A shiver caused Joey to stir in his uncomfortable sleep. Slowly and almost unwillingly he opened his eyes. He remembered the last time he had woken up on a cold, hard floor. It was Seto who had come and rescued him. It was then that his life had changed drastically.

Joey moved slowly, bringing his legs to his chest. He laid there, in the dark room curled up. How badly he wanted to believe that that miracle would happen again, but deep down he knew this time Seto would not come. He began to sob as the pain in his body and his heart overwhelmed him. Little light came in from the small window in at the top of the door, but that was it. Joey had no idea where he was, or how much time had passed, while he had been unconscious.

"I'm sorry Seto," he whispered into the dark, "I really wanted to make things better, I really did…" He choked. He couldn't handle thinking about Seto right now. Taking in a big sigh, Joey struggled to sit upright. Clenching his teeth he leaned against the wall. He touched his ribs lightly with his fingers, wondering if any of them were broken.

"Sure feels like it," he said, struggling to find a satisfying position.

He looked around his tiny imprisonment, knowing he would be guarded and knowing there was no way in or out besides the door.

"Then I suppose I have to trust Seto. He'll find me," the blonde reassured himself.

"Hopefully."

"… and I hope by coming together we will be able to satisfy our customers and build a new empire in the business world," smiled Kurama.

The reporter smiled back, "Thank you Mr. Kurama."

"Anytime," Kurama turned away and continued to head towards his office. He shook his head. The fact that his company had now become bigger than Kaiba Corp. sure did make a lot of headlines and stirred up a lot of publicity.

"I'll just have to keep this up," he said to himself quietly, entering his office.

"Of course, you wouldn't want any of this news of kidnapping being spread around," came a voice from his chair. Seto spun around to glare at Kurama, "Would you?"

Kurama quickly closed the door. He casually stepped towards the desk, "I see the transaction has been made then. Then I guess all I need is the final word from you Mr. Kaiba."

"You bastard," sneered Seto, "You forget that even though your company is now a major threat to mine, Kaiba Corp. still has many advanced resources that you could only dream of coming up with; all thanks to my superb intelligence."

Kurama chuckled, "You may be intelligent Mr. Kaiba, but you are not the world's most untouchable man anymore."

Quickly Seto stood up, causing the chair to fly out behind him. It crashed to the floor.

Kurama stood his ground, even as Seto pulled out the gun, "Mr. Wheeler will die if you do not sign this deal. But seeing as your are making me impatient and starting to annoy me I will be moving the deadline to 8 PM."

"Where is Joey?" Seto asked, the look of loathing behind his eyes, "I will not even consider your offer, until I see that you have not harmed Joey anymore."

"I can take that as fair negotiating," Kurama smiled, "I can even take you to him now, if you will only be so kind as to put away that gun. After all, I have my eyes more set on your company than your ridiculous play mate."

Seto lowered his weapon, and narrowed his eyes, "One day you will regret these words."

"At this point I really am not quite that concerned."

The two men left the office, Seto following Kurama. As soon as they reached the lobby a group of reporters surrounded them.

"So Mr. Kaiba, will you indeed be signing your company over? Will this be the end of Kaiba Corp? Are you really willing to become partners with Kurama?"

Seto found it difficult not to lash out, but being in the public eye so long, Seto knew he must not. Not only for his company's sake but also for Joey's.

Alright so that was a long break! But i'm back!! I have to finish this story!! Somehow I will prevail!!