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"Kaiba I demand an explanation!" roared Red
"Get out" sneered Kaiba
"Not until you explain to me, what exactly is going on!"
"…." Kaiba glared
"Kaiba I warn you, don't tempt me, I might hurt something close to you"
Kaiba fumed…"Are you threatening me?"
"Kaiba. Look I'm tiered of your mind games, if I end up hurt in any way, I will repay that debt ten-fold so please, explain to me. Why one minute were ready to Fuck and the next I'm out your door?….No, let me guess, it has to do with the white rabbit up there?"
Kaiba didn't speak he owed no one an explanation. And before he closed the door he heard him say
"Kaiba mark my words, I will not go for the kill, but I will go for the pain. Death is nothing in comparison to the pain I will make you feel. So don't you dare turn your back to me!"
Kaiba closed the door.
He went upstairs, ready to face the blond. However when he opened the door to his room he found that he wasn't anywhere. The only thing that proved his existence were the ribbons that laid on the floor.
Kaiba's blood pumped faster, something about this situation just made him roar with anger, how dare he run while his back was turned. Kaiba quickly turned around, and headed towards the door, but before that he wanted to check on his little brother.
The brunette slowly opened the door, his anger dissipated as soon as he entered the room.
Kaiba had hoped that whatever commotion had just happened Mokuba hadn't heard it, and so Seto opened the door and approached the bed, he wanted to wake his brother and apologize for leaving him alone these past few weeks….sigh….what was the point. He didn't even have a legitimate reason, many night's Kaiba would reach his home only to find Mokuba sleeping on the couch, obviously waiting up for him.
Kaiba slowly removed the covers,
There laying in the middle of the bed he found the blond in a fetal position and in the curvature of his stomach laid Mokuba, it looked like a cocoon in where the blonds arms extended warmly around Mokuba. It looked like a mother holding her infant. The blonds face peacefully rested on top of Mokuba's and around them laid a cascade of blond hair that reminded him of the sun…
Kaiba flopped down on the bed. His hands were folded neatly on his lap but his thoughts were far from calm. Mokuba always told him that his nightmares were long gone, he should had realized that he had been lying, the proof was the in the way the boy shook in his sleep and hugged the blond.
Just a child. And he had forgotten it many times.
Kaiba's heart clenched.
Just like his step-father had done to him, he was slowly doing to Mokuba.
Next Day -School
It was 7:00 am and Yami's grandmother was already sweeping the entrance to the Kami shop. When she saw her grandson walk outside she smiled at him,
"Good Morning Yami….Oh who's this?"
"Grandma this is Yugi" replied Atem
"Oh are you also going to school?"
Yugi just kindly smiled and responded with a "Nyuu"
"Nah, he was just walking me out" yawned Yami
Yami's grandmother squealed "That's so sweet, but it seems like you need clothes, you can't wear those ugly clothes"
Yami grunted those were his clothes…
"Have a good day, Yami. And please behave." warned his grandma
"Come Yugi, let's give you appropriate clothes. This is my room. Please come in."
Yugi slowly nodded his head and smiled politely.
"Usually, when someone invites you inside a place, you have to be respectful, so here respond with these words, 'Thank you for having me'" explained grandma
Yugi nodded, "Th-a-n-k-..
"Thank you for having me" she repeated
"T-H-A-N-K….."
"sweety you don't have to yell"
"Thank you, for having me." replied Yugi
Grandma hugged Yugi, "Good Job!"
"I'll be just a moment." and she went out another door
In the mean time Yugi saw a portrait laying face down on the table he slowly approached it and picked it up, slowly revealing the person in the frame.
And just as he was about to fully see the picture….
"I'm back"
Yugi quickly slammed the frame,
"Here would you try these on"
Yugi nodded and as he changed, she slowly walked to the same frame and picked it up. She saw the person on that picture and tightly held it close to her heart. The memory of the person in the picture made her smile. Even thought that person was gone, the memories that they both held was something that she would never let go.
She placed the photo face down and helped Yugi change
"Wow, that looks great on you. A perfect fit. But of course it would. That outfit was made for you after all….usually when someone gives you something the polite thing to say is, thank you…."
"Thank you"
"You really have forgotten everything."
…
"Morning guys!" cheered Yami
"What's so great about it Pharaoh!" yelled Bakura
"What's wrong with you, Bakura?" sniggered Marik
"I left Ryou at home alone…I don't know what might happen"
"I know what you mean, I left Malik with Isis. She was acting weird…."
Kaiba walked passed them
"Good morning to you too…priest" sneered Marik
"I have found something important" informed Kaiba
All of them followed Kaiba to the library
"Look at these picture, can you notice anything?"
In those pictures laid two identical females, one who contained the No.00 and No.01, and in front of one was what looked like a female doctor and on the other a male doctor. Yami guessed that this was the creator of the series.
…
"What did Yugi forget?"
"You're a fast learner aren't you. It's okay. That's what he wanted. You still don't have your memories, don't you Yugi?"
"Memory?"
"So your memory has been lost. Maybe it's for the best. You might be better without it. Much happier, if you didn't know the truth. Maybe the other won't be needed anymore"
"Yugi doesn't understand?"
She looked at him and smiled, "So your name is Yugi, now…I'm glad, I hope you manage to find happiness in this lifetime" she cooed
Meanwhile Malik
"Malik where are you…" Ishizu called, after she had given the younger boy some clothes she had managed to lose him. That's when she found him intently looking at the fish tank that they owned. Malik couldn't comprehend why those creatures looked different from him but the idea involved magic(atleast to Malik). The way the clear blue water glistened with the wonderful colors of the fish, the way they floated there was something that he had never seen.
Malik wondered how it worked, was he a fish in a giant tank as well…he stuck his hand inside and gently grabbed a fish. Slowly he watched it gasp for air, and wondered what was happening to it. Eventually the poor fish suffocated and yet he still held it, wondering why it's sudden movements had ceased.
"It died" calmly explained Ishizu
But Malik still held it with such care and warmth hoping it would revive.
"It suffocated when you took it, out of the water"
Marik slowly looked a Ishizu, and spoke, "Died?"
Ishizu was astounded by his growth, at such a young age (two days old-technically) Malik had understood, and was asking questions, how advanced was there programming?
"Yes. It means….."
"That he has passed on" interrupted Marik
Ishizu was shocked….."Yes that is correct" how could such a child come to understand such a complex and morbid idea. That at such a young age, Malik knew the concept of life and death…..(1)
Malik walked into Ishizu's room and took out a shoe box and inside he placed Mr. Fish as he had dubbed him, he gently picked the box and took him to the back yard, and buried him. He intently stared at the ground and wondered, if this was the fate that would befall him one day….
….
"Okay class let's settle down, now where did we leave off, oh yes we were looking at this image"
The overhead projector show's a picture of a nude woman, two infact. On the right hand side we have a picture of a persocom, her perfect body sculpted with great detail, her curves are enough to drive any man mad, and her breasts there anything any man would dream of, on the left we had a human woman who isn't as fit as, her body shows her flaws as a human, but she still possesses that beauty that any artist would appreciate.
"I know what you are all thinking, this is porn. But I assure you it is not. It is a question that has arisen since the change of the millennia. Now I will ask you this….why built such a machine that resembles humans? They were able to form them in any shape or form but why make them look and act like humans? Another question to think about when looking at these two women, is that the women on the right isn't a human, she's pretty, yes. But no matter what she looks like, she is still just a machine and electronic appliance. So are machines and people different? …I'll wait for an answer
One kid raised his hand and stood,
"I believe that there is a difference sir. But it depends on the person. Take animals for example, people treat them like human despite there fury outer appearance. I believe it's our ability to anthropomorphize non-human things into humans things, that allows this difference to go unnoticed. We empathize with them and we give them characteristics that we see fit, so when making such a being it is the owner/buyer that bestows them human qualities. So I guess it is our feelings that make inanimate objects seem or resemble humans. Meaning that depending on the person, there is no difference between a machine or human.
The teacher responded
"Good answer, so your saying that it is the fact that the reason we threat persocoms this way is the fact that they look human….that was actually my next point you just beat me to it"…he giggled
He grabbed a glass of water and continued his lecture
Another student raised her hand
"Could it be our fear of the unknown? You see humans tend to fear what they don't understand, so when this fear arises we tend to question it. So I believe that in making them look more human we tend to lessen that fear. We are tricked by there outer looks that we don't have the need to question it. We fear it yes, but we still buy them, it is something that was made for this generation. My parents don't have the need for them since they were from an age of laptop computers, they fear that one day they "Humanoids" as my parents call them will one day rise and kill humanity…."
A dozen students raised there hands
"ahhh….tell me what is a humanoid?….Actually that is something we will be discussion in our next lecture. Wow there sure is a lot of you today, well there always is, I must be one great lecturer lol…." the teacher joked
He heard some giggles in the background
"It is true, however, if you notice, each new model created resembles humans more and more. So the more we make them look human the less we feel the need for true human interaction. Why is that? Why is it easily accepted? Once again we come to the root…that they look like humans….
He pointed to the projection
"On the left we have this human women, we can make her cry and forever scar her, her wounds will remain there as a constant reminder of our flaws and on the left we have this android that feels pain if we hurt them, kill them, rape them, we could just simply erase there thoughts and the next day will be as if nothing ever happened we can scar there skin but we can easily take them to repair and the scar will leave. But why replace a human woman with this appliance? Could it be our dominating nature, we like to act on free will without being bounded by laws. In fact "Humanoids" give us freedom never imaginable in a human women.
They never complain, they never age and they satisfy every fantasy possible.
But eventually we do grow bored. We still yearn for that challenge and in the end we either become obsessed with the humanoid or we leave to go search for a family, a true human family….
The teacher glanced at his watch….
"…and once again we are out of time. Next lecture well be discussing humanoids vs. persocom's so be ready for a discussion on that. Have a good weekend"
Class packing
"Man that guy sure knows how too keep us on our feet" spoke Marik
"Yeah for some reason I just find his class to be very, intriguing" responded Bakura
"But he does make a point, the more human our computers look, the less we need real humans to interact with" commented Yami
Kaiba didn't speak unlike his other classes this was the only one he ever attended, the lectures were good and the teacher was intriguing, always coming up with a different topic to discuss.
Kaiba was interrupted out of his thought's when his phone rang….."I'll be there shortly"
….
Mokuba was in school and Kaiba at work ( he assumed) and yet for the last hour he just laid there on the floor. Something was calling him… but he couldn't place his finger on it. Something deep inside kept calling his name…."Jou" it whispered and it scared him, he curled up into a ball and placed his hands on his ears. He trembled with fear and the number on his shoulder burned.
"Jou" it kept calling but that wasn't his name, he didn't have one.
"Hey what's wrong?" asked Mokuba
The blond just stared. He couldn't understand, for some reason everything was being blocked. Nothing was being processed.
The calling kept getting louder and the number kept getting hotter, his body was burning
Something was happening…..
"Come on let's visit Seto at work, I bet he hasn't eaten anything, so I have prepared lunch for him. Let's go…." Mokuba giggled
Right before Mokuba left he turned a looked at the blond,
"oh…we haven't named you have we?"
The blond just stared at him….his thoughts were interrupted
For some reason,
"Jou" escaped his mouth. And the blond quickly covered his mouth something about that name…
"Joey…I like that"
Joey smiled, and tackled the Mokuba to the floor. He finally had a name, it wasn't that name that kept ringing in the back of his head. Instead it was his own name, a name from Mokuba…words couldn't explain the warm feeling inside.
Mokuba giggled once again, "Come on Joey, let's go. Oh We could go and have fun on the pools that were built in Kaiba Corp"
Joey just nodded and they were off….
As they got out the limo, Mokuba grabbed the blonds hands and continued to walk, he looked up to see the blonds face, only to have him staring at him with a smile…a smile a mother would give her child.
Was this the feeling that a son felt when he was with his mother?
"Come on the pools are this way!"
Joey stopped there it was again….that feeling
:"What's wrong Joey?" asked Mokuba
The blond merely shook his head. And followed an excited Mokuba into Kaiba Corp. Once there Mokuba led him into the changing rooms and changed into a suitable bathing suit which for Joey was a one piece(Women bathing suit, which Mokuba thought would be suitable for the blond). They got there and the blond was amazed by all the water, it was astounding never in his life had he seen such a large amount of it. After playing in the water for a couple of minutes, Joey climbed to the tallest diving bored and once again the ringing continued….it kept calling and it kept getting louder
His body started burning up, it was hotter than usual, something was happening…
He scanned the area….nothing…and then he felt it, the power surge…
"25-90% of all persocoms are shutting down…. all Persocoms were shutting down" someone yelled
But he wouldn't be affected no…he scanned once again….but he couldn't "Jou" the voice called
"Who are you?" those were his last words before he fell
It was a couple of feet, and the seconds seemed to pass by quickly his hair swayed in the air and his brain immediately started working overdrive. But something blocked him…..
"Joey!" screamed Mokuba
Water surrounded him. It was refreshing. The water was dropping his temperature down many degrees. It didn't burn anymore,
"Jou"
Joey's body spread over the water as if he were reaching…for something
….."Jou" it reached back
"You look just like me" spoke Joey
"It's because I am a part of you" spoke the other. And as Joey stood in the water a circle appeared below him, and light engulfed him, his bathing suit was shredding slowly. Millions of pieces, and the water separated, he looked around and tall walls of water surrounded him, and once again they engulfed him…..and once again his body slowly fell to the bottom, and once again he found himself reaching for something….
"Ryou" thought Joey
Before darkness engulfed him
"Sleep. You really have forgotten everything. But I remember….about us. About what we have to decide. And what we have to do then. If Joey is what your friends call you….I'll call you that as well" Spoke the other