Okay okay, I have a few things to tie up, since one of my reviewers decided
to point out some of the flaws in the story XD. Not that I resent her or
anything.
So, to Violent Tendencies – I'd forgotten that that side of the world uses the metric system...and I'm in America, so I'm use to using customary. As for Ryou and Bakura, I suppose it was because Bakura wasn't a spirit anymore, but a creature of the night, that the ring doesn't react to him unless he's close to it. And I'm not telling you who the evil vamp is yet, neener neener =P.
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Brutal Immortality
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Chapter Seven
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Seto awoke to the distinct smell of inu-jin blood, quite close to him. He blinked and turned, and was met by the sight of messy -green- hair covering a young face.
Wait...
...green?
"ACK!" Seto jumped up, which startled the inu-jin next to him, who jumped up, with an equal or greater yell.
Yep, Seto thought, I was right.
It was Noa.
The man, who looked about the age Mokuba was when he had Hanyou, now, glanced around, before glaring at the brunette, "Why'd you scare me like that, Seto!"
"Well why were -you- sleeping next to me! Wait..." He glanced at himself. He was still fully clothed, "Okay, so you didn't rape me."
"Rape you?! You have serious issues!" Noa snapped back.
"Me?!"
"ENOUGH!!" Hanyou barked, and Jou slunk back behind her.
Seto and Noa both looked at her. Seto held out his hand for Jou. The blonde shook his head and nodded toward Hanyou, who still a little irritated.
"Noa is here because he has to be. Daddy would want me to keep him here," Hanyou said.
"What?" Seto asked.
"You sure didn't keep up with our family very much. Papa invented something after he gave up part of his claim to KaibaCorp. Something that fix Noa's body even though he'd already died. Then, he searched the internet high and low to find Noa's brain and uploaded it to his body. That's why Noa looks like he'd aged, but not much. Papa told me all of this, then, after I was bitten, he said Noa was bitten a month or so after I was born," Hanyou explained.
Seto eyed the turquoise haired man, "Yes, but why would he want you to know so much about him?"
Hanyou shrugged, "I don't know, but Noa was always around before his inu- jin instincts began to kick in."
Seto noticed Noa staring at the floor. He narrowed his blue eyes, considerably, "Really..."
Noa glared at Seto. Seto rose an eyebrow, "I wonder why that is..."
"Be quiet," Noa hissed.
Seto smirked, and grabbed Jou's hand, pulling him out of the room. Hanyou blinked at Noa, who flushed in anger at the retreating vampire.
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"What was that all about? You asked so many questions," Jou accused. Seto glared.
"I asked one or two. And I had a reason." He replied.
"What reason?" Jou snapped, pulling his hand away and placing both on his hips. Seto rolled his eyes, crossing his slim arms over his chest.
"Are you always so difficult, inu?" Seto bit out.
"No, but I like being well informed on the affairs of people close to me so they don't get hurt!" Jou replied, his honey eyes flaring.
"Since when am I close to you, mutt? We hate each other, remember?" Seto replied. Jou huffed, his ears flicking, irritably, and his tail swaying out of nervousness.
"Since...since...you...are an ass!" With that, Jou turned on a heel and walked away. Seto let out an annoyed breath that ruffled the hair in his eyes, before scowling, and glancing to the side. He noticed Ryou and Bakura looking on, and he hissed, very vampire like, at them, which made them jump and back off a little, before he turned, stormed past them, and into the game room, where he entered the library.
Ryou pursed his lips, "Well...that went...well...?"
Bakura rose a slim, white eyebrow, "Have you been drinking toilet water again, koi?"
Ryou flushed at the embarrassing memory, before hitting Bakura softly in the arm. Bakura smirked, and dragged Ryou into the room he shared with the other boys, which was currently vacant. That made what they were about to do all the easier. He closed the door.
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"Stupid ass...thinking he can...all I wanted to know was...stupid ass..." Jou muttered. He'd locked himself in the bathroom, and was probably holding up some line or something. He had his butt planted on the side of the sink, and his feet on the toilet. His brown eyes flicked back and forth, as he thought about the fight. It was the first time since Seto had re-surfaced that they'd actually acted like their old selves. It was a strange sensation. He didn't like fighting with the brunette, but he realized he'd missed the little squalls.
And he supposed he was the one who'd started it. He could have just left it as it was. After all, it's not like Seto had to tell him everything. But Jou had to kick up a commotion, by yanking his arm away and arguing.
"I should apologize..."
He unlocked the door, and found Kenji standing there, glaring.
He giggled, nervously, "I had beans for breakfast."
Kenji made a face, and rushed into the bathroom, making Jou laugh outright. That face was priceless.
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Seto sat in the library, quietly. He wasn't even reading. Just fuming quietly. He heard someone enter, but continued to fume.
"Stupid mutt. Why do you effect me so? I never asked for this. I never asked to become so close. Never asked for you to be nice to me. Dammit, Katsuya, I never asked to fall in love with you..."
Jou stopped. He hid behind a bookshelf, his eye's wide, his head swimming now.
He loves me? Jou's heart lurched, and he rushed out, panting from running, and from the feelings that swirled in his head and heart. Hanyou found him, and blinked, "Jou-kun? Daijoubu?"
"I'm fine," Jou murmured, smiling at her. Noa stood next to her. It was then that Jou noticed what Seto must have noticed from the start.
They had the same color eyes.
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Seto walked out of the library a few hours later, and ran smack into the blonde who'd been on his mind the most.
"Hey, Jou, look I'm—"
"Um, um, I n-need to go Ryou—!"Jou sputtered, and ran off. Seto blinked. Was he still mad? The brunette scowled, "Well fine then, stupid mutt..."
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Jou walked to the room he shared with his friends, smiling, widely. Seto loved him! He really hated getting nervous and running away from the brunette like that, but he was still kind of confused, despite his joy.
He went to open the door, when an uninvited sound entered his ears. He listened closer, pressing his dog ear to the door.
"Mm, 'Kura...yes...yes...! Gods, harder...ah...!"
Jou's eyes widened, and he squeaked, rushing away from the door, as a loud cry was heard from inside the room. Jou paled, and ran as fast as he could. And guess what?
He slammed into Seto, for the second time.
"Oh, Seto! I'm sorry!" Jou rushed, scratching the back of his head, "I was just trying to get away from the room, because Ryou and Bak—"
"I don't care, make inu," Seto said, bitterly, and pushed past him.
Jou's world crumbled.
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Ryou walked into the game room to find Jou lying on his stomach, on the pool table, his tail swaying, miserably, his mouth and nose buried in his crossed arms.
Ryou walked over and looked into Jou's eyes. They held a sense of depression and hurt.
"Daijoubu, Jou?"
"Iie," Jou spoke, softly, his voice barely audible. But then again, he didn't really feel like talking
--"I don't care, make inu."--
Jou squeezed his eyes closed, "I'm not pathetic..."
Ryou blinked, "I never said you were..."
Jou shook his head, a bitter smile replacing his depressing frown, "No...you didn't...but Seto did."
Ryou stifled a gasp, "He what?"
"He called me a 'make inu' and he hasn't called me that since we were seventeen..." Jou replied, obviously hurt by the words. Ryou motioned for him to sit up, before he jumped up on the table with him.
"Ryou, I need to tell you something..." Jou murmured.
Ryou nodded, prepared to listen to what his friend had to say. Jou crossed his legs, Indian style, on the table, before beginning.
"I went to say sorry for the fight I started with Seto today, so I went into the library, because that's where he usually is and I heard him say..."
Jou paused, and blinked back a few stray tears, "...say that he loved me...and then he calls me that name. Why?"
"You heard him say it? What did you say back?" Ryou asked.
"Well, nothing, I was to shocked, and I don't think he knew I was there, so I couldn't really say anything."
Ryou nodded, "Then?"
"Then he walked out a few hours later, and ran into me, and I think he was gonna apologize, and I sputtered and ran away, nervously. I still couldn't believe what he'd said," Jou continued.
"Well, there is your problem. He thinks you don't care about his apology or his feelings," Ryou murmured.
Jou flushed, "So I made a mistake?"
"A big one."
"And I should rectify it?"
"Immediately."
"So I shouldn't be sitting around, moping?"
"Definitely not."
Jou grinned, "Thanks Ryou. You're really good at this relationship thing. Oh, and by the way...you should ask Hanyou to sound proof the walls."
Ryou blinked, furrowing his brow, before his eyes widened and he blushed, brightly. Jou left, laughing.
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"What an interesting development," The female vampire said to her clan, "As it turns out, Hanyou is not the one with the blood we want. You know your orders, now go, children of the night, and do not fail me!"
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Seto and Jou joined Hanyou in her room, with Noa, Yuugi, Ryou, Bakura and Yami. Yami was back in his original outfit. He enjoyed wearing the tight leather over the loose robes that he was always tripping over.
"What's this meeting for Hanyou?"
"I'm not sure. Noa asked me to call you all here," Hanyou said.
"Well, I should only be telling you this Hanyou, but Seto and Jou both deserve to know, and I need witnesses here in case one of them kills me," Noa replied.
Seto glared, and Jou shifted in his seat, uncomfortably. Noa sat next to Hanyou on her bed, and touched her face, softly, "You look so much like Mokuba..."
Jou noticed Seto's hard expression soften to a faint hurt, but his glare did not waver.
"Hanyou..." Noa sighed, "Shizuka is not your mother."
Jou's closed his eyes, and Seto pursed his lips. They both knew. They knew what was coming next.
"In fact, you don't have a mother..." Noa continued. Hanyou's brow furrowed.
"Mokuba carried you. Mokuba gave birth to you," Noa replied to her look.
"I don't...I don't..." Hanyou sputtered.
"Not to sound arrogent, but Mokuba married Shizuka as kind of a rebound," Noa murmured.
Jou glared, jumping up "Say that again!"
Seto grabbed him.
Noa sighed, "After Mokuba built me a body, he married Shizuka to try and cover up. He told me one night, that after he built my body, he started to question his feelings for her, because I was back. That was night Hanyou was conceived, and he told me he loved me. But he knew he couldn't stay with me. So he told Shizuka about me, and eventually Hanyou, after he found out about her, and they patched everything up, and he stayed with her...because...because Shizuka was expecting too...
"But she was expecting at least a month behind Mokuba. I don't know how Mokuba got pregnant, but he did, and Hanyou was born three weeks before her sister was. So Mokuba raised them both. And then, when Hanyou was fairly young, I...I bit her. I had been turned inu-jin a few weeks after her birth, and I needed some kind of constant in my life. I knew Mokuba would stay with Shizuka, until death do they part, as cliché as that sounds, and I knew I'd keep living, but I couldn't watch everyone I loved get taken from me, so I bit Hanyou, so I could always have her.
"It was foolish, I know, but...I was still young, and I loved Mokuba and Hanyou, even if she didn't know I was her dad...being her favorite 'uncle' was good too, and as long as I came to visit Hanyou, I'd be able to see Mokuba too, and I needed to see him. If only from a distance, I -had- to see him."
He was crying, now, as was Hanyou. Yuugi clung to Yami, and Ryou sniffed, Bakura squeezing his hand.
Jou looked close to tears, and Seto listened, his eyes close, his fingers clenching, as he held them intertwined.
"So, now you know..." Noa murmured, looking at Hanyou.
Hanyou nodded, "I always wondered why I never had any of Mama...I mean, Shizuka's features..."
"No! No, don't stop calling her mom because of me. She's the only other parent you've ever really known..."
"Yes, but...you're my dad..." Hanyou looked at him.
Noa smiled bitterly, "No, I'm your father. I wasn't part of your life enough to be your dad."
What happened next surprised Noa. Hanyou wrapped her arms around him, and rested her head on his shoulder, "I don't care...I love you, and I've always felt so close to you, no matter if I didn't know you were my dad. And you are my dad, and now I know this. I understand why Daddy would want to keep this secret, because of the way Mama would have reacted, but..."
She was sobbing now, gripping Noa, as she continued hoarsely, "I love you, Papa!"
Noa hugged her back, and Jou stifled a sob. Seto glanced at him. He shook his head and stood, walking out.
Jou watched him go, and had the urge to follow, but did not. He wanted to let Seto cool off first, for he knew the brunette was not happy.
He smiled as he watched the two hug, but frowned inwardly, realizing Noa never got to say goodbye to Mokuba, and realizing just how much the turquoise haired man must have loved him.
He glanced out the door, and stood, to find Seto.
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Jou searched around for a little while, before he found something. A note.
–Don't search for him.—
--He'll be dead before you can find him--
--Sorry for your loss--
--Wait...no I'm not--
--The Mistress--
Jou's eyes widened.
He ran out and into the main hall of the den, "He's gone! Seto's gone! He's been taken!"
Everyone rushed out, and Hanyou read the note.
"The Mistress...that must be the female vampire..." Hanyou furrowed her brow, "Why would she want uncle?"
"I don't know, but we have to find him," Jou said, frantically, his eyes scared for Seto.
Hanyou nodded, "We will Jou. Don't worry..."
Jou bit his lip.
"...we will."
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Chapter 7 is done, and finally something is starting to happen. I was close to tears when I wrote the Noa's Explanation. It was so heartfelt, and I felt so bad for Noa that he'd never get to be with Mokuba the way they'd both wanted too, and I just love NxM so much. I suppose those loose ends I told you about were tied up. At first, I was going to make Jou the victim, but I thought that'd be very gary lew-ish, so I made Seto the victim. Anyway, I shall update soon...hopefully! Review ! Luvvies, Sheila! This chap is dedicated to you!
So, to Violent Tendencies – I'd forgotten that that side of the world uses the metric system...and I'm in America, so I'm use to using customary. As for Ryou and Bakura, I suppose it was because Bakura wasn't a spirit anymore, but a creature of the night, that the ring doesn't react to him unless he's close to it. And I'm not telling you who the evil vamp is yet, neener neener =P.
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Brutal Immortality
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Chapter Seven
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Seto awoke to the distinct smell of inu-jin blood, quite close to him. He blinked and turned, and was met by the sight of messy -green- hair covering a young face.
Wait...
...green?
"ACK!" Seto jumped up, which startled the inu-jin next to him, who jumped up, with an equal or greater yell.
Yep, Seto thought, I was right.
It was Noa.
The man, who looked about the age Mokuba was when he had Hanyou, now, glanced around, before glaring at the brunette, "Why'd you scare me like that, Seto!"
"Well why were -you- sleeping next to me! Wait..." He glanced at himself. He was still fully clothed, "Okay, so you didn't rape me."
"Rape you?! You have serious issues!" Noa snapped back.
"Me?!"
"ENOUGH!!" Hanyou barked, and Jou slunk back behind her.
Seto and Noa both looked at her. Seto held out his hand for Jou. The blonde shook his head and nodded toward Hanyou, who still a little irritated.
"Noa is here because he has to be. Daddy would want me to keep him here," Hanyou said.
"What?" Seto asked.
"You sure didn't keep up with our family very much. Papa invented something after he gave up part of his claim to KaibaCorp. Something that fix Noa's body even though he'd already died. Then, he searched the internet high and low to find Noa's brain and uploaded it to his body. That's why Noa looks like he'd aged, but not much. Papa told me all of this, then, after I was bitten, he said Noa was bitten a month or so after I was born," Hanyou explained.
Seto eyed the turquoise haired man, "Yes, but why would he want you to know so much about him?"
Hanyou shrugged, "I don't know, but Noa was always around before his inu- jin instincts began to kick in."
Seto noticed Noa staring at the floor. He narrowed his blue eyes, considerably, "Really..."
Noa glared at Seto. Seto rose an eyebrow, "I wonder why that is..."
"Be quiet," Noa hissed.
Seto smirked, and grabbed Jou's hand, pulling him out of the room. Hanyou blinked at Noa, who flushed in anger at the retreating vampire.
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"What was that all about? You asked so many questions," Jou accused. Seto glared.
"I asked one or two. And I had a reason." He replied.
"What reason?" Jou snapped, pulling his hand away and placing both on his hips. Seto rolled his eyes, crossing his slim arms over his chest.
"Are you always so difficult, inu?" Seto bit out.
"No, but I like being well informed on the affairs of people close to me so they don't get hurt!" Jou replied, his honey eyes flaring.
"Since when am I close to you, mutt? We hate each other, remember?" Seto replied. Jou huffed, his ears flicking, irritably, and his tail swaying out of nervousness.
"Since...since...you...are an ass!" With that, Jou turned on a heel and walked away. Seto let out an annoyed breath that ruffled the hair in his eyes, before scowling, and glancing to the side. He noticed Ryou and Bakura looking on, and he hissed, very vampire like, at them, which made them jump and back off a little, before he turned, stormed past them, and into the game room, where he entered the library.
Ryou pursed his lips, "Well...that went...well...?"
Bakura rose a slim, white eyebrow, "Have you been drinking toilet water again, koi?"
Ryou flushed at the embarrassing memory, before hitting Bakura softly in the arm. Bakura smirked, and dragged Ryou into the room he shared with the other boys, which was currently vacant. That made what they were about to do all the easier. He closed the door.
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"Stupid ass...thinking he can...all I wanted to know was...stupid ass..." Jou muttered. He'd locked himself in the bathroom, and was probably holding up some line or something. He had his butt planted on the side of the sink, and his feet on the toilet. His brown eyes flicked back and forth, as he thought about the fight. It was the first time since Seto had re-surfaced that they'd actually acted like their old selves. It was a strange sensation. He didn't like fighting with the brunette, but he realized he'd missed the little squalls.
And he supposed he was the one who'd started it. He could have just left it as it was. After all, it's not like Seto had to tell him everything. But Jou had to kick up a commotion, by yanking his arm away and arguing.
"I should apologize..."
He unlocked the door, and found Kenji standing there, glaring.
He giggled, nervously, "I had beans for breakfast."
Kenji made a face, and rushed into the bathroom, making Jou laugh outright. That face was priceless.
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Seto sat in the library, quietly. He wasn't even reading. Just fuming quietly. He heard someone enter, but continued to fume.
"Stupid mutt. Why do you effect me so? I never asked for this. I never asked to become so close. Never asked for you to be nice to me. Dammit, Katsuya, I never asked to fall in love with you..."
Jou stopped. He hid behind a bookshelf, his eye's wide, his head swimming now.
He loves me? Jou's heart lurched, and he rushed out, panting from running, and from the feelings that swirled in his head and heart. Hanyou found him, and blinked, "Jou-kun? Daijoubu?"
"I'm fine," Jou murmured, smiling at her. Noa stood next to her. It was then that Jou noticed what Seto must have noticed from the start.
They had the same color eyes.
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Seto walked out of the library a few hours later, and ran smack into the blonde who'd been on his mind the most.
"Hey, Jou, look I'm—"
"Um, um, I n-need to go Ryou—!"Jou sputtered, and ran off. Seto blinked. Was he still mad? The brunette scowled, "Well fine then, stupid mutt..."
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Jou walked to the room he shared with his friends, smiling, widely. Seto loved him! He really hated getting nervous and running away from the brunette like that, but he was still kind of confused, despite his joy.
He went to open the door, when an uninvited sound entered his ears. He listened closer, pressing his dog ear to the door.
"Mm, 'Kura...yes...yes...! Gods, harder...ah...!"
Jou's eyes widened, and he squeaked, rushing away from the door, as a loud cry was heard from inside the room. Jou paled, and ran as fast as he could. And guess what?
He slammed into Seto, for the second time.
"Oh, Seto! I'm sorry!" Jou rushed, scratching the back of his head, "I was just trying to get away from the room, because Ryou and Bak—"
"I don't care, make inu," Seto said, bitterly, and pushed past him.
Jou's world crumbled.
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Ryou walked into the game room to find Jou lying on his stomach, on the pool table, his tail swaying, miserably, his mouth and nose buried in his crossed arms.
Ryou walked over and looked into Jou's eyes. They held a sense of depression and hurt.
"Daijoubu, Jou?"
"Iie," Jou spoke, softly, his voice barely audible. But then again, he didn't really feel like talking
--"I don't care, make inu."--
Jou squeezed his eyes closed, "I'm not pathetic..."
Ryou blinked, "I never said you were..."
Jou shook his head, a bitter smile replacing his depressing frown, "No...you didn't...but Seto did."
Ryou stifled a gasp, "He what?"
"He called me a 'make inu' and he hasn't called me that since we were seventeen..." Jou replied, obviously hurt by the words. Ryou motioned for him to sit up, before he jumped up on the table with him.
"Ryou, I need to tell you something..." Jou murmured.
Ryou nodded, prepared to listen to what his friend had to say. Jou crossed his legs, Indian style, on the table, before beginning.
"I went to say sorry for the fight I started with Seto today, so I went into the library, because that's where he usually is and I heard him say..."
Jou paused, and blinked back a few stray tears, "...say that he loved me...and then he calls me that name. Why?"
"You heard him say it? What did you say back?" Ryou asked.
"Well, nothing, I was to shocked, and I don't think he knew I was there, so I couldn't really say anything."
Ryou nodded, "Then?"
"Then he walked out a few hours later, and ran into me, and I think he was gonna apologize, and I sputtered and ran away, nervously. I still couldn't believe what he'd said," Jou continued.
"Well, there is your problem. He thinks you don't care about his apology or his feelings," Ryou murmured.
Jou flushed, "So I made a mistake?"
"A big one."
"And I should rectify it?"
"Immediately."
"So I shouldn't be sitting around, moping?"
"Definitely not."
Jou grinned, "Thanks Ryou. You're really good at this relationship thing. Oh, and by the way...you should ask Hanyou to sound proof the walls."
Ryou blinked, furrowing his brow, before his eyes widened and he blushed, brightly. Jou left, laughing.
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"What an interesting development," The female vampire said to her clan, "As it turns out, Hanyou is not the one with the blood we want. You know your orders, now go, children of the night, and do not fail me!"
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Seto and Jou joined Hanyou in her room, with Noa, Yuugi, Ryou, Bakura and Yami. Yami was back in his original outfit. He enjoyed wearing the tight leather over the loose robes that he was always tripping over.
"What's this meeting for Hanyou?"
"I'm not sure. Noa asked me to call you all here," Hanyou said.
"Well, I should only be telling you this Hanyou, but Seto and Jou both deserve to know, and I need witnesses here in case one of them kills me," Noa replied.
Seto glared, and Jou shifted in his seat, uncomfortably. Noa sat next to Hanyou on her bed, and touched her face, softly, "You look so much like Mokuba..."
Jou noticed Seto's hard expression soften to a faint hurt, but his glare did not waver.
"Hanyou..." Noa sighed, "Shizuka is not your mother."
Jou's closed his eyes, and Seto pursed his lips. They both knew. They knew what was coming next.
"In fact, you don't have a mother..." Noa continued. Hanyou's brow furrowed.
"Mokuba carried you. Mokuba gave birth to you," Noa replied to her look.
"I don't...I don't..." Hanyou sputtered.
"Not to sound arrogent, but Mokuba married Shizuka as kind of a rebound," Noa murmured.
Jou glared, jumping up "Say that again!"
Seto grabbed him.
Noa sighed, "After Mokuba built me a body, he married Shizuka to try and cover up. He told me one night, that after he built my body, he started to question his feelings for her, because I was back. That was night Hanyou was conceived, and he told me he loved me. But he knew he couldn't stay with me. So he told Shizuka about me, and eventually Hanyou, after he found out about her, and they patched everything up, and he stayed with her...because...because Shizuka was expecting too...
"But she was expecting at least a month behind Mokuba. I don't know how Mokuba got pregnant, but he did, and Hanyou was born three weeks before her sister was. So Mokuba raised them both. And then, when Hanyou was fairly young, I...I bit her. I had been turned inu-jin a few weeks after her birth, and I needed some kind of constant in my life. I knew Mokuba would stay with Shizuka, until death do they part, as cliché as that sounds, and I knew I'd keep living, but I couldn't watch everyone I loved get taken from me, so I bit Hanyou, so I could always have her.
"It was foolish, I know, but...I was still young, and I loved Mokuba and Hanyou, even if she didn't know I was her dad...being her favorite 'uncle' was good too, and as long as I came to visit Hanyou, I'd be able to see Mokuba too, and I needed to see him. If only from a distance, I -had- to see him."
He was crying, now, as was Hanyou. Yuugi clung to Yami, and Ryou sniffed, Bakura squeezing his hand.
Jou looked close to tears, and Seto listened, his eyes close, his fingers clenching, as he held them intertwined.
"So, now you know..." Noa murmured, looking at Hanyou.
Hanyou nodded, "I always wondered why I never had any of Mama...I mean, Shizuka's features..."
"No! No, don't stop calling her mom because of me. She's the only other parent you've ever really known..."
"Yes, but...you're my dad..." Hanyou looked at him.
Noa smiled bitterly, "No, I'm your father. I wasn't part of your life enough to be your dad."
What happened next surprised Noa. Hanyou wrapped her arms around him, and rested her head on his shoulder, "I don't care...I love you, and I've always felt so close to you, no matter if I didn't know you were my dad. And you are my dad, and now I know this. I understand why Daddy would want to keep this secret, because of the way Mama would have reacted, but..."
She was sobbing now, gripping Noa, as she continued hoarsely, "I love you, Papa!"
Noa hugged her back, and Jou stifled a sob. Seto glanced at him. He shook his head and stood, walking out.
Jou watched him go, and had the urge to follow, but did not. He wanted to let Seto cool off first, for he knew the brunette was not happy.
He smiled as he watched the two hug, but frowned inwardly, realizing Noa never got to say goodbye to Mokuba, and realizing just how much the turquoise haired man must have loved him.
He glanced out the door, and stood, to find Seto.
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Jou searched around for a little while, before he found something. A note.
–Don't search for him.—
--He'll be dead before you can find him--
--Sorry for your loss--
--Wait...no I'm not--
--The Mistress--
Jou's eyes widened.
He ran out and into the main hall of the den, "He's gone! Seto's gone! He's been taken!"
Everyone rushed out, and Hanyou read the note.
"The Mistress...that must be the female vampire..." Hanyou furrowed her brow, "Why would she want uncle?"
"I don't know, but we have to find him," Jou said, frantically, his eyes scared for Seto.
Hanyou nodded, "We will Jou. Don't worry..."
Jou bit his lip.
"...we will."
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Chapter 7 is done, and finally something is starting to happen. I was close to tears when I wrote the Noa's Explanation. It was so heartfelt, and I felt so bad for Noa that he'd never get to be with Mokuba the way they'd both wanted too, and I just love NxM so much. I suppose those loose ends I told you about were tied up. At first, I was going to make Jou the victim, but I thought that'd be very gary lew-ish, so I made Seto the victim. Anyway, I shall update soon...hopefully! Review ! Luvvies, Sheila! This chap is dedicated to you!