Disclaimer- I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the characters, although Rhona is the character I made up, as my anime counterpart, lol!

Okay, I forgot to mention last time, ages are: - Mokuba- 11 (He act's eleven in my opinion! I know other people put him as thirteen or so, but I'm fourteen going on fifteen and I know I never acted like he does a year ago!) Joey, Yugi, Tea, Tristan, Bakura, Marik and Rhona- 16 and finally Seto- 17

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Trying to Catch your Heart- Chapter 2- Jou defends Kaiba?

Joey sighed heavily, the voice of the Teacher's incessant droning played on in the background, but the blonde was completely oblivious to him, as he dreamily gazed out the window, his eyes carefully scanning over the city surrounding the main school building.

Images of events from earlier that day, replayed themselves over in his mind: -

"Why do ya always have to be so rude?" Joey had always hated how Kaiba was constantly ignorant and uncaring, couldn't he ever be nice?

"Why do you always have to be such an idiot, Mutt?" Kaiba had shot back, but this comment just made Jou even more furious! Why did Kaiba always call him stupid dog names anyway? What had he ever done to deserve those twisted nicknames?

"Don't call me a mutt, rich-boy!" he had cried back, rage bubbling deep inside him, although he was silently praying it was not let loose, Joey may have had a short temper but he never truly liked being angry, he generally preferred to be calm and cool.

"I'd like to see you try," Kaiba had dared.

Joey was just about to land Kaiba one, when suddenly his friends had all, in which he thought, deliberately gotten in the way, stopping him from hitting the other boy.

Joey decided that violence never really solved anything, and after all the street fights he had experienced while he was growing up, he was sure of that, so he eventually chose to let bygones be bygones, "Heh, I'm not gonna waste ma energy beating you up, I've got better things ta do."

Although, Kaiba had quickly used the blonde's weakness against him, why was he so set on winding Joey up anyway? "What ever works for you, puppy, I guess if you're too scared to challenge me, then there's no problem, but then again, you always have been the baby of the group, haven't you Wheeler?"

Joey grunted crossly at the image of the smug, proud Kaiba Corp Boss, he always seemed so horrible and hateful, but was it true what everyone thought about him? Was he truly emotionless, heartless? Did he truly not care about anyone else aside from himself?

No… Joey thought to himself, He loves his little brother, Mokuba… he paused, another memory reappearing in his head, he recalled when the group had first walked over to the best friends Rhona and Kaiba, he actually saw Kaiba smile, unless it was just his imagination…? No, he knew he saw it, he saw him smile, a genuine smile full of love and kindness!

So, not only does Kaiba care for his brother, but also for Rhona, so, so maybe he isn't so heartless after all…?

"Maybe he's just lost and lonely…" Joey mumbled quietly.

"Who's lonely and lost?" Tristan's voice cut in, causing Joey to gasp in surprise and jump up, immediately falling off his chair.

Tristan chuckled in amusement at his friend's shocked reaction, "Have a nice trip dude?" he grinned widely.

Joey frowned, "Yeah! And I'll see ya next fall, ya jerk!" he rubbed his now-sore behind and pulled himself back up to his feet, stumbling back into his seat, thankful that everyone was too busy chatting to notice him fall.

"And anyway, who were you talking about, man?" Tristan continued, curiosity tinting his voice.

"None of your business!" Joey retorted quickly, maybe a little too quickly.

Tristan waved his hands about in an attempt to calm the other boy down, "Hey, sorry man, I was just asking, didn't mean for you to get all defensive and all."

"I'm not defensive!" Joey cried back, not really realising that the previously spoken comment just made him seem even worse, "A mean- Just leave it…" he crossed his arms over, returning his gaze out the window, maybe that wasn't such a good move, what if Tristan was really mad with him now? Oh, that ain't good…

See whatcha gone and done? Your useless, ya are! Joey cried to himself in his head, slightly distressed at the idea of falling out with his good friend.

Tristan frowned, but not from anger, from concern, What's wrong with Jou?