Warning: Not for young audiences. Contains rape and seriuos emotional damage!
Marik cursed as the smoke cleared and no one was there. The dragon above him roared and screamed. Slyther the sky dragon had long vanished, along with it's master.
"Ah! Damn you Pharaoh! I will not let you escape me so easily!" he cussed, waving away his dragon...for now.
'Stupid, irresponsible, selfish son of a bitch...' these were the only words running through Joey's mind as he stared at Kaiba. Sure he owed the guy for saving Yugi but...It was his fault Mokuba turned out like this! It's his fault we were dragged to this island. Just because he had to prove to the damn world he was a better duelist? Yeah right...
Yugi shook his head and rubbed his temple, he looked around and stared at the sky.
"Where am I?" he asked. "Where are the dragons? Where is Marik?"
"It's okay Yuge, Kaiba...Kaiba found you and brought you here..." Joey mumbled, slightly nodding his head in the Kaiba's direction. Yugi looked over at him and stared.
"What? Mokuba..."
"He sorta collapsed on the way here. Thanks to Marik and his little mind controlling rod that is..." Tristan said, wiping the sweat from his brow.
"What!" Kaiba yelled, setting his brother down and standing up. He made a sweeping motion with his hand and gave them all a furious look. "You better not be fooling around with me! What happen to him?" Kaiba hissed, pointing at the sleeping figure that was his brother.
"It's true dude, Marik got him with that rod of his. He's nothing more than another mind slave now. Thats why it's better for him to stay unconscious or else..." Tristan was cut off as he was suddenly and roughly lifted from the ground. Tristan gagged as Kaiba held him by his collar, the worst look on his face.
"Put him down rich boy!" Joey roared, charging at Kaiba.
"Joey no!" Yugi yelled, standing up. Joey went up to Kaiba but Kaiba was fast, he struck at the blond with an arm and sent the boy flying to the ground. Tea gasped and ran over to Joey.
"Whats wrong with you? What if Mokuba was awake? Do you want him to see you acting like this?" she yelled at him, tears still clinging to her eyes.
"Enough! I'm taking him and blowing up this god forsaken hell hole!" Kaiba suddenly dropped Tristan and turned to them. "If you want to live, I suggest you all high tail you're ass back to the ship, understand? It's every person for themselves now understand?" Kaiba yelled, walking back over to Mokuba.
"That won't work Kaiba..." Yugi said, standing up from his crouching position by Tristan. "Marik will still have a hold over him, even if he was blown to piece..."
"What kind of person do you think I am Motto? If this bastard is going to die, I'm going to do something even more cruel than blow him up. No, Marik will die at my hands, but first I'll play with him the same way he played with my little brother!" he roared, bending down and picking his brother up. Mokuba cringed in his brother's grasp, his eyes clenched and he blinked them slightly open before they immediately rolled back in to his head and fell closed again.
"Careful you idiotic rich boy! You can't swing him around like a god damn rag doll you asshole!" Joey yelled at him. Kaiba ignored him and walked past him.
"Last time I checked Wheeler, it was my blood running through his veins, not yours."
"Yeah, and because of you, all that blood got soiled or spilt on the ground!" Joey retorted, standing up and brushing himself off. Kaiba turned sharply and faced the blond, if his hands weren't full of his little brother, he probably would have smacked Wheeler again.
"That's enough, let's just leave this place. I'll find Marik and defeat him once and for all..." Yugi said, offering Tristan a hand and standing him up.
"Wouldn't it be easier to face him in the tower?" Joey asked him.
"The dueling finals is canceled Wheeler. I'm blowing up this island ASAP!" Kaiba growled.
"What!" everyone yelled. Without another word, Kaiba turned from them and started back toward his tower. He left everyone behind and didn't look back.
"If Kaiba keeps his word, then we better high tail it back to the ship fast!" Tristan panicked.
"Wait, weren't the engines broken?" Tea asked.
"That's right, but they must be fixed by now..." Joey said, punching his hand.
"We better hurry..." Yugi said. Together, everyone headed toward the tower and hopefully back to the ship.
Kaiba charged back to his tower, his powerful strides carrying him to where he needed to go. He held his brother tighter to his chest and felt the boy flinch. He stopped quickly and looked down, the rag on Mokuba's arm was covered with small amounts of blood. Kaiba eased off the pressure and watched his brother's face return to it's more peaceful look, but the pain still there. Kaiba continued walking and felt his chest tighten.
So, do you feel better...?
Kaiba stopped and froze.
"This...This voice again? But I thought you vanished after I left the tower!" Kaiba whispered on a hiss.
I don't give up...So is it really him in your arms? Are you sure he is not just a little mind slave anymore?
Kaiba's hold on his brother tightened, once again Mokuba's face scrunched up in pain.
"Go away...!"
I can't do that...Not now at least...Not until you realize and let go of something...Something...Oh I don't know, something the child in your arms carries every single moment?
Kaiba's brow went down in confusion.
"What Mokuba carries? What? What does he carry?"
I can't tell you.
"Tell me damn you!"
Hehehehehehehe...
Kaiba felt himself growing annoyed, but he couldn't help but think what Mokuba carried everyday...What was it?
Pain, you fool...Pain...
Kaiba growled and briskly made his way back to the tower.
Everything is buzzing and I feel it through my whole body. Uh...I think I'm going to...
Wait...Am I moving?
Mokuba felt light enter his eyes. His arms were strapped by his sides and he felt light as air. Slowly he regained some senses, feeling light headed and very tired was an understatement. Once his brain was more active, he realized...He was moving...No, he was being carried by something...Or maybe, someone? Mokuba's eyes flew open and he gasped, the sky seemed to amaze him after not seeing it for a while. His whole body seemed to jolt as if he was being shook or awaken from the dead by a bolt of electricity. His body gave off a giant flinch and suddenly, the thing carrying him stopped dead. Mokuba's eyes searched all around him, taking in anything that seemed to catch his gaze. His arm shot up and connected with something solid, he felt around and realized it was right next to him. His eyes landed on his hand and saw it was on a chest...A chest? Mokuba looked up in to the face of his brother. Kaiba was staring down at him with what looked like concerned...But more on the surprised side than anything. Mokuba frowned and searched Kaiba's face.
"S..S...Se...Seto!" he gasped, he looked around and saw he was in his brother's arms. He panicked for some...Strange reason, flailing and clenching his eyes shut. "Put me down!" he shrieked. Kaiba blinked and set his brother down.
"Mokuba! Calm down! Whats the matter with you? Your safe, I'm right here..." Kaiba said, reaching a hand to his little brother. For some reason, those words made Mokuba angry, he slapped Kaiba's hand away and pointed an index finger at him. The finger was shaking and pointing right at Kaiba's face.
"You! You...What the hell does it matter now! I don't need you! Leave me alone!" Mokuba shrieked, backing away from the older Kaiba. Kaiba was in shock, to say he was surprised was an under statement, shocked was definitely the term here.
"What did you say!" Kaiba yelled at him. Mokuba flinched and took a step back, he might have been mad at the moment, but he was still scared still of the older brother. Mokuba's limbs felt like jelly and he fell on his back. He rolled on his side and grabbed his sore arm.
"Ah...Oh no...Not now..." he gasped, attempting to sit up. Kaiba stride over to him, a dark look on his face. Mokuba suddenly felt himself being lifted and set on his feet. He felt something cold run down his spine and he froze. Staring in to Seto's eyes was like having a bucket full of cold water rush over you. Kaiba grabbed his shoulders and shook him.
"Knock it off right now! I don't want this from you Mokuba! Do you have any idea how worried I was about you damn it! Don't you ever run away from me like that again, you understand! I'm responsible for you! The last thing I need in life is to lose you!" Kaiba roared. Mokuba felt his heart hammering in his chest, all he could do was stare. He tried to form words but nothing was coming out of his mouth, not even air it felt like. "When you disappeared I didn't know what to think! What were you thinking!" Mokuba saw his vision double but his rage built non the less.
"You...YOU JERK!" Mokuba roared back, pulling away from his brother. "You have no idea how I felt when you said what you said! I had every right to be upset and run away! You...you...!" Mokuba shook and hid his face in his hands. He took shaky gulps of breath. He hid his face the best he could. "I should have...I should have stayed at the orphanage where I belonged! I can't take this anymore...I...I." Mokuba shook his head and couldn't stop the shaking of his body. "Why! Is it my fault? Was I not strong enough at some point! Did I miss something important to you and accidently brush it off! God damn it Seto! If you hate people so much than why am I here!" Kaiba blinked at him and felt something tighten with in him.
He felt...Weird, the anger was gone...Something, protective, possessive...Something...Sad.
"Mokuba...That's not...You're my family...I could never leave you behind like that...Your all I have left from this family. Your all I have left of...Of..." Kaiba paused.
"Our parents...?" Mokuba mumbled. Kaiba nodded and felt his chest tighten again.
"Our parents...Our parents...There is something I took away from you too..." Kaiba flinched and felt his teeth grind.
"Mokuba, don't you dare say something like that!" he hissed. "What happen...Our family...what was left of them...took everything from us and dumped us in that hell hole!" Kaiba growled.
"Was it really a hell hole Seto? People who were kind to us and gave us a bed, the days when all we thought about was playing chess and playing in the sand box? Was that really hell Seto? No, look around you, this is hell. This is the hell you created, the hell Gozaburo started and the hell you ended with an explosion." Kaiba was at a loss for words. Mokuba was so...Grown up sometimes it scared him. Kaiba sighed and shook his head.
"Mokuba...What I said...I was wrong and I'm...Sorry. I just get so caught up in a life I'm trying to create. I don't want others to interfere with our happiness..."
"Happiness? Brushing people off and pushing me away makes US happy?" Mokuba asked him.
"No! I wanted to keep you with me! By my side and not let you go! I want to protect you from anything and everything I could!"
"Seto...I don't always need protection, especially from people...I know...How cruel people can truly be sometimes..." Kaiba flinched and recalled what had been said to him in his mind. How Mokuba had been...
"Mokuba...Did Gozaburo..." Kaiba's fists were clenched, anger beyond belief was filling his very core. It was now or never, he wanted the truth, even if it did scar him, he had a right. He looked at his little brother. Mokuba looked up at him, nothing but pure fear in his eyes.
"Seto!" he yelled. He knew what was coming...but how did he find out?
"Did Gozaburo touch you!" he roared, locking eyes with his little brother. Mokuba stopped dead, he was unable to get up from his sitting position. His brother from this angle looked like a monster, a hideous, ominous, monster about to go on a colossal rampage. He also looked like...
A god, ready to destroy the world from the very pits of hell itself.
Mokuba swallowed and looked at the ground, his face heated up, but he couldn't prevent it.
"I...I...N-no..."
"Don't you dare lie to me," Kaiba hissed. "Don't. You. Dare..." Mokuba felt himself shake, he felt his world ready to collapse. Thoughts and images filled his mind and flooded his subconscious. He wanted to scream, he wanted to wake up from this nightmare. He wanted...He wanted. Mokuba grabbed his chest and felt his heart beat speed up. He felt like he was having a heart attack. The way it beat against his palm made him sure he was dying. Kaiba watched Mokuba carefully, his brother's hand was over his heart and he was staring blankly at the ground. "Mokuba..." Kaiba tried, but he stopped. Mokuba started to cry and he screwed his eyes shut, his hands flew to the sides of his head and he shook it furiously.
"NO! NO NO NO NO NO !" Mokuba screamed. A look of shock past over Kaiba's face, he sprinted over to Mokuba and sat on the ground with him. Kaiba pulled his brother to his body and buried the boy's face in his chest. Mokuba was sobbing and screaming his head off.
"I DIDN'T WANT TO! He made me...He...He...Oh god, I feel so...I'm so...I'm such a scum bag..." he cried, pressing against his brother. Kaiba couldn't hold his brother any closer. No matter how close he got physically, he could never get closer emotionally or closer to his heart anymore. Kaiba even felt himself shaking, he shook uncontrollably and couldn't stop. Kaiba was actually...Scared...He was terrified. That fucker...Gozaburo touched him and messed him up. How hard was it to live with something like that? To not notice anything wrong with Mokuba after it happen? He was so blind...He fucked up big time. Mokuba could never be the same again...He could never see anything without being reminded of how that fucker had touched him...Kaiba couldn't press his brother closer anymore. It felt more like the closer he got, the more far away his mind drifted. He didn't want Mokuba to be miserable...He didn't want him to give up on life or his family. A sudden fear went through him and he buried his face in a mess of black hair.
People were known to take their own lives...Especially when they couldn't stand to live their's anymore.
"Don't go...Don't ever leave me again...Dear god Mokuba I...I'm so sorry...I love you...Please dear god, don't leave me..."
For the first time in years...Kaiba felt a tear roll down his cheek. Clutching Mokuba tighter to him, he let his brother cry out his misery on to his chest. Against the body that he swore he would protect Mokuba with...and failed.
TBC
R&R
