Unforgiven

"N-no... I watched him... I saw him die!"

"That note sent to me today..."

"It was him?!" Suddenly riding a bike that could snap his neck just by touching the gas didn't seem so scary, "Wh-?!"

"Otogi..."

"Oh... OH! I see..."

"??"

"Damn it, Seto!" he growled, "Grow up!"

"Really, this isn't about..."

"I'll just have to talk to him myself then, won't I?"

"That's not a good idea..."

"Why?!"

"I... please, you're going to have to trust me. He doesn't know what he's gotten into..."

"You did tell him though, right?"

"..."

"Gods, Seto! Why?! He kidnapped and tried to rape me! And he did ra..."

"He wouldn't have believed me anyway..."

"He'll believe me..."

"No, it's best you play it cool."

"Play it cool? How?! I have a class with him! How am I supposed to concentrate when I'm sitting in front of a guy who may stick a knife in my back?!"

"Hiroto, he's not out to hurt you, he... he's under the impression that teaming with Seig they can take me down... you're just an added bonus..."

"Added bonus? The hell does that mean?"

"For Otogi, well, you know."

"..."

"For Sieg... another way to hurt me."

"Seto..."

"As far as your safety, like I said, I'm not concerned with Otogi. And you having classes with your friends makes me feel better..."

"I'd feel better if I had a class with you..."

"Me too..."

"How... how did he survive? He's inhuman to have survived..."

"Those morons I hired weren't out to kill him..."

"But Seto..."

"They saw their oportunity to take him down painfully, and get paid for it..."

"That bullet went right into his chest!"

"You didn't see where though..."

"In his chest!"

"Right side? Left side? Down a bit... it missed vitals..."

"O-ok, this is getting... ugh! You aren't... you won't try and k-kill him again..."

"No, to be honest I'm relieved..."

"?!"

"I was angry... very angry, I didn't know..."

"That's still no excuse, but... what's the plan?"

"Keep you and Mokuba... and Otogi, safe..."

"If he's working for Seig, wouldn't he need..."

"No. Otogi means nothing to him..."

"So is that all Otogi wanted? Was to tell you he knows about Seig?"

"Among other things..."

"?!"

"All business, Hiroto. They, well, he is out for corporate blood... and you. Seig is..."

"Out for blood period. Shit!"

"You stay with everyone. Don't get caught alone."

"Mokuba?"

"I at least know he's with friends now. I'd call him, but it would frighten him..."

"Frighten Mokuba?"

"He'd be worried for his friends..."

"So what about Otogi? Just like you said, play it cool?"

"It's all you can do. You don't want to make him jumpy.", At least no more jumpy than I already made him... I hope.


The following day, he met his friends like he always did trying to do as Kaiba had said; play it cool.

I can't do this. Otogi's going to walk up and I'm going to freak...

"Hey, Otogi-kun!" Yugi greeted, and just as Honda had feared, he could feel the hair on his neck stand on end.

"H-hey, guys. Sorry I can't stick around, I have something..." he said in a quick passing.

Everyone just shrugged their shoulders and went on with life as usual.

Honda on the other hand...

"I-I have to...", Damn it, I'm supposed to stick with everyone... shit!, "I'll see ya later in class..."

"Honda, you ok?" Jounouchi asked, "You don't looks so good..."

"Right, I have to go... see ya!"

"That was weird." Yugi said, "You don't think he and Otogi-kun... nah!"

"No way!" Anzu said, "He'd never cheat on Kaiba!"

Meanwhile, Honda searched the school for Otogi, while at the same time watching his own back.

This is nuts. He couldn't have gone far...

The sound of foot steps in the stair well sent Honda diving for cover in a janitor's closet.

He peaked out to find Otogi, also watching his back, cautiously making his way toward him.

Gotchya!

Just as he passed, Honda reached for him and hauled him in.

"The hell?! What are you doing?! Let me go!" Otogi demanded, unable to see his assailant in the darkened closet.

"Shh! Quiet!" Honda warned, gripping Otogi around the mouth.

"Mnnnn?!"

"We need to talk."

Unable to speak, Otogi, wide eyed and shaken, frantically shook his head.

"Cut it out! It's me! I'm not going to hurt you!"

He nodded and relaxed into Honda's arms.

"First," he said, leaning Otogi against the wall, "Who did you think I was?"

"Wh... no one, why? I mean, wouldn't you be freaked if someone grabbed you and dragged you into a closet?"

"I guess... if I had someone to be afraid of..."

"I'm not..."

"Why are you working for Seig?"

Damn it! He really does tell him everything!, "H-he came to me..."

"Why?"

"Come on, Honda, the oportunity to take down one of the most powerful business men in our field..."

"That's all he came to you about?"

"Yes, why?"

"Why were you sneaking around?"

"Me?! You're the one in a closet!"

Honda was getting impatient.

Feeling his temper begin to flare, he shoved Otogi into the wall. Lifting him a few inches from the ground, he was able to get direct eye contact.

"I know Seto didn't tell you anything..."

"Trust me, he told me enough..."

"No, he didn't tell you why..."

"Why what?"

"Looks like you and I are going to miss a few classes..."

"?!"


Kaiba and Honda's second classes were in the same hall, so usually they waited for eachother before class... usually.

Where is he?

Just as he was ready to panic, he spotted Jounouchi heading for his own class.

"Jounouchi..."

"Hey, Kaiba. 'Sup?"

"Have you seen Hiroto?"

"Saw him thismorning, why?"

"Don't you have first period with him?"

"No. Yugi does. Why don't you two come to school together..."

"I-I have to work right after, so we... never mind that! Where's Yugi's class now?"

"Uh... g-gym, why? What's wrong?"

Rather than answer, he turned and tried to stay calm as he headed for the gym.

"Kaiba?!" Jounouchi called after him, "What... class is about..." he just kept walking, "Eh, forget it."

"Honda, this is just business..."

"Just... Otogi, Seto tried to have him killed! If someone tried to kill you, would all you want to do to them is go after their business?!"

"?!"

"Think about it! He's after Seto... and me!"

"You?! Why you?!"

"Remember the day I just 'dissapeared' and told everyone I got sick and went home..."

"Uh, I think... yea, we did think it kinda strange, but then Kaiba was out that day too, wasn't he?"

"He skipped to make up some things at work... I was kidnapped at gunpoint..."

"What?! Bull shit!" he exclaimed, breaking free of Honda's grip, "Give me a break!"

"Which arm?" he asked as he grabbed hold again, twisting his arms behind his back.

"H-Honda, why...?!"

"Seig came after me, Seto got pissed and... yea, hired some guys to go after him to get me back..."

"But... Seig said..."

"Yea, what did Seig say?"

"Let...let go... please..." Honda eased up, but didn't let go, "Gee, that's better..."

"Damn it! What..."

"He said Kaiba got greedy! All he did was come to Japan to make a deal and Kaiba got pissy with him..."

"THAT'S bull shit..."

"That's what he said..."

"So I guess he left out how he tried to rape me..."

"Wh... he... no, Honda..."

"Or better yet... how he managed forged documents claiming Kaiba Corp his..." he thought it best to leave out his having raped Kaiba. Kaiba was going to be angry enough he was talking to him.

"Honda..." He tried to convince himself Honda was making this stuff up to cover for Kaiba, but it was all too absured not to be true, "Why wouldn't Kaiba tell me?"

"I don't know," he said, letting go of him and calming down, "I guess in his own way he felt he was doing you a favor."

"Doing me a... by not telling me this guy is as psycotic as himself?!"

"Hey! Seto may be a lot of things..."

"I'm sorry... man..." he slid to the floor and hugged his knees to his chest, "I guess I really can't compete..."

"Compete? What...?"

"He really loves you..."

"Well, yea... I mean..."

"To kill for you..."

"!!"

"He has so much to lose, and he risked it by... I'm sorry Honda..."

"Wh-what did you and Seto really talk about yesterday? He didn't... threaten you, did he?"

"Here I thought he told you everything..."

"He didn't go into too much detail... and I was busy freaking out over the news of Seig..."

"Looks like we're going to miss a few more classes..."


"H-he wasn't..."

"Sorry, Kaiba-kun... I did see him thismorning, but he just said he 'had to go' and took off..."

"Didn't say where or why?"

"No... oh, but Otogi had just got here..."

"O-to..."

"Yea, he was acting a bit weird too, but..."

"Thank you, Yugi." he said quickly and left.

"Y-you're... welcome?"

What do you suppose that was bout, Aibou?

"I don't know. Saying 'thank you' doesn't come easy..."

No, I mean this business with Honda-kun and Otogi-kun...

"Now that I think about it, I hope Anzu-chan was right..."

You mean...

"Yea... I think Honda-kun is cheating with Otogi-kun.", Poor Kaiba-kun... and Shizuka-chan!