Chapter 2
'I have to get Mokuba out of whatever dimension he got himself into. He could get seriously hurt, or worse.' Seto had his eyes fixed on the machine. He had been working himself all night without a look away. He was determined to save his brother. He couldn't just sit there and watch. Seto kept working as the sun arose for morning.
"Set him here, Starfire" Robin suggested. Starfire gently set the small boy on the couch. She flew over and got a blanket. She placed it softly over him. Starfire stared at the small boy, despite the fact that her friends were watching her stare.
"So, what did he tell you?" Cyborg finally asked.
"He is very close to his brother. They have a strong bond, that may never be broken. I can tell they've been through a lot together." Starfire sat next to the sleeping body and stroked her hand along the long raven- black hair.
"Ok, so we have to get to the bottom of all of our questions. Where did he come from, how, and why." Robin said with leadership.
"But we have other things to worry about." Raven pointed out. Starfire was paying no attention. She just kept stroking Mokuba's hair and staring deeply at him. Her friends had noticed a lot of that.
"Ok, here's the deal. We'll go on fighting, and Starfire..." Starfire looked up from Mokuba to Robin, "You'll stay here with the kid." Starfire's eyes widened with shock.
"What do you mean, Robin?"
"You seem to be the one close to him, you'll have to stay behind." Starfire stood up. She was looking down at Robin with an angry face. She wasn't realizing what she was doing at all.
"How can you leave me behind? It is not friendly to leave out someone. Someone should teach you a lesson..." Starfire froze from her own words. Everyone was staring at her, wide-eyed. Starfire backed away from Robin and sat down, now looking up at him.
"I am sorry." Starfire apologized. It was usually saying when you stood up to someone smaller then you, that you were the boss and that they had to listen to you. Starfire had never taken that privilege with great ease.
"I'm sorry Starfire, but you'll have to stay here. And we can't stop protecting the town because of some kid. I'm sorry." Robin sat next to Starfire and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"But it is unfair, and..."
"You don't have to stay here with me." Everyone turned to see Mokuba upright and staring back at them.
"Sorry kid, but your gonna have to stay here with Starfire," Cyborg said, "Star, your gonna stay here tomorrow. Ok?"
"Yes Cyborg" Starfire said sadly and obediently, "I shall take him to my room." Starfire got up and went down one of the hallways, alongside with Mokuba.
"I'm sorry, Starfire." Mokuba said sadly. Starfire looked down at the lonely kid. She put her hand on his shoulder and pulled him close.
"It is quit alright. We will have fun together." Mokuba looked up and smiled. Starfire smiled back. She couldn't help but think sorry for Mokuba's brother. For Mokuba was the kindest boy Starfire had ever seen, and having him as a brother and losing him surely would've been a disaster for him.
A long warning was heard. Mokuba jumped at the sound of the alarm. He looked up. Starfire had already left. Mokuba quickly ran out of her room.
"Titans, Slad is at it again. This time he won't get away!" Mokuba ran to the living room. Everyone was already there.
"What's going on?" Mokuba asked wearily.
"Starfire, you know the deal?" Starfire nodded. Robin turned to everyone else.
"Titans! Go!" Everyone speeded off and out the door. The automatic door finally closed after a while. Starfire turned to the boy.
"Shall we venture towards the kitchen?" Mokuba nodded and walked over to their kitchen place. Starfire started making breakfast as Mokuba watched.
"So tell me young one, what is your world like?" there was a long pause. How could Mokuba explain everything he had been through. All the pain that Mokuba had endured just for the sake of getting back at his older brother. Then of course there was the whole saving the world part with Yugi.
"Normal?" was the only world that Mokuba could think of saying. Even though his world was far from normal.
"How joyful, and your friends?" Starfire asked still something she had gotten out of the refrigerator. There was, yet, another pause. Mokuba remembered his friends. His only friend. Niomi. Just the name brought tears to his eyes. Mokuba stuffed his face into his hands. Starfire noticed his tears quickly.
"Here. Eat." Starfire poured her yellow food into a bowl and passed it to Mokuba. Mokuba looked up.
"What's this?" Mokuba touched it with his hand.
"It is the Pudding Of Sadness, it is what the people of my planet eat when we are sad." Mokuba dipped his finger into the yellow pudding and put it into his mouth. Mokuba started making choking noises and fell backwards in his seat.
"What's in that pudding?!" Mokuba said after recovering from his encouter with Starfire's pudding.
"It has many things to it, but cannot be explained^-^" Mokuba just dropped his head to the counter. Starfire lifted Mokuba's head and stared into Mokuba's eyes. She smiled.
"Friend, there must be a way I can help cure your sadness." Mokuba lifted up his head from Starfire's hands and wiped off his tear stains. Suddenly the words of Seto popped into his mind.
'Stop crying Mokie, we're all alone now and we can't afford to show weakness by crying.' Yep, that was Seto alright. Always leading them down the right path. That was back when Mokuba's Mom and Dad had passed away. And also back when they were adopted by Gorbazo Kaiba.
Mokuba finally broke the silence, "I'm sorry Starfire. I just miss home, but it's really nothing to cry over. I promise that I will try and be more confident." Starfire smiled cheerfully. ************************************************************************ Thanks for all the reveiws^-^ You guys totally rock! I just hope this turns out as long as I planned it to. Review!
'I have to get Mokuba out of whatever dimension he got himself into. He could get seriously hurt, or worse.' Seto had his eyes fixed on the machine. He had been working himself all night without a look away. He was determined to save his brother. He couldn't just sit there and watch. Seto kept working as the sun arose for morning.
"Set him here, Starfire" Robin suggested. Starfire gently set the small boy on the couch. She flew over and got a blanket. She placed it softly over him. Starfire stared at the small boy, despite the fact that her friends were watching her stare.
"So, what did he tell you?" Cyborg finally asked.
"He is very close to his brother. They have a strong bond, that may never be broken. I can tell they've been through a lot together." Starfire sat next to the sleeping body and stroked her hand along the long raven- black hair.
"Ok, so we have to get to the bottom of all of our questions. Where did he come from, how, and why." Robin said with leadership.
"But we have other things to worry about." Raven pointed out. Starfire was paying no attention. She just kept stroking Mokuba's hair and staring deeply at him. Her friends had noticed a lot of that.
"Ok, here's the deal. We'll go on fighting, and Starfire..." Starfire looked up from Mokuba to Robin, "You'll stay here with the kid." Starfire's eyes widened with shock.
"What do you mean, Robin?"
"You seem to be the one close to him, you'll have to stay behind." Starfire stood up. She was looking down at Robin with an angry face. She wasn't realizing what she was doing at all.
"How can you leave me behind? It is not friendly to leave out someone. Someone should teach you a lesson..." Starfire froze from her own words. Everyone was staring at her, wide-eyed. Starfire backed away from Robin and sat down, now looking up at him.
"I am sorry." Starfire apologized. It was usually saying when you stood up to someone smaller then you, that you were the boss and that they had to listen to you. Starfire had never taken that privilege with great ease.
"I'm sorry Starfire, but you'll have to stay here. And we can't stop protecting the town because of some kid. I'm sorry." Robin sat next to Starfire and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"But it is unfair, and..."
"You don't have to stay here with me." Everyone turned to see Mokuba upright and staring back at them.
"Sorry kid, but your gonna have to stay here with Starfire," Cyborg said, "Star, your gonna stay here tomorrow. Ok?"
"Yes Cyborg" Starfire said sadly and obediently, "I shall take him to my room." Starfire got up and went down one of the hallways, alongside with Mokuba.
"I'm sorry, Starfire." Mokuba said sadly. Starfire looked down at the lonely kid. She put her hand on his shoulder and pulled him close.
"It is quit alright. We will have fun together." Mokuba looked up and smiled. Starfire smiled back. She couldn't help but think sorry for Mokuba's brother. For Mokuba was the kindest boy Starfire had ever seen, and having him as a brother and losing him surely would've been a disaster for him.
A long warning was heard. Mokuba jumped at the sound of the alarm. He looked up. Starfire had already left. Mokuba quickly ran out of her room.
"Titans, Slad is at it again. This time he won't get away!" Mokuba ran to the living room. Everyone was already there.
"What's going on?" Mokuba asked wearily.
"Starfire, you know the deal?" Starfire nodded. Robin turned to everyone else.
"Titans! Go!" Everyone speeded off and out the door. The automatic door finally closed after a while. Starfire turned to the boy.
"Shall we venture towards the kitchen?" Mokuba nodded and walked over to their kitchen place. Starfire started making breakfast as Mokuba watched.
"So tell me young one, what is your world like?" there was a long pause. How could Mokuba explain everything he had been through. All the pain that Mokuba had endured just for the sake of getting back at his older brother. Then of course there was the whole saving the world part with Yugi.
"Normal?" was the only world that Mokuba could think of saying. Even though his world was far from normal.
"How joyful, and your friends?" Starfire asked still something she had gotten out of the refrigerator. There was, yet, another pause. Mokuba remembered his friends. His only friend. Niomi. Just the name brought tears to his eyes. Mokuba stuffed his face into his hands. Starfire noticed his tears quickly.
"Here. Eat." Starfire poured her yellow food into a bowl and passed it to Mokuba. Mokuba looked up.
"What's this?" Mokuba touched it with his hand.
"It is the Pudding Of Sadness, it is what the people of my planet eat when we are sad." Mokuba dipped his finger into the yellow pudding and put it into his mouth. Mokuba started making choking noises and fell backwards in his seat.
"What's in that pudding?!" Mokuba said after recovering from his encouter with Starfire's pudding.
"It has many things to it, but cannot be explained^-^" Mokuba just dropped his head to the counter. Starfire lifted Mokuba's head and stared into Mokuba's eyes. She smiled.
"Friend, there must be a way I can help cure your sadness." Mokuba lifted up his head from Starfire's hands and wiped off his tear stains. Suddenly the words of Seto popped into his mind.
'Stop crying Mokie, we're all alone now and we can't afford to show weakness by crying.' Yep, that was Seto alright. Always leading them down the right path. That was back when Mokuba's Mom and Dad had passed away. And also back when they were adopted by Gorbazo Kaiba.
Mokuba finally broke the silence, "I'm sorry Starfire. I just miss home, but it's really nothing to cry over. I promise that I will try and be more confident." Starfire smiled cheerfully. ************************************************************************ Thanks for all the reveiws^-^ You guys totally rock! I just hope this turns out as long as I planned it to. Review!
