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And now, after many days of waiting, here is chapter 21!

Chapter 21

Through the Fire and the Flames

"You did WHAT?!" Seto grabbed Isono and threw him onto the ground, "Are you telling me you work for Hanzo??"

"Please Mr. Kaiba, you have to understand… I needed the money!" Seto punched Isono across the face.

"You're going to need a reason to live after I'm through with you!" Just as Seto was about to pummel Isono with punches of fury, Steven grabbed Seto's wrist and pulled him back.

"We don't have time for this, we need to get to Mokuba!" Seto elbowed Steven off of him.

"Stay out of this Steven, I told you before this is none of your business. And what do you mean by we?"

"You think I'm just going to call a cab and leave while Mokuba's in danger?" The arguing only went on as Isono sat on the floor ashamed.

"Mr. Kaiba… maybe you should go and get to Mokuba."

"You shut your mouth! You're the one who caused all of this!" Seto reached into his pocket and pulled out a knife. Steven jumped backwards.

"Why do you always seem to have a weapon on you?"

" It's just a little habit I picked up living in Japan…" Seto leaned forward and pressed the knife right up to Isono's neck, "Now how shall I kill him?" Steven grabbed Seto by the arm and pulled him to one side.

"Look, if we ever plan on saving Mokuba while he's still alive we'll have to deal with Isono later. Right now we have to figure out where this Hanzo guy could've taken him…" Isono sat up.

"I… I could help you with that." Seto and Steven both glared at him.

"And what makes you think we should trust you of all people?"

"Cause I know Hanzo's plan and where's he's taken him… and you can either take what I have to say or wander around trying to find him without any clues as to where he could be." Steven and Seto both shrugged.

"Fine, tell us where he is and we might not kill you afterwards."

Everything was dark, so very dark. Mokuba could hear breathing… but he wasn't sure if he was the one breathing or not. Did this mean he was alive? Mokuba started to come back to reality when the pain in his body was becoming evident. Mokuba slowly opened his eyes and turned his head. He was in, what appeared to be, a school. But it wasn't just any school; it was his school. Mokuba was puzzled by this fact… the last thing he remembered was being in his room. And then there was a loud crash, but before Mokuba had opened his eyes, he had been knocked out.

"Good morning, princess." Mokuba gasped when he looked up to see that Hanzo was standing before him. Only, Hanzo didn't look the same as he did 3 months ago. There were scars and bruises all across his face, and his body seemed feebler than he last remembered. Not only that, but instead of his in charge and angry look he had on his face, this time he looked off, crazed, and slightly insane. His expression wasn't the only thing that had changed though, instead of a knife in his hand, he had a gun. "Have a nice sleep?"

"Hanzo…? What are you doing here?"

"What do you think I'm doing here?" Hanzo clicked his gun, "I'm getting my revenge." Mokuba gulped and his eyes shifted from the gun to Hanzo's face. Although stricken by fear, rage began to rise up in the boy.

"You're not going to get away with this Hanzo. This is America, people are harshly punished for their crimes." Hanzo slapped Mokuba across the head with his pistol.

"I'M THE ONE WITH THE GUN!" Blood started to seep down the side of Mokuba's head as his body curled up into the fetal position, "I'm in charge of this situation, not you." Hanzo kicked Mokuba in the stomach once, then once again. "I should've just killed you… you whiny little brat!" Hanzo landed another kick to the stomach on the whimpering child that lay before him.

"You can kick me all you want…" Mokuba whispered, "But that won't change the fact that you're nothing more than a coward with a gun!" Hanzo grabbed Mokuba by the collar and lifted him up and off his feet. He pulled Mokuba right up to his face.

"The only coward I know is your brother." Hanzo threw Mokuba back down on the ground, "He should be on his way right now…" Mokuba looked up.

"What? He knows where I am?"

"If Isono followed through with our plan, he should be here shortly. You and your brother are going to be in for a BIG surprise…"

"Isono?" Hanzo gave a loud laugh.

"I truly cherish the moments of discovery and stupidity. Isono was working for me the whole time."

"What? No! He couldn't have been…" Just before Hanzo could respond, the door to the classroom flew open.

"HANZO!" Mokuba pushed himself up.

"Nii-sama!" Seto started moving towards Hanzo and Mokuba with a determined look on his face.

"Not so fast Kaiba!" Hanzo lifted his gun and pointed it in his direction. Seto stopped and did the same with his own gun. The room was still for the moment. Hanzo grinned.

"That was smart of you to bring a weapon, I didn't know Kaibas could be smart."

"I'm not here to chat, Hanzo, I'm here to save my brother." Steven ran into the room.

"The police are on their way!" Steven stated. Hanzo raised one eyebrow after taking a look at Steven.

"Who's this guy suppose to be? Your little side kick?"

"Steven! What are you doing here? I told you to call the police and stay outside!"

"What? You thought I was going to let you run in here alone?" Hanzo started clapping.

"How cute, you both care about each other. As beautiful as this is, Seto Kaiba and I have some issues to come to terms with."

"Hanzo, you lost your job. So what? Get over it. That was years ago, and besides, I don't even have a company to run anymore. This whole thing is pointless."

"Oh, I'll show you pointless." Hanzo threw down his gun and reached into his pocket, revealing a small detonator of some sort. "Now who's in control?" Seto's eyes widened.

"W-What is that?" Seto gulped.

"It's exactly what you think it is. There's a bomb in this building and I control whether it goes off or not." Mokuba slowly got to his feet and ran around Hanzo over to the door. Mokuba fought and fought the wedge the door open, but surprisingly it wouldn't budge. This only humored Hanzo. "You think I would make it that easy for you to escape?"

"So you're just going to set off the bomb and let us die trapped in here like rats?" Hanzo grinned.

"That's my plan. Farewell Seto Kaiba, I'm sure we'll meet again in hell." Hanzo's thumb slammed on the button.

"GET DOWN!" There an explosion and a force that threw Seto to the ground. Suddenly his vision turned black and he couldn't see a thing. When Seto finally regained his sight he immediately stood up. He spotted Steven and Mokuba heading towards him.

"This place is gonna come down if we don't hurry!" Steven shouted. Seto got to his feet and finally noticed that the whole building was now on fire. Seto ran to the door and gripping the knob. It was still locked.

"It won't open!" Steven pushed Seto to the side and grabbed the knob himself, pulling at it as hard as he could. "It's not gonna open no matter how hard you pull!"

"Well how do you suppose we get out of here?" Seto took a couple steps back and signaled Steven to move away. He pulled up his sleeves and charged towards the door. His whole body slammed into the door. "You think that's gonna work?"

"Do you want to help me or what?" Steven did as Seto asked as they both stepped back together and charged once more at the door. This time there was a loud crack after their bodies crashed against the door. "I think it's working, we need to work faster."

Mokuba was looking all around him, his body beginning to shake and his lungs filling with smoke. He bit his lip; the flames were growing by the second. Mokuba swiftly wedged himself between Seto and Steven. They both looked down. "Now!" All three of them charged once more at the door and this time it finally fell to the ground.

They wasted no time with victories. They started down the hallways and into the smoke. Seto and Steven sped off, dodged various flames and debri, as Mokuba went as fast his legs could take him. "Nii-sama!" He couldn't move any farther, the smoke was too much for him. Mokuba became very dizzy and his vision was rendered useless as his mind slipped slowly into unconsciousness.

"Mokuba?" Seto stopped and twisted around.

"Don't worry, I've got him." Steven headed back down the hall. Seto stood there waiting and worrying. The flames were growing with every second and the smoke was thickening. Finally he spotted Steven running back towards him with Mokuba in his arms. "Let's move!" He instructed as they set off down the hall once more.

Seto's heart was pumping faster than it ever had, all he could think about was how he couldn't die, that he needed to make it out with his brother safely. Seto needed just one more chance to make things right.

The building was becoming hotter and hotter and smoke began to fill both Seto and Steven's lungs. Seto started to slow down and found himself becoming more and more weak without his regular supply of oxygen. "We have to keep moving!" Steven yelled, "I think we're near the exit!"

Seto looked up. His eyes brightened when he saw a ray of hope, the front door to the school. This was it. They were going to make it. He wasn't going to die. "We're almost there!" Seto shouted. Just then, there was a huge crack that was heard above them. Seto stopped and looked up. The ceiling began to crumble from above Steven. "Watch out!" A huge piece of the ceiling fell just in front of Steven. Seto's heart rate increased once more.

Steven's head scanned the fire in front of him, trying to find a way he could move around it. It wasn't long before he figured out that there was no way around it and that the flames were getting bigger by the second. "Seto!" Steven yelled, holding out Mokuba, "Catch!" Steven, with one big toss, threw Mokuba as hard as he could over the flames and into Seto's arms. Seto caught Mokuba with grace, but stood there, watching Steven stand there in his firey grave.

"Steven… Steven! Jump across!"

"I can't! The flames are too strong now, get out while you still can!" Seto stood there, absolutely shocked. He shook his head.

"No… I'm not leaving you here!"

"You have to… it's the only way to save Mokuba!" Seto looked down at his younger brother whom lay limp in his arms, unconscious. Seto's eyes looked from his brother to Steven.

"Don't do this to me Steven."

"Go!" Another piece of the ceiling fell on top of Steven. Steven landed on the ground and his back began to catch fire. Seto gasped, taking a step forward. Steven was going to die if he didn't do something quick and he knew he couldn't just leave him there. Not after he had just saved his brother.

"Steven!"

"GET OUT OF HERE!" Steven yelled. Seto looked at Mokuba, then at Steven.

"I'll come back for you!" Seto cried as he ran out the door of the school. As Seto took in deep breaths of fresh air, he noticed that there were policemen and fire men all scattered outside of the school. Two firemen headed over to him.

"Sir, are you and the child alright?" Seto quickly shoved Mokuba into the arms of one of the firemen.

"I have to go."

"Go? You can't go back in there that building is coming down. It's too dangerous!"

"I have to go in there, Steven's in there! I can't let him die!" Seto started his way back towards the building.

"Don't you dare leave this child all alone in this world" Seto stopped, "If you go back in there, you won't come back out alive. Don't leave this little boy all by himself in this world." Seto looked over at Mokuba, remembering his promise he had made so many years ago and the mistakes he had made trying to make his life better. He couldn't die… he couldn't leave Mokuba all by himself in a different country with nowhere to go. Seto then turned back towards the school. Seto simply stood there, praying for a miracle.

When the fire had finally been put out, a fireman approached Seto. "We… we found your friend." Seto got to his feet and followed the man to the stretcher where Steven's body lay. There were burns and cuts all over. Seto took a step back. "I'm sorry… but he's dead." Seto stood there, staring. Staring at the only person he could've truly called a friend.

His eyes started to water for the first time in his life. Tears now flowed freely down his face as he stood silently looking down at his friend. After all he had put Steven through, he had still risked his life to save his. Steven wasn't just a friend; he was more than that. A man that was worthy enough to be called a Kaiba.

A/N: Hey guys, once again, I want to apologize to ALL of you for taking such a long time to update. Seriously, you have no idea how terrible I felt. Every day I didn't update I thought about you guys. Life's just been going in tons of different directions, not to mention I didn't know how to make this scene seem logical. That's another thing that I want to apologize for, this chapter and how things went, I know it doesn't seem like the most logical thing, but this was the only way things could as I had planned them too being as close to reality as possible. So I hope you forgive me and do know that I tried my very best. Besides, there have been tons of great stories that have somewhat illogical events. But anyways, I better go and start on that next chapter. Prepare yourself.