Sorry for the delay but you know, school, so I won't go into details. I also had problem to write this chapter cause Mokuba is suffering a lot, poor him. But don't worry next week I have a three days week-end so I'll probably be able to write two chapter.

Yamigirl: Lolll, that was really funny I almost fell off my chair when I rood your review.

Chapter 9: Hell hole.

The three days passed fast, Mokuba was still in pain but he had to go back to school anyway. He had enough trouble to follow the class as it was. Of course there was Noah but Mokuba never had any problem like that before, and in the good little over protected eleven years old boy he was he didn't understand in what kind of problem he was.

When he entered the school nothing seemed out of ordinary; people talking about nothing, complaining about school and about there mark. Mokuba knew perfectly well what he wanted to do; he wanted to find his friends and he was sure about where to find them.

Sure enough they were there, in the history class, everyone came early to this class, no one dared to be late at one of filion's class. Of course the old freak wasn't back from his voice loss but the student still do it out of habit, as for Joey, well he was late, why would that change.

"Hi guys." Mokuba said as he reached them.

They all looked at him wide eyes, clearly they had heard about what had happened to him and weren't expecting him back so soon. In fact they had heard about what had happened but they had hopped him to get back as late as possible.

"Hi Mokuba, I see you're better." Yugi said.

Mokuba's smile vanished, something was wrong, Yugi's voice seemed wrong, like he was sad, Joey chose this moment to enter the classroom, he stopped dead and stared at Mokuba wide eyes.

"Is something wrong?" Mokuba asked.

"What? Of course nothing is wrong." Joey answered with a voice that sounded awfully bad.

He could have said 'Of course something is wrong what do you think' that the result would have been the same. Realizing that Mokuba wasn't biting one bit in his words suddenly became serious and with a nod of his friends bought Mokuba in a lonely corner of the classroom.

Mokuba didn't like it one bit, Joey is never serious like that unless something really bad is going on, well in fact he had never saw him that dead serious.

"Joey, what's wrong?" Mokuba asked worried.

"Look Mokuba, I don't know what you did or said to Noah but he wants your head." Joey answered.

"It's not like it's something new." Mokuba answered, not even caring.

"You really don't understand what troubles you are in don't you." Joey said.

"Joey I passed three days in my bed because of him it's no big deal." Mokuba said totally indifferent. "Anyway why are you all acting so strange?"

"Noah came to the game shop the other days to have a little talk with us." Joey said.

"So"

"Look I'm sorry but we can't stay friend Mokuba, at least not until Noah calm down."

Mokuba's eyes grew wide. "Why?"

"Because, if we do, Yugi's grandpa's game shop is going to 'accidentally' took on fire.

"And you believed him." Mokuba said, he had perfectly understand what Joey meant by accident.

"He had already done it more then once Mokuba. As much as we hate him we can't really take that risk, they don't have enough money to pay an insurance because of the price for his father's 'protection'." Joey said.

"Why don't you tell police?" Mokuba asked.

"Because he owns them what do you think? Sometimes you really sound like a 10 years old kid you know."

"Looks like my brother was right, you really can't trust anyone." Mokuba said more to him than to Joey.

"What are you talking about; I didn't know you had a brother." Joey said.

"Not anymore." Was Mokuba's only answer.

Mokuba turned around and sat at his desk without a word or a look to the others. Mokuba always hated when his brother say that you can't trust anyone because that included him, but now nothing sounded more true to him.

He had trusted his brother all his life and his brother thanked him by beating him, and who would have thought that he would be the cause of Seto Kaiba's demised. He had trusted Yugi and his friends and they left him just like that, damn he even trusted Noah in that virtual world.

You can't trust no one but yourself. Those repeated themselves in his head over and over again.

Yugi looked at Mokuba while the teacher, who was having really hard time to keep the student's attention since she was a substitute, was trying to explain they'll never need in real life.

He really felt bad for Mokuba, he really didn't like to lose his friend because of Noah but he didn't really have a choice in the matter. Without insurance he and his grandpa would end up in the street, they already had barely enough to eat decent food. When the bell rang Yugi quickly made his way to Mokuba's desk.

"Mokuba?" He asked.

"What do you want?" Mokuba answered, he didn't wanted to talk with him.

"I'm sorry, I don't like it either you know." Yugi said.

"Keep your excuse for someone who actually cares Yugi." Mokuba said not even looking at him. (Arrow: hmmm that sound like a certain someone I know.)

"Mokuba please don't be mad at me, it's not my fault." Yugi said.

Mokuba of course wasn't listening anymore, he took his book and exited the classroom without answering.

"No good huh?" Joey asked behind Yugi.

"No, I feel so bad." Yugi said.

Mokuba was putting is book in is locker when Noah saw him, of course he decided to see if he remembered his lesson. Noah walked beside Mokuba and let his book fell to the ground with a false "Oups". Mokuba looked at him with indifferent eyes, anyway is day couldn't be worst then that right?

"Take up my books Mokie." Noah ordered.

Hearing his nickname out of his mouth gave Mokuba murderer thought, He tried to control himself and start picking his own book in his locker.

"Do it yourself." He said.

One of Noah's body guards instantly pushed him in the wall.

"Didn't you heard me, I said.." Noah started but Mokuba cut him.

"I heard you and I told you to do it yourself."

"Maybe you'll want to reconsider." Noah said holding a familiar purple stone in front of Mokuba, "I can use it too you know"

Mokuba knew he wouldn't warn him twice so he gave him his stupid book and turned around to get to his class, but not before hearing Noah said "Good dog" behind him.

At lunch Mokuba decided to eat lunch outside and alone, of course he didn't pay attention about his older brother's warning about the school hall at lunch time.

"I see Noah's new pet dog is back, I was starting to wonder if you had died or something." Mokuba heard behind him.

He quickly looked back and was greeted by a punch in the face that send him to the ground.

"Don't tell me you though you could get away with what you did to me?" The bully said putting his sunglass away from his face.

Mokuba looked up at him and felt sick at the sight of the guys face; his left eye was totally white and wasn't closing with is right one. Mokuba felt even sicker when he remembered he was the one who had done it with the stone.

"Trust me I'm not finish with you by a long time." He said dragging Mokuba outside.

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Mokuba stayed on the ground all the afternoon for two reason, one he didn't wanted to face Noah and second, the bully really didn't missed him, he obviously know how to make people suffer without giving them too much injury.

In fact no one could see he had been beat just two hours but in was in a lot of pain and the fact that the bully told him to came back at the same place after school or else, only made him wanting to disappear in the ground even more.

When he was sure everyone had left the school he got up and headed toward his home. Of course, his father wasn't there yet, witch was good in his mind because he didn't want him to worry about it.

He made his way to the bathroom and checked his injury; nothing to bad, he had a lot of bruises but it all cover up by his school uniform anyway so no one would notice. Mokuba changed into something more comfortable, he made sure is injury were well hided before going downstairs. He sat on the couch to watch tv but he felt asleep in a second.

Things were worst everyday, thanks to Noah. None of his friend even talked or looked at him for all that matter. Even if Noah didn't wanted them to talk to him they still smiled to him every time they saw him, they were true smile and they made him felt so much better, but now they looked away each time they saw him witch caused Mokuba to think Noah had another conversation with them.

The only person who was still talking to him, except Noah, was his father, but Mokuba didn't told him about what was happening, anyway he couldn't do anything about it. But since Mokuba get back to school his father had a lot more work to do, of course thanks to Noah who probably asked his father to give him more work.

Of course his father was a really good worker, Mokuba suspected that if his father didn't get another job yet was because Gozaburo had made sure of it.

The fact that his father was too busy to spent time with him and that his friends were not even looking at him were only two of the things that make him felt so bad. Everyone at school was acting as if they didn't see him, when he's in the hallway people don't make any effort to avoid him, in fact they walk in him and just continue as if they hadn't enter into anyone.

The teacher were always putting him in detention and giving him more homework for no reason. Noah was also forcing him to do anything for him, forcing him to always look down and follow him like a little dog, and of course he was still calling him Mokie.

And of course he still had to go to the same spot each days after school to received his daily punishment from the bully who was now half blind because of him.

Mokuba was like a zombie; his eyes were dull, lifeless. They had lost their shinning a long time ago and he didn't say a word in weeks, his father asked him every day what was wrong with him but still Mokuba didn't say a world and is father was really starting to be worry.

Mokuba didn't cared about anything anymore, he had already tried everything to get away from all of this a while ago, he even tried to stay at home, his father didn't complained about it when he saw that Mokuba quickly got better by staying home.

But of course Noah wasn't going to lose his little dog so he invited himself, and a couple of body guards, in Mokuba's home while his father was away to have a little 'conversation' with him.

It took everything Mokuba could to keep his new bruises hidden from his father and when he came back to school the next day he had to catch up with his after school punishment.

Today was going to be like all other day, Mokuba did everything Noah told him totally lifeless, starring right in front of him without a word. He had enough of this; he even started cutting himself a couple of weeks back.

After school Mokuba was getting ready to get his punishment when a thought entered his mind. Why should I go? I cant continue like that, it will never end, I'll go then tomorrow will be the same and the next day also, it will never change I might as well go home right now and put an end to all of this.

So Mokuba started to walk directly at home without looking back. He entered the house with only one idea in mind; the kitchen. It was empty of course; he took one of the knives and went back to the living room.

He sat on the ground in a corner; he starred at his reflection on the knife's blade for what seemed like days. It pained him to do that to his father but he couldn't take it anymore. He raised the knife and did three little cut on his forearm and watched the blood slowly getting out.

The pain he got from his action was comforting, to know he had a control over his pain for once in his life and the fact that he deserved it for everything he had done. Even in this life he was the reason why she was dead.

He had discovered it a little while ago when researching who she had died. Even now that he had taken Seto's place she had died because of him, she didn't survived his birth in that world either. He's supposed to be at Seto's place so why did she die when she had survived Seto's birth. Why.

He looked down at his bloody wrist, he deserved it. He held the knife up over his wrist again this time it was for good. He put the blade on his skin, all he had to do next was to cut it and he would be free forever.

I deserve this. Mokuba thought as he felt the blade enter his flesh to cut is vein. Now at least no one will suffer because of me.

Arrow: Hey I'm doing some divination, a lot of you, if not all of you are thinking something like this: What she cant kill Mokuba, nooooooooooooooo Mokie!!!!!!! Don't do that. Anyway see ya probably next week if a crazy reviewer didn't kill me by then.