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Chapter Seven

Roland with the help of Seto's assistant ran Kaiba Corp. so that Seto could be at the Hospital because Roland knew that Seto wouldn't be any good if he was at work.

Seto sat beside Joey's bed talking to him about just about anything, because Molly one of the oldest Nurses there told him that she believed that even though Joey wasn't awake he could still hear him. Seto would tell Joey over and over that he loved him and that Mokie wants him to get better and come to live with them. As he sat there, Seto would reach out and run his hands through Joey's hair just to be near to him.

One morning while the Nurses were checking Joey's vital signs his eyes started to open. It had been three months since his surgery and Molly went to get the Doctor. After Dr. Thornton examined Joey he said "we can start to bring him out of the coma and we have to do it slowly so that we don't cause him to go into shock. As they began bringing Joey out of the coma, he would smile and even open his eyes. As the Doctor told Seto "we won't know what damage to his brain was caused from the beating he received from his father. It may take several days to determine if there is any damage."

While Seto was sitting there, the door opened and Serenity walked in and went over and Seto had her sit on his lap so that they could be close to Joey. Serenity would tell Joey things that she and Yugi would do and Seto would even laugh at some of the crazy things that they did. Serenity turned and kissed Seto on the cheek and whispered "thanks for loving Joey." Seto then gave her a hug and said "I not only love him, but I love you as my sister." Then she noticed a tear running down Joey's cheek and she said "look Seto, he' s crying."

Seto stood up and wiped the tear from Joey's face and he said "he's coming home to us." Serenity then with Seto's help leaned over and kissed her brothers cheek and whispered " welcome home big brother."

It took about five days for Joey to completely come out of the coma but when he did and they tested his reflexes they were surprised that there wasn't any brain damage at all. The Doctor said "what we're seeing here is nothing short of a miracle."

Joey had days and weeks of therapy for both his motor skills and speech. While he was in the coma, his muscles weren't being used and they became weak and unresponsive and with the help of the therapy he would be able to walk and talk again but it would be a long and very rough road to recovery. So while he was in therapy either Seto or Solomon was with him. Joey didn't want either Serenity or Mokie to see him as he was trying to walk or talk because he was embarrassed to be almost like an infant.

One day while the therapist was telling Joey to try again and walk, Seto was at the other end of the balance beams and he told Joey "please try it for me?" Joey stood and it hurt like hell and as he had tears running down his face he took step by agonizing step and he finally got to the end and as he started to fall, Seto grabbed him and gave him a big kiss right in front of the patients and therapists. Everyone cheered when Joey was able to walk and they smiled when Seto kissed him.

It has been three weeks since Joey came out of the coma and he has been recovering better then the Doctors or Therapists thought and as the Doctor told him "if you keep improving then I don't see why you can't leave here in another week." Joey smiled at the Doctor and told him "thanks."

Please R&R.

Chapter Eight Coming Up. Joey's homecoming.