Fate Plays Cruel Tricks

BY: Sakurascorpion19

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-gi-oh!

A/N: Well, here is the next chapter. Thanks to all who were nice enough to review. I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter! Well, hopefully, I can get more feedback on this chapter. I'm going to be finishing this story up in one or two more chapters. I'm guessing just one, but I'll see how it goes. Well, enough of me talking...and on with you reading:) Enjoy!

Chapter 7: Mokuba's Fate

Joey's head snapped up in complete shock. "Wh…wha…wha…what?"

"You heard me…" Seto said lying back down in his hospital bed.

"You….you…." Joey stuttered. "But…"

"You don't believe me?" Seto questioned raising an eyebrow.

"But…uh…you…." Joey couldn't think straight. He really admitted that he had feelings for me…well, I should tell him right back! I need to tell him.

"Are you going to speak a sentence to me or are you just going to babble?" Seto smirked. So, I tell him the truth and he freaks out? Great…he's just trying to find the right words to reject me with. Come on mutt, give me your best shot!

"Uh, Seto…" Joey started. "It's just kinda sudden, dat's all." Shouldn't I just say I love him back? I should. I really want to. I can.

"Okay? And?" Seto urged him on.

"I…uh…"

"Damn it Wheeler! Do you feel the same way or not?" Seto yelled, trying to sit himself back up in the bed.

"YES!" Joey screamed back.

Seto's mind was blank. After waiting for this answer for what seemed to be a life time, he was speechless, uncertain of what to do next.

"…" Seto stared at Joey.

"What?" Joey questioned.

Seto just smiled. I have him. I got what I wanted. My mutt…my puppy…he's here.

"What?" Joey repeated.

"You really do?"

Joey sighed. "Yes, Seto, I do."

With all the strength in his body, Seto lifted himself up in his bed and grabbed Joey by the collar. "You mean it?" He said between his teeth, trying to hide the pain of sitting up.

"Yeah…" Joey answered.

Seto smiled quickly and pulled Joey's collar closer to him. "Good."

Seto pulled Joey into a deep kiss. A kiss that neither one of them wanted to escape from.

So, this is what it feels like to kiss Joey Wheeler? Pure ecstasy.

Joey slowly pulled himself away from Seto's soft lips with a slight grin. "I need to go…"

Seto sighed. "I know…"

"I'll be back. With your brother."

"I know…"

"Get some rest…" Joey said standing up.

Seto's smile slowly faded. "Get my brother. Bring him back safely."

"I will, Seto. I will. I promise you that." Joey began towards the door.

"Joey?"

Joey turned back around. "Yes?"

"Say that you love me…"

Joey smiled. "I love you, Seto Kaiba." He turned back around and walked out the door.

"Good boy…" Seto said under his breath.

Joey was driving franticly. He had to get to Mokuba. He had to save Seto's brother.

He finally turned on South Berg Street and was heading north. Joey looked down at his clock. 11:55pm. Only five more minutes. I have to make it there. I have to.

A few more minutes passed as Joey sped down the street. There. 151 South Berg.

Joey quickly parked his car and ran into the building with the deed. Out of breath, Joey stopped in the middle of the building. "I'm here." He yelled with all his might.

"Well, I see you showed. And, just on time." A man's voice rang throughout the area.

Joey looked around. Nothing but a few dimmed lights and boxes surrounded him. "Where is he?"

"Don't worry. He's here." The voice called. "The deed?"

Joey raised his arm into the air. The deed clenched in his hand.

"Right here!" Joey said in frustration.

"Very good." The man stated. "Now, give my man here the deed."

Joey looked to his left to see a fairly large man step out of the shadows. The man walked towards him with confidence.

"Wait. I need to see Mokuba first." Joey stated.

The man walking towards him stopped and looked back.

Joey smirked. There. You just gave away where the kidnapper is.

The voice laughed. "Very well."

A light came on to Joey's right. There was Mokuba. All tied up in a metal chair.

"You okay Mokuba?" Joey questioned the boy.

Mokuba slowly nodded.

"Good…" Joey answered the boy's response.

"Now…as you can see, the boy is fine. Now, the deed." The man yelled out.

"All right." Joey started. He slowly set the papers down on the ground in front of him and backed away slowly. "Now, can you please release Mokuba?"

The man laughed. "The deed isn't in my hands yet, Wheeler."

Joey just stood there, completely still. One wrong move and Mokuba or I won't get out of here.

The large bodyguard-looking man snatched the papers off of the ground and walked quickly back into the shadows.

Joey stood in silence. He kept his eyes on Mokuba. Making sure that he was safe.

"Well, it seems that this is what I asked for…" The voice stated.

"Very well, then…can we go now?" Joey asked.

"Not so fast. You see, I wanted everything that Seto holds dear to escape his grasp."

"What do you mean?" Joey questioned him.

"Seto cares for three things in his life…" The voice laughed. "And I have all three right here."

"What?"

The man stepped out from the shadows. "Seto took the one thing I held dear, now I will take everything from him."

"You…you're…" Joey was in shock.

"Yes, I am Seto's one and only step-father. Gozaboro Kaiba." He laughed.

"So, this was all a revenge plot?" Joey questioned.

"Indeed."

"And what three things that Seto cares about are in your possession?"

Gozaboro laughed. "Kaiba Corp…" He said holding up the deed. "His brother," He said pointing to the boy, "And, you, Wheeler."

Joey suddenly felt a large amount of pressure on his arms. He tried to turn around to see the cause, but he couldn't. Something was preventing it.

"Now, all that Seto holds dear will be lost." Gozaboro laughed. "Tie him up next to the child."

Now Joey realized why he couldn't move. Several of Kaiba's bodyguards were keeping him there. The guards then slowly dragged Joey over to a chair next to Mokuba.

"You won't get away with this, Gozaboro!" Joey yelled out.

"Cover his mouth." Gozaboro stated. "I hate dogs."

One of the guards quickly covered Joey's mouth with duct tape.

"You know what to do, boys." Kaiba laughed.

Joey watched in horror as the guards went around the building pouring gallons of gas on everything.

So, this is how it ends? I burn to death with Seto's little brother crying next to me? I promised him. I promised them both that I would protect them. I promised.

I'm sorry, Seto.

The guards had used every ounce of gasoline and were preparing to light the match.

"Wait." Gozaboro said. "Let me do it."

With a quick laugh and smirk, Gozaboro Kaiba lit a cloth on fire and walked over to Joey and Mokuba.

"Any last words?"

Joey and Mokuba's muffled screams underneath the tape fell on deaf ears.

"What? I can't understand you?" Gozaboro laughed.

With a quick toss, Gozaboro threw the cloth onto a pile of boxes behind the two tied up victims.

"Good-bye." He smirked and began to walk away. He suddenly felt a large amount of weight on his back. "What the…"

Gozaboro quickly fell to the ground. "What's going on? What's the meaning of this?"

He looked back to see Joey on top of him.

"Get off of me! Get off!" Gozaboro screamed. "Help me!" He yelled to his guards.

They all began running toward the scene, but all chickened out with the realization of thefire's intensity increasing.

"Get back here you cowards!" He yelled.

Joey quickly moved his hands and untied himself from the chair. With a slick movement, he threw the chair on top of Gozaboro to give himself enough time to remove the remaining rope around him and the tape over his mouth.

"Damn it!" Gozaboro yelled getting off of the ground.

Joey swiftly threw a punch at Gozaboro.

He felt the full blow of Joey's hard fist across his jaw and fell to the ground "Ah, son of a…"

With little time left before the building was covered in fire, Joey ran over to Mokuba who was trying his hardest to escape.

Joey undid the ropes around Mokuba's hands and body from the chair and grabbed the boy in his arms.

Mokuba ripped the tape off of his mouth. "Joey?"

"Yeah?" Joey questioned the boy as he ran toward the exit.

"What about the deed?" Mokuba asked.

"The deed? The deed!" Joey yelled out.

Joey continued to run. He found the exit and kept his pace toward his car. He opened the passenger-side door and placed Mokuba in the seat.

"Whatever happens Mokuba, stay here!" Joey said.

Mokuba looked up at the man that saved his life for the second time. "What do you mean?"

"I need to get that deed for your brother." Joey said running back towards the burning building.

"What?" Mokuba jumped up from his seat. "Joey…"

Mokuba watched on as he saw Joey run into the flames. After that, Mokuba couldn't see anything other than the rising smoke and the fading red eyes.

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