The hospital ward was full of people that were just in there for the usual check-ups. Chazz and Jaden were the first two from theSlifer dorms that were being checked-up on.
Banner stood on the side, supervising. He was doing his best to ignore the close bed behind him. They were still trying to get the bullet out of Haruka's chest. He smiled kindly when he saw some of the students staring at him with curiousity.
Alexis was peeking around some of the other students and sighed. There was no way she was going to have a check-up with a male nurse again. She was eager to get this over with so she wouldn't have to deal with all the fuss of it later. She was edging past everyone and fell against Jaden, and the two of them collapsed to the ground infront of Banner.
"Hello." He smiled down at them. "I'm sure your both in a hurry, but please, no pushing." His smile faded when he saw something. The two on the ground looked the way he was looking and their jaws dropped. It was Seto Kaiba... In person.
His short brown hair was combed out neat, just like it always was, and his long trench coat was sweeping out behind him. Right on his tail was Mokuba, who was dressed in a suite and tie. He smiled and waved. "Hi, everyone!"
The students that were crowded in there all turned and cleared a pathway for them. Seto started walking forward, and Mokuba followed, his pace falling in line with his brother's step. He was carrying a metalic breife case, meaning Seto had buissness to attend to. Mokuba put the case down next to his brother and went into the secluded area. Seto and Banner stood in akward silence.
Being shorter, Banner felt the most uncomfortable. He simply stood there, watching students come and go with the five nurses and three doctors that were doing check-ups. After about the tenth student, Mokuba came back and he looked pale. Seto knelt down. "What's wrong?"
"Sh-she looks like me." Mokuba clung to Seto. "She's not real, is she?"
Banner went over and moved the curtain aside. His jaw almost dropped. The bullet was out, and it was a long bullet, meaning that she'd been shot with an iron spear-like bullet that pierced close to her heart. Looking at her, her hair out of her face, she did, indeed, look like Mokuba, only feminin.
Mokuba was hiding behind Seto when the brothers came in. Seto was taken aback. He stared at her for a moment and then he remembered something. "Mokuba, go get the case. I need some samples from her to see if Banner was right."
"I don't think I am, ahem." Banner smiled. "I hope I'm wrong. If she really is related to you, what should I do? After all, your the one who shot her. Should we just kill her?"
"Wait a few hours after I get the samples." Seto stared at her. "My stepfather mentioned experimental humans to me when I was still young. At first I thought it was his little jokes, but he did mention that there was a phsycic one that was able to predict things and one that was able to talk to people using her mind. I didn't acctually think they were real. If I'm correct, she's got my DNA, as well as Mokuba's, mixed just right to make it seem like she's related to us."
Mokuba came in, stumbling because he didn't want to see Haruka again. "H-here." He hid behind Seto again when Haruka twitched. "Who is that?" he asked Banner, his voice was shaking, but his eyes showed that all he was feeling was fear.
"Her name is Haruka Tenoh Kaiba."
Seto and Mokuba looked at each other and then at Haruka. Seto shook his head and took the samples, which included: the bullet, her blood, hair, saliva, and skin samples, the bloody shirt that she had worn when she got shot, and the bracelet with the name printed on it. He turned to Mokuba, who was standing there. He handed Mokuba the bracelet.
"Well, is that all you need?" Lyman was hoping to leave Haruka's side. "Please say that's all..."
"Yes."
---two days later---
Seto was seated at his deks, slamming away at the keyboard, searching all the old data Noah had left behind. Somehow, that boy had managed to cling to the computer on the blimp when they left that island. So the boy was able to access files that were locked to Seto and Mokuba.
Seto's hands froze. Mokuba stared at his brother. That look on Seto's face was incredible suprise. Seto's hands came to rest on the cold wood of the desk. He smiled as his head fell back. "So, I guess he didn't bluff." Seto smiled again, a maniac smile. "She's a clonewith the image of our cousin but mixed with the DNA of us. She's also mentally psycho."
"So she's like our sister?"
"In a sick, demented way," Noah said.
Seto had forgotten to tell Mokuba about Noah's transfer, so the boy was panicing and screaming for joy at the same time. "Was that Noah? Big brother, do you think he's ok? Noah?"
Noah started laughing. "Aha... M-Mokuba... ha ha... I-I'm ok... pft-HA!" He kept laughing and he appeared on Seto's flat-screen TV, wiping tears from his eyes. "Phew." He straighted himself up and smiled. "I think I remember one of those clone things. She wouldn't stop talking about this handsome Homunculus that she thought was really nice and seemed to be really, extremely cute to her and that's what drove her mentally insane." Noah breathed. "But why'd you go and shoot her? She was a really nice person to begin with."
Seto had a vein popping. "Our family spent all their money on the funeral for our grandparents and were unable to support any children, so all the children were sent to orphanages. For that reason alone, I hated my entire family that didn't stand behind the idea of us staying because of some financial problem." Seto stood up. "Do you remember her original name?"
"She was originally a he, but the he turned into a she when it got Mokuba's DNA." Noah went into his thoughtful state. "I think she was one of the first children to be sent to an orphanage when Gozoburo made her... So I think she was the one named Iris... or was it Eperiment 7756? No, no, it wasn't that... AH! I remember now! Haruka Tenoh Kaiba was Eperiment 1134! She was acctually taken from the dead body of Haruka Tenoh, the cousin of yours that was... shot... through the heart."
"That's it, she's dead meat!" Seto slammed his fist into the desk as he said these words. "I don't care what she is, where she came from, she's dead! Dead, dead, dead!"
---Haruka's bed, in her head---
'Your a by-product. You aren't real. All these images aren't yours. They belong to me. This body belongs to me. Give me back what you stole, you theif. Give it back to me!'
'I don't understand... What have I done? I want to have memories of my own! This isn't your body any longer! It's mine! I have it now.'
'You love someone who will never love you. You are something that he can't have. You are something he will never love.'
Banner looked around him. Was he hearing voices? He felt Haruka's hand twitch beneath his. He stared at her and almost yellped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned and saw Seto standing above him, a gun in hand. He stared at the gun and then up at Seto, curious. "Seto, sir?"
"Shoot her. She needs to die. Kill her, now!" Seto put the gun in Lyman's hands.
"I can't!" Banner pushed it back.
"Do it!" Seto pushed the gun against Banner's chest. "Or is it that you love her?"
"No!" Banner felt something grab his sleeve. He looked and saw Haruka's eyes were watering.
'I know you can hear me. Just do it. I'd rather not be Expiriment 1134. Seto knows that's what I am. That's why I have to die. You kill me, Haruka will be alive again. Please, just do it.' The hand slipped and Haruka's eyes watered even more. 'I want to die, die a peaceful death. Just shoot me in the head and get it over with.'
Banner felt his hands shaking. Why was he so nervous and scared to kill her? He didn't harbor emotions for her, he didn't love her, she wasn't his daughter, so why was he shaking?
He squeezed the trigger, closing his eyes tight and turning his head away and--
BANG!
from this point forward, it will be different, trust me smile see, now she gone, so no more mary suies! smile unless i may have over done it some... but the numbers will be explained soon enough
