Chapter 2: Counterparts.
Thank you to everyone that read my first chapter and asked me to continue. Thank you everyone.
"Counterparts?" Anzu looked up from painting her nails with a very confused face. "Exactly what is a counterpart?"
Ryou laughed lightly as he played with a small fireball in his hand. "A counterpart is an opposite Anzu." He said as he flipped the fireball at Jou, who caught it with ease. "Like water or ice is the opposite of fire, or light is the opposite of dark, so on." He looked up as the door creaked open, revealing a disheveled and very pissed looking Honda. "Wow Honda, what happened to you? You look as though you have been to hell and back"
Jou quickly looked up and walked over to the slightly taller boy, circling around him with a slight smirk, putting out the small fire as he went. "Yeah Honda, who the hell kicked your ass?" Effectively blocking the punch heading straight for his face, Jou stuck his tongue out. "Taking a wild guess here, but did Mina wake up while you were carrying her back and somehow caught you fondling her ass?"
Honda puffed up as he stared at his golden haired friend, huffing in Jou's face he glared venomously. "I didn't even look at her backside thank you very much!" He said somewhat proud of himself. "And she attacked me because I was taking her in the opposite direction you were headed. You know Jou; she is really into this whole 'I want to beat the living fucking daylights out of Jounouchi's skull before I bash it in to the ground.' Thing."
"So does this mean a girl kicked the ass of the great Honda Hiroto?" Malik asked as he came up behind Jou leaning his head on the wolf's shoulder. "I thought electric youkai were supposed to be tough and dangerous Honda. But you are just one big pushover."
Again came a very pitiful glare from the brown haired youth that just sat on the couch, still glaring at the two laughing blondes. "Oh just leave him alone guys." Yugi said as he pulled on Malik and Jou's shirts. "You really should be nice you know."
"Oh come on Yugi, you know we were only teasing." Jou said, but still nodded at the look in the smaller boy's eyes. "Fine." He sat on the ground indian style and stared straight ahead, waiting for gramps (Sogakuro) to finish what he had started.
"I still do not see hwy we have to meet our counterparts though." Anzu said, acting somewhat huffy. "If mine some sort of bitch since I am such a sweet heart or something?"
"Sweet heart my ass!" Jou hissed as he made gagging motions. Anzu only gave a healthy glare.
"Well Anzu." The older man said, grabbing the girl's attention once more, trying to keep her from bashing Jou's head in with her now appearing hooves. "Why not meet your counterpart." He looked deep into her eyes smiling. "Your power is healing, my dear little unicorn you." She slowly nodded before looking around at the new arrivals. "Her, the blonde one sitting there." He pointed at Mai, who was smiling sadistically. "She has the power of death, and she is nothing more than a shadow in her separate form." Mai nodded at the brunette girl before looking down at her nails.
"I bet you anything I already know who mine is." Malik said from his seat. "I can feel the dark energy just radiating off of him." He stood and made his way across the room, shoving his face into Marik's. "It is this one, am I right gramps?"
"Actually yes my little light, he is in fact your counterpart. He controls dark energies while you control light." Gramps said as he watched Malik stare at Marik, who was glaring straight back. "Now for you my dear Yugi. Yours is that young man sitting right across from you. His name is Yami and he controls weather." Yugi nodded his head to the other, which nodded back.
Ryou looked up at Bakura, who was looking straight back. "I am guessing he is mine?" Ryou said quietly, pointing at the white haired demon across from him.
"Yes Ryou, he is a water demon. And as you guessed, your counterpart." Ryou swallowed slightly as he noticed the evil glint in the water demon's eyes. Oh boy, he just had to get the nutcase didn't he?
"Honda. Yours is this young boy next to me, his name is Mokuba. Believe it or not, he is a water serpent, and very powerful for his young age." Mokuba smiled a warm smile at Honda, who just gave a stupid look. "Now Jou, looks like you have to pick which one is yours and which is not out of these two men right here." Gramps gestured to Otogi and Seto smiling. "Good luck."
Jou looked at the two on the longer of the two couches, one who was staring at him quite intently, while the other just glared and turned his eyes away from the blonde. "That one." Jou said as he pointed at Kaiba, who turned his eyes back to Jou, looking surprised for a split second before putting back on his cold façade.
"Ha, ha! Big brother, he knew, and it didn't even take him as long as you said it would." Mokuba said with a quirky smile.
Perfect time to have a little brother with a big mouth, Kaiba thought as he gave a small glare to Mokuba before looking back at the blonde mutt looking back at him. "What you staring at you stupid mutt?" Seto hissed. The ice dragon hated to be stared at, and especially by some low class youkai who was no more than a stupid dog!
Jou's hair bristled at the comment. Succeeding in keeping his tone calm yet sharp, he replied wittingly, for once. "I was looking at a stupid ice serpent who looks like a pansy ass rich boy with nothing better to do with his pathetic, lousy, no use in talking, workaholic, no sleep time than to torture those he thinks are not even worth the time of day is what I was staring at! But even you are not worth the time of day, now are you?"
Seto lost it, he saw red. "You stupid, worthless, pathetic, fucking mutt!" He screamed as he rose from his seat, Mokuba trying fruitlessly to pull the angered teen back down. "I AM better than you, you can tell just by looking at the both of us! I am a hell of a lot more powerful than you will ever boy, I have no idea how much more money I have than you! I am way better looking than you will ever be! And to top it all off, I don't look like a beaten little puppy with it's tail between its legs, you worthless pathetic fucking idiot of a dog!"
Jou was standing on his feet by the time the angry ice serpent had finished screaming. Jou was actually smiling, he was itching and ready for a fight, but that smile disappeared as soon as Marik and Otogi grabbed Kaiba's arms in an attempt to hold him back, and was extremely pissed when Malik and Honda latched onto his arms. "That will be enough out of the two of you!" Sogakuro hollered, catching the attention of everyone, including Jou and Kaiba. "You two had better learn how to get along, because you are going to be seeing a lot of each other from now on.
Jou and Kaiba both moaned in disgust, but did not argue the issue. They both freed themselves and sat on opposite sides of the room, away from each other. "Now for rooming issues." Gramps started up again after the tension in the room had been subsided for the time being. "Yami, you, Bakura, and Mai will be staying here, with me, Yugi, Ryou, and Anzu." The ruby eyed teen only nodded.
"Kaiba. You, Marik, Otogi, and Mokuba will be with Katsuya, Hiroto, and Malik." Kaiba gave a sneer and a disgusted look, Jou mirroring the look from his side of the room, but both nodded, not wanting to anger the elder any further. Gramps waved his hands, beckoning everyone whom was to leave, to do so. Kaiba, Jou, and the others did just that.
Once outside Honda took a very deep breath, smiling, and than jumping on the unsuspecting Jou, knocking him face first into the ground. "Jounouchi Katsuya! You know a hell of a lot than to go and pick a fight while in the elder's presence! You could be banished for Christ's sake! If Yugi was not your friend, and of the elder didn't like you so much, you would be long gone!"
"Get off of me you fat freaking elephant!" Jou screamed into the dirt while pushing himself up, but only succeeding in eating more dirt when Honda applied more weight. "I beg your pardon my little miss lady… but… GET OFF!!!" Flames erupted from Jou's back, catching Honda's pants on fire. "Next time you should get off when I tell you too." Jou said with a smirk as he watched Honda run around screaming and hooting like a fool as he tried to put out the flames on his butt.
"Nice little trick Jou. But you still should learn how to be nicer once in a while." Malik said as he watched Honda sit on the ground and rub his but across it. "Though watching him make a complete fool of himself is rather priceless, but still!"
"Whatever." Jou waved him off and kept walking down the sidewalk, ignoring everything around him before a pebble smacked him in the back of the head, he whirled around and glared. "Ok, who threw that?!"
The others stared at him as if he had gone crazy, for the exception of Kaiba, who just smirked. "Pst… Jou, over here!" A voice called from inside an alley. "This way!"
Honda glared at the person in the alley before he and Malik rolled their eyes and kept walking. "Hurry up Jou. Your lover awaits." Honda said with a mock tone.
Jou glared before walking into the alley to see what he was needed for.
"Who was that? And what did he want with Jou?" Mokuba asked as he walked with the others in the direction Honda was heading.
"Kali, he is Kati's twin brother. He has had a crush on Jou for ages, almost as bad as Kati's." Malik answered as he looked at the younger boy. "Jou has been trying his hardest to keep out of sight with the both of them, but either way he is always found."
"So in other words when you called that Kali boy Jou's lover, he really isn't is he?" Mokuba asked, a slight sign of confusion in his eyes.
"Correct kid. And when Jou gets home he is going to be very miffed, so I doubt anyone will want to mess with him." Honda said as he smiled lightly at Mokuba, who smiled back.
They made it to a slightly bigger house than the elders, turning the knob Malik stepped in with a smile. "Home sweet home."
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"What is it Kali?" Jou asked, as he looked the boy in front of him over. Kali was also another neko, with black hair and green eyes.
"I had to see you. I heard you tried to get in a fight with my sister this morning did you not?"
"Stupid wench knocked Ryou into a boulder, almost giving him a concussion Kali! What was I supposed to do, sit idly by and let her hang all over me while one of my best friends was laying unconscious on the ground?"
"Well I guess not." Kali said as he noticed the wolf was getting somewhat pissed. "Well I better let you go, I just had to see if Tu was telling the truth."
"You have had your messenger spy on me again haven't you?"
"No, oh heavens no." The young bishounen said with mock fear. "I had him keep an eye on my sister today!"
"If you say so. But look, I have to go now though. I have four of the new Krishen's staying with me and the others."
"Lucky you." The boy turned to walk away, but whirled around quickly, effectively pressing his lips to Jou's. The kiss lasted a spilt second before he ran off into the darkness.
"God, why me?" Jou whispered as he walked home. Walking into the house he noticed Otogi and Honda both fight over a small piece of bread. "Yup, this sure is home sweet home." He said as he shut the door and sat down next to Malik to watch the small scrap.
TBC
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