Jenonca- I decided to redo the sequel to seto kaiba chooses not to love because I wasn't happy with what I had done years ago, originally, I was going to update but it's better if I start over again. I don't know how many chapters there will be but I will take this slow and try to write a higher quality plot.
For those of you that have read the original story, please read the new improved version, and please tell me if it's better than the one before. For new readers I hope you enjoy my story and reviews are welcome thank you.
Chapter one – seto kaiba is my father!
Father's Day, the time of the year when children of all ages can show their fathers they appreciate everything they do for them, well except the children who don't have a dad in their life. There are many reasons a father isn't the picture, some abandon, divorce, can't handle their responsibilities, dead or could simply not know they have a child.
The last case is true of my father, he doesn't even know I exist. You may be wondering how that's possible or you are judging my mother for not making him aware. why doesn't he know, you ask? Simple really, my mother didn't want him to know about me. For sixteen years, she was all I had. I've never question her why that was, because I just didn't think I needed more than her, well that was until I got older as more years passed, I realise I've missed so many things he and I could had done.
I'm slowly coming to an important part in my life and I don't have my dad to guide me with my career chooses or how to handle to opposite sex, what to subjects to choose for college, how to make friends, how to shave and other man stuff a boy needs to learn from a dad. thankfully I first learned to shave thanks to my mum. I don't even know his name, mum doesn't like to talk about him so I've never asked her nor did I think I should. I don't want to upset mum and yet here I am sitting on a step, wondering if I should had asked.
"Hey Haru"
My best friend Dante's voice broke into my thoughts, I looked up as he dumped his bag on the stone step and sat down.
"All right mate? What brings you here?"
I was sitting on the steps by the back of the school, hardly anyone was around.
Dante rolled his eyes and said "well knowing you and I do, I figured you would be moping, so as your best mate it's my job to kick your arse"
Dante knew better than anyone how I get during this day, he doesn't see his dad either. His is worse than mine though. His father ran out on the family when Dante was seven, he's been angry at his dad ever since. He doesn't to like to talk about him, just refers to him as a dick, if the subject is brought up.
"..So what's the plan? " I asked.
"Well I was planning to try and get you wasted" he laughed "nah joking, anyway I saw this"
"Saw what" I questioned.
"Hold on a sec" Dante snipped digging into his bag. He finally emerged a couple of minutes later, bringing with him a magazine. I stared perplexed, wondering what on earth could be so interesting.
"It's the latest Duel Monsters magazine" Dante smiled "I found something interesting"
Dante was looked at me like the best joke had been told, Sure I liked duel monsters as much as the next guy but I wasn't so into it that I subscribed to the magazine or who knew who the famous duellists were. Dante opened it and shoved it front of me. Rolling my eyes I took a look. Staring back at me was a man with brown hair and blue eyes.
"Looks familiar, doesn't he?" Dante laughed.
"Why are you showing me this" I asked.
Dante snorted in disbelief "coz you look like him idiot, if I didn't know better, I'd say he was your twin"
Ignoring Dante I pulled the magazine closer to examine the man's face. Sure, we looked a like, same hair that fell the same away, same colour. His eyes ice blue like mine. We even had the same nose, though mine was slightly smaller. Looking even closer I tried picking out more differences. I looked younger obviously and my jaw wasn't as strong looking as his. There was no denying it, we could somewhat pass for twins if he looked slightly younger. I scanned the article, Seto Kaiba. Kind of a lame name.
"can I keep this?" I asked.
Dante sobered up and blinked at me "yeah whatever mate"
I scanned the article more and noticed his age. I snorted, for an old guy he sure looks younger than he should be. I put the magazine in my bag to show mum later. She'll surely get a laugh out of this.
Thinking of mum I turned my thoughts back to what I was thinking before, I wonder if I should ask her about dad, or at least try to get a name to look up. Surely, I'm old enough to know and should stop pussy footing about this. Well maybe once I give it more thought anyway.
Even if I do to decide to ask her I'm not quite sure how I would go about it. Do I wait for the subject to be brought up? I can't see that happening, she kind of gets tense about him when he's been brought up in the past. It's rare but the last time she told me anything about him, was when I asked her why I didn't have a dad like all the other kids do. I can't remember how old I was but since then she refuses to even answer any more questions I have. I only know he doesn't know I exist because I overheard a conversation between her and a friend.
The bell rang a moment later interrupting my thoughts once again. Dante and I headed to maths discussing the latest cards he had added to his deck.
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Maths, being a double lesson dragged on so long Dante fell asleep. I had to try my best not to laugh as Mr Watkins slammed a text book on our desk. Dante screamed so loud the girl behind him fell out her seat.
"nice of you to join us back in the living" quipped Mr Watkins.
Dante grinned in embarrassment and busied himself as Mr Watkins went back to the board and continued going over equations.
Playing with my pen I zoned out, staring out the window. The year 7s P.E class were running about on the field. Surely, I didn't look that tiny back then, I swear they are getting smaller, especially the scrawny one in a clearly oversized kit. How the hell is he able to play rounders without tripping over I don't know.
I watched the class until I felt a nudge sometime later, turning away from the window I realised the final bell had rang and the rest of the class were packing up. I followed suit not really taking in the din the of the chatter around me. Dante was laughing, messing with his dirty blonde hair as a couple of classmates teased him for screaming.
"you walking home my way?" he asked, his grey eyes shining in amusement.
I nodded slinging my bag over my shoulder. We bade goodbye to our classmates and left room.
"man that was most boring lesson ever, who the hell cares about algebra, I mean when are we ever going to use it in real life" my best friend began ranting. "what you going to do walk in a shop and go oi mate can i- "
He stopped mid rant as a football came flying in his face. Where the hell did that come from? I wildly looked around trying to find the culprit. A kid from the year below came into view laughing hysterically. Dante having a very short fuse, grabbed the kids shirt threatening to beat him up. the kid despite being fourteen or fifth teen ended up crying like a little girl, begging my mate not to deck him or he'll get his dad on him.
"crying like a bitch" Dante snorted "what are you seven?!"
He let go of the kid, who grabbed his football and ran off, tears still streaming down his face. We continued walking, Dante rubbed his cheek while laughing at how pathetic the kid had been.
"seriously, I'm gonna get me dad on ya" he mocked. "what a pussy ugh"
I agreed laughing at his tone but my thoughts turned to my own father, still questioning if I should ask mum again or not. Dante and I finally made to mine a while later, he had finally stopped talking about the kid and was in a better mood. I bade goodbye and hurried up the steps feeling slightly sick; I'm not sure how to bring it up with mum. Maybe I should show her the magazine and make a joke about Kaiba and see if I can naturally get to the subject of my father then.
Trying to get a grip of myself I walked in, pulling the magazine out of my bag. I threw my bag on the floor and began looking for mum. I finally found her in her office.
"Haru you're home early" Mum turned around in her chair, looking at me with concern. "how was school kiddo?"
I opened my mouth, only to close it a second later, my hand clenching tighter on the magazine as I willed myself to speak. Why I had sudden burst of fear I don't know, I shook my head chickening out and held up the magazine to mum. Mum got up frowning.
"Dante found something weird in here" I smiled at her "he found it funny"
I showed mum the page with my look alike on it.
I heard a sharp intake of breath and then mum questioned "Where did you get this?"
"Dante showed me it" I replied confused at her sudden serious nature.
Mum put a hand to her forehead, closing her eyes. "why today of all days, my god"
Staring at her I asked "what's wrong, I thought you'd find this funny"
She put her hand down and scanned my face as though trying to find the words.
"funny?!"
"well yeah, he looks like me" I raised my eyebrows.
"I know" she sighed walking out the room.
Confused even more I followed her into the kitchen, the article still in my hand.
She had a grabbed a cloth, drying the dishes by the sink. "mum what's going, why are you so tense!"
"im not tense" she replied placing a plate in a cupboard. She clearly wanted to drop the subject, i just don't get why this bothered her.
"come on, whats wrong" I asked.
"drop it haru, I'm fine" she exclaimed.
Just I opened my mouth she told me to go to my room. Not wanting to argue with her, I did as she asked throwing the article down on my desk. Guess I'll ask her later, asking her about dad might not be the best thing to do right now.
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Mum was still bothered when I came for dinner sometime later. I'd thought she'd had calmed down by now, how wrong was I. she avoided my eye though out the meal, only asking about school and if I had any homework to work on. She left not long we finished after for her usual night with her friends, which she did once a week.
"I'll be home by 11 at latest, don't forget to wash the dishes hun" she kissed my cheek, checking her bag one last time.
"I won't" I replied watching her leave. Guess I should get on with my homework, I sighed making my way up the stairs. I'm just going to have to ask her tomorrow, assuming she's in a better mood. As for the father issue, I guess I'll just have to figure that out on my own.
I pulled out my notebook, glancing at the magazine on my bed, kaiba's face stood out again. I picked it up reading the article about him, domino city? That's strange, the name of the city on my birth certificate. Its amusing that I was born in the city he's from.
I can't believe mum was got all bent out of shape about this, so what Kaiba and I look alike with some differences. It wasn't like it's a big deal, it's not like she knows him. She never looks at duelling magazines or watching matches on tv. From what I remember she's never encouraged me into the game like any other parent would had, in fact I seem to remember her looking unsurprised when I first got a deck (Dante got me into the game and had brought that one for me) which seemed strange seeing as I never really expressed as much interest in it as Dante did. If I was born in the city, is it possible she ran into him at some point? Is that she got tense because she doesn't like talking about the past. If that's the case it doesn't make sense that kaiba bothers her, even if we do look like. Why do we look alike though? This is going to bug me.
Mum returned just a finished drying the dished, she looked calmer than when she left. Hope I wasn't going to change.
"isn't weird that kaiba and I are from the same city?"
"what" mum said tensing up.
"I was born in domino city right? Kaiba from there didn't you know?" I laughed.
"not now Haru!"
"I don't get it! How can Seto Kaiba looking like me freak you out?!" I asked
Her behaviour was strange and I just couldn't see why she would act like this.
"I know you look like him! I've known that for years"
She threw me an annoyed look. clearly, she wanted to drop this subject and drop it fast.
How could she know I looked like Kaiba for years? I don't recall her ever mentioning his name or looking him up in the news. Yet here she is, freaking out that I showed a magazine of some guy who shared my likeness. The way she was looking at me now was the same look she reserved for dad being mentioned.
I thought of the magazine again and Kaiba's face. It's just a coincidence we share the same looks? I voiced this aloud to mum, her face got whiter.
"I can believe im doing this" she sighed and took a breath "it's not a coincidence because he is your father!"
Completely floored thinking mum was having me on, it took me some time to respond.
"Seto kaiba is my dad?!" I asked confused.
Mum nodded as I stared at her wide eyed. The actual… this can't be right, he's apparently famous if he's in a duelling magazine. I may not know the game well but even I know Kaiba is part of it. This is the first time I've seen a picture of him but I'm sure I've heard kids at school mention him a few times.
So many questions where forming in my mind, I eventually settle on one to ask.
"this can't be true, its not is it?"
"im afraid so, why do you think I left domino" mum answered, she looked upset.
Taking in what she said, I went over it in my mind, why didn't she tell me, why is she telling me now?
"Why didn't you tell me"
Mum looked at me, hesitating "I couldn't"
"Couldn't or didn't want to?" i was beginning to get annoyed.
Mum's face softened as she spoke to me. "I didn't for reasons Haru, trust me kiddo, you were best of not knowing-"
I cut her off "why shouldn't I had known, he's my father!"
"honey, I don't want you to get hurt, believe me you will understand one day" mum
Glaring I took in her response, that makes no sense! He's my father, she could had told me and then I could had learned more about him. How could I possibly get hurt by knowing him?
"that's bull! You could had told me, for years I stopped asking for more information coz it upsets you! I yelled "all you had to do was give his name and I could had looked him up!"
All my fear and hesitation was gone, I don't want to hurt my mother but learning my father was somewhat famous and I could easily had gotten information without asking her, made me angry. I thought he might had been a dead beat or something.
"that's exactly why I didn't tell you!"
Mum was getting frustrated herself now. Why shouldn't I look him up, what's so bad about doing that. Mum wasn't making any sense. He's my father! Knowing who he is now made the need to meet him flare up even more, I finally had a name and a face to put that name.
"why, so I wouldn't go and find him! pretty easy to do, since I can easily search the name!" I yelled "doesn't seem to be anything wrong with him"
"you can't tell that by a picture" mum was frowning now "you don't know the real him"
"well thanks to you, guess I never will"
"Haru! There's no need to-"
"what? Get upset, wonder why my own mother thinks knowing my dad is a bad thing, give me one damn reason, one! why I shouldn't know the real him!"
The atmosphere in kitchen had turned tense, mum had gone quiet. I had no idea what she was thinking or going to say. I waited, what excuses was she going to come up with. I have every right to know my father. After an age, it seemed mum wasn't going to say a word, so I turned on my heel and stalked out the kitchen.
I spent the night searching online for my father; I found out his company is based where he lives and he has a younger brother. I have an uncle! It going to be difficult but I think I can get there without mum knowing by asking Dante to help.
I'm need to meet dad, I know if don't I will regret it for as long as I live. I wonder will dad be happy when he knows his has a son? will he want me to visit as much as I can? I don't know much about other than what my mum told me, i don't understand why she doesn't want me to see him. She told me he was kind and would love me if he ever knew me, I was five when she told me this, so why has she changed her tune. Is It possible she lied to me or is there something she hiding? Well I won't know until I go there and find out myself.
I've sure of my decision now all I need to do is plan this carefully without mum knowing. Hopefully I'm right and Dante will help me.
Jenonca-that's the first chapter done, what did think? The next chapter should be up sometime soon, not sure when though.