Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Love and Pain ❯ How could this happen? ( Chapter 14 )

The disclaimer: you people know it and I have to know it, or else I get sued by the guys in the suits. But since you know it, don’t you think that I shouldn’t have to repeat it? I mean we all know - that for me- it would be really painful to say so. But I suppose I have to screw up my courage and just say it don’t I? alright here goes: I...DON’T OWN...YU..GI..OH.. OR ANY OTHER.... ANIME OR CARTOON... There, that wasn’t so hard now was it? *fights down tears* I have to go and write this story now.

CHAPTER 14

Tea walked into the hospital. "You’d think that the place would have old people lying around the place complaining about their hernia’s or some lady being rushed down the hall with a baby on the way or something (and yes, she was thinking about THAT in her subconscious mind). But this wasn’t your usual kind of hospital. No this was the children's hospital. Instead of old people, there was a toddler screaming and holding it’s head tightly. And instead of an expecting mother being rushed away, there was an eight year old boy being rushed to the operating room with his chest all bloody. Tea quickly glanced away from that. It reminded her too much of Mokubah’s injury when the ambulance was taking him away. Harshly reminded of why she was here, Tea walked up to the receptionist, wondering if Seto had stayed up the entire night. “Excuse me, I was wondering if you could tell me where Mokubah Kaiba is right now” She said to the pretty nurse standing behind the desk. The nurse looked up from her paperwork and smiled at Tea. “Of course,” she replied. “Just let me check the records for a second, ah I see, he is in room 2B14”.

Tea thanked the nurse and made her way to the elevator. ‘The place is so grey, the clouds outside seem to be part of the roof’ she thought ‘they could really use some new colours here, maybe a nice bright yellow or a sky blue’. She found the elevator and pushed the 2 button. Then she heard some annoying sounds. ‘oh great that stupid elevator music’ she groaned. When the elevator stopped, she got off and headed towards B ward. There was a growing sense of dread of what she might find once she reached the room. Tea started to dream up the what ifs. ‘what if Mokubah’s brain is so badly damaged , that he would need constant care around the clock?’ she worried ‘what if he doesn’t make it? what if Seto had to turn his life support off? what if Seto goes around the bend and drives himself and his company into the ground?’ She opened the doors to the ward. ‘oh stop it’ her brain told her ‘ Mokubah will be fine, he will grow up to be a college major or a successful businessman like his brother, then Seto will ask him to be his best man if we ever get married....wait a minute’ She stopped in the hallway ‘WHAT WAS THAT THOUGHT?! IF WE EVER GET MARRIED? THAT IS JUST NUTS! SETO ISN’T INTERESTED IN ME THAT WAY! HE’S ONLY HELPING YOU OUT GARDNER SO STOP THAT SILLY THOUGHT!’ She came to her senses just as an empty meal tray came down in the opposite direction. Stepping aside, Tea let it pass, then she looked at the number of the room she was closest to. ‘B07’ she read ‘only a few more to go’ she set off a fast pace towards the room ‘B08...B10...B12...B14’ “This is it” she said aloud. Tea knocked on the closed door.

“who is it?” the voice that you could only name as Seto’s drifted through the door.

“It’s me, I promised to visit didn’t I?” Tea said mockingly.

The door swung open before she even finished saying the sentence. Seto stood in the doorway, looking tired as heck. “I didn’t expect you to come so soon”. He said tiredly, but then he gave a slight smile “but I appreciate it though”.

Tea looked at him as though he had grown into a blue eyes white dragon. “You didn’t get much sleep did you? It’s just past midday, Seto can I come in?”.

“It is? I thought it was six in the morning” Seto replied as he stood back to let her in. Tea’s eyes went immediately to the bed and the small figure in it. She gasped. “He looks so, not like him” She exclaimed.

Seto nodded. It was funny, people were supposed to look older when the weight of the world hit their shoulders, but to Tea, Seto looked like a little lost child. “The doctor said that he...” Seto trailed off, trying the right way to say it. “What? what’s wrong?” Tea went over to him and grabbed his hand, just like she had done last night. It seemed to give him strength, enough to carry on. “Mokubah will live, if he wakes up”.

“What do you mean, if he wakes up? maybe you’d better start from the beginning okay?”.

“The doctor’s had found a new way to operate, a way without waiting for the swelling to go down. They just managed to save him, Tea if they had delayed for just an hour..” He looked at her, and she could see the pain in his eyes. Tea didn’t know what to do, she just wrapped her arms around him. Seto was surprised out of his self-pity trance for a moment ‘well, it’s been awhile since anybody has treated me like this’ he thought. The experience felt new and kinda weird to him, but after just a second, he hugged her back. hugged her like he never wanted to let go. Both of them wanted to stay like this, but Tea let go. She HAD to tell him what she and the bodyguards found. “Seto...”.

“What? what is it?” To him, Tea looked like she wanted to bolt out the door.

“When you left with the ambulance, the bodyguards and I decided to check things at the staircase....”

******* (flashback)

“Miss? Miss Gardner? please wait up! Tell us what’s going on!” The sounds of Brawn and the others didn’t stop Tea as she strode to the southern stair way. There was no time to be wasted. If her suspicions were correct, then no one who she cared about was safe. The feeling of dread increased as she neared the stairway, determined to find evidence contrary to the conclusion that was forming in her brain. They all stopped at the top, looking down onto the regal yet gloomy hallway. Brawn spoke up first. “Miss Gardner, what do you wish for us to do?”. Tea turned and looked at him.

“I want you all” She spoke aloud. “To find anything that looks out of place here, you guys know this place better than I do, so you’d have more of a chance of finding anything” watching them spread out over the staircase, and the surrounding area, Tea felt better ‘maybe this was just an accident after all’ she thought happily. ‘yeah right’ she changed her mind as a shout came from Brawn, who had been searching the walls in the upstairs hallway. “Miss Gardner! Look!”. She raced towards him.

“What did you find?”. His face was grim as he pointed towards indentations in the wall, spots of grey flecking the rich red wallpaper. “What are those marks on the wall?”.

“Bullet holes, Miss Gardner”.

“OMG, did someone try to shoot him? what kind of bullets are they?”.

“They look like the ones that we use around the house , so they could be from Mataku”.

“Mokubah’s bodyguard? where is Mataku?”

One of the other’s spoke up “we saw him running down the stairs after the kid. But that’s the last time we saw him”. Tea was thinking ‘maybe it wasn’t uncle after all, maybe it was a jealous bodyguard’ she did not, however, say this in the present company. Instead she said “we should probably find more evidence to support this theory” They all nodded, and went back to searching. Tea looked around and saw nothing but a closet, so she went back to checking the ground for any bullet shell or what ever they are called. while she was looking she started thinking of her favourite song (don’t ask me what it is, coz I don’t know, I only write the story!) . ‘That’s weird’ she thought ‘my fav song doesn’t have a beat like THAT!’ a loud thumping sound was coming from the closet that we mentioned earlier (you remember don’t you?). Brawn had also noticed the sound. He drew his gun, and stood ready to open the door. The other two took their positions at the other side. One of them opened the door. Brawn looked shocked for a second, then holstered his gun and helped Mataku untie himself.

“Mataku? what happened?” asked Brawn, undoing the gag around his mouth. The latter shook his head to clear his mind, then spoke . “Master Mokubah was heading towards the bathrooms. He told me he was going to take a bath. I waited outside, and this person in the shadows comes up to me. I asked for identification, but he didn’t answer me. I started to call for backup on the walkie talkies, but he has quite an aim. He shot my hand”. He raised his right arm and Tea could see it was all bloody. “So I tried to gun him down, but I made a big mistake. I’d put a silencer on my gun, and so did he. that way no one could hear us. Then he circled behind me, and everything went black”.

******** (lets go back to the present shall we?)

Seto just stared at Tea. He could not believe what he had just heard. Someone had tried to kill his little brother, gotten past one of the best bodyguards in his employ, and pushed him down the stairs. “And then what?”. He asked finally.

“ We tried to figure out what this stranger had looked like, But Mataku was in no condition to say anymore. He had been shot after all. So one of the others took him into the adults emergency room. We searched for more evidence, but couldn’t find nothing”. Seto glared at her “And why didn’t you tell me about this sooner?”. Tea gulped “Because I thought that when you found out how your little brother was going to be, then you could worry about it”. He stared at her for another moment, then sank down into a chair that was conveniently placed (I swear it is!) by his side. “I’m sorry, you probably did the right thing” He muttered. “ I f I had heard about that while I was in the waiting room, I would of been ready to snap that doctor’s head off”.

Tea smiled. “Well that’s alright. It must be a dangerous job to be a doctor. If there’s nothing they can do, they get partly blamed”.

“Humph, and when they can do something, The gratitude is usually directed at the patient for pulling through”.

Tea sank into another seat that was just on the other side of the bed. They both waited in silence for just a bit. Then Seto started another topic “So, how are you feeling now?”. ‘okay, that sounded a bit stupid’ he said to himself.

“Well, last night was a bit sleepless. I thought that morning sickness was just for the morning!” Tea complained and they both laughed.

“No, apart from getting up a few times, I spent most of the time just lying on the bed, wondering what was going on inside of me. It’s kinda weird, ya know?” ‘Oh my gosh, please don’t start to cry’ she willed herself.

“And I can’t ever let HIM find out either, I just have this bad feeling that I have to keep it away from him somehow”. She was about to break down again. she knew it, so she tried to change the subject again “And I have no idea what it’s gonna be”.

And He just looked at her. And then she broke down. “How the heck am I supposed to protect it? That’s damn near impossible! He will find out, And he will do anything to get it. I know him”. She dried her eyes, and then stood up. “You have your own things to worry about”. She said with a dry, dead voice. “I think I will leave and let you be”. She walked to the door, then stopped. Seto had grabbed her arm and was drawing her closer to him. “ You and the baby will be safe.” He said to her gently, rocking her from side to side. “Your uncle won’t be able to set foot in that house, and if he does, there are all sorts of defences in place”. “Besides,” He said with a wink at her “ I get the feeling the bodyguards are fond of you, they’ll do their job”. ‘But what about that nut job that came in to your house, disguised himself as a bodyguard and shoved your brother down the stairs? if he can do it? what’s to say her uncle can’t ? or even worse’ A shock came to him. ‘what if her uncle was the one?’.

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“Y/B? do we even know which one of these houses is Kaiba’s?” Bakura stopped running so he could catch his breath. “They all look the same to me”. The darker one came out of the ring and started to look around.

“Well I dunno, maybe you should of checked for Kaiba’s address while we were in the kool last night!” “Maybe, since he’s the richest guy we know, he’d have the biggest house! and anyway, it’s school Y/B”.

“I know that! It’s just one of these stupid authoresses typos!”. (Oh REALLY!) “Um never mind, scratch what I just said. Anyway, maybe we should just find some rich guy and force him to tell him which one is Kaiba’s!”.

“And what If he doesn’t? This neighbourhood has high security you know”.

“Didn’t you learn anything from two chapters ago dumbass? I am the king of thieves! If I can’t sneak us in, nobody can! And to those whom should be unlucky as to open that door, Look out!”.

“You’re not going to send THEM to the shadow realm too are you? That security guard at the school will probably have memory loss for the rest of his life!”.

“Yeah well, it was his fault for guarding the school in the first place! I mean, who told him to get a job like that! It seems to be poorly paid for”.

“He probably didn’t go to college, c’mon let’s get moving!”. They raced to the nearest house.

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“Okay so Joey, that’s all she left on your answering machine? why didn’t you pick up when you heard it?” Yugi was feeling a little tense. Tea, Kaiba and now Bakura hadn’t come to school today, Yugi was wondering if there was a sickness going around, or (and he’s dreading this) SOMEONE had happened to them. (not far off is he?).

“Well, I had just gotten back from... my walk! yeah sometimes I like to take a walk to clear my mind before a big test”. Joey couldn’t tell his friends about the U.N.U.L. It was for their own safety. ’Maybe I should tell Tai about these disappearances’ he decided to himself.

“Well, Joey if that’s your way of clearing your mind, might I suggest that you don’t do it anymore?” Tristan said cheerfully “I mean, It can’t work too well, can it?”.

“Well, can I help it if the test don’t agree with my way of studying?”.

“You guys, I am getting worried about this! after school, we go and search the streets! Yami thinks so too”. said Yugi.

/No I didn’t /

\Yeah well you want to see if our friends are alright don’t you?\

/Kaiba is NOT my friend!/

“I agree with Yami” spoke up Joey “ Kaiba ain’t our friend!”.

All three of them stared at him “How did you know what Yami and I are saying?”.

Joey realized at once he had made a big mistake. “Uh, well Yuge I know the both of you so well, that I can guess what you two are arguing about!”.

“So we will go and search for them after school then?” Tristan cut in. He could see that something was bothering Joey.

“Yeah,” Said Yugi, snapping out of his reverie “After school”.

Yay another chappie done! If there are any questions, R&R! bye for now!