DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of its characters from the anime and manga. All rights belong to Kazuki Takahashi, and this is not my intellectual property. There is no financial gain made from this nor will any be sought. This is for entertainment purposes only.

Return

One afternoon big brother picked me up from school. My first though is, "well, this is strange. Roland or Fubata are usually the ones who would drive me home." As Seto pulled up in front of Domino City Junior High, he motioned me to come to the car. I opened up the door and slid into the passenger seat. Though I managed to shrug off my thoughts, it still bugged me seeing Seto here. So I decided to ask him, "Big brother why are you picke me up from school? Usually it's Roland or Fubata who comes." Seto didn't answer immediately because he was watching for incoming traffic. Once safely on the road, he gave me his reply.

"Roland and Fubata are busy today. That's why one of them could not drive to your school." Oh. Well that made some sense. However, I had a gnawing hunch that Seto is hiding something and only told me partially, the truth. For the remainder of the ride I decided not to press him anymore questions. Things became kind of quiet as Seto drove further away from the school.

About 10 minutes into the car ride, I instantly saw that Seto wasn't taking the road I'm most familiar with. "We're not heading back to the mansion." I used. Something is certainly questionable in Seto's actions. I couldn't bear with his odd behavior any longer. Yet, a portion of me told myself to be patient, and wait for the right moment to ask again. Eventually, I decided to go to sleep, cause this would most likely be a long car ride to wherever Seto is driving us.

Awhile later, I felt a gentle brush on my shoulder. Opening my eyes, I noticed Seto with an arm extended towards me. With a soft, but faint smile he gestured his hands to an old house. "Welcome home, kid." big brother said.

Initially I though he was joking. But knowing my brother his smile, told me we were "actually" home. "What is this place? This isn't the Kaiba mansion!" I hadn't meant to give an outburst like this, however I'm getting weird vibes about everything right now.

Seto's smile started fade then, his face became somber. With a heavy sigh he began to explain.

"Mokuba, the house here, once belonged to mom and dad. When I saw it had been up for sale, I immediately bought it."

OK, so he bought our parents' old house but that doesn't explain why we're here. With a determined look, I stared straight into Seto's eyes and said, "Why are we here though? You could at least tell me that, Seto."

He didn't reply immediately, yet I could see Seto was trying hard to find the right words to say. After some time, he finally spoke.

"We are here, because I wanted us to return home. Our real home which is there." He pointed the old house once more. Turning back to face me, he continued on with his explanation.

"That mansion we lived in for many years, contains nothing for us. All it has is the horrific past we've experienced with Gozaburo. Everyday… No, every spot in the mansion brings back terrible memories. A few days ago, I decided enough is enough. It is time to leave. This is why I bought our parents' old house Mokuba. I want for both of us to start over in a happy place."

After listening to his explanation, I finally understood Seto's motives. What he said about the mansion was true. That place has nothing, but unpleasant memories. To leave it and start over in a "new" place made a lot of sense. "Before mom and dad died life must've been happy for us." I thought.

Turning to face Seto, I gave a huge grin. It meant that I am all for the return home.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Initially, Return was supposed to be a short ficlet just like the previous ones. Somehow, I started writing and it pretty much grew into a one-shot. I am going to be very honest, there are some errors present in this story. I know I could've written this a whole lot better, but often times I get stuck on how to piece together things or continuing. Either way, I do look forward to hear some feedback. Constructive criticism is always welcome, but please don't be too harsh when leaving reviews.

Long story short, this story is about the Seto and Mokuba leaving the Kaiba mansion and returning "home". The old house that once belonged to their biological parents. I always love to imagine Seto and Mokuba having loving parents. Wonderful people who love their sons and would never do anything abusive towards them.

Well, that's all for now folks! Take care! ^^

~FOREVERADISNEYGIRL