Flab Panic
Chapter 9: Resolution the final chapter
At the living room
"Thank god all those morons left..." Seto spoke loudly as he strolled around the empty room.
Just then Ryou entered the room speedingly to dial the phone. "Quick, Kaiba! What's the number for the emergency? Tea's in trouble!"
"Why do I care?" the CEO snorted and folded his arms. There was a slight glint of mischief in his eyes since he knew he was the one who put the lousy bitch where she belongs...On the floor with the rats eating her up. "Look, Ryou, I'm surrounded by servants all the time, you think I'd actually bother to remember the emergency number?"
"...Should I dial for the operator?" Ryou asked unassured.
"Yes...do prolong Tea's misery," Kaiba smirked.
"...So you are the one that pushed her...she said so herself!" Ryou gasped. "I can't believe you! I knew Tea was troublesome but that doesn't mean you should throw her out of a window? What are you? Some psychopath that pushes people to their deaths?"
".........Yes."
"You..You...Kaaaaibbaaaaa..." Ryou slowly in a bit of a silent wail. It was more of a complain to indicate that Ryou didn't like how Seto was trying to overpower him.
"What? She deserved it...Are you going to call or what?"
"Oh dear I almost forgot!"
"Now who's heartless?"
"Owww my head! Owww my bum!!! Owwie, owwie, owwie!" Tea cried as Honda had to pick her up and rest her on the sofa. Everyone soon began to flood the living room.
"Oh what happened to you? Dog bit your ass off?" Bakura mocked as he just entered the room followed by Joey.
"Tea are you all right?" Yugi asked concerned.
"NO! I'm not all right! Kaiba pushed me! HE pushed me! Someone take him away!" She pointed at the said CEO.
"I'm sure he didn't mean it Tea..." Ryou said quietly. He looked down on the floor without realizing the shocked glance he received from Kaiba.
"Oh oh...no! I broke a nail, owie, look it hurts..." Tea then complained to Yugi who sat beside her, worried.
"That's all right Tea...it'll be all right.." Yugi assured her and held her hand.
"No it won't be...look it hurts, owwwie," she wailed and stomped her feet just to get everyone's attention.
"Uh..oh no! Do I need to get you the ambulance?" Malik sarcastically said. His Yami and the Albino Yami both cackled with the remark. However, most of the people glared at the three boys. The people who were on Tea's side, that is.
"You three betta stop it! This is serious!" Joey ranted.
"Quiet human!" Bakura barked at him.
Yami on the other hand was a bit confused with what to do. Honestly, he didn't like Tea much because she was always whiny and pretended to appear weak. Not to mention she was so pretentious around everyone. He sort of wanted to agree with Malik. He glanced around the room as if looking for an answer but a small box on the coffee table caught his attention. On closer inspection, he realized it was a lunch box with his face on it but it had been drawn over with a pen. Worse off, the lunchbox image made him look like weevil with a fro, so he quickly stood in front of the lunchbox, covering it up effectively.
"Hmmph! Well," Tea snorted than redirected her gaze on the young CEO. "I'm going to sue your pants off, Kaiba! You watch! What you did was attempt murder!"
"I'm sure I'd win the case, afterall I could hire the best lawyers in the world and explain to them how you tried to advance on me first. Honestly, you're already going out with Yugi, you shouldn't try to make out with every guy you meet," Seto smirked as he knew he had the upperhand.
"What?....Tea, is he speaking the truth? You've been cheating on me?" Yugi asked.
"Guys..." Tristan spoke up.. "I believe Kaiba, Tea seduced more guys than I've ever tried flirting...I know because ...um...Well, I just know."
"Tristan,...why didn't ya say so earlier! Tea tried to seduce me before!" Joey added. The two best friends looked at each other and started hugging and sobbing..."It was horrible!"
The innocent tri-colored haired boy was in shock when he heard the news. "Oh my god! I knew what I'll do! I just runaway! That's it! I'm going to run away!" Yugi cried as he bolted out the door with Yami in hot pursuit, the lunchbox held tightly in his arms.
"No! Yugi, come back!" Tea cried out and stood up perfectly.
"I thought your were hurt so badly that you couldn't even move, Tea..." Ryou innocently stated and everyone else agreed.
"Eh ehm..Ohhhh owww! It hurts!" She cried again and quickly sat down in a perfect 90 degree angle.
"That's it...out of my house whore," Bakura spat and pointed at the door. "I didn't welcome you in the first place and now I can't stand you in the last place!"
"Oh like your house is soooo great! I rather be home!" Tea screamed at him and took off even faster then Yugi.
"And now for the rest of you mortals, out out out out! Even you, Kaiba!" Bakura pointed at the door.
Later in the evening, in the park.
"You're 15 seconds late," a female annoyingly said.
"Shut up...so you'll agree to your task?" A blonde tanned male asked.
"Well if it means getting back at my worst enemy, of course, I'll do it. Kaiba's mansion won't be standing by next morning.
"Excellent, wrench...be off. I'll meet up with you again later in the night."
"So it's settled, great working with you Malik," Tea proudly said, extending her hand out for a handshake to confirm their agreement.
"Do I have to?" Malik asked, looking down at her hand with disgust as if it was contaminated with diseases.
"We'll it'll be like a symbol of our friendship! So then everytime we walk by Kaiba's mansion, we'd think of each other...friend."
"Just to remind you, I'm not your friend, Gardner. Get the task done and then we go our separate ways," Malik hissed and quickly gave a weak handshake. They then both walked away from the location in different directions, Tea heading to the Kaiba mansion and Malik heading to the nearest washroom.
Kaiba's Mansion, in Seto's room
"Tomorrow, I'll have to be up early Mokuba so this is the only time I'll actually be able to get some sleep," Seto explained.
"Okay, well good night, Seto," Mokuba smiled and exited out of his brother's bedroom. He hopped downstairs to the living room so he could watch television. Sure, there was a television in his room but since his bedroom is beside his brother's, the young boy didn't want to disturb the hardworking CEO.
After the two hour television specials, Mokuba stretched out and lazily turned off the television. He was walking back towards the stairs when he inhaled an auroma of ashes and gasoline. Curious, he headed to the source of the scent which was in the kitchen. He gasped when he was faced with a massive flame slowly claiming the house. He looked around for the fire extinguisher, but he noticed that it was broken and smashed on the floor. Beside it was the fire alarm, also broken.
"FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!!!" Mokuba cried at the top of his lungs.
Ryou's room
Ryou had just switched off the light that was illuminating his bedroom and he settled down on his bed.
He looked out at the window and sighed. Just like that, Seto left his company. Ryou would have really would have preferred the young CEO staying over a few more days, conversations with him was much more pleasant then talking to half crazed masochist and a giddily psychopath.
Just when the albino angel was about to get some shut eye, a red shimmer in the skies caught his attention. He moved over to the window to see a large grey fog surrounding the red light. It seemed like fire. Instantly, he recognized the exact location of the flame and hurried out the door, his coat in his hands.
Kaiba's mansion, at the front gates
"Have any of you seen Seto?" Mokuba asked his servants desperately. Everyone in the mansion seemed to have gathered at the front gates, all except the famous Seto Kaiba.
"No..."
"Lord Kaiba didn't come out?"
"Oh dear, master Kaiba is still in there?" came the numerous replies.
"You mean Seto is still in there!?!" Mokuba shrieked. "You all should be ashamed of yourselves! My big brother pays you all well, and look how you treat him!"
Mokuba ran towards the mansion but the butler grabbed his arm. "Young master, you cannot go back there! It's too dangerous! The fireman are on their way."
"I don't care! I don't---! Ryou!" Mokuba called out at he saw the Albino in the distance.
"Mokuba! Is everything all right?" Ryou shouted out as he closed up the distance.
"Seto is still in there!" the raven haired boy cried.
That was all Ryou had to hear before he dashed into the burning mansion.
At the park
"There you are Malik!" Tea cheerfully said.
To her surprise, she was rewarded with a sharp slap across the face. "You pathetic wrench! Ryou is in the mansion, he could be trapped in there!"
"It's not my fault, he was dumb enough to go into the fire," Tea hissed as her fingers cupped her bruised cheek. "How could you be so sure that was Ryou?"
"You idiot, who else has white hair in this City? Don't think you've got the upperhand, I had mind slaves in that mansion and they saw Ryou run in the house to find that bastard, Kaiba!" Malik growled. He pulled out his millenium rod and aimed the knife at Tea's neck. "If I were you, you better correct this error, or I would be more than happy to use you as a mind slave to save our little friend."
"Okay, okay, I'll go and help Ryou," Tea replied, fear evident in her eyes.
'Bakura is going to kill me...' Malik thought to himself.
Kaiba's Mansion
"Seto, Seto? Where are you?" Ryou called out loud. He start to cough as he searched around the living room. Then again, the mansion was a tenth of the size of Domino City. He stopped to think where Seto could be. He cursed himself for not bothering to ask Mokuba when he had the chance. The smoke and the overwhelming heat wasn't helping him think either, he'd have to do something about it. He ripped his sleeve off and found a sink where he soaked the fabric in water to provide a mask. At least now, he could last a little longer in the flame.
He thought for a second, if the CEO was in the main floor, he would have noticed there was a fire, he be on a higher floor and not know there was something wrong with his surrounding...he must still be asleep in his room. Ryou coughed a few more times and dizzily crawled up the stairs, about to give in to that inviting darkness.
Kaiba's mansion, the front gates.
"Oh no..how Seto and Ryou doing in there? What if they're dead?" Mokuba silently cried hugging himself in need of a little human warmth.
"Mokuba, you're safe," the brunette CEO sighed as he approached his young sibling and embraced him.
"Big Brother! I was so worried!" Mokuba sobbed into his arms. "How did you get out?"
"I jumped out of the window," the older Kaiba bluntly explained.
"And Ryou too?" Mokuba asked, being rather impressed with his brother's obsession with windows.
"What do you mean?" Seto raised a brow.
"You mean Ryou didn't come out with you?" Mokuba gasped. "He went in there to find you!"
Kaiba didn't bother to hear any thing else, he speedily entered the burning mansion, his brother's cries echoing faintly but not absorbed into his mind.
Kaiba's room
Ryou opened the door to the bedroom and entered it. "See--to?" Ryou choked out, his throat aching and burning. The Albino youth glanced around his surrounding and found spread blankets on the bed and an open window. Ryou sighed in relief, 'At least, he is safe...I ...It would be worth the effort even if I died here..." His chocolate eyes turned bloodshot and he sank to the floor. He crawled over to the window in hopes of getting some fresh air. He looked out from the window still. Strangely, he had an idea of jumping out of the window.
Heck, who does he think he is? He isn't the one and only Seto Kaiba who manages to jump out 4 stories. How did Kaiba do it anyway? Besides, in Ryou's semi-conscious form, he wouldn't be able on his feet even if he did exited out from the window. He slumped of the floor, willing to accept his hopeless death.
"Ryou?" A faint voice called out from the distance.
Ryou wondered whether it was death calling him or whether by chance, someone went back into the house to retrieve him...most likely not.
"Ryou! It's me!" The voice called out again.
The said boy's eyes widened as he recognized the voice. He opened his mouth to call for the CEO but nothing came out. His voicebox did not even seem to work. That did not discourage him as he crawled towards to the hall.
"Are you in here?" the brunette called out again. He hurriedly walked up the stairs in hopes of finding the Albino upstairs.
Judging by the echo of the CEO's voice, Ryou could tell that they both weren't even on the same floor. In fact, he could hear Kaiba walking up the stairs...and the sound had only begin. Ryou was on the fourth floor. By the time Seto found him, Ryou would probably had given his spark of life to the spirit world. The chocolate eyed boy wanted to reach for something to break in hopes of the CEO hearing but while he reached up for a flower pot. Ryou slumped to the floor, cold.
Aftermath, in the hospital
"Worthless hikari, you better wake up," Bakura spat, pinching the said one's face.
"...Am I dead?" Ryou whispered.
"Dead? Not quite dead," Seto replied, shoving the crazed Yami aside. "You're considered luckily...someone wasn't as fortunate as you were.."
"Hmmm?" Ryou weakly asked.
"When I found you, I tried to get us both out of the house. I went down the stairs but a huge hole in the stair case was separating us from from the outside. Tea then came in and offered to help by stretching out on the floor, over the hole like a mat. That allowed us to step over her. I think the pressure was too much for her and she fell into the basement."
"What? What happened to her?" Bakura shyly asked.
"Anyway, she broke her back, her leg, her elbow, her hip, a few fingers, shoulder...I forgot," Bakura conclude. "Well she got what she deserved, but than again, it was that idiotic Malik and her who caused the commotion. By the way, I have to see that bastard, he's doing community service and has to baby-sit that friendship girl." The spirit snorted and left the room.
"Ah..." Ryou smiled. "Well you look back to how you originally looked like," the albino angle continued, directing his soft gaze at the CEO.
"You were in bed for weeks, that dog Wheeler had to finish what you started...from what I know, our deal is over....I'll be expanding Kaiba Corp over at America. I'm leaving...Goodbye," with that the brunette grabbed his suitcase and headed out towards the door.
"Seto? Would I see you again?" Ryou asked meekly.
"I'm not sure, I'm sorry Ryou," Seto responded and left Ryou alone.
3 months later, at B Beautiful.
"Hmm...I wonder why Joey hasn't come to work," Ryou thought aloud. "He's skipped work for about two months." Just then a rather large customer entered the store. "Hello, how may I----JOEY!?!"
"Eh...Sorry I'm sorry! I was upset, I couldn't help myself," the blonde explained.
Ryou stared in disbelief, "You look like you've gained 50 pounds!"
"I did gain 50 pounds," Joey corrected. "Listen, Ryou, you've gotta help me!"
"Well I guess I could...but first, where has you been? Did you realize how busy it was here after you left? When people saw Seto's weight loss ad, this place became a beehi---" Ryou paused when he realized he mentioned Kaiba's name.
"I'm sorry! I'll help!" Joey pleaded.
Another person entered the store, this time, it was the mail man. "Special delivery," the man said before he dropped off a box and left the store.
"Now, what could this be?" Ryou curiously said and opened his gift. Inside was a necklace shaped like a duel card. Ryou then noticed the pendant could be opened to reveal a photo. It was a photo of Seto when he was 10. "So he does remember me," Ryou smiled and carefully adorn his gift.
The End.
Chapter 9: Resolution the final chapter
At the living room
"Thank god all those morons left..." Seto spoke loudly as he strolled around the empty room.
Just then Ryou entered the room speedingly to dial the phone. "Quick, Kaiba! What's the number for the emergency? Tea's in trouble!"
"Why do I care?" the CEO snorted and folded his arms. There was a slight glint of mischief in his eyes since he knew he was the one who put the lousy bitch where she belongs...On the floor with the rats eating her up. "Look, Ryou, I'm surrounded by servants all the time, you think I'd actually bother to remember the emergency number?"
"...Should I dial for the operator?" Ryou asked unassured.
"Yes...do prolong Tea's misery," Kaiba smirked.
"...So you are the one that pushed her...she said so herself!" Ryou gasped. "I can't believe you! I knew Tea was troublesome but that doesn't mean you should throw her out of a window? What are you? Some psychopath that pushes people to their deaths?"
".........Yes."
"You..You...Kaaaaibbaaaaa..." Ryou slowly in a bit of a silent wail. It was more of a complain to indicate that Ryou didn't like how Seto was trying to overpower him.
"What? She deserved it...Are you going to call or what?"
"Oh dear I almost forgot!"
"Now who's heartless?"
"Owww my head! Owww my bum!!! Owwie, owwie, owwie!" Tea cried as Honda had to pick her up and rest her on the sofa. Everyone soon began to flood the living room.
"Oh what happened to you? Dog bit your ass off?" Bakura mocked as he just entered the room followed by Joey.
"Tea are you all right?" Yugi asked concerned.
"NO! I'm not all right! Kaiba pushed me! HE pushed me! Someone take him away!" She pointed at the said CEO.
"I'm sure he didn't mean it Tea..." Ryou said quietly. He looked down on the floor without realizing the shocked glance he received from Kaiba.
"Oh oh...no! I broke a nail, owie, look it hurts..." Tea then complained to Yugi who sat beside her, worried.
"That's all right Tea...it'll be all right.." Yugi assured her and held her hand.
"No it won't be...look it hurts, owwwie," she wailed and stomped her feet just to get everyone's attention.
"Uh..oh no! Do I need to get you the ambulance?" Malik sarcastically said. His Yami and the Albino Yami both cackled with the remark. However, most of the people glared at the three boys. The people who were on Tea's side, that is.
"You three betta stop it! This is serious!" Joey ranted.
"Quiet human!" Bakura barked at him.
Yami on the other hand was a bit confused with what to do. Honestly, he didn't like Tea much because she was always whiny and pretended to appear weak. Not to mention she was so pretentious around everyone. He sort of wanted to agree with Malik. He glanced around the room as if looking for an answer but a small box on the coffee table caught his attention. On closer inspection, he realized it was a lunch box with his face on it but it had been drawn over with a pen. Worse off, the lunchbox image made him look like weevil with a fro, so he quickly stood in front of the lunchbox, covering it up effectively.
"Hmmph! Well," Tea snorted than redirected her gaze on the young CEO. "I'm going to sue your pants off, Kaiba! You watch! What you did was attempt murder!"
"I'm sure I'd win the case, afterall I could hire the best lawyers in the world and explain to them how you tried to advance on me first. Honestly, you're already going out with Yugi, you shouldn't try to make out with every guy you meet," Seto smirked as he knew he had the upperhand.
"What?....Tea, is he speaking the truth? You've been cheating on me?" Yugi asked.
"Guys..." Tristan spoke up.. "I believe Kaiba, Tea seduced more guys than I've ever tried flirting...I know because ...um...Well, I just know."
"Tristan,...why didn't ya say so earlier! Tea tried to seduce me before!" Joey added. The two best friends looked at each other and started hugging and sobbing..."It was horrible!"
The innocent tri-colored haired boy was in shock when he heard the news. "Oh my god! I knew what I'll do! I just runaway! That's it! I'm going to run away!" Yugi cried as he bolted out the door with Yami in hot pursuit, the lunchbox held tightly in his arms.
"No! Yugi, come back!" Tea cried out and stood up perfectly.
"I thought your were hurt so badly that you couldn't even move, Tea..." Ryou innocently stated and everyone else agreed.
"Eh ehm..Ohhhh owww! It hurts!" She cried again and quickly sat down in a perfect 90 degree angle.
"That's it...out of my house whore," Bakura spat and pointed at the door. "I didn't welcome you in the first place and now I can't stand you in the last place!"
"Oh like your house is soooo great! I rather be home!" Tea screamed at him and took off even faster then Yugi.
"And now for the rest of you mortals, out out out out! Even you, Kaiba!" Bakura pointed at the door.
"You're 15 seconds late," a female annoyingly said.
"Shut up...so you'll agree to your task?" A blonde tanned male asked.
"Well if it means getting back at my worst enemy, of course, I'll do it. Kaiba's mansion won't be standing by next morning.
"Excellent, wrench...be off. I'll meet up with you again later in the night."
"So it's settled, great working with you Malik," Tea proudly said, extending her hand out for a handshake to confirm their agreement.
"Do I have to?" Malik asked, looking down at her hand with disgust as if it was contaminated with diseases.
"We'll it'll be like a symbol of our friendship! So then everytime we walk by Kaiba's mansion, we'd think of each other...friend."
"Just to remind you, I'm not your friend, Gardner. Get the task done and then we go our separate ways," Malik hissed and quickly gave a weak handshake. They then both walked away from the location in different directions, Tea heading to the Kaiba mansion and Malik heading to the nearest washroom.
"Tomorrow, I'll have to be up early Mokuba so this is the only time I'll actually be able to get some sleep," Seto explained.
"Okay, well good night, Seto," Mokuba smiled and exited out of his brother's bedroom. He hopped downstairs to the living room so he could watch television. Sure, there was a television in his room but since his bedroom is beside his brother's, the young boy didn't want to disturb the hardworking CEO.
After the two hour television specials, Mokuba stretched out and lazily turned off the television. He was walking back towards the stairs when he inhaled an auroma of ashes and gasoline. Curious, he headed to the source of the scent which was in the kitchen. He gasped when he was faced with a massive flame slowly claiming the house. He looked around for the fire extinguisher, but he noticed that it was broken and smashed on the floor. Beside it was the fire alarm, also broken.
"FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!!!" Mokuba cried at the top of his lungs.
Ryou had just switched off the light that was illuminating his bedroom and he settled down on his bed.
He looked out at the window and sighed. Just like that, Seto left his company. Ryou would have really would have preferred the young CEO staying over a few more days, conversations with him was much more pleasant then talking to half crazed masochist and a giddily psychopath.
Just when the albino angel was about to get some shut eye, a red shimmer in the skies caught his attention. He moved over to the window to see a large grey fog surrounding the red light. It seemed like fire. Instantly, he recognized the exact location of the flame and hurried out the door, his coat in his hands.
"Have any of you seen Seto?" Mokuba asked his servants desperately. Everyone in the mansion seemed to have gathered at the front gates, all except the famous Seto Kaiba.
"No..."
"Lord Kaiba didn't come out?"
"Oh dear, master Kaiba is still in there?" came the numerous replies.
"You mean Seto is still in there!?!" Mokuba shrieked. "You all should be ashamed of yourselves! My big brother pays you all well, and look how you treat him!"
Mokuba ran towards the mansion but the butler grabbed his arm. "Young master, you cannot go back there! It's too dangerous! The fireman are on their way."
"I don't care! I don't---! Ryou!" Mokuba called out at he saw the Albino in the distance.
"Mokuba! Is everything all right?" Ryou shouted out as he closed up the distance.
"Seto is still in there!" the raven haired boy cried.
That was all Ryou had to hear before he dashed into the burning mansion.
"There you are Malik!" Tea cheerfully said.
To her surprise, she was rewarded with a sharp slap across the face. "You pathetic wrench! Ryou is in the mansion, he could be trapped in there!"
"It's not my fault, he was dumb enough to go into the fire," Tea hissed as her fingers cupped her bruised cheek. "How could you be so sure that was Ryou?"
"You idiot, who else has white hair in this City? Don't think you've got the upperhand, I had mind slaves in that mansion and they saw Ryou run in the house to find that bastard, Kaiba!" Malik growled. He pulled out his millenium rod and aimed the knife at Tea's neck. "If I were you, you better correct this error, or I would be more than happy to use you as a mind slave to save our little friend."
"Okay, okay, I'll go and help Ryou," Tea replied, fear evident in her eyes.
'Bakura is going to kill me...' Malik thought to himself.
"Seto, Seto? Where are you?" Ryou called out loud. He start to cough as he searched around the living room. Then again, the mansion was a tenth of the size of Domino City. He stopped to think where Seto could be. He cursed himself for not bothering to ask Mokuba when he had the chance. The smoke and the overwhelming heat wasn't helping him think either, he'd have to do something about it. He ripped his sleeve off and found a sink where he soaked the fabric in water to provide a mask. At least now, he could last a little longer in the flame.
He thought for a second, if the CEO was in the main floor, he would have noticed there was a fire, he be on a higher floor and not know there was something wrong with his surrounding...he must still be asleep in his room. Ryou coughed a few more times and dizzily crawled up the stairs, about to give in to that inviting darkness.
"Oh no..how Seto and Ryou doing in there? What if they're dead?" Mokuba silently cried hugging himself in need of a little human warmth.
"Mokuba, you're safe," the brunette CEO sighed as he approached his young sibling and embraced him.
"Big Brother! I was so worried!" Mokuba sobbed into his arms. "How did you get out?"
"I jumped out of the window," the older Kaiba bluntly explained.
"And Ryou too?" Mokuba asked, being rather impressed with his brother's obsession with windows.
"What do you mean?" Seto raised a brow.
"You mean Ryou didn't come out with you?" Mokuba gasped. "He went in there to find you!"
Kaiba didn't bother to hear any thing else, he speedily entered the burning mansion, his brother's cries echoing faintly but not absorbed into his mind.
Ryou opened the door to the bedroom and entered it. "See--to?" Ryou choked out, his throat aching and burning. The Albino youth glanced around his surrounding and found spread blankets on the bed and an open window. Ryou sighed in relief, 'At least, he is safe...I ...It would be worth the effort even if I died here..." His chocolate eyes turned bloodshot and he sank to the floor. He crawled over to the window in hopes of getting some fresh air. He looked out from the window still. Strangely, he had an idea of jumping out of the window.
Heck, who does he think he is? He isn't the one and only Seto Kaiba who manages to jump out 4 stories. How did Kaiba do it anyway? Besides, in Ryou's semi-conscious form, he wouldn't be able on his feet even if he did exited out from the window. He slumped of the floor, willing to accept his hopeless death.
"Ryou?" A faint voice called out from the distance.
Ryou wondered whether it was death calling him or whether by chance, someone went back into the house to retrieve him...most likely not.
"Ryou! It's me!" The voice called out again.
The said boy's eyes widened as he recognized the voice. He opened his mouth to call for the CEO but nothing came out. His voicebox did not even seem to work. That did not discourage him as he crawled towards to the hall.
"Are you in here?" the brunette called out again. He hurriedly walked up the stairs in hopes of finding the Albino upstairs.
Judging by the echo of the CEO's voice, Ryou could tell that they both weren't even on the same floor. In fact, he could hear Kaiba walking up the stairs...and the sound had only begin. Ryou was on the fourth floor. By the time Seto found him, Ryou would probably had given his spark of life to the spirit world. The chocolate eyed boy wanted to reach for something to break in hopes of the CEO hearing but while he reached up for a flower pot. Ryou slumped to the floor, cold.
"Worthless hikari, you better wake up," Bakura spat, pinching the said one's face.
"...Am I dead?" Ryou whispered.
"Dead? Not quite dead," Seto replied, shoving the crazed Yami aside. "You're considered luckily...someone wasn't as fortunate as you were.."
"Hmmm?" Ryou weakly asked.
"When I found you, I tried to get us both out of the house. I went down the stairs but a huge hole in the stair case was separating us from from the outside. Tea then came in and offered to help by stretching out on the floor, over the hole like a mat. That allowed us to step over her. I think the pressure was too much for her and she fell into the basement."
"What? What happened to her?" Bakura shyly asked.
"Anyway, she broke her back, her leg, her elbow, her hip, a few fingers, shoulder...I forgot," Bakura conclude. "Well she got what she deserved, but than again, it was that idiotic Malik and her who caused the commotion. By the way, I have to see that bastard, he's doing community service and has to baby-sit that friendship girl." The spirit snorted and left the room.
"Ah..." Ryou smiled. "Well you look back to how you originally looked like," the albino angle continued, directing his soft gaze at the CEO.
"You were in bed for weeks, that dog Wheeler had to finish what you started...from what I know, our deal is over....I'll be expanding Kaiba Corp over at America. I'm leaving...Goodbye," with that the brunette grabbed his suitcase and headed out towards the door.
"Seto? Would I see you again?" Ryou asked meekly.
"I'm not sure, I'm sorry Ryou," Seto responded and left Ryou alone.
"Hmm...I wonder why Joey hasn't come to work," Ryou thought aloud. "He's skipped work for about two months." Just then a rather large customer entered the store. "Hello, how may I----JOEY!?!"
"Eh...Sorry I'm sorry! I was upset, I couldn't help myself," the blonde explained.
Ryou stared in disbelief, "You look like you've gained 50 pounds!"
"I did gain 50 pounds," Joey corrected. "Listen, Ryou, you've gotta help me!"
"Well I guess I could...but first, where has you been? Did you realize how busy it was here after you left? When people saw Seto's weight loss ad, this place became a beehi---" Ryou paused when he realized he mentioned Kaiba's name.
"I'm sorry! I'll help!" Joey pleaded.
Another person entered the store, this time, it was the mail man. "Special delivery," the man said before he dropped off a box and left the store.
"Now, what could this be?" Ryou curiously said and opened his gift. Inside was a necklace shaped like a duel card. Ryou then noticed the pendant could be opened to reveal a photo. It was a photo of Seto when he was 10. "So he does remember me," Ryou smiled and carefully adorn his gift.
The End.