What Once Was is Again
Diclaimer: I do not own any of the characters within Yugioh, minus Strawberry (who you will find out about in my fic). Said characters are also OOC. So live with it it's the way I write! Hehehe.
Warning: there have been minor to extreme changes within the characters of Yugioh, but it is all interesting changes no less and makes for interesting reading I must say.
As they entered the basement they were meet with a terrible sight. Blood was everywhere and there was Joey lying in it. He seemed to be dead because they saw no movement come from him. Then the noises of two struggling people caught their attention. Ryou was going head to head with his yami. Ryou was bleeding like heck and his yami was covered in blood or was bleeding, they couldn't tell. Marik was the first to move.
"Ryou!!!!" His scream caught the attention of both the dark and the light. Ryou stood in his place, petrified but Bakura snarled. He had enough of these friends of Ryou's. He lunged forward for Marik making him stop dead in his tracks. A blur flew past Marik and a short wave of shadow magic shot threw the room. Bakura was sent flying into the wall causing it to crack under the pressure. He fell to the floor with a dull thump. Malik stood there with his rod pulled out and his sennen eye shining brightly. His eyes were squinted at Bakura and the bridge of his nose was brought up in a wrinkle.
"No one hurts my aibou." His voice dripped like poison as he spoke to Bakura. Marik continued to run over to Ryou, seeing that he could now. He glomped the stiff white haired boy who caused Ryou to break out of his daze and looked at him.
"Ma...Marik!! What are you doing here?"
"We came to help you Ryou. I'm sorry I didn't notice along time ago that you were in trouble. I should have known."
"Don't feel sorry. There's no time too. We have to help Joey!" Marik looked at Joey who lied lifelessly on the floor. He nodded to Ryou and they walked over to pick up Joey. Ryou looked at the rest of them who stood there shocked. "Come help us pick up Joey." They all nodded and moved towards Joey.
"Don't you dare move an inch!" Bakura climbed back onto his feet. He lifted his head to stare at them. His eyes had a deranged look in them. Yami stepped forward to face Bakura. "You guys go help Joey me and Malik will take care of him." The yamis glared at Bakura. Bakura only backed up into the wall, facing them. His ring glinted in the light. Then it happened just like that. Malik made the first move and lunged for Bakura's throat drawing out his dagger. They clashed with a mighty force that caused the others to fall over. The two evil yamis were at each other's throats. Blood flew like rain and then Yami joined in the fray. They were going at Bakura with a force that threatened to rip the house apart. Ryou heard Bakura scream but forced him self to ignore it. They picked up Joey and carried him over to the stairs. Another surge of power belted past them throwing them against the steps hard. The yamis had blown each other away. Malik and Yami stared at Bakura. They didn't move until their lights got up the stairs with the others. They put up a shield to block Bakura from getting to them. Bakura stood up and glared furiously. His ring glowed and blasted energy at the other two. His power caused the lights in the house to blow and the others screamed as glass rained on them. The house shuddered and groaned under the power. Otogi's eyes shot open as he felt the blast run over his body. He sat up and looked around him. He spotted Strawberry sitting next to him with worry written over his face.
"This house is going to come apart!" Otogi hollered as he jumped out of the chair. He spotted Yugi and the others walk up the stairs into the living room. He ran over to them and pulled them near the couch. "Grab onto this couch and don't let go!" Otogi closed his eyes and started to chant. A blinding light appeared as they disappeared into a vortex. They reappeared outside at a distance from the house. Otogi grabbed Joey from they others and started his work at healing him. The others just stared in the direction of Ryou's house.
"What do you thinks going on in there?" Marik looked at Ryou. Ryou looked terrible. His hair was matted with blood that had fallen from an open wound or something. His clothes were filthy and also covered with the red substance. It was like a massacre in there no more like a blood bath. No one answered Marik's question. They all just stared solemnly towards the trembling house. Eventually Otogi came and took hold of Ryou's arm, leading him away from the rest. He needed some care as well. Ryou just followed along without a fuss. He was just too tired from everything that had happened. He just wanted to rest. He collapsed beside Otogi, pulling Otogi down a bit with his weight. Otogi still grasping his arm pulled him up and laid him on his back. He looked Ryou over. He seemed to be okay; just tired that's all.
"That's it Ryou. You can take a break now. Nothings going to happen to you anymore." Otogi placed his hands on Ryou's chest causing him to glow an earthly colour. He did this for a few minutes then took his hands away. Ryou had no more cuts or wounds on him. The blood that had been spilt early only remained. A sudden explosion erupted in the silence. A huge blast of light burst through the sky, lighting up Domino city. It shook the ground like an immense earthquake causing the others to lose their balance. They looked towards Ryou's house, shielding their eyes from the enormous light. Yugi got up onto his feet. His face went as white as a sheet. He wandered forward for a little and then stopped to whisper to no one in particular but himself. "Yami, what happened to you?" And then a huge burst of energy swept them all into the air.
The yamis were going head to head in the basement of the Bakura household. Dirt and plaster were falling on top in huge chunks. The walls were creaking and groaning under their immense amount of power. It was getting harder for them to fight under these conditions. Malik and Yami were trying to get Bakura out of the house but all he did was continuously strike, one after the other. He had placed himself in front of the two yamis, separating them from the stairs. They tried to through him aside but were only blasted back into the wall, causing the house to shift and sway. Yami had enough of this horsing around. Bakura was pissing him off so much it was getting harder to control his own power. If he let his power take control he would end up like Bakura, a mindless maniac. He stared into Bakura's eyes and saw nothing there but hatred and fear. Bakura had long since lost control of his ability to stay cool and was now attacking with no knowledge or tactics. He was now just using brute strength. Yami also feared on continuing this pointless battle in the fact that someone outside could get severely hurt, most likely his friend and aibou. Malik also had enough of Bakura but didn't care what would happen if he attacked. He just wanted out of this cement dungeon. It was starting to drive him nuts. All he needed was space to finish Bakura off and cool down a bit. He now just needed to get outside and the only way out was through Bakura. Malik looked at Yami for reassurance. The darker side of Yugi wanted out as well but was wearier. He nodded his head in agreement and the both lurched forward in a last attempt to get out. Bakura saw this and felt that he had no choice but to protect himself. He held up his ring and meets them dead on in and in an ear splitting explosion. Their power collided with each other and caused a big bang. It blew the house apart sending it flying everywhere and themselves along with it. The explosion disintegrated the next four blocks and caused others to shatter. Houses at a further proximity were only flattened but further away received minor damages, like roofs blowing off and walls collapsing inwards. This blew out all the electricity in the city causing a major black out. People on the other side of the city could see the eruption clearly and were all scarred shitless. They thought it was a terrorist attack. They panicked thinking it was the end for them and it caused a riot. Things only got worse from there for normal people. Screams could be heard faintly in the distant as Otogi lifted his head. A moan escaped his lips as he felt a terrible pain in his back. He reached behind himself and pulled out a bar that had been sticking out of the rubble. He seemed lucky enough not to have been impaled on it. Otogi grabbed on to a pile of bricks and house and hauled himself up into a standing position. He looked around himself and found that he had been lucky enough, again, that he was outside and not under anything. Nothing seemed to be broken so he healed himself so he could find everyone else. Otogi jumped down from the pile of broken down house and glanced around. Everything was torn up and looked nothing like before all this happened. It went on for miles it looked like. He could hear people panicking in the distance. Those poor fools thought Otogi. They didn't deserve this. As Otogi kept wandering a slow movement caught his eye. A little moan crept up to his ear. 'The person must be alive.' Thought Otogi as he ran to were he heard the voice. He saw a white head poking out from underneath something. It looked like a tub but he wasn't to sure. He looked at the person. Could it be Ryou? He then spotted a ponytail on the back of the head. It was Strawberry. He must have taken over Ryou's body to spare the poor boy. Otogi bent down and pushed the hair out of Strawberry's face.
"Strawberry, are you all right?"
"I'm still moving you ass hole. Help get this thing of off me. I think it's crushing my back." Otogi nodded and grabbed on to the object. He pulled and lifted it into the air, tossing it aside to land in another junk pile. He helped Strawberry to his feet.
"Thanks. Can you sense anyone through all this trash?"
"Let me see." Otogi closed his eyes and concentrated hard. He jolted a bit and his eyes flew open. "There are small amounts of energy coming from somewhere over there. Come on." Otogi jumped over the so-called building with Strawberry following behind slowly. He stopped at a pile of debris and started to dig.
"I can feel it get stronger. Is anyone under there?" A faint yes answered him. He dug faster to relieve who ever were under there from the pressure. He finally hit a hole; it seemed to be an air pocket. Lavender eyes meet his emerald green. Yugi poked his head out of the hole. He seemed to be okay.
"Joey's under here with me. He somehow ended up beside me. I guess I was blown towards him." Yugi was so relieved he wasn't dead. He tried to pull himself out but something burned inside of him and his whole body began to ache. He fell back with a painful yelp.
"Yugi!! What's wrong?"
"I...I don't know! It hurts to move." Otogi started to dig some more. Strawberry lent a hand this time as he had finally made it to where Otogi stood.
"Don't worry Yugi. We'll dig you out. Can you check and see if Joey is still alive for me."
"I...I can hear breathing. I don't know if his hurt though. He must be unconscious." Otogi had made a big enough hole to see Yugi clearly. He was a mess. His head was bleeding slightly and his body seemed rattled. Something must have been broken cause he seemed to be having a hard time moving. Otogi reached in and grabbed his body.
"This may hurt Yugi so hold onto me." He lifted Yugi up into his arms. Yugi screamed and began to shudder in Otogi's arms. Something had to be broken. Maybe a couple of ribs but this could be bad because one of his organs could have been punctured. They had to watch Yugi carefully.
"It...it...hurts!" Otogi placed him on the ground. Yugi whimpered from the pain but put on a tough face. He didn't want to be seen as a total wimp. "Get Joey out and see if he's alright. Please? He's my best friend and I don't want him to die."
"Hold still Yugi. I'm going to heal you." Otogi bent over and started his progress on Yugi. Strawberry went into the hole and down into the basement to retrieve Joey. A few minutes' later Joeys head poked through the hole and you could hear Strawberry grunting under the blonde teens weight. After finishing with Yugi, Otogi hauled him out and placed him on the ground beside the little guy. Strawberry crawled out the hole and landed on the ground panting.
"God that kid is heavy!" Strawberry crawled over to where Yugi and Joey sat. He rested beside them for a minute to catch his breath. He looked down at Yugi, pondering something but shook his head as if he shouldn't have thought of what ever had crossed his mind. He eventually clambered to his feet and rejoined Otogi.
"You stay here with Joey, Yugi. Strawberry and me are of to see if the others are still alive. We'll try not to be long but just in case I don't want you to move all right?"
"Okay. I'll stay put but do you think my yami is still out there?"
"Its possible Yugi. He is a spirit after all." Otogi turned and wandered of in some direction, searching for any other signs of life. Strawberry walked off in another direction leaving Yugi with Joey to think things over. Yugi sighed and looked towards the sky, noticing that there was a slight hint of the sun rising, slowly revealing the damage that had been caused from the battle. Yugi smiled as he waited for it to soon be dawn and that the dreadful night would be over.
Marik coughed out loud as he regained consciousness. His head felt like it was going to split open from the dull pain thumping away hard against his skull. He opened his eyes slowly to try and slow down the pain. It didn't seem to work. He brought his hand up to brush his hair out of his eyes. His arm didn't seem to be broken, let alone the fact that his body ached all over. He brought himself up to a sit and checked himself. Nope, nothing was broken but he was bleeding from various spots and he was sure he would get major bruises from this. He sluggishly pulled himself to a stand. His legs still worked and didn't collapse out from under him. He just seemed a little unstable at the moment. Marik looked around himself. His eyes widened in shock causing his pupils to shrink. Everything was basically demolished in this proximity.
"Holy crap! How did I survive that blast? Must be luck. I wonder if anyone else survived it? Wait!! My yami was right in the middle of it!!! Where could he be? YAMI!!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!!! ANSWER ME!! PLEASE ANSWER!!! Oh please be all right." Marik stumbled around dumbly for a while. He couldn't believe what happened here. He was walking blindly forward until his foot got caught on something causing him to trip and fall to the ground. He landed with a dull thump and let a groan escape from his lips. He looked down to see what had tripped and all most screamed at what meet his lilac eyes. Instead he swallowed it with a hard gulp and sat up to touch it. It was a leg sticking out from underneath of what could only be described as a big piece of cement.
"Who is that? Oh Ra I hope he's still alive but I highly doubt it. That shoe looks like Noa's. Oh, wait that is Noa's. Oooooohhhhh shit!" Marik scrambled to his feet to see if he could fine Noa on the other side but there was only a pile of rubble there. He considered his facts and started to dig. Maybe the rock had only landed on Noa's leg or legs. There still could be a slight chance that Noa wasn't crushed under there but it was very slim. Marik's body started to ache all over again as he continued to try and free the green haired Kaiba. His fingers were digging through dirt and grit for some time until he hit a soft green tuft of hair. His eyes lighted up with joy. He practically did a back flip with joy that he had reach Noa's head. He actually found Noa. He stopped in his marvelling and continued to plough through the ground to reveal Noa's face.
"Yes!!" Marik jumped up in the air but came down with a little yelp and rubbed his back. "Damn body." He resumed on in tunnelling Noa out of his early grave. The tanned blonde succeeded pulling out the whole body except for the legs, which were stuck under the boulder. Marik then noticed Noa was lying in a pool of his own blood.
"Crap! How long has he been bleeding like this?" Marik placed his ear over the wealthy boy's mouth to try and hear if he was still breathing. A small breath of air ran over his ear. It was slight but it was still there. Noa still had a chance to live but Marik didn't know how long that would last.
"I'm not strong enough to move that stupid piece of crud. If I pushed on it, it would probably crush the rest of his legs. I wish my yami were here. Maybe there's a chance Otogi can hear me." With that Marik started to scream out Otogi's name out loud and in his mind. Otogi was wandering around, pushing rocks aside when he heard his name being called out. 'Someone else is moving around? Oh thank god!' Otogi dashed of towards the voice he heard calling out to him. He rounded a bend and almost ran smack into Marik.
"Holy crap!! Could you watch were you're running!!"
"Marik, you're walking! You're also bleeding from vital spots!"
"I don't care right now. Lift that boulder off of Noa's legs. He needs attention right away or he'll be gone forever!" Otogi finally noticed the other blood that was now leaking out from under the heap of stone, wall and wood. He braced him self and pointed towards the boulder that was lying on Noa's legs. There was a slight shudder through the ground but the boulder slowly raised into the brightening sky. Otogi placed it beside them and then rushed over to Noa's aid. The boy was in bad shape before all this so none of it helped his condition. He was now considered to be in intensive care but Otogi leaned over and placed his hands on the kid's severely damaged legs. The was a sick cracking noise, a few popping sounds here and there then a bright light glowed around Noa. He seemed to be fine afterwards but still he didn't move.
"He's all healed now but still weak from the great amount of blood he lost. It should be awhile before he opens his eyes. Lets hope he can recuperate quickly from all this." Otogi turned to eye Marik. Marik just looked at him with a blank look.
"What?"
"Come here so I can fix you up before you faint from the loss of blood." Marik walked over to Otogi now realizing how tired his body seemed to be. He slumped next to Otogi and leaned against him for support. Otogi did the same thing to Marik as he had done to Noa. Marik felt his wounds close together. He made a gagging noise at how gross it felt.
"The next time you do that to me make sure I'm out cold." Otogi only laughed for the first time in awhile. The situation with Bakura had been a tough one and it sure did drag on. Sleep was slowly creeping over his body once more but he had other things to do. Otogi stood up and glanced around him some more.
"We've found you, Noa, Yugi, Joey and Strawberry has Ryou safe. That leaves the other two Kaiba brothers, Yami, Malik and.... Bakura." Marik peeked down at the ground with a grave expression mounting on his face. Otogi patted him on the head but heard Strawberry's voice call over to him.
"Otogi, I've found a piece of Kaiba's jacket! He must be nearby." The distant voice ended silently and the soft grind of cement could be heard. Otogi answered back. "I'll be right there Strawberry. Come on Marik. Pick up Noa and help me look for the ones that are left." Marik nodded and picked up Noa and slung him over his shoulder. They wandered off in the direction where Strawberry had shouted. They reached him in a short time and looked at the material that he was holding in his hand. Sure enough it had come from Seto's trench coat. So somewhere in the mess were Kaiba and maybe his brother. Strawberry sniffed the piece of clothing and then smelled the air. Strawberry's actions made Marik quirk his eyebrow.
"Is he a bloodhound or something?"
"He's trying to find Kaiba's energy or trade mark scent. Do you have anything Strawberry?" Strawberry's nose wrinkled and he turned to look at Otogi.
"I think I've found him but it's hard to make out. The smell is very weak."
"Show us the direction Strawberry." Strawberry nodded and took off in the direction he believed Seto was. Otogi and Marik followed after him, hoping that the Kaiba brother's were still alive.
Seto was jostled out of unconsciousness by the sound of desperate cries. He slowly opened his eyes and a quiet moan escaped from his lips. He couldn't quite remember what had happened to them earlier and he had no clue where he was. Everything looked unnatural to him. He turned his head painfully to the side to try and get a glimpse of his surroundings. All he saw though was just huge piles of cement and dirt. A few metal things protruded out from underneath all of the rubble but that was all. Where was everyone? Where they still alive? He shut his eyes to try to remember what had happened. He remembered that there was a terrible noise and a huge flash of light. He then jumped to the side and had grabbed Mokuba to protect his little brother from the horrible power. He had placed himself between the blast and Mokuba, shielding his brother with his body. The rest had happened so quickly that it was all a blur to him. His heart stopped beating from what he had remembered. Mokuba, where was he now? Seto then heard the crying pleas again and was brought back to reality. He couldn't make out what it was saying but his heart began to race as he realized they sounded like his little brother. Seto's eyes shot open and a panicked look resided in his icy blue eyes. Seto started to call his brothers name trying to find where he was.
"Mokuba!! Where are you? Mokuba! Mokuba!!!" His heart pounded in his ears. It felt like his insides were twisting and writhing from the suspense. Seto started shaking uncontrollably. He couldn't hear the cries anymore and it felt like his head was going to split in two. His body was now in terrible pain from the strain he was causing it. He felt like he was going to cry. Little arms wrapped around his chest and he felt hands clasp his sides. He could hear whimpering and soft crying. "It's okay Seto. Don't be afraid, I'm right here." Mokuba looked up at his brother's face. The panicked look had subsided a little and Seto's body had stopped shaking underneath him. He's chest was now rising and falling hard. Raspy gasps escaped his elder brother's lips. Tears were still falling from Mokuba's eyes as he stared at his brother's form. Seto was in bad shape and it was all because he had to save Mokuba.
"Calm down Seto. You're hurt badly. I don't want you to hurt yourself anymore."
"Are you alright, Mokuba? I have to know! Tell me if anything's hurt." Mokuba hesitated before he answered Seto's question. "I'm fine Seto. You protected me from the blast." Mokuba didn't want his brother to worry about him. Seto was going through enough pain by the looks on his face.
"I want to know where you're hurt, Seto. Can you tell were it hurts the most?"
"I'm fine Mokuba. Don't worry about me."
"But Seto, you're bleeding from your head and you could be bleeding from other places that I can't see." Seto just made a complaining whine as Mokuba pulled out his bandana and started to baby the cut on his forehead. He ran his hands through Seto's hair to try and find blood anywhere else on his head. Mokuba let lose a glad sigh has he found no other gashes on Seto's head. He was glad Seto's head wasn't cracked open. Seto fired up on more complains when Mokuba was trying to nurse him. He lifted his arms and tried to hold Mokuba so he could check him for any wounds but he gasped in pain and let his arms fall back to his sides. Damn yamis was all that raced through his head at the moment. Mokuba crawled of Seto to get a look at his brother's position. Seto was lying awkwardly on a huge piece of cement that lifted him off the ground. It looked painful to Mokuba but Seto just tried to sit up and would always seem to fail. Mokuba noticed that the rock had a red substance running down it and there was a lot. It was coming from Seto. Seto called out Mokuba's name. "Mokuba, get over here! Something could be broken or you could have a serious cut that I don't know about. Let me help you!" Seto was getting impatient and there was a small amount of desperate need to see his brother in the tone of his voice. Mokuba felt like butterflies were flying around in his stomach. His brother could be dying and didn't know it.
"Seto, you're bleeding from your back! You're seriously hurt! I have a few cuts and scrapes but you're injured badly!" Seto had enough of lying on his back, trying to get Mokuba to come to him. He took a few deep breaths and gritted his teeth. He was going to try to push past the pain so he could reach Mokuba. With great effort Seto rolled over and placed his arms underneath him for some support. He lifted up off the rock, his arms shaking like it was the first time he had used them. He got himself into a sitting position and he started to breath really hard. Everything in his body screamed in pain. With great effort he put his feet on the ground and stood up. Mokuba was shocked and practically crying.
"Seto, lie down! You're going to hurt yourself." Seto ignored his cries and tried to walk towards his brother. His face contorted in pain and his legs started shaking underneath him. Eventually his whole body trembled from the pain and his legs gave out from underneath him. He fell forward with a shocked look in his blue eyes. Mokuba rushed over to try and catch Seto. He caught his elder brother in his arms but was dragged down with Seto. Seto screamed out in anguish causing his body to tremble. He started coughing harshly and blood flew out his mouth. Mokuba screamed his brother's name. He sat himself up and wrapped his arms underneath Seto's armpits to support his brother. He clung to Seto like he was his lifeline. Tears rolled down his cheeks once more and he started to shake. He buried his face in his brother's soft brown hair, trying to block his wails from his brother. He felt his brother's chest rise hard against his arms. Mokuba sat there for a few minutes in silence, listening to his brother's breathing. He finally raised his tear streaked face from Seto's know soaked hair.
"It's okay Seto. Otogi will find us. He'll save you. Please don't die on me!" Mokuba felt gently hands run along his cheek. He looked down to see Seto's sapphire eyes glancing up at him. A small smile was tugging at the corners of Seto's mouth.
"Don't cry Mokie." Mokuba gasped as Seto said his old nickname that he use to use when they were in the orphanage. Mokuba sniffled and let a smile creep onto his face. He once again pulled out his bandana and gingerly wiped away the blood on Seto's face. He could now feel that his legs were wet. Probably from Seto's back he thought.
"Seto, I'm going to check your back. You can hold onto me if it hurts too much. Don't be afraid to squeeze either, okay?" Seto just nodded his head in reply. Mokuba placed his hands under Seto's arms and griped his brother's jacket tightly. He felt Seto's arms wrap around his waist and his head resting against his stomach. Mokuba grunted as he tried to shift Seto onto his stomach. Seto just took in long breaths of air as Mokuba succeeded on rolling him over completely. Mokuba's air got locked in his throat as he looked down upon his brother's back. He trembled slightly but held himself from gagging to appear strong in front of his brother. He gulped and reached down a shaky hand towards small of Seto's back. There was a huge tear in his trench coat and it was soaked in blood. How could Seto not feel that? He must have but just didn't want Mokuba to worry so he said nothing of it. Mokuba peeled Seto's coat back and noticed his shirt was even worse. He also noticed the blood had traveled down to the base of Seto's pants and was still continuing to seep through the material. Mokuba had never seen so much blood before and the thought of it coming from his own brother's back made him feel woozy. Mokuba steadied himself and brought up all his courage to pull Seto's shirt up. He grabbed the wet material and started to pull it loose from being tucked under Seto's pants. He stopped and glanced down at Seto's face. His eyes were closed and he was now sweating and breathing in short rasps. He felt Seto's grip tighten around his waist, pulling on his clothes a bit, which were balled in his fists. Mokuba eyes began to water all over again when he looked at his brother. He closed his eyes tight and pulled the shirt up to Seto's shoulders. He hesitated before he cracked an eye open to peer at Seto's back. His greyish eyes burst open and he began to cry hard, dropping his face back into his brother's hair. His arms wrapped around the upper part of Seto's torso and tried with all his might and pulled Seto close to his face. Mokuba snuggled his face into the crevice of Seto's neck were it meet with the shoulder. The pressure that was applied to this area caused Seto reflexes to act up. His head flopped over on top of Mokuba's and his shoulder arched a bit upwards. Mokuba felt Seto's head land on his with a soft thump and his shoulder shift under his cheek. Seto moaned as Mokuba basically breathed down the back of his neck. Mokuba pulled the shirt back over the tremendous wound so he couldn't see it anymore. If he had to look at it any longer he was going to faint. He went back to holding onto Seto. His crying was causing his breathing to come in short breaths. He pushed his face further into Seto and cried out his brother's name.
"Seto! (Sob, sob, whimper) Seto! (Sniffle, whimper, sob) Setoooooo!!!" Mokuba didn't hear or notice Strawberry appear at the top of a mound of cement. The shout from Strawberry caused Mokuba to whip his head up causing him slit dizziness.
"Otogi!! I've found the Kaiba brothers! Them seem to be hurt badly!" Mokuba was so over run by joy that a huge smile spread across his face. He shook Seto slightly to try and get a rise from him. "Seto, they found us! You're saved!! Please hold on!" Seto just moaned slightly as his body slumped against Mokuba's. His eyes fluttered slightly but the look in his eyes was dreadful. Instead of a bright colour of blue they were a dull shade, which made it look like he was drugged. Mokuba just held him closer. Strawberry had slid down the hill and was now sprinting towards them. Otogi and Marik came over the horizon shortly after and bounded down the slope and ran towards Mokuba and Seto. Marik stopped and looked around him.
"Look at all this blood. Jeez, you Kaiba's seem to be over run by bad luck." Marik placed Noa down onto the ground beside Mokuba, which caused Mokuba to freak out. The kid seemed to be going through a lot of stress but he looked okay none the less. Otogi knelt down beside Mokuba. "Seto will be all right Mokuba, just hand him over to me so I can heal him." He looked at Mokuba keenly. Mokuba loosened his grip on Seto reluctantly and let Otogi take hold of him. Seto groaned as he felt stronger and bigger hands grab his body. He looked over to face whoever had grabbed hold of him. His eyes were half lidded and it looked like it took a lot out of the CEO. Otogi shook his head at the CEO and pulled him closer to himself. Mokuba gasped as he was pulled along with Seto. He then remembered Seto's arms were still wrapped around his waist and his grip was as tight as ever.
"Otogi, Seto's still holding onto me." Grunted Mokuba. Otogi realized this and tried to pull Seto's hands off of his little brother.
"It's okay Seto. You can let go of Mokuba. He's fine." Seto shook his head in response and answered Otogi. "No." It came out weak but Otogi heard it. "I need to protect Mokie." His whisper was barely audible but Mokuba had caught it. Mokuba then felt Seto rest his head on his shoulder, tightening his grip around Mokuba even more. Otogi smiled at the resilient CEO and looked at the source of Seto's injury. He pulled Seto's clothes back and heard Mokuba whimper slightly as he shoved his face back into Seto's hair.
"Eewie!!" Otogi looked up and saw Marik standing there with a disgusted look on his face. Marik noticed he was being watched by Otogi, who had a "what the hell' look plastered on his face. Marik coughed.
"What? Just look at it. It makes me want to barf! His back looks like it was maimed in that one spot. Just in that one spot. And blood is gushing from that wound. I bet if you opened it a bit you could see his organs."
"Shut up Marik." With that said, Otogi placed his hands on Seto's back and repeated what he had done for the others. There was a sickening sloshing sound and Seto's gapping wound closed up and disappeared. There was no trace of it left, except for the blood that had spilled from it. Otogi got up on his feet and bent over to haul Seto to his feet. Mokuba came up with Seto as well, for Seto was still clinging to him like a lifeline. Seto couldn't stand on his own two feet. He swayed and fell backwards with Mokuba. Mokuba screamed but felt Seto jolt as something caught him. Strawberry had caught Seto by the arms. He adjusted he hands and placed them under Seto's armpits. He then wrapped his arms around Seto's chest and placed his head on his shoulder. Otogi bent down and pick up Seto's legs. He pulled himself up towards Seto's crotch and placed his hands at the juncture behind the kneecap, wrapping his arms around Seto's thighs. Mokuba just lay on Seto's chest with his brother's arms still wrapped around his waist. This was going to be a fun ride. Mokuba looked at Seto's face and noticed life was crawling back into his brother's eyes. They were now the full colour his eyes were meant to be, sapphire blue. But his brother still appeared to be tired but in a better condition.
"You can go to sleep Seto." Seto's reply was a yawn and he sleepily closed his eyelids. He fell asleep from the gentle rock the two were creating and to the sound of his brother's voice. Mokuba smiled and enjoyed his little ride, snuggling into his brother's embrace. Marik followed behind Otogi and Strawberry, carrying Noa with him. They decided to go back to Yugi and see if he was all right. Once they were all together again, they would begin their search for the yamis.
Diclaimer: I do not own any of the characters within Yugioh, minus Strawberry (who you will find out about in my fic). Said characters are also OOC. So live with it it's the way I write! Hehehe.
Warning: there have been minor to extreme changes within the characters of Yugioh, but it is all interesting changes no less and makes for interesting reading I must say.
As they entered the basement they were meet with a terrible sight. Blood was everywhere and there was Joey lying in it. He seemed to be dead because they saw no movement come from him. Then the noises of two struggling people caught their attention. Ryou was going head to head with his yami. Ryou was bleeding like heck and his yami was covered in blood or was bleeding, they couldn't tell. Marik was the first to move.
"Ryou!!!!" His scream caught the attention of both the dark and the light. Ryou stood in his place, petrified but Bakura snarled. He had enough of these friends of Ryou's. He lunged forward for Marik making him stop dead in his tracks. A blur flew past Marik and a short wave of shadow magic shot threw the room. Bakura was sent flying into the wall causing it to crack under the pressure. He fell to the floor with a dull thump. Malik stood there with his rod pulled out and his sennen eye shining brightly. His eyes were squinted at Bakura and the bridge of his nose was brought up in a wrinkle.
"No one hurts my aibou." His voice dripped like poison as he spoke to Bakura. Marik continued to run over to Ryou, seeing that he could now. He glomped the stiff white haired boy who caused Ryou to break out of his daze and looked at him.
"Ma...Marik!! What are you doing here?"
"We came to help you Ryou. I'm sorry I didn't notice along time ago that you were in trouble. I should have known."
"Don't feel sorry. There's no time too. We have to help Joey!" Marik looked at Joey who lied lifelessly on the floor. He nodded to Ryou and they walked over to pick up Joey. Ryou looked at the rest of them who stood there shocked. "Come help us pick up Joey." They all nodded and moved towards Joey.
"Don't you dare move an inch!" Bakura climbed back onto his feet. He lifted his head to stare at them. His eyes had a deranged look in them. Yami stepped forward to face Bakura. "You guys go help Joey me and Malik will take care of him." The yamis glared at Bakura. Bakura only backed up into the wall, facing them. His ring glinted in the light. Then it happened just like that. Malik made the first move and lunged for Bakura's throat drawing out his dagger. They clashed with a mighty force that caused the others to fall over. The two evil yamis were at each other's throats. Blood flew like rain and then Yami joined in the fray. They were going at Bakura with a force that threatened to rip the house apart. Ryou heard Bakura scream but forced him self to ignore it. They picked up Joey and carried him over to the stairs. Another surge of power belted past them throwing them against the steps hard. The yamis had blown each other away. Malik and Yami stared at Bakura. They didn't move until their lights got up the stairs with the others. They put up a shield to block Bakura from getting to them. Bakura stood up and glared furiously. His ring glowed and blasted energy at the other two. His power caused the lights in the house to blow and the others screamed as glass rained on them. The house shuddered and groaned under the power. Otogi's eyes shot open as he felt the blast run over his body. He sat up and looked around him. He spotted Strawberry sitting next to him with worry written over his face.
"This house is going to come apart!" Otogi hollered as he jumped out of the chair. He spotted Yugi and the others walk up the stairs into the living room. He ran over to them and pulled them near the couch. "Grab onto this couch and don't let go!" Otogi closed his eyes and started to chant. A blinding light appeared as they disappeared into a vortex. They reappeared outside at a distance from the house. Otogi grabbed Joey from they others and started his work at healing him. The others just stared in the direction of Ryou's house.
"What do you thinks going on in there?" Marik looked at Ryou. Ryou looked terrible. His hair was matted with blood that had fallen from an open wound or something. His clothes were filthy and also covered with the red substance. It was like a massacre in there no more like a blood bath. No one answered Marik's question. They all just stared solemnly towards the trembling house. Eventually Otogi came and took hold of Ryou's arm, leading him away from the rest. He needed some care as well. Ryou just followed along without a fuss. He was just too tired from everything that had happened. He just wanted to rest. He collapsed beside Otogi, pulling Otogi down a bit with his weight. Otogi still grasping his arm pulled him up and laid him on his back. He looked Ryou over. He seemed to be okay; just tired that's all.
"That's it Ryou. You can take a break now. Nothings going to happen to you anymore." Otogi placed his hands on Ryou's chest causing him to glow an earthly colour. He did this for a few minutes then took his hands away. Ryou had no more cuts or wounds on him. The blood that had been spilt early only remained. A sudden explosion erupted in the silence. A huge blast of light burst through the sky, lighting up Domino city. It shook the ground like an immense earthquake causing the others to lose their balance. They looked towards Ryou's house, shielding their eyes from the enormous light. Yugi got up onto his feet. His face went as white as a sheet. He wandered forward for a little and then stopped to whisper to no one in particular but himself. "Yami, what happened to you?" And then a huge burst of energy swept them all into the air.
The yamis were going head to head in the basement of the Bakura household. Dirt and plaster were falling on top in huge chunks. The walls were creaking and groaning under their immense amount of power. It was getting harder for them to fight under these conditions. Malik and Yami were trying to get Bakura out of the house but all he did was continuously strike, one after the other. He had placed himself in front of the two yamis, separating them from the stairs. They tried to through him aside but were only blasted back into the wall, causing the house to shift and sway. Yami had enough of this horsing around. Bakura was pissing him off so much it was getting harder to control his own power. If he let his power take control he would end up like Bakura, a mindless maniac. He stared into Bakura's eyes and saw nothing there but hatred and fear. Bakura had long since lost control of his ability to stay cool and was now attacking with no knowledge or tactics. He was now just using brute strength. Yami also feared on continuing this pointless battle in the fact that someone outside could get severely hurt, most likely his friend and aibou. Malik also had enough of Bakura but didn't care what would happen if he attacked. He just wanted out of this cement dungeon. It was starting to drive him nuts. All he needed was space to finish Bakura off and cool down a bit. He now just needed to get outside and the only way out was through Bakura. Malik looked at Yami for reassurance. The darker side of Yugi wanted out as well but was wearier. He nodded his head in agreement and the both lurched forward in a last attempt to get out. Bakura saw this and felt that he had no choice but to protect himself. He held up his ring and meets them dead on in and in an ear splitting explosion. Their power collided with each other and caused a big bang. It blew the house apart sending it flying everywhere and themselves along with it. The explosion disintegrated the next four blocks and caused others to shatter. Houses at a further proximity were only flattened but further away received minor damages, like roofs blowing off and walls collapsing inwards. This blew out all the electricity in the city causing a major black out. People on the other side of the city could see the eruption clearly and were all scarred shitless. They thought it was a terrorist attack. They panicked thinking it was the end for them and it caused a riot. Things only got worse from there for normal people. Screams could be heard faintly in the distant as Otogi lifted his head. A moan escaped his lips as he felt a terrible pain in his back. He reached behind himself and pulled out a bar that had been sticking out of the rubble. He seemed lucky enough not to have been impaled on it. Otogi grabbed on to a pile of bricks and house and hauled himself up into a standing position. He looked around himself and found that he had been lucky enough, again, that he was outside and not under anything. Nothing seemed to be broken so he healed himself so he could find everyone else. Otogi jumped down from the pile of broken down house and glanced around. Everything was torn up and looked nothing like before all this happened. It went on for miles it looked like. He could hear people panicking in the distance. Those poor fools thought Otogi. They didn't deserve this. As Otogi kept wandering a slow movement caught his eye. A little moan crept up to his ear. 'The person must be alive.' Thought Otogi as he ran to were he heard the voice. He saw a white head poking out from underneath something. It looked like a tub but he wasn't to sure. He looked at the person. Could it be Ryou? He then spotted a ponytail on the back of the head. It was Strawberry. He must have taken over Ryou's body to spare the poor boy. Otogi bent down and pushed the hair out of Strawberry's face.
"Strawberry, are you all right?"
"I'm still moving you ass hole. Help get this thing of off me. I think it's crushing my back." Otogi nodded and grabbed on to the object. He pulled and lifted it into the air, tossing it aside to land in another junk pile. He helped Strawberry to his feet.
"Thanks. Can you sense anyone through all this trash?"
"Let me see." Otogi closed his eyes and concentrated hard. He jolted a bit and his eyes flew open. "There are small amounts of energy coming from somewhere over there. Come on." Otogi jumped over the so-called building with Strawberry following behind slowly. He stopped at a pile of debris and started to dig.
"I can feel it get stronger. Is anyone under there?" A faint yes answered him. He dug faster to relieve who ever were under there from the pressure. He finally hit a hole; it seemed to be an air pocket. Lavender eyes meet his emerald green. Yugi poked his head out of the hole. He seemed to be okay.
"Joey's under here with me. He somehow ended up beside me. I guess I was blown towards him." Yugi was so relieved he wasn't dead. He tried to pull himself out but something burned inside of him and his whole body began to ache. He fell back with a painful yelp.
"Yugi!! What's wrong?"
"I...I don't know! It hurts to move." Otogi started to dig some more. Strawberry lent a hand this time as he had finally made it to where Otogi stood.
"Don't worry Yugi. We'll dig you out. Can you check and see if Joey is still alive for me."
"I...I can hear breathing. I don't know if his hurt though. He must be unconscious." Otogi had made a big enough hole to see Yugi clearly. He was a mess. His head was bleeding slightly and his body seemed rattled. Something must have been broken cause he seemed to be having a hard time moving. Otogi reached in and grabbed his body.
"This may hurt Yugi so hold onto me." He lifted Yugi up into his arms. Yugi screamed and began to shudder in Otogi's arms. Something had to be broken. Maybe a couple of ribs but this could be bad because one of his organs could have been punctured. They had to watch Yugi carefully.
"It...it...hurts!" Otogi placed him on the ground. Yugi whimpered from the pain but put on a tough face. He didn't want to be seen as a total wimp. "Get Joey out and see if he's alright. Please? He's my best friend and I don't want him to die."
"Hold still Yugi. I'm going to heal you." Otogi bent over and started his progress on Yugi. Strawberry went into the hole and down into the basement to retrieve Joey. A few minutes' later Joeys head poked through the hole and you could hear Strawberry grunting under the blonde teens weight. After finishing with Yugi, Otogi hauled him out and placed him on the ground beside the little guy. Strawberry crawled out the hole and landed on the ground panting.
"God that kid is heavy!" Strawberry crawled over to where Yugi and Joey sat. He rested beside them for a minute to catch his breath. He looked down at Yugi, pondering something but shook his head as if he shouldn't have thought of what ever had crossed his mind. He eventually clambered to his feet and rejoined Otogi.
"You stay here with Joey, Yugi. Strawberry and me are of to see if the others are still alive. We'll try not to be long but just in case I don't want you to move all right?"
"Okay. I'll stay put but do you think my yami is still out there?"
"Its possible Yugi. He is a spirit after all." Otogi turned and wandered of in some direction, searching for any other signs of life. Strawberry walked off in another direction leaving Yugi with Joey to think things over. Yugi sighed and looked towards the sky, noticing that there was a slight hint of the sun rising, slowly revealing the damage that had been caused from the battle. Yugi smiled as he waited for it to soon be dawn and that the dreadful night would be over.
Marik coughed out loud as he regained consciousness. His head felt like it was going to split open from the dull pain thumping away hard against his skull. He opened his eyes slowly to try and slow down the pain. It didn't seem to work. He brought his hand up to brush his hair out of his eyes. His arm didn't seem to be broken, let alone the fact that his body ached all over. He brought himself up to a sit and checked himself. Nope, nothing was broken but he was bleeding from various spots and he was sure he would get major bruises from this. He sluggishly pulled himself to a stand. His legs still worked and didn't collapse out from under him. He just seemed a little unstable at the moment. Marik looked around himself. His eyes widened in shock causing his pupils to shrink. Everything was basically demolished in this proximity.
"Holy crap! How did I survive that blast? Must be luck. I wonder if anyone else survived it? Wait!! My yami was right in the middle of it!!! Where could he be? YAMI!!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!!! ANSWER ME!! PLEASE ANSWER!!! Oh please be all right." Marik stumbled around dumbly for a while. He couldn't believe what happened here. He was walking blindly forward until his foot got caught on something causing him to trip and fall to the ground. He landed with a dull thump and let a groan escape from his lips. He looked down to see what had tripped and all most screamed at what meet his lilac eyes. Instead he swallowed it with a hard gulp and sat up to touch it. It was a leg sticking out from underneath of what could only be described as a big piece of cement.
"Who is that? Oh Ra I hope he's still alive but I highly doubt it. That shoe looks like Noa's. Oh, wait that is Noa's. Oooooohhhhh shit!" Marik scrambled to his feet to see if he could fine Noa on the other side but there was only a pile of rubble there. He considered his facts and started to dig. Maybe the rock had only landed on Noa's leg or legs. There still could be a slight chance that Noa wasn't crushed under there but it was very slim. Marik's body started to ache all over again as he continued to try and free the green haired Kaiba. His fingers were digging through dirt and grit for some time until he hit a soft green tuft of hair. His eyes lighted up with joy. He practically did a back flip with joy that he had reach Noa's head. He actually found Noa. He stopped in his marvelling and continued to plough through the ground to reveal Noa's face.
"Yes!!" Marik jumped up in the air but came down with a little yelp and rubbed his back. "Damn body." He resumed on in tunnelling Noa out of his early grave. The tanned blonde succeeded pulling out the whole body except for the legs, which were stuck under the boulder. Marik then noticed Noa was lying in a pool of his own blood.
"Crap! How long has he been bleeding like this?" Marik placed his ear over the wealthy boy's mouth to try and hear if he was still breathing. A small breath of air ran over his ear. It was slight but it was still there. Noa still had a chance to live but Marik didn't know how long that would last.
"I'm not strong enough to move that stupid piece of crud. If I pushed on it, it would probably crush the rest of his legs. I wish my yami were here. Maybe there's a chance Otogi can hear me." With that Marik started to scream out Otogi's name out loud and in his mind. Otogi was wandering around, pushing rocks aside when he heard his name being called out. 'Someone else is moving around? Oh thank god!' Otogi dashed of towards the voice he heard calling out to him. He rounded a bend and almost ran smack into Marik.
"Holy crap!! Could you watch were you're running!!"
"Marik, you're walking! You're also bleeding from vital spots!"
"I don't care right now. Lift that boulder off of Noa's legs. He needs attention right away or he'll be gone forever!" Otogi finally noticed the other blood that was now leaking out from under the heap of stone, wall and wood. He braced him self and pointed towards the boulder that was lying on Noa's legs. There was a slight shudder through the ground but the boulder slowly raised into the brightening sky. Otogi placed it beside them and then rushed over to Noa's aid. The boy was in bad shape before all this so none of it helped his condition. He was now considered to be in intensive care but Otogi leaned over and placed his hands on the kid's severely damaged legs. The was a sick cracking noise, a few popping sounds here and there then a bright light glowed around Noa. He seemed to be fine afterwards but still he didn't move.
"He's all healed now but still weak from the great amount of blood he lost. It should be awhile before he opens his eyes. Lets hope he can recuperate quickly from all this." Otogi turned to eye Marik. Marik just looked at him with a blank look.
"What?"
"Come here so I can fix you up before you faint from the loss of blood." Marik walked over to Otogi now realizing how tired his body seemed to be. He slumped next to Otogi and leaned against him for support. Otogi did the same thing to Marik as he had done to Noa. Marik felt his wounds close together. He made a gagging noise at how gross it felt.
"The next time you do that to me make sure I'm out cold." Otogi only laughed for the first time in awhile. The situation with Bakura had been a tough one and it sure did drag on. Sleep was slowly creeping over his body once more but he had other things to do. Otogi stood up and glanced around him some more.
"We've found you, Noa, Yugi, Joey and Strawberry has Ryou safe. That leaves the other two Kaiba brothers, Yami, Malik and.... Bakura." Marik peeked down at the ground with a grave expression mounting on his face. Otogi patted him on the head but heard Strawberry's voice call over to him.
"Otogi, I've found a piece of Kaiba's jacket! He must be nearby." The distant voice ended silently and the soft grind of cement could be heard. Otogi answered back. "I'll be right there Strawberry. Come on Marik. Pick up Noa and help me look for the ones that are left." Marik nodded and picked up Noa and slung him over his shoulder. They wandered off in the direction where Strawberry had shouted. They reached him in a short time and looked at the material that he was holding in his hand. Sure enough it had come from Seto's trench coat. So somewhere in the mess were Kaiba and maybe his brother. Strawberry sniffed the piece of clothing and then smelled the air. Strawberry's actions made Marik quirk his eyebrow.
"Is he a bloodhound or something?"
"He's trying to find Kaiba's energy or trade mark scent. Do you have anything Strawberry?" Strawberry's nose wrinkled and he turned to look at Otogi.
"I think I've found him but it's hard to make out. The smell is very weak."
"Show us the direction Strawberry." Strawberry nodded and took off in the direction he believed Seto was. Otogi and Marik followed after him, hoping that the Kaiba brother's were still alive.
Seto was jostled out of unconsciousness by the sound of desperate cries. He slowly opened his eyes and a quiet moan escaped from his lips. He couldn't quite remember what had happened to them earlier and he had no clue where he was. Everything looked unnatural to him. He turned his head painfully to the side to try and get a glimpse of his surroundings. All he saw though was just huge piles of cement and dirt. A few metal things protruded out from underneath all of the rubble but that was all. Where was everyone? Where they still alive? He shut his eyes to try to remember what had happened. He remembered that there was a terrible noise and a huge flash of light. He then jumped to the side and had grabbed Mokuba to protect his little brother from the horrible power. He had placed himself between the blast and Mokuba, shielding his brother with his body. The rest had happened so quickly that it was all a blur to him. His heart stopped beating from what he had remembered. Mokuba, where was he now? Seto then heard the crying pleas again and was brought back to reality. He couldn't make out what it was saying but his heart began to race as he realized they sounded like his little brother. Seto's eyes shot open and a panicked look resided in his icy blue eyes. Seto started to call his brothers name trying to find where he was.
"Mokuba!! Where are you? Mokuba! Mokuba!!!" His heart pounded in his ears. It felt like his insides were twisting and writhing from the suspense. Seto started shaking uncontrollably. He couldn't hear the cries anymore and it felt like his head was going to split in two. His body was now in terrible pain from the strain he was causing it. He felt like he was going to cry. Little arms wrapped around his chest and he felt hands clasp his sides. He could hear whimpering and soft crying. "It's okay Seto. Don't be afraid, I'm right here." Mokuba looked up at his brother's face. The panicked look had subsided a little and Seto's body had stopped shaking underneath him. He's chest was now rising and falling hard. Raspy gasps escaped his elder brother's lips. Tears were still falling from Mokuba's eyes as he stared at his brother's form. Seto was in bad shape and it was all because he had to save Mokuba.
"Calm down Seto. You're hurt badly. I don't want you to hurt yourself anymore."
"Are you alright, Mokuba? I have to know! Tell me if anything's hurt." Mokuba hesitated before he answered Seto's question. "I'm fine Seto. You protected me from the blast." Mokuba didn't want his brother to worry about him. Seto was going through enough pain by the looks on his face.
"I want to know where you're hurt, Seto. Can you tell were it hurts the most?"
"I'm fine Mokuba. Don't worry about me."
"But Seto, you're bleeding from your head and you could be bleeding from other places that I can't see." Seto just made a complaining whine as Mokuba pulled out his bandana and started to baby the cut on his forehead. He ran his hands through Seto's hair to try and find blood anywhere else on his head. Mokuba let lose a glad sigh has he found no other gashes on Seto's head. He was glad Seto's head wasn't cracked open. Seto fired up on more complains when Mokuba was trying to nurse him. He lifted his arms and tried to hold Mokuba so he could check him for any wounds but he gasped in pain and let his arms fall back to his sides. Damn yamis was all that raced through his head at the moment. Mokuba crawled of Seto to get a look at his brother's position. Seto was lying awkwardly on a huge piece of cement that lifted him off the ground. It looked painful to Mokuba but Seto just tried to sit up and would always seem to fail. Mokuba noticed that the rock had a red substance running down it and there was a lot. It was coming from Seto. Seto called out Mokuba's name. "Mokuba, get over here! Something could be broken or you could have a serious cut that I don't know about. Let me help you!" Seto was getting impatient and there was a small amount of desperate need to see his brother in the tone of his voice. Mokuba felt like butterflies were flying around in his stomach. His brother could be dying and didn't know it.
"Seto, you're bleeding from your back! You're seriously hurt! I have a few cuts and scrapes but you're injured badly!" Seto had enough of lying on his back, trying to get Mokuba to come to him. He took a few deep breaths and gritted his teeth. He was going to try to push past the pain so he could reach Mokuba. With great effort Seto rolled over and placed his arms underneath him for some support. He lifted up off the rock, his arms shaking like it was the first time he had used them. He got himself into a sitting position and he started to breath really hard. Everything in his body screamed in pain. With great effort he put his feet on the ground and stood up. Mokuba was shocked and practically crying.
"Seto, lie down! You're going to hurt yourself." Seto ignored his cries and tried to walk towards his brother. His face contorted in pain and his legs started shaking underneath him. Eventually his whole body trembled from the pain and his legs gave out from underneath him. He fell forward with a shocked look in his blue eyes. Mokuba rushed over to try and catch Seto. He caught his elder brother in his arms but was dragged down with Seto. Seto screamed out in anguish causing his body to tremble. He started coughing harshly and blood flew out his mouth. Mokuba screamed his brother's name. He sat himself up and wrapped his arms underneath Seto's armpits to support his brother. He clung to Seto like he was his lifeline. Tears rolled down his cheeks once more and he started to shake. He buried his face in his brother's soft brown hair, trying to block his wails from his brother. He felt his brother's chest rise hard against his arms. Mokuba sat there for a few minutes in silence, listening to his brother's breathing. He finally raised his tear streaked face from Seto's know soaked hair.
"It's okay Seto. Otogi will find us. He'll save you. Please don't die on me!" Mokuba felt gently hands run along his cheek. He looked down to see Seto's sapphire eyes glancing up at him. A small smile was tugging at the corners of Seto's mouth.
"Don't cry Mokie." Mokuba gasped as Seto said his old nickname that he use to use when they were in the orphanage. Mokuba sniffled and let a smile creep onto his face. He once again pulled out his bandana and gingerly wiped away the blood on Seto's face. He could now feel that his legs were wet. Probably from Seto's back he thought.
"Seto, I'm going to check your back. You can hold onto me if it hurts too much. Don't be afraid to squeeze either, okay?" Seto just nodded his head in reply. Mokuba placed his hands under Seto's arms and griped his brother's jacket tightly. He felt Seto's arms wrap around his waist and his head resting against his stomach. Mokuba grunted as he tried to shift Seto onto his stomach. Seto just took in long breaths of air as Mokuba succeeded on rolling him over completely. Mokuba's air got locked in his throat as he looked down upon his brother's back. He trembled slightly but held himself from gagging to appear strong in front of his brother. He gulped and reached down a shaky hand towards small of Seto's back. There was a huge tear in his trench coat and it was soaked in blood. How could Seto not feel that? He must have but just didn't want Mokuba to worry so he said nothing of it. Mokuba peeled Seto's coat back and noticed his shirt was even worse. He also noticed the blood had traveled down to the base of Seto's pants and was still continuing to seep through the material. Mokuba had never seen so much blood before and the thought of it coming from his own brother's back made him feel woozy. Mokuba steadied himself and brought up all his courage to pull Seto's shirt up. He grabbed the wet material and started to pull it loose from being tucked under Seto's pants. He stopped and glanced down at Seto's face. His eyes were closed and he was now sweating and breathing in short rasps. He felt Seto's grip tighten around his waist, pulling on his clothes a bit, which were balled in his fists. Mokuba eyes began to water all over again when he looked at his brother. He closed his eyes tight and pulled the shirt up to Seto's shoulders. He hesitated before he cracked an eye open to peer at Seto's back. His greyish eyes burst open and he began to cry hard, dropping his face back into his brother's hair. His arms wrapped around the upper part of Seto's torso and tried with all his might and pulled Seto close to his face. Mokuba snuggled his face into the crevice of Seto's neck were it meet with the shoulder. The pressure that was applied to this area caused Seto reflexes to act up. His head flopped over on top of Mokuba's and his shoulder arched a bit upwards. Mokuba felt Seto's head land on his with a soft thump and his shoulder shift under his cheek. Seto moaned as Mokuba basically breathed down the back of his neck. Mokuba pulled the shirt back over the tremendous wound so he couldn't see it anymore. If he had to look at it any longer he was going to faint. He went back to holding onto Seto. His crying was causing his breathing to come in short breaths. He pushed his face further into Seto and cried out his brother's name.
"Seto! (Sob, sob, whimper) Seto! (Sniffle, whimper, sob) Setoooooo!!!" Mokuba didn't hear or notice Strawberry appear at the top of a mound of cement. The shout from Strawberry caused Mokuba to whip his head up causing him slit dizziness.
"Otogi!! I've found the Kaiba brothers! Them seem to be hurt badly!" Mokuba was so over run by joy that a huge smile spread across his face. He shook Seto slightly to try and get a rise from him. "Seto, they found us! You're saved!! Please hold on!" Seto just moaned slightly as his body slumped against Mokuba's. His eyes fluttered slightly but the look in his eyes was dreadful. Instead of a bright colour of blue they were a dull shade, which made it look like he was drugged. Mokuba just held him closer. Strawberry had slid down the hill and was now sprinting towards them. Otogi and Marik came over the horizon shortly after and bounded down the slope and ran towards Mokuba and Seto. Marik stopped and looked around him.
"Look at all this blood. Jeez, you Kaiba's seem to be over run by bad luck." Marik placed Noa down onto the ground beside Mokuba, which caused Mokuba to freak out. The kid seemed to be going through a lot of stress but he looked okay none the less. Otogi knelt down beside Mokuba. "Seto will be all right Mokuba, just hand him over to me so I can heal him." He looked at Mokuba keenly. Mokuba loosened his grip on Seto reluctantly and let Otogi take hold of him. Seto groaned as he felt stronger and bigger hands grab his body. He looked over to face whoever had grabbed hold of him. His eyes were half lidded and it looked like it took a lot out of the CEO. Otogi shook his head at the CEO and pulled him closer to himself. Mokuba gasped as he was pulled along with Seto. He then remembered Seto's arms were still wrapped around his waist and his grip was as tight as ever.
"Otogi, Seto's still holding onto me." Grunted Mokuba. Otogi realized this and tried to pull Seto's hands off of his little brother.
"It's okay Seto. You can let go of Mokuba. He's fine." Seto shook his head in response and answered Otogi. "No." It came out weak but Otogi heard it. "I need to protect Mokie." His whisper was barely audible but Mokuba had caught it. Mokuba then felt Seto rest his head on his shoulder, tightening his grip around Mokuba even more. Otogi smiled at the resilient CEO and looked at the source of Seto's injury. He pulled Seto's clothes back and heard Mokuba whimper slightly as he shoved his face back into Seto's hair.
"Eewie!!" Otogi looked up and saw Marik standing there with a disgusted look on his face. Marik noticed he was being watched by Otogi, who had a "what the hell' look plastered on his face. Marik coughed.
"What? Just look at it. It makes me want to barf! His back looks like it was maimed in that one spot. Just in that one spot. And blood is gushing from that wound. I bet if you opened it a bit you could see his organs."
"Shut up Marik." With that said, Otogi placed his hands on Seto's back and repeated what he had done for the others. There was a sickening sloshing sound and Seto's gapping wound closed up and disappeared. There was no trace of it left, except for the blood that had spilled from it. Otogi got up on his feet and bent over to haul Seto to his feet. Mokuba came up with Seto as well, for Seto was still clinging to him like a lifeline. Seto couldn't stand on his own two feet. He swayed and fell backwards with Mokuba. Mokuba screamed but felt Seto jolt as something caught him. Strawberry had caught Seto by the arms. He adjusted he hands and placed them under Seto's armpits. He then wrapped his arms around Seto's chest and placed his head on his shoulder. Otogi bent down and pick up Seto's legs. He pulled himself up towards Seto's crotch and placed his hands at the juncture behind the kneecap, wrapping his arms around Seto's thighs. Mokuba just lay on Seto's chest with his brother's arms still wrapped around his waist. This was going to be a fun ride. Mokuba looked at Seto's face and noticed life was crawling back into his brother's eyes. They were now the full colour his eyes were meant to be, sapphire blue. But his brother still appeared to be tired but in a better condition.
"You can go to sleep Seto." Seto's reply was a yawn and he sleepily closed his eyelids. He fell asleep from the gentle rock the two were creating and to the sound of his brother's voice. Mokuba smiled and enjoyed his little ride, snuggling into his brother's embrace. Marik followed behind Otogi and Strawberry, carrying Noa with him. They decided to go back to Yugi and see if he was all right. Once they were all together again, they would begin their search for the yamis.