Author Notes: Thankies to everyone else who gave this fan fic praise and encouragement so far ^___^ I so appreciate it, Setobsessed, NightsClaws and Yami Princess :) Oy...gotta get writing! I'm trying for a new chapter a day. Writer's block.....argh....
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~...~ thoughts
//...// thoughts sent through a bond (like Yami and Yugi)
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The Ties That Bind - CHAPTER 3
By: Takeru Takaishi
"So you're telling me that Mokuba and I from five years in the past just arrived at your doorstep?!"
"Pretty much, Kaiba..." Yugi replied to Older Seto's fuming outburst.
Everyone had moved into Older Seto's main study to talk privately. The butler, Michael, only came in once with the refreshments for everyone and left, after being dismissed by Older Seto. The room was huge, with books lining the shelves against every wall from floor to ceiling except for the wall farthest from the door, which wasn't even a wall but a two double panel windows, that stretched from botton to top. The sun's bright afternoon rays shined into the room and the huge oak desk and chair next to the window. The oak desk had on it a computer and was clear except for a small picture frame, that was seated next to the monitor. Older Seto was seated behind the desk, his hands folded on the desk in front of him. Older Mokuba stood next to his brother, trusting in what Older Seto would say and do. Yugi, Tea and Bakura sat to his right on a sofa. Seto and Mokuba shared a two seat sofa, farther back in the room, but they could see and hear everything being said. Joey and Tristan chose to stand near to Yugi, Tea and Bakura even when offered a chair by Older Mokuba as if not trusting Older Seto's actions and ready to protect their friends.
"Ugh.." Older Seto muttered out, raking his hand through his brown hair in frustration.
"Why do you guys think that cloaked guy meant by "it is fated by the milennium items"?" Older Mokuba asked, his face in a similiar look as his brother.
"I don't know...Mayba Yami knows..." Yugi said before activating his milennium puzzle's power, changing his physical features to those of his darker counterpart.
Older Seto's eyes darken slightly and his face grew to a small frown at the appearance of his rival duelist.
"Hmm...when my past self sealed and created the milennium items, I know he locked away power in each and a greater power when they are all together...to control and tell fate is no small power...that cloaked man would have had access to all of the items to say those words..." Yami explained, his hand at his chin in concentration.
"Power of all the milennium items? It is possible? I know Yami Bakura has tried it but...has someone actually gathered them all? Shouldn't we know about it?" Tea asked, confusion on her pretty features.
"No...it's possible that the cloaked figure came from the future after this time and knew from the milennium items that he MUST go into the past and guide young Seto and Mokuba to our time...and us.." Yami said, speaking his thoughts.
"Now...there's time travel too!" Joey said frusterated, throwing his arms into the air.
"I..I don't understand.." Mokuba spoke up, tears beginning to form in his eyes "why are Seto and I here? What are millenium items? Who's Yami Bakura?"
Yami opened his arms out in empty gesture to say that he didn't know, why they were there..
"Mokuba..." Seto said, placing a hand on Mokuba's shoulder.
"Seto..I don't understand any of this...I'm scared and tired of running..." Mokuba cried softly, in his brother's arms.
"Easy there...we're safe here....He can't reach us here...No more running...remember, I said that no matter what happens, I'll be there for you.." Seto said with a small grin, bringing out his hand, pinkie out , "remember, Mokuba?"
" 'Course. We did a pinkie swear," Mokuba said, then smiled broadly as he thought of something, "He won't reach us here! No more strict rules! No more "training" sessions for you! We're safe, Seto. We don't have to go back. These guys can be our friends and will protect us. I'll have two big brothers then! Two Setos! Two Mokubas! Two of us...that could be a problem..."
"ONE Seto is hard enough to handle.." Joey muttered softly, Older Seto's face grew to a dark flown at that comment and was able to say something in turn, but was stopped by his younger counterpart's response to younger Mokuba.
Seto laughed lightly at Mokuba's puzzled expression and Mokuba's last words, "We'll see, little brother..."
//Kaiba....have we ever seen you laugh like that before? Not caring about appearances sake, just having fun?// Yugi thought, seeing everything through his eyes though his body was controlled by Yami at that moment.
//No...Seto Kaiba is indeed a mysterious man...Yugi...what could change a man like that?// Yami asked, for once not knowning everything in front of him.
//What's this man, they keep talking about, Yami?// Yugi remembering how Seto and Mokuba kept talking about this man, in almost fear.
//I don't know...// Yami thought, he stared at Older Seto as if looking at him a little differently.
Older Seto arched an eyebrow at Yami's look but didn't say a word.
"Yami..." Tea whispered to Yami softly so that Mokuba and Seto couldn't hear them talking, "They HAVE to go back to the past...if they stay here, then it could change the future and who knows what else?"
"Yeah...she's right, Yami..." Bakura turned to them, nodding his head in agreement to Tea.
Yami nodded once before immersing himself into his thoughts, ~We need to talk more but without, young Seto and Mokuba's presence. They may be the reason for our talking but they're both too confused and afraid of whatever they left behind to think clearly. Also, they don't understand the millenium items and shouldn't know about it, until the right time and place comes, which for them is in THEIR future.~
As if reading his mind, Mokuba let out a small yawn and rubbed his eye a bit with his hands.
"You're tired, aren't you? We did do a lot of walking and running today...you should take a nap, little brother.." Seto asked and grinned at Mokuba's stubborn shake of his head at not needing a nap, "Liar..."
Mokuba smiled a little sleepily and nodded in agreement.
"Hmm...uhh...Seto? Mokuba?" Seto turned to his older self and Older Mokuba at the desk, "Mokuba needs a little naptime...do you have a bed or something he can rest in for a bit while we finished our discussion here..?"
~Was I ever that...young?~ Older Seto mused to himself, listening to Seto's request.
"Any free beds here aren't made up yet...but...Mokuba can use my bed if you want. I can ask, Michael to show you my bedroom," Older Seto decided, surprising Yami and his friends with his generosity. Older Mokuba smiled broadly and laid a hand on his older brother's shoulder, giving it a small squeeze.
~I've never been prouder to be your brother, Seto...~ Older Mokuba thought.
~Are you...a changed man, Seto Kaiba truly?~ Yami thought, seeing his adversary in a new light.
"Thanks." Seto turned to Mokuba, taking his hand into his, "Come on, Mokuba...I'll be right back after I get Mokuba into bed."
"Seto? You're not coming too?" Mokuba asked, not very much awake again.
"No, Mokuba...I want to come back and figure out what's going to happen to us with the others.."
"Seto..please? Stay with me...I'm afraid. This place is so big...I don't want to wake up in this place by myself...please, big brother?" Mokuba pleaded with his eyes and voice.
Seto hestiantedly for a second before nodding his head, "Okay. If that's was it takes to make you feel safe..."
Mokuba beamed at this, Seto then turned to the others, who had mixed expressions on their faces, "We should be back soon..We just need a little break for a while...if you guys figure something out, let us know, okay?"
Yami nodded slowly.
As they walked out the door, following the Michael to Seto's bedroom, Mokuba turned to tell Older Seto with an innocent smile, "Thank you, older big brother! You're just like my big brother!"
~If only...~ Seto thought, a pang of sadness in his body at the man, he had became...
When the door safely closed behind them, Yami turned to Older Seto, arms folded across his chest, "Kaiba...you have some explaining to do to all of us..who is this man, your younger counterpart keeps refering to? Why do they seem to be running away from him? What happenned those years ago?"
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Oooh, cliffhanger :P I'll try to post two parts to the next chaper. One talking about what Yugi and the others talk and the second, with Seto and Mokuba for their thoughts on everything and more. What do you think of this chapter? ^__^
(...) My own comments aka Author comments.
~...~ thoughts
//...// thoughts sent through a bond (like Yami and Yugi)
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The Ties That Bind - CHAPTER 3
By: Takeru Takaishi
"So you're telling me that Mokuba and I from five years in the past just arrived at your doorstep?!"
"Pretty much, Kaiba..." Yugi replied to Older Seto's fuming outburst.
Everyone had moved into Older Seto's main study to talk privately. The butler, Michael, only came in once with the refreshments for everyone and left, after being dismissed by Older Seto. The room was huge, with books lining the shelves against every wall from floor to ceiling except for the wall farthest from the door, which wasn't even a wall but a two double panel windows, that stretched from botton to top. The sun's bright afternoon rays shined into the room and the huge oak desk and chair next to the window. The oak desk had on it a computer and was clear except for a small picture frame, that was seated next to the monitor. Older Seto was seated behind the desk, his hands folded on the desk in front of him. Older Mokuba stood next to his brother, trusting in what Older Seto would say and do. Yugi, Tea and Bakura sat to his right on a sofa. Seto and Mokuba shared a two seat sofa, farther back in the room, but they could see and hear everything being said. Joey and Tristan chose to stand near to Yugi, Tea and Bakura even when offered a chair by Older Mokuba as if not trusting Older Seto's actions and ready to protect their friends.
"Ugh.." Older Seto muttered out, raking his hand through his brown hair in frustration.
"Why do you guys think that cloaked guy meant by "it is fated by the milennium items"?" Older Mokuba asked, his face in a similiar look as his brother.
"I don't know...Mayba Yami knows..." Yugi said before activating his milennium puzzle's power, changing his physical features to those of his darker counterpart.
Older Seto's eyes darken slightly and his face grew to a small frown at the appearance of his rival duelist.
"Hmm...when my past self sealed and created the milennium items, I know he locked away power in each and a greater power when they are all together...to control and tell fate is no small power...that cloaked man would have had access to all of the items to say those words..." Yami explained, his hand at his chin in concentration.
"Power of all the milennium items? It is possible? I know Yami Bakura has tried it but...has someone actually gathered them all? Shouldn't we know about it?" Tea asked, confusion on her pretty features.
"No...it's possible that the cloaked figure came from the future after this time and knew from the milennium items that he MUST go into the past and guide young Seto and Mokuba to our time...and us.." Yami said, speaking his thoughts.
"Now...there's time travel too!" Joey said frusterated, throwing his arms into the air.
"I..I don't understand.." Mokuba spoke up, tears beginning to form in his eyes "why are Seto and I here? What are millenium items? Who's Yami Bakura?"
Yami opened his arms out in empty gesture to say that he didn't know, why they were there..
"Mokuba..." Seto said, placing a hand on Mokuba's shoulder.
"Seto..I don't understand any of this...I'm scared and tired of running..." Mokuba cried softly, in his brother's arms.
"Easy there...we're safe here....He can't reach us here...No more running...remember, I said that no matter what happens, I'll be there for you.." Seto said with a small grin, bringing out his hand, pinkie out , "remember, Mokuba?"
" 'Course. We did a pinkie swear," Mokuba said, then smiled broadly as he thought of something, "He won't reach us here! No more strict rules! No more "training" sessions for you! We're safe, Seto. We don't have to go back. These guys can be our friends and will protect us. I'll have two big brothers then! Two Setos! Two Mokubas! Two of us...that could be a problem..."
"ONE Seto is hard enough to handle.." Joey muttered softly, Older Seto's face grew to a dark flown at that comment and was able to say something in turn, but was stopped by his younger counterpart's response to younger Mokuba.
Seto laughed lightly at Mokuba's puzzled expression and Mokuba's last words, "We'll see, little brother..."
//Kaiba....have we ever seen you laugh like that before? Not caring about appearances sake, just having fun?// Yugi thought, seeing everything through his eyes though his body was controlled by Yami at that moment.
//No...Seto Kaiba is indeed a mysterious man...Yugi...what could change a man like that?// Yami asked, for once not knowning everything in front of him.
//What's this man, they keep talking about, Yami?// Yugi remembering how Seto and Mokuba kept talking about this man, in almost fear.
//I don't know...// Yami thought, he stared at Older Seto as if looking at him a little differently.
Older Seto arched an eyebrow at Yami's look but didn't say a word.
"Yami..." Tea whispered to Yami softly so that Mokuba and Seto couldn't hear them talking, "They HAVE to go back to the past...if they stay here, then it could change the future and who knows what else?"
"Yeah...she's right, Yami..." Bakura turned to them, nodding his head in agreement to Tea.
Yami nodded once before immersing himself into his thoughts, ~We need to talk more but without, young Seto and Mokuba's presence. They may be the reason for our talking but they're both too confused and afraid of whatever they left behind to think clearly. Also, they don't understand the millenium items and shouldn't know about it, until the right time and place comes, which for them is in THEIR future.~
As if reading his mind, Mokuba let out a small yawn and rubbed his eye a bit with his hands.
"You're tired, aren't you? We did do a lot of walking and running today...you should take a nap, little brother.." Seto asked and grinned at Mokuba's stubborn shake of his head at not needing a nap, "Liar..."
Mokuba smiled a little sleepily and nodded in agreement.
"Hmm...uhh...Seto? Mokuba?" Seto turned to his older self and Older Mokuba at the desk, "Mokuba needs a little naptime...do you have a bed or something he can rest in for a bit while we finished our discussion here..?"
~Was I ever that...young?~ Older Seto mused to himself, listening to Seto's request.
"Any free beds here aren't made up yet...but...Mokuba can use my bed if you want. I can ask, Michael to show you my bedroom," Older Seto decided, surprising Yami and his friends with his generosity. Older Mokuba smiled broadly and laid a hand on his older brother's shoulder, giving it a small squeeze.
~I've never been prouder to be your brother, Seto...~ Older Mokuba thought.
~Are you...a changed man, Seto Kaiba truly?~ Yami thought, seeing his adversary in a new light.
"Thanks." Seto turned to Mokuba, taking his hand into his, "Come on, Mokuba...I'll be right back after I get Mokuba into bed."
"Seto? You're not coming too?" Mokuba asked, not very much awake again.
"No, Mokuba...I want to come back and figure out what's going to happen to us with the others.."
"Seto..please? Stay with me...I'm afraid. This place is so big...I don't want to wake up in this place by myself...please, big brother?" Mokuba pleaded with his eyes and voice.
Seto hestiantedly for a second before nodding his head, "Okay. If that's was it takes to make you feel safe..."
Mokuba beamed at this, Seto then turned to the others, who had mixed expressions on their faces, "We should be back soon..We just need a little break for a while...if you guys figure something out, let us know, okay?"
Yami nodded slowly.
As they walked out the door, following the Michael to Seto's bedroom, Mokuba turned to tell Older Seto with an innocent smile, "Thank you, older big brother! You're just like my big brother!"
~If only...~ Seto thought, a pang of sadness in his body at the man, he had became...
When the door safely closed behind them, Yami turned to Older Seto, arms folded across his chest, "Kaiba...you have some explaining to do to all of us..who is this man, your younger counterpart keeps refering to? Why do they seem to be running away from him? What happenned those years ago?"
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Oooh, cliffhanger :P I'll try to post two parts to the next chaper. One talking about what Yugi and the others talk and the second, with Seto and Mokuba for their thoughts on everything and more. What do you think of this chapter? ^__^