YUGIOH

Blast in the Past

Chapter 11.

Later, the door opened to Mokuba's room, and Kaiba leaned against the doorway, watching his little brother. The younger Rykuma was listening to a walkman on his bed, playing with some action figures, while bobbing his head to the music. His tastes seemed a lot different than the Mokuba he knew. Mokuba finally looked up noticing his brother, quickly removing the walkman, and stuffing it behind him. "Oh, hi big brother! I was just, uh...."

"What do you got there, kiddo?" Kaiba asked.

Mokuba looked guilty, and showed him the walkman. "I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't take your things. But you were sick, so I didn't think you'd mind me....listening to your music."

"That's mine?" He asked, as his kid brother miserably nodded his head. Kaiba walked in, saying, "Let me see it." Mokuba gave the walkman back, along with his music album in it. Kaiba brought it up to his ear and turned it on, wincing from the stuff. "I listen to this crap?"

"Crap?" Mokuba asked. "That's the best band out there! You said you loved that band! And it's my favorite too, Seto!"

Kaiba looked over at his brother, thinking, 'Whoever thought that siblings can't influence their own, this is a prime example how wrong they were.' Understanding now that Mokuba was following in his footsteps, wanting to do everything that he did. In his world, Mokuba tried to be just like him, helping him to run Kaiba Corp. the best he could. In this world, Seto seemed to be some slacking teenager, and his brother was once again trying to be just like him. 'Well that's going to change.' He thought.

"Listen Mokuba, why don't we get this room cleaned up....I'll help you." Kaiba said.

"But I don't wanna! How come? You don't clean yours!" Mokuba said.

"Actually, I just did....and I got my homework all done, too." Kaiba told him.

"You did not!" Mokuba said, disbelieving him. "You never do your homework!"

"Well, I just did....something you should be doing, as well. Call it a change of heart. Let's try and make Mom and Dad happy for a change, okay? We'll surprise them....I got my room cleaned, I'll help you clean yours. Then you can get your homework done, and we'll get you into a shower, too." Kaiba said.

"A shower?? Awww....Seto!" Mokuba whined.

"How about this....you do this for me, and I'll let you have my walkman, and my album. It'll be yours." Kaiba smiled.

"You mean it? Really?? Okay!!" Mokuba said, suddenly all psyched to start.

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"What do you mean, we can't??" Joey shouted.

"Come on Joey, calm down." Tristan said, trying to pull him back.

"Please sir, we really need to get him back." Yugi said.

"You don't understand, young man." The old man said, "The only one that can get Seto Kaiba back is Seto Kaiba. He needs to want to come back, and personally....I don't think that's going to happen."

"Well, why not?" Joey asked.

"Think about this…." The man said. "Let's say you were given everything your heart ever wanted, you were given total contentment. Do you really think you'd be able to pull yourself away from that, and brought back to the real world where you no longer had those things?"

"Sure, I could do it...." Joey said.

"I....I don't know if I could." Yugi said. "My father's always gone, working overseas....my grandmother has been dead for sometime. If I could have them back with me all the time, and still have all my friends....I don't know if I could rip myself away from that, so easily."

"Yeah, I guess that's true." Joey then agreed, putting his head down, "Having a family again. Both my parents not divorced. My old man not being a drunk all the time....my sister living together with me, again. I didn't really think about that."

Tristan said, "Yeah, where Kaiba is…he probably owns the whole world!"

Joey laughed at that, saying, "Gee….I thought moneybags already owned the whole world."

"Cut it out, guys!" Tea chided.

Yugi thought about what Kaiba would like. "I don't think that's it. His would probably be back with his real parents, never having anything to do with the Kaiba family!"

Joey also considered that, saying, "Can you imagine that, Kaiba being as poor a slob as us? Heh heh heh....I'd pay to see that."

"But then....what can we do?" Tea asked.

"Hmmm...." Yugi thought. He looked back at the old man, saying, "Say, do you have any other magic items that can counter this one?"

"Well, I have the powder of dark nightmares, but using that on a person traps him. His own free will would no longer be enough to bring him back." The man said.

"No, that wouldn't work." Joey said.

They would have to find some other way of helping Kaiba….if there was a way, at all.