Before you ask! I totally misread what I wrote or I mistaken the name or whatever, I dunno what happened but Ryou wasn't suppose to come in this fic... It was suppose to be Mana. D= So if you start wondering why she appears here that's the reason. Sorry. T.T
Second chapter honeys. =] Sorry for the delay, but I wrote the first 5 chapter in Portuguese and I'm translating them at the moment.
Chapter 2: Memories from the sky
Jounouchi opens his eyes a bit startled, but then relaxed. His father wasn't home. There was nothing to be scared of. The house was empty. He could call it home again. Since he entered Junior High his dad changed. Jou remembered him as a kind hardworking man who did everything for his child, until something went wrong, his dad started hitting him and hurting him psychologically. Jou still didn't understand why.
The blonde young man looked at his watch, it was 6:43 am.
"And school isn't going to start any time soon. I'm sure that when it does start I won't wake up early enough..."
He gets on his feet and goes to the bathroom to wash his face. As he steps out of the bathroom and into the kitchen he notices a brown envelope over the counter.
Katsuya opens it and inside was money. A lot. He felt a cold fear striking through him. He wished from the bottom of his heart it wasn't any of his father's dealers. There's a note. It says:
"Use the money to pay for a lawyer. Call this number.S"
Jounouchi thought he was dreaming. He went back to the bathroom and washed up his face. Three times. With ice cold water. Jou returns to the kitchen and the envelope was still there. As well as the telephone number.
"But who? S? Who is that? How is this possible? I locked the door..." – Jou tried not to think too much about it. He called the number.
"Yagami Ritsuka. How can I help you?" – this was what Jou heard as an answer to the call
"How can this be? The best lawyer of the whole world? What is happening?" – Jou answered – "Yagami-san. I would like to request your services. There's this court session and I need a lawyer..." – he was a bit clumsy when answered
"Is this your first time calling a lawyer?"
"Yes. It is sir." – this came out as a whimper
"You were lucky it wasn't my secretary picking up the phone, she's the devil." – the lawyer tried not to laugh
"Hn?" – Jou was scared
"Calm down. I don't bite." – the other was laughing – "Please, tell me your address. We'll settle things up if we meet. It's easier." – he was still laughing and Jou felt even more lost – "Could you please also tell me your name?"
"Jounouchi Katsuya. The address is Domino City, Kyososhi, complex nr 50, door 125."
"Okay. Are you free on the 23rd of July?"
"Yes. I am."
"Alright then. Are you home at 6 pm?"
"Yes."
"Then it's settled. See you then." – the lawyer was still laughing really hard when he hang up
Jou knew it wasn't right using the money, but he didn't had any other choice
"Who is this person? How did they come in?"
/Somewhere else\\\\
"Kaiba-sama, back already?" – Roland asked
"Yes. Tell someone I ordered a cup of coffee. I'm in my office."
"Yes, Kaiba-sama."
Seto made his way up the stairs. He entered his office and closed the door behind his back leaning against it. Finally he takes in a long deep breath.
"I was almost caught. I didn't know he was able to wake up this early..."
Seto opens a secret door hidden behind his desk. As he enters the door locks itself behind him turning automatically the lights on. There, right in front of him, were a hundred of photographs. All of them had Jounouchi on them. His Katsuya.
"This is sick. I am sick." – Seto looked at his hands in disgust – "Still, you are the one who faked being happy. You're so far away. You look so empty, just like me. I wish everything was different. I wish I could smile for you, hug you, look into your eyes and see them filled up with happiness... but there's only an extinguishing fire that I'm afraid to get burned while trying to get it back. Or end up killing it."
After a while Seto returns to his office, his coffee was over the table
He then sits down on his very important chair drinking his imported coffee. And then something rushed through his mind. Something that he could call a good plan. A plan that could change his and Jounouchi's life. It would take place on the start of the new semester.
"You might hate me, but I won't let you down. Not anymore. Still, I have to learn how to socialize without scaring people..."
"Onii-sama, may I sleepover at Yugi's? He called just now telling that he has come back from a trip and he brought presents!" – Mokuba didn't seem to have heard and he had that childish smile on his face
"Yes, you can. But be careful, don't look at them in the eyes, stupidity might be contagious. And ask Roland to drive you there." – "And I need to stop insulting Katsuya's friends too..."
"Okay, I'll tell Roland to do so. But don't be mean to my friends... Also, Yugi said..."
/Somewhere else\\\\
There's a telephone ringing and blonde hair popping from the sofa. Jounouchi picks up the phone.
"Jou-kun! I know what happened!" – it was Yugi, and his best friend sounded worried – "Want to come over? Everyone's coming. Otogi and Honda too."
"Yes. Of course I'll go!" – Jou answered not faking enthusiasm
"Then hurry up. Everyone's arriving and expecting you to come!" - Yugi was happy, and then other voice talked – "Aibou, Marik has just arrived!" - it was Atem, and Yugi answered – "Okay, honey! Jou, I need to go. Don't be late!"
Yugi hangs up. Jou goes to his room grabs his backpack and throws some jeans in, a plain white t-shirt and boxers also, he goes to the bathroom and grabs some towels and throws them in also. Then he searches for a pyjama and a throws it in the backpack.
"Okay. Ready to go!"
/\\\\
Standing in front of Yugi's house was a limousine. A black limousine. It was the Kaibas limousine.
Mokuba jumps off the car and runs to the door and knocks, the door is automatically opened by Yugi.
"Yugi, I did it! I accomplished what you asked for. The plan is almost complete. Is Jou here yet?" – Mokuba was in his hyper mode
"No. He still isn't here. Are you sure everything went as planned?"
"Yes. I even got a doctor to help me!"
"Okay. That's just great." – both minimums laughed with joy
Jou enters Yugi's house without knocking. It was his best friend's home, so it was his second home too. – "I'm home!" – he warned
Everyone was on the living room watching TV.
"Jounouchi!" – Bakura ran for him and hugged him – "I will never go out in vacations for so long! You're skinnier again! And now you're living alone? You're not working on that restaurant, are you?"
"Of course I am. We're just in high school. And yes, I'm living alone, I've got nowhere to go." – Jou answered him, returning the hug
"You know I hate that you live in there."
"I know, but I can't do anything 'bout it."
"Oh, but... you could stay with me and Manah."
Manah smiled happily approving, but soon the smile vanished with Jou's answer.
"No. I don't want to bother anyone." – Jou smiled nonetheless
"Hum... could we start dinning? The food is cooling."
Yugi was nervous about the "surprise". He was sure everything would turn out just right. Or so he hoped.
"Yug', stay cool. I'm okay. Don't worry."
Jou was, without a doubt, a kind person. That's why he couldn't accept being the cause of any sort of pain to his best friend. Not again.
"I'm okay. What matters now is you." – the shorter boy assured
Has they sat down to eat, Atem gives Jou a cup filled with Coke. Jou being who he is, drank it all down in one gulp.
"God! I missed this!" – Jou laughed, but them from a moment to the other he feels dizzy, he couldn't keep his eyes open and his body giving away. He was falling down. And then he was swallowed by darkness before he hits the ground.
I know this is a little short but I assure you that the next one is bigger and a little more interesting. Please leave reviews, tell me if you liked it up until now, if the grammar is wrong at some points, I'm not a native English-speaker so sometimes it is hard to know how to write some situations. If you want to know anything else feel free to pm me. =]
Bye-bye~