Guess what everyone, I am back from the dead (yet again). I'm really really sorry for this atrociously long wait, I've had serious problems with this chapter and I actually completely re did it five times and I grew discouraged because I couldn't find a right way to do it right and with work and school I was never in the mood to write. So you'll be happy to learn that I quit my job a week ago, which is a huge stress off my shoulder. This session my schedule is somewhat crazy, but at least now I have my evenings so I'll be able to update more. (and this time it's true)

Chapter twenty six: Shift of Power

Mokuba paled slightly when he say Roland entering the office, he had known the man for years and had rarely seen him like that. His first thought was about his brother, had there been some complications...or even worst. "Is Seto alright?" He asked weakly.

Roland blinked and stared at Mokuba for a second before he composed himself. "Ah, yes, sorry." Roland apologized for making the teenager worried, he should have known Mokuba would instantly think something had happen to his brother. "Nothing much has changed concerning your brother's state, which is good." Both Anzu and Mokuba let out a loud sight at the news. "However, I'm afraid we have another kind of problem."

"What kind?" Mokuba frowned.

Roland handed a file to Mokuba. "The board members called out a meeting."

Mokuba bit his lip as he scanned the documents Roland had given him. "When?"

"First time tomorrow morning." Roland answered.

"What for?" Anzu asked, all those business things were so confusing to her.

Mokuba sighed as he sat back down on his chair. "The company hasn't been doing so well since...People are getting worried that I might not be able to keep it up until Seto come back...or that he might not make it. Some of our rivals company sent buying offers, really generous offers actually, which of course I've turned down."

"The board members are all shareholders of the company, they don't trust Mokuba and don't believe the company will survive. So for them, it's in their best interest to sell out the company while it is still worth something." Roland continued.

Anzu frowned. "So...they want to take over the company to sell it?" Mokuba nodded. "But I though Seto owned more then half the the shares.

"True." Roland said. "But it won't matter if he isn't there to vote."

"What can you do?" Anzu asked.

"Not much." Mokuba said. "I only own two percent of the company. I'm the vice president only because Seto decided so...probably to avoid having a real vice president." He added with a soft smile. "Together the board members have more than half the remaining shares, so unless we find a way to make Seto attend this meeting, there's nothing we can do."

"Well unless Seto makes a miraculous recovery over the next twelve hours we'll have to think of something else." Anzu said. "Are you sure there isn't another way."

Mokuba laid back in the chair and stared at the ceiling. Maybe he board members were right, maybe he should just sell it, who was he to toy with so many people's lives? But the company was his brother's life, he had worked so hard to make it what it was today. But what could he do? There was no way he could get enough shares to stop this...the only way out was for Seto to stop them himself, he was the only one with enough shares...but there was no way for him to make it...unless. "I think...I might have an idea. I have to check out some things. I'll stop by the hospital later." Mokuba said before quickly walking out of the office. Anzu looked questioningly at Roland but the bodyguard merely shrugged.

Figuring that Mokuba could be busy for a while and that she doubted she could be useful to him in anyway, Anzu decided to go visit Kaiba without him and see how he was doing. As Roland had said earlier, nothing much had changed since she had seen him in the morning, he had been slipping in and out of consciousness through the day, but wouldn't stay awake more than a minute or two every few hours. When Anzu arrived, he was either sleeping or unconscious and when he didn't answer her, she didn't push the issues, he needed his rest. She stayed with him for maybe an hour, telling his of her day as she had been doing when he was walking her home.

Early the next morning, Anzu once again made a small detour by the hospital before heading to work. The halls were mostly silent and empty as not many people were up yet, as it was barely past 6 o'clock. However, she soon found out that she wasn't the only one who came for an early visit. As she entered the ICU she spotted Mokuba ahead heading for the room his brother was in, along with two other people, a man and a woman, both wearing suits.

She jogged up to them, Roland following close behind. "Hey Mokuba." She called out softly when she was nearer to avoid waking up other patients.

Mokuba turned around and smiled at her. "Good morning."

Anzu saw the huge bags under the teenagers eyes and frowned. "Did you sleep last night?"

"I've had a lot of things to do." Mokuba said as he opened the door of Kaiba's room. "I just need something from Seto before I can go to the meeting."

Mokuba, followed by his two companions, went straight to Kaiba's bed under Anzu's curious eyes. Mokuba gently shook his brother and called out his name, but Kaiba didn't so much as stir. Mokuba bit his lips. "Come on Seto, I need you to wake up." He said shaking him again with a little bit more force. When, once again, he got no answer, he frowned. "I'm sorry Seto, but it's really important." Mokuba apologized before pressing on one of Kaiba's injury, to too much, but causing enough pain so that Kaiba woke up with a startled cry.

"Mokuba! What the hell are you doing?" Anzu asked, almost in shock as she ran to Kaiba's side.

Kaiba was panting hard and had brought up his hand over the injury Mokuba had just touched as he glared up at Mokuba, tears of pain forming in his eyes. However, before he could curse his little brother properly for what he had done, the teen held up a sheet of paper in front of him. "I need you to sign this."

Figuring that it was probably important, Kaiba decided that he could always kill his brother later and started quickly reading the document Mokuba had brought him.

One of the two men who had come with Mokuba spoke up. "Hum, Mr. Kaiba, this document is-"

"Shut up." Kaiba interupted him. "I can read." After Mokuba's little stunt, he was in a really bad mood and he didn't really like what he was reading so far.

"I swear it's only temporary. I'll return it." Mokuba said quickly.

Once he was done reading, Kaiba turned his gaze to his little brother. "That bad huh?"

Mokuba sighed. "Board meeting's in less than two hours." He explained. "If you have another idea..."

"You don't have to. I won't hold it against you." Kaiba said.

"I won't let them take away what you've worked so hard to build." Mokuba said fiercely.

"Give me a pen." Kaiba asked.

"Mr. Kaiba." Quickly said the same man who had spoken earlier. "This is complete madness. Surely you can understand that it's in your best interest to-"

"I told you to shut up." Kaiba snapped angrily. " I don't care what you think. You're job here is to be a witness and make sure that I have enough of my senses to know what I'm doing." He said as he quickly signed the document Mokuba was holding out to him.

Quickly, the woman came next to the bed and held out a computer to Kaiba. "I need your code sir." Swiftly, Kaiba taped a few numbers on the computer and laid back in the bed. The effect of the adrenaline rush caused by the pain was quickly wearing off, he was starting to get tired and the pain was coming back. Then, both the man and woman signed the document, the man commenting that this was madness, and walked out of the room. Mokuba followed them but Kaiba called him.

"Mokuba" The teen turned around and looked at him questioningly. Smirking, Kaiba said. "Go show them who's boss." Then his smirk turned into a glare. "And do that again and I swear I'll make sure you can never have children."

Mokuba laughed at the treat. "I'll come back later." He said before leaving.

Kaiba sighed as he tried to make himself comfortable on the bed while keeping movements to a minimum. It was ridiculous how exhausted he was after just moving one arm.

"Are you ok?" Anzu asked, she was worried by what Mokuba had done to wake him up. "Do you want me to get a doctor?"

Kaiba tried to shake his head, but finally gave up the idea of moving altogether. "No."

"If you don't mind me asking...what did you just do?"

Kaiba opened one eye to look at her. "I sold Kaiba Corp. to Mokuba."

Anzu's eyes widened, there was no way she heard that right, but she could see that Kaiba was struggling to stay awake so she decided against pushing the issue for now and let him rest. "I'll come by after my shift."

Well, this came up a little short, sorry about that (I fell like I'm teasing you) But since next week is the carnaval, you'd probably have to wait a few more days for me to add the missing part...and seriously you have waited enough. I'm really sorry for the wait, but I do hope I'll be able to keep updating on a steady basis from now on. Let's see...I should be able to keep an update each one or two weeks (depending on the weeks).