YUGIOH

Blast in the Past

Chapter 16.

It had been a couple of days since Kaiba was sent to the hospital now, and Joey had been accepted by Mokuba to stay at his house for awhile, as a live-in nanny. Joey had done all he could to try and keep Mokuba in high-spirits, but Joey couldn't possibly replace his brother. Besides that, there's been the first stop over by Human Services which were now preparing to discuss the situation with Mokuba. If they felt that Kaiba was going to stay that way on a permanent basis, they may have to once again place Mokuba into a home, which could also cause problems with Kaiba corporation, who depended on the Kaiba brothers in order to stay in business.

Tea, Tristan, and Yugi were all at their individual homes. While Yugi was home in his bedroom, he took this time to speak to Yami.

'Spirit....I don't know what's going to become of poor Mokuba. There's got to be something we can do!'

'But, what could we do, Yugi?' Yami asked. 'His mind and spirit isn't even in this world, anymore.'

'Well, then what about reaching to him in the world he's in? He has to still have some connection to his body. Perhaps from his body, you can trace his connection to his soul, and speak with him wherever he is. We may not be able to pull him out of there, but we can atleast try to find some way of letting him know what's happened to him....'

'Hmm....I suppose it couldn't hurt to try. But we'd have to go to where Kaiba's body is now, in order for me to attempt this.' Yami said.

'Okay, let's go!'

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It had been a number of weeks later. Seto had been getting straight A's....an incredible grade jump, making his parents proud. He helped out with the house chores as much as he could, and now even worked a part-time job at Yugi's grandfather's place. But more than that, Seto had begun to invent. He planned on patenting the holographic duel disks, and the game shop would be the first store to sell them, which would make this store the hottest game shop in the area. This design would also be in great demand by all the Duel Monsters tournament places, which were still using the simple card plays. Seto was beginning to show a bright promise ahead of him. But he also had good friends, and even a girlfriend. Things couldn't get any better than it was.

Seto slept soundly in his bed. But that particular night....he had a dream.

"Kaiba...."

"Wh....who said my name?" Seto rose, looking around his room. 'No, it's not my name, anymore....'

"Seto Kaiba!" Came the strong voice that yet sounded so distant.

Seto looked into the very dark corner of his room, and a glowing image appeared....the symbol of the Millennium Item, the symbol of Ra....which was a glowing golden eye. A pair of glowing red eyes appeared underneath, as well as a faint outline of a human male with strange upward flowing hair.

"Wh....who are you? What do you want?" Seto cried out.

"You must find your way home, Kaiba....Mokuba needs you!" The voice cried out.

"Mokuba? What's wrong with Mokuba?? Mokuba!!" Seto cried out.

Seto jumped up from his laying position drenched with sweat, and looked around. There was nothing but the calm darkness of his room. He got up and ran over, turning on the light-switch, but there was nothing in the corner where his dream saw the strange outline of a person. He then ran across the hallway, and opened the door to see Mokuba sound asleep. He crept in, and checked on his brother, saying softly, "Mokuba?"

"Uh....S-Seto? What's wrong? Wh-what is it?" Mokuba asked.

Seto sighed in relief, "Nothing....I guess I just had a bad dream."

Mokuba hugged him, saying, "Don't worry, big brother….I'm here for ya. If you ever need me, feel free to come in anytime!"

"Thanks, kiddo." Seto said, giving him a hug and heading back to bed.

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That morning, Seto described the strange dream to his friends, as he went to school.

"That sounds creepy." Joey said.

"Don't worry about it, Seto." Yugi said. "It was just a dream, after all." Since the time that Seto asked for a job, Yugi and Tea had now joined their team and were friends together.

"I know it was....it just seemed so real. It didn't feel like I was dreaming. It was like something was trying to call out to me." Seto said.

"Dreams can be really strange. I had one with a horse wearing a dress." Tristan said.

"Gee....I had a dream with myself wearing a dress." Joey said, but suddenly stopped as everyone looked at him. "Hahaha....I was just kidding!" He said blushing, hoping they'd believe that.

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'I think I reached him, Yugi....but I don't know how well it worked. It was very hard to communicate to him. His mind is now very connected to this other world.' Yami said.

'What does that mean, spirit?' Yugi asked.

'That means that he either no longer remembers this world, or he believes that he truly is in 'his' world, and may no longer think we even exist.' Yami stated.

'Then he's....forgotten about us?' Yugi asked.

'It's not his fault, Yugi....it's the power behind this powerful magic.' Yami stated.