Chapter 6: Warning

Mokuba awoke the next morning feeling very sore. He was still very achy and could barely stand it. He wanted to go home. Or did he? He wasn't sure what he wanted to do anymore. He was afraid that if he was alone his brother would come back and hurt him again! It could be even worse this time.

"Why are you doing this to me, Seto?" Mokuba whispered.

He sat in the bed thinking about all the good times he'd had with his older brother when he heard someone knocking on the door, breaking him from his thoughts.

"Can I come in?" asked Yugi from the other side.

"Sure," Mokuba answered.

Yugi opened the door and walked inside. He smiled at Mokuba, but he only turned his gaze away from Yugi.

"Mokuba, I wanted to know if I could get you something," said Yugi.

"No thanks."

"You aren't hungry or thirsty?"

"No."

"Come on Mokuba, don't worry about this," said Yugi.

"I want to know why Seto is hurting me," said Mokuba.

"What?"

"My brother keeps hurting me, and I didn't do any..." Mokuba trailed off.

He remembered his brother's words. He did deserve to be hurt like this. All of this was his fault. Mokuba started to feel horrible again. Maybe his brother was happier dead. Then again, he yelled at Mokuba that he should be dead instead. Either way Seto was away from Mokuba.

"My brother hates me."

"Kaiba didn't hate you," Yugi told him. "He risked his life to try and save yours. How could he have hated you?"

"I ruined everything for him!"

"How?"

"I killed our mom."

"What!" Yugi gasped.

"When I was born," Mokuba added. "It's all my fault that she's dead."

"Did he tell you that?"

"Not before he died," said Mokuba. "When I saw him the first time since he'd died, he told me it was all my fault."

"Mokuba, I don't think Kaiba would tell you that," said Yugi.

"Then why did he?" Mokuba asked sadly.

"I think you hallucinated it."

"Look at me, Yugi! My brother did this to me! Does that look like I hallucinated that!"

"I don't know who did that to you, but it couldn't have been Kaiba..."

"How would you know? You weren't there!"

"I know because Kaiba is dead."

Mokuba didn't want to hear anymore. He wanted to go home.

"Yugi, let me talk to him for a moment," said Yami.

"What are you going to do?" asked Yugi.

"You'll see."

"Yugi, I want to go home," said Mokuba.

"Wait Mokuba," Yami said. "I need to ask you something."

"What?"

"What did you fear?"

Mokuba looked at him, "Why?"

"Just answer my question."

"What do you mean?"

"What were you afraid that your brother would say to you? What did you believe that you thought your brother would agree with?"

"I..."

"What has your brother told you?"

"He said it was my fault that dad was dead, that mom was dead, for getting adopted by Gozaburo, for the way he changed, and stuff like that," Mokuba told him.

"Did you tell him that you thought all of those were your fault?"

"Only about our mom, but he always told me it wasn't my fault."

"I think I know what's going on," said Yami.

"What!" cried Mokuba.

"Mokuba, I'll take you home, but I'm going to stay there the rest of the day with you," said Yami.

"Why?" asked Mokuba.

"There's one more thing I have to check. I want to see if your brother comes again."

"You do believe me," said Mokuba.

"Yes, I do, but I need to see if he comes back again to check if what I'm thinking is right."

Mokuba nodded.

Later, Yami and Mokuba had arrived at the Kaiba mansion. This time they had a ride there in one of Kaiba's limos. They went into the front room and sat on the couch for awhile. Yami wasn't sure of what to do next. All they could do was wait and see. Then, Mokuba's voice broke Yami's thoughts.

"I need my laptop," he said.

"What?" asked Yami.

"My laptop. It's in my brother's office."

"Why do you need it?"

"I want to see something."

Yami got up and went upstairs to Kaiba's office. He looked around and found Mokuba's laptop sitting on the floor, picked it up, and brought it back downstairs.

"Thanks," said Mokuba, taking his computer and turning it on.

"What are you doing?" asked Yami.

"Signing online."

"For what?"

"Mokuba, you finally got back online!" cried Noah's voice. "Are you okay?"

Yami looked at the screen and saw Noah's face!

"I'm all right," answered Mokuba.

"What's going on?" asked Yami.

"Noah, do you know what's been happening to me?" asked Mokuba.

Noah looked away from Mokuba.

"Noah?"

"Yes, Mokuba, I know what's been going on with you."

"How does he know?" asked Yami. "And how is he here on your computer screen?"

"How do you know?" asked Mokuba, ignoring the other male's questions.

"Natalie told me you wouldn't sell Kaiba Corp back to her..." he started.

"Back?" asked Mokuba. "What do you mean?"

"I thought the Kaibas had only owned Kaiba Corp," said Yami.

"They have," answered Noah.

"Who is she, Noah?" asked Mokuba.

"I'm not proud of who she is or what she does, but I don't have much time at the moment," said Noah.

"What do you mean?" asked Mokuba.

"Your 'brother' will be there any minute," Noah told them.

"How do you know that?" asked Yami.

"I can't talk any longer," said Noah. "I'll be back later."

"Wait!" cried Mokuba, but it was too late. Noah was gone.

"He knows all about this," said Yami.

"Noah..." said Mokuba.

Then, they heard glass shattering in the kitchen. They both jumped at the sound.

"I think...my big brother is here," said Mokuba.

Yami nodded.

"MOKUBA, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!" cried Kaiba's voice.

Mokuba slowly got up and walked to the kitchen. Yami could tell Mokuba was frightened. In fact, Yami was a bit frightened too. Yami got up and stood at the doorway and listened to Kaiba and Mokuba talking.

"Wh-what are you going to do?" asked Mokuba.

"Something I should've done when you were born," said Kaiba.

"Seto, don't!" cried Mokuba.

At that Yami ran to the kitchen to find Mokuba cowering in fear of his brother who had a knife in his hands. Kaiba saw Yami standing there and stopped his attack.

"Pharaoh," said Kaiba.

Yami stood his ground, not moving or speaking.

Kaiba dropped the knife and backed away in fear from Yami.

"Who are you?" asked Yami.

Kaiba still backed away until he was up against a counter.

"Please, don't harm me again, Pharaoh," he begged.

Mokuba was confused.

"Who sent you here?" asked Yami.

"I...I can't..." it stuttered.

"Tell me, and I will leave you alone."

"N-Natalie," it answered.

Mokuba gasped.

"Fine," said Yami. "Now leave."

Kaiba disappeared into thin air as if he were never there.

"I was right," said Yami. "That wasn't your brother."

"Who was it?" asked Mokuba.

"A shadow creature."

"What?"

"He said that someone named Natalie sent him," said Yami. "Do you suppose it was the same person who wanted to buy your company?"

"Y-yes," answered Mokuba.

"You must have made her extremely angry if she is sending a shadow creature to torture you," said Yami. "

"I wouldn't let her buy Kaiba Corp," said Mokuba. "That's the only reason I can think of for her to be mad at me."

"Noah seems to know things about this girl," said Yami. "We should ask him about her."

"Mmhmm."

Yami and Mokuba went back into the front room to see if Noah was back yet. Sure enough, he was on the computer screen, waiting for them to get back.

"Mokuba, you're back!" Noah said relieved.

"We want to know about Natalie," said Yami.

"I know you do, but there's something that she's going to do in half an hour that I need to tell you about first."

"Why do you keep stalling?" asked Yami.

"I'm not trying to stall!" cried Noah. "It's the timing of everything. She tells me everything and trusts me to keep it a secret because she doesn't think there's anyone else I can talk to about it."

"What is she going to do?"

"She's about to destroy Kaiba Land!"

"What!" cried Mokuba. "She can't do that!"

"She was expecting to get Kaiba Corp tomorrow because your 'brother' was supposed to kill you tonight! Someone has to stop her or else..."

Noah looked behind him as if someone was calling him, "I need to go. She needs to speak with me."

"Noah, don't go! I don't know what to do!"

"Evacuate everyone from Kaiba Land immediately!"

Then, Noah disappeared from the screen. Mokuba and Yami looked at each other and knew what had to be done. They had to do what Noah said. They were about to get up when Noah called back out to them.

"Scratch what I said about having a half hour!" he yelled. "She has bombs set to go off in three minutes!"

"What!" exclaimed Yami and Mokuba.

"Call someone who is working down there! Tell them to evacuate all the people before it's too late!"

"We will!" said Mokuba.

He reached for the phone on the table next to the couch and dialed a number.

"Roland? Are you at Kaiba Land? Good. Listen, you need to get yourself and everyone out of there right away!" cried Mokuba. "If you don't, you'll all die when the bombs explode!"