YUGIOH
Kaiba: Missing Persons
Chapter 22. Mokuba turned saying, "Don't just stand there.......stop that train!"
But the guards didn't move, as they mumbled, "But........that's Seto Kaiba. If our boss wants to leave, there's nothing we can do about it."
Mokuba's eyes began to fill with tears, saying, "Yugi, we can't let him go.......we just got him back!"
"Mokuba........you have to let him go. Look at the changes they've done to your brother. Any person that had to go through what he must have, would be having a serious identity crisis, now. He needs time to get through this, himself. Besides, I have a feeling we'll be seeing Krysonna again soon. If I know Kaiba, he will not take this lying down. He'll seek answers the same way we need to.......by going to Charujin Corp.", Yami stated.
"Heellllp Meeeeee!!!", a woman suddenly screamed under the pile of machinery.
Mokuba looked over at the metallic pile, then turned to Yugi, saying, "You guys go on ahead. I'll stay behind with my guards, and try to find out information about what they did, from her."
Yami didn't want to know what Mokuba had in mind with this woman. It was better off not knowing. So Yami simply nodded, and said, "Let's go." He stopped in front of Joey who had been strangely quiet now, and placed a hand on his shoulder, asking, "Joey.......are you okay?"
"Huh? Oh, uh........yeah. You know, that aint really Kaiba. I dunno what they did to her, but Lanna's lying......that's not what they did", Joey said, refusing to accept what was said.
"I understand, Joey. It must not be him. We'll find him......we'll find the truth. Do you wish to come with us, or stay behind on this one?", Yami asked, knowing first-hand how Joey must feel. Even Yami was feeling rather uncomfortable with what happened between the two of them, earlier.......but he couldn't let that stop or slow him down, now. Kaiba needed help.......he had to deal with that, first.
"No, it's okay.......I'm fine, Yug. Of course I'll come with ya. Friends stick together, right?", Joey said.
"That's right, Joey. Then let's go.......", Yami stated.
They were brought to Kaiba Land's docking area, where they got back on the helicopter. The pilot took them away from Kaiba Land, and back to their home town in Japan. It was now morning. Atleast back home, they would be able to reach Charujin's corporation building, since that's where it was located. Tea said, "Let's get some rest, then we'll leave at night, and sneak into the building."
"Good idea", Tristan said.
Yugi became himself again, saying, "That sounds great! Hey Joey, wanna stay with me for awhile at my grandfather's house??"
"Well, I dunno, I - I.......well, okay", Joey said. He really wasn't in the mood to, but couldn't think of anywhere else to go. And home was worst.
"Great! Then we'll all meet together around 1:00am......over at the park", Yugi said.
"Okay Yugi", Tea said.
"Yeah, great idea", Tristan agreed and left, looking back at Joey, feeling a bit worried for his friend.
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When Yugi and Joey came home, Joey immediately took the collar off and threw it into the trash can. While he did that, Yugi ran into the bathroom, to change his clothes and get ready for some shut-eye, to prepare for the long night ahead. As he did, Yami appeared, looking.......strange. Yugi looked at his spiritual friend, and asked, "Spirit.......what's wrong?"
"We need to talk, Yugi. There's something I've done. Something.........terrible. I.....I don't know if you'll forgive me. I'm not even sure if I can forgive myself."
Yugi was taken back from that, saying, "Well, gee......I can't imagine you doing anything wrong, spirit. What could be so terrible, to make you react this way??"
From the bathroom, Mr. Motou was pouring Joey a nice fruit drink, as Yugi suddenly shrieked, "You did WHAT???!!!", causing his grandfather to spill the drink, and Joey to jump up and run to the bathroom door.
"Yugi.......you okay in there?? Yugi!!", Joey called and finally whipped open the door, seeing Yugi white as a ghost, curled up in the corner of his bathroom, wrapping his arms around his knees protectively, in kind of a fetal position.
Joey came forward, to help his friend, causing Yugi to notice the movement, and screamed, cringing back away from Joey. Then realizing, he said, "Oh, Joey........it's just you......."
"You okay, Yugi? What happened?", Joey asked.
"Uh........nothing, nothing........I'm fine", Yugi said, not looking or acting fine, still horrorfied from what Yami had told him he had done with Kaiba.
Yugi.......forgive me?.......
He did not answer the spirit, as he continued to try and calm down.
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It was around night time now, and everything was normal was once again. Yugi had calmed down after supper and a couple simple games of Duel Monsters. Mr. Motou was suspicious of Yugi's strange behavior, but shrugged it off as strange things teenagers go through. Perhaps he finally discovered his first hair under his clothes. He had also noticed strange behavior from Joey, as well......and he especially had no idea what the collar thing was all about. But the grandfather decided none of this was worth involving himself with, and decided to head for bed for the night. Yugi had forgiven Yami, and stopped worrying about himself. Instead, he realized he had to worry more about his friends. He knew Joey had been suffering the same problem, and perhaps even worst. The way Joey had acted around Krysonna, he really seemed like he was falling for her. So Yugi turned to Joey, and said, "Hey Joey, you wanna talk about it?"
"Huh? Oh, no.......there's nothing really to talk about. I'm okay", Joey said.
"No you're not. How can you be, after hearing the truth behind Krysonna? You can talk to me about it, Joey", Yugi said.
"Hey........I'm just a little freaked-out, okay? That's all. Besides.......that aint Kaiba", Joey said.
Yugi looked sad. "Joey, you're just in denial. You have to know by now that she is Kaiba. I know you thought she was someone else.......who wouldn't? You have to understand, you didn't fall for Seto Kaiba. At that time, you can't even count her as Kaiba.......because she was a woman. If she was Kaiba, this obviously wouldn't have happened. You don't have to be afraid, because you did nothing wrong."
"You don't get it, Yugi.......you don't know what it's like finding a woman, falling for her, making love to that woman, then suddenly hearing that the woman you slept with might not only be a guy, but the guy you hate more than anyone! How am I suppose to handle that, lightly?? There's no way you can understand!", Joey said.
Yugi paused a long time, before saying, "Well, uh........", suddenly blushing, and looking away.
Joey was looking down at the bed in frustration, expecting Yugi to come with some kind of reassuring line. Instead all he heard was an incomplete studder, then looked over to see Yugi's face. Joey froze, saying, "Yugi.......why are you looking so guilty?"
"Uh.......", he couldn't say anything. True, it was Yami that did it, and not him. But it was in 'his' body. It might as well had been him. And worst still.......Yugi was just too honest for his own good. He couldn't lie to his best friend.
"Yugi.......you aren't actually saying that you also........", Joey began to say. Yugi looked up at him with helpless pleading eyes, like a scared pup. Joey suddenly grabbed Yugi, and shoved him against the bed, yelling, "You had an affair with MY girlfriend??!"
"It......wasn't.......me.......it.......was........Yami......", Yugi choked out.
Joey slamed him down, pacing back and forth, enraged as he snapped, "How could you do that.......'he' do that, whatever!! He knew I had a thing for her! That's just low!"
"Joey.......Yami said she seduced him", Yugi gasped out, catching his breath, after almost being strangled by Joey yanking on his clothes, while forcing him against the matress, like that. "Yami wouldn't lie about that. She lunged after him, kissed him, and wouldn't get off......."
"She kissed you, too??", Joey snapped. "And you let her do it??" Joey paced some more. "I can't believe it.......I can't believe she was cheating on me, and with my best friend, besides! Man, that's it! Her and me........we're through!!"
"Uh, Joey......", Yugi said, realising Joey was acting jealous over Kaiba.
"And after all we've been through, like it wasn't enough, she goes and screws you, too. Man, you know......I didn't see it before in her. I just didn't see it.......but you're right. You guys are absolutely right......", Joey said.
"Right about what?", Yugi asked.
"She really IS Kaiba! Only Kaiba would be a back-stabbing bastard like that, to go and sleep with you, just after she did it with me! I bet anything, he did that on purpose just to piss me off!", Joey snapped.
"Uh.......Joey.......", Yugi said, trying to reach his friend, as he began to wonder if Joey's own sense of reality just snapped.
"He was probably planning on rubbing that in my face too, if it wasn't for Lanna showing up and blowing his cover. So what did she say to you, did she say she cared about you, or something??", Joey asked.
"Uh........well, if it helped......no", Yugi said.
"So why'd she do it, then??", Joey asked.
"Well........I guess it was more of an obsession thing.......", Yugi said.
"She was obsessed with you?? That's even worst!!", Joey spat out.
Yugi finally groaned, "I give up......."
"Well, what about me?", Joey asked.
"What about you?", Yugi asked.
"Did she say anything about me? How she felt?", Joey asked. Yugi looked away. "Come on, I wanna know!", Joey asked.
Yugi sighed, saying, "She said.........she shared no feelings for you. She said she was just using you, because she knew she could. Joey.......I'm sorry."
Joey now looked really down-trodden. "Don't worry about it, Yugi. She's Kaiba, afterall. What else could I expect from a jerk like him....."
Chapter 22. Mokuba turned saying, "Don't just stand there.......stop that train!"
But the guards didn't move, as they mumbled, "But........that's Seto Kaiba. If our boss wants to leave, there's nothing we can do about it."
Mokuba's eyes began to fill with tears, saying, "Yugi, we can't let him go.......we just got him back!"
"Mokuba........you have to let him go. Look at the changes they've done to your brother. Any person that had to go through what he must have, would be having a serious identity crisis, now. He needs time to get through this, himself. Besides, I have a feeling we'll be seeing Krysonna again soon. If I know Kaiba, he will not take this lying down. He'll seek answers the same way we need to.......by going to Charujin Corp.", Yami stated.
"Heellllp Meeeeee!!!", a woman suddenly screamed under the pile of machinery.
Mokuba looked over at the metallic pile, then turned to Yugi, saying, "You guys go on ahead. I'll stay behind with my guards, and try to find out information about what they did, from her."
Yami didn't want to know what Mokuba had in mind with this woman. It was better off not knowing. So Yami simply nodded, and said, "Let's go." He stopped in front of Joey who had been strangely quiet now, and placed a hand on his shoulder, asking, "Joey.......are you okay?"
"Huh? Oh, uh........yeah. You know, that aint really Kaiba. I dunno what they did to her, but Lanna's lying......that's not what they did", Joey said, refusing to accept what was said.
"I understand, Joey. It must not be him. We'll find him......we'll find the truth. Do you wish to come with us, or stay behind on this one?", Yami asked, knowing first-hand how Joey must feel. Even Yami was feeling rather uncomfortable with what happened between the two of them, earlier.......but he couldn't let that stop or slow him down, now. Kaiba needed help.......he had to deal with that, first.
"No, it's okay.......I'm fine, Yug. Of course I'll come with ya. Friends stick together, right?", Joey said.
"That's right, Joey. Then let's go.......", Yami stated.
They were brought to Kaiba Land's docking area, where they got back on the helicopter. The pilot took them away from Kaiba Land, and back to their home town in Japan. It was now morning. Atleast back home, they would be able to reach Charujin's corporation building, since that's where it was located. Tea said, "Let's get some rest, then we'll leave at night, and sneak into the building."
"Good idea", Tristan said.
Yugi became himself again, saying, "That sounds great! Hey Joey, wanna stay with me for awhile at my grandfather's house??"
"Well, I dunno, I - I.......well, okay", Joey said. He really wasn't in the mood to, but couldn't think of anywhere else to go. And home was worst.
"Great! Then we'll all meet together around 1:00am......over at the park", Yugi said.
"Okay Yugi", Tea said.
"Yeah, great idea", Tristan agreed and left, looking back at Joey, feeling a bit worried for his friend.
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When Yugi and Joey came home, Joey immediately took the collar off and threw it into the trash can. While he did that, Yugi ran into the bathroom, to change his clothes and get ready for some shut-eye, to prepare for the long night ahead. As he did, Yami appeared, looking.......strange. Yugi looked at his spiritual friend, and asked, "Spirit.......what's wrong?"
"We need to talk, Yugi. There's something I've done. Something.........terrible. I.....I don't know if you'll forgive me. I'm not even sure if I can forgive myself."
Yugi was taken back from that, saying, "Well, gee......I can't imagine you doing anything wrong, spirit. What could be so terrible, to make you react this way??"
From the bathroom, Mr. Motou was pouring Joey a nice fruit drink, as Yugi suddenly shrieked, "You did WHAT???!!!", causing his grandfather to spill the drink, and Joey to jump up and run to the bathroom door.
"Yugi.......you okay in there?? Yugi!!", Joey called and finally whipped open the door, seeing Yugi white as a ghost, curled up in the corner of his bathroom, wrapping his arms around his knees protectively, in kind of a fetal position.
Joey came forward, to help his friend, causing Yugi to notice the movement, and screamed, cringing back away from Joey. Then realizing, he said, "Oh, Joey........it's just you......."
"You okay, Yugi? What happened?", Joey asked.
"Uh........nothing, nothing........I'm fine", Yugi said, not looking or acting fine, still horrorfied from what Yami had told him he had done with Kaiba.
Yugi.......forgive me?.......
He did not answer the spirit, as he continued to try and calm down.
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It was around night time now, and everything was normal was once again. Yugi had calmed down after supper and a couple simple games of Duel Monsters. Mr. Motou was suspicious of Yugi's strange behavior, but shrugged it off as strange things teenagers go through. Perhaps he finally discovered his first hair under his clothes. He had also noticed strange behavior from Joey, as well......and he especially had no idea what the collar thing was all about. But the grandfather decided none of this was worth involving himself with, and decided to head for bed for the night. Yugi had forgiven Yami, and stopped worrying about himself. Instead, he realized he had to worry more about his friends. He knew Joey had been suffering the same problem, and perhaps even worst. The way Joey had acted around Krysonna, he really seemed like he was falling for her. So Yugi turned to Joey, and said, "Hey Joey, you wanna talk about it?"
"Huh? Oh, no.......there's nothing really to talk about. I'm okay", Joey said.
"No you're not. How can you be, after hearing the truth behind Krysonna? You can talk to me about it, Joey", Yugi said.
"Hey........I'm just a little freaked-out, okay? That's all. Besides.......that aint Kaiba", Joey said.
Yugi looked sad. "Joey, you're just in denial. You have to know by now that she is Kaiba. I know you thought she was someone else.......who wouldn't? You have to understand, you didn't fall for Seto Kaiba. At that time, you can't even count her as Kaiba.......because she was a woman. If she was Kaiba, this obviously wouldn't have happened. You don't have to be afraid, because you did nothing wrong."
"You don't get it, Yugi.......you don't know what it's like finding a woman, falling for her, making love to that woman, then suddenly hearing that the woman you slept with might not only be a guy, but the guy you hate more than anyone! How am I suppose to handle that, lightly?? There's no way you can understand!", Joey said.
Yugi paused a long time, before saying, "Well, uh........", suddenly blushing, and looking away.
Joey was looking down at the bed in frustration, expecting Yugi to come with some kind of reassuring line. Instead all he heard was an incomplete studder, then looked over to see Yugi's face. Joey froze, saying, "Yugi.......why are you looking so guilty?"
"Uh.......", he couldn't say anything. True, it was Yami that did it, and not him. But it was in 'his' body. It might as well had been him. And worst still.......Yugi was just too honest for his own good. He couldn't lie to his best friend.
"Yugi.......you aren't actually saying that you also........", Joey began to say. Yugi looked up at him with helpless pleading eyes, like a scared pup. Joey suddenly grabbed Yugi, and shoved him against the bed, yelling, "You had an affair with MY girlfriend??!"
"It......wasn't.......me.......it.......was........Yami......", Yugi choked out.
Joey slamed him down, pacing back and forth, enraged as he snapped, "How could you do that.......'he' do that, whatever!! He knew I had a thing for her! That's just low!"
"Joey.......Yami said she seduced him", Yugi gasped out, catching his breath, after almost being strangled by Joey yanking on his clothes, while forcing him against the matress, like that. "Yami wouldn't lie about that. She lunged after him, kissed him, and wouldn't get off......."
"She kissed you, too??", Joey snapped. "And you let her do it??" Joey paced some more. "I can't believe it.......I can't believe she was cheating on me, and with my best friend, besides! Man, that's it! Her and me........we're through!!"
"Uh, Joey......", Yugi said, realising Joey was acting jealous over Kaiba.
"And after all we've been through, like it wasn't enough, she goes and screws you, too. Man, you know......I didn't see it before in her. I just didn't see it.......but you're right. You guys are absolutely right......", Joey said.
"Right about what?", Yugi asked.
"She really IS Kaiba! Only Kaiba would be a back-stabbing bastard like that, to go and sleep with you, just after she did it with me! I bet anything, he did that on purpose just to piss me off!", Joey snapped.
"Uh.......Joey.......", Yugi said, trying to reach his friend, as he began to wonder if Joey's own sense of reality just snapped.
"He was probably planning on rubbing that in my face too, if it wasn't for Lanna showing up and blowing his cover. So what did she say to you, did she say she cared about you, or something??", Joey asked.
"Uh........well, if it helped......no", Yugi said.
"So why'd she do it, then??", Joey asked.
"Well........I guess it was more of an obsession thing.......", Yugi said.
"She was obsessed with you?? That's even worst!!", Joey spat out.
Yugi finally groaned, "I give up......."
"Well, what about me?", Joey asked.
"What about you?", Yugi asked.
"Did she say anything about me? How she felt?", Joey asked. Yugi looked away. "Come on, I wanna know!", Joey asked.
Yugi sighed, saying, "She said.........she shared no feelings for you. She said she was just using you, because she knew she could. Joey.......I'm sorry."
Joey now looked really down-trodden. "Don't worry about it, Yugi. She's Kaiba, afterall. What else could I expect from a jerk like him....."