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-Rift
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Just another regular day in Seto Kaiba's life passes him by just as any did. Except for today, which was his birthday. It seemed to go painfully more slow than any other day had for him, which was horrid, concidering that he just wanted the damned day to get over with. He always hated the attention he gained on his birthday, and that made him all the more bitter.
The clock struck 3:00pm as Kaiba strode into his mansion with Mokuba trailing behind with a wide smile on his childish features.
"Seto! I have a surprise for you! Wait here on the couch, okay? I'll be right back!" The younger Kaiba sibling said with excitement as he pushed his older brother down onto the extravagant leather couch that was centered against the stairwell in the main enterence of the mansion.
Seto simply sighed and shook his head while moving himself into a much more comfortable position. The elder sibling had a Saint's patience when dealing with his younger brother and only him.
"Close your eyes!" Mokuba shouted while walking back into the main room with his hands behind his back.
"Mokuba.." Seto groaned in protest.
"Do it, big brother, come on!"
A grunt of defeat was emitted from Seto and he did was he was told. A moment of silence had passed before he felt a small something placed in his lap. Curiously, he placed his fingers around the small parcel and cracked open an eye.
"I would say no peeking, Seto, but it's your birthday. Go ahead, open it!"
Seto opened his eyes fully to look down to the small box that was centered between both of his palms.
"Mokuba, you didn't have to get me anything, you know that." He said with a hint of an endearing smile only meant for the eyes of his younger brother.
"I know, Seto, but I just had to! I saw it an it had your name written all over it!" Mokuba whimpered to extract some sort of forgiveness from his older brother.
With a sigh and a playful headshake, Seto looked to Mokuba. "Well, thank you, Mokuba." Seto carefully tore the wrapping that was around the small package to reveal a brown, rectangular box. Lifting the lid from the box revealed a duel monster card, and a powerful looking one at that. Among further inspection by taking it out of the box, Seto held it carefully with his fingers and read it aloud. "Yori, The Righteous Defender. A dark attributed warrior effect card with the power of nine. Arising from an outraged sense of justice, Yori will defend her master until the death. When played in attack mode, this card has an effect of destroying all rival dark attributed cards. Limited edition. Attack and defence.. question marks?" Seto's eyebrows furrowed as he inspected the card more closely, puzzled by the monsters attack and defence and limited-ness. "Mokuba, where did you get this card and how? We have to take this back, it was printed wrong." He had never seen a card like it, and he knew his cards. All of them.
"But big brother!" Mokuba protested, his eyes growing quite wide and teary. He just wanted to get a present for his only brother and that was the best thing that he could ever give him! Something the 'boy-who-has-everything' didn't have! The poor younger brother poured his heart into finding a gift for his one and only brother whom he loved dearly.
Seto sighed as he saw the tears beginning to well up in Mokuba's eyes and knew his comment had hurt him. Damnit.. Placing a hand on Mokuba's shoulder, he tried to explain the reason behind his hurtful comment. "Mokuba, It's not that I don't like it, I love it.. but I've never seen such a card before. The only cards with unknown, or question marks for their attack and defence are those of the Egyptian Gods, which Yuugi has all of them. And, if the card isn't legit, or printed wrong, I can't use it in battle."
"But Seto.. I got this card from Solomon, Yuugi's grandpa. He said this was an old card he happened to come across from a trader in one of his travels.. he didn't say where though. I thought it was perfect for you because Yuugi's deck is made up from almost all dark attributed cards and this card could grant you the power to win..." Mokuba whimpered while wiping at his eyes, not wanting Seto to see that he was on the verge of crying.
Sighing in defeat, Seto looked to Mokuba with the trace of a smile. "Alright, Mokuba. I'll believe you. Your reasons for getting me this card were very knowledgable and might give me an edge to win the title I deserve some day. Now, dry your eyes so we can go get some dinner." The elder brother comforted while wiping a stray tear from his younger sibling.
After so many hours had passed and Mokuba lay in bed sleeping, Seto Kaiba left his office and entered his bed chamber. Ice blue eyes glanced at the digital clock resting on the nightstand next to his king sized bed. The time read 3:15am. I really should stop working so late.. Seto stripped down to his boxers and folded his clothes, setting them aside to be washed. Quickly going through the multiple pockets, he pulled out the card that Mokuba had given him.
Continuing to peer at it with much curiosity, Seto was sent into some sort of trance due to lack of sleep. Shaking his head and blinking quite a few times, he broke his way out of that day-dreaming state. Multiple thoughts had disrupted his work and that was the reason for his late arrival to his bedroom. He dismissed those thoughts and set the card down gently onto his dresser for further inspection in the morning. For now, he was going to bed.
Seto slipped under the navy blue silk sheets that covered his king sized bed and became comfortable almost immediately. Turning over to lay on one side, sleep quickly claimed the elder brother.
Despite the teen's comfort, his sleep was disturbed by a burst of light illuminating his room for a mere second followed a heavy 'thud'. Fucking electrical storm... Seto groaned and rolled over to his other side, not bothering to open his eyes. Attempting to fall asleep, he almost made it before he began to hear heavy footsteps coming in the direction of his bed. "Mokuba, go back to bed, it's too late for you to be up." Seto's voice was groggy and somewhat harsh, seeing as he was just woken up from a deep sleep. The footsteps stopped after Seto prompted them, but kept persisting to where he slept within a few minutes, this time, without waking him up.
"Uhn.. Mokuba.. I thought I told you to go back to bed, or are you scared by the storm?" Seto exhaled with slight annoyance as he felt the bed depress due to weight being applied. Turning around, the elder brother cracked open his eyes to find a silhouette that didn't match his younger brother. Unless his younger brother began to develope curves, a feminine body and body armour, the figure resting in his bed was not Mokuba. Blinking wildly now, Seto shot up and scrambled out of his bed, staring wide-eyed at the darkened figure that was resting in his bed.
"Master..?" A soft, female voice called out from the dark.
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