So I'm back with this new chapter finally! Yay for new chapters, and sorry it took so long! :3 I'm looking forward to feedback this time. What REALLY happened with Jou's friends is explained here, and guess who's about to make it out of the Grey World! Woot for the stubborn mutt!
"Seriously. Any one thing that I want to change, I can? But... how does it work?"
"Well, Jounouchi, it depends on the request," Ryou replied with a small smile as he looked at the blond.
"I... There's just a few things I really want. One... is to be a virgin again. Would you... be able to do that for me?"
"Yes. That doesn't mean that what happened in the past will disappear. It means that simply that your purity will be restored. Do you understand?" Jou nodded.
Jou didn't feel any different when it was restored honestly. He still felt like the same old Jou. Next was Mai. The Harpie was rather easy for him to beat down, which actually surprised the blond, and he grinned like crazy.
"All right, what is it you want Joey?" He continued to grin.
Seto Kaiba, who had been a spectator throughout Jou's entire ordeal, suddenly saw the world of color fading to grey as he was pulled into Jou's world. He looked at himself, now a strange shade of grey, and shook his head before looking up and around himself. The brunet pretended he didn't really care about what had happened, but he found himself rather irritated. Why had Jou suddenly pulled him into this strange world. It probably had something to do with the challenges that the blond was facing...
"Well, instead of being childish... I want you guys to be as supportive of me as I am of you when you are dealing with hardships." Mai nodded.
"Wish granted. However, I feel there is something that needs to be said here. As you fell further into depression Jou, we stayed by your side, but in your mind, you seriously believed that... well... that your friends were abandoning you. Kaiba believes it too, because we haven't been around since you were put in the clinic... since you ended up in the Grey World. We... had no idea where you were until Kaiba came and got us." Jou stared, barely able to believe that his own selfish mind had played such a trick on him, leading him to believe that his best friends had just... left him to deal with everything on his own. At that point, both her and Ryou disappeared. As Jou looked at the next person he had to face, his grin faded. Next up were Marik and Bakura, who were grinning like crazy. He swore their grins were some of the creepiest expressions humankind had ever faced.
"You must draw Ra from my deck of cards in order to proceed," Marik spoke happily.
"And from mine, you shall need Nobleman of Crossout. I would use Change of Heart, but we only get to pick once. You have 3 tries to get the right ones." Jou groaned. What if he got the wrong cards 3 times in a row? However, he failed to notice something about the rules.
"FIne," the blond said with a frown, and he closed his eyes, drawing from each of their decks once they fanned the cards out before him.
"Aw, man! No luck on that one."
"Well, two more turns," Bakura said with a smirk. Jou nodded and drew two more cards.
"Ra! Now I just have to get Crossout!" He fisted the air happily. As he grabbed from Bakura's hand, he drew 2 cards instead of one. One of them was the one he needed, but now he looked at the two Egyptians.
"Uh, sorry..."
"You drew too many cards," Marik exclaimed irritably.
"Actually, neither of us specified how many cards he could take," Bakura said with a smirk. "Well done."
"Stupid mutt," Marik muttered under his breath.
"Well, what do you want," they asked at the same time. Jou thought for a moment.
"For everyone to forgive me and... and Kaiba I guess for thinking that you just wanted nothing to do with me anymore..."
"Easy enough. Your last challenge is Yuugi and Kaiba. Good luck." Jou looked at the two. Yuugi was overly happy as always, so sweet and innocent, while Kaiba was the polar opposite.
"Screw all this funny business." Yuugi just chuckled.
"I don't really have a challenge for you Jou," he said with a sweet smile.
"Yeah, but... I have one for myself. I'm sorry for everything Yuugi... and, uh, Kaiba?"
"Hn..." Jou blushed a bit as he walked up to the taller man, putting his arms around his neck and giving him a small kiss on the lips. It was then that the Grey World began to spin, slowly gaining color. Jou had beaten it. He had managed to come out of it. The blond was suddenly floating over his own body, and after a moment he fell like a bag of brinks onto... no, not onto, but into it.
Seto Kaiba watched in amazement as Jou opened his eyes, slowly revealing amber hues.
Sorry it's such a short chapter, but I really wanted to get this out. :3 The next chapter will be rather long. ^^