YUGIOH

Blast in the Past

Chapter 22.

Seto began to clean the scrap up in his room, and piled it in a corner, since that was the only room he had left to put it all. Yami decided to try and be the polite guest, and help him out. Together, they cleaned it to atleast make it more walkable. "That's better." Seto said. He turned and said, "So....are you going to tell me what this is all about sometime tonight, or not?"

"I wanted to tell you sooner, Kaiba….but I wanted to try to give you as much time with your family as possible, before telling this to you. This isn't going to be easy for you to accept." Yami said.

Seto gave a slight chuckle, saying, "Yugi....you just called me Kaiba. Do I look like Noah to you?"

"No....you look like Seto to me, Seto Kaiba." Yami said with true seriousness in his eyes.

Seto's smile faded, as he looked at Yami like he was some alien that just beamed into his bedroom. Yami sighed heavily, saying, "The reason I went to the Kaiba mansion was because I was looking for you. I know those memories of being Kaiba are still buried deep within you....you have to know, you have to remember what I am talking about."

"You're crazy. Why the hell would you call me that? My name is Seto Rykuma....not Kaiba. I am not related to Noah or that lunatic father of his." Seto said, his tone a notch colder than before.

"How do you know he's a lunatic, then? Have you met him? You only know him because you remember he adopted you....after your parents died." Yami stated.

"MY PARENTS DID NOT DIE!!!" Seto practically roared at Yami, hitting a nerve with Seto. "We just sat down and ate dinner with them, didn't we? What are you trying to tell me, Yugi….that this is all 'fake'?? Don't you think that I, of all people, would know the difference between fantasy and reality! They are not some digital creations....the look in their eyes, the emotion, the life....it's real!"

"You're right, Kaiba....they are real. Your mind, your heart, and your soul was transported into this world, taking over the Seto Rykuma of this other universe. But your world is still there waiting for you, Kaiba." Yami said.

"I am NOT Kaiba!" Seto snapped.

"You are presently in a hospital room, in a coma, lying there still because the rest of you has been transported here. Until you bring yourself to want to go back, you will remain here Kaiba, and you will never come out of it. When your body deteriorates and dies in that world, you will die here, because you are connected to it." Yami continued.

"I said my name is not Kaiba." He hissed in a dangerous tone with Yami, refusing to listen to this.

"You are Kaiba, you cannot deny it!" Yami said. "More than anything, you're brother Mokuba needs you back. If you remain in that coma, they will take him away and put him in a home, this time without his big brother there to protect him. He needs you, Kaiba....they've already started the proceedings to take him. If you don't come out of it in the next couple of days, he will be taken away...."

Seto stood there trembling, shaking his head no, not wanting to believe any of what Yami was saying. "You're lying...." He whispered, barely able to hear his voice, as he said it.

There was a door that slammed shut in the distance, and Mokuba showed up at Seto's doorway, saying, "Seto, I'm back....uh, what's wrong?"

"Do you see him, Yugi? DO YOU SEE HIM???" Seto snapped, grabbing Yami by the collar, and slamming him against the wall. "Mokuba is right there! He is fine! There is nothing wrong with him, he's not going anywhere!"

"Seto....??" Mokuba asked.

"Seto, what are you doing?" His mother asked, catching what was happening, as she approached. His eyes twitched dangerously at Yami, before finally dropping him, marching through everyone, and leaving the house.

Yami got up, catching his breath, after Seto had pressed his collar so tightly to his neck. "Are you all right?" His mother asked.

"Yes, I'm sorry....I should leave now." Yami said, and left, trying to follow after Seto. It took awhile, wandering around the immediate area, but Yami soon found him, hunched over at the edge of a large pond, looking into it, as if it would tell him what he wanted to know.

"Kaiba...." Yami said softly to him. Seto had calmed down by this time, and Yami could see the pain and anguish he was feeling....Seto was finally beginning to believe. "Kaiba?" Yami asked, sitting next to him.

"It was too good to be true....wasn't it?" He asked.

"The item that you touched gave you your heart's desire. I know this must be hard for you...." Yami said.

"No....you have no idea." He choked, his voice filled with pain. His head lowered, as he fought to keep himself from crying, "I've already lost them once....I can't do this again!"

Yami gently placed his hand on Seto's shoulder, trying to help him so he didn't feel he had to do this alone. Seto trembled, feeling Yugi's hand there. Part of him welcomed it, wanting a shoulder to cry on. But the colder 1/2 of Seto Kaiba began to seep in once again, and he pushed Yami's arm away, hissing, "Get away from me! I don't need your pity...."

"Kaiba, it's not...." Yami tried to explain.

But Kaiba looked over at him, with daggers in his eyes, hissing, "Get out! Get out of my sight!"

Yami swallowed, saying, "I never wanted to do this, Kaiba. But this item did not allow you to fully understand what happened to you. You had to know the truth!"

"Then you served your purpose here. Now, get out!" He snapped at him.

Yami sighed, then got up and left.