~*Broken Rainbow*~
Digitaldreamer
Chapter Three: Wishing for a hero
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Me: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.........................
Sora: Well, good news, live wire wore off
Riku: Bad news, we have a near dead, un moving authoress on our hands, with karate class tonight..
Yugi: We're as good as dead
all:*nod*
Me:zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......must.........answer..............reveiws.......somehow......
Sora: Why is she typing when she's so tired?
Me: You try to sleep when the sun is shining through your blind less windows....ugh, so It's either watch tv, or sit on the computer, both with a headache that tons of painkillers can't seem to cure.......ugh......
Sora: Well that sucks
Me: I'm hearing this weird thudding sound in my ears....
*thud*
Sora: Hey...I hear it too...
*thud*
Riku: It's getting louder...
*THUD*
All: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! IT'S LITTLE BROTHER-ZILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!
Little brother-zilla: CRYSTAL, I WANNA PLAY X-MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: LEAVE ME ALONE!*Runs* I'M UP, I GUESS I'D ANSWER THE REVIEWS BEFORE I GET STUCK PLAYING AS NIGHTCRAWLER...EEEEEEEPPPPPPP!*Runs*
~Neo~
YES, SORA CAN WIN!!!!!!!! WEEEE HEEEEEEEE!!! Ok, uh.......here, Rock candy for yous
~Kako~
One of my better ones? I thought they was all good...ah, anyways, chocolate for you
~Heartless-trinity~
You HONESTLY Think I'm gonna be nice to ANYONE In this fic? *sees every fan glaring at her* Uh, uh, YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT!!! I AIN'T GIVING AWAY NOTHING THAT HAPPENS.....And I'll be...a bit nicer...maybe................Yes, Jonouchi IS Joey's Japanese name, I prefer the Japanese names.....yes...now, cookies for you and your lovely reviews for SR Too..^^
~Uuchan~
COOKIES??*Begins typing as fast as possible* Ok, a bottle of root beer for the insane child
~PrincessSwifty~
Crap............shouldn't have givin' you that Livewire.......eerrr...here......bubble gum for your lovely review....
~Kairi-chan~
OOH, YOUR GONNA WRITE A FIC? GO KAIRI-CHAN! WRITE, WRITE, WRITE!!! Ok, look, I reviewed, be happy! Sugar cubes for you! ~soraoathkeeper~
LOL Yes MAYBE Kairi shoulda cooked. Ok, coke for you
~orodruin~
-_________________- Ok, shut up about the spelling thing, ja? I got a beta-reader...ok...happy now?*huggle's Shadow-of-hearts and her lovly spellcheack* I will HOPEFULLY Be getting a spell check soon though.......hopefully...*glares at dad, who says "I'll install it TOMORROW."* Ah yes, anyways, chocolate cookie for you
~Celtic Guardian~
MWA HA HA HA! YES, I WILL LEAVE YOU ALL THERE!!!!!!!!!! MWA HA HA HA!!! COOKIE FOR YOU!
~Cleo~
YES SORA IS THE CUTEST! Well, get ready to feel more sorry for Kaiba because......wait, why am I telling you? JUST READ! Here, popcorn for you!!
~shadow-of-hearts~
Ah don't worry, Kaiba will be off your tail in a minute.....heh heh heh*laughs evilly* Okies, A water balloon gun to use on Kaiba for you!
~Ari-Powwel~
OK, OK I UPDATED! Jeez...there are WAY too many Riku fans out there.....ok, chocolate for you!
~Cloud-123~
LOOK, CHAPTER FOUR! COOKIE FOR YOU!!
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Me:*breathing heavily, hiding in her pillow fortress*Ok.....CHAPTER TIME!! ****************************************************************************** **************
"So, er, I guess you'd be wondering why we came here?"
"So we could all party and do normal stuff here?" Riku asked hopefully, though he knew that wasn't the answer.
"Er no.......I came because we have a problem..."Mickey began.
Kairi closed her eyes.' No....not again..' She thought.
"What kind of problem?"Sora asked, slight edge in his voice.
Thunder rumbled, and it began to rain. "Um, maybe we should go inside and then talk, eh?"Yuffie said, gesturing towards one of the buildings.
"Uh, yeah, good idea!!"Sora agreed.
Everyone trudged inside, just as it began to pour.
"Ok, what's going on here?" Sora asked the king after they'd all gotten inside, and Yuffie had been nice enough to make hot chocolate ("Don't get used to it" she had said.)
King Mickey pulled something out of his pocket. It was a golden orb, with markings all over it. Mickey pressed a button and the orb hummed, whirred, and changed shape, then opened to reveal a hologram. It showed billions of stars, and a huge, central glowing orb at the center of a cluster of stars. There were many clusters, with many central orbs.
"Ok, look, You know Kingdom Hearts is the heart of all worlds right."
"Well, yeah, we sat through Ansem's lecture, remember?"Sora replied.
"Yes, anyways. Kingdom Hearts is the heart of all worlds. Or at least, all the worlds in this dimension." Mickey pointed to a central area, with a glowing center. He placed a finger on the glowing center to reveal a close up of Kingdom Hearts. "When you sealed Kingdom Hearts, you permanently made it so no darkness could be present in this area. Or, at least, you made it so no darkness could originate from that area anymore. However, another evil has begun to manifest..."Mickey pushed another button, and half of the star clusters' turned black.
Sora looked at the king quizzically."The heartless again? That's impossible, I destroyed every last one of them, permanently sealed every world, sealing Kingdom Hearts, got captured, destroyed all the bad dudes a second time, and got killed three times through the whole damn thing!!!" Sora was shaking slightly now. He didn't want to have to face some other evil. He didn't want to deal with it anymore. He was sick of fighting, sick of being the hero, sick of being the target of every freak out there. Sick of it all.
"No, not the heartless Sora. A different evil."
"That can't be, I would have sensed it."
"Even your sense's only go so far Sora, since your still growing, your sense's right now only extend in this dimension, therefore you can't sense the darkness."The king explained.
"How do you know all this. I mean, how do you know there are other dimensions. Why didn't you tell me before this thing began, I could have stopped it before it began."
"Because I didn't know until yesterday. Yesterday this black things just appeared through a hole in space and time, and started attacking us. A few humans appeared too, and they sent monsters at us. One of them dropped this, and that's how I figured all this out."
"Waaait....don't tell me, I gotta stop em right?"
"Sora, I wasn't finished yet. The things that appeared didn't do anything. They came up to me and asked something."
The Essence of Heart paled visibly. Somehow, he already knew what they'd said, but he asked anyway,"What did they say?"
"Where is the Essence?"
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*meanwhile....*
Seto Kaiba followed the guard's down the long hallway, ignoring the pitiful plea's of the prisoners he passed. Seto already had practice in this department, ignoring the press and fans as he walked to Kaiba corp., so it was no big deal to him.
Or at least, that's what he told himself.
The guard's finally stopped in front of a pair of large, black jeweled silver double doors. The doors opened. Seto walked in, after the guards.
Seto walked into the same room Yugi had been hauled into a few hours earlier. Before the throne lay a chained, beaten, and bleeding boy. His long, slightly below shoulder-length black hair was matted and messy.
"Mokuba!!"Seto cried and rushed towards his little brother, sweeping the younger boy into his arms.
"Seto?"Mokuba asked weakly, opening his sapphire eyes.
"Yeah, It's me."
"Seto...I'm so glad to see you...I don't think I'm gonna make it.."
"What? Mokuba no...you have to get up. C'mon, we're gonna bust out of here, and we'll go back to Kaiba Corp, and you'll stop me from killing Yugi, and I'll make new gadgets, and...and...oh please, Mokuba..." Seto pleaded, no longer sounding like his cold, icy self, and more like the child self he had lost long ago.
"What's this, the great Seto Kaiba is actually pleading? Pfff, and over something so weak as this weak excuse for a life? Pffftt...pathetic." A man stood up on the thrown and walked towards the brothers, hood overshadowing his face.
"Shut up, you bastard. What have you done to him?"Seto growled, standing up, his voice returning to it's normal tone.
"Oh merely gave him what he deserved. 'Leave me alone! You can't touch me! When my brother finds you, he's gonna kill you! My brother is the CEO of Kaiba Corp! My brother this, My brother that...'" The hooded figure mocked, in an overly high voice. "Well, Seto Kaiba, he probably wouldn't have been hurt so much if you had obeyed."
"Shut your trap! I'm out of here!"Seto growled, and began walking out.
He ran into a force field.
"Not yet, I still have some business with the little one." The hooded man gestured, and Mokuba glowed with dark energy, the younger Kaiba screamed.
"Mokuba!"Seto cried."Stop it!! Leave him alone!" He demanded of the hooded killer.
"What's that, you want more?" The hooded figure closed his hand into a fist.
Slowly, Mokuba began to choke, his throat being crushed by an unseen force. The little boys world was growing dark, until all he could see was his brother, who was beginning to cry.
"See your brother now, little one? Look at him. Pathetic, isn't it. He couldn't save you. He failed, and now you will pay the price." The hooded man sneered.
"Goodbye....Seto.."Mokuba whispered weakly, and then his eyes closed. Never again to open, never to see the light of day, and never to witness the changes of the world.
"Mokuba!!"Seto cried, and hugged his little brother's cold, lifeless body. Sobs racked the CEO's body, and he fell to his knees, sobbing.
"Seto Kaiba."The hooded guy said, walked up to Seto.
"Kill me...."Seto whispered."Just kill me. I have nothing left. Mom and Dad died a long time ago, and now Mokuba's gone, I swore I'd protect him."
The hooded figure grinned coolly. Seto Kaiba was broken."Then join me. If you have nothing left, join me, and you'll have something."
Seto didn't reply. "Ok, I'll just give you some time to think about it....Guards, take him to his cell." The hooded figure said with a cold, careless wave of his hand, kicking aside the body the cold body of Mokuba Kaiba, from his elder brother's hands.
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*Back at Yugi's Cell*
/Yami, they're coming back./
//Oh joy, more of the great Seto Kaiba...//
/Yami!/
//Sorry....//
Yugi sighed./Yami, just because Kaiba has a grudge against us doesn't mean you have to hold one back.../
//Yeah, so?//
Yugi rolled his eyes mentally./Whatever, let's just see what happened to Kaiba....and Mokuba, for that matter./
Seto merely walked into his cell, head down, shoulder's shaking.
"Seto??"Yugi asked softly, Yami appearing by his side."Are you ok??"
"Mokuba......"Seto whispered."He's........he's......he's dead...That freak killed him right in my arms."
"Oh...no.."Yugi said, eyes growing wide."That can't be true!"
"It is.....I have nothing else to live for...I wish I was dead."Seto said, broken, icy blue eyes full of tears.
"No, don't give up Seto!! Everything will be ok, just don't give in to them!"Yugi pleaded.
"What's the point Yugi? Why don't you give in. You have nothing. Those friends of yours are giving in one by one. What happens when one day Honda is the one leading you to your cell, or Jonouchi is the one slapping you around." Kaiba paused, taking in a breath and saying slowly. "What happens when Anzu dies in your arms, because you didn't submit to the 'master' like a good dog? What happens then, eh, King of games?" Seto demanded, spitting the title out like a curse word.
Yugi closed his eyes."I don't know Seto. But I know even then I won't give up."
"Why then? Even when you lose everything?"
"Even then, I still have my hope. Because I know they can't keep us forever. Someday, someone is going to come and save us."
"Like back at Pegasus's castle, eh Yugi? Your just going to wait, your only hope's resting in the hands of some imaginary hero. Well, go ahead, Yugi, but I'm not going to stand here and wait."Seto stated, voice icey. "You sit here and wait, meanwhile, I'll be out, conquering worlds." With that Seto fell silent and glared at the wall.
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*Destiny Islands, three hours later*
Sora again was perched at Essence Point, looking out at the ocean, colored orange, pink, light violet, and blue to match the beautiful sunset.
*flashback*
"Sora, we don't have a choice in the matter, you're the only one who can stop these things."Leon had protested after Mickey had finished his lecture.
"But they're after me!! I'm not up for a Deja Vu of Hallow Bastion!"Sora cried.
"Well, with your powers you shouldn't be worried!"
"Well I am! I'm sick of being the hero! Sick of always having to suffer through everything, and usually ultimately in the end lose everything for a ton of other people! I'm sick of being the Essence! Sick of being the keybearer!"
"But the keyblade is like a gift! You should be happy about it!" "You would think that, wouldn't you Leon? Look, it's not a gift. It's a curse."
Leon glared dangerously at the boy. Yeah, Sora had a right to be freaked, but this was getting ridiculous. To Leon, Sora was like the little brother he never had. And it was ticking him off seeing his 'little brother' acting so childish. "Sora, how can you even think that? Look what the keyblade has brought you, good friends, admiration, it's brought your island back, twice now, and-"
"You forgot about a million heartless to fight."Sora added, looking Leon in the eyes.
Leon stood to his feet and walked over to the boy, eyes narrowed and jaw clenched. "Which WE helped destroy, you weren't alone during that Sora, you have no right to complain."
Sora also stood."Oh yes I do! Would YOU wanna go rushing into another fight, after what I've been through. You weren't there when I was stuck at Hallow Bastion. You weren't the one who suffered. You weren't the one who's died TWICE, and YOU aren't the one who is going to be scarred for life!" Sora stabbed a finger at Leon's chest. "Yeah, I think I have a right to be a bit freaked."
Leon closed his eyes, trying to calm down. He felt like hitting the teen, but that wouldn't solve anything. "Look Sora. Like it or not, it's what you were meant to do. It's your job to be the hero."
"What if I don't want to be?"Sora asked, and turned on his heel, walked out, and slammed the door behind him.
*end flashback*
Sora sighed. He knew he was being selfish. But he didn't want to do this."Why me?"He demanded of the sky."Why is it always me? Why not someone else? Why can't fate find someone else to be the playing piece? Why is it always me???"
His only answer came in silence.
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TBC
Me: Ah yes, zero humor this time. Ah well, people, if your mad about Mokuba being dead, lets see if I give a crap.......nope, I don't give a crap. Yeah, SO READ AND REVIEW!
Digitaldreamer
Chapter Three: Wishing for a hero
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Me: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.........................
Sora: Well, good news, live wire wore off
Riku: Bad news, we have a near dead, un moving authoress on our hands, with karate class tonight..
Yugi: We're as good as dead
all:*nod*
Me:zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......must.........answer..............reveiws.......somehow......
Sora: Why is she typing when she's so tired?
Me: You try to sleep when the sun is shining through your blind less windows....ugh, so It's either watch tv, or sit on the computer, both with a headache that tons of painkillers can't seem to cure.......ugh......
Sora: Well that sucks
Me: I'm hearing this weird thudding sound in my ears....
*thud*
Sora: Hey...I hear it too...
*thud*
Riku: It's getting louder...
*THUD*
All: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! IT'S LITTLE BROTHER-ZILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!
Little brother-zilla: CRYSTAL, I WANNA PLAY X-MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: LEAVE ME ALONE!*Runs* I'M UP, I GUESS I'D ANSWER THE REVIEWS BEFORE I GET STUCK PLAYING AS NIGHTCRAWLER...EEEEEEEPPPPPPP!*Runs*
~Neo~
YES, SORA CAN WIN!!!!!!!! WEEEE HEEEEEEEE!!! Ok, uh.......here, Rock candy for yous
~Kako~
One of my better ones? I thought they was all good...ah, anyways, chocolate for you
~Heartless-trinity~
You HONESTLY Think I'm gonna be nice to ANYONE In this fic? *sees every fan glaring at her* Uh, uh, YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT!!! I AIN'T GIVING AWAY NOTHING THAT HAPPENS.....And I'll be...a bit nicer...maybe................Yes, Jonouchi IS Joey's Japanese name, I prefer the Japanese names.....yes...now, cookies for you and your lovely reviews for SR Too..^^
~Uuchan~
COOKIES??*Begins typing as fast as possible* Ok, a bottle of root beer for the insane child
~PrincessSwifty~
Crap............shouldn't have givin' you that Livewire.......eerrr...here......bubble gum for your lovely review....
~Kairi-chan~
OOH, YOUR GONNA WRITE A FIC? GO KAIRI-CHAN! WRITE, WRITE, WRITE!!! Ok, look, I reviewed, be happy! Sugar cubes for you! ~soraoathkeeper~
LOL Yes MAYBE Kairi shoulda cooked. Ok, coke for you
~orodruin~
-_________________- Ok, shut up about the spelling thing, ja? I got a beta-reader...ok...happy now?*huggle's Shadow-of-hearts and her lovly spellcheack* I will HOPEFULLY Be getting a spell check soon though.......hopefully...*glares at dad, who says "I'll install it TOMORROW."* Ah yes, anyways, chocolate cookie for you
~Celtic Guardian~
MWA HA HA HA! YES, I WILL LEAVE YOU ALL THERE!!!!!!!!!! MWA HA HA HA!!! COOKIE FOR YOU!
~Cleo~
YES SORA IS THE CUTEST! Well, get ready to feel more sorry for Kaiba because......wait, why am I telling you? JUST READ! Here, popcorn for you!!
~shadow-of-hearts~
Ah don't worry, Kaiba will be off your tail in a minute.....heh heh heh*laughs evilly* Okies, A water balloon gun to use on Kaiba for you!
~Ari-Powwel~
OK, OK I UPDATED! Jeez...there are WAY too many Riku fans out there.....ok, chocolate for you!
~Cloud-123~
LOOK, CHAPTER FOUR! COOKIE FOR YOU!!
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Me:*breathing heavily, hiding in her pillow fortress*Ok.....CHAPTER TIME!! ****************************************************************************** **************
"So, er, I guess you'd be wondering why we came here?"
"So we could all party and do normal stuff here?" Riku asked hopefully, though he knew that wasn't the answer.
"Er no.......I came because we have a problem..."Mickey began.
Kairi closed her eyes.' No....not again..' She thought.
"What kind of problem?"Sora asked, slight edge in his voice.
Thunder rumbled, and it began to rain. "Um, maybe we should go inside and then talk, eh?"Yuffie said, gesturing towards one of the buildings.
"Uh, yeah, good idea!!"Sora agreed.
Everyone trudged inside, just as it began to pour.
"Ok, what's going on here?" Sora asked the king after they'd all gotten inside, and Yuffie had been nice enough to make hot chocolate ("Don't get used to it" she had said.)
King Mickey pulled something out of his pocket. It was a golden orb, with markings all over it. Mickey pressed a button and the orb hummed, whirred, and changed shape, then opened to reveal a hologram. It showed billions of stars, and a huge, central glowing orb at the center of a cluster of stars. There were many clusters, with many central orbs.
"Ok, look, You know Kingdom Hearts is the heart of all worlds right."
"Well, yeah, we sat through Ansem's lecture, remember?"Sora replied.
"Yes, anyways. Kingdom Hearts is the heart of all worlds. Or at least, all the worlds in this dimension." Mickey pointed to a central area, with a glowing center. He placed a finger on the glowing center to reveal a close up of Kingdom Hearts. "When you sealed Kingdom Hearts, you permanently made it so no darkness could be present in this area. Or, at least, you made it so no darkness could originate from that area anymore. However, another evil has begun to manifest..."Mickey pushed another button, and half of the star clusters' turned black.
Sora looked at the king quizzically."The heartless again? That's impossible, I destroyed every last one of them, permanently sealed every world, sealing Kingdom Hearts, got captured, destroyed all the bad dudes a second time, and got killed three times through the whole damn thing!!!" Sora was shaking slightly now. He didn't want to have to face some other evil. He didn't want to deal with it anymore. He was sick of fighting, sick of being the hero, sick of being the target of every freak out there. Sick of it all.
"No, not the heartless Sora. A different evil."
"That can't be, I would have sensed it."
"Even your sense's only go so far Sora, since your still growing, your sense's right now only extend in this dimension, therefore you can't sense the darkness."The king explained.
"How do you know all this. I mean, how do you know there are other dimensions. Why didn't you tell me before this thing began, I could have stopped it before it began."
"Because I didn't know until yesterday. Yesterday this black things just appeared through a hole in space and time, and started attacking us. A few humans appeared too, and they sent monsters at us. One of them dropped this, and that's how I figured all this out."
"Waaait....don't tell me, I gotta stop em right?"
"Sora, I wasn't finished yet. The things that appeared didn't do anything. They came up to me and asked something."
The Essence of Heart paled visibly. Somehow, he already knew what they'd said, but he asked anyway,"What did they say?"
"Where is the Essence?"
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*meanwhile....*
Seto Kaiba followed the guard's down the long hallway, ignoring the pitiful plea's of the prisoners he passed. Seto already had practice in this department, ignoring the press and fans as he walked to Kaiba corp., so it was no big deal to him.
Or at least, that's what he told himself.
The guard's finally stopped in front of a pair of large, black jeweled silver double doors. The doors opened. Seto walked in, after the guards.
Seto walked into the same room Yugi had been hauled into a few hours earlier. Before the throne lay a chained, beaten, and bleeding boy. His long, slightly below shoulder-length black hair was matted and messy.
"Mokuba!!"Seto cried and rushed towards his little brother, sweeping the younger boy into his arms.
"Seto?"Mokuba asked weakly, opening his sapphire eyes.
"Yeah, It's me."
"Seto...I'm so glad to see you...I don't think I'm gonna make it.."
"What? Mokuba no...you have to get up. C'mon, we're gonna bust out of here, and we'll go back to Kaiba Corp, and you'll stop me from killing Yugi, and I'll make new gadgets, and...and...oh please, Mokuba..." Seto pleaded, no longer sounding like his cold, icy self, and more like the child self he had lost long ago.
"What's this, the great Seto Kaiba is actually pleading? Pfff, and over something so weak as this weak excuse for a life? Pffftt...pathetic." A man stood up on the thrown and walked towards the brothers, hood overshadowing his face.
"Shut up, you bastard. What have you done to him?"Seto growled, standing up, his voice returning to it's normal tone.
"Oh merely gave him what he deserved. 'Leave me alone! You can't touch me! When my brother finds you, he's gonna kill you! My brother is the CEO of Kaiba Corp! My brother this, My brother that...'" The hooded figure mocked, in an overly high voice. "Well, Seto Kaiba, he probably wouldn't have been hurt so much if you had obeyed."
"Shut your trap! I'm out of here!"Seto growled, and began walking out.
He ran into a force field.
"Not yet, I still have some business with the little one." The hooded man gestured, and Mokuba glowed with dark energy, the younger Kaiba screamed.
"Mokuba!"Seto cried."Stop it!! Leave him alone!" He demanded of the hooded killer.
"What's that, you want more?" The hooded figure closed his hand into a fist.
Slowly, Mokuba began to choke, his throat being crushed by an unseen force. The little boys world was growing dark, until all he could see was his brother, who was beginning to cry.
"See your brother now, little one? Look at him. Pathetic, isn't it. He couldn't save you. He failed, and now you will pay the price." The hooded man sneered.
"Goodbye....Seto.."Mokuba whispered weakly, and then his eyes closed. Never again to open, never to see the light of day, and never to witness the changes of the world.
"Mokuba!!"Seto cried, and hugged his little brother's cold, lifeless body. Sobs racked the CEO's body, and he fell to his knees, sobbing.
"Seto Kaiba."The hooded guy said, walked up to Seto.
"Kill me...."Seto whispered."Just kill me. I have nothing left. Mom and Dad died a long time ago, and now Mokuba's gone, I swore I'd protect him."
The hooded figure grinned coolly. Seto Kaiba was broken."Then join me. If you have nothing left, join me, and you'll have something."
Seto didn't reply. "Ok, I'll just give you some time to think about it....Guards, take him to his cell." The hooded figure said with a cold, careless wave of his hand, kicking aside the body the cold body of Mokuba Kaiba, from his elder brother's hands.
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*Back at Yugi's Cell*
/Yami, they're coming back./
//Oh joy, more of the great Seto Kaiba...//
/Yami!/
//Sorry....//
Yugi sighed./Yami, just because Kaiba has a grudge against us doesn't mean you have to hold one back.../
//Yeah, so?//
Yugi rolled his eyes mentally./Whatever, let's just see what happened to Kaiba....and Mokuba, for that matter./
Seto merely walked into his cell, head down, shoulder's shaking.
"Seto??"Yugi asked softly, Yami appearing by his side."Are you ok??"
"Mokuba......"Seto whispered."He's........he's......he's dead...That freak killed him right in my arms."
"Oh...no.."Yugi said, eyes growing wide."That can't be true!"
"It is.....I have nothing else to live for...I wish I was dead."Seto said, broken, icy blue eyes full of tears.
"No, don't give up Seto!! Everything will be ok, just don't give in to them!"Yugi pleaded.
"What's the point Yugi? Why don't you give in. You have nothing. Those friends of yours are giving in one by one. What happens when one day Honda is the one leading you to your cell, or Jonouchi is the one slapping you around." Kaiba paused, taking in a breath and saying slowly. "What happens when Anzu dies in your arms, because you didn't submit to the 'master' like a good dog? What happens then, eh, King of games?" Seto demanded, spitting the title out like a curse word.
Yugi closed his eyes."I don't know Seto. But I know even then I won't give up."
"Why then? Even when you lose everything?"
"Even then, I still have my hope. Because I know they can't keep us forever. Someday, someone is going to come and save us."
"Like back at Pegasus's castle, eh Yugi? Your just going to wait, your only hope's resting in the hands of some imaginary hero. Well, go ahead, Yugi, but I'm not going to stand here and wait."Seto stated, voice icey. "You sit here and wait, meanwhile, I'll be out, conquering worlds." With that Seto fell silent and glared at the wall.
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*Destiny Islands, three hours later*
Sora again was perched at Essence Point, looking out at the ocean, colored orange, pink, light violet, and blue to match the beautiful sunset.
*flashback*
"Sora, we don't have a choice in the matter, you're the only one who can stop these things."Leon had protested after Mickey had finished his lecture.
"But they're after me!! I'm not up for a Deja Vu of Hallow Bastion!"Sora cried.
"Well, with your powers you shouldn't be worried!"
"Well I am! I'm sick of being the hero! Sick of always having to suffer through everything, and usually ultimately in the end lose everything for a ton of other people! I'm sick of being the Essence! Sick of being the keybearer!"
"But the keyblade is like a gift! You should be happy about it!" "You would think that, wouldn't you Leon? Look, it's not a gift. It's a curse."
Leon glared dangerously at the boy. Yeah, Sora had a right to be freaked, but this was getting ridiculous. To Leon, Sora was like the little brother he never had. And it was ticking him off seeing his 'little brother' acting so childish. "Sora, how can you even think that? Look what the keyblade has brought you, good friends, admiration, it's brought your island back, twice now, and-"
"You forgot about a million heartless to fight."Sora added, looking Leon in the eyes.
Leon stood to his feet and walked over to the boy, eyes narrowed and jaw clenched. "Which WE helped destroy, you weren't alone during that Sora, you have no right to complain."
Sora also stood."Oh yes I do! Would YOU wanna go rushing into another fight, after what I've been through. You weren't there when I was stuck at Hallow Bastion. You weren't the one who suffered. You weren't the one who's died TWICE, and YOU aren't the one who is going to be scarred for life!" Sora stabbed a finger at Leon's chest. "Yeah, I think I have a right to be a bit freaked."
Leon closed his eyes, trying to calm down. He felt like hitting the teen, but that wouldn't solve anything. "Look Sora. Like it or not, it's what you were meant to do. It's your job to be the hero."
"What if I don't want to be?"Sora asked, and turned on his heel, walked out, and slammed the door behind him.
*end flashback*
Sora sighed. He knew he was being selfish. But he didn't want to do this."Why me?"He demanded of the sky."Why is it always me? Why not someone else? Why can't fate find someone else to be the playing piece? Why is it always me???"
His only answer came in silence.
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TBC
Me: Ah yes, zero humor this time. Ah well, people, if your mad about Mokuba being dead, lets see if I give a crap.......nope, I don't give a crap. Yeah, SO READ AND REVIEW!