Hi again, sorry for updating this chapter late. I had no idea what to write, what conversation Lara and seto will have and what's going to happen after...Sorry again I'll just shut up and leave you with chapter 4.

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Chapter 4: Bad memories

''Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. I didn't wanna get caught either.''

''Don't be…hey! Aren't you the boy that man was looking for?''

''Uh…yeah. I am. However, shouldn't you be at home by now? It's too late!''

''I ran away. So why that man was looking for you?''

''I ran away too…What's your name?''

''Lara. What's yours?''

''Seto. It's nice to meet you lara.''

''Nice to meet you too.'' And there was a silent moment between the two.

''so…why did you run away? From the way you look, your parents must be very rich.'' Lara said. A sad look appeared in seto's eyes before he look away.

''did I say anything wrong?''

''My parents died in a long time, gozaburo kaiba adopted me and my little brother, mokie, and he's the rich person. He is so cruel to us, he doesn't let me see my brother, and he makes me study and learn almost all the day about his stupid company!'' he said in an angry tone. He sat on the ground leaning on the wall and holding his knees tight. Lara sat on the opposite side of the alley.

''Sorry for asking that silly question.'' She stopped for a while. ''I'm not sure if I know how you feel, but I've been through almost the same.'' seto lifted his head as she continued. ''I never knew my father; my mother told me that he died before I was born. Few days ago, some people took me away from her. I don't remember all the details, but I end up in a strangers' house. My roommate isn't nice to me, he's in my age and his 'joke' almost kill me!'' seto chuckled slightly.

''It wasn't funny!''

''I'm sure he didn't mean to, maybe he was just…jealous!''

''jealous?''

''yes, jealous. You see, when mokuba was born he was getting all the attention. He was a little baby and couldn't take care of himself so my parents were always with him. They fed him, dressed him, gave him baths and stayed with him 'till he fell asleep. I felt so abandoned and hated him back then, but after I got to know him, I started to accept him. Now I love him and won't let anything happened to him.''

''you're saying that in time he would accept me?''

''Yes.'' Lara thought for a moment.

''I don't think so, he hates me!''

''you live in his room, right?''

''right.''

''and his family was very nice to you.''

''Yeah.''

''And he was forced to be nice to you.''

''okay! I get it! I guess he does feel threatened by Me.'' Lara yelled. ''Your brother's name is mokuba, right?'' she said trying to change the subject, and she did.

''Yeah…you got confused when I called him mokie.'' Seto said smiling slightly. Lara just nodded.

''I'm the only one who calls him that.'' His smile grew wider as thought about his little brother and didn't notice her standing and sitting beside him.

''Your brother really means a lot to you.''

''He does…oh god, I can't believe I left him alone with that greedy man.''

''So you should get back home.''

''The guards will kill me if they saw me, and Mr. Kaiba will punish me even more.''

Lara kept glancing at his saddened and horrified face. She could only imagine what his adoptive father had done to make seto fear him so much to keep him away from his little brother.

Seto thought about how Mr. Kaiba will do to him if he finds him. He closed his eyes tightly and his hands clutched to his head trying desperately to get that memory out of his head.

Flash back

It was Saturday morning; seto was sleeping peacefully in his warm and soft bed in Mr. Kaiba's huge house. He had moved in a week ago and he's already being forced to learn about the company almost ten hours everyday, although he's been given one day in the week to rest, which was on Saturdays, it was also the only day he gets to see mokuba.

A figure opened the door to seto's room; He walked slowly to the bedside and glanced at the sleeping boy. The small figure took a few steps backwards, he ran as fast as he could, he jumped on seto and landed on his stomach. Seto jumped from the great pain in his stomach, he looked to see his little brother sitting in front of him and staring with a big smile in his face.

''Good morning! Big brother. You're late.'' Mokuba said hugging his brother, who's still groaning from the pain.

''Morning, mokie. What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in your room?''

''I missed you, big brother. And you didn't come to my room so I came instead. Did you miss me?'' seto smiled and ruffled mokuba's messy hair.

''Of course, I did. I haven't seen you in a week! Now, what do you want to do today?'' and before he could answer they heard someone knocking the door and entering the room, it was one of the employees.

''The breakfast is ready, sir.''

''Okay.'' And with that, the employee left the room.

''I hate when they call me 'sir' they make me sound old.'' Mokuba said.

''Me too. So breakfast first, then we'll do whatever you want''

''Yay!'' mokuba jump off the bed full of energy and ran to the door. ''I'll race you to downstairs, and the last one will lose!'' he yelled running out of seto's room. Seto laughed and followed him, this was the only day he can see his brother in the week and he'll spent every moment of it with him.

…After half an hour…

They have finished the breakfast and they're sitting in the living room, completely bored.

''What do we do, seto? I'm bored.'' Mokuba sat upside down on the couch next to seto, his legs were up, the head was down, the hair was hanging, and it touched the floor.

''I don't know. The guards won't let us out of the house. And there's nothing to do in here.'' They sat in silent until an idea popped in mokuba's head.

''Hey! I know what to do!'' he stood up, he felt dizzy for a while, when he recovered, he held seto's arm and started dragging him.

''Where are we going, mokie?''

''We're gonna play duel monsters!''

''I never thought you know how to play it.''

''Well…I know the rules, but I don't know the strategies.''

''Then I'll teach you.''

…Meanwhile gozaburo kaiba was having a meeting with the big 5…

''What are going to do with seto, Mr. Kaiba? He doesn't listen and always fell asleep in his classes.'' One of the big 5 said.

''Don't worry, I'll deal with him. Soon, he will be the perfect heir for the company.'' Gozaburo laughed evilly, the big 5 followed him in the laughter.

…an hour later…

The two brothers were in seto's room playing duel monsters, and mokuba lost the duel against his brother for the fifth time in a row.

''I lost. AGAIN!'' he whined.

''Come on, mokie. At least, you lasted more than the duels before, that means you're getting better every duel.''

''Really?'' mokuba stopped crying and looked, tears in his eyes, at seto as he smiled at him and nodded.

''Let's play again, then. And I'll beat you this time.''

In the middle of the sixth duel, an employee entered the room and grabbed seto's arm tightly. Seto whined in pain as the man started dragging him through the hallway.

''Why are taking my brother?!'' mokuba cried, while seto was trying to fight against the man's grip.

''He's late to his class.'' The man answered, still dragging him.

''What?''

''Seto doesn't have any classes today; it's the only free day in the week.'' Mokuba stood in front of the employee as he stopped, and leaned so he was face to face to mokuba.

''Well, your brother was lazy in his classes so Mr. Kaiba canceled the free day to keep up with his lessons.'' Both seto and mokuba looked shock, the only day they can see each other had been canceled.

''NO! I won't let this happen. I won't let you take me away from my little brother.''

Seto's shocked look turned into a look full of anger, he kicked the man's leg. The man let out a yell as his grip on seto's arm loosened. Seto ran away from the employee's grip, he held mokuba's hand and both started running. The man didn't follow them; instead, he took out a cell phone and called someone. A few moments after, he returned the phone back to his pocket and grinned evilly at the direction they went.

''You can't run away from here.'' He said then walked away.

…20 minutes later-with seto and mokuba…

They ran and climbed a tree outside the house. Moments after, a few men came out looking for them, seto and mokuba watched silently as they split to find them. When they were out of sight, seto sighed in relieve and looked at his brother.

''What are we gonna do, seto?''

''I'll find a way to get both of us out of here.''

''Okay, big brother.'' Mokuba said as he lowered his head in disappointment.

''What's wrong, mokie?'' he didn't answer. Seto put a hand on mokuba's shoulder and caught his attention.

''You can tell me, mokie. What's wrong?''

''Where are we gonna go after, seto. We just found a home, I don't wanna go back to the orphanage!'' he cried and held seto tight; seto held him back and thought about what mokuba said. He was right; they don't have a place to go to if they ran away from here. He has two choices now: 1) go back to home and be punished for what he did. Or 2) go on with the plan and ran and loose their home forever. He broke the hug and climbed down the tree, mokuba followed him confused.

''Where are we going?'' he asked.

''We're going back.'' Mokuba got more confused. ''I can't let you suffer anymore; we both need a home, so we'll stick to this one.'' He smiled then held seto's hand as they walked back. Two employees saw them and ran to them.

''Where do you two think you're going?''

''We won't run away. We're heading back.'' One of the employees grinned at seto. He grabbed his arm and lifted him roughly, seto tried not to let them see him in pain; he shut his eyes tightly stopping the tears from getting out. Mokuba ran to his brother, but the other employee grabbed him and dragged him into the house.

''Seto!!''

''Mokuba! Leave him alone, you bastard!'' but too late, mokuba was out of sight. The man who held seto started dragging him somewhere far than home.

''Where are you taking me?'' seto demanded. The employee, Arnold, kept dragging him into an underground basement. It was an empty, wet, and dark place. Arnold walked down the stairs followed by seto. There was a cell at the corner with a thick wooden door, he threw seto inside the cell, and stood in the doorway, seto fell on the hard floor.

''I'll leave you here to think of what you did.'' Arnold said to seto who weakly stood and pushed himself against Arnold to knock him and ran out. Unfortunately, he was small and weak comparing to Arnold, he's larger and stronger, he pushed seto to the floor again, he was lying on the stomach when he held seto's right arm and put it on his back.

''One move and I'll break your arm. You better be nice to me, and do whatever your father say if you want to be in one piece when you get out of here.''

''Never! And he's NOT my father!'' seto growled.

''Well then, I warned you.'' Without any hesitate, Arnold broke his arm. Seto yelled out in pain, he clutched to his broken arm, tears slowly slipped down his cheek, but didn't cry. Arnold stared at the sobbing kid with a big satisfied grin; he walked out the cell and locked it behind him. Seto glanced at the door for a while; he could hear Arnold's steps. When there was no one near, he crawled to the closest wall and leaned against it. He held his right arm tight and broke in tears, not because of his broken arm, but because he failed, failed horribly. He promised mokuba at the orphanage that he'd stay with him no matter what happen, but he couldn't keep that promise. He whipped his tears, it wasn't a good time to cry, he had to find a way to ran away from this cell. He looked all around him but couldn't find a way to get out, just a high little window, however he can't climb 'cause of his broken arm.

(8:34 pm) It has been almost 9 hours since seto was thrown into the cell. Seto was too close to get to the window before he fell on his back on the cold floor, at night, the cell's temperature gets low, and sometimes below zero. Seto was breathing heavily and slowly, he lied against the cold wall and closed his eyes slowly hoping he would wakeup in the morning, and not to die asleep.

…two weeks after…

Seto was sitting in his desk, a book in his hand, studying. His teacher was reading and taking a quick glance at seto once in a while. Seto sighed in complete boredom, he lifted his right sleeve, there was a bandage wrapped around his arm, he remembered the day Arnold broke his arm and left him in that freezing cell.

''I'll go for a while, don't go anywhere until I get back.'' The teacher said and went out. Seto noticed an open window and remembered that cold night at the cell, he unconsciously jumped off the window and ran out of the house.

The teacher got back and gasped when he realized that seto was gone. The guards look all over for him, but never found a track leads to him.

End flash back

''Then I found you running away from Arnold.''

''Wow, you've been through a lot lately. That man who followed me was Arnold?'' seto nodded.

''I don't know why exactly I ran away.''

''How's your arm now?''

''It's almost healed. Thanks for asking. What are we going to do now?''

''First, you have to go back, for your brother.''

''I'll go back, if you promised me you'd go back too.''

''I promise. Apparently, they're the only family that could give a home.'' Seto stood up in front of Lara and stretched his hand for her. Lara looked at him, he was smiling at her, she smiled back and gladly took his hand, seto helped her up. Once they're up they heard some voices, they looked around to see three small puppies behind a corner.

''Hey, look how adorable they are!'' Lara took two steps then the puppies barked louder, seto stopped her.

''Don't get closer. Their mother must be close, she'll get aggressive and attack us.'' He demanded.

''Okay, let's go now before she-'' she turned around and saw a bigger dog behind seto.

''Seto! Run!'' she yelled and they both ran. The bigger dog growled and ran after them; she bit Lara's left leg as she fell down. The dog sank her teeth deeper in her skin which made Lara scream of the great pain, she tried to kick the dog, but it made her leg even worse. Seto saw her and gasped, the dog was attacking her, and blood stained the dog's face and the ground.

''Lara!'' he quickly took some stones from the ground and threw it at the dog, the last stone hit the dog's eye. The dog yelped as she let out Lara's leg and ran back to her puppies. Seto ran to Lara and looked at her leg, he saw a piece of cloth next to him, he took it and wrapped it around her leg.

''You okay?'' he asked concerned.

''Yeah, I think so. Thanks.'' Seto helped her stand up and walked out of the dark alley.

''I can go on from here.'' He let her as she leaned on the wall, she couldn't stand on her injured leg.

''You're sure? I can help you to your home.''

''I'm sure. You just go back to your home and your brother.'' He looked at her for a while then turned around.

''Bye and good luck.'' He walked away when she called him back.

''Wait!''

''What's wrong?'' she stayed silent before answering.

''Will we ever meet again?'' she walked close to him.

''I don't know. I hope so.'' He said smiling at her. Lara smiled back and hugged him.

''Thank you for everything.'' His smile grew wider as he hugged her back.

''No, thank you. You really listened to my problems and didn't judge me.''

''You're welcome.''

They broke the embrace, said good bye to each other and both went to their way back home. The motous' house came into sight as Lara continued walking. She stopped in front of the front door; she sighed and pressed the bell's button.

TBC…

What do you think? Good? Bad? I can take it. Anyways, school is gonna start soon and I might take a long time to update the next chapter, maybe two or three months. Now with the replies:

Journey Maker: thanks for the nice reviews. Actually, Lara and sandra aren't really humans, it all will get clear in another fic and it's gonna be the sequel to this story, and I don't think so, seto and lara are too young, maybe in another fic. And thanks for answering my question, I haven't found any fics about them either, I might just write a humor fic about the three yamis, they're funny together.

Ravens secret stalker: I did forget capitalization; I'll try not to in next chapters. Thanks for reviewing.

16forever: Keeping readers interesting is what I do best!...I think. Soon, things are gonna get more interesting in the next chapters.