Chapter 14: Mokuba's Worst Fear

"I'm sorry, mortal," Anubis said to Kaiba, "but I have to stay alive, and I'm strong enough to survive without you."

Anubis' shadow emerged from behind Kaiba, and soon took its physical form. Kaiba soon came to realize that he was in great danger. The Shining Dragon's attack hit Kaiba. It felt like thousands of pins and knives poking him! He also noticed that the attack made him feel like he was standing in ice water! After the attack was done, Kaiba started to fall forward when Anubis caught him.

"No!" cried Mokuba.

"I don't think that's what he was expecting to happen!" said Joey.

Anubis glared at Kaiba who was barely breathing.

"You foolish human," said Anubis. "You deserve this."

Anubis threw Kaiba to the ground.

"Seto!" yelled Mokuba, trying to run to him, but Yugi held him back.

"Mokuba, you can't go over there!" said Yugi.

"My brother needs me!" Mokuba cried.

"We can finish this much more quickly now," said Yami Bakura. "You'll be back with your pathetic brother in no time."

"By the time you'd defeat me that boy will be dead," Anubis snapped.

"Not if I can help it," said Joey. "Even though I'm not exactly best friends with Kaiba I really do feel sorry for him."

"Why would you feel sorry for someone who called you a dog everyday when he saw you?" asked Anubis.

"Because he's a person!" answered Joey. "No one deserves your torture!"

"Is that so," said Anubis. "

"I summon Alligator's Sword to attack!" yelled Joey.

His monster sprang forward but was stopped by a mirror force! The Alligator's Sword quickly disappeared.

"No," said Joey.

"I'll call upon the Rude Kaiser," said Anubis. "Attack!"

The Rude Kaiser leapt forward towards Yugi and Mokuba. The monster was ready to slice through them. The Rude Kaiser used its forearm slash attack cutting both Yugi and Mokuba's arms! Both of them yelped in pain. Anubis displayed a look of satisfaction on his face. Yugi quickly applied pressure to Mokuba's arm, not caring about his own injury.

"Yugi, Mokuba!" cried Joey. "Are you two all right?"

"I think we'll be fine," said Yugi.

"You all are about to suffer under my great powers," said Anubis.

He mentally lifted Mokuba into the air.

"What are you doing!" cried Yugi.

"I'm going to kill him," said Anubis. "This time, none of you can break through to protect him. Monsters, spells, and traps aren't going to work against my shadow powers!"

Suddenly, a knife burst through his chest, taking him by surprise! He looked down and saw that if was his very own dagger! Anubis stopped focusing on Mokuba causing him to fall to the ground again. This time Joey caught him.

"This time you won't be coming back!" Yugi yelled, taking the dagger out and stabbing it through Anubis' heart.

Anubis fell back to his knees and smirked at Yugi, "I...may not have...accomplished my...original goal...of killing the youngest brother, but...I've succeeded in...torturing one...for...the rest...of...his life."

Anubis fell forward, dissolving away like the duel monsters do at the end of a duel. Yugi stood there for a few moments staring at the place Anubis had just been.

"We...did it," said Yami.

"Mmhmm," answered Yugi.

"Are...you all right?" asked Yami. "Perhaps...we should call...an ambulance for...you, Mokuba, and...Kaiba."

"You're right," said Yugi.

Mokuba quickly ran past him and to his older brother. He sat beside him on the ground with tears in his eyes.

"Seto? Seto please," begged Mokuba, shaking his brother's shoulder. "Please get up!"

Mokuba shook him some more, but there was still no response, "Seto, wake up!"

Joey looked at Mokuba trying to wake his brother. He was starting to get tears in his eyes. Joey couldn't help but think that Kaiba might be dead. That also made him think of how he would feel if his sister died. He wouldn't be able to live with it. Joey was broken from his thoughts by Yugi's voice. He was calling an ambulance with Téa's cell phone. Both Téa and Tristan were still unconscious.

"Seto," Mokuba said to himself, resting his head on his brother's chest. "You promised you'd always be there for me. You have to wake up."

Mokuba cried into his brother's chest. Everyone, even Yami Bakura, watched with sadness.

"Poor Mokuba," Yugi said to himself.

He started walking over to Mokuba. He knelt down beside him and watched him cry for awhile longer. He saw that Kaiba was just barely breathing. He couldn't believe it. Yugi finally tore Mokuba from his brother and gave him a comforting hug. Mokuba cried into his chest. Kaiba was all Mokuba had left. He couldn't die. He just couldn't. Then, everyone heard the annoying sounds of the ambulance sirens.

Paramedics came rushing towards everybody. They brought out stretches to put Téa and Tristan on, and carefully helped up Yami Bakura.

"Mr. Kaiba!" cried a shocked paramedic. "What happened to him?"

No one answered him. They were all feeling sorry for Mokuba. They put Kaiba on a stretcher, and took Mokuba, Yugi, and Joey to the ambulance truck. Yami Bakura, Téa, and Tristan were in one while Yugi, Joey, Mokuba, and Kaiba were in another. They all rode to the hospital. The only thing heard was Mokuba's crying.

After arriving at the hospital, they took Mokuba and Yugi to get their arms looked at, Téa and Tristan were put in beds, Joey was given ice for his hand, and Yami Bakura was getting x-rays. After awhile Yugi's grandfather came rushing in to find Yugi.

"Yugi!" cried Solomon. "Are you all right? What happened to all of you?"

"I'll tell you in a second, Grandpa," said Yugi.

Both Mokuba and Yugi were receiving stitches. After they were both given stitches and the doctors left, Yugi told his grandpa what had been going on and about the fight. Mokuba sat on a bed in complete silence, tears still streaming down his face. Next, Joey came walking in.

"Hey Yuge," he greeted.

"Hey," he said.

"Hiya, Gramps," said Joey.

"How are you?" asked Solomon.

"I can't complain too much."

"How's Mokuba?"

They all looked over at him. He was staring down at the white tile floors.

"I don't know," answered Yugi. "He's really upset. He hasn't said a word since we got here."

"Mokuba," said a nurse. Mokuba looked up at her. "Can I talk to you out here for a moment?"

Her voice was soft and calming but Mokuba tensed up at her words. Everyone knew that it was about Kaiba. Mokuba jumped up and walked out into the waiting room with her.

"Mokuba, I need to tell you something," she said.

"Will my brother be okay?" Mokuba asked. "Please tell me he'll be okay."

"Mokuba, he didn't make it," she said.

"What!" cried Mokuba.

"We couldn't save him."

"No! My brother can't be dead! He can't be!"

"What happened to him, Mokuba? He had cuts all over him, a severe stab wound to his stomach, and burns on his body. Also, he hit his head on a rock and was unconscious because of that. What happened?"

Mokuba couldn't talk. He kept thinking she was lying. Seto wouldn't leave him. He promised he'd never leave. Mokuba's tears kept pouring out. The nurse tried comforting him but it was no use. Nothing could stop his tears except for his big brother.

"He can't be dead!" cried Mokuba.

"I'm very sorry," she said.

"Where is he? I want to see him."

"He's over this way."

The nurse led Mokuba down the hall to the room that held the body of his older brother. Mokuba walked in alone finding his older brother lying lifeless on a hospital bed. Mokuba never liked hospitals, and it just gave him another reason not to like it. He walked over to Seto's body, tears welling up in his eyes.

"You promised," he squeaked. "You never broke a promise to me before."

Mokuba wanted all of this to just be one bad dream. He couldn't take care of himself. He needed Seto there to help him!

"This is my fault," Mokuba thought to himself. "It has to be."

Mokuba remained at the hospital for the remainder of the day. Roland had to eventually come and get him. That night Mokuba couldn't sleep. He decided to go sleep in his brother's room. He curled up under the blankets and cried. He wanted his brother there to tuck him in. He wanted his brother there to smile at. Mokuba felt like he could never smile again. He didn't know what he was going to do. His worst fear had come true that day. He didn't want to be all alone. He loved his older brother and trusted him, but Seto left him all alone in the world. Mokuba didn't want to look up at the stars and know that he was looking up at his brother! He could barely stand knowing their parents were dead. Now Seto was gone. He was all alone.