Hey everybody!! This is my second story. I might continue that. I might not. I'm not sure. Oh well. Anyway, this is a one shot. The style kinda changes a lot, because I wrote this in two different moods. The point of view also changes, so I guess that makes the tone change okay. If not, that's okay. I'm not too worried. I wrote this to relieve some stress. I have a solo that I'm performing tomorrow, and it's not ready. I play the trombone. The trombone rules. Yea, so enough rambling, on to the story.

"Now you must choose, Seto, your company, your life, your dreams, or your little brother. Who will you attack, Seto?" Noa spat.

'Oh no. There must be another way. There has to be.' Seto cried frantically in his mind.

Over on the cliff behind the two duelists, Seto's friends were wide-eyed in shock at the decision Seto had to make. They didn't have any idea what would happen this time, and they had no control over what could happen next. Joey especially hated this situation. Finally, he raced forward in fury at Noa. Yugi and Duke barely caught him before he ran off the cliff.

"Now wait a minute, Noa, this isn't fair and you know it. You can't do this. It's cheating, you dirtly little brat!" Joey said.

Kaiba kept looking directly forward at Noa's eyes. "This is my decision to make, Joey. I have to make it. Alone." Kaiba raised his voice, "Noa. I choose to...forfeit this duel...on one condition."

"Ha ha, what's that, loser?"

"That you let go of your control on Mokuba and let me speak to him. Alone. Understand?"

"Well, okay. I don't see how that could hurt me any. Ten minutes is all though. Ten minutes of my owning Kaiba Corp. will be wasted, but it will be, after all, only ten minutes," Noa smirked.

The monsters disapeered from the field, and the scene changed to a large room with one large metal door.

"Well, Noa?" Seto said challengingly.

Noa sighed. "Very well."

Mokuba who was standing near Noa, suddenly glowed. His eyes changed from a bright menacing red to a dark brown. As the glowing went away, Mokuba began to faint. Noa stepped away as Kaiba ran over to catch him.

"Have at it, loser." Noa smirked as he pointed to the door. "Go in there."

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Mokuba began to stir as Seto set him gently on the floor. He opened his large brown eyes and saw Seto kneeling next to him.

"Big brother? What happened. I don't remember a thing."

"It doesn't matter now, Mokuba. You're going home."

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"Your life is done Seto," Noa said as he walked into the room.

As I pasted by Yugi while I walked out of the room, I whispered, "Please, watch over him."

I think it was the first time I'd ever said please to anyone before. I had never been fond of it. Yugi must have realized. He faintly nodded, and his eyes looked right at me, and he looked into my soul. He saw all of my hopes, dreams, past, present, my cares, morals, beliefs, and he saw my entire soul. It was a very calm and peaceful. For the first time, I relaxed. I knew that someone was carrying that the load for just a split second. I knew I wasn't alone, and would always exist. I could feel that I really did exist. Then I was pulled back into reality.

Noa came towards me. Suddenly, I could feel a change. I was leaving, yet staying. Everything became fuzzy. Before I blacked out, I looked into everyone's eyes. They all had mixtures of anger, sadness, regret, and revenge on their faces as they all floated out of my new home. Then everything went dark.

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It was raining today, I didn't even know it could rain in this godforsaken place. I guess things can change. I hate this place. I've only been here a month, and I've already been everywhere. Its really not as big as it seemed before I lost my body. Oh well. It was to save Mokuba. How could I choose my company while forever damning by brother, my life. I couldn't do it if I tried. I don't regret the decision, I just wish there was another way.

Its really not that bad here. Its actually rather peaceful. The scenary is lovely, yet too lovely. Perfect, and so perfect that its flawed. I'm bored now. I don't even want to live. I have to though. I know Mokuba will do what he hates, rule my company, my kingdom, but save me. What will he think when he comes for me and I'm not here? It will all have been for nothing.

I don't even think I could take my own life. Being here isn't life. Its not death either. Death is peace, peace from the world, life, and yourself. Here is peace from the world, life, yet not from me. I'm still here. I can still think.

Thinking is man's greatest weapon, yet, man's greatest curse. Sometimes when I was younger, I would wish that I was dumb. I didn't want to have to think of what was happening to me. Gozaburo. He was sbverting my mind into something that I never wanted it to be. I never wanted to be like this. I knew what was happening, and yet, I didn't stop it. I could have. I knew it. Yet, I didn't. To save Mokuba. He needed me. To keep him safe, I knew I had to let Gozaburo change me. My mind. My soul. The scars on my body are nothing compared to those of my soul.

I guess my decision was like the one I gave Yugi so long ago. It wasn't fair, it shouldn't have hd to be like that. Yet I was desperate. Maybe I am like Noa. Arrogant, just taking what I want. I'd like to say there is a difference. A month ago I would have said there was. Now I'm not so sure. I've had too much time to think. I suppose I'm lonely. My whole life has been lonely though. At least before I had Mokuba. I could always talk to him whenever I wanted. Now I can't even do that.

I guess all I can really do now is wait. I'm not sure what I'm waiting for. Mokuba probably won't even come. He's probably forgotten about me by now. I think I'm just feeling sorry for myself now. I hate this. I'm going to find a way out.

I think I know why I'm waiting. Hope.

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I felt something move behind me. I turned around and saw my brother and Yugi and...my friends behind him. They were coming towards me. I smiled as I leaned against a tree and began falling asleep to the soft rain.