It was a very heart-rending time as the six friends said good-bye to each other as they went their separate ways. Mokuba decided to stay at Tea's house, and everyone would switch off days until the judge was finished filing out the case.

One by one, they all left until only Tea, Yugi, and Mokuba were still standing outside the hospital doors.

"I can't believe this is happening, but it is," Yugi spoke up before they left the lobby.

"I can only agree with you." Tea acquiesced. "Who would have known that…that Kaiba…" she took a deep breath.

Yugi nodded, holding back the tears that threatened to occur all over again. "Yeah, I know what you mean."

Tea held Mokuba's hand. She looked down at Mokuba, who was just staring straight ahead with a blank gaze. "We have to go. See ya, Yugi."

Yugi returned the 'good-bye', and Tea left with Mokuba.

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Five hours later...

Mokuba was in the spare bedroom that Tea's parents let him sleep in, while Tea was in her own bedroom.

She finished washing up, and was about to go to bed, when without prior notice, the telephone rang.

"Tea, honey, get the phone!" her mom shouted.

Tea heaved a sigh, then went to the phone, and picked it up. It was Yugi.

"Tea!" Yugi shouted so loudly that Tea had to hold the phone away from her ear.

"What is it?" Tea asked edgily. "What do you want, Yugi? I'm about to go to bed. It's almost midnight!"

"Tea, I want you to get over to my house as quickly as possible! Oh, and bring Mokuba, too!" Yugi hung up.

Tea shrugged, and got Mokuba out of bed. After telling her mom where they were going (her mother would kill her if she didn't), she and the young boy started off for the Motou's house.

"Why does Yugi want us at his house, Tea?" asked a somnolent Mokuba as Tea and he walked up to Yugi's front door.

"I'm not exactly sure, Mokuba," Tea was wondering that exact question as she rang the doorbell.

Almost immediately the door flew open, and an exuberant Yugi ushered them in.

"What is going on Yugi!" Tea exclaimed as she saw Joey, Bakura, and Tristan sitting in chairs.

"You'll see," was all Yugi would say, and he left the room.

Tea gave an inquisitive look to Bakura, but he just returned the same expression.

After a while, Yugi returned, the same excited gaze plastered on his face.

"'Ey, Yug', why'd ya bring us all here?" Joey asked, yawning. It seemed he just woke up.

"Okay, fine, I'll tell you." Yugi grinned from ear to ear. Tea suddenly had a fluttery feeling in her stomach that she couldn't explain.

"What is it?" Tristan hated waiting.

After a suspenseful pause, Yugi suddenly blurted it out. "KAIBA'S ALIVE!"

Everyone was motionless, taking it all in just like at the hospital, but this time differently.

Bakura spoke for everyone. "What?"

Yugi grinned. "I'm sorry I sprung it on you all like that. I called your guy's house as soon as I got the phone call."

Mokuba just sat there, eyes as wide as saucers. I mean, how would you like it if your loved one just died, and suddenly he/she was alive out of the blue? It was too good to be true for Mokuba.

"What phone call?" Tea finally spoke after it sunk in. She felt like rejoicing, jumping up and down and running straight to wherever Kaiba was, but facts first.

"Well," Yugi explained, "A couple minutes after I got home, I got this phone call, so I picked it up, and the guy on the other line said that we made an unexpected and astonishing mistake!"

"Which wus…" Joey hated it when Yugi drolled on and on when he figured out something important.

"Let me finish, Joey!" Yugi exclaimed. "Which was that we had the wrong person!"

"Huh?" Tristan never felt so bewildered in his life.

"Don't you get it?" Yugi beamed, standing up from the excitement. "It was the wrong person!"

"I…uh…still dun get it," Joey shook his head.

"We were talking to my big brother after all; I know him when I see him," Mokuba concurred.

Yugi sighed. "Let me explain: Okay. Yes, Mokuba, we did talk to your brother, but he wasn't the one that died! Some one else died with almost the same name and DNA as Kaiba's, and the doctors got the two forms for the two people mixed up!"

"No one has the same DNA as someone else," Bakura piped up.

Yugi shrugged. "Don't ask me; I'm not the doctor. But, anyway, Kaiba's "disease" was actually a mild internal disease! Actually, this is why I essentially got all of you here…" Someone stepped out of the hallway's shadows.

"No…WAY!" Mokuba couldn't believe it! It was as if this was all a bad dream and he just woke up into reality! Seto was standing right in front of him! He would be coming home to him! Mokuba stood on shaky legs. "Oh…" He didn't even finish the sentence because in an instant, he was in his brother's arms, crying his eyes out.

"Seto! SETO, you're back with me!" Mokuba cried, clutching onto his elder brother for all he was worth.

"Yes, Mokuba..." Seto wouldn't hold back the tears again. He knelt down to his brother's level and hugged him tightly.

After what seemed like centuries, they let go, and Seto stood back up.

Everyone stared back at him as if it was a delusion.

Joey got up from where he was sitting and walked up to Seto. They were about two feet apart from each other, but that soon changed. Simultaneously, they embraced each other.

"Dun ever scare me like dat eva again!" Joey muttered, tears slipping down his cheeks.

Seto let go of the hug, then grinned as he said, "I won't."

Mokuba went back to Tea and sat on the two-seater byher as all this was taking place, and before he knew it, he was hugging Tea. "I told you, Mokuba!" Tea whispered so only she and the boy could hear. "I told you that your brother wouldn't break his promise to you!"

"Yes, Tea," Mokuba agreed. "I should never have doubted him!" He started to cry tears of joy. "I really thought that Seto wouldn't be coming back…ever!"

Kaiba sat in the chair next to Yugi. Everyone quieted down as he spoke. "I still don't understand…why is everyone…so jovial to see me? I thought you all loathed me with an infatuation!"

Joey spoke up. "I dun know what "infatuation" means, but I'll tell ya what: after what I've seen today, between all of us and yer bro., I know dat under dat arctic exterior lies a warm interior! Kaiba, I never knew dat I'd be friends wit ya, but anything is possible!"

All Seto could reply with was a grin. "I'm still going to call you 'puppy', sorry to say. That is a tradition that will never rupture."

"'Ey!"

Bakura finally spoke up. "Kaiba, you've actually learned what friendship is all about…the hard way."

Kaiba nodded. "I more or less thought it would all be the end of me. I didn't think I was going to make it through that one…but, it turned out to be the simplest of matters. Apparently the problem was caught just as it was starting so they let me right out of the hospital. I just have to go back once every week for a month so they can make sure the small internal problem is fully cleared up."

Tristan smirked. "Who would have thought? Now, I have a friend that's a multi-millionaire! I expect good presents for Christmas, you know!"

"Hah, hah, Tristan. The only thing you'll be getting is a rock."

After a couple minutes of celebration, Joey yawned loudly…again. His mouth opened so wide, you could have seen his uvula. "Man, Kaiba 'r no Kaiba, it's da middle of da night, and I gots t' get my beauty sleep." His stood and stretched. "I'll see ya all tomorrow!" he called as he walked out the door.

"Tomorrow?" Kaiba raised an eyebrow. "Tomorrow is Saturday!"

"Oh, Kaiba, don't you know?" Yugi tried to look as dubious as he could.

Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Put in the picture. Enlighten me."

Yugi burst into laughter as he shouted, "We're going to the arcade to play…PINBALL!" (Sweat-drop on Kaiba's part)

After Joey's leave, one by one they all left Yugi's house to get ready for tomorrow, Mokuba grinning from ear to ear and chattering all the way as he went home with Seto.

As Scarlet says in the movie "Gone With the Wind", "Tomorrow…is another day!"

Fin

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Note: For all you mathematicians out there, I hope you know that it wasn't exactly "a week"; it was in point of fact five days! Interesting, huh?

Thanks to all who reviewed in the past, and to all who are reviewing the edited version.