Easy to Catch On

By: BlueSoulKLH64 (Katara12)

A Yu-Gi-Oh! Fanfiction

Genre: Romance (defiantly) and a little humor/general

Rated: R (see below)

A/N: the high rating is because of swearing, violence, and very mature scenes. And when I say very mature, I mean all the way, and I mean early on. If you don't like to read that stuff, then exit out of this story right now. If you think that this stuff is freaking awesome, then I welcome you to my shrine!

: This isn't just a Yu-Gi-Oh! Fanfiction, it also has Rurouni Kenshin and technically Avatar, but not really.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of its characters. Heck, I don't even own all of the made up ones!

Chapter 9-The Dream

Hailey was ready to get married. They were in the chapel with all of her friends and family there. Life couldn't get any better.

"Hailey, do you take this man to be your husband?" the preacher asked.

She looked straight into Seto's eyes and knew she was ready. "I do."

"And Seto, do you take this woman to be your wife?"

Seto looked straight at Hailey with a look of sincere love in his eyes. "I—"

"SETO, NO! I CAN'T LET YOU!" they turned around and saw a little boy shouting and crying. "SETO YOU CAN'T, YOU'LL DIE! I WON'T LET YOU GET MARRIED!"

The boy was hysterical, and Seto walked to him to try and calm him. "Hey… snap out of it! Nothing is going to happen to me. Things are different now, there isn't anyone trying to kill me. Or Hailey. And now that we're out of school, we'll be able to spend more time with you, and you'll be able to make sure that we don't get killed, ok?"

The boy was still scared; Hailey was very confused. "Why do you think that Seto and I are going to die? Seto and I love each other, and I'm sure that you can understand that, right?"

He looked a little better. "Big Brother, do you really love her?" he saw Seto nod. "Ok then, you can get married."

Big Brother? Hailey thought? Isn't Seto an only child?

Hailey and Seto went back to the alter and faced the preacher.

"Again, Seto, do you take this woman to be your wife?"

Seto looked straight at Hailey with a look of sincere love in his eyes. It had never left them. "I do."

"Then with the power invested in me, I pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride."

And Seto did. A kiss that showed that everything was going to be ok, one that went quick, but had enough meaning to last a lifetime. The preacher clapped and said "I now present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Kaiba!

"HALLELUIAH!" Seto and Hailey turned around and saw everyone out of their seats cheering. "It's about time you love birds got married." Joey was shouting.

"Yeah, Wheeler, let me show you that my feeling towards you haven't changed." Seto started making punches in the air, and Joey backed off. Seto grabbed Hailey's hand and went to the hotel suite that they had rented for the week. It wasn't their honeymoon; there wasn't time. But they were going to Egypt over the next winter, and that was close enough. But as for the hotel, everyone else was going back to Domino City, so they would have no interruptions, no distractions, just each other.

Seto carried Hailey into the suite, and laid her on the queen-sized bed. She was still in her dress that she wore to the "wedding." Seto was trying to get that off, though.

"Seto, we're married, we have all the time in the world to do this stuff. Why are you in such a hurry?"

He smiled at her. "Just because we have our whole lives to do this doesn't mean I don't want to get a head start on it."

She smiled back at him, and then left the bed. "Well then you'll just have to wait." She went into the bathroom; where all the luggage was. She got out of the dress and into her nightgown and silk robe. She knew what was going to happen, and she was a bit nervous, considering that even though Seto hadn't been drinking, he still could have another heart attack.

She went back to him. "You're no fun, you know that?" Seto teased. Then he reached for her mouth, his hands already taking off her robe. He kissed her with much tenure. She was now his, and he showed it by taking control of where things were going. He took off the robe and nightgown and record time. He was kissing her neck, and felt her shudder. He didn't know what had caused the shudder, but he kept on kissing her like he hadn't felt it. He was guiding her hands to take off his shirt and stroke his chest.

Her fingertips were cool against his chest. He was guiding them to take off his pants, but her hands started to cease up there. She seemed afraid of him, and he didn't understand why. "Hailey, why are you so nervous, it's not like you haven't done this before."

She was biting her lip. "Well, it's not like I've had loads of experience either. You were my first, and then that time it blew up in my face by your heart attack."

He was surprised she had just admitted what she had. When it came to pride, she had more than her share. But here she was, admitting that she was a virgin until he came, that she was scared that he would have another heart attack. "Hailey…"

"No, I can't do it! Not this soon at least." She wasn't mad; she was just scared.

"We've already done it more than once and I'm still healthy. I haven't taken any stress pills and you know I haven't been drinking. So what's wrong?"

"I just can't." Hailey whispered.

Seto sighed. "Here, honey, let me just hold you. We'll take things as slow as you need them. That's why we are so great together, we're both as patient as we need to be."

So they lay in bed, just holding each other. Kissing occasionally, but after about ten minutes, Hailey felt confident to try once more. She let Seto roll over on her. "I won't hurt you if you just relax."

Yes, but you may hurt yourself!" Hailey wasn't nervous anymore; she was just concerned.

All of a sudden, the door bursts open. Hailey reached for the covers to cover herself, and then almost drops them out of shock. Of all the hotels, of all the rooms, of all the people, Zachary and Emily are the ones to come in on them.

It's funny, actually, because they were just standing in the doorway, kissing, and don't notice that they aren't alone until Seto clears his voice. "I'm assuming that your not room service." He states.

"Umm, no, we're a married couple that thought… Hailey Ishtar, is that you?" Zach was inquiring her. He didn't know if it was really her. That made her so mad, she got her robe from the foot of the bed, put it on, and marched up to Zachary.

"I'm sorry, I'm HAILEY KAIBA, and if you don't mind, Zachary, I would like to get back to my husband.

"Hailey is that really you? Wait, how do you know my Zach? He's not… and you're… it can't be…"

Emily had no idea about Hailey and Zach's past. Boy, was she in for a surprise. "Emily, Zach was my boyfriend through high school, until he left. Then he met you, and got married, and had Serene." She sounded gentle to Emily, but let her anger rage on Zachary and at the same time wondered how she knew all of this. "AS FOR YOU! There was one thing that you forgot when you left." She punched him hard in the gut with all of the hatred filling up inside her. Some of it was because she was still mad at him for leaving her, but most of it was because Emily was so pretty and perfect to play the roll of a wife and mother. She was going for another blow, but then she felt her fist being held back by Seto.

"Hailey, why don't we show your friend the door." He said through his teeth. He was mad too, but he tried not to show it.

"Umm, bye, Hailey, talk to you… later." Emily was saying as if they had always been friends, which they hadn't—as Zach pushed her out of the room.

"Seto, I can't stand this! Of all the places, of all the people!" She just collapsed into his arms and started crying. "How could he? It's not fair!" Seto kept on holding her, until she fell asleep in his arms. She was out of control, and maybe not even Seto could help her.

"Maybe this was a bad idea." Seto said. He pulled Hailey out of his embrace. "I think we're going a bit too fast, so I'll just get another room, and tomorrow we'll talk about the future ok? Hailey? Hailey…?

"HAILEY!"

Hailey opened her eyes and saw Seto leaning over her, trying to get her to wake. She looked up at him and gave him a tight hug and started crying.

"Hailey, the last time you did this you had a nightmare. Please tell me that a nightmare was all." Seto was trying to calm her down. He had been scarred because her breathing was irregular and she was sweating a cold sweat; he thought she was about ready to go into a coma.

"Seto! Oh, Seto, I just had a bad dream. I just…had a bad dream." Hailey was starting to calm down, realizing that it really was just…a dream.

"Don't scare me like that!" Seto sternly said, hugging her back. She really had worried him. "Now, what was the dream about?"

Hailey didn't know if she should tell him or not; she didn't know how he would act. "Umm, we were…getting married…and this little boy said that you would die if you did, but you calmed him and…" Hailey paused as she felt Seto's grip grow slowly tighter, as if he knew who she was talking about. "…And then we went to a hotel and Zach and Emily were there…and then you woke me up." She left out a few things on purpose so Seto wouldn't get too curious.

Does Hailey want to get married? Seto thought as he was still holding her. His mind went back to the box in his robe pocket that he thought about giving her, but—again—he didn't feel ready for that kind of commitment. "It was just a dream, Hailey, I know that. Come on, I have to go to the office today, so let's have a little more fun before, ok?" he smirked mischievously and pulled the covers back over them and let the morning develop on it's own.

When Hailey woke up for the second time, she found the bed empty. She vaguely recalled Seto cooing to her saying that he was leaving but he'd be back in time for dinner and take her out.

Hailey slowly got out of bed and got dressed, feeling boredom consume her. Dressed in a purple blouse and jeans, she went downstairs and explored around the first level of the house.

After seeing many room, she finally found the one she was looking for. It was a study. It wasn't Seto's—Hailey could tell that right away, it was too plain—so she felt fine with snooping around. She went to the computer, and decided to put in her screen name so she could get online on a regular basis without having to go home each time. Of course, there was an email from Zach:

Dear Hailey,

Many a day I have been without you and I have not been in too much remorse. We settled things in Germany and now we want to conquer the U.S.A.—it's a stupid country, really—without causing a war. It'll be hard, but I think we can handle it.

Oh yes, many of thanks from yours truly for not sending me anymore emails. Please keep this up, I'm at a busy point of this job, and I can't spend time just reading pity emails. I'll still try and write you some, just so you don't get worried about me, ok?

Zach

"I wonder why he doesn't want me writing?" Hailey said out loud, not knowing why he 'old love' was being so distant. That really just made Hailey want to write to him, just because he said not to. But she still respected him, even though she still didn't love him. Yet in this letter, there were no signs of lasting love, actually, the word wasn't even mentioned. "Maybe he's moved on. Oh well, I still have Seto."

But the question is, will she keep him?

So what do you think? It's a little short, I know. And it really wasn't a right time to end the chapter, as in I could have written about the night, but I really didn't want people to get the wrong idea of Seto. For the record, he is still the mean businessman we all know and love. I just had to give him a few different characteristics to fill out the real plot of the story; he has to get nice once and a while for Hailey to care enough so when the disaster strikes (haha, you don't know what the disaster is haha) then all of the readers—including you—will be affected.

Oh, for those of you that don't think America is stupid, I'm sorry if I offended you. I live there myself so don't get the wrong idea, I'm just hating George Bush right now so I wanted to voice my opinion somehow. And for those of you who agree with me, then YOU ROCK!

See you next chapter!

Katara