This is chapter 14 peoples. This is going to be long enough to make up for the shortness of my last few chapters. Now for notes and thank you stuff! Oh I want to let you all know, so you don't hate me later on, I am going to kill off Nick. I have no idea what I was trying to accomplish with him, but he has to die courtesy of my mild case of writer's block. Thank You.

Warning: Gore and light swearing.

All of these review comments are based solely on the fact that I had received the following reviews at 9:20 a.m. Mountain Time on June 30, 2005. If I left anyone out, I'm sorry. : (

Moonlit-leaf – I have never even heard of that book, so I looked it up. And now I want to read it : ) The resemblance is kinda similar isn't it?

Misoka – You are very sweet.

Red Eyes White Dragon – Thank you so very much for being the first person to e-mail me about being my friend! This chapter is dedicated to you, Hazel-Beka, and Miguels-Lover my new online allies! Throws black trench coats at REWD, Hazel-Beka and Miguels-Lover

Hazel-Beka – Morbid am I? Girl, you ain't seen nothin' yet! Like I said in the comments above you, this chap is dedicated to you and REWD and M-L.

Anaraz – You are going to get your wish!

dragonlady222 – Here's an update!

Miguels-Lover – I would be very happy if you put me on your contacts list! I'll put you in mine if you e-mail me. I'll be honest, I forget really easily so please mail me if you get a chance. Jou's gonna be doing a lot more than just hearing Seto's voice!

Amelia Sjoquist – I'm glad that you enjoy my story. Vampires rock.

Thunderstorm101 – If my story is as strange as your review, then I guess we're good to go!

Nachzes Black-Rider – How cruel! You dare laugh at Jou's mental misfortune! I am shocked and appalled………well…it was pretty funny.

LIA – Someone has had a lot of sugar. You'll see!

Green Phantom Queen – It's not going to be easy for anyone.

Shadow DarknessDragon – Honda's gonna die. It's a good thing.

On with the chapter! …Wooo. Man, now I'm sleepy.

Show Me How It Ends

-Stage Fourteen: Redemption-

"Seto has to be alive Shizuka! Don't you get it? He answered the phone!"

Shizuka sat quietly. After her older brother had passed out again, she had called her father. Sure, she left out the details of the entire event leading to the unconsciousness, but hey, who could blame her? Shizuka knew what would happen if her dad knew that Jou was now hearing voices. And she didn't want her big brother in some nut house. No, this was gonna be kept quiet if she had anything to do with it.

"Jou…you didn't hear Seto. Seto is dead. Dead people don't answer phones."

"No! It was him I swear! I would know his voice anywhere!"

"Jou! He's dead! Would you get over it! Move on with your life! Because god knows the rest of us have!" she screamed. Yes, it was harsh. But someone needed to get through to him.

Jou just stared as his sister slammed the door shut as she left.

"Seto is alive. And I don't want to let it go." He whispered

"Mr. Kaiba?" The pilot crackled over the intercom.

"What is it?"

"We will be arriving at the JFK International Airport in about 15 minutes."

Seto sighed. "Finally. Oh, thank you."

The brunet once again began to contemplate his situation. Thanks to that bastard Honda, he had been killed and Jou had been hurt. Thanks to an arrogant vampire named Matthew, Seto was now damned. And thanks to that phone call, Jou's probably in a psych ward. Well, doesn't his life just suck?

Mokuba watched his brother silently. Now it was his turn to asses the events of the last week. Seto had been killed. Seto had come back as a vampire. Seto had come back as a freaky vampire that had spikes coming out of him. Now he was following the swish back and forth of a reptilian tail with his gaze. Yeah, that's right. Seto had a tail.

Unbeknownst to the black haired boy, Seto had taken notice of his staring.

"Kinda cool isn't it?"

Mokuba snapped out of his funk. "Huh?"

"My tail. Unexpected, but it kind of ties together the whole dragon deck with my new vampiric attributes."

"You're trying to make the best of this aren't you?"

"I drink blood, spikes are coming out of me, I have a tail and I'm pretty sure I've got a set of wings coming in. At this point I'll take any silver lining I can get."

The fasten seat-belt sign came on and both boys prepared for landing.

Honda ran to keep up with Nick, occasionally having to dodge a dumpster.

"Are you sure he's here?" He said breathlessly.

Nick snorted. "You're kidding right? Of course he's here. I've been keeping tabs on his father for a while now. And if Jou's staying with his dad, which he is, we should have no problem finding him."

"Whatever."

The pair kept running through back alleys in search of their target.

Seto stared out the window on his side of the limo, trying to ignore the wrenching pain in his gut. Sadly he knew what that feeling meant. He was hungry. REALLY hungry.

"Hey Seto, isn't that Jou's apartment building up ahead?"

He didn't look over at Mokuba. "Stop the car…" He was seeing red…

"But Seto-"

"I SAID STOP THE CAR!"

The driver slammed down on the brakes, causing Seto and Mokuba to jerk forward. Before anyone could comment on his actions, Seto opened his door and bolted. Like hell he was going hurt his brother.

"Seto!"

He kept running until he could no longer hear his brother. His vision was tinted red, he needed to feed. But, on who? None of these people deserved to die. He stopped and looked around. Jesus…he was close to Jou's place. As in right in front of it.

Seto closed his eyes and tried to collect his thoughts. "Alright…someone here must be evil…" Then he felt it. It was familiar…It was the same feeling he had when… His eyes shot open.

"Honda." He growled before dashing into an alley along the side of the building.

Jou opened his curtains slowly, gazing out at the city before him. Sure, Domino had been his home for awhile…but New York was where he truly felt at peace. He pulled open the sliding glass doors that led out to his room's balcony, before walking out onto the terrace.

A light breeze ruffled his hair lightly. 'I refuse to believe you're dead Seto.' He thought, looking down at the street below. A silver flash caught his eye. The silver was glinting off of some guy's trench coat as he ran into the alley. Wait…Jou looked again at the figure. The man met up with two others and stopped. The other two didn't look happy.

"K-Kaiba!" Honda stuttered. "You're okay!"

Seto was not amused. "I'm glad to see that the both of you haven't been caught by the authorities."

Honda was frozen in place. "Why?"

The brunet through his coat to the side, revealing his spikes, tail and claws. The whites of his eyes turned red along with his irises as the pupils became slitted. Seto straightened out, ignoring the pressure on his back.

"So I can kill you myself."

Nick and Honda finally moved, even if it was only to draw their guns.

"What the fuck are you man?" Nick yelled.

Seto sauntered forward, allowing the man to unload a few shells into his chest.

"The last thing you are ever going to see."

Seto raised his hand; claws extended, and raked it across Nick's face. Effectively gauging out the man's eyes. He screamed and dropped his gun, raising his hands shakily to his face.

"Well, I guess you won't be going anywhere. Now," Seto turned to Honda. "You weren't thinking of leaving, were you?"

Honda backed up, turning to run. Unfortunately, he had failed to notice that Seto's tail was twined around his leg. Seto pulled up and Honda went down hard.

The brunet raised his hands to pull back his hair, giving the boy a good view of his fangs. Seto smiled down at Honda.

"Don't worry; I'll make this as painful as possible."

R&R!