Batman Begins: Enter Seto Kaiba
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-Flashback-
Seto is lying helplessly against the swarm of bats as they finish flying around him. He is weeping silently. Moments later, he can see his father, Thomas Kaiba climbing down a rope to rescue his son.
"Son?"
He looks up at his father.
"It's okay. It's okay. You'll be okay, Seto." Thomas grabs his son's hand and helps him back up.
Moments later, Thomas is carrying his son back into the large Kaiba Mansion.
Meanwhile, a butler stands nearby Thomas Kaiba, who seems to be in his mid forties. He has a somewhat of a British accent.
"Will we be needing an ambulance, Master Kaiba?"
"No, I'll set the bone and take hims for an x-ray later, Arthur."
"Very good, sir."
They pass Téa and her mother along the stairway to the Mansion's entrance.
"I'm very sorry, sir. I've told-"
"Don't worry. It's fine."
Seto gives Téa the Blue-Eyes card that he held.
Inside the Mansion
"Took quite a fall, didn't we Master Seto?"
"And why do we fall, Seto? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up." adds Thomas.
They move towards Seto's room and meet Martha Kaiba, Seto's mother.
"Just a little fall. It's just a small fracture."
"I hope so..." (I added this bit, 'cause well, in B. Begins, young Bruce never really interacted with his mother)
Seto's Room, some weeks later
"The bats again?"
Seto nods.
"You know why they attacked you, don't you? They were afraid of you."
"Afraid of me?"
"All creatures feel fear."
"Even the scary ones?"
"Especially the scary ones, Seto. I got something to show you."
He takes out a case, and opens it. Inside, is a pearl necklace.
"You think your mother will like them?"
"Yeah."
Thomas then snaps the case shut.
"I think it's time to get up."
"Maybe..."
"No going back to bed."
Seto tries resisting to get out of his bed, but to no avail.
"Is Mokuba coming, dad?"
"No no, he's only 3 years old..."
"Oh..."
Later that day, the Kaiba family(except baby Mokuba)is taking a ride to the Domino Opera House
"Did you build this train, Dad?"
"Domino's been good to our family, but the city's been suffering. People less fortunate than us have been enduring very hard times, since World War 2 ended. So we built a new, cheap, public transportation system to unite the city. And at the center, Kaiba Tower."
"Is that where you work?"
"No, I work at the hospital. I leave the running of our company to much better men."
"Better?"
"Well... more interested men."
Outside the impressive monorail system, we see the city's tall buildings. And the train, is heading towards Kaiba Tower.
Later at the Domino Opera House: The play is Mefistofele
Onstage, the actors and actresses are all dressed in black colors, wrapping themselves around the stage's ropes, depicting the images of bats.
Seto starts to panic alittle at their actions. All of a sudden, he remembers the bats flying around him earlier that day.
"Can we go?" His father gives him a strange look and understands his son's experience.
"Please."
Silently "Okay. Let's go."
He motions his wife to leave the theater.
The Kaibas leave outside of a side exit in a alley
"What's wrong, Seto?"
"No, no. It was me. I just needed some fresh air. A little bit of opera goes a long way. Right, Seto?"
Thomas gives a quick wink at his son.
"Come on, lets go."
They all start walking outside the alley. Then all of a sudden a stranger, a mugger appears before them. A dark-haired, homeless man, pulled out a gun and threatened the family.
"Wallets, jewelry. Come on, FAST!"
Calmly "That's fine."
"Fast."
"Take it easy. Take it easy."
He reaches for his wallet, and hands it over to the mugger.
"Here you go."
The mugger fumbles with the wallet and drops it.
"It's fine. It's fine. Now just take it and go."
The mugger takes the wallet, then looks at Martha's pearl necklace.
"I said, jewelry."
"Hey-" As Thomas moves in front of his wife...
BLAM!
Thomas looks down at his chest; bleeding.
"Aaayyyiiiieeehhh! Thomas!"
Jablesfires at her BLAM!
The mugger stares at the boy and runs away.
"Seto..."
He looks at his father and starts tearing.
"Don't be afraid, son." Thomas dies from blood loss.
Police station (later that night)
A crowd of reporters try to get information of that fateful night.
"Is that your father's?" asks a cop in his mid-twenties.
Seto looks up at the multi-colored spiky haired young cop standing above him.
Reassuringly "It's okay. Come here." He picks up the coat and gently drapes it ontop of Seto's shoulders.
"Mutou." Mutou's superior, Sheppard, appears.
He instructs the beat cop to leave. Mutou leaves the room.
"Good news. We got him, son."
A couple of days later at the Kaibas' funeral
Lector, an executive board member of Kaiba Corp, appears before Seto.
"You're in excellent hands, Seto. And we're watching the empire. When you grow up, it'll be waiting for you."
"Sir, Mokuba's in his bedroom sleeping...you can look after him..."
Kaiba Mansion: Mokuba's room-Seto
Téa walks with her mother, while Seto watches from his window. She waves at him and he hesitatingly does so. Suddenly, Arthur appears.
"I thought that I'd prepare a little supper. Very well."
"Arthur?"
"Yes, Master Seto?"
"It was my fault, Arthur. I made them leave the theater..."
"No, no, no..."
"If I hadn't gotten scared..."
"No, no, Master Seto. Nothing you did...nothing anyone can ever excuse that man. It's his and his alone. Do you understand?"
Buries his face into Arthur's chest "I miss them, Arthur. I miss them so much."
"So do I, Master Seto. So do I."
To be continued...