I was listening to Christina Aguilera's song 'I'm OK' and Kaiba and Mokuba immediately came to mind. Of course, I changed some of the words to fit. Well, here's my first songfic!!
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Once upon a time there was a boy
In his early years he had to learn
How to grow up living in a war that he called home
Never noticed where to turn for shelter from the storm
Mokuba Kaiba turned to his brother. He was clacking away at his laptop, as usual, but Mokuba felt a squirm as he looked at Seto. Seto, who had protected him from the evil ghosts and the thunderstorms. Seto, who had protected Mokuba from...HIM.
Hurt me to see the pain across my brother's face
Every time my father's fist would put him in his place
Hearing all the yelling I would cry up in my room
Hoping it would be over soon
The cobalt gray-eyed boy shuddered as his eyes fixed onto Seto's lithe body. From the time HE had adopted them both...after they were trapped in the hellhole that had deceived them both, and HE had forced Seto to the perverse lessons that had scared both boys so badly.
Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my brother for all the love he gave
Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday
And I'm OK
Mokuba clenched his fists, and thought, See? Look at my brother now. Look. He's not weak-he was NEVER weak. He always protected me, and he promised he would always be there. And he was. He WAS.
I often wonder why I carry all this guilt
When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I've built
Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door
The echo of a broken child screaming "please no more"
***Flashback***
" Don't you dare hurt Mokuba." The words were drowned out in a scream as Mokuba flinched in the closet, realizing his brother was being hurt. He sat down on a cardboard box, trying to close out the sounds by clapping his hands over his ears. He felt guilty as he sat there, while his big, brave brother was out there facing the storm. His brother was doing it for him, his cowardly younger sibling who didn't have the guts to stand up to HIM. And that was pain enough.
It's not so easy to forget
All the lines you left along his neck
When I was thrown against cold steps
And every day I'm afraid to come home
In fear of what I might see there
***Still Flashback***
Mokuba stumbled out of the closet, and he turned to see his brother. Biting his lip, he acknowledged the torn strips of fabric that used to be clothing on his brother's back, and the lethal red cuts beneath. " Are you okay, big brother?" he whispered. Seto's face twisted slightly, but he answered, " Don't worry Mokuba. I'm fine." Mokuba put his arms around his tall brother's waist, and tears rimmed the corner of his eyes.
***End Flashback***
Bruises fade father but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my brother for all the love he gave
Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday
And I'm OK
I'm OK
***At Duelist Kingdom***
Mokuba put his arms around his tall brother's waist, and tears rimmed the corners of his eyes. Seto bent down, and Mokuba plucked the duel monsters locket from his chest. " I knew that you'd come for me brother. I knew it." Seto reached behind his neck and clacked open his own locket, revealing a picture of Mokuba's bright and happy face. " I never stopped thinking of you, Mokuba. Now are you ready to go home?" As Mokuba and Seto left for the helicopter, Mokuba thought in triumph, Seto was always there for me. And now you can do nothing to hurt him anymore, Gozaburo. Never. Never again.
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Heh...sorry if any of this is inaccurate. I forget what happened in the episode during duelist kingdom when they left, so the last paragraph may be wrong. Forgive me.