Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Nightmare ❯ Standing Up ( Chapter 16 )

(Well, I have caffeine, gum, seltzer water(for when the caffeine's gone), the newest 2" Seto, a cute lil puppy(He barks and walks, and is battery operated.), music, ideas(ALWAYS good!!), and NO SCHOOL!!! *bounces* Okay, hurricanes can do SOME good!! lol (Now all I have to worry about is going in the work in this mess.... -_-*)

Well, this chapter of Nightmare is brought to you due to a late night up with some of my online buddies, which never would have happened without Hurricane Isabel, and me trying to sleep with random fic ideas in my head!! So, dude, this is gonna be a SEVERELY SCREWED UP chapter, but, as it's taken me so long to post it, I doubt many of you will mind. I know I'M running outta things to read.... ^_^"

Uhm, well, this will probably be a Seto/Noa/Mokuba. All signs are pointing to it. Maybe everyone will like it, maybe not... *shurgs* We'll see.(Not that there wasn't incest in the fic as soon as the Goza-baka/Noa-chan pairing came in to effect.... -_-*)

*glances outside* Look at the RAIN!! *groans* Hate, hate, hate..... *sighes* Well, no school? *sweatdrop* Heh......

Here we go! See ya'll at the end!! ^_~)

-~^~-

I flip on the play button when I wake up the next morning. Mostly snoring. But, then, I hear the door opening, and know it's hopeless. ~Damnit!~ I turn off the recorder in annoyance.

"What's that?" Seto mumbles, looking at me from his bed.

"Tape recorder." I reply, putting it back in it's hiding place. "I had it on last night to see if Gozaburo would come in to check on us."

"Oh..." Seto sighs. "That's why you made us sleep in our own beds. I was wondering about that."

"Yeah..." I pull myself from my bed and walk over to the door, to grab the bathroom while I still can.

"So, did he?" Seto inquires as I start opening the door.

I bite my lip. "Yes." I whisper, then leave him to think about it.

"Aren't you up early." Gozaburo mocks from down the hall.

I glare at him for a second, then turn towards the bathroom. "I'm allowed to get up early, or is that against the rules now, too?" I ask darkly.

Gozaburo's arms wrap around my shoulders, stopping me. "What do you think about staying home today?"

"Why?" I keep my voice as even as I can, despite my fear.

"Well, if you're really hurting so much as you seem to be, you shouldn't go to school." His breath tickles my ear as he speaks.

"I can go to school just fine." I pull away from him. "Anyway, you have work to do. Me staying home would just keep you from your work. I don't know why you're trying so hard to make me stay home." I shrug and walk into the bathroom, closing and locking the door behind me before leaning against it with a sigh. I'd been half-way expecting him to do something like that this morning, since he didn't get his chance yesterday.

"Well, just be warned, I'm having Seto move to his own room today." Gozaburo says through the door.

"Nani?!" I pull open the door and gape at him. "Doushite?!"

Gozaburo smirks. "You two are too old to be sharing a room." He claims.

"You just want to make it easier for you to get to me!" I accuse.

"That too."

"No!" I stomp my foot, ignoring the pain it causes. "I won't let you!"

"Keep your voice down, Noa." He warns.

"NO!" I shout at the top of my lungs. "NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!!!"

He claps a hand over my mouth angrily. "Urusei." He hisses.

"What are you doing?" I hear Seto's voice from our door.

"Seto!" I duck under Gozaburo's arm and runs over to my koi, hiding behind him when I get there. "He's trying to move you to a different room!"

"No." Seto's tone is sharp.

"And who put you in charge, Seto?" Gozaburo growls.

"It's my stuff." Seto replies calmly.

"It's my house." Gozaburo replies, eyes boring holes into my skull, even though he's glaring at Seto, not me.

"Point being? How does this place being your house make it okay for you to separate us?" Seto asked coldly. "Do you think moving me to another room is going to help you any? It sure as hell won't, I promise you."

Gozaburo stalks up to us and slaps Seto across his face. "You fucking bastard." Gozaburo hisses. "No one, no one speaks to me that way."

"I just did." Seto replies, not showing that his red cheek hurts him at all.

"What's going on?" Mokuba asks, stepping from his room and rubbing his eyes sleepily.

"Nothing at all." Seto smiles at his brother.

Mokuba frowns at Seto's red cheek. "Niisama, what happened?"

Seto smiles sheepishly and scratches his head. "I ran into the door when I got up. Baka me, neh?"

Mokuba giggles. "Hai!"

Gozaburo snorts. "Since everyone is up, you can all get ready for school." He glances over at Mokuba, smiling slightly. "Mokuba-kun, I was wondering if you'd rather go to the nursery or the Mutou's today?"

Mokuba bounces. "Game Shop!!!"

"Alright...." Gozaburo sighs. "Go get ready." Mokuba hops back into his room, excited, as Gozaburo turns to look at us. He looks worn out. "Seto, you're moving to another room. Period. Don't argue with me, you'll only get hurt. Get ready for school, both of you." He speaks softly, then turns and walks back to his office.

I put a hand on Seto's shoulder as he makes to go after my father. Seto looks at me sadly. "Noa...."

"Let it be, Seto. Onegai?" Seto nods at my pleading tone. I hug him tightly, burying my face in his shoulder, not caring any more that Gozaburo might see us. What else can he do? "Arigatou...."

-~*~-

"Ohayou, Yuugi-kun!" I wave as we pull up in front of the Game Shop. Yuugi and Ojiisan are standing outside the shop, saying good-bye to one another.

"Noa! Seto! Mokuba-kun! What a surprise!" Yuugi waves back as we three get out.

Gozaburo steps out behind us and silence falls over all of us. Ojiisan and Gozaburo nod to one another smoothly, as if they dislike one another, but plan to be nice. I know the Kaibas and the Mutous have a long line of bad blood between them, but this is ridiculous. I break the silence calmly. "Ojiisan, we were wondering if you'd mind watching Mokuba-chan again today, since he was such a great help yesterday."

Ojiisan decides to ignore Gozaburo and smiles at Mokuba. "I'd be delighted to have your help again, Mokuba-kun. You can sort the comic books."

"Really?!" Mokuba's eyes widen happily. Ojiisan nods, smiling. "Sugoi!" Mokuba claps his hands gleefully.

Seto clears his throat to get Mokuba to look at him. "No temper-tantrums today, right?" Mokuba shakes his head. "And you're going to be on your best behavior, right?" Mokuba nods. "And when Ojiisan tells you to do something, you do it without question, right?" Mokuba nods again.

Ojiisan's laugh cuts through Seto's serious tone. "Seto-kun, Seto-kun! We'll be just fine!"

"Worry wort." I mumble under my breath. Seto glares at me and I grin. "What?"

"Don't call me names, baka."

"Look who's talking, nutcase."

"Don't make me hit you, bat-brain."

"You wouldn't hit me, now would you, you cruel beast?"

"Just you watch me, you wuss."

"Urusei!" Gozaburo's voice cuts through our playful argument sharply and we fall silent. He nods to Ojiisan. "Thank you for watching Mokuba, Sugoroku." He says calmly to Ojiisan.

Ojiisan nods coldly. "No problem."

Gozaburo nods, then turns to Yuugi. "Yuugi-kun, if it is alright with Sugoroku, I'm sure we could give you a ride to school." He offers.

Yuugi glances at Seto and me, then over at Ojiisan. "Can I, Ojiisan?"

Ojiisan nods. "Of course. I'll see you when you get home." Mokuba and he wave as Yuugi, Seto, and I follow Gozaburo into the limo. "Have a good day, boys."

"Ja!" We call back, waving out the window. Then we all settle down.

"Seto, Noa, you may stay after school at the Game Shop, but you'll be home, with Mokuba, by the time I am. We'll be having no one over tonight. Am I clear?"

"But it's the weekend." Seto whines.

"Seto..." Gozaburo gives him a warning look.

I clamp a hand over Seto's mouth. "We understand." I pause before giving in. "Chichiue...."

Gozaburo nods. "Good."

-~^~-

"Well, well. What do we have here?" One of the older boys stands over Yuugi and me.

Yuugi and I had decided to sit on the sidelines and watch Seto play basketball with the other kids. Yuugi had felt a little short and pathetic, while I was still sore. I glare up at the boy. "Buzz off, Kouru." I growl.

"Make me, Kaiba." Kouru pokes my side with his foot. "Or are you being wimpy today?"

"Let us alone." Yuugi says darkly. He's gotten a lot braver since Seto and I agreed to be his friends and actually stood up for him.

"Ooh....I scared of wimpy Mutou." Kouru teases.

I pull myself to my feet, trying not to flinch at my pain. "I said, buzz off, you deaf yaro." I hiss.

Kouru's punch hits my shoulder before I can react and I give a shout, stumbling back a few steps, hand on the shoulder. "Ha! Wimp!" Kouru laughs.

"Yaro!" I ram one hand into his nose and my knee into his crotch. Then, while he's bent over in pain, I chop the back of his neck. He goes down hard and I stand over him, panting, holding my shoulder. "Damnit. When I told you to leave me alone, you should have listened." I tell his still form.

"Noa!" Seto runs over to me, along with half the kids in the school yard. A few teachers also run over. "Are you okay?" Seto whispers, watching my eyes while Yuugi gets up and joins us.

"I'll be fine." I nod and lower my hand from my shoulder.

"Kaiba-kun! What is the meaning of this?!" The principal strides up to us.

Seto gets between us protectively. "The other kid started it! Noa was just protecting himself!" He says hotly.

The principal glares at Seto for a few moments before looking around at the assembled kids. "Did anyone see something different from Yagami-kun?" No one answers. "Did anyone get a good look at the fight?"

"It wasn't a fight." One girl grumbles.

"Oh?" The principal turns to her.

The girl makes a face. "Kouru came over to bug Kaiba and Mutou, who were being plenty good, just sitting over here under the tree. Kouru said some mean things, and Kaiba stood up to tell him to just go away for, like, the third time. Kouru punched him, and called him a wimp when Kaiba cried out. So Kaiba punched his nose and wacked the back of his head. Kouru started it, and he did it to cause trouble." She explains.

The principal glares at me, only to be glared at back by Seto. "This is no fighting on school grounds. I'm going to have to suspend you." The principal says. I pale, feeling the world fall down around me.

"That wasn't fighting! That was self-defense!" Seto shouts angrily. "You can't punish him for standing up for himself and another student! You'd rather have them both beat to a bloody pulp rather than a bully down for the count for a few minutes?!"

I sink to the ground, Seto's words not even touching me. ~Suspension? With him? Oh...no.... No, anything but this....~ The sound of my ears rushing fills my head. "Seto...." I gasp before fainting.

-~^SETO'S POV^~-

"Seto!" Yuugi shouts.

I look back over my shoulder. Noa looks dead to the world, and Yuugi's propping him up. "Oh by Ra! Noa!" I kneel down next to my boyfriend and hug him, removing Yuugi of his burden. ~Oh....Ra....This is too much all at once....~

The nurse kneels next to us. "Is he okay?"

"It's been a stressful week." I mumble, cuddling Noa's form to my chest.

"It looks like he's fainted." The nurse nods, then looks at Yuugi. "Mutou-kun, would you like to get us some water?"

"Can't we just let him sleep?" I beg as Yuugi rises. "I'll carry him to the clinic, if you want."

The nurse sighs sadly. "No, Yagami-kun. Kaiba-kun's been suspended. He needs to be awake for his otosama to pick him up."

I have to think fast as Yuugi goes to get the water. I'm not going to make Noa go home alone, and Gozaburo would never agree to letting me come with. ~Well, duh, yell at the principal some more. He's already pissed off at your brother, and it's not that difficult to make him suspend you too.~ I settle Noa on the ground, then get up and run after the principal. "You can't do this! It's not fair!" I shout at him, catching up.

The principal turns on me. "Do you want to be suspended too, Yagami-kun?" He asks sharply.

"I'd rather be suspended for standing up for what's right than staying in school knowing I could have done something." I claim angrily. "I'm not going to let you be so unfair to my brother!"

"You've already missed about a week of school, Yagami-kun. Don't you think you should be on your best behavior so you don't miss anymore?" The principal presses.

"I'm not the only one who's been missing school lately, yet you haven't paused in suspending him! And what about the other kid? What's to happen to him?" I challenge.

"He is to be treated and sent home."

"But not suspended!" I shout angrily. "Do you have a grudge against Gozaburo? Is that why you're so insistent upon getting rid of Noa? Well, guess what, Gozaburo's my otosan too, and I'll pick a fight with you over this. Noa won't."

The principal's turning blue. I know I've hit a nerve. "That's it, Yagami-kun. You are suspended!" The principal shouts.

I snort. "How kind of you." Then I spin around and stalk back over to where Noa is being revived.

"He's gonna shit his pants." Noa coughs, smiling at me.

"Joy." I turn to Yuugi as the nurse moves over to the other boy. "Oi, Yuugi..."

"I'm sure Ojiisan won't mind if Mokuba-kun spends the night." Yuugi smiles.

"Arigatou." I smile, then turn back to my lover. "Let's help you up."

"Arigatou, for helping me out." Noa whispers as he stands with my help.

"You know I'm always here for you." I reply lovingly.

"No kissing on school grounds." Yuugi snickers. Noa and I turn to glare at him. "What?!" Yuugi grins.

"Come on." I shake my head. "Ja mate, Yuugi!" I wave to him.

"Ja!" Yuugi waves back.

Noa smiles, then rests his head on my shoulder, leaning on me. "I'm tired...." He mumbles.

"I wonder why." I reply, grinning. "What with you up at four thirty this morning."

"At least I don't sleep in class." Noa shoots back. I laugh.

Gozaburo stalks out to us while we're only part-way to the school. "Let's go, you two." He hisses, his face a mask of anger. I feel Noa shiver next to me.

"We're coming, we're coming. Ra...." I roll my eyes at him.

"Hey! Yagami!" A shout comes from behind us. I turn around to look at a younger kid and a few of his friends standing a few meters away, smiling at us. "That was awesome. You too, Kaiba. You two are amazing." The one boy says. His friends nod in agreement.

"It wasn't anything to be proud of...." Noa frowns.

"Oh, come on, Noa. Be proud for once. You saved some little kid's ass today." I smirk.

"Seto!" Noa sighs, then looks at the kids. "Don't go talking back to the principal, it's a bad idea."

"Actually, it was kind of fun." I snicker.

"Seto! Noa!" Gozaburo's voice cuts at us sharply. Even the kids freeze in terror. "Now." His voice is low and dangerous.

"Right. See you kids later." I smile, then Noa and I turn back to the waiting limo.

"You two are so cool!" The kid shouts after us.

Gozaburo slams the door shut behind us and the limo starts. He slaps me across the face. "Remove that smirk or I'll remove something else." He hisses. I curve my happiness and make my face neutral. "Do you two realize how bad your misbehavior today was for me? I was called from a very important meeting!"

"It's not our fault the principal holds a grudge against you and feels like taking it out on us!" I reply angrily.

"You didn't have to open your big mouth at him, Seto." Gozaburo growls.

"I don't trust you with Noa!" I shout. "Who would?!"

"Do I look like I have time to play games with you two?!" Gozaburo's voice rises a notch. "I have to work sometimes!"

"So work! We can handle ourselves!"

Gozaburo snorts. "I'm leaving you two off at the mansion. If you leave the grounds without my permission, you will both get far worse than you should be expecting now." His eyes narrow. "And don't think you can hide behind your brother or your friends or," Gozaburo's eyes impale a shivering Noa, "your mother. Do I make myself clear?"

"Hai." Noa agrees fearfully. I nod in agreement, keeping my mouth shut, rather than make it worse.

"And you will each receive your own punishments. I'm done with these games." He adds.

I feel my stomach doing flip-flops as the last `lesson' Gozaburo gave flickers through my head. "Hai...." I whisper. Noa can't do anymore than shiver.

The car stops. "I'll be home in four hours. Get." Gozaburo says coldly.

I help Noa from the limo and into the house. We settle down on one of the couches and I look at his pale face. "Noa? Koi? Are you okay?"

Noa buries his face in my chest. "Hold me. Seto, hold me, and never let go, onegai." He cries, his body being racked by sobs.

I drew him to me and rock us softly. "Noa...." I whisper, closing my eyes sadly. "Oh...Noa......."

~~~

A/N: *cackles* Ooh!!! Fun fun!!

Seto: What are you trying to do, kill us?!?!

Noa: She's acting weird.....

Kam: Wait till you see NEXT chapter!! *evile laugh*

KK: Next chapter will either be out today or tomorrow, maybe a little later. I dunno. It's almost done, I think. Uh...I think I have a good title, but it may change.....*hums* We'll see how it turns out.

Pugio: And we're sorry this chapter took so long. KK-san is slow.

KK: *rolls eyes* You wish. Uhm, well, I was halfway through this, and the power went out thanks to hurricane, and then, I finished writing it last night, but mother had made me get offline, and I was tired, so this is out today! Ha! -_-

Seiji: ....right..........................

KK: Nnnnnnnn.... *glares*

REVIEW REPLIES:

Dude!! Seto/Noa/Moku fan! It's looking like it, kaoru!

I agree, tis a very good name. Thanks for the offer, but I don't think Kanji'll fit in too well. The fic's too developed around Seto-chan and Noa-chan, although I should be making Mokuba-kun and Jako more pronounced as it goes and bringing Yuugi-kun's friendship more into play.... *sighes* Ooh....I've given myself a new headache.... -_-*

Heh.... Yeah....Well, looks like S/N/M to me, JM!! Heh.... Don't kill me? ^_^"

AHH!!! *hides from pixy stixs* I did! I did!! Meep! Sorry it took so long.... *bows*

Angst slut, huh? Makes two of us! *bounces* Can I have a plushie, pwease? *give Talon puppy eyes* I wike pwushies.... ^_^"

~KK

(AKA Noa Girl = NG)

See ya later! Same angsty fic, same angsty author!! Lol