To all my devoted readers, if in fact I have any, I am sorry for the looong wait for an update.

I use the name Seto here instead of Kaiba for some reason. Hope no one minds.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh


Chapter 5

Yami and Mokuba stared at Yugi, Joey and Seto. Yugi, Joey and Seto stared at Yami and Mokuba.

The silence seemed to go on forever until it was broken with Seto's yell of: "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH MY LITTLE BROTHER!"

Everyone jumped at least a foot in the air. Never had Seto Kaiba shouted that loud before. He was usually so… well calm wasn't a word for what he was. It just seemed as though nothing at all fazed him. Until now.

Surprisingly it was Yugi who tried to calm the young man down. "Kaiba, calm down," he said with a commanding voice that no one had heard from the teenager before. "I know this must have come as a shock-" Seto snorted "-but you have to try not to lose your head."

The big vein in Seto's head that looked ready to pop went down a bit, but the Kaiba brother was still seething over what he had saw. He muttered words that sounded vaguely like "I'll kill him" under his breath.

After his unexpected display of demand, Yugi turned to Joey, who still stood in the bathroom door. His best friend had gone a little pale at seeing Yami and Mokuba kissing so passionately.

Joey raised a shaky hand and pointed at Yami and Mokuba. He obviously decided that he couldn't say anything sensible, or even coherent, at the moment, so lowered his hand again, and settled for looking shocked.

Yugi shook his head in amusement and then turned to his brother and the young Kaiba who were still embraced, not able to move from shock.

"Even though I am glad that you two are together," Yugi began. "Do you think you could have at least found a more private place to show your feelings towards one another?" Yami and Mokuba blushed at Yugi's words.

Mokuba looked past Yugi's shoulder to his older brother. Seto was still seething, probably trying to blow off some steam before he spoke to Mokuba. The said teen released his new boyfriend.

"Seto?" he questioned quietly. His brother looked up. Under the cold blue gaze of his elder sibling, Mokuba suddenly found himself with nothing to say.

Never before had he been intimidated by his brother. He couldn't see why people were so afraid of him. All Seto had ever been to Mokuba was a loving brother.

Now though, he understood why people cringed when Seto looked at them. His blue eyes seemed to bore through Mokuba's soul, and the young one became rather scared of what his brother was capable of.

"Seto," the young man tried again. "I am sorry that you had to find out that me and Yami were together this way-" Seto's eye twitched when he said this "-and I know that I promised I would not keep anything from you again, after the whole Liam incident. But it was because of that that I had to keep my feelings for Yami a secret from you."

Seto breathed deeply after his little brother's speech. "Mokie," Seto said, calling his brother by the nickname he hadn't used since they were kids. "You know that all I want is for you to be happy, but… little brother, I just can't…" Seto stumbled over his words trying to find the right thing to say. "I just don't want you to be hurt again."

Seto was there when his little brother had been betrayed by his so called boyfriend Liam. He had seen how hurt his little brother had been, and he wanted to avoid it again at any costs.

"Seto, you know Yami wouldn't hurt me," Mokuba said, bringing his brother out of his thoughts. "I know that you and him aren't the best of friends or anything-" snorts from both Seto and Yami at this statement "-but you know him well enough to know that he would never hurt me in any way."

"I just can't take that chance, Mokuba," Seto sighed. Part of him knew that his brother was talking sense; knew that Yami wasn't the sort to just break people's hearts. However, another part of Seto wanted to keep Mokuba wrapped in a protective bubble.

Mokuba looked at his brother. He could just see the cogs in his brain turning, trying to come to some kind of solution. He knew though that it wouldn't be in his favour. Seto always put family first, and right now, Mokuba was the only family Seto had, and vice versa. He knew that Seto had taken a vow when they were little, after their parents died, that he would always put Mokuba first and had his little brother's best intentions at heart.

But that didn't always work out so well for Mokuba.

Seto's eyes became focused again when he had finished thinking things through. Mokuba looked at his brother, hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

"Mokuba," Seto began. "I don't want you to be hurt any more. And I know that someway you are going to be hurt by being in this relationship with Yami. I am sorry, but I am forbidding you to see Yami again."

All the occupants in the bathroom - except Joey who was still out of it - stared in shock at the older Kaiba brother.

Mokuba spluttered indignantly. "What! You're forbidding me! Seto do you have any idea how 18th century that sounds! I thought you wanted what was best for me!"

"I do, Mokuba," Seto said. "That's why I'm doing this. So you don't get hurt."

"But Seto, you're hurting me by not letting me be with Yami." Mokuba shook his head at his brother's screwed up logic.

Seto turned his head away, signifying that the discussion was over, but Yami couldn't stand for that.

"Kaiba, don't be ridiculous," Yami said, speaking for the first time since the interruption. "You can't just do this to Mokuba. He's a young man who deserves to make his own decisions."

Seto glared at him. "This does not concern you Yami. You cannot tell me what is best for my little brother. I know you have a young sibling of your own, but Yugi has never been hurt before. You have yet to see your little brother in pain, Yami. But I have seen it, and it is something that I do not want to experience again."

Seto turned to his brother. "Mokuba, we're leaving." With that last statement, Seto turned on his heel, grabbed Mokuba's hand, and proceeded to drag him out of the school toilets.

"Yami!" Mokuba cried, trying to grab his boyfriend's outstretched hand.

Yami looked at him with sadness in his eyes.

And the door closed behind them.


"Seto! Let go of me!" Mokuba yelled, outraged by his brother's actions. Seto still didn't let go of Mokuba's hand. "Seto, I swear to God if you don't let go of me now…"

What Mokuba would have done to Seto was left undiscovered, as the elder Kaiba let go of his hand immediately. He didn't face his brother.

"What the hell is wrong with you, Seto?" Mokuba shouted, rubbing his fingers which Seto had squeezed while he was 'kidnapping' him.

Seto still didn't face his little brother, but murmured something under his breath.

"What? I couldn't hear you," Mokuba said, voice still raised. "You taught me to face someone when talking to them, Seto," Mokuba reminded him. "Anyway, I think its just common courtesy to look at your little brother whose heart you just broke when you're talking to him."

Mokuba knew that he was being a bit extreme with Seto, but it was the only way to get a reaction out of his brother if he was being uncooperative.

Sure enough, Seto whirled around to face Mokuba as soon as the words were out of his mouth.

"Mokuba, I know you're just saying that to make me feel guilty, and its not working," Seto informed the young man. It wasn't a complete lie. He still stood by what he said before, but what Mokuba just said pulled at his heartstrings just a little bit.

"I don't believe you," Mokuba said, voice lowering. "I don't believe that my own brother would ruin the only time I have been truly happy in a long while."

Seto frowned. "Mokuba Kaiba, don't you give me that. Do you remember the last time you told me that you were truly happy? It was when Liam told you that he loved you. Now, you tell me, if the roles were reversed, what would you do in my position?"

Mokuba said nothing.

"Didn't think you would have an answer for that," Seto said. Once again, he spun on his heel and walked away, but this time did not bring Mokuba with him.


"I cannot believe how unreasonable he's being!" Yami yelled, finding his voice eventually after Seto had dragged Mokuba off into the blue yonder. "I mean, I know he's Mokuba's brother and all, but don't you think he's going a bit too far with the whole making decisions and forbidding Mokuba to see me thing!"

Yami, Yugi and Joey were still in the toilets after the argument between the Kaiba brothers. Joey had eventually come out of his stupor, but had to be filled in about what had happened. While Yami was trying to chill out, Yugi explained to Joey what happened.

"You agree with me though, don't you Yugi?" Yami asked his younger brother.

Yugi cringed and said, "um."

"Um!" Yami almost screeched. "What the hell is 'um' supposed to be!"

"Yami, don't have a fit okay?" Yugi started. "But I just think that Kaiba had a point about him not wanting Mokuba hurt."

"What the hell!" Yami screamed. "You're not supposed to side with him. He's the enemy!"

Yugi put his hand to his forehead. "Oh for crying out loud! Yami, listen to me. Kaiba is an older brother. He's bound to be protective of Mokuba isn't he? I'm not saying that I'm 'siding with him'. I'm just saying that I understand what he's saying."

Yami groaned. "Joey, you agree with me right?"

Both Moto brothers looked at Joey expectantly, the said boy looking utterly befuddled. "Uh…"

"Yami, you can't bring Joey into this," Yugi said, and Joey breathed a sigh of relief. "Look, I don't know what to say to you. Just… chill out for a while, okay?"

Yami frowned. "Chill out. Pah!" Yugi shook his head and left Yami in the toilets, Joey on his heels.


Well, there it is. Sorry if anyone thought it was slow going.

Oh, small A/N here. I had a review some time ago that said something along the lines that Seto would really freak out about Mokie and Yami, especially if he didn't knw Mokie was gay, but he does, and he knows all about the whole Liam incident, which is why Seto is so protective over Mokie.

Please review. I'm glad people are liking the story so far. No flames though!