Title: Draconic Prince
Author: Mkay3223
Rating: NC-17
Genre: AU and OOCness
Pairing(s): Seto and Jou (mentioned: Hikira and Yami, Honda and Otogi)
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer:I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of its characters. I do own any original character I use and the plot…which is not being used to make money. Yu-Gi-Oh created by Kazuki Takahashi
Summary: A young boy is driven from his home by a horrible crime, he escapes his terror by crossing over to the human realm by accident. But what will happen when his true self starts to appear in front of his friends and the man he loves?
~~~~~~time lapse
Dreaming
"Talking"
'Thinking'
/mind link hikira/
\mind link yami\
Setting
AN: Thank you to those of you who reviewed chapter 1.
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Domino Hospital 4:30 pm Saturday
The young boy awoke to the sound of a steady beeping and dripping. He slowly opened his dull hazel eyes though they were steadily getting brighter as his blood levels rose back to normal. Sandy blonde hair blocked the vision of his left eye, knowing he had bright golden hair he wanted to reach for the strange dull color only to realize he was too weak to do so. The young one began to look around trying to figure out where he was. The room was a familiar sterile white, which he recognized to be a hospital room. As if just noticing the beeping for the first time he turned to his right to see the heart monitor and IV stand. Knowing full well what the machine was and what it did the boy turned his attention to the IV stand. The two bags that hung from the tall skinny pole intrigued him, one more than the other. The bag on the left side of the stand was a half full of clear liquid, a saline drip it was called, remembering from a previous trip to the hospital. He looked to the other bag seeming transfixed by the liquid that lay inside the bag. The boy watched as the thick crimson liquid flowed smoothly down one of the tubes connecting to his right arm. His mouth went dry at the sight of the blood, it made his stomach churn and heave in memory of his family's blood staining the ground red. 'How could they do that to us?' he asked himself.
The sound of the door knob turning slowly jolted him out of his memories. A short plump woman with kind green eyes entered the room, followed by a young family. The woman following the nurse was young and pregnant, her blue eyes seemed worried. The man next to her had his arm wrapped around her shoulders as if he was trying to comfort her, his dark grey eyes looked worried as well, in his other arm he was holding a small boy who had fallen asleep. When the young woman looked down, the boy noticed the couple's other son standing between them holding his mother's hand.
"Ah you're finally awake then dear? That's good, I was beginning to think you weren't going to be conscious today." The nurse suddenly spoke causing the boy to jump slightly.
The couple looked to him the worry slightly fading in their eyes. Their son gave a tug on his mother's hand looking to her confused. The RN walked to the end of his bed grabbing the chart.
"Oh dear no wonder you were asleep so long, after losing so much blood you shouldn't even be breathing. " She started to mutter to herself" Hair, Blonde. Eyes, Hazel. Blood type, B +." She turned to him."Now we took your height and weight when you came in so we just need two other things, your birth date and your name. " She looked to him kindly a smile spreading across her face.
The boy looked at her strangely, 'I don't have blonde hair or brown eyes. My eyes are red and my hair jet black so why had she…?' He thought trailed off as he remembered the sandy color covering his eye. 'It changed but why?' He looked at her awaiting face.
"My birthday is January 25, I'm seven, and my name is Ka-Joey." He decided to keep his real name and birth year a secret in case they worked for those evil men.
"And your last name?" She asked still smiling.
"It's…Wheeler." He stated calmly thinking the name up on the spot.
"Alright Joey," She scribbled down the new information on the chart "So young to be by one's self. Joey where are your parents, we need to get a hold of them."
He looked down sadly thinking of his family before muttering quietly. "I- my mom and dad they…they're not here anymore." Tears started to roll down his face.
The older woman looked to the young boy shocked, "Not here? What do you mean?"
Joey averted his eyes to the window." They died," He said simply ignoring the shocked gasp from the plump nurse.
"But then who takes care of you?" She asked worried.
Joey didn't look at her tears slid silently down his young face, he didn't answer. Taking the hint that he didn't wish to talk anymore she turned to the family who had taken up the chairs in the corner of the room. "You are the ones who brought him in correct?"
"Yes." The man stated quietly.
"What are your names? And how did you find young mister Wheeler?" The nurse asked politely.
"I'm Shun this is my wife Ren and our sons Seto and Mokuba." Shun said before looking to Joey. "Ren and I were taking a walk by the river like we normally do on our day off. We were starting to head back to our car when Ren noticed him lying by the river. We ran over, checked his vital signs and brought him here." He looked up to the nurse signaling his story was finished.
She nodded still scribbling the information down in the chart, before turning to take Joey's vitals. Joey looked to the young boy, 'Didn't the dad say their names were Seto and Mokuba?' he couldn't help but feel jealous of the boys. They just sat there on their parent's laps quietly, 'It's not fair! Why did mother and father have to die'?
"Well Joey you seem to be doing alright for the moment, why don't you order some dinner from the cafeteria." Joey nodded while the RN named some of the soups they were serving.
Domino Hospital 9:32 pm Saturday
The family was still in the small hospital room, they were having dinner with the young boy they helped. Mokuba was sleeping in the overstuffed arm chair, having finished his meal a while ago, while Seto sat playing with a plushie of a yellow lab. The young woman and her husband sat on Joey's right talking quietly with the boy.
"So your mother and father passed away? Who's been taking care of you?" Ren asked the same question the RN had. She placed her hand on his shoulder trying to comfort him.
"Well they died today actually, so I haven't been alone for long." Joey set the spoon down not very hungry for chicken noodle soup anymore. Tears once again began to fall down those pale cheeks.
Ren gasped at the news, getting up to hug the boy. "I'm so sorry Joey I shouldn't have been asking." Joey cried into the woman's shirt thankful he could finally let it out. Ren rubbed his back trying to comfort him as she looked to her husband being careful to avoid the wound. "Shun he's an orphan we have to do something."
Shun sighed and shook his head knowing what his wife was thinking. "I agree Ren but with the little one on the way we can't adopt him. We don't have the money for that, or to raise four children. I'm sorry Ren but we can't."
"We could manage Shun we just wouldn't have that much extra spending money. Please honey we have to help. We are the ones that found him." Ren was pleading, she needed to help him.
"Alright Ren but I'll need to take up more hours at the office, Mr. Kaiba should be happy about that." He sighed rubbing the bridge of his nose.
Ren smiled happily hugging the boy tighter. "Oh would you like to come live with us Joey?"
Joey pulled away looking astounded at the couple. 'They just met me today and already they are offering their home to me?' He smiled up at the woman "I-"but the boy couldn't finish his sentence. Ren suddenly grimaced in pain as she clutched her large belly. The sound of dripping caused the man to panic.
"Ren your water broke! We have to get to the hospital and get the bags and get a room for you and –"He was cut off by Ren's voice.
"Baka we are already at the hospital!" She cried out in pain as the contractions started. "Get a damn doctor Shun!" She sat back in the plastic chair as her husband ran out into the hallway Seto walked over his mother, looking scared.
The last thing Joey heard before the door shut was Shun trying to form a coherent sentence to tell the nurse what was wrong. He looked over to Ren in concern when she cried out again. "Ren are you ok? What's going on?"
"Don't worry Joey it's just that the baby's on its way." She cringed in pain as Shun and a few nurses rushed into the room with a wheel chair.
"Ren they set up a room for you down the hall, let's go!" the nurses help the woman into the chair as Shun went to pick up Mokuba. "Joey I'll be back later, so get some rest while Ren is in labor." Shun said taking Seto's hand and fallowed the nurses.
After the door had closed Joey sat staring wondering just what was going to happen once the baby was here. Knowing that the doctors will take care of his future family he shrugged, snuggling back down into the blankets trying to fallow Shun's advice.
Domino Hospital 2:45 am Sunday
Joey awoke to the sound of his door opening, the nurses had switched sifts once again. She came in, checked his vitals, and left once she was done. The sound of sniffing caused Joey to turn over to look at the door, he saw Shun holding his son Mokuba, while Seto walked quietly behind him. Both the father and the eldest son looked like they had been crying, while the youngest was fast asleep. "Shun? What's wrong? Why are you and Seto crying?"
"I'm sorry Joey but you can't come live with us, please forgive me but I must be going." With his free hand Shun wiped the tears from his face.
"Wait Mr. Shun please tell me what happened." Joey sat up, the wound on his back making him gasp in pain as it reopened.
"Joey!" Shun set Mokuba down in one of the chairs while he ran and got a nurse. Seto sat silently in the other chair tears still rolling down his young face. Joey looked at him wondering if he should say something. "Hello my name's –"He jumped slightly as the other boy spoke.
"This is all your fault." Seto said in almost a whisper. "If mommy hadn't found you she wouldn't have been so worried about you." Seto walked closer suddenly his voice becoming louder. "That means the baby wouldn't have come early and mommy would still be here! This is all your fault I hate you!" Tears were falling harder as he screamed at the boy.
Joey didn't understand why this Seto boy was yelling at him, or what he was talking about. "What do you mean she would still be here? She's right down the hall where the nurses took her."
Seto cried in frustration pounding his fists on the blonde's bed. Shun opened the door only to run and grab his son to stop him from hurting the already injured boy. The nurse that had been fallowing gave Seto a disapproving look before tending to the boy's wounds.
Still in shock at what just happened Joey looked up to the man. "Mr. Shun what happened? Why is Seto so upset? Did I do something wrong? Is that why you don't want me to live with you anymore?" Tears started to fill the brown eyes at the thought of the family not wanting him.
"Joey, it's not that I don't want you it's just… I can't care for three children by myself. Did Seto hurt you?" At Joey's head shake continued looking to his son who had cried himself to sleep. "Seto and I are crying because…Ren passed away while giving birth." He said quietly tears falling once again.
Joey just stared not able to understand what the man had said. '"…and mommy would still be here!" Is that what he meant?' "But how she was just here?"
"There was a problem, she was losing too much blood, Kisara didn't make it either. That was going to be Seto and Mokuba's younger sister. It's a pretty name isn't it?" He asked smiling sadly the tears falling faster now. "We have to go now Joey, I hope you get better soon." Shun picked up each of his sons and left the room, leaving the young boy alone once again.
Joey sobbed quietly. The loss of his real family, his would be family, the guilt of Ren and Kisara's death and the thought of being alone and unwanted laid heavily on his mind. He cried alone in the hospital room for what seemed like hours, before sleep finally took him.
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AN: Well there you go chapter 2! It was kind of depressing to write but the story should pick up soon and not be so sad. Btw there will be a HUGE time lapse but, what happened in between will explained in the story