Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the characters. I also don't own McDonalds, which is sad because I have a little experiment I want to do with them.

Random talk: Here's the climax people! Meaning, the story is almost done guys. Just a few more chapters.

Chapter 8

Trap Set and Sprung

Kaiba stretched has he waited for Dr. Hitomi to return saying he was free to go. He felt weak, but that was to be expected. His illness was getting worse. Plus, he was in bed for almost a week.

"So, Seto-chan is leaving today," a voice said from behind the young CEO. Kaiba turned around to see Jonouchi.

"Since when have you started to call me that after all these years?" Kaiba said, smirking.

"Since I found out you, Kaiba Seto, was my Ryujima Seto."

"'My'? Now I belong to you?"

"Just shut up. The doctor said you can leave."

"All right, koinu," Kaiba said, smirking when he noticed the slight blush on the teen.

"Where's Jonouchi?" Mrs. Mizuki, their English teacher, asked Yuugi.

"Oh, he's with Kaiba-kun," Yuugi said. The busy room went silent. Almost every pair of eyes was on the midget teen. "Umm… Kaiba-kun is being released today and I thought one of us should stay with him, just in case."

"How sweet," Mrs. Mizuki said. "But why Jonouchi? We all know those two don't get along."

"I told him we shouldn't have played janken (1)," Honda said. "But does he listen?"

"Ah, now it makes sense… I hope those two can survive one another…"

"Something tells me they'll be just fine, Mizuki-sensei," Yuugi said.

"Well," Jonouchi said as the two teens left the hospital, "since I skipped school just for you– "

"Wow, after finding out who I really was sure did change how you treat me," Kaiba interrupted the blond. "Before, you wouldn't even give me the time or date, literally."

Jonouchi's face turned a light shade of pink at that remark. "As I was saying, since I skipped school just for you, how about we do something fun? First, let's get some real food into you. Burger World should be pretty much empty this time of day. Then, we could go to the arcade! I want to see you play Dance Dance Revolution! Now don't say you don't play that game because I saw your signature KAI as the high score. I mean, you even beat Anzu's high score, and that was high!"

"I didn't even know people actually pay attention to those, let alone know my signature KAI… Hey, was there still a NOAH on there. I think it should be under Doubles DX…"

"Yeah, it's ranked number three. Why?"

"I need to tell Noa to stop hacking into the machines." This made Jonouchi laugh.

"He hacks into– " Jonouchi started to say when Kaiba's cell phone started to ring.

"Sorry, Jonouchi," Kaiba said as he took out his phone. When he saw the caller ID, he froze.

"Something wrong, Seto-chan?"

"Where have you been, Mokuba?" Kaiba yelled when he answered the phone.

"Nii-sama! Help me!"

"Mokuba! What's wrong?"

"Some gang is holding me captive! I just managed to get my cell phone back! I'm in some kind of warehouse! Right now, I'm hiding from them."

"Okay. Don't panic. Can you tell me anything else? Like a street, building, a person's name."

"Their outfit looks like the one for Rintama High School. I think the leader is some guy name Hirutani. I never saw his face, but I heard him say something about ransom money…"

"Great! I'll find you as soon as I can."

"Hurry!"

"Hey! The little gaki is in here!" Kaiba heard someone yell. "Give me that phone!" Then, the line went dead.

"What happened?" Jonouchi asked, panicked.

"Mokuba's up to something…" Kaiba murmured. "He's acting as he normally does with his meds… Tell me, do you recognize the name Hirutani?"

"Hirutani? Don't tell me Mokuba is mixed up with him…"

"I'm guessing that's a yes…"

"Well, yeah… I was in his gang in middle school. He's the persistent type. If you were ever in his gang, he still sees you in it. Quitting means death."

"Kuso… We better get Mokuba. But, first, we need a plan."

"How about the old diversion tactic? I'll go in first and keep Hirutani busy while you get Mokuba?"

"I know Mokuba better than you do, and I know he's the one planing this trap. It won't work."

"So, it's a trap now?"

"Remember what Noa said about Mokuba being like this so called dark half of Ryou?"

"Oh, yeah… So, why won't it work?"

"Because Mokuba would be expecting the diversion… It's just way too obvious."

"That's the point! It's too obvious to Mokuba to even think you would use it! You don't give yourself enough credit… The only reason Mokuba can come up with those invent-"

"Quite!" Kaiba whispered as he covered Jonouchi's mouth. "We're talking like this just out in the open… Look, my limo is here now. Let's go to this Burger World of yours and then we can talk all we want. Sound good?"

"Fine," Jonouchi said after Kaiba removed his hand.

"Just eat the stupid burger! This place has great food!" Jonouchi yelled at Kaiba because said brunette was staring at his food.

"Can one even call this food?" Kaiba questioned. "After eating at an American McDonalds, I haven't been to any place that is considered a fast food restaurant."

"That's America, and this is Japan! There's a big difference!"

"Like you would know… But that's enough about fast food and let's return to the subject at hand. What do you mean I don't give myself enough credit?"

"Hmm? Oh, that. Well, sure Mokuba does invent all the hardware, but who makes the software?"

"I do."

"That's what I mean! There aren't that many kids our age making video games from scrap! Plus, you know how Mokuba sees and thinks about things. Just with that understanding, you're pretty smart."

"You do have a point."

"Alright! Now, what are we going to do?"

"I have a plan, but we need your friend's help."

"What about us?" a voice asked from behind the two teens.

"Geez, Honda!" Jonouchi yelled as he jumped. Jonouchi and Kaiba looked behind them to see the rest of Yuugi-tachi. "Are you trying to give me a heart attack! What are you guys doing out of school so soon any ways?"

"Well, we had a little problem with my yami," Ryou said.

"Burned down the gym to the ground!" Honda yelled.

"At least the pharaoh managed to stop him in time," Yuugi said. "They had to close the school though. We figured that you two would be here. So, what's going on?"

"Mokuba called Seto-chan as soon as we left the hospital," Jonouchi said.

"Wait," Anzu said, "did Jonouchi call Kaiba Seto-chan and lived? The last girl who did that had to transfer schools."

"Hey, he said I could! Well, back to the problem. Mokuba said a gang was holding him captive. But not just any gang, we're talking about Rintama guys."

"Meaning Hirutani, right?" Honda said with anger.

"Correct," Kaiba said. "So, we think it's a trap. It's just something Mokuba would plan. What he has plan, we don't know. That is where we need your help."

"Whatever we can do to help," Yuugi said, smiling.

"You and Bakura can't help, but your so called "yamis" can. Here's what we are going to do…"

"Hey, Seto-chan," Jonouchi said. "I want to tell you something."

Jonouchi and Kaiba were in front of the warehouse. Everyone knew their role in the plan. They even knew what to do if that plan failed. And, of course, since it was Kaiba who came up with the plans, they had a back-up plan to the back up plan.

"What is it?" Kaiba asked.

"Never mind. I'll tell you when we're out of here.

Kaiba shrugged and they walked into the lion's den. Mokuba was chained to a crane, unconscious, in the center of the building surrounded by six teens. One of them stepped forward.

"Jonouchi, it's so good to see you again," Hirutani said.

"The feeling isn't mutual," Jonouchi muttered. "Just let Mokuba go and no one won't get hurt."

"Fine, we'll let him go. But we want something in return. Jonouchi has to join us once more."

"No money?" Kaiba asked. "Strange. Mokuba said something about ransom money."

"He must have misheard. I was never interested in money."

"No, Mokuba never hears wrong. I think he had this all planed out. Am I close, Mokuba?"

"I guess I don't give you enough credit," Mokuba whispers. He unchains himself from the crane. Then, he takes out a gun and aims for Jonouchi. "No offence, Jou, I'm just fulfilling my end of the barging." A shot echoed through the abandon warehouse.

"Jonouchi!" numerous people yelled out, giving away their positions. But it wasn't Jonouchi who fell. Jonouchi stared at the one who just saved his life. Blue eyes closed in pain as he fell.

"Seto!"

TBC

(1) Janken - Japanese way of doing rock, paper, scissors. Instead of saying that, they say "Jan Ken Pon!"

Next time: The truth is revealed about many things. Someone betrays while another is dying.

Random talk: Okay, my crazy, demented mind really went overboard this time. It's kinda rare to find someone who is still in high school and can make games from basically scrap. (I know someone like that. Really smart with computers, that kid…) Oh, and the NOAH thing with DDR is a joke with my friends. (There really is NOAH on the high scores list on a DDR machine! We freaked out when we first saw it!) I hope everyone is enjoying this story! Don't worry, the yamis will have a role soon. I didn't forget about them.

I want to answer an intresting question I never thought about. Someone pointed out that while Seto-chan's father was going insane, so was Moku-chan. Then, they asked if these two incidents were related. In a way, yes. Moku-chan didn't start to go insane until after their father's death. But, it was because of their father trying to kill Moku-chan that caused him to go insane when he found out about it. Hope that explained things!

Until next time!

Rubi-chan