The CEO, The Priest and The Helpless Puppy

Clefia and The Dagger Incident

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Chapter three: Clefia and The Dagger Incident

It had been a few weeks since Joey had first arrived in Egypt. He had enjoyed every single minute of it, and was glad that Seth was being kinder to him; then again it could be that he was returning the favour. He had been sweeter to him, less yelling and insults and more smiling and respecting the man. And to reward him for everything, Seth had finally allowed Joey to go beyond the palace walls, with Seth by his side of course.

The blond couldn't be any happier.

When he was first told to follow him, Joey was a little hesitant, but complied and had gotten up from what he was doing to follow the priest. He had been with Mana out in the palace garden teaching her a little Japanese, he enjoyed watching the girl so interested in learning his language, occasionally pointing things out for him to say so that she could repeat, such as 'Grass', 'Palm Tree' or 'Cat'.

He also enjoyed teaching Isis the same things and watching her giggle with Mana at finally getting the hang of speaking the same language as him. Joey would have to admit that he, too, had been a little giggly with the girls once he noticed that they could all communicate, even if it was a little. Mana would sometimes even take Joey for a walk around the parts of the palace he had never been to, and had shown him things he was sure the servants weren't allowed to see. Everything was so interesting, and this made Joey so happy knowing that he was able to see it all, hell he was even glad he remembered half the things Yugi and Yugi's grandfather had taught him.

And now that he was finally heading outside the palace walls, Joey couldn't help himself from doing a half assed dance and even kissing Seth's cheeks multiple times, thanking him over and over again. The brunet had turned a tad pink and had touched his cheeks, but smiled at Joey, before offering his hand and guiding the blond out into the village.

The blond smiled as they walked all over the markets, seeing what they had to offer without even realising that he was holding onto Seth's hands the whole way. Joey watched as others stared at him weirdly, he didn't mind much, but it seemed that Seth had a problem with it; the brunet would glare and hiss at anyone who would even smile at Joey. The blond raised a brow and was about to speak up, until he spotted a little girl, running off into an ally with some strange looking men following behind. Quickly letting go of Seth's hand, Joey dashed off to where the girl went, trying to see what was the matter. Once he found her, he saw what the others were doing. The three strange looking men had her pinned to the ground, laughing and ignoring her cries for help. Joey growled and acted on impulses, punching one of the guys straight in his face and knowing that he had busted his nose.

"What da hell do ya think your doin'?" He asked, glaring at the other two. One of them glared at the blond and dashed for him, throwing a fist in the air and getting ready to hit Joey in the face, until the blond ducked and grabbed ahold of the man's upper arm, lifting him up in the air and flipping the man over so that he laid flat on his back on the ground. Ugly man number two then charged at Joey with a dagger, he attempted to cut the blond's arm, only to miss and get elbowed hard in the face by Joey. He left the hurt man on the ground, groaning in pain and watching as he clenched his now broken and bleeding nose.

Joey turned to the other and raised a brow, smirking when that man quickly squeaked and ran off, not wanting to get hurt. Turning his attention towards the little girl, the blond was shocked to find that it was the same little girl he had spotted when he had first gotten there. "You alright? They didn't do anythin' to ya did they?" He asked softly, walking up to her slowly, so he didn't frighten her.