Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monster GX Fan Fiction ❯ Fate Plays A Part ❯ Chapter 7

Fate Plays A Part

Chapter Seven

By KellyQ

They came to what looked like an apartment complex. The three units were painted off white. The first floor had business in the front, while the back of the building lead to the actual apartments up the stairs.

"You live here ..." Jaden breathed.

They stopped to the last unit. Syrus nodded his head, and pulled out his key to unlock the door. Once inside, the two could hear a beeping sound. Syrus jumped a little, and ran up the stairs to the second level. Jaden followed a few seconds latter, and looked around.

Syrus let out a sigh of relief. "I thought the alarm system was going to go off."

"This place is sweet! When can I move in?" Jaden teased.

"Syrus ..." came a voice, that happened to be Zane.

The blue haired boy froze. Jaden turned to see a tall young man standing there. He had dark midnight hair, thick eye-brows, and his dark eye's held power.

Syrus laughed nervously. "I'm ... home."

Chazz looked around. The place they were at was huge, and it had a lot of people. He couldn't help but stare at the girls. Some of them were just as hot as Alexis ....

Bastion got to his feet and walked to the closet. Chazz couldn't help but look at some of the nice things he had. He got to his feet and walked up, to look at a white coat. The brown haired boy watched Chazz for a moment.

"You can have it ..." Bastion spoke up, snapping Chazz out of his thought.

The dark haired boy rose a brow. It looked nice, but he would be caught dead wearing it.

"Go on," Banner insisted. "Wear it. You do look in need of some new stuff ..."

Chazz nodded his head. He took off his coat, to notice that Bastion was holding out the white coat ....

After trying on the coat, it turned out it did fit, but Banner felt that Chazz could use a few more things. So going to the mall was in order.

Yugi mewed in frustration and sniffed the air. He felt around for objects in the room. Yugi wasn't looking for anything, but Yami wanted him to paint a mental picture of where things were in the room.

It was a lot harder than it sounded.

Yami chuckled and carefully stepped next to the blind cat-boy. Yugi knew that it was him, and Cat-Nip was brought to his nose. Yami chuckled again at Yugi's expression. He looked happy, but the expression changed to a slight frown. Yugi patted his chest twice, and waited for a response. He got one when Yami took his hand and put it to his cheek, verifying that it was okay, when he nodded his head.

Just at that exact moment, there was a knock at the door. "Come in," Yami called out. He smiled when the door opened and a tall young man walked in. He had blue eyes, tan skin, and blonde hair. He went by the name of Joe Wheeler.

Zane narrowed his eyes at the two. "Go get changed - you smell like a cat ..."

Jaden glared at the older boy. No wonder why Syrus doesn't have good self-esteem ... "Is that any way to treat him?"

"Maybe. But if you leave now, you won't get soaked from the rain ...."

Jaden's expression hardened. "No. Not until we have a friendly chat..."

Zane closed his eyes and smirked. "So. I'm now the big bad brother in the eyes of a feline, hmm?"

The brown haired boy hissed. His ears went back, and his tail twitched slightly. "That's besides - wait .... how did you know -"

Zane stayed quiet until he heard the door close to the second floor. He opened his eyes. He looked at Jaden with relief in his eyes. "I'm glad that you brought him home safely."

The brown haired cat-boy blinked a few times. Okay. This is really weird. Why would Zane be all mean the first, and be all kind the next?

"Uh ... sure ... but why would you be so mean when you actually care?" Jaden questioned.

Zane sighed. "Syrus needs to learn how to take care of himself ..."

"I know. But you don't have to be so straight forward about it. Have a little compassion ..."

The dark haired boy narrowed his eyes. "Anything else before I call the pound?"

The glare didn't phase Jaden. "Yea. I want to say good-bye to Syrus."

Syrus didn't move from where he was lying on the bed, as the door opened. Jaden walked in all fours to the right side of the bed, and laid on the floor in Syrus' line of view. Jaden fixed his eyes on Syrus, and wagged his tail.

After a moment, Jaden sighed. He got up and sat Indian style on the floor. "Syrus, your brother wasn't mad. He was worried about you."

"Are you sure? I mean .... he looked really mad at me."

"That may be the case," Jaden reassured his friend. "But he was worried about you - and grateful that you're safe," the brown haired boy winked at Syrus when he said the last statement.

Syrus couldn't help but smile, and Jaden smiled back.

"Well," Jaden said, breaking the comfortable silence. "I better get going before it starts to rain again."

Syrus sat up. "Do you have to go?"

The brown haired cat-boy nodded his head. He got up and walked out, with Syrus trailing close behind.

Yami smiled when the door opened and a tall young man walked in. He had blue eyes, tan skin, and blonde hair. He went by the name of Joe Wheeler.

"Hi dere," Joe greeted cheerfully.

Yugi sniffed the air and his face lit up. He turned and sniffed his way toward Joe. The blonde boy bent down and pulled Yugi into a friendly hug.

"What are you doing here, Joe? You're normally with Seto."

By now the three were sitting on the couch. Yugi was sitting on Joe's lap munching on the cat-nip, while Yami sat across from them.

"Dat's the reason why I'm here. He's been gettin' e-mails with pictures of dead cats ...."

"Is there anything I should be aware of?" Yami finally asked, wondering why anyone would go after his friend.

Well .... that was an understatement ... but Yami was not going to let anything happen to his Yugi, nor his friends.

To Be Continued ...