(What happened last time)

(Joey was snapped awake when he heard a rustling noise inside his bedroom, he looked around the dark room, only the shine of the moon came through and pierced the middle of the tiny room, that's when Joey realized his window was still open, he looked at his clock to see it was only 2:30am, with a loud moan Joey got up and closed the window before heading back to bed.

" I wouldn't do that" a voice warned,

Joey snapped his head in the direction of the voice but saw nothing but darkness, Joey got shook up a little, but figured it could be his imagination. He continued back to his bed but was stopped again.

" I told you not to do that" the voice was more demanding this time.

" Who's in here?" Joey asked paranoid when getting no response he asked again.

" I said who there? Dad?" Joey barely whispered it out, until a shadowy figure stepped into the light of the moon.

"YOU?!?!")

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Beyond the Nightmare

An evil smirk was painted on his face as he stared down at the confused blonde, the fearsome look Joey had given him increased his sadistic appearances, and enhanced his demonic plan.

" You?.....How?.....Your suppose to be dead" Joey stuttered, Kaiba's grin only widened with satisfaction.

" As you can see, I'm not all dead" Kaiba's voice dripped with venom, that voice that told Joey that he was up to something, something that would probably not be good at all.

" What do you mean by 'not all dead'?" Joey questioned

Kaiba stayed silent and emotionless, he really underestamated the Mutt, the blonde was dumber then he had expected, as least with every other person that happen to be his prey, snapped to the right conclusion almost instantly. Oh well, after a moment of complete and utter silence, Joey had to go a break Kaiba's train of thought.

" What the hell do you think your doing? Here you were alive all this time, and you had not even considered that you just left Mokuba alone all by himself in that large mansion, do you have any idea or should I say do you even care that he is worried sick about you?"

Kaiba narrowed his eyes, anger blazed through, Joey was starting to cross a line he shouldn't even consider crossing.

" O course I kno..." he was then cut off by Joey with his motherly tone.

" You better call and tell him that your not dead, that your here bugging people who are trying to sleep, and while your at it, get out of my house and go home to yours!"

This time there was a glint of sadness in his eyes as Kaiba turned his attention to the window, into the night he lived in and would always, forever. And just like before his attention was diverted with Joey's nagging speech.

" You have some nerve to come and wake people at 2:30am just because your afraid to go home or you are afraid of the dark, or dare I say it family issues"

Well as they say 'that was the straw that broke the camels back'

" HOW DARE YOU SAY WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW, YOUR LUCKY TO STILL BE ALIVE AT THIS POINT, NOT MANY PEOPLE AFTER COMING INTO CONTACT WITH ME LIVE MORE THAN THREE SECONDS, AND AS FOR FEAR, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT FEAR IS YET, BUT YOU SOON WILL, SO DON'T YOU DARE ACCUSE ME OF BEING AFRAID"

Joey was taken back by the comment, Kaiba's harsh tones were usually one he could handle, it wouldn't even bother him (YEAH RIGHT) but something told Joey to run as fast as he can, to get away from whatever Kaiba meant.

" GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" Joey yelled, trying not to show any emotion to the last comment Kaiba made.

" But the night is young, and I have yet to show you what I have planned for you" Kaiba purred as he took a step forward.

" SHOW ME TOMORROW MORNING" Joey fumed as he tried to keep the distance between him and Kaiba by taking a step back, it was getting harder to keep his cool around Kaiba who was clearly irrating.

Kaiba ignored the comment as continue to advance on Joey, so far his plan had worked, now just to confuse him and then strike.

In Joey's eyes Kaiba looked more spooky than he did on a regular basis. Kaiba was indeed imitating and Joey wanted nothing more than to get farther away from this sadistic side of him, until Joey had of course hit a wall, as usual, there always there when you don't want them to be.

Kaiba smirked as Joey pressed himself deeper into the wall, probably hoping that the wall would stuck him up and hide him from the enviable, Kaiba had him and there was no escape. All he needed to do was bring him into the darkness that they would both still share.

Joey suddenly found he couldn't move his hands, it was like they were chained to the wall and no matter what he did they were going to remain like that until Kaiba was finished. All he could do was watch Kaiba make his way over to him. When they were in an arms length apart, Joey instinctively shut he's eyes and waited for the blow he had expected from the beginning.

Kaiba sneered malevolently down at Joey, he was cowering against the wall like the dog he really was, and soon he will feel his wrath, but not now, Kaiba will just give him a sample, ' 'better to die soft and painful, then to die quick and painless' Kaiba thought

Joey's eyes shot open as he felt Seto on his neck,

'Is Seto kissing me?' Joey thought (THERE NOT KISSING, JUST TENDERIZING)

Kaiba was nibbling and irritating the sensitive flesh, his cold lips pressed sharply on the warm skin, freezing it and making it feel numb. Joey started to panic, he thrashed his head around trying to get away from Kaiba, all proved in vain as Kaiba clutched tightly onto Joey's shoulders stopping him from moving to much, Kaiba darkly purred into Joey's ear,

" If you move it will hurt more"

" What are you talking about Kai..ahh"

A feeling like a sharp dagger pierced through the tender flesh, although still painful, it hadden't been as painful as he had thought it would be, but still it gave an uncomfortable feeling, as a stray tear fell down Joey's cheek, he became weaker as his body was about to give away on him, but because Kaiba was holding him, he didn't hit the ground just limped in Kaiba's arms.

Joey slowly slipped into unconsciousness, with a combination of pain and the feeling of complete exhaustion Joey was over-whelmed and quickly when into a state of darkness.

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*Beep* *Beep* *Be...clang*

Joey's alarm clock went off at 10:00am, he lazily rolled on to his back, he was about to drift back to sleep when realization hit. Joey shot up from the bed to have a dizzy and sickening feeling greet him. Once he regained his vision, Joey looked around the room to see everything was...in order? The window was shut, his floor was semi-clean, and no signs of struggling from a certain 'uninvited guessed'.

'Hmm, must have been a dream' Joey thought with a sigh of relief.

Making sure that the coast was clear, Joey hopped out of bed, he made his way over to his old dresser and pulled out a new tee shirt, before Joey slipped it on, he looked over all the scares he had, cut and bruises, gashes and burn makes, all in which his dad had given him. Suddenly there was a loud pounding at the door

"BOY ARE YOU IN THERE?!" Mr.Wheeler yelled through the other side. Joey quickly pulled on his short, grabbing what little money he had and headed for the window.

" OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW!" came his fathers voice,

Ignoring his father Joey slid open the window, he looked around for the nearest drain pipe and climbed out, he was three stories up and didn't feel like jumping...haha....ok not funny.

On his way down Joey noticed certain scratch marks on the side of his apartment, actually it was going all the way up to his bedroom

'stupid cats' Joey thought naively, as he reached the bottom, he heard his dad bust into his room yelled who knows what, all Joey knew was he was going to get it tonight.

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Joey walked over to Mokuba's, he had finally agreed to come with the gang in Yugi's place, just to get him out of the mansion for a while.

*DING* *DING*

Joey waited patiently at the door for Mokuba to answer, when he did he looked worse than he did last night, the poor kid.

'Maybe I should tell him...what, what am I thinking? It was only a dream'

" Hey Mokuba, it looks like you've been to hell and back" that was Joey's way of saying hello Mokuba, what have you been doing.

" Hi Joey, I stayed the whole night in my brothers office, all his work is still there, it's like he lived in his work" Mokuba said with a dull tone.

" Hmm, well we don't want you turning out to much like your brother, try and get some sleep tonight, Ok?"

" Ok" again he voice told Joey he was exhausted and needed a much needed sleep,

" Come on, were going to meet Ryou and then Tristan, Duke and Anuz will see us at the arcade"

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Mokuba waited silently by the sidewalk as Joey went to get Ryou, and when Ryou answered the door, he didn't look any better then Mokuba, but Joey knew also why Ryou was so tired.

" Bakura?"

"Yup"

"What did he do now?"

" I tired to get him to come with us, but all he wants to do is sleep, he literally throw me out of his room with one big, evil, warning"

" Oh Ouch"

After there little discussion all three of them continued to the arcade to meet Tristan, Duke and Anuz.

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The gang had a filled morning of games and fun, after a while they decided to stop and get something to eat, they ordered some pizza and just tired to relax.

Joey looked around and Saw Anuz on the dance machine while eating her pizza, did that look nice...HA...Tristan and Duke were fighting about something, their always fighting with each other, and Ryou was calming down Mokuba by talking to him, Joey thought he actually saw a smile on Mokuba's face, leave it to Ryou.

But then there was Joey, he observed the surroundings around him and all he wished that Yugi was here so he could talk to him, at least having to find something to talk about. Then his mine went to last night.

'Was that a dream? More like a nightmare, it had to be a dream, he's dead, and besides he wouldn't return just to kill me, without even saying hello to Mokuba'

Joey was snapped to reality when Tristan fell on top of him, which made him fall off of his chair to the ground.

"Ha I win!" Duke yelled as the image of Joey with swirls in his eyes appeared

"TRISTAN, GET OFF!" Joey yelled from under him

"With pleasure" Tristan grumbled as he pulled himself up and then help Joey up, as Joey was about to sit again when Tristan stopped him.

" Hey Joey, what's that?" Tristan pointed to a certain area on Joey

" What?"

" There on your neck"

Joey's hands rubbed his neck, his eyes went wide when he felt something weird, he quickly ran to the restroom leaving the gang confused.

As he looked into the mirror, he was shocked to see two little bite marks on his neck.

'KAIBA? It was real!!'

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(Not a very long chapter but oh well)

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