The Real Truth Behind Growing Up
By: SakuraScorpion19
A/N: Here is a story behind the cold, blue eyes of the famed CEO of Kaiba Corp. As said in Kaiba's own Point Of View, this fic contains some truths to growing up and running your own multi-billion dollar company without actually going insane! Do enjoy and review…feedback and constructive criticisms are gladly welcome…
rEmEmBeR: This text is Seto's thoughts. This text is Seto's darker half's thoughts. (we know who this is now...)
Note: I do not own Yu-gi-oh or Disney
Chapter 12: Vacation, Of Sorts…
There he was, just staring at me. I couldn't help but draw my attention to him.
"Seto?"
I looked down from where I was. A long fall. Darkness consumed the pathway downward.
"Seto?"
Well, I have gone this far. Why let him hold me back? Why not just do what I came up here to do?
"Seto?"
You fool! Get down from there already! GET DOWN!
Lalalalala…I can't hear you!
Stop acting like a child, Seto.
I know what you are, but what am I?
You've got to be kidding me…
Nope, not kidding…
If I could shake my head…
Ha, well, you can't…because you don't exist!
Seto, not this again…I exist…just not physically…
I know…I know…wait…
"Seto?"
What?
What?
"Seto?"
I turned back to him. I tried to speak, but I couldn't. The guilt was flowing through my blood.
Damn! I just want to jump…ready, set…
Stop right there…you coward…face your fears…
Fears?
Yes, fears…you are afraid of several things…
All right genius, name them off if you're so great…
Fine! Let's see…you are afraid of me…
Understandable since you are in MY HEAD!
Yes…and you are afraid of…spiders…
WHERE?
I was merely stating that you…
Where? Where is it? Ah!
Once again…let's imagine I can shake my head…
They freak me out…with their eight legs and their eight legs and…
Yes, spiders have eight legs…we get it…
They are just plain scary!
Okay, you are also afraid of…oh my god, are you kidding me?
What?
Teddy bears? Seto…I just have to laugh at you for this one…
I had a traumatic experience with one, okay.
A teddy bear? Hahahahaha!
Shove it!
"Seto?"
"Mokuba?" I finally found my voice again.
"What…what are you doing?" He began tearing up again.
"Uh, just enjoying the view…" I said hopping down the ledge.
Told you, you wouldn't do it…
"Enjoying the view?" Mokuba questioned wiping the tears that had fallen down his cheeks.
"Yes…"
"Well, I was worried about you Seto…"
"No need to worry, Mokuba…I'm fine…" I faked a smile.
"No Seto…you're not fine…" Mokuba said getting more serious than I had ever seen him.
"I'm not?" I questioned.
"No…you've been getting strange and different…I don't think the long hours at Kaiba Corp have done you any good. In fact, I think this place is making you more…more…"
"Cracked?" A voice blurted out.
I looked into the shadows to see a figure coming toward Mokuba. I noticed the voice. The voice went to the person quite well.
Damn Noah and his shitty choice of words.
Don't disrespect my son!
What? You're the one who trapped him in a virtual world to rot!
I'd call it a virtual retreat…a good time…
Sure, a good time all right…
Shut up…
NO!
Yes…
No…
Yes…
NO!
Yes…
NO! No! NO!
…
What kind of answer is that?
It's a, haha, guess what?
What?
You look pretty damn crazy right now staring off into space because you're talking to me and not listening to Noah!
Wait what?
Seto…you really are crazy.
"Seto?"
"Yeah?" I answered the voice calling my name.
"Were you even listening to me?"
"Yeah…"
"What was I saying then?" Noah questioned me.
"Uh…uh…you were saying that…"
"You weren't listening." Noah stated bluntly.
"No…" I looked down in shame.
"Noah was saying that we think it's best if you go on a long vacation…just to sort yourself out…" Mokuba said to me with a smile.
That smile…it looked…forced…fake…
He's lying about something then…
Shut up! I want to pay attention…
"We want you to relax…"
You do not want to pay attention…
Leave me alone!
"…they will take good care of you…"
I can't…remember…
Ahh! Stay dead! I want to hear…
Hear this….hahahahahahahahaha! See, guess what that was!
"…think of it as a vacation not…"
What?
Me laughing at you…
Shut up!
"…you'll be okay, right Seto?" Mokuba asked.
"Huh?"
Shit! What the hell did Noah just say? Damn it!
You fool…didn't you listen to what he said?
What! You were talking to me the whole time.
No I was not!
You're right…
I know…
You weren't talking to me, you were annoying me!
What?
I hate you.
Good, because I hate you too.
I hate you more!
See, we're back to the childish behavior.
No…
Yes.
"Seto, these men will escort you to your private limo." Noah said.
Two men in white outfits began to come toward me.
What's with the bodyguards in the white clothes?
Bodyguards? White outfit? Escort? Oh shit!
What?
Vacation my ass!
What's going on?
Seto, just fight these guys. Kick them in the balls…do something…
Wait. Why?
Don't you get it?
The men got a hold of each of my arms. They held a small amount of pressure with their hands, but not enough to really hurt me. I just followed them across the roof.
Seto! Run!
Why? I want to go on my vacation!
You moron…they aren't taking you to a resort or anything…
Wait. Then, where are they taking me?
Seto, they are sending you off to a mental institution…
WHAT!
I quickly broke free of the grip of both of the men and bolted toward the stairs.
I could hear the screams of Noah and Mokuba as I took off.
There is no way in hell they are sticking me in an institution. NO WAY!
Run boy! RUN!
I kept my pace as I ran down each flight of stairs.
Faster, Seto! Faster!
I was gaining speed down each staircase. I could feel my feet trying to buckle underneath me from the pressure hitting my legs with each jump. I was almost there. The fourth floor, the third, the second, the first floor…I had made it.
With a triumphant grin across my face I blew through the door blocking me from the main entrance. Only a few more steps to go and I would be free!
Then, I was suddenly face down on the hard floor of the front lobby.
"What the fuck!" I yelled out.
"Sorry Mr. Kaiba, but you won't be getting away that easily." A man's voice said.
Couldn't run fast enough?
Can it! You're the reason for this whole mess anyway.
I could hear, clapping off in the distance.
"Bravo Seto, that was a wonderful attempted escape, however, I anticipated this, so I left a few of my nurses around the ground floor of the building, just in case." Noah laughed.
"I'm sorry, Seto. But Noah will fix you." Mokuba said hovering over me.
"Fix me? What's wrong with me, Mokuba?" I yelled.
"You're sick, Seto." Noah stated.
"I am not sick! I'm just fine."
"You are mentally ill…I'm afraid you'll be coming to my hospital where I can help you heal…" Noah said.
"You're all crazy…" I began to wiggle underneath the weight pinned on top of me. It was no use.
"I'm sorry…" Mokuba whispered, crying as I was "escorted" into a van. "I really am Seto."
The van doors closed and it took off in a flash. I was off to the one place I had feared the most.
I'm not crazy. Am I? I can't be…I just can't…
It took over three hours to get to our destination. And the fact that I was stuck between to huge "nurses" was just the beginning of the horror that awaited me.
The van finally stopped and my "nurses" took me into a very large building. Not as big as Kaiba Mansion, but it was pretty big.
I was brought into the main lobby where I was greeted by my new archenemy, Noah Kaiba.
Fucking shrink.
"Seto…you have arrived…welcome to my healing center."
Healing center my fucking ass crack!
Listen…
Fuck…
You…
"You will be changed and then I will join you in your room for a nice one on one discussion, patient to doctor…" Noah gave me one of his fake doctor smiles and walked off.
Then the nurses escorted me, better yet, they dragged me to a room for me to change.
Room 666, how fucking ironic…
Yes, spectacular!
Not too happy about this are you?
No, why would I be? We should be out breaking companies, making money, not sitting here in a crazy farm…
You started it…
I quickly changed from my trench coat and black sweatshirt and black jean attire into the itchy white sheets they left me on the bed.
I sat down and looked around my new room.
So they put "crazy" people in an all white room and make them wear all white clothes. Now how the hell do you get better when you see nothing but blank white walls…this white wall bullshit is going to make me go crazy…
According to them, you already are…
Well, whose fault is that?
No idea…
I'd say it's the dead guy talking to me in my sub-conscience.
If that's what you'd like to believe…
The door to my little white room opened and Noah walked in. He held a clipboard and a pen in his left hand.
He took a chair that was next to the bed and placed it in front of me.
If this prick asks me how I'm feeling, I think I'll show him how crazy I can be.
Seto, you aren't going to do anything.
Don't be so sure. These clothes are getting more and more itchy by the second and if I don't get something else to wear, I'm going to blow this place up.
All talk, Seto.
Would you like to bet on that?
Sure. What's the bet then?
If Noah asks me how I'm feeling today, you have to leave me alone for the rest of the day. And if I'm wrong…
If you're wrong, you have to walk around your room naked and sing any Disney song of my choice…
If that wasn't the most random thing I had ever heard…
Well, do we have a deal?
Yeah, sure.
"Well Seto, how are you feeling?"
Cash it in, right there…yeah!
Shit!
Now be gone…
Damn it…fine…I'll leave you alone…
"Just great…" I said with sarcasm and a smile.
"Good, now…why do you think you are here?" Noah asked.
After that question, I blanked out. I just ignored him the entire time he was there.
"Of course…that's it…" I said waking up the next morning.
Talking out loud again?
Yeah, so…it's not like they know that…
Yes they do. They have a camera in here…you are in a mental hospital. You didn't think they would let you be crazy without any supervision?
Shut it…
So what's the talking out load about?
I know why you are here.
Okay, why am I here?
Like you said, you wanted revenge, a sweet revenge…
Yes, and?
I know what your most perfect revenge on me would be.
What would that be?
See me go crazy…
Um, okay, sure…
Serious…you want to see me fall from my glory.
Sure, I guess that would work…
Well, here I am, in a mental hospital…that should break the spell…
Break the spell?
Yes, get you out of my head, once and for all…
Break the spell?
Yes.
Break the spell? You've got to be…I think I'm going to start laughing again…
Why?
Break the spell? This isn't some Disney movie where a witch casts a spell on someone…that someone being you…you fucking nut!
So, I chose that wording, so what?
I guess you really should be in here. You really are crazy.
All right. I get it. I can't get rid of you. I never will. I'll be stuck in this place forever. I'm going to die a crazy loon. I'll never get back to Kaiba Corp or Mokuba. I'll never have my life back. Fine, I give up. I quit. I've failed my little brother and myself. I quit. I'm done; I've failed.
You…what did you say?
I've failed.
You failed? You gave up? You quit?
That's what I said. I'm done. I'm just Seto Kaiba, crazy guy who used to run a company.
You gave…up? Quit? Failed?
Yes.
I was through. I just laid my head back down on my pillow and drifted off into a sleep.
I had given up.
I awoke to find one of my many "nurses" poking me with a needle.
"Hey, get the hell away from me with that!" I yelled.
"Sorry…" The nurse said.
The nurse walked out of the room and closed the door behind them.
Crazy nurses and their obsession to poke me with needles and hand me 10 different kinds of pills three times a day.
Ha, they call me the crazy one…
Huh? That's odd. Usually my stepfather would try and butt his way into my conversations.
Hello? Old fuck face? Anyone there? Hello?
The last thing I remember is hearing him sound shocked that I had…admitted defeat. I had in fact, given up. I quit. I had failed.
Hello? Gozaboro? Hey! HELLO?
Is he really…gone? No, he couldn't be gone…could he?
The door of my room opened and a familiar face looked up at me. He smiled and ran toward me. I received a gigantic huge from him.
"Okay, okay…I give…" I said gasping for breath. He was still growing, but he still gave me hugs that squeezed all the air out of my lungs and wouldn't let any more back in.
"Sorry…how are you?"
Is he really gone? Am I free?
"Much better…why are you here anyway? Am I allowed to go? I'm better…"
"Sorry Seto, I was just checking up on you. You do look a little better, but you couldn't have been all fixed up in just a weeks time." He said.
"Oh…but I really am better. I'm not crazy, Mokuba." I told him. I pleaded to him
Please get me out of here. Let me go home.
"You'll be better soon. I know you will." He gave me another smile and another hug and then left me there.
White wall, white wall, white wall, white wall, white ceiling, white floor, white T-shirt, white pants, white wall, white wall…
Mokuba, you should have gotten me out of here when you had the chance, before I really do go crazy…
White wall, white wall, white wall, white wall, white ceiling, white floor…
There you have it...only one chapter to go! YAY! Please review...
Much luv, Sakurascorpion19