Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Hope ❯ Help is on the Way ( Chapter 4 )

Hi there! Sorry that it took me so long to update….I just couldn't find a good place to end this chapter and ….well it got really long ^_^. I believe that it is my longest yet *waves little flags around* NEway, thanks to all of you that reviewed…I feel so loved ^_^. Oh I also don't own YGO….like you didn't know that already.

Warnings: yaoi!! OOC-ness-ness of Seto and some things that I know don't really work that way in real life but they do in this fic…. So there -_-

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"…." Talking

`….' Thoughts

-….-Yugi talking on the other side of the phone

~* scene change ( and a little bit of random ness ^_^)

Now on with the fic!!!

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Hope

Chapter 5: Help is on the Way

By: voidsenshi/firekitsune

"Mr. Kaiba! Get back here right now!" Seto ignored the principal's calls. Of course he had received detention for returning the friz-bee. Why, he didn't know. It wasn't his fault that the kid couldn't catch a friz that had been thrown with unnecessary force and was making a b-line for his head. A smirk came to his face as he remembered the event, that kid would have a red line down his face for a week if he was lucky.

The principal had given up calling out to the young CEO. There was no getting him to do something he didn't want to. Thought Kaiba did seem to have something else on his mind. `It is best not to meddle in his affairs, especially when his mind is set on something. But I can't help but wonder…..' "Mr. Kaiba! What's the rush? Are you on some sort of rescue mission or something?' the principal smirked.

The comment caused Seto to stop just as he was about to get through the door. He paused only for a second before turning back to the principal with a smirk. "As a matter of fact, I am. I'm on my way to rescue an abandoned puppy." Kaiba then walked out the door without another word and left the principal looking after him in shock.

Seto found that he had this renewed drive after his little comment to the principal. Even though Jou was more of an abused puppy rather than an abandoned one, he didn't want to confirm any suspicions the faculty might have about his home life. He couldn't let anyone else besides Yugi know what he was doing, it would ruin his reputation.

`What am I thinking? What do I care about my reputation when the puppy's life is on the line!.....*mental blink*…..Oh my goodness, I do have a soul!' Seto smirked to himself and started to walk in the direction of Jou's house. "Wait…..I don't know where he lives…..shit!"

Kaiba pulled out his cell and phoned his driver, telling him to come to the school. He then decided to phone Yugi and ask where the puppy lived.

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voidsenshi: Seto? How did you get Yugi's number?

Yami: Yes, do tell. *evil glare*

Seto- *sigh* Don't get your robe in a twist pharaoh, I have all the information on everyone who participated in Battle City.

V+Y - *blink-blink* Everything?

Seto - *uneasy look* yes, everything.

Voidsenshi - And you just happened to have Yugi's number memorized?

Seto - -_-` *sigh* You know…..never mind…..

Yami - *very angry now* YOU BETTER STAY AWAY FROM MY HIKARI!!!!!!!!!

Voidsenshi - *sniff* Seto…..*sniff* How could you do this to Jou!!!?

Seto - *ahem* umm…story? I would like to save my puppy now. As for the entire number thing, that is for another fanfic ^_~.

V+Y - *blank stare*

Voidsenshi - Ok…umm…on with the fic!

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-Hello?-

"Yugi? Kaiba."

-Oh! Hello!...umm how did you get my number?-

"-_-; Umm… don't worry about that right now. I've already had to deal with Yami on that subject. I just need to kno-"

-You talked to Yami?-

"…..Yes. But, listen Yugi, I-"

-How did you talk to him? I've been looking for him ALL day!-

"He was with the author. Bu-"

-HE WAS WHAT?!! I'M GOING TO KILL HIM! I SPENT ALL DAY TRYING TO FIND HIM SO THAT WE COULD GO ON A DATE! I MEAN, AFTER WHAT WE DID LAST NIGHT, YOU WOULD THINK HE WOULD WANT TO BE A BIT MORE INTAM- -

"YUGI! Too much information! Can you just give me the puppy's address?"

-So he's `puppy'now? What happened to the more derogatory `mutt'?

Seto was starting to get very impatient. All he wanted was an address and he was getting a romance novel. "The address, please, Yugi." Seto was now using what Mokuba liked to call his `business' voice. It was the one that even some of the most powerful business tycoons in the world couldn't refuse.

-*sigh* Fine, gimme a sec. I have it written down somewhere.- There was shuffling heard on the other side of the line as Yugi looked for Jou's address. - Aha! Here it is!-

"It's about time!"

~*~*scene change*~*~

Jou was sitting silently in his room, looking up at the ceiling, his mind lost in thought. He kept replaying the day over and over again in his head. Well, more like he kept playing what happened at lunch over in his head. He sill couldn't get over how odd Kaiba had been acting. The CEO had actually GIVEN him his lunch! This was so weird.

But then another thought struck Jou, Kaiba had heard the conversation with the teacher. Even thought not enough was said to clue Kaiba in on what was really going on, if he decided to look into it…even just a little bit, Katsuya was screwed.

The more Jou thought on the matter however, the more his mind started to drift back to Kaiba's actions that day. He had noticed the slight blush that had stained Kaiba's cheeks as he had handed him his lunch. I made him look…well…cute.

The next thought that crossed Katsuya's mind was the friz-bee incident and Jou stared to laugh. He quickly stuffed his head into the pillow next to him and tried to stop. He had been so busy daydreaming that he was unsure if his father had come home or not and he didn't was to make his father mad. Once he had calmed down a bit, Jou thought on the event a bit longer. It had been a while since he had laughed that hard…but…he was sure that Kaiba would have told him to shut up, but he didn't. Jou could have sworn that he had seen a smile on the taller boy's face. Not the normal smirk that usually graced his countenance…no…this was a true smile.

Jou soon realized that he was blushing and let out a soft laugh. "Man, if only he would smile like that more often, I think that I would have fallen for him sooner. But, he has been acting quite strange lately I wonder what's going on?" he said to himself softly.

"Talkn' to ya self gain mutt? Ya know people geta' put inta da nutty bin fer dat, but worthless dogs like yaself , usually geta put down." an eerie voice floated up from behind Jou. He froze and slowly turned around to come face to face with his father. `When did he get home?' Jou thought frantically ` Just how much did he hear?'

"Wassmatter m'boy? Ya lookin shurprised ta see meh " his father slurred. It was then that Katsuya noticed the half empty beer bottle in his father's hand. `Shit'

"I…I just didn't hear you come home, that's all. You startled me." Jou quickly stated, his voice shaking a little. For some reason, he was even more afraid that usual of his father. `I could lose so much'

"Of coursh ya din hear meh! Ya was too busy…tinkin about…dat…dat…BOY again! Damn it! You little fag!" his father took another swig of his beer bottle and then chucked it at his son, broken glass and beer flying everywhere. The action had caused Katsuya to shield his face and close his eyes as to minimize the damage. A shard of the glass wedged itself into Jou's harm and he grunted in pain. He knew better than to cry out when his father was drunk, it just made the pain worse.

Then he noticed how quite the room had become and he slowly opened his eyes. Katsuya looked slowly around the room, wondering where his father had gone in that short amount of time. `This can't be good' Jou thought. Then he felt something, almost like this nagging feeling that this was his chance, his chance to get away…..and that if he stayed, something really REALLY bad was going to happen. It sent a shiver down his spine and it was then that he decided that he should try to leave.

Packing the only things that held any real value to him (a picture of his sister, his dueling deck, ect.) and some essentials into his backpack as quickly as he could, Jou slowly started his decent down the stairs. He was almost to the door, almost free, when a looming dark shadow fell across his path.

~~Should I end it there?......naaa~~~

"And just where do you think your going mutt?" Jou's head snapped up, he had been caught. Not only that but, his father sounded strangely sober.

"umm…out for a walk…maybe?" Katsuya replied in a small voice as he instinctively closed his eyes and held up his arms as to shield himself form at least some of the damage. But the blows never came, only a sinister laughing reached Jou's ears. Slowly brining down his arms, he gave his father an astonished look.

"Did you think I was gonna' hit you? Eh mutt? Why should I? Did you do something wrong boy?" his father questioned. Katsuya's eyes filled with fear as his father continued toward him and it was then that he noticed his hands behind his back. Jou silently shook his head `no'.

"No? Well, I think that you did. You should know better that to try to leave when you are in the middle of being scolded" Jou's father moved his hands from behind his back to reveal the gun he had been holding. "I think that you need some, oh I don't know, extrapunishment" he finished with a smirk.

If it was possible, Katsuya's eyes became even wider. His father may be abusive, but he would never KILL his own son…would he? Jou decided he didn't want to risk it. "NO!"

*BANG*

~another wonderful place to end it! But I will go on…or will I? ^_^~

~*scene change*~

Seto was walking down a crummy street, trying to find his puppy's house. He had had his limo driver drop him off a block away so as not to draw attention. Kaiba had this all planned out. He had three police cars ready and waiting to arrest Jou's father and the paper work had already been taken care of so that his puppy would be able to live with him and that he would be his official guardian (1).

Finally, Seto came to Jou's house…well if you can call it that. It looked more like it was on the list of dangerous sites to be imploded. Slowly, Seto approached the decaying house and he tried to see in the window. He watched the pup as he slowly crept down the stairs with his book bag slung over his shoulder. Jou turned the corner and all Seto could see was his shadow.

Not long after, he saw the pup's father pass the window and he had to duck so that he wouldn't be seen. When he looked back through the window, he caught a glimpse of his back and what he saw made his heart stop. Jou's father had a gun.

`No…Damn it! Things just went from bad to worse' Seto thought as he watched the man walk around the corner to where all he could see was the shadow of him and Jou. They were talking too low to hear, but when he saw Katsuya's father pull the gun from behind his back, Seto rushed for the front door, calling the three cars in the process.

"The man has a gun procede with caution!" Seto yelled into the little mic in the collar of his coat. He was about to tell them that he was going in when a yell caught his attention.

"NO!"

*BANG*

Seto's eyes widened in horror, "No…..NOOOOOOOOO!!"

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Wow, what a cliffie ^_^. I hoped that you enjoyed this chapter I know I did. Oh and the #1 thing, that was what I was talking about up top…about me not know how it is done in real life…yeah….. C&C is welcome ^_^

~voidsenshi/firekitsune~