Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Crazy Little Thing Called Love ❯ Trial ( Chapter 7 )

Hey people, sorry it took me so long to update, just, I got sick, then I couldn't think of a good trial scene, so I had

to write a new one! Thanks to reviewers! I used the American/Canadian justice system, not the Japanese, I couldn't

figure it out! So, yeah, as you know, I don't own, again, if you have any ideas, please let me know and I'll

see what I can do! This chapter is dedicated to insight-to-insanity, who gave me the inspirations to write this story,

so, applause to her! *Claps and whistles* Way to go, if you haven't read her works, go, read them, we're currently

hoping to make a round robin fic, but, we're not sure, so, yeah, on with the story!

See you at the bottom!

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~Chapter 7~

Jou pulled on a pair of wide legged almost genie like black pants and a simple white long sleeved Chinese

silk shirt and then did up his boots. He slid his sun glassess in his pocket for later, to hide the still blackness

around his left eye and then made his way to the lower level, he walked into the dining hall and Seto was on the

phone, angered by the person on the other end. "No, if I catch one camera or reporter I'll sue you for all you have!

Do you understand me Mr Hikasaka?!" He shot a smile at Jou and the blonde sat in a chair and Seto smirked, his 'all

business, I am a machine and have no heart' smirk, one Jou rarely saw anymore but still feared slightly, simply

because of the sheer power behind it. Seto closed his cell and stood, "morning pup, nervous?" Jou nodded,

"a little, okay, a lot, but I can do this, I need to, fearless, like a Samurai, that's me." Seto pecked his lips teasingly,

"and completely harmless and defenseless around you." Seto pulled a chair closer,

"we have two hours, before we need to go, what would you like to eat?" Jou shrugged,

"not that hungry, surprise me." Seto stood and walked into the kitchen then returned a moment later with two

coffees and a tea, he set them down and Mokuba walked into the dining room, dressed in jeans and a green

t-shirt, he plopped down and took the tea and sipped it, smiling at Jou slightly, then he focused on his drink.

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Jou sat on the bench in the smoking section of the courthouse outside, fiddling with a lighter, opening it,

then flicking it shut, over and over again, watching as Marik and Bakura paced back and forth, taking vicious

drags from their respective cigarettes. Bakura exhaled and leaned against a pillar, he faced Jou, "aren't you pissed?"

Jou shrugged,

"a little, more nervous, why you so jumpy?" Bakura puffed,

"simple, because, the fact that a father could do that to his own son! Hell, I might be evil, but, by Ra, that's just...

imtolerable, right Ri?" The Egyptian nodded and then tossed the butt down and crushed it with the toe of his

boot, Bakura sighed, "I mean, if Ryou's father did that to him, I'd, I'd, I'd do something so horrible words can't

discribe it, that's what!" Seto walked over, he faced Jou,

"we're headed in, come on." Jou stood on his good leg, then leaned against Seto, he slipped the crutches into

place and then nodded,

"I'm cool." Seto helped him walk and Bakura caught up, jogging slightly,

"hey, Priest, don't you wanna do something!?" Marik nodded,

"I'll lend you the Sennen Rod, come on, it'll be fun!" Yami intersected, as the reached the doors,

"as helpful as you two are trying to be, I believe we should let Ma'at decide." Honda frowned,

"huh?" Jou rolled his eyes,

"Ma'at, Anceint Egyptian goddess of Justice and War, geez, she was also the last of the 42 gods and goddess

you encountered when you died." Yami blinked, looking shocked,

"yes Jou, very good." Jou scoffed,

"I may look it Yami, but I'm not stupid, what?" He glanced at Seto, who simply smiled and said nothing, the door

opened and a bailiff walked out,

"alright, we're ready, please come in."

Jou sat at the Defendant table, head resting on his arms, staring at the front of the room where his father's

lawyer was pacing, "your honour, Mr Jonounchi has done nothing wrong, he had no knowledge of the brutal attack

on his son, he only wishes the best for his son. He denies all attacks on his son, he says his son is accident prone

and all of the injuries his son claims to have gotten from abuse are from self inflicted reasons, the only admitted time

of attack was from self-defense once was when the boy was twelve and he was attacked by him." Jou sat back,

glad his lawyer had already opened his claims, he paused in his pacing, "that is all your honour." He sat down and

Jou faced the judge and straightened, his lawyer, Kasawi Kai, stood,

"your honour, I'd like to call a witness to the stand, Wheeler Dia." Dia stood and made her way up to the witness

stand, took the oath and sat down, Kai-san paced and faced Dia, "Mrs. Wheeler, could you please tell the court

what happened the day of December 22?" Dia nodded,

"well, my nephew, Katsuya, he had plans to go out with his boyfriend Seto Kaiba, so, I woke him, around one in the

afternoon, he likes to sleep in, he recieved a call from Seto, took a shower, we ate breakfast, then he packed, hung

around, then left around ten to five to walk to the house. At about twenty after five, I recieved a frantic phone call,

telling me my nephew had been attacked by men that were in his father's gang, I called the police, infromed them

of what happened, then headed to the Kaiba home. After that Jou recieved treatment for his injuries, then fell

asleep, I was informed of his father's arrest, picked up some clothes and crutches, dropped them off and went

home." Kai nodded,

"were you aware of the abuse Katsuya recieved, if so, why didn't you call the police?"

"I was aware, but I had been told that if I called the authorities I'd been 'taken care of' and I was abused as well,

verbally and occasionally physically." A nod,

"I see, and the fact that your nephew is a homosexual doesn't disturb you?"

"Not at all, I don't care."

Kai nodded then faced Henta Pelia, "your witness." He sat down and Pelia stood,

"Mrs. Wheleer, you say that you were abused as well, why did you not inform the athourities of your abuse?"

"As I said before, I was threatened." A nod,

"no futher questions." The judge nodded,

"you may step down." She then faced Pelia, "any witness?" He nodded,

"yes your honour, I'd like to call Motou Yugi to the stand." Yugi stood slowly then made his way towards the

front, tossing a small smile towards Jou, he took the oath and sat down, then frowned, a small murmur of laughter

ran through the room as the bailiff brought over a few books for Yugi to sit on, he muttered something then sat

on the elevated chair, Pelia faced Yugi, "do you mind if I call you Yugi?"

"Go ahead." He nodded,

"very good, Yugi, were you aware of the abuse Mr. Jonounchi sopposedly recieved?" Yugi empatically shook

his head,

"nope, I was under the impression Jou had a pretty normal home life, I mean, every so often he'd come to school

with bruises or something, when we'd ask he'd say he got into a street fight or fell down, but, I always suspected

something, but never confronted Jou incase I was wrong."

"So, you have no real evidence that Jounounchi was abused?" Yigi frowned,

"well, not exactly, but from what I've been told and from what I've pieced together, it makes sense, he'd always

stay behind late and whenever he'd stay too late he'd freak out and rush off, most of the time, he'd never invite

anyone over, but since his aunt moved in, we've had a few visits, but we were always gone before his dad got

home, but I know personally, Jou'd never lie."

"I see, now, how long have you known Mr. Jounounchi?"

Yugi smiled slightly, "well, we've gone to school together since, like grade two, but, we never really

talked or hung out until grade seven, I suppose we've known each other for about ten years, but, we've been

friends for about four or five."

"What was your relationship before you became friends?"

"Nothing really, classmates, we occasionally talked or said hello in passing, aquantices I suppose?" A pause, he

tapped his forefinger against his lip,

"hmm, how'd you become friends?" Yugi beamed,

"Jou got rid of some bullies who were making fun of me, they were going to beat me up, but he got rid of 'em, we've

been friends, best friends, ever since."

"Interesting, now, Yugi, I'm guessing you've had Jou over at your house before, how'd your parents react?" Yugi's

wide eyes fell downwards and his voice came out softly and he seemed very tiny,

"my parents died when I was two, I live with my grandfather, but he didn't mind at all."

"I see, are you an only child?" Kai stood,

"objection, relevance!" The judge nodded,

"sustaned, he may answer." Yugi nodded,

"yep I'm the one and only, just me and Grampa." Pelia turned slowly,

"your honour, can I ask for a Yami Mati to stand?" After a nod Yami stood and again the crowd murmured, "what of

him Yugi?" Yugi frowned, trying to come up with a logical sounding reason, he shrugged,

"I can't explain it, true Yami and I look very much alike and he does live with me, but the answer to that is simple,

we're soul mates, no other way to put it, we're not related, we're just...kindred spirits." Yami sat down slowly and

Pelia faced Yugi,

"so, you're gay?"

Yugi gave a timid smile, "yeah, I am, a few of Jou's friends are, we're like a support group." Pelia nodded,

"no further questions, your witness." Kai stood,

"no questions." Yugi slid down and walked back to his seat, the judge sighed,

"any other witnesses?" Kai reviewed his notes,

"yes, Katsuya, please take the stand." Jou struggled for a moment, then made his way to the stand, took the oath

and then sat down, Kai stood, "Mr Katsuya, could you please tell the court what you've endured?" Jou nodded,

"sure, uh, well, after my parents got divorced, my dad changed, he was harsh and bitter towards me, he blamed

me for everything that went wrong in his life. I was the reason he and my mom split up, I was the reason his job

sucked, all sorts of things, he drank a lot, then it got worse, he beat me constantly, using whatever he could, his

fists, or, if he was too wasted, he threw stuff at me. From the age of seven until ten, I was completely convinced

that I was worthless, he had taken away every last ounce of self-esteem I had. He had me doing everything, I did

the dishes, made the meals, cleaned the house, plus I did my homework, went to school, made sure everything was

taken care of, when I was eleven I got a job to make sure all the bills were paid, I had a curfew, on weeknights it

was seven thirty, on weekends it was eight thirty." He paused and took in a shaky breath, "from the age of eleven

until fifteen my schedule was basically like this: get up at 6:45, take a shower, get dressed, make breakfast, at

7:15 on the nose bring my dad his coffee and the morning paper, then at 7:30 have his breakfast ready, eat, at

7:50, leave and have fifteen minutes to get to school on time. At school, try and stay awake during classes, do the

work, at lunch meet with the principal or a teacher, check on my grades, make deadlines, 3:10 get out of school and

head to work, 3:20, get to job, do work, leave at 6:15 and get home, arrive home at 7:00, then make dinner, have

dinner ready for 7:30, for when he got home, do dishes and any extra chores, check mail, get yelled at, go to room,

around 9:00 start on homework, go to bed at 10:30, then repeat for every single day of the week, weekends it was

different."

Kai nodded, "can you discribe your weekends?" Jou took a sip of water,

"okay, Saturdays, wake up at 7:00, shower, dress, have breakfast and coffee ready for 7:30 for when my dad ate

breakfast, he left for work at 8:15. After doing the dishes I had to clean the kitchen, then I did the laundry,

straightened up the living room, made the beds, take out the garbage, gather money saved from work and then

take out bike and go to the store. Get groceries, head home, put laundry in the dryer, put food away, make lunch,

check for messages, do any homework, check if I have any work to do, if so, do work, talk to friend over 18, give

him money for beers and booze, then get cigarettes. Put that away and have dinner ready for 6:30, unless otherwise

told for when dad got home, eat, watch him get smashed, then get beaten, watch him pass out, if injured take care

of wounds, if bad some how make it to the hosptial and make up some excuse and get treated. Get home and clean

up the mess, and then go to bed. Sundays, wake up at 6:30, make breakfast and coffee, get paper and pain killers,

wake my dad up, he leaves, clean up, watch TV, head out to a friend's or the arcade, get back, make dinner, listen

to my dad bitch about life, get yelled at or beaten or both, then head to my room, read or draw or do something,

then go to bed." Jou took another sip of water, "plus, there were so many rules, I couldn't have any friends over,

if I got any phone calls after curfew beatings, if I was late, beatings, if he got called to my school, I'd better run,

same went for police. If things were out of order or if anything went wrong, I'd better have a very good excuse, of

course, he'd never hear it, he was too busy beating me." Kai nodded,

"I see, that's...harsh, did he ever abuse you sexually?"

"Never, said he would never sink that low, plus he said I wasn't worth it, plus he hated gays, I should know, he'd

always ramble on about how they messed everything up. I grew up thinking that if you were gay, you were the

reason the world sucked, then I realized the truth, about gays, my father and myself."

Kai nodded and then walked over to a table and picked up an item, it looked like a spiked belt, but the

spikes seemed severely sharpened and were barbed, "Jou, what's this?" Jou turned his head away from Kai,

"that's what my dad called the back up, if I lied, it was what he used on me until I told the truth, or a sufficent

enough lie that he believed was the truth." Kai placed the item back on the table,

"he's used it on you?" Jou nodded, "would you mind showing the scars?" Jou stood slowly then untucked his

shirt and then lifted his shirt and turned to the side, a large, angry, reddish-purply scar ran from the beginning of his

navel upwards and left, running from there to the bottom of his left shoulder blade, he turned his back completely

and there was another small gash on the small of his back. Jou tucked his shirt in and sat back down, Kai folded

his arms behind his back, "when did you recieve those?" Jou paused, thinking hard,

"I was...twelve and I had come home with my report card." He gave a small smirk and a disbelieving scoff and a

shake of his head, "I thought that he might've cared, I was so naive, I showed it to him, proud of my grades,

a B in science, B- in Language, A- in gym and a C in English and Literate Art, see, I have Dislexia, so, I have trouble

with reading and spelling and math. So, I showed it to him and well, he flipped at the fact I didn't have straight A's."

Kai faced Pelia, "your witness." Pelia stood, glee evident in his eyes, he knitted his fingers together,

"Mr. Jonounchi, may I ask, if it isn't to irrelevant, how'd you discover you were gay?" Jou raised a brow,

"I don't see what this has to do with the trial, but, if you must know, I was at a friend's birthday party, Truth or Dare

and I was dared to kiss a guy, s'how I found out." Pelia nodded,

"that is all." Jou sat in his chair after a few moments and Kia stood,

"your honour, may I approach the bench?" After a long pause, Kai walked up to the bench and Jou rolled his

shoulders then yawned and took a sip of water, wanting nothing more than to get out of the room and find

something to eat and get some time to relax and unwind. He rested his head on his arms and waited until Kai

returned from the bench to reveal his amazing new plan.

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Jou was half asleep, his head was sagging and he was having a hard time keeping his eyes open, they'd

been there for over five hours. And after two more long debates, one very breif recess to grab something to eat,

three more witnesses, including Seto, one meeting in the chambers and one long disscussion, they were finally on

the closing discussions. Pelia was taking forever, rambling on and on about how Jou's father was just in the wrong

place at the wrong time and how past mistakes were coming back to be used as false evidence, even though it was

so obvious that he was guilty, he was almost done, Jou hoped, when he finally tuned him back in. "So, ladies and

gentlemen, Mr. Jonounchi is clearly innocent, his son is very accident and does not deny going to the hosptial

and claming that he had fallen down a set of stairs or a thug had beaten him up, so, it is clear that the boy suffers

from dulsions and is not in any harm with being in his father's very loving care." He sat down and Kai stood,

"ladies and gentlemen, and your honour, as you have clearly seen and heard with your very own eyes and ears,

Jounounchi Katsuya is in mortal danger when around his father, I see no reason to drag this on any longer, the

evidence has spoken for itself as has Mr Jonounchi. My client is clearly fatigued and in great distress discussing

these matters, so, I ask you, would you, do you, believe this man here, or this poor boy who has done nothing

wrong and felt this man's wrath, please, I beg you, make the right decision." He sat down and the judge stood,

gathering her papers and removing her glases and allowing her glasses to hang about her neck, she cleared her

throat and ran a hand through her vibrant red hair and sighed,

"I will be back in a few moments to reveal my ruling."

Jou stood, leaning on his crutches, then sat down, the judge folded her arms together, then faced the

court, "today I have witnessed many distgusting and horrific events, especially in the life of such a young and

innocent boy. After much deliberation I have finally come to my decision. The elder Mr Jonounchi is to be

incarserated for a period not to exceed 300 years, he must serve a total of at least 30 years before elegibility of

parole. I find these for many reasons, most of them being under circumstances we have witnessed, hate crimes,

child abuse, child labour, neglection, creating an unstable enviroment unfit for living, in association with a gang,

possession of illegal drugs such as Cocaine and Narcotics, sale of said drugs and use of said drugs. Abuse of

a minor and a hate crime with knowledge of action, he is also under conviction of theft, arson, attempted murder,

manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, disregard of paroles, unpaid fines and not showing up for court dates."

She shook her head, chasting him, "you sir, are a perfect example of an unfit parent and mence to society, you

should be lucky I don't charge you with more, as for young Katsuya, he is to stay with his aunt, and they are to

be left everything, money, the house and are to be paid a fee of 1 000 000 Yen. He, his sister, his mother, his

friends, family, lover and anyone he might come into association with are to be given a restraining order of

1 000 yards, that is not to be crossed. He is allowed to see his mother and sister twice a month, more often if it is

desired, any medical bills and toution will be paid via Jounounchi Sr. That will be all, would you three fine

gentlemen please escort Mr. Jonounchi to his new place of residence?" She smashed the gavel down and Jou let

out a satisfied and relieved sigh as the court room burst into applause and cheers, he shut his eyes with a smile and

let out a joyous chuckle, then stood and was embraced by a swarm of friends. He stood without the aid of his

crutches and with a deep breath slowly limped towards the place his father was being cuffed, Anne, the judge

walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder, he smiled and then walked the last few feet, everyone piled behind

him and he faced his father.

The dirty blonde haired man struggled in the grasp of the three officals and glared at his son, "you little

brat, you'll pay for this!" Jou gave a genuine smile, his first in two days, and tilted his head,

"how dad, actually, I will, I'm getting paid a million Yen, thanks by the way, it'll help with school, I ever tell you

thanks?" The older man paused,

"for what?"

"Well, all that abuse really made me hate you, so, I won't miss you at all, oh and dad, just so you know, this is

for all the times I never fought back." Jou had fisted his hand and then in one swift movement had cracked his

father in the face, the man let out a cry of pain and red coursed down his face, Jou grinned, "oh yeah, you also

tought me where to aim for, slightly to the side and up, then smash the nose, if done right, it'll break, and again, if

done right, will cause the victim severe pain, until reconstructive surgery is done, oh and dad, that shit's really

expensive, where you're going, it don't look good, and take from a person who knows, it hurts like a bitch and a

half, hope you have a high pain tolerence. Now, if you kind officers would be ever so sweet get him out of my sight,

now." Seto wrapped his arms around Jou and the blonde spun around and gave his cocky grin, "I really hurt my

hand." The brunette smirked,

"wanna give him something to truly remember you by?" Before Jou could respond he was captured in a deep,

loving, passionate and lingering kiss, which had been timed perfectly, because at exactly the right moment his

father turned around and let out a cry of anguish.

Jou pulled back and smiled, "been waiting five hours for that." Jou was glomped by Gerorge and he

chuckled as he staggered back, "hey babe, you missed a very uneventful day." She squealed hopping up and

down,

"I heard, oh, you're so lucky, I'm jeleous of you." Jou smirked,

"sure, no problem, you can have the injured leg and I can keep the rest." She laughed,

"smart ass." She paused, "oh, right!" She waved her hands and grabbed a blue haired woman's arm and tugged

her forwards, then smiled, "Katsuya, this is Monique, my koi, we just got engaged!" Jou grinned and took the

woman's offered hand

"nice to meet you, lucky, George is great, I hope you know that and if you hurt, I hurt you." The woman gave a

chuckle,

"I know that, nice to meet you as well."

Dia faced George, then glanced at Seto and smiled, "George, may I speak to you, over here?" They

walked off a distance and Jou frowned as he watched them, Dia spoke quietly, but with excitement, George

listened intently and once in a while a glance was shot at Jou or Seto, the green haired woman nodded. Then her

eyes shot wide and her mouth dropped and she let out a happy squeal and leapt in the air, then danced for a few

moments, then calmed and walked over, she faced Jou,

"lucky little smart ass, I need to go, we're having dinner, but call me later, okay?" Jou nodded,

"promise." The two women walked off, but George ran back over and grabbed Seto by the arm and yamked him

down and whispered in his ear, then smiled and gave him a quick hug and kiss, then ran off again, Jou faced Seto,

"okay, something strange is going on here and I wanna know." Dia smiled,

"I was just filling Dia in on what happened." Jou nodded,

"fair enough, but what was up with the thing that just happened?" Seto smiled,

"nothing, pup, just a personal thing, now, come on, let's get home, you're probably hungry." Jou nodded,

"am I ever!" They walked off and Yugi faced Dia,

"you weren't filling her in, were you?" Dia smiled,

"I was, just, not about the trial, you'll find out, what about later." Yugi frowned,

"okay, so, it's a good thing?" Dia grinned,

"a very good thing, hey Seto!" The brunette turned, she grinned, "remember what I told you, utter and complete

sap, will cry!" He smiled, then swept out of the room, Yugi frowned,

"okay, what's going on?" Dia faced the group, then sighed,

"as long as you promise not to tell, okay, this is what's happening...."

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Jou walked into the mansion, blindfolded, "okay, what is it, I wanna know." Seto smiled and kicked the

door shut, gently and carefully guided Jou into the living room, then through the room, slowly up the stairs,

then into a room. It was set up perfectly, lit with only candles, a small table had been set and the food had been

prepared, Jou sighed, "can I take it off now?" Seto smiled,

"first close your eyes, they closed?" Jou nodded and Seto undid the cloth, "okay, open them." Jou's mouth

dropped and he gasped,

"oh my god, what's this for?" Seto smiled,

"sort of an early Christmas present, plus, celebration and I love you." Jou whirled around and hugged him tightly,

"I love you, but, you're up to something, and I'm gonna figure it out!" Seto smiled,

"come on pup, let's eat."

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