Distant Brothers
Chapter 2: This is my life
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh
Eh, I can't really say that this takes place during the early manga since the ending for this fic wouldn't fit. So I don't really know.
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Mokuba awoke the next day with a dry face. He pushed his hair away from his eyes so he could see his surroundings. Forcing himself out of bed, so he could go get dressed, was no fun, but he had to. The boy hated everyday. The weekends were sometimes fun, but today was not a weekend, meaning he had to go to school. Mokuba once thought about ditching school, he thought about it the day he was very depressed, but he didn't do it. The youth was afraid his brother would find out. Ditching school would anger the CEO a lot. Mokuba shivered at the thought of making his brother angry enough to hurt him.
Once he finished getting dressed he headed down stairs to go eat. Eating was something the Kaiba didn't want to do when he was upset, but if he didn't, he would get in trouble from Seto. But maybe today would be different...Maybe he could just say he didn't wanna eat, like he wasn't hungry.
"I'm not hungry so I'm going to school now!" Mokuba's heart pounded slowly as he heard footsteps coming close to him as he put his shoes on.
"Not hungry?" Seto asked in an annoyed tone.
"Yes brother." Mokuba nodded while looking at his shoes. Too frightened, he didn't stare at his brother. "Can I go to school?" He gulped.
"Fine!" He hissed. "Just don't tell me that you couldn't pay attention in class because your hungry!"
"Okay." Mokuba said in a high pitched tone. Without hesitation, he passed by his brother out the front door with his backpack.
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'School is so stupid...' Mokuba rested his head on his desk. Even know it was hard and cold surface, Mokuba didn't care.
His eyes began to close slowly, the Kaiba was so tired. With all the stress that came from his brother last night he had a hard time going to sleep.
'Why is life this way...It feels like its not worth living at all..' He played with the pencil that he held in his hand. 'Maybe I should just end...'
"Mister Kaiba!" The agitated teacher slammed her ruler down at Mokuba's desk, causing him to jump in surprise.
"Huh? What?!" Mokuba stood up looking around. Once he realized where he was his face turned red.
"Answer the question mister Kaiba." She lowered her tone.
"Could you...repeat it Ms. Kana?" Mokuba asked in a some-what frightened voice.
The adult sighed. "The question was...what is an atom made up of?" She walked back to the front of the room.
"You should know this, we discussed it yesterday." Ms. Kana opened up the textbook that was in front of her. "Today we are reviewing everything we learned yesterday...but you would have known that in the beginning of class if you were listening."
"I...can't remember the answer..." Mokuba mumbled.
"Alright...Just sit down then." She let out another sigh. However, this sounded more of a disappointed sigh then a regular sigh.
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"It's been like this for a long time." Mokuba held on to his backpack straps harder. "Everyday my day is like this...I go to school...I don't pay attention in class...brother gets called about me not paying attention...I get in trouble." He bit his lip. "I wish I would pay attention more."
A cold breeze blew by making the boy's hair blow back. It was refreshing for the young Kaiba to feel cool air going down his neck and back. Mokuba wished his life was as great as the feeling he was having.
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"I'm home!" Mokuba shouted as he walked through the front doors. "Brother is supposed to be at a meeting till five today..." He grinned. "If I hurry and do my homework I can go play outside!" He rushed up to his room to go do his work.
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"What are chromosomes?" Mokuba read aloud the question to himself. "...I have no clue..." He sighed.
"Science is so hard for me...I always get bad grades in that class...then brother yells at me for failing." He took a deep breath.
"Looks like I won't be able to go play anytime soon."
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"Mokuba." Seto opened the door just enough to stick his head in the room.
"Yes." He responded.
"Did you finish your homework?"
"No."
"Why not?" He entered in the room.
"Because I'm still trying to figure out the answers to the questions."
"What is the question?" He walked up to his brother. Mokuba noticed that Seto looked very angry.
"Brother had a bad day at work." He whispered and gritted his teeth.
"The question is 'what are chromosomes.'" Mokuba pointed.
Seto skim read the paragraph of information in front of him. When he stopped he turned to his brother, his face filled with disgust.
"The answer is right in front of you, Mokuba! How could you not see it!?!"
"I'm sorry if I can't understand this..." He mumbled while looking at the floor.
"Speak clearly when you are talking to me! And look at me, not the floor!" He tugged on Mokuba's hair. It didn't hurt, but him doing it hurt.
Before Mokuba could question why he pulled on his hair, the phone rang.
Mokuba snatched the phone up and spoke into it. "Hello?"
"You're doing your homework! No talking to anyone!" The older Kaiba Stole the phone from his younger brother's grasp and slammed it into the receiver.
"But that was my friend, Kenji!" The young Kaiba stood up. He was very upset that his brother had done that.
"Does it look like I care?" He threw a book on the floor in anger and left.
Mokuba stood up and his eyes started to water up. "Why does he get angry with me always? Why can't he ever control his anger?" He trembled. There didn't seem a point to doing anything anymore. Life seemed meaning less. With all this negative energy in his house, life was very miserable.
Coming to his senses, he approached his homework, in hopes of finishing it, his attention shifted to something he noticed on his book shelf. Forgetting about his work, he went to see it. Knowing what it was, he picked it up anyway.
"Brother and I..." He gazed at the picture of him and his brother as young kids. The picture had been taken while they were still in an orphanage. Of course that was years ago, but to Mokuba it seemed like a dream.
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While Mokuba was half way through his homework, he heard faint sounds of glass breaking.
"Brother is angry over something..." The long-haired Kaiba dropped his pencil. His eyes grew wide.
"The school must have left him a message." He rush to his room door that lead to the hallway. The youth couldn't think straight. All that was on his mind was to get away from the area he was in, which wasn't a good idea.
"Mokuba!" Seto flung the room door open.
"Yes!" He quickly replied.
"I got a call from the school. Can you take a guess what they were telling me?" He looked at him angrily.
"..That I didn't pay attention...?" Mokuba guessed, but it wasn't really a guess since they both already knew the answer.
"At least your brain can figure that out." The cruel Kaiba spat.
"I'm sorry...." Mokuba whimpered.
"No! No more--" The angered Kaiba stopped speaking since he heard his cell phone ring. As soon as Seto answered the phone, Mokuba relaxed, but not much. Him being lectured was only put off, it would not mean he was off the hook.
"Yes....Alright....Okay then...I'll be down there as soon as I can..." Seto spoke into his phone.
In two minutes, Seto had gotten off the phone.
"I have to go down to the office...There seems to be a bit of trouble." He took a deep breath.
Mokuba was enlightened to hear that his brother had to leave for awhile, he did not show his true emotions though. He stayed looking normal, not smiling a bit.
"Your grounded. Finish your homework before I get home." He sounded a bit frustrated, but not much since Mokuba could clearly tell he was trying to stay calm. "End of conversation."
He Left the room.
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Working at non-stop, Mokuba was getting very far with his homework. He was very proud of the work he had managed to finish so far.
Mokuba's phone rang while the room was quiet. After being startled, he answered it quickly.
"Hello Mokuba, sorry to call late."
"Hi Kenji! It's okay that you called, I'm glad you did!" Now happy, Mokuba was very eager to hear if his friend was going to tell him anything.
"Tomorrow this awesome new game is coming out. I'm going to get up early in the morning before school to go get it...Wanna come?"
"I can't...I'm grounded. I can only go to school, no where else." Mokuba sighed, he was very upset that he couldn't go.
"Since you can't go get yours, and it will probably be sold out before you can get your hands on it, after I buy mine, I'll let you borrow it for awhile." Kenji spoke.
"Like I get to play it before you?" The young Kaiba asked.
"Yeah."
Mokuba's eyes lit up. "You'd really let me play first? Wow, your the best friend ever. Thanks."
"Your welcome. I gotta go now, I'll see you tomorrow. Bye Mokuba." Kenji sounded very cheerful, like he always was.
"Bye Kenji." The long haired Kaiba turned off his phone.
"Now I'll finish my homework."
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It had gotten very late, and Seto still had not returned home. Something very important must have happened since he had not come home yet. The youngest Kaiba brother had gotten very tired once he finished his homework so he decided instead of watching TV, he would go to bed.
"Kenji, your the greatest friend I could ever have...." Mokuba turned off his room lights and tucked himself in his bed.
"...And my only one..."
To Be Continued
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Chapter 2: This is my life
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh
Eh, I can't really say that this takes place during the early manga since the ending for this fic wouldn't fit. So I don't really know.
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Mokuba awoke the next day with a dry face. He pushed his hair away from his eyes so he could see his surroundings. Forcing himself out of bed, so he could go get dressed, was no fun, but he had to. The boy hated everyday. The weekends were sometimes fun, but today was not a weekend, meaning he had to go to school. Mokuba once thought about ditching school, he thought about it the day he was very depressed, but he didn't do it. The youth was afraid his brother would find out. Ditching school would anger the CEO a lot. Mokuba shivered at the thought of making his brother angry enough to hurt him.
Once he finished getting dressed he headed down stairs to go eat. Eating was something the Kaiba didn't want to do when he was upset, but if he didn't, he would get in trouble from Seto. But maybe today would be different...Maybe he could just say he didn't wanna eat, like he wasn't hungry.
"I'm not hungry so I'm going to school now!" Mokuba's heart pounded slowly as he heard footsteps coming close to him as he put his shoes on.
"Not hungry?" Seto asked in an annoyed tone.
"Yes brother." Mokuba nodded while looking at his shoes. Too frightened, he didn't stare at his brother. "Can I go to school?" He gulped.
"Fine!" He hissed. "Just don't tell me that you couldn't pay attention in class because your hungry!"
"Okay." Mokuba said in a high pitched tone. Without hesitation, he passed by his brother out the front door with his backpack.
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'School is so stupid...' Mokuba rested his head on his desk. Even know it was hard and cold surface, Mokuba didn't care.
His eyes began to close slowly, the Kaiba was so tired. With all the stress that came from his brother last night he had a hard time going to sleep.
'Why is life this way...It feels like its not worth living at all..' He played with the pencil that he held in his hand. 'Maybe I should just end...'
"Mister Kaiba!" The agitated teacher slammed her ruler down at Mokuba's desk, causing him to jump in surprise.
"Huh? What?!" Mokuba stood up looking around. Once he realized where he was his face turned red.
"Answer the question mister Kaiba." She lowered her tone.
"Could you...repeat it Ms. Kana?" Mokuba asked in a some-what frightened voice.
The adult sighed. "The question was...what is an atom made up of?" She walked back to the front of the room.
"You should know this, we discussed it yesterday." Ms. Kana opened up the textbook that was in front of her. "Today we are reviewing everything we learned yesterday...but you would have known that in the beginning of class if you were listening."
"I...can't remember the answer..." Mokuba mumbled.
"Alright...Just sit down then." She let out another sigh. However, this sounded more of a disappointed sigh then a regular sigh.
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"It's been like this for a long time." Mokuba held on to his backpack straps harder. "Everyday my day is like this...I go to school...I don't pay attention in class...brother gets called about me not paying attention...I get in trouble." He bit his lip. "I wish I would pay attention more."
A cold breeze blew by making the boy's hair blow back. It was refreshing for the young Kaiba to feel cool air going down his neck and back. Mokuba wished his life was as great as the feeling he was having.
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"I'm home!" Mokuba shouted as he walked through the front doors. "Brother is supposed to be at a meeting till five today..." He grinned. "If I hurry and do my homework I can go play outside!" He rushed up to his room to go do his work.
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"What are chromosomes?" Mokuba read aloud the question to himself. "...I have no clue..." He sighed.
"Science is so hard for me...I always get bad grades in that class...then brother yells at me for failing." He took a deep breath.
"Looks like I won't be able to go play anytime soon."
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"Mokuba." Seto opened the door just enough to stick his head in the room.
"Yes." He responded.
"Did you finish your homework?"
"No."
"Why not?" He entered in the room.
"Because I'm still trying to figure out the answers to the questions."
"What is the question?" He walked up to his brother. Mokuba noticed that Seto looked very angry.
"Brother had a bad day at work." He whispered and gritted his teeth.
"The question is 'what are chromosomes.'" Mokuba pointed.
Seto skim read the paragraph of information in front of him. When he stopped he turned to his brother, his face filled with disgust.
"The answer is right in front of you, Mokuba! How could you not see it!?!"
"I'm sorry if I can't understand this..." He mumbled while looking at the floor.
"Speak clearly when you are talking to me! And look at me, not the floor!" He tugged on Mokuba's hair. It didn't hurt, but him doing it hurt.
Before Mokuba could question why he pulled on his hair, the phone rang.
Mokuba snatched the phone up and spoke into it. "Hello?"
"You're doing your homework! No talking to anyone!" The older Kaiba Stole the phone from his younger brother's grasp and slammed it into the receiver.
"But that was my friend, Kenji!" The young Kaiba stood up. He was very upset that his brother had done that.
"Does it look like I care?" He threw a book on the floor in anger and left.
Mokuba stood up and his eyes started to water up. "Why does he get angry with me always? Why can't he ever control his anger?" He trembled. There didn't seem a point to doing anything anymore. Life seemed meaning less. With all this negative energy in his house, life was very miserable.
Coming to his senses, he approached his homework, in hopes of finishing it, his attention shifted to something he noticed on his book shelf. Forgetting about his work, he went to see it. Knowing what it was, he picked it up anyway.
"Brother and I..." He gazed at the picture of him and his brother as young kids. The picture had been taken while they were still in an orphanage. Of course that was years ago, but to Mokuba it seemed like a dream.
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While Mokuba was half way through his homework, he heard faint sounds of glass breaking.
"Brother is angry over something..." The long-haired Kaiba dropped his pencil. His eyes grew wide.
"The school must have left him a message." He rush to his room door that lead to the hallway. The youth couldn't think straight. All that was on his mind was to get away from the area he was in, which wasn't a good idea.
"Mokuba!" Seto flung the room door open.
"Yes!" He quickly replied.
"I got a call from the school. Can you take a guess what they were telling me?" He looked at him angrily.
"..That I didn't pay attention...?" Mokuba guessed, but it wasn't really a guess since they both already knew the answer.
"At least your brain can figure that out." The cruel Kaiba spat.
"I'm sorry...." Mokuba whimpered.
"No! No more--" The angered Kaiba stopped speaking since he heard his cell phone ring. As soon as Seto answered the phone, Mokuba relaxed, but not much. Him being lectured was only put off, it would not mean he was off the hook.
"Yes....Alright....Okay then...I'll be down there as soon as I can..." Seto spoke into his phone.
In two minutes, Seto had gotten off the phone.
"I have to go down to the office...There seems to be a bit of trouble." He took a deep breath.
Mokuba was enlightened to hear that his brother had to leave for awhile, he did not show his true emotions though. He stayed looking normal, not smiling a bit.
"Your grounded. Finish your homework before I get home." He sounded a bit frustrated, but not much since Mokuba could clearly tell he was trying to stay calm. "End of conversation."
He Left the room.
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Working at non-stop, Mokuba was getting very far with his homework. He was very proud of the work he had managed to finish so far.
Mokuba's phone rang while the room was quiet. After being startled, he answered it quickly.
"Hello Mokuba, sorry to call late."
"Hi Kenji! It's okay that you called, I'm glad you did!" Now happy, Mokuba was very eager to hear if his friend was going to tell him anything.
"Tomorrow this awesome new game is coming out. I'm going to get up early in the morning before school to go get it...Wanna come?"
"I can't...I'm grounded. I can only go to school, no where else." Mokuba sighed, he was very upset that he couldn't go.
"Since you can't go get yours, and it will probably be sold out before you can get your hands on it, after I buy mine, I'll let you borrow it for awhile." Kenji spoke.
"Like I get to play it before you?" The young Kaiba asked.
"Yeah."
Mokuba's eyes lit up. "You'd really let me play first? Wow, your the best friend ever. Thanks."
"Your welcome. I gotta go now, I'll see you tomorrow. Bye Mokuba." Kenji sounded very cheerful, like he always was.
"Bye Kenji." The long haired Kaiba turned off his phone.
"Now I'll finish my homework."
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It had gotten very late, and Seto still had not returned home. Something very important must have happened since he had not come home yet. The youngest Kaiba brother had gotten very tired once he finished his homework so he decided instead of watching TV, he would go to bed.
"Kenji, your the greatest friend I could ever have...." Mokuba turned off his room lights and tucked himself in his bed.
"...And my only one..."
To Be Continued
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