A/n: XD guess what I was listening to last night? Sorrowful suicide classical music, hence all the angst. I'm looking into the Nee-sama vs. Nii-sama thing. I was copying my friend so I've asked. For now it'll still be Nee-sama since it'll drive me crazy trying to remember it with two I's instead of two E's. XD like Malik and Marik...I'm forever having to hit the replace for that name. Thanks for reviews! Cookies and pocky for all!
Blood and Candlelight: Mokuba Speaks
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As soon as dusk had set in, Seto went to the hospital.
It didn't take him long to find her room on the forth floor, but the trouble was the window was screwed shut.
He needed to think calmly and being by her side would help.
It was against the rules but he hadn't ever broken one before.
Besides, the human world didn't know that Seto Kaiba had become the living dead.
His brother died and he became a hermit in that huge house with his maids and butlers.
That's what everyone thought and for the most part it was true.
He worked some nights at the office, some at the old home trying to piece together what had happened.
In any event, he was going to make an appearance at the Domino City Hospital.
The nurse at the front desk seemed completely shocked when he approached.
"Mazaki Anzu please."
She nodded and flipped through the registration book.
"4-12, visiting is limited to thirty minutes."
He nodded.
"Thank you."
He tried to ignore the shocked looks he received as he stepped onto the elevator.
As soon as he entered the room he felt Mokuba's presence.
However he ignored it and took the chair by her bed.
He had tried before many times to contact his younger sibling when he felt the boy was near him but Mokuba never replied.
He knew it wasn't the he wasn't able or even allowed to, but because for some reason he didn't want to.
"Mokuba...I know you won't answer me but...thank you."
He gently took Anzu's hand and kissed her palm.
He sat there for quite some time, thinking quietly as he stared at the sparkling blue diamond on his hand.
With a sigh he slid it off and placed it in Anzu's hand, closing her fingers around it tightly and placing her hand on her heart.
He stood as a nurse entered.
"It's been thirty minutes sir, you have to leave now."
He nodded and kissed Anzu's forehead.
"I'll be back tomorrow Anzu."
And he left.
''
After wandering for a few hours he found himself at the mansion.
With a heavy sigh he went in and walked straight up to Mokuba's room.
It wasn't any different than the last time he'd left it.
He sat down at the desk and scanned over the things on it.
Pictures of Mokuba and himself, the locket still hung from the pegboard that he'd placed it on after the funeral, various trinkets and boxes.
His old journal lay to the right; he smiled as he saw the blue eyes white dragon sticker on the top.
As he sat there quietly thinking he was suddenly aware of another person.
He turned to see Mokuba standing behind him.
"You can ask me four questions Nee-sama...but I won't answer you anymore."
Seto stood to hug him but he stepped back.
"It will only be harder for you if you touch me. Just ask your questions so I can return to Anzu."
Seto sighed deeply and slumped back into the chair.
"Why are you angry with me?"
Mokuba looked into his eyes.
"I'm not. If I appear to you every time you call me I won't be able to rest at all. You need to learn to live your life without me. I'm happy where I am Seto...mom and dad are with me."
Seto fought back the tears he felt.
"So why did you answer my last entry and not the others?"
Mokuba sighed.
"What was I supposed to say? Things like that are for mortals. I am nothing but a spirit now Seto, I'm not alive anymore so I don't need to hear those things. The second I died, I knew everything that you've written and more."
Seto sat quietly for a moment.
"Do you know where your killer is?"
Again Mokuba sighed.
"No Seto...and I really don't care. Read my journal, you might come across something that will help you."
Seto nodded silently and stared at his little brother.
His eyes sparkled with life and his entire being glowed brightly.
He looked so healthy, like the night before he died.
"Will...I ever see you and mom and dad again?"
Mokuba looked down.
"I guess that's up to you. Maybe I'll come back to you in a little while, but even though I only lived for thirteen years, it was a very tiring life. You just can't imagine how much happier I am now. But Seto...every time you call to me I get so sad because I still miss you. Please don't call me or write to me any more."
He looked up into Seto's eyes and reached into his shirt, producing the locket with Seto's picture in it.
"I still have this Seto. You should still wear yours. Just because I'm dead doesn't mean I'm not with you anymore. You're my big brother Seto, I'll always be here when you need me...and right now the last thing you need is me. I've been gone three years, move on, get over your sadness and live while you still can. Eternity isn't forever and you'll regret it later if you don't."
Seto looked appalled.
"How can I forget about you!"
Mokuba shook his head.
"Nee-sama, I'm not asking you to forget me, I'm asking you to be happy so I can be! Knowing that you're down here moping around every damn day makes me sad!"
Seto was more than a little shocked at Mokuba's words.
"Mokuba...you...said a curse word."
After a moment of silence between the two Seto began to laugh and then Mokuba did too.
"When you're sad think of that. You're innocent little brother said a bad word."
Seto nodded with a slight smile.
"If you were alive I'd punish you for it."
Mokuba laughed and shook his head.
"No you wouldn't."
He looked skyward for a moment.
"Anzu is calling me, I have to go. Oh and thank you Nee-sama."
Seto blinked a moment.
"For what?"
Mokuba winked.
"The RING! How many times did I bug you about it and it took you almost three years to FINALLY give in?"
And before Seto could answer, he was gone.
''
Seto decided not to read the journal just yet.
He was upset and hungry and his nice reliable food source was lying in a hospital bed after three blood transfusions.
He stalked about the park for over half an hour but it seemed word had spread in the town very quickly.
He didn't have many options open to him at this point.
It was try to steal from the blood bank, or take the risk of traveling to another town.
Either was dangerous in it's own right.
Finally deciding the blood bank was too risky he took flight, high into the night sky so no one on the ground would see him.
He landed soundlessly on the roof of a tall building, below a busy city street.
He had chosen Osaka for this very reason.
It would be easy and quick.
He didn't always like fast food but Osaka was rich in diversity.
It almost scared him how well he'd adjusted to this life.
'They're just animals. Keep telling yourself that and you'll be okay.'
And that's exactly what he did.
Eventually he just stopped thinking about it at all.
It was fun to toy with them at first, but after about the third month in a row of taking two hours to secure a meal he got bored.
He'd never killed though and he wasn't about to.
No his only kills would be his brothers murderer and then himself.
He caught the familiar sense of fear in the air and followed it.
A dark alley, a helpless woman all alone about to be mugged or worse.
This was his perfect chance.
Swoop down, knock out the muggers and have the girl all to himself.
Once he had taken care of the two men he smirked as the woman ran into his arms.
"Thank you so much! I don't know what I would have done without you!"
He shook his head with a smile.
"I heard you scream and I just knew I had to help."
He spoke in a British accent and the woman seemed to relax a bit.
"You look like someone."
He smiled as he took her gently around the waist.
"Seto Kaiba? I get that a lot. However I was born in London and am not nearly as rich...or arrogant about it. Allow me to walk a lady home?"
She smiled and took his arm.
"I don't live far. Would you like to come in for some tea or coffee?"
He smirked.
"That will be nice, thank you very much."
She seemed so completely trusting of him but he knew something wasn't right as she closed the door behind him.
She lunged at him from behind but he took her by the wrist and slammed her onto the floor in front of him, hissing at her.
She suddenly glared.
"You ARE Seto Kaiba aren't you!"
When she yelled he could see her fangs and he stomped his foot.
"You're a vampire!"
She growled as she stood and straightened her clothes.
"So much for dinner."
He leaned back against the door and rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, so much."
He started to leave but stopped in his tracks as he saw something he never thought he would see again.
Mokuba's watch had been taken off his body by the vampire who had killed him, so how did this female end up with it?
He took it from the table and spun around, quickly pinning her to the floor.
His voice was a low growl as he watched her struggle beneath him.
"Where did you get this!"
She stared at it for a minute, as if trying to figure that out herself.
"It must be my room mates! Get off of me you jerk!"
She caught him off guard and slammed him into the wall just as the door opened.
Seto stood quickly and there he was face to face with Mokuba's killer...