Half- Human

Chapter 8

Celis glanced wearily at his younger brother who jumped up and down upon the soft bed. "Tad, you should stop, you might hurt yourself while doing that." Celis requested.

"Yes, big brother..." Tad replied, before snuggling up to him.

Celis looked over at Tad warily. "I don't see why we need separate rooms though, big brother," Tad stated. "Can I sleep in your room?"

"You can sleep with me in my room, can't be too trusting of this place yet. These humans can't be trusted." Celis replied.

With that Celis helped Tad with getting dressed in what the younger human had said were night cloths before they went into Celis's room and pulled back the soft coverings and snuggled under them together. The older brother with his arm drapped protectively around Tad's shoulders. As Mokuba ascended the stairs, he wasn't too surprised to find Seto peeking in on his new family. "Big brother, do you think they'll get use to us?" Mokuba asked.

"Yeah, they will." Seto replied.

Mokuba looked up at his big brother. Seto glanced at Mokuba briefly before turning to face him before wrapping an arm around the younger Kaiba's shoulder and guiding him down the hallway. "Come on, Mokuba, let's go get ourselves something to eat, kay?" Seto inquired.

"Right." Mokuba happily replied as the two strolled to the kitchen.

Yami Yugi and Yugi walked up to the front door of the Kaiba mansion with Joey tagging along behind the two of them. Upon arriving at the door, the trio found it opened by one sleepy headed Seto Kaiba, who still had on his rumbled pajama bottoms and such. "Hmmm.... I figured as much," Joey commented. "You're not taking proper care of yourself, look at how dry your scales are."

"Wha-?!" Seto yelped.

"No, seriously, these wings are dry, the scales are starting to crack." Joey pointed out.

"Nice of you to point out." Seto scoffed.

"How are our kids?" Yugi asked instead.

"You mean Celis and Tad?" Seto questioned.

"Those are the ones." Yami replied.

"They- um- still getting used to living here." Seto chuckled.

Just as Seto spoke, Celis came outside, glaring at Seto as the older Kaiba grabbed him to hold him put. "I'm going home! You can't make me stay here!" Celis replied.

"No, you're right, I can't make you stay here if you want to leave. But, I can ask you to for the sake of your younger brother's health. Trust me, Celis I've been there. Didn't you notice something wrong here? I don't have a wife, nor parents, yet, I have my younger brother living with me." Seto stated flatly.

"I don't care! I'm taking my little brother home with me!" Celis yelled at Seto.

"Fine, force him back into a life where he is hungry everyday and put down for what he is and you as well." Seto bluntly pointed out.

"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE!!!!! I watched our parents burn to death, BURN DAMN IT!!!!!!!" Celis yelled, with tears falling down his cheeks.

"I know, my parents were incinerated as well when a truck ran a red light. It tipped over, and burst into flames. They didn't even get a chance to scream, or so the paramedics said to my Aunt and Uncle," Seto replied, hugging onto his foster son. "These two are your fathers besides myself. Now, come on, you go back inside and I'll have my cooks whip you guys up some breakfast."

Celis glared steadily at the other before he decided to head inside as instructed, though very defiantly.

"They're good kids," Yugi contemplated. "Just... Hurt in life."

"I know, that's why I want to give them what I never had.... Someone to make me feel better after such a bitter beginning." Seto murmered to himself and the others.

"Hey! I almost forgot! Here's a potion that Yami helped me whip up to make your wings invisible unless you wish them not to be," Joey remembered, whipping out a small bottle. "There's enough in here for you and your boys to each take a small drink from. It'll make you all look perfectly and utterly human even though you aren't."

"Thanks." Seto replied.

Eventually summer turned to fall and fall to winter, during which Yugi and Yami both moved into Kaiba's mansion. Celis and Tad both eventually got use to living with their three Dads and one Uncle. By the time Mokuba had gotten old enough to attend college, Seto had built up a family to keep him company when the black haired Kaiba went away. Years passed like this. And so it was that they all lived happy lives together, even if Kaiba was never truly cured of being half dragon.

End of Story