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 25-Lover's SpiteHailey hung up after a few minutes of talking to all of her friends. They had agreed to meet at the hospital in an hour. Hailey tuned to Seto. "Are you going to come?"
He looked up from his current position, his head in his hands like it would fall off if he let go. "Why should I? One, they're your friends, not mine. And two, if I do go, Joey will start shouting at me and say it's all my fault."
"Dearest Seto." Hailey laughed. "It is all your fault, remember? That's why you should go, so he can forgive you." She was walking as she talked, getting her coat and purse. "Mokuba wants to come, but he's over a Jillian's for a while, so he'll visit later, come on, Mr. Kaiba, Miss Ishtar wants you to come!" Hailey looked at him and pouted.
I hope she's not acting like that because of the baby. "I can't, even if I wanted to, which I don't," he paused because he heard Hailey mutter something that sounded like 'stubborn'. "I have to pack so I can go to the United States later today."
Why do I just now know about this? "Since when are you going to the US?" Hailey asked.
"Since the manager of Kaiba Corp says that there's a problem that needs my personal attention. He says that that the duel disks are acting faulty, too fake or something. He wants me there by tomorrow afternoon, and even with my fastest jet, it's going to take me at least eight hours to fly across the Pacific." Seto was standing up as he spoke to show that he really had to go. He was already pulling out a suitcase and a few suits for it.
"Well let me call Yugi and tell him I can't come, and I'll help you pack." Hailey simply said.
"Hailey…" how could he put this lightly to a pregnant woman? "It's going to be business ALL day, you don't want to come." Seto was going into the bathroom to grab a few toiletries for his bag. "And even if you do want to go, you shouldn't go, I mean, with the baby coming and all…"
"You don't want me to come, do you?" Hailey said quietly. Her heart sank when she heard him sigh. "Why don't you just say that? I wasn't born yesterday, you know. I wish you would just trust me enough to let me come."
"Hailey, it's not that I don't trust you—"
"Of course it is! Why else would you not want YOUR LOVER to come? Besides, I have friends to meet, so I'll just let you go on your way." She picked up her bag and made sure her cell phone was in it, and then went on her way without a simple good-bye.
It stung a little, but once he heard the door close, he let out a sigh of relief. Sometimes… Hailey Ishtar acted too much like her friends, and not enough like a mate. And soon she'll be a mother, and acting like I'm a baby, too. Maybe moving so fast wasn't the best idea.
At the hospital, Hailey met up with Yugi and Tea, Katara and Bakura, and Tristan with Serenity. They were all paired off; it made Hailey wish she had at least given Seto some courtesy of a 'have a good trip' or 'see you later good-bye.' She tried to hide it, as she was relieved she would be seeing Joey actually awake. "Hey, guys! Are we all cleared?"
Yugi spoke up. "The nurse said we could only go in two at a time. So I was thinking Tristan and Serenity first, then me and Tea, then you and… hey where's Kaiba? Joey would probably like to see him too. But after you Katara and Bakura would go in"
Hailey looked down at her shoes. Katara noticed the sign right away. "He…couldn't come, had business. Going to the United States for a week."
"Well, that's ok, maybe this way Joey won't kill him at first sight." Tristan put in. "Come on, Serenity, let's go see your big brother." Tristan led the way to Joey's suite.
"Fifteen minutes, remember guys, then let the other's come in." Yugi said as he was heading to the waiting room chairs with Tea's hand in his. "We'll be right here when you get back."
Hailey sat down in one of the orange plastic chairs and let her head fall on the back of it. Katara sat right beside her. "Hey, Ryou, could you get us some coffee?" she put a gleam in her eyes to tell him that she wanted to be alone with Hailey.
"Sure thing, be right back." He gave Katara's hand an extra squeeze and left.
"Hailey, what really happened before you came here?" Katara took Hailey's hand and noted the cold skin.
Hailey looked up for a few seconds, and then set her head back down. "Nothing, he left with giving me two minutes warning, and that was it."
Katara couldn't see why Hailey was acting this way if that was all. She tried changing the subject, going about the problem in a physiological way. "I visited Kenji's grave today, I really miss him—"
"Fuck your feelings, my husband practically walked out on me!" Hailey violently whispered that made Katara wince. When she looked up this time, Katara's eye's were full of tears. Hailey sighed. "Why should I care about your man whore of a brother when I might have a child with no father? At least Seto made something of himself instead of hitting on girls four years older than him. If Kenji didn't go to hell, then Satin belongs in heaven—"
She was cut off by the force of her head going from straight to the left by Katara's slap. "Don't you dare talk about my blood like that? Just because he kissed you doesn't mean he was a man whore or he'd hit on anyone your age." Katara was breathing deeply trying to calm down.
"Oh, now you're standing up for him? It's not like he was a huge prodigy, you said yourself he was always getting into trouble and leaving the dojo. Why should I pity him?"
Hailey watched Katara's skin grow whiter with each moment of silence. When she finally spoke, the whisper was the tone of ice. "May the Battosai send you to hell." Katara stomped away to where Bakura was lurking, and then went to sit right by Tea and Yugi, as for away from Hailey as they could get without looking suspicious.
Hailey put her head in her hands, wondering what had just happened. I guess I just made war with the only person who was able to help me through my trouble in my life. Lovely feeling; I have a lover who might come home telling me he wants me to move out, and a best friend who sent me to her 'father's spirit's' grave. Could my life get any worse?
When Hailey finally got to see Joey, she was in as bad of a mood that to be produced just by sitting by yourself. The only thing that really cheered her up was that Joey recognized her right away.
"Hey, Money Bag's Lover, what's up?"
Just the saying brought small tears to Hailey's eyes. "Hey yourself. You gave us quite a scare. Seto didn't want to come because he thought you'd pulverize him."
"Really? Then again, I couldn't without killing myself in the process." Joey had kicked in his dry humor. "I might damage the interior."
Hailey gave a little laugh. "Ya, he's in the USA right now, but has given me permission to tell you our great news." She was sounding a lot more cheerful than she really was, and was stretching the truth to make sure that Joey's stress level didn't go up.
"He went to another county to stay away from me? Ha, I must be pretty intimidating."
Again, Hailey had to laugh. "No, he's there for business, but you haven't heard that we're expecting a child. And hopefully this one will make it through a year." She felt a pang on her heart for Brian and Seto, but was able to keep the words light.
Even though she was keeping a smile on, Joey looked away from her. "Hailey… Kaiba had every right to throw me outta the window." He took a breath.
"Joey…"
"No, I had been spreading crap about you, and to him directly. He got all protective and did the only thing that made sense to him. I take all the blame."
"Joey, that still doesn't explain throwing you OUT OF A WINDOW! I mean… really, a window—"
"Hailey, you guys got into a fight about this, didn't you?" when she averted her eyes, he took that as a yes. "Look, there are things like this that happen, and I just happened to be one of them. Don't look into it too much, ok? For me, please, just let it lie. I'm lucky to be awake, let alone alive."
Hailey looked straight into his eyes, and saw what she needed to do. "Fine, good luck with your recovery, I'm going to send Katara and Bakura in. Stay well." She blew him a kiss. "See you."
I wrote this chapter when I was in a fight with Mazakai. We're still in a fight. I'm really not in the mood to tell you to review what you like and what you don't, so just do what you want to do and I'll try and write the next chapter as soon as I can get out of this depression because I don't want it to effect my writing
Katara
