I don't own Yugioh!

First scene of this chapter has been extended thanks to the suggestion made by silverfoxninja

Chapter One

Laughter filled the air of the Domino city park as the fair was in town. For one week only there were thrilling rides, rigged game stalls, disappointing side shows, rows of unhealthy junk food counters and cheaply made overpriced toys that parents would buy to keep their child happy for a very short period of time until the item in question fell apart.

Mokuba loved everything that these events had to offer and wished that his brother could see how wonderful the experience could be for just once in his life. He sighed once more as he remembered the disagreement that they had a short while earlier, when his brother made it clear that he would not step foot near the fair. But at least he was allowed to go himself and tagged along with Yugi and Tea as they were on their way to meet Joey and Tristan.

The gang had spent most of the day at the fair and was about to queue for their final ride of the day. "I want the front car!" Joey yelled excitedly as he joined the queue.

"You're not sitting next to me." Tristan protested, queuing behind him. "I've seen what you've just eaten and I don't want to see it again."

"I'm going to sit this one out." Tea told her friends as she watched the rollercoaster travel around its triple loops.

"There's nothing to be afraid of Tea." Mokuba blurted out.

"I'm not afraid!" replied Tea angrily, turning a bright shade of red and failing to hide the fact that she was indeed afraid.

"Come on Yugi." Mokuba dragged him past a happy couple to stand next in line after Tristan.

"I don't know." Yugi replied nervously as he too watched the rollercoaster go round. "I don't think I'm tall enough."

The queue moved fast and in no time at all, the four friends were at the front of the queue. All of them were tall enough to board the ride even though Yugi insisted on being measured without his boots on and hair swept back. They climbed on board as soon as the coaster came to a halt, Joey sitting at the front, Tristan a few cars back with Yugi and Mokuba together behind him.

"Seto would love this!" Mokuba shouted excitedly.

Tea watched from the ground as the coaster set off up the first straight to the top of a steep slope. Her stomach churned with each sound of the clinking wheels that carried the coaster's cars further up the slope. She hated any kind of ride that went upside down so was glad that she wasn't riding this one that had three loops.

Clink, clink, clink. The coaster had reached the top of the slope and sped down the drop with a whoosh causing all the riders to laugh and scream with delight. All except Yugi who had his eyes closed as he feared going around the triple loops, but soon reopened them as the ride became more terrifying without his vision.

As they went around the first loop, Mokuba felt that his harness wasn't securely fastened. "My harness is loose!" he shouted to Yugi.

"What?!" Yugi felt his own fear drain away as he became concerned about his friend. He stretched his arm out across Mokuba's harness to try and assure that it stayed in place for the rest of the ride as they now travelled around the second loop. "Hold on Mokuba!"

Mokuba screamed in terror as his weight press against the harness and felt it move more as the safety latch unlocked completely, the only reason he remained it his seat was because Yugi's arm had been there to hold it as they came down from the loop.

Yugi fought hard and struggled to keep hold of his grip across Mokuba but had managed it, just. The third and final loop was coming up and he gripped as tight as he could as if his own life depended on it.

Tears streamed from Mokuba's eyes and he forced them shut as they began to travel around the last loop. He wished that he had stayed with his brother instead of going to the fair and promised himself that he would never step foot near one ever again. In fact, he'd never leave his brother's side from then on.

Gravity took a forceful hold over Mokuba at the top of the loop and the weight was just too great for Yugi to keep hold on the harness as his arm was thrown away. He watched in what seemed like slow motion as Mokuba slipped out from his seat and straight passed his hands that both reached for the younger boy. There was fear staring up at him from the wide open terrified grey-blue eyes as Mokuba screamed out for his brother during the fall to the ground below.

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In his office, Kaiba sat typing away at his computer, just like he did most of the time. He stopped and rubbed his eyes which were starting to hurt from not having a break for so long, and looked at the clock. It was nearly four o'clock and over six hours since he had had a disagreement with Mokuba about attending the stupid fair. It was also that long

since he had stopped working and was beginning to think that his brother had a point after all and that he should spend less time in the office. The phone rang and Kaiba swiftly answered it.

"Sir, there's a Tea Gardner on the line who insists she speak with you." The voice on the other end of the phone informed him. There was a pause, as Kaiba made no attempt at a reply, and then the voice added: "She says it's of real importance."

"Put her on." Kaiba grumbled. He had no desire what so ever to speak with Tea, but it was unusual for her to call like this. He heard the click as the line changed and was now talking to Tea. "This had better be important."

"It is." He heard Tea's voice tremble as she spoke. "Earlier Mokuba tagged along to the fair with Yugi and myself." She was cut off mid sentence as Kaiba interrupted her.

"If he's misbehaved, I'll have a word with him." Kaiba sighed rubbing his eyes once more. Why was she wasting his time? "But nobody asked you to play the role of babysitter."

"It's not that." Tea sounded almost terrified. "There was an accident, a bad one, and Mokuba's in the hospital crying out for you."

Kaiba's heart seemed to stop and his eyes widened from what he had heard "Tell him I'm on my way." he slammed the phone down and wasted no time in rushing to be by his brother's side.

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The waiting room at the ER was filled with people baring signs of accidents, everything from injured limbs to great big gaping wounds. Ignoring those around him, Kaiba approached the reception desk eager to find Mokuba. "I was informed that my brother was brought here a little while ago."

"His name please?" The receptionist asked as she got ready to do a name search on the hospital's computer system.

"Mokuba Kaiba." He said calmly even though he could now feel himself starting to panic. If Mokuba was scared and in pain he wanted to be there and reassure him that it would all be okay.

"Kaiba!" Tea called as she headed towards him. It looked as though she was crying.

"What happened?" Kaiba snapped impatiently.

"There was a rollercoaster he was riding on and some of the safety harnesses failed." Tea was unable to go on with more details as tears streamed down her face. "Yugi's with him right now."

"No he's not." Kaiba said as he saw Yugi walking right towards them clutching at something with both hands and a distant look in his eyes. There was a dressing for a deep cut to one of his checks. "How is he?" he asked gently, before the receptionist diverted his attention.

"Sir, I'm afraid that there is no Mokuba Kaiba on any of the wards in this hospital."

"That's nonsense." Kaiba shook his head and then pointed at Yugi. "He's just been with him"

"She's telling the truth." Yugi said weakly. He began to slowly release the grip on the object he held in his hands to reveal the locket that Mokuba always wore around his neck.

Kaiba stared down in horror and took the locket from Yugi. For what seemed like eternity but was in fact just a spilt second, Kaiba found himself unable to breathe or control his facial features and he felt as though his insides had been ripped away.

"The doctors tried." Yugi went on unaware that Kaiba wasn't taking in a thing he was saying, his voice shook with each word as his friend's terrified look remained clear in his mind. "But when he slipped into unconsciousness they just lost control."

"Which way?" Kaiba asked when he managed to gain control of his voice again. "Which way!" he yelled again at a terrified Yugi who had failed to reply to him first time round. He watched as Yugi raised a trembling hand and left at a sprint ignoring Tea's pleads to come back. He didn't want to believe it and wouldn't until he had seen Mokuba for himself.

A couple of times he was asked to leave by members of staff as he ran down corridors that were off limits to the public. Ignoring them he continued on his way until he got to the area were bodies were kept before being transported to the city morgue.

The room was very dimly lit and almost unbearably cold. He walked between two rows of tables each with a body covered up and a tag around the exposed foot until he found the one that read 'Kaiba, Mokuba'. He took a deep breathe and slowly pulled back the white sheet to be met with Mokuba's sleeping face.

"Get up, we're going home." He ordered his brother but there was no response. He took a deep breath and swallowed the lump that had risen in his throat. "You were right; I work too much, so let's go spend some time together." His voice was soft and kind but still there was no response. He reached out with both hands, took hold of Mokuba's cold hand raised it slightly and lowered his head until he felt Mokuba's fingertips brush against his cheek. "Get up." He pleaded as tears began to form in his eyes, but still there was no response.

A white coat slowly approached Kaiba from behind and gently spoke to him. "I understand you're upset but please leave until it is time for you to visit the body."

"He's not a body!" Kaiba turned and roared, still holding his brother's hand. "He's my brother."

The doctor stood his ground and didn't move from were he stood. "I know." He said sympathetically. "But security is on its way to remove you." He watched as Kaiba turned away back to the body on the table. "They'll use force if they have too." He sighed.

Kaiba continued to just stand there holding Mokuba's hand and stare at his sleeping face, which was covered in cuts and bruises. By now Kaiba had lost the ability to think about anything. His whole world had just been taken from him and all that was left was emptiness.

He didn't even notice that two members of security had managed to break him free from his brother and were now escorting him through the corridors of the hospital. "Let go of me!" he said as threateningly as he could once he realised what was happening. He struggled in their grasp and managed to free one of his arms.

"If you continue like this then I'm afraid we'll have no choice but to remove you from the hospital completely." One of the security officers informed him.

"I'd like to see you try." Kaiba hissed as he broke free from the other officer and ran back to find Mokuba. Nobody was going to separate him from his brother. He had only managed to clear a short distance when he was tackled by another two security officers.

Kaiba was dragged kicking and screaming all the way back through the hospital. At times it took all four of the security officers to restrain him. Finally they reached the entrance and with one huge effort Kaiba was thrown down to the ground were he landed on all fours and was told to 'go home and calm down'. He knelt there for a few moments to regain control of his breathing and the situation he was in.

"Kaiba." Yugi's voice was right above him.

Raising his head Kaiba looked up to see Yugi standing over him. He forced himself to stand and instantly became aware of all the onlookers and passers by that had gathered for the commotion he had caused. He could see them all staring, pointing, whispering and even laughing. On top of Mokuba's death the humiliation he was experiencing now felt almost equally as bad. He began to walk away from Yugi and towards his car that he had parked in a hurry across two parking spaces. He fumbled for the keys in his pocket to make a quick get away to somewhere were he could be on his own.

Yugi watched sadly as Kaiba sped off at high speed in his car. He felt a hand rest on his shoulder and turned to see Joey stood next to him. He smiled up at his friend who like him was one of the lucky ones whose safety harness hadn't failed.

"Tea told me about Mokuba." Joey said softly. "Even I wouldn't have wished that on Kaiba." He paused for a moment before adding "How'd he take it?"

"Very badly." Yugi replied. "I'm worried about him." He fell quiet as though waiting for Joey to say the same thing.

"Nah, he's a survivor." Joey tried to reassure Yugi but failed. After an awkward pause he changed the subject. "Tristan's had his leg pinned and is just waiting for the cast to dry so we'll be out of here shortly."

Together they turned and headed back inside the hospital. Neither of them spoke a word as they did so.