Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Kaiba Brothers ❯ Cold ( Chapter 17 )

{A/N: I realize that the speaking in each other's minds might have gotten confusing by now(Well, it has for me!!!), so here it is!!! ====> /Seto to Noa & Seth\ -- //Noa to Seth & Seto\\ -- ///Seth to Seto & Noa\\\ -- |Yuugi to Yami| -- ||Yami to Yuugi|| -- /Ryou to Bakura/ -- //Bakura to Ryou// -- ~A character speaking to themself or thinking~ <==== And I'm now discontinuing the use of the original Seth to Seto, cause that was just annoying, and he was really just speaking with Seto, not with Noa as well... (Gives me another thing to fix when/if I redo KB!!! *screams bloody murder*)

Anywhoo, please read the ending A/N and reply to my SANE question!!! (No, it's not the penis one... -_-*) It's got to do with a future part in KB, that won't happen else. (Anyway, no one was replying to the penis question... >.< Everyone was just ignoring it, or, *cough* YnK *cough*, complaining about it... -_-* But, anyway, if someone DOES have a synonym for penis, put it in a review. I might use it in the lemon, if I ever DO the damned lemon!!! *curses evil, unknown muse* Once I find him, he's going out into the snow!! *looks outside* 8 inches!!! YAY!!!) R+E+R!!!!!}

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"Seto-san?"

Seto glanced up from his book. Hama stood in the doorway to his room, his eyes frightened. "Nani?" Seto could have sworn that the younger boy was asleep in the room a couple doors down. Seth was watching Mokuba at the hospital. Kukkî had taken one of the rooms on the main floor. Noa had decided to sleep in his old room, if only because it hadn't looked like Seto was going to bed anytime soon, and Noa was tired.

Hama shifted. "I-I had a bad dream..." He mumbled.

Seto put his book on his bedside table and patted the bed next to him with the smallest of smiles. Hama hurried over and gladly curled up next to the teen, sighing when Seto wrapped his arms around him comfortingly. "Do you want to talk about it?" Seto asked softly. Hama shook his head. "Alright. Do you want to try and sleep in here?" Hama nodded, so Seto turned off his light and pulled the bed's covers over them. He started humming a soft tune his mother used to sing.

Hama smiled. "Are there words to that tune?" He asked after a moment of Seto's soft humming.

Seto thought about it for a moment, falling silent in the process, then nodded. "You'll have to excuse me, though..." Seto sighed. "I'm no singer."

"Could you sing it anyway?" Hama begged.

Seto sighed. "I'll try..." He said, then started.

"There's a wonderland for Alice,

There's a tall beanstalk for Jack.

The Sleepy Train will take you there

So safely down the track.

With the Sandman at the throttle

You'll be off to dreams and back.

It's pillow time again.

"You will meet

All your storybook friends

As you go down Mother Goose Lane.

Walk with Jack and Jill

Up and down the hill

And try to put Humpty together again.

"Close your sleepy eyes and listen

While we take a little hop.

The candy whistle's blowing-

Don't you miss your station stop.

So good night, my wee wayfarer.

Pleasant dreams to you, Old Top.

It's pillow time again.

"You will meet

All your storybook friends

As you go down Mother Goose Lane.

Walk with Jack and Jill

Up and down the hill

And try to put Humpty together again.

"Close your sleepy eyes and listen

While we take a little hop.

The candy whistle's blowing-

Don't you miss your station stop.

So good night, my wee wayfarer.

Pleasant dreams to you, Old Top.

It's pillow time again.

Ooh, it's pillow time, again."

"You're a fine singer, Seto-san..." Hama mumbled, once Seto was done.

Seto felt his cheeks heat up, and was thankful for the darkness. "Arigatou," He whispered.

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"Oi, Moku-chan!" Noa hopped onto Mokuba's hospital bed, grinning. It was kinda hard to believe his age, the way he was acting.

"Ohayo!" Mokuba waved. He knew by now that they wouldn't let him out of bed. Seth smiled at the new boy on the bed, then at the three at the door. Mokuba smiled brightly at Hama. "Noa-niisan said oniisan helped you with your father." He turned to frown at Seto. "You need to be more careful."

Seto sighed. "Hai, hai." He rolled his eyes. "Ototo-chan, this is Hama. Hama-kun, this is Mokuba, my ototo." He introduced.

"Ohayo." Hama smiled shyly. He knew Noa and Seto could talk to one another, but he'd only been told that morning that Noa had been at the hospital last night. He wasn't quite sure what all Mokuba might know about him.

Mokuba seemed to understand the other's concern. "I fell asleep while you were escaping from Kukkî-neesan." He said, smiling. "Did something happen?"

"Only Jyou making a silent fool of himself." Noa assured the bed-ridden boy.

"Oh..." Mokuba shrugged. He pursed his lips when he recognized the shadow at the door.

The others turned to see. "Ohayo." Seto said calmly to Yugha.

"You did get out. Good." Yugha frowned at the two she didn't know. "Uhm..."

"I'm Yama Kukkî. Who are you?" Kukkî growled. Something about this girl unnerved her and put her on edge.

"Yukizekan Yugha. What's it to you?" Yugha shot back, her voice turning ugly in the presence of another woman who could get in the way of what she wanted.

Hama hid behind Seto, afraid. "Kukkî is my cousin, Yugha." Seto growled, his own temper rising. "What do you want?"

Yugha smiled cruelly. "Don't think you're off the hook, Kaiba Seto." Seto stiffened. "And you might want to watch your little friends." She turned on her heels and left them to ponder her words.

"I knew it!" Seth growled. "We need to warn the others." He looked at his hikari, concern written all over his face. "Seto?"

Seto swallowed, tossing his cell phone to the yami. "I'll be back, Seth. Call the others and tell them to watch themselves, and keep these guys in here." Then he hurried from the room.

Noa gasped, catching the newest victim from his boyfriend's racing mind. "Hirla! Of course!"

Mokuba paled. "Kami-sama, nai.... Don't do this to her..." He curled up against Noa and cried. Kukkî sat on the other side of the bed and rubbed his back soothingly.

Seth picked up Hama and sat the boy in his lap. "This is bad." He mumbled, hugging the boy tightly. Then he looked at the phone and dialed a random number.

Hama bit his lip, feeling useless. Seto had all these people to care about him, and now they cared for him too. Seto was in danger, and none of them could do anything. ~Kami-sama, let him be safe. Let him get to this girl in time. Onegai...~ He laid his head against Seth's chest as the man spoke to others through the phone.

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"Tasuketo!" Hirla cried from down a dark, dank alley. Seto pulled out his Rod, pulling off the blade covers as he quickly moved towards the struggle. "Hanash te!"

"Let her go." Seto hissed. He was still in the shadows, and he was wearing dark clothing, but his eyes caught and reflected the light, giving the impression of a cat. His Rod flashed as he twirled it.

"Get out of here, baka yaro." One of the three men growled. "This is none of your concern." The man who spoke stood in front of a shirtless, but not braless, Hirla, who was held by the other two men. A line of red ran across Hirla's cheek, showing where the man in front of her had cut her with the knife he still held.

"That's where you're wrong." Seto growled, his eyes narrowing as he caught on to Yugha's plan for his little, female friend.

"I'm wrong, am I?" The man let out a cruel chuckle. "Come out of those shadows and face me like a man, you ass." Seto didn't move, so the man turned and used his knife to slice apart Hirla's jeans. Even for a ten-year-old, she was very pretty. "I thought this was your concern." The man laughed.

"Seto, get out of here!" Hirla cried. There were tears running down her face. She didn't want this, but she didn't want her best friend's brother to get hurt because of her.

Seto rushed from the shadows, swinging his Rod in time to cut the man's arm, and brought the area between the twin blades to rest against the man's throat. "It is my concern." His voice was chilled, his eyes hard.

The man's eyes were wide and he didn't dare put his free hand over his wounded arm, in fear of the blades against his throat. This boy had proven that, not only did he know how to use them, but he also didn't pause when it came to hurting him. He was up against an experianced killer. "Who are you?" He whispered.

"Free her." Seto ordered the other two men.

Cruel smiles flew across their faces. "Don't think so." One said. The other nodded and held Hirla as the one who'd spoken faced her.

A knife bloomed out of the would-be-rapist's back. The man fell to his knees, a silent scream shaping his mouth. Bakura jumped from one of the buildings. "Figured you might need back-up." He mumbled to Seto.

The boy nodded, then moved the Rod sideways, effectively cutting the man in front of him's throat. Then the two killers faced the last man, who was using Hirla as a shield. Seto twirled his Rod while Bakura tossed his knives, one being the bloody one he'd first thrown. "Your partners were fools. Would you like to join them in hell, or live on borrowed time? It's your choice." Seto said coldly.

The man pushed Hirla towards them, then fled into another building. Seto ignored the man and caught Hirla deftly, hugging her huddling form to him quietly. "S-Se-to..." Hirla sobbed, clutching his shirt tightly.

Seto took off his coat and placed it around her shoulders, then picked her up easily. He turned from the scene and nodded to the silent yami as Bakura fell in step beside him. "It'll be okay, Hirla-kun." Seto mumbled softly. "You'll be just fine."

"You c-coul-da...g-got-ten hurt!" Hirla scolded through her tears.

"Hush..." Seto mumbled. "I didn't get hurt. Bakura came to help, neh, Bakura?" Seto glanced at the thief.

Bakura nodded. "Ryou-chan asked." He explained in a soft voice. He'd learned to like Hirla, and this was a sick way for Yugha to get to Seto. This called for a meeting among the yamis and Seto. When Ryou was in danger because of this bitch, this became personal.

/Are you three okay?/ Ryou asked through their link.

//I'm fine. Where are you?// Bakura returned calmly.

/Sugoroku-san's taking us all to the hospital./ Ryou replied.

//Good.// Was all Bakura said. If anything happened to Ryou because of that bitch... Bakura fisted his hands angrily.

Seto bit his lip. This was too much. What could Yugha want so badly that she'd knowingly hurt others to get? It didn't make sense, but he was no mind-reader, and he'd be damned before he could ever read a female. /I'll kill her. No reason she has is good enough for this.\ He told his boyfriend and yami.

Noa nodded angrily. //I'm right next to you. Hurting Moku-chan and trying to have Hirla-kun raped? It makes no sense. They're hurting innocents now.\\

///Watch out for yourselves, Seto. I don't like the idea of you being in the open without me, even if Bakura is with you.\\\ Seth told his hikari.

/I know the feeling. I'll keep my eyes peeled.\ Seto replied. He didn't like this either. Carrying Hirla was slowing him down already. Bakura couldn't protect them both, not with having to watch out for himself at the same time.

"We're almost there." Bakura mumbled, pointing to the hospital.

A car pulled up and Yuugi, Yami, Ryou, Shizuka, Jyou, Honda, and Sugoroku piled out. Yami ordered the others into the building, then ran out to meet the three walking in. "You're okay?" He asked them.

Seto nodded. "Hirla-kun was cut on her cheek, but, other than that, no harm was done to us."

Yami nodded. "Good." He put a hand on Hirla's shoulder. "Hirla, may I carry you? Kaiba looks tired, and I'd like to get inside quickly." Hirla nodded and Seto handed her over. Then the three males ran into the hospital, only feeling safe once they were past the sliding doors.

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"There is no reason for this!" Seth growled. Seto, Yami, Bakura, and he were sitting in one of the hospital's meeting rooms, to talk. The others were in Mokuba's room, comforting Hirla and doing their best to protect one another while their four main protectors talked.

Seto shook his head. "I can find no possible explaination for any of her actions."

"Women are strange." Yami mumbled, shaking his head. "The only way to find her reasoning, would be to think like a woman, but we weren't built for that."

Seto stood. "With your permissions, I'll go get Kukkî. She may be able to help explain this a little more. She's met Yugha, and may have learned something." The three yamis nodded and Seto hurried back to his brother's room.

"Ooh, I'm so scared of you, old man!" Yugha cackled from the room. Seto narrowed his eyes and peeked into the room. Yugha's back was to him, and Sugoroku was doing his best to stand up to her, but it was obvious it was wearing on him.

"Leave us alone!" Hama cried, obviously fed up with this girl. "What did we ever do to you?"

Yugha growled. "You'd never understand, boy."

"Try me." Hama suggested, standing in front of her.

Before anyone else could move, Yugha had pushed the boy backwards, then kicked him across the face as he fell. "Bastard." Yugha hissed.

"Yugha!" Seto's icy voice forced the girl to freeze. "If I see you anywhere near any of the people in this room again, no matter where we are, I'll kill you." The girl turned to look at him, her eyes widening and filling with fear when she saw the seriousness in his sapphire eyes. "Get the hell out of ototo-chan's room, now."

Yugha hurried from the room. "Bastard." She hissed as she ran past the boy standing in the door.

Seto's foot caused her to trip, and she barely caught herself in time. She turned to glare at the CEO, but found herself faced with three very pissed yamis. She fled. "Is he okay?" Seth asked his hikari as they walked back into the room.

Hama was sobbing into Seto's chest, but the CEO didn't seem to mind. He was mumbling nonsense to the boy as he rubbed his back. Sugoroku had returned to his original chair, worn out. Yuugi immediately hurried over to him to check on him. Yami joined the boy, worry written all over the Pharaoh's face. Bakura checked up on his hikari while Seth made sure the others were doing okay. Noa and Kukkî were comforting Mokuba and Hirla. Jyou was clutching Shizuka while Honda held the girl's hand. Not only had Yugha scared them all, but Seto's own coldness had proven how serious this whole matter was.

Once Hama had quieted down, Seto checked his face and narrowed his eyes at the fresh bruise. He touched it gently. "Are you hurt anywhere else?" He asked softly. Hama shivered. "It's okay. Everyone here will understand." Seto mumbled, knowing why Hama was so afraid.

Hama nodded. "My chest..." He whispered.

"Let me see." Seto asked, his voice kind and soft. Hama lifted his shirt front. One of the cuts across his chest had opened and was bleeding angrily. Seto pursed his lips. "Stay here. I'm gonna go get Dr. Parke. My little bandages won't cover that." He offered the boy a soft smile before hurrying from the room. Hama let his shirt front drop silently.

"What happened?" Yuugi asked, walking over to the boy. Hama looked away.

"Hama-kun was beat by his father." Seth's voice was dry. "We didn't know until after Seto offered to house him."

"Poor thing." Yuugi put a kind hand on his shoulder. "Will you be okay?"

Hama nodded. "Arigatou." He mumbled.

"Any time!" Yuugi smiled brightly.

"Aibou..." Yami sighed, causing a few people to laugh. Hama smiled under his hair as Yuugi hurried into his yami's arms.

Seto walked back in, the doctor behind him. "Hama-kun, I need you to take off your shirt, okay?" He asked. Hama shivered and shook his head. Seto sighed and knelt before the boy. "Will it make you feel better if I take off my shirt too?" He asked. He didn't want to do such a thing, but they couldn't bandage Hama's chest properly if the boy still wore his shirt. If it was the only way, he'd do it. Everyone here, minus Shizuka and Sugoroku, knew that he'd been beat, and he had a feeling that Yuugi and Jyou had probably told them.

Hama thought about it for a second then nodded. "You first, Seto-san." He challanged as Dr. Parke closed the door. Seto nodded and pulled off his shirt. His coat was still being worn by Hirla. Hama bit his lip, then did the same.

Dr. Parke nodded to the CEO, then knelt before the other boy. "Raise your arms." He ordered, opening his kit. Hama did so, and the doctor got to work.

Seto looked at Seth. /I'll make you be shirtless next time.\ He threatened, then shivered. /Cold...\

Seth chuckled and walked over to his hikari, then embraced him from behind. //Better?\\ He asked, his breath stirring Seto's hair softly.

/Hai...\ Seto closed his eyes and leaned back against his yami. He was tired.

Seth smiled and sat in the chair behind them, bringing the boy into his lap. Seto curled up against his chest and dozed off. "I guess our meeting's been posponed, neh?" He whispered to the other two yamis. Bakura gave him an annoyed look, Yami smiled.

Hama smiled at his tired friend as Dr. Parke finished. "You can put your shirt back on." Dr. Parke told the boy, then left, closing the door behind him, smiling to himself.

Hama put his shirt back on. "Come 'ere." Noa offered, moving to a chair next to Seto and Seth as Hirla dozed next to Mokuba and the other two hikari's followed Seto's example. Sugoroku and Shizuka were both asleep, Shizuka still in Jyou's embrace, her hand in Honda's. Both boys were also dozing off. Kukkî smiled as she sat on the edge of the bed. Hama gladly curled up in Noa's lap and fell asleep himself.

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~~A/N: Aw... Far too much OOCness, but kawaii... Gomen nasai!!!!!

Oh, last snow count!!! We have a little over a foot! YAY!!! Mind you, this is DC, Nation's Capital of the USA, where we NEVER get snow!!! YAY!!! No school Tues!!! *does victory dance* But it's... *curls up in blanket with Noa* Cold.... *Brrr.....*

Anywhoo, my SANE question!!! I wanna do a COSTUME PARTY in a future chapter, but I don't know what everyone should wear!!! If you have costume ideas for Moku-kun, Ryou-chan, Hama-kun, Honda, or Hirla-chan, let me know. Also, Seto-chan, Seth-chan, and Noa-chan have costumes, but I'm not sure I like them... As of, Seth-chan will be an Egyptian priest, and Noa-chan and Seto-chan will be a sex slave and master. Do you like those ideas? Also, what about fav bands(I'd need some titles of their works), food, and the occassion. I'm thinking of having it for Seto-chan's B-day, but that's up in the air still... Well? Anything? E-mail me at katmon2000@earthlink.net, or tell me your ideas in a review!!! *winks*

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REVIEWS!!!!:

To sweetdeath(x2)(MM.O): O.O You want me to WHAT?!?! Oh boy... No, no running away... I like Yugha bashing MUCH better!!! And, I swear on my honor as a fanfic writer, you WILL HAVE YOUR THREESOME LEMON!!! Yes, that was the lemon plan... *rubs hands together evilly* Oh, sweetdeath's muse!! Come 'ere so we can chat...

To super_JM(MM.O): Well, your wait is up, my friend!!! Chappie 17 be here!! Wahoo!!! Now, as for the next chappie... *sits down to wait* Shall we wait for it together?

To DSD(x2)(MM.O): I'm loved... *sighes happily* And, yes, I got the e-mail, twice. S'ok... I have to make time to do them. I'll let you know as soon as they're up!! Promise!!! *smiles at slaves* Hai, to me! TO ME!!!! *evil laughter*

To YnK(MM.O): You KNOW I was only asking that to piss you off... (I seem to recall saying that somewhere... Hum... And, yes, I DO have a death wish, so don't ask!!! ^_~) This is Seto-chan we're talking about here!!!! And he shows plenty of 'light side' qualities, but, as you'll recall, he's still the reason behind Goza-san's death, so he's the exception to the hikari rule. Anyway, he's the High Priest reincarnation... There's no way I'm making him NICE!!! And the numerous characters... Err... Yeah... It does get annoyingly difficult to remember everyone, but, after writing Digimon fics for, like, two yrs, 13 or 14 good guys and 2 KNOWN bad guys is SIMPLE to keep an eye on!! *looks at list of characters for Digimon fics* Uhm, that one has, like, 64 MAIN characters, and that one has 37, not counting the Digimon... Oh, Kami-sama... and Kukkî's name is just a simple cut&paste job now... *pokes Kam* Wave! *Kam gives KK and YnK dirty looks, then disappears* He says hi... *makes a face* I think.... -_-*

To Magician Girl of Chaos Night(MM.O): Wahoo!!! Another fan who believes I'm a goddess!! YAY!!! I'm SOOOOOOOO loved!!!!! Arigatou!! And, hai, lemon is ON THE WAY!!! *sighes and goes evil muse hunting* ...As soon as I find this muse, that is... *Grrr...*

To firedryad(x2)(MM.O): Arigatou!!! *writes down synonyms* These will be useful... Heh... Sadly, you're not the FIRST to answer the question, sweetdeath beat you to that, and YnK gave me one when I first asked(while we were chatting) but you have given me the MOST!!! YAY!!! *bops other person on head* Too much hentai? No such thing!!!

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Oh, yeah!! As you'll all recall, I was going to an Anime Convention, my first ever!!! I'll tell ya'll now, it was FAB!!! I got the Japanese YGO calander, which I've been looking for EVERYWHERE, some kitty ears(which allowed me to dress up as a cat for the second day), a key chain from Inuyasha, a pack of Japanese YGO cards, the rest of one of my fav manga series, and a sketch of Seto-chan from my new calander!! Also, I put a bid on something at the art show, and one of my friends was supposed to get it for me if I won it!! I won't know until school, or I can e-mail her, I guess... Anyway, it was FUN!!! I finally felt at home someplace!!! I'm broke as hell, but happy!!! If you've never been to a convention, go!! Seriously!! It's great!! Anywhoo, keep your fingers crossed!! (I want that piccy!!!) *winks*

Also, my mom has promised a possible scanner for my b-day, which is in March. Hopefully, some of my piccys will be up before then, but that'll be beginning of March anyway... (I'm almost better off waiting for the damned scanner... -_-*) Uhm, hold in there is all I can really say, I guess... Anyway, my b-day is March 12th, so, drop me an e-mail or a review on that day to make it fab for me!! I'll be turning 16!!! *looks at past lemons* ...uhm, yeah... (And for anyone who REALLY CARES, I'm still a virgin. I get all my materials from fellow writers... *sighes*)

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DISCLAIMER: I don't own YGO! In fact, I don't own the song Seto-chan sang, either. That was "Pillow Time", by The Monkeys. Beautiful song... *sighes* I do own this fic and all my original characters!!! *bashs Yugha and Anzu over the head* If YGO! were mine, it would be different, VERY different!!! The scary part is, ppl actually think I should own it!! YAY!!! *sobs when she remembers how broke she is and that YGO! will never be her's*

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Ja!

Katmon =^.^={AKA Okusama KK}

R+E+R (Read+Enjoy+Review)