AN: Another chapter in my depressing collection. This one takes place
during Kaiba's duel with Yugi on top of Pegasus's castle. I think
everything is pretty simple, but it's easier to understand if you know when
this takes place.
~~~One last chip~~~
I can't move. I can't think. I can only watch as my precious Blue eyed ultimate dragon, my last hope, melts before my eyes. I think I'm going to cry.
I've lost, I suddenly realize. Everything in my plan rested on my dragons and....... and still I've failed!
I hear voices and I know their talking about me. Me, Seto Kaiba, the failure. Seto Kaiba, the boy. I don't deserve to be called a man anymore. Men aren't failures. Seto Kaiba, the boy who can't even save his own brother. The boy who can't win when it matters more than ever before. I'm the boy who lost everything in one single game.
I look back at my dragon and watch in horror as its rancid, oozing body rolls over Mokuba's body and slowly consumes my brother as he cries out for my help. My reaches out to me, begging, pleading with me, his older brother, to protect and save him. But I can't move. I can't even raise a finger to help him. And then my younger self, the boy I once was, rushes forwards, stretching out his small hand to help my, our, brother. My younger self calls out to Mokuba and their fingers are so close, only inches apart, when the body of my precious dragon suddenly collapses and my brother disappears from sight.
Mokuba. Mokuba is gone. I've lost my brother forever. My younger self stares at the area where Mokuba used to be and doesn't speak for a second. Suddenly turning around, he glares at me and snarls.
'You're rotten to the core, Kaiba! Just like that dragon!' My younger self screams at me. I look down to hide the tears that are pooling in my eyes, even though I know they will never reach my face. I haven't cried in years. Gasping in horror, my tears forgotten, I see my hands and realize I'm melting. I'm melting just like my dragon.
But I really shouldn't be surprised. When a human loses everything their mind and soul disintegrates. And I've lost everything. My company, my self-esteem, my pride, my dragons, but most importantly, my brother. I've sat down at the roulette wheel of life and lost every single chip I had. Why should I continue to live?
I blink once and then twice. I hadn't lost all my chips. I still had one! My life. A plan takes shape in my mind and I realize when I must do. It's time for one more gamble. All or nothing! Life or death!
So I take a deep breath, look at my opponent, throw down my last chip and spin the wheel.
~~~One last chip~~~
I can't move. I can't think. I can only watch as my precious Blue eyed ultimate dragon, my last hope, melts before my eyes. I think I'm going to cry.
I've lost, I suddenly realize. Everything in my plan rested on my dragons and....... and still I've failed!
I hear voices and I know their talking about me. Me, Seto Kaiba, the failure. Seto Kaiba, the boy. I don't deserve to be called a man anymore. Men aren't failures. Seto Kaiba, the boy who can't even save his own brother. The boy who can't win when it matters more than ever before. I'm the boy who lost everything in one single game.
I look back at my dragon and watch in horror as its rancid, oozing body rolls over Mokuba's body and slowly consumes my brother as he cries out for my help. My reaches out to me, begging, pleading with me, his older brother, to protect and save him. But I can't move. I can't even raise a finger to help him. And then my younger self, the boy I once was, rushes forwards, stretching out his small hand to help my, our, brother. My younger self calls out to Mokuba and their fingers are so close, only inches apart, when the body of my precious dragon suddenly collapses and my brother disappears from sight.
Mokuba. Mokuba is gone. I've lost my brother forever. My younger self stares at the area where Mokuba used to be and doesn't speak for a second. Suddenly turning around, he glares at me and snarls.
'You're rotten to the core, Kaiba! Just like that dragon!' My younger self screams at me. I look down to hide the tears that are pooling in my eyes, even though I know they will never reach my face. I haven't cried in years. Gasping in horror, my tears forgotten, I see my hands and realize I'm melting. I'm melting just like my dragon.
But I really shouldn't be surprised. When a human loses everything their mind and soul disintegrates. And I've lost everything. My company, my self-esteem, my pride, my dragons, but most importantly, my brother. I've sat down at the roulette wheel of life and lost every single chip I had. Why should I continue to live?
I blink once and then twice. I hadn't lost all my chips. I still had one! My life. A plan takes shape in my mind and I realize when I must do. It's time for one more gamble. All or nothing! Life or death!
So I take a deep breath, look at my opponent, throw down my last chip and spin the wheel.