Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Kaiba Brothers ❯ Procrastinate ( Chapter 10 )

The group was back in the living room. Seto had dozed off with his head on Noa's shoulder. Noa had his arm wrapped around Seto and had his head resting on the brunette's head. Seth sat on the other side of Seto, watching the two boys quietly. Mokuba sat on Noa's other side, Sekio's arm around his shoulders comfortingly. Yuugi was sitting in Yami laps in one of the chairs, looking quite comfortable. Ryou and Malik had each grabbed their own chairs and Bakura had chosen to remain in the Ring.

"Noa-niisan?" Mokuba asked, leaning over to meet Noa's half-closed eyes.

"Hmm?" Noa lifted his head and opened his eyes a little more, turning his head slightly so Mokuba didn't have to lean over as far.

"Was oniisan really raped?" Mokuba asked softly.

Noa sighed. "Hai. By otosan..." He mumbled, looking away from the youngest boy.

"When?" Mokuba demanded.

"When he got back after running away the first time." Seth answered when it became obvious that Noa wasn't going to answer.

Noa gave Seth a sharp look. "You just don't know when tho quit." He growled darkly.

Seth rolled his eyes. "I told Seto back then, and I'll tell you now, Mokuba deserves to know." He frowned suddenly as he thought of something. "You were the one in the woods, weren't you?"

"Then you were the one he was forever arguing with!" Noa realized.

Seth nodded. "I owe you my thanks, Noa. You managed to do something for Seto that I was unable to do."

Noa looked down at the sleeping boy in his arms. "We make a good team, neh?"

"Wanna explained what you two are talking about?" Mokuba grumbled. "You seem to have left the rest of us in the dust."

Malik grinned as Noa and Seth made faces. "Seth is the spirit of the Sennen Rod. Since the Rod should, technically, be Kaiba's, the two are connected, as every yami and hikari pair are. From what I've heard just now, and in the past, Seth and Kaiba were in contact durning this whole long episode." He explained.

Everyone looked at Seth, who nodded. "What he said. I only came back here this time because I felt something was wrong. Since I can, now, travel in the physical world, I asked Malik to bring me, for a little more support, I guess."

"And I only said yes because I have friends here." Malik added in. Seth gave him a dirty look while everyone else laughed.

Seto opened his eyes slightly and glanced around the room without moving his head. He hadn't been as deeply asleep as the others had originally thought, but he hadn't really wanted his emotions showing on his face or in his eyes while his brother and two protectors were sharing his secrets. He decided, since it looked like they were moving on, to let his consiousness be known. "Maybe, since the Rod should be mine, I should take it." He mumbled calmly.

Surprised eyes turned towards the CEO. "How long have you been awake?" Noa asked softly, running a comforting hand through Seto's hair.

"Long enough." Seto mumbled, closing his eyes and sighing.

"Seto?" Yuugi asked. Seto angled his head towards the innocent hikari, but didn't open his eyes. "We're your friends, and we won't shun you, no matter what's happened in your past." Yuugi said kindly.

"Arigatou." Seto whispered, letting his head fall back into it's original position.

~He meant that he wanted you to tell them everything you've been hiding.~ Seth pointed out.

~I know what he meant.~ Seto replied dryly, refusing to open his eyes to look up at the many pairs of eyes that he could feel watching him.

~And?~ Seth mentally proded Seto.

A pinch on Seto's arm caused his eyes to fly open. Bakura grinned down at him and Seto narrowed his eyes. "What do you want, you maniac?" Seto growled.

"We're waiting, master Kaiba." Bakura said in a mocking voice.

"Curiosity killed the cat." Seto hissed angrily.

"Seto-chan, don't go and get all pissed off again." Noa begged.

Seto sighed and closed his eyes. "Leave me alone." He mumbled.

Any sharp comments from those in the room at Seto's continued procrastination were paused when the doorbell rang. "What now?" Noa growled as Seto took his chance and hopped up to go answer the door.

"Shall we go see?" Seth asked, standing.

Noa stood. "Let's." The two left the room together as the others grinned.

"They seem to be getting along well enough, now." Yami commented.

"What the hell are you doing at my house?!" Seto shouted suddenly.

The room emptied as a crowd of curious friends and one curious Mokuba hurried to see what the fit was about. "What the hell?" Mokuba ran over to Seto as he recognized the girl at the door. Noa was clutching onto Seto's side and Seth was giving the girl a muderous glare from behind Seto.

Yugha turned to glare at Mokuba now. "And here's the other little brat. What a sweet little family you make." She looked at Seto darkly. "Too bad someone doesn't meet the age requirements for taking care of his little brother and cousin. You're supposed to be sixteen, not fifteen." She flashed him an evil smile.

"Bitch!" Mokuba shouted. "You leave us alone!"

"I guess that means I meet the age requirements, neh?" Seth said suddenly, a cold gleam in his eyes.

"And who might you be?" Yugha returned, her eyes flashing.

"Seth's my brother, bitch! He just got in from Egypt today!" Noa growled, obviously regaining whatever courage Yugha's earlier words had taken away.

"And how old are you, Seth?" Yugha had a triumphant look in her eyes. This boy didn't look any older that Seto.

"Thiry-four." Seth said calmly. "And since they trust Seto with Kaiba Corp, one would think he'd be mature enough to take care of a couple children." He narrowed his eyes in a killing glare. "And I only see one person here who wouldn't be considered mature."

"Who? You?" Yugha didn't miss a beat.

"Obviously the one who's still pining over something she never had." Seto cut in. "If you don't give off my property in twenty seconds, I'm calling the police and having you arrested for harrasement and unauthorized entrance of private property." His eyes were cold.

"I hate you, Kaiba Seto!" Yugha shouted as she turned to run off the property.

"About damn time, bitch!" Seto returned.

"I'll get you back for this!" She shouted before slamming her car door. The car drove off.

"I dare say, that was the fastest I've ever seen her move." Seto chuckled, closing the door. He looked at Seth with a smile. "Arigatou."

"Aren't you worried about her little threat?" Yuugi asked as the two groups met back up and headed back to the living room.

Seto shook his head. "There's not much she can do. In fact, anything she does do will affect her father, and he works for me. If I tell him what just happened, she'll have to give up, and she knows it. Any threat from her is a dead threat."

Seth pursed his lips. "Ra, help me, but I'm not too sure about that. Keep an eye peeled." He looked at Mokuba and Noa. "It will be you two she'll go for." He pointed out.

Noa rolled his eyes. "I'd like to see her try and do something to me. Being a ghost had it's good sides." He grinned.

Seth extended a hand to Seto. "May I see the scarab?" He asked calmly. Seto gave him a confused look, then handed the scarab over. Seth looked back at Noa seriously. "What do you say to becoming a real human, again, Noa?" He asked.

The room grew silent and Noa gaped at Seth. Seto shook his head. "Seth, is that even possible?"

Seth let the scarab dangle from it's chain. "This doesn't only allow you to see Noa, Seto. This can also enable Noa to return to life. I told you it was too important to throw out."

"What's the catch?" Yami asked from behind them.

"The process is irreversable, which means that you, Noa, would been in as much danger as Mokuba." Seth said softly, watching the ghost's eyes.

"Pinnoccio." Mokuba mumbled. A nervous giggle went around the room.

"I wanna try it." Noa decided. He looked up at Seto, who nodded quietly. The young CEO look like he was arguing with himself over this, but was giving in to the ghost's judgement.

Seth held out the scarab. "Put it on." He ordered the ghost.

Noa swallowed and took the necklace. The chain didn't make his fingers tingle, but touching the scarab itself was like touching a charged lightning rod. He braced himself and slipped the necklace over his neck, allowing the bit of gold at the chain's end touch his chest.

The group watched the transformation with amazed expressions. Seth just smiled. Noa was growing ever so slightly, catching up to his biological age at least somewhat. His hair grew longer and his eyes sharper. Where lines had been fuzzy before, they became sharp. His clothing grew with him, but changed at the same time. When he normally wore a white shirt and shorts he now wore black leather pants that clung to his body and a loose red shirt that wasn't tucked in. Once he'd stopped growing, he was a liitle taller than Yami, but still shorter than Seto.

Seto grabbed him in a hug from behind once it became obvious he was done growing. "Sugoi!" He cried.

The others smiled as Noa turned around in Seto's arms and hugged him back tightly. "It's alive!" Mokuba giggled. The room errupted in laughter.

Seth smiled and waited for the laughter to die down before speaking again. "Noa, come here." He ordered the boy. Noa walked over, his face serious. Seth pulled aside his shirt and pointed to a scarab mark on Noa's chest, where the gold scarab had touched his skin. The chain hung above the mark loosely. "You'll have that for the rest of your new life. The scarab is buried beneath your skin, and it's keeping you alive. If it's ever removed..." Seth had a grave look on his face.

"I understand." Noa whispered, touching the mark. He made a face. "I guess I could say it's a tattoo..." He mumbled.

Seto chuckled and his arms encircled Noa's waist from behind. He looked down at the mark from over Noa's shoulder. "I like it." He commented lightly.

Noa sighed. "You would."

"Noa, you can come to school with us now!" Yuugi said happily.

Yami chuckled and ruffled Yuugi's hair as the group laughed again. "Aibou, what're we gonna do with you?" He asked. In reply, Yuugi turned around and kissed Yami deeply.

The room grew silent as everyone watched the two. "I guess that's one way to break the news to everyone." Seto mumbled. Yuugi blushed as he pulled away and the room filled with laughter again.

"How about a story?" Bakura asked suddenly. The laughter died and everyone looked at him.

"None of your bloody stories, please." Ryou begged.

Bakura locked eyes with Seto. "I had a different sort of bloody tale in mind." He mumbled.

Seto narrowed his eyes. "I'm tempted to kick you off my property, too." He growled, his arms tightening around Noa's waist.

"The longer you put something off, the hard it becomes to do it." Seth said softly. He looked at the teen. "You owe them an explaination, Seto. You don't have to go into details, just a quick summary will do."

Noa pulled away from Seto and stood next to Seth, watching Seto calmly. Seto was left to defend himself from the pleading looks of Mokuba, Yuugi, and Ryou, and the colder, more angry or annoyed, expresions of the rest. It took Seto everything he had to not break down into tears at the loneliness he was feeling right then. Instead, he closed his eyes and bowed his head in defeat. "You win." He whispered. "I'll tell you..."

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~~A/N: Intense!! *grins* Quite obviously, next chapter will be a quick-quick overview of his past. I might get into a little bit of detail with the parts that are in SP, or I might not. It depends.

Also, isn't Noa-chan HOT!!! *evil grin* I'll have to try and draw a piccy of that... *sighes* Or not. I'm not a very good artist, at least, not freehand. If anyone CAN draw that piccy for me, tell me in a review or e-mail me at katmon2000@earthlink.net. Arigatou!!

Also, I apologize for my forgetfulness!! I promised to point out the Yuugi/Yami pairing at the end of the last chapter, in the A/N, but I guess it's kinda obvious in this chappie!! Two ppl DID manage to guess it!! Yami no Kaiba and sweetdeath!!! Good job you two! I'd give you a prize, but I don't know what it could be... -_-*

Anyway! There WILL be YET ANOTHER pairing, and it has NOTHING to do with any of the ppls aready in the two pairings that have been pointed out. Anyone who guesses it, gets a pat on the back and a big smile!!! (Unless you can come up with something.) And, YnK, you're guess doesn't count, cause I already told you the pairing. *sticks out tounge*

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Here are the reviewers from the past two chapters!!! Arigatou minna-san!!!

To sweetdeath(x2)(MM.O): Okay, they got together, had a fight, got back together again, and Seto's gonna tell his tale so Moku-kun can't give him a heart-attack b/c he's gonna know it all now anyway!!! *winks* But thanks for the idea!! Also, is the Healing Old Wounds for the title? If so, I like it, but it might not hold out for the whole fic... If it is a title idea, I will keep it in mind!

To Leland(MM.O): Hopefully the ending of SP made you feel better about the whole thing, neh? Glad you liked it, and hope this becomes a fav of yours too! Maybe I'll actually leave Seto in peace near the end of this!!

To Yami no Kaiba(x2)(MM.O): I have no comment on the chocolate thing, cause you know how I can get!! ^_~ As for the sappy thing, I'm not sure that can be concidered a complement, but, yeah... Hopefully this chappy wasn't AS sappy as it's two preceders, but, whatever. And I told you Noa-chan was, if not HOTTER than Seto-chan, at least AS HOT as Seto-chan!!! *sticks out tounge* I win. ^_^ And, of course, kawaii Kam-kun says hello too!! (*pokes Kam* Wave hello to YnK.) *Kam waves darkly* Ain't he just kawaii?!?!

To AngelHideki(MM.O): I really am sorry about the lemon problem... I promise one in a later chapter, but I'm glad you the like the fic up till now!! (And, really, you shouldn't be so hard on your yami... She might get you back for it later!! ^_~)

To halowing4(MM.O): Jeeze... I'm sorry about the lemon, again, and I hope you can wait!! *cringes* Or you, at least, won't kill me...? *winks* As for the updates, you're welcome! I guess I was doing them kinda fast for a while there, neh? They kinda got slowed down for a bit, but, with SP done, they should get back on track!

To superJM(x2)(MM.O): I was once told that I'm a very creative person with an active imagination. (Or was it overly active imagination? -_-*) I'm glad you like the ficcy, and I hope that this chappie pleases you too!!

To justaperson(FF.N): Glad you like! I'm working on it! *grins*

To Rai-Chan(FF.N): Another FF.N fan! Yay! Glad you liked and I'm working on it!! *winks*

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DISCLAIMER: Nope. Don't own Yu-Gi-Ou! So sorry... I want me to too...

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Ja!

Katmon =^.^={AKA Okusama KK}

R+R PPLS!!!!!

(P.S. -- The next chappie already has a title!! Yay!!! It shall be called Timeline! Stay tuned!!!

WARNING: Angst and POSSIBLE NC-17 rating ahead for explict content!!!)