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Tenshi bakeru- Joey can be smart!!! Sometimes...
SamusKaiba;BountyHunter- Read on and enjoy!
"No Docter. I am leaving. Now."
The docter held his clip board in front of him as if it might shield him from any blow that the teenager in front of him might inflict. "B-but Mr. Kaiba sir...you haven't fully recovered yet. You- you ne-need to stay at least two more days." The teenage boy had been lucky to get off with no broken bones and just a few sore ribs and a really bad headache. The car had just glancedEven if he wasn't fully healed, Seto Kaiba was still a menacing figure to deal with.
Mokuba giggled behind his small hand. The docter really had no idea what he was up against. There was no way that his big brother was staying even a few more hours...he recognized the determined look in his brother's eye.
Finally the docter sighed. "Fine, sir." He handed Seto a paper. "This is your release form. You need to fill it out."
Seto grunted and snatched the paper from the man's out stretched hand. His vision was kind of blurry, but he could just make out the words on the page. His hand felt shaky but he managed to steady it under the scrutinizing eyes of the docter.
Soon the forms were filled out and the reluctant docter was forced to let the Seto leave. Mokuba walked close beside his older brother and had latched onto his hand, looking as if he was never going to let go again.
The second that the two brothers had exited the hospital, Seto stretched and tilted his head back, letting the warm rays of the sun brush gently against his skin and shine brightly in his eyes.
He had never been so happy to be alive. Not even when he had taken control of Kaiba Corp. Not even when he'd found Mokuba after Yugi's battle with Pegasus. Whether anyone had really known it or not, he had been teetering on the brink of death. He had almost considered letting go...almost considered running away from the pain...from the pain of life and what it brought. But something had stopped him. A voice...a voice that spoke the truth and that convinced him that the world needed him...or that someone did at least. And who had that voice been, but Joey Wheeler.
Seto sighed.
Of all of the people....
***
"C'mon Joey! Play your card."
The blonde boy jerked out of his revarie to see Yugi's smiling face. Oh yeah...Duel Monsters...
"Uh....okay." He stared at the cards in his hand, not really looking at them. "I play the Flamed Swordsman in Attack Mode."
Truth be told, Joey really wasn't paying attention to the duel and couldn't even remember what Yugi had played last turn. Joey's thoughts had been elsewhere. He had been thinking about....Kaiba. Kaiba, of all o fthe people to pop into his head.
Two nights ago...thats's how long it had been since Kaiba had awoken from his coma. And still Joey couldn't get the strange feeling out of his head that something, he didn't know what, but something had happened that night.
Sure, for some reason he had almost cried for Kaiba...but that was more concern for Mokuba's sake. He had been scared for Mokuba...right. And then right before Kaiba had woken up...there had been that...that feeling that had passed through him. It was like a shudder of anticipation, but not a bad one. It had felt so strange....almost....maybe...nice? No. Never.
Joey shook his head to clear it.
"Joey, Joey....have you forgotton what I have on the field?" Yugi sighed. "Dark Magician attack! Dark Magic attack!"
The brown-eyed-boy placed his favorite card in his graveyard and looked back at his own hand.
And then Kaiba had done something that had really amazed Joey. He had said 'thank-you'. Of all the things to say...of all the people to say it...
"Joey?"
The boy blinked blearily at his best friend and lay his cards down on the table. "I'm gonna...go for a walk," he said distracidly.
"Joey?" Yugi asked again.
"Don't worry man, I'll be back in a bout a half of an hour." He sttod and walked past a confused looking Yugi to get his jacket. "See ya Yugi."
He walked out into the warm night, pulling his thin jacket around his thin frame.
/Yami?/ Yugi thought. /Do you know what's wrong with him?/
//No young one....I do not.../
***
"Big brother!" Seto turned to see Mokuba hurling himself down the hallway. "Big brother, can I please go to the movies with Kari and Domin?"
Seto nodded absently. "Sure. What movie and when?"
"The Two Towers in twently minutes."
"Okay," Seto nodded. "Get Hoshi to give you a ride alright?"
"Thanks Seto!"
The older boy watched, a small smile playing on his lips as he watched his younger brother race down the hallway to find their driver, Hoshi.
Then he shook his head and sighed. He couldn't believe that he had come so close to dying...to miss out on future moments like this...Seto shook his head to try and clear it of the muddled thoughts racing around in it. But they kept coming back...
Joey had been there when he had woken up. Joey Wheeler. The one that he called a dog and humiliated. But as he had woken up he had felt the boy's presence.
Seto shook his head. No it had to be all in his head.
/That's what you said about the heart of the cards./ Seto's conscious whispered. /But you believe in that now. Why not believe that you felt Joey's presence. Why not accept the fact that you welcomed his presence. Maybe even....hoped for it?/
No...Lies....
Seto shook his head again, this time more violently to clear it. He sighed and looked out the window. It looked like it might rain....
A walk. A nice long walk through the park. That's what he need. He was just a little stir-crazy...right.
A/N: End Chapter 2. So what did you think? Any suggestions? Comments? Random reveiws? Leave them here!