Hi everyone, it's Friday once again, but even better it's the start of my march break, as you all know it also mean another chapter an honestly I don't even remember what's in it, I wrote it two week ago and right now I really don't feel good, I think I have a fever but I can't tell because the stupid termometer doesn't work anymore, acording to it my temperature is 35, anyway on with the story.

Chapter eight: Change of mind.

Once they reached the arcade Seto couldn't help but look everywhere around him, something that Mokuba and Ryan noticed.

"Come on, we didn't come here to stand here all day." Ryan went to the closest game with Mokuba and Seto behind him.

Seto continued to look around him, he didn't came into an arcade since he was 8 and since he was supposed to be 16 thing were a lot different from what he remembered, the games were also a lot more advanced, something caught his eyes, on most of the game there was the logo of Kaiba Corp. he had read something about him being the president and changing the company to a gaming one but he didn't really believed it.

A strange noise made him turn around, there was a crowd to the other side of the arcade and people were cheering. He turned back and noticed that Mokuba and Ryan were too captivated by their game to pay any attention to what he was doing so he decided to check it out.

This portion of the arcade was mostly filled with teens so because of his little weight compared to them he easily made his way to the front just in time to see a dragon vanish into thin air right in front of him. His eyes grew wide, he knew that dragon, it was a koumouri dragon. He looked up and saw two guy facing each other with some kind of…he had no idea what around their wrist.

Once one of them played his turn Seto quickly caught what was going on; these two were duelling each other. He watched with great interest as the monsters appeared in front of him and attacked other, he had never seem anything like that. Of course he had no idea that he was the one who created the duel disk in the first place.

Once they finished their game Mokuba and Ryan turned around. "Hey, where's Seto?" Mokuba asked.

"You're asking me? You were the one supposed to watch him. Maybe he's just playing a game somewhere."

Both of them started to search for him when Mokuba noticed the crowd around the duelling ground. "If he didn't left the arcade then there's only one place he can be, come on." Mokuba dragged Ryan toward the crowd.

They made their way to the front with as much facility as Seto, and it wasn't that long before they spotted him.

"It's cool isn't it?" Mokuba asked when they reached him.

Seto turned his head to look at him but turned back to the game almost instantly. "What are those?"

Mokuba looked at him with confusion. "Seto, they're duel monster."

"No not that, I know it's duel monster, I meant what are those things they're wearing around their arm."

Mokuba was hit with realisation, Seto had never seen any duel disk, or even a duelling field, he only invented those around a year ago. "It's call a duel disk, it project an hologram of the cards you play."

"I figured out that much." He said with a smile.

"You want to try?" Seto looked at Mokuba with surprise, he didn't know what to answer, sure he wanted to but at the same time he couldn't keep himself from remembering all those time Gozaburo punished him because he was playing. Mokuba saw the look on his brother's face and he knew what he was thinking, maybe it's still a little bit too soon. "Maybe later than, Joey and Yugi both have one, we could borrow them another time."

Soon the duel was over and the three of them had left the arcade. "I'm hungry." Seto said. Mokuba and Ryan looked at him with wide eyes, it was the first time all day that Seto spoke first, he usually talked only when they asked him something. "What?"

"Nothing." They both said.

Mokuba looked at his watch. "He's right you know, it's dinner time already."

Ryan looked at his watch also. "Damn I'm late, my mom will kill me, see ya later." And with that Ryan was gone.

"That was fun." Mokuba said with a smile. "We have to do this again sometime."

Seto looked at him and smile, and touched Mokuba on the shoulder. "Tag." Mokuba looked at him with confusion but before he even had a chance to react Seto was gone.

"Hey, come back here." Mokuba started to chase him.

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Yugi and the others came back late to the game shop, Why? Joey got detention again. When they entered the game shop they were greeted by Yugi's gramps and they went to the living room where they found Seto and Mokuba both sleeping on the couch.

"Hey, they could at least had left us some room to sit."

"Not that loud Joey, you're going to wake them up." Yugi said.

"Aren't they cute together?" Tea said.

"Cute? Hey it's Kaiba you're talking about."

"I think we should let them sleep." Yugi interrupted before this turn out into a war. "They really look exhausted."

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To everyone's surprise Seto actually went playing all the weekend with Ryan and Mokuba, but Seto still refused to play, or even talk to any of the others. Mokuba was his brother and he had always trusted him, the other were another story, especially Joey; Seto didn't liked him very much.

But today things were different; it was Monday, which meant that Mokuba and Ryan were at school and Seto was all alone in the house with noting to do. Seto closed his book, he had enough of reading all day and wanted to do something else but this house didn't even had a computer.

He saw the old man sitting in a chair, he too looked bored out of his mind, the weekend had been quite busy for him but most of his costumers were at school so nothing really happen. Mr. Muto turned around upon hearing Seto entering from the back door and smiled.

"Bored too aren't you?" Seto didn't answered but the old man learned to take Seto's silence as yes. "What about a little game?"

Seto was a little bit on his guard but he knew that if there was one person in the world except from his little brother that he could trust it was the old man. "What kind of game?"

The old man smiled. "You do know how to play chess don't you?" The old man took out a board and the pieces.

Seto wasn't too sure about it, what if…He shock his head, this wasn't Gozaburo, he wouldn't hurt him, would he? Seto accepted to play but he couldn't get his fear out of his mind, which really affected his playing, even Mokuba would have beat him the way he was playing but right now he couldn't think straight.

"Checkmate." Yugi's grandpa said. Seto's eyes grew wide and his fear was raising but what the old man said really surprised him. "What to play again?"

Seto looked up in confusion. "What?"

"Do you want to play again?"

"You mean you aren't going to punish me." The words came out before he even had a chance to hold them.

Mr. Muto's eyes went wide open with both surprise and confusion. "Punish you? For what?"

Seto wanted to come back in time but it was too late, he lowered his head a little. "For losing."

"Seto, I'm well placed to know that your father kicked you butt everyday at chess since you were three, you never punished you for that."

"I know but…" Seto looked away.

"Gozaburo did." The old man finished for him. "I'm not surprised."

Seto looked up. "You mean you knew him?"

"Well I never actually had a real conversation with him but yes I know him."

"How so?"

"Him and your father had been in the same class for most of their high school."

"I didn't know, were they friend or something?" Seto asked, not liking the idea that his father could have been friend with such a monster.

"Friend? Hell would have frozen before the two of them became friends. Gozaburo alway hated you father, and I must say your father was well returning the favor."

"Why?"

"I'm sure you knew Gozaburo enough to know that he was a genius and always wanted to be the first at everything."

"Like I could not notice that."

"As you already know your father was also a genius, that's quite surprising when you look at his parent but anyway, the thing is, he was better than Gozaburo at everything. Your father didn't cared that he was better but Gozaburo did, each time he had a chance he tried to beat him but your father always did better. One day Gozaburo challenged your father to a game of chess and your father won, Gozaburo never accepted it and you know how he is."

"I never knew about all of this."

"Like I said, your father didn't wanted to have anything to do with that man, and knowing him, Gozaburo would never admit to you that your own father was better than him."

Seto just thought about it, Gozaburo would never admit that someone was better then him, especially if this someone was his adopted son's real father…and it also explained a lot of thing, especially why Gozaburo asked to see him when he entered the orphanage, he always knew who he was and Gozaburo never stood for anything but the bests.

"So, you want to play again?" Mr. Muto asked as if the last part of the conversation never happened.

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The others entered the game shop a little bit after they started their second game, and by a little bit I mean about 45 minutes; those games can really last a while when the two opponents are that good. Past the surprise of seeing Seto play with someone else then Mokuba they quickly got interested in the game.

"You don't stand a chance Kaiba, the old man's the master." Joey said.

"Checkmate." Seto said and smirked to Joey.

"Now that's what I call a game of chess." Gramps said.

"You know what Yug, I'm sure your grandpa is hiding something." Joey said playing a card.

"And what kind of thing do you think he can be hiding?" Yugi played his turn.

"I dunno, he's just acting strange with Kaiba, as if…"

"As if he knew him." Tea finished for him.

"Well didn't he tell us that Kaiba used to come here almost everyday when he was little?" Tristan asked.

"Yea but I don't think that's it, sure he came often but lots of kids come here everyday and he doesn't know their name." Yugi said.

"If it's bugging you so much why don't you go and ask him?" Tea said.

"You know what he said last time I asked." Joey attacked one of Yugi's monsters.

"Then if you want to know so much why don't you ask Kaiba? Sorry Joey but I win."

Joey looked at the field, Yugi was right he had lost again and this time he didn't even paid attention to it.

"You know what? Maybe you're right Yugi, we should ask Kaiba."

"Just forget it Joey." Tea said. "Even if he's a kid he only trust Mokuba, why would he tell you anything."

Joey was about to say something stupid but Seto and Mokuba entered the room at the same time. Seto saw them but didn't pay any attention to them, in all the time he had been here he barely talked to them and surely today would be no different. Of course Joey had other plan.

"Hey Kaiba, what exactly is going on between you and Yugi's grandpa?"

Seto turned to look at him, he couldn't believe his nerve, this didn't concern him, it was his life…and he had called him Kaiba.

"Whatever it is it doesn't concern you in any way and stop calling me Kaiba." Seto said the last part louder than the rest, surprising everyone in the room, including Mokuba. Before anyone could reply anything Seto walked out of the living room and went to his room.

Joey turned toward Mokuba. "Gee what's wrong with him?"

"He doesn't like it when you call him Kaiba."

"That never bothered him before."

"Well in case you haven't notice he's 12 years old, didn't it never occurred to you that he didn't wanted to be a Kaiba." Mokuba said and left to go after Seto.

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Mokuba knocked lightly on the door and entered the room. "You feeling ok?"

"I guess. I hate this guy."

Mokuba sat next to him on the bed. "You know you shouldn't act like that it's just that when you were older (an: That's not something you say everyday.) you never let anyone call you Seto, it was always Kaiba."

"Why would I want to do that, I hate Gozaburo and I always wanted to change my name back as soon as he died."

"I know, and I wanted too but you couldn't, only members of the Kaiba family can control the company and by changing your name you would have lost it."

"This guy is a jerk."

"Who? Joey or Gozaburo?"

"Both of them." There was a silence and the both of them laughed a little.

"You know, you really should give them a chance, they really are good people."

"You have no idea how much time I heard those words about all the people who hurt us."

"No I don't, but you trust me don't you?" Mokuba looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Of course I trust you, it's just…"

"You're afraid."

"I'm not."

"Are too."

"I'm not."

"Are too."

"Alright maybe I am, so what?"

Mokuba looked at him with surprise; he hadn't expected him to agree. He let himself fall on the bed and stared at the ceiling. "Do you remember when I asked you if you wanted to be alone?"

Seto hesitated a little. "Yea…"

"Do you still want to be?"

Seto let himself fall on the bed as well and stared at the ceiling also. "I'm not sure, I don't really think so but…"

"You are afraid to get hurt."

"You know me too well for my own good."

Mokuba laughed. "I think you should give them a chance, then you'll know."

"Why? I'm not alone, I have you."

"And you think that's enough?"

"Why not?"

"And what will you do if something happen to me? You'll be left all alone." Seto stayed silent, he hadn't think about it, or rather decided that it couldn't happen. "Just give them a chance, what do you have to lose?"

"What if they hurt me?"

"They won't, trust me."

Seto looked at in Mokuba's eyes, they were sincere and innocent just as always. Maybe he should listen to him and give them a chance, after all Mokuba never lied to him before, he was always there for him.

"Maybe I will."