Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Love and Pain ❯ How is he? ( Chapter 13 )
ME: Ok, this is my favorite thing to do: announce the disclaimer . I just LOVE doing the disclaimer. The main point of my existence is just to do the disclaimer. It is my favorite thing to do in the whole wide WORLD!
Oh alright then I don’t own Yu gi oh or any cartoon or anime, but one day ONE DAY! I will rule all! 1 fanfic writer to rule them all!
I am also thinking up a new story. Joey disappears from the sight of his friends and meets up with Zeta. More details later.
CHAPTER 13 <AM I COUNTING RIGHT?>
‘The gray surrounding this place is depressing. Every where you look there is nothing but gray, gray and oh did I mention the new color gray?.’ this thought and more seemed to circulate around in Seto’s head. The boy-billionaire was straddling a chair in the hospitals waiting room. The CHILDRENS hospital to be exact. ‘You would have thought that they would have given a more cheerful color to this part at least but there was probably a sale on gray at the dullest paint store ever . Buy gray and we’ll give you yucky yellow free for the ultrasound room or maybe aqua paint. THAT at least would be a funny sight. I could probably get some better color for them, I’d get them anything as long as…’ There was no escaping that thought. No matter how much he tried to keep it light, His little bro was still out of it. Seto hadn’t been allowed into his room yet, the doctors hadn’t wanted any one to get in the way of the initial examination. They were supposed to be some of the best in the country. Seto sighed, and stood up. His reivere was interrupted.
“Uh excuse me Mr Kaiba?” A nurse approached him. She seemed kinda of nervous to be talking to him.
“Yes? Well what is it girl?” He could not help but feel a little snappy.
“There is a phone call waiting for you from a Tea sir. She says it’s important”. The nurse made a gesture at the desk phone. Seto walked over to it , feeling more than a little worried. ‘Maybe I should have made her come with me, where I can keep an eye on her’ He thought now mentally beating himself up. Seto picked up the phone.
“Hello?”. It was her sounding a bit worried herself.
“Tea? What’s wrong? Did HE show up again?” Seto was about to fire his body guards for not doing a good job, she could tell.
“What? No! no! I’m fine, how’s Mokubah?”. It was the first time anyone in that household besides Seto had actually cared about Mokubah’s welfare. The body guards only cared enough to do their job and get a little green if you know what I mean.
“I don’t know! They won’t tell me anything!” Seto said. ‘Forget about firing them, he’s gonna kill them with his own two fists! I can’t tell him what we found out just yet, It will send him through the roof!’ Tea thought in a blind panic.
“Seto, you have to believe in the doctors, they know what they are doing, believe me I know. I’ve had quite a lot of them check me over for broken ribs and stuff. Which physician is in charge?”
“Neurosurgeon actually, He’s Dr Whoover, or something like that.”
“Dr Who?” Seto chuckled “ I’ve heard of him. He is supposed to be one of the greatest neuro-guys in the world. You see, Mokubah will be fine. I will come and visit you guys tomorrow. Ok?”.
“Ok, now what did you want to call about? Did the servants serve you something for supper that you didn’t like?”.
“You think that I would call for something like THAT! It has been just the opposite actually. The servants are really nice, and the body guards are sticking to me like glue!”
“They are probably afraid that I would fire them and give them a bad resume. So if that is all, I guess I will see you tomorrow”.
“Okay Seto. If there is any important things going on there don’t forget to call me, no matter how late it is. If you want to talk too, that’s cool”.
Seto felt such gratitude towards her, she was putting her own problems aside for a moment. She cared. Seto smiled and turned towards the crowd of people now lining up behind him to use the phone.
“Thank you Tea, I’ll call you if there is any news. I got to go now, there is a line of people behind me. Goodbye Tea”.
“Good bye Seto”. There was a click, telling Seto that she had hung up. as He did also, there were cheers from the line behind him.
“Oh shove it up your ears!” He yelled, and the room fell silent. Seto went back to his seat, thinking about what Tea had neglected to tell him. ‘I’m not that stupid, I wonder why she didn’t tell me. Probably didn’t want to burden me when I got other things to worry about’ He grinned. ‘Humph, it’s been actually a while since I have smiled so much, even under these kind of circumstances’ He leaned back into his chair, then straightened up again as someone spoke up.
“Mr. Kaiba?” The voice belonged to a gray, balding man in his fifties. He had the look of someone who could keep his cool no matter what. Seto wished he could do the same as he stood up. “Dr Whoover? What is the condition of my brother?”. The Dr could only look at him, half wanting to away and get someone else to do this, and half wanting to get it over and done with. “Well sir, your brother is…..”
Seto braced himself.
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Tea sighed as she hung up the phone. ‘You chicken Tea, you couldn’t tell him about what you found? You are weak, just as Uncle Gishiro says’ She muttered to herself as she went back down the hall. The bodyguards were waiting there, she refused to let anyone listen in her private conversations. “Miss? What did Mr. Kaiba ask us to do?” Said one of them, it was the one she liked, the one nicknamed Brawn, for his toughness. She forced herself to meet his eyes.
“I didn’t tell him yet Brawn, he has too much to worry about now, besides if I told him, he would probably fire you all over the phone.” Brawn sighed and looked away for a moment. When he looked back at her, he gave her a crooked grin.
“We all appreciate that you would look out for us Miss Gardner, but I hope you know what you are doing”.
“I’ll tell him tomorrow Brawn, when he knows what’s wrong and isn’t using all his energy to worry ya know?”.
“Okay, will that be all now Miss Gardner?”. The poor guy wasn’t used to this kind of kindness in this house, he wanted to get away and check with the others about protecting Miss Gardner as best he can. She deserved their protection, besides, if they screw up again, Mr. Kaiba would have their butts mounted on a plaque for the top of his fireplace.
“Yes thank you all for what you have done for me, I will just make a couple more phone calls, then I will retire for the night”.
“Alright then, goodnight Miss Gardner”. Brawn watched her as she went back down to the phones. “Uh, Miss? You do know that you have your own phone line in your room right? It is right next to the bed”.
“Oh really? Thank you Brawn”. Tea switched directions and went back up the northern stairs, whistling an old tune as she went. ’I wonder where I learned that, I was probably something my parents taught me before… They went away.’ This thought was damaging enough to make her stop as she finally reached her room. She strolled in, picked up the phone, shut the door (it’s a cordless) and dialed Mai’s number.
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“Okay, so this is her address? Are you sure you got it right Y/B?” Bakura could not help but feel a little hesitant.‘ This place looks like where the sun don’t shine’ Bakura was thinking as his yami walked up behind him, in astral form. It was kind of easy for Y/B to sneak into the school, but he needed Bakura to get into the students records. Computers always seemed to confuse Y/B to no end. And the security guard who caught them in the act paid for it, with a temporary trip into the shadow realm. ‘And the beauty of it’ Y/B thought ‘is that he won’t remember what sent him there in the first place!’ but now he turned his attentions to the questions Bakura had asked. “Of course it’s right, I checked that stupid phone map twice myself! I can actually read your stupid modern maps! That must be an achievement in itself!” .
“Okay okay, Y/B now do you reckon it’s time to call Yugi and tell him what we’ve found?”.
Y/B snorted “The only time I will call that idiot boy and that unfit to be pharaoh, is when I will see the greatest enemy I have ever faced!”
At that moment, Gishiro chose to open his upstairs window. Bakura, seeing this, said to Y/B “Ya know, most people would consider this an omen”.
“What do you mean by that?”
“Look at the upstairs window”.
Silence followed for two seconds as Y/B did as he was told. Then, with an “Oh sh*t” Y/B had ducked behind the picket fence that they were standing in front of. (Yes, a picket fence). Bakura had just followed suit when they heard Gishiro throwing his still half full bottle of Duff beer (Yes Duff. I said I don’t own any cartoon and that includes the simpsons so please don’t sue lawyers) He opened another and started throwing other stuff around the room . “It sounds like he’s mad” Whispered Bakura. “Maybe we should go and check it out”. Y/B was clearly reluctant to do this but seeing as why Tea was supposed to live there, and HE was there Y/B was just as curious so, curiosity winning out over common sense, they climbed the tree that was COMPLETELY BY CHANCE next to the window. “Damn that girl!” The loud threatening voice of the dark visitor boomed in his drunken rage. He didn’t know what he was saying or how loud he was saying it .The windows were open because he needed air. The fumes from all the beers were suffocating him. Gishiro got ready to throw an almost priceless ornament at the mirror. “How dare she leave!” Those outside sighed in relief (well Y/B didn’t sigh very loud but trust me he did!) Crack! The ornament was now in small pieces “After I took her in and give her that love of only which I am capable of!” Bakura‘s face darkened until the only thing you could see was his hair. “What does he mean?” Y/B asked, seeing his light’s reaction . “It means he had been forcing himself upon her ever since he has been her guardian”. Bakura answered, and with every syllable he spoke there came such a rage that no one in their right minds would ever dare cross. Bakura cared for Tea. He had been friends with her ever since duelist kingdom and he thought of her as a sister. Y/B was amazed that someone as quiet as Bakura can seem so mad. ‘which means’ he thought ‘that I should be too’. Y/B turned his attention back to Gishiro’s drunken rant. “I would never think that she could ever leave, I mean sure, I did give her a bit of pain. Those bruises were beauties if I do say so myself (Bakura growled, Y/B gave him a look to stop him from doing something dumb) But there was no reason for her to run and try to destroy herself!”. “What does THAT mean?” Y/B asked. “It means she tried to commit suicide. To kill herself just so she could get away from him” Bakura said when the word suicide didn’t register. “It would have meant a lot more work to find her again if that happened but I would rather that happen than that priest reincarnation saving her”. “Yeses!” Bakura and Y/B hissed. “I got to drive her mad, bring her back, away from that cursed mansion, make her mine, send that cursed priest to the bowels of the shadow realm , do all this without that pharaoh or baka tomb robbers attention……..” Gishiro was so drunk by now that his eyes were drooping. He took one more swig of drink and lay still on the floor , beer bottle in hand with the beer spilling onto the carpet. The two outside the window quietly as they could, scrambled out of the tree, and out of the front yard, with Bakura‘s eyes looking worried and angry, and Y/B’s sparkling . When they were halfway down the street, Bakura simply stated: “We have got to find her and protect her as best we can. We definitely need to ring Yugi and Yami, regardless of how you feel about them. We don’t have a single clue about where she went to!”.
“Ok no1 we don’t need those two. No2 weren’t you even listening? He said something about a mansion!”
“Yeah, so what? We still need Yugi and Yami”.
“Let me put it this way you idiot. That priest ? Had cold blue eyes and brown short hair. So, dumbass who do we know who fits that description and is rich enough to afford a whole street of mansions let alone just one?”.
Bakura didn’t say anything for a moment. Then his eyes were filled with hope. “Seto Kaiba’s!”.
“So great, you finally figured it out. Now we need to go back to our place. Even spirits of the millennium ring need to rest. The rapist is in a drunken sleep, so Tea is safe for tonight.”
“But when do we go and look after her?”
“Tomorrow, coz like I said, she’s safe for tonight and neither of us has any more energy . We don’t even know which one of those fancy spreads across town is Kaiba’s. So lets go home!”. And without any further argument, the two of them walked home.
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Tea felt a bit better as she hung up the phone. Mai had been shocked that such a thing had happened to Mokubah, and what Tea and the bodyguards had found. Now to get her courage up and call one of the guys, not to exactly tell them what had happened to her, but to tell them that she was alright. From what Mai had said about it. They had gotten pretty worried. ‘Now lets see, who do I call?’ she thought “Yugi would be asleep by now, It being a school night and all. Tristan likewise, but not because it’s a school night. Bakura , quite frankly needs all he sleep he can get, not to mention Y/B sent the phone flying out the window in a fit of rage, so that leaves Joey, even if he does live with Tristan.” without further ado, she picked up her phone and dialed his private number. After a few rings, a message machine had picked up:
“Hey dis is Joey, if ya a friend, just leave a message at da tone. If dis is Kaiba pranking me aden, den just hang up and kiss my @$$.” beep Tea decided to leave a message. “Hey Joey this is Tea, I just want to tell you guys I wont be coming to school for a while. And don’t worry about how Mai reacted when you told her my uncle called me in sick. I guess I should have told you guys I had an uncle ay? So don’t worry , I’ll see you guys around. Bye” She hung up and looked at her tummy and the life growing inside of her. “Well little one, goodnight” Then she climbed into bed and turned off the light.
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Tai Kamiya dropped Joey off in the jet. “Thanks for your help with this mission Joey, I couldn’t of done it without you”.
“Hey man ya welcome. Ya know I will always help the U.N.U.L wen dey need me. See ya!” Joey grinned as Tai took off. “it’s a good thing dis neighborhood never report anything to da feds”. Joey muttered as he climbed through the upstairs window. He liked working with the U.N.U.L, it was important job. Joey climbed through and started getting ready for bed. ‘wait, better check my phone messages’ There were two. The first one was from Yugi : “Hi Joey it’s me. You did remember to study for tomorrow’s math test right? It counts for 25% of your final grade (Joey groaned quietly. He didn’t want to wake Tristan in the next room) anyway, see you tomorrow.” Joey deleted that message and checked the next. “Hey It’s from Tea!” Joey said no more as the message was played. When it had finished, Joey was feeling the opposite of the way that message was intended to make him feel. “Why would Tea quit going to school if she says everything’s fine? I better tell Yugi tomorrow.” Joey shut off his light, feeling a slight sense of dread. Because of his work with the U.N.U.L, lately he learned to trust his feelings.
Okay maybe that last part confused you guys a bit. Keep reading and reviewing!!! Man, this was a long chapter written off the top of my head. Gotta go bye!