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A/N: Thanks for reading :) Here's chapter 20 :) Enjoy! –- Razzleteddy

Cry of Echoes

Joey widened his eyes then. He faced the screen and watched the young women in full awed. He would never have guessed in a million years. "Your mother..." he was just as stunned however he smiled softly. "She beautiful... you have the same eyes," he whispered while he rubbed his love's shoulder with tenderness. Suddenly he heard the young women start to sing this heavenly song while she sat down on the grass.

Seto eyes watered a bit as he gazed at her. He had forgotten how lovely her voice had sounded. It was like a sweet angel. The only reminder they had of their parents was an old photograph he managed to save before they sent away to live at the orphanage. Oh, how he yearned for so long to hear her voice once more and now here before his eyes, his wish he prayed for long was right in front of him.

Tears fell freely as he reached up and sooth the screen with his fingertips. Then abruptly he paused the tape and covered his eyes. That old pain he thought he buried a long time ago emerged for his heart. He felt it throb there, he sucked in a short sob that accidently escaped his lips.

Joey saddened his eyes. He reached over and embrace him, he rubbed his back slowly, "Its okay Seto…" he whispered into his chest.

"I'm okay Joey," Seto inhaled a shaky breath then stopped his tears from his eyes. "It's just… I wasn't expecting it that's all." He pulled away and wiped his face dry with numbness that overtook him.

Joey raised a brow worriedly, "Are you sure you're okay?" he looked up at him and noticed his face blank.

Seto nodded reassuringly, "Yeah." He faced the screen with a serious look, "I wonder how HE got this?"

"The guy on the tape, do you know who he is?" Joey rubbed his forehead and faced back to the screen as well, "Your father maybe?"

"No, that's not my father voice." Seto rubbed his chin as he thought deeply, "And my father's name wasn't Baiko either, it was Koto."

"So you don't know who he is then?" Joey turned back to him.

"Not exactly," Seto breathed heavy. "His voice matches the voice we've heard early, only a little bit younger." He creased his brow hard, "He's the same guy though."

Joey viewed the screen again, "So why is he with your mother?" he asked seriously. He should off the floor when felt his knees starting to ach.

Seto rubbed chin a little troubled, "I don't know…" He then picked up the three pictures and studied them intensely. "Chess pieces, a swing set in a playground and a building. What does it mean?" He asked himself, "There must be a connection here…" he went into deeper thought.

"Here let me look," Joey grabbed hold of the pictures and viewed it for a few minutes when suddenly something caught his eye. "Wait a sec… what's that?" he looked at it a little closer. "Hey, Seto look! There's a building behind the swing set! You barely see it but it's there!" he then turned to other picture, "And it looks exactly like the one in this picture!"

"Here let me see," Seto then reached over and viewed the pictures himself. "You're right. Hold on a sec." He stood up and walked slowly over to a machine in the far right corner, "Let's see if we can get a closer look." He put the pictures in and turned on the screen, which magnified it ten times more, "Joey, do you see that?" he pointed.

"Yeah," Joey then looked closer, "It looks like a sign but it's still too small. I can't read it," he frowned at that.

"Here," Seto magnified it more. "It's reads mmm..." he tried to focus it.

"Sea... Side... Orphanage," Joey read it out loud carefully then raised a brow. He wondered what it meant. He scratched at his head.

Seto sucked in a breath, he became shock again. "Seaside Orphanage!" he backed away a bit. No, it couldn't be.

Joey turned to him and wondered why he reacted like that, "What is it?"

Seto crumpled his brow with seriousness as he glared at the picture with his heated eyes. "It's the orphanage Mokuba and I live at. We were sent there after our parents died," he explained, "But that orphanage is closed down though."

"How old were you when you were sent there?"

"I don't know. Six or seven I think…"

"That's must be where they are then." Joey sighed slowly, "Do you think?"

Seto then crossed his arms intensely, "Oh yes they're probably there."

"When did they close the orphanage?" Joey raised a brow.

Seto shrugged a bit, "Two years ago." He then rubbed his chin again, deep down something bothered him but he couldn't put his finger on it quite yet.

"What?" Joey asked curiously, he viewed his face.

Seto just shook his head a bit, "Nothing. Come on, we have an appointment to keep," he voice was dark. He turned around and walked over to the door. "But first we need protection..." he stepped out and went across the hallway into a storage room.

Joey followed into the room where Seto was and widened his eyes in awed at sight before him. A bunch of guns everywhere he looked. "Whoa, you're seriously packing here."

Seto just smirked. He started to gathered variety of guns and loaded them in his pockets. "Here, be careful." He handed him a load gun, "You know how to shoot?"

Joey grabbed it nervously, "Hmm well… yeah sorta."

Seto inhaled a breath, "You just aim and fire," he simply said.

"Yeah, okay." Joey nodded unsurely then viewed around the room more. He still couldn't believe what he saw. "Why do you have so many freaking guns anyway?" he looked back to him.

Seto shrugged a bit, "I like to collect them."

Joey furrowed his brow in wonder, "How come you didn't tell me this?" He felt somewhat upset and wondered what else Seto wasn't telling him. He hated secrets more than Seto did.

Seto looked up with a small frown, "I'm sorry brown eyes. I mean, I've built this place before we've meet and honestly. I didn't want to scare you off. You probably would have thought I was crazy if you saw this." He looked down and picked up another gun, "I guess I should have told huh."

"Yeah, I guess you should have." Joey then crossed his arms with a smirk "Anyway, I've seen you do crazier things than this so it's okay." With that, he picked up another gun and shoved into his pocket.

Seto viewed him with relief, glad that he wasn't mad. He shook his head amusingly and pointed to a drawer. "Get us a couple of knives over there."

Joey nodded and did so, "Seto, I wondering." He went back over and handled him a blade. "Why did he give you a picture of chess pieces?"

Seto sighed as he wondered that himself, "I don't know for sure. When we stayed at the orphanage, I use to play a lot of chess." He said matter-of-factly, "Maybe he knew about it... maybe he saw me play. I did play my stepfather and won the game," he smirked at the fact but then frowned.

"Man," Joey rutted his brow, "He has been watching you since you were a kid. What a freak show." He shook his and his blade into his own pocket.

Seto just nodded again, "Come on, let's go." He walked toward the door with Joey close behind him and left their hideaway. He looked around cautiously to check if there were any police officers around, luckily there weren't. "It's clear, come on," they hurried to the car.

Joey rutted his brow, "Seto, how long would it take to get there?" He opened his car door. He looked at him briefly and saw him check his watch.

Seto glanced at his watched for a moment, "At least forty-five minutes. It's not that far," he opened his own door. Joey nodded a bit and was about to get in when someone interrupted them.

"Excuse me?"

They both jumped startled which caused Seto to quickly turned around and draw out his gun. He spotted the rifle with caution. "Who the hell are you? What do you want?" He demanded, "Drop your rifle!"

"Seto, careful!" Joey said with alarm.

"Now, now, cool it." The man held up a hand to show his peace, "I'm not going to do anything." The back haired man then put down the gun slowly upon the ground.

Seto then crinkly his brow intensely, he recognized him right away. "I know you! You're one the men in that room!" He stalked over to him with fiery, "Where's my brother! Is he at the orphanage? Tell me now!" he yelled and was about to shoot him.

"Easy kid, I-I'm Eizo, I came to help you." Eizo breathed nervously, "Yes, he's at the orphanage."

"Help!" Joey then wrinkled his brow seriously, "Ha, I don't believe you!"

"Why should we trust you?" Seto narrowed his eyes dangerously at him, "You're working for that crazy maniac."

"Yeah!" Joey crossed his arms, "He might be tricking us or something!" he narrowed his own eyes.

"Please," Eizo inhaled a breath, "I'm telling you the truth. I want to help you okay." He hoped they would give him a chance.

Seto then viewed the rifle on the ground. He creased his brow hard, "Were you shooting at me at the hotel?" he looked back at him.

Eizo shook his head, "That was Toson but I've stopped him from doing so." He then softened his face with worry. "Please, we don't have time for this. Mokuba's in grave danger."

Joey lined his faced with fear at the sound of that. "Maybe we should let him help us Seto." He walked around the car and up next to him, "I mean. We don't know what this loony has planned."

Seto put his gun down slowly as he thought for a moment. "All right then but if you try anything, anything. I won't think twice. I will kill you." With that, he stepped aside, "You drive. Joey, get the rifle." He never took his eyes off the man from that point on. He had to be careful with his steps because Joey was right. They didn't know what that Baiko character had planned for them. It could still be a trick.

Joey picked up the rifle while he watched Eizo walked slowly to the driver's side and got in. Then Seto got in the backseat while he got in the front passenger side. Once inside, he watched Eizo started the car then drove to the orphanage to rescue Mokuba.

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