H: And… we're back with another chapter of KBD!

A: Yaaaaay!

DS: Hn… This is so stupid…

H: -glare- Anyway, here you guys go:

Chapter 4:

Taking over me

Joey/Kaiba

Fair warning: This is going to be long to make up for my lack of writing.

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Joey's eyes snapped open. Where was it? He pushed himself off the bed and hunted the room for the source of the familiar smell. There! He dove for a box at the base of a chair and picked up a piece of abandoned fresh pizza with glee. Taking a large bite, he glanced up at slightly at the surprised owner of the pre-mentioned coveted pizza, Kaiba.

The CEO blinked and glanced down at the piece in his hand. He wrapped it back up in a paper towel either to keep it out of reach to the sticky paws of the starving Joey, or to hide the fact that it had already been violated by the thief's appetite. "About time you woke up, Mutt."

"Woke up?" He asked, sniffing at the box disappointedly, not finding any more food; and he was damned hungry. Finding the smell came from Kaiba he fastened his best puppy dog eyes at the other.

"You've been asleep for about three days now." Kaiba said off handedly tossing his own half eaten slice toward the blond and watching in slight disgust as it was devoured. "Can't you eat like a human? Or is that above dogs like you?"

"Muff rup Riba"

"...What?"

"I said 'Shut up'" He replied after swallowing and making sure there was absolutely nothing left. A sudden thought struck the blonde's mind. "Ya didn't do anything ta Serenity did ya? 'Cause if I find out that ya did I'm gonna-"

"I would never touch a relation of yours, Mutt."

"TAKE THAT BACK!"

"Do you WANT me to take it back?"

"…I gotta think about that one…."

"…Idiot…" Despite the fact they were back to arguing again, the brunette allowed himself a smile. "What happened out there, anyway?" Joey shot him a confused look then yawned, obviously not knowing what the taller male was talking about. "You don't remember?"

He gave a light shrug, indicating he didn't have a clue and stood. "I'm gonna go check on Serenity. She must be worried…" He muttered, opening the door to his room and stepping out.

"You have no idea… She's worse then Tea on a friendship rant." He was very relieved when he found the Advil previously mentioned in the second chapter. Curiosity overruling his brain, he walked out into the hallway to listened to their conversation.

"Joey! You're OK!" Serenity smiled brightly before tackling her older brother to the floor. "Are you alright?"

Joey blinked away his swirly eyes and nodded, pushing the two of them back up. "Yah, tanks a lot fer taking care of me, Sis."

"Well when I woke up, Kaiba already had washed your clothes and put you to bed." She smiled as if it were nothing at all in her own happy little naïve world. "All I did was asked if he wanted pizza and made sure you didn't get a fever!"

"…" Joey's reply had been lost in his throat as his mind tried to process exactly how that came about. He was about to reply when she interrupted him with another bit of disturbing information.

"You should really thank him! He was really nice"

Once again he remained silent.

"Joey, are you OK?"

The blond shook his head 'yes' and forged a smile. "Sure, I'll go do that…" With a large sweat drop, he moved away from his almost frightening happy sister and backed into the hallway, successfully bumping into the CEO and dropping them both onto the ground.

"Watch where you're going, Mutt." Kaiba snapped, pushing the other off and receiving a deep growl.

"Don't call me a Mutt," Muttered Joey darkly, his amber eyes glowing. Was it just Kaiba or was he smirking? He pushed himself off the floor and held his hand down to the CEO. "Get up," He ordered.

Since when did he get the gull to order around his superior? "Hn. I'll get up when I feel like it. I don't take orders from the likes of you."

The smirk grew wider. "Yer a guest in my house and what I say goes."

"Fine then, I'll just leave." He avoided Joey's hand and stood up on his own, dusting himself off. "It reeks of dogs here anyway."

"Fine den, I never wanted ya 'ere, jackass" The blond pulled his hand back and moved out of the other's way as he stood and walked for the door.

Kaiba stopped and glanced over his shoulder with a cold look. "And by the way, you're not welcome." With that he left the apartment.

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It was nearly two weeks before Joey started showing back up at school. The two enemies, pretending that nothing had happened between them, kept their normal distance. Truthfully, something had been bothering Kaiba: Joey was different. Whenever he saw the blond he was chewing on some kind of plant. In gym, he was nearly unbeatable in speed, and lately, he was making better marks. The last one scared everyone the most. Even Yugi had brought it to attention.

Joey only shrugged it off, saying that he'd spent more time studying and exercising. He was slowly becoming more distant, dumping the group off to go do 'personal business' that no one really believed existed. Finally it went too far when he blew off a chance to go to a duel monsters competition. Yugi waited until the blond had run off again, and then proceeded to Kaiba's desk.

"What do you want, Yugi." He asked without looking up from his documents. He didn't have time for this; he had work to do!

"I need you to challenge Joey"

He sighed and shut his laptop. He wasn't going to get anything done. "Why?"

Yugi clenched his fists and gestured to Joey's desk. "Don't tell me you haven't noticed he changed!" The violet-eyed boy was frantic. This was his best friend who was acting out of the ordinary. "He can't resist a battle with you! Maybe it will make him go back to… you know, normal." The small boy smiled when an affirmed nod met his eyes. "Thanks, Kaiba! Meet us at his house at eight! We're sure to catch him then!" He gave a cheerful wave and dashed off to inform his friends that the plan was a 'go'.

'What have I gotten myself into?' He thought as he rode his new limo to the Mutt's house. The pale moon was rising, causing him to feel a bit uneasy. He rubbed a hand across his arm, feeling all the hairs stand up on his neck. Something was going to happen and frankly he didn't like it. 'Hold on Wheeler.'

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H: -dressed up in PJ's blowing on a pipe that's letting out bubbles- Time for after the story talk.

DS: Time for you to get a life.

H: -glare- So far we haven't truly gotten in depth on anyone's feelings. Rest assured that that will be happening next chapter. I can't keep them away from each other (too) long.

A: Romance Yay!

H: … ignoring her… we will attempt to update a tad faster, it seems I only write when home sick and hope to remedy this. Farewell

DS: … why me? Seriously, what did I do?