((Thanks everyone for telling me to keep going! Ish very very nice of you
=) So I will, and now I leave and let you all read more. Later!))
Kaiba right then was sitting downstairs on the couch, staring at the wall. 'Well at least she'll be happy again.' He'd already heard about Tea moving. Of he did, he was the one paying for it after all. That didn't really matter though, the money didn't matter even, he had enough of it, so even if Tea hated him at this point. He was happy for her.
'I wonder what I should do now. I still haven't quite, how can I put it, returned. It's still there, that feeling that I shouldn't be doing this, the feeling that I really should have just kept them underneath me and not cared. But Mom, Dad. They would be so disappointed if I did that. But what do I care? . A lot.' Seto sighed and put a hand on his forehead. 'I swear I'm becoming a schizophrenic or something.'
Slowly getting up he walked upstairs into his room. He grabbed the scissors off of his desk and smirked. Then walking out onto his balcony he sat on the edge holding the metal object in his hand. "Well, well Kaiba. What have we gotten ourselves into today? I've reviewed everything at this point. There's nothing left to analyze. Tea was right. You are the suicidal, homicidal, paranoid jerk that people think you are. And now, to add to the list, I'm going schizophrenic. He smiled as the feeling of being torn into two pieces took over him. "Now, we have to think about what we're about to do. Do we really want to do this? Does Seto want to? Does Kaiba want to? Does Seto Kaiba want to?"
He stared at the scissors and then opened them a couple of times. "Is this really what we want to do? Or do we want to try and. Seto. Okay, now let's think about this. Kaiba had his chance. He screwed things up for Seto. Now we're at this middle point once more. Where Seto is mad at Kaiba and Kaiba doesn't give a shit. But of course why would Kaiba care? Kaiba doesn't have a reason for friends. Seto wants friends though, and Kaiba is ruining all his chance of that." His own voice reached his ears and he opened the scissors again. "And now I've lost it. Maybe not intentionally. Just listen to myself. Third person, Seto, Kaiba. Hello Seto. Welcome to the insane asylum Kaiba." He waved at nobody and then sighed again. "Why do I have to think so much? It would be so much easier if I didn't think so much. Then maybe I wouldn't have gotten into this in the first place."
Sliding off the balcony he walked back inside and put the scissors down on the desk. Finally making up his decision. "So, this is it? Well. Then I guess I will." With a sigh he started heading out of his room. "Time to make peace between the three of us. Kaiba needs a serious mental adjustment, Seto needs to learn to be a little more kept in, and me." His voice trailed off. "I need to try and find a way to fix this so that it won't come back again."
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Now he was walking. He was just walking down the street in the middle of the night. It had been at least a couple of hours since he'd left home. But could he go back? 'Yes, I suppose so. Things with Mokuba are okay. He's family again, and I'm never going to let myself forget that.'
Seto sighed for the mere billionth time that night as he stared up at the moon. "It would be really good for Mokuba to have normal family. Not one like mine. One with at least one parent who doesn't have more issues than the kids themselves. I wonder if." He blinked a few times as the thought crossed his mind. "I wonder if he'd really do that? It's possible, but it would be awkward. Mokuba would definitely enjoy living there for a while though. I could actually join them after a while too, or just visit. I don't need anyone to take pity on me." Bringing his wrist up he looked at his watch. 4:23. "It's too late to call anybody. I'll have to do it in the morning. Who should I trust with Mokuba though? Who would have the most normal family? Tea. but she'd never agree to it. Joey? Doubtful, very doubtful. Tristan? Possibly, but he'd probably react that same as Joey. So that leaves Yugi. I wonder if he'd do it. I'm sure HE would, but his Grandpa allowing him would be something different."
Smirking he walked out further into the night. "Alright then, it's settled. Yugi will be entrusted with Mokuba. I can get by fine on my own, and it'll be good for Mokuba to have a normal family for a change." He sighed yet again. "If only things were so easy for me." 'No, that's just wishful thinking. There's no point to it.' "Even though." 'Why does everything have to be so difficult?' "I guess it just is." 'Most likely.'
"So Gozaburo. I see you finally got what you wanted. Seto's all alone and by himself, and it's your fault. Do you need some more programs? I think I could get them right at this point. Mom, Dad, hello. I'm taking good care of Mokuba. He'll be just fine. Don't worry about me. I can get through this by myself." 'And yes, I am going insane and talking to absolutely nobody. But as I'm assuming, it's normal. People all have a spout of insanity every once in a while. Right now it's just my turn.' "Now, I'm going to call Yugi if you don't mind. Even if he is asleep, he doesn't need it, so I'm going to call him."
Flipping out his cell phone he punched in Yugi's number and listen to the ring until a groggy answer came from the other end.
"Mm-hm. Hello?"
"Hello Yugi. I have called on behalf of my brother. I was wondering if you would be as so kind to take care of him for a while until Seto Kaiba, or whoever this insane freak of a person you're talking to, can get his head together."
"Mm. What?"
This time he went a little slower. "Yugi, it's me Kaiba, Seto, whoever. I want you to take care of Mokuba at your house for a while. Currently I'm in a sort of state that I'm afraid I might end up hurting him."
"But I thought you didn't care?"
So Yugi was slowly waking up. "I know I said that, but I didn't mean it. I did then, but not anymore. It's a confusing situation. That was Kaiba talking, this as the moment is Seto Kaiba, Seto's the one who yelled at Kaiba for making Mokuba cry earlier."
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine. Now, will you take care of Mokuba or should I call you again later so you have time to think about it?"
"Later." Yugi started trailing off again.
"Fine, I'll call before school starts today. Don't be surprised if I'm not there. I'm still working things out." He then hung up the phone and shoved it into his pocket. 'Later, seven. I'll ask again when he's actually awake.'
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Later that morning Yugi was fidgeting by the door. 'He said he'd call before school started.' Looking down at his watch he fidgeted a little more. 'It's already almost eight. If he doesn't call soon then I'm gonna be late for school.'
Ten minutes later the phone still hadn't made a noise. So Yugi gave up and bolted out the door on his way in hopes that he wouldn't be late.
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Tea at lunch was sitting there hugging the table while Joey and Tristan were laughing.
"Hello table. I missed you. Did you miss me too? Nice table, good table."
Joey was sitting there with a smile on his face and when he noticed Yugi it grew even wider. "Hey Yug! Guess what? Tea's gonna marry the table."
She jerked upright and glared at him. "No I'm not! I just haven't been here for a while. Is there something wrong with that?"
Tristan shrugged. "Depends, is petting inanimate objects a normal thing for you?"
Tea just rolled her eyes and smiled. "You guys."
All the worries that Yugi had been having that morning about Kaiba wiped themselves out of his brain as he watched his friends. 'Maybe he didn't call. Maybe I just dreamed it.'
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The high pitched beeping of his watch woke Seto up. Raising his head off of the brick wall in the back of the alley he looked at the thing which had woken him. 11:32. 'Well, so much for seven.' Getting up he brushed himself off and walked out from between the brick walls and started walking in the same direction he had been before he took his rest. The thought crossed his mind slightly that he may have looked like some sort of homeless person sleeping in the back of an alley, but oh well. 'I hope Mokuba got to school okay.' Shoving his hands in his pockets he gave a small shiver as he continued walking on in his now slightly dampened clothes. 'The only problem with sleeping outdoors is that it's not very dry. Awe well, not like it matters anyway.' He kept walking as thoughts began flooding his mind again. At this point he'd turned off his cell phone, he knew he'd need to save the battery for later. Another thing came into his head and he reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. Opening it up he ran his finger through the bills. 'That should be enough for at least a week or so. I'll be fine.'
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In the middle of dinner that night the phone began ringing. Jumping up from the table Yugi answered.
"Hello? Who is it?"
"Hello Yugi."
He covered the mouthpiece a second. "I'm gonna take this upstairs Grandpa."
"Alright then."
Running up the stairs Yugi went into his room and shut the door. "Hey Kaiba. Did you call me last night?"
"Actually more like very early this morning, I'm surprised you remembered."
"Why did you call so late?"
"Never mind that. Are you going to take Mokuba in or not? Remember my question? I asked you if it would be alright if Mokuba stayed at your place until I got back."
Yugi glanced around with a puzzled look on his face. "Um, I think we can, but. Where are you?"
"I'm not sure."
This worried him slightly. "You mean you don't know?"
"I've been walking."
"How long for?"
"Does it really matter?"
"Kinda."
"Probably around six hours today. Last night I walked another seven before I slept."
"Where did you sleep?"
"That doesn't matter."
"Um. yeah. okay." Yugi started shifting his feet around uncomfortably. "So when do you think you're going to be coming back?"
"I don't know."
"That doesn't sound very like you."
"Yugi, I'll be fine. Tell whoever you want, I don't care. I'm just trying to find who I am. Kaiba, Seto, I don't know. If you try and send anyone after me though. I'm afraid that it will be your last time to hear from me, if you know what I mean."
He nodded knowing very well what he meant. "Yeah, okay. I'll get Mokuba over here as soon as possible."
"Thank you Yugi. I'm going now. This battery needs to last me another few days."
Yugi was about to say something but he was answered with the dial tone. "Well, um. I better go get Mokuba."
Running back down the stairs he grabbed his coat off the hanger and went to the door where he shouted back to Tea and his grandpa. "I'm going to go pick up Mokuba! Be back in a bit!"
He shut the door behind him and started heading towards the mansion. 'This is kind of weird. I wonder how long he's going to be gone for.'
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Mokuba heard the door open and he peeked over the top of the couch. "Seto?"
There was a brief silence and then Yugi came around the corner.
"Um. Hey Mokuba. You're brother asked me to come get you."
Walking around to stand in front of Yugi, Mokuba stared at him. "Why? Is something wrong with him? Did something bad happened?"
"Oh, no, nothing bad happened. He's okay. He just asked me to take care of you while he's gone. Um, so, I'm here to take you back to my house."
Mokuba looked at the floor and nodded slowly. "Okay. I'll come. Just let me pack my stuff." Turning away from the violet gaze he headed upstairs into his room where he started stuffing things into a bag. 'When are you going to be back Seto? Why are you leaving me like this brother?'
Kaiba right then was sitting downstairs on the couch, staring at the wall. 'Well at least she'll be happy again.' He'd already heard about Tea moving. Of he did, he was the one paying for it after all. That didn't really matter though, the money didn't matter even, he had enough of it, so even if Tea hated him at this point. He was happy for her.
'I wonder what I should do now. I still haven't quite, how can I put it, returned. It's still there, that feeling that I shouldn't be doing this, the feeling that I really should have just kept them underneath me and not cared. But Mom, Dad. They would be so disappointed if I did that. But what do I care? . A lot.' Seto sighed and put a hand on his forehead. 'I swear I'm becoming a schizophrenic or something.'
Slowly getting up he walked upstairs into his room. He grabbed the scissors off of his desk and smirked. Then walking out onto his balcony he sat on the edge holding the metal object in his hand. "Well, well Kaiba. What have we gotten ourselves into today? I've reviewed everything at this point. There's nothing left to analyze. Tea was right. You are the suicidal, homicidal, paranoid jerk that people think you are. And now, to add to the list, I'm going schizophrenic. He smiled as the feeling of being torn into two pieces took over him. "Now, we have to think about what we're about to do. Do we really want to do this? Does Seto want to? Does Kaiba want to? Does Seto Kaiba want to?"
He stared at the scissors and then opened them a couple of times. "Is this really what we want to do? Or do we want to try and. Seto. Okay, now let's think about this. Kaiba had his chance. He screwed things up for Seto. Now we're at this middle point once more. Where Seto is mad at Kaiba and Kaiba doesn't give a shit. But of course why would Kaiba care? Kaiba doesn't have a reason for friends. Seto wants friends though, and Kaiba is ruining all his chance of that." His own voice reached his ears and he opened the scissors again. "And now I've lost it. Maybe not intentionally. Just listen to myself. Third person, Seto, Kaiba. Hello Seto. Welcome to the insane asylum Kaiba." He waved at nobody and then sighed again. "Why do I have to think so much? It would be so much easier if I didn't think so much. Then maybe I wouldn't have gotten into this in the first place."
Sliding off the balcony he walked back inside and put the scissors down on the desk. Finally making up his decision. "So, this is it? Well. Then I guess I will." With a sigh he started heading out of his room. "Time to make peace between the three of us. Kaiba needs a serious mental adjustment, Seto needs to learn to be a little more kept in, and me." His voice trailed off. "I need to try and find a way to fix this so that it won't come back again."
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Now he was walking. He was just walking down the street in the middle of the night. It had been at least a couple of hours since he'd left home. But could he go back? 'Yes, I suppose so. Things with Mokuba are okay. He's family again, and I'm never going to let myself forget that.'
Seto sighed for the mere billionth time that night as he stared up at the moon. "It would be really good for Mokuba to have normal family. Not one like mine. One with at least one parent who doesn't have more issues than the kids themselves. I wonder if." He blinked a few times as the thought crossed his mind. "I wonder if he'd really do that? It's possible, but it would be awkward. Mokuba would definitely enjoy living there for a while though. I could actually join them after a while too, or just visit. I don't need anyone to take pity on me." Bringing his wrist up he looked at his watch. 4:23. "It's too late to call anybody. I'll have to do it in the morning. Who should I trust with Mokuba though? Who would have the most normal family? Tea. but she'd never agree to it. Joey? Doubtful, very doubtful. Tristan? Possibly, but he'd probably react that same as Joey. So that leaves Yugi. I wonder if he'd do it. I'm sure HE would, but his Grandpa allowing him would be something different."
Smirking he walked out further into the night. "Alright then, it's settled. Yugi will be entrusted with Mokuba. I can get by fine on my own, and it'll be good for Mokuba to have a normal family for a change." He sighed yet again. "If only things were so easy for me." 'No, that's just wishful thinking. There's no point to it.' "Even though." 'Why does everything have to be so difficult?' "I guess it just is." 'Most likely.'
"So Gozaburo. I see you finally got what you wanted. Seto's all alone and by himself, and it's your fault. Do you need some more programs? I think I could get them right at this point. Mom, Dad, hello. I'm taking good care of Mokuba. He'll be just fine. Don't worry about me. I can get through this by myself." 'And yes, I am going insane and talking to absolutely nobody. But as I'm assuming, it's normal. People all have a spout of insanity every once in a while. Right now it's just my turn.' "Now, I'm going to call Yugi if you don't mind. Even if he is asleep, he doesn't need it, so I'm going to call him."
Flipping out his cell phone he punched in Yugi's number and listen to the ring until a groggy answer came from the other end.
"Mm-hm. Hello?"
"Hello Yugi. I have called on behalf of my brother. I was wondering if you would be as so kind to take care of him for a while until Seto Kaiba, or whoever this insane freak of a person you're talking to, can get his head together."
"Mm. What?"
This time he went a little slower. "Yugi, it's me Kaiba, Seto, whoever. I want you to take care of Mokuba at your house for a while. Currently I'm in a sort of state that I'm afraid I might end up hurting him."
"But I thought you didn't care?"
So Yugi was slowly waking up. "I know I said that, but I didn't mean it. I did then, but not anymore. It's a confusing situation. That was Kaiba talking, this as the moment is Seto Kaiba, Seto's the one who yelled at Kaiba for making Mokuba cry earlier."
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine. Now, will you take care of Mokuba or should I call you again later so you have time to think about it?"
"Later." Yugi started trailing off again.
"Fine, I'll call before school starts today. Don't be surprised if I'm not there. I'm still working things out." He then hung up the phone and shoved it into his pocket. 'Later, seven. I'll ask again when he's actually awake.'
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Later that morning Yugi was fidgeting by the door. 'He said he'd call before school started.' Looking down at his watch he fidgeted a little more. 'It's already almost eight. If he doesn't call soon then I'm gonna be late for school.'
Ten minutes later the phone still hadn't made a noise. So Yugi gave up and bolted out the door on his way in hopes that he wouldn't be late.
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Tea at lunch was sitting there hugging the table while Joey and Tristan were laughing.
"Hello table. I missed you. Did you miss me too? Nice table, good table."
Joey was sitting there with a smile on his face and when he noticed Yugi it grew even wider. "Hey Yug! Guess what? Tea's gonna marry the table."
She jerked upright and glared at him. "No I'm not! I just haven't been here for a while. Is there something wrong with that?"
Tristan shrugged. "Depends, is petting inanimate objects a normal thing for you?"
Tea just rolled her eyes and smiled. "You guys."
All the worries that Yugi had been having that morning about Kaiba wiped themselves out of his brain as he watched his friends. 'Maybe he didn't call. Maybe I just dreamed it.'
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The high pitched beeping of his watch woke Seto up. Raising his head off of the brick wall in the back of the alley he looked at the thing which had woken him. 11:32. 'Well, so much for seven.' Getting up he brushed himself off and walked out from between the brick walls and started walking in the same direction he had been before he took his rest. The thought crossed his mind slightly that he may have looked like some sort of homeless person sleeping in the back of an alley, but oh well. 'I hope Mokuba got to school okay.' Shoving his hands in his pockets he gave a small shiver as he continued walking on in his now slightly dampened clothes. 'The only problem with sleeping outdoors is that it's not very dry. Awe well, not like it matters anyway.' He kept walking as thoughts began flooding his mind again. At this point he'd turned off his cell phone, he knew he'd need to save the battery for later. Another thing came into his head and he reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. Opening it up he ran his finger through the bills. 'That should be enough for at least a week or so. I'll be fine.'
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In the middle of dinner that night the phone began ringing. Jumping up from the table Yugi answered.
"Hello? Who is it?"
"Hello Yugi."
He covered the mouthpiece a second. "I'm gonna take this upstairs Grandpa."
"Alright then."
Running up the stairs Yugi went into his room and shut the door. "Hey Kaiba. Did you call me last night?"
"Actually more like very early this morning, I'm surprised you remembered."
"Why did you call so late?"
"Never mind that. Are you going to take Mokuba in or not? Remember my question? I asked you if it would be alright if Mokuba stayed at your place until I got back."
Yugi glanced around with a puzzled look on his face. "Um, I think we can, but. Where are you?"
"I'm not sure."
This worried him slightly. "You mean you don't know?"
"I've been walking."
"How long for?"
"Does it really matter?"
"Kinda."
"Probably around six hours today. Last night I walked another seven before I slept."
"Where did you sleep?"
"That doesn't matter."
"Um. yeah. okay." Yugi started shifting his feet around uncomfortably. "So when do you think you're going to be coming back?"
"I don't know."
"That doesn't sound very like you."
"Yugi, I'll be fine. Tell whoever you want, I don't care. I'm just trying to find who I am. Kaiba, Seto, I don't know. If you try and send anyone after me though. I'm afraid that it will be your last time to hear from me, if you know what I mean."
He nodded knowing very well what he meant. "Yeah, okay. I'll get Mokuba over here as soon as possible."
"Thank you Yugi. I'm going now. This battery needs to last me another few days."
Yugi was about to say something but he was answered with the dial tone. "Well, um. I better go get Mokuba."
Running back down the stairs he grabbed his coat off the hanger and went to the door where he shouted back to Tea and his grandpa. "I'm going to go pick up Mokuba! Be back in a bit!"
He shut the door behind him and started heading towards the mansion. 'This is kind of weird. I wonder how long he's going to be gone for.'
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Mokuba heard the door open and he peeked over the top of the couch. "Seto?"
There was a brief silence and then Yugi came around the corner.
"Um. Hey Mokuba. You're brother asked me to come get you."
Walking around to stand in front of Yugi, Mokuba stared at him. "Why? Is something wrong with him? Did something bad happened?"
"Oh, no, nothing bad happened. He's okay. He just asked me to take care of you while he's gone. Um, so, I'm here to take you back to my house."
Mokuba looked at the floor and nodded slowly. "Okay. I'll come. Just let me pack my stuff." Turning away from the violet gaze he headed upstairs into his room where he started stuffing things into a bag. 'When are you going to be back Seto? Why are you leaving me like this brother?'