DO NOT EXPECT AN UPDATE TWO DAYS IN A ROW EVER AGAIN.
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Well, now that we got that out of the way, lol. I'm still not getting many reviews, but for the few people that ARE reading and reviewing this story, I'll keep writing for you guys! (Plus, I think one reviewer is gonna shoot me if I don't keep going ... AHEM KORIKU!! I wrote a note to you below *points below*) Anyway, here is the next chapter of MOKUBA'S TUTOR. Enjoy!
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: This chapter is gonna be a lot of Mokuba. Mokuba, Mokuba, Mokuba. *dreamy sigh* I love Mokuba. Oh, and it'll be a lot of brotherly Kaiba bonding, too. I hope you don't mind. ^_^;
A NOTE TO A FAITHFUL REVIEWER: O.o Dag, Koriku, I don't wanna be worshiped ... it's just a story ... Remember when you used to give me gumballs and airline peanuts and apple sauce? ... Yeah ... all I want is food ...
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Disclaimer: If I owned Yu-Gi-Oh! ... I dunno, but it'd be my name on all the cards instead of Kazuki Takahashi's.
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"Is she alive?" Kaiba asked suddenly. When the doctor looked up at him, he repeated the question, this time with more force and sharpness. "Is Kea alive?"
The doctor looked at Kaiba, expressionless, and said, "Barely. She's in critical condition, and my coleagues and I don't believe she'll be able to make it through the night."
"Seto," Mokuba choked, grabbing his brother's arm.
"I know, Mokuba," Kaiba said quietly, slinging his good arm around his brother's shoulder.
"Can I see her?" Mokuba began begging. "Please? Please doctor, she's my best friend." Upon hearing his younger brother state this again, Kaiba tightened his grip on Mokuba's shoulder, seeing how much his brother really cared for this girl.
The tears that were softly sliding down Mokuba's face showed the doctor that he truly wanted to see Kea before she died, so he had no choice but to let him see her. "Fine," he said. "But not now. It won't be safe until we know that the life support is keeping her healthy."
"Life support?" Yugi questioned from behind Mokuba. He was Mokuba's height by now and had no problem looking over his shoulder. "You mean she's not breathing on her own?"
"Sadly, no," the doctor said. "We'll have to contact some family of hers to see if they'd like to try to keep her alive or if they'd like to, for lack of better word, 'pull the plug'."
"No! You can't pull the plug on her!"
Mokuba's outburst startled everyone, and when he stepped towards the doctor, Kaiba was forced to take his arm from around his shoulder.
"You're gonna let me see her NOW," Mokuba demanded.
"I'm ... sorry, I can't do that," the doctor said. "She's in critical condition, I don't want to risk-"
"I DON'T CARE!" Mokuba screamed, tears clouding his vision. He wiped his hand over his face quickly and demandingly said, "Where is she, what room is she in."
"Wow, looks like Mokuba's got a little bit of his brother in him," Tristan noted to the others as they watched Mokuba get tough with the doctor.
"I can't let you know that," the doctor said shakily.
"DAMMIT, I SAID WHAT ROOM IN SHE IN!" Mokuba screamed. He grabbed the chart from the doctor and scanned it quickly, then hurled it onto the floor and pushed his way past the doctor, in a hurry to find room eighty-six. Kaiba, the doctor, and everyone behind him began following Mokuba, all trying to stop him from going into the room of the sick girl.
"Mokuba! Stop! Please, you don't know what you're doing!" Tea called from the back.
"Mokuba!" Kaiba yelled. "Stop!"
Ignoring all the calls from behind him, Mokuba sharply turned a corner and threw open the door to room eighty-six. When he saw stopped him dead in his tracks. Everyone else stopped behind him.
Kea was hooked up to machines on every side of her. Tubes stuck out from her body and she had IVs in both of her arms. One of the machines she was connected to showed her heart rate. It was slow. No one besides the doctor had ever seen someone in such serious condition before, and they didn't know how to take it. They were all stunned; to shocked to move.
"Everyone out," Kaiba ordered. "Now."
Without second-guessing Kaiba, everyone turned and walked out of the room, including the doctor, leaving the two Kaiba brothers alone in the room with a lifeless Kea Shatsana.
"Is she gonna be okay, Seto?" Mokuba asked softly as he took a seat in a chair next to Kea's bed. His voice was cracking and Seto could tell that he was fighting tears.
"Yes," Kaiba said securely.
Deciding it was better not to question his brother, Mokuba looked over Kea, listening to the slow beeping on the heart monitor and thinking back to when she last tutored him just the night before, and how she kept apologizing for.
"Seto ..." Mokuba began, slowly taking Kea's small hand into his own, "what was Kea apologizing about when she left the mansion yesterday?"
Kaiba sighed and took a seat on the opposite side of Kea's bed. "The mafia wanted her to do a job where I was killed," he said. "Eventually, she tried to save me, but they traced my cell phone and found us in a motel. That's where all of this happened."
Mokuba closed his eyes and squeezed Kea's hand a little bit, thinking for a moment that he felt her squeezing back. He sniffed and wiped his eyes. "I'm sorry, Seto, I shouldn't be crying."
Kaiba looked at his brother crying and thought back to when Mokuba was younger and used to cry when even the smallest thing went wrong. He hadn't seen real tears from his brother since Duelist Kingdom. It shook him a bit, but he thought more of the situation at hand.
"Mokuba," Kaiba said slowly, "give me a moment in here."
Tilting his head to one side, Mokuba asked, "How come?"
"Please, Mokuba," Kaiba said.
Shrugging, Mokuba dropped Kea's hand gently and stood up from the chair. Kaiba saw his brother's eyes softened while looking at Kea, then he watched as Mokuba leaned over and kissed Kea softly on the cheek. "Apology accepted," he said softly.
Kaiba's smirked a bit at his brother, waiting until he left the room to look back at Kea. She was the only person he trusted in his house with his brother, and he had actually grown quite fond of her as a person until he found out she worked for the Italian mafia. He was sure now, though, that when she got out of this, she wouldn't go back to Vinny.
... If she got out of this.
A rush of guilt coming over Kaiba for being so angry at her, even during her attempt to save his life, he slowly reached out and touched Kea's hand. Feeling how cold she was, he immediately drew it back.
"Dammit you coward," he said to himself before placing his hand back over Kea's. Slowly, he began trailing his fingers up her arm until he reached her neck. Her muscles jumped a little and her heartbeat quickened, then again dropped down to its original level. "You have to pull out of this, Kea." Kaiba began speaking softly so that no one outside knew how personal he was getting. "You have to do it for Mokuba." Then, caressing her cheek gently, he more quietly said, "You have to do it for me. I have to ... apologize ... to you. For ... being a jackass when you were trying to save my life. And ... Mokuba's life."
Kaiba sighed and let his hand run back down Kea's arm and rest over her small hand. He closed his eyes and lost himself in thought.
Suddenly, Kaiba felt a small pressure on his hand. He immediately jerked his head up and looked towards Kea, who had opened her eyes and was struggling to contort her face enough to move her mouth.
*Knock, knock.*
Kaiba looked to the door briefly before turning his attention back to Kea. "Come in, she's awake," Kaiba said, monotone.
"She's what?!" Joey said as he and the rest of his friends walked in. "I thought she was on life support!"
"She is," Mokuba said, confused.
When the group of teenagers looked to the hospital bed, they saw Kea fighting to breathe on her own, taking short quick breaths to try and get her words out.
"Don't talk if it hurts," Yugi said, offering a few words of advice for the sick girl he didn't know well.
Ignoring Yugi's words entirely, Kea continued struggling before finally mustering up enough of her own strength to say, "... Apology ... accepted." Then, cracking a tiny smile that was noticable to only Kaiba, she took one deep breath and added, "Jackass."
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Awwwwww how cuuuuuute. Ahem. Anyway, I was gonna warn you guys about the mushy stuff on Kaiba's part before this chapter started, but I couldn't give away that Kea was gonna live. Heh. Sorry about that if it bothered anyone. And for all my observant people out there, both Kea and Kaiba's motel room number and Kea's hospital room number were eighty-six. Why? Because eighty-six is my favorite number. ^_^
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HELP ME WRITE THIS STORY: Okay, people, I'm having a LOT of fun writing this story even if the reviews are somewhat nonexistant, lol. Since I finally left you guys with a chapter-ending without a cliffhanger, what do you guys want to happen next? The action/adventure is pretty much over and it's time for the romance to start, but I'm kinda braindead on how to make it interesting. I have a couple ideas, but I want to hear from YOU! *points to reviewers* Oh sorry, it's rude to point. *sweatdrop* lol, so let me know what you guys want to happen and I'll try to work it in! I like adding my own lil flava to this story anyway. So, please review and give me some ideas!
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TALK TO ME! ^_^: E-mail me at kiseki86@hotmail.com, or IM me (AIM) at kiseki86. Or if you have Yahoo Messenger, my s/n is keester86. Or, *stops to breathe* if you have MSN Messenger (or Windows Messenger, whatever you wanna call it), I'm kiseki86@hotmail.com, or special k. Arigatou, ja ne! *waves*
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Well, now that we got that out of the way, lol. I'm still not getting many reviews, but for the few people that ARE reading and reviewing this story, I'll keep writing for you guys! (Plus, I think one reviewer is gonna shoot me if I don't keep going ... AHEM KORIKU!! I wrote a note to you below *points below*) Anyway, here is the next chapter of MOKUBA'S TUTOR. Enjoy!
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: This chapter is gonna be a lot of Mokuba. Mokuba, Mokuba, Mokuba. *dreamy sigh* I love Mokuba. Oh, and it'll be a lot of brotherly Kaiba bonding, too. I hope you don't mind. ^_^;
A NOTE TO A FAITHFUL REVIEWER: O.o Dag, Koriku, I don't wanna be worshiped ... it's just a story ... Remember when you used to give me gumballs and airline peanuts and apple sauce? ... Yeah ... all I want is food ...
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Disclaimer: If I owned Yu-Gi-Oh! ... I dunno, but it'd be my name on all the cards instead of Kazuki Takahashi's.
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"Is she alive?" Kaiba asked suddenly. When the doctor looked up at him, he repeated the question, this time with more force and sharpness. "Is Kea alive?"
The doctor looked at Kaiba, expressionless, and said, "Barely. She's in critical condition, and my coleagues and I don't believe she'll be able to make it through the night."
"Seto," Mokuba choked, grabbing his brother's arm.
"I know, Mokuba," Kaiba said quietly, slinging his good arm around his brother's shoulder.
"Can I see her?" Mokuba began begging. "Please? Please doctor, she's my best friend." Upon hearing his younger brother state this again, Kaiba tightened his grip on Mokuba's shoulder, seeing how much his brother really cared for this girl.
The tears that were softly sliding down Mokuba's face showed the doctor that he truly wanted to see Kea before she died, so he had no choice but to let him see her. "Fine," he said. "But not now. It won't be safe until we know that the life support is keeping her healthy."
"Life support?" Yugi questioned from behind Mokuba. He was Mokuba's height by now and had no problem looking over his shoulder. "You mean she's not breathing on her own?"
"Sadly, no," the doctor said. "We'll have to contact some family of hers to see if they'd like to try to keep her alive or if they'd like to, for lack of better word, 'pull the plug'."
"No! You can't pull the plug on her!"
Mokuba's outburst startled everyone, and when he stepped towards the doctor, Kaiba was forced to take his arm from around his shoulder.
"You're gonna let me see her NOW," Mokuba demanded.
"I'm ... sorry, I can't do that," the doctor said. "She's in critical condition, I don't want to risk-"
"I DON'T CARE!" Mokuba screamed, tears clouding his vision. He wiped his hand over his face quickly and demandingly said, "Where is she, what room is she in."
"Wow, looks like Mokuba's got a little bit of his brother in him," Tristan noted to the others as they watched Mokuba get tough with the doctor.
"I can't let you know that," the doctor said shakily.
"DAMMIT, I SAID WHAT ROOM IN SHE IN!" Mokuba screamed. He grabbed the chart from the doctor and scanned it quickly, then hurled it onto the floor and pushed his way past the doctor, in a hurry to find room eighty-six. Kaiba, the doctor, and everyone behind him began following Mokuba, all trying to stop him from going into the room of the sick girl.
"Mokuba! Stop! Please, you don't know what you're doing!" Tea called from the back.
"Mokuba!" Kaiba yelled. "Stop!"
Ignoring all the calls from behind him, Mokuba sharply turned a corner and threw open the door to room eighty-six. When he saw stopped him dead in his tracks. Everyone else stopped behind him.
Kea was hooked up to machines on every side of her. Tubes stuck out from her body and she had IVs in both of her arms. One of the machines she was connected to showed her heart rate. It was slow. No one besides the doctor had ever seen someone in such serious condition before, and they didn't know how to take it. They were all stunned; to shocked to move.
"Everyone out," Kaiba ordered. "Now."
Without second-guessing Kaiba, everyone turned and walked out of the room, including the doctor, leaving the two Kaiba brothers alone in the room with a lifeless Kea Shatsana.
"Is she gonna be okay, Seto?" Mokuba asked softly as he took a seat in a chair next to Kea's bed. His voice was cracking and Seto could tell that he was fighting tears.
"Yes," Kaiba said securely.
Deciding it was better not to question his brother, Mokuba looked over Kea, listening to the slow beeping on the heart monitor and thinking back to when she last tutored him just the night before, and how she kept apologizing for.
"Seto ..." Mokuba began, slowly taking Kea's small hand into his own, "what was Kea apologizing about when she left the mansion yesterday?"
Kaiba sighed and took a seat on the opposite side of Kea's bed. "The mafia wanted her to do a job where I was killed," he said. "Eventually, she tried to save me, but they traced my cell phone and found us in a motel. That's where all of this happened."
Mokuba closed his eyes and squeezed Kea's hand a little bit, thinking for a moment that he felt her squeezing back. He sniffed and wiped his eyes. "I'm sorry, Seto, I shouldn't be crying."
Kaiba looked at his brother crying and thought back to when Mokuba was younger and used to cry when even the smallest thing went wrong. He hadn't seen real tears from his brother since Duelist Kingdom. It shook him a bit, but he thought more of the situation at hand.
"Mokuba," Kaiba said slowly, "give me a moment in here."
Tilting his head to one side, Mokuba asked, "How come?"
"Please, Mokuba," Kaiba said.
Shrugging, Mokuba dropped Kea's hand gently and stood up from the chair. Kaiba saw his brother's eyes softened while looking at Kea, then he watched as Mokuba leaned over and kissed Kea softly on the cheek. "Apology accepted," he said softly.
Kaiba's smirked a bit at his brother, waiting until he left the room to look back at Kea. She was the only person he trusted in his house with his brother, and he had actually grown quite fond of her as a person until he found out she worked for the Italian mafia. He was sure now, though, that when she got out of this, she wouldn't go back to Vinny.
... If she got out of this.
A rush of guilt coming over Kaiba for being so angry at her, even during her attempt to save his life, he slowly reached out and touched Kea's hand. Feeling how cold she was, he immediately drew it back.
"Dammit you coward," he said to himself before placing his hand back over Kea's. Slowly, he began trailing his fingers up her arm until he reached her neck. Her muscles jumped a little and her heartbeat quickened, then again dropped down to its original level. "You have to pull out of this, Kea." Kaiba began speaking softly so that no one outside knew how personal he was getting. "You have to do it for Mokuba." Then, caressing her cheek gently, he more quietly said, "You have to do it for me. I have to ... apologize ... to you. For ... being a jackass when you were trying to save my life. And ... Mokuba's life."
Kaiba sighed and let his hand run back down Kea's arm and rest over her small hand. He closed his eyes and lost himself in thought.
Suddenly, Kaiba felt a small pressure on his hand. He immediately jerked his head up and looked towards Kea, who had opened her eyes and was struggling to contort her face enough to move her mouth.
*Knock, knock.*
Kaiba looked to the door briefly before turning his attention back to Kea. "Come in, she's awake," Kaiba said, monotone.
"She's what?!" Joey said as he and the rest of his friends walked in. "I thought she was on life support!"
"She is," Mokuba said, confused.
When the group of teenagers looked to the hospital bed, they saw Kea fighting to breathe on her own, taking short quick breaths to try and get her words out.
"Don't talk if it hurts," Yugi said, offering a few words of advice for the sick girl he didn't know well.
Ignoring Yugi's words entirely, Kea continued struggling before finally mustering up enough of her own strength to say, "... Apology ... accepted." Then, cracking a tiny smile that was noticable to only Kaiba, she took one deep breath and added, "Jackass."
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Awwwwww how cuuuuuute. Ahem. Anyway, I was gonna warn you guys about the mushy stuff on Kaiba's part before this chapter started, but I couldn't give away that Kea was gonna live. Heh. Sorry about that if it bothered anyone. And for all my observant people out there, both Kea and Kaiba's motel room number and Kea's hospital room number were eighty-six. Why? Because eighty-six is my favorite number. ^_^
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HELP ME WRITE THIS STORY: Okay, people, I'm having a LOT of fun writing this story even if the reviews are somewhat nonexistant, lol. Since I finally left you guys with a chapter-ending without a cliffhanger, what do you guys want to happen next? The action/adventure is pretty much over and it's time for the romance to start, but I'm kinda braindead on how to make it interesting. I have a couple ideas, but I want to hear from YOU! *points to reviewers* Oh sorry, it's rude to point. *sweatdrop* lol, so let me know what you guys want to happen and I'll try to work it in! I like adding my own lil flava to this story anyway. So, please review and give me some ideas!
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TALK TO ME! ^_^: E-mail me at kiseki86@hotmail.com, or IM me (AIM) at kiseki86. Or if you have Yahoo Messenger, my s/n is keester86. Or, *stops to breathe* if you have MSN Messenger (or Windows Messenger, whatever you wanna call it), I'm kiseki86@hotmail.com, or special k. Arigatou, ja ne! *waves*