Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Joey's Little Red Eyes ❯ The Trip Home ( Chapter 2 )

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Kaiba slowly woke up from his place in the storage closet. He thought he had heard something familiar, but all he heard was the loud sound of people walking in the airport. At first he didn't know where he was, but then he remembered... the amulet, the red light, the sharp pain down his spine... he shook his new long neck and heard it again

"Hey, come over hear sis!"

He thought he had heard that voice before...

"What is it big brother?"

That also sounded familiar, but not as well known as the first voice

"It looks like the one ma has"

Kaiba got to his new clawed legs, all four of them, and crept to the door. He pushed it open with his nose and peeked out to see a familiar blonde teen holding up a small statue of a horse out to a brunet girl.

"Yeah it does, Joey" the girl agreed. Seto blinked and stared at Joey

`Why is `HE' here?' he thought. Joey then replaced the figure with a little sadder expression on

"I really am gonna miss ya, Serenity" he said and Serenity smiled

"I know" she said "I'll miss you too. I'm glad you moved out ok though. Mom and I won't have to worry as much..."

Seto really didn't know what they were talking about and that's why he wasn't listening too intently. His new ruby eyes traveled from the two teens and spotted Joey's backpack that he had put on the ground. A small plan was coming to mind...

The dragon turned CEO looked around for anyone that was watching then slipped out of the storage closet. Apparently no one heard the clicking of his claws on the tile or saw the little dragon as he made his quick dash; the airport was noisy and full of busy people. He made it to the blonde's brown back pack, which was carelessly left a little open.

`Where did he get it, a garbage can?' Kaiba thought in the back of his mind but didn't worry too much on the bag's worth as he slipped inside and closed it the best he could; closing it without fingers was hard. He listened to the two siblings talk a bit more and let his new body curl up in its cat like way. He grimaced a little at the crumpled up papers, one or two candy wrappers, and something that looked like a sock, but smelled like a garbage can. Seto had to fight to keep what ever food that was still in his stomach down `Maybe he really did find it in the garbage can'

"Hey Jou!"

Joey looked up from the small statues to Yugi, Tristan, and Duke who were out side the shop

"Come on, the plane is here" Yugi called and Joey nodded before turning to his sister

"Ready sis?" he asked

"Yeah" Serenity said and walked to the others. Joey scooped up his back pack and swung it over his shoulders rather roughly before following

Seto had to clamp his mouth shut before he yelled in surprise from the sudden movement. He tried to be perfectly still so the blonde wouldn't know something was alive in the bag; this was his best way home with out having to walk, and he didn't know the direction back home anyway.

"Is it me or does this bag seem to get heavier and heavier?" Joey asked no one in particular

"I think you're getting weaker and weaker" Tristan said playfully, earning a whack in the side of the head from the blonde. Kaiba had to clamp his mouth shut again so he didn't laugh.

"Shaddap!" The blonde said threateningly

"Relax Joey, he was only joking" Yugi said cheerfully

"I know, I know..." Jou said as they reached the terminal for his sister's flight. People were still departing from the plane. Joey looked to his sister "You going to be ok, sis?" he asked "I mean there are a lot of snobs that get on planes and..."

"Don't worry Joey" Serenity said with a smile "I came on the plane here. The flight crew was really nice" The blonde nodded

"Right..." he said and Serenity gave him a hug

"Hey, I want a hug too" Duke complained playfully

"Hug your own boyfriend then" Joey shot back and Duke shrugged and did so, practically glomping Tristan. It was no secret that the two were together. Serenity giggled and gave them each a hug and a kiss good-bye before she boarded the plane to go back to their mom. They all waited for her plane to take off before they could pry Jou out of the airport. He seriously didn't trust anyone with his sister, epically a bunch of strangers.

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Kaiba listened to them bicker half heartedly as they walked into the parking lot, stifling a yawn and the erg to fall asleep. But he curled onto his back and leaned in towards Joey's back where there was body heat against the pack; for some reason he was really cold...

They found Duke's car in the sea of vehicles and now the couple was fighting over who would drive, which Duke won because he pointed out that it was his car. Tristan sat in passenger while Yugi and Joey took the back seat.

The drive back to Domino was about an hour long; give or take a few minutes, and Seto slept curled up in Jou's bag for a good portion of the trip; only waking up when there was a big bump or someone bumped the bag he stowed away in.

"Whoa, this is my stop guys" Joey said and Seto felt the bag being picked up.

"Hey Jou, are you coming to the shop tomorrow?" Yugi asked

"Sure, Yug'" the blonde said "What's the special occasion?"

"We're throwing Tea a surprise birthday party" the tri-colored haired teen said "She's turning 16"

"I'll be there" Jou said and waved as the car drove away. He swung his bag over his shoulder and looked at the building that they had stopped at. It was an apartment building which wasn't the pits, but wasn't the dumps either, and had some nice people for neighbors. He walked in and said hello to some people he knew before jogging up the stairs to the 4th floor to his own room. He took out his keys and unlocked the door, walking in and shutting it behind him

"Wilma, I'm home" he said playfully and tossed his bag in an arm chair, which was lucky for the dragon in his back pack.

There was the sound of claws on carpet and a large ball of fur ran into the room, crashing into Joey's leg. Joey was taken back for a minute but took a closer look at the 10 pounds of lilac fur that had crashed into him. It was a rabbit which had a bag over her head. She was trying to shake the bag that blocked her vision, but it only made her dizzy. The blonde shook his head and pulled of the bag with no effort at all. The rabbit blinked blue eyes and seemed to grin at her owner

"What am I gonna do with you, Usagi?" Jou asked as he picked up the rabbit. Usagi only seemed to smile innocently.

Jou had gotten a rabbit after he had moved out of his father's house. He couldn't have taken anymore of his dad's drunken rages and beating, so he had gotten an apartment here. He was paying for it with a job that school had let him get at the burger place with Tea, which was hard because he sometimes had to put up with her nagging, but that was only sometimes. The building owner, Mr. Shidareyanagi, didn't allow dogs in the apartments, but he was fond with about anything else. He had 2 parrots on his own home, everyone knew because some times he brought them to work with him. A rabbit seemed the best to Joey, since he couldn't keep the dog in the apartment (Not that he would get one now after all of Kaiba's dog jokes) and he wasn't much of a cat person.

Usagi was a large rabbit, a Flemish giant to be exact. She was a bit hyper at times, but other wise good. She now breathed freely again

`Maybe you should give me a carrot for not chewing up your table again' the bunny thought. She had a habit of chewing things. Joey only shook his head and gave her a little bunny noogy before letting her down again.

Usagi shook her head from the noogy and sniffed the air for a moment. Something was off... someone was there... She hopped over to the arm chair that Jou had tossed his back pack on. Said teen was already heading to the kitchen for some lunch, it was almost 2 o'clock and he was hungry.

Usagi hopped onto the chair and saw the bag move. She sniffed the bag and ignored the smell of the sock in the bag, but the thing in the bag couldn't take it anymore of the smell. Seto pokes his head out of the bag and took a breath of fresh air. Usagi blinked at the dragon and being the naive bunny she was said hi.

`Hello!' she said with a grin. Seto looked at the rabbit and blinked

`Did you just talk?' the dragon thought

`Um... duh!' she said in a childish manner `what are you doing in Jou's bag?' Seto chose to ignore the rabbit and climbed out of the bag `Helloooo!' she said loudly `Earth to lizard!' she got a reaction on that one, a very deadly glare

`I'm not a lizard' Seto said and a growl came out instead of words and Usagi blinked cutely. She wasn't really scared of him, they were the same size

`Then are you a frog?' she asked `I've heard a lot about frogs, but I've never seen one as big as you...'

`I'M NOT A FROG! I'M A MAN!' the red eyes growled again

`You're not a man` Usagi said in a matter of factly way `You're more of a lizard if I ever saw one...' That did it. Kaiba bared his teeth and lunged for the rabbit, who bolted for the kitchen, a red eyes black dragon on her tail.

Joey heard a growl from the living room and looked up from the fridge. He heard a second growl and closed the door, starting to walk over to the living room but Usagi ran under foot and he almost tripped over her. He jumped out of the way, but in doing so lost his balance and fell down hard on his butt. Seto didn't know his way around the apartment like the rabbit did and also wasn't used to running as a dragon yet, so when he entered the kitchen at full speed he nearly cashed into a table leg be made a sharp left, running right into the fallen Jou.

Usagi stopped when she heard her owner fall and covered her eyes with her paws when Seto crashed into the blonde

`Ouch...' she thought and peeked out under her paw

Joey had the wind knocked out of him and realized something was sitting on his stomach. He groaned a little from getting the wind knocked out of him and then propped him self on his elbows. When he saw ruby red eyes staring back at him, he had to blink to make sure the color was really red, and then he had to blink again to make sure his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. There was a dragon... A real live dragon... shaking its head to clear it and looking at him.

Joey's mouth was open slightly and his eyes were wide. He leaned on one elbow and reached out to touch the black scaled creature, but it leaned away and glared at him.

"Ok..." the blonde said to himself "I must be dreaming" he reached out more and ran his fingers down the dragons long neck, feeling soft black scales

Seto froze at the touch but a growl started in his throat and Joey stopped. The blonde sat up and Seto fell into his lap

"There's a Red Eyes Black Dragon in my apartment" Jou said in disbelief and Usagi hopped over

`A dragon?' she asked and tilted her head to the side looking at Seto `I still say he's a lizard' Kaiba's eyes narrowed.

`Run rabbit...' the dragon said and hisses at the bunny and Usagi ran

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