
Yami nodded. "I'm confident that, that is the case. Aibou, when a person is brought back to life through rebirth, it doesn't matter what they come back looking like or what gender, they're personalities can even change but the kindness or cruelty that person had will usually stay the same. Personally, I'm amazed Kaiba came back acting so much the same."
Yugi grinned through transparent eyes. 'This is so cool! Are we going to tell Kaiba that he found the Blue Eyes White Dragon?'
Yami shook his head. "I think it would be better if we didn't."
'Why not?' Asked Yugi.
"Because it would most likely take the fun and intimacy out of them. They would feel as if it were their obligation to be together when it wasn't. I've heard of things happening like that before. No, Aibou, it's better to just leave them alone and let Fate work its course."
Yugi nodded in understanding when he suddenly looked around the classroom. 'I wonder where Kaiba is anyway? And Joey is late too. I know I can't tell Kaiba but I think Joey would get a kick out of this.'
Yami's eyes widened in a panic. "Um, no Aibou," He said, waving his transparent hands in front of him to show him how bad an idea it was. "I think it would be better if this were to stay between you and I. You know how Joey can be, I hate to say it but he will tell Tristan, and possibly his sister, and that's too many people knowing about Kaiba's life for me to be comfortable with. Cousin would try to murder me if he knew I was speaking about him."
Seeing the panic in his darker half's eyes, Yugi agreed to not tell anyone else what he knew. 'I guess Kaiba would be mad, but still, I wonder where they are?'
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Kaiba lightly moaned against Joey's mouth when the blonde sucked on his tongue. Kaiba had backed Joey up against the bathroom stall and lifted her into the air so she could wrap her legs around his waist. This way they could both be comfortable and not need to put too much energy in keeping her in the air
Joey was back to dressing as a boy again for school, but Kaiba could no longer think of her as such after what they did. Whether she looked like a boy or not. And he was having some obvious trouble in keeping his hands off of her.
"We're going to be late, you know." Joey said when they broke off the kiss, looking down into deep blue eyes. One hand was on his cheek and the other was in his hair. He loved it.
Kaiba smirked at her. "I think I can afford to be late just this once." He said. "Besides, how often is it when I get to drag my girlfriend, unnoticed, into the boys bathroom to make out?"
"Hey!" Joey pouted. "I'm still more of a man then half the little dweebs that walk in and out of here everyday."
"Please don't refer to yourself as a man right now," Kaiba placed a chaste kiss on her lips. "It's very distracting," He kissed her neck. "When I'm trying to kiss you." Kaiba kissed her jaw and Joey purred under the attention.
"You look like you're having an easy enough time."
Kaiba chuckled, but then the bell rang and he swore.
Joey laughed, knowing that his inner responsible CEO wanted to attend class, no matter how hard he fought to deny that part of himself just to be with her.
Joey gave him a quick kiss before wriggling to her feet. "Lets go, I know you want to." She grinned.
Kaiba allowed himself to give a small smile back to her, glad she understood.
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When Kaiba and Joey entered the class together, the elderly teacher was confused as to why they would be late together, and she was about to give Joey a detention while letting Kaiba off the hook since it was his first time being late ever.
Kaiba had to quickly offer up an explanation as to why Joey was late with him. Something about bumping into each other while hurrying to class and having their work flying everywhere, which needed to be cleaned up.
The teacher bought the story and thankfully it appeared as though Joey's friends did as well. So nothing else was said as the teacher gave them work to do on the board and left the class to attend to something else.
Naturally, the entire room filled with chatter when she was gone.
Joey turned towards Kaiba, disappointed that she couldn't speak with him while everyone else was around, but he raised the book in his hands to partly cover his face, and he winked at her.
Joey grinned and turned her attention back to the papers on her desk, knowing Kaiba was thinking the same thing she was.
She was about to turn towards Tristan who was two seats down from her, just to talk and pass the time, when an even more interesting conversation caught her attention.
"Were you at the convention?"
"Yeah, but I didn't spend too much money walking around, so I went into Devinchi's, you know that expensive restaurant?"
Joey froze. That was Duke talking to Tristan.
"Yeah," Said Tristan.
"Anyway, I went inside and I saw Kaiba with some chick, and Kaiba never knows how to treat his dates, so I figured I would step in and show the lady to a dance right?"
Joey almost snorted, but held herself back at the last second. Kaiba knew perfectly well how he should treat her!
"Right." Said Tristan, agreeing with him to Joey's dismay.
"Anyway, so I'm dancing with this chick, I go to cop a feel and the little bitch punches me!"
Joey felt her eye twitch. She was just called a bitch again. She couldn't wait to get Devlin alone so she could beat the shit out of him.
Tristan made a sound of sympathy. "Sorry for your luck man. Did it hurt?"
Joey could sense Duke waving it off. "Not really, she wasn't strong at all. I barely felt it."
Joey's eye twitched again, only more aggressively this time. Barely felt it? That liar! That was her best right hook!
"Who was this girl?" Asked Tristan, and Joey's heart rate quickened to the point of having a panic attack.
'Oh God, oh God, oh God. Please no, no, no!'
"Some blonde chick. Um... Josephine I think." Replied Duke, and Joey chanced and small glance behind her to see her friend's expression. Praying beyond anything that he wouldn't put two and two together.
Tristan's entire body was stiff, his mouth hanging open before he turned his head to look back at Joey. With guilt, Joey turned her head away and buried her face in her book, pretending not to have seen or heard a thing.
No, no, no! How could all of this have happened? Stupid Duke! Why couldn't he keep his big mouth shut! Why was everyone suddenly finding things out about her? What was the matter with people!
Tea looked insulted that Duke could say such a thing about another woman. "Well, that is what you get for trying to touch a girl you don't know!" She snapped, and while Joey was grateful, she didn't dwell on it.
Joey took a quick peak over at Kaiba to see if he heard anything, and at first glance he appeared to still be absorbed in his books, but then he quickly glanced back at her before shooting his gaze in the direction of Tristan and Duke before returning to his texts. Telling Joey that he did indeed hear everything.
Joey groaned, smacking her head on her desk before getting to her feet and running out of the room. She couldn't sit in there with Tristan's betrayed eyes boring into her back. It was too much.
She got halfway down the hall when suddenly: "Joey stop!"
'Oh God,' Joey inwardly groaned, stopping but not turning around. She clenched her eyes shut and turned her head to the ceiling. Tristan was following her.
"Back off Taylor!"
'Wonderful,' Thought Joey, hiding her face in her hand. Kaiba was with him.
Tentatively, Joey turned her body enough to see the two barely ten feet away from her, arguing face to face.
"Fuck off Kaiba! This has nothing to do with you!"
"It has everything to do with me! She's with me and I won't have you harassing her!"
"Stop calling him that! Someone could hear you!" Screamed Tristan in a rage, and Joey knew he was referring to Kaiba calling her a her in the middle of the hallway.
"Fine," Kaiba growled. "We're taking this outside then." And he took Joey by the arm and led her towards the doors that led to the back of the school. Tristan mumbling hateful and threatening profanities behind them.
"I don't want you two to fight." Whispered Joey, leaning closer to Kaiba so that Tristan wouldn't hear.
Kaiba spared her a glance. "Fine, but if he tries anything then I won't be held responsible for my actions." He snarled.
Joey could only sigh. It was the best she could of hoped of him, but she still wished they wouldn't act so weird. So what if she was with Kaiba now? Why did Tristan care so much? It wasn't like she was incapable of taking care of herself. Why was he acting so... so... possessive of her!
They were only two steps outside before Tristan tried grabbing Kaiba by the collar of his shirt, but was surprised when Kaiba grabbed him back, turned him around and backed him into the brick wall.
"Stop it!" Joey screamed.
"He started it!" Kaiba yelled back, affronted.
"Fuck you, Kaiba! You prick!" Screamed Tristan. "What did you do to Joey to make her even think of going out with you!"
Joey put a hand to her forehead, feeling a headache coming on. "He didn't do anything–"
"I blackmailed her." Interrupted Kaiba.
Tristan was silent for a moment, his mouth and eyes open wide before he sneered. "I knew it! You bastard! That's low even for you!" Tristan started to struggle out of Kaiba's grasp, Kaiba fighting to keep him in place.
"Stop it now!" Screamed Joey, getting between them and prying them apart, keeping herself in the middle of them in case they tried anything.
"Tristan," She started, turning to her best friend. "I had a good time with Kaiba, and he won't tell anyone either so we don't have to worry about anything."
Tristan looked shocked again. He looked betrayed even. "How can you stick up for him? After all he did to you? After blackmailing you!"
"I'm not hearing any complaints coming out of her!" Snapped Kaiba.
"Keep out of this, you sick fuck!" Tristan snapped back, softening his gaze before facing Joey again. "I can't believe you would let him use you like this. He's only trying to use you for sex and then he's going to drop you. Please Joey, stop doing this."
Kaiba bristled at the insult. "Fuck you, you halfwit!"
"Kaiba!" Joey snapped, getting him to quiet down. "Tristan, he's not trying to get me in bed or anything and he won't drop me even if he does."
"How would you know?"
Joey fidgeted. "Well..." She couldn't finish the sentence. How was she suppose to? How was she supposed to tell her best friend that she had slept with Kaiba?
She looked up at him tentatively, and by the look on his face, she knew she didn't need to tell him.
He already knew.
"You... you slept with him?" Tristan asked, by all means looking as if he were about to have a stroke.
Joey could see Kaiba seething out of the corner of her eye, but she spoke before he could open his mouth. "Yeah, we're going out now, so why not?" She said, crossing her arms to show how serious she was.
Tristan was still flabbergasted. "But... but... you two only just started going out! When did this happen?"
Joey frowned, as did Kaiba, but only in thought.
"We haven't only just started going out, have we?" She asked Kaiba over her shoulder, who had a thoughtful look on his face.
"I guess... it seemed like longer because we've been fighting so much." Was his reply.
"Wow," Said Joey, nearly floored with the information. "We've only been on one date."
"One date!" Screamed Tristan. "You've only been on one date and you slept with him! One! That's it? Are you out of your mind?"
This angered Joey, and Kaiba wasn't too pleased either as he and Tristan started yelling profanities at each other. Getting in each other's faces and looking as if they were only the drop of a hat away from fist fighting.
"Tristan!" Joey screamed, quieting the both of them down.
"What!" Tristan screamed back, feeling hurt and betrayed by the last person he ever expected to betray him.
Joey was determined though. "First of all, what I do with other guys is none of your business! Secondly, who cares if I slept with Kaiba? At least we are dating! I slept with you and it's not like you and I ever did!"
"We never had the chance to!" Tristan caught himself too late and a look of understanding dawned on Kaiba's face.
"You're still in love with her." He whispered without thinking.
Joey looked up at Tristan, a mix of surprise and confusion on her face. "Is that true, Tris'?" She asked.
There was no way it could be true. Tristan was her friend, and he didn't see her like that anymore. Did he?
Tristan's back was ridged, and he stared down at Joey with horror and regret on his face before turning tail and running away.
"Tristan!" Joey screamed after him, but he didn't stop or even slow down, and Joey lost sight of him when he turned and ran down a corner of the school.
Joey quickly spared Kaiba a glance of apology before running after the other brunet, calling out his name.
Kaiba was left standing there, his head bent in regret. All alone.
To Be Continued...
A.N: Okay, one or two people reviewed me asking to be sent the lemon. I don't know what's wrong with google, I typed in Freewater fics and came across adult fan fiction easy. But anyway, if anyone is still looking, make sure you leave your e-mail in the review so I can send it out. I don't feel like searching around the website for an e-mail adress if someone asks me to send them part of a story they can't find. So whether or not you are signed in when you review, if you want something, give me your e-mail address.
Belletiger gave me the idea to have Duke try and find Josephine to exact his revenge for being humiliated, and I must say I like the idea, except for the whole getting pregnant thing. It's used so often I don't think I could give a pregnancy story anything new. But it probably won't happen anyway. Maybe in a few months when I have the time I can work on it as a side story, but not now. If someone else wrote it I would love to read it though, Belletiger you should try it out, interesting idea.
Also, this story is going to end in the next chapter or two, I don't want it to drone on and on, especially with school in a few weeks which will only take up more of my time. Sorry.
Thank You's:
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