az: :sigh: and I thought Seto would kill me. Thankfully not! Hehehe, And thanks to ppl who read this. I was really busy-- and i kinda lost the last chapter to this fic...
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh in either the anime or the manga. If I OWNED Yugioh, Seto would be MINE--! And you guys want that?
Characters and original excerpts from the fic are copyrights of Kazuki Takahashi.
WARNING: Characters might go out of character, though I doubt that...
Previously in Lost and Found...
Jyounouchi: We're starting our fifth year this year... Though I hate to admit it, I wished Atemu was here with us still. But no matter, at least Yugi was... and I wouldn't say that I'm not glad. School started as usual... but I wondered why Kaiba was STILL in the same class as I am! Oh, cross that. Apart from that, Yugi and him had started to become real close... and Shizuka-chan and Mokuba had joined our school! If only Kaiba had stopped calling me awful names anymore--
And what! Why was Kaiba and Yugi got called off? And they hadn't returned home! Mokuba and the rest of us were very worried. And YEAH! I'm worried about Kaiba too! This was never his style to make Mokuba worried, and Yugi was not someone who'd go somewhere without telling anyone.
What... an explosion? Kaiba and Yugi got hurt? Oii... Kaiba! Don't kid around! What do you mean you don't know who we are? Cross that! I want to know what happened to you guys!
Next in Lost and Found... Duel STANDBY!
Lost of Words
Written by Azzie/Az alias Izumi Ishtar
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'Nii-sama--?', gasped Mokuba as Seto looked towards him. 'Nii-sama? Am I your brother?', said Seto confused, as he stared blankly at the younger Kaiba. 'Nii-sama...', said Mokuba again, this time weakly as he faintly tried to grasp the realization that his only big brother could not remember who he was.
Kaiba looked up towards Shizuka, Jyounouchi and Anzu as they wore the same confused look. He frowned. 'Who... are you guys? Then again... who... am... I?', Seto whispered to himself, as he clutches his forehead.
Jyounouchi felt the vein on the side of his brain started to twitch as he grabbed Kaiba by the collar of his shirt. Shizuka, Mokuba and Anzu stared at him in shock. 'I had enough of this, Kaiba Seto! Stop this acting right now and start tellin' us what happened to you and Yugi last night!', he shouted as Mokuba rose to pry him off his brother.
'Jyounouchi--- you're hurting nii-sama!'
'Onii-chan, please stop!'
'Jyounouchi!', cried Anzu as he immediately let go of Kaiba. Jyounouchi glared at them, annoyed as they heard Kaiba whispered to himself again.
'Kaiba... Seto? That's… my name?', he said slowly as he looked up at Jyounouchi. Jyounouchi looked at him with disbelief. 'You really don't remember? Please tell me that you're just acting this out! Kaiba--', blurted Jyounouchi again as he started shaking Kaiba. Kaiba winced as Jyounouchi's grip on his shoulder tightened. He gasped in pain as Mokuba and Shizuka immediately tried to pull them apart.
'Onii-chan! Yamete!', cried Shizuka as Mokuba shouted, 'Jyounouchi--! It's hurting him! You're making it worse... stop pushing my brother!'
Jyounouchi released his grip as he held his hands up. Shizuka gasped as she saw blood on Jyounouchi's right palm. 'Onii-chan... that--'
Mokuba's eyes widen as he diverted his attention back to his brother, noticing that his bandaged left shoulder has started to bleed again. The lad glared at Jyounouchi as the others immediately noticed the same thing. 'Jyounouchi... you--!', he cried as Shizuka did the same. 'Onii-chan is very harsh! Kaiba-san was hurt...'
Anzu sighed as she looked away. 'Haii... Jyounouchi-ii...', she moaned.
'Gomen--'
The four of them turned towards him as Kaiba looked down towards the bed sheet. 'Honto ni, gomen. I... really wished I could help, but-- I can't! It-- it hurts every time I tried to force myself to remember--', said Kaiba as he weakly clutched his head. Shizuka gently held his arm as she shook her head at him. 'It's okay... Kaiba-san don't need to force himself to remember--', said Shizuka as she smiled kindly at him. She turned towards Jyounouchi and made an ugly face at him. Mokuba nodded at him as he reassured his brother.
'Yeah... nii-sama don't need to--', said Mokuba as Seto gave him a relieved smile.
Anzu looked at the brothers sadly as she slapped Jyounouchi's head, hard. 'Bad Jounouchi! Are you trying to bully Kaiba-kun back at everything he had done at you! Shame--'
Jyounouchi looked at her in alarm as he stuttered. 'Anzu... Shizuka... Mokuba, I... Sorry! I didn't mean--'
Mokuba just waved his hand at him as he spoke. 'It's okay. I know that you're worried about brother too...', he said as Jyounouchi cast an apologetic look at him. Anzu immediately pushed the lad away as she turned towards Kaiba. 'Now, first... let us reintroduce ourselves to you. Okay?', she chirped as Kaiba nervously nodded his head...
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'Mokuba's my brother... Shizuka-san... Jyounouchi, and you're Anzu--', said Kaiba slowly as Anzu nodded her head. The others also nodded their heads as Kaiba turned his head towards his right. 'So then... who is he?', he spoke again as the others turned towards the other side. Jyounouchi gasped as he noticed for a second that Kaiba's eyes seemed to reveal a slight sign of recognition when he stared at Yugi's direction.
He slowly walked nearer towards his side as he spoke. 'Kaiba... do you remember Yugi?', he said as Mokuba looked at his brother in surprise. Kaiba stared at them blankly as he muttered the name.
'Yugi? His name was Yugi?', he gasped as Jyounouchi looked at him.
FLASH!
A spiky-haired lad was running towards him, followed by Jyounouchi, Anzu, Mokuba and three other teens that he can't seemed to remember who. The lad smiled at him as he cried his name...
/Kaiba-kun/
FLASH!
Kaiba blinked as his vision returned to the hospital room. Mokuba placed a hand on his shoulder as he looked at him in concern. 'Nii-sama? Is something wrong?', said the lad as Kaiba glanced towards Yugi again.
'Yugi... was he... a close friend?', he asked, uncertain as the others looked at him in amazement. 'Kaiba... You really remembered Yugi?-!', gasped Jyounouchi again as the others mirrored his reactions. Kaiba shook his head as he placed a hand on his chest. 'No... but something.. in my heart, I felt that he's an important person. I felt it too when I looked at Mokuba... but this feeling, was a bit different--', said Kaiba in a sad tone as Mokuba held his hand.
'It's okay. It means that brother's memories was not really lost--,'
'Yokatta--!', cried Shizuka as she hugged Kaiba. Jyounouchi stared at them in shock as Mokuba and Anzu hung their mouths. Shizuka gasped as she realized what she did and instantly let go, leaving Kaiba blinking his eyes in surprise at her. Shizuka blushed as she stared again towards those beautiful blue eyes, looking at her. 'Err... gomen, I just... glad that Kaiba-san... had some hope--for recovering his memories--', she gasped as she looked away.
Kaiba looked away from her as he started to feel heat gushing up to his face. 'It's... umm, never mind. Err... thank you... for caring... about me.', he said as suddenly Mokuba felt like wanting to smile at his brother's unexpected reaction. The short lad grinned as the older Kaiba looked at him. 'Mokuba… is something wrong on my face?', he asked, silly as Anzu chuckled. It seemed that she had also noticed it. Bewildered, Jyounouchi glared at them.
'What--? I don't understand—And Shizuka! What do you think you're doing just now! Huggi—mmph!', cried Jyounouchi as Anzu and Mokuba stopped him. Mokuba leered at him as he chuckled sightly at his brother. 'Ahahaha… don't worry nii-sama! Jyounouchi was not mad at you--!', stuttered Mokuba as Jyounouchi begged to differ. Anzu hastily looked up her wristwatch as she noticed the time. 'Oh! It's late already. We better go home--', she said as she dragged Shizuka and the others away. Realizing that his visitor are about to leave him, Kaiba suddenly call out.
'Wait!'
Mokuba paused as he turned around towards his brother. Kaiba hesitantly opened his mouth to speak as he cancelled the thought. '--never mind. I— I can see you guys again tomorrow, huh?', said Kaiba timidly as Anzu smiled at him. 'Of course! Right, Jou-chan?', she said as she nudged Jyounouchi. He shrugged as he nodded. 'Haa… since we'd like to see Yugi's condition again to see if it improved…'
'Oh--'
Mokuba stared at his brother for a moment as he gave a thought. And then he shrugged. 'Nii-sama… I'll ask the hospital if I can stay with you tonight.' he said as Kaiba gave a relieved smile. 'A—arigatou, Mokuba…', he gasped as Jyounouchi started to argue. Mokuba shook his head hard on him as he pushed him out of the room…
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Otogi and Honda looked at them puzzled as Jyounouchi came out, pushed away by Anzu and Mokuba and followed by Shizuka, who came out later. Otogi stood up as he greeted the others. 'So… how's both of them?', chirped Otogi. But to his dismay, the four of them gave him a saddened look. He sighed. 'Umm… is anything wrong with them? I thought… yesterday, the doctor said… that both of them will be fine—'
'Yugi was… he's still unconcious, but nii-sama… Nii-sama—', Honda and Otogi turned towards Mokuba who looked on the verge of tears…
'Kaiba-san… he— had lost his memories…', gasped Shizuka as she sat on the bench, dumbfounded. Otogi glanced towards her in surprise. 'What… Kaiba?', he gasped as Jyounouchi cried aloud. 'AND SO IT IS! EVEN SO, HE'S NOT A BABY! WHY YOU HAVE TO KEEP HIM COMPANY… MOKUBA! LET THAT JERK BY HIMSELF HERE!'
'What do you mean, Jyounouchi? And keep it down… we're in the hospital! And Kaiba-kun might hear you…', hissed Anzu as Jyounouchi muttered some apologies. Honda looked at his friend in wonder. 'Jyounouchi… I understand that you hated Kaiba ever since you first met, but was saying that very harsh of you?', said the lad as Jyounouchi glared at him. 'Haa… and you have to mind Mokuba's feelings on this too—', said Otogi as all of them looked towards Mokuba, who had been looking towards the floor. The lad looked up as he glared towards Jyounouchi.
'I can't ask you to understand… but I won't let nii-sama stay here alone. If Yugi was conscious, I won't mind… but right now—', Mokuba looked away, '—I just wanted to be by his side so that he won't feel so uncomfortable. Nii-sama had always disliked being in a hospital in a long period of time—', said the lad as Jyounouchi started to object.
But Anzu stopped him as she turned towards Mokuba. 'Why is it… Mokuba-kun? About Kaiba-kun disliking hospitals—', Mokuba glanced towards her as he gave her a weak smile. 'Thanks… Anzu. Umm… you guys already knew that both our parents died while brother and I was small, right?', said Mokuba as the five youngsters nodded their heads. '—well, I was very small at that time… so, I don't really remember much. But nii-sama once told me that mum died, after giving birth to me. And father… he died during a car crash. It was a miracle that nii-sama and I survived.', explained Mokuba as the rest of the group grew silent. Even Jyounouchi hadn't said anything bad.
'Nii-sama… always hated those times when he had to wait alone, in the quiet corridors… only to hear that mum had died, leaving him and dad. Sure, he was happy that I had survived the operation— but still. Nii-sama had helped dad, on caring for me. I was happy. But then, even dad was taken away from him and me. He always hated hospitals ever since— as he kept remembering all of those painful memories. Since remembering that past, made him remembered about what happened after. And made him remembered... him—'
Jyounouchi sighed as he patted Mokuba's shoulders. 'Okay already… I won't bully Kaiba— heck, I was getting uncomfortable at him not calling me names! Haii… seeing him so timid just now, made me feel guilty every time I'd have thoughts of ever wanting to bully him—', said Jyounouchi as he winked at the lad. Mokuba choked as he blinked away a tear that has formed in his eyes.
'Arigato… minna!', sobbed the small boy as Anzu hugged him. 'It's okay… we understand, do we— Jyounouchi!', said Anzu as she leered towards Jyounouchi. The lad shrugged as he nodded. 'I… understand. Just felt uncomfortable with this entire incident. Since not only Kaiba was involved, but Yugi—', said Jou as Shizuka looked at her brother in concern. He started to frown before suddenly became cheerful. '—well, no use worrying so much about it. Guys, let's head home—', he said as the rest of them agreed.
'See you tomorrow, Mokuba-kun!', said Anzu as she joined her friends to go home. Mokuba nodded as he reentered Yugi and Kaiba's room…
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'It was hard for him… isn't it? Mokuba, he had always been protected by Kaiba-kun. But now—', sighed Anzu as Honda waved her worries away. 'Don't worry, Anzu. Both of them will be alright. And Mokuba was not that weak either--'
Anzu shrugged. 'Uh… yeah, you're right. It won't be long before—'
'Can I please have a moment with all of you?'
The five teens jumped in surprise as they turned around to see the doctor who had been treating Yugi and Kaiba stood before them. 'There's something I needed to ask you. I could not say it yesterday since the smaller boy was present. But this is important—', said the doctor as Jyounouchi frowned.
'What is it—?', he said…
az: Hmm... I almost forgot what was it that I had liked YGO before... lol.