Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Falling From Grace ❯ Chapter 14 ( Chapter 14 )

YUGIOH

Falling From Grace

 

 

 

Chapter 14.

'Joey......'

 

"Mmrr.....go away, it's the weekend", Joey mumbled, annoyed by the voice.

 

"I'm not going anywhere.....and neither are you."

 

"Wha-...??", Joey muttered, as he opened his eyes to see Kaiba practically ontop of him in his bed. "YAAHH!!!"

 

But Joey couldn't go anywhere, as Kaiba quickly pinned him by the wrists, holding him tight so he couldn't escape. "Where do you think you're going? It's time you faced facts, mutt.....you're mine!"

 

"No! Get away from me, ya jerk!", Joey cried out.

 

"You're never getting away from me! There's nothing you can do.....it's time you accepted who your master was!"

 

"Leave me alone!!", Joey cried out, as he leaped up.....and fell out of bed, hitting his head on the way down.

 

"Shut the fuck up you worthless brat, and get ready for school!!", his father yelled back.

 

Joey rubbed his sore head, and slowly crawled back up to cautiously peer into his bed. There was no Kaiba in sight. It was a dream.....just a dream.

 

'Bastard', Joey whispered, thinking of Kaiba. Thanks to him, he was still messed in the head. It wasn't even the weekend, either....it was still a school day.

 

.....Which meant he had to once again face Kaiba. 'Shit.'

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

Joey met up with Yugi that morning, as they both walked to school. It didn't take long for them to get there, as they went inside. As they entered Domino High, Yugi glanced at his best friend, who he observed was being unusually silent, today. Joey had all ready been acting strange this morning....even a little jumpy, which Yugi couldn't understand why. But despite how on-edge he seemed, Joey insisted he was fine.

 

"Hey, guys!", Tea suddenly called out, who had noticed them and headed over.

 

The noise caused Joey to immediately jump 10 feet in the air, and cry out in fear. Both looked at Joey weird, as he gave a weak chuckle, saying, "Oh.....hey, Tea. I, uh.....I knew it was you."

 

Yugi was still confused from Joey's behavior, but turned to Tea more happy to see her than worry about anything else, for the moment. Tea was back. "Tea, where have you been? You never showed up at the game shop, and....."

 

"I know I've been really busy lately, but that's going to change now. Okay?", Tea smiled.

 

"That's great!" Yugi beamed hearing that, missing Tea after disappearing as long as she had. "Oh, btw....you wouldn't believe who showed up at the Game Shop, yesterday. Kaiba and his brother stopped down to visit."

 

"What?", Tea asked, surprised by this news.

 

"Yeah, and do you believe we actually got him to play with us alittle bit, last night? I couldn't believe it, myself", Yugi said, looking so happy about that.

 

At that, Tea looked over at Joey, who began to blush and look very guilty about something. "Don't look at me! I never seen him!"

 

Now, both Yugi 'and' Tea were looking at him, strangely. "Joey....you were there. Remember?", Yugi asked.

 

"Huh? Oh, yeah! I mean....yeah, I saw him. At Yugi's! But, that's it....nowhere else!", Joey quickly added, still making even less sense than usual.

 

The strange looks didn't stop. "Hey, you know....we better get to class!", Joey suddenly blurted out, and rushed towards the classroom. They both gave up trying to understand Joey, and simply followed him to class.

 

As they all entered, Tea noticed Kaiba was there who looked up as soon as they came in. He didn't actually look at them.....his focus was entirely on Joey. As Joey's eyes connected with Kaiba's, Joey's face turned beat-red, then quickly looked for something else to focus on, noticed his desk, and darted right for it.

 

And Joey's odd reaction only seemed to please Kaiba, as of he offered a slight smirk and directed his attention back to his books.

 

Tea witnessed the whole exchange, and took a moment to consider what was going on. 'Strange.....Joey's been acting weird all morning, and it seems like it's because of Kaiba. And Kaiba.....he's acting different today towards Joey, too. But, what does this mean?'

 

I'm quite positive it's affecting him much more strongly than you know. It's only a matter of time before he approaches Joey, as Tristan had with his new `love'.

 

'That's gotta be it', Tea thought, remembering Marik's words. 'That's probably why he showed up at Yugi's, yesterday. Kaiba must have finally made a move', she realized, then noticed Kaiba made another glance at Joey, then back at his open book, looking rather pleased with himself. Tea blinked at that, seeming only more confused.

 

And once your friend rejects him......one way or another, I guarantee Seto Kaiba will be suffering the same.

 

'Wait a minute.....he's supposed to be miserable. So, why does Kaiba look so.....happy??', Tea wondered, getting angrier now. She looked back over at Joey, who was still blushing and trying his hardest not to be noticed by anyone. Yet, his actions only seemed to be attracting attention. 'No, that would mean......he wasn't rejected? But....but.....'

 

Tea now glared angrily at Joey, thinking, 'But, that's not fair! Kaiba's supposed to be miserable! Why is it that he always seems to come out of everything fine, and I'm the one getting the worst of it all?? That's totally not fair!!'

 

"Hey, guys!", a voice blurted out, snapping Tea out of her fit. Yugi and Joey also looked over to see a very normal-looking Tristan enter the classroom, smiles and all.

 

"Tristan!", Yugi said happily, noticing he was no longer wallowing in tears.

 

Joey quickly asked, "Hey man, you okay?"

 

"Uh......yeah", Tristan said sheepishly, taking his seat. He looked pretty embarrased himself, as he said, "Listen, I'm really sorry about the way I've been acting, lately. I really don't know what's come over me. Imagine me crying over that weird old Janitor. I dunno, I guess it was just temporary insanity or something....."

 

"So then, you're okay?", Joey asked, as Tristan nodded.

 

"That's great!", Yugi said, relieved. "We've been really worried about you, Tristan." Yugi was so happy. Now everything had returned to normal, once again. His friends were back, and everything was going to be okay.

 

Tristan pouted miserably, saying, "Yeah, so have I. I can't believe I acted like that. Damn, now Serenity will never want to go out with me, after the way I behaved...."

 

"Hey, don't be talking about my sister like that! Maybe something good 'did' come out of this....", Joey said, teasing Tristan.

 

Tea watched in the background as Joey taunted Tristan, Tristan threatened to strangle Joey, and Yugi laughed happily over his friend's antics....it was as if she was watching an old movie. 'Then, Tristan's okay again. But if that's the case, then that means......'

 

"All right, class.....take your seats", the teacher said, coming into the classroom. "I have some bad news today, that I thought you should all know. Last night, one of the oldest members of our school staff died. Our janitor, Mr. Gumcruff, had passed-away from a heart attack."

 

A few of the school kids gasped from the news, especially Yugi and his friends. Joey whispered to Tristan, "Good thing you're over him, dude...."

 

"Yeah.....tell me about it", Tristan whispered back.

 

Yami listened, suspicious about the whole thing. There was something strangely familiar about this person's death and Tristan acting normal again. If Yami could only remember.....

 

Tea's breath hitched, thinking, 'The teacher said a heart-attack. Maybe it was just natural causes. Yeah, maybe the thing didn't reach him in time and he was already dead. Then I wouldn't have anything to do with it.' Atleast that's what Tea was hoping for.

 

To make the day more torturous for Tea and make her feel even more guilty, the whole school had to make some kind of decorative cards on behalf of the dead janitor, so they could send them all to his wife, kids, and even grand kids.

 

'Wife and kids......he still had a happy family. He even had grandchildren. Oh, god.....it couldn't have been from me! Maybe that whole thing was just a bad dream. Yeah, that's it.....he died from natural causes, the teacher said so. I didn't really do that Shadow thing, at all.....Tristan's all ready okay on his own. My hands are clean, I had nothing to do with it.....', Tea continued to try and convince herself.

 

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Narr: So, what do you guys think? Tea's hands are perfectly clean....aren't they? (cough, cough...not!) I realized this chapter was actually alittle short, so I kinda added the dream sequence as an after-thought. But I think it helped to show a little bit more on how Joey's taking this whole thing, so far.....and I think it fits in just nicely.

 

Next chapter: Kaiba's not through with Joey, yet. But personalities begin to conflict, when Tea enters the scene. Don't miss it!