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[Recorded Archive]
[Self Examination]
"I am Kaiba Seto, adopted son of Kaiba Gozaburo. I am not Shade. I am not him, nor will I ever be. And I definitely do not need to harm anyone, more importantly, I do not want to harm anyone, nothing, no one in the damn world. I do not need to struggle to gain control of this body!"
[Movement Dectected]
"I am not Kaiba Seto."
"Yes I...fucking...well...am!"
"No I am not. I am Shade."
"You might be Shade, but I certainly am not! Oh God, how do I get out of here?!"
"I...we...cannot be Shade...not Shade Seto!"
"I am Kaiba Seto, and you Shade, are nothing more than a creation, a distraction, an escape, a alter ego created by me! You are what that bastard Gozaburo left me with! You and that blasted company! Now with Mokuba gone I have nothing! Fucking nothing!"
"Terminate session immediately!"
"I don't want it terminated!"
"What do you think you're doing?"
"I'm...taking myself over again! You...you tryannical shit! I can't believe I had this in my personality!"
"Seto, why do you think there's blood on your clothing?"
[Elapse Of Time]
"Seto, answer me. Why do you think your arms, hands, and clothes are painted red?"
"Oh God."
[Error]
[Shut Down and Restart]
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A/N: A tad confusing, no? Well everything should start to make sense in the upcoming chapters, this was just a mere introduction. Yes I know, the sentences are choppy and short, but that's the style of writing I'm going to use for this fanfiction. Besides, you can't really get any description from a casette recording can you, you can only get the emotions of the person who's being recorded. I give credit to "Shade's Children" by Garth Nix, for this first chapter of the story has been inspired by his work, but the next chapters should just be Seto reflecting off his past, and what happened to Mokuba and himself...
-Red Prophet