Chapter fifteen: The right to remain silent.

Yami and Joey walked through the door of the police station, it had been a good half an hour since the young Kaiba called them, speaking of the devil…

"What took you so long?"

"We had to walk all the way here." Joey said. "So, what's going on here?"

"I told you already, they arrested Seto."

"Yea, I got that part, but when did he became his normal age anyway?"

"Probably sometime during the night. Where is he now?" Yami asked.

"I don't know, all I know is that he's somewhere in there and they're probably interrogating him."

"So, what do we do now?" Joey asked.

Yami took a seat. "We wait, Kaiba have enough money to pay for bail so he probably won't stay here, all I hope is that he'll have enough brain to shut-up, those officers don't look like they love him."

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Sure enough, Kaiba had the brain to use his right to remain silent, in fact he was using it to it's full potential, he didn't even said a word, or even moved for that matter ever since they arrested him. He just sat there and he was starring right in the eyes of the officer in front of him, who was desperately trying to make him talk.

After about 5 more minutes he too ran out of the interrogation room. That makes three. Kaiba smirked in his head. That was the third one to run out of the room like that, Kaiba was staring at them with a faceless expression, he didn't even blinked, that was the kind of thing that could make someone go crazy.

The door opened again, when he saw who had entered the room Kaiba's emotionless stare turned into a dead glare. Of course the officer Kamiya didn't paid any attention to him. Kaiba hated that guy, Kamiya was like a little dog to Gozaburo and he had all the reason to hate that guy. One thing was sure, Kamiya was not here to help him.

"It's so nice to see you again." Kamiya said.

"…" Kaiba kept glaring at him, if only looks could kill, but then again he had enough trouble right now.

"So, you're going to give me the silence treatment?"

'Stare'

"Do you think it will affect me?"

'Stare'

"Not that it really matter anyway, I have all the evidences to send you in Jail for the rest of your life."

'Bigger stare'

"Still silent I see." Kamiya stopped the recorder. (For those who didn't know, police interrogations are all recorded.) "Look kid, there's no way you can get out of this."

'Deadly stare'

"You should have learned where you place was. Let me tell you something, once I'm finished with destroying your life I'll make sure that your brother ends up in the worst place possible, just like Gozaburo wanted it to be."

Kaiba's already deadly glare turned even more deadly, to hell all of the problem, looks could kill for all he cared, he really wanted to beat the crap out of the snake in front of him and he would probably have if his lawyer didn't entered the room at that moment.

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"Big brother!" Mokuba said when he saw his brother, he didn't lost one second to run and hug him.

"So, they're letting you out." Yami said.

"It's not like they really have a choice."

"So, what's next?" Mokuba asked with worry.

Kaiba looked down at him. "Well next, I'll most likely spend the rest of my life in jail and you'll be send in a foster home or and orphanage or even worst, our uncle will take you in, which would not surprise me."

"And you're going to just stand there and do nothing about it?" Joey asked.

"I don't remember asking for your advice."

"Hey, I'm trying to help you, all you have to do his tell us what happened-"

"And what tells you that I want your help." Kaiba snapped. "Come on Mokuba."

Mokuba followed Kaiba outside the building. "But Seto, why don't you let them help you?"

"Like they would believe me anyway."

"You have nothing to lose."

"Look Mokuba, I lived until there without any friends and I don't need any. I'm going to end up in jail anyway."

"But all you have to do is get the copy of the security camera."

"You really don't get it, they don't exist, there isn't any copy anywhere."

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"You mean that there isn't any copy of the tape?" Joey said.

Mokuba shook his head.

"And what about Kaiba?" Yami asked. "Did he tell you anything?"

"No, he didn't even said a word to me ever since we got home, he passed the last three days locked in his room, I'm not even sure he ate something."

"Getting himself ready for his future life." Joey said.

"Joey!" All the other said.

"What? Hey don't blame it on me, he's the one who locked himself in his room. We tried to help and he didn't want it."

"What did you expected Joey, that he would be all friendly with us? The reason why he trusted us in the first place was because he was a kid, had he stayed the same age he would had never even give us a chance."

"So you mean that we did all of this for nothing?"

"No, but now the rest is up to Kaiba, he can just forget everything or take his chance, that's his decision and we mustn't interfere with it."

"Well I hope for him that he make up his mind quick because his trial is in five days."

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"Seto? Seto please answer me." Mokuba pleaded. It had been two more days now that Kaiba spent in his room and the little guy started to get worried.

Kaiba was lying on his bed, that's all he did those last five days. He was thinking, his little brother's words affected him more then anyone would have thought, after all, he was right, but that did take Kaiba five days to accept it.

I never thought that out of all people Mokuba would be the one to say that, he might be my brother but still he has no right to talk to me like that. I'm president of one of the biggest company in the word and he dare to say that I don't have a life.

So what if I don't spend that much time with him and if I don't have any friends, maybe that because I don't want to.

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Five days later, Kaiba finally came to accept that all this time he was lying to himself, but now that he accepted it, what should he do about it.

When he heard his little brother calling him, Kaiba turned his head toward the door, he had been locked in his room for five days straight without even eating anything. Deciding that he had worried his brother enough, Kaiba went to open the door.

Mokuba was actually surprised when Kaiba opened the door, he wasn't expecting his brother to answer him.

"Are you ok big brother?"

Kaiba looked down at the worried face of his brother and did smiled softly. "I am, don't worry."

"That's good to hear."

"I'm going to Kaiba Corp. for a little while."

Mokuba sighed. Some things never change I guess.

"Hey, don't look so sad, I'm only going to check if everything is alright, I won't be long."

Mokuba looked up. "Can I come with you?"

"If you really want to, we could buy something to eat on the way, how does that sound?"

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Mokuba was eating his fast food while watching TV in his brother's office, all the employers were more then surprised when Kaiba came back, it seemed that Kaiba's lawyer (a new one a must add.) had done a good job at keeping Kaiba's 'return' and arrest a secret, even if everyone knew he was accused of murder.

Kaiba was working slowly, after all he was just checking to make sure everything was alright and his mind was still occupied with more important matters. However, his thought were no longer concentrated on himself but on Mokuba.

He couldn't take what Yami told him out of his head, could it be true? Mokuba looked like a happy kid, but looks could be deceiving. Yami asked if Mokuba was really happy with Kaiba doing everything for him, but he had never really gave a thought about it, Mokuba wanted something, he gave it to him, but was he really happy to live that way?

Kaiba stopped typing on his keyboard and looked up. "Mokuba?"

The little boy turned away from the TV screen and gave his big brother a questioning look. "What is it?"

"Tell me, are you …really happy?"

"…Of course."

Kaiba sighed, he had heard the hesitation in his little brother's voice. "Come over here." Mokuba did as he was told. Once he was close enough, Kaiba grabbed him in his arm and settled him on his laps. "Mokuba, I need you to be honest."

"It's not like it's important." Mokuba said with a forced smile.

"It is to me, Mokuba. Please, just tell me."

Mokuba looked away. "I'm not really sure, I don't think that I have the right to complain about my life. Lot's of kid would do anything to have my life."

"Well I don't care about those kid, what really matters to me is you, honestly, are you really happy."

"Well I can't say that I'm not happy."

"But?"

"It's true that I have almost everything that I want but I can't say that I'm truly happy. I guess…sometime I feel lonely."

"Lonely?"

"Well it may sound egoist from me, but when we were younger you always made me pass first and…I guess I guess I'm missing that. Sure I don't need you to be with me as much as before, but I'd really like it if you would pay attention to me sometimes."

"So, you'd like me to be home more often."

"Well…yeah but I can't ask for that."

"Why is that?"

"Because you already gave so much for me, I can't ask you that."

"But I do want to be with you more."

"Really?"

Kaiba nodded. "You were right the other day, at the graveyard."

"I didn't meant it Seto."

"You did, and you were right, I have no life, all this time I did exactly what Gozaburo wanted to do."

"And what will you do now that you know?"

"I don't know yet."

"Do you want things to stay like that?"

Kaiba shook his head.

The two of them stayed like that for a little while, not even speaking.

"Seto?"

Kaiba was surprise to hear his brother's voice, he thought he had fallen asleep long ago. "What is it?"

"Well, what's going to happen next? Whit Gozaburo I mean?"

"I…I don't know." What could he possibly say, he was accused of murder after all.

"What happened that day Seto? Please I really need to know, tell me they're wrong, you didn't kill him did you?"

Kaiba looked away.

The little Kaiba's eyes grew wide. "Oh no" He couldn't believe it.

"Oh yes." Kaiba said with a sigh.

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sorry this chapter is a little bit shorter but I just made some modification and since I finished writing the story already I won't all change it just so it'll have 2000 words