Author's Note: I hope you all enjoyed last chapter to it's fullest and all I have to say for this story is that is it coming to a close rather quickly. It only has two more chapters left and I plan to have one more out this Friday but that could change. I'm actually really sad this one is almost over! It did so well and it was really enjoyable! I guess I should be looking forward for the third and final installment of the Run Away Puppy series. It'll be great but I owe this story and my loyal readers everything. This story got my name out and you guys made it everything this story is. Thank you all so much and I enjoy the chapter!
Hex-Saku: Sorry, I didn't mean for my cliffy to be hazardous to anyone's health, j/k! I am glad that you are so forgiving and am happy to say I have a new chapter for you too read and one more likely this Friday so keep a sharp eye! Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
puffin: Sorry, I didn't mean to leave you hanging again but it couldn't be helped! It's put on hold? Okay, I'll wait until it comes off hold. I am also trying to put out a horror Halloween story! I have never done one and thought this might be a good year to start! Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
Bloody Days of Dust: The master of cliffhangers? I try not to leave them and I hate them myself but sometimes it just can't be helped! I am so sorry! I made you laugh? I guess that's a good thing (smiles brightly). I try to entertain my readers. Yup yup, an art college is for me! Only because I hate science, I can't do math to save my life, even though I have a B in algebra 2, and I love to draw Anime! Yu-Gi-Oh and Inuyasha are the more popular ones that I draw and then I am working on my own Anime! It's so cool so far. Yeah, not much happens in Colorado and I should know, I've lived here for 17 years. You're very welcome, anything for my loyal readers! Hmmm…you don't get long reviews? Maybe I'll check out some of your stuff! Writer's Antagonist…sounds like the same person who hounded me time and time again for my Lord Of The Rings stories! Don't listen to anyone who can't give constructive criticism, it's just not worth getting all worked up for. I have not read that book; in fact I don't read a whole lot unless it has to do with fan fics and English class. Would you recommend that book for someone to read? Anyway, thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
Miru Amai: I can use your pen name that is not a problem! I like the orphanage idea but we all know that is the type that likes to block out bad memories, so he'll have a hard time remembering her. If you have an idea for her description you can send me one of you like! Unless you want me just to make one up, your call. You do like Inuyasha! Well…the reviews for my Inuyasha story are looking pretty sad…do you think you could check it out for me? I would be so grateful to you! Yeah poor Joey and Jouneth. I don't think Joey will just sit back and watch as Seto suffers through all that will happen. I don't see Joey as that type. I won't spill anything to you, you must read the chapter and find out! Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
Dragonmaster1703: Fine I won't perish. There will be one more Run Away Puppy story to make a trilogy. Sorry about the cliffies, I don't think this chapter really leaves a cliffhanger this time. Millennium world is so cool! I can't wait until they go into the past. I'll make another loyal reader happy? Please enlighten me on what you mean. Anyway, thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
daughterofanubis: Here is more for you! Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
subaruxkamui4ever: Who said anything about the millennium rod? (looks around with shifty eyes) I think Seto had already come to terms in my story about his ancient past. Sorry, I wasn't trying to give you a heart attack; I didn't think my cliffies were hazardous to anyone's health. Yeah, I would hafta agree that was pretty loving of Seto to risk his own life for that of his puppy and son. I made you cry awe…I must be doing something right! (Hands ya a tissue) Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
FireieGurl: Here is more for ya! Hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for reading and I shall see ya next chapter!
dragonlady222: Yeah, I can't believe that happened either! I hope everyone gets out safely in one piece! Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
LzfOx1379: You do a lot of gasping in your review! Was it really that good? Yup, he took both Mokuba and Jouneth. Sorry, there shouldn't be any more cliffies! I am glad you liked last chapter and hopefully you'll enjoy this one even more! I know, it took me along time to update this month, damn English homework! I absolutely hate "The Scarlet Letter" I just can't get into it. Though I could make a SetoxJou story based off the storyline. LOL! That's funny! I would like to see Mollano get his balls shot off, then he wouldn't have anymore to cross Seto and Joey! I won't say anything about Seto's fate. I am really excited that you enjoyed last chapter, and here I was thinking that it wasn't very good. Honored to hear I'm still your fave and yes, there is a Run Away Puppy 3…and it is the final installment in the series! I will finally have my own trilogy to be proud of! I get Halloween candies! Yay! Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter! Run Away Puppy 2: Mollano's Revenge Chapter Eighteen: Rescuing Seto
"If I die here Mollano, I just want you to know that I will have not perished without a purpose. A new life is born and an old one must die. I love my son and his mother and if I must die for them here and now then I will…and I am sure that the others are willing to do the same."
"You will not die this night Seto, here! Catch this!"
The young brunette turned to face the voice that came from behind him and saw a golden item thrown his way. Thinking fast, the teen caught the object and held it firmly in his grip like he had done so many times before in his past life.
"GRANDPA!" Yugi cried after manipulating his gag free. "Stay calm Yugi, everything will be okay." The old man said to his only grandchild. "Seto, there is more to the Millennium than eye can see!" Solomon cried to the teen and before he could explain what he meant one of the gunman knocked the old man unconscious with the butt of the sniper gun. "GRANDPA!"
The anger within Seto was now more than words could describe, he clinched the golden object then suddenly cried out as a new force flooded his veins. The teen fell to his knees, as a bright light took over then vanished as quickly as it had come. Seto looked up to the former mob boss and sported his very own eye of horous tucked beneath his bangs. Mollano felt his body quake with fear but the glowing object did not last long, Seto did not know how to control his power and it left just as fast as it had come.
Mollano pulled out a dagger from his coat and held it up menacingly. "How dare you defy me Seto Kaiba." With those words Mollano lunged at the fallen teen but the brunette jumped to his feet and released the hidden dagger of the millennium rod but…by then it was too late…
"KAIBA!" Yugi called to the teen. The brunette felt the man before him twist the dagger and cried out in utter pain. The group watched as the blue-eyed teen's body shuddered and began to fall limp. "Welcome to the last moments of your life Kaiba." Mollano pulled his dagger from the CEO's flesh and watched as he fell to the ground helplessly. The rod had hit the floor hard and it's crash echoed throughout the warehouse. No one said a word, not even Mokuba made a sound.
"Come on Jouneth it's okay, Mommy is gonna take care of you." Joey said chocking back a threatening sob. The baby had started to cry around the same time his father had been mortally wounded. "It's okay, come on Jouneth, calm down." The blonde said while turning right down a street and stopping at the house with address that had been given to him that day at school. Joey got out of the Yukon and took his son up to the porch and knocked frantically on an unfamiliar door.
"What are you doing Joseph?" A male voice rang out to the blonde. Said teen felt his whole being stiffen and turned to see that Birdo had followed his get away to Jouneth's hiding spot. Tears came to Joey's eyes and he clutched his infant tighter. "What do you want, please tell me just leave my son out of this. He's just an innocent baby." Joey watched as Birdo stopped in his tracks and lit his cigarette. Joey turned and pounded on the door again. "PLEASE HELP ME!" He cried to the house owner. He turned about and the man sprinted to the teen. Just as Birdo's feet met the porch stairs the door opened and Joey quickly bolted inside and the door slammed in the man's face.
"JOSEPH! YOU COME OUT HERE NOW! THERE IS NO NEED TO ENDANGER AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER!" At the sound of that god forsaken voice the blonde fell to the floor and began to cry.
"Joey, what is going on?"
"Please, Ms. Gray, I need you to protect Jouneth. There are two men that have been after Seto and me for a while. The tale is too long to tell right now but all I ask is that you keep my son here in under your care until I come back for him." The blonde explained. The red-haired woman was confused but decided to keep the infant safe.
"I will do what I can for the baby, but how are you going to get past that evil man out there?" The woman asked. Joey sighed in defeat, he not a single clue. It was then that the teacher got an idea.
"COME ON JOSEPH, YOU CAN'T HIDE IN THERE FOREVER!"
It was at that moment that the front door opened and Joey stood in the doorway with his arms full of an infant. Birdo smirked, "Have you finally decided to give up the child and walk away from his alive?" Joey broke down again and hugged his son closely. "Jouneth, I want you to know that Mommy and Daddy loved you, so very much and I hope you remember us, even it is vaguely." Birdo watched as the blonde gave the baby a final kiss and tightened the blanket about him then handed it off to him.
"You've made a wise decision, you may live the rest of your life in guilt and know that you handed off your only child to an infamous murderer. Once this baby hits his double digits, he will die of a disease that was caused from being born of a male's womb and I will have the fortune of Kaiba Corp. all to myself." Joey watched as the man walked back to his vehicle and drove off, back in the direction of the abandoned warehouse.
"So help me Ra." The amber-eyed teen said before sprinting back to the Yukon and also driving back to the abandoned warehouse.
"Lay there and die Seto lay there and suffer in the last moments of your life. Know what my son knew." Mollano growled while approaching the suffering teenage boy. Seto had felt his side go numb with pain and held his side with such a tight grip. "I will have died with a purpose. I… saved my son and… his mother. They…. will…live happily."
"SETO! PLEASE DON'T LET GO!" Mokuba cried from his place suspended in the air. "PLEASE BIG BROTHER! YOU'RE STRONGER THAN THIS! I KNOW YOU ARE!" Heavy sobs and crystal tears followed the boy's heartfelt words. Seto felt his body shudder once more and watched as Mollano smirked and turned his back on the helpless teens. The one mistake the former mob boss should have known better not to do.
"It pains me to see you die like this Seto. I wish it could have been fast and painless like my son's death. But then…why would I give you…that…" The man's words were cut short by a sharp intrusion in his back. "My will to live…is stronger than you…will ever know." Seto hissed while twisting his millennium dagger within the man that haunted his lover's dreams. Mollano cried out in pain and the young CEO forced the dagger further into the figure's back. "Die." Seto whispered as he pulled the object out of the man's flesh and watched as he fell unmoving to the hard, cold concrete. The brunette then unbound his lover's friends and went to figure away to get his brother down.
"Mokuba, how did those rats get you up there?"
"BIG BROTHER!"
Yami came forward and planted his feet firmly on the ground beneath Mokuba. He began an ancient chant and clasped his hands together. The millennium puzzle began to glow and the eye of horous appeared on the former pharaoh's forehead. Suddenly a great light flashed and Mokuba's bindings began to glow. He could feel them begin to loosen and called for his brother.
"SETO! I'M GONNA FALL!"
The bindings came complete undone and Mokuba closed his eyes tightly and expected to free-fall to his doom only to open his eyes and feel the concrete touching his rear. Seto ran to his brother and held him close. Yami however had gotten light headed, his nose began to bleed, and finally he fainted. "Yami!" Yugi called as Marik caught the limp body in his arms.
"Come on guys, let's get Yami and Yugi's Grandpa out of here." Tristan said while lifting the old man upon his shoulders (kinda like what he did with Joey during waking the dragons). The group went outside and hid themselves among the cargo boxes and waited for Seto and Mokuba.
"Seto, are you alright big brother?" The brunette winced as his side as remembered the pain. His grip on Mokuba tightened for a moment then it loosened again. "I will be baby brother." The raven-haired boy clung to his brother until a voice broke the moment.
"Awe so sweet, hold on to your brother Kaiba, you wouldn't want to be alone when you die would you?" Birdo sneered. The blue-eyed teen stood up and shielded his younger brother with his body. It was only then that it looked as if the man was holding an infant in his arms. 'No, it couldn't be…Jouneth?' Seto thought to himself. "What is it that you hold in your arms?"
"SETO!" A familiar voice called to the brunette. It made said boy's heart lift when he saw Joey. The blonde ran to his boyfriend and embraced him. The sudden pressure made him buckle and fall into his lover's arms. "Seto…what's wrong?" The young CEO looked down at his bleeding wound and then back into his puppy's eyes.
"Seto…"
"I hold here in my arms your son Seto. Joey so willingly handed him over to me, just to spare his own pathetic life." Birdo explained. Seto looked incredulously to his lover, "It's not true, tell me it's not true." Joey looked away from Seto. "Joey! Tell me you didn't!" The brunette was becoming furious. "It's not true."
"Then what is in his arms?"
"Our child."
Just as Seto was ready to retort to his lover the first explosion of the bomb that had been set went off. Joey, Seto, and Mokuba made a scramble for the opening. But Seto turned about and stopped Birdo from getting away with his son.
"Where do you think you're going?" Seto growled dangerously. Birdo smirked, "I'm leaving and you're digging your own grave." Seto unsheathed his dagger again and then another explosion went off. The men fell to the ground from the force of the quake. Birdo lost grip of the child and it hit the ground hard. The blanket had fallen away and revealed a plastic baby doll that began to cry. Seto was relieved that it wasn't Jouneth but didn't notice Birdo stand up and kick him in his wounded side. "Why couldn't Jamie just have shot you and got it all over with!" He kicked Seto in his side again and it ripped a strangled a cry from the helpless teen.
"SETO!" Joey cried from the outside of the warehouse. Tristan and Bakura had to hold the blonde the back to keep him from sealing his own fate in a fiery death. "Stay Joey, there's no point! You'll die and Jouneth needs you!"
"NO! SETO!"
The ground rattled from the last explosion and it forced all the teens to the ground in refuge. The blonde stood up and found the building before him all in flames. His composure shattered and he fell to the ground. "SETO!"
He was getting ready to run back into the flames when Tristan grabbed him. "It's suicide man!" The blonde struggled, "Tristan…let me go! I need Seto!"
"Joey! He's gone! He gave his life for yours and Jouneth's."
"No." The blonde whispered before going limp and crying for all he was worth.
It didn't surprise the group when fire trucks and police cars pulled into the warehouse property. The officials asked the teens what had gone on and sent in a rescue team. Joey was sitting so that he overheard one of the fire fighter's conversation.
"It looks like we have two dead and one in an unconscious state." Joey bolted up right and faced the fire fighter. "Who is the survivor?"
The infant's sharp wail was more than enough to concern the woman, he had been crying like this for about ten minutes and she had tried everything. It unnerved her and she was frightened that the boy may hurt himself if she didn't calm him down soon.
"Oh come on little one, tell me what's wrong." Ms. Gray said while holding the Kaiba baby in her arms lovingly. She was answered still with wails. "Ssssh, your Mommy and Daddy will be here soon for you. And then they'll take you home and tuck you into your crib." Her talk of the of the infant's home and parents seemed to be calming him down. He was reduced to a whimper and watched as she smiled at him and said more about his home.
Author's Note: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I'm sorry for not having a better fight scene but I'm not very good at those. I hope it was thrilling enough for you all though. I had fun writing it and I hope you all had fun reading it! Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you all next chapter! Don't forget to review!