Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Hope ❯ A Watchful Eye ( Chapter 2 )

Sry it took so long to get this out!!! *bow repeatedly* I'm sorry! Imsorryimsorryimsorry! I write it on "normal" paper while at school and then type it and…well I had this written for a while but I just didn't have the time to type it. So yeah…. Enough about that. I don't own any of the Yu-gi-oh characters so don't sue me…. I have no money -_-`

ON WITH THE CHAPTER~

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Hope Ch. 3: A Watchful Eye

Honda finally caught up with Jou at the entrance to the school. Jou still had tears in his eyes and his breathing was ragged. He was clutching his side and his eyes held a great deal of pain. Honda slowly approached his shaken friend and he heard him saying something under his breath.

"I'm not worthless…..I'm not…..I'm not a worthless mutt." Jou mumbled. Honda gave his friend a concerned look, Jou never let Kaiba's words bother him this much. Sure he got mad but it had never brought him to tears. `Something must be seriously wrong with him today' Honda thought.

"Jou?" No response. "Jou, Hey! Jounouchi!" Still no response. Honda sighed and stretched his hand forward grasping Katsuya's shoulder. His friend flinched at the tought and there was a whimpered `Don't hit me' before he ran off to class. Honda just stared after his friend with a concerned look on his face.

"It's worse that we thought, isn't it?" Yugi stated as he walked up behind Honda.

"Yeah….." Honda's look no held more anger than concern. For months now they have suspected the abuse, but it seemed to be getting worse…..a lot worse. Jou hasn't been his over confident self lately. In fact…..he's been acting almost cowardly. "It isn't right, Yugi. We need to do something, and soon." Honda looked over at Yugi and was surprised by the small smile he saw there. "You did do something…..didn't you?"

Yugi nodded his head, "Yes, and I think it's best to leave it up to him now. As much as we might want to do something ourselves, we really can't, we just don't have the power, but he does."

"And be `he', you mean Kaiba." Honda questioned.

"Uh-huh, let us see what he does with this power and hope that it helps Jounouchi."

The two friends walked to class and took their seats. The kept a watchful eye on Jou until they could talk to him freely at lunch. Katsuya looked as if he could pass out at any time and his stomach had interrupted the class several times already. However, they weren't the only ones watching him. There was a pair of cool blue eyes on the blond puppy, watching his every move…..his every breath.

*GROOOOOOOOOWLLLLLLLL*

"Mr. Jounouchi? Did we skip breakfast this morning again?" the teacher questioned.

"yeah…" Jou replied sheepishly. `Today, and yesterday, and the day before.' "Sorry about that, I'll be sure to eat a big lunch." He put on one of his goofy smiles to hide anything that might lead the teacher to not believing him. The truth was…..he didn't have any money for lunch today. `Looks like I'll have to go scavenging…..again.'

"You do that." The teacher went back to teaching the lesson and soon it was time for lunch. "Mr. Jounouchi?" May I talk to you for a moment?"

"Umm…..sure." Jou gave the teacher an uneasy look. If he had to stay after, he would be late to lunch, and if he was late….. he couldn't tell his friends that he had already eaten when they finally met up under the big tree in the court yard. Slowly he walked up to her desk, not noticing Yugi, Honda, and Kaiba waiting for him by the door. "Is there something wrong, Sensei?"

"Well, I've noticed that you have been looking a little worse for wear lately. You aren't getting into fights again are you?" The teacher gave Jou a stern look as if telling him not to lie to her. Katsuya had gone slightly more pale at the beginning of her statement. He thought for sure she would ask if everything was OK at home. At least now it would be easier to make up a lie.

"Only here and there." He lied with that goofy grin on his face. That grin was the only thing that saved him from being questioned be the other teachers and he hoped that it would work again.

The teacher looked solemnly at Jou, "But you have settled down now and aren't your old self. As a matter of fact, I don't remember the list time I heard of you getting in a fight. Well a fist fight at least, you and Mr. Kaiba are always in a verbal brawl. You know, he is really a fine young man, you two should try to get along." As small blush graced the cheeks of said Kaiba brother as well as a golden puppy. "But as I was saying, you know that we are all here if you need help." She ended softly.

Yugi and the other's eyes went wide at the statement. Did the teachers know what was happening with Jou? Did they have proof? Would they turn him in? What would happen to Jou? Not being able to calm down, Yugi poked his head around the corner to see the way that Jou was reacting to the situation. He was surprised to see a small smile on his friend's face, a sad on yes, but a smile none the less. It was as if he knew things were hopeless.

"Don't worry about it Sensei. It's nothing really. I just have to be more careful, that's all." With that Jou walked out of the classroom, out the door, and straight past his friends and went to lunch. Yugi was going to call out to him but Honda's hand on his shoulder stopped him.

"Don't Yug, he doesn't think that we suspect anything. It is best not to make him upset right now." Honda looked down at Yugi was still staring after Jou's retreating form.

"I know….." Yugi looked over to where Kaiba was silently leaning against the wall. It had surprised him that he would wait there with them and Yugi thought that he saw a slight change in Kaiba's expression when Jou told the teacher not to worry. `Maybe this will work.' "Kaiba….."

"Don't Yugi. I wasn't concerned, I was just hoping to learn of something new to pick at the mutt with, nothing more." Seto turned to walk away when Yugi spoke up.

"Thanks….Kaiba." Yugi and Honda headed toward the cafeteria. Seto stared after them for a while, a small smile on his face.

"Sure Yugi"

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Well there it is. Like I said…. I'm sorry it took so long to update. I'll try to get the next one up sooner. C&C welcome ^_^

Voidsenshi; Firekitsune