A/N: We're new to this portion of the site (yes, there are two of us
writing this fic). We usually write things like Tekken or DragonBall Z
fanfics. We won't put many fics here, because we don't write many Yugioh
fics, but there are the occasional Seto fics (he's our favorite character).
One of us has another penname on here, Hwoarangsguardie if you want to read
her other fics. Well, this fic takes place in that episode where Seto's
Blue Eyes is about to be destroyed by Yami Yugi's Celtic Guardian, and
instead of Yugi stopping the Celtic Guardian, it attacks and destroys the
Blue Eyes, sending Kaiba tumbling to his death. Sound interesting? I hope
you think so, please read and review!
"If you destroy my Blue Eyes, the resulting shock wave might send me tumbling to my death off of this edge. Make your choice, Yugi." Seto said, using his last chance to save his brother.
"Don't do this, Kaiba! I'll help you save Mokuba!" Yami said. Yami, don't do it, you can't! Yugi thought to his yami. Yugi, I have to win. Don't you want to save your Grandpa? His yami thought back to his hikari.
"Celtic Guardian, ATTACK!!!" Yami announced.
"You'll take the chance of killing me to win this duel?" Seto taunted.
"You shouldn't stoop so low, Kaiba."
"Yugi, don't do it. Your better than this, we can find another way to save your Grandpa!" Tea screamed.
"Yugi, don't stoop down to his level! You don't have to do this!" Joey yelled at his best friend.
All the time the Celtic Guardian was nearing his prey. He raised his sword to strike.
"Is this what you want, Yugi?" "NO! STOP!" "Yugi, don't do this!!! Don't stoop to his level!" No! Yami stop him!!! You can't kill Kaiba just for this duel!!! Yugi thought, as a last ditch effort to stop his yami.
The Celtic Guardian's sword fell, slicing the Blue Eyes White Dragon in half. A non-visible shock wave swept Seto off of the ledge he was standing on, as he was suspended in the air for a millisecond and began to fall, many thoughts passed through his mind.
I'm so sorry Mokuba, I really didn't think he would do it. Everything I've ever known lost, based on one decision, I thought Yugi would be too weak to do such a thing. I should have never put everything on the line like that.
Seto's life flashed before his eyes as he fell through the unending darkness. Memories of his life as an orphan and Mokuba would pop into his head one after another. Finally, Seto felt a hard impact to his back. He tried to scream to release his pain, but he could not breath to even utter a tiny cry.. His entire body wrenched with horrible pain. Seconds felt as if they were all individual eternities.
"God why can't I just die now?..." Seto could feel his hot blood drip from the base of his head and down his neck. He closed his eyes, attempting to give himself comfort. He could hear screams and loud yells. Seto could feel the tide rushing in on his body. The cool water pacified the pain he felt. And finally, he took as large a breath as his lungs could handle and then even the clouds in the sky disappeared into complete darkness...
"NO!!! Kaiba!" Tea screamed as Seto fell backwards gracefully. Nothing raced through her mind as she raced to try and grab his hand before he fell to his death. She tripped on a stray piece of gravel near the rocks as she felt herself being knocked in the stomach as she tumbled clumsily over the same edge that Seto had fallen off of, onto the jagged rocks below.
She couldn't breathe as she fell through the sky, towards the rocks and the incoming tide. The wind had been knocked out of her, and the rushing wind would not let her regain it. She saw Seto's battered and bloody body, she got nearer to him with every second. She looked into his expressionless eyes, never to see again. She fell right beside the lifeless Seto Kaiba.
Yugi, Joey, Tristan, I didn't mean to do this to you. I had to try and save him, he didn't deserve to die. Good-bye my friends, I'll see you someday later...
"Tea! Tea! TEA!!!! Noooooooooo!!!!!" Tristan yelled, sinking to his knees.
"T-tea... she, she can't be... she's not dead!!!!" he continued." I won't believe it. Joey and Yugi stood there in utter shock.
It's all a dream. She's not really dead, we're not really here, I'll wake up soon, Joey thought to himself. But his tactic wouldn't work, it was too real to be a dream. It's all your fault, Joey Wheeler, you might as well have killed Tea with your own bare hands. You could have saved her!
They're dead both of them dead and I did it! My own hands murdered them! I'm a murderer! I killed Seto out of my own lust to win a stupid duel!!! And Tea, innocent Tea, she didn't deserve to die. Not like this, not now, not here! Yugi thought to himself, of course Yugi could not even enter the sanctuary of his own mind as Yami would always be so close behind. It's Yami's fault! He wouldn't stop the Celtic Guardian from attacking, he killed Seto, and by killing him, he killed Tea. He had to win the stupid duel, all because I came here to save my Grandpa! It's not right, neither one of them deserved to die, I would trade my life for theirs! I wish I could go back, I could save them both.
I'm sorry, hikari, I didn't mean for it to turn out this way! I didn't think Seto would let himself fall, I never, NEVER thought that Tea would sacrifice herself if a failed attempt to save him. I should have listened to you, Yugi. I'm sorry.
There's nothing you can do now, demon! You have plagued my life since I first got this dadgum puzzle! Yugi took the Millennium Puzzle from around his neck and walked to the place that had already claimed two victims, he looked over the edge and breathed deeply.
Joey and Tristan looked on as their best friend walked to the exact place that Seto and Tea had fallen. They stood back, not knowing quite what to expect. They held their breath and Yugi reached over the edge.
Yugi dropped the Millennium Puzzle over the edge, and watched it tumble through the air, he was, hopefully, finally rid of Yami Yugi. He clapped his hands together, and said, "I cannot duel Pegasus, we have no more business on this island, let's go home."
Joey snapped out of the trance he was in and turned away from the sight of Seto and Tea's lifeless bodies, lying in the surf. He stared at Yugi straight in the eyes. The stare lasted for only a moment, and Joey cast his eyes to the ground.
"You're right Yugi, let's leave." Tristan agreed, his voice in a solemn tone. Tristan and Yugi turned to leave. Joey felt the breeze through his hair and felt his tears fly off his face and into the sweeping wind that followed. He heard the waves crash upon the beach, and remembered Seto and Tea.
" Wait you guys, aren't we at least going to give them a proper burial or somethin'? They do deserve it." Joey said. His eyes penetrate the ground.
" We must let them go Joey." Yugi objected, " The sooner we let go, the better.". Yugi turned and walked away from the group.
" I think you're right, Joey. We should do something for them. " Tristan said in spite of Yugi's objection. Joey and Tristan said nothing to each other, but walked together to find a way out of the castle.
They walked down the path to the ground, the place where they came up. They walked to the boat that was waiting for the losers of the final rounds. They climbed aboard and asked to captain to steer over the rocks, they went out in a small lifeboat. They saw Tea's body, but Seto's was no where, the Millennium Puzzle had disappeared also.
"Where is he, guys?" Tristan asked, fearful of the answer.
"I don't know, lets just get Tea's body, send it out to sea and get out of here," Yugi said, not wanting to be near here any longer. They got Tea's body and sent it, still trailing blood, out to sea. They would all miss her. They said their last good-byes to her and the missing Seto. They paddled back to the boat and left, headed back to Domino.
A few days later, the headlines in Domino read "YOUNG CEO BACK IN BUSINESS AFTER LEAVE FOR DUELING TOURNAMENT!"
"What?!" Joey said, as he showed the paper to Tristan and Yugi. "Seto died! Unless its Pegasus and his shape shifter again."
"No, I know the difference in them, that's Seto all right!" Yugi stated, looking at the picture of Seto back at his mansion on the near- outskirts of Domino. "I don't know how but Kaiba's back."
"It's not possible, Yugi. We all saw Kaiba fall off the edge, and we all saw his dead body. Listen to yourself, Kaiba's dead." Tristan said, trying to talk some sense into his best friend.
"It's not the same Kaiba, he looks darker, more sinister." Yugi said. "I think something took over Kaiba's body, and evil dark force." Then Yugi remembered throwing the Millennium Puzzle off of the edge, practically onto Seto's dead body. Yami must have done something to him. Does Yami have to ruin everything?! Will it never end?!
Yugi spoke up, "Its Yami! You know when I threw the Puzzle down there beside them? It must have fallen onto Kaiba's dead body and brought him back."
"How could that be, Yugi? It's not possible, he was dead before you even threw that Puzzle! It could not bring him back, nothing could bring him back, Yugi. HE WAS DEAD!" Tristan was getting angry at his friend's senselessness.
"Shut up, you moron! Kaiba's back! And don't you see how its upsetting Yugi?! We've been through more than ANYBODY our age should have to go through!" Joey screamed back at him.
"No, he's right, Joey. Kaiba's dead, we all saw him fall, not only could nobody even survive that fall, we all saw his dead body," Yugi said.
They all stopped as the door to their classroom in Domino High opened. They saw Tea walk into the door and head their way, but then she disappeared. A student near the door got up and shut the door, muttering something about the wind opening the door.
"Did you two see that?" Joey said, quietly. "Tea, she was here, then she just disappeared!"
"What are you talking about, Joey? The door blew open with the wind!" Tristan said.
"Yes, Joey, I saw her," Yugi said, ignoring Tristan. "She mouthed the words, 'he's back' right before she disappeared."
"Kaiba." Joey said, simply.
"You two are making no sense! Tea was not here, the same way as Kaiba, the real one, is dead!" Tristan said. He was beginning to think that his friends were going insane from depression.
"She was, Tristan, but you can think what you want, I'm not arguing with you anymore." Joey said.
Usually Joey would argue until his dying day, with his temper. These days have really shaken him up. Maybe it's not them, maybe they are actually seeing these things. They both blame themselves for Tea and Seto's deaths. It's not their fault, but they won't admit it. I'm really worried about them, Yugi is totally alone, he don't have his Grandpa or Yami anymore. Joey doesn't have anybody either. All we've got left is each other. Tristan thought as the three sat in silence.
The bell rang to leave, they got their stuff up. "I don't know about you two, but I want to know what's up with Kaiba. I'm going over to his mansion. Either one of you want to come with me?" Yugi said.
"Sorry, guys. I have better things to do besides go ghost hunting, like homework. See you tomorrow," Tristan said, walking in the direction of his house, while Joey and Yugi headed towards the outskirts of Domino, towards Seto Kaiba's mansion.
At the large and magnificent mansion, Yugi and Joey stopped at the gate. They didn't think about getting in, they just knew they needed to talk to Kaiba. The guard inside the gate in the guardhouse came on the screen.
"Kids! What do you want?" he said, with no kindness whatsoever.
"We need to talk to Kaiba," Yugi said.
"Do you have an appointment with President Kaiba?"
"No, sir. We're friends of his from the Tournament that he just returned from," Yugi said, even though they were not quite friends.
Seto's voice came over the speaker in the guardhouse, "Yes, I know them, Milo. Let them in."
"Yes, sir, Mr. Kaiba." Yugi and Joey walked into the fence and up the grand driveway to the front door. Seto met them there.
"You look like you've seen a ghost, Yugi," he said, with an almost menacing smile.
"We thought you were dead, Kaiba," he replied.
"Come, lets sit and talk about this," he said, leading them towards a room with four chairs and a small coffee table.
They sat down, and Seto started the conversation, "Nice to see you, Yugi. You had to bring the dog though, didn't you?"
"The name's Joey, you dirtbag!"
Seto ignored Joey and turned back towards Yugi, "You thought I was dead? I'm hurt, you have no faith in me?"
"We saw you die, Kaiba! We saw your dead body, lying right there next to Tea's." Joey said, deciding that it was more important than fighting with him right now.
Joey's statement made Yugi remember the sight he saw right before he dropped the Millennium Puzzle. The sight of Seto's dead and mangled body, there was a rock piercing through from his back, there was no was he could live. And Tea's body beside his, it chilled Yugi to remember this.
"It's not that simple, Joey, Yugi. I did die, but then Yugi threw his Puzzle, and the Spirit of the Puzzle brought me back. You see, he hates that Puzzle, and he has to have a host, so I was the perfect candidate. And just think, Yugi, if you had threw it just a few inches the other way, he would have brought your beloved Tea back to life."
"That demon is evil, Tea would realize it and she wouldn't put up with it, she would rid herself of him. You on the other hand, had to stay alive, so you can put up with the evil, even give in to it."
"No, Yugi. I'm not as evil as you think. Neither one of us are, we are just winners." Kaiba's voice took on a new tone, a deeper one, deeper even than his natural voice.
"Yami! You're the one behind this!" Yugi said, not because he realized it, but because he wanted him to know for sure that he did blame this on him.
"If you had of been stronger, then the Celtic Guardian would not have destroyed the Blue Eyes, and everybody would be alive and well, even Mokuba and your grandfather!" Yami replied.
"No! Don't listen to him, Yuge! He's trying to play psychological games! He may be the King of Games, but you don't have to play this one!" Joey said, as he realized what Yami was doing.
"Hush, mortal! You know nothing! Besides, this is a game that I always win! After their death, you were too weak to even try to duel Pegasus!" Yami replied.
"He's right," Yugi said, quietly and meant for nobody to hear, but both of his companions did.
"No! Yuge! He's playing your weaknesses!"
"Come on, Joey. We have no business here!" Yugi and Joey got up to leave.
Seto, instantly back to normal, said, "Come back and see me, Yugi. We could duel now that you don't have your Spirit of the Puzzle behind you." He grinned evilly. Although his words meant no harm, a look of anger, torture and the thought of vengeance lurked behind his cold blue eyes.
Yugi and Joey walked towards the game shop, where Joey was staying now. "Yugi, don't listen to what he said back there." When Yugi didn't reply, Joey continued. "He was playing your weaknesses, Yuge! Trying to make you feel bad when you didn't do anything to him!"
"DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HIM?! I killed him, Joey!!!"
Joey blocked the path in front of Yugi. "Get this through your head, Yuge! You did NOT kill Kaiba!"
"Whatever, Joey. Come on," Yugi said, going inside the game shop and upstairs to the bedrooms. He looked down the hall to his grandfather's empty room. He sighed, If only I would've been stronger.
"If you destroy my Blue Eyes, the resulting shock wave might send me tumbling to my death off of this edge. Make your choice, Yugi." Seto said, using his last chance to save his brother.
"Don't do this, Kaiba! I'll help you save Mokuba!" Yami said. Yami, don't do it, you can't! Yugi thought to his yami. Yugi, I have to win. Don't you want to save your Grandpa? His yami thought back to his hikari.
"Celtic Guardian, ATTACK!!!" Yami announced.
"You'll take the chance of killing me to win this duel?" Seto taunted.
"You shouldn't stoop so low, Kaiba."
"Yugi, don't do it. Your better than this, we can find another way to save your Grandpa!" Tea screamed.
"Yugi, don't stoop down to his level! You don't have to do this!" Joey yelled at his best friend.
All the time the Celtic Guardian was nearing his prey. He raised his sword to strike.
"Is this what you want, Yugi?" "NO! STOP!" "Yugi, don't do this!!! Don't stoop to his level!" No! Yami stop him!!! You can't kill Kaiba just for this duel!!! Yugi thought, as a last ditch effort to stop his yami.
The Celtic Guardian's sword fell, slicing the Blue Eyes White Dragon in half. A non-visible shock wave swept Seto off of the ledge he was standing on, as he was suspended in the air for a millisecond and began to fall, many thoughts passed through his mind.
I'm so sorry Mokuba, I really didn't think he would do it. Everything I've ever known lost, based on one decision, I thought Yugi would be too weak to do such a thing. I should have never put everything on the line like that.
Seto's life flashed before his eyes as he fell through the unending darkness. Memories of his life as an orphan and Mokuba would pop into his head one after another. Finally, Seto felt a hard impact to his back. He tried to scream to release his pain, but he could not breath to even utter a tiny cry.. His entire body wrenched with horrible pain. Seconds felt as if they were all individual eternities.
"God why can't I just die now?..." Seto could feel his hot blood drip from the base of his head and down his neck. He closed his eyes, attempting to give himself comfort. He could hear screams and loud yells. Seto could feel the tide rushing in on his body. The cool water pacified the pain he felt. And finally, he took as large a breath as his lungs could handle and then even the clouds in the sky disappeared into complete darkness...
"NO!!! Kaiba!" Tea screamed as Seto fell backwards gracefully. Nothing raced through her mind as she raced to try and grab his hand before he fell to his death. She tripped on a stray piece of gravel near the rocks as she felt herself being knocked in the stomach as she tumbled clumsily over the same edge that Seto had fallen off of, onto the jagged rocks below.
She couldn't breathe as she fell through the sky, towards the rocks and the incoming tide. The wind had been knocked out of her, and the rushing wind would not let her regain it. She saw Seto's battered and bloody body, she got nearer to him with every second. She looked into his expressionless eyes, never to see again. She fell right beside the lifeless Seto Kaiba.
Yugi, Joey, Tristan, I didn't mean to do this to you. I had to try and save him, he didn't deserve to die. Good-bye my friends, I'll see you someday later...
"Tea! Tea! TEA!!!! Noooooooooo!!!!!" Tristan yelled, sinking to his knees.
"T-tea... she, she can't be... she's not dead!!!!" he continued." I won't believe it. Joey and Yugi stood there in utter shock.
It's all a dream. She's not really dead, we're not really here, I'll wake up soon, Joey thought to himself. But his tactic wouldn't work, it was too real to be a dream. It's all your fault, Joey Wheeler, you might as well have killed Tea with your own bare hands. You could have saved her!
They're dead both of them dead and I did it! My own hands murdered them! I'm a murderer! I killed Seto out of my own lust to win a stupid duel!!! And Tea, innocent Tea, she didn't deserve to die. Not like this, not now, not here! Yugi thought to himself, of course Yugi could not even enter the sanctuary of his own mind as Yami would always be so close behind. It's Yami's fault! He wouldn't stop the Celtic Guardian from attacking, he killed Seto, and by killing him, he killed Tea. He had to win the stupid duel, all because I came here to save my Grandpa! It's not right, neither one of them deserved to die, I would trade my life for theirs! I wish I could go back, I could save them both.
I'm sorry, hikari, I didn't mean for it to turn out this way! I didn't think Seto would let himself fall, I never, NEVER thought that Tea would sacrifice herself if a failed attempt to save him. I should have listened to you, Yugi. I'm sorry.
There's nothing you can do now, demon! You have plagued my life since I first got this dadgum puzzle! Yugi took the Millennium Puzzle from around his neck and walked to the place that had already claimed two victims, he looked over the edge and breathed deeply.
Joey and Tristan looked on as their best friend walked to the exact place that Seto and Tea had fallen. They stood back, not knowing quite what to expect. They held their breath and Yugi reached over the edge.
Yugi dropped the Millennium Puzzle over the edge, and watched it tumble through the air, he was, hopefully, finally rid of Yami Yugi. He clapped his hands together, and said, "I cannot duel Pegasus, we have no more business on this island, let's go home."
Joey snapped out of the trance he was in and turned away from the sight of Seto and Tea's lifeless bodies, lying in the surf. He stared at Yugi straight in the eyes. The stare lasted for only a moment, and Joey cast his eyes to the ground.
"You're right Yugi, let's leave." Tristan agreed, his voice in a solemn tone. Tristan and Yugi turned to leave. Joey felt the breeze through his hair and felt his tears fly off his face and into the sweeping wind that followed. He heard the waves crash upon the beach, and remembered Seto and Tea.
" Wait you guys, aren't we at least going to give them a proper burial or somethin'? They do deserve it." Joey said. His eyes penetrate the ground.
" We must let them go Joey." Yugi objected, " The sooner we let go, the better.". Yugi turned and walked away from the group.
" I think you're right, Joey. We should do something for them. " Tristan said in spite of Yugi's objection. Joey and Tristan said nothing to each other, but walked together to find a way out of the castle.
They walked down the path to the ground, the place where they came up. They walked to the boat that was waiting for the losers of the final rounds. They climbed aboard and asked to captain to steer over the rocks, they went out in a small lifeboat. They saw Tea's body, but Seto's was no where, the Millennium Puzzle had disappeared also.
"Where is he, guys?" Tristan asked, fearful of the answer.
"I don't know, lets just get Tea's body, send it out to sea and get out of here," Yugi said, not wanting to be near here any longer. They got Tea's body and sent it, still trailing blood, out to sea. They would all miss her. They said their last good-byes to her and the missing Seto. They paddled back to the boat and left, headed back to Domino.
A few days later, the headlines in Domino read "YOUNG CEO BACK IN BUSINESS AFTER LEAVE FOR DUELING TOURNAMENT!"
"What?!" Joey said, as he showed the paper to Tristan and Yugi. "Seto died! Unless its Pegasus and his shape shifter again."
"No, I know the difference in them, that's Seto all right!" Yugi stated, looking at the picture of Seto back at his mansion on the near- outskirts of Domino. "I don't know how but Kaiba's back."
"It's not possible, Yugi. We all saw Kaiba fall off the edge, and we all saw his dead body. Listen to yourself, Kaiba's dead." Tristan said, trying to talk some sense into his best friend.
"It's not the same Kaiba, he looks darker, more sinister." Yugi said. "I think something took over Kaiba's body, and evil dark force." Then Yugi remembered throwing the Millennium Puzzle off of the edge, practically onto Seto's dead body. Yami must have done something to him. Does Yami have to ruin everything?! Will it never end?!
Yugi spoke up, "Its Yami! You know when I threw the Puzzle down there beside them? It must have fallen onto Kaiba's dead body and brought him back."
"How could that be, Yugi? It's not possible, he was dead before you even threw that Puzzle! It could not bring him back, nothing could bring him back, Yugi. HE WAS DEAD!" Tristan was getting angry at his friend's senselessness.
"Shut up, you moron! Kaiba's back! And don't you see how its upsetting Yugi?! We've been through more than ANYBODY our age should have to go through!" Joey screamed back at him.
"No, he's right, Joey. Kaiba's dead, we all saw him fall, not only could nobody even survive that fall, we all saw his dead body," Yugi said.
They all stopped as the door to their classroom in Domino High opened. They saw Tea walk into the door and head their way, but then she disappeared. A student near the door got up and shut the door, muttering something about the wind opening the door.
"Did you two see that?" Joey said, quietly. "Tea, she was here, then she just disappeared!"
"What are you talking about, Joey? The door blew open with the wind!" Tristan said.
"Yes, Joey, I saw her," Yugi said, ignoring Tristan. "She mouthed the words, 'he's back' right before she disappeared."
"Kaiba." Joey said, simply.
"You two are making no sense! Tea was not here, the same way as Kaiba, the real one, is dead!" Tristan said. He was beginning to think that his friends were going insane from depression.
"She was, Tristan, but you can think what you want, I'm not arguing with you anymore." Joey said.
Usually Joey would argue until his dying day, with his temper. These days have really shaken him up. Maybe it's not them, maybe they are actually seeing these things. They both blame themselves for Tea and Seto's deaths. It's not their fault, but they won't admit it. I'm really worried about them, Yugi is totally alone, he don't have his Grandpa or Yami anymore. Joey doesn't have anybody either. All we've got left is each other. Tristan thought as the three sat in silence.
The bell rang to leave, they got their stuff up. "I don't know about you two, but I want to know what's up with Kaiba. I'm going over to his mansion. Either one of you want to come with me?" Yugi said.
"Sorry, guys. I have better things to do besides go ghost hunting, like homework. See you tomorrow," Tristan said, walking in the direction of his house, while Joey and Yugi headed towards the outskirts of Domino, towards Seto Kaiba's mansion.
At the large and magnificent mansion, Yugi and Joey stopped at the gate. They didn't think about getting in, they just knew they needed to talk to Kaiba. The guard inside the gate in the guardhouse came on the screen.
"Kids! What do you want?" he said, with no kindness whatsoever.
"We need to talk to Kaiba," Yugi said.
"Do you have an appointment with President Kaiba?"
"No, sir. We're friends of his from the Tournament that he just returned from," Yugi said, even though they were not quite friends.
Seto's voice came over the speaker in the guardhouse, "Yes, I know them, Milo. Let them in."
"Yes, sir, Mr. Kaiba." Yugi and Joey walked into the fence and up the grand driveway to the front door. Seto met them there.
"You look like you've seen a ghost, Yugi," he said, with an almost menacing smile.
"We thought you were dead, Kaiba," he replied.
"Come, lets sit and talk about this," he said, leading them towards a room with four chairs and a small coffee table.
They sat down, and Seto started the conversation, "Nice to see you, Yugi. You had to bring the dog though, didn't you?"
"The name's Joey, you dirtbag!"
Seto ignored Joey and turned back towards Yugi, "You thought I was dead? I'm hurt, you have no faith in me?"
"We saw you die, Kaiba! We saw your dead body, lying right there next to Tea's." Joey said, deciding that it was more important than fighting with him right now.
Joey's statement made Yugi remember the sight he saw right before he dropped the Millennium Puzzle. The sight of Seto's dead and mangled body, there was a rock piercing through from his back, there was no was he could live. And Tea's body beside his, it chilled Yugi to remember this.
"It's not that simple, Joey, Yugi. I did die, but then Yugi threw his Puzzle, and the Spirit of the Puzzle brought me back. You see, he hates that Puzzle, and he has to have a host, so I was the perfect candidate. And just think, Yugi, if you had threw it just a few inches the other way, he would have brought your beloved Tea back to life."
"That demon is evil, Tea would realize it and she wouldn't put up with it, she would rid herself of him. You on the other hand, had to stay alive, so you can put up with the evil, even give in to it."
"No, Yugi. I'm not as evil as you think. Neither one of us are, we are just winners." Kaiba's voice took on a new tone, a deeper one, deeper even than his natural voice.
"Yami! You're the one behind this!" Yugi said, not because he realized it, but because he wanted him to know for sure that he did blame this on him.
"If you had of been stronger, then the Celtic Guardian would not have destroyed the Blue Eyes, and everybody would be alive and well, even Mokuba and your grandfather!" Yami replied.
"No! Don't listen to him, Yuge! He's trying to play psychological games! He may be the King of Games, but you don't have to play this one!" Joey said, as he realized what Yami was doing.
"Hush, mortal! You know nothing! Besides, this is a game that I always win! After their death, you were too weak to even try to duel Pegasus!" Yami replied.
"He's right," Yugi said, quietly and meant for nobody to hear, but both of his companions did.
"No! Yuge! He's playing your weaknesses!"
"Come on, Joey. We have no business here!" Yugi and Joey got up to leave.
Seto, instantly back to normal, said, "Come back and see me, Yugi. We could duel now that you don't have your Spirit of the Puzzle behind you." He grinned evilly. Although his words meant no harm, a look of anger, torture and the thought of vengeance lurked behind his cold blue eyes.
Yugi and Joey walked towards the game shop, where Joey was staying now. "Yugi, don't listen to what he said back there." When Yugi didn't reply, Joey continued. "He was playing your weaknesses, Yuge! Trying to make you feel bad when you didn't do anything to him!"
"DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HIM?! I killed him, Joey!!!"
Joey blocked the path in front of Yugi. "Get this through your head, Yuge! You did NOT kill Kaiba!"
"Whatever, Joey. Come on," Yugi said, going inside the game shop and upstairs to the bedrooms. He looked down the hall to his grandfather's empty room. He sighed, If only I would've been stronger.
