Hi! First, I don't own anything yugioh related. Second, I'm not writing a
Mary sue here. Third thing, summary:
Seto Kaiba-billionaire, Duel monsters champion, and the CEO of Kaiba corp. He would risk and has risked everything for his little brother, Mokuba. But when he begins to fall in love with Mokuba's best friend-a girl about half his age, his life takes a dismal spiral downwards as a rift forms between the two siblings.
And fourth thing! R&R- if you like it, if you don't, or just for the heck of it.
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So far down
Chapter one: Enter
Mokuba glanced around the room in front of him. What kind of a school was this? They didn't even have a cafeteria, so everybody was sitting on bleachers and the floor in the gymnasium. He looked around again, and walked over to the only person he knew.
"Hi Katy."
Katy glanced up and then went back to inspecting her sandwich. "Hi, Mokuba."
Mokuba reached into his bag and pulled out a sandwich. He wasn't quite sure what it was, but it had bean sprouts hanging out the side of it. Seto always made him lunch, it was a sort of brother-thing. But Seto was sometimes absentminded, and on his off days he'd just throw some leftovers between two slices of bread.
Mokuba lifted the top slice of bread off his sandwich. Let's see.. Bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, baby corn, water chestnuts, some leeks. This looked like the day before yesterday's Chinese takeout.
He grimaced and glanced up at Katy, who was still inspecting her sandwich.
"Hey, Katy, is there something wrong with your sandwich?"
"It's tuna fish."
"What's wrong with tuna fish?"
Katy looked at Mokuba reproachfully.
"I don't eat tuna."
"Oh"
Mokuba gave his sandwich another dubious glance.
"Umm, Katy? Do you want to trade sandwiches?"
Katy looked at Mokuba's sandwich and nodded.
"Its Chinese food, right? Is it vegetarian?" She ventured.
"Yeah, I think so."
"Okay."
Mokuba bit into his sandwich and glanced around. Something was odd; he just couldn't grasp what. The gymnasium was really really crowded, but that was normal. Then he noticed the empty area. The gym was thickly peopled, but all the people seemed to drop off at a circle and in the center of the circle. In the center of the circle were he and Katy.
He looked over to Katy, who was shyly picking the baby corn out of her sandwich.
She looked up and smiled slightly at Mokuba, who smiled back.
"I don't like corn."
Mokuba chuckled, "Hey, do you have any brothers and sisters?"
"Yeah, actually, I do." Katy lowered her eyelashes and moved on to tearing the crust off the sandwich, "I have an older brother and sister."
"Really? That's cool. I have an older brother."
Katy smiled, "I know."
Mokuba looked around; a couple of the kids were playing Duel monsters. "Do you play Duel monsters?"
Katy's eyes darted up and around the room, but the rest of her face remained passive. "No, I don't."
Mokuba started pulling his deck out of his pocket. "Want me to teach you?"
"No," she murmured in reply.
"Why? Its fun!"
"I don't want to." Katy looked at the deck
Mokuba looked troubled.
"Do you know how to play?"
"No."
"Then why don't you want to learn?"
Katy looked Mokuba in the eye, "I just don't."
Mokuba rolled his eyes "Okay."
Katy gave Mokuba a halfhearted grin and her eyes shimmered green.
"Hey, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"How old is your older sister?"
"She's twenty-five."
"Dang."
"Why?"
"I just wanted to know."
"Oh."
Mokuba thought for a moment.
"I know this sounds corny and all, but do you want to be friends?"
Katy smiled at Mokuba, "Okay."
"Great! I had lots of friends at my old school, but when I switched I left them all behind," Mokuba stuck out his pinky, "Now we have to pinky swear."
Katy laughed softly and stuck out her pinky.
Mokuba hooked her pinky with his, "Okay, now we're friends."
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Kaiba's pov.
I peer out the window at the dismal weather. Everything- inside, outside, up, and down - everything is wet,
cold, and miserable. Myself, I'm sodden. But I don't care- water doesn't bother me. It's just that I feel a little bit. chilly.
Don't get me wrong, I said water didn't bother me, and it doesn't.
But damn, I hate living this way- in this body, with these responsibilities, with these memories.
Right now, I'm picking Mokuba up from school. If it weren't for the fact that school is mandatory, I wouldn't go, and I'd just dedicate my life to work and Mokuba. I know he thinks that I have problems, but we all have problems. He's picked up some of that friendship stuff from Yugi and his friends. Yugi may be a formidable rival in Duel monsters, but that seems all his brain is capable of.
The car pulls up to Mokuba's school and I look out the window. I know he didn't want to move to this school, I just don't know why. He was sullen for a couple days, but then he started acting cheerful again, like the Mokuba I know.
My little brother is a part of me. If he died, I know I would die physically or spiritually. I would cease to exist. I would become a void.
I want him to have everything I never had- love, safety, fun- I want him to have a childhood. And I worry about him. I worry because sometimes he acts too grown up, like being around me all the time wears him out. God knows I'm older that my age. I've been finding grey hairs lately, and that's not normal, is it? I worry when he does poorly in school, and I worry when he does extremely well in school. I worry when he's too happy, and when he's depressed.
I look out the window and see my little brother walking towards me. I have the chauffeur flash the headlights so that Mokuba will see the car. He has some girl walking with him. I can't see her very clearly though, because of the tinted glass in the windows and because its so gloomy outside. Mokuba says goodbye to the girl and walks- or rather, skips- to the car. I open the door and he slides in next to me.
"Seeetttooo," he whines "You're sopping wet."
"I am?" I question. I already know I'm wet, I think its obvious. I raise an eyebrow.
"Yes, you are."
"I know I am, kiddo."
"Seto, that's not the point. You'll get really sick."
"I never get sick."
Mokuba rolls his eyes, "Well, at least you could wear a jacket or something. You'll catch a cold."
Who does he think he's talking to? "I told you," I snap "I don't get sick."
Mokuba looks at me surprised. Oh God, I've never snapped at him before. I tally it on my mental record of momentous events. Something I can think about and regret when I feel like beating myself up.
Mokuba slides his eyes around, looking out the window, at the chauffeur, at the unused umbrella lying under a seat, and back to his shoes. Then he shuts them quickly, draws his eyebrows together, and blinks a couple times. I almost made my brother cry. But he shouldn't be such a weakling anyway. But aren't kids supposed to cry when they want to? And don't I want my brother to have a childhood?
"Soo. Mokuba," I venture, trying to ease the tension. "How was the first day of school?
Mokuba looks at me reproachfully. God, I've turned into a monster, I even lash out at my little brother.
What kind of a person am I? I'm not strong enough to keep my temper, not strong enough to protect my brother, not strong enough to beat Yugi. I am a weakling who should have been wiped of the face of the earth before I was born.
"It was good, I guess."
He's talking to me? My brother is forgiving me? I'll never lose my temper at him again. I'll protect him and keep him happy all his life. I don't deserve him.
"Who was that girl you were talking to?"
"Her? She's Katy," Mokuba smiled. "She's my new friend."
"Really? That's great." I say absentmindedly.
"She's a really nice girl, but she's really shy. She talks and laughs really soft, like she's whispering all the time. I sit next to her in one of my classes. She has an older brother and sister, and she doesn't eat tuna."
"That's nice." I let my eyes light up, and try to smile back at Mokuba, but I can't. It's been so long since I last smiled that I don't think I can anymore.
I'm not even strong enough to smile.
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CLICHÉCLICHECLICHE!! NONONONONO!
I was trying to expose some stuff about character background and NOTHING IS HAPPENING BUT INANE SMALL TALK!
The next chappie will be better and have lots more angst, I promise! If you have any suggestions- or better yet, would like to help me along, please mention it in a review.
Kaiba's pov is so much fun to write. but I hope I didn't make him too out of character..
If you have any suggestions, any little nagging things, TELL ME!
I would LOVE to make my story better. I luv you!!!!
Reviewer Responses: Fate- You're my first reviewer! Yay! I will try to keep Mokuba and Seto in character, but I am having a lot of trouble developing Katy. So far almost all she's said is "umm." and "Ok." or "Oh." And she's ALWAYS trailing OFF at the end of her sentences. She's supposed to be really shy, but I may be taking the shyness a bit far. Readers will get to delve further into Katy's character when I post some of her povs in future chapters.
DuelingWarriorGirl- Okay. I have written more! (or is it wrote more? O__O eh, whatever.) Thanks for reviewing!!!!
Setobsessed- Thanks! You're my third review, so I'd better get this done fast!
Ashertye- Thanks for reviewing!
Smartypantskim2 - All will be revealed soon enough. I have the plot planned out, its just time consuming to fill it out, if you know what I mean. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REVIEWING!!!!!!!
Thank you! And to anyone who has read this far and not reviewed, or maybe (please?) would like to review this chapter, please review!
Seto Kaiba-billionaire, Duel monsters champion, and the CEO of Kaiba corp. He would risk and has risked everything for his little brother, Mokuba. But when he begins to fall in love with Mokuba's best friend-a girl about half his age, his life takes a dismal spiral downwards as a rift forms between the two siblings.
And fourth thing! R&R- if you like it, if you don't, or just for the heck of it.
**********************
So far down
Chapter one: Enter
Mokuba glanced around the room in front of him. What kind of a school was this? They didn't even have a cafeteria, so everybody was sitting on bleachers and the floor in the gymnasium. He looked around again, and walked over to the only person he knew.
"Hi Katy."
Katy glanced up and then went back to inspecting her sandwich. "Hi, Mokuba."
Mokuba reached into his bag and pulled out a sandwich. He wasn't quite sure what it was, but it had bean sprouts hanging out the side of it. Seto always made him lunch, it was a sort of brother-thing. But Seto was sometimes absentminded, and on his off days he'd just throw some leftovers between two slices of bread.
Mokuba lifted the top slice of bread off his sandwich. Let's see.. Bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, baby corn, water chestnuts, some leeks. This looked like the day before yesterday's Chinese takeout.
He grimaced and glanced up at Katy, who was still inspecting her sandwich.
"Hey, Katy, is there something wrong with your sandwich?"
"It's tuna fish."
"What's wrong with tuna fish?"
Katy looked at Mokuba reproachfully.
"I don't eat tuna."
"Oh"
Mokuba gave his sandwich another dubious glance.
"Umm, Katy? Do you want to trade sandwiches?"
Katy looked at Mokuba's sandwich and nodded.
"Its Chinese food, right? Is it vegetarian?" She ventured.
"Yeah, I think so."
"Okay."
Mokuba bit into his sandwich and glanced around. Something was odd; he just couldn't grasp what. The gymnasium was really really crowded, but that was normal. Then he noticed the empty area. The gym was thickly peopled, but all the people seemed to drop off at a circle and in the center of the circle. In the center of the circle were he and Katy.
He looked over to Katy, who was shyly picking the baby corn out of her sandwich.
She looked up and smiled slightly at Mokuba, who smiled back.
"I don't like corn."
Mokuba chuckled, "Hey, do you have any brothers and sisters?"
"Yeah, actually, I do." Katy lowered her eyelashes and moved on to tearing the crust off the sandwich, "I have an older brother and sister."
"Really? That's cool. I have an older brother."
Katy smiled, "I know."
Mokuba looked around; a couple of the kids were playing Duel monsters. "Do you play Duel monsters?"
Katy's eyes darted up and around the room, but the rest of her face remained passive. "No, I don't."
Mokuba started pulling his deck out of his pocket. "Want me to teach you?"
"No," she murmured in reply.
"Why? Its fun!"
"I don't want to." Katy looked at the deck
Mokuba looked troubled.
"Do you know how to play?"
"No."
"Then why don't you want to learn?"
Katy looked Mokuba in the eye, "I just don't."
Mokuba rolled his eyes "Okay."
Katy gave Mokuba a halfhearted grin and her eyes shimmered green.
"Hey, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"How old is your older sister?"
"She's twenty-five."
"Dang."
"Why?"
"I just wanted to know."
"Oh."
Mokuba thought for a moment.
"I know this sounds corny and all, but do you want to be friends?"
Katy smiled at Mokuba, "Okay."
"Great! I had lots of friends at my old school, but when I switched I left them all behind," Mokuba stuck out his pinky, "Now we have to pinky swear."
Katy laughed softly and stuck out her pinky.
Mokuba hooked her pinky with his, "Okay, now we're friends."
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Kaiba's pov.
I peer out the window at the dismal weather. Everything- inside, outside, up, and down - everything is wet,
cold, and miserable. Myself, I'm sodden. But I don't care- water doesn't bother me. It's just that I feel a little bit. chilly.
Don't get me wrong, I said water didn't bother me, and it doesn't.
But damn, I hate living this way- in this body, with these responsibilities, with these memories.
Right now, I'm picking Mokuba up from school. If it weren't for the fact that school is mandatory, I wouldn't go, and I'd just dedicate my life to work and Mokuba. I know he thinks that I have problems, but we all have problems. He's picked up some of that friendship stuff from Yugi and his friends. Yugi may be a formidable rival in Duel monsters, but that seems all his brain is capable of.
The car pulls up to Mokuba's school and I look out the window. I know he didn't want to move to this school, I just don't know why. He was sullen for a couple days, but then he started acting cheerful again, like the Mokuba I know.
My little brother is a part of me. If he died, I know I would die physically or spiritually. I would cease to exist. I would become a void.
I want him to have everything I never had- love, safety, fun- I want him to have a childhood. And I worry about him. I worry because sometimes he acts too grown up, like being around me all the time wears him out. God knows I'm older that my age. I've been finding grey hairs lately, and that's not normal, is it? I worry when he does poorly in school, and I worry when he does extremely well in school. I worry when he's too happy, and when he's depressed.
I look out the window and see my little brother walking towards me. I have the chauffeur flash the headlights so that Mokuba will see the car. He has some girl walking with him. I can't see her very clearly though, because of the tinted glass in the windows and because its so gloomy outside. Mokuba says goodbye to the girl and walks- or rather, skips- to the car. I open the door and he slides in next to me.
"Seeetttooo," he whines "You're sopping wet."
"I am?" I question. I already know I'm wet, I think its obvious. I raise an eyebrow.
"Yes, you are."
"I know I am, kiddo."
"Seto, that's not the point. You'll get really sick."
"I never get sick."
Mokuba rolls his eyes, "Well, at least you could wear a jacket or something. You'll catch a cold."
Who does he think he's talking to? "I told you," I snap "I don't get sick."
Mokuba looks at me surprised. Oh God, I've never snapped at him before. I tally it on my mental record of momentous events. Something I can think about and regret when I feel like beating myself up.
Mokuba slides his eyes around, looking out the window, at the chauffeur, at the unused umbrella lying under a seat, and back to his shoes. Then he shuts them quickly, draws his eyebrows together, and blinks a couple times. I almost made my brother cry. But he shouldn't be such a weakling anyway. But aren't kids supposed to cry when they want to? And don't I want my brother to have a childhood?
"Soo. Mokuba," I venture, trying to ease the tension. "How was the first day of school?
Mokuba looks at me reproachfully. God, I've turned into a monster, I even lash out at my little brother.
What kind of a person am I? I'm not strong enough to keep my temper, not strong enough to protect my brother, not strong enough to beat Yugi. I am a weakling who should have been wiped of the face of the earth before I was born.
"It was good, I guess."
He's talking to me? My brother is forgiving me? I'll never lose my temper at him again. I'll protect him and keep him happy all his life. I don't deserve him.
"Who was that girl you were talking to?"
"Her? She's Katy," Mokuba smiled. "She's my new friend."
"Really? That's great." I say absentmindedly.
"She's a really nice girl, but she's really shy. She talks and laughs really soft, like she's whispering all the time. I sit next to her in one of my classes. She has an older brother and sister, and she doesn't eat tuna."
"That's nice." I let my eyes light up, and try to smile back at Mokuba, but I can't. It's been so long since I last smiled that I don't think I can anymore.
I'm not even strong enough to smile.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLICHÉCLICHECLICHE!! NONONONONO!
I was trying to expose some stuff about character background and NOTHING IS HAPPENING BUT INANE SMALL TALK!
The next chappie will be better and have lots more angst, I promise! If you have any suggestions- or better yet, would like to help me along, please mention it in a review.
Kaiba's pov is so much fun to write. but I hope I didn't make him too out of character..
If you have any suggestions, any little nagging things, TELL ME!
I would LOVE to make my story better. I luv you!!!!
Reviewer Responses: Fate- You're my first reviewer! Yay! I will try to keep Mokuba and Seto in character, but I am having a lot of trouble developing Katy. So far almost all she's said is "umm." and "Ok." or "Oh." And she's ALWAYS trailing OFF at the end of her sentences. She's supposed to be really shy, but I may be taking the shyness a bit far. Readers will get to delve further into Katy's character when I post some of her povs in future chapters.
DuelingWarriorGirl- Okay. I have written more! (or is it wrote more? O__O eh, whatever.) Thanks for reviewing!!!!
Setobsessed- Thanks! You're my third review, so I'd better get this done fast!
Ashertye- Thanks for reviewing!
Smartypantskim2 - All will be revealed soon enough. I have the plot planned out, its just time consuming to fill it out, if you know what I mean. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REVIEWING!!!!!!!
Thank you! And to anyone who has read this far and not reviewed, or maybe (please?) would like to review this chapter, please review!