Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. (Big surprise...) No infringement is intended by this work of fiction, yada yada yada. You know the drill, right? So just go read.
Note: The second, and most likely last, chapter in this story. This one focuses on when Seto's soul gets put into the card. Please forgive any mistakes etc, because I've only seen up through that episode in the American dub. But they sure did get some wonderful voices for it... ::breaks out of trance:: Anyways...umm...nothing else. Just go read it, I s'pose. Or go back if you don't want to read it... I don't care one way or the other... Have I scared you off yet?
In The Cards
Where am I? What happened to me? I remember losing my duel with Pegasus... How could I lose? Then there was a bright light, like when that monster captured Mokuba's soul, then I was here. That must have been what happened, but where am I?
Wait a minute. If the same thing happened to both me and Mokuba, maybe, just maybe... "Mokuba!" I call into the darkness around me. "Mokuba! Are you here?"
I hear nothing and can almost feel my meager hopes collapse in on themselves. I have stopped caring where I am. I just want to find my brother. I try to move, but find it is a futile endeavor. My feet can find no purchase on anything. It is like I'm suspended in mid-air.
I can feel pain welling up inside and try to suppress it, like I always have. I start to get angry at myself as I feel my eyes watering. This is foolish. crying is for weaklings and children; and I am neither. Yet I cannot stop myself as I feel a tear slide down my cheek.
Mokuba... Where are you? Are you anywhere near me? When will I see you again? Will I get to see you again?
I curl up into myself and let the tears flow freely, giving up any hope I had of finding my brother. I can almost hear him in my head.
Seto! I hear his voice say. Seto! Why aren't you trying to find me? You said you'd always be there for me!
"I'm sorry, Mokuba..." I sob. "I'm sorry..."
Big brother! the voice calls insistently. Don't give up! You'll find me, if you just keep trying!
Such faith he has in me... I wish I had the same faith in myself... "I'm sorry, Mokuba..." I mutter one last time before I close my eyes and try to sleep away the pain.
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What'd you think? Was it angsty enough? I welcome constructive criticism and comments. And if I get any flames, they just get ignored, but I haven't gotten any yet...
Maybe when I get more time, I'll work on one of my bigger stories...
