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Cursed Gold	By : RyokoEnigmasKitten Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1219 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh!, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
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Disclaimers:
Yuugiou is owned by Takahashi Kazuki. The original storyline is the property
of Eternal SailorM aka Touzaku'Ou and spun off of the Anita Blake universe created
by Laurell K. Hamilton. The title comes from one of my doujinshi of the same
name (pretty and twisted little KaiJou thing that it is....)

Warnings: Like
I said, this is spun off the Anita Blake universe so expect much AU-ness. Also,
Jounouchi may be a bit odd but circumstances considered, it isn't terribly out-of-character
for him. Also will be mentions of shounen-ai on some low level but nothing much
here. If (and only if) I feel the urge to continue the spin off of Eternal SailorM's
Color of Life series the warnings may become stronger. And I'm babbling
in my notes...!!

Dedications:
My wonderful beta readers Eternal SailorM and Kleptomaniac Can Opener. Also
the kitties Aya and Biscuit for keeping me company while I type.

Note: Jounouchi
is speaking to a former friend who at some point may be his friend again. Who?
I'll leave that up to you to guess (although if you read Color of Life
it may be fairly easy to guess who ^_^) Also, this is the second side
story I'm writing for CoL; the first won't be appearing on the web until after
a certain plot element comes to light in CoL. I know, I'm such a bitch.

Archive:
DarkMagick.net if ESM wants it; The Asylum; MediaMiner.org; Katsuko's Obsession.
All others please ask.

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Okay, so maybe I am
a pet. There are worse fates for my kind, and at least I know I
always have a safe place to sleep and people who care about what happens
to me.

It all started when
Bakura Ryou first arrived at Domino High. Now, you have to know a little
background info to understand the significance: first off, by that point
I'd been living a double life as a wereleopard in a fairly gang-ish pard
by night and a delinquent from a broken home by day for nearly a year. None
of my schoolmates knew I was a Were, the teachers didn't talk about it although
they did know (some law or something says the school has to know
when Weres or vamps are students, I think), but everyone avoided me. They
knew I was an outcast and a dangerous one at that. And most transfer students
intuited that fact upon laying eyes on me.

Which is why I was so
stunned when lunch time came. As everyone else was trying to get as far
away from me as possible, Ryou dropped into the chair right next
to the one I was slouched in and offered me a bright smile.

"Hi!"

I didn't say it, but
mentally I was going, Nyow?? I was used to being shunned or ignored
by normals; Kaasan and Shizuka don't count since they're family and witches
so... yeah. Ryou's behaviour confused me as much as it did the other students--hell,
Honda Hirota looked ready to pass out from shock and he was just barely
tolerated by the student body as a whole!

Before I could overcome
my surprise and confusion enough to respond he was speaking again: "You
looked a little lonely so I thought I'd sit with you. Aren't you going to
eat? My brother thinks I don't eat enough and put a little too much in my
lunch. You want to share? Oh, and I'm Ryou, but you know that. What's your
name?" And that was all in one breath, too. I took a moment to just
stare at him before finding my voice to answer.

"Jounouchi."
As an afterthought I added, "Katsuya."

"I'm pleased to
meet you, Jounouchi-kun," he replied with a bright smile. "So...
want to share?"

I blinked at him a couple
times before nodding a bit hesitantly. Truth be told I hadn't had a real
meal for about a week at that point--Oyaji would much rather lock me out
of the apartment than feed me, Hirutani couldn't be bothered with making
sure any of the pard ate, and I'd just seen Kaasan the previous weekend.
My 'lunch' plans had been to go sit outside and hope that a squirrel wandered
too close. Well, yeah, they can be kinda chewy but when you're as hungry
as I was getting....

Did I mention that Ryou's
got one of those light-up-the-whole-damn-city smiles? He flashed me another
one of those and began pulling food out of his bento. I knew my eyes must've
been in danger of popping out of my head; hell, I didn't know you could
fit that much in one of those boxes!! Ryou noticed my attention
and snickered softly before pushing a few pieces of the meat towards me.

"I know, Niisan
went a bit overboard, but I know he just wants to take care of me. The beef's
pretty good, but Niisan likes it a bit too rare for my taste." I later
found out Bakura's idea of 'rare' is to run it through a warm room, which
is a bit too rare for even me.

Let's not even mention
squirrels again, okay?

Anyway, back to what
I was saying. I still wasn't too sure of what Ryou was up to, but the beef
did smell good. Keeping my eyes locked on the other boy I quickly
snatched a piece and bit into it before he could change his mind about sharing.
He was right, it was good. Not too rare, and not too much spice
added. I finished it in a couple of bites and grabbed some more, still watching
Ryou.

His smile brightened
a bit and he laughed softly. "I'm not going to take it from you,"
he said. "I can't eat this much by myself." As he spoke he pushed
some more of the meat and a few pieces of broccoli towards me. "Besides,"
he added, the hint of a frown crossing his lips, "you look too thin."

...well, yeah, I was--and
still am, actually--too thin for my height. Part of that comes from being
so young when I was turned, the rest from Oyaji's oh-so-wonderful parenting
skills. That's one of the reasons Kaasan's pleased that I don't live with
Oyaji anymore.

I didn't really answer
Ryou's observation, just shrugged and quickly devoured--yes, devoured--everything
he'd put in front of me. Despite my bad manners he seemed pleased and started
in on his own lunch. I could hear the other students around us whispering,
but I was so used to that that I ignored them. Ryou frowned a bit
but did likewise.

He stuck by me pretty
much the rest of the day, shooting looks at the gossip mongers from time
to time and politely asking Tekashi-san if he could move his seat next to
mine permanently. Tekashi-san was a bit stunned--like I said, the teachers
all knew what I am--but seemed okay with that. I think, in all honesty,
that she was pleased that someone was making an effort to be my friend at
a time when I really, really needed one the most. My grades were
in danger of plummeting and I had no real interest in doing anything about
it. That's changed a hell of a lot, but that's a story for later.

After the strangeness
of the day I opted not to run with my pard that night, instead
sneaking into the apartment and hiding out from Oyaji in my room. I didn't
get much sleep since the bastard realized I was home sometime around midnight
and kicked me out. I wound up wandering around the classier side of town,
since Hirutani wouldn't be caught dead where the Master vamp of Domino might
see him. True, Gozaburo really didn't give a fuck what the Weres did so
much as they left humans alone for the most part and didn't start anything
in the streets, but Hirutani was already on thin ice 'cause of my existence.
Turning a teenager is illegal and all that, but the cops tend to
let the Master deal with it. Although Kaiba senior didn't do much 'cept
rip Hirutani up one side and down the other then gave him some kinda warning
about not fucking up again. I'm pretty sure I know what that means...
I'll get into that a bit later, too.

Eventually morning came,
so I wandered off to school, half-wondering if the class spokesbitch Mazaki
Anzu had gotten to Ryou yet. If so, I was almost positive that he'd never
speak to me again much less share his lunch. I was pretty resigned to that
fate. After all, I was the class outcast. Being shunned was nothing
new.

Let me just take a moment
to say I've learned not to jump to conclusions.

I was barely in the
building when I could hear Mazaki and Ryou; I hadn't even realized Ryou
could get that loud. And while others could only hear snippets of what was
being said, I caught every word.

"You don't know
what he's like! He hardly even comes to school and our class would be much
better off if he dropped out all together!"

...did I mention that
Mazaki's a bitch?

"And you do
know Jounouchi-kun?" Ryou snapped back--I later swore that he actually
snarled--as I reached the door to our classroom. "I bet you
never bothered to even talk to him. Do you even know his first
name?"

"He's a low-life
punk!" Mazaki returned, ignoring the fact that I was now in the room.
"A complete loser! He has been for years, but for
the past year he's gotten worse!"

Now that stung. It was
a reminder of what I'd lost--of all that I'd lost--and I raised
a hand to the thick leather collar around my neck. Yeah, Weres heal fast
and all that, but Hirutatni's bite never faded. He damn near ripped my throat
out; my collar is the only thing that covers the scars.

The bitch may have been
ignoring me, but Ryou wasn't. And he had definitely noticed my reaction
to Mazaki's words; in point two seconds he went from annoyed and mildly
angry to incredibly, scarily pissed off.

Side note: a scarily
pissed-off Ryou is enough to make the most jaded vampire whimper. Believe
me, I witnessed that myself, but that's another story altogether.

"You know absolutely
nothing," Ryou hissed. "About Katsuya-kun"--I
swear Mazaki paled when he used my given name--"about real
life, about real friends... nothing. Jounouchi Katsuya
is my friend, and if you don't like it...." He paused, glaring
at the class as a whole (even the teacher's student-aide Kaiba Seto, who
was on the other side of the room 'innocently' pretending to read an upside-down
novel) and apparently trying to decide what to say to drive his point home.
After a moment he smirked and concluded his thought: "If you don't
like it, then you can all go fuck yourselves."

I wish I'd have had
a video camera to record their reactions. Queen Bitch's eyes widened in
shock and her mouth kept moving although nothing came out; Nosaka Miho gasped
and delicately covered her mouth with one hand as her face turned bright
red--for the record red clashes horribly with her hair; Honda fell off his
chair, then swore at said chair as if it wasn't his fault he'd
lost his balance; Se-Kaiba dropped his book and stared at Ryou.
There were some other great reactions, but those were the most notable or
amusing.

I just felt oddly happy.
I hadn't really had a friend since before my turning and I had to struggle
to keep from purring aloud. Somehow I managed to maintain a neutral expression
as I remarked, "Yeesh, Ryou, I think you broke 'em all."

Ryou shrugged, still
smirking. "They were asking for it. I think Niisan would have gone
further, though. Oh!" The smirk vanished, only to be replaced with
a slightly nervous smile. "You wanna come over to my place after school?
Niisan wants to meet you."

My first thought was,
Who would want to meet me? I pushed it away quickly.
Ryou was being friendly and it was generally no big deal for the siblings
of your friends to want to meet you.

Of course, if I'd've
known then what I know now, I would have declined... and probably run the
other way. But like I said, I've learned not to jump to conclusions.

"Sure," I
said with a small smile of my own.
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Well, there's chapter
one of Cursed Gold. More to come, promise ^_^
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