I win.
Gg...ggh...
And for the loser a penalty game! It's time for you to pay for your crimes!
W-wait...I…
PENALTY GAME! MIND CRUSH!
AAARRGGHH!
...
I've destroyed the part of your heart that was filled with evil! Goodbye, Kaiba!
Right now, Kaiba is picking up the pieces of his heart in the darkness…
He's reassembling the shattered puzzle of his heart!
One piece at a time, with his own strength...so that this time he won't make any mistakes…
Someday...when he completes the puzzle...he will return…
PIECE #1: SETO
Excerpted from Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 5, Duel #40: A Piece of His Heart
Doctor's Note: Special thanks to rainstormcolors, for their many loving insights, thought-provoking analyses, and support. Thanks, also, to my friends on the Dark Pride of Dimensions Discord server, for all their creativity and encouragement! I'm honored to be friends with you all!
This story is very special to me. It was born of the thought, "If Mokuba was the final piece of Seto's heart puzzle, were the other pieces also specific people or things?"
In the manga, Seto's broken heart puzzle consistently has seventeen pieces (Nice attention to detail from Kazuki Takahashi!). So I went from there! It could be fun to try and guess what the piece will be before you reach the end of each chapter.
Each installment is part of the same universe. There are seventeen chapters, and I'll update three times a week, combining Chapters 1-2 and 16-17. Please join me on this five-week journey and let me know what you think!
Thank you, as always, for reading! - Dr. MP