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Post by Sugi Kusari on Apr 15, 2006 16:45:44 GMT -5
“Please don’t hurt us! We’re just telling you Jounouchi isn’t going to fight,” Ino said.
Jounouchi bit his lip, fearing for her a little. “Now, listen! I’ll go, awright?! I’ll go! Just leave her alone, Seita!”
The other laughed triumphantly. “Hah! I promise! Just get your ass down there…Now!”
“No, Jounouchi!” She grabbed his arm, “You can’t go!”
Seita just laughed as he walked away.
Jounouchi sighed, looking at her. “I have to, Ino…”
“No! A true friend wouldn’t let you do this!” Ino said sternly. “You wanted a true friend, and I’m trying to be one!”
Jounouchi looked saddened. “But…They’ll hurt you if I don’t go! What Kinda friend am I if I let that happen?!”
“Then let them hurt me! I’m not letting you go!” Ino yelled at him.
Jounouchi turned away. “I have to…I have to go! I can’t let them do that to you! Y-You don’t know how they are!”
“No!” Ino yelled, holding his arm tighter.
Jounouchi pulled his arm away quickly. “No! No! I have to go! Please understand, Ino! Please!”
“Jounouchi, I don’t want you to get hurt…” Ino said. “If you promise you won’t get hurt, then go…”
Jounouchi smiled in a melancholy way. “I promise…Well…Where will you go?”
“I’ll follow you,” she said smiling.
Jounouchi sighed, shaking his head. “But…What if you get hurt? It’s not safe for you there…”
“I’ll be close by, then,” Ino said.
Jounouchi nodded, “Ok…We’d better go, now…”
Ino started to walk off. “Why do you fight…?”
“Because I started a long time ago, and it’s impossible to stop now…I’ll…never get out…” Jounouchi answered.
“It’s so bad, though. I came here to help you, but I feel like I’m not helping at all,” Ino whispered. “Don’t you have another friend who isn’t in that gang?”
Jounouchi nodded softly. “Yeah…Hiroto…” he said, “but he’s gone for now…For quite a while longer, too…”
“Oh, I’m sorry,” Ino said looking down.
It was a while later, and the fight was just starting. Jounouchi had left Ino in the empty warehouse his gang frequented. He had a grim expression as the fighting started…
Ino just stood there, watching the fight. /Please don’t get hurt, Jounouchi!/
Jounouchi growled as about five set around him in a circle. “Oi…That ain’t fair! Where’s that Seita punk when you need him?!”
“Well, well, well…Looka here, guys…It’s that woman Jounouchi was with before…”
About four of Seita’s little “lackeys” came toward Ino, smirking cruelly.
Ino looked at all of them. “Umm…hello? What’s your names,” she asked nervously.
The guys just laughed in their dark intentions. One stepped foreward. “Oh, my name’s not important, but I’d like yeh ta meet my knife: Shi…” He pulled out the blade, licking it sadistically while the rest laughed.
Jounouchi was doing fairly well with the fighting as of now, and had not received too many wounds…
Ino stared at the guy with the knife. She was so scared. “What do you plan to do with that?!” She stepped back, but there was only a wall there to meet her.
“I jus’ wanna get you two aquainted’s all…Oh, and Seita-sama says that this is the best way to punish Jounouchi for speakin’ out earlier…”
Ino gulped. /I wish I could use my powers…/ she thought to herself.
The guy grabbed for her hand quickly. If he could get it, he would procede to cut a long, deep gash in the girl’s palm. “Katsuya’s had it comin’…We need to get rid a that bastard…And now we can not only beat the crap out a him—but we can screw you up and that’ll mess him up real good! Hah! Knowin’ that idiot, he’ll probably kill ‘imself when ‘e finds what we’re gonna to to you!”
Ino cried out in pain as the knife cut into her palm.She screamed: “Please don’t do this!”
The boy just laughed and continued his horrific assault, now accompanied by the other three…
Jounouchi growled as a foot fell on his back. He was pinned on the ground as many members of his /own/ gang beat hard on him. /It was a trick! They set it all up just to do this to me!/
Ino tried to get away, knowing it most likely would not work.
Eventually, the four stopped their battery of the girl, leaving her alone, and most likely, very pained, in the warehouse…
Jounouchi screamed as the beatings continued. And not just with fists and feet…With knives, poles,sticks, broken bottles—anything they could get their hands on. /I’m going to die if they keep this up! I just…Hope Ino gets away!/
Ino was on the ground. She treid to get up- and did – but it took a while. She went to the window she was looking out of before all this happened. She saw Jounouchi, and what they were doing to him. “Jounouchi…!” she whispered, trying to get to the door.
At the distant, but nearing sounds of a police siren, all of those there, except for Jounouchi, of course, took off. Disappearing so quickly it was like they were never there.
Jounouchi was left face-down in the dirt. His form was crumpled and broken, as well as pretty bloody. He made a small, failed attempt to get up, only to fall right back down.
/I’m sorry, I broke my promise to her…I said I wouldn’t be hurt…!/
Ino ran up to Jounouchi with a bit of trouble. “Oh my! Jounouchi!” She kneeled next to him. She made a symbol with her hands up close to her face, whispering a few words.
Jounouchi’s bloody hand grasped at her meekly. He turned his head so he could at least get some view of her.
“Ino…Are you alright? Did they hurt you…?” His voice was soft and dripping with concern.
Ino didn’t quit what she was doing, though making the symbol was hurnting her injured had.
Jounouchi pushed himself to sit up.
He looked horrified at what he saw.
“They did! They’ve hurt you—those bastards! Ino—I-I’m so sorry! Please! Please forgive me: it’s all my fault!”
Ino stopped, looking at him right before passing out.
Jounouchi gasped lightly, shaking his head and taking her by the shoulders to wake her. “Ino! Don’t do that! Please wake up! You can’t die! Don’t leave me, please!” he cried.
Ino woke up and looked at him. “Jounouchi…please say you’re ok?” she asked.
Jounouchi smiled a little, wiping blood from his lip, only to smear that from his hands across his cheek. “I-I’m fine,” he said, though did not feel that way at all.
“Oh my…you’re bleeding so much,” Ino said, sighing. “I’m so sorry…”
Jounouchi smiled softly, nodding. “I should be sorry…You told me not to come, and now we’re both hurt…I want to fix it, though…let me help /you/…” Jounouchi struggled to his feet, pulling her with him. “Let’s find a place to bandage and clean you up…”
“What about you,” she asked. “We have to bandage you, too.”
Jounouchi shook his head as he tried to pull her along. “Worry about you first…It’s all my fault…You come first…”
Ino followed, “No. We need to take care of you, first. You’re bleeding so much…”
Jounouchi said nothing as they went along. It was about ten minutes later when, with a soft moan, he let go of Ino and fell hard. He trembled slightly, even though it was fairly warm this night. “It’s cold…” Jounouchi mumbled, eyes shut as he lay on the pavement.
Ino knelt next to him. “Jounouchi, you’ve lost too much blood! We need to get you to the hospital!”
Jounouchi opened his eyes, looking at her exhaustedly. “Sorry…So sorry, really…I can’t…I’m…just so tired, now…” his voice trailed off and faded about halfway through the sentence.
Ino felt like she was going to cry. “Please, Jounouchi! You’re going to die if we don’t get you to one!”
Jounouchi closed his eyes, smiling slightly. “Well, then I get my wish, and you get to go back…Happy endings all…around…” he said softly.
“No! You can’t die! Please! I like being here with you! Please, don’t die!” she said, tears rolling down her face.
Jounouchi growled softly and pushed himself back up onto his feet. “Ok…I’ll try…for you…I owe it to you…I owe you everything…”
He started to stumble back in the direction of the hospital, which was only about two or three blocks away.
Once there, Ino told the workers about Jounouchi.
The doctors there were quick to haul Jounouchi off to be helped, and they took Ino away to be looked at as well…
Jounouchi did not wake up, even by the afternoon on the next day. He remained asleep, breathing shallowly in the hospital bed.
Ino sat in a chair next to his bed, asleep. She had been checked out and bandaged.
About an hour later, Jounouchi opened his eyes, seeing only white. “Heh…I guess I didn’t make it, then…I /did/ die, didn’t I?”
His vision focused, and he looked confused. He wasn’t dead after all! “The…hospital…”
Ino was still asleep when the nurse came in. “Yes, you’re in the hospital. It’s good to see you’re awake. How do you feel?”
Jounouchi smiled slightly. “Fine. /Dead/, but fine…”
The nurse laughed a bit. “Need anything?”
Jounouchi shook his head. “No,” he glanced at Ino, then back to the nurse, “I’ve got everything I want right here…”
The nurse smiled, and before walking out, said: “If you need anything, just call.”
“Ok,” Jounouchi answered. He looked back at Ino and placed a hand on one of her knees, shaking it lightly. “Ino…? Hey, are you alive…?”
Ino woke up and looked at him “Your awake Jounouchi…. How do you feel?” she asked “You’ve been sleeping for a full day, and night” she added in.
“I feel ok, I guess,” Jounouchi answered. “What about you? Are you ok…?”
“Yeah I’m fine” she said smiling.
Jounouchi sighed, looking away. “I’m sorry…Everything is my fault…You shouldn’t have had to be hurt like that…”
“NO, it wasn’t your fault” she sighed “Please don’t blame yourself”
“But…it was! You tol’ me not to go, but I did anyway! I did it to protect you, but you got hurt worse’n you probably would’ve if I hadn’t a gone!”
Ino sighed “Its not your fault, now lets get off this subject” she said.
“What else is there…?” Jounouchi mumbled. He sighed, speaking as softly as he could. “You probably hate me, now…”
“No, I could never hate you Jounouchi” she said looking down “Its hard to belive anyone can hate you” she whispered.
“Tch! Believe it! /Everybody/ hates me! My own damn family! Every Kid at school! Random stranges! Everybody!” Jounouchi nearly yelled.
“I’m sorry Jounouchi, I didn’t mean to make you mad.”
Jounouchi’s expression softened. He sat up and looked at her. “No…I’m sorry…”
Ino looked up at him “Don’t be sorry” she whispered.
Jounouchi smiled, then crossed his arms over his chest in a mock pout. “Nuh-uh! I’ll be sorry if I wanna!”
Ino laughed a bit and poked him.
Jounouchi flinched. “Oww! That hurt!”
“Oh, I’m sorry, Jounouchi,” she said as she looked down. “Can you forgive me?”
Jounouchi smiled. “’Course I can! It didn’t hurt bad!”
Ino didn’t look up. She started to think, then just fell asleep.
Jounouchi blinked, looking concerned. “What’d I go and do now?”
Ino just made some odd noise and mumbled something incoherrantly, still asleep.
Jounouchi poked her lightly. “Did…Did you die, Ino…?”
Ino was still sleeping, but mumbled two words. “No, Jounouchi…”
Jounouchi laughed quietly then said: “Ahh! The pillow monster is eating my face!”
Ino was still asleep. “No…Anything but the pillow monster…!”she mumbled.
Jounouchi nodded sagely. “Yepp and –oh…It just killed me. I died…Oww…” And with that, he fell back onto the bed.
Tears began to roll down Ino’s cheeks, though she was still asleep. “Jounouchi!”
Jounouchi didn’t see the tears, as he was lying down with his eyes shut.
“Yeah…was an awful death. Hurt real bad…Blood’s everywhere an’ stuff.”
Ino /still/ hadn’t woken up. She also kept crying. “No! Not you, Jounouchi!”
Jounouchi hid a smile. “No, no. It was me. Still dead, too.”
Ino made a sniffling noise. “No! I know it’s been only a few days, but I think…I think I love you…!”
Jounouchi sat up quickly. “Huh? What?” He looked at her. “Oh no! You were crying?! I’m sorry! I’m still right here! I’m alive, see!”
Ino woke up and looked at him. “Wh-What’s going on? Why are you sorry?”She asked. Ino hadn’t remembered what they were talking about, or what she had said. She still had a few tears running down her cheeks.
Jounouchi shook his head. “Nothing, never mind.”
/Does she really love…me…?/
“Do I, what?!” Ino asked loudly, though without yelling. She blushed like mad.
Jounouchi also blushed, looking away. “Err…it’s…what you said in your sleep…”
“I said I love you?” She asked, looking down. “I’m sorry! So sorry!”
Jounouchi looked confused. He tilted his head to one side. “Why ‘sorry’?”
“I’m sorry because me saying hat probably has you feeling really uncomfortable around me…And it probably just ruined our friendship…” she said.
Jounouchi shook his head slowly. “No…No really! It didn’t do that at all! I—I’m fine with it—R-Really!”
“Yeah, but I know for a fact you don’t feel the same way I do,” shee said.
Jounouchi looked down. “Err…what if I…What if I did?” he asked softly. “What then?”
“Then…We both love each other…?” Ino whispered.
Jounouchi blushed deeply. “I-I never said th-that! B-but…But…ye-yes…I think it’s true…”
Ino was still blushing, only now she was much more red: like a tomato. “I…love Jounouchi…” she said to herself, as if trying to get it through her head.
Jounouchi grinned suddenly, as if just realizing this himself. “R-Really? You love me?!”
Ino nodded. “Yes, I do!”
Jounouchi just squeaked awkwardly and fell back down on the bed, hands on his chest, and a dumb grin on his face. He pressed the intercom button to the nurse and screamed: “She loves me!”
Ino laughed a bit. The nurse ran in. “Are you ok?!”
One of Jounouchi’s legs twitched a few times. He had the dumbest look of bliss on his face… “Naww…I’m—I’m good!”
He gave the nurse a thumbs up without looking.
The nurse just walked out; Ino had a huge smile on her face. “It would be nice to know how you felt about me…?”
Jounouchi shot up, pulling her toward him and giving her a big, retarded kiss. “I love you, a course!”
Ino was a bit confused, but had a big grin on her face. She hugged him. “This is great!”
Jounouchi went limp, letting his head fall back and upside-down. “Yeay!”
It was later now, night time. Ino and Jounouchi were leaving the hospitatal.
/I can’t believe we said that to each other…And yet…I love the fact that he loves me!/
Jounouchi smiled as he walked alongside her. /I can’t believe it…Somebody…finally cares! Somebody finally loves me!/
Ino smiled, she grabbed Jounouchi’s arm. “Is it alright if I do this?”
Jounouchi nodded, looking at her. “Yeah…Any time…” he said softly, blushing.
Ino blushed, too. “Squishy Jounouchi!” she said, smiling. “I think I like that nickname for you…”
Jounouchi sighed. “Oh, great…Only if I can call you Scawey Lady.”
“And why would you wanna call me that?” She gave him the ‘puppy-eyes’.
Jounouchi shrugged, laughing. “No idea…”
Ino just chuckled. “What do you want to do?”
Jounouchi thought for a moment. “What do you like to d—“
“Ooiii!!! Jounouchi!!!”
A large hand clapped down on the boy’s back from behind. “Gotcha!”
Ino was a bit confused. She looked at the newcomer without releasing Jounouchi’s arm.
Jounouchi turned quickly, grinning as he recognized the voice. “Hondaaaa! You’re back early”
Honda nodded, smiling broadly. “Yeah!Family kicked me off the vacation ‘cause I was bein’ dumb… I got bored, anyway… “
Ino smiled. “Hi!” she exclaimed, waving with one arm.
Honda blinked, waving. “Who’re you…?”
“I’m Ino, from the Goddess Help line! You’re Honda, right?”
Jounouchi kept quiet as he waited for the reaction.
Honda backed off a bit. “Jounouchi…you should stop finding all the crazies, man…seriously…”
“Hey! I’m not a crazy!” She said as she went to hit Honda.
Honda ducked covering his head defensivelywith both hands. “Ahh! I was just joking! Don’t hurt me, lady!”
“Jounouchi, tell him I’m a goddess,” Ino said, still clinging to his arm.
Jounouchi looked at Honda and nodded. “S’ True. She is!”
Honda crossed his arms over his chest, peering accusingly at the girl. “Awright, then. Prove it!”
Ino changed her clothes back to the way they were when she first met Jounouchi.
Honda squeaked and jumped back. “Woah!”
It was about three weeks later, now. Honda and Ino had actually started to get along pretty well.
Honda walked down the street with Jounouchi and the girl, as well as another little tag-along. In his arms, was the very wriggley, and all-too-happy-to-be-out-of-the-kennel Blankie; his sheltie dog. He licked repetitively at the boy’s face, making conversation a little hard…
“Your dog is so cute, Honda!” Ino said, looking at the dog. “Is it okay if I pet him?”
Honda laughed and held the dog away from him. “Go ahead. Mind you he’s an evil little bugger,” Honda answered. “Teeth are still puppy-sharp, even though he’s grown up…”
Ino smiled and pet the dog.After a while she stopped, and grabbed Jounouchi’s arm. “Squishy Jounouchi!”
Jounouchi blinked, “Err…Okay, then…”
Honda brought Blankie back closer to him, only to be attacked with the breath, and teeth, of the small monster.
“I’m sorry. Does it bug you?” Ino asked, letting him go.
Jounouchi shook his head. “Naw, it was just random, is all.” He smiled
Ino grabbed Jounouchi’s arm again and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
Jounouchi just grinned, blushing.
The group wandered around town all day, and it was nearly sunset, now.
Jounouchi sighed, yawning. “Well, can you guys stay here for a while? I’m gonna go get us some food…”
Honda nodded, sitting down on the park bench. They had dropped Blankie at his house earlier, so he was free for now. “Sure, I guess.”
“Great! Be right back!” Jounouchi said before running off.
Ino sat down next to Honda. “So…How are you?” she asked.
Honda shrugged. “Eh, I’m ok. Not dying, or anything, so there’s not really anything to be bothered with, right?”
“Yup,” Ino smiled. “Today’s a nice day, isn’t it?”
Honda smiled, nodding. “Yeah—“
“Haahaa! Look at that! There’s /two/ of ‘em together, guys! Jounouchi gets to pay /double/!”
It was the same guys that had attacked Ino, as well as about five others from the gang.
Honda stood up quickly, putting himself between the girl and the others.
Ino stood up. She was a bit frightened at seeing them. “Leave us alone!” she yelled.
Honda put an arm out behind him as if to silence her.
“Look, I don’t know what you freaks want with Jou’, but I can tell you right here and now that you aren’t touching her, or me either!”
The guys all laughed menacingly. “Oh? You gonna stop us Hon-duuhhh?”
Ino kept silent. /What do they want? I wish they would leave Jounouchi alone…!/ she thought.
Soon, Honda found himself trying his best to protect Ino from all of the others. It was…just a bit too hard…But, he was holding up pretty well, and had won fear from most of his opponents. Though he was in no gang, Honda was very adept at fighting…
“Honda! Let me help you!” Ino said as she attempted to hit one of the guys.
Honda grinned as the boy she’d punched yelled and turned away from the fight.
“Nice job!”
The fighting carried on for a while, but Honda would not fall.
“Get back, you idiots! He’s going down the /hard/ way!” one of the guys screamed. The rest scattered…
Honda dropped the boy he had been shaking by the collar as he heard a metallic click.
His eye widened, “Ino! Run! Get out of he-“
There were four loud bang’s…
Honda made an odd, sad little noise before falling forward onto his face. He’d taken all of the shots to his stomach…
The boy that had fired the gun just smirked and started to leave. “I think we’re done here, guys…”
“Honda!” Ino yelled as she ran over to him. “Honda, hold on!” she said before trying the same spell she had on Jounouchi.
Unsurprizingly, the spell had no effect. Honda gave a soft, sobbing cry as he rolled onto his back. His eyes were shut tightly, and his mouth hung open wide as he gasped for breath.
“Let’s try to get you the the hospital!” Ino said.
Honda opened his eyes and looked at her, shaking his head. “No…I-I can’t make it there! ‘s more than…mile away…”
“I’m so sorry Honda!” Ino cried as she went to hug the boy.
Honda looked confused as he was hugged.
He gazed up at her almost pleadingly. “Ino…I’m going to…to die, aren’t I?!” He looked like he would cry any moment…
Ino sighed; she didn’t know what to say. “I don’t know,” she whipered.
Honda shut his eyes tightly as a few tears escaped down his cheeks, and the blood began to drip down his chin.
“I don’t want to die…”
Ino started to cry. “I’m sorry,” she whispered, hugging Honda tighter.
Honda let out an awkward sob. “W-well, you’re a goddess, aren’t you?! Can’t you make it stop hurting or something like that?!” he pleaded.
Ino thought for a second, then tried another spell; one that might stop the hurting.
Of course this didn’t work…as usual… Honda moaned pitifully.
“Please…at least kill me now, please…” he mumbled.
“I’m sorry…but I can’t do that…” Ino whispered.
Honda nodded softly. “Ok….I’m…sorry that you…had to see all this…” he said softly.
Ino just stared at him, still crying. “I wish I could help you…”
Honda opened his mouth to speak, but he only made a choking sob as blood poured from it. His eyes rolled into the back of his head and closed, and he went limp. His head fell to rest on the girl’s shoulder.
“Honda?” she asked, but received no answer. “No! You can’t die!” she said.
Jounouchi had arrived just in time to see Honda fall limp. From where he was, it looked like he and Ino were simply hugging, and he couldn’t make out any oher word than “no”.
He hadn’t been able to find a restaurant that hadn’t closed yet, so he had no food. “What’s goin’ on?!” He ran over, stopping just a few feet away.
“Jounouchi, Honda’s dead…” Ino cried not letting go of Hondas body.
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Post by Sugi Kusari on Apr 15, 2006 16:46:29 GMT -5
Jounouchi looked icredulously horrifed. He rushed over to see if this was al just a joke. Instantly at seeing the blood, and that his friend was clearly dead, Jounouchi burst into tears.
“No! No, Honda you can’t! Please!”
He fell to his knees, head buried in his hands as he sobbed brokenly. “No, Hiroto! You can’t do that! Y-You can’t!”
Ino was still crying she was still hugging Honda “I’m so sorry Jounouchi”
Jounouchi looked at her, tears still streaming down his face. “Ino…Wh-What happened?! Why is Honda gone?!”
“Your old gang came wanted revenge and shot Honda, I’m so sorry I couldn’t help him.” She said looking at the body she was holding.
Jounouchi stood up, looking grimly down at his lost friend. He sniffed and turned away. /It’s my fault…They killed him because of me…/
“Ino….you should go back where you come from…No good will come from anybody being with me…”
“No, I’m not going back! Even if I wanted to I couldn’t,” she let go of Honda and stood up.
Jounouchi tried to swallow the lump in his throat. “Honda’s /dead/ because of /me/…And they wanted to kill you, too, I’ll bet…You have to go…or we’ll both be dead…It should just be me…Just me…”
“NO!Jounouchi I’m not going” she said as she went to hug him “Please don’t say things like that!”
Jounouchi wiped tears away from his eyes. “It’s true…I should be dead! I should have died years ago!” He yelled.
“No, Jounouchi please stop saying thease things!” she yelled.
“It’s true, Ino! It’s true! Why shouldn’t I say it?! Huh?! Why?!” Jounouchi asked, yelling.
Ino was starting to cry even more now she was still hugging him she was crying so hard now that if she did speak it wouldn’t make sence.
Jounouchi broke away and started to run off. “I don’t care what you say! It’s true! It’s always been true!”
Ino ran after Jounouchi “Jounouchi get back here!” Ino yelled.
Jounouchi wouldn’t have stopped, but he tripped. He only sat up, but did not /get/ up. He sat there, starring at the ground as silent tears poured down his face. “I…I want to die…I have to die…”
Ino ran up to Jounouchi and went to hug him from behind “Jounouchi…”
Jounouchi grabbed her arm, pushing his face into it, still sobbing. He said only random and incomprehensible nonsense.
Ino sighed “I’m so sorry Jounouchi, about everything” she still had some tears streaming down her face.
Jounouchi gave a shuddering sigh. “I just want to die, Ino…I just want t--..”
“No, please I beg of you don’t speak like that, please if you die I’ll be realy sad” she said.
Jounouchi sighed softly. “I’m….sorry….I’m so sorry, Ino…” he sobbed feverishly.
Ino hugged him tighter “I love you” she whispered.
Jounouchi stood up, letting go of her arm. “Come…on…We can’t just leave Honda there…”
Ino stood up too “Right,” she whispered.
It was three days later…Jounouchi’s father was away on some unnamed trip for about two weeks, so Jounouchi and Ino could stay in the apartment until then.
Jounouchi had had to tell Honda’s family what had happened to him over the phone a while before. It had only deepened his horrible depression…
It was night, and the moon shone brightly… Jounouchi waited until Ino fell asleep for him to sneak out and head for the park…
Ino woke up and noticed Jououchi wasn’t there “where did he go?”
Jounouchi gulped as he sat down on the bench. He fiddled with something in his pocket for about ten minutes before pulling out the knife and looking at it sadly. /I’ve got to do it…I need to do it…I have to die…/
Ino was around the park when she herd Jounouchi’s thoughts /die… no he can’t…/ she started to search even more.
Jounouchi felt the tears begin to falldown his face. /It’ll make her free again! And I deserve it! I always have!/ He brought the knife up to his chest and placed it’s point over his heart. /…I have to…/
Ino saw him and ran up to him she went grab the knife”Jounouchi please don’t!” she cryed.
Jounouchi tried to pull the blade back from her. “No! I have to! I have to! I’m only a burden on everybody!”
“NO!” she yelled at him tears coming down her face “You can’t do this! If you die, then I’ll be sad please!”
Jounouchi pulled harder, also crying. “So?! You’ll live forever! I’m only a small moment in /your/ life anyway! You didn’t even /choose/ to be here! It just your job! It’s all just what you do! You just wait here until I die, and then you wait to go help some other poor slob, right?! Well?! Isn’t that right?!”
Ino felt a bit hurt by what he had said “No, Jounouchi Please, Honda wouldn’t want you to do this!” she yelled still crying.
“Honda’s dead!” Jounouchi screamed. “Dead because of me! It’s only fair that I follow him!” He looked away from her, still pulling at the knife. “Please…J-just let me…”
“No! I’ll never let you do this! Please I love you don’t do this! You don’t let people that you love do this!”
“You /can’t/ love me! I’ll die long before you either way! There’s no way for us, Ino! So tell me: Why does it matter, huh?!”
“You will always be the only guy I will ever love,and as much as I hate to admit it but like you said you will die long before I do wich means we should spend the most time we can with eachother. Jounouchi if you love me you wont do this.”
Jounouchi just shut his eyes, head down as he cried. Even still, he tugged at the blade persistently.
Ino refused to let go of the blade.
Jounouchi gave a choking sob and let go of the blade’s handle. He fell to his knees, slumping over before the girl. “I just deserve to die…”
Ino kneeled next to him and hugged him “You don’t deserve to die” she whispered.
Jounouchi hugged her back, but not very tightly. He could not stop his tears, nor his trembling. “You would… be happier…if you could just leave me… If…it is true that you love me, then…Watching me get older, grow weaker…die…while you remain the same…How can that be ok with you? If you loved me, like you say, then…you would have it better just to forget me…or leave me and remember only how I was when you first got here: happy…”
Up above some where Urd was watching this with the others “A godess loving human…what is she thinking? I have to break this wish, this little relation between them has to end” Urd said as she went to Where they were.
Ino saw a bright light “Urd?” she whispered as she saw the figure appear more now.
Jounouchi looked up a liitle, though only seeing Ino. “Urd…? What’s that?”
“Ino your leaving now! I’m breaking this wish you two are in love and that must stop!” Urd said
“NO Urd you cant do that!” ino yelled
“Well, The one wants to talk to you” Urd said
Ino gulped “The one” she stood up still holding the knife “Jounouchi I promis I’ll be back ok?” hse said as she just disapeard.
Jounouchi just gazed at where Ino had been. A few tears still coursed down his cheeks.
Ino was there and had already had the conversation with the one “Are you sure you want to do this Ino?”
Ino nodded “Yes, I love him, so well you let me give up my immortality and being a godess?”
“Yes, but you know you can’t turn back”
“I wont” she said as she did the last thing she could as a godess she went back to earth.
Jounouchi had already walked quite a ways away from there—and in the middle of the street… already, three cars had swerved away from him, honking and cursing angrily at the boy for his own stupidity…
Ino saw Jounouchi and ran up to him, she went to grab his hand “What are you doing?” she asked
Jounouchi looked confused, and instantly jerked his hand away. “What the hell do you—I---Ino?! What are you doing here?!”
As he spoke, he pulled her out of the way of an oncoming car.
Ino smiled “You and me can be together now” she said hugging him “I gave up my immortality I’m not a godess anymore” she acualy sounded happy about it.
Jounouchi blinked, looking horribly confused. “Wh-What do you…mean…?”
“What do I mean, I mean I’m not a godess I’m human!”
Jounouchi was in fact, extremely happy, but he did not look it. “What? But, why?!”
“Because I love you and I wanted to be able to have a relationship with you”
Jounouchi hugged her back tightly. “You did that for me? Really?!”
“Yes, of corse’ she said as she just continued to hug him.
Jounouchi smiled gently, continuing to embrace her. “I love you, Ino! I love you!”
“I love you too Jounouchi” she said smiling /I think this is the best moment of my life/.
Jounouchi did not know at all what to say, so he just continued to embrace her as tightly, but gently, as he could.
“Jounouchi I think we should hug somewhere less dangerious” she said looking around.
“Good idea,” Jounouchi muttered before getting them both quickly out of the street.
It was morning and Ino was still asleep.
Jounouchi sat next to her, grinning as he poked her in the forehead. “Good moooorning, Ino!”
Ino made a few weird noises “Good moring Jounouchi” she said with a tired voice.
“Hungry?” Jounouchi asked, tilting his head to one side.
“Yes I am” she whispered “It feels weird to be human”
Jounouchi grinned, laughing. “Well, how about we go out for breakfast? Since it’s your first real meal as a human!”
“That sounds good” she said smiling and hugging him.
It was a few weeks later now, and Jounouchi had asked ino to pick up some dinner for them while he went straight home. He had some homework he wanted to get done quickly. Jounouchi had been doing much better at school lately. Not only that, but he was no longer pestered by his former gang.
Ino came into the home “I’m back with dinner!” she said putting it down on the table.
Jounouchi gave no answer, and was unable to. His papers were strewn about the floor where they had been knocked from the table. There was a bit of blood on the carpet, and some of it dotted the floor off down the hall…
His father had come home for sure. The thick smell of alcohol was poof of that enough. But, the man was gone now…He’d come home and, in his anger, done what he’d always threatened to. After that, he simply left.
“Jounouchi?” she said as she went search after she saw the blood “Jounouchi where are you? Are you ok?”
Jounouchi looked up a little from his spot where he’d collapsed, half on, and half off his bed. Blood gushed from his chest, stomach, and mouth, as well as various other injuruies, like the one on his head. At least two ribs were smashed in… All in all, he was but a bloody, mangled mess. “Ino….? Is dat…you?”
“OH my Jounouchi! What happened?”she asked.
Jounouchi let his head fall back down to rest on the bed. He let out a choked breath, sending blood spattering out onto one of his arms and the bed itself. “Ino…Please…y’gotta help me! It hurts so..much…!!!” He spoke softly and weakly in a depressingly pained, and frightened voice.
Ino went and grabed the phone and called 911 “Jounouchi please hold on they’ll be here any minute now,”she said “I’m sorry”
Jounouchi closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath. “Ino…Will you sit here with me…Please…? Just for a while..?”
Ino did as he asked and went to grab his hand “everything is going to be ok” she said.
Jounouchi laughed quietly, shaking his head as best he could. His voice was a soft, hoarse whisper. “I-I’m sorry…I want to stay…I really do, but…I…don’t think …I can…” He clasped her hand meekly, sliding down off the bed a bit more.
Ino tried to push him back on the bed she had tears streaming down her face.
Jounouchi managed to get back into the bed. He looked over at Ino, sadly smiling. “I’m sorry, Ino…It’s such a waste…You…You became human for me…and now I’ve gone and…let you down…I hope…you’ll forgive me…someday…” he said softly.
Ino sighed and went to kiss him on the forehead “you haven’t let me down at all,”
“How haven’t I…? You can’t be a goddess anymore, and now…I’ve got to leave you…alone…It’s my fault that you gave up your old life…”
“But I would of gave that life up even if it was just a day of this life, You showed me how to have fun be happy, and I fell In love with the greatest guy in theworld.”
Jounouchi smiled trough his tears. “Ino…Do…Do you really mean dat?”
“Yes, of corse” she still had tears streaming down her face.
Jounouchi cried out softly with the pain, and more blood gushed from his mouth. “Guhh—I-Ino, I…don’t have much longer, so…I l-love you! I really love you! You were the greatest thing that’s…ever…happened to…--“
His eyes closed and his body relaxed all tension. “…me…” he whispered weakly. Then, the steady rise and fall of his chest stopped, and he no longer drew in any breath…
“Jounouchi!”Ino yelled “NO, please I’m sorry I love you too I love you so much!”then she just cryed.
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