Starlight Luster: Hahaha, gotta love that abridged series. I try to stray away from referencing that, though, simply because I feel like that would be stealing that wonderful man's idea. Oh, wow, you thought Joan was a cool character? That's so sweet! I didn't know that. I mean, not that she's a failure, but still! That's nice to hear. Mokuba IS a really easy target. Sometimes I just wanna hug that kid and squeeze him to death... he has that effect on you. Anyways, thanks for your reviews and enjoy the chapter!
Kukki Boo: Yeah, usually a story that goes according to the actual show can be rather boring, but there are definitely a lot of periods of time that were not touched on and I could take advantage of, so I went with that. I mean, I think there were only about four chapters that were really according to the episodes. And a lot of the time I took it and made it more original. Or maybe I think of myself too highly. I don't know, but I'm glad you like my endings and my story in general all the same. Thanks for all your reviews!
journey maker: Of course Mokuba didn't die! Hahaha, a little secret about me is that, well, I can't kill off the Kaiba brothers. I simply can't, it's like against my code. Maybe one day I'll write a story where I'll kill one of them, but that would really suck. I would hate it and probably cry while writing it. Anyhow, thanks for your reviews!
Falling Smoke: Nice! Gotta love the stories that get readers to read more stories;) I know, I love Mokuba too! He's like my child:) He's so cute, I just love him so much. People usually think I like Seto more because I tend to write more stories centered more around him, but that's not true. Mokuba is usually the underlying main guy that I want to emphasize. He's so awesome... yeah, okay, I swear I'm done ranting about him. It's totally fine that you didn't review every chapter, I definitely understand where you're coming from. Oh, dude, I know, my first stories fail. But do keep in mind I was 12 when I wrote practically the first 20 or 30 of them. If I had the time/energy, I would delete probably most of my stories up there, but I only keep them up there because I have switched computers since then and those are my only copies saved(plus, sometimes I like to re-read them from time to time, just to get a good laugh:p) Yes, I have always wanted to re-write the Noah ark, check out my author's note at the end of this chapter too. Now it appears as though I am ranting, so I think I will let you go and read the chapter. Thanks for all the reviews!:D
AmePiper: Really? I've improved?(again?o.o That's the plot twist right there) You're just saying my writing has matured because I have pretty much no jokes in here, am I right?(except for REALLY morbid ones, that is) But still, thank you very much! Like I've always believed, you know my writing better than I know myself most likely. Did you know you've been reading my stories for practically four years now? No joke, I checked a while back. I'm glad my stories can save you from life. Life sucks, I'm glad I can write to keep life from killing me. Joan is actually my conformation name, which if you're not catholic, you won't see the importance in(well, even if you are catholic, it's hard to see the importance) But still, I love my Saint Joan of Arc, she's awesome. I hope you cheer up soon, and thanks for all your reviews!
MythCreatorWriter: I'm going to try and respond to each of your reviews in all one thing, I'm sure you won't mind. Mokuba's love for Seto is definitely what keeps me going. The funny part is, I use to believe that younger siblings were supposed to be like that. Um, yeah, WRONG. I definitely could add more variety to pretty much all my sentences, my brain likes to record every word I use, so when I re-use a word, believe me, I feel bad and like, rawr, annoyed. For the shadow realm, at first, I was going to go in that direction(experiencing bad experiences, watching bad memories over and over again) but I felt that was too boring. I LOVED that introduction video. I think that's the funniest thing I've done in a while, I really like that. Yeah, the Shadow Realm probably could be more painful, I mean, hello, substitute for death. But, eh, I felt I should give the kid a break(just kidding) Hahaha. Seto has a lot of shadows, the poor guy. I should write a story just about Seto's demons. That poor kid is so emotionally messed up. I liked that scene too, with Mokuba fighting but not being able to hurt the guy. I don't know if anyone else did, but did anyone think of that creepy murder movie with the guy and the chain saw and the white mask? That's what I thought of, I think that's why I gave him a chain saw too. Anyways, thanks for your reviews!
InTheShadowOfSignificance: No problem about the short review, it's all good. I'm glad you liked the ending, I never like my endings. This included. But we'll see what you think, you're usually quite forward about what you think and constructive with your criticism. Thanks for your reviews!
Rena Redhead: Okay, so I'm going to apologize ahead of time for the shortness of this reply, just because I have a runny nose and my brothers are being jerks, and I've had to write uber long review replies for everyone else. Plus, you see me on a day to day basis, so I'm sure I can review reply here and there IRL(teehee, computer talk is my life) So you thought him not being able to attack was powerful? Nice. You think too highly of me, my friend, much too highly. I kind of wanted Joan to be Niomi for the longest time... but oh well. It was less awkward this way. I'm not really sure what else to say and I can't think with my brothers being idiots, so hopefully my next review reply will be longer and more efficient. Thanks for all your reviews! You're my special little girl:)
Before I begin this epic new chapter of "Captivity," I just wanted to say… wow. I've been waiting for this chapter for a very long time, and now it's here. I get to write it. Episode 41, yes, I know the number. It's my favorite episode and I love it to death. It brings me great joy and pleasure to present to you the very episode that has brought me so much joy through-out the years, written and interpreted for your reading pleasure.
Chapter 11: The Beginning of The End
There were voices, echoing in the distance. Why was this not surprisingly? It seemed like every time anything supernatural happened to me, I would hear voices. I slowly began to open my eyes, and my vision cleared. Bakura was hovering over me, his arms were holding up the upper half of my body. It took me a while to register what was going on, and why I was randomly lying in Bakura's arms, but Yugi's gang of friends ran over and I eventually caught on.
"Hey there little guy! How are you?" Tea asked happily, standing next to me, "How you feeling?"
"I think he's going to be just fine," Bakura stated, nodding reassuringly. I blinked, I still wasn't sure what was going on. I heard Yugi's voice calling from behind them, and suddenly he appeared at of nowhere and stood beside the rest of his friends.
"Mokuba! Thank goodness. It looks like your soul is back where it belongs."
"My… soul?" I brought my hand up to my chest and looked down at it for a long while. Images of Joan dying in front of me flashed through my mind, but only briefly. I looked back up at Yugi. "How exactly… did I get my soul back?"
"Yugi got it back for ya," Joey stated, "He dueled Pegasus and won. You don't need to worry kid, everything's going to be just fine now." The rest of his friends smiled. I wanted to demand a better explanation, to state the fact that there was no way I had risked my own soul in the Shadow Realm as well as Joan's, just to find out that Yugi ended up getting it back just with a duel. That just didn't seem likely.
"That's not…" I tried to get up, but the reality of my situation hit me… hard. I was still pretty out of it, and on top of that, I was still as mangled and starved as I had been before Pegasus had taken my soul. My body felt empty, even with a newly obtained soul at hand.
"Hold on there, bud, you better take it easy for a while. Your soul was in the Shadow Realm for a pretty long time," Tristan warned. Yeah, no kidding. I sighed loudly, and decided I would take up the argument on a better day. Croquet approached Yugi at this point, offering him his prize. My eyes never even looked his way, as did his. It was like we were both invisible people. To think, he had been the very person that had contributed to the nightmare I had been living in. Thankfully it was all over now.
But just then I came to a quick and urgent realization which gave me the sudden strength to jump to my feet without any hesitation.
"Where's my brother?" I demanded, looking around. Yugi and his friends looked over at me.
"Don't worry, he's here somewhere. We just have to find him." That wasn't the answer I was looking for. What if he was gone already? What if he was hurt?
"Good luck doing that, we had a special dungeon for the likes of Kaiba," sneered Croquet. I sprinted forward, shoving Croquet to the side and running down the hall. The others footsteps could be heard running after me, calling after me as I ran.
"Hey! Wait up Mokuba!"
"Yeah! We'll help you!" But I didn't need their help. I didn't need anyone's help. All I needed was to see my brother again. I desperately needed to see him. It seemed like everything that had happened lasted for almost a century, when in reality it had only been a week or two. Or had it even been a week? Time didn't matter, as well as everything else. The only thing that mattered was Seto.
I continued running at a fairly quick pace. My body was beginning to shut down due to obvious reasons, but I forced it to keep functioning. My desire to find my brother was stronger than anything that ever existed, and nothing was going to hold me back now. Nothing was going to…
My leg gave out, and I fell to the ground. I didn't make any indication of pain; I only grunted a bit, before trying to get up once again.
"Mokuba, are you okay?" Yugi asked, walking over to my side and offering my a hand. I shook my head and pushed his hand away.
"I'm fine… I just fell." But when I saw their faces, they didn't look like they believed me. Not that I cared. I pushed myself back up and was ready to start jogging once again to find my brother.
We searched for hours, through every room, through every hallway, and still… no Seto. Even though I believed… the truth was, my heart was beginning to sink. Soon enough, we were no longer inside the castle. We were out in the court yard. The others had to stop and take a rest while I continued on, calling out for my brother.
"Nii-sama! Nii-sama, where are you?" I could hear their gossip; they didn't think we were going to find him. They were pondering whether or not Pegasus had done something with my brother's body while his soul had been taken. I wasn't ready to believe that, not after I had come this far. I yelled louder. "Nii-sama! It's me Mokuba! Tell me you're okay!" Maybe… he wasn't here. Maybe the others were right.
Then there was the sound of giant wooden entrance opening. My hands fell to my sides, as I stared at the door in suspense. The whole court yard became quiet, and we waited. It slowly creaked open, letting a gust of wind flow in. A figure stood in the middle with a brief case in hand and a smile on his face. There he was, my own big brother.
"Nii… Nii-sama!" I yelled running towards him. There was a spark of innocence within him, his smile seemed almost child-like and pure. I saw a piece of his younger self, just a snap shot of the child deep inside Seto just as I had begun running to him. He was slowly making his way towards me and placed his brief case down just before I leapt forward and wrapped my arms around his waist. I squeezed him tightly and buried my face into his stomach. I couldn't believe it.
"Nii-sama… you're here. You're finally here!" The fact that he was in my arms, right then and there, it felt like a miracle. That everything I had survived and suffered through all led up to this one moment; it was worth it all. I didn't even realize I was crying I was so happy. I just felt so... complete. Seto knelt down so that he could look at me face to face, his hands placed promptly on my shoulders. There were so many things I wanted to say, I didn't know where to begin.
"Nii-sama... I didn't know what happened to you, but..." I reached into my shirt and pulled out my locket. I clicked it open and held it out in front of him, "I never stopped thinking of you." And it was true, but the memories of my thinking in the Shadow Realm... the way I felt betrayed, and almost hated Seto, I just tried to keep those negative thoughts at bay and in a place where they could never come out.
"I know, Mokuba, I know," Seto reached into his own shirt and pulled out his locket, holding it out riught next to mine, "I would've risked anything to save you. I fought every battle I could; I didn't care what the consequences were. I just wanted to keep you safe." I smiled for the first time in a very long time. There was gliummer in my brother's eyes and he smiled back at me.
"I know you did, Nii-sama, I know you did..." I paused for a moment, I would never doubt my brother's concern for me every again. "And now we're together again."
"The way it should be. So what do you say, Mokuba? Ready for me to take you home where we both belong?" I nodded proudly.
"You bet." Seto got to his feet and looked on at Yugi and the others.
"Yugi, I want to thank you for what you've done. Mokuba means the world to me and I would've risked anything to save him." I felt the urge to try and correct Seto, telling him of my journeys in the Shadow Realm and the real efforts that were made to get me out of the Shadow Realm, but I decided against it. There would be other times to tell him such things.
"Of course, it was the right thing to do," Yugi stated, nodding. Tea stepped forward and stood beside Yugi.
"Yeah. Besides, you guys are practically meant to be together. You can't say Kaiba, without Mokuba."
"Bad joke, Tea, bad joke." I chuckled a bit, looking up at my older brother and tugging on his sleeve a little to retrieve his attention.
"Can we go home now?" Seto smiled again.
"Of course." He bent down, grabbed his brief case once more, and we were off. It was such a relief knowing we were finally going home, away from this hell-hole of a place. As Seto had said it, back to where we belonged. Thankfully the helicopter wasn't too far off and we had reached it in only a matter of minutes. Of course, it wasn't that long until we heard the others calling for us to come back.
"Kaiba! Wait up!" Seto and I both turned around to see Yugi and his friends running over to us. Joey ran ahead of the rest of them and over to my brother.
"Yo Kaiba, we need a lift back to Domino, could you let us fly wit you?" When I looked back up at my brother's face, his expression had already completely changed from smiling and caring, to cold and annoyed.
"Oh, spare me Wheeler. Go find your own ride." Joey tried coming at Seto with his fist, but was immediately held back by Tristan.
"Come on Kaiba, the least you could do is give us a lift back," Tristan commented, while also keeping a good hold on Joey. I looked over at Yugi, whom was standing off to the side in silence and didn't look like he was going to request to ride with us at all. I frowned, if anyone deserved a ride back, it was Yugi. He was different from the rest of them, and he was willing to try and save me when I was in Kemo's possession. I turned back towards my brother.
"Nii-sama, let them fly with us. They'll never find a way off otherwise."
"Oh, I'm sure if they made a fire signal they could divert someone's attention." I frowned and put my hands on my hips.
"Nii-sama."
"Okay, fine. They can ride with us." Joey jumped in the air with glee.
"I CALL SHOT GUN!" Joey yelled, running over to the helicopter.
"Yeah, no. You're sitting in the back, Mutt." Joey moaned, but said nothing. We all piled into the helicopter, just barely being able to fit everyone in. Seto called me over and request that I sit beside him in the front. I did as he had asked and sat beside him, his arm was placed around my shoulder and hugged me. I smiled once again; it felt so nice to be back in my brother's arms. To have someone actually care about me.
I'm not sure when, but at some point during lift off I had propped myself up against my brother's side and had drifted off to a very deep sleep. Which really wasn't surprising, considering how much I had been through and had little sleep I had gotten through-out the whole experience. I'm not sure how long I was out for, but the next time I awoke, the helicopter was empty and we were back at home.
"Mokuba... come on, Mokuba, it's time to wake up..." My brother's soft voice cooed to me as I slowly began to awaken from my deep slumber. I opened one eye and stared up at him.
"Are... are we home?" I asked, slowly getting up and looking out the window briefly.
"Yeah, we're home. It's going to be okay from now on." And I trusted that it would. I would never doubt my brother's words ever again. He was my brother, my friend, and the only person in the whole world I could really trust. Seto led me out of the helicopter and over to the house. I could barely wait to change into my pajamas and fall asleep in a bed, my bed, in my own house. The idea practically excited me.
The minute we walked in and Seto shut the door, I already began peeling off the shirt I had been wearing for days right then and there. "Oh man, I'm so tired. I can't wait to be able to sleep in my very own bed," I stated, feeling the need to say my thoughts out loud. I threw my shirt on the ground and headed over to the stairway when... "Mokuba...?" I stopped and turned around.
"Yes Nii-sama?" Seto's face was of horror and shock. My facial expression and mind frame completely changed too when seeing this. Was something wrong? "Nii-sama, are you okay? Why do you look like that?"
"Mokuba... what... what did they do to you?" At first I wasn't sure what he was referring to and what could've possibly set this off. But as I took a closer look, it became clear that he was staring at something specific. I looked down to see what he was staring at and was horrified to see my own body.
There were bruises and gashes everywhere, all along my body, my skin was a sickly pale white, and my ribs were sticking out of my prominantly frail and skinny body. I had never seen myself in such bad shape, I could barely recall where each wound had originated from. I looked back up at my brother, speechless. What was I supposed to say?
"What happened? Tell me who did this to you. I need to know what happened." I looked down, away from Seto's gaze, in shame. I didn't want to recall what had happened, or to even explain that did manage to happen. He would never be able to understand, and it wouldn't get him anywhere.
Seto walked over to me and put his hand under my chin, lifting my face up to look at him.
"Mokuba... please. I need to know what happened, I want to know who did this to you." I turned my head away from him and still said nothing. Seto knelt down once again to try and be on my same level, but there would never be a time I would be comfortable telling him. "Please."
"I-I can't. I'm sorry Nii-sama, but I just can't." I thought that would be enougth for him to leave me alone, but he kept at it.
"Just try." I didn't know how to tell him no, so I tried explaining it in a truthful manner. If I was honest, maybe then Seto would understand.
"I don't want to try, and I just... I don't remember. It doesn't matter." I was hoping THEN he would understand. But he continued to try and find out. There was anger in the room, he wanted his revenge.
"Mokuba, it does matter. Someone did this to you and I need to make them pay." I wish I could've told him, but I simply wasn't able to.
"You don't understand..."
"Then help me understand, Mokuba. I want to help you." I couldn't make him understand. No one could possibly understand.
"I..." I was really at a cross road. I didn't know what to do. Nothing I said was working.
"Tell me." His voice was beginning to sound forceful and irritable.
"I..." I was beginning to mentally freak out.
"I need to know." And just like that, I snapped.
"I CAN'T! Okay? I DON'T... no, I WON'T talk about it. It's too... painful. I'm sorry." I had never yelled at my brother in my entire life, and I could tell by his face that he was just as surprised as I was by my actions. I would've liked to tell him... he is my brother, after all, but I simply couldn't push myself into doing so. Thankfully it appeared that Seto wouldn't push anymore as he came over to me and pulled me into a hug. I wrapped my arms around him in return.
"Don't worry Mokuba... you don't have to talk about it. And no one's ever going to hurt you again. I'll always protect you." I wanted to believe him, but after all that had happened... I couldn't. Sometimes things go wrong, and there is a point where one has the ability to get over it, but it is not something that leaves you very quickly. Especially not something like this. These things tend to stay with you for a very long period before you can ever truly feel safe again.
In the end, I'll re-gain my weight, my bruises will heal, my scars will fade... but mentally, emotionally... I don't think I'll ever be the same again. It's sort of like I'll always be held captive; my mind will always wander back and remember my days in imprisonment. The truth is... there are some scars that can never fade. Some things that should never be spoken of again.
If only I had known that this was just the beginning.
A/N: Hey guys, I'm sorry to say, but this is the ending. Believe me, I know it's not a great ending. I actually didn't think this would be the last chapter until I realized how far I was getting along with such few words, so, yeah, had to happen. But I loved their reunion... I've always loved that episode and being able to write it, wow, I loved it a lot. That was awesome. I want to thank you all for your support, you have all been such great reviewers! I'm sad to say it's over... but I do have a question for whomever it may concern. An idea came to mind earlier today, and I thought, "Hm, maybe I should do a sequel to 'Captivity'" Then I got this idea of the Noah arch, only from Seto's POV, and a lot more Kaiba brothers. But I'm not really sure... because it would be really long and possibly less original since there isn't a lot of off-screen time for those guys. But I want to know what you guys think. I don't mind either way, it's just an idea that came to mind and I remember one reviewer saying I should re-write the Noah arch. Anyhow, sorry for the rant right there, thanks again for all your reviews and I hope you enjoyed the story overall!