A HUGE thanks to all my reviewers.

Disclaimer: Again I do not own Yugioh. Man these things get annoyingly repetitive.

'…' Are thoughts.

Oh and the day of the week that the story started on was a Friday. This just helps a little with the story line.

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Fourth block had just ended. Most everyone was happy that they didn't have classes for another three days, most everyone that is. Juniper left her classes feeling depressed. She hated having to go back to the place she called home. She walked slowly toward the main entrance where she heard someone calling for her to wait. She turned around to see the grinning face of Joey standing in front of her, with two others at his side. Interesting enough one of them was the tri colored hair boy from her picture. The other was a boy she recognized from her second class. He had brown hair and brown eyes. He was just slightly taller than Joey was.

"Hey Juniper, I want you to meet Yugi and Tristen. They're two friends of mine." They waved and said hello. "Guys this is Juniper"

"Hi. Nice to meet both of you." Juniper stated shyly.

"We were headed over to Yugi's grandfather's game shop. Wanna come?" Joey hoped she would come so he could talk to her more, but the look on her face pretty much dissolved all hope.

"I wish I could but I have to get home and clean the house before my father comes home. You see he, well umm… he gets uh… upset if the house is left dirty. If I don't do it I'll be… in trouble, which I definitely don't want." Juniper stumbled over the right words not wanting to let anything slip that would cause anyone to become curious. She wasn't used to having to explain things to others since at her old school she tended to keep to herself so everyone let her alone.

"Oh, well maybe some other time. See ya round." They said their good-byes and went their separate ways. Juniper walked slowly towards her house. She was in no rush to see her 'father'. He couldn't be considered a decent father on any account.

Juniper reached her house and walked toward the door. Her house was nothing special. It was a two-story brick house that wasn't very big. She opened the door slowly and walked in, shutting it behind her. She let out a sigh of relief that she was the only one home at the time. It would be a few hours before she would have to deal with the old battle-axe.

Juniper's first priority was to get something to eat. She ended up not getting lunch because she wasn't hungry at the time, but now she definitely was. She pulled out a bowl, a spoon, milk and a box of store brand cereal. She poured herself a bowl and started to eat. As she did her thoughts shifted to Joey. Juniper thought that he seemed nice enough, but then again people are not always what they appear or say to be. She knew many people who this applied to, herself included. 'I feel bad for having to lie to Joey about being thrown from my horse. Then again I couldn't let him find out the truth.' Juniper let out a heavy sigh. 'No one can know.' With that final though she cleaned up her food and headed upstairs.

An hour later Juniper had finished all of her homework and decided to head back down to the kitchen, but stopped dead in the middle of the stairs when the front door was opened then closed again. 'Shit he's here already. It's only 4:00, I thought he wouldn't be here for at least another two hours.' A tall, thickly built man walked over to the bottom of the stairs and looked up at her. Juniper could catch a slight scent of alcohol in the air as he approached. 'Well at least he's not too wasted this time.' The man before her was none other than her father, Kiisho. (AN: I suck with thinking of names).

She started to back up the stairs hoping that he would leave her alone this once. However the further back she went the faster he came forward. Eventually she reached the top of the stairs. Juniper hesitated then took off into a full out sprint to her room, but he was quick to follow. She locked the door behind her as quickly as possible, and darted to the other side of her room. Fortunately for her there wasn't much furniture in her room that would be obstacles. She only had a twin-sized bed and a desk. All of her clothes were kept in a small closet in the corner of her room. When she reached the other side, the bedroom door broke open, and Kiisho walked in.

He strode over to her slowly watching her every move. Juniper braced herself for the worse. 'Oh if only I hadn't moved it wouldn't end up being so bad.' Her father was now directly in front of her. He stared at her for a few seconds then raised his hand and back slapped her hard, sending her a few feet backwards into a wall. Blood oozed down from the corner of her mouth. Kiisho kicked her feet out from under her causing her to fall hard to the ground. He then proceeded to kick her twice in the stomach, making her double over in pain.

"Y' bitch, Ya shouln' have run." Kiisho slurred out as he picked Juniper up by her shoulders and forcing her to stand up on her own. He pushed Juniper back into the wall and slammed her head into it. This action resulted in a whimper of pain escaping her mouth. He punched her once more then started to walk out the door. He stopped in the doorframe.

"We need some milk, an' some more pap' towels. I sugges' y' git some soon." Juniper knew what he meant. She had to get it now or there would be more pain. Kiisho walked to his room and shut the door, leaving Juniper sitting on the floor in pain.

'Well at least this time wasn't so bad' Juniper thought as she pulled herself to her feet. She walked to the bathroom and cleaned the blood off her face and other wounds. The only noticeable mark at the time was a scratch on her left cheek under her eye, nothing to major. Juniper quickly checked for her wallet, which was still in her back pocket and headed toward the store. 'Hopefully he'll be gone when I get back.'

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Tbc.

The next chapter will involve Joey more than this one did, a lot more. Please review. To those of you who have before THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH. (hugs you all)

Anyway the next chapter should be up sometime soon I hope. Hope to hear from you.

Bye-bye.