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Chapter 11
After the incident at the police station, I began to keep a watchful eye on Mokuba at all times. I had placed cameras in every room, hired more bodyguards and security then every before, and wouldn't let him go anywhere. Isono had suggested that maybe I was being too overprotective, but he had no idea of what I had gone through. The fear and shock of what my brother had been doing was beyond what I could ever imagine, and I was never going to let him out of my sight again. He was the only family I had left to hold and keep safe, and I wasn't going to fuck up again.
But even as time went on and my fears grew, it seemed Kelly saw Mokuba more and more. She would visit every day, because Mokuba was not allowed outside without a bodyguard. She understood him in ways, he believed, I couldn't. She accepted the fact that he was bound to my household, and she seemed to know just how Mokuba felt, knowing his mother had died because of him. But Kelly had been the least of my problems; all I was concerned with was making sure my brother was safe.
"Please inform my brother that it is dinner." I said to Isono as I sat at an empty table full of food. "Yes Mr. Kaiba" Isono responded, bowing with respect before leaving the room and going upstairs. There I sat, alone, and waited. I looked out the window; it was beginning to storm. How powerful the weather could be, to create such disasters and chaos.
I tapped my fingers on the table; Isono was gone longer than he need be. Just as I was about to get up and look for him, Isono entered the room once more. He had a strange look on his face; one of concern. "Mr. Kaiba, Master Mokuba doesn't appear to be in his room, or anywhere else upstairs." I stood up, slamming my hands on the table. "What! Where is he?"
"I'm afraid I don't know, sir."
"What about the body guards?"
"They don't know his whereabouts either." I began to panic. Where would Mokuba have gone? I put my hand through my hair, scratching roughly, trying to figure out what I should do. "Shall I send the body guards out to search for him?"
"Yes, and the police too. Call the police and tell them everything they need to know so that they can find Mokuba."
"And you?"
"I'll search on foot. Now hurry and get help." Isono nodded and quickly left the room, leaving me to bundle my worried thoughts alone. I grabbed my jacket and headed out of the mansion, walking swiftly as it began to rain softly. All I could think about was Mokuba. What had I done wrong? Did he runaway? Was he unhappy? All I had ever wanted was for Mokuba to be happy; I would've done anything for him. I had promised him.
I cut through lawns and yards and headed into the city within 10 minutes. I walked the streets, searching everywhere. My heart was beating fast. What if he had gotten hurt? What if someone had kidnapped him? No, not again. How could I have screwed up? I'm his older brother, dammit; I was supposed to protect him!
I started to run briskly on the sidewalk as it started to rain harder, seeing my own breath drift in the air as I began to pant. I looked across the street, and immediately stopped, almost slipping and causing myself to fall forward. There Mokuba was, safe and sound, holding the hand of another girl who held an umbrella. It was Kelly whose hand was being held by Mokuba.
"Mokuba!" I called. His head turned sideways, and saw me, quickly dropping Kelly's hand. I ran across the street, cars beeping at me as I passed them without using a crosswalk. I stood in front of him and Kelly. "Seto… I can explain." My worry had turned into anger. "I'd like to hear this one…" I said, folding my arms across my chest, give him a stern look. Kelly stepped forward, "It was my fault."
"Kelly, don't."
"I have to. I called Mokuba out here to meet up with me, we were just going on a walk, I swear. He was gonna go home straight afterwards." Kelly explained, looking over at Mokuba. "That is no excuse." I turned to look over at Mokuba, "Mokuba, you're grounded."
"But Seto-"
"Mokuba… we need to talk." I looked over at Kelly now; she held a concerned face and gripped her umbrella. "Kelly, go home. I need to speak with Mokuba alone." Kelly only nodded with obedience. "Bye Mokuba."
"Bye…" Mokuba mumbled, looking down at his feet as Kelly turned around and walked away. "Mokuba, why did you run off without telling anyone? I was worried sick about you."
"I knew you would've stopped me. I wanna see the world, Seto; you can't keep me in the house forever. One day I'm gonna grow up, and I can live on my own."
"Well, until then you are under my custody and you will listen to what I say."
"You can't keep me locked up forever!"
"Just watch me!" I yelled. Mokuba glared at me, looking as if he was about to cry, but holding back. As I stood and stared down at him, I began to notice how much Mokuba was beginning to change. He wasn't a child anymore, he was 13, and he was starting to grow up. When had he stopped calling me Nii-sama? When had he stopped looking up to me as his hero? I didn't know, and it pained me even more knowing that I hadn't a clue why he no longer looked up to me. As a brother and a father.
My stern face melted into a small frown. I knelt down and wrapped my trench coat around Mokuba. "Here, you might catch a cold in this rain." Mokuba looked at the trench coat, then up at me. "Let's go home." I gave a small smile. "Sounds like a plan, little brother." I placed my hand on his shoulder as we walked side by side in the rain back to the mansion.
-Present Time-
It seemed all was finally going well for Seto. His brother loved him again, and everything was back to normal. Well, almost normal. After his birthday, Mokuba seemed to be confused about something, like something was always bothering him. Something that always seemed to be on his mind. He'd walk about the house some days, with a confused face. Seto didn't know weather to worry about this or not, but seeing Mokuba so confused almost scared Seto. Maybe something was wrong. Something really bad.
Seto was enjoying the peaceful Saturday afternoon. He had decided to walk home from work instead of drive; it was just too nice of a day to be driving in a car. Even the great Seto Kaiba could enjoy a warm summer day like this. He walked along, staring at the beauty of nature, thinking about all that had happened in the past few days. He smiled at the thought of finally having his brother back. It was very reassuring to him, and it seemed he was no longer stressed at work. Actually, making up with Mokuba had cured him of most stressed he seemed to have daily at work. It seemed a lot of weight had just disappeared after making up with Mokuba.
Seto stopped seeing the entrance to the Domino Park. It took less time to get home if he cut through there. Domino Park was also the portal to the nature side of the vigorous Domino City, filled with people, pollution, and technology. The park was much more calm and peaceful, almost like it wasn't even part of such a city as Domino. As he walked, he thought about all these things.
"Are you sure about this?" he heard a voice. Seto stopped, looking over. He could've sworn he heard Kelly's voice. He looked over the bush and saw Kelly sitting on a bench next to another boy, her hand was in his. Seto titled his head to the side; he had seen that boy before somewhere. He remembered him playing in Mokuba's band. "Is something wrong?" he asked, staring over at her. "What if Mokuba finds out about us?"
"He won't. You told him you were seeing the movies with your friends, didn't you?"
"Yeah, but still."
"Come on…" he placed his hand under chin, lifting her face. "You like playing dirty, sneaking around. Mokuba will never find out. He's almost as dimwitted as his dumb ass brother." Seto glared at the boy, clutching his fist. He was beginning to figure out what was going on.
Kelly grinned at the last comment, "You're right. Plus, he thinks I'm in total love with him. He'll never figure out that I was just faking it all along." They both laughed together. Seto's eyes widened with shock, he had always had a feeling about this-way-to-perfect girl, but he never knew he would actually be right about her.
"That sounds like my Kelly." He said, leaning over towards her, they both began to make out with one another. Seto shook his head and stepped back. He couldn't believe it. He quickly ran back the way he had come and ran down the sidewalk. He had to tell Mokuba what he had just seen. Seto stopped with a sudden thought. How could he tell Mokuba about this? The news would crush him and his poor heart. Seto debated with himself on what to do as he started walking once more. He had decided that Mokuba would find out eventually, but any other way would hurt him more. He needed to tell Mokuba, as his older brother, he needed to protect him.
As his worries and thoughts filled his mind, he ran into the house, panting from running from the center of the city and back. "Mokuba!" He called breathlessly, slowly making his way up the stairs and to Mokuba's room. "Mokuba…" he whispered once more, falling to his knees. His legs were shaking from running so fast. "Seto, Seto is that… SETO!" Mokuba quickly ran to Seto's side. "Seto, are you alright? What happened!" Mokuba asked with worry, waiting in complete suspense for his brother to say something. "Mokuba…" Seto slowly pushed himself up, "I'm alright."
"Are you sure? You don't look so good, what happened?" He asked once more. "Nothing, I'm fine. I just ran from Domino City to here."
"What? Why?" Seto stood up straight placing his hands on Mokuba's shoulders, "Mokuba, I know you're probably not gonna take this well, but… but I saw Kelly with another guy. She was kissing him and saying all this stuff. She doesn't love you, Mokuba, she never loved you. She's cheating on you!" Mokuba stood there in shock, he held a blank face. But his shock soon turned to anger, hitting Seto's arms away. "No! You're wrong! Kelly does love me!"
"Mokuba, I saw her!"
"Seto, you're just saying that because you don't want me to have anyone, you want me all to yourself!" Mokuba said, pointing his finger at Seto accusingly. "Mokuba, that's not true at all! I'm telling you the truth." The room fell silent as the brothers stared at one another. Seto was the first to break the silence. "Look Mokuba, you have to believe me. I'm your brother; I would never lie to you. I love you, Mokuba." Mokuba stared at him for the longest time; Seto could tell he was having a hard time trying to decide weather to believe him or Kelly. "No." Mokuba said quietly, looking down at the ground.
"What?"
"I said, no. I'll prove to you that she loves me. I'll prove it to you!" and with that, Mokuba ran out of the room. "Mokuba, wait!" Seto yelled, running after him, afraid Mokuba was going to make another attempt to runaway like he had last time. But instead, he found Mokuba dialing numbers on the phone. "Mokuba, what are you doing?"
"Calling Kelly."
"Why?"
"I'll show you she loves me. I'm gonna prove it one and for all."
A/N: And here is where I'm going to end the chapter. I know, you all wanna slit my throat. I love making people suspenseful Anyways, so here's where the story takes a bit of a turn as the story goes from mainly Seto and Mokuba to Seto, Mokuba, and Kelly. So we see the true character of this "perfect girlfriend." So what'll happen next? And how can Mokuba ever believe a jerk like her loves him? Read to find out!
