A/N:
Willowwind: I TAKE NO BLAME FOR THIS CHAPPIE!! NACHZES WROTE!!
Nachzes: ::reading plotline unconcernedly::
Lieh: So, is Yami in here yet?
Nachzes: No.
Lieh: ::sigh:: What was the point of bringing him back from Pluto if we don't even use him?
Willowwind: Don't worry, we will soon. But not yet, apparently.
Lieh: ::stalks off::
Disclaimer: HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I DON'T OWN YU-GI-OH!?
Warnings: Language, OOC-ness, and…AR!!!
Finding HomeChapter 6 – AR(1)
::A/N: You can tell that I did this just to annoy you people….::
Breaking the surface of the water, Seto gasped for air, his cinnamon hair plastered to his head, school uniform hanging off of his lean frame, now see-through white shirt clinging to his chest. At first, Lieh's lack of response to air didn't bother him, but when he managed to heave her onto the deck of the pool, water streaming from both of them onto the blue tiles, his heart clenched.
Lieh…wasn't breathing.
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"Oh, shit," Seto muttered. "Great! Just wonderful! B-E-A-UTIFUL! GOD!" He slammed his fist onto the pool deck, and immediately regretted it.
"Damn it, White Rider, get UP!"
Lieh didn't move.
Seto swore again, then attempted to calm himself down so he could remember what he was supposed to be doing in this situation. 'AR, that's it! Oh, gross!' He made a face, and shifted nervously, nearly panicking. 'Okay, so I'll just…check for breathing!' He lowered his head and turned it to 'look, listen, and feel' (2), and felt his heart sink when he confirmed what he already knew - the girl wasn't breathing.
'Okay, so now I check her pulse.' Seto rested two fingers over the unconscious brunette's pulse point, and nearly fainted in relief. The girl's pulse, though a little slow, was strong and regular.
'Okay, so what's next again? Position the head, that's it!'
Seto reached down and placed two fingers under Lieh's chin, the other hand on her forehead, and tilted the girl's head back (3).
'Plug her nose.' (4)
Carefully, Seto used the index finger and thumb of his right hand to block Lieh's nasal passageway, then, grimacing, eyes shut tight, lowered his mouth to cover hers. ::A/N: Lieh: ::melts into puddle of goo with hearts for eyes::::
'Okay, here goes….'
'Breathe, one-one thousand, two-two thousand, three-three thousand, four-four thousand, five-five thousand, and breathe!' (5)
Removing his mouth from Lieh's, Seto checked her for any signs of breathing, his heart speeding up when there was no sound of air being drawn into lungs or any rising of Lieh's chest, or any feeling of breathing on his cheek.
"Lieh, don't do this to me!"
Seto smacked his palm to his forehead, and hissed.
'Re-position her head, idiot!'
Obeying the voice inside his head, Seto tilted Lieh's head back again (6), and plugged her nose, covering her un-responsive mouth with his and closing his eyes again.
'Okay…breathe, one-one thousand, two-two thousand, three-three thousand, four-four thousand, five-five thousand, breathe!'
'Check again.'
Nothing.
'Re-position the head; plug her nose; start again. Breathe, one-'
Suddenly, Lieh's body gave a violent tremor, as if preparing to cough or vomit. Quickly removing his mouth from Lieh's, Seto turned her onto her side (7) to face away from him as she coughed up the pool water she had inhaled in shock, her shoulders shaking violently. When she stopped, he rolled her back onto her back, glaring at her as she blinked doe-brown eyes flecked with bracken and moss up at him.
"Seto?" she said, confused. "What-"
She was cut off by Seto as he snapped, "Don't you ever do that to me again!"
She scrutinized him carefully, reaching up to touch a painful-looking lump at the back of her head, wincing as she felt it.
Seto frowned at her and caught her wrist before she could brush it again. "Are you okay?" he asked.
Lieh nodded slowly, looking up at him. "I-I think so," she said, attempting to sit up, gasping as she stopped suddenly, light-headedness crashing into her. "Damn low blood pressure," she muttered, steadying herself. "Ow…." She stopped again, moaning slightly. Seto's frown deepened. He reached a hand out and placed it on her shoulder, halting her.
"You shouldn't be moving," he said, sounding more concerned than he would have liked.
Lieh laughed, though she winced as it jarred her head. "Better not say that, Kaiba," she joked sarcastically. Seto winced. "People might start thinking you care. Seto glanced down.
"Why did you get mad at Black Rider the other day?" he asked quietly.
Lieh blushed.
"I reacted too quickly," she said. "It's just…I mean, I guess it's not that far off. It might not have happened just 'cause she wrote it…." She flushed a deeper crimson as Seto chuckled wryly.
"I said 'why'," he said.
Lieh looked down. "…Because…I care about you," she said cautiously. "Because I hate how everyone always judges you because of how you act outside. Because I know for a fact that there is more to Seto Kaiba than just the cold-hearted CEO everyone else sees. I know that deep down there's a scared child, a caring person, and…" she paused, "and somewhere in there are James and Hikari Shukumei (8)."
Seto raised one eyebrow.
"Eh, c'mon, Nachzes'll be getting worried," Lieh said, getting to her feet. Seto stared at her, trying VERY hard not to start going red.
"You're going to walk through the school with a see-through write shirt on," he said dryly.
Lieh sweatdropped. "I have a bra on, idiot," she said, rolling her eyes.
Seto blinked. "I think that bump on the head knocked youa little bit funny," he said. Lieh glared at him, swaying slightly.
"I," she bit out, "am fine."
Suddenly, she got a strange look on her face and collapsed. Instinctively, Seto's arms shot out and he caught her.
"Sure you're fine," he muttered, rolling his eyes as he hoisted the girl into his arms damsel-in-distress style. "Just trippin'. That's why you fainted."
He continued to mutter to himself as he carried her down the hall – water dripping off his clothes and socks squishing down the linoleum tiles. Sever people stopped catting to stare slack-jawed at Seto and his armful. The CEO ignored them, and walked straight up to Nachzes, who was standing with Haiiro, Ih'kuaren, Jes, Flamechild, Escurcae, Willowwind, and Yousei. The fox faerie (9) gasped and nearly dropped her books.
"Lieh!" she breathed, eyes wide. "What happened?"
"Gardener happened," Seto growled, attempting to hand Lieh over to her yami. "She pushed Lieh into the pool."
Nachzes's eyes darkened. Finally, Haiiro took Lieh.
"Oh…thanks," Ih'kuaren said hesitantly. Seto shrugged.
"Just don't make me do AR again," he said.
Nachzes nearly fainted.
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IMPORTATNT NOTE: Anyone who has taken swimming lessons and learned about AR need not read this!!!
(1) Artificial Respiration. When you 'breathe' for someone else.
(2) A position which you bend over a person lying face-up on the ground with your face turned sideways. Look for the chest rising and falling, listen for the rush of air, feel for air on your cheek.
(3) When you give AR, you tilt the person's head back to open their air passageway so you can get air in easier.
(4) With a baby, you put your mouth over their nose and mouth; with an adult, you pinch their nose shut.
(5) Two breaths every five seconds for an adult – breath, unplug the nose, remove your mouth, count to five, and then give another breath.
(6) If the person still isn't breathing, you re-position the head again to make sure the air passage is open.
(7) You turn a person on their side to keep them from choking on either the water they're gonna cough up or their tongue.
(8) What I (Nachzes) made up for Seto's parent's names. Copyright by me! 2004! ::shifty eyes::
(9) Yousei means faerie. Youko means fox. Or the other way around. I can't remember. Doesn't matter. Yousei is the fox faerie. So there.
A/N:
Willowwind: Uh oh.
Escurcae: ::nods::
Lieh: ::grins:: The best way to get revenge: through Haiiro. Get me hurt, make Nachzes mad. Make Nachzes mad, make Haiiro mad. When Haiiro gets mad, people die.
Escurcae: ::evil grin:: Tea is SO dead.
::Haiiro is off in a corner, looking through various weapons and cracking his knuckles::
Willowwind: ::sweatdrops:: And we'll just leave it at that….
Nachzes: The chappie was entirely written by me, so if you don't review, I'll get mad, and that'll make Haiiro-koi mad, and…well…you'll end up in the same position as Tea. So…REVIEW!