Shadows of the Night
By:
Setalina Muro
CHAPTER 13
A/N: Yeah this is the last chapter. Hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any places, people and/or other things you are familiar with from the show or anything else. The plot, however, is mine.
To the Reviewers:
Seto'swhiterose88 absolute shame on you there is one more chapter. lol Yeah it was basically an accident. But it still happened. And I have the first chapter to "To Capture Her Spirit" out so its already on the move.
Moses-the-little-gurl I have one more chapter with this one and then I do have a new one called "to Capture Her Spirit".
SetoSerenity Forever Well, believe it because he did.
geminiprincess549 Coulda, woulda, shoulda
KatrinaKaiba Yeah I was hoping that you wouldn't see it before hand. It was my special surprise.
kikoken lovely lingo. There is technically a finale but he really did kill himself.
lihan (anonymous) Nope I don't think I've ever heard it.
inuyasha-101-catzrule erm…sorry bout that
optimistic girl94 yes dear Mokuba ain't so sweet and innocent anymore is he? Mokuba was talking to himself because he lost his marbles.
Setine wait! Come back there's one more chapter! Lol so can I assume you liked it?
To all:
BWHAHAHAHA!!! At the exact moment when I read all your reviews (which I thank you for) I went into a horrible fit of giggles because it was just so damn funny when none of you were going to get it until the previous chapter. And yes, Mokuba really did kill Seto and yes, he did turn around and kill himself. (Sorry to laugh at you all but it is really funny if you're me and you knew what was going to happen and you just couldn't wait to get the shocked replies!) Any way, thanks for sticking with me through the story! Love you all much! This is the last chapter (but I will do a "Thank you" if I get reviews for this one.)
And if you would like a new fiction of mine to read, I put up one titled "To Capture Her Spirit." The beginning I think will run like "Shadows of the Night" but the ending will be a little happier. Lol Enjoy!
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Yugi Mouto sat in his downtown office. It was late and dark circles had accumulated around his eyes, but the violet orbs themselves were awake and alert.
He looked tirelessly over case papers. He was trying to find out what had happened that night at the Kaiba Residence. The pieces were slowly filtering into place. The only question remaining was who had been at the Kaiba Residence that night that had been willing to kill Kaiba.
Yugi had already ruled out suicide. There had been no gun found at the scene. The other suspect was Joey, but that had been proved false.
His brow furrowed as he moved to the medical reports form that night. He paused at one particular report dated the night of the accident.
The patient was Mokuba Kaiba. He had been treated for a cut across his face. They removed a single piece of blue glass form inside it.
Yugi's shrewd mind started to turn. How could he get a piece of blue glass if not from Seto's Blue-Eyes? And if Mokuba hadn't been any further in the office than the doorway, as both his statement and his testimony had stated, how had he gotten the cut at all?
So, either he was lying, or pieces of glass just randomly came alive and attacked innocent bystanders who just learned of their brother's death. For some reason, Yugi doubted the latter of the two.
He continued to look through the evidence, deciding as he went that the last defense attorney had been a complete idiot.
So many technicalities had been overlooked; evidence ignored. No wonder Joey had gone down so hard. Blood evidence collected had matched Mokuba's DNA. Glass was found in the child's hair.
He looked at another picture. It showed a child's hand. The skin in between the thumb and forefinger was bruised slightly and red. It was Mokuba's hand. "Recoil from a hand gun," he murmured.
"So," he said aloud, musing once more.1 "Mokuba had to have been angry. And he found a handgun…but why did he really shoot Kaiba?"
Maybe he should ask him.
Yugi picked up the phone and dialed the number for the Kaiba Mansion. There was no answer as it rang and then—
"Hello, this is Mokuba Kaiba--"
"Mokuba," Yugi said. "Hey I…" he paused as the voice continued talking.
"—And unless you're very stupid and enjoy talking to answering machines, you'll notice that I'm not home. Try my office line at…"
Yugi wrote down the number it gave and ended the connection. He then dialed the other number to the same effect.
"Hello. You've reached the office of Mokuba Kaiba. If you're calling for business, Kaiba Corp. will soon be under new management. If you're calling to talk to me, don't hold your breath because I won't be around very long. I just remembered that I'm the reason Seto's gone and I can't live with that knowledge. Goodbye." This time the line terminated itself.
He stared at the phone for a second before jumping from his desk, grabbing his coat, and running out the door…
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Yugi stood in front of Kaiba Corp. and watched as four men escorted out a stretcher with Mokuba's body covered by a white sheet,
Yugi's eyes were downcast and full of agony. He looked up when an officer stepped in front of him.
"You Yugi Mouto?" he asked in a husky voice. Yugi nodded and the man handed him a letter with his name on it. "This was on Mr. Kaiba desk."
Yugi looked at it and then he slowly turned it over and with trembling hands, he opened it.
He read the letter inside that was also addressed to him and the first of a set of crystalline tears flowed silently down his face.
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"—And may God rest his soul," a pastor said. "We now ask Yugi Mouto to step forward and say a few words."
Yugi stood, dressed up and down in black. He solemnly walked to the podium at the front of the church. He looked over the silent crowd. Most people were checking their watches. Others yawning, but very few people were they grieving for Mokuba Kaiba. Maya Valentine sat in the front row.
He took a deep breath and began. "We…we all knew Mokuba Kaiba and he affected all our lives in some way. To some, he was a friend. To others, an associate, a business partner, or an enemy.
He had a difficult life. He was a happy child, an angry teen, and a troubled adult. When he was twelve, the anger and resentment he felt at his brothers' neglect cause him to purse vengeance, and in doing so, he took his brother's life. By the time he was eighteen, he pushed away everyone that was close to him. He, himself, had become the very thing he hated in his brother. In the end, he, in turn, took his own life out of grief. But before doing so, he wrote out a final farewell, and I would like to read it to you now."
Yugi removed the letter he had received that night at Kaiba Corp. from his pocket. " 'My name is Mokuba Kaiba, and I am a horrible person. I murdered my brother and exiled myself from civilization and everyone I one held dear. I blamed and innocent man for Seto's death. It doesn't matter now how things could have been, but I could have been happy. I know it. But with the memories that resurfaced of Seto's death, I could never live with myself. I'm giving Kaiba Corp. to Yugi Mouto. He was my brother's only friend in life, and mine after Seto was gone. I know he can take care of it, as my brother wanted it to be. I want Joey Wheeler to have my house. He deserves it after what I put him and his family through. I want Maya Valentine to have my money and—" Yugi's voice broke as he reached the final line. Tears were flowing down Maya's face. "And tell Maya I did love her, and I'm sorry for everything…"
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Mokuba's Journal Page
Removed the night of his death:
What are these concepts of love and hate?
Which is the better of two?
Love?
Why it's folly to offer your heart.
Little more will you get then a world torn apart.
But to hate?
What joy have you then?
Mocking? Teasing? Stabbing a friend?
There's no hatred in love,
No love in hate.
Yet we sit here and segregate:
The good from the bad, the right from the wrong.
Judging all others till our true selves are gone
Then we are hollowed, empty, and still.
Though a fire yet burns
But to love or to kill?
What role do you play in this world set apart?
To lock it away? Or to burden your heart?
Which path do you choose?
Do you go without fear?
Make quickly your choice for the Judgment is near.
Mine was just sooner than the rest.
The End
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1 Yugi was not going crazy like Mokuba here.
A/N: Ok, there you have it. That's the end of my story. I hope you liked it! Please R&R. I wrote the poem myself. It wasn'tnecessarily for this story, but Thorn thought that it went well with the ending! And if you want to read something else (yes I realize I've said this several times before) check out "To Capture Her Spirit."
Happy New Year!