Chapter 7: The Enemy

Kaiba got home at 5:30. He had taken some different routes to get home this time. He wasn't really in any hurry to get back. When he opened the door, Mokuba came running up to him.

"Big brother, you're home!" he cried happily. "Where have you been? You didn't say you were going to be late today, and I called Kaiba Corp, but they said you weren't there. Then, I called your cell, but you never picked up!"

"Mokuba, calm down," said Seto. He wasn't in the mood for any of this right now. "I need some quiet right now."

"What's wrong?"

"I have a slight head ache."

"You want some aspirin?"

"No, I just need to lie down for awhile."

Seto walked passed his younger brother, and hurriedly went up the steps. He went straight to his room and locked the door behind him. His head was now starting to throb. Maybe he should have gotten some aspirin. He made his way over to his bed and sat down.

"Foolish mortal," said the voice.

"Huh? Who said that?" asked Seto.

"I did," it answered. "What's wrong? Feeling a bit light headed?"

Seto's head started hurting even more. He moaned.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"Don't you remember me?"

Seto didn't answer. He just kept holding his head.

The voice laughed, "Don't you remember your last duel with the pharaoh?"

"Who?"

"You tried to destroy the Pyramid of Light with your dragon, but it failed you due to my great strength."

Seto closed his eyes tightly. He remembered that day, and hated it more than anything. Then, Seto remembered the man who picked him up by his head and threw him to the ground. His eyes shot open.

"Remember me now?"

"Who...who are you?"

"I am Anubis," he answered.

"What do you want from me?"

"Your pain and suffering from your guilt, memories, self-image, and loved ones."

Seto heard Anubis laugh. He shut his eyes tightly again due to the pain in his head.

"Where are you?" Seto asked.

"I'm living inside of you," Anubis answered. "I've been within your mind since your duel with the pharaoh. I transferred a part of my soul within your body so that just in case I lost I'd be able to return. I used your pain to grow stronger."

"My...my pain?"

"I know all about you, Seto Kaiba. I know about your mother and your father, and the feelings you felt for them. I know all about you and your young brother being in the orphanage. I know about the pain and suffering you both went through once you were adopted. I know your worst fears, your nightmares, your wishes. I know that you have thought about sending your poor brother back to the orphanage because you felt you weren't the right person to take care of him. You wanted him to have a chance to have a better family, and you still think that."

Seto was horrified at what he was hearing. He didn't even know if this voice was real or if it was something he was imagining due to all the pain.

"Why...why are you doing this?" asked Seto.

"I'm doing this so I can destroy the pharaoh!" Anubis cried out. "And perhaps I can destroy you too."

"What!" cried Seto.

Then, Seto felt his body going numb. His hands fell down and landed on his bed. He could hardly even think. He'd lost complete and total control of his body! Anubis only laughed at his fright. Then the next thing Seto knew, he was inside of a room. A room like Yugi's and Yami's soul rooms. In fact, that's exactly where Seto was. He was inside his soul room looking out at the outside world.

"What just happened?" Seto wondered aloud.

"I took control of your body, Mortal," Anubis answered him.

"That's not possible. None of this can be happening!"

"Oh but it is. And it can only stop once I'm defeated, but I'm going to make sure that that doesn't happen this time."

Seto couldn't believe what he was hearing. This Anubis guy took control of him! He obviously looked like him, and sounded like him! That could cause some serious problems! Seto didn't know what he was planning to do, but guessed it wasn't anything good.

"Let's go see what your brother is up to," said Anubis. He started walking towards Seto's bedroom door.

"Don't hurt him!" yelled Seto to Anubis.

There wasn't an answer. He just watched as the bedroom door got closer. He saw Anubis open it and walk down the stairs, turn, and walk into the family room where they found Mokuba.

"Mokuba," Anubis spoke using Seto's voice.

Mokuba looked over at him, "Hey, Bro."

Seto watched helplessly. He didn't want Anubis to hurt his little brother. Especially because Mokuba would think that he did it! Seto couldn't remember a time when he was so scared.

"Come here please," Anubis ordered.

Mokuba got off the couch and walked over to who he thought was his brother.

"Follow me," Anubis said as he turned and walked over towards the front doors.

Mokuba didn't know what was going on, but he obeyed and followed anyways. They walked to the front gates, turned, and walked down the street. Eventually, they made it to the park where they found Yugi and the gang talking about something.

"Big Brother, why are we here?" asked Mokuba.

Anubis smirked in reply to him.

Yami instantly felt an evil presence when Kaiba arrived. He looked over to him, but saw no difference as of yet. But something was wrong.

"Uh...hey Kaiba," greeted Joey, ready to be insulted.

"Wheeler."

Joey was surprised. He was expecting Kaiba to just jump on him, but instead he only got a simple response.

"Hi," Mokuba said to everyone.

He started walking over to them while " Kaiba" did the same. Yami was still a bit unsure about all of this. He watched "Kaiba" closely. He saw his hand reaching for his pocket, and saw him pull out a knife! But Yami recognized it instantly! That was Anubis' dagger, and Yami could see that Mokuba was in great danger.

Anubis pulled out his dagger carefully so that no one saw, and was just about to stab Mokuba when Yami jumped out and grabbed Mokuba out of the way.

"Hey!" cried Mokuba. "What are you doing, Yugi?"

"That's not your brother," Yami replied.

"Huh?" said everyone.

"How could it not be?" asked Joey. "I mean, who else could it be?"

"It's Anubis," snarled Yami not taking his eyes off of him.

"How right you are, Pharaoh," Anubis said. "I wondered when you would find out about me."

"Where's Kaiba?"

"Right here watching every move I make."

Anubis then took his dagger and cut his arm. Everyone gasped as Anubis started laughing.

"You see, that doesn't hurt me. It harms this boy. His pain gives me strength."

"What!" cried Mokuba.

"I have a plan for this boy," announced Anubis, "so I can make him suffer forever."

Everyone waited.

"First off, I'll torture him even more, next, I'll kill his loved one, and lastly, I shall make him immortal so he can't be reunited with him after death."

Mokuba felt tears coming to his eyes. Kaiba felt the same.

"How could you be so cruel, Anubis?" asked Yami.

"Because I'm the Lord of the Dead," he answered. "I'll choose who lives and dies."

"Big Brother," Mokuba said to himself, a tear rolling down his cheek.

"This is horrible," said Tristan.

"Yeah," agreed Téa. "That Anubis guy is back. Plus he's controlling Kaiba's body!"

Kaiba couldn't help it. As he listened and saw the hurt look on his brother's face, tears started to fall from his eyes. He was completely helpless in this situation! How could he save his only living family if he couldn't even control his own body? Kaiba knew Anubis was getting stronger because of his tears. He could feel it, but he couldn't help it. This was all just too painful.

"You won't get away with this!" Mokuba sobbed.

Anubis glared at him, "You don't have a say in the matter."

Mokuba looked even more hurt. Kaiba could hardly stand it. He wanted to go over and comfort his little brother, but Anubis was there. It wasn't safe for Mokuba to be around his older brother anymore.

"The glory of it is" started Anubis, "is that Kaiba will watch the entire thing. I'll make sure it's nice and bloody for him. The best thing is that your blood will be covered on his hands! By then, I'll be strong enough to get my body back, and make this boy immortal to live with his scars for all of eternity."

Anubis laughed while everyone else had disgusted looks on their faces. Mokuba buried his face into Yami's shirt and started crying harder. Kaiba's tears had turned into soft sobs. Yes, the big, tough CEO was crying.

"You're still a horrible person, Anubis," Yami hissed at him. "Mokuba is right. You won't get away with this."

"And I suppose that you're going to stop me, Pharaoh?" snapped Anubis. "I am still more powerful than you."

"Then how was I able to defeat you twice? Perhaps you're not as strong as you think, Anubis."

Anubis smirked at all of them, then turned around and left.

"Next time I will succeed in killing that child, and in killing you as well," said Anubis.

Everyone watched as Anubis left. Mokuba tried to run after him, but Yami grabbed his arm and held on tightly.

"Let me go!" he cried, tears still running down his cheeks. "I need to help Seto!"

"Mokuba, right now we can't do anything," Yami said to him, struggling to hold him back.

"Please!" he begged. "I need to help my brother!" He sank down to his knees.

"Mokuba, he's right. We have to think of a way to help out Kaiba first," said Joey.

"Come on Mokuba, you'll stay at my home tonight," said Yami.

They all started walking away, but Mokuba just sat there. Tristan went back and picked him up, and carried him back to the game shop. Mokuba clutched a hold of the shoulder of Tristan's long brown coat. Tristan couldn't help but feel sorry for poor Mokuba. What had happened at the park was intense for all of them, but it must've crushed Mokuba the most. When they finally got to the game shop, they took Mokuba upstairs to Yugi's room. He'd cried himself to sleep on the way to the game shop. They laid him on Yugi's bed and put the covers over him. After that, Joey, Tristan, and Téa left, and Yugi and Yami switched places. Yugi got some extra blankets and pillows and put them on the couch, then stayed up and talked with Yami.

"What do you think is gonna happen?" Yugi asked him.

"I'm not sure, but if Anubis is behind it it's obviously not something good."

"Do you think he may actually kill Mokuba?"

"That's something we have to prevent. I'm sure that Kaiba would want his younger brother to live even if he doesn't."

"True. But we need a plan. We need to figure out how to separate those two."

"You're right. I do know someone who may know how to fix this."

"Who!?" asked Yugi, jumping up.

"Ishizu."

"Ishizu Ishtar? Isn't she back in Egypt now?" asked Yugi.

"She was, but look at today's newspaper," Yami said, turning his gaze towards the paper on the coffee table.

Yugi picked it up and read a few lines of the article on the front.

"She's back here!" Yugi cried happily. "At the museum! We can go ask her!"

"I won't guarantee that she'll know, Yugi," Yami said, "but we'll try."

"Anything is worth a shot," said Yugi. "Especially when lives hang in the balance."

Yami nodded his head,

"Get some sleep, Yugi. You'll need it for tomorrow."

Yugi agreed, and laid down under his blankets and quickly fell asleep.