Disclaimers: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

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I'm just a kid

Chapter 2

Kaiba's gaze flicked over to Ryou momentarily, seeing the metallic red substance soaking into the black leather seats. It wasn't until that moment that Kaiba noticed how beat up the white-haired teen was. His left eye was bruised black and blood covered the entire back of his head and dripping from his now red and white hair. Ryou's face turned slightly pink, but only because he was so pale you could tell, there wasn't much blood left to rise to his face to redden the blush caused by embarrassment.

"I-I am?" Ryou asked, shifting a little, but Kaiba could see he was moving as close as he possibly could to the door. "I . . . I-I'm so sorry, I didn't realize I -"

"It's alright," Ryou heard the deep smooth voice from the opposite corner of the limo say. Kaiba was looking directly at him, but the cold stare that had been on his face when Ryou got into the car had vanished. "We have paramedics at the mansion, we'll just take you there so you can clean up." Mokuba nodded at his older brother's statement, then a sudden smile crossed his face.

"You can stay the night too!"

Ryou was surprised by all of the attention that was being given to him, and how kind the Kaiba brothers were being to him. "I-I don't mean to intrude or anything," he stuttered.

"Nonsense! We never have people over," Mokuba exclaimed, gaining a look from his brother that was mostly shock but also a tinge of embarrassment, basically it said 'MOKUBA! I can't believe you just said that!' Ryou smiled at the 10-year-old's naïve behavior.

"Alright, that is if you really want me to," Ryou replied softly, mostly directing the question at Kaiba. Who sighed, sibling embarrassment doesn't just come and go, it builds up instead.

"It's no trouble at all."

Not long after, they arrived at Kaiba Mansion, the limo pulling through the large brass gates. It was still raining outside. When the car stopped both Kaiba and Mokuba got out the other side, Ryou opened his own door, but it seemed as soon as his foot touched the ground his head was hit with a sudden wave of dizziness.

He stood up out of the car and then his whole world started to spin, pain lashing through every bit of him and his vision blurred. He blinked furiously, holding his head with one hand, the other trying to steady himself on the door. He was so distracted and dizzy from the pain that it wasn't a few seconds later he found himself falling backwards, balance lost.

Something caught him, he couldn't even look up to see what it was. It might have been the ground, or the car, or maybe someone caught him. He'd never know, he fell unconscious a moment later.

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Seto Kaiba felt the boy go limp in his arms, the blood-loss made him pass out. Shifting the boy up on his feet, so his head rested on Kaiba's shoulder, he realized that someone would have to carry the British boy inside. Kaiba looked around for Mokuba, but he had rushed inside. To get a room ready, I hope, he thought to himself.

That someone carrying the boy was going to be him.

Putting his free arm under his legs, Kaiba picked the boy up bridal-style, surprised by how light he was. The unconscious boy shivered in his arms, soft white bangs plastered to his forehead. He snuggled into Kaiba's chest, desperate for warmth.

What had happened to him?

Kaiba wondered about this as he made his way to the front door, and suddenly stopped right outside of it. Mokuba had closed the door.

How was he supposed to get inside?

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The door was opened by a very nervous maid. "I'm sorry Mr. Kaiba," she apologized hastily, almost stuttering. Kaiba's glare was piercing her through and through, he kind-of looked like a cat that got stuck in the rain, water dripping from his hair and coat. Kaiba stepped into the mansion, and that's when the nurse saw the white-haired boy. Shivering and wet in Kaiba's arms.

Wait. Why was Kaiba carrying him?

Kaiba made his way to the elevator, there was no way he was going to walk up the stairs while carrying . . . what's his name??? I think his name's Bakura or something. . . that's what his friends call him.

The nurse followed him and both were in the elevator. Kaiba was just glaring at her, almost like he was waiting for something. It was about a minute before she started to get nervous from his never moving glare, set on her.

"Well?" he said, still glaring at her. "Are we going up or not?" She hadn't pressed the button to start the elevator yet, and he was holding the white-haired boy. She gulped nervously and pressed a large button with a number '3' on it. Kaiba gave an annoyed sigh as the elevator doors finally shut.

Kaiba looked back down at Bakura, who was starting to bleed more heavily now that he was out of the rain, like he had been in the limo. He looked tired, worn. He no longer shivered, in fact he wasn't doing anything; he was completely limp. As soon as the doors opened, Kaiba started down the hallway at a fast pace.

Mokuba popped out of a room, indicating which one was for Bakura, Kaiba laid him down on the bed inside the room. The boy didn't move, at all. "Is he even breathing?" came Mokuba's voice.

No.

He wasn't.

Kaiba turned around to his little brother, "Get the paramedics in here!" Mokuba nodded and ran out of the room, his footsteps fading down the hall. When Kaiba turned back to Bakura, a vivid red color was spreading through the sheets, mostly around his head. "HURRY MOKUBA!"

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Chocolate-brown eyes blinked open, and confusion swept over the white-haired teen. That's not my ceiling. He would know, his was covered with posters and pictures, to give him something to look at when he was bed-ridden. This ceiling was white, blank. He tried to sit up, but a wave of dizziness hit him like a ton of bricks. The white-haired boy fell back on to the bed, waiting for his vision to clear.

He hurt everywhere, mostly his head though, and he couldn't see through his left eye. Turning his head, Ryou looked around the room. He was in a bed, he could tell. Across the room was a pair of large double windows, and outside the window was a tree, it looked like. Two chairs were next to his bed, now empty, and a table at the foot of the bed had a lot of bandaging all over it. Where am I? He tried to remember what happened.

After school, I went to the park . . . I think, and then I went home. Bakura beat me, and I was walking down the street . . . everything came back to him. oh, no; I collapsed outside of the limo. He groaned, covering his eyes with his arm, causing him to press down on his left eye. He winced and uncovered his eyes. Kami-sama I must be a mess, I can't believe I was bleeding in Kaiba's limo! He groaned, and turned over, in the bed away from the window, and gasped when he saw what was on the other side of his bed.

There was the door, in the far left corner; and an arm chair next to another set of double windows, and in the arm chair sat Mokuba, in Kaiba's lap; both asleep. He felt his breath catch in his throat, glad he didn't start talking out loud a few moments ago. Mokuba snuggled into his older brother's chest, seemingly cold. Ryou checked his watch that was still on his wrist, 3:46 a.m.

Slowly, as carefully as he could, Ryou sat up, trying to keep the dizziness to a minimum. Once he was in an upright position, he swung his feet over the side of the bed, his now socked feet touching the carpeted floor. As slowly as he could, he stood up; his vision seemed to waver for a minute, but it passed. Kaiba shifted a little in his sleep, holding on to Mokuba tighter, who snuggled into him again. Ryou smiled, it was a cute picture; this must be the side that Mokuba always sees of his older brother, no wonder he adores him.

Ryou sighed, why did they stay in here with him? To make sure he was alright? It's more than my friends would have done. Walking carefully, he took the comforter off of the bed he had previously been in, and laid it over the two Kaiba brothers. They've done too much for me. Trying to ignore his threatening dizziness if he moved too fast or spun around, Ryou started to move about the room.

There was a mirror hanging outside the door; he winced at his reflection. He had bandages wrapped around his head, and also over his left eye, with a cotton swap. Checking himself over, Ryou found lots of other bandages were glass use to be, and some others along with a cold-heat pad on his leg. I must have stretched something, he hadn't felt it.

Finding his shoes and jacket, he entered the washroom to clean up a little before leaving. He could probably make it home before dawn. Taking off the bandages around his head, he washed his face. All of the wounds on his head had stopped bleeding, but his left eye still looked like he colored over it with a sharpie. At least he could see out of it.

Looking around the hallway, he quietly walked over to the guest room when a thought hit him. Which way is out? He smacked his forehead, Nice going. He decided he would find it sooner or later, and looked in on the Kaiba brother's one last time.

Only to find both of them gone.

"I put Mokuba in his bed," came a voice from behind him. Ryou nearly jumped out of his skin; Kaiba didn't need to bother being quiet like Ryou had. Turning around fast, he stumbled from the dizziness. Note to self: DON'T SPIN AROUND FAST! "You look . . . slightly better."

"Hehe, uh . . thanks?" Ryou laughed nervously.

"You really shouldn't be up this early."

"You are."

"Yes, but I don't have sharpie markings over my left eye." Ryou laughed a little, remembering his last thought, when he suddenly choked on it. Kaiba just made a joke. Finally looking Kaiba in the eye, Ryou felt himself freeze; his usually cold-ice blue eyes were down to a determined set, but for a second Ryou thought he saw a spark, the kind that Joey has 24/7. It wasn't until a moment later that he realized Kaiba had been talking.

"What?"

"You zone out a lot, don't you?" Kaiba said, giving the smallest hints of a smile. Ryou gave him one of his warm, sheepish smiles.

"I guess."

"I asked if your name was Bakura?" Ryou tensed at the name.

"Uh, I prefer Ryou; but Yugi-tachi calls me that."

"Oh." There was a silence between them, Kaiba stared at his feet for a minute before looking back to Ryou; only to find the white-haired teen looking at him, a dazed sort of look. "You okay?" He seemed to snap out of whatever train of thought he had and blushed when he realized what he had been doing. Looking at the floor he mumbled an apology. Kaiba gave even more hints to a smile, shaking his head.

He was funny; a little shy, and quiet, but still . . . he was okay. "You want something to eat?" Kaiba finally asked. Ryou nodded a little, not speaking, and followed Kaiba towards the stairs.

TBC...

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Kami-sama – "Oh God" or something similar

Yugi-tachi – Yugi and the others

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