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Chapter 4

The following morning Seto put in a missing person's report. He said the last person to be seen with Ruia was Morii. The police said they would look into it and told Seto not to worry too much as it was quite common for teenagers to vanish for a few days but they always returned.

"Not my daughter." Seto had said down the phone annoyed with the bored tone of the police officer.

"We'll do all we can Mr Kaiba." The officer promised.

Later on Yami, Yugi, Seto and Joey sat discussing what they could do themselves.

"You don't think it has anything to do with Ushio getting released?" Joey said fretfully.

"I doubt it, he wouldn't dare." Seto said.

Yami didn't want to say anything as Joey was scared but secretly he wondered if it was Ushio that was behind Ruia's disappearance. He decided to talk it over privately with Yugi later on.

"We shouldn't just sit here, we should go out and see if we can find her." Yugi said.

"Yes good idea." Joey said jumping up eagerly.

"Come on then." Seto said knowing that his partner wouldn't settle until they did something and besides he also wanted or rather needed something to do.

Yami and Yugi took their car while Seto and Joey took the limousine.

Four hours later they all returned having found nothing. They sat with hot chocolates though Seto had put some liquor into Joey's drink to calm him down a little as he was practically climbing the walls in frustration. The same question crossed all their minds a hundred times over.

Where was she?

She was at that moment being 'prepared' to entertain some clients that Mrs. Shani had organized for her. Not too many for her first time though as she didn't want her spoiled just yet. She was a pretty fresh young face that radiated innocence and the longer she kept that innocence the better.

Morii was helping her put on her makeup while they smoked a joint each which Ushio had given her earlier as another 'reward'.

"Don't worry about it." Morii was telling her. "Mrs. Shani will let you keep some of the money you earn and in return you get a roof over your head and food."

"I'm not worried." Ruia said and in truth she really wasn't. The cannabis had her so relaxed that a bomb could have gone off and she wouldn't have batted an eyelid.

"Just do as you're told and you'll be fine." Morii said as she finished applying makeup to Ruia's pretty face. Not too much but just enough to enhance her features nicely.

"I have to go now." She said and gave Ruia a hug. Ruia returned it thinking she had found a great friend in Morii.

She didn't think of her parents and how worried they might be, she was just glad to be away from them. The thought of what Joey had done made her sick. She had grown up in that house with him and all the while she could have been in danger. Of course her teenage mind had no concept of the fact she might be in danger now all she could think of was that she was away from her parents.

Mrs. Shani certainly looked after her girls as Ruia found the following morning when a wad of cash was pushed into her hand. The Madam kept enough back for herself to live very comfortably at the same time making sure her girls were well looked after. After all what client wanted a dirty and unkempt girl in bed with him?

Ruia went shopping with Morii and bought herself new clothes under Morii's watchful eye. She advised Ruia on what the best clothes to wear were and also at the same time keeping an eye out for police who she was sure would be looking for Ruia by now having been told by her parents.

She saw none however and really enjoyed her day, it certainly made a nice change from being at her uncle's beck and call most of the time.

"If you save some of your money you can buy some of your own weed to smoke." Morii said as they wondered round the shops.

"I can't keep getting it from my uncle for you."

"Sounds good to me, do you know where I can get some?"

"Yeah sure I'll introduce you to someone I know."

Loaded down with bags, the girls left the shops and returned to the district where the brothel was. Morii took Ruia to an apartment block and introduced her to a friend of her uncle's.

As well as cannabis, Ruia found she was offered pills of varying sorts but she decided that cannabis made her feel good enough for now and she wasn't ready to try anything else. Maybe when she was bored of it she would.

The dealer winked saucily at her as they left and Morii mouthed back 'Madam Shani' as they were going out the door.

The dealer watched them go thinking that he would like to get to know that girl a bit better.

"What's taking them so long?" Joey raged as he paced the room. Even Seto couldn't calm him down though he was also on edge but years of practice had taught him when to show emotion and when not to.

Yugi had tears in his eyes hating to see his life long best friend in such a state and Yami had his arm round him comfortingly.

"I don't know pup, but I'm sure they're doing all they can." Seto said reassuringly but it wasn't working on Joey.

"It's not enough!" He stormed picking up a nearby glass and hurling it into the fireplace where it shattered. He collapsed to the floor sobbing for the loss of his daughter and Seto getting up, gathered his love into his arms.

"Come on pup, you need some rest." He soothed stroking Joey's blonde hair. He snuggled into the warm strong arms and Seto turned and nodded at Yami and Yugi who nodded. They would wait up for a while to see if the phone rang.

After they had left the room, Yugi turned to Yami.

"You know I think Ushio is behind Ruia's disappearance. Do you think he has her?"

"I don't know Aibou and even if we did how are we going to know where he is?"

"Tell the police, Seto never mentioned his name to them so maybe we should."

"Okay, do you want to call them?" Yami asked.

"Can you do it? Police make me nervous." Yugi said remembering that night so long ago when they had ripped him from Yami's arms when they thought he had been attacking him.

"You and me both, maybe we ought to tell Seto too after all it is about his daughter."

"True and I don't think he will be asleep yet, I think he's trying to get Joey to sleep."

Leaving Yugi by the phone in case it rang, Yami made his way up to Seto and Joey's rooms.

He knocked quietly and a hushed voice asked who it was.

"It's me Yami."

"Come in."

Yami went in and found Seto stroking Joey's face to soothe him.

"Is he asleep?" he whispered.

"Yeah, what did you want?"

Yami beckoned to Seto to come out into the hallway with him so he could talk to him without disturbing Joey.

Once outside the bedroom Seto shut the door quietly.

"What's up?" he asked.

"Well Yugi seems to think that Ushio may be behind all this. It might be worth dropping his name to the police just in case."

"Yes maybe, I thought Joey was being paranoid about him but it can't hurt to have him checked out right?"

"Exactly and if it comes back that he is clear of any involvement at least it will give Joey a bit of peace in all this. He's terrified that Ushio is going to get him as he swore he would when Joey got him sent back to that high security prison."

"Doesn't help us in finding my daughter though." Seto said sadly.

"She was acting so strangely after her party but I don't know why. I was going to talk to her but she disappeared before I got the chance."

"Never mind. I was going to tell the police about Ushio but do you want to do it? I'm not too keen on talking to the police."

"Yeah I'm not surprised." Seto said wryly. "listen, I'll go and call them while you keep Yugi company kami knows he needs it I think!"

Yami nodded and Seto made his way to his private office to call the police.

Ten minutes later he joined Yami and Yugi in the sitting room.

"Well that's that done. The police said that he has been checked out but no one matching Ruia's description has been seen anywhere near his apartment in the last few days."

"Damn!" Yami said.

"Yes but that's not all, he also told me that Ushio is Morii's uncle."

Yami and Yugi both sat up straight.

"Her uncle?" Yugi echoed in shock. "Well that would make sense as to why Ruia was suddenly spending lots of time with her."

"Yes maybe her uncle was putting her up to it."

"No idea but it sounds like it night be true but how do we find out?"

"I'm not sure, scour the city till we find her?"

"I don't think that's going to work, Domino is a large city."

"I know Aibou I just don't know what to suggest."

"Me either."

Seto stared at the wall absentmindedly. He was now not so sure that Ushio wasn't involved. Of course to take something precious away from Joey was the perfect revenge and he had had fifteen years in prison to stew over it. He decided not to tell Joey about this latest discovery, as it would only serve to worry him even more.

"I'd rather Joey not find out about this yet." He said and the others nodded.

"No problem Seto."

Seto lay awake for a long time that night trying to figure out how to find where Ushio was but he was still no closer to thinking of anything and he dozed off as the grey light of dawn was just beginning to permeate the curtains of his room.

Ruia was enduring her second night in the brothel. She was smoking cannabis heavily in the main to block out what was happening to her. She didn't like it very much though the money had been nice it wasn't as if she had none. She got a very generous allowance from her parents and never had to worry about money. She felt dirty and used and then men who came called her names. She knew they were true and she began to wish she had stayed at home. How could she go back now though? She had in essence run away and she was sure her parents would freak out at her. She didn't want to face them now and she really didn't want to see her father Joey again. Not after what he had done and as for her uncle Yami, she didn't care whether or not she ever saw him again. She hated domestic violence and she couldn't bring herself to forgive anyone who did it.

She was at that moment preparing herself for her next client. She puffed on her joint and allowed it to relax her and make her numb to what might happen.

Stubbing it out, she lay on the bed to wait.

Ushio was currently glaring at his niece.

"What do you mean 'I think Ruia should go home'?" he growled.

"It's just that she's a really nice kid uncle and no matter what he did to you years ago I don't think she should be involved any more. When you first told me about her and her rich family I thought she would be a spoiled stuck up bitch but she's not, she's nice."

She was knocked flying when a furious Ushio backhanded her across the face. She landed in a crumpled heap on the floor. She lay clutching her face in fear now as she had seen the anger in Ushio's eyes.

"I'm sorry uncle." She whimpered trying to calm him.

"Do as I say you little whore or next time I will do worse to you not just a little slap on your pretty face." He growled and went into his bedroom slamming the door behind him.

Morii lay on the floor sobbing. She had thought helping her uncle was a good thing as he had told her what Joey had done to him all those years ago. But was all of it true? She was starting to question it in her mind. She had seen the look in her uncle's eyes and it had been very evil.

Ushio's door opened and he appeared.

"Come here slut I have a job for you to do." He leered. "You better do as you're told or I might be tempted to use this on you." Morii cowered in fear as she saw a knife in his hands.

"I said COME HERE!" he yelled darting forwards and grabbing her by her hair and ignoring her screams of pain, he dragged her into his room and slammed the door again.

TBC…

There ya go another chappie completed. I KNOW I am evil but I promise it will get better soon!