Attara: As I promised, there is going to be a fic every Friday, but this chapter is terrible since I made the whole thing up today, which is pretty bad since I usually take my time organizing my thoughts and whatnot. I still haven't got any reply from anybody on what time Mokuba said those quotes, so I'm just going to stick them in the chapter and hope that they are accurate. Bye!
Mokuba and I…we will always be brothers. Several more couples had tried to tear us apart, but I refused every time. Ingenuity was my gift and my weakness. We had to wait, we had to wait for the one who would take us both. All or nothing…
"Gozaburo Kaiba is coming!" Rumors spread throughout the orphanage a year after we were registered as orphans.
Gozaburo Kaiba was the owner of Kaiba Corporations and a renowned six-time champion of chess, my favorite game. I had played with others, and would win every time, but it wasn't competitive, and we had fun. I can remember the laughter if I close my eyes and concentrate. Sometimes, the wardens would watch the games, and hope that some other child would be able to defeat me, so they could claim that new champion to be the smartest kid, so they could convince a parent to try to adopt another child instead of me. There never was one.
He was coming to the orphanage but not intending to adopt a child. It didn't matter to me. His friend had brought him there, probably for some sort of public appearance for his company. I didn't care. Mokuba didn't, either.
Then, I saw him. He was a large man, and his dark eyes reflected the sadness in his soul. I remembered that he had just recently lost his son, Noah, I think. He looked around, observing the other orphans in the playground, and then he went inside. I was sitting across from Mokuba, playing chess and laughing at the same time, but it all stopped the moment his cold presence entered the room.
"Playing chess, eh?" He snorted.
"Yes." I answered.
"You good?"
"Of course, my brother's the best chess player in the world!" Mokuba responded for me.
"The best, eh? I highly doubt that claim."
I narrowed my eyes. "Care to play a game of chess?"
He snorted, "I could defeat you in an instant!"
"Well, then, there's nothing to lose."
"What do I get out of it?"
"You'll be known as the champion chess player."
"I already am."
"But everyone will know that when an eleven-year-old challenged you to a match, you refused."
"And how would they know?"
I looked around at the crowd of people surrounding us.
"News travels fast around here." I answered shortly.
He scoffed, "All right, then what do you get out of this?"
I looked at Mokuba and winked at him.
"You have to adopt us, then." I replied after a moment.
"All right." He replied without giving any thought.
I walked over to the table and sat down. I arranged the pieces on the board.
"I'll be black." He turned that side of the board toward him.
I began the game and moved my knight in front of my pawn. After just a couple of minutes, he captured my queen, rooks, bishops, knights, and all but one pawn. He had a knight. It was my turn, and my pawn was slowly but surely advancing to the opposite side, protected by my king.
"Queen." I called when it finally reached the black block on the edge.
He reluctantly reached for the captured piece and replaced the pawn with it.
After several more moves…
"Checkmate." I muttered quietly, my brain thoroughly exhausted.
He stared at the board for several minutes with his index finger over his mouth. He nodded and walked out of the room.
"If Brother didn't beat Gozaburo...at that moment...the smile on Brother's face wouldn't disappear, then..."* Mokuba started mumbling to himself, thinking that I had not heard.
"I'm sorry, Mokuba…" I whispered.
"Big brother, I'll always be there by your side!"*
I nodded, "That's what makes it all worthwhile."
Ms. Emi entered the room with a large smile.
"Seto, Gozaburo Kaiba has asked to adopt the two of you." She told me.
I nodded, "Yes, we'll go."
Attara: So what do you think? Did I stick in the quotes in the right places? Tell me if it's wrong! Next Friday will not have an update since I have finals! AHHH!!! I got straight B's on my midterms, and that really brought down my GPA. Ugh, I can't believe this! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Oh, and does anyone know what a person says when one wants to trade a pawn for another piece? I just made Seto say "queen" because I didn't know what the official word/phrase was…
*Quotes contributed by KarribuHater59, and edited with the help of Shannonson on June 6, 2003. Thanks!