A/N: All right! An update!! Due to a government-based institution where groups of unwilling adolescents are being crammed with something called 'knollige', I haven't been able to update as often as I wish _ but still~ Hope ya enjoy this.

Disclaimer: **ew. I hate this hate this** I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any characters thereof, but I have spotted a purple/blue trench coat looking suspiciously like a certain character's lately and That will soon be mine~ **evil smile**



Open Sesame - Ch. 4



"Stand back from the oven, you don't want to get burnt," Gramps warned, as he opened the big oven.

"Mmm, that smells good."

"Well, go and get yourself burnt then, Joey Wheeler, you and your appetite.MOKUBA!" Téa scolded, just catching the younger Kaiba reaching for a fresh cookie.

"I just wanted my big brother to try a cookie I made." Mokuba pouted guiltily. Shooting an accusing glance at the closed storeroom door, he added quietly, "He's been in there for a long time."

"Here." Yugi gingerly dished up a couple of the 'weird-looking' cookies that were Mokuba's creation. "Take these in, and ask if he wants a break from his work. We could use his help out here."

"Okay!" Beaming proudly now, Mokuba walked carefully, balancing plate with one hand and chef's hat askew on top of his black spiky hair. It took a while, but he finally fumbled the door open. Kaiba had his back towards the door, and seemed to be typing away at something.

"Seto! Look, I baked cookies!" Mokuba thrust the plate under his big brother's nose and waited for him to take one. And hopefully, praise it.

"What is this? Can't you see I'm busy?"

Mokuba flinched and took a step back in surprise. Sure, he'd heard his big brother use that cold tone of voice before.but never to him! Maybe he has been working way too hard, he mused. "Seto! It's me, Mokuba! And here are the cookies I baked just now!" He held out the plate again, expecting his big brother to wake up from whatever work-mode he was in -

Kaiba flung out a hand and dashed the plate, cookies and all to the floor.

The younger Kaiba just stood there, shocked into silence. My - MY - big brother? He doesn't act like this though, what? And Why? He didn't want to look at Seto, afraid of what he might see in his face.

"Mokuba. Oh, sh-crap." Suddenly, Kaiba was on all fours, picking up the fallen pieces of cookies. "I'm sorry, I don't know what's come over me - Mokuba?"

Mokuba regarded his brother suspiciously for a moment, then retrieved the plate (which had been plastic, fortunately, and had not been shattered). "You've been working too hard again," he said, pointing an accusing finger at the laptop. To himself, he thought, Yeah, that's why he's acting weird. My big brother works too much!

Seto only looked guiltily to his work to Mokuba and back again. "I know. But someone has to do it all, and if I don't get it done, who will?"

"That's no excuse." Mokuba could be stubborn when he chose to be. "You need to come out and bake cookies, to make up for the ones you messed up! C'mon, Seto!"

For a second, Seto looked like he was going to give in, but then his cell phone rang. Mokuba scowled, crossed his arms and tapped his foot impatiently. After listening for a few moments, Seto covered the mouthpiece and said, "Why don't you go outside and wait for me, Mokuba? This might take me a while." When his little brother continued to give him the You're- Guilty-and-You-Know-It look, he sighed and said, "Please?"

"All right. But only if you promise to make it up to me," Mokuba conceded grudgingly. As he walked back out the door, he shook his finger at his big brother, "And I don't forget, Seto!"



The minute Mokuba had his back turned and was out the door, a slow calculating smile spread across Kaiba's face. "Continue," he said into the cell phone, "I want 7 of them. It doesn't matter what they are as long as they're from that time period. Have them at the main Kaiba Corp office within an hour."

As he cut off the connection, Yami Bakura sauntered in, shaking his mane of white hair and tsk-ing. "Now what?" Kaiba snapped coldly. "What grand flaw have you ferreted out this time?"

"I just went to the warehouse and guess what I found." Yami Bakura was in no hurry. "Let me say this: Surely the discovery of 2 soulless, seemingly dead bodies will cause no suspicion at all in this mortal world. After all, mortals are found soulless by the dozen daily."

"Your point being?"

Yami Bakura bared his teeth. "Don't worry. I handled everything."

The taller figure glared at the amused smirking one. "Very well then. Let's go. There is no time to waste if we are to accomplish this." Snapping the laptop shut, he headed towards the back door and was about to open it when something compelled him to step back, scribble a hasty note and leave it on the 'desk'.

When they were both outside, Yami Bakura sneered, "And what, pray tell, was the meaning of that? Leaving a note? How sentimental of you."

"Shut up."



A/N: Whoo yah~ Sorry this IS such a short update, but while I kinda-sorta know where all this is going, I still hafta figure out how, soo be merciful. Thanks for all those who reviewed **gives everyone who did cookies ^^** but again, it's fine by me if you don't. Heck, I'll be happy if you read it~

Oh and by the by, I love Yami B, but I've always wanted someone to tell him to shut up, just the for the heck of it. Just a little thing of mine, nothing more~