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Chapter 4: Job Gone Wrong

Yusei had only one test on Friday, and that was in the afternoon. So, he took a job for earlier that morning and he couldn't wait to let off some steam. Jack had tried flirting with him again all that week, and it was pissing Yusei off.

As Yusei walked into the abandoned house, he smirked. He put his hands in his pockets and walked around, kicking some stray couch as he went. He got there a little early, so the Devil didn't appear yet.

He hadn't gotten much information, only that this Devil shows up at the same time every day. The neighbors were scared and asked Yusei to take the Devil out. And after the last three days he had, he was so glad to get out of the house.

Yusei had been able to avoid Jack enough that it didn't bother him. What he was more worried about was Jaden. Jaden and Jesse had seemed to get very close in the last several days. Yusei was worried about his little brother. He didn't want Jaden to get hurt by the bluenet Devil.

"Alright, Devil, where are you?" Yusei asked, looking at his watch. It was 8 o'clock, the time that the Devil was supposed to show up.

Just then, Yusei heard something step behind him. He smirked, turned around, and nearly jumped to the ceiling. Standing behind him was a giant praying mantis. Yusei faltered for a second when he saw that the Devil had amethyst eyes. The Devil stopped as well and just stared at Yusei. Then, the Devil shrunk. Yusei watched as the Devil form changed from a praying mantis into…

Jack?

"What are you doing here?" Jack asked, glaring at Yusei.

"I could ask you the same question," Yusei said, grabbing one of his guns and pointing it at Jack.

"Whoa! Whoa, alright, no need for that!" Jack said, putting his hands up. "Look, I have something here…"

"What?" Yusei asked, smirking. "I have orders to kill you. Give me a good reason why I shouldn't."

"Jack?"

Yusei whipped around and didn't see anything right away. He looked down to see a little kid standing there. The kid looked like he just woke up from a nap, and was rubbing his tired blue eyes. His black hair was disheveled, adding to Yusei's theory that he just woke up.

"Mokuba, go back upstairs," Jack said, pointing to the stairs. Mokuba looked a little shocked, but went back upstairs.

"Who was that?" Yusei asked a lot calmer, turning to face Jack.

"He's my little brother," Jack said, looking down. "Well, half brother. Same father, different mothers. I love him all the same though."

"You live in a house so much better than this," Yusei said, looking around. "Why is he here? Why is he not with your Pack?"

"He's a half-breed," Jack said calmly.

Yusei looked like his eyes were about to pop out of his head. Now he understood. If the rest of the Pack found out that Mokuba was a half-breed, which they would the second they lay eyes on him, the boy would be killed immediately. Yusei nodded and put his gun away.

"I understand," Yusei said, starting to leave the house. "I won't bother you."

"Wait," Jack cried suddenly, grabbing Yusei's shoulder as he passed and spinning him around. "Don't tell anyone about him."

"I won't," Yusei said, shaking his head. "I have little brothers myself, so I know how you feel."

"Thank you," Jack said with a smile that took Yusei's breath away.

"Uhh… no problem," Yusei nodded, removing Jack's hand from him. "Don't think that this changes the fact that I hate you. I still want to kill you."

"I didn't think that it would," Jack said with a chuckle. "But, maybe you can do something for me?"

"I already said I won't tell," Yusei said simply.

"You know my biggest secrete," Jack said, crossing his arms and smirking. "It's only fair that I know yours. That way, neither of us has leverage over the other."

"That is… very true," Yusei said with a sigh. "Alright, you want to know my biggest secrete?"

"That would be nice," Jack said with a smirk.

"Here it is," Yusei said, sighing. "I'm terrified whenever it rains."

"What?!" Jack asked, nearly dying of laughter. Yusei glared at him, making his laugh harder. Once Jack calmed down, he asked, "The most feared Devil Hunter in Japan is afraid of rain?!"

"It was raining when my parents were murdered," Yusei said, making Jack stop. "It had rained every single time something bad has happened. Don't you dare laugh at me."

"I'm sorry," Jack said, his voice genuinely sorry. "I didn't know you lost your parents. I lost mother when I was little, so I sort of know how you feel…"

"Don't try to get sympathy from me," Yusei said, shaking his head. Tears had started to form in his eyes just from the memory of his parent's mangled bodies. His mother's terrified scream… his father's last words to him.

Before Yusei knew it, he was crying right in front of the person he thought was his sworn enemy. Jack, either took pity on him or truly wanted to comfort him, pulled Yusei into a hug. Yusei hugged him back and started to sob into his broad chest. Jack gently rubbed his back, trying to calm him. Jack never liked it when people cried, and for some reason, he really hated it when Yusei cried.

"Why are you doing this?" Yusei asked, his voice a little muffled but Jack's chest. But, Jack's super senses were able to pick it up.

"Because I don't want you to cry," Jack said simply.

Yusei looked up at Jack, trying to find something sinister in his actions. But, Yusei could find nothing. He looked into Jack's eyes and saw few emotions that he could read. He saw sadness, comfort… and one that he couldn't place. He looked a little harder, trying to figure out what it was.

When Yusei figured out a very key fact, it was too late. They were only a few millimeters apart. That's when hormones took over and pushed their rationale out the proverbial window. Jack closed the gap between them, lightly kissing Yusei's lips.

Yusei kissed him back, wanting to feel loved, even if just for a few seconds. He had never thought about being with a Devil, having Hunted them most of his life. But something about being in Jack's arms at that moment just felt so right. Their tongues quickly found each other and danced in a sensual war that had was making the boys begin to take things further.

Jack had detached himself from Yusei's lips and started to kiss his neck. Yusei moaned, encouraging Jack more. He started to lick and suck on Yusei's pulse point, making Yusei moan a little louder. Then Jack bit down on Yusei's collarbone, not enough to draw blood, but enough to leave a mark.

That's when Yusei's senses came back to his mind. He shoved Jack away, pulled out his gun, and shot him several times in the arms and stomach. He knew that wasn't enough to even really faze a Devil as powerful as Jack, but it was enough to get his point across. Jack was too stunned to move for a little and just stared at Yusei, who still had his gun pointed at him.

"You fucking Goddamned bastard!" Yusei screamed, making Jack jolt and come back to himself. "Don't you dare ever fucking try that kind of shit again! I hate you so fucking much right now that I can't even fucking describe it!"

"If you hate me then why don't you kill me?!" Jack snapped back, putting an arm around his already healing stomach.

"Because I don't want to hurt Mokuba," Yusei said dangerously, making Jack rethink his 'offer'. "Like I said, I'm a big brother too. But try shit like that again and I won't hesitate."

With that, Yusei stormed off, leaving Jack in the abandoned house. He could not believe that he had just done that. He wanted to shoot himself for being so dumb. Maybe that would knock some sense into him. So, he did just that. Yusei slipped into an alley, placed Ebony on his arm, and pulled the trigger.

The bullet ripped through muscles, bones, and flesh, and Yusei didn't even flinch. The shot more stung that anything else. The bullet embedded itself in the ground. He watched as is arm immediately began to restitch itself. He was a half-breed, so while the wound hurt, it really didn't do a thing to him.

That's when Yusei saw his watch. He only had half an hour to get to school for his last exam. He put the gun back and started to run to the school as fast as he could. He was not going to pull a Jaden and be late!

~*~

Yusei came out of the test room feeling rather good about himself. Jack had placed himself on the other side of the classroom from him and Yusei took his test in peace. Jaden had, of course, fallen asleep in the middle of it. He was starting to worry about Jaden. The poor brunet wouldn't graduate if he kept that up.

"Yus!" Kalin cried, hooking his arm around Yusei's waist and giving him a kiss on the cheek. "What's up, babe? How was your job?"

"Terrible," Yusei said, sighing. He rested his head on Kalin's shoulder and groaned. "I ran into Jack."

"No," Kalin gasped. "Did he scare off your mark?"

"He was my mark!" Yusei cried, making Kalin gasp again. "And I couldn't finish him off and I can't even tell you why because I swore I wouldn't tell…"

"That sucks," Kalin grumbled. He then saw Yusei turned bright red and smirked. "Did something more happen?"

"Yeah…" Yusei said, suddenly turning shy. "We maybe… kinda…. Started making out…?"

"You did what?" Kalin asked, his eyes wide.

"But I shot him right afterwards!" Yusei recovered.

"Did you like it?" Kalin asked slyly. Yusei turned red and Kalin chuckled. "You did! You so have the lurv bug!"

"What the fuck is a lurv bug?!" Yusei asked, glaring at Kalin.

"Yur dumber than a mouse runnin' through a cat shelter," Jesse said, shaking his head.

"What are you still doing here?" Yusei asked, getting really fed up with this Devil Pack. Kalin took that moment to slip away, not wanting to have to deal with Yusei's wrath.

"I'm hangin' with Jay later," Jesse said, gesturing to where Jaden and Syrus were waiting down the hall. "Be careful with Jack. He likes ta fool around wit people."

"Thanks for the warning, but I don't need it," Yusei snapped, glaring at the bluenet. "Jaden!"

"Sir!" Jaden cried, snapping to attention.

"We're going home, now," Yusei said, grabbing Jaden's arm and pulling him towards the busses.

"But I'm walking home with Jesse!" Jaden cried, reaching for Jesse.

"NO!" Yusei snapped, making many of the students jump. He pulled Jaden closer so that he could hiss in his ear, "Do not go around fraternizing with those Devils. I don't want any of us associated with them. Just treat them like any other mark. Understand?"

"So, I should treat the person I think is my soulmate like I want to rip him limb from limb and then tear out his insides and put them on a stick and then chop off his head and burn it?" Jaden asked, making Yusei's eyes go wide.

"Don't say that blue haired freak is your soulmate," Yusei said darkly, his eyes turning a little red around the edges. "Don't you ever tell me that again, Jaden. We are going home. Now."

"Yes, Sir…" Jaden said, scared.

Yusei let go of Jaden and stalked off to the busses. Jaden was really scared. Yusei never let his inner Devil take over, even a little. It was making Jaden wonder what about those Devils set Yusei off. Didn't their leader just humble himself? It was making Jaden more worried for his brother's sanity…

"Jaden," Kaiser said, patting Jaden on the shoulder as he passed. "Tell Seto I'm coming to see him today."

"Sure thing!" Jaden said, a little confused.