This took two years, and I have no excuse as to why except a lot of bullshit about my life.

So, enjoy!


"Seto!"

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"SETO!"

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"Big brother! WAKE. UP!"

Mokuba's full weight suddenly slammed right into Seto's stomach, jerking Seto from his sleep with a loud wheeze. Blue eyes snapping open, Seto lurched into a sitting position, and looked at his excited brother. "Mokuba!" He cried out in slight pain.

For a few moments, Seto was confused. But then, the memories of last night's events came flooding back to him. Panic suddenly exploded within him, as his hands grabbed Mokuba's purple pajamas tightly, bringing him into a hug. "Mokuba!" He exclaimed,"Are you okay?!"

Mokuba let out a confused noise, tilting his head. "What do you mean?" He asked, before his eyes widened. "OH! You're talking about the gas leak that happened last night!"

Seto frowned, blue eyes narrowing. "Gas.. Leak?" He repeated, looking down at himself. He was wearing his pajamas as well, not the black shinigami uniform he remembered so vividly. Looking up, he saw that he was in his bedroom as well. "But.. That's not what.."

Mokuba suddenly jumped off the bed, grabbing Seto's hand and excitedly saying,"Yeah! Look! Look!" He pulled Seto from his bed, leading his brother all the way down the stairs, and outside of the mansion.

Just like Seto remembered, there was a large part of the mansion destroyed, which was saying a lot considering how big their mansion was. However, it seemed that overnight, more of it had crumbled. It looked much worse on the outside. "Whoa.." Seto muttered.

"I know, right?!" Mokuba exclaimed,"It's a miracle that nobody got hurt!"

"It's more of a miracle that nobody was woken up by it," Roland replied, walking over and flipping his phone shut. "Don't worry, sir, we've already begun searching for a place for you two to stay until construction is complete, we'll also get some of your more important things to go with you, but I'd prefer if neither of you attempted to venture inside again, considering how old the mansion was anyways.."

Seto listened to Roland, nodded, and quickly said,"Well, let's figure out everything right now, school can wait. I'd much rather we go to school late, as long as we have a place to catch up on missed work afterwards"

Roland nodded, and began relaying their options to Seto. However, the CEO was having a very hard time paying attention, as he was too busy trying to understand what was going on around him,. Mokuba's injuries are gone… Everyone thinks that it was a gas leak.. Is this the work of that soul reaper?

What really happened last night?


Yugi and Yami exchanged an amused glance as they listened to Joey and Tristan whine, heading towards their normal area for lunch. "I can't believe she gave us extra homework!" Joey complained,"It's discrimination, that's what it is!"

"You guys earned it and you know it!" Tea replied firmly,"You both torment that poor teacher and make fun of all the authors we talk about! I hope you have fun analyzing those five poems tonight!"

Joey pouted towards her, before crossing his arms, flipping his blonde hair. "Well, whatever, they're always about love anyways. People who like poetry are bound to be virgins forever anyways."

Tristan barked out a laugh, and Tea rolled her eyes, before she replied, "Joey, you know I- Oof!"

As they turned around the corner, Tea ran into the solid form of another person. The impact caught her off guard, as she fell against Tristan, who as luckily there to catch her. Everyone quickly pulled themselves from the conversation, eyes focusing in on who had knocked down their friend. They found their vision invaded by a familiar face, one that had been missing for half of the day. It was Seto Kaiba.

Joey instantly reacted. "Yo, moneybags!" He snapped,"You ain't even going to apologize for running into Tea?!"

Yugi quickly moved between them, sensing the animosity. "Hello, Kaiba!" He quickly called,"I heard about what happened last night, are you and Mokuba okay?"

Joey's seething body seemed to slow down at that, his angry eyes flickering towards Yugi curiously before turning back to Kaiba. "Wait, what happened?" He asked, while the others looked towards Kaiba for an answer.

They then noticed that the blue eyed teen looked rather exhausted. His hair was a slightly ruffled mess, his uniform wrinkled, and no briefcase with him like there normally would be. The CEO ignored the examining eyes, as he simply replied,"We're fine, nobody was near the gas leak when it happened."

"Gas leak?!" Tristan exclaimed,"So the mansion is destroyed?"

The CEO sighed, his fingers going to rub at his temples. "Mostly," He responded quickly,"It was an old building anyways. Bound to crumble eventually."

Yugi nodded eagerly, before gasping and turning into his bag. "Oh! Um.. Here, I have the notes that we did in the first few classes we missed. You can copy them if you need to!" He quickly stuttered out.

To the surprise of the group, Seto reached over and grabbed the notes. "Thank you.." He muttered, before turning and wandering away.

"Damn.."Joey muttered,"He must have inhaled some of the gas from that leak. He's never polite to us!"

Yugi was never one to agree with Joey's insults, but he had to admit it was rather shocking to have Kaiba even talk to them. "Well… Maybe he wants to be friends with us now?" He suggested hopefully, only to gain uncertain or disgusted looks from the group.

"I doubt that is the case, Aibou," Yami admitted,"He just seems to be out of it from what happened. He'll most likely go back to being his old self soon."

Yugi sighed, allowing a nod, but truly believing that this may be his only chance at getting Seto to befriend them. He just had to wait for the right time to start a conversation.


Honestly, Seto didn't know why he thought going to school would be a good idea.

He couldn't focus, he just couldn't. His thoughts were like fish circling a fish bowl, his just kept thinking about what happened. That couldn't have been a gas leak… He repeated once more. I know what I saw.

Seto was ore convinced by the sight of the familiar spirits roaming the school, he could still see them, so he didn't that either. He was half tempted to go up to them and ask about the… Shinigami? But he couldn't, no place at the school was private.

So, the CEO simply floated through the day. He wasn't aware of much, having his inner battle and desperately trying to focus on school. Thankfully, he was only there for half a day instead of the whole day.

When the final bell went off, he left the room as fast as he could. There was the vague sound of someone calling his name, but he cast it aside. It was probably one of the stupid cheerleaders, he didn't care enough to check. He needed to see the little girl ghost, maybe she knew something about it-

Suddenly, something grabbed his shoulder. Panic exploded through Seto, his mind flashing back to the feeling of that monster's claws… The blood dripping from it's jaws and Mokuba wrapped in it's grasp. It was going to kill them..

NO!

Seto's hands flew back, grabbing the monster's claw, and throwing him over his shoulder. The human sounding cry is what caused the monster's form below him to fade away. It wasn't a monster, it was… Yugi.

His blood ran cold staring at those tear filled eyes, his shaking hands dropping the arm he had taken hold of. "I…" He croaked, turning behind him. The whole gang was there, eyes wide in shock.

Seto whipped his head around, and whispered,"I didn't… I'm…" But nothing else could escape from his mouth. He stumbled back, and then took off down the hall. He ran as fast as he could, not stopping until his lungs were screaming for air.

The brunette leaned against an old building, breathing hard as he tried to understand. He had never been strong enough to flip someone over his shoulder like that… And despite all the things he had been through, he'd never had a flashback in public like that.

His fingers threaded into his hair, tugging desperately to try and bring some sense into his life. His eyes turned up to look at his location. This was… All the way across the city. He pulled one hand down, looking at his watch, and his face morphed into mixture of shock and confusion.

It was only five minutes after school let out. There was no way he could run that fast… And yet he did. "I don't understand…" Seto whispered weakly,"What's happening to me?!"

"Your power is manifesting"

Seto jumped to his feet, turning toward the voice, and his blue eyes widened. Descending to the ground was Kisara, the very woman who had plagued his mind for months. But she wasn't alone, there was someone with her.

A lean man with pale skin, blonde hair, and a strange green and white bucket hat was with her. Once they both landed, the man approached Seto. He lowered the cream fan covering his face, and looked at Seto with firm, grey eyes.

"We, Seto Kaiba, have much to discuss."