Hello! This is chapter 13. Man, I can't believe I got this far! But I've have to tell you, it feels great to get some of this stuff out of my head and on to paper! To all of my loyal reviewers, thank you all so much! I feel very honored to have many great people and writers reading this! Sorry! Now I'm getting all teary! sniff

Oh, yeah! Some people asked how my trip to D.C. was. It was neat, we stayed at the Air Force base, and sure, all we did was go to museums, but that was okay! I can't believe how many trees are there! Just so all of you know, I live in Montana. BIG difference. And no, I don't have horses. But my aunt does.

I was wondering, since you are all so nice, maybe some of you could be my friends. ( I know how corny that sounds.) If you're interested, my e-mail address is kawaii (underscore) writer (at sign)hotmail .com(I know it looks weird, but the computer keeps erasing my address, so just remove the spaces and there ya go.) Please! I'm all alone! puppy-dog eyes

Oh, I got an anonymous e-mail from a, carrie mosman, if anyone can tell me her e-mail address or if she is reading this, I would love to get back to you.

ON WITH THE CHAPTER!

-Show Me How It Ends-

Stage Thirteen: Confusion

"Hello? Who is this?"

A clatter of plastic hitting a hard surface reached Seto's ear, followed not long after by a heavy thump.

"Well, that was odd…" Seto hung up the phone and returned to his seat. He placed the phone onto a close table before attempting to fall asleep, or something like it. Finally, the brunet was able to fall into a blissful, dreamless, darkness.

"Jou! Jou! WAKE UP BIG BROTHER!"

SMACK!

"NO! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!"

"Snap" SMACK "out," SMACK "of" SMACK "It!" SMACK!

"Jesus Shizuka! What the hell!"

"Oh my god Jou!" The girl cried, obviously shaken. "You completely, like, passed out! And…I couldn't get you to wake up!"

Katsuya, his mind completely blank of the events that had recently transpired, proceeded to calmly tell his sister that he was fine.

"Yeah, that's the definition of unconsciousness! And what the hell was with the fricking slaps!"

Shizuka, needless to say, was on the verge of tears. "Well, I mean, you were kind-of thrashing around and crying stuff out."

Jou was becoming impatient. "Shizuka, what could possibly bother me enough that I would faint and cry out random shit like-"

"No, you're supposed to be dead? Or, please don't leave me again? 'Suya, what happened? You know, to make you freak out like that? Katsuya?"

The blonde stood frozen, deaf to his sister's questioning. But something did echo throughout his mind.

'Seto Kaiba speaking.'

A dazed smile made its way across Jou's face. "Heh…"

Shizuka watched in amazement as her brother started laughing insanely.

"Katsuya?"

Jou's laughs eventually subsided into crazed giggles.

"He's alive…"

It was at this point that the blond became reacquainted with the floor.

"Seto…Seto…"

The brunet opened a bleary eye, only to see a hideous, black…oh, wait…yeah, it was just Mokuba.

"Oh, hey Mokuba." The vampire yawned dramatically, trying to make his brother feel bad for waking him up. "What's going on?"

The boy eyed his brother suspiciously before holding up his phone.

"Did you use this?"

Seto stared blankly.

"Someone called and I answered."

"Seto, who called?"

"How am I supposed to know? The person hung up."

"I'm supposed to believe that. The person called, you answered, and they hung up? Why would they...Oh…"

"Oh, what?"

"Seto, you answered the phone."

"You're point is?"

"This whole vampire thing has messed with your head Seto! Are you honestly that thick?"

"What did I do that was so bad Mokuba?"

"You answered the phone Seto, think about it. 6 billion peoplebelieveyou're dead. For all we know, whoever called was a reporter!"

Seto scowled darkly. "Well you've certainly developed an attitude in my short absence. Why don't you just check caller ID instead of berating me for being an exhausted vampire."

Mokuba cringed at the word vampire. "I…I didn't mean it like that."

Seto nodded wearily. "It's alright Mokie. Just check the call list, okay?"

Mokuba flipped open the phone and hit a few buttons.

"Oh boy…"

Seto leaned forward. "What?"

Mokuba hesitated.

"Who was it?"

"Seto…It was Jou."

Oooo…the truth is out. Just so you all don't get bored, I'm going to have Seto meet up with Jou somewhere in the next two chapters, Matthew makes a threatening appearance and Seto's gonna bloody his hands when Honda shows up with his shady new friend Nick.

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