Hi againeveryone, once again it's friday but even better, it's easter break, I still don't know if I'll be doing something, so because of today's maintenance, and because I don't have school I'm updating earlier.
anyway, so far no one got the rigth answer to the lollipop contest, you can play more then once, you have until chapter 16.
Now to do something I alway forget to do, answer the review lolll, I didn't had any question to answer so I'm just going to say thanks to all of my reviewers and all of the readers who don't review
Chapter 13 : Back to were it all began.When Yami and Mokuba went back to the living room all the others were silent, having thought about all the different possibility other than murder, but still none made any sense.
"It's about time you two come back, where were you anyway?" Joey said.
"That's not important, but I have a good new."
"You know what happened to Gozaburo?"
"Joey, whether or not Kaiba is a murderer is the least of our problem. I think I know why he turned into a kid."
"Really? And what is it?"
"I believe that this water fountain you were talking about earlier is responsible for all our troubles."
"Really? You mean this thing can actually make wish come true, then how come mine didn't?"
"Some things are just impossible." Tristan said.
"Anyway, I think the best thing to do is to check it out, to be sure of it." Yami said.
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Yami, Mokuba and Joey went to the water fountain, Tea and Tristan would have come too but they had something else to do.
"So, you said you wished that Kaiba could trust people again, like when he was a kid." Yami said.
Mokuba nodded. "It was just for fun, how was I suppose to know that it would come true, anyway I never wished for Seto to became a child."
"Magic can't to everything Mokuba, it's not that easy. You asked for your brother to trust people again like when he was a child, but magic can't force someone to do that, the person must want it."
"Then why did he turn into a kid?"
"You told us yourself a little while ago, you said your brother stopped trusting people around that age, something must have happened to him at that age so your wish turned him back into a kid."
"I don't get it." Joey said.
"It's simple Joey, only Kaiba can decide to trust someone or not, he stopped around that age for some reason we don't know so the fountain turned him back into a child because if Kaiba change when he's a child he will also change at his real age."
"So if I understand well, the fountain turned back into a kid because that's the time when he stopped trusting others and probably the best time to make him trust people again?" Mokuba asked.
Yami nodded. "I believe that as soon as Kaiba will open up more, and really start to trust people he will become his real age again."
"But he really came a long way." Joey thought loud. "Why didn't be became normal again?"
"He must still have doubts or fears about trusting others."
"So, do you thinks it's the fountain that did all of this?" Joey asked.
"That's what we're about to found out." Yami took out a piece of money from his pocket, he closed his hand with the piece in it and she suddenly became brilliant, he then threw it in the water.
A few second passed and suddenly a little glow jumped out of the water, it tried to escape but Yami caught it in time. "Just what I though."
"And do you mind explaining everything?"
"The fountain has nothing to do with your wish, she's the troublemaker." Yami opened his hand to show a tiny little fairy that looked like a 5 years old child.
"And what is that?" Joey asked.
"It's a fairy, remember, I told you they could realise wishes."
"But then why didn't she realised mine?"
"Because some things are just impossible." Yami said.
"But what about my brother?"
"Don't worry, I told you, as soon as he open up more everything will became back to normal."
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"Ok so what do we do now?" Joey asked the next day after school. "Are you sure you don't have any memories of what happened?" Joey asked Seto for the tenth time.
"Joey, I told you a hundred times already, I don't know." Seto sighed.
"Well do you think you could have kill Gozaburo?"
"Joey!" The others reprimanded.
"Hey, I'm just asking." Seto then stood up and walked out of the living room. "Hey, what's his problem?"
"Joey, he's accused of murder and you're not helping, how would you react if you were the one to learn that you'll kill someone in 4 years?" Tea asked.
"I think that for him what's the worst is that he doesn't know the truth, he have no idea if he did it or not." Yami said.
"Anyway, what do we do about this, if what you said is true then Kaiba will be back to normal one day and when that day comes he'll be arrested for murder." Tristan said.
"Maybe…we could try to figure out what happened." Mokuba said.
"I think Mokuba's right." Yami said. "For all we know those officer could have said nothing but lies and as long as Kaiba stay a kid we can't get any answer from him, he's the only one who knows what really happened."
"Yami's right, let's got get the kid and then we'll try and find out what really happened." Joey said.
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"And what if I really did killed him?" Seto asked as they entered the Kaiba Corp. building, he wasn't sure at all about all of this.
"For now we don't know, that's why we're here after all." Joey said.
"But what if I did it, what will you do?"
"Well in that case we'll either make up a really good lie or make sure you never turn back to normal again." Of course that didn't make Seto feel any better. "Hey, don't worry, we might not have been good friend in the past and you might be and arrogant jerk and a bastard but you are not a murder."
"Thanks…I think. Why are you helping me anyway?"
"Because you're our friends." Joey said as if it was a totally normal thing to say.
"I am?"
"Sure you are."
Seto thought for a second, no one ever said they were friend before, but now something was bugging him. "Joey? When I'll become normal again, will we still be friend?"
Joey looked at him, he wasn't really sure himself about the future. "That only depends of you. Now unless you want to end up in jail lets go find out what really happened."
"So, this is the place?" Tea asked as they entered the office.
Mokuba nodded. "It's here, nothing moved since the day it happened, Seto never came back in here after."
Yugi eyed the room. "I doubt we'll find anything in here, it's obvious that the police took everything that could be of any help to us."
"Does this thing still work?" Everyone turned around and saw Joey eyeing a camera in a corner of the room.
"I don't think so." Mokuba said. "But the records of every camera is kept in the basement."
"But didn't that officer said that it disappeared?" Tristan commented.
"We have nothing to lose." Yugi said.
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Once they reached the basement they searched through the camera's records but didn't found the one they were searching for.
"It's useless, that thing isn't there." Joey said.
"Do you think that Kaiba really took it?" Tristan asked.
Yugi thought for a second. "If you ask me, things looks too easy, everything seem to be pointing in Kaiba's direction."
"And your point is?" Tristan asked.
"Kaiba's not an idiot; he had already took Kaiba Corp. so killing Gozaburo was of no benefit to him. But by supposing that he really did it, he knew he was going to be the first suspect, he would probably have hired someone to do it while he was in a meeting or something. I doubt he would have taken the risk to kill him when he was alone with him."
"But here's all the problem, Kaiba was alone with him when Gozaburo died." Joey said.
"But that's why we're here." Yugi said. "I'm with Joey on this, Kaiba's not a murder. Isn't there any other place where we can find a double of the records or something like that?"
Mokuba shook his head. "Not that I know about anyway."
"Well that's strange. And who's in charge of the security?"
"I don't k-"
"Hobson." Seto interrupted.
"You mean the little creepy guy with an oversized head and small glasses?" Joey asked. "I thought he was the butler."
"He is, but Gozaburo didn't really trust that much people and Hobson was the one he trusted the most, so he ended up with more then one responsibility." Seto explained.
"Well if Gozaburo trusted the guy then that probably means that we shouldn't trust him." Joey said.
"I'm with Joey on this, I never liked the guy." Mokuba said.
"Why didn't your brother ever fired him if you don't like him?" Tea asked.
"Well he never had any good reason to do so, Hobson is under contract for another 5 years and without any valuable reason Seto can't get rid of him. He also knows a lot about Kaiba Corp. so it wouldn't be wise to go on his bad side."
"Well I say we all go see that creepy little frog." Joey said.
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"May I know what brings you all here?" The little butler asked.
"Sure, we want the tape of Gozaburo's office the night that he died." Joey asked.
"So, you head about that? Well in that case I'm sure that you know that Seto asked me personally to destroy that tape."
Yami decided to take care of that. "Oh but we heard, however we are no at all convinced, so do you mind if we ask you a few question?"
"Oh but I don't, I have nothing to hide, you should accept it, Kaiba did kill his stepfather."
"We'll see, first of all, after Kaiba took control of Kaiba Corp but before Gozaburo died, who were you loyal to?"
"Gozaburo of course."
"In that case why were you at Kaiba Corp that night, I already checked and I know you weren't working at that time."
Hobson suddenly became nervous but Yami was the only one to notice. "I came with Gozaburo."
"And why did Gozaburo went to Kaiba Corp. anyway, it was two in the morning."
"He wanted to speak to Seto about something."
"What, may I ask?"
"I have no idea, he didn't told me anything."
"You must have known that Gozaburo was probably full of rage toward his step-son why did you let him go inside the building?"
"My business was do what he told me and that's what I did, he asked to go to Kaiba corp and that's were I took him."
"And when was that?"
"And hour before he died."
"Now here's my last question, surely you must knew that Gozaburo was dead when Kaiba asked you to destroy this tape and that if Kaiba wanted that tape gone it was surely because it would prove he was guilty. Well I learned from a very good source…" Yami glanced at Seto. "That if both Gozaburo and Kaiba were gone you would have control of Kaiba corp. so why would you protect Kaiba?"
"Because I'm loyal."
"You said you were loyal to Gozaburo, why would you change your mind now that you could have everything?"
"Look kid, I don't have to explain myself to you."
"Very well, anyway I know everything that I wanted." Yami left with the others.
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"Ok, now I'm lost, did we actually learned anything that would prove Kaiba's innocent, because that's not really the impression I got." Joey said.
"Oh but I just got more then I was expecting, unfortunately this wont be enough unless we can find a copy of the security tape." Yami said.
"But we don't have them, they don't even exist." Joey said.
"Well I think otherwise, Kaiba don't trust Hobson right Mokuba." Mokuba nodded. "So I'm sure that Kaiba would have make sure to have a copy of all the security camera's records hidden somewhere that only he knows about."
"But even if that's true he's still a kid, he don't know where they are."
"That's not a problem, as long as he stays a kid he won't be arrested and as soon as he became normal again we can ask him where they are."
"But even if that's true I doubt that this creepy little butler will say what he told us to the police officers."
Yami only smirked. "He won't have to."
