Chapter 10: nu fa ch'ung kuan
Letting out a small groan, Tea opened her eyes and sat up. During the course of the night Mokuba had curled up next to her, his legs pressed against his chest and his back pressed against Tea's. Jumping as the bathroom door squeaked open, Tea looked up to see Yugi coming out of the bathroom, spiking his hair.
"Good Morning." Tea smiled.
"Oh, uh. Hello." Yugi whispered, trying to straighten his T-shirt. "Uh, I'm sorry about yesterday. I didn't mean to lose control like that. I…...... didn't hurt anyone…...... did I?"
"Just the three men holding us hostage. And I'm glad you hurt those men, Yugi. They would have killed both of us if you hadn't stopped them."
"I know that. But what if I had hit you…...... or Mokuba? I might have killed one of you."
"It didn't happen, Yugi. Don't worry about it." Tea smiled. "Oh, I almost forgot. I bought you some icepacks for your hands and some aspirin. I thought your hands might be bothering you."
"Well, I didn't split any knuckles like I've done sometimes in the past, but my hands are a bit sore. Was I fighting long?"
"No. About five minutes is all."
"Oh good. Tea, are you all right? You look a bit pale today."
"No, no. I just remembered something. Uh, will you excuse me. I need to take a shower." Tea whispered as she grabbed her backpack and one of the bags from the convenience store and ran into the bathroom. Turning on the shower full blast, Tea knelt over the tub, holding her stomach. Praying the shower covered any other sounds, she gagged twice and threw-up. After vomiting up everything in her stomach, Tea stripped down and opened up the bag from the convenience store.
"Well." She told herself. "It's now or never."
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"Did you hear something?" Mokuba asked as he looked up from his laptop.
"Nope."
"Are you sure? Maybe one of us should check on Tea. She has been in the bathroom a while."
"Forty-five minutes."
"I'm going to go see if she's all right." Mokuba sighed as he put his laptop back on the bed and walked towards the bathroom door. "Tea? Tea, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Tea snapped from the other side of the door. Praying Mokuba would go away, Tea slumped against the wall and rested her head against her knees. Lowering her voice to a whisper so soft she herself could barely hear, Tea repeated, "I'm fine. Just pregnant."
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Opening his eyes, Seto tried to focus on the figure sitting next to him.
"Ah, you're up." The figure sighed. Seto knew the voice should be familiar, but his vision was still blurry and his mind was still groggy.
"Where am I?" Seto asked as he blinked a couple times.
"A hospital. You wouldn't believe the security on your room!" the figure muttered as he stood up and poured Seto a glass of water. Handing the cup to Seto, the figure remained stand, but walked to the other side of the room, while he continued to speak. After drinking the water, Seto's vision finally cleared and Seto recognized the figure as Ryou. "I actually had to use the pass you once gave me. You know, the one that allows me access to anything you have access to? Well anyway, I'm kinda pissed that my boyfriend had to go back to my place, since he didn't have a pass."
"Ryou?"
"Yes?"
"Why are you here?"
"Oh, interesting story behind that. You see, While I was in Italy, I found this British television station and I heard that your parents were killed in a plane crash. So I called your house to see if you were all right, but all I got was a recording telling me the call couldn't be connected. So I tried a few more times, in case I was getting the number wrong but I kept getting the same message. What did you do anyway?"
"I unplugged the three phones."
"Great, just great. So, after getting the same message three times, I decided to fly home."
"But you were coming home early. How did you get your ticket changed on such short notice?"
"My boyfriend had a friend in the shipping company. Turns out the friend owed my boyfriend a favor. But that's all beside the point! When I got back to the states, I went to your apartment and it was empty. So was Kaiba Corp. I even went to your parent's place. Then I see in the local newspaper that the President of Kaiba Corp had fallen ill and had been taken to the hospital! What exactly happened? You've been out since yesterday afternoon, I've been told."
"They're dead, Ryou." Seto whispered, lying back down. He closed his eyes and took a couple deep breaths as if trying to calm down or not cry.
"Your parents?"
"Tea and Mokuba."
"What happened?" Ryou asked, leaning forward.
"There was an attempted takeover by the Big Five. It's to be kept quite, but it happened. They wanted Mokuba to be the president so they could manipulate him. I sent Tea and Mokuba out of town but Pegasus had them followed and because I wouldn't give up, Pegasus had them both shot."
"My God. Are you sure? Can't you check and see if they're just hiding where ever they were going?"
"No. I have no idea where they were headed, it was supposed to be a secret even from me. Besides, Pegasus told me around a group of cops while he was under arrest. It would have been stupid for him to bluff."
"So…...... they're really dead?"
"Yes."
"Are you going to be all right?"
"I'm not sure." Seto admitted, his voice suddenly getting bitter and angry. "I just want to crush some one's head. I want some one to pay. I want every single on of those bastards to die and burn in hell! And I want to be the one to put them there…...... forever!"
"Seto, I'm not going to lie and say I completely understand." Ryou sighed. "But I'm going to try to understand, and if nothing else I'm going to help."
"Thanks, Ryou." Seto nodded, his lips set in a thin line.
"Hey, no problem. Now, come on. Let's see if we can get you out of this hospital and back home."
"No, not home. I want to go to the office."
"Why?"
"I want blood, Ryou. I want blood, and I want it NOW."
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Walking past the gym on the fourth floor, Seto looking in and frowned. It had been his dad's idea. For the work-aholics, he had explained. Setting down his coffee, Seto walked inside and went over to the punching bag. Swinging his leg around, he slammed his foot into the bag sending it flying.
"That's for trying to take over my company!" Seto hissed as he imagined Pegasus and the rest of the Big Five standing in front of him, instead of the bag. Punching it twice, Seto quickly jumped and kicked the bag again. "And that was for killing my brother! And for killing Tea! And for hurting me! And for ripping away my family! And for making my life a living hell! And for causing me pain!"
Kicking the bag once more, Seto watched as the bag finally burst, sending sand flying.
"I hate you all!" Seto declared as he looked down at the blood that was running down his fingers from the small cuts his fingernails had made in his palms. "I hate you more than anything else on earth."
AN: nu fa ch'ung kuan: so angry that the hair stands up under the cap (Extreme anger)
