AN: I am back and I hope you like this next installment.

Seto undressed Jou placing him on the pull out couch of his, he didn't want to wait to get to his room, he knew time was of the essence. Seto stripped himself climbing undercovers. Jou was like ice, Seto's own body wanted to recoil from Jou but Seto forched himself to stay still. Mokuba did as Jou asked. He walked back into the room undressing himself. "We need to keep him warm, it's a huge blizzard but I was assured an ambulence would be sent immediantly when the weather clears up."

"Good, don't rub him to get him warmed up, it will make it worse."

"Seto, I've been through boyscouts. I know this." Mokuba said with a shake of his head. "Damn his freezing! How long has he been out there in that weather?" Seto shrugged making a call on his cellphone. Great Mokuba thought. He knew Seto wouldn't leave it alone until someone agreed to see Jou now. He ddin't blame Seto at all. Jou was suffering from Severe Hypothermia and would probably have a lot of issues after this. "Seto you can't ask others to risk their lives in this storm."

"I won't have him die here." Seto said glaring at Mokuba and dialing on his phone again. Seto hated death, when their father had died Seto had gotten as far away as he could. He refused to go to the funeral even. Mokuba didn't blame him. It was Seto that witnessed the death of their parents. Mokuba had been on a sleep over and then if you will their adoptive dad died. Their adoptive dad really wasn't that bad at all. He taught Seto to run the company and be fully capable of looking after Mokuba at an early age.

Mokuba missed them, looking at Jou made Mokuba want to cry. He still looked so pale. How would Jou's friends act if he died here? Would they blame Seto because of the many fights he and Jou had been in? Would Yugi and Anzu think that it was an accident or would they believe Seto purposly killed Jou. Mokuba believed Yugi would listen to him. He was almost certain of it.

It took one hour for the storm to settle enough for an ambulence to arrive. A long hour that could've ensured Jou's fatality. The paramedics assured Seto that he did good and id everything he was supposed to do. Seto had insisted on going with Jou, after a brief argument Seto and Mokuba were in the ambulence heading down to the hospital where they would give Jou some glucose are maybe vitamen b1. Seto sighed, "How did he make it to my manor, why was he even headed there."

"It could have been an accident." Mokuba said. "But to make it to our Manor from his house, he would've had to be out in the cold for over two hours, he's lucky he didn't die."

"Damn lucky." Seto agreed and held out the cellphone to Mokuba. "I'm sure his family and friends would want to know he's here."

Mokuba nodded calling Yugi first, Yugi could tell everyone else and also give him the number to Jou's house. He had to call twice before someone answered the phone. "It's two in the morning Mokuba!" Yugi explained with a very tired yawn.

"Yeah I know, Jou is in the hospital."

"What...why what happened?" Yugi asked as his older brother Yami woke up. "Jou's in the hospital."

Mokuba heard the brothers talk and waited for them to stop. Once they were silent Mokuba took a breath. "We really don't know the whole story, it was a few hours ago and our dogs had went crazy, Seto went out to discover Jou in the storm barefoot. Jou was out like a light. We brought him in and tried to prevent his body tempature from falling. The doctors have him in the emergency room still. He's in very critical condition."

"I thought he made it home okay."

"I know, why don't you give me his Dad's number, I'll call him while your on your way."

Yugi sighed. "You know me so well Mokuba."

"I know." Mokuba replied writing down the numbers. He exchanged quick goodbyes and then dialed the Katsuya residence, there was no answer. Mokuba tried the cell-phone number that Yugi had given him. After two rings it went to voicemail. Mokuba left a message witch is all he could do. He told the doctors that he was unable to get a hold of Jou's father.

"I can't believe he's hurt." Anzu said shaking her head. Yami took her hand and gave it a special squeeze. Jou's friends were all here. Jou himself had slipped in and out of consousness. He had a fever and wasn't coharent. He was moved from the ER room after three hours. He was moved to ICU, he wasn't out of the woods yet, but at least his life wasn't hanging on a thin threead anymore. "I wish we could see him."

A dr. with long blonde hair walked up to them. "Well Kaiba-boy, Jou is doing much better. We were able to get a hold of Ms. Katsuya unfortantly she refuses to come see Jou. Have you had luck contacting the father."

Seto glared at Dr. Pegasus Crawford. Pegasus was a very annoying man but a fantastic doctor and very good at what he did. Seto hadn't been happy with the staff here so he paid this doctor to come and take care of Jou. Dr. Crawford had come with a nurse named Rebecca. Seto remembered the doc saving Mokuba so of course the two men knew each other very well. They had become friends even as annoying as the man was. Seto hated how Dr. Crawford called him Kaiba-boy, it was something that Pegasus refused to change.

"No we haven't had any luck. Marik and Ryou decided to go over there. They haven't come back yet." Seto said folding his arms. "Now Jou isn't going to loose any limbs."

"We had to focuse on saving his life first Kaiba-boy, it looks like they might be salvaged except for his left foot, it looks really awful. I wouldn't reccomend looking at it."

Yugi shivered and looked up at the doctor. Tears were falling from his face. "You mean that you might cut his foot off!"

"We might have to Yugi-boy, I apologize. We are still doing everything we can to save his foot too. The good thing is he is alive and doesn't have any brain damage. That in itself is a miracle. He would have died if Kaiba-boy hadn't found him. He was in the early stages of organ shutdown."

Yugi looked stunned. "But he'll recover."

"It's starting to look very good for him, except for his foot." Dr. Crawford replied.

"Who gives a fuck about a foot." Seto replied. "Jou's alive, that's the most important thing. He's not brain damaged so we should be thankful that it seems he's pulling through."

"Don't you hate Jou?" Yami asked.

"No. He ticks me off from time to time, but I don't hate the mutt." Seto replied looking into space. Ignoring Anzu's griping and complaining. He was more worried for Jou then he let on. Mokuba knew that. Mokuba was sitting next to Yugi holding his hand as they were waiting for Ryou and Marik too get back.

"Sheesh what a shit hole." Marik replied looking at the trailer. Jou was definatly poor. Ryou had smacked Marik upside the head over such a comment. "The door's open, in this weather?"

"That's odd." Ryou said walking up to the door. He knocked on the door before walking in, after a few minutes Ryou ran out of the trailer hitting his knees and throwing up into the bushes. Marik went inside himself. Jou's dad was in the corner on his side, dried blood on his neck and by the floor, dried blood on his arm, there was also dried blood leading out of the door. He already knew of Jou's wounds that was something Seto forbid the doctors from telling anyone else, Marik happened to here and Seto threatened him. Seto didn't want Jou's friends to know about the wounds which made Jou's condition worse, it would add worry to his friends.

Marik walked over to the phone picking it up and dialing nine-one-one. "Hello there is a dead body over here." he said as calm as if he was discussing the weather. He gave the lady the address and looked over at Ryou who still looked rather green. "You know we have to tell the good detectives what we saw."

"What happened? Do you think Jou did that?"

"It's possible." Marik replied. "It's also possible an intruder had entered the premises. It does look like a fight had taken place."

Ryou leaned foreward and wretched into the bushes again.

end for now...