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'Well that is the only reason you are still breathing of course. You'd rather die than talk then? What's the point of any of this if you just want to die, satisfaction in an afterlife? Considering your little rant earlier I'm assuming your motivation was entirely based around the fact that Jounouchi has more friends than you, isn't that just completely pathetic?' Seto mocked, sneering at the man shaking in anger before him. He didn't want to just shoot him, but he also didn't think he'd be getting anything useful out of him. What would Hirutani's death mean, what should they do. He kept his eyes focused on Hirutani, waiting for him to respond to the taunts, hoping it would help him decide on the right course.

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If Hirutani hadn't been a completely incompetent and bumbling master he'd have interfered already. Those who were weak, who didn't know how to control a shikigami shouldn't summon one. The only shame in little Seto shooting the man right now would be that he'd lose the chance to personally kill the wretch. Though he couldn't quite do it yet, Hirutani wasn't that weak, and his death would be worth it. With him gone he'd still be free to roam the mortal world until his job was complete, but he'd be truly free. He wouldn't be latched to Jounouchi, he could roam the world searching out victims. Eventually his power would wane and he'd have to return to his own realm regardless of if he'd finished the contract. It's not like he needed to roam the world anyhow, the only target he'd desired was here before him. A technicality sent him away before he could finish the job last time, but not this time, this time he'd enjoy it. 'You should have just walked far away from Jounouchi while you still could little Seto, pull the trigger and seal your fate.'

Jounouchi felt guilty, he actually felt guilty about what was very likely self defense if Seto knew anything about Jounouchi and his 'star headed' friend. As far as he was concerned Hirutani had gotten everything he deserved, but he had no real right to yell at the guy, no real idea of the situation Hirutani was talking about. Seto was at a loss, he felt terrible and he wasn't accustomed to feeling emotionally bothered about anything except maybe his brother. Even that was a bit of a challenge. Maybe this damn spirit was messing with his head again, before he could think of a useful response Honda interjected.

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'Jounouchi don't even listen to him,' Honda shouted, pulling himself up from the broken pile of furniture he'd be unceremoniously tossed into. 'That idiot screwed up his own life okay, he tried to kill you and ended up hurting himself - he hurt himself, not you. Don't feel guilty that this moron failed so bad at killing good people who didn't deserve it that he inevitably broke his own twisted brain. His brain was already screwed up,' switching his attention to Hirutani, 'you were never going to amount to anything you low life scum. Stop trying to bring Jounouchi down because he decided he wasn't going to be your little lapdog anymore. You were never smart, you were never talented, people don't follow you because they've got better things to do than be thugs. You lost everything because you are evil, you're proving that now more than ever. You want to show you deserve anything then call off this damn spirit and maybe we can help you. Not that you deserve it, but we'd do it anyhow, because we aren't ******** assholes. Prove that you deserve a second chance or just shut the ******** up already, nobody needs to listen to your bullshit lies and bitching anymore.'

Honda was absolutely enraged, he couldn't believe Jounouchi was curled up on the floor feeling bad for this a*****e. He couldn't believe it, but Kaiba clearly had better control then he did. If he had a gun, if he could use a gun he'd have shot the man already. Jounouchi believed everyone had a good side, everyone deserved redemption. Which lead him to feel bad for scum like this, feel guilt for not being able to save everyone. Honda felt no such thing, people had to prove they deserved a second chance, nobody was entitled to whatever they wanted. He was either going to beat the s**t out of this guy or demand Kaiba shoot, but he'd give him three more seconds to say something - anything - that would maybe convince them to help him. Only for Jounouchi's sake of course.

'Oh I'm standing' he thought sarcastically, derisively. Though just to make it absolutely clear he ceased the slight tremors that while no longer toppling furniture had clearly been making his presence known.

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'Well?' Honda demanded, glad that Jounouchi seemed to at least be focusing on a goal rather than hating himself. 'You wanna talk like reasonable adults or not?'

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Seto didn't lower the gun, he didn't trust Hirutani to not use the opportunity to try and wrestle his own piece back. He did relax his stance, however. He still didn't trust Hirutani to actually work with them willingly, and they didn't have enough to force his hand. Maybe he really would be motivated by a second chance, it's not like he knew the guy well enough to say. Given how much Jounouchi had surprised him over the past few days he supposed it wasn't impossible.

With that last thought in mind he glanced at the blond again. He seemed a bit calmer, less distraught, guess Honda had finally found the right words. Perhaps the situation could be resolved, they could help Hirutani, banish the shikigami...and then what? All go their separate ways most likely. 'Why should that bother you?', he chastised himself. He'd wanted nothing more than to be out of Jounouchi's company since he had inadvertently run into him that night at the coffee shop. A clean resolution, a quick end to the story was exactly what he wanted right? Right?

((I hope that's what you meant by stand by, if not, oops, let me know and I'll amend accordingly. xd ))

Could he possibly be entertaining working with them? Though even if he was, that doesn't mean they could convince him, or that they wouldn't screw him over later.

'Well for starters,' Seto began hesitantly, but despite offering Honda and Jounouchi seemed a bit at a loss for what they could offer, 'I would assume that you haven't exactly had the finances to see the best doctors, I could help with that, and the work front as well. With proper treatment - because you seem too functional for me to just take the word of the apparent quacks who would argue you have zero options - you couldn't change the past, but you could potentially have the assets necessary to work toward a better future.'

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Having actually been faced with an opportunity, Honda wasn't really sure what he could offer Hirutani. Kaiba clearly had money and money could sure go a long way to helping with that long list of complaints Hirutani had. However, Honda couldn't offer any of that, and he certainly wasn't going to offer friendship. Doctors and a job were more than he deserved, unless Jounouchi had something to add he decided this offer was good enough.

((Excellent, just making sure I didn't need to do anything more active.

I posted this on FB, but you don't have FB and thought you'd find this kinda interesting. Last night I had this weird sort of Smurfs origins dream. Weird in itself, but the focus was on Smurfette who turns out, not a chick. She's a transgendered mtf, though in the dream she's still in a masculine body (though growing out very long hair that she tries to curl - and it's green/blue rather than blond), but the blond curvy Smurfette is how she sees herself in her head. So yea, odd but I kept in the dream (I guess some background pov) thinking it made perfect sense. A friend pointed out that Smurfette was created by Gargamel for evil, but 'canon' also says Papa Smurf turned her into a 'real Smurf' implying that whatever she was before wasn't a Smurf. Anyhow I can wind myself in circles here but in short, I like the idea of Smurfette being a transgendered smurf.))

'Trust fund kid, owner and CEO of one of the largest gaming corporations in the world, one of those,' Seto answered amused, so apparently this guy still didn't know who he was dealing with.

((Yea I thought it was pretty nifty and now I do really wish Smurfette was trans. No idea where the dream came from though.))

'Yea, Kaiba Seto, owner and CEO of Kaiba Corporation,' Seto said, a bit irritated to feel like he was repeating himself. Guess the guy had claimed to be suffering head trauma. He wouldn't overload him with lengthy explanations - or boasts - in that case.

((Maybe))

Seto frowned slightly, not expecting things to be this easy. He certainly wasn't ready to just put the gun away, though he lowered it slightly.

'I'm not going to lie, I wasn't expecting you to be this reasonable. We help you with the consequences of the injuries you suffered, get your life back on track, and you'll get rid of the spirit?' Seto asked, feeling they were still at a bit of a stalemate even if Hirutani had agreed to work with them.