Chapter 4
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A duel monsters tournament at Domino Stadium where ever seat was pack with screaming fans. The final match is about to begin, this is for regional champion, young boy with blonde hair steps up with his duel disk. A figure in a cloak stepped up to the other part of the stadium.
They began to duel; the figure got the boy down to 100 life points with out the boy touching them once. "Hey freak show I am going to wipe the floor with you!" shouted the boy. The figure laughed, "Take a look at your life point, Troy Wheeler your about to get you ass handed to you," said a deep voice from the cloak figure.
Joey and Mai were in the stands cheering on their son, Alec sat with her arms crossed over her chest, her white and blue hair hanging down from her shoulders, some how she still managed to keep herself looking young like at the age of 27 but she was really almost in her late 30's. Alec shook her head at what the figure said, she knew that voice was fake, hopefully, they would show their true self when Mokuba and Yugi hand over the money.
Troy took his next card, "Ok game over for you cloaked freak," said Troy. The cloaked figure laughed, "Go ahead and make your move." Troy played the Red eyes black dragon, his father's card, and attacked.
The cloaked figure countered, with a trap causing the red eyes to become the cloaked figure's card. Troy was mad, but he will not get his card back next turn. The figure drew a card and look, at it, "This duel is over Wheeler and since I can finish you with this move then I have no problem showing you who I really am," she said.
The figure reached down and pulled the cloak straight off, Troy's mouth dropped. A young girl in her late teens, tall, skinny, and with black and brown hair stood in front of the young Wheeler. Troy mouth hung open, "AH, Kathleen Kaiba, the Kat of duel monsters," said Troy.
The girl smiled, "Well Troy looks like you're going to lose, and you're as much as a loser, as when my mother beat your dad two weeks ago," she mocked. Troy growled, "Watch it Kate your going to eat those words, mock my words, rich girl."
Alec in the crowd was very angry, "Katie, what in the world is she doing here!" she snapped. Alec looked down from her seat, saw a boy his teens and a girl around the age of 10, one with brown hair the other it wit black and red hair. "Go Katie," yelled the teenage boy.
Alec shook her head, "I thought I told those two to stay home," muttered Alec. Mai looked over at Alec, "Alec, something wrong?" she asked. Alec nodded, "Yeah my three children! Mai," she answered.
Joey pointed to the other side of the arena, "I think I know who brought them look." Alec looked and saw a black haired girl and a boy with red and brown hair, Matt with his younger sister, Jade, were across the way. Alec shook her head, "Should have known that their cousins were behind this," she muttered.
Alec pulled out her cell phone, "Joey checks this out." Alec pushed three buttons on the phone. Three cell phones went off at once, Kate, Jenny, and Andy looked at their pockets at the same time.
Jenny answered hers with the chat button, Andy answered his normally, and Kate kept hers in her pocket not paying any more attention to it knowing it was her mother. Kate made her final move to end the match, by playing the Meteor Black dragon, destroying all of Troy's life points.
"AH, snobby rich girl, I am going to get you for that," yelled Troy losing the duel. Joey hopped down from the stands so did Alec. Joey held Troy and Alec held Kate back, "Bring it on doggy boy," she yelled trying to get at him. Troy grew angrier, "I am going to get you, and you spoiled Kaiba brat," he yelled. Alec turned, "Joey, tell your son to cut it out or I will let my daughter lose on him," she said.
Mokuba and Yugi stepped out and Jenny took the check on behalf of Kate, Andy was holding her back by Andy with Alec. "Wow, Mom maybe we should let them fight it out." Yugi was now helping Joey was holding back Troy; the crowd was going wild from the after match-taunting going on.
Jenny looked over at the entrance to the arena, she saw a tall figure watching, and she handed the check to her cousin to hold on to it for her. Jenny ran over to the entrance where the figure stood by the time she got there it was gone. Jenny returned at the sound of her mother's voice as she went back to get the check from Matt.
Tea, Yugi, Joey, Mai, Alec, Tristan, Serenity, Troy (Joey's son), Jenny, Kate, Matt, and Jade walked in to the parking lot, together, as they walked to the cars, Jenny saw the figure again. She walked with everyone who was laughing and having a good time until she saw the figure again she looked around. Alec stopped walking so did Andy, Kate and Troy.
"Jen you see something?" asked Andy, Jenny turned towards her bother and nodded her head. Andy took her hand, "Hey it's ok I am here to protect you little sister. The 10 year old Jenny hugged her brother, and walk back to everyone else who was waiting for them.
Kate then saw the figure moving in the shadows of the cars, and she stopped Troy was getting impatience, "Kate there is nothing out there come on." Kate stopped, "I have a bad feeling about this," she said.
Troy decided the only way to make his girlfriend move was to kiss her so, he did. Andy stopped and saw the two, "Hey Dog Boy, you want to keep your tongue in your mouth?" snapped Andy. Troy and Kate stopped kissing, and looked at Andy, who replied, "Come on an hour ago you two were trying to kill each other," Andy spoke then threw up his arms and rolled his eyes at them.
Jenny giggled which was surprise everyone, Andy looked at his silent sister, "Are we breaking our vow of silence?" asked Andy with a smirk much like his father's trademark.
Jenny groaned no, and then walked over to her mother Alec. Andy closed his eyes and shook his head when he opened them he then saw a figure standing by a lamppost, and he thought it resembled the shape of his father who left 6 years ago. Andy started walking again with his 10-year-old sister, Jenny.
A few hours later they were all back home at a house in a quiet neighborhood. Andy had Jenny in his arms she had fallen asleep in the car, even though he was 16 he was reaching about 6 feet tall and Kate wasn't too far from his height.
Andy looked like Seto except for his hair, which was black, with some red in his roots. Alec had let her children discover the magic of hair die since they did not want to look near towards their father's appearance. Kate's hair was black and brown; Jenny's hair was still brown but she had some black and red in it, she used the left over of Andy's hair coloring when he dyed his hair jet black.
Alec smiled as she looked up to the sky to see if she could see a jet flying over, but like the nights before for 6 long years ago, she didn't see it. The incomplete family walked towards the house, Andy turned with Jenny asleep in his arms, "he isn't coming back Mom, lets get some sleep it been a long night," he said.
Alec nodded, "Yeah it has," she sighed looking at the sidewalk of there regular home. Alec walked into the house and closed the door, Kate took Jenny from Andy's arms, "Here bro she can walk the rest of the way to bed," she said.
Jenny gave a little groan as she woke up to walk up the stairs to her room, but she forced herself up the stairs to her room where she flopped on the bed with out moving, Kate laughed at her sister and pulled a blanket over her.
Andy was still down stairs with his mother, who sat on the couch and looked at the regular size TV, Alec let out a sigh as she pulled out a locket about the size of a card from under her shirt and looked at it.
Andy watched as his mother gave a soft sigh, "Mom, he not coming back," he said. Alec looked up at her son, "he, will just when he is ready, if not then we'll go and get him back," said Alec.
Andy leaned against the doorframe to the hall, "Mom look I know you still love Kaiba but he walked out on us 6 years ago. What is the point if we go and get him?" asked Andy. Kate was coming down the stairs now, she thought, she would listen before she object saying that their mother let him go.
"Andrew, you forget that I had a duel with him and yes I could have beaten him with the magic cards in my hand but I didn't. I couldn't hold your father against his will so I let him go," snapped Alec.
Andy rolled his eyes, "Yeah and he took it and left us with a company that you wanted nothing to be a part of in the first place," snapped Andy. Alec nodded, "Yeah and I gave up my position as the new CEO and quit working for Industrial Illusions so that way you and your sisters could live a some what normal lives," said Alec sighing again.
Kate entered the room, "Andrew, cut mom some slick the last six years has been hard on all of us, especially on Jenny, and she hasn't talked since dad left," she said.
Andy looked at Kate, "I know that, think about it, I live with my mom and two sisters with only my two uncles as role models for father figures, Kate, I hate Kaiba for what he has done to not just Jenny but Mom as well," Andy was now out of breath he was angry.
Alec got up and walked over to the calendar, "Do you two want me to have you both miss school tomorrow?" asked Alec to her children to change the conversation. Alec took a red pen and circled the day, she sighed as she looked at the day of making it six long years now.
Kate walked over to her mother, "No Mom we will go to school like we always do, and you can help Uncle Yugi and the shop as best you can," said Kate. Alec sighed, "I am going to bed you two can decide what you want to do about this, good night," she said.
Alec walked out of the room and up the stairs to her room where she laid on the bed she turned on her side and grabbed one of her pillows and hugged it tight, in her mind she pictured Seto and her as they were 6 years ago but the illusion never worked as she drifted in to darkness.
Andy and Kate were down stairs still, Andy was drinking a soda, Kate was watching TV it was about 11:00pm. Kate looked over at her brother, "You know Uncle Mokuba might know where our dad is, I mean Mom said if there was anything we needed we just tell our Uncle and he would know how to reach dad," said Kate.
Andy turned his view from the TV, "I tried that all ready, all I got was an email address out of him, and I had to swear that I would never give it to Mom; why do you want to get a hold of Kaiba anyways? He wasn't there for us when we needed him the most remember!" said Andy.
Kate rolled her eyes, "Andy, don't you think that he would want to know that if I win the next tournament I will have enough points to be declared as world champion," she sighed. Andy turned to his sister, "Kate, he was world champ ok, besides like he would care. Uncle Yugi can beat you, in a millisecond just as he beat Kaiba all those years ago. I don't see how you can look up to Kaiba; the man abandoned us when he should have stayed to take care of Mom and Jenny," he snapped.
The sound of a stair creaking broke the twins concentration on each other and over to the stairs. Kate and Andy jumped from the couch to find their sister sitting on the stairs.
Kate turned on the light in the hallway of the stairs, "Jenny what are you doing up at this time of night? You have school tomorrow," she said looking at her younger sister. Jenny looked up at her sister, she moved her hand pointed to herself then pointed it at the two twins; Jenny's face was also in an angry state.
Andy looked at Kate, "See has a point, and we have school too," he translated. Andy and Jenny develop some kind special way to communication with each other. Andy knew all her motions and face expressions meant something it was not the usual sign language.
Kate laughed, "Jenny, you know that we have a later bed time then you do. Now back up stairs, let's go, up!" Jenny looked at Andy, "she isn't moving until we agree to go to bed too," he said.
Kate rolled her eyes went into the living room, turned off the TV and came back, "Fine Miss Youngest of silence; you win go up stairs, Andy and I will be right behind you," said Kate pointing up to their rooms. Jenny stood up and took two steps up the stairs, Andy and Kate soon followed behind her.
Jenny went into her room and left the door open; Andy and Kate went to their room and shut the door. Kate climbed up into her part of the bunk bed; Andy climbed into the lower part of the bunk bed and pulled a few covers over him.
Kate then leaned over the railing of the bed, "You know I am not trying to be dad, with the whole duel monsters thing, you know," she said. Andy opened his eyes, "I know sis, just I wish you stop doing things because Kaiba did them," he said. Kate rolled her eyes, "I don't see why he won't come back, it is obverses that Mom still loves him," said Kate.
Andy sighed, "I know and everyday I think she is dying from him being gone," he said giving in finally. Kate looked at here calendar that hung next to the bed, "hey what's tomorrow? Andy," she asked.
Andy looked up at his sister, "October 24, why you ask." Kate looked back down at her brother, "tomorrow is day dad left one day before his birthday, and I think we should at least send an email to him," she said.
Andy rolled his eyes, "Fine we can go see Uncle Mokuba after school at KIC on the way home," he said. Kate moved off the railing and on to her back, she looked at the ceiling, "I wish he come back Andy," she said.
Andy looked up at the bed above him, he quietly spoke., "Me too, and I wish he got the guts to come back," he grew louder, "so Jenny could talk again, I am starting to enjoy being her translator, but I don't want to be it forever."
Kate lean over the railing again, "That's it, what if we just use the email to trace him down," she said. Andy sat up and looked at his sister, "WHAT?" Kate looked at him, "Tomorrow we confront Uncle Mokuba, and make him tell us where dad is hiding, by an email tracer," said Kate.
Andy laughed, "Kate that is the craziest thing you have ever said but you know what it just might work, if we know where dad is then maybe, mom will go after him and we're older now so he will have to face us and if it works then Jenny will talk again," he said sarcastically at the end.
Kate nodded and rolled over on to her back "It will work Andy, I just know the minute he sees us he will come back to Mom or she will go to him," said Kate. Andy looked at his sister's bunk above him he closed his eyes and shook his head in the thought of Yeah right, motion.
The two soon fell asleep while a figure sat in a tree with a pair of night vision binoculars in one had and a sound receiver in the other. "Hey you done up there yet?" said a voice from the base of the tree to the figure.
"Stop, talking or you will wake them can't a guy look at his teenagers before he is bothered off," said the figure. The man at the bottom of the tree looked up, "Seto hurry up already, I am getting cold, and I want to get home to be with Yamu," he snapped.
Seto looked down from his binoculars, "Just five more minutes ok, Andy and Kat are asleep," he said. The man at the bottom of the tree then jumped and grabbed Seto's leg and he fell off the tree branch, which he had been sitting on watching the two twins talk.
Seto fell straight on to the man, "Mokuba now look what you made me do!" Seto said. Mokuba looked at his brother, "Get off me so I can see what I did Seto," said Mokuba.
Seto stood up, "Well you're going to be getting a visit from my two oldest tomorrow," said Seto straitening himself up. Mokuba looked at his brother, "Why haven't you just gone back to them Seto? I can see that Kate would forgive you and Jenny would too, Andy will take awhile and Alec still loves you," he said.
Seto shook his head no and said, "It isn't that easy Mokuba, I can't just walk back into their lives when I left them six years ago." Mokuba spoke up next, "Seto, I know I should be staying out of this but, Alec is still in love with you so what you cheated on her before you two were married. That still doesn't mean you two could have worked it out still," he said.
Seto rolled his eyes, "Mokuba I wish it was that simple for me leaving them but it was for their own safety, they will all know that now, we both do, I had to leave to keep my self from hurting them," he said.
Mokuba rolled his eyes at Seto, "Come on Seto your better then that. You left because you broke your promise of never to hurt Alec or the kids and you were a mess when you showed up six years ago at my house saying you just threw Jenny at Kate and Andy," said Mokuba. Seto glared, "So are you saying that I am scared to face my son and daughters for what I did," said Seto angrily. "And Alec," added Mokuba with a slight grin on his face.
Seto looked at the ground, "Mokuba, I am scared to face them again, I been gone for so long; I feel that I just won't fit into their world look at them, they have all grown so much," he said.
Mokuba looked at his brother, "Seto you need to figure this out on your own like you said, and anyways don't you have a plane to catch in a few hours?" he asked. Seto looked at his watch, "Yeah I do, I will see you in a year Mokuba keep me updated with the kids ok," said Seto as he then began to walk away.
Mokuba hung his head and looked at the ground, "You know Seto, why don't you just call them?" he asked. Seto turned, "When I land back in California then I will call," he said to his brother. Mokuba rolled his eyes, "What ever Seto," he said and then under his breathe, "Coward."
Seto heard his brother and gripped his fist but, didn't swing nor did anything his emotions were cold and his mind clouded with thoughts that someone had implanted. Something he had noticed but not so much to really bother looking for answers of whom think this way.
