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When The Angels Cry

Chapter 07:

Cannot Handle This Emotion

He shut the door and placed the things at his feet and the mug between his thighs. "Man it's freezing."

Kaiba's glare darkened as he averted his eyes ahead of him. "What do you want?" He mumbled in his grim quiet tone.

The blond-haired annoyance shrugged, taking the drink in his hands, "Here. It'll keep your insides warm since you've decided to stay out here in the cold." Kaiba made no movement to receive the other's gift. Jounouchi sighed, "Well, I'll leave it here in this cup holder. I didn't know how long you were planning on stayin' out here, so I brought a blanket and your coat which you forgot to get." He deepened his voice in a scolding manner when he got to the coat part.

Kaiba shut his eyes softly but refrained from speaking to his unwanted guest. He knew what was going on. This was one of their dumb attempts at trying to cheer someone up. Their infamous pep talks and over enthusiasm that he couldn't stand and yet, here was Jounouchi, the village idiot. Kaiba knew exactly what was happening but he wasn't some friend that had lost his way – he wasn't their friend from the beginning. So he shouldn't be hearing this crap in the first place. He didn't need their pity or what they called sympathy.

"Man, it's cold out here. I should've brought an extra blanket for me." Jounouchi laughed lightly. The blond was sinking in his idiocy and nervousness quite quickly. 'Why the hell did I hafta come out here and do this? I should've let Anzu do this – she's better at this friendship stuff anyway. Man who knew the day would come when I'd be tryin' to cheer up Seto Kaiba; the moodiest guy in the world?'

"No one is asking for you to stay. In fact, I'm demanding you leave." Kaiba ordered.

Jounouchi was snapped out of his manic thoughts and shook his head. "Well, I'm not about to leave you out here to freeze to death either. So I'm stayin'."

"I'm not asking, I'm demanding that you leave. I realize it's hard for you overzealous group of teenaged irritations to mind you own damn business, but I don't need anything that you have to say." He retorted with a slight tinge of anger.

"It's not always smart to turn down someone who's trying to be nice to ya. Especially since it's me being nice to an overly snobbish jerk like you." Kaiba didn't answer to his childish antics. Jounouchi scratched his head, "But I guess I get your point. Still, I don't see why you'd be out here than inside with Mokuba."

Kaiba turned his stone glare towards him and opened his mouth to reply. "But it isn't any of my business, I already know." The blond quickly added with assurance. "If you want to be left alone, then fine. I will leave you here to your damn solitude. But come in soon 'cause you will freeze out here and I doubt the last thing Mokuba wants is you to be comatose or dead." He opened the door and shivered before stepping out. "Well you ungrateful freak, I'm goin' back in." He shut the door and tightened his coat around himself.

"Well, that was a big waste of time."

"Do you think that he'll be okay?" Anzu asked, stroking Mokuba's raven hair. There was a great pain in her whisper as she stared down at his pale solemn face.

Yugi and Honda exchanged looks of uncertainty before tending to the fire. "I'm sure he will be fine. He just needs to rest from being outside." Yugi replied trying to maintain a positive outlook.

Anzu smiled and nodded, "Yeah."

"I think everyone should lie down and get some rest." Solomon said. "Though it pains me to say, I doubt Mokuba will be waking any time soon. So let's get some sleep and perhaps tomorrow everything will be-"

All turned to the opening door and stood as Jounouchi reentered. "Jounouchi!" Yugi called and ran towards him.

"So what happened? How was Kaiba?" Anzu called out.

"Oh, he was as evasive and silent as ever. He didn't want to vent or talk at all – he commanded me back in." Jounouchi answered with a bored tone.

Honda put his hands to his sides and exhaled deeply. "Well, that sounds like him. So what's up now? Do we let'em stay out there?"

"Well, even though he was crystal clear about being alone, I'm sure he will not stay out there for too long. I'm tired as hell though, so I think I'm gonna sleep for a while." Jounouchi stretched and yawned.

Yugi frowned deeply, "Sleep?"

The blond rustled his hair and smiled, "Yeah. If Kaiba comes in, I doubt he is gonna hate us all looking at him all night. So let's all lie down and get some sleep." He insisted.

"Yeah, that's just what Grandpa was saying."

"Hey, wow, so we finally agree on somethin'. How about that?" Jounouchi exclaimed with a soft smile.

Kaiba found himself thinking about what the ignorant mutt had said. "The audacity of that overgrown flea." He very much didn't like being judged by his actions. Mokuba wasn't going to wake for a while; after all he was outside with only a sweater and gloves on. "Not to mention he fell off a fucking roof and hit an iced over sidewalk – who knows what internal damage was done to him. He needs to be taken to a hospital."

And the idea ran through him quite rapidly, repeatedly. He could take Mokuba through the dangerous roads to the hospital. He knew it open because he called them before the big snowstorm hit. But it was a very dangerous thing to do. On the one hand, he truly didn't know if Mokuba was hurt internally and if he was, just moving him inside could've made it worse and to move him again to the car could cripple any chance of survival… But then again, "He could be hurt and if no one does anything about it, he could die here in this house. So what can I do?" Kaiba pondered. The risk was very true. There was no way of knowing what damage Mokuba was in.

After a while, the front door opened and in came Seto Kaiba. The brunet found everyone on the floor near the fireplace and he relaxed only slightly in relief, as he had dreaded they'd be awake crowding his little brother. He threw his coat and gloves carelessly on the floor and marched over to Mokuba. His cold blues softened at the expressionless face. And he slowly knelt down to closely examine the numb child.

"Mokuba, I'm here now." He whispered all so softly. He pulled the blanket back off the body and aligned his body as straightly as he could. And then he checked his brother's pulse and the beating of his heart but everything seemed so slow and shallow.

Kaiba took a deep breath and covered him up in the warm blankets again. "I don't really know how you should be, Mokuba. But everything will be fine." He assured. Not that he believed the unconscious one could hear him. Still, his mind and heart had to play the positive over his mechanic negativity.

He placed Mokuba's hand in his and hunched over the sofa, staring unflinchingly. 'Everything will be okay.'

Two hours slowly passed by and Kaiba hadn't moved from his spot beside his brother. But the silence of the night was broken by a hoarse moan that sent electricity throughout Kaiba's whole being. And his grip on the smaller hand tightened, his desperate blue eyes widened and his throat suddenly became drier than before.

But that moan, which now was more of a gasp wasn't a sign that he'd awaken. As Mokuba's fingers and legs began to twitch and jerk, it became clear to Kaiba that his brother wasn't awake. His brother's name was caught at the base of his throat as Mokuba fervently jerked his legs. The brunet was once more stunned in a state of shock whilst he kept his grip firmly on his brother's twitching hand. "Mokuba." He finally called out, hoping that his young brother would stop. "Mokuba, wake up." He demanded in a stern deep voice. But it wasn't working.

Yugi quickly shot up at the strange gasping and breathing and he saw only Kaiba with his hands against the raven-haired child's shoulders. "Mokuba!" Yugi shouted and rushed over to Kaiba's side, trampling over everyone else in the process. "What's going on?" He asked in a scream.

Everybody asleep jumped to their feet and became as wide-eyed as Kaiba'd been. The same question escaped their trembling lips. But Kaiba had already figured out the terrifying ordeal. He watched his brother breathe with a look of pain and agony, seeing how shallow and rough each one was made him cringe.

And then as sudden as it had come, everything was over. His legs stilled and his fingers and hands quit moving as well. His breathing was still broken and heavy. Yugi held his breath, expecting another attack to erupt. After several minutes of nothing, Yugi finally exhaled deeply. Jounouchi was completely speechless, lost in never felt fear.

Anzu stood at Yugi's side and sighed. "What happened?" Honda shook his head. "What was that?"

Solomon stared at Kaiba's still form. The brunet was still holding Mokuba's shoulders down. "I, it was a seizure or convulsions." 'I think.' Kaiba swallowed hard, attempting to rid his fear and expression of panic from his face. He let go and stood straight, 'He can't stay here. I have to get him medical attention.'

"Convulsions?" Honda questioned nervously. "That's something serious."

"Hm. How I deeply admire your intelligence. Of course it's serious." Kaiba muttered, marching over to his discarded coat.

"Where are you going, Kaiba?" Solomon asked for everyone. But the brunet didn't say anything as he opened the door and began trudging through the snow. The group quickly ran to the still open door and watched Kaiba as he got in his vehicle and start it up. "What is he doing?" The old man whispered fearfully.

The group shivered from the cold seeping in but couldn't pull their gaze away as the one outside stayed there with the engine running. "Maybe one of us should check on him." Anzu suggested.

"No, I doubt he'd even acknowledge our existence. He's in another world, I think." Honda replied.

"Well, yeah. Mokuba's in worse shape than we thought. Something could be seriously wrong with him." Yugi explained tearfully.

"Here he comes." Jounouchi exclaimed and all of them stepped away from the door. Kaiba surveyed their worried faces momentarily before facing his brother on the couch. The group gasped as Kaiba picked him up in his arms.

"Hey, what're you doin'?" Jounouchi asked.

Kaiba tried to hold his brother as straightly as he could – trying hard not to bend him near the head and back. "I don't know how he is, but I know he needs to be at a hospital and not some stuffy little game shop."

"Ya can't go driving out there. You could wreck and both of you'd be needing a hospital." Jounouchi scolded.

"He shouldn't be moved right now because we don't know his current condition." Honda agreed sternly. "Put him back down on the sofa."

Kaiba glared darkly and walked towards them, and then passed them to the outside winter. The group stared surprised and in shock at him. "The lunatic." Jounouchi hissed, throwing on his shoes.

Yugi grabbed his as well, as did Honda. "He's lost it, completely lost it."

Kaiba placed his brother inside, laying him straight against the seats as best he could. He stroked his hair and frowned. "Please forgive me for endangering your life, but this is the only thing I can do to try and save it. I know I promised I wouldn't drive in these conditions." He stopped his words as the annoyances came behind him. He didn't so much as flinch as one of them spun him around.

"What are you thinking?" Jounouchi questioned fiercely.

Kaiba pushed him away and shut the door to the backseat. "Apparently, I'm the only one thinking about what's best for Mokuba. He's having some sort of attack and I'm not going to wait for the god damned weather to change. I realize I shouldn't be moving him but what guarantee can you give me that he won't die on that couch?"

The guys were silent at his words. "You can't promise me anything. But I know the severity of this situation and I'm not going to ignore a chance to get him what he needs." He fumed pushing them aside.

"You're right. But I'm not letting you go alone. I'm coming with you." Yugi exclaimed, teeth slightly chattering through the winds.

"Yugi." Jounouchi whispered.

"And Jounouchi and I are going to. We'll help keep Mokuba as still as possible. Right Jounouchi?" Honda asked patting his friend on the shoulder.

The blond blinked a few times and then nodded. "Yeah. Right."

Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Please, I don't need your assistance." He chided.

"Quit acting like an immature child. We're goin' because you can't keep an eye on Mokuba and drive at the same time." Jounouchi screamed. "There isn't enough room for everyone, so Anzu and Gramps will stay here." He shouted so the two could hear. "Yugi get in the passenger seat and Honda and I will watch over Mokuba. And you Mr. Arrogant-do-everything-myself, will drive."

Kaiba was in no position to argue and he knew deep down their help was greatly needed. The blond made a big point and so with a frustrated growl he gave in and opened the driver's door. The other three ran to their assigned doors as well.