Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Falling From Grace ❯ Chapter 21 ( Chapter 21 )

YUGIOH

Falling From Grace

 

 

 

Warning: yaoi, M/M, lemon/lime, highly suggestive, any sex scene will not have any details mentioned, extra long chapter, and a 'lot' of Kaiba and Joey involved.

 

Chapter 21.

The fire deptartment showed up and began to put out the fire. There were some on-lookers watching the sight now......rubber neckers with nothing better to do but nose-in on what was going on around them. An ambulence had shown up too, as well as a reporter who claimed it was a random act of a gang battle that went on here.

 

But one person in the crowd knew the truth on what happened, and she was in the crowd of spectators looking very pissed-off. 'After all I did, that bastard still escaped without a scratch? I guess I should have known those jerks wouldn't get the job done right.'

 

Tea began to walk away, stewing that her plan failed.....and after throwing herself on a gang of men to have Joey killed. But her anger left her, quickly turning to admiration. She gave a slight smile, thinking, 'I should I have known you would protect him, Kaiba', then sighed. 'I shouldn't have expected anything less from someone so perfect. But soon......I'll make sure that I'm the one you choose to protect like that, after Joey's dead.'

 

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

 

Yugi was first dropped off to his house. Then the limo drove to Tristan's, dropping him off. Before he walked away, Tristan said, "You know, Joey's not far from here. He can probably walk back."

 

"Tristan's got a point. I can make it from here", Joey said.

 

He was about to get out, but the man stopped him, saying, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wheeler.....but I was instructed to bring you all straight to your homes, to ensure your safety. Please sir, allow me to do my job."

 

Joey shrugged, and sat back, saying, "Don't worry about it, Tristan......I'll call ya later."

 

"Okay......I'll see ya, Joey." Tristan then walked to his house, as the limo drove on. But soon the vehicle continued to drive passed Joey's neighborhood, as well.

 

Joey looked over, saying, "Uh......you passed my place."

 

"My apologies, sir. But, Mr. Kaiba wished to see you, personally", he told him.

 

Joey swallowed, as he instinctly curled his arms around himself, not wanting to think about what Kaiba would want to see him about. But despite his efforts to keep his brain as blank as usual, his mind was still betraying him, thinking of all sorts of interesting things Kaiba might want to see him for.....while trying not to think about how he might like it.

 

A few minutes ago, he was insisting he had to push Kaiba away. But he really didn't expect to have the opportunity to do so that quickly. And now, the mindset of him breaking away from Kaiba had all ready begun to turn to putty, fearful of facing him so soon. 'I gotta keep strong', he thought. 'I can do this. This'll be the perfect time to finally tell him to stay away.'

 

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

 

The limo ride had the to be the most torturous thing Joey ever had to endure. It felt like this trip was going to take forever to reach Kaiba's mansion. And it was so quiet in the car with only him and the one security guy next to him. In a situation like this, all he could do was to think about everything that's been happening to him, lately.

 

Joey was emotionally messed up enough, after Kaiba approached him that day in the alley. He had no idea why Kaiba was coming on to him. Was he just trying to mess with his head? Did Kaiba go insane?

 

'Maybe I'm the one going insane', he thought.

 

Then, that day Kaiba dragged him into the bathroom had to the be the worst.....best day of his life. Kaiba did things to him that he knew no guy was supposed to do with another. And if Joey was the person he thought he was......if he was in his normal sane frame of mind, he should have punched Kaiba for even thinking about doing that to him. But why didn't he? Instead, the pleasure left him writhing and begging for more.

 

(Flashback)

 

Joey was just sitting there sprawled-out on the floor afterwards, feeling the weird tired buzz of ecstacy going through him. At the same time, he was trying desperately to purge his mind of all the things he had said to Kaiba, while Kaiba was pleasuring him the way he did. If this was a girl he was with, right now he'd be dancing around cloud 9. But the fact of knowing he just did something absolutely wrong with a guy.......with Kaiba. It frightened him.

 

And Kaiba was still on him, kissing him in places that he really shouldn't be kissing. Hell, Kaiba shouldn't be kissing him at all.

 

At that instant, the school bell rang.

 

"Shit!", Joey panicked, as he grabbed for his pants still on him, and began to button them up quick.

 

Kaiba's face slipped up to his ear at that moment, whispering, "After school.....we're going to my house." It was not a request. Kaiba left no room for Joey to argue with him.

 

Joey's eyes widened, feeling even more frightened.....if that was possible. "Wh-why??"

 

"Stupid question", Kaiba smirked, moving his head back to give Joey alittle breathing space. The poor panicked pup looked like he was about to hyperventillate any minute. Especially the instant he heard someone outside the bathroom door, trying to get in. "Relax", Kaiba said. "I locked the door. No one's coming in here."

 

Again, Kaiba moved close to Joey's ear, licking it teasingly. "If you think this was fun.....wait until we're at my house. I'll show you things that makes this little episode seem like nothing."

 

Joey swallowed hard, nearly choking on the lump of air trailing down his throat. He had to get away from here. He couldn't let Kaiba take him there! After what Kaiba did to him all ready, he didn't want to think about what he planned on doing to him at his house....

 

Kaiba pulled back again, eyes narrowing now, looking like a wolf inspecting his prey. "When the final school bell rings, you're going to wait for me at the front entrance. From there, I'll drive you over. Understand?"

 

"B-but......I gotta see my friends today", Joey squeaked.

 

"Fuck your friends!", Kaiba snapped.

 

Joey looked away and blushed. "No thanks."

 

That made Kaiba smirk, and gently swiped his hand through Joey's hair......ignoring another pounding on the bathroom door, though the noise only made Joey more jumpy. "You see your friends enough times a day. I'm sure they'll live without having you around one night. Just tell them you can't make it.....it's not that difficult."

 

Kaiba finally stood, giving Joey his space. "I'll see you after school. Don't forget."

 

Kaiba backed away, adjusting his clothes and making sure Joey didn't look indecent. He then unlocked the door and left the bathroom.

 

Joey was worried that the crowds of kids in the hall would suspect what was going on. But when he left the bathroom, he was only teased by them, as one of them said to him, "Hey, Joey......Kaiba kick your ass, again?"

 

It relieved Joey that it was all they suspected. And he couldn't let himself meet Kaiba after school. He could only imagine Kaiba dragging him into some dark room to lock him in, holding him hostage forever and never letting him see the light of day.....or his friends. They were crazy thoughts, but then Joey wasn't the most sanest thinker when he felt cornered. Plus, Joey's mind was messed up enough from today's events. Every time Kaiba came back to his head, the conflicting emotions made him want to panick all over again.

 

So, when the final bell rang to leave school, Joey's only thoughts were to run away. And that's exactly what Joey tried to do.....duck out of his classroom and run to his friends for protection. But, it was never that easy to escape Kaiba.

 

Sure enough.....just when he was out of school, home free, and within sight of his friends, a firm hand grabbed hold of his arm, stopping him in his tracks.

 

"Where do you think you're going?", Kaiba snapped.

 

Joey turned in panick, knowing he was caught. But he was so close. If he was with them, he was sure he would be okay. And the weird butterflies in his stomach when Kaiba touched him made him want to hesitate and follow him, anyway. But, he was a guy, dammit! And guys don't do weird things like that! But he couldn't make himself say no to Kaiba. Yet, Kaiba was so terrifying.....Joey didn't even have time to think about what happened.

 

Kaiba smirked. "Did the pup forget to wait for his master? Not surprising. Next time, I'll make certain to slap a note to your head, so you don't forget these things. Now, let's go."

 

"But, I need to see my friends!", Joey blurted.

 

"You didn't tell them yet?", Kaiba asked. Looking annoyed, Kaiba turned and was prepared to drag Joey all the way to the limo with him, if he had to. "Too bad.....you had plenty of time. You can call them on the phone, when we get there."

 

Joey could feel himself about to hyperventillate, once again. Why did Kaiba make him feel like a scared kitten? Nothing ever scared him like this before....not even virtual words or people taking over his brain. But Kaiba's actions were so frightening to him, all Joey kept thinking about was to run away as fast as he could. He yanked hard, surprising Kaiba, and managed to break away.

 

"I gotta go with my friends! Seeya!", Joey rushed the words out, and b-lined it straight to them, hiding between them like a scared animal.

 

He left Kaiba that day, who stood there feeling pissed-off, confused, hurt....and abandoned.

 

(End Flashback)

 

'But he still didn't give up', Joey thought, feeling strangely good about that. He shook those thoughts out of his head, now feeling pissed off with himself. It was no wonder Kaiba kept hunting him down after that.....after not doing a damn thing to prove he didn't want this, and never saying no to him.

 

'But, what the hell's wrong with Kaiba? Why's he keep doing this? Don't he know how weird this is? Don't he understand how wrong this looks around other people??', Joey thought, remembering how Kaiba so boldly told him he was fighting the duel for him, then kissing him infront of all those people in school. Joey had weird looks from other students all the way to class, after that.

 

'Besides......I 'did' tell him no!', Joey reminded himself. Oh, yeah......he finally managed to choke the words out to him, all right. But Joey sounded so pathetic saying it, he couldn't even convince himself he meant it. How was that supposed to convince Kaiba?

 

And now he was supposed to somehow muster the strength to finally tell him no more, and sound serious about it. Make Kaiba understand this wasn't going to happen again, ever. But he had to.....things were getting out of hand.

 

Tea warned him what would happened if he kept trying to string Kaiba along like that, never giving him an answer. He'd only get angrier and more determined. 'More psycho', Joey thought.

 

Someone gave Hirutani a bonus payment to seek them out. And all too conveniently, Kaiba's men showed up to the scene to protect them. Joey didn't want to believe he was responsible, but it's not like Kaiba never did anything insane before. He remembered how he was in the past when they pissed him off. 'He created that crazy Death Tournament, with plans to kill everyone involved', Joey thought. 'It would make sense that he might do this, too....'

 

Joey sucked up his chest, thinking, 'What am I, a mouse? No one gets the best of Joey Wheeler! I aint never been afraid of stupid Kaiba, and that aint gonna change! When we get there, I'm going march right in there and tell him 'what for'!'

 

Just then, the limo came to a stop. "We're here, Mr. Wheeler", the security said.

 

'......squeak.'

 

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

 

At the mansion, the security lead Joey from the car to inside the house, all the way up to a closed door.

 

The man nodded, saying, "He is right through there, sir", and walked away.

 

Joey swallowed and knocked lightly on the door. 'Well, he didn't answer.....time to go', he thought, all ready beginning to turn.

 

"Come", Kaiba gruffly answered from the other side.

 

'Damn', Joey thought, and cautiously opened the door, walking slowly into the room. He felt like he was about to face the principal at school, after doing something wrong.....but this principal was a lot more dangerous.

 

Kaiba was there at the desk, typing away at his laptop. He did not look over at Joey as he entered.

 

Joey was trying to tell himself that he wasn't supposed to feel so nervous around Kaiba, and struggling hard to see the CEO the way he used to see him. But after the sudden changes from Kaiba lately, it was very difficult.

 

As much as he was trying to convince himself to immediately get to the point and tell Kaiba off.....he just couldn't do it. Infact, he was afraid to look at Kaiba at all, in fear he'd buckle and give up on the prospect, entirely. So, Joey looked down at his feet instead, as he muttered, "Uh, yer guards said you wanted to see me......"

 

Finally, the typing stopped. Kaiba looked over towards him, muttering, "I was told you and your little friends had a close-call, today."

 

"How'd you know about it, in the first place?", Joey asked, finally glancing up at him. There was something strangely alluring in Kaiba's voice, when it didn't hold the sting of hate or loathing.

 

Kaiba answered simply, "Because one of my men were instructed to keep an eye on you."

 

"You were spying on me??", Joey snapped, anger finally finding its way up inside Joey, once again.

 

Never changing the bored look on his face, Kaiba answered, "You're surprised? You said so yourself earlier today......I'm a celebrity. And anytime I tend to do something in the public eye, things happen. I wanted to make sure those things didn't happen to you."

 

Kaiba now turned back to his computer, as he explained, "I was actually suspecting someone that was against 'me' to go after you......not someone from your own past. It's a good thing I was keeping watch over you, otherwise you may not be around right now."

 

Then offering a cocky smirk, Kaiba added, "I told you I'd protect you....."

 

Despite Kaiba's cocky attitude, Joey found it difficult to keep his anger towards him. Especially, when Kaiba assigned someone to watch over them for his own protection. Especially, when Kaiba had a strange look in his eyes that seemed so foreign to Joey, that it made him feel unusually special. It was a look Kaiba would never give his own brother.....like it was reserved just for Joey.

 

Joey's anger was lost, and began to feel awkward again after staring into Kaiba's eyes. He looked away quickly. "Well.......thanks. But really, to be honest.....this aint normal for Hirutani. He aint been after us for awhile. I dunno why he just came after us out of the blue like that."

 

His words reminded Joey what he was supposed to confront Kaiba about. Joey then looked back up at Kaiba, saying, "He said something else to us, too. He mentioned he got some bonus to do this to us."

 

Kaiba raised an eyebrow to this. "I'll see if my men can find any of these gang survivors, and question them about it."

 

"Kaiba........you wouldn't of planned any of this, would ya?", Joey suddenly asked, worried that might have been the case.

 

At that, Kaiba glared over at Joey. "Do you honestly think I would be responsible for this matter?"

 

"Well......maybe this is some 'other' way of trying to make a point", he shrugged.

 

Kaiba didn't look amused. ".....by setting fires to the neighborhood, wasting time and money with my security forces, making deals with voilent and unpredictable street thugs, and overall endangering the entire population in that neighborhood? Are you insane? Do you have any idea the lawsuits that could be thrown at me, if I was responsible for 'any' of that?"

 

Joey then offered a relieved smile, letting out a breath of air he didn't know he was holding. He never thought of the money or liability side of doing something like that. 'Kaiba was right', Joey thought. 'He'd never put his company in that kind of danger, especially for someone like me'.

 

"I guess I didn't think about that", Joey muttered.

 

Kaiba then stopped everything he was doing, and finally rose from his seat, moving around his desk, and approached Joey. He grabbed Joey's arm, startling him. "No......you didn't think at all. So, you still don't trust me, then....."

 

"Uh......", Joey muttered out blankly. Any mind he had left, quickly faded away in Kaiba's close proximity.

 

Kaiba wrapped his other arm around Joey's waste and pulled him close, as he once again whispered into his ear. "So, what do I have to do to earn your trust?" As he asked, his tongue slipped from his mouth, gently licking at Joey's earlobe.

 

It sent shivers down his spine. "Uh.....th-this works.....", he panted out. Kaiba took that as a private invitation and pushed Joey down onto the desk, no longer seeming to care about the papers on it anymore, as he began to ravage him right then and there.

 

.......and once again Joey couldn't find the power in him to say no. Wasn't he supposed to make sure Kaiba understood he wasn't interested, and finally push him away? 'I'll just tell him tomorrow', he decided, and let Kaiba have his way with him for a second time.

 

Somewhere in the back of Joey's mind, he had a feeling Kaiba was finally going to show him what he meant, when he said their time at the mansion would make the bathroom event seem like nothing.

 

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

 

There was a knock on an apartment door somewhere far from Kaiba's neighborhood, and Ryou opened the door to great of all people.......Tea. Ryou brightened, saying, "Oh, Tea! It's nice to see you. Please, come in."

 

Tea came into Ryou's apartment. He closed the door, beginning to make small talk with her. "I don't get too many visitors. Would you like something to drink? I have pop, and the Cherry Cola's very good."

 

"No thanks", she said, as she sat down.

 

Ryou sat down in a chair across from her, and asked, "Um......you don't look very happy. Is something wrong?"

 

"Yes", she answered. She looked over at Ryou, and said, "Ryou......I need to talk to the other you inside. I need to talk to dark spirit."

 

Ryou's eyes widened in surprise. "But.......why?"

 

"Can you let me talk to him? Please?", Tea asked.

 

'She asked to see me. Are you going to deny your friends, now? Let me out!!', the spirit demanded.

 

Ryou looked away, saying, "Th-that's not a good thing to do. Please......you don't want to see him."

 

"I want to see him!", Tea demanded. "Let me talk to him, Ryou!"

 

She was outright angry about something. Giving up, Ryou dropped the will that was keeping the dark spirit at bay, and Bakura emerged. "Well, hello there", Bakura said, evilly. "I must say, I'm surprised to have a guest come to visit me. For the moment, you've earned my attention. Now, what could you possibly want to see me about?"

 

Tea looked over at Bakura and said, "I need you to kill Joey."

 

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Narr: Uh-oh. Is Tea enlisting the evil Bakura, now? What will happen to poor Joey??

 

Next week: Kaiba/Joey face-off, part 2! And Tea continues her search to kill Joey! All next week!

 

This and the next chapter are probably the most major Kaiba/Joey chapters in this fic. So, all those who like this pairing, I hope are very happy about 21 and 22. Also, I noticed there seemed to be some confusion about Kaiba and Joey, for the not-shown bathroom scene in an earlier chapter. I originally wanted to leave it as undescribed as possible for two reasons. First reason is obvious.....no detailed sex scenes of any sort in this story. The second reason was because I wanted to allow the readers to come up with their own idea on what generally happened. Sometimes a reader's own imagination could be better than anything that a writer may put down. But since there was so much confusion about the bathroom scene, I added a part in to help those who wanted more.....though I still tried to leave out as much as I could. But this chapter's flashback should be enough to help anyone understand (atleast, I hope so!). At the same time, I also used this chapter as a good opportunity to 'sort of' see Joey's point of view on this. But then all these additions made this chapter so freak'n long, it looks like I took two chapters and jammed them together. Well, more for you guys, I guess. But just be warned.....don't expect this to be the normal size for my chapters, now. ;)

 

Hope everyone all had a very Merry Xmas, and Happy New Year (and happy holidays, overall)!

 

Rubisora: Heh....yeah, the yo-yo thing I always thought that was alittle weird. That was maybe over-doing it, a bit. But, you're right....it 'does' show that Joey understands about gravitational forces, doesn't it? That's weird....atleast to think Joey would understand 'anything'. Yes....Kaiba 'did' show up that much in the series. Many episodes didn't have him in for a very long amount of time, but they do still have him in small scenes all over the place. It shows just how obsessed he had become over Yugi. But even if it doesn't come to the US, I 'really' wish I was able to find this season atleast subtitled, or fan-subbed....something. I'd love to know the details of what they said. You made yourself look like Judai? Yeah, agreed....that's weird. Then again.....I should talk. When I was in high school, my mom gave me this perm from a lady who had no clue what she was doing to me. For months, I had to go to school with burnt yellow frizzed hair. Didn't really make me the most popular, unless you count all the attention I got from being picked on. ;p

 

Growing Pain: Yeah, they don't make it a picnic for me. It wouldn't be so bad if they weren't constantly at each other's throats all the time. That's what I figured. Tea might be crazy, but no one could suspect she turned 'that' crazy. Well, Yami did lose once to Raphael. But, I agree....they do overdo Yami's winning alittle too much. I think the one I hated the most was Kaiba vs. Noah, that Yami ended up winning. I mean, this was Kaiba's battle to save his brother. They couldn't even let Kaiba win 'that'?? That just seemed totally unfair to me. But I suppose every show has to have a hero, and I think Yami wins over 'Judai's' persona, anytime. I'd gladly have the Pharaoh back, if they would kill GX. Infact, I even like some of the Kaiba/Yami fics out there. But for some reason, I can't seem to do one. I've tried.....it doesn't work for me. I can't make them. Well, I try to make stories with more plot and not just the romance thing. The hardest is actually doing a story, where it doesn't feel like the potential danger was simply thrown in to cause conflict for the romantic couple....making the action the main plot, instead of the romance. But, thanks....I'm not always sure if it came out good or bad. I assume it has it's ups and downs in certain chapters. But, I'm really glad you liked it.

 

Midori-Jester: Just keep in mind that I mentioned this story was a 'slow Tea angst/torture' fic. So, this story shouldn't disappoint you on that request. >;)

 

Ramdonperson: I actually have a lot more reviews than what you see. For some reason, this websight offers very little reviews to those that write here. Most of my reviews come from the Adult Fanfiction network. Though, this is a very good websight that offers a lot of freedoms for writers and readers alike, it's not nearly as user friendly. And I think that results in a lot less people, here. Eitherway, glad you liked the fic, so far. I'll try to keep my once a week update going.