Jounouchi and Kaiba have to explain everything to them... How will they react to it? Enjoy~ ^^

~ Chapter 10: Empty ~

Katsuya was saved by Gekko Tenma and Reiko Kitamura, but Seto seems didn't appreciate that. He quickly took Katsuya back to his mansion with him. They were shocked when they saw Mokuba and the geek squad had waited for them to explained everything…

"Jounouchi-kun..." Yuugi didn't believe his eyes. The others looked at them silently.

"Everyone... I, I can explain it... " Katsuya tried to hold her breath. She didn't expect that everything would hit her just in one night.

"This is my responsibilty. I'm the one who forced him to do this." Seto stepped forward, protected Katsuya.

"...Kaiba." She looked at him with teary eyes.

"Nii-sama, I think this place isn't too appropriate for discussion. Let's go to the library..." Mokuba asked his brother.

"...Yes, you're right. We'll explain everything there. Now everyone follow my lead." Seto walked in front of them. Katsuya didn't brave enough to face them now so she walked beside Seto.

Seto opened the library door and let them in. They sat on the carpet, listened to Seto and Katsuya explanation. They couldn't believe of what they'd heard.

"That's Impossible." Honda shook his head.

"But that's the truth, believe it or not." Seto replied coldly.

"Jounouchi-kun has to bear that burden for a long time..." Yuugi felt dissapointed to himself, because he couldn't realize his bestfriend problems.

"I'm sorry Yuug..." Katsuya couldn't hold her tear.

"It's not your fault, nor Kaiba's." Ryou calmed her down.

"But why you kept it by yourself?" Ryuji asked her curiously.

"Because... I don't want this curse to be a burden for everyone..." Katsuya kept sobbing.

"You'll never be a burden... You're still one of us." Anzu gave her tissue.

"I don't care whether you're a boy or a girl, you are still Jounouchi Katsuya to us." Hiroto smiled at her.

"Everyone... Thank you..." She took tissue from Anzu's hand and wiped her tears.

While the geek squad encouraged Katsuya, Seto and Mokuba watched it from distance. They didn't spoke to each other.

"...Mokuba, I'm sorry for being harsh on you that time." Seto whispered to Mokuba without looked at him.

"It's alright Nii-sama. At least I already got the reason of your prohibition." Mokuba smiled at his brother, but Seto seems thought of something else. He stood up from his seat and approached Katsuya and the geek squad.

"Jounouchi, I want to talk to you." Seto looked at Katsuya coldly.

"...What is it?" Katsuya felt something wrong with his attitude.

"Let's end the deal." Seto's words somehow made Katsuya's heart ached.

"Eh?" Katsuya tried not to believe of what she had heard. The geek squad and Mokuba shocked as well.

"Everybody already know about your condition. Beside, everybody seems not bothered by it." Seto explained to Katsuya expressionless.

"How about your research?" Katsuya tried to convince him.

"...I don't need it anymore." Seto turned his head, avoided Katsuya's eye contact.

"Nii-sama..." Mokuba tried to help Katsuya, but it seems useless.

"You don't need to come here nor follow my words anymore, you're free." Seto opened the library door.

"All of you can go home now. The cars already waited outside." Seto let them out of the library.

They all went downstairs silently and got into the cars that escorted them back to their home.

Katsuya walked slowly to her house, opened the door and put pump shoes that Seto gave her inside the shoe cupboard.

"Nii-chan, you look so pretty!" Shizuka dashed to her brother. But Katsuya seems didn't heard or saw her, she slowly walked to her room upstairs.

What happened to nii-chan? Shizuka looked at her brother confusedly.

Katsuya went to the bathroom. She brushed her teeth and washed her face. After she dried her face with towel, she saw her reflection in the mirror. Her eyes seems lifeless, it was no expression at all. It's just like she stared at a doll that really look like her.

Yuugi and others had already know my secret, even they accept me just the way I am and I'm already free from Kaiba's deal... But why I can't feel any emotions at all? It seems like my heart is just an empty vessel...

- To Be Continued -

This is the first time I released 2 chapters in one day... XD

The plot now completely change from my first one... (- v -")

I hope everybody like this fic~! *bow* (_ _)