Chapter 2: Reunion
Jonouchi walked into his apartment, nearly slipping on an empty beer bottle. He looked on a nearby table and saw a note. It read:
Katsuya,
Yer dad was out drinking hard last night. He's at my place right now. He'll sober up by tonight. I'll drive him back late tonight
It was signed by a friend of Jonouchi's father. Jonouchi, after he read the note, walked into his room. On his bed, he saw a sleeping woman with her face down. Wondering who it was, he went over and woke her up. She sat up and Jonouchi was speechless.
"Shi…shi…SHIZUKA!" he exclaimed.
"Katsu-aniki!" She leaned forward and embraced him. They held the embrace for a long moment before Jonouchi asked, "I thought you were dead. I saw you, the car, the broken windshield, the blood, the…"
"I got a mild concussion because of the impact, but I'm fine now. I was in the hospital for two days. But mom…mom…her airbag didn't go off in time. She died instantly."
"It's okay now sis. But I need to make sure dad doesn't find out that you're here. I'll talk to Yugi tomorrow; he has an extra room so you can…"
"No!" she exclaimed. "I don't care what you say, I want to stay here with you!"
"In that case, I think you can sleep on the couch. I'll write a note saying that you're a friend from school."
"Okay. But I'm still tired. I did come all the way to Domino by myself."
"I would think so. You get some rest and I'll write up a note for dad."
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Jonouchi-san walked into the apartment surprisingly sober. He saw on the table was a note. It read:
Pops,
I hope that you're reading this sober. A friend from school is crashing on our couch. Please don't disturb her I left you 1000 yen to pay for a few of your drinks. I know that you'll probably leave before either of us wake up, so it shouldn't make that much difference.
-Katsuya
"That brat! Oh well." He went over to the couch and moved the girls face to his face. He noticed her.
"Shizuka? Heh."
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Jonouchi woke up the next morning to his alarm. He got ready for school like he always did. Before going out the door, he went to see Shizuka on the couch. She was sweating and the coushin had tear stains on it. "Poor girl, she must've had a nightmare." He went out the door.
When he ran into Yugi, he asked, "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure."
"Well, I told you yesterday that Shizuka was dead, I was wrong. She showed up at my apartment last night."
"That's great, but what about your dad?"
"Well, I'm going to try to find a new home for both of us. I don't trust that guy. Well, best get to class." The two went off to room 1-B.
Jonouchi walked back to his home after school was over. "Shizuka, I'm home!"
"Katsu-aniki!" she yelled and ran into his arms in tears. "I need to tell you something. You wouldn't remember, but the reason mom left dad was that he…he… abused me! He found me on the couch last night and woke me up to rape me again."
Jonouchi listened to all of this in horror with anger building up inside. "That's it! I won't take him abusing you. He will pay for this in blood."
