Thanks for the reviews. I dont know what to call the chapters anymore so yeah.

"So he hasn't been to school all week, huh?," Joey asked as he, Yugi, Tea and the others made their way home from school.

The smaller boy shook his head sadly. "No, he's been taking Mokuba's death pretty hard." Yugi had been trying his best to get back into his old routine after returning from Pegasus's island... been trying his best to be happy now that he had his grandpa back and Joey's sister would be able to see perfectly again… but...

"That poor little boy," Tea sighed, running her fingers through her brown hair. "He loved his big brother so much."

"And Kaiba loved him too," Bakura added. "You could tell. Why else would he be so desperate as to risk getting thrown off the castle tower?."

Tristin nodded sadly. He had done his best to protect Mokuba from being taken over by the evil spirit within Bakura so that his soul might be restored to him… but it had all been in vain…

Wheeler bit his lip as he adjusted his school bag. "I hate to say this, but as much as I enjoyed watching Kaiba get his butt kicked that time he took Yug's grandpa, I kinda' feel sorry for him now... I mean... I think that kid was the only family he really had, ya' know?."

"The only friend too," Tea added softly… Though she detested having to admit it to herself, a small part of her actually regretted what she'd said to Kaiba on the castle tower…

Joey, Tristin, Tea and Bakura each arrived at their homes along the way until Yugi was the only one left…

As he continued on his way home, the small boy fingered the puzzle around his neck... He hadn't heard from the ancient spirit who called himself Yami since they'd left the island… Every time he tried to call on the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle to talk about what had happened with Kaiba and Mokuba he would not answer… Was it him, or the subject of the Kaiba brothers he was avoiding?…

"Yami?," Yugi tried again, calling out in his mind. "Yami, are you there?. Please answer me?."

He was so used to being ignored by now that he was almost startled at the deep voice

which answered... "Yugi, you've been calling for me every day for the past week. You know I want nothing more to do with Seto Kaiba."

"I know," Yugi answered. "But Yami, please, I have to talk to you."

"Yugi, your grandfather is restored, your friend's sister will have her sight rectified. Even Kaiba himself has his soul back. Can you not be satisfied with that?."

The smaller boy's eyes widened. For the second time since that duel on the castle tower he was shocked by the spirit's callousness!. "But Mokuba was just a little boy!. Only ten years old!. He was all Kaiba had in the world!. Kaiba was willing to risk getting hurt or even killed for him!. Doesn't that entitle them to some compassion?."

"Compassion?. And what 'compassion' did they show your grandfather, Yugi?. Tell me that!. If Kaiba is senseless and foolish enough to risk his own death, it is no fault of ours!."

Yugi lowered his head sadly. "But it wasn't Mokuba's fault what Kaiba did to Grandpa."

"Yugi," Yami's voice came again. "I understand you feel pity for your enemies, even people like Pegasus and Kaiba, but you must not let that get in the way of your destiny!. Remember what Shadi said?. You are the chosen one!. The fate of the entire world may be in your hands!. You cannot let the death of one child get in the way of that."

Yugi brushed a tear from his cheek. As much as he cared about his companion spirit of the puzzle, he sometimes found it difficult to understand him.

"You have the most courageous and noble soul of anyone I've ever seen," the spirit continued before disappearing back into the millenium puzzle. "Why, in another time you could have been Pharaoh, for you have the heart of a Pharaoh. Never forget that, Yugi."

The small boy sighed sadly and continued to walk towards the street that lead to his neighborhood…

The Domino city cemetery had always been an unhappy place for Yugi, as it reminded him of the day his grandmother had died... He had always made sure to walk by it as fast as he could on his way home…

But this time, he recognized a familiar vehicle outside the cemetery gates… Kaiba's limousine… Taking a deep breath, Yugi self-consciously entered the cemetery…

As there was no one else there today, Yugi could easily pick out the tall, lone figure in the dark blue coat… Slowly, he approached him… "Kaiba?…"

The taller boy did not even turn his head to look at him... "What are you doing here, Yugi?."

"I saw your limo out in front… and... I thought…" Here his voice trailed off as he noticed the small headstone in front of them…

Mokuba Nozomi

1993 – 2003

Also, there were two older headstones next to it…

Ichiro Nozomi

1958 – 1998

Adina Nozomi

1963 – 1998

"Nozomi?," Yugi whispered in surprise.

Seto knelt down by the small headstone and placed a delicate looking bouquet of white roses beside it… "It was our last name before that tyrant, Gozaburo Kaiba, adopted us." He then got to his feet, fingering the card- shaped locket he wore around his neck... "I think my little brother would have liked to have kept it."…

The smaller boy studied Kaiba for a moment… "I'm sure he would have too... I... I'm sorry..."

At this, Seto gave a bitter kind of laugh and shook his head in disbelief. "Oh, you're sorry, are you?. What for?. You have your grandfather back, you're the new King of Games, and, from what I've heard, you've got some kind of special destiny in store for you, not that I believe in that garbage anyway."

"Kaiba," Yugi put a hand on the taller boy's shoulder again. "You can't just give up on everything just because I…"

But Seto roughly shook his hand off and spun around angrily. "Don't you understand, Moto?!," he snapped. "You've won, alright?!. Go!. Take your title and go back to your grandpa and your fan club!. Just leave me be!." His face hardened, his eyes narrowed and Yugi could see his shoulders trembling in grief and anger. "I've got nothing more for you or Pegasus to take!."

"But that's not true!," Yugi protested. "You haven't lost everything!. You haven't!."

Kaiba scoffed at that. In response, he brought his hand back to the opened locket… With one sharp tug, he tore it off, not even wincing from the pain...

Wide eyed, Yugi blinked in disbelief… "Kaiba… You… You can't…"

Ignoring him, the young man tossed the locket onto his little brother's grave. "It's like what your friend, Tea, said, Yugi. You have a heart. You have friends... and I... I have nothing at the end of the day…" He gave another half-hearted, bitter laugh. He never thought he'd end up agreeing with Tea Gardener of all people!.

Yugi knelt by the head stone and gazed down at the sweet, innocent face in the locket… A dark haired child with a big, hopeful smile and pair of bright, blue-gray eyes looked back at him…

The small boy then turned to watch the departing form of Seto Kaiba as he walked away and exited the cemetery…

"Kaiba," Yugi thought sadly as he watched the limo drive away. "Tea was wrong. You did have something at the end of the day... You had Mokuba… You still do."