YUGIOH
The Times Between Darkness and Light
Chapter 2.
Mokuba woke up early that morning, having for once good dreams of his brother. He was smiling and holding his brother again, like he used to back before they were adopted. Strangely enough, when he woke he found his bigger brother wrapped around him. 'How did that happen?' He thought, wondering if he accidentally moved him. Mokuba pushed his brother, so Kaiba was laying on his back once again. 2 weeks ago, that would have taken some effort, but his brother had lost a lot of weight in the time he had been in a coma. It was worrying Mokuba just to look at him now. He was getting the nutrients he needed, but it wasn't anything like the solid foods that people really should eat.
"Seto...." He whispered sadly. "I will always wait for you. I'll never give up on you, I promise...." It was then that he noticed all the machines were unplugged from him. 'Huh? Did the nurse come in and do that?' Mokuba then looked sourly down at Seto, immediately assuming they must have used another substitute nurse that didn't know what she was doing. He would have to yell at the hospital again, but they didn't look at him as fearfully or take him as seriously as they did when his brother talked to them, or anyone for that matter. Speaking of which, it was time for Mokuba to try and get back to work again....keep Kaiba Corp alive for his brother, until he returned.
Mokuba checked the clock to see why the alarm didn't wake him yet, and noticed how early it was. "4:30?" Mokuba questioned himself quietly. 'But the nurse isn't supposed to come in that early....' Panic then began to well up in him, now. What if someone came in to try and sabotage his brother, and tried to kill him?
Mokuba immediately started to check his brother's pulse and make sure he was breathing, and instantly Mokuba's breathing hitched....for his brother had his eyes opened, and was staring up at him. Kaiba asked in a raspy voice, since he hadn't used it in two weeks, "What are you doing?" Sounding almost bemused, despite the circumstances.
"Seto!" Mokuba gasped, and lunged on his brother in hug, nearly killing the weakened Kaiba. "I knew you'd come back, I just knew it!"
Kaiba hesitantly accepted his hug, as if weighing if that was the right or wrong thing to do. "Yeah....I'm here." Kaiba answered quietly, now sounding a lot more darker than he sounded a moment ago.
Mokuba tensed up right after Kaiba's reply, as if sensing his own brother's stress. He immediately seemed to understand how his brother felt, despite everything. "Seto....I'll always be here for you, no matter what. We'll always be brothers...." Mokuba continued to hold him then, and held his breath....as if waiting to see how Seto would now react. Despite sensing how his brother seemed act a moment ago, he was still unsure how his brother would react to him, now. Once Seto totally woke and realized what he was saying, doing....what would he do, then? Would he be nice? Would he go back to being mean like he was taught to be? He just wasn't sure how his brother would react after everything was said and done. But no matter how his brother felt, Mokuba knew that he would still be here for him, no matter what.
Kaiba began to tremble slightly after Mokuba had replied to his unspoken question, being reminded that Mokuba would be here for him, even though he felt he didn't deserve it. He was still trying to understand why Mokuba would forgive him. Why he would lie in bed with the very person who tried to kill him, who tried to forever sever the ties that bound them? It was even Kaiba's plan to break apart that bond, but Mokuba had not allowed it, and didn't allow it still. Infact, even now those ties were still strong enough that Kaiba could also sense the tension in Mokuba, and knew his brother's uncertainty.
"Are you sure about that, little brother?" He muttered quietly in his ear. "You don't seem that certain. Is that fear I'm sensing? Fear that I'll try and kill you again?"
Mokuba immediately pulled away and looked down at him in anger. "That's not true! I know you would never do that to me! It's not your fault, Seto....and you know it!"
How much did Mokuba know? Those words stung hard to Kaiba, as he feared the worst. He tried so hard to keep Mokuba from knowing the terrible things about what Gozaburo had done. Maybe he failed there, too. But then, Mokuba didn't actually come out and say who's fault it was. Maybe he was blaming Yugi. Kaiba decided it was easier to assume that, and not ask....he really didn't want to know, and denial was so much easier, right now.
Infact....denial seemed to be an easier answer for a lot of things. Why bring up the past and re-open old wounds? Didn't his brother deserve more than that, after everything that happened? Yes....Kaiba decided that denial was really the best way to go. That way he could stop looking back on the past, and look ahead towards the future.
"No....it's not Yugi's fault." Kaiba said, as if he knew that was who Mokuba was blaming.
Mokuba only blinked for a moment, wondering where Yugi came from, but realized quickly. Another game had just started with his brother, and once again Mokuba did not hesitate to play along, as he continued to listen and better understand the new rules.
"....it's my fault." Kaiba continued, as he gently pushed his brother back, so he could finally sit up in his bed, with some mild effort. "It's my technology that did that to you, just as it was my technology that put me into this coma."
'His technology? But it was Yugi that cast him into the shadow realm.' Mokuba thought, wondering why Kaiba was denying that, as well. It was one thing to try and deny anything about Gozaburo's cruelty, but why was he pretending that Yugi didn't use magic to shatter his heart? Was that also too difficult to want to remember?
"But things are going to change around here." Kaiba said, closing his eyes as he lowered his head. "This was now supposed to be a gaming company, offering fun for children. Somehow, that purpose got twisted along the way. I'm going to make it right this time, Mokuba....even if it kills me."
