Another yay for my reviewers. Tank yoo! I'll try to start writing longer chapters, but that might result in later updates. I don't know if I can win with this one…
About that language Joey speaks. Yeah, I made it up. Microsoft Works doesn't like it though. It kept auto spell-checking on me…
If there is anything you'd like to see in the story, let me know. I'm not at a loss for writing (yet), but any suggestions would be appreciated. Now..on to the fic!
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Joey woke up slowly, so comfortable he didn't want to move. He groaned, rolling over and burying his head into the pillows. His comfort didn't last long, however, as he suddenly remembered the events of the past day. He sat straight up in bed, looking around wildly for the winged boy, Seto. He sighed as he found that he was alone. He reached up a hand to scratch his neck, finding something in the way. He narrowed his eyes, feeling the foreign object around his neck. He paled as he realized what it was : a collar.
Joey scowled and began pulling at the thing, trying to rip it off in panic. He then got his wits about him and tried to find the buckle. Upon succeeding, him tried to undo it, getting a nasty shock, literally. He gave up, groaning. This was going to be a bad day.
He got up, stretching. He noticed a change of clothes on the foot of the bed. They seemed nice, nothing at all like what he'd worn before, but still nice : a plain t-shirt, a pair of jeans, and shoes and socks.
"What the heck do you people want?" he wondered aloud. He scratched his head, walking towards the bathroom. A change of clothes would be good, but he'd just get a shower first.
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Seto walked briskly up the stairs, trailing his chattering brother behind him. Mokuba had woken him up early that morning, begging to see the blond. Even now, he was still chatting away, making plans for what they would do with the boy.
"This is so cool! I can't believe we found one..are we gonna be on t.v.? What are we gonna do with him? Do you think he's ever been outside the forest? Oh! We should take him for a tour around the world. Oh! Even better! We should take him home, up to the colonies. Do you think he even knows people are up there? Wow, this is so cool! Hey Seto.."
"Mokuba, quite, please." As much as he loved his brother, he could get annoying after awhile. After ascending the stairs, he walked down a hallway and stopped in front of a door. He turned to his brother, who looked like he might burst from the excitement.
"Mokuba, why don't you go downstairs and start eating breakfast." Seto rolled his eyes at his brothers disappointed look, knowing the argument about to come.
"But..Seto.."
"I'll bring him down after while. He might be nervous right now, you might scare him." Mokuba gave him one last look before slowly walking away and down the stairs, mumbling. Seto smiled a bit; h really loved that kid. He turned to the door, pressing in a number code on the keypad that allowed the door to be locked from the outside. After the code was entered, he opened the door and stepped in, looking for the blond human. He wasn't in sight, but he heard the sound of a shower coming from the bathroom. He walked to the door, listening closer. Yep, the shower. He sighed, resigning himself to leaning against the wall, waiting.
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After quite a bit of trouble getting the shower to work right, Joey was now enjoying the warm cascade of water that fell like a water fall. No matter where he was, playing in the water was always fun. He picked up one of the bottles sitting beside the shower, hoping that it was something like the soap they'd used in their villages. After lathering up his body and hair, he leaned against the wall, considering his situation. Would he get to go home? Would these people try to keep him there? And if they did, could he escape? Heck, he couldn't even speak with them. He know regretted not taking those language classes. They had been giving classes on the old languages of humans, but he figured they were useless. Boy was he wrong..
He sighed and pushed away from the wall, moving to stand under the rush of water. He grinned stupidly as his stomach gave an angry growl. Food time. He stepped away from the waterfall, shaking off the excess water from his body, searching for a towel. He found one and rubbed his hair with it before wrapping it around his waist. He shook his head one more time, then opened the door and walked out. He was about halfway out, the yelled and jumped to the side. Seto just standing their scared him badly..
Seto smirked at the reaction, pushing away from the wall. He walked past the still freaked blond to the foot of the bed, picking up the clothes and shoving them into Joey's arms.
"Hurry up. I'm hungry and it's time for breakfast."
Joey just stared. When was this guy gonna figure out that he didn't speak English? He rolled his eyes, taking the clothes. He dropped them on the bed, then turned to Seto, speaking and motioning to him to leave.
"E tuh'd haat ah yiteahla" I don't need an audience..
Seto of course didn't understand, and just stared quizzically while Joey sighed. He was about to physically move the blue eyed boy when the shirt was grabbed from behind him and forced over his head. Perfect.
Joey began to struggle, but his efforts were hampered by the shirt blocking his view, so he quickly finished putting it on. He popped his head out of the shirt, already yelling at the other boy. I didn't seem to help though, as the boy grabbed the jeans and reached for the towel around Joey's waist. The blond swatted at his hand, backing away as much as he could before hitting the bed. He continued yelling and trying to get away, but Seto blocked his path. He grabbed the blonds towel, yanking it off then shoved the pants into his arms. Joey stopped yelling in shock, moving to cover himself while blushing furiously.
Seto walked away, feeling that he'd made his point. He walked to the other side of the room, keeping his back to Joey to give him some privacy. He heard movement and the rustle of clothing behind him. He then heard the blond speak and turned around, looking him over. He was a lot better looking than he though he would, being a normal human. His blond hair shimmered in the light, and his muscles were well defined. His eyes were a beautiful honey color and sparkled with life and fire. That boy was now glaring at him, now fully dressed and waiting for whatever he would throw at him next. Seto felt slightly guilty for doing that to him, but he needy to hurry or else his little brother would be coming up there soon to check on them. Set walked to the door, motioning Joey to follow him. Joey did, a forlorn expression on his face. He was not having a good time..
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Mokuba looked up as his brother walked into the dining room. He had begun to worry about him after hearing all the screaming. His worries were forgotten when he spied the blond walk in behind him. He had to stop himself from jumping up and asking a million questions. So, he waited for his brother to seat the boy, then take his own seat. He then started talking a mile a minute..
"What were you doing up there? You said you didn't want to make him nervous..well, what was all that screaming? And why does he have a collar on? By the way, we're having pancakes for breakfast. I wonder what they eat for breakfast. Can you ask him? Does he speak our language? He looks cool.."
Seto watched as his brother jumped up from his chair and walked over to the blond, who was refusing to make eye contact with anyone. Mokuba stood next to him for a moment before reaching up a hand and gently touching his hair. Joey looked at him out of the corner of his eye, then raised his head to watch the young boy. Mokuba stared into his face, looking him over. He then reached up with both hands, touching either side of Joey's face. Joey gave him a weird look, but didn't move to stop him. When he was finished with that, mokuba turned to his brother.
"I don't see anything different about him. Are you sure he's..ya know.." Seto sighed. He'd heard a lot of this lately. Here was physical proof sitting in front of them, and still no one would believe it.
"Yes Mokuba, I'm sure. We'll even do medical exams to prove it."
"Ok..Hey, I bet he's never seen anything like this!" The young boy flared out his wings, flapping them several times. He looked up at Joey, grinning madly. "Watch this!"
With that, he took off into the air. He couldn't go far, seeing as they were inside, but the high ceilings of the dining room provided enough space to show off a bit. Mokuba zoomed around the room, doing flips and somersaults, truly enjoying himself. Joey watched him with curiosity. He had always wanted to fly like that..
Mokuba finally landed, panting a bit. Joey grinned at him. "Beon hanufora." Very awesome..
Mokuba blinked, not sure what Joey had said, but he decided to take it as a compliment. He grinned and was about to speak, but the doors leading from the kitchen were opened and threes severs came out, each carrying a tray. Joey watched as they set the food before him. If it was one thing he liked, it was food. He grinned, seeing that there was a big portion of pancakes, not to mention lots of syrup and orange juice. As far as breakfast, pancakes were his favorite. After pouring a generous amount of syrup on the cakes, he dug in.
The dragon boys watched in amazement. How could someone eat like that? He was practically inhaling his food, every now and then stopping to take a drink of juice. He finished his meal in no time, emitting a burp and leaning back on his chair. Oh yeah..that was good..
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As Mokuba and Seto were finishing their own food, a door opened and a person walked in to join them. When the person sat down, Joey saw that it was a fairly attractive young blond woman, dressed in sleep pants and a tight shirt. She looked tired and had obviously just woken up. After she sat down, she called over a servant, talking to him. Joey couldn't help but look at her. She was very pretty. The servant walked away, and Mai turned her head, making eye contact with Joey. He blushed, having been caught starting. He quickly lowered his head. Mai chuckled and shook her head, she was used to that sort of thing after all. She turned to Seto, smiling a bit.
"So, what's the plan for today? Are you going to need me for anything? I've kind of already planned my day.." Seto nodded his head. She wasn't really there for any real reason. He let come along because she wanted to. And why not let her? That's what friends are for. "That's fine. I was going to take him to one of the medical facilities here and get him checked out. I'll need DNA proof for this one. Plus we need to make sure his not diseased or anything.."
They didn't speak for a few minutes, even after Mai's food was brought out : a cinnamon roll drenched in frosting. Joey was slightly disappointed..cinnamon rolls were his favorite food too. After a few minutes more, Mai looked up at Joey, then at Seto, a question obvious in her eyes. "Why did you put a collar on him?"
"It's a tracking device. If he decides to escape, I can locate him through it." Mokuba looked up, taking the last drink of his orange juice. "Yeah, but can't he just take it off?"
"No. It shocks him when he tried to undo the buckle." The two nodded, satisfied for now. Mai once again ate in silence before Seto spoke up.
"So what exactly do you have planned for today anyway?" Mai smiled, getting all giggly at the though of her plans.
"I'm going to check out all the local sites, natural and man made. After I'm finished there..shopping!"
"Do you think you could..take Mokuba with you? By any chance?"
Both Mai and Mokuba blinked. The kid didn't need a babysitter! But then again, he would get pretty bored here by himself..Mai nodded.
"I guess. If its ok with the kid anyway.." She turned to Mokuba, "Are you ok with that?" Mokuba shrugged. "I guess..whatever."
Mai nodded, turning back to her roll. She came face to face with Joey, who had draped himself across the table in an attempt to get the sugary pastry. At being caught, he blushed sheepishly, then settled back into his own chair, giving her puppy-eyes. She laughed.
"This is going to be an interesting vacation."
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Well, there ya go. A little longer than the other chapters. It might take me a bit longer to update. I've suddenly got a lot of things to do..poopie.
About that language Joey speaks. Yeah, I made it up. Microsoft Works doesn't like it though. It kept auto spell-checking on me…
If there is anything you'd like to see in the story, let me know. I'm not at a loss for writing (yet), but any suggestions would be appreciated. Now..on to the fic!
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Joey woke up slowly, so comfortable he didn't want to move. He groaned, rolling over and burying his head into the pillows. His comfort didn't last long, however, as he suddenly remembered the events of the past day. He sat straight up in bed, looking around wildly for the winged boy, Seto. He sighed as he found that he was alone. He reached up a hand to scratch his neck, finding something in the way. He narrowed his eyes, feeling the foreign object around his neck. He paled as he realized what it was : a collar.
Joey scowled and began pulling at the thing, trying to rip it off in panic. He then got his wits about him and tried to find the buckle. Upon succeeding, him tried to undo it, getting a nasty shock, literally. He gave up, groaning. This was going to be a bad day.
He got up, stretching. He noticed a change of clothes on the foot of the bed. They seemed nice, nothing at all like what he'd worn before, but still nice : a plain t-shirt, a pair of jeans, and shoes and socks.
"What the heck do you people want?" he wondered aloud. He scratched his head, walking towards the bathroom. A change of clothes would be good, but he'd just get a shower first.
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Seto walked briskly up the stairs, trailing his chattering brother behind him. Mokuba had woken him up early that morning, begging to see the blond. Even now, he was still chatting away, making plans for what they would do with the boy.
"This is so cool! I can't believe we found one..are we gonna be on t.v.? What are we gonna do with him? Do you think he's ever been outside the forest? Oh! We should take him for a tour around the world. Oh! Even better! We should take him home, up to the colonies. Do you think he even knows people are up there? Wow, this is so cool! Hey Seto.."
"Mokuba, quite, please." As much as he loved his brother, he could get annoying after awhile. After ascending the stairs, he walked down a hallway and stopped in front of a door. He turned to his brother, who looked like he might burst from the excitement.
"Mokuba, why don't you go downstairs and start eating breakfast." Seto rolled his eyes at his brothers disappointed look, knowing the argument about to come.
"But..Seto.."
"I'll bring him down after while. He might be nervous right now, you might scare him." Mokuba gave him one last look before slowly walking away and down the stairs, mumbling. Seto smiled a bit; h really loved that kid. He turned to the door, pressing in a number code on the keypad that allowed the door to be locked from the outside. After the code was entered, he opened the door and stepped in, looking for the blond human. He wasn't in sight, but he heard the sound of a shower coming from the bathroom. He walked to the door, listening closer. Yep, the shower. He sighed, resigning himself to leaning against the wall, waiting.
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After quite a bit of trouble getting the shower to work right, Joey was now enjoying the warm cascade of water that fell like a water fall. No matter where he was, playing in the water was always fun. He picked up one of the bottles sitting beside the shower, hoping that it was something like the soap they'd used in their villages. After lathering up his body and hair, he leaned against the wall, considering his situation. Would he get to go home? Would these people try to keep him there? And if they did, could he escape? Heck, he couldn't even speak with them. He know regretted not taking those language classes. They had been giving classes on the old languages of humans, but he figured they were useless. Boy was he wrong..
He sighed and pushed away from the wall, moving to stand under the rush of water. He grinned stupidly as his stomach gave an angry growl. Food time. He stepped away from the waterfall, shaking off the excess water from his body, searching for a towel. He found one and rubbed his hair with it before wrapping it around his waist. He shook his head one more time, then opened the door and walked out. He was about halfway out, the yelled and jumped to the side. Seto just standing their scared him badly..
Seto smirked at the reaction, pushing away from the wall. He walked past the still freaked blond to the foot of the bed, picking up the clothes and shoving them into Joey's arms.
"Hurry up. I'm hungry and it's time for breakfast."
Joey just stared. When was this guy gonna figure out that he didn't speak English? He rolled his eyes, taking the clothes. He dropped them on the bed, then turned to Seto, speaking and motioning to him to leave.
"E tuh'd haat ah yiteahla" I don't need an audience..
Seto of course didn't understand, and just stared quizzically while Joey sighed. He was about to physically move the blue eyed boy when the shirt was grabbed from behind him and forced over his head. Perfect.
Joey began to struggle, but his efforts were hampered by the shirt blocking his view, so he quickly finished putting it on. He popped his head out of the shirt, already yelling at the other boy. I didn't seem to help though, as the boy grabbed the jeans and reached for the towel around Joey's waist. The blond swatted at his hand, backing away as much as he could before hitting the bed. He continued yelling and trying to get away, but Seto blocked his path. He grabbed the blonds towel, yanking it off then shoved the pants into his arms. Joey stopped yelling in shock, moving to cover himself while blushing furiously.
Seto walked away, feeling that he'd made his point. He walked to the other side of the room, keeping his back to Joey to give him some privacy. He heard movement and the rustle of clothing behind him. He then heard the blond speak and turned around, looking him over. He was a lot better looking than he though he would, being a normal human. His blond hair shimmered in the light, and his muscles were well defined. His eyes were a beautiful honey color and sparkled with life and fire. That boy was now glaring at him, now fully dressed and waiting for whatever he would throw at him next. Seto felt slightly guilty for doing that to him, but he needy to hurry or else his little brother would be coming up there soon to check on them. Set walked to the door, motioning Joey to follow him. Joey did, a forlorn expression on his face. He was not having a good time..
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Mokuba looked up as his brother walked into the dining room. He had begun to worry about him after hearing all the screaming. His worries were forgotten when he spied the blond walk in behind him. He had to stop himself from jumping up and asking a million questions. So, he waited for his brother to seat the boy, then take his own seat. He then started talking a mile a minute..
"What were you doing up there? You said you didn't want to make him nervous..well, what was all that screaming? And why does he have a collar on? By the way, we're having pancakes for breakfast. I wonder what they eat for breakfast. Can you ask him? Does he speak our language? He looks cool.."
Seto watched as his brother jumped up from his chair and walked over to the blond, who was refusing to make eye contact with anyone. Mokuba stood next to him for a moment before reaching up a hand and gently touching his hair. Joey looked at him out of the corner of his eye, then raised his head to watch the young boy. Mokuba stared into his face, looking him over. He then reached up with both hands, touching either side of Joey's face. Joey gave him a weird look, but didn't move to stop him. When he was finished with that, mokuba turned to his brother.
"I don't see anything different about him. Are you sure he's..ya know.." Seto sighed. He'd heard a lot of this lately. Here was physical proof sitting in front of them, and still no one would believe it.
"Yes Mokuba, I'm sure. We'll even do medical exams to prove it."
"Ok..Hey, I bet he's never seen anything like this!" The young boy flared out his wings, flapping them several times. He looked up at Joey, grinning madly. "Watch this!"
With that, he took off into the air. He couldn't go far, seeing as they were inside, but the high ceilings of the dining room provided enough space to show off a bit. Mokuba zoomed around the room, doing flips and somersaults, truly enjoying himself. Joey watched him with curiosity. He had always wanted to fly like that..
Mokuba finally landed, panting a bit. Joey grinned at him. "Beon hanufora." Very awesome..
Mokuba blinked, not sure what Joey had said, but he decided to take it as a compliment. He grinned and was about to speak, but the doors leading from the kitchen were opened and threes severs came out, each carrying a tray. Joey watched as they set the food before him. If it was one thing he liked, it was food. He grinned, seeing that there was a big portion of pancakes, not to mention lots of syrup and orange juice. As far as breakfast, pancakes were his favorite. After pouring a generous amount of syrup on the cakes, he dug in.
The dragon boys watched in amazement. How could someone eat like that? He was practically inhaling his food, every now and then stopping to take a drink of juice. He finished his meal in no time, emitting a burp and leaning back on his chair. Oh yeah..that was good..
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As Mokuba and Seto were finishing their own food, a door opened and a person walked in to join them. When the person sat down, Joey saw that it was a fairly attractive young blond woman, dressed in sleep pants and a tight shirt. She looked tired and had obviously just woken up. After she sat down, she called over a servant, talking to him. Joey couldn't help but look at her. She was very pretty. The servant walked away, and Mai turned her head, making eye contact with Joey. He blushed, having been caught starting. He quickly lowered his head. Mai chuckled and shook her head, she was used to that sort of thing after all. She turned to Seto, smiling a bit.
"So, what's the plan for today? Are you going to need me for anything? I've kind of already planned my day.." Seto nodded his head. She wasn't really there for any real reason. He let come along because she wanted to. And why not let her? That's what friends are for. "That's fine. I was going to take him to one of the medical facilities here and get him checked out. I'll need DNA proof for this one. Plus we need to make sure his not diseased or anything.."
They didn't speak for a few minutes, even after Mai's food was brought out : a cinnamon roll drenched in frosting. Joey was slightly disappointed..cinnamon rolls were his favorite food too. After a few minutes more, Mai looked up at Joey, then at Seto, a question obvious in her eyes. "Why did you put a collar on him?"
"It's a tracking device. If he decides to escape, I can locate him through it." Mokuba looked up, taking the last drink of his orange juice. "Yeah, but can't he just take it off?"
"No. It shocks him when he tried to undo the buckle." The two nodded, satisfied for now. Mai once again ate in silence before Seto spoke up.
"So what exactly do you have planned for today anyway?" Mai smiled, getting all giggly at the though of her plans.
"I'm going to check out all the local sites, natural and man made. After I'm finished there..shopping!"
"Do you think you could..take Mokuba with you? By any chance?"
Both Mai and Mokuba blinked. The kid didn't need a babysitter! But then again, he would get pretty bored here by himself..Mai nodded.
"I guess. If its ok with the kid anyway.." She turned to Mokuba, "Are you ok with that?" Mokuba shrugged. "I guess..whatever."
Mai nodded, turning back to her roll. She came face to face with Joey, who had draped himself across the table in an attempt to get the sugary pastry. At being caught, he blushed sheepishly, then settled back into his own chair, giving her puppy-eyes. She laughed.
"This is going to be an interesting vacation."
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Well, there ya go. A little longer than the other chapters. It might take me a bit longer to update. I've suddenly got a lot of things to do..poopie.