I have returned! With much inspiration, I have created... well, this thing here. This pile of words. :3 Have fun reading!
~Enjoy!
When Seto and the others reached the game shop they found tire tracks leading from in front of the entrance to the left of where they were currently standing, and Jounouchi was nowhere to be found. Upon closer inspection, Yuugi and Atem discovered four people dressed in back laying injured on the ground. At least the Puppy had put up a fight...
"We need to find him. Both of you, follow me."
Both star-heads turned and looked at the brunette, who was already following the cars tracks.
"Ah! Seto-san, you have a tail and ears!"
One of the ears twitched. Why now, of all times, was he turning back into a cat! The brunette broke into a run. He had to save Katsuya before the transformation was complete...!
When the large, swollen brown eyes opened, they couldn't see anything.
"Ah, it's wake!"
"What do you wanna do with it, boss?"
His vision was clearing now, but the conversation wasn't, it made no sense to him at all. Who were they talking about, and why did they sound... disgusted.
"Get rid it, we don't need something like that. It pays no debts."
Debts? What were they talking about?
"But what about the ears and tail, don't you think we could get some money for the kid?"
Jounouchi tugged against the ropes that held him to the wall, but made no progress. They were thick and rough, his resistance only resulting in rope burns.
"He was supposed to give us his son, not this half-animal thing! He'll pay for this!"
Half-animal? Did they catch Seto? No... Kaiba's father wasn't here, was he? He would think on that later, maybe even ask, but for now...
"Let me go!"
There was silence for a moment before one of the men spoke... or rather shrieked.
"It's talkin'! Hurry, shoot it!"
The click of a gun was heard, then gunshots as the man randomly fired. The concrete he was tied to began to explode into dust all around his head and body. Why were they shooting at him? Who had ears and a tail? Why was here with these people? What happened?
"Stop shooting you fool, we want it alive for now."
"Who are you people!? What do you want with me?"
Seto had been walking for miles and hadn't seen, head, or smelled anything like Jounouchi, and he was getting more and more worried. Atem and Yuugi had stopped at a telephone booth to call the police and report his kidnapping, of course Seto couldn't stand still long enough for the call to be put through and went on ahead. He searched for a while before he came across the sound of gunshots. Due to his heightened sense of hearing, the brunette found he could easily tell where they had come from and headed there at a run. Buildings and cars, people and animals passed by but Seto noticed none of them. The puppy- His puppy- was the only thing on his mind.
The entire time Atem had spoke on the phone, he had held Yuugi's small hand in his own. The contrast of colors between his dark tan and his little ones pale.
"Yes sir, we believe he was kidnapped."
The man on the other end nodded, then asked for information on the missing teen.
"He's about 170 cm tall, dark golden hair, soft features, pale skin, honey brown eyes, thin to a point of under eating, wearing light blue jeans and an olive shirt, bandages on his leg, torso and arms, some may be bleeding at this point."
Yuugi's face was in awe, how was Atem able to speak so clearly and be so descriptive after being a bird for five or so years!?
"We were in the library, someone was stalking him. My cousin removed him from the situation, but feared that me and my..."
Atem looked at Yuugi, and Yuugi smiled.
"My friend were in danger and came back for us, instructing Katsuya to continue on to his current legal guardian's home at the Kame Game Shop and came back to help us. When he found we were alright, he hurried back to the shop and found skid marks and several beaten men. We are assuming they kidnapped Katsuya and he managed to fight off a few. He is an excellent fighter."
The man on the other line made a humming noise and sighed.
"Alright, we'll dispatch a car to the Game Shop, thank you for the call. Please leave your name in case we need to contact you later."
"Yes, of course. My name is Atem Faraon, please try to hurry."
There was silence at the other end of the line as Atem removed the phone from his ear.
"Wait! Faraon Atemu-dono, please excuse my incompetence! We'll have a detective and forensics over at that shop momentarily!"
"Thank you."
He hung up the phone and took Yuugi's hand;
"Come, little one. We should resume our search."
Yuugi nodded, then gasped in horror.
"Atemu-san, what about my grandpa!?"
Katsuya had not been released, in fact, he was now in a worse position than before. His arms had been chained to the wall above his head, and his feet clasped a few feet off the ground. The blonds thin wrists slipped through the cuffs easily, but his hands were large enough to keep him from falling over onto the concrete floor of the warehouse he was being kept in. His shirt was in tatters, and dammit that one was his favorite, along with what was left of his once nice jeans. His chest was bleeding and the feeling of the warm, sticky liquid running down his legs was uncomfortable. He had long now noticed that these people were some of his fathers 'bosses' so to speak. They were the ones who supplied and earned from what his father sold. He didn't want to remember it. He had been forced into cooperating with various gangs in order to survive, and he hadn't liked a second of it. It made sense to him now, the conversation from before. His father had sold him, his own son, to these people in order to pays his debts. The only part of the talking he hadn't understood was when they had mentioned the 'ears and tail.' He knew Kaiba could have ears and a tail, and he now knew that Yami... Atem was the bird, but he had not ears. So who were they talking about? It made no sense, and due to the loss of blood, his brain wasn't going in the direction he was hoping. Sooner or later, he wasn't going to be able to stay awake, and thats when things would get worse.
It had to be here, this building had to be it! Seto could smell the intoxicating scent of the blonde's blood coming from this place. Running full speed, the brunette shattered the wooden door with ease, using his shoulder, and... fifteen pairs of eye's met with his own. The only pair he notice was the big, sad, half-blind honey eyes of his...
"Puppy?" Seto asked weakly. Katsuya, who had been scared of the new arrival as he couldn't see, now broke out into a fit of sobs.
"K-Kaiba...? Kaiba...!"
He began to sob harder.
"Puppy, what have they done to you?"
The other faces soon took on a face of horror. Had the blonde said... Kaiba!?
"You, how do you know this cockroach? I never knew Katsuya had such connections, maybe I'll-"
A fist met with the man's face, hard, and he was sent flying backwards into the wall.
"Don't you ever say that about him again, or I will not hesitate to kill you."
Everyone in the room, except Katsuya who had passes out, began to stare. This skinny kid had just sent their boss through a wall!
"C-call the police!"
"We can't do that you idiot! They'll take us to jail!"
"Oyabun, are you okay!"
"Get up Oyabun!"
Seto's cold blue eye's turned to them, and they all cowered in fear.
"Silence, all of you. You will pay for what you've done."
(Oyabun/Oyabin; Boss or leader on Japanese.)
(Faraoh Atem-Dono; Dono is of higher rank than the use of Sama, he his referring to him as "Lord" or "Prince" pretty much if you translated it."
