Thouqhts-of-Nothinqness: Nice! I'm so utterly pleased and surprised that everyone didn't see Seto taking the bullet for Kisara. I was almost positive everyone was going to see that coming but I guess I'm just super cool like that! Oh believe me, the last chapter WILL be really good. I put a lot of time and effort into it to make sure that it was. Thanks for all of your reviews!

Velgamidragon: And now I present to you the thrilling conclusion! I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for all of your reviews!

MythCreatorWriter: Maybe one day it'll be written. There are still a lot of other stories I've been working on that haven't been written yet that I've been working on for years, bit by bit. Aw, like this super cute one-shot… I should finish that some time. Anyhow, of course this story picked up! It's the second to last chapter… oh goodness, and wait till you read this chapter! It's gonna be epic, as I've been saying forever. Kaori's situation is a lot like Noah's; hospitalized but not killed. Gozaburo probably figured he could beat her back into shape and still use her for his dirty work (horrible husband, isn't he?) Anyhow, thanks for all of your reviews!

Cuteandsweet: Ah yes, the Mokuba! He is the cutest thing in the world, isn't he? Thanks for all of your reviews! Enjoy the last chapter.

SandstormAmaterasuZira: Hahaha, I loved all of your questions. Or is it? Or will he? It made me chuckle. You always got to be on your feet with my stories! Oh yeah, Kaori is still alive and YOU ALL THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD, HA! No, I only implied that she might be dead, as I did with Noah (although to be truthful for more than half of the story, I didn't know if she was dead either) She was just hospitalized, much like Noah. It's the Gozaburo Kaiba way! ;D There were no spelling errors to be found and thanks for all your reviews! Enjoy the chapter!

Shock Howlett: You bet I shot him! And I'd do it again too! Or, well, no I wouldn't… I like Seto… you may need to worry about Seth though. OR WILL YOU? Find out in this final chapter of "Real 2 Radical"! And thanks for the review!

Chapter 50: Reality As We Know It

It was all white. That was what he could recall. That was the only thing he was sure about. He didn't hurt but he felt slightly numb. Or maybe it was that strange sterile smell that was lingering in the air that was tripping him up. There were certain noises that he could hear and make out, notifying him that there was someone else in the room. Seto opened one of his eyes slightly to take a look around. Everything in the room appeared extremely bright and it almost hurt for him to really look for where the noise was coming from but he made out two figures standing a couple feet away in the doorway.

"It's good to see you're alright, and I'll be back to check up on Mr. Kaiba in a little bit." One of the figures disappeared and that was when Seto's vision focused and he recognized the person who was still in the room. That person immediately noticed that Seto was awake and walked over to his bed side.

"You're awake, how are you feeling?" Seth said in a gentle voice. Seto took this moment to observe how Seth looked. He had a couple bandages here and there all over his body but the most noticeable was the white, medical strip that was taped across his once broken nose.

"You look stupid." Seth laughed at Seto's insult, which surprised him.

"I see you're recovering well, the doctor thought you'd be out for longer." Seto narrowed his eyes.

"Why's that?"

"You don't need to worry, your injuries aren't fatal." Seto was surprised again and looked down at himself. Lifting up the sheet covering his body he noticed the bandages wrapped across the lower part of his chest. He had nearly forgotten the reason he was in the hospital in the first place… that he had been trying to protect Kisara. Seto instantly sat up.

"Kisara…! Where is she? Is she safe? Do you know where she is?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down. She's fine, she's in the waiting room with everyone else," Seth sat down in one of the chairs place near Seto's bed, "Speaking of Kisara, there's something I wanted to talk to you about." Seto was not in any state of mind to hear what he believed Seth was going to bring up.

Seto: The last thing I wanted to hear while recovering in the hospital was Seth continuing his petition on the subject of how he and Kisara were meant to be together. Any other day, I would've gladly challenged his views and throw them back in his face, yet again, but at that moment, I wasn't willing.

"I don't think I'm up for talking especially since I am recovering in a hospital after being shot."

"I'm not here to challenge you… I'm here to agree with you. You were right; you and Kisara are meant to be together, not me and her," Seth paused and looked down at the ground, it was clear that he had thought this over in his head for a long while. Seto could even sense a bit of disappointment concerning what he had found after working through his thoughts, "When Gozaburo pulled that gun… I don't know what happened. I became frozen in fear and I couldn't do anything about it… things suddenly became real. I realized I could die, that Gozaburo might kill me.

"I found that… I wasn't willing to risk my life for Kisara as I had previously thought in the past. But you… you were. You were willing to give up anything to ensure that she was safe and that was because you loved her, truly loved her," Seth sighed and looked up, "That was when I realized that I didn't love her or at least, not the way I thought I did. So you're right, Seto Kaiba, you and Kisara are meant to be together. And even though it hurts right now, I'm okay with that because I know there's someone out there for me that I'll be willing to do what you did and take a bullet for the person I love… in your case, literally."

Seto rolled his eyes but he could tell Seth was being honest. He wasn't just telling Seto this because Seth wanted everything to be cool between them. After all, in the past, Seth had never done anything just to please Seto so it wasn't like him to try to now. Seth really meant what he said and while it pained him to say it, he was saying it from the bottom of his heart and that was why when Seth held out his hand to shake Seto's, Seto accepted it. For the first time ever, Seto respected Seth as his equal.

"I'm happy to hear that, Seth. I truly am."

"In a way, I'm happy too. You two really are a pair." Seto smiled. Just then, the doctor reappeared in the doorway of Seto's hospital room. Seto and Seth looked up.

"Mr. Kaiba, it's good to see you're awake. How are you feeling?"

"I'm doing well, actually," Seto said. The doctor smiled.

"Good to hear. There are some visitors waiting for you in the waiting room, would you like me to let them know they can see you?" Seto nodded. Seth got up from the chair.

"I'll go with you, Doc," Seth said, walking over to the doctor, "I'll see you later Seto." They both left the room together and walked down the hallway to the waiting room. The waiting room was big and not many people populated it for the moment. There was, however, one row of chairs filled with people, faces Seth recognized and cared about. Those who were present were Mai, Joey, Mokuba, Noah, Kaori, and finally… Kisara. Out of all of the people, Mokuba and Kisara looked the most stressed out as they sat there waiting in agony for news about Seto.

"Is anyone here waiting for Seto Kaiba?" Everyone looked up at the same time at the doctor, while also noting Seth's presence as well. One by one, they got up and greeted him.

"Seth, you're okay! They fixed up your nose pretty well too, didn't they? Those doctors sure know what they're doing," Mai teased, giving Seth a hug. Joey followed behind her and gave Seth a nice shake of the hand.

"Glad to see you're doing alright," Joey commented before going over to Mai. The rest of them gathered around the doctor. Kisara, in particular, was making a point not to look in Seth's direction, not out of spite, it seemed, but out of awkwardness.

"How is he? Is Nii-sama okay?" Mokuba's lower lip quivered when he asked. He was afraid to hear the answer. The doctor nodded.

"Mr. Kaiba is going to be just fine. You can come right this way to see him." The group went to follow the doctor to Seto's room, but Seth took hold of Kisara's arm and gently pulled her aside.

"Wait, can I talk to you?" Kisara nodded slowly and stood still as the others went off to visit Seto. Kisara was trying hard not to make eye contact. Seth was trying hard not to let this fact hurt him as much as it was. "Kisara, I wanted to talk to you because… I wanted to apologize… for being a horrible friend."

Kisara's eyes went wide as she looked up.

"You… do?" Seth ran his hand through his hair.

"Yeah… I should've told you the truth about your mom when I found out. I was just too much of a coward to do so. And I acted like a total jerk when I left the house without even saying goodbye to you. Actually, I've made a lot of jerk moves in the past and I never apologized to you for them so I was wondering if you could find it in your heart to forgive me." Kisara was shocked but also not sure how to react to what Seth was saying. Seth had apologized before for some of things he had done in the past but for some reason it was different this time.

Kisara: There was something about the way Seth was apologizing now that differed entirely from how he had apologized before in the past. There was almost a genuine side to his words, as if he really meant what he said without having any ulterior motives in the back of his mind. I realized that it was because this was the first time he was apologizing to me out of friendship and not in the hopes of winning my heart. That was when I knew our friendship had been repaired and I could really forgive him for all that he had done.

"Of course I forgive you, Seth… that's what friends do." Kisara went in for a hug and Seth accepted it. This was the first action taken between Kisara and Seth that was done out of friendship and not in romance from either party. In many ways, it made the hug feel right. Although it hurt Seth to recognize this, he couldn't help but feel happier with the tension gone between them. They broke away after a minute or so.

"I'll take you to see your boyfriend now," Seth said, leading Kisara out of the waiting room. Kisara smiled.

"Thanks pal." Before they reached Seto's room, Kisara gave Seth one last kiss on the cheek. Then she ran into the room and stood by idly as she found Seto lying in bed, looking better than she had envisioned he would look. At the moment Mokuba was latched onto Seto's arm with his body hanging off of one side of Seto's bed while Kaori was standing on the other, her hand on his shoulder. Mai, Joey, and Noah were the ones standing at the foot of the bed, looking on.

"…I just can't get over how cool it is that you got shot!" Mai elbowed Joey in the side.

"Joey, please. Show some maturity." Seto laughed.

"You know Joey, I will probably always hate your guts but I got to hand it to you, I'm surprised you were able to keep these kids out of trouble." Mokuba's head popped up from leaning on Seto's shoulder.

"What do you mean? Are you saying that you knew Noah and I were going to come after you?"

"Of course I did, especially you, Mokuba. You're my brother and you would've done anything to keep me out of trouble, just like I do for you," Seto said, "I just put Joey up to the task because I figured he would provide sufficient stalling time so that Gozaburo would've already been dealt with by the time you kids got to me."

"Actually, Joey lost us within the first five minutes of us getting to the hotel," Noah stated. Seto glared at Joey.

"What was I supposed to do? I didn't know they ran that fast!" Seto continued to glare at Joey. Joey shrugged.

"I guess that means you won't be paying for our wedding then, huh?"

"Don't worry… I will." Joey looked up.

"What? But Noah just admitted that…"

"You got the job done regardless and Mokuba didn't show up before Gozaburo was detained. To me, that means you got the job done so you get the wedding you've always wanted." Mai squealed in delight as she took Joey into her arms and kissed him.

"Since the mood of the room seems to be romance, Seto, I might note that a certain someone is here to see you," Kaori said with a grin on her face, nodding towards the doorway of which Kisara was standing. Seto looked up and their eyes locked with one another. Kaori and Mokuba knew this was their cue to leave and did so as Kisara neared the side of Seto's bed.

"Are you… alright?" Kisara asked quietly.

"I'm great now that you're here." Kisara smiled shyly, her cheeks turning a slight shade of red. Mai almost made an 'aw' sound but Mokuba nudged her before she did. Even Mokuba was aware that this moment was fragile and could be ruined at any moment by noise.

Kisara inched closer to him, taking his hand into hers, "I was scared I was going to lose you." Seto gave her hand a little squeeze.

"I always make sure I never go down without a fight and when I fight, I always make sure to win."

"Were you fighting for me or fighting to finally beat Gozaburo?" Seto brought up his other hand to cup Kisara's hand.

"The minute your life was in danger, you were all I was concerned about. Kisara… I will fight for you for the rest of my life. I've never felt this way before about anyone. It's because of you that I even know what it means to be happy." Kisara let go of Seto's hand and instead went in to kiss him on the lips.

"I love you," Kisara said, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"I love you too," Seto said back, returning the hug. There was a silence that filled the room as the pair shared a hug together with the rest of the group looking on with smiles and genuine happiness for the love those two people shared. It wasn't an awkward silence but more of… a happy silence. As if everything was as it always should've been.

Finally, there was peace.


Things were quiet in the Kaiba Mansion… not too quiet, but quiet enough. There was a certain amount of strangeness floating around in the air, accompanied by awkwardness. The house had been cleaned spotless. The rooms had been emptied since the things occupying them had been packed away into the suit cases of which they once came. It all seemed so... odd and yet there they were, all sitting together in the living room like they had many times before in the past.

It was their last day together and all of the housemates were in attendance. Mai, Seto and Kisara were sitting on the couch together. Mokuba was sitting on Seto's lap and Noah was sitting on Mai's lap. Seth was there too, sitting on the armrest of the couch beside Kisara. It was mid-day and they knew that by the time night hit, they would no longer be living together. They would probably see each other again in the near future, especially considering Mai's wedding of which everyone was invited to, but it wouldn't be the same.

"So… are we just going to sit here or are we going to do something?" Mai asked, wanting to break the awkward and sad silence amongst the six people in the room. Seth looked around and spotted the remote sitting on the table beside the couch. He took up the remote in his hand.

"How about we watch some T.V.?" Seth asked, figuring that watching T.V. would be neutral enough to distract them from the fact that they wouldn't be living with one another in a couple hours. Everyone immediately agreed that this would be a good idea. In return, Seth turned on the T.V. and started flipping through channels.

"Oh, I love this show!" Mai said, grabbing the remote and keeping Seth from changing the channel. 'The Real Housewives of Tokyo' was on. Mokuba grabbed the remote from Mai's hand and started flipping through the channels again.

"No way am I watching that show! It sucks!"

"Wait, this show is awesome!" Noah stole the remote from Mokuba to keep him from changing the channel again. This time they had stumbled upon some cartoon show involving two fairy godparents and a short kid with a pink hat.

"I'm with Noah, we should stay on this channel," Mokuba said, giving Noah a high five. This time Seto was the one to steal the remote and once he had, he started changing channels again. Mokuba turned to him, "Aw, Nii-sama! No fair, I wanted to watch that show!"

"I'm sorry but I refuse to subject myself to such a show, especially since this will be the last show we'll all watch T.V. together as housemates in the Kaiba Mansion." The mood turned dark again with the remembrance of this fact. Although Seto was not one to grow attached to people, he had to admit that he had grown attached to the people living in his house for the past six months and the fact that they would be leaving did sadden him… slightly.

"Wait, don't change the channel!" Kisara cried out, taking the remote from Seto's hand in order to keep him from switching again.

"The all-day marathon of the canceled, hit T.V. show, 'Kaiba Corp. Chaos' begins right now!" Everyone looked at each other in shock. They had nearly forgotten that it was that very reality T.V. show that Gozaburo had thrown together at the last minute that had brought them all together as housemates in the first place. It had been so long since the show had been canceled and that they had been taking video logs that they had forgotten that the first three months of their lives had been caught on tape and not once had they seen an episode of it. Since no one objected to watching it, Kisara did nothing to change the channel and put the remote down as the marathon began.

Thus for the next couple hours, they all sat together as they watched the true story of six strangers picked to live in a mansion, work together, and have their lives taped. They found out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real. Yet they could plainly see that somewhere along the line, their situation had gone from real to radical.

It was while they were watching this, after all they had been through, all the pain they had suffered, all the truth that had been revealed, all the tears they had cried, they now found they could do nothing except… laugh.

The End


A/N: So now it's finally finished and the first thing that comes to me is relief. This story got a little annoying to write after a while, but writing this last chapter was like a breeze (I guess the story wanted to cut me a break since it has taken forever to write). Now that it's done, however, I must shift gears and give thanks. I want to first of all give thanks to Rena Redhead, whom I know I often thank for many of my stories, but the truth is that without her, a lot of the good stories I have written wouldn't be possible. This story itself even came about because Rena had said to me, "I wanna read a story with Kisara in it! Too bad her past makes everything so complicated." Thus an AU was to be born but I had no idea how complex and awesome this story would become over time. Rena always listened to my ideas and always helped me work through the bugs and I thank her for that. I also want to thank my father and brother, who countless times helped me with titles and other things (my father was actually the one who came up with the title of the story two years ago, what a brilliant guy). I want to thank my boyfriend for inspiring the romantic side in me that has helped produce one of the major plot lines within this story (I don't think I really knew what romance was before he came into my life). And finally, I thank all of you, the readers and reviewers who have made this experience one big, exciting adventure with your encouraging words and quirky reviews.

Now you're probably wondering, what's next to look forward to? Well, check back with me in 2011 and find out. In the near future, there will be a new story by HiKari Mokuba's Guardian that's got more romance than you even thought possible so if you're a fan of that, come check it out when it's up. Have a happy new year!