Yami turned surprised not knowing anyone was there. Mokuba whimpered and quickly ran behind his swing seeing Noah there.
"And you are?"
"My name is Noah and little JJ there is my brother."
"Oh I see. I am sorry if my brother caused any trouble by kidnapping him."
Noah stared at Mokuba. "No, no trouble at all." Then he walked over to Mokuba who started to back away.
Yami thought it was strange. 'If this kid really is his brother then why is he backing him away from him?'
Noah grabbed Mokuba's wrist and gave him a wicked smile that terrified Mokuba even more than his normal look. Then he bent down and gave him an awkward 'brotherly hug', all the while holding onto his writs tightly.
Yami thought that was strange also. 'Why does it seem like this is his first time hugging him?'
Noah stood up and tightening his grip on Mokuba's writs, started to pretty much drag Mokuba towards his horse.
This really surprised Yami. 'Okay this is weird, why is he taking his writs instead of his hand.' He couldn't shake the bad feeling he was getting from all of this. He kept telling himself this was for the best. The kid should be with his real family. Seto had no right to kidnap the kid cause he told him he was mistreated.
Noah in a voice just above a whisper enough that Mokuba could here. "I warned you what I'd do to you when he ran from me, didn't I?"
Mokuba just nodded crying.
Yami couldn't help but feel sorry for him. "I don't understand this. It's obvious, the kid knows him, so he's probably telling the truth about who he is. But why is the kid so terrified?" Yami whispered to himself.
"You just wait till I get you home." Noah said this time a lot louder enough that Yami could here him. "You be good on the way home and I promise that we'll play with the new toy I got for my birthday, just like we did yesterday. It'll be a whole lot more fun if you know what I mean."
Mokuba gulped, he knew what he meant. 'I get it you're going to beat me with that thing you got again! The new big ugly one you used just before you tried to… well I don't know what you were going to do but I think I'm better off not knowing. But I do remember how badly that thing hurt, it hurt a hell of a lot more than the whips ever did!'
With that Mokuba, broke Noah's grip. Noah turned and glared at him. He reached out to kid grab the kid's hand again but Mokuba quickly started to back up till he hit a fence. There was nowhere to turn. There was a small fence with bushes on it, on one side, a fence to his back and he couldn't go the other way Noah would catch him before he got two feet.
'I can only imagine what Noah will do to me once he gets me home, I do know its not going to be good. I know I shouldn't fight Noah, after all what's the point, there's no longer anyone around who cares about me. Ryo's gone; Seto's gone, what's the point really of fighting back? Noah will get what wants one-way or the other.' Mokuba thought he badly wanted to be anywhere but here, but there was nowhere left to go. The only people who wanted him seemed to be the ones who mistreated him. Ryo wanted him but said more than once he could take him in. Seto wanted him but his brother obviously didn't seeing as how he's standing there throwing him back to Noah. He obviously didn't care what happened to him. 'Oh well, even if I get beaten to the point that I won't be able to walk for a week, I'll at least have my own satisfaction knowing I didn't just let Noah do what he wants. I know that's what Seto and Ryo would want me to do.'
Noah was angry and walked over, got down on one knee next to Mokuba, then grabbed and held his chin firmly and placed one knee next to the kid on the fence to hide what he was going to do. Then he whispered. "So kid, you thought you could escape me, did you. I told you once you're mine. There's nothing you can say or do that will change that!" Then he kissed him and started to rub him, then deepened the kiss when Mokuba gasped. He knew he was far enough away from Yami that no more than he planned to do here or could do considering where they were, he wouldn't see and the bushes hid them from anyone else that might see.
Mokuba whimpered and tried to get him to stop but Noah held him with a firm grip. It even started to hurt.
Yami couldn't exactly see what Noah was doing from where he was standing he just had his face and body a little too close to the kids. Then his curiosity and an uneasy feeling made him move closer. His eyes went wide when he saw what he was doing he couldn't believe it! He claimed to be his brother and yet he's doing this! Enraged he went over and threw Noah off. "How could you do this? You said he was your brother!"
"Mind your own business. I'll do what I please with him. He belongs to me and I'll do with him what I want!" Noah said brushing himself off and standing up to Yami.
"I think not!"
"What?"
Yami kicked him in the stomach and said, "If I catch you anywhere near this kid again you'll regret it! I haven't been in one of my best or trusting moods lately. I guess I was stupid to just believe that you actually cared about that kid."
"You're not taking him away from me! He's mine and I do care for him! I try to make sure he enjoys it as much as I do." Noah said recovering and getting in Yami's face. He was a little taller than Yami and hoped he'd intimidate Yami by being taller.
Yami however wasn't about to back down. He now understood Seto's reasons for kidnapping the kid. "Bastard! He's a child! You have no right to push your sick fantasies off of on to him."
"I told you before he's mine I can and will do what I please with him!"
"Not anymore!"
"What, what do you mean?"
"I mean I made a mistake in trusting you to begin with so I'm taking him back with me! There's nothing you can do to stop me!" Yami said kicking him in the stomach again and throwing him across the yard.
He walked over and took Mokuba's hand. "I'm sorry kiddo, if I had had any idea I wouldn't have let him near you!"
'You wouldn't?' Mokuba wondered. 'That's weird a minute ago he hated me, now he wants to take care of me. This guys too confusing. If I wasn't so afraid of him, I think I could learn to trust him.'
Yami finally sat down on a bench, Mokuba stayed close cause between Yami and Noah he'd rather stay close to Yami. Plus knowing Noah wasn't that far away he had the feeling from this guys words he'd keep him safe. Well he was hopeful anyway.
"If it hadn't been for all the hassles with those royal advisor creeps and the hassles of trying to run a kingdom and keep people from believing the king is dead and not coming back I might have stopped and listed to Seto but no he chooses to disappear and then promises to come back in a few days and what does he do waits a week!" Yami said to himself frustrated.
Mokuba wanted to comfort him a little but wasn't sure how. He didn't even have a clue as to what this guy was talking about.
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While Yami continued to debate on what he'd planned to do about Mokuba, Seto was going crazy.
"Where is he? Any idea on where he is doctor?"
"Well the reports I got he left."
"Left, as in left the castle?"
"Yes it seems he had some kid with him."
"What! I have to go after him! I can't let him take him back there!" Seto said trying to get up.
"Calm down, you're not going anywhere in your condition. Now this brace on your knee and the medication I've given you should help it get better. But you'll need to stay off of it for at least another week." Dr. Solomon said.
"You don't understand, that kid will be in great danger if Yami sends him back to where I got him."
"Now Seto, you should have more faith in your brother than that. He will do what he believes is best for the boy."
"I hope so doc but I just wish he'd let me explain some things to him."
"Now try to rest. I'll have them send you up something to eat."
'Eat, poor kid he's probably hungry by now.' "No thanks doc I'm not hungry right now."
"My king you should eat something. You need to keep your strength up."
"Yeah I'll think about it."
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Mokuba and Yami were still sitting on the bench when Mokuba's stomach started to rumble.
'Great, now's a fine time for you to act up.' Mokuba thought.
'Great the kid's probably going to start bugging me to get him something to eat. What am I suppose to do with him! I know Seto said he wanted us to take care of him but we have better things to do with our time. Has he forgotten our quest to find the real Mokuba? How could he just give this kid our brother's name like that? I will admit he is a cute kid and well he does look a little like Seto's mother. It also doesn't look like this kid eats much. I don't know, I do sense a connection to him. But maybe that's just Seto's influence.' Yami wondered and stood up and stretched out his back.
'He's probably just going to leave me here. Maybe I should save him the trouble. It's obvious he doesn't want me around. I still don't understand why he saved me from Noah. Maybe I should…no don't think like that! Your better off alone than with Noah!' Mokuba watched as Yami left to go get his horse without a word to him. 'I guess I was right; he's just going to leave me. I'm not even sad really, why should he be any different from anyone else. Besides Ryo and Seto, few others have ever really cared and none cared enough to want me with them.' Mokuba got up and just started to walk he didn't know where he was going but it didn't matter. 'Who knows maybe someday somewhere I can find someone who will care about me. But I doubt that. I'm nothing more than a double jinks demon. I guess Noah was right about that all along. He always told me they were the only ones who cared about me, after I met Ryo and then Seto I didn't want to believe that! But I guess he was right all along.'
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Yami returned with his horse and thought it was strange that the kid wasn't where he'd left him. "What the…where did he go? Great he must have thought I abandoned him and left." He then looked in the direction of where Noah was and panicked when he wasn't there. 'Oh god I hope I'm wrong about thinking that the kid went back to him!'
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Mokuba was walking careful to stay on the trail and not slip. He wasn't exactly afraid of the water below but he didn't like it either. The lake near his home went no deeper than his shoulders or at least no further than he'd ever been. He couldn't swim very well and always stayed clear of the deeper parts of the lake after a heavy rain. Then he heard a horse ride up behind him. He nearly had a heart attack seeing it was Noah! He wasn't sure what to do. Then he backed up a little, slipped and fell down the hill. He landed right on the edge of the water.
Noah smirked and got off his horse and went down to him. Mokuba tried to run but kept slipping in the mud. Just then, Noah looked up and glared at seeing Yami. When he looked back, Mokuba was gone!