Be Strong
Disclaimer: I do not own
Notes: Congratulations angel of anerKy, you are the 300th reviewer...and to think you had been stalking my story. Anyway...my finger is better and I am ready to type more...here comes the next chapter!
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When Yugi woke up again he heard Seto flip his cell phone off. "Who were you talking with Seto?" Yugi asked. Seto jumped slightly, he hadn't been aware that Yugi was awake.
"Yugi, good to see you are awake, I was talking to your lawyer, and we got the court date moved up because of the recent occurrences. How are you feeling?" Seto asked.
Yugi nodded, he was still tired but it wasn't as bad as before, "Not to bad Seto, where is Yami?" Yugi asked.
"I made him leave to take a walk, he kept mumbling something about mind crushing Keith and Yii, something to that effect" Seto said.
Yugi nodded, it wasn't as if he didn't feel safe with Seto, it was just that he wanted Yami. Yugi was greatly relieved when he saw Yami walk threw the door with an awkward smiled on his face.
"You were right Seto, that walk did help, instead of mind crushing them I want to simply kill them," Yami said with a sickening smile, it kind of made Yugi uneasy.
"Y-Yami," Yugi squeaked. Yami's head shot to Yugi, his smile changed and he walk over to the bed.
"Sorry about that Yugi, I don't know what I was thinking, I guess I am just mad at them for what they did and put you through," Yami said.
"Yami, the date is set in two days," Seto said, Yugi looked confused but Yami seemed to know what he was talking about.
Yami turned to Yugi and said, "Your court date, Seto wants to get you back in his house," Yami explained. Yugi smiled, he didn't feel safe here anymore, and he didn't want to bother the others though so he kept it in. He had a real tough time sleeping at night, he kept thinking that they were going to come and get him.
"Rest up Yugi, I am not letting you go if your fever is higher then one point over 98.6," Seto said sternly. Yugi nodded he still didn't feel good so he went back to sleep.
On the day of the trail Seto came in to take Yugi's temperature, he placed the small stick under Yugi's tongue.
"Seto," Yami called from out in the hall, Seto left the room to see what he wanted leaving Yugi alone with the thermometer. Yugi took it out of his mouth and shook it down slightly, then he placed it back in. Seto re- entered the room and looked at the temperature the thermometer said.
"99.1, you are not fully well but I guess you can go, if it had been only .5 higher I would have made you stay here but I said you could come so get ready" Seto said, and then he called Yami back in to help Yugi get dressed and out to the car. Yugi nodded, he knew he wasn't better yet but he had to go, he just knew that they would need him.
When Yugi got to the court room all his fears rose into his chest, he didn't know that there would be so many cameras and news reporters.
They had five minutes before the thing was going to start and Yami was trying to calm down Yugi's nerves. On the other side of the courtroom the two managers of the Vine Street Orphanage were talked to the three boys that they had brought to court with them.
"Now, Keith, Yii, and Seo, if they ask you any questions about us what do you say." The manager asked.
"We say that you take very good care of us and you never take a left eye off of us," Keith said, he was tired of repeating this.
"Good. Now don't screw this up, if the boy comes back to us then we are going to be highly publicized, then even you might get a home, screw this up and I will make sure that you are never adopted," she said with an evil look. Keith and the others just nodded.
The court settled down and the bailiff came to the front of the room. "Here he, here he, all rise for the honorable Judge Katsuyuki," he called out. Everyone stood as the judge entered the room, and then they all sat back down.
"Now starts the case of Seto Kaiba and Yugi Motou vs. the Vine Street Orphanage," the judge stated, "Would the Motou Kaiba side like to make there opening speech?"
Seto's lawyer nodded and stood, he straightened up his papers and cleared his throat. "Yes your honor, Yugi Motou is a 13 year old boy who has been abused by his mother, Shiko, and his father, Takahiro. Mr. Seto Kaiba rescued him from his home and got him the necessary medical attention before they were forced to return to the household to collect evidence. It was here that Yugi Motou showed incredible courage jumping in front of a bullet for his friend. Yugi Motou has been scared emotionally and physically and it would be better for him to grow up in a stable environment with people he knows and trusts. Furthermore it can be proved with evidence that it is not safe for Mr. Motou at the residence that he is currently residing in." the man finished, the judge nodded and Yugi's lawyer took his seat, he felt good about his opening.
The Orphanage went threw there own opening, adding many lies and other sorts that the judge noticed. He didn't say anything but his facial expression changed.
Then the trial was on, Seto's lawyer was doing a very good job at keeping the other's lawyer guessing who he was going to call next and how he was going to question them. He also did a very good job at questioning their surprise witness. Then the orphanage called up Seo to the stand, Seto smiled, they had this in the bag now.
"Seo, please place your right hand on the bible and repeat after me, I swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me God," The bailiff said, in a clear strong voice.
"I swear t-to tell the t-truth, the w-whole truth and n-nothing but the t- truth so help me God," Seo said stuttering every so often.
Just as they were about to start their questioning a guy in a suit burst into the court room. Seto noticed him right away; he was the advisor of Kaiba corp.
"I am sorry for the intrusion but I need to speak with Mr. Kaiba if you don't mind," the man said. The judge was already thinking about taking a break to try and calm the witness down so he nodded his head.
"One minutes recess," he said and slammed his mallet down. Seto got up and rushed out of the room with his advisor in hand.
As soon as the door shut you could hear yelling, the judge signaled for the officer at the door to open it slightly so he could hear what they were fighting about.
"Screw the God damn corporation, what matters to me the most happens to be the little boy's happiness. Even if it means that I loose the company, Yugi deserves the chance to have a normal life with people he loves in it, and without getting hit for just being alive," Seto said, correction, screamed.
"Mr. Kaiba, could you please turn it down, by the way your time is up," Judge Katsuyuki said with a crooked smile on his face, seeing that made his heart warm slightly. He was also happy to see Seo had calmed down considerably.
Seto looked slightly embarrassed as he took his seat in the courtroom, as soon as he did so the orphanage lawyer started on Seo's case.
"How long have you been in the orphanage Seo?" Santiago asked his voice harsh and stern.
"A-a-about t-three years," Seo stuttered.
"And would you say that they take good care of you?" Santiago asked.
"They take good care of us and they always keep a left eye on us," Seo said like a puppet. Yugi's lawyer rose.
"I object you honor, he was obviously told to say that," Yugi's lawyer, Tenchi, said.
"I agree, unfortunately, can your prove that?" the judge asked, Tenchi shook his head.
"No further question your honor," Santiago said. he sat back down looking rather triumphant.
Tenchi got up and went to questions Seo; they had their trump card ready if he slipped up.
"No Seo, would you say that they keep tabs on all, what seven children they have?" Tenchi asked, looking at Seo intensely. Seo started to shake he was scared, if he slipped up then he would never get adopted but if he lied...then what might happen to him is worse. Seo had tear gather in the corners of his eyes but then a scream saved them from falling.
"Stop, stop this please," it was Yugi and he too looked rather upset, the judge noticed this and decided to let the little boy speak.
"If you wish to say something please stand up in front of the jury," Judge Katsuyuki said, as Yugi slowly made his way up the judge noticed the rosy part of Yugi's cheek, his labored breathing, and the sweat he was perspiring. 'Hmm, so the small boys sick, very brave boy indeed.'
"Seo, I can tell you are scared, what are you scared of?" Yugi asked, Seo looked at him with a look that said, 'please don't make me say it, they will be mad.'
"Okay if you are to afraid to say it then just tell me when I am right," Yugi paused and thought for a second, the judge and all the occupants of the courtroom watched in silence. "Did they tell you to say good thing about them because if you didn't, um, they would, I got it, they wouldn't let you get adopted," Yugi said and smiled comfortingly at Seo. Seo smiled back and nodded, knowing that he might get into less trouble if the judge knew.
"Now Mr. Seo Tambo, you are aware that you are under oath," the judge said, amazed that Yugi had guessed it and that eh had done it without scaring the boy.
"He is lying, there is no way, we would never," Kumano, the manager of the orphanage, screamed out.
Seo looked frightened as she screamed and turned to the judge and said, "I am telling the truth, please don't yell at me."
"He is telling the truth sir," both Keith and Yii called out wanted them to know what really goes on behind the closed doors.
The court room broke out in whispers and the judge worked to get them all to calm down. "Before I leave this in the hands of the jury is there anything that either sides that is left to show?" Katsuyuki asked.
"Yes your honor, I have a tape explaining why Yugi really needs to leave and be with the people he knows and trusts, and that the orphanage is unfit to hold any children.
"Please bring it up, and also get Yoko here to make sure that this is genuine," the judge stated, obviously wanting to get this over with.
They put the tape in and the lady, Yoko, listened to see if it was real with no tampering.
The tape started: "I wanted to tell Yugi how sorry I was for what happened," Seo said.
"You weren't alone during this, why are you taking the blame all by yourself?" Seto asked.
"Because they will hurt me, and maybe they will go after Yugi again," Seo said.
"So they did hurt him, I need you to tell me what happened, it may help us help Yugi," Seto said.
"Okay, a few nights ago Keith made a plan to get Yugi out of our room. He was also jealous over Yugi because there had been talk that he was only here temporarily and that he was getting to a new home soon. Keith wants a home real bad so he wanted to get Yugi for just being himself I guess. I am the weakest of the group so they talked me into befriending Yugi with the soul purpose to hurt him. We went out to eat lunch and before we left the kitchen Keith slipped a drug into Yugi's drink that limited his movements," said Seo.
"He gave Yugi a drug, do you know what kind, Yugi may be allergic," Seto asked.
"No, Keith just said that he got it from the last time his gang friend came to visit. So anyway I went outside to eat and that's when they jumped him, they started kicking his and then it started to rain," Seo said.
"Hey there its okay as slow and you need to, now about what time did it start to rain?" Seto asked.
"About five thirty I guess, then we left him there, you didn't show up until at least four hours later," Seo said.
"CLICK" the tape ended, Seo's mouth was open he had no idea that Seto had taped that conversation. The judge looked to Yoko who smiled.
"Totally real, no tampering at all," she said before leaving the room.
"Okay then Jury you may go and speak among yourselves and return with the verdict.
It took the just a whole hour to finally decided what they wanted. They returned out and the women stood up, "After looking at the evidence over and over again we have decided that Yugi Motou rightfully belongs with...
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There is most likely one more chapter after this one...I hope you all liked my court room, I was guessing because I have seen very little on this topic. Please Review...also thank you K. C. Whitestar...your reviews have kept me very entertained.
Disclaimer: I do not own
Notes: Congratulations angel of anerKy, you are the 300th reviewer...and to think you had been stalking my story. Anyway...my finger is better and I am ready to type more...here comes the next chapter!
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When Yugi woke up again he heard Seto flip his cell phone off. "Who were you talking with Seto?" Yugi asked. Seto jumped slightly, he hadn't been aware that Yugi was awake.
"Yugi, good to see you are awake, I was talking to your lawyer, and we got the court date moved up because of the recent occurrences. How are you feeling?" Seto asked.
Yugi nodded, he was still tired but it wasn't as bad as before, "Not to bad Seto, where is Yami?" Yugi asked.
"I made him leave to take a walk, he kept mumbling something about mind crushing Keith and Yii, something to that effect" Seto said.
Yugi nodded, it wasn't as if he didn't feel safe with Seto, it was just that he wanted Yami. Yugi was greatly relieved when he saw Yami walk threw the door with an awkward smiled on his face.
"You were right Seto, that walk did help, instead of mind crushing them I want to simply kill them," Yami said with a sickening smile, it kind of made Yugi uneasy.
"Y-Yami," Yugi squeaked. Yami's head shot to Yugi, his smile changed and he walk over to the bed.
"Sorry about that Yugi, I don't know what I was thinking, I guess I am just mad at them for what they did and put you through," Yami said.
"Yami, the date is set in two days," Seto said, Yugi looked confused but Yami seemed to know what he was talking about.
Yami turned to Yugi and said, "Your court date, Seto wants to get you back in his house," Yami explained. Yugi smiled, he didn't feel safe here anymore, and he didn't want to bother the others though so he kept it in. He had a real tough time sleeping at night, he kept thinking that they were going to come and get him.
"Rest up Yugi, I am not letting you go if your fever is higher then one point over 98.6," Seto said sternly. Yugi nodded he still didn't feel good so he went back to sleep.
On the day of the trail Seto came in to take Yugi's temperature, he placed the small stick under Yugi's tongue.
"Seto," Yami called from out in the hall, Seto left the room to see what he wanted leaving Yugi alone with the thermometer. Yugi took it out of his mouth and shook it down slightly, then he placed it back in. Seto re- entered the room and looked at the temperature the thermometer said.
"99.1, you are not fully well but I guess you can go, if it had been only .5 higher I would have made you stay here but I said you could come so get ready" Seto said, and then he called Yami back in to help Yugi get dressed and out to the car. Yugi nodded, he knew he wasn't better yet but he had to go, he just knew that they would need him.
When Yugi got to the court room all his fears rose into his chest, he didn't know that there would be so many cameras and news reporters.
They had five minutes before the thing was going to start and Yami was trying to calm down Yugi's nerves. On the other side of the courtroom the two managers of the Vine Street Orphanage were talked to the three boys that they had brought to court with them.
"Now, Keith, Yii, and Seo, if they ask you any questions about us what do you say." The manager asked.
"We say that you take very good care of us and you never take a left eye off of us," Keith said, he was tired of repeating this.
"Good. Now don't screw this up, if the boy comes back to us then we are going to be highly publicized, then even you might get a home, screw this up and I will make sure that you are never adopted," she said with an evil look. Keith and the others just nodded.
The court settled down and the bailiff came to the front of the room. "Here he, here he, all rise for the honorable Judge Katsuyuki," he called out. Everyone stood as the judge entered the room, and then they all sat back down.
"Now starts the case of Seto Kaiba and Yugi Motou vs. the Vine Street Orphanage," the judge stated, "Would the Motou Kaiba side like to make there opening speech?"
Seto's lawyer nodded and stood, he straightened up his papers and cleared his throat. "Yes your honor, Yugi Motou is a 13 year old boy who has been abused by his mother, Shiko, and his father, Takahiro. Mr. Seto Kaiba rescued him from his home and got him the necessary medical attention before they were forced to return to the household to collect evidence. It was here that Yugi Motou showed incredible courage jumping in front of a bullet for his friend. Yugi Motou has been scared emotionally and physically and it would be better for him to grow up in a stable environment with people he knows and trusts. Furthermore it can be proved with evidence that it is not safe for Mr. Motou at the residence that he is currently residing in." the man finished, the judge nodded and Yugi's lawyer took his seat, he felt good about his opening.
The Orphanage went threw there own opening, adding many lies and other sorts that the judge noticed. He didn't say anything but his facial expression changed.
Then the trial was on, Seto's lawyer was doing a very good job at keeping the other's lawyer guessing who he was going to call next and how he was going to question them. He also did a very good job at questioning their surprise witness. Then the orphanage called up Seo to the stand, Seto smiled, they had this in the bag now.
"Seo, please place your right hand on the bible and repeat after me, I swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me God," The bailiff said, in a clear strong voice.
"I swear t-to tell the t-truth, the w-whole truth and n-nothing but the t- truth so help me God," Seo said stuttering every so often.
Just as they were about to start their questioning a guy in a suit burst into the court room. Seto noticed him right away; he was the advisor of Kaiba corp.
"I am sorry for the intrusion but I need to speak with Mr. Kaiba if you don't mind," the man said. The judge was already thinking about taking a break to try and calm the witness down so he nodded his head.
"One minutes recess," he said and slammed his mallet down. Seto got up and rushed out of the room with his advisor in hand.
As soon as the door shut you could hear yelling, the judge signaled for the officer at the door to open it slightly so he could hear what they were fighting about.
"Screw the God damn corporation, what matters to me the most happens to be the little boy's happiness. Even if it means that I loose the company, Yugi deserves the chance to have a normal life with people he loves in it, and without getting hit for just being alive," Seto said, correction, screamed.
"Mr. Kaiba, could you please turn it down, by the way your time is up," Judge Katsuyuki said with a crooked smile on his face, seeing that made his heart warm slightly. He was also happy to see Seo had calmed down considerably.
Seto looked slightly embarrassed as he took his seat in the courtroom, as soon as he did so the orphanage lawyer started on Seo's case.
"How long have you been in the orphanage Seo?" Santiago asked his voice harsh and stern.
"A-a-about t-three years," Seo stuttered.
"And would you say that they take good care of you?" Santiago asked.
"They take good care of us and they always keep a left eye on us," Seo said like a puppet. Yugi's lawyer rose.
"I object you honor, he was obviously told to say that," Yugi's lawyer, Tenchi, said.
"I agree, unfortunately, can your prove that?" the judge asked, Tenchi shook his head.
"No further question your honor," Santiago said. he sat back down looking rather triumphant.
Tenchi got up and went to questions Seo; they had their trump card ready if he slipped up.
"No Seo, would you say that they keep tabs on all, what seven children they have?" Tenchi asked, looking at Seo intensely. Seo started to shake he was scared, if he slipped up then he would never get adopted but if he lied...then what might happen to him is worse. Seo had tear gather in the corners of his eyes but then a scream saved them from falling.
"Stop, stop this please," it was Yugi and he too looked rather upset, the judge noticed this and decided to let the little boy speak.
"If you wish to say something please stand up in front of the jury," Judge Katsuyuki said, as Yugi slowly made his way up the judge noticed the rosy part of Yugi's cheek, his labored breathing, and the sweat he was perspiring. 'Hmm, so the small boys sick, very brave boy indeed.'
"Seo, I can tell you are scared, what are you scared of?" Yugi asked, Seo looked at him with a look that said, 'please don't make me say it, they will be mad.'
"Okay if you are to afraid to say it then just tell me when I am right," Yugi paused and thought for a second, the judge and all the occupants of the courtroom watched in silence. "Did they tell you to say good thing about them because if you didn't, um, they would, I got it, they wouldn't let you get adopted," Yugi said and smiled comfortingly at Seo. Seo smiled back and nodded, knowing that he might get into less trouble if the judge knew.
"Now Mr. Seo Tambo, you are aware that you are under oath," the judge said, amazed that Yugi had guessed it and that eh had done it without scaring the boy.
"He is lying, there is no way, we would never," Kumano, the manager of the orphanage, screamed out.
Seo looked frightened as she screamed and turned to the judge and said, "I am telling the truth, please don't yell at me."
"He is telling the truth sir," both Keith and Yii called out wanted them to know what really goes on behind the closed doors.
The court room broke out in whispers and the judge worked to get them all to calm down. "Before I leave this in the hands of the jury is there anything that either sides that is left to show?" Katsuyuki asked.
"Yes your honor, I have a tape explaining why Yugi really needs to leave and be with the people he knows and trusts, and that the orphanage is unfit to hold any children.
"Please bring it up, and also get Yoko here to make sure that this is genuine," the judge stated, obviously wanting to get this over with.
They put the tape in and the lady, Yoko, listened to see if it was real with no tampering.
The tape started: "I wanted to tell Yugi how sorry I was for what happened," Seo said.
"You weren't alone during this, why are you taking the blame all by yourself?" Seto asked.
"Because they will hurt me, and maybe they will go after Yugi again," Seo said.
"So they did hurt him, I need you to tell me what happened, it may help us help Yugi," Seto said.
"Okay, a few nights ago Keith made a plan to get Yugi out of our room. He was also jealous over Yugi because there had been talk that he was only here temporarily and that he was getting to a new home soon. Keith wants a home real bad so he wanted to get Yugi for just being himself I guess. I am the weakest of the group so they talked me into befriending Yugi with the soul purpose to hurt him. We went out to eat lunch and before we left the kitchen Keith slipped a drug into Yugi's drink that limited his movements," said Seo.
"He gave Yugi a drug, do you know what kind, Yugi may be allergic," Seto asked.
"No, Keith just said that he got it from the last time his gang friend came to visit. So anyway I went outside to eat and that's when they jumped him, they started kicking his and then it started to rain," Seo said.
"Hey there its okay as slow and you need to, now about what time did it start to rain?" Seto asked.
"About five thirty I guess, then we left him there, you didn't show up until at least four hours later," Seo said.
"CLICK" the tape ended, Seo's mouth was open he had no idea that Seto had taped that conversation. The judge looked to Yoko who smiled.
"Totally real, no tampering at all," she said before leaving the room.
"Okay then Jury you may go and speak among yourselves and return with the verdict.
It took the just a whole hour to finally decided what they wanted. They returned out and the women stood up, "After looking at the evidence over and over again we have decided that Yugi Motou rightfully belongs with...
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^ ...Seto Kaiba, now and forever!" she said laughing, the whole court room burst into applause and Yugi ran to Seto and gave him a hug, then turning to give his dark a hug, he had a family now.
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There is most likely one more chapter after this one...I hope you all liked my court room, I was guessing because I have seen very little on this topic. Please Review...also thank you K. C. Whitestar...your reviews have kept me very entertained.