YUGIOH

The Times Between Darkness and Light

Chapter 3.

"Seto...." Mokuba said, worried about the harsh promise Kaiba was giving, never liking the idea of his brother putting his life on the line to any plan he made. But then for Seto, it always was everything or nothing, placing himself in danger the first chance he got.

"Get back, Mokuba. Why don't you have the maids get breakfast started? I have to get ready. I have a lot to catch up on, and already too much to do." Kaiba said.

"Okay." Mokuba said. "But Seto, could you....promise me one thing?" He asked, worried about his brother's last promise.

"And what's that?" Kaiba turned, glaring at him with the same cold emotionless expression. Obviously some things didn't change in his brother, despite what happened to him. But Mokuba had now learned that atleast the controlling darkness in him seemed to be gone.

"Promise you wont do anything to punish yourself...." Mokuba said.

They stared each other down a long time from that comment. Mokuba wasn't sure if his brother was going to snap at him for making such an accusing comment, and honestly wouldn't blame him if he did. But he just wanted to make sure he didn't hurt himself. As far as Mokuba was concerned, Seto had been through enough already. Yugi had done his own punishment....Kaiba didn't need to add to that.

Finally, Kaiba turned away, answering, "I promise." Perhaps Kaiba had considered doing so, after all. But he couldn't back down from Mokuba's plea. He felt the least he could do was offer some kind of peace offering to ease his brother's mind, even if he regretted saying those words.

Mokuba smiled, and was about to hug him again, when the doors suddenly burst open with doctors and nurses charging in. They all stopped in their tracks, shocked to see the patient who they thought had died, was sitting up and looking at them. No....glaring at them. Since the heart beat monitor had been disconnected, the reading showed it flat-lined. And when the nurse just came in and saw that, she called emergency about it.

"Well?" Kaiba asked. Mokuba was happy to see the hospital once again looking very nervous and very scared, now that his brother was back. They were becoming less and less concerned about Mokuba's presence, despite his attempted threats. Kaiba was always much better at threatening people. Just a glare could make a person tremble. And obviously that part of him had not lost it's touch, either. Was that good....or bad?

"Uh....M-Mr. Kaiba, sir. We saw the indicator flat-lined, and we feared...." The doctor stammered.

"I had that thing disconnected some time last night. It took you morons that long to figure it out?" Kaiba asked coldly.

"P-please sir, we...." The man fumbled, as the others were already beginning to back away.

"Get out!" Kaiba snapped, and in an instant they all scurried away, like common rats.

"I guess some things don't change...." Mokuba said, smiling up to his brother.

"Obviously...." Kaiba answered coldly. Without turning his head, he added, "Go get breakfast started."

"Yes, big brother!" Mokuba answered, as he jumped out of bed and cheerfully bounded out of the room. Kaiba couldn't help but watch his brother leave. It was the happiest he had seen his brother in a long time. Maybe....it was all worth it to come back, after all.

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Kaiba had torn the hospital clothes off of him, taken his shower, wiped himself down, and gotten into his bathrobe. He then left the bathroom to the closet to get some clothes. Yet everything he had reminded him of Gozaburo's influence on him, and what he had done to Mokuba. Kaiba wanted a whole new change, to shove the past behind him. So he grabbed one of the rich white outfits with despise now hating everything he had, and stormed into his bathroom, to finish getting ready.

When he finished, he looked in the mirror, still hating what he looked like....he planned on changing that today. It was actually kind of odd looking into the mirror to see himself like that again, except this time with brown hair. The dye that he used on his father's insistence was the first thing he threw out. But he couldn't stand looking at himself like that, despite that loss.

Finally charging out of the bathroom, he went back to the closet to find something, anything that would not remind him of his past. Finally....he found it. In the corner of the closet was a blue school uniform for Domino High. He refused to wear it in the beginning, insisting on wearing his white rich clothes to school as well, just to prove he was better than everyone else. And the school, so fearful of him and the power he wielded over whatever he wanted, never even argued about it.

Tearing off his clothes, he put on the school uniform, instead. Kaiba then made a call for one of the maids to come to him. After a moment, there was a knock and he bid her to enter. He showed the maid the closet, and ordered, "When I return by tonight, I want this closet cleared. Take all the clothes, all the shoes, everything....burn them."

"Sir??" She asked, in shock.

"Did I stutter?" He asked coldly.

"No sir, but...."

"I don't like any of them, I want them destroyed." Kaiba said. He then pulled out his red royal-like robe, and tossed it on the ground, saying, "This, too...."

"Yes, sir." The maid said, no longer daring to question him.

"Mokuba has a matching one. I want that destroyed as well. I'll get him a new one." Kaiba said, his voice lacking in any emotion.

The nurse then bowed to him, and as Kaiba left the room she began to pull all the clothes from the hangers, to do as he had ordered.