Seto Kaiba was climbing a huge mountain. He didn't know how he had gotten here or why, he just knew he wanted to get to the top, and he would do anything, and go through anyone to get there. He had already come a long way. At the bottom there had been many people he had known, but they were too slow and too weak. He hadn't seen anyone else for awhile, perhaps he was climbing higher than anyone before him, but he still hadn't reached the summit. As he continued to climb higher and higher the air around him got colder and colder. His lungs were starting to hurt and his mouth was quickly turning dry.

"Almost there… Almost there… Where am I going anyway?"

Soon he reached the top, now he could walk the rest of the way. His vision was clouded by a very thick mist, but he was careful not to fall off as he made his was summit. Suddenly he heard singing.

"Hush little baby don't say a word… Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird…"

"Who's there?"

Kaiba could see the outline of someone through the mist.

"And if that mockingbird don't sing… Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring…"

Kaiba recognized that voice, and the person was starting to come into view through the mist, there was no mistaking it.

"Yugi Moto!"

Yugi Moto stood there surrounded by his best monsters. He smiled mockingly at Kaiba and continued to sing.

"And if that diamond ring turns brass… Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass…"

Suddenly Yugi's monsters started to attack. Kaiba had just barely jumped out of the way to dodge them.

"And if that looking glass gets broke… Mama's gonna buy you a billy goat."

Yugi Moto was the person responsible for Kaiba's fall from grace. The Archangel who cast him out of heaven so to speak, and ever since then Yugi had stood in Kaiba's way of reclaiming his former glory.

"This ends now!"

To combat Yugi's monsters Kaiba called on Kaiser Glider, Luster Dragon #2, Hyozanryu, King Dragun, and Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End. They all began attacking Yugi's monster's, but the King of Games wasn't shaken.

"And if that billy goat won't pull… Mama's gonna buy you a cart and bull."

First the Dark Magician of Chaos destroyed King Dragun, then Yugi's Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning got rid of Kaiba's Chaos Emperor Dragon with it's special effect, and finally the Dark Magician protected the Dark Magician Girl from the rest of Kaiba's monsters.

"And if that cart and bull turn over… Mama's gonna buy you a dog named Rover…"

Kaiba's monsters had all been destroyed, and Yugi's own monsters were closing in for the kill.

"And if that dog named rover don't bark… Mama's gonna buy you a horse and cart… And if that horse and cart fall down… you'll be the biggest crybaby in town…"

"I'VE HEARD ENOUGH!"

Kaiba dodged the attacks from Yugi's monsters.

"I WON'T BE DEFEATED BY YOU AGAIN! NEVER AGAIN!"

Kaiba drew the cards from his deck that he was looking for.

"I call on my most powerful monster! THE BLUE EYES ULTIMATE DRAGON!"

Kaiba's Ultimate Dragon took to the sky and stared hungrily at Yugi's monsters.

"Ultimate Dragon, destroy Yugi's monsters! NEUTRON BLAST!"

Yugi's monsters were all blown away, and Yugi himself was sent hurtling over the edge of the cliff. Somewhere down below Kaiba saw Yugi's friends catch him before he hit the bottom, but Kaiba didn't care.

"I AM NUMBER ONE!" he announced to the heavens.

After Kaiba's proclamation it got very quiet. He was all alone at the summit of the mountain. The only sound that could be heard was the sound of his coat whipping in the wind. For some reason his victory over Yugi seemed very empty.

"Why? I won… didn't I?"

Kaiba heard someone stepping up behind him too late. The next thing he knew he was free falling down the side of the mountain.

"NO!"

As Kaiba fell he saw a rock sticking out of the mountain's side, he knew it was his only chance. He reached out and grabbed onto it when it came by.

"AAAGGHHH!"

One of his arms had been dislocated. The pain was unbearable, but he knew he had to hold on… easier said than done.

"Seto!"

"Mokuba?"

Kaiba saw his little brother running towards the edge of the cliff where he was hanging on for dear life with one hand.

"Mokuba, help me!"

"I'm coming Seto!"

Mokuba finally made it to the edge. He tried his hardest to pull his big brother up, but he wasn't strong enough.

"Mokuba, I'm slipping!"

"Hang on Seto!"

It happened so fast, it happened so slow, Kaiba's uninjured hand slipped from his little brother's and he started to plummet into the dark abyss below.

"SETO!

"MOKUBA!"

Kaiba expected the ground to come rushing up to meet him, but instead he just kept falling and falling. As he did the void beneath him got deeper and darker.

"It's only a dream." he told himself "It's just a stupid dream! Any minute now I'm going to hit the bottom and the shock will wake me up!"

Suddenly Kaiba saw something moving around in the darkness. He saw a cloaked figure flying up to meet him.

"This isn't a dream…"

The man in the cloak threw back his hood, his head was nothing more than a skull with bright burning red eyes.

"IT'S A NIGHTMARE! MWAH-AH-HA-AH-HA!"

The void got a lot hotter. Kaiba heard laughing and moaning down bellow. He heard screams of mortal agony, pain, and grief. Then down below he saw billions of people rotting in a molten sea of lava.

"And the real horror, is that this nightmare will never… ever… end."

As soon the reaper finished his sentence Kaiba splashed into the sea of lava, the pain was excruciating. He wanted to scream out in pain, but his mouth wouldn't open. The other damned souls swam over to welcome him to Hell. Among them was his stepfather Gozaburo.

"AH!"

Seto Kaiba woke up in bed. It had been a dream, but that didn't change the fact that his forehead was drenched in sweat or that his heart was pounding. He looked over at the clock and saw that it was about one in the morning.

"Uh… I must be working too hard…" he told himself.

But that nightmare of his had nothing to do with running Kaiba Corp. He had finally defeated Yugi Moto, the bane of his existence, but his victory had been empty and short lived. He had plunged into Hell, and not even Mokuba was strong enough to save him.

"Mokuba…"

He got out of bed and put on his robe. Then he went down to the room where his little brother was sleeping soundly.

"Little brother…"

No matter what had happened over the course of his life, Seto Kaiba had never forgotten what was really important. His little brother was the only family he had, if not for him the world would be a much darker place than it already was.

"Mokuba… you're the only thing that keeps me sane."

When the rare opportunity of sleep came to Seto Kaiba it was always behind a locked door. When he went back to his room he did just that, but he wasn't sure he'd be able to sleep for the rest of the night.

"Even Mokuba wasn't enough to save me…"

Normally Kaiba wasn't bothered by bad dreams, but something about this one had gotten to him. Mokuba hadn't been able to save him, but when Yugi fell off the mountain his friends had been able to save him. And this was the first time he hard ever heard Yugi Moto actually mocking him.

"Hush little baby."

It was a song about a kid that couldn't be satisfied. And Yugi's version of the final verse of that song seemed to strengthen that song's meaning.

"Why do I even care? My god what's happening to me!"

After a moment Kaiba just took a deep breath and did his best to forget all about it.

"I need a vacation."

(To be continued)