Winning Without Gods (A Yu-Gi-Oh Fanfiction)DONE!

Chapter 38: Seto

When they finally exited, a familiar presence was seen coming toward them. Outside of a huge van, came Shizuka and Kaiba.

Shizuka and Kaiba seemed . . . different. Nothing happened, Jounouchi. Get it out of your head. It's fine. They are just allies right now. That's right, allies. Nothing more. Besides, he had more than them on his mind.

"Katsuya." Shizuka came over and hugged him. "I knew you were here, I could feel it."

"We popped the bubble around Domino City," Seto Kaiba told them. "We can't get many. They turn up too fast, and Shizuka has to be refreshed to make a direct hit."

"Do you have duel cards?" Yuugi preferred to ask him instead.

"Well? Nice manners," Kaiba complained. "And people say I have no manners."

"Do you have duel cards?!" Yuugi asked him more strongly, his hands becoming fists. "Are you ready for the fight of your life with strong cards?"

"I always am," Kaiba answered. "Why?"

"You'll need the strongest cards you've got to win this," Atem said as he pulled out a holster from his side. "If you are missing any, then we will find a way to get them to you."

"Ah, so it sounds like you know what the game actually is now?" Kaiba commented. "Well then, what is it?"

Yuugi and Atem were quiet at first.

So quiet.

Then, with some slight tears in his eyes, Yuugi wiped them away and then retold them.

Retold them what the gods game would be.

Kaiba listened. Intently. "Mokuba. My brother has been put into this? Take him out now!"

"The decision was made," Atem answered. "The Ishtars, Mokuba, and Maximillion Pegasus' girlfriend."

Kaiba squeezed his hands. "That's my brother. My brother, and I have to manage Honda instead?"

"Honda is a good guy," Jounouchi reminded him. "Set will play a card if someone goes after him."

"Like us? Mokuba is on the enemy's side!" Kaiba grabbed Shizuka's hand. "You let the enemy take my brother into this game, none of you tried to stop it at all. Did you?"

"Seto." Shizuka hung onto his hand back. "I'm sorry."

Seto? Why the heck is she calling him Seto? No. No way, nothing happened. Being friendly. He's gonna hate that though. He's gonna hate it.

"I tried," Bakura opened his mouth. "Ryou Bakura told him Mokuba was working for me, which made him an ally." Bakura looked toward Atem and Yuugi. "He originally wanted to use Hikaru, Yuugi's newest son, but do you know what Atem said?"

Yuugi went straight over to his son and picked him up.

Kaiba didn't dwell for long on it. "Three days. I will get my own cards ready. Come, Shizuka."

"We all need to head toward Ultimate Cards," Jounouchi said to him. "We are on the same team."

"Atem said that Yuugi would be distracted," Bakura said, finishing up his thought. "He said taking Mokuba though would make you focus. Have you lost any focus, Kaiba? Has your little romping around Shizuka made things harder?"

"Hey. Don't talk like that," Jounouchi warned him.

His brother. They were going to use his little brother in that game, and Jounouchi's concern at the moment? Had nothing to do with Mokuba. Not one damn thing. Just like them all. Only their own family matters! Only theirs.