Xblackrosefirex: Mokuba isn't mad at Serenity for walking out on Steven. He had said that in an effort to be funny, but realized right after he had said it that it wasn't the right thing to say. And Seto isn't in love with Serenity, he just got really mad because anything related to the fact that he's raising Steven on his own because Serenity walked out on him, is an incredibly sensitive topic. He was basically mad because Mokuba had brought up something he hasn't exactly been dealing with head-on for the past couple years. I'm sorry it was so confusing! That was my fault, I promise I'll do better.

UnlessAbsolutelyNecessary: Well you can find the answers to blackrosefire's questions in her review response. And Serenity isn't going to be the bad guy, I can promise you that. I like fast updates too, I'm so surprised at how quickly these chapters are jumping out lately. Anyways, enjoy and sorry for the confusion!

Journey Maker: Aw, I feel like all of my sweet little reviewers want Seto to be in love with Serenity. I'm sorry, guys, as much as we'd all love that to happen, it's not. As you might be able to tell, Seto and women just don't go together, period. I, personally, cannot see Seto with any woman, really. He's too complicated and has way too many issues, not to mention he doesn't have the social capacity to understand women at all.

AmePiper: I swear I'll reply to your PM once I get off this writing high! I just can't seem to stop writing… it's insanely enjoyable to me at this very moment and I only seem to make time to do that and only that(which isn't good school wise, but oh well) I promise, promise, promise I'll get to it soon. Inn the meantime, I'm hoping my fast updates are still enjoyable to see and read! And you don't need to worry about Seto being in love with Serenity, he's not(between you and I, I'm not all that fnd of her either, but I always try to write her with an unbiased point of view)

Chapter 10

"A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking."-Helen Rice

The bus ride continued shortly after the incident between Seto and Mokuba. When Mokuba board the bus, his eyes were mainly focused on Seto. Seto had on his normal emotionless face and refused to return even a glance towards Mokuba. This hurt Mokuba in many ways, but for the most part made him hate himself. He felt like such an idiot for saying what he did, and he knew that his brother was justified by being angry. Mokuba would just have to wait it out a bit and hopefully things would go back to the way they were… even if the way things were was still bad between the two.

The bus's engine was started up and they were back on the road one more. Daiana announced on the speakerphone that Shizuoku was coming up soon and that they would be passing by the city shortly. This actually surprised Seto, he hadn't realized how far they had actually gone, since there were so many other things occurring on the bus that tend to distract him. That was when the reality of the situation hit him. They were actually going to Tokyo; they were actually going to find Serenity. Seto wasn't sure how he was supposed to feel about this.

This was also a hard topic to mull over on top of what had just happened with Mokuba. Seto had never felt so much anger towards Mokuba in his whole life. Although Seto was aware that Mokuba was sorry and hadn't meant for it to come out that way, it still made him mad. Anything related to Serenity and Steven was a sensitive topic, especially sine the whole world was against him. Because Serenity was gone, this automatically put him and Steven in a not-so-great category in society. The last thing he would ever need was his brother harassing him about it along with everyone else in the world.

There were some things that couldn't be changed in his life, and what had happened with Serenity was one of them. For the rest of his life, Steven would be looked down upon as the unwanted child, the mistake, and ultimately the bastard. The words and thoughts were already starting to hurt Seto emotionally, he couldn't even imagine what was going to happen when they did finally meet Serenity and see what she thought. In that moment, Seto wished with all his might that Tokyo would magically disappear off the face of the earth in the next couple days so that he wouldn't ever have to face his past and Serenity ever again.

Just as the bus had entered the city of Shizuoku, the bus came to an immediate and unexpected stop. Seto's head fell forward and smacked into the seat in front of him. He rubbed his head and looked to the front of the bus. "What the hell is going on?" Daiana was now seen running down the aisle of the bus, but she didn't look like her usual self. Their wasn't a huge smile plastered on her face, no, it had been replaced by a look of panic and worry. She ran to Seto's seat and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"You have to get out now."

"What? I thought you said that-" Daiana pulled him out of his seat and dragged him down the aisle of the bus.

"There's no time to talk." She pulled him out of the bus and threw clothes at him. Seto, although completely off-guard, managed to catch the clothes in his hands. He looked at them with confusion before looking back up at Daiana.

"Um… why again are you giving me clothes?" Daiana had her head turned and her hand over her eyes.

"Hurry, change into them."

"WHAT!?"

"I'm not looking, now hurry up."

"But-"

"I told you there's no time to talk!" Seto, although thoroughly confused by Daiana's actions, decided quickly that he would do what she said. He managed to switch out of his clothes and into the new clothes in no time. They didn't exactly fit him, nor did they fit the style he was use to. The clothes he wore were very baggy, definitely a size or two bigger than he actually was, and the colors completely contrasted to his personality.

"Okay, I'm done."

"Good!" Daiana left for a moment and ran back into the vehicle. When she returned she had Mokuba and Steven in her hands and pushed them towards Seto. "I would advice you to stay away from the heart of the city if you know what's best for you."

"Daiana, what is going on? I have no idea why you're doing this…"

"I'm sorry Kaiba, but there's just no time. You'll thank me later for this." Seto spotted tears welling up in her big blue eyes again, her heart calling out to him. Seto was proud of him for a slight second that he had actually managed to pick this up, considering him and women were like completely different worlds. But there were more important matters at the moment.

"Daiana, wait… I have to thank you for what you've-" She was already in the bus, the doors beginning to close in front of her.

"You can thank me another day! I'll never forget you Seto Kaiba, remember to stay safe and be careful!" And with that, the tour bus sped off, leaving the three Kaibas standing all together, confused and cold.

"What was that about?" Mokuba asked, being the first to speak up. Seto turned and looked at him, only giving him a glare before turning and walking towards the city. Steven quickly ran up to follow him.

"Wait up Otousan!" Mokuba sighed and did the same. They all walked side by side, observing the city around them. It was darker than Kyoto, and slightly unfriendlier than the last city they had been in. The city seemed a bit more run down, sending out some bad vibrations to all three of the Kaibas. They all walked in silence for what seemed like hours until Steven finally spoke up once more. "Otousan… where are we going?"

"I'm trying to find a payphone…"

"Oh geez… I hope this doesn't end up like our search for a bus stop. I am not jumping in front of another moving bus." Seto ignored Mokuba's comment completely. Mokuba frowned Seto had completely shot him down. He would probably have to get use to this though, Seto tended to hold grudges for a couple days, possibly even weeks. That was just how he was. Seto stopped his head was turned in the direction of a bar that was across the street from where they stood.

"You both wait here, it'll only take me a second. I just need a pay phone to call Isono, possibly get him to wire us some money for the rest of our trip." Seto said, walking across the street towards the bar. Mokuba and Steven ran after him.

"Wait Seto, you can't possibly be serious about going into a bar, of all places, to get to a pay phone."

"Mokuba, watch Steven while I'm gone. Make sure nothing happens to him."

"Hold on Seto…"

"MAKE SURE HE'S SAFE!" Seto yelled, his face was now only inches away from Mokuba's. Seto's icy blue eyes stared down Mokuba so deeply it looked as though he were trying to see into his very soul. Mokuba, although scared shitless by Seto's actions, remained calm and controlled, returning a glare just as vicious as his brother's. The brothers continued these intimidating glares for a while, until Seto turned away. "I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere, got it?" Mokuba crossed his arms and said nothing. Seto went into the bar.

Seto entered the bar with a straight face. The bar was darker than it was outside, and even scarier. The one thing that really scared Seto, though, was the men inside. All of them looked rough; tattoos, bandanas, and gang symbols were seen everywhere in the bar. Seto was hoping no one would him, even though it was quite obvious he stuck out like a sore thumb.

All kinds of smells roamed around in the air, it was mostly of beer and vomit. Seto scrunched up his nose in disgust, the bar was the least likely place you could find a guy like Seto Kaiba in. He had never been to a bar in his life, and knew why he never wanted to be in one ever again.

Without many more observations, Seto decided to finally take a chance and began to maneuver his way through the crowds of people in the bar. This would prove to be an easy task, considering he was so skinny, squeezing through small places and avoiding people would be a breeze. Seto made his skillful way through the bar. He spotted a pay phone on the other side of the bar and his heart leaped. Finally something was going to go right on this trip.

Seto had almost made his way there, when a man turned into Seto with a glass of beer in his hands. His glass collided with Seto's arm, which caused it to tip sideways onto the man. Seto's heart jumped at the sight. The beer seeped into the man's shirt and dripped all the way down. The look on the man's face promised Seto that this wasn't going to be good. He tried to keep his straight face on and look him right in the eyes.

"What the hell was that, man? You don't know how to move around without knocking into people?" the man barked, his eyes narrowing onto Seto.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see you turn. I'd be happy to replace your drink for you," Seto said politely, he wasn't sure if the man was buying it through because his face told Seto that he wasn't. The man threw down the glass onto the ground, causing it to shatter into a thousand pieces at both of their feet.

"You think you can walk in here, spill my beer, and get away with it?"

"Um… yes?" The man's fist was already in the air. Many fists were in the air soon after that, punching and slapping him in all different directions. It wasn't before long that Seto was on the ground, curled up on the ground with his eyes squeezed shut. Seto was almost positive at this point that he was no longer being pummeled by just one person, but by two or three other guys as well. Kicks were now in the mix of all things, and Seto wasn't sure where half of the blows were coming from anymore.

Seto didn't know how much more he could take. Laughing was heard from all around him, Seto didn't know how such torture could be amusing to all of them as he lay there in a bloody mess at this point. Everyone hurt, and t just kept hurting. Someone had poured beer on him somewhere within that time as well; the laughing grew louder after that. Seto was wet, bloody, and in pain. He just wanted to make a phone call, that was all he had wanted to do.

But to his dismay the beatings only continued, until everything had stopped. In an instance, the kicking, punching, and drinking stopped. Seto opened one eye and looked up. The men had all frozen they had their heads turned towards the entrance of the bar. Seto squinted his eye, trying to see who it was through the legs of the men around him. It was no use, he couldn't see a thing and he was fearful that if he got up, they would attack him again.

"What's going on here?" A voice said from a far. It sounded strange, yet familiar to Seto. The man whom had the beer spilt on him spoke.

"Ah, nothin. What would make you think something was happening?"

"Why the hell are you all crowded in a circle then?"

"Uh… no reason…" Seto heard footsteps and they were coming towards him. Should he try to act dead? Maybe if he acted dead he wouldn't get killed. "Look man, we didn't want no trouble, but then this guy came in and started harassing us and spilling beer, he was asking for it, I swear!" The man replied in a fearful voice. Whoever this was, he was obviously someone to be feared. Seto shut his eyes once more and attempted to look dead. The footsteps became louder and louder until they were right next to Seto. Seto flinched his eyes still sealed shut, and his body becoming tense.

"…Seto Kaiba?" Seto opened one eye and looked up. He gasped and saw none other than Tristan Taylor standing before him.

A/N: Hey guys! I hope you're satisfied!(I don't know how I keep getting so inspired all the time, it might be because I keep reading all of my new friend's awesome stories. She's such an amazing writer) So instead of doing things like homework and studies, I keep adding and adding onto my ever awesome story that you all enjoy reading! I told you the next couple chapters were going to be exciting, and I left you guys with a cliffhanger! It's a mean writer thing, but in time you will forgive me(besides, I'll probably update tomorrow by the way I'm working, so don't get too mad) Thanks for reading! I hope you all can keep up with my updates!;)