Understanding

Understanding

Chapter 5: Knowledge

“Joey, here we are!” Tea's bright voice made the two boys startled out of their thoughts.
"Ah, that's Tea. You've probably seen her before, haven't you? And Yugi, Tristan and Duke are there too! Great! Come on, I'll introduce you!" Joey ran towards his friends, waving happily, pulled Sato while on the arm behind you.
"Ah ... hey!", Sato stammered confused, roughly he was dragged after Joey, who ran faster than Sato's short legs.
A painful pull in the side and sudden shortness of breath made Sato wince and gasp.
"Hch, Joey ... stop! Hch, Joey! Stop!", He tried to make himself weakly noticeable, he could hardly breathe. With surroundings spinning before his eyes, he began to stumble.
"Hm? Ah, Sato!" When Joey noticed what was going on, he stopped and caught the little boy when he sank weakly on his knees.
"Sato, oh sorry, I completely forgot that you are still hurt!Does it hurt a lot? ", Joey exclaimed apologetically, he gently brushed a sweaty strand of hair from the little one's forehead.
"Hch ... stupid ... mutt!"
This time Joey didn't react to the insult at all, but just waited anxiously until Sato calmed down again and tried to impale him with his ice-cold looks.
"Joey, Sato, are you all right?" Tristan asked, who had noticed from a distance what was going on and now came running to them.
"Hmpf!", Sato merely made, he got up awkwardly and straightened his sweater.
"It's okay, Tristan, don't worry. Can you walk again, Sato?"
"Hmpf! If I can stand, I can run too, mutt! But with your miserable mind, I doubt that you understand this connection ..." Sato replied with a smug grin, self-assuredly he put his arms on his hips and looked up to the blond.
"Argh! You, are you keen on a headbutt, or what? Why do I always have the feeling that you are that top ass of Seto Kaiba personally?"// Maybe because that's me too, you moron !? //
"Hmph. How should I know what's going on in your underdeveloped dog's brain? Thanks, I don't want to know at all!"
"You little toad! Can you do anything other than complain?"
"Hmpf! Sure! Criticize!"
"I'll give up ... Come on, the others are waiting.", The blonde grumbled and rolled his eyes as he walked next to Tristan, who was grinning crookedly at him.
"You two get along really well, don't you?"
"Tris, you're not kidding!"
"That wasn't a joke either! That was a pure statement!"
"... If he wasn't always so damn Kaiba-typical, everything would probably be a lot easier ..."
"Oh come on, Joey, it will be. You just have to get to know each other a little more, then you'll understand each other better, definitely." Tristan tried to encourage his friend and patted him on the shoulder.Joey nodded gratefully.
"Thanks, old buddy. You can really encourage one!"
"Joey, hello!"
"Ah, hello Tea, hello Yugi. And Duke, you're here too! How come?"
Joey shook hands with his black-haired friend in amazement. He laughed happily.
"Well, I've decided to take some time off. Working every day is really stressful, so I wanted to spend some time with you again."
"Ah, really great! At least you are not such a nerd like Kaiba who sits on the laptop all day long!"
"That's right, but it's different with Kaiba. But off with the subject, I'm free, okay?"
"Yep, right. Oh, I wanted to introduce you to someone else." Smiling, Joey pushed little Sato forward and kneeled behind him.
"This is Sato. The little one has been living with me since yesterday."
"Hello, Sato. Nice to meet you. My name is Tea Gardner and these are Yugi Muto, Tristan Taylor and Duke Devlin. And how is life with Joey?He's a real hothead sometimes, but otherwise quite okay ... "
"Hmpf! As it is life for brainless, flea-infested mutt in their dog house ... not very pleasant!"
Again Joey had to control himself properly so as not to give the boy a head-butt immediately and Tea, Yugi and Duke looked stupidly out of the laundry.
"Sato ... please a little friendlier, after all they are a lot older than you!"
"And? With the lack of intelligence, that doesn't really matter. Except for Devlin, he's not that stupid if he manages to manage a company without ruining it after two days ..."
"... Haha! Sato, I like you, you know that?" Suddenly Duke began to laugh softly, he sank down on his knees in front of Sato and smiled at the little one.
The boy stared back in amazement, knitting his eyebrows suspiciously. But he said nothing, instead he looked at the ground and said nothing.

Yugi meanwhile stood a little to one side and looked at the little boy skeptically.~ Yami, I am so familiar with his manner ~
* I agree with you, Yugi. The little one also reminds me of whom *
~ Just the way ... like Kaiba Junior! ~
* You mean mokuba? *
~ No, Mokuba is a very dear one! I mean Seto. Pointy tongue, arrogant, arrogant, this attitude and above all the appearance, that's more than a coincidence! ~
* That's right, that would really be an incredible coincidence. I can feel the energy of the Millennium Staff in his vicinity, maybe Marik has shrunk him! *
~ Marik? How did you get the idea that Marik should have shrunk it? ~
* I have no idea, but it is clear that this is Seto Kaiba. Just stop in the body of an eight-year-old. And Joey doesn't seem to know, but he seems to suspect something ... *
~ It's surprising that he hasn't thought of it yet, but let's let him have the fun, right? ~
*Exactly. I'm getting in touch with Seto now, so don't be surprised if I don't answer for a while *
~ Okay, but leave Seto on the ground! ~
* Hehe, I'll do my best *Yugi grinned and watched little Seto. He could hardly imagine that Joey would get along well with the boy as soon as he found out who Sato really was, but Yugi didn't want to divulge anything yet. Joey would figure it out in time, he was sure of that. Because the blonde wasn't as stupid as Kaiba liked to portray him.
He started to grin when Sato blinked in confusion and looked up.

* Hey, Kaiba. Na how are you? *
//Hm? What the - // thought Sato in amazement, frowning around and looked around. Who was talking to him then?
* It's me, Yami. Do you still know me? *, the voice giggled and Sato's eyebrows rose so high that they disappeared under the brown pony.
// Yami? But not this would-be pharaoh from five thousand years ago? //
* Yes, exactly that. But that is not important. Better explain to me what you're doing in a little boy's body! *
// Pff ... why should I tell you this? You're just a pipe dream!//, Sato growled stubbornly, he couldn't see why he should tell everything! As a five thousand year old ghost, Yami would find out for himself, wouldn't he?
* Let's say I'm kind of a second conscience. The only thing I think I know is that Marik transformed you, because I can feel the aura of his Millennium Staff around you. Will you finally tell me more, maybe then I can transform you back * Slowly the ghost in his head also lost patience, Sato heard that clearly. Still, he didn't want to ...
// Hmph! You shouldn't tell everything to a conscience either, it's bad for your inner reputation! But if you can turn me back ... //
*It depends*
// Pff ... well, for once. So, Marik challenged me by letter, on the roof of my company. And I went there and then he talked about it, he wanted to fulfill my currently greatest wish for his sister and since I would have liked to have lived through my childhood again ... he just put me in this body!And now I'm finally turning back! //
* Hm ... if he really did it for that reason, then I'm unfortunately powerless, sorry, Kaiba. *
//What does this mean? //, Sato snarled angrily, + and his eyes narrowed to slits. Incapable Pharaoh!
*Very easily. I can't turn you back Because if Marik had done this in a bad way, then I would have had the opportunity. But he tried to help you, so I am powerless *, he explained in a monotonous voice, which really irritated Sato.
//That really can not be! What kind of stupid, incompetent pharaoh are you, eh? //
* Be careful what you say, otherwise I could extend the duration of the transformation! *, Yami threatened, it was only with difficulty that he could control himself not to just shout out.
//Hmpf ... but how do you know who I am? //, Sato changed the subject again, he wasn't really keen on arguments.
* Well, you've proven that more than enough.Only one person has such a cheeky mouth and above all this self-centered behavior. Even if you look like a child Kaiba *
// And how is it that everyone else is so stupid and you only know it? //
* Maybe because they either can't believe it or they don't want to know. One of the two, at least you can be lucky that I found out your true nature, and not yet Joey *
// Pah, the stupid mutt will never find out, no matter how obvious I act! // Sato spat these words disparagingly, he laughed softly inwardly.
* Don't be so sure about that, Kaiba! Joey may be a little dense at times, that's true, but he's a bright head, even if he doesn't like to show it off. He'll find out soon enough, and when the time comes, I'm sure he won't kick you out the door anyway. Because he's not that cruel. Not even if you are his greatest enemy *
// No, how touching!Now if you had the kindness to finally get out of my head ... //
* Old donkey! But good, if you really want it that way ... I'll see you *
// Thanks, I can do without that! //