Chapter ten : Trust

The next morning Seto stayed in bed until late, all the other had school so he stayed there and thought about everything that happened yesterday. He had to admit that everything went fine, he had fun with them but he was still unsure if he really should trust them. At the end of the day, when Yugi and the other came back he still hadn't made up his mind.

Today however, thing were different, finals exam were approaching fast so they had more than twice as much homework as they usually had, so no playing tonight. For Seto of course it was a good thing, he now had more time to think about everything, he was in the living room with all of them, reading a book but his mind was only half present.

"I don't get it, how in the world do they expect us to do things like that, anyway when will we need to know that in our life?" Joey said

"Come on, it can't be that hard." Tea said.

Joey was actually doing his math homework, the other's had decided to keep it for the last since they hated it but Joey wanted to get rid of it now.

"Not that hard? Then give me the answer oh genius."

"Fine what's the question?"

Joey started to read the question. "The surface of a rectangle with a length of 7m is (15y less 21)m. A second rectangle is half as wide as the first one and its length is 2/3 time the first rectangle's length. What algebraic expression represents the perimeter of the second rectangle?" (an: this question was in one of my math test a little while ago. It's not hard when you know how to do it but if you doesn't it looks like Chinese. But trust me it's not something normal people can count in their head.)

By the time Joey finished reading the question everyone had wide eyes, everyone except for one person. "It's (20y/7 plus 3) m." (an: you can count if you don't believe me.)

All the head turned toward the source of the voice. "What did you say?" Joey asked.

Seto turned back to his book. "Nothing, just forget it."

"Come on, what did you say."

Seto looked away. "I said that answer is (20y/7 plus 3)m"

Tea took a sheet of paper and started to do the problem, three minutes later she looked up. "He's right."

Seto just looked away, he just had to say it, he just had to show everyone that he was a genius, now they'll all turn their back on him like everyone else.

"Hey kid!" Seto looked up and saw a twenty in front of him. "Wanna make some money?"

"Joey!" All the other shouted.

"Exams are in two weeks you have to learn it not paying someone to do it for you." Tea said.

"Come on, it was just a joke."

"You shouldn't corrupt kids like that."

While Joey, Tea and Tristan kept Insulting each other Yugi saw Seto's uneasiness and sat beside him.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

Seto looked up at him. "Nothing." He lied.

"I don't believe you. You know, you shouldn't feel like that, we'll not turn on you because you are a genius, anyway he already knew about it, we were in the same class. But I must admit I never believed you were that intelligent."

"You knew already?"

"Yes, even if you never showed it off it's well know in the school. Don't worry, we don't care, look at Tea, she's not a genius but she's one of the best, Joey and Tristan tease her sometime but nothing more."

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A few days passed, Mokuba turned around in his bed, for some reason he couldn't sleep at all, he looked at Seto who was sleeping peacefully. He got out of bed and slowly walked downstairs, it wasn't that late, only 9:30 but there was school tomorrow. (an: well I don't know about you but when there is school I go to bed at nine and I'm 15)

Just as he was about to enter the kitchen he heard voices, he had no idea the others were still there. Mokuba stopped and listened to what they were saying, it didn't felt right to him but for some reason he felt like he should listen to them.

"Are you sure of what you're saying?" Came Joey's voice.

"I said it's a possibility, but it's a reality we should consider." Another voice answered, one that Mokuba recognised as Yami.

"But if you are right, what will we do? We are lucky things worked out that far." Tea said.

"Tea's right, just think about what'll happen once people discover that Kaiba disappeared." Tristan said.

"Without forgetting that we said we were watching Mokuba, what do you think the police will think of us if we told them we have no idea were he is." Joey said. "I already have a record you know and everyone knows I hate Kaiba."

"Calm down Joey." Surprisingly Yami's voice was calm. "No one is going to accuse you, anyway Kaiba's not dead so there isn't any way they could prove he is."

"So what? Kaiba's one of the richest person alive."

"Really Joey the first person the police would consider a suspect is anyone who could win something from Kaiba's death." Yami said. "And in case I'm mistaking you don't fit in that category."

"Maybe we could consider present problem, one thing is sure, they won't let you keep Mokuba when they discover Kaiba's not gone on a vacation, you are not his family." Tea said.

"Anyway what is making you think that Yami?" Joey said.

"It has been two month already, if anyone was after Kaiba he would have come by now, and so far there is no sign of him turning back to normal any time soon. I never said it was final, I only said that we should consider the possibility that Kaiba may never come back."

Mokuba's eyes widened and he took a few step back, there was no way this could be real. Sure he loved having Seto to play with and seeing him happy…but he wanted his big brother, he needed him, he wasn't ready to be left all alone.

"Should we tell Mokuba about it?" Tea asked.

"I don't know, maybe we should wait a little while longer, there is no need to scare him, if he ever learn his brother may never return he would be devastated."

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A few day passed, Seto was sitting outside the game shop but his mind was somewhere else, on Mokuba. He saw how strange his little brother acted lately, even if right now they were the same age he couldn't help but worry about him, no matter what he was still his little brother.

School finished over an hour ago and still there was no trace of Mokuba, it had been like that all week. Seto decided to go look for him, he couldn't take it anymore, he needed to know what was bothering his little brother.

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Mokuba was sitting over the edge of a small bridge, the same one his big brother took him the first day they arrived at the orphanage, he always came here when he had something on his mind, it was such a beautiful place and quiet also.

He threw a rock in the water, when the water became calm again he could see the reflection of Seto beside him. "How did you know I was here?"

"You always came here when you feel bad."

"How do you know?"

"Because I care about you, I often followed you after we had an argument or something like that, you always came here." Seto sat beside him. "So, what's on your mind?" Mokuba stayed silent. "Come on, you can tell me."

"No, it would upset you."

"Come on, I promise I won't be upset, tell me, I can't help you if you don't let me."

Mokuba looked at his brother, those were the same word he had said to him, of course, originally it was Seto who usually said those words to him.

"Around a week ago I couldn't sleep so I went downstairs. I heard someone talking so I stopped and listened, I know I shouldn't have but I couldn't held myself."

"So? What's so bad about it?"

"Yugi…and the others, they were talking about you. They said it was possible that you never become normal again." Seto turned back to look in front of him. I'm sorry, I know I should never has said that to you…"

"No, you have every right to, Mokuba, I know I'm not supposed to be here, it's not my time and I know you must miss the brother you are used to."

"I didn't meant to upset you."

"I'm not upset, you are my little brother and all I want is for you to be happy, I know that you need your brother, and I can't be him even if we are the same person."

Mokuba then laid his head against Seto's shoulder. "Don't worry." Seto said. "I'm sure thing will work out sooner or later." Mokuba just nodded, he didn't want to think about what could happen if his brother never come back.

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That night it was Seto's turn to not be able to sleep, he couldn't stop thinking about what Mokuba told him, it was obvious he missed his brother but there was nothing he could do about it. He made his way out of bed, he was going to learn the truth no mater what.

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Yugi rubbed his eyes, they were in the middle of final exams so he ended up studying late every night for three days now and it was starting to catch up. He looked up from his work, something was strange, he turned around and saw Seto watching him from the door. That's the last thing he saw before Yami took over.

"It's late you know, you should be sleeping."

Seto took that as in invitation and entered the room. "What about you?"

Yami shook his head, this was going nowhere and he was the direct type. "Why are you here?"

"I wanted to talk to you."

"About?"

"Mokuba heard you, when you said I could stay like that forever." Yami sighed, he didn't wanted neither of them to learn about it…not yet. "I want to know, are you sure there isn't a way to make things back to normal?"

"Unfortunately, no I don't, if I knew don't you think I would have done it long ago?"

"Probably."

"Why did you want to know?"

"Because I know Mokuba really misses his brother."

"But you are his brother."

"But not the one he needs, I was his brother 4 years ago, Mokuba's different now, it's not me he needs, beside I know how much trouble you are putting yourselves in."

"It doesn't matter, there is nothing I can do. All we can do is wait, it's only a possibility, for all I know everything could be back to normal by tomorrow."

"I hope you're wrong, I want Mokuba to be happy."

"You really care a lot about him, you would do anything for him, am I right?"

Seto nodded. "Ever since my parent died he's always been there for me, in fact he was the only one who cared about me, just like I was the only one to care about him. All his life he gave me unconditional love, ever since the first day. How could I not return the favour?"

"Believe me, I saw how much he care and trust you, he would follow you no matter what, to a point were I sometimes wonder if it really was healthy for him."

"I often wondered also. But we all have our way to care, he would do anything for my approval just like I would so he could be happy."

"Everything you do is so he could be happy, even if it means you have to suffer. Are you sure that's what he really wants?"

"What about you? You would do anything for Yugi don't you?" Yami was shocked. "Are you sure he wants you to be hurt so you can protect him? It's my choice to protect him nothing more nothing less, I love him more than anything else and I'll die before letting him die, and I know he won't be truly happy as long as he won't have his real brother with him."

"I know, and I really wish I could help but I can't."

"Don't worry about it, it's not your fault." Seto said as he left the room and went back to bed.

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Lolll it's near but I have my 2000 words. Anyway, little quiz, is there anything worst then a little brother who thinks he know better than you? Mine kept arguing with me about me me giving him one of my birds, latting him play with my video games, he's way too young for that.