Velgamidragon: Hahaha, well, every story has to have that oblivious character, doesn't it? After all, we have to admire Seth for his stupidity! Thanks for the review!
MythCreatorWriter: I suppose your right but I did have a bit of an agenda on my hands so I think that's maybe why there wasn't a lot of time spent on it. Now for the Seto thing, he wasn't throwing a pity party for himself. Mai just told him to stop pitying himself because she doesn't get him and thought that was what he was doing. Instead, he was just pissed, which is what Seto is very good at being, hence why he did take action right away. Why Joey didn't make a fuss is actually gone over in this chapter. And there will be no details on Noah being in the hospital. It's not needed and it's not relevant to the main stuff that's going on. I could see how it would feel unfinished but at this point in the story things are all happening at once and nothing can be stopped… Gah, I had to stop writing because my hands got cold. Stupid winter… The showdown is going to be exciting but I shan't say anything more. I'll let you see for yourself. Thanks for your review!
PlayTheGameWithBacon: Hahaha, well if you're lying down then you're on the edge of your bed! As you should be because things are about to get real up in this story. Oh wow, am I really that unpredictable at times with my story? Cool! That's a good way to be as an author. You always want to keep your readers on the edge of wherever they are! Hahaha, thanks for the review!
AmePiper: Hello, hello! Good to see a review from you, as always. And I won't say anything about little Mokuba and Noah because you'll see what ends up happening with them in this chapter and onward. But I will say that you'll like it. After all, what kind of adventure leaves Mokuba on the sidelines? (well, nearly the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! series) But HEY, not in my stories! ;) Thanks again for the review! Bum you forever!
Cuteandsweet: Thank you my darling, always a delight to get a review from you. Oh and the new story… I'm trying really hard not to say much about it since it is going to be awesome but I will tell you this… you will like it, most likely. Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 48: The Confrontation
"Feel free to make yourselves at home," Joey said as he slid the key card through the door and then opened it. The hotel room looked just as any other hotel room would; two beds, a T.V., a bathroom… the usual. Mokuba and Noah walked in after Joey, not satisfied at all.
"Joey, are we really just going to sit here and do nothing while my brother and Mai are out there fighting Gozaburo?" Joey hopped onto the bed and clicked on the T.V.
"Yep," Joey stated. Mokuba and Noah walked over to him.
"But aren't you worried about Mai? What if she gets hurt?"
"Of course I'm worried about Mai, but she won't get hurt. I've seen her take down drug dealers scarier than Gozaburo." Joey glanced over at Mokuba and Noah who looked absolutely horrified by the information Joey had just given them. He sat up.
"Maybe that was a little too much information…"
"You think?" Noah yelled.
"Come on Joey, we need to go after Nii-sama! He needs our help!"
"Like I said kid, it's not going to happen. Your brother paid me to bring you here and keep you out of trouble and that's what I'm going to do. Besides, you don't need to worry about him. Mai's with him and if anything, he's safer that way." Mokuba crossed his arms.
"I still can't believe you would just let her run off like that… what kind of future husband are you?"
"I can tell you're trying to make me feel bad but guess what, it's not going to work. I know Mai better than anyone does or ever will, and I know she can handle this one. As for you guys… you need to trust that Seto's smart enough to be able to do what he has to do to save Kisara. Now that's all I have to say about it so for now, you guys need to chill." Then Joey got off of the bed and walked into the bathroom, shutting the door.
Mokuba: I wasn't about to let Joey force me to leave my brother to face Gozaburo on his own. Seto and I are brothers so we will always fight for each other. Even when one brother tells the other brother he has to stay behind for his own good.
Mokuba turned to Noah. "We're getting out of this place. We're going to go find Nii-sama and help him." Noah stared at him wide-eyed.
"We are?"
"You bet. You in?"
"Of course! I think I know where they are too."
"Great." As quietly as possible, Noah and Mokuba left the room, making sure not to let the door make too much noise when it closed so that Joey wouldn't hear them. Five minutes after they had left, Joey had come out from the bathroom.
"Hey, how do you guys feel about getting some lunch?" Joey stopped in mid-step when he looked around the room. Mokuba and Noah were gone. Joey shook his head in frustration.
"Ugh, this is the last time I take up babysitting." Joey slipped the key card into his pocket and ran out of the room. He didn't know how he was going to find Mokuba and Noah, but he was going to and that was that.
Somewhere along the line, her dreams of long-lost memories had turned into nightmares. Everywhere there was darkness. She specifically remembered at one point crying out into the darkness and having no one hear her. The faces of her deceased parents surrounded her. First she was faced with her biological parents and then her mother… the poor sweet soul. They had all died and left her alone to fade away and be forgotten.
Then she saw Seto and began to feel grounded. The feelings of being lost and alone began to disappear when she saw his face. His straight brown hair and dashing blue eyes were enough to make her feel alive again. All she had ever wanted in a man was to feel safe in his arms and Seto gave her that. She could think back to when she had been in massive amounts of pain after protecting Mokuba from certain evil. He had noted her bravery and thanked her for it. Seto had brought her into his arms and held her.
It had been the most comforting feeling she had ever felt. Still… she couldn't help but wonder what it was that she had protecting Mokuba from, what evil that had befallen him. The more she thought about it the more she saw the face of all evil. It had been Gozaburo.
Kisara's eyes shot open. "Where am I?" She asked aloud, somehow knowing instantly she wasn't where she was supposed to be without observing her surroundings. She tried to make a movement but noticed she couldn't move. Her hands and feet had been tied down to a chair. This wasn't good, this wasn't good at all.
"I'm glad to see your awake, Kisara, and here I was beginning to think you wouldn't be awake to watch the show." Kisara looked up and saw Gozaburo standing next to her. He bent down towards her, "I hope these ropes aren't too tight. I tried making you slightly comfortable since I felt bad for disrupting your nap."
"What's going on, Gozaburo? Why are you doing this?" Gozaburo rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Oh Kisara, I want to be mad but I suppose it isn't your fault that you don't know that one of my greatest pet peeves are stupid questions," Gozaburo stated as he stood up straight again, "You know as well as I do what this is all about. It's time for Seto to learn his place and understand what happens when he refuses to do so."
Gozaburo froze for a moment when he heard something… then chuckled. "He should be here any minute now. I better make the final adjustment before he arrives," Gozaburo stated as he took a cloth from his pocket and tied it around Kisara's head and in her mouth against her will. She struggled for a bit until she stopped and her eyes widened. She began to realize the danger Seto would be in the second he got here… and she had to do something quick or else…
Kisara looked around the room. There must've been a way she could cut the rope and release herself. She searched for something that could help but unfortunately, there was nothing. The room she was in was completely empty and had horrible lighting which wasn't surprising since it looked completely run-down. As she took a closer look she assumed she was in a warehouse of some kind.
The door was kicked open just before Seto walked in.
"Oh good, you're finally here and with a minute to spare. You've always been an early bird when it comes to most things, what held you up?" Mai and Seth walked in after Seto. Mai was the first to look at Kisara.
"Kisara, thank God, are you okay?" Kisara nodded her head. Mai turned to Gozaburo.
"Let her go. Seto and Seth are here to fight you so why don't you hand Kisara off to me?" Gozaburo completely ignored Mai's question, his attention was on Seto.
"Seto, it isn't like you to bring other people into your fight."
"They refused to let me come alone. You won't have to mind them, though, because our fight is ours alone."
"Fat chance! I'm here to fight you too, Gozaburo! And this time, you'll be the one who gets knocked out." Gozaburo crossed his arms behind his back and laughed.
"That's simply adorable. I don't think I've ever seen a more ridiculous team. I suppose I'll allow this, since it'll mean humiliating you even more, Seto."
"How about we skip the small talk and get right down to business?" Seto asked, rolling his shoulders and cracking his neck to loosen himself up. Gozaburo grinned.
"That's all you have to say, even with the apple of your eye sitting here oh so helplessly?" Gozaburo ran his hand through Kisara's hair and knelt down beside her. Seto's eyes widened.
"Don't touch her," Seto said in a very low voice. Gozaburo's hand tenderly shifted down from Kisara's hair to her face. Kisara turned her head away from him but Gozaburo had grabbed it and forced her to look forward. Gently, Gozaburo leaned in and kissed Kisara on the cheek. All at once, Seto's body shook with fury and for a second he almost lost control of himself.
No one else could tell what a murderous rage Seto was in. He made absolutely no movement, knowing if his body shifted in even the slightest he would go for the kill. He needed to wait, though… he had to wait until Gozaburo moved away from Kisara. He wouldn't risk injuring her. Kisara's scream was muffled by the cloth in her mouth. She shook her head and tried to get him off of her. Gozaburo let go and stood back up.
"Stop wasting time and fight me," Seto said. There was a slight twitch in his eye. He wanted to pummel Gozaburo. He wanted to make him regret ever laying a hand on Kisara.
"We can't fight just yet, son, there's something you need to give me."
"And what's that?" Gozaburo's eyes narrowed.
"Your gun." Suddenly Mai, Seth, and Kisara turned to stare at Seto.
"You have a gun!" Seth asked.
"I don't have one," Seto said in reply to Gozaburo's request.
"Lying would not be a good idea, Seto. It wouldn't be a good idea at all." For a split second, Gozaburo's eyes glanced in Kisara's direction. Seto's blood boiled even more with anger but he had to keep himself calm for the moment. Seto sighed and reached into his coat, pulling out a pistol.
"Holy crap, you brought a gun and you didn't tell anyone?" Mai rolled her eyes.
"You act like you've never seen a gun before."
"And you have? Jeez, you guys are all nuts!" Seto placed the gun on the ground and kicked it over to Gozaburo. "And… now you're giving the enemy the only weapon we had. Wonderful… what are you thinking?" Seto shot a glare at Seth.
"Would you please shut up? Gozaburo won't use it against us. This fight is about our title which means he's going to play by the rules." Gozaburo caught the gun under his foot and then kicked it over to the farthest corner in the room.
"Alright then, now that that's settled…" Gozaburo walked forward and cracked his knuckles. The moment he was a few feet away from Kisara, Seto went in for battle, launching himself at Gozaburo as forcefully as he could. Seth quickly ran in after him. As the fight began, Mai slowly tiptoed along the wall over to where Kisara was sitting in the chair.
Mai: All I have to do is untie Kisara while the men are busy being men and then I can get her out of here. I could care less what happens to those two but I had to make sure Kisara was safe.
Gozaburo's eyes quickly caught sight of Mai's maneuver. He had just finished knocking Seto down and Seth was coming in for another attempt at socking Gozaburo in the face. Gozaburo grinned, grabbing Seth's wrist and flinging him in Mai's direction. Seth fell against Mai, knocking her against the wall.
"OUCH! SETH!" Seth rubbed his head.
"Jeez, that old guy really has got some strength on him."
"I hope you weren't fooled by his age, Gozaburo's a lot more of a challenge than you would assume from a seventy-two year old man." Gozaburo chuckled.
"Oh Seto, I'm flattered to hear you say such a thing." Gozaburo stood up straight but staggered a little. Seto was now the one grinning.
"What's wrong, Gozaburo? Getting tired already?" Gozaburo glared at him.
"As if that was even possible. I beat you both to the ground once and I can do it again, with ease."
"Oh really? Then it's time for round two!" Seto charged at Gozaburo, throwing a fist underneath his defended arms and punching him in the gut. Before Gozaburo could retaliate, Seth came in from the side and knocked Gozaburo over and onto the ground. Gozaburo rolled back over and grabbed Seth's leg, causing him to lose balance and fall to the ground. Gozaburo was back on his feet in no time, but not long before Seto came back at him again for another attack.
Gozaburo was just barely able to hurl away Seto's kick in time before getting hit. He was beginning to lose his edge, Gozaburo could feel it. He refused to, though, and he wouldn't. Gozaburo spotted Seth heading towards him. He twisted around and grabbed Seth's face, forcing him downward and kneeing him in the process. Blood splattered on the floor.
"Oh, that must've hurt," Mai said as she cringed and ran over to his side. Mai helped Seth roll onto his side and felt his face. It was clear that his nose was broken. Seth frowned.
"I like the bloody, broken nose look on you. It works," Gozaburo said with a smug look on his face.
"Let me do you the favor of giving you the same look." Just as Gozaburo turned around, Seto hurled a punch directly in Gozaburo's face. Gozaburo nearly lost his balance and fell over. Gozaburo froze up for a moment. The punch had sent shock waves through his body. His wasn't bleeding but… that had hurt.
Seth slowly rose from the ground. Underneath the blood that coated his entire face, there was a smirk. "Alright, I'm ready to finish this. How about you, Seto?"
"I couldn't agree with you more." Gozaburo stood up straight.
"You know, you're right. I'm done playing this game with you."
"Getting tired, old man?" Gozaburo shook his head and reached into his jacket.
"No… just impatient." Gozaburo pulled out a gun and the smirk on Seth's face completely disappeared. Seto completely tensed up, losing his grip on control of the situation.
"What are you doing? I thought this was going to be a fair fight." Gozaburo lifted his arm and pointed the gun in Kisara's direction. His face was looking in Seto's direction.
"Seto, when has anything in your life been fair?" Seth stared blankly in fear at the gun in Gozaburo's hand. He was frozen in time and space. What would happen now? What would happen next? He felt absolutely helpless… and afraid.
Seth: Everything became real in that moment. It was then that I realized that someone might actually die today. Gozaburo was going to kill someone and there was nothing I could do about it. All I did was stare and wonder if it was going to be me.
"That's it. This is getting too out of hand." Mai flipped out the cell phone that had been clutched in her hand the entire time. The moment it had been revealed, a gun shot was heard. Seth fell to the ground in fright and Seto remained still, speechless. Kisara's screams of terror were muffled by the cloth in her mouth. Mai stood completely still. Her heart had stopped for a moment while the pieces of her cell phone fell to the ground.
"No one will be calling the police, not today." Mai held up both her hands.
"Alright Mr. Kaiba… we're going by your rules now and if you don't want the police that's fine. Just please… put down the gun and let's talk this out," Mai said in a gentle response, traces of fear could be heard within her voice. Gozaburo pointed the gun back at Kisara.
"I don't think so. I had a reason for putting this all together and I don't plan to back out of it."
"Why does it have to be Kisara? Why do you have to hurt my best friend?" Mai asked in desperation. Gozaburo clicked the gun and grinned.
"It's the only way to get Seto back for taking away my company… by making him suffer."
A/N: So I've estimated that this story will most definitely be 50 chapters which means there are only two more chapters to go! Isn't that exciting? I'm going to try and update at least once every week so that I'll be able to finish this before the new year. I want to start fresh and I want to do it right and finishing this story will do just that for me. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and I really do appreciate all the reviews you right and your thoughts! Look out next week for the next chapter and see what happens next in "Real 2 Radical"!
