Chapter 9: Unbelievable

YUGI MOTOU

Mokubia at the head of the docks while the rest of rest of us stood back in the shade.

I looked at Angel and said, "Your sure they're near?"

She nodded and said, "They should be in sight any minute."

The rest of flock unfurled their wings and took off into the sky.

Gazzy yelled down and said, "I don't see any boats but I do see two birds ahead."

Angel smiled and said, "Welcome home Max."

As the birds got closer, I relized that they weren't birds.

It was Max and Kaiba.

We all knew that Max could fly, but Kaiba...

This is must have been what The School did to him.

We all stared in shock as Kaiba and Max landed in front of us.

Mokubia apparently didn't care that his brother had wings, he ran up to him, tackled him to the ground, and hugged him.

Kaiba smiled and said, "I missed you too, Mokubia."

Mokubia got off of Kaiba and gave him and big smile.

Max got hugged by Angel and said, "So I was missed? Sure didn't sound like it on the phone."

Pegasus stepped up to Kaiba and said, "Kaiba boy? Is that really you?"

Kaiba gave a smirk and said, "Are you still nutty enough to keep this place in business?"

Pegasus smiled and said, "Same old Kaiba boy, with brand new features."

Kaiba looked at us.

He looked a lot different now.

He was a bit taller than Fang, that's for certain, and Fang was the tallest person I know.

He had grown very thin and his hair was now long enough, that he wore it back in a long braid.

A series of long scars and burn marks traveled the lenght of his arms, but what intuged me was his wings.

White feathers with grey and blue tips.

Yami replied, "It sounds like a Kite."

I responded, "A kite? Like a piece of paper with a string."

Yami laughed and said, "No Yugi there's an egyptian bird call a Kite, they can fly for days without sleep."

It kind of sounds like Kaiba.

Angel looked at Kaiba and said, "I heard Max's thoughts when two were close enough, but I can't hear yours anymore. Can you tell me why I can't?"

Kaiba smiled.

Hello everyone.

What?

I looked at Angel and said, "This not the time for a game Angel."

She looked up at me and said, "But I didn't do that Yugi."

She right. She didn't do that, I did.

Kaiba pointed to his head and said, "They did a lot of stuff with my head."

He pulled up a lock of hair near his temple showing a series of little holes.

Joey looked up and said, " There is no way in hell, you can read minds."

Kaiba looked at Joey and said, "I'll prove it."

Joey smirked and said, "Alrigth then, what am I thinking of right now?"

Kaiba smirked and said, "Right now you thinking about Mai Valentine and your first duel with her over there."

He pointed to the field where a old dueling area stood.

Joey jumped back and said, "No way..."

He walked backwards until he slipped off the docks.

We all expected to hear a splash and Joey yelling at Kaiba, only thing was he didn't fall in.

We looked at Joey floated inches above the water.

Joey yelled, "How the hell is this happening?!"

He squirmed around a lot trying to get back on land. Kaiba yelled out, "Someone grab him I can't hold much longer."

I looked at Kaiba who was holding up a single hand.

No way...

Max grabbed Joey's hand and put him back on the docks.

Kaiba relaxed his body for a moment.

Angel whispered out, "He's telekinetic."

Tristen looked at her and said, "Telek-what now?"

Angel looked at him and said, "Telekenisis is the abilty to move things with your mind, but puts a physical strain on the body."

At that moment Kaiba felt to his knees and placed his hands on his ears.

Mokubia ran to him and said, "Seto, what's wrong?!"

Kaiba shook his head and said, "Too many..."

"Too many thoughts..."

"IT'S SO LOUD!..."

Mokubia got pushed back by what appeared to be nothing.

The boards on the docks began to snap in two and the rocks beneath us began to quake.

I yelled, "What's happening?"

Angel said, "It's the psychic noise. He's hearing all of our thoughts at once, like being in a crowded arena filled with people all talking to each other."

Joey said, "That get's really loud."

Angel nodded and said, "Now imagine you can hear more than a normal person can, loud noised pyshically hurt you. That's what Seto is feeling and because of that he can't control his telekintic powers."

The earth near him began to crack.

Pieces of rocks and dust began floating in the air.

The broken boards stayed frozen in mid air.

Max flew over to Kaiba and said, "Seto listen to me. It's me, Max."

Did Max just call him Seto?

No one but, Mokubia and Angel calls him Seto.

Kaiba looked up at Max with tears brimming his eyes, and said, "It doesn't stop..."

"Won't someone make it stop..."

Max held his shoulders and said, "Focus on my thoughts, no one else is here but you and me, Seto. Calm you mind."

The dust and rocks slowly fell back to the earth.

He took his hands away from his head and tucked his wings into the almost invisble slits in his shirt.

He looked up at her and said, "Max..."

His eyes rolled to the back of his head and he pasted out in her arms.

Max sighed and said, "You idiot, you should have rested before using that much of your powers like that."

Fang flew down and said, "I'll take him to the castle, Max."

She nodded and said, "Thank you Fang."

Fang cradled Kaiba in his arms and flew toward the castle.

Pegasus looked at the destruction, sighed and said, "So much power..."

"And Kaiba boy is still learning to use it I see."

Max nodded and said, " I was actualy hoping that Angel could help him."

Angel shook her head and said, "I can try."

Joey looked at Max and said, "He looks like he hasn't slept well."

Max sighed and said, "The School did that to him. Now if he loses the the slightest grip on his telepthy, all his powers come crashing down. Because of that he been having nightmares and they been making it worse."

Tea looked down and said, "It must have been horible being there."

Max nodded and said, "Compared to Seto, I got it easy. He was not only their first successful human hybrid created after birth, but he had been subjected to multiple chemicals that gave him his powers. From what he told me, after he woke up, it hurt to blink."

Joey looked at Max and said, "Man, It sounds really ruff."

Max nodded and said, "We were shocked, prodded, barely fed, and cut open just for them to find out what make us different. When we left that hell hole we could move and breathe without the constant fear of death lingering above our heads."

I stepped up and said, "You look really tired Max."

She gave a weak smile and said, "You try flying for 14 hours straight. It physcalliy and metentally drains you."

Pegasus smiled and said, "Well Miss Maximum, a bed is waiting for you at the castle."

Max smiled and said, "A real bed, that a definat improvement. Thank you and goodnight."

Max flew up and into the sky and made her way to the castle.

Mokubia looked at where Kaiba had past out.

He looked up and said, "Seto, please be alright."

Pegasus looked at us all and said, "We should probobaly get back, don't want to keep them waiting."

I nodded and began walking up toward the castle.

"So when are we going to ask Max to duel us?" Yami asked.

"Let's let them settle in. They lived 6 months of hell and tourure. Besides it's appearnt he likes her. I just want to duel her for fun."

Yami looked at me with and eyebrow raised.

I smiled and said, "No one but Mokubia and Angel calls him Seto and gets away with it. He must care enough for her to let her use his first name."

Yami nodded and said, "It's also apperant that she likes him as well. Did you see how she charged up to him? She risked her own life to calm him down."

I smiled and said to him, "You know they may actually be good for each other."

Yami smiled and said, "Thats apperant enough to anyone, even Joey."