Yeah, this fic. is really depressing, I wrote it when I was in a very bad mood, that accounts for everyone dying, I now prefer romance, but since some of you want this continued, here it is…ENJOY!!!

I don't own yu-gi-oh…

Chapter 3

The two boys had slept in Yugi's living room. His room was too small and he didn't want to be in it at that particular moment. Both Yugi and Kaiba had not slept very well that night. Yugi had dreamt of Yami. How his puzzle had been torn away from him. The bond with the spirit has been broken. He also dreamt about his two best friends, Joey and Tristan. In his dream, they had both died while flying in a fighter plane that had been shot down. Yugi woke up sweating. He told himself that it was just a dream. Dreams aren't real, he told himself.

Kaiba had fared no better. His brother's eyes had come back to haunt him, to remind him of the promise that he had not kept. He tried to put Mokuba out of his mind, but his brother's tear-stained face would not leave him, 'I love you Nii-sama…' the words stuck in Seto's head 'Seto wait…' Kaiba couldn't take it anymore 'Don't leave me Nii-sama..' Kaiba sat up with sweat on his palms and forehead, just as Yugi had.

"Yugi?" Kaiba said. "Are you awake?"

"Yea, I couldn't sleep." Was the reply.

"Neither could I. Yugi, I keep seeing Mokuba. I failed him. I'm the worst brother in the world. He looked up to me, and this is what I did to him. Left him there, on his own." Seto's blue eyes were filling up with tears once again.

"But Kaiba, you tried to find him. You were hurt, you were shot, and still you protected your brother. You risked your own life, so that Mokuba could get away. I don't think that Mokuba could have asked for a better brother." Yugi smiled a little.

"Yea…but it wasn't enough." Kaiba stood up "Let's go Yugi!"

Yugi stood up, and the two boys walked out the door of Yugi's apartment. On the steps Yugi saw a letter from the armed forces. He opened it up to read:

Dear Mr. Motou,

            We regret to inform you that your friends, Tristan Taylor and Joseph Wheeler have been killed in action. They died fighting bravely and are owed the highest honors.

                                                                                                            Sgt. Maxley

The letter fell from Yugi's hands onto the damp sidewalk. Kaiba picked it up and quickly scanned the piece of paper.

"Yugi, I…"he began "I'm sorry." Kaiba knew that it sounded lame, but what was he supposed to say?

"Well, here we are Kaiba. Two broken people. Once great and happy, reduced down to nothing. Reduced to pathetic walking zombies that you see now." Yugi was crying but his voice almost sounded like he was laughing. "I need to walk alone Kaiba, let's meet up later, back here."

"Yea." Kaiba replied. But Yugi was already walking down the street away from his shop, and from Seto. Kaiba didn't need anymore time alone. He had been alone for the past year. But, he walked down the other street anyway, searching. He would never stop searching. "Mokuba." He whispered "I love you kiddo." With that he continued walking down the street. The streetlights were just beginning to turn off, and the sun was coming out.

Seto looked around him as he walked down the sidewalk. Sure he had seen it all before, but he had never really seen it. Now there wasn't much to see. The shops were almost all closed down and boarded up. The graffiti could be seen. The area had been severely vandalized. Then he saw it. The tallest building in the city. His corporation, no wait, it was once his. Now, he had no idea whose it was. I'll get that back soon enough, he said to himself.

R&R ^ ^