Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Then and Now ❯ How they met again ( Chapter 6 )

6: How they met again
(Jou, Seto, Yugi and Honda are sixteen
Mokuba and Shizuka are twelve
Noah and Otogi are fifteen
Yami is 50000+ but looks like nineteen)


Growling himself Seto turned around, intending to tell the person behind him to mind his own business. However, the moment he laid eyes on the boy every coherent thought slipped from his mind. “Katsu…Katsuya?”

“How do you know my name?” Jou was surprised for a moment. Not even Yugi knew his given name. He looked the boy before him up and down- he did look somewhat familiar. When Jou’s gaze landed on the boys blue eyes Jou gasped. ´Oh god that…that can’t be´.

Jou’s knees went week and he slipped slowly to the floor. His breath was take away and he couldn’t say anything, but his eyes never left the other boy. Seto had changed. They had been about the same height when Katsuya had left but now he was at least 10cm taller than the blond. His eyes were almost hidden behind Seto’s dark brown bangs and showed no emotion expect for a certain amount of surprise.

Seto was in a daze. Never had he expected to see Katsuya ever again- especially not here in Domino High.

“Katsuya…”

At hearing his first name unwanted memories flooded Jou’s mind.

(“Katsuya you are so tight”)

(“Yes Katsuya, show me how much in pain you are. I want to hear you scream my name. Katsuya…scream for me in agony.”)

(“That’s my little boy-slut Katsuya. Spread your legs wider for your Master”)

Jou started to shiver. He looked so young when he was frightened and Seto was reminded of the boy he once called his brother and cared for so much.

“Are you…are you alright Katsuya?”

(“Does it feel alright Katsuya? Tell me how much you like my big cock in your tight hole.”)

“STOP! Stop calling me by that horrid name…Please, I want to forget. I’m not Katsuya anymore. I’m Jou. I’m Jou!”

“I’m sorry I reminded you that we once were…friends. I won’t repeat that mistake again.” Seto snarled and turned around to leave. He didn’t know were he was going he just wanted to get away. He was angry and hurt. Angry with himself that he had forgotten for a moment that Katsuya was the one who played him and hurt that the memory of once being with Seto was so horrifying for Katsuya.

Katsuya snapped out of his daze. He hadn’t meant to scream at Seto. God, here he was meeting his one and only love again after three long years and he just screamed at him. If Seto hadn’t hated him before he surely did so now.

“Seto wait!” But Seto didn’t turn around. “Set-chan!!!”

Seto whirled around. He grasped Jou by his collar, hurled him into a standing position and slammed him into a wall. “Don’t you dare! Don’t you dare calling me by that name ever again. You have no right to address me at all and least of by that name. Listen carefully to me you pathetic excuse for a human: for you I am Kaiba! Not Seto and definitely not Set-chan.” He spat out the last word. He let go off Jou’s collar and stalked away. Jou sank to the floor jet again. Carefully Yugi and Honda approached him and even Yami had was there having seemingly materialized out of nowhere.

“What was going on here Jou?” Honda asked.

“I…I…I cant talk about it. Not jet anyway. Let’s just…lets just go to class.”

“Are you sure Jou? You look so pale and your knees are shaking.” Yugi asked concerned.

Jou looked down at himself and realized that his knees were indeed shaking. He gave a short humourless laugh. “I really am pathetic, just as he said aren’t I? Don’t worry. I am okay, just…don’t ask me about it. Please.”

“You really should go to your class now. Its about to ring.” Yami advised. He could see that Jou was near a breakdown and that he couldn’t handle a questioning right now.

Jou smiled gratefully at him. It was amazing how the guy could understand him so clearly, but Jou did wonder how he came to be here all of a sudden. Yami didn’t attend school with them and he just appeared all off a sudden. Something really strange was going on here.

His musing was suddenly interrupted by the school ring. Hastily he jumped up. “Shit, I have chemistry right now…see you guys later.” He was glad to have one of his rare classes without his friends. He didn’t think he could stand their concerned glances right know. He needed time to calm down first. Or, he feared, he would burst into tears.

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Seto stalked down the hales. He was so hurt and angry right now. Did he really mean that little to Katsuya that he wasn’t even privileged to call him by his first name anymore? And then, as if to mock him, he called him by his child name. The name nobody but Katsuya had ever called him. Set-chan. What an hypocrite he was, oh how dare he.

Seto shock his head, trying to clear his head. It wasn’t important, Katsuya wasn’t important. He told himself and tried to ignore the tumult in his heart and head. He forced his attention to the timetable in his hand. His first class would start in about five minutes and he had no idea were to stupid chemistry lap was.

He looked around and found a turquoise haired boy by the lookers. “Hey you, tell me were the chemistry lap is.”

Noah turned around, surprised at the rude address. “I will if you ask properly.” Seto rolled his eyes, but replied non the less. He had no time for an argument right now so he spat out: “Were may I find the chemistry lap please?”

Noah grinned and was just about to tell he didn’t know either when his eyes fell on the ensemble on the boys trench coat. “You work at KaibaCorp?” He asked curious and pointed to the KC ensemble.

“No.”

“Then why the trench coat?”

“I don’t work at KaibaCorp, I own KaibaCorp.” Seto answered smugly. “So would you kindly tell me now were the chemistry lap is?”

Totally perplex Noah pointed at the room right next to them.

“Thanks for wasting my time.” Seto growled and entered the lap.

Noah starred after the other boy. That was him. That was the one who had stolen his birth right.

“Hey Noah what are you doing. Class is about to start.” His best friend Otogi Ryoichi called out from the end of the hallway.

“I’m coming, I’m coming.” Noah called back. This was just perfect. Seto ´Kaiba` at the same school as him. “Just wait. I will make you suffer for what you did to me.” He thought.

It was common knowledge, that Gozaburo Kaiba had once adopted three boy of whom one had left after 2 years of living with him. What was not so common knowledge- not to say a well hidden secret- was that Gozaburo Kaiba did have a biological son. Nine years before he adopted Seto, Mokuba and Katsuya Gozaburo had had an affair with a prostitute who he dropped when she told him that she was pregnant. Gozaburo didn’t believe that something useful could come out of a whore even with his excellent genes. He threatened her that if she would ever talk to anybody about it he would kill the child to get rid of the evidence.

Noah’s mother had never lied to him. From the first day on she was sure he could understand she told him who is father was and who he should be. However she didn’t tell him how his father had reacted when she told him that she was pregnant with him. She didn’t want to hurt her boy and Noah never asked why they weren’t living wit him. He thought that his parents were simply divorced.

Noah always hoped however, that one day Gozaburo would come and get him. Maybe if Noah studied really hard and become really bright, maybe then Gozaburo would come and make him his successor. That was what he always wished for. However, all his dreams had shuttered when he was nine years old and read in the papers that his father had adopted three children, one of them who seemed to be extraordinarily bright and who had beaten him in chess. Noah lost all hope that day and the day his father died and Seto became the new CEO he started to despised the boy more than ever. He became bitter and angry. Angry at the boy who had stolen all his chances off getting to know his father and of becoming CEO of KaibaCorp one day and bitter at the thought of never being able to meet his father, the one person he had wanted to love him as what he was: His son.

But now, now he would be never able to meat him. But he could still fulfil his other dream. Now he could get close to Seto. He would find his weakness and somehow he would get his business back. He was willing to use all means possible.

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Seto walked into the chemistry lap and introduced himself to the sensei. “Ah yes, Seto Kaiba. The principal already told me you would join us today. Welcome to Domino High. Well, let’s see. You will sit right next to Jounouchi-kun, who,“ she looked over to a vacant set of chairs, “is late as always. Don’t fear however, he should be here any second and can share his books and notes with you. He isn’t very responsible when it comes to attending on time but his grades are alright, so you should be fine.” Seto rolled his eyes and took his seat. First that small guy and now he would have to sit next to a problem kid who couldn’t even read his watch right.

“Well class, today…” Just then the door opened and a boy with ruffled blond hair entered the room.

`No, that must be a joke that can not be…´ Seto’s heart was racing. ´Please don’t tell me…´ He hadn’t really thought of the possibility of them having classes together…which was stupid, they were the same age, so they would be in the same grade and consequently they would share quite a few classes together.

“Jounouchi-kun, you are late as always…wait for me after class. Now please sit down and share your books and notes with our new student Seto Kaiba.”

Jou’s eyes widened and he stood there like petrified. “Jounouchi-kun, is there any problem?” The sensei asked.

“No I…”

“Then please sit down so we can finally start class.”

Swallowing Jou walked over to his seat and sat down. Nervously he shoved his chemistry book to the middle of the table almost like a barrier. They didn’t speak to each other at all during the whole class and tried to avoid eye contact, which was rather difficult, considering that both constantly tried to steal a glance of the other.

When the bell rang Seto moved as fast as he could out of the classroom.

Jou sighted and walked over to the sensei to get his almost daily philippic. Afterwards he walked to the schoolyard to have lunch with his friends. However, the only one he found was Yugi. “Hey Yug´ were are Honda and Yami?”

“Honda got detention for fighting with Otogi…jet again. They run into each other right before class started and…you know how they are. -Really, Otogi is a freshman, but has the cockiness of a senior and his mouth is just as big as Hondas.- And Yami…Yami went home he…he was just here today because…because I left my lunch at home.” Jou noticed Yugi’s hesitation but decided not to comment on it. They would tell him eventually what was going on.

“How are you Jou?”

Jou sighted. “I…I can we go over to your house today? I…I would like to talk to you, just promise me not to tell anyone. Not even Honda or Yami. Okay?”

“I’m sorry Jou, I cant promise you that, Yami…I can’t keep any secrets from Yami…it’s just not possible, but…I would very much like to hear what you have to tell and Yami is trustworthy, you know that and…actually Yami and I have wanted to tell you something for a long time too.”

Jou wasn’t so sure if he wanted Yami to know all about his past and it wouldn’t be fair to just leave Honda out, but…he just needed someone he could tell everything and he wasn’t sure how Honda would react to his past. Honda had grown up secure and sheltered he didn’t know how bad the world could be. He had almost vomited when he found out what Hirutani wanted to do to him and Yami seamed so omniscient. Like he had seen so much in his life already. And… seeing Seto today had him very confused and vulnerable he just needed to talk to someone…

“Okay.”

Yugi sighted relived. Jou would finally open up to him and he could tell Jou his most valued secret. //I still don’t know why you have to wait for Jou to tell his secret before you tell him ours. I thought you trust him.// Yami asked trough the mind link. /Oh, I do trust Jou, but I think he will feel better about telling us his secret when he knows ours. I must be something really serious when he can’t even tell Honda./ Yugi answered. //And why don’t you want to tell Honda?//

/Oh he isn’t ready for that jet. He would freak out if he knew I carried a ancient spirit with me who could materialize out of nothing. That is also why Jou doesn’t want to tell Honda his secret, I think. Honda is too innocent. He doesn’t know anything about the world, and Jou doesn’t want to scare him./

//Oh, and you are so urbane?// Yami asked teasingly. He just couldn’t understand Yugi’s reasoning. If something was innocent it was defiantly Yugi.

/No, but Jou isn’t stupid and I think he can sense, that something is ´wrong` with you and that there is a dark secret woven around you and that I am deeply involved . What he wants to tell is probably totally different from what we want to tell, but…I don’t know but I have a feeling that his secret is just as dark as yours, if not darker./

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The school day soon ended and Yugi and Jou made their way to Yugi’s home. Honda had to serve detention jet again.

Fortunately Jou hadn’t had any more classes with Seto and he had been able to calm down a bit. That was until he spotted a limousine right in front of school and a boy of twelve sitting on the engine hood happily talking with a man in a chauffeur suit.

“Jou, what…?” Yugi didn’t get any further. Seeing his little brother so happy just did it for Jou. He run forward as fast as he could and pulled the small boy into a hug.

“Hey what…oh god, Katsu-nii!!!” It wasn’t difficult for Mokuba to recognize his second brother. Who else had a hair colour like Katsuya did.

Mokuba happily hugged Katsuya back. He was a bit confused of seeing him all off a sudden, but he was o relived that he didn’t seem to be angry at him for just running away that evening when Katsuya had left.

Suddenly he was jerk out of Katsuya’s embrace. “Don’t you dare touch him.” Seto bellowed at Katsuya and shoved him to the ground. “Don’t you dare to touch him ever again.” Seto had been furious when he saw Katsuya hugging his little brother. Furious and…jealous. When he had seen Katsuya this morning all he had gotten was a scared look and an order to never call him by is first name again and Mokuba was getting a hug and an ecstatic happy expression. How dare Katsuya use Mokuba too mock him. For that was the only explanation Seto had to explain Katsuya’s oppose actions. First he left without a word and now he was hugging Mokuba like he had missed him like crazy. So what other explanation was there other than that Katsuya wanted to mock Seto and wanted to break Mokubas as heart too.

“If I ever see you near my brother again you will be sorry to have ever known my or his name.” He said and spat before Katsuya’s feet. “And you,” he said to Yugi who was keeling down beside Jou to help him up and stared draggers at Seto. “You better be careful, he may seem like your best friend right now, but soon enough he will deceive you too and break your heart in the progress.”

With that he pushed Mokuba into the limo and climbed in himself afterwards.

Mokuba was quite the whole drive home. He had never seen his brother that furious…okay, maybe that time he had seen Mokubas scars, but then he had a pretty good reason to be angry, but this time Mukuba simply didn’t understand what had his big brother so outraged. Mokuba was more than a bit frightened by his brothers strange behaviour.

When they arrived home and Seto was just about to disappear in his room Mokuba just couldn’t keep quite anymore.

“Seto what…”

“Please, not now Mokuba. Please, I promise to explain later just…just give me a few moments okay?”

“Okay nii-san.” Mokuba answered but Set had already shut the door to his room.

Inside his room Seto collapsed on his bed and broke down into tears. Why, why did he have to meet him again. He hit his pillow. Why did meeting him affect him this much? Another hit. He thought he had dealt with this, by Katsuya inflected, wound a long time ago but if that was so, why was he crying right now? Why had he warned that midget? Why had he been so jealous of Mokuba? His pillow had become a punching bag by now.

´Get a grip on yourself Seto, don’t let him get to you. Remember how he played you and let you fall like a broken toy when he was finished with you. You cant still love him after that. You just can’t.´ Seto told himself over and over again.