• 1-I'm Okay
• 2-Two
• 3-Three
• 4-Four
• 5-Five

c Disclaimer: I don't own
Yuugiou! Don't friggin sue me! lol

Rating: R. Violence.
Language. Probably sex.

Summary: Seto Kaiba vowed
that he would never turn out like Gozaburo, but now that he has a daughter, it
seems he was wrong. How is he going to fix that?

Author's Notes: Okay. I don't
know if it's mainly gonna be from Seto's POV, or from Rayne's POV. Rayne being
the daughter, that is! Hehe. Now, erhm. In this, Seto is, like, twenty-six, and
that'd make Mai like, thirty-three. So, Mai was twenty-five when they had
Rayne, and now Rayne is eight. And blah blah. Anyway. Uhmn. Read and review. Oh! And the way that the talking is
going? That's not the format for the story! --;

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No, no, no! What you're doing is wrong,
Seto! You hear me?! Christ.. Look at me while I'm talking to you..

There's
nothing wrong about how I choose to deal with things, Mai. Now leave me alone,
I have work to do..

I want to know what happened, Seto..
You promised you wouldn't turn out like him..

And I haven't - not completely, anyway! You
don't see me making her parade around in some collar li fil filthy dog, do you? You don't see me lashing out at
her with whips and blades, right? I'm
not entirely like.. he.. was, Mai. I'm not nearly half as bad.

That doesn't change the fact that you're beating our daughter! Fuck,
Seto, she thinks you don't love her.. and I'm starting to think the same, too.

Well,
I don't, and I've made that perfectly
clear to her.. I was sure I'd made it clear to you, as well. How many times have I told you that I don't want her--

You're such a dumbass.

What?

You heard me, Seto. You're a dumbass.

Do
you have a death wish, Mai?

You're not going to kill me. You won't - not more than you already
have.

..
you're unhappy. Look, I've given you more than enough chances to leave, Mai.
You just refuse to take them..

1'> You've what? Bullshit!! Every
time I tried to leave you'd beg for
me to stay, Seto! Look, goddamnit, I don't want to leave. I've never wanted to
leave. I love you, Seto; I want to help you. Every time I've attempted to leave
was only because you keep doing stupid shit that gives me no other choice.. You
have a problem, Seto. Fuck. A
problem? You have issues, Seto. And I
want to help you sort them ou--

Spare
me the speech. I've heard it before.

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Rolling onto her back, Rayne bit
down on her lip harder, drawing blood and rather unconciously drinking it up.
It didn't taste coppery. For some reason, her blood always tasted sweeter when
it was voluntarily drawn, and not beaten out of her by somebody else. She
slowly slid off the edge of her small bed, landing on all fours with a soft thump. Standing up properly, Rayne
inched over to her open door, peeked her head through, and peered down the
hallway; still sucking the blood from her lip.

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Alright, Seto.. are you ready to
listen to what I've been trying to tell you for the past two hours, or do you
still want to argue with me?

...

I suppose I'll take that as a yes, then..

---

There was a far too clear shout of
'go away, I'm trying to work!' and
Rayne winced as she saw her mother get pushed out of the office only a few
doors away, and flung against the wall beside it.

Rayne bit down on her lip again -
hard. She watched somewhat angrily as her father towered over her mother - he
was much too tall; Rayne found it way too intimidating, and thought it was just
horrid - and whimpered slightly when her mother cowered against the wall quite
visibly.

She could only really see her
father's back, but Rayne could tell that he was glaring, and muttering
something far to quietly for her to hear properly. Whatever he said, though, it
was obviously bad, as Rayne's mother almost immediately started to plead with
him.

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No, Seto no! You'll wake up Rayne.. don't!

Do
you think I honestly give a damn about if that brat wakes up?

Seto...

It's
her fault for leaving her door open
all of the time, anyway..

You yell at her if she keeps it closed, Seto! What the hell else would
you expect from her?

More
than what I'm getting.

What?

Well,
come on, I wasn't as goddamn weak
back the--

She's not you.

--look,
yelling is nothing compared to what I had to go through!

---

He was doing it again.. comparing
what he did to Rayne to what he'd had to live with. Rayne never understood it
when he did that; she knew barely anything about her father's life.

---

Seto--

No!
Look, Mai, I don't want her to be weak like this..

You sound like your father.

He
wasn't really my father!

Then stop trying to live up to his memory, already!

..
Take that back.

Take what back?

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Seto, please stop..

1'> Let go of me...

Why
should I?

.. that hurts!

Obviously
- why else would I do it?

Just stop, already! Let mlp ylp you, Seto..

You
can't! How many times have I told you that?! I can't be helped, Mai, ever!

Yes, you can, you just have
to let me..

..
no.

Please, Seto; I love you, let me help--

You
can't!

-- stop hurting me, and let me try.

---

Rayne chanced a peek at her parents
- her father had gone completely silent for a few minutes. She frowned when she
saw that her mother had caught her father in a tight, loving embrace that he
hesitantly returned. Rayne sighed, and eyed her father for a moment; he was
shaking slightly, and it looked like very well c hav have been crying.

Ignoring it, Rayne backed into her
room. Still frowning.

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I'm
sorry..

Shh, don't apologize--

..
I'm so sorry..

--it's okay, Seto. Just let me--

You're
bleeding.

--I know. It's nothing. I'll be fine.

Why
are you bleeding..?

You hit me, Seto. That's why; but it doesn't ma--

Sorry..

--stop apologizing, Seto! I forgave you before this even started..

---

She could still hear them; her
parents. It was quieter now, slightly muffled. They must have moved into their
bedroom to continue talking. No bother. Just so long as they weren't still
fighting.

It puzzled Rayne, her father
apologizing so readily - saying 'sorry' more than once in one breath. It scared
her. She felt like the family was falling apart at the seams..

More so than before.

Rolling on to her stomach, Rayne
clutched her pillow t ightly and sobbed as quietly as she could. Pausing once,
and only momentarily, to listen again.

Her father was whispering; something
she couldn't hear, and haf a feeling she didn't want to, anyway. Rayne heard
her mother moan, quietly, and that feeling was confd.

So she just went back to crying.

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Mai bit lip lip, frowning slightly
and stifling another moan. She shivered every time Seto planted a kiss along
the side of her neck; his hands busy getting rid of the flannel pyjama pants
she was wearing - shirt already taken
care of.

It was kind of stupid, really. After
what he did, she shouldn't even be letting him near her, let alone slowly
driving her crazy. She had to get him to calm down, though, and as twisted as
it seemed to her at times, sex was the only thing that ever made Seto forget
something long enough for her to try and talk to him about it. Try to help him.

Kicking the pants away, Mai clenched
her eyes shut as Seto's hands made their way back up her sides - slowly; barely
touching her skin. He was being gentle. It was insane.. He was doing hardly anything, and it was enough to make
her want to scream! Biting down on her lip again - harder, this time - she
tried to stifle any noise; but, not wanting to make herself bleed, she released
the pressure on her lip and moaned.

".. Mai."

"I--, gah! No, stop.. Seto. Get up.." >

He scowled at her, but complied.
Sitting up properly and fixing his shirt slightly. Eyeing Mai, and thoroughly
irritated, Seto growled: "What?"

Ignoring the look, Mai sat up and
looked out into the hallway, frowning, "It's Rayne.. You left the door
open, Seto. She's awake."

"Yeah. So?"

Shaking her head slightly, Mai
started to get up, off of the bed, but Seto grabbed her by the shoulder and
held her in place.

"What are you doing?"

".. Going to comfort our
daughter. What else?" queried Mai, glancing back at her husband.

"No."

Sighing, she shook her head again,
"Please, Seto.. just let me--."

"No. I'll do it."

"I--," Mai sat down
properly again; breathing, "what?"

He scowled, and stood up. Fixing his
shirt a bit again and heading for the door, "I said I'll do it, Mai.
Me."

Mai just sat there. Shocked and
confused, but, most of all, she was worried. Watching Seto leave the room, she
frowned, and sighed. She knew that he wasn't off to actually comfort Rayne, and
there was nothing she could do about it.

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