Chapter 3: No Longer Cold
Yugi hardly said a word. He had been like that ever since he and Grandpa took the baby girl home a week after they had gone to see her. Grandpa had let Yugi name her because the old men still strongly believed the baby was his.
Yugi had named her Hope.
Hope was a sweet bubbly little girl, always had a smile on her chubby face, her brown eyes sparkled with joy. Yugi had called her Hope because he believe that she was proof that Yami was in the city and he hoped they would find him.
"Yugi are you listening?" Tea asked as she waved a hand in front of her friend's face.
Yugi snapped out of his day dream. "Oh sorry Tea, what were you saying?" She smiled at him. "Is it true that you've got a daughter?" She asked excitedly. Yugi paled.
"NO! Hope's not mine she's Yami's!" The short teen exclaimed, he instantly put a hand on his mouth.
He hadn't told anyone about Yami, as far as his friends and the other student's at school were concerned he was an only child. "Who's Yami?" Joey asked. "He's Yugi's brother."
Everyone turned around and saw it was Seto Kaiba!
Seto was 18 years old, 6ft tall and owned the biggest gaming in Japan, he was also Yami's rival and best friend. "Seto." Yugi mumbled. Kaiba had used all his resources to find Yami when he disappeared but he said he stopped when the case went cold.
Standing next to the CEO was a woman.
She had long white hair that was tied back, pale skin, baby blue eyes and she wore blue pants, a white shirt and a blue blazer. "Yugi this is Kisara Bluebell, she's the detective I hired to work Yami's case last week." Seto explained and Kisara bowed respectively.
"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! WHO THE HELL IS YAMI AND WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MONEYBAGS?!" Joey shouted like a maniac.
"Yugi can tell you on the way down to the station." Kisara said as she, Kaiba and Yugi walked towards Seto's limo...
Soon Yugi and Kisara were sat alone in the interview while the others were listening behind the glass. "Alright Yugi, tell me about the last time you saw Yami." Kisara said and began recording the conversation. "It started at the library..."
"Yugi slow down!" Yami cried in a whisper.
He had taken Yugi to the library so the oldest could finish some work for school but Yugi was running around loudly. "Yugi if you stop running around I'll buy us some ice cream." Yami smiled.
The youngest brother stopped running around and was by his older brother's side in seconds.
"Ice cream!" The 11 year old squealed happily. "I just need to head to the toilet for a moment, until I get back stay with this friendly libertarian." Yami said and a libertarian walked over to them and led Yugi to the children's book section.
An hour later a homeless guy came running into the library screaming something about seeing a teenager getting kidnapped.
But the libertarians thought he was crazy and kicked him out. Yugi waited and waited until it was dark and the library was closing. Yami never came back for him...
"Then the libertarian called Grandpa and Gramps took me home." Yugi finished.
Kisara stopped the recording and looked Yugi dead in the eye. "Who was this homeless man?" She asked. "People call him Hobo Joe, I don't know where he is now though." Yugi admitted sadly.
"Thank you for all your help Yugi, I'll see if we can track down this Hobo Joe and get his statement." She said and went to walk out the room.
"WAIT! I want to help you solve this case!" He exclaimed. Before Kisara could say no and sharp voice stopped her. "Let him come, he has as much right as anyone." Kaiba said as he leaned against the door way.
"Fine, but no one else." She said firmly and left.
Yugi looked at Seto. "So what made you decide to re-open the case?" Seto and Yugi stared into each others for some silent moments.
"When I heard about the baby I instantly knew it was Yami's, there's no way you would have had sex and gotten a woman pregnant without taking some responsibility. Thanks to Hope this case is no longer cold."
With that the CEO walked away...