Disclaimer: I don't own the YGO characters except Ruia, Seirei and Morii and of course the plot.

I'm sorry if the last chapter seemed kind of slow but I promise this one will be much better!

Chapter 5

Morii lay on the bed bruised and battered after Ushio was finished with her. He had never been that way with her before. She had always enjoyed giving pleasure to him but now she just felt used and dirty. He was currently snoring behind her and she got to thinking.

He had scared her badly, was it all truth he had told Ruia? Or was it a lie? She wanted the truth and really there was only one place she was going to get it.

Rising from the bed carefully so as to not wake Ushio, she dressed and put her coat on.

She stole out of the apartment and ran all the way to Seto's mansion. She was taking a huge risk she knew but she had to find out the truth.

She banged on the door, which was opened quickly by Seto's butler.

"Yes? Can I help you young lady?"

"I need to talk to Seto Kaiba." She panted breathless from her run.

"One moment please, what is your name?"

"Morii, please hurry I don't have a lot of time."

"Come in and wait while I find Mr Kaiba." He said ushering her into the entrance hall. He left her there to go and find Seto. While she waited she hopped from one foot to the other. Time was of the essence, if she didn't return before Ushio woke up, there would be hell to pay.

"Where's Ruia!" a voice demanded from a doorway. She spun round to see Seto Kaiba striding towards her with Joey right behind her. He reached her in record time and grabbing her shoulders her shook her.

"Tell me where she is!" he demanded. "I know you know."

"If you let me go I can help you!" Morii cried desperately trying to free herself from the iron-like grip.

"Let her go Seto." A gentle voice said and Seto did folding his arms and glowering at Morii.

"Can we sit down? I need to ask you something first." She said feeling slightly dizzy from being shaken. Her legs gave way and she found herself caught in strong arms. She looked at the person who had scooped her up and saw the tri-coloured hair.

Must be Ruia's uncle Yami she thought as he carried her through to the sitting room and set her down on a sofa.

"Get her some water." Yami said not particularly liking this girl as he was sure she played a part in Ruia's disappearance but knowing she would tell them nothing if they didn't help her.

Morii drank the proffered water and sat up feeling better.

Four pairs of eyes watched her intently waiting for her to begin. Joey's leg was bouncing nervously as he held Seto's hand tightly.

Morii looked at Joey.

"Did you kill a child?" She asked. Joey's leg stopped bouncing and he looked completely shocked.

"No! I have never killed anyone. I was with someone when they killed a youngster but it wasn't me. In fact it was your uncle Ushio who killed him. I reported him for it. Is that what he told you?"

"Yes." Morii said in a small voice. The look in her uncle's eyes the night before and the totally shocked look on Joey's face now told her all she needed to know.

"Tell us everything." The same gentle voice said. It was the same voice as before and Morii looked at Yugi.

"Yes, it all started when Uncle Ushio told me that he wanted to get revenge on Joey for having him locked up wrongfully for killing a kid years ago. I agreed to help him wanting to see justice done. I thought the world of my uncle Ushio." Morii began to cry and Yugi being the caring person that he was, left Yami's side and put an arm round her. He handed her a tissue and she blew her nose and carried on.

"He had some old newspaper clippings of the court case when Joey was convicted for perverting the course of justice and he asked me to leave them in Ruia's room at the party.

"So that's why she was acting so strangely." Joey said.

"Yeah and uncle Ushio asked me to befriend her so he could talk to her, so I did. I wish now that I had taken no part in this and I'm so sorry."

"Go on." Yugi encouraged her.

"The articles also mentioned you Yami and your conviction. I think she was devastated about the whole thing. She didn't want to go home so Ushio arranged for her to stay somewhere."

"Where?" four voices demanded in unison.

"If I tell you uncle Ushio will know it's me." Morii said crying again though this time it was from fear. "I'm the only other person who knows who and where she is. Not even the madam knows who she is."

"Are you scared of your uncle?" Yugi asked gently.

"He'll kill me if he finds out." She whispered.

They all knew it was a literal thing. Ushio really would kill her after all he almost killed Joey when he had beaten him in prison and if he hadn't been discovered he probably would have died or been killed at a later date by him.

"Can we help her?" Yugi pleaded to Seto.

"Yes she will be protected if she tells us where Ruia is." Seto said eager to find out where his daughter was.

"Okay I'll tell you, she's at Madam Shani's brothel. Please don't let my uncle hurt me any more." She finished sobbing again.

Yugi spotted bruises on her arms.

"Did he do that to you?"

She nodded.

"He wanted me to please him in his bed last night but he hurt me badly."

"He made you have sex with him?"

"Yes, my father used to do it too, it's all I have ever known. I didn't know I shouldn't, I thought it was their way of showing love."

Four shocked faces looked at each other. Seto pursed his lips.

"Don't worry Morii, you will be protected, I understand why you did it and you will be helped. Yugi, you and Joey stay here with Morii and make sure she's okay. Joey will you call our personal doctor and ask him to take a look at her? And when we bring Ruia I want her to be checked too."

"But Seto I want to come with you." Joey protested.

"No Joey you wait here, you don't always think with your head and in this situation we all have to keep our heads. Yami you ready?"

Joey nodded knowing his partner was right. Yami got up and went to grab their coats while Seto put a call through to the police telling them they had some information on their daughter's whereabouts but not mentioning Morii's name.

She looked at him gratefully.

"Thank you." She said and Seto gave her a brief nod.

"Even though I am mad as hell, you have helped us to find my daughter and I am grateful." He said.

Yami returned and the two of them left. Yugi kept his arm round Morii and she snuggled into it comfortingly while Joey called the doctor.

Seto and Yami sped through the streets of Domino City towards the brothel. They said nothing both hoping to find Ruia and that she hadn't been harmed in any way.

Ruia was at that moment earning more money. Her client finished and pulled out of her.

He ripped off the condom he had been using and threw it at her before dressing and leaving the room.

Ruia pulled the bedclothes round herself and allowed her tears to fall. He hadn't been a nice client and she was sore. She dried her eyes and took a shower to clean herself off before getting ready for her next client. She had proved to be popular but she didn't enjoy it. It was merely the thought that she had nowhere else to go that kept her there. She dried herself off and went to pick up the discarded condom. She was about to throw it in the bin when something on it caught her eye. With growing dread she inspected it closely. The man's release wasn't on the inside where it should have been, it was on the outside.

Oh no it must have split. She thought. What was she to do? She knew the dangers. She decided to keep quiet about it for now and just get on with things. She wished for a moment that her parents were there to hold her, stroke her hair and tell her everything would be okay. Then the moment passed. She was never going back.

There was a commotion outside her room she dressed quickly and poked her head outside to see what was going on.

The next thing she knew, she was being swept up into strong, powerful arms and held so tightly she thought her ribs might crack.

"Ruia, Ruia." A voice was saying and she knew who it was.

"Dad?"

"I thought we would never see you again." Seto said as he held his daughter to him. She felt wetness on her head and realised that her dad must be crying. She was surprised her dad never cried. But yet here he was sobbing into her hair. Then she remembered everything else.

She struggled and pushed away from him.

"No! Stay away from me! I hate you!"

Darting into her room she slammed the door in his face. After the lies Ushio had fed her, Seto had almost been expecting this.

"Ruia please open the door." He begged.

"No, go away I don't want to go home!"

"Listen to me, you were lied to, Joey never killed anyone, it was Ushio."

"I don't believe you."

"It's true, Morii came and told us what had happened, he hurt her Ruia."

"He did? But he seemed so nice, he told me all about dad's sordid past."

"You want to know what really happened Ruia?"

"Yes I want to know. I'm sick of lies."

"Then let us in and we'll tell you." Another voice said. She recognized it as her uncle Yami's.

She thought about it. Well if she let them in just to talk that would probably be okay, she could always get them to leave when she had had enough.

"Okay."

The sound of the handle turning came to them and then the door was opened.

"You'll have to sit on the bed." She said and they both sat.

"Uncle Yami did you really almost kill uncle Yugi?" She demanded looking straight into his eyes accusingly.

Yami hung his head the memory torturing him.

"Yes."

"Why?"

"I was an alcoholic and my rage took over. Yugi forgave me and loved me through everything I put him through."

"Is that why you only drink soft drinks?"

Yami nodded.

"I said I would never touch a drop again and I meant it. I love Yugi more than life itself and I will never understand how he was able to forgive me."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"We didn't think you needed to know. We all wanted to move on and forget what had happened."

Ruia looked at her father.

"What really happened all those years ago dad?"

Seto told her everything that had happened and Ruia knew then that for the first time, she was getting the truth.

"I'm so sorry dad." She whispered and felt very ashamed of herself. Why had she believed Ushio?

"It's okay, will you come home? Joey is beside himself with worry. The day you disappeared I was going to talk to you and find out what was wrong but I never got the chance."

Ruia looked surprised, she had no idea her dad was going to do that. She needn't have gone through all this.

"I want to come home." She said and her shoulders slumped.

Seto gathered her into his arms and she put her arms round his neck.

"I'm sorry I ran away dad, I really thought I was living with a murderer."

"It's okay I'm just glad you're safe now."

The building was silent as they left, the police having done their work. Madam Shani had been arrested along with some of the girls, the rest had made a run for it and escaped. Seto carried Ruia back to the car and sat in the back with her while Yami drove them home.

Joey was pacing the floor waiting for them, in his opinion they had been far too long but finally there was the sound of a car in the drive and Joey dived for the front door.

Flinging it wide he ran out to see if Seto had been successful and that Ruia was with him.

He was overjoyed to see his daughter in Seto's arms and safe. He rushed over to them as they got out the car and a very happy family reunion happened as Ruia hugged both her fathers in turn.

She was happy and now that she knew the truth, she was happy to be home.

Seto carried her indoors and set her on the same sofa that Morii had been on earlier. The doctor had checked her over and pronounced that she needed rest as well as counseling to cope with all she had been through. He also had other news for her when she had recovered enough to be told. It could wait until the following day though as she was not that far gone yet. Right now she needed rest.

Seto's mobile rang just as he placed his daughter down and made sure she was comfortable.

"Hello? Yes? Oh thank you, thank you very much, good bye." Seto closed his mobile with a snap.

"That was the police, Ushio has been arrested along with his lodger Bakura."

"That's a relief he should go back to prison now."

"What about Morii?" Ruia asked. "She lied to me too, she put those clippings in my room, if she hadn't have done that I would never have left."

"She's upstairs asleep. It was her that came to us and told us where you were. Ushio lied to her too and she believed she was helping you. She is a victim in this too."

"Really?" Ruia felt sorry for Morii, Ushio could have killed her for coming here so she had risked her life to help her. She was touched.

"Could she stay with us?" She asked.

"Well she has a father somewhere though from what Morii told us, he doesn't deserve a daughter."

"Why?" Ruia wanted to know.

"Ushio wasn't the only family member to use her." Yami said angrily.

"You mean her father…?" Ruia said as the awful truth dawned on her.

"Exactly, the poor child never knew any different. Maybe they will catch up with him and arrest him too but we need to find out who he is."

"I'll ask her when she wakes up." Ruia said.

The doctor came in then eager to check Ruia over and make sure she was okay.

"The doctor wants to take a look at you, is that okay?"

"No that's fine, I've had enough men looking at me over the last few days." Ruia said making both her fathers shudder, as they knew exactly what she meant.

"If you could all leave the room please." The doctor said and they went out closing the door behind them.

Half an hour later, the doctor came out smiling.

"She is fine apart from a few bruises which will heal soon. She may however need counseling for her experiences. She has also smoked cannabis but nothing else she told me."

"Thanks doctor." Seto said shaking the doctor's hand. He left and they returned to Ruia and found her fast asleep. Smiling down at his daughter, Seto carried her up to her room and laid her on the bed. Covering her up he pecked her on the forehead and returned downstairs.

TBC…