Hey fellow people of the Internet! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter! So I was watching Yu-gi-oh again as I was typing this. It was the episode where Yugi and Seto duel Dartz and Seto gets his soul taken. Holy hell, the ungodly sound that came out of my throat at that point in the episode was NOT HUMAN. I'm pretty sure my mom thinks I'm psychotic now. Anyway, I left you guys waiting long enough, so without further ado, here's the next chapter!

The duo sat in the hospital room, watching the patient lying in the bed intently. Ever since the patient arrived at the hospital two days prior, the duo had not left his side. The duo was none other than Mokuba and Ronnie. Mokuba stared at his brother's body that lay still in the hospital bed.

"Why isn't he waking up?" he asked quietly. Ronnie bit her lip. The truth was, she had no idea why he hadn't woken up yet. The doctors said that he had a moderate concussion, but he should've been awake by now.

"I don't know," she answered slowly.

"I always thought that he was invincible. Nothing ever seemed to hurt him. I guess I was being stupid to think that." The defeat in Mokuba's voice made Ronnie frown. She could tell that he was close to giving up.

"He'll be fine Mokuba. Remember what you told me when you were in the hospital?" Mokuba smiled at the memory of what he had said.

"Yeah. Kaibas are resilient." He looked at her with a newfound determination in his eyes. "You're right Ronnie. Seto is strong. He'll pull through this."

"Exactly. He just needs rest." Mokuba nodded and let out a yawn. "And so do you. Why don't you get some sleep Mokuba?"

"But-."

"I'll wake you if anything changes."

"You promise?"

"Cross my heart and hope to die," she nodded, drawing an x over her heart with a finger. The young Kaiba nodded before resting his head on the arm of the couch he had been sitting on. Ronnie pulled a chair up to Seto's side and sat. She looked at his unconscious form with a frown. This whole situation happened because of her. If she had just been honest about Tony, maybe then they could've been prepared for something like this. As soon as he wakes up I'm going to tell him the truth, she thought. This thought frightened her. What would he think when she told him? She did keep the truth hidden for selfish reasons, but he'd understand wouldn't he? She let out a yawn and rested her arms on his bed. Since her arrival at the hospital, she had barely gotten any rest and the lack of sleep was starting to get to her. She blinked her eyes a couple of times to prevent her vision from going double. No matter how hard she tried to fight it off, she was soon consumed by sleep.

A soft and steady beeping sound reached the CEO's ears. The fluorescent lighting nearly blinded him when he opened his eyes. He weakly raised an arm to protect his eyes from the bright light. His eyes finally adjusted and he gazed across the room. He noticed Mokuba sleeping on the couch in the corner of the room and frowned. Finally, his gaze rested on the machinery to his right. Why am I in a hospital? He tried to sit up but stopped when a sharp pain filled his chest. He let out a small groan then lowered himself back onto the hospital bed.

"Mokuba," he called softly. His voice was scratchy and weak. He cleared his throat then tried to call his brother again.

"Mokuba." A movement to his left had him turning his attention away from his sleeping sibling. Ronnie sat with a chair pulled up to his bed. Her head lifted from her arms where she had just been resting. When her eyes rested on Seto, a look of relief crossed her face.

"Mokuba!" she called. "He's awake!" The eyes of the young boy snapped open. When his gaze rested on his now conscious brother, he smiled broadly.

"Big brother!" He was up and at his brother's bedside in an instant. He grabbed onto his brother's hand tightly in fear of disturbing the stitches in his chest.

"You're awake!" he continued. "I was so scared you were-."

"It's alright," Seto soothed, cutting off his sibling's worried cries.

"How are you feeling?" Ronnie asked, bringing Seto's attention to her.

"Well considering the circumstances, I've been in better moods," he responded dryly.

"You're being sarcastic. That's always a good sign," Ronnie said, with a small smile. He went to sit up again but stopped. Seeing his discomfort, Ronnie put a hand on his shoulder and the other on his arm and helped him into the sitting position.

"How long has it been?" he asked, wincing as he adjusted to his new position.

"You got here two days ago." She could see that her words shocked him.

"That long huh?"

"Yeah. Do you remember what happened?"

"Of course I do."

"I wasn't sure. The doctors weren't sure whether or not you'd remember everything when you woke up."

"Where's Tony?"

"Jail." A look of relief passed over his usually stern features. At least that was taken care of. When Seto looked at Ronnie again he noticed how tense she seemed. There was something bothering her. Surely she hadn't been that worried. He was Seto Kaiba; it would take a lot more than some low life to finish him off.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I was just really worried about you," she answered. I have to tell him. But I'll wait until we're alone.

Two more days passed and Seto was starting to make a full recovery. Yugi and the gang visited a lot over the course of the few days. Currently, Mokuba was in the café with Yugi and his friends. Ronnie sat in the hospital room with Seto, playing a game of chess.

"I'm going to move this here," she said tentatively, placing a hand on her piece. "That's a legal move right?"

"It's a legal move but if you move there I'll win in three turns."

"How do you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Think so far ahead. I can't even think one move ahead, let alone three." He let out a small chuckle.

"It's part of the game." The couple continued on with their game.

"Checkmate. Best four out of nine?" he asked.

"No. You win," she said with a grin. "I'm done embarrassing myself."

"You're getting better. It took me twelve moves to beat you that time."

"You flatter me." She gazed across the room as a silence fell between them.

"Is something bothering you?" You have to tell him.

"I uh…have something to tell you." His brows furrowed in confusion. This didn't sound good.

"What?"

"I haven't been completely honest with you about Tony."

"What do you mean?" She let out a shaky sigh.

"I guess I should start from the beginning-."

"Well that is customarily where you start with a story so that statement would be accurate." She looked at him with an unsatisfied glance and he fell silent.

"It started when I was still very young. I was probably nine or ten when it happened. My house was destroyed in a fire and I lost my dad and younger brother. Originally, we thought it was an accident. You know, like a gas leak or something since it was kind of an old house. But after my mom and I moved into a small apartment, we found out that our house burning wasn't an accident. My dad owed money to a gang. Apparently he ran away with my mom and they were able to hide for nearly eleven years. But the gang found my dad. They set our house on fire to kill my dad and the rest of my family. They didn't know my mom and I weren't there. I guess after the fire they thought that we had died as well. We avoided them until I was fourteen. But somehow, I'm still not quite sure how, they found my mother and me. My mother, who had fallen into a deep depression because of the fire, couldn't protect us so I tried to. The gang leader had a son named Tony who was two years older than me." She paused here to take in a calming breath and swallow around a huge lump in her throat. Seto's eyes were cold and they continued to harden as she continued on with her story.

"So the gang leader and I made an agreement. I'd go and live with them and work off the money my dad owed and they'd leave my mom alone. So I worked for them. At first it was just housework. I'd do their laundry, cook their food, and do their grocery shopping. After a year of working for them, they said I wasn't working the money off fast enough. They needed me to do more. So I did." She stopped there, unsure of how to word the next part. Tony's words echoed in Seto's ears. It isn't true, he thought.

"What did you do?" he asked. Then she said the answer that he was afraid of hearing.

"I slept with Tony. I became his toy," tears sprang to her eyes and she blinked rapidly to get rid of them. "Whenever he'd want me to do something, I would. This continued until last July. One of my friends from school found out about my situation. Their uncle worked with the CIA so they moved my mom and then they moved me. That's why I came here. I thought changing my name and parting my hair differently would keep me safe. But I was wrong. The only reason I kept everything a secret was because I didn't want people to pity me. I was afraid no one would want to get involved with me if they knew."

"So you aren't Veronica Warren?"

"No. My real name is Alissa Todd." She lied to you about her name Seto, who knows what else she lied about.

"Get out."

"What?"

"Get out of my room now."

"No, please don't be mad! Seto you have to understand-."

"It's Kaiba to you," he spat coldly. The hardness in his voice made her freeze. He laughed sarcastically. "This was your plan the whole time wasn't it? I bet your story isn't even real! I bet you're just another low life that's after my company!"

"No! Seto of course I'm not-."

"I said don't call me that! How am I supposed to believe anything you say? You lied about everything else! I hate to say this and give you the satisfaction but I trusted you! I was right about you from the beginning! I knew I shouldn't have gotten involved with you, I knew you were hiding something!"

"Please just listen-."

"The time for listening is over. I want you moved out by the time I get back to the mansion. I don't owe you any more favors. Now get out of my sight." She bit her lip and left quietly. Nice going girl, you ruined everything.

Well there we go ladies and gents! Ronnie's past has been revealed! This chapter wasn't my best, but it wasn't my worst either. Hopefully this chapter was worth the wait for you guys! Well, I guess that's it. Until next time!