The Secret

By: Freewater

Disclaimer: I do not own, nor do I think I own any of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Characters. This story was written just for the plain fun of it.

Rating: R

Pairings: Seto/Joey

Notes: I'm going to be using their English names because I feel like it.

Warnings: This is a YAOI story (sort of),

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Chapter One

Down in the more unhealthy part of Domino City, a young girl walked home from school. She was a slim girl, blonde, a ripped backpack slung over her right shoulder since the other strap was torn too badly to use. Her father couldn't afford to buy her a new bag since they were short on money. But then it seemed that ever since her mother left her father wasn't finding too much energy to work, and they always seemed to be rather short on money.

She sighed, brushing a stray hair out of her amber eyes. Her school uniform felt tight from the hot day, and she couldn't wait to get home and change. So she took a short cut through some of the back alley's.

She'd been warned against walking through them when her mother was still around and when her father cared, but it was the in the middle of the day, and bad things only happened in alley's when it was night time. So she put all their warnings out of her head and continued to walk.

What she didn't realize, was that she was being watched as she walked. By at least three men who saw her walk into their territory, smiling with snake eyes and wishing to teach her a lesson about little girls going into such shady places.

They were so apt at what they did that she didn't even hear them approaching until they were right behind her. And she turned her head just in time to see the larger of the three grab her by the shoulders and throw her into the nearest brick wall.

She screamed more out of the shock then the fear, but when she looked up and saw what she was up against, she screamed again.

The middle sized man with the patched beard slapped her, and she was stunned into silence, forced to watch them leer at her while she clutched at her burning cheek. Tears streaming down her cheeks and desperately wishing she'd followed her parents advice.

"She can't be older then twelve." Said one.

"Yeah, but she's filled out kinda nice." Said the one with the beard, rubbing his chest. Making her cringe away from him.

The third man, the one with the most tattoos on his arms, roamed through her back pack, throwing it away with an angry roar once he found nothing of value in it. "This bitch ain't got nothin'." He sneered, growling at her, as though it were her fault for tricking him.

"Doesn't matter, she can give us something else." The bearded man said, grabbing ar her leg and pulling her forward.

She screamed for all she was worth and tried to push the offending, dirty, and sweaty man off her, but he was too heavy and far too strong for her to budge.

He slapped her again, drawing a bit of blood from her lip, and he ripped at her top, trying to tear it off.

"Now, you just quit your yellin' and it'll all be over soon enough," The man cooed, smelling her hair while she continued to cry.

Before he could go any further, his friend cried out, stopping him.

"Ahh! What the fuck! You son of a bitch! You stabbed me!" The man with the tattoos screamed, clutching his ribs and staring wide eyed at the boy who stabbed him.

The other two attackers could only stare at the brunet with the one spike in his hair in shock. Having never seen a boy so young hold a knife so threateningly before.

"And I'll slit your throat if your friends don't back off! Now!" He threatened, advancing on the now terrified man. The switchblade looking angry with red blood splattered on it.

"No! No! C'mon Jack let's go! I need a fucking doctor!" He cried.

Jack, the man on the girl, looked down at her with disappointment in his eyes, and he placed a chaste kiss on her lips, but only to scare her all the more before getting up.

"See you around, bitch." He sneered, helping his friend as the three of them fled.

The boy holding the knife cleaned the blood off with the dirt on the ground before putting it away and approaching her. Helping her to stand.

"Are you okay?" He asked. Looking at her with genuine concern in his eyes.

She instantly knew she could trust him, and so she broke down crying, throwing her arms around his neck while her whole body shook and sobbed. Shaking her head rapidly. "No, I'm not okay." She cried.

The boy put his arms around her awkwardly, having not expected such a reaction out of her, especially since her top was about to fall off. But then again, he'd never actually rescued a girl before, so that was to be expected.

"Well, you're okay now, they're gone." He said softly. "You shouldn't be walking down these parts unless you know how to defend yourself you know."

She nodded. "I know that now. But I can't fight." She whimpered, feeling the urge to hit something as she clenched at his brown coat. "I hate them! I wish I could beat them up like you did for what they tried to pull on me!" She cried.

The boy blushed. "Well, I didn't really beat them up, I just scared them away... I could show you how to do that if you want." He offered, not really knowing why, but only knowing that he felt the need to be with the girl in his arms. If only to help her.

She looked up at him strangely. "Really?" She asked.

He shrugged, smiling. "Sure, here take this," He pulled the switchblade out of his pocket. "I have another, so you can have it." And he handed it to her, watching and knowing with how awkwardly she held it that she didn't know what to do with it.

"Hold it like this, yeah good. Press this button to make the blade come out, and be careful how you hold it when you do."

"Thank you." She said, not really knowing how to express herself.

The boy smiled at her. "No problem. I'm Tristan by the way. Tristan Taylor." He offered her his hand and she shook it timidly. Carefully putting the knife away and in her pocket once the blade was safely away.

"I'm Josephine Wheeler. You can call me Joey though." Joey said, picking up her things and allowing Tristan to walk her home.

To Be Continued...

Okay, to start off I know there have been a few scenes in the cartoon that shows Joey's chest. PROVING he is a guy, but for the sake of the story he'll be a girl Besides, I've seen plenty of pics where he could pass off as a female, I don't need to show you any links for them, I'm sure anyone reading this has seen them too, so here is this story. This story will be shorter then my other SXJ fictions, mainly because I don't have the time for them anymore. The next chapter will be posted as soon as I can get it written up, but I will only be posting once every week or two, so don't expect much. By now you should all know the rules with me Unless I'm fed reviews things take a while longer, So review please! Also, according to the warning there won't be any sex scenes on this site, so if, and I mean IF I decide to add any then look for them on A F F. Net or lady cosmos. anifics . com