HAHAHAHAHA much more humor in this chapter. Things are on the bright side now…but I am an evil authoress ^_^. What could ever happen? I'm an making an effort to put Jou and Honda back in. About Marik? I'm so sorry, I'd add him in but he wasn't there in the first place so I'm sorry to say that there won't be much of him. Unless miraculously, he appears. As for Kaiba: Just look down.
Disclaimer: Oh really?
Antithesis in the Stars
The click of a laptop snapped shut sounded in the room. A certain CEO buried his head in his hands and grunted. No work was accomplished and it was piling up beside him. A few random papers were scattered around the floor. Mokuba looked at his brother worriedly. Dark circles around his eyes told that he had not slept for a long time and his hair was a mess. His once icy blue eyes had turned lifeless and tired looking. Mokuba made no move. His brother surely did not want to be disturbed. But there was something on his mind that he would not care to tell even his little brother. The little Kaiba brother was starting to really worry. He stepped into the room. Seto didn't even react.
"Nii-san?"
No response.
Looking around him unsurely, he stepped about halfway towards Seto.
"Seto, it's me…Mokuba." All he heard was a grunt. Mokuba tried again. "Big brother, something's wrong. You haven't eaten, slept or worked…"
"Mokuba…"
The haggard CEO looked up and focused his eyes on his little brother. He licked his dry lips and continued talking. Mokuba stepped up to Seto and placed his hands on the other's arms.
"I'm sorry I haven't been paying attention lately…It's just so hard now."
"Seto, what's wrong? You hafta tell me! But first, you need to eat something." Mokuba walked out the door and to the kitchen. Seto could hear him ordering the servants to cook up something. He really didn't know how to tell his brother about anything of the things that had happened. The black haired boy came back into the dim room and returned to his side.
"Food will be served soon." Both sat in silence for minutes when a humble servant knocked quietly outside the door. A nice arome drifted in and Mokuba ran to get it. He thanked the cook and sent the servant off. Carefully, he brought a tray with a bowl of soup and some bread over. He handed them to his brother. Reluctantly, he picked up the silver spoon and began to eat. Seto wiped his mouth on the napkin when he was finished.
"Nii-san, what happened? You seem so out of it lately…"
Seto looked up to think about where to start.
"Mokuba…I know this seems out of place but…have you ever loved someone?" As expected, his sibling was quite surprised. His older brother? Love someone?
"Yes…but why? What does this have to do with anything?"
His brother's voice was distant as he answered, "But have you ever loved someone you can't have?"
"Seto…did something happen?"
He nodded with a smile. 'I can admire him from afar. I know I'll never be completely over it but why not move on? I've made my first mistake of falling in love but there's no way back.. I think I'll see how I fare.'
"Yes but I'll be over it."
He hated to show his emotions but he was only in the presence of his little brother. It would be ok.
"Oh…I'm sorry. Who was it?"
"No one of importance. It wasn't their fault Moky."
'Nii-san must really be hurt. He won't even say their name…I wonder who captured my brother's heart. And I wonder what happened between the two.'
"Ok. Well, now you need sleep." Without waiting for a response from the older sibling, he left the room.
~ ~ ~
Back in the room, no one was sitting. Yuugi looked around, praying to find one of the white haired boys.
"Ryou?"
A yawn sounded and he came down, in his pajamas. Yuugi smiled sweetly and flew up to his friend.
"Yuugi…you're smiling….what happened?"
"There's a mindlink!!!" Ryou was overwhelmed by how loud he had said it. In a rage Bakura stormed downstairs.
"Someone in America didn't hear you! Could you say it a *little* louder?" When he saw Yuugi, he stopped in his tracks and sweatdropped.
"Eh he…didn't know it was you."
Ryou and Yuugi just looked at him with wide eyes. They moved away a little bit and huddled.
Yuugi looked at Ryou weirdly. "Doesn't even bother to apologize either huh?"
"Sorry, we're working on manners. I suppose you did wake him up."
"Sorry about that. I was just so excited. I won't do it again."
"Oh no, that's fine."
Bakura was getting slightly annoyed. He couldn't hear what the others were saying and he was pretty sure it was about him. The yami did not like people talking about him.
"So Yuugi…what was this about a mindlink?"
The chatting boys looked up. They had temporarily forgotten that he was even in the room. Ryou smiled and scratched his head.
"Sorry Kura, kinda forgot you were there." Bakura fell flat on his face. He got up.
"You what!?"
Yuugi, not wanting to see what this would evolve into, cut in before they could say anymore.
"Well, yes I thought it would be useful to see it there was a mindlink. And yes, there was. He didn't answer so I assumed that he was asleep. But I made no mistake. There was a mindlink."
"Well, well, well…I was right. You are no ordinary angel. Or and ordinary person for that matter. You must've reaaaaaally loved your dark."
"Is there a way back?"
"I'm not sure how but definitely…there is a way back. We'll just have to find it."
Ryou jumped up and hugged Yuugi.
"That's so wonderful!!!"
Ryou retreated. He had expected to fall right through but blinked. He wasn't holding anything but wasn't falling either.
"Bloody bullocks! You…you're not a ghostly spirit anymore!"
"I…I'm not?"
~ ~ ~
"Who would know something as weird as this?" Anzu paced around in her room the next day. She was still trying to figure out a way for Yuugi to come back. The suffering needs to end in one way or another. Ok, cut that, the suffering needs to end with the two halves united.
"Jou is superstitious…I wonder if he would know." Anzu dialed the number in quickly and waited for his voice.
"Hello? Katsuya here."
Anzu prayed for an intelligent conversation here. Jou might start babbling off about something totally off subject.
"Jou, have you seen Yuugi lately?"
"Nande kuso!? (What the hell) What are you talking about!? He's not a…a…a ghost is he!?"
Anzu was mad now. Honestly, Jou could be so thick sometimes. She took in a deep breath and managed to answer without yelling at him.
"No, Jou. He is NOT a ghost."
"Then what? A mummy? I don't like–"
"JOUNOUCHI KATSUYA! HE IS NOT ANYTHING OUT OF A HORROR MOVIE!!!"
" –mummies…"
"Anyway…has he visited you?"
" *silence*"
"Did you hear me?"
Anzu tapped her fingers on the table in annoyance. She was getting very mad now. Sometimes even she wondered why she was friends with him at all. She laughed at herself. His humor was helpful sometimes. It turned out he was pretty strong too. Not even once did he give up for Serenity. In battlecity, he did act a little immature with Mai but in the end they turned out friends. (A/N: Sorry to interrupt but I'm not trying to imply Jou/Mai. It's for description, something I lack.) And he was Yuugi's first friend too. She never figured out how that ever happened. But now that it did, it helped Yuugi so much.
"Jou, I believe you have missed what's going on, huh…"
"It sure seems like it."
"Well, let me come over. My phone bill would be huge if I told you over the phone."
"It's that lo–*click*"
Jou sweatdropped. 'Wow, she must *really* be annoyed.'
Anzu hastily pulled on a coat and walked out her door. It would rain, she predicted. To her dismay and surprise, the morning sun was out. The period of bad weather was passing. To a scientist, it would merely be a front moving on. She smiled. "Well then, it looks like things are on the bright side."
Could it really be?
Jou walked out his door. He waited for a few minutes until he saw the brunette.
"Anzu, quick, let's go. My father doesn't know that I'm outta the room."
She had no time to respond before Jou pulled her arm and they went out of the building. They came by Honda's house.
"Jounouchi, what are we doing here!?"
"Well, if I know, my best buddy gets to know." Anzu slapped her face. Now it would be even more difficult to get the point across without them wigging out. After ringing the doorbell repetitively, Honda opened the door. As soon as he saw that it was they, he was energized immediately and ran upstairs. He came back down completely dressed and looking like he had been awake for half the day.
"So…tell me again, why are you here?" Jou shrugged. Anzu slapped her face again. She was on the brink of just yelling out "forget it" and leaving.
"Well, I'd tell you but you two are making it quite hard."
They shut up. Anzu was scary when she was mad. After seeing that they would follow her now and actually listen, she decided to stop in the park. The background noise of kids screaming would provide enough that people who weren't supposed to know, wouldn't hear. Anzu sat on the bench. Eager to know, the rest just flopped down on the grass and stared intently at her. When she didn't talk, they got confused.
"So Anzu, what's up?"
"Oh, you've decided to listen?"
"We were listening…"
Anzu turned to face Honda. It couldn't hurt asking, even if she highly doubted that he did.
"Honda, have you seen Yugi?"
"Yea, weeks ago."
Jou cut in. "Why are you asking us? Not like he can come back…"
"Actually, Katsuya, on the contrary, Yuugi did."
Large sweatdrops formed on both of their faces.
In unison, "Did we hear you wrong?"
"No. Yuugi is back."
"HOW!?"
"That's what I'm trying to figure out." Jou fainted. Honda was close but he looked more scared than anything else. Anzu really wanted to be hit. How did she know that this would happen and still let it? Anzu thought she was a fool. Oh well, they deserve to know.
"Does anyone out there know?"
~Owari~
Sorry if these chapters seem rushed too. I'm trying to finish up. I'm gonna start another story but it shouldn't slow down the updates. Review? It'll help me get the next installment up faster!