To Keep A Katsu

O.O: yes, that bitch! Lol and you think that’s bad

SilverYaoiHellion: Oh my! I hope you didn’t actually think I was going to kill our Seto off! I’m not that horrible! Lol As far as a proposal is concerned…heh that’s a couple of sequels down the road. I’m already thinking up a plot for the next go round while I’m doing this story! So as long as you and all my other loyal readers continue to encourage me, a series is what I’ll do!

Girlo: Yea, Shizuka is quite the nasty one! I know she’s way out of character but I can just see her going insane like this. I don’t know why, maybe I’m a terrible person as well. Hee hee

DarkLotos: Hey thanks for checking up on me with your great comments! *squeezes DeathLotos in a bear hug* And for the record, there will be tons Seto uke and angst…this story is not even close to finishing!

Lokivsanubis: *Mizumi rolls all over the floor in laughter* your comment about Seto’s security team was just too funny…I’m still laughing about it! But it’s so true. I even added a little part for the sake of that comment just to show how useless they really are! *chuckles* Oh and tell your brother I will get on him about his mind-rotting online gaming! ;p

Velvetina: *grinning* I had received your story…and I must say…I LOVE IT! Lol God, how I want to be in the middle of that! Seto and Jou covered in food……Mmmm! Me wanna play too! Lol Send me more! *puppy eyes* puh-wheeeeeze. Oh and the fact that Jou gets off on the food is too hilarious for words because it just makes the most sense for some reason!

Otogi rules! Him being a great part of the comic relief in this story makes me smile every time!
*pulls out a Kleenex* Aww, don’t cry. I didn’t mean to lead you into a false sense of security! But it just goes to show that not all lemons have to end in contentment! At least mine won’t always will. I’m glad you liked it though. I find it not at all shocking that no one had commented on that lemon besides you…it was all about Seto’s incident…heh. Go figure.

Yea, I’m mean! Lol so very cruel. but you love me! *smiles*

Paranoidcharlotte: First off, I put my SOUL into that lemon and you didn’t even comment once on it? Did I do a bad job?! *feigns hurt* lol just kidding, I expected for the last scene to be the highlight anyway. That was what I was aiming for! Lol yea Kaiba could definitely make her disappear…but then he has Jou so ya know…it might not be THAT easy for our crafty CEO. But don’t worry he’ll get his chance to do some considerable damage…and it doesn’t all have to be in bloodshed!

Is Battle Royale a game or a movie? Either way, I had never seen it! Lol

Actually, just keep reading. I don't won't to end up spoiling anything.

Drachenaugen: Awww, sweetie! It’s ok! I understand about being busy! It’s amazing that I’m able to keep updating this story within decent time. But I’m glad you loved the chapter! Precious reviews such as yours are always worth the wait!

*gasping* You DREAMED about that?! Oh my…lol. I’m speechless. Yea but Shizuka is getting more and more off the deep end. Like I’ve said, the start of all of that will be explained later on. I can’t just have her going crazy with no story behind it!

Just keeping imagining things in that pretty little head of yours...its definitely going to get you somewhere!

Anon: I like how you coordinating your lil story with mine! So cute!

*ENJOY*

“Are you serious? You really think she’s trying to break Jou and Kaiba apart.” Yugi asks Otogi who sits in front of him at Burger World.

“Yea man! Serious as a damn heart attack! And here I thought she was just being a brat!” the dice master replies hotly as he sips at his strawberry shake. “Something ain’t right with that bitch!”

Yugi sits quietly for a moment playing with a couple of fries rather than eating them. “Do you think that maybe that’s why Tea has been acting strange too? I mean they do share the same views it seems and she’s been hanging out with her a lot lately.”

“Hell if I know! But I knew that Tea was bullshittin’ when she said that she didn’t know Shizuka was in town! Women I tell ya, if you don’t watch it, they’ll put a knife through your back.” Otogi sneers as he picks up his burger and takes a bite.

Yugi nods a little in agreement. “I still can’t believe it though. Shizuka was always such a happy go lucky kind of person just like Jou-kun. I wonder what could’ve happened. ”

“Speaking of Jou, have you realized that’s he’s the only one that doesn’t seem to notice that his sister is a little off?” Otogi inquires leaning back horizontally in the booth, milkshake in hand.

Now putting fries in his mouth, “Well Jou loves her; I could certainly understand that he wouldn’t care to notice such things” Yugi muffles over chew fries before swallowing.

“Well he better care to notice now! Because it’s affecting his relationship with his rich beau and he doesn’t even know it! Sometimes I wonder if Kaiba had gotten a little over his head when he got with that idiot. No offense to either of them.”

“What do you mean? Those two look happier than ever if you ask me” the smaller teen responds with confusion.

“Oh man, where have you been last night?!” the dice master exclaims but then after witnessing his friend looking even more confused, “Yea I guess you wouldn’t, would ya…”

Violet eyes dimmed in thought before answering. “What exactly happened at the skating rink last night? I kind of noticed some weird vibes at the Game Shop between Shizuka and Kaiba but there’s obviously something you’re not telling me.”

Otogi gives a shrug as he took a long swig of his chilled beverage. “Honda and I were hanging out on the second floor when all of a sudden Shizuka came out of nowhere and landed on my crotch. We were talking about some serious horny shit so it was just fucking amazing that she didn’t poke her eye out!”

Yugi chuckles, “Okaaaaay. But there is more, right?”

“Heh, well, Mokuba was up there also. He’s a little off too in my opinion but he’s cute like that. I suspect he was just doing all those pranks to Shizuka to protect his brother. Oh, oh! My favorite part was when she flipped head first into the trashcan and the whole thing just tipped over! Ha Ha Haaaaaa! I wanted to stand up and applaud…calling me a freak! I…”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa!” the tri-color haired teen forcibly cuts in his overexcited friend, “Have things really gotten that out of hand?! It sounds like a full blown rivary!”

“Now c’mon on Yugi! Since when did the Kaiba brothers ever come by the Game Shop looking for a good time? You should’ve known something was up right there!”

“Yea but…”

“However things did go kinda awry after Mokuba’s stunt….” Otogi interrupts his little companion in worried thought.

“Awry? Otogi, what is going on?” Yugi exclaims a little worried himself.

“I’m not entirely sure…When I last saw Shizuka, she…she…well she looked rabid like something had snapped. She was stalking towards the elevators…I think maybe she was going to look for Kaiba and Jou. I can’t explain it but something is terribly wrong.”

Completely forgetting about the food on his tray, the little Mouto leans in. “If what you’re saying is true than maybe we should bring this to Jou’s attention. Someone could seriously get hurt.”

“Yea well why you think that Kaiba hasn’t said anything yet…Jou probably wouldn’t believe a damn word…”

“I wouldn’t believe a damn word ‘bout what exactly, Togi?”

Yugi gasps at his smirking blond friend, “Jou! What are you doin’ here?”

Stealing a couple of fries from his violet-eyed friend and sitting down beside him, Jou replies, “Well I’m angel-less fer da moment, so I thought to come out here to see wassup”

“Hmph. Well join the club!” Otogi said with a chuckle, “Honda is doing something with his parents so it’ll be late before I see him again.”

“And Ryou decided to sleep in…” Yugi purposely trails off, trying not to blush.

However, Jou catches on. “Oh, so I guess it’s safe to assume dat jet lag ain’t entirely da reason for him being so tired.” Then with a smirk, “Am I right?”

The smaller teen mumbles some incoherent words before stuffing more fries in his mouth.

Otogi and Jou laughs at this.

“Nothing ta be embarrassed about, Yug! Shit considering who I’m with, I make sure I gets me some every day!” the blond exclaims proudly.

“Hell me too!” the dice master replies with equal boldness as he gives the hazel-eyed teen a high five.

Yugi only shakes his head. Was he the only one with decency about his love life?

Calming down, Jou then ask, “So are ya guys gonna tell me what ya been talkin’ ‘bout before I got here. I heard mah name ya know…”

The dice master and the first rate duelist look at each other nervously.

“So, um, your sister…” Otogi forges on hesitantly, “Has she really been in good health? You know, has she been sick, ill, under the weather maybe with a cold, the flu, some kind of mental disorder that’s turning her criminally insane, something along those lines…just throwing things out there…”

Yugi turns to look at his possibly equally insane friend in disbelief. Well he certainly could’ve done better than that!

“Togi what in da holy hell is you talking about?” Jou asks, taking the remaining half of the dice master’s burger.

Before the little Mouto could further explain anything, some lady with a ruffled navy blue business suit stumbles in the glass doors of the fast food joint. Her hair was in disarray and her face was wet with smeared make-up.

The teenage boy from behind the counter immediately runs around to get to the hysterical lady.

“Mom! Mom! Kami! What happen to you!?” the auburn-haired boy cries out.

A small crowd of customers slowly gather around the two.

“Oh! Oh! Ooooh! He’s only just your age, he’s too young! Too young! Who could want to do such a thing to a brilliant, talented boy like Kaiba-sama. Oh Kamiiiiiiiii!”

Jou’s heart immediately stops in place. Kaiba? Kaiba?! Did she just say something about Kaiba?! What happened to his angel??!

The blond quickly flies out of his seat knocking over Yugi’s drink and food onto the table as well as the floor.

Not at all caring, violet eyes meet green ones and at the same time, both occupants follow the panic-stricken blond ahead of them.

Sneakers slaps loudly on the linoleum floor. Behind dazed and worried hazel eyes; the lady just appears to be moving further away.

“Move! MOVE!! GET OUTTA MAH WAY, DAMMIT!” Jou screams out as he pushes through the now thick crowd.

He finally reaches the center, seeing the boy hugging his sobbing mother on the floor.

“Sumimasen*! You said Kaiba-sama…what happened?! Tell me what happened, onegai!” the blond cries out hoarsely as he feels the familiar sting of tears behind his eyes. This can NOT be happening!

Blood-shot, dark brown eyes look wearily up at the questioning teen.

“Kaiba-sama…Kaiba-sama…he’s…Someone….someone tried to…he ate…salad…blood…out of…his…mouth…collapsed…glass….OH KAMIIIIIIIIIIII!”

The woman gives a bloodcurdling scream as she falls into a heap in her son’s arms.

She may not have said much of anything but to a certain blond, she had certainly said enough.

“Please try to calm down, Jou. We’ll get Otogi to take us to the hospital. Just don’t panic.” Yugi said somberly kneeling down to comfort his hazel-eyed friend who at some point had more or less collapsed onto the floor.

However, the little Mouto’s words had gone through one ear and completely out the other.

A tanned chest begins to heave as if hyperventilating.

“Jou! JOU!”

***

“It’s a very sad day in Domino…” begins a female anchorwoman, “Famous duelist and industrialist, Kaiba Seto has been hospitalized early this afternoon. He was attending a business luncheon within his own corporation when someone laced his salad with shards of glass. Official soon found out that one of the workers with the Oishii Catering Company wasn’t really an employee…CLICK

Tiny hands slips over the remote to turn off the tiny T.V overhead in the far left corner of the pristine hospital room.

The only sound that was left was the persistent beeping noises of the heart monitor. To the younger Kaiba, that was all he wanted to hear.
Eyes puffy and red, Mokuba once again lies his head down upon one of two pillows on the bed. His body curled into a ball beside the stilled one of his unconscious brother.

Then without warning, the grieving ototo begins to sob again. Somehow he knew that last night had played a HUGE part as to why his brother just had an attempt made at his life. As far as he was concerned, HE was the one who should be in these starchy sheets.

“Hey, Mokie…” comes a raspy whisper of a voice.

“Niisama…” Mokuba whimpers out as he looks to tired and dimmed blue eyes. “How you feeling?”

“Like I just got my throat ripped out…” the brunet garbles out.

Grey eyes waters immediately. “Oh Niisama! This is all my fault! You were right! You tried to warn me about Shizuka and I wouldn’t listen!”

“Shizuka?” Seto repeats in a whisper.

“One of the catering employees was an imposter. They had found a blonde wig and a light blue contact by a nearby trash bin…” Mokuba explains. “A witness also said he had seen a red Rolls Royce pulling out from that area as well. The same car we saw Shizuka in last night…”

“I see…” the brunet responds almost inaudibly.

“You see? You SEE?! Big brother, she’s obviously had long since lost her place with sane people! She’s not well! You need to let Roland and the others know just who did this! So they can get some help for her or something…before it’s too late! I’m not going to lose you, Niisama! I’m not!”

Mokuba in his state of panic throws his arms around his injured brother, gasping for air as he chocks back a sob.

Seto sighs internally as he closes his suddenly heavy eyes. His brother was right, he knew. This had gotten to be too much but even though there are solutions. The hard part is actually carrying them out. Especially when…

“When are you going to tell Jou about this?”

…his heart is at risk.

The brunet’s eyes pop back open as he stares into the worried ones of his brother.

“I’m not sure if I’m going to say anything to him…” the blue-eyed teen rasps out in an unsure tone.

“You…You’re kidding me?!” Mokuba shrieks out.

“It’s rude to yell in the hospital…” Seto croaks out sternly.

“and it’s somehow rude to not tell your boyfriend that his sister is a lunatic who just tried to commit murder!” the smaller Kaiba persists.

“Like he’ll believe it! It’s just going to tear us apart and I don’t think I could handle that. I rather have that bitch kill me…” the brunet whispers out with pained words.

“Don’t say that! At least it’ll be out there in the open for him to think about! He won’t notice if anything is wrong unless you tell him that there IS something wrong! You can’t keep him in the dark forever, Niisama!”

“Fuck, Mokie! I’m just scared! It hurts so much more to think that he’ll choose HER over me and I know she’s family but…but…dammit, I LOVE HIM!” Seto winces as he strains his injured throat. He coughs a bit. “That gotta count for something, right…ototo?”

The long haired boy sighs heavily. “Tell him, Niisama. If you continue to play Russian roulette with your life like this, you will never be able to get the chance to tell him anything else…like you love him. Do you want that?”

The brunet sighs as turns his head away from honest eyes. “I just want to be happy, Mokie. I’ll give up everything even go back to the orphanage if it means I could keep Katsuya. I’ve done lost a part of myself, so why do I have to lose a part of my SOUL…it doesn’t seem fair.”

Brushing brunet sweaty bangs, “I maybe too young to understand any of this but, if you can’t seem to trust him with ALL of your life…then exactly how much do you think that part of your soul is actually worth, to you and to him.”

“Your common sense and wisdom is wearing me out, ototo…” Seto trails off as he finds himself suddenly without strength.

Chucking, “Then sleep, Niisama. I’m going to get some of that ice cream you like so much, maybe that’ll help with your throat a little bit.” After fixing the sheets around his brother’s body, the smaller Kaiba heads for the door.

“And maybe Jou can spoon feed it to you…” Mokuba then adds with a grin as he attempts to lighten the mood.

Sighing at the thought of his blond bishie feeding him ice cream, “Yea…I would love that…” Blues eyes slides shut in contentment as the troubled CEO falls into slumber.

Smiling warmly at the now peaceful form, Mokuba slips out the door.

However not soon after, the door opens again but quietly. A nurse with strawberry blonde hair tucked under a white nurse’s cap, looks around in the hall and nods to the two security officers before closing and locking the door behind her.

She smirks evilly at the vulnerable form before her. This time she will see to it that Kaiba will be looking that peaceful forever, even when his flesh rots from his bones.

Taking out a fully loaded syringe with some kind of purplish fluid from her uniform, the green-eyed “nurse” stalks closer to her patient…

Despite being heavy on medication, Seto somehow could feel the sudden change in the atmosphere which prompts him to wake back up. His eyes slowly open as his vision clears.

A gasp was the only thing he could let out as the “nurse” pounces on him with the syringe.

Wired hands flies up to keep the offending body at bay as blue eyes carefully monitor the long needle inching closer to his neck.

He was too damn weak to keep this up forever. He couldn’t even throw the crazy bitch off like he wanted to!

“Shh, stop struggling dear. I promise you won’t feel a thing.” Shizuka replies in a hushed whisper. “I know you think this is a bit extreme and maybe it is…but you left me with no choice. I told you, this would happen…”

“Go to hell…” Seto gasps out in a whisper. His throat hurts so very much, he can’t even scream for help.

“You first…” the former Jounouchi growls out as she presses the needle forward…

Suddenly the door rattles violently. BANG BANG!

Both occupants of the room look to the door.

“SHIT! SETO! ARE YOU ALIVE IN DERE, ANGEL?! DAMMIT, SOMEONE OPEN DIS GAH-DAMN DOOR!” screams the brash voice of one Jounouchi Katsuya.

To Be Continued…

Next Chapter:Things turn bleak for our happy couple.

Sumimasen-excuse me