Zero-A.C.: Okay, originally this was meant to be the last chapter, BUT my twisted mind made up some more chapters. Now I'm not sure if I should continue it, because I have no idea how the whole story will end. What do my readers think? Shall I continue or not? (Noooo I'm not begging for reviews…lalalalala…)
Well whatever, ENJOY!
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Thunderstorm Part 3
Thoughts and Decisions
Was his brother always having those nightmares? Was he always that haunted in his sleep? Then Mokuba could understand why Seto never slept much. While he was thinking about Seto, new thoughts began circling in his mind.
He remembered Yugi saying that he was the reincarnation of an Egyptian Pharaoh and his brother was the reincarnation of an ancient high priest, who battled against him. Seto had denied it. He had never been one to believe in that old Egyptian crap and the repeating talks of the World Rescue and most of all the annoying talks about the heart of the cards.
Although Mokuba kept wondering why Seto then believed that much in his Blue-Eyes White Dragons.
But the point of it all was, that something was going on, that couldn't be explained rationally. Why else could his older brother read the text on this Egyptian god card? Why was he the only one who could use the cards beside Yugi, Bakura and that psycho Marik, who all claimed to be involved in ancient Egypt history? And now these strange dreams his brother had and his sleep-talking in another language, that sounded like ancient Egypt (although Mokuba never heard a word in this language before).
Maybe the words of Yugi were true, but then again Mokuba couldn't imagine Seto not being his brother. He couldn't imagine Seto as a cold hearted high priest with no one at his side who loved him. The truth was that he couldn't imagine Seto without him.
Since Mokuba could think his brother had always been at his side. There was no memory in his mind that wasn't attached to his older brother. To everything important that happened in his live Seto was connected. Seto was part of his life and part of Mokubas self. It was a truth that he had to accept, no matter how hard it was. But surprisingly to him it wasn't too hard to accept; in contrary to that it was very easily.
Seto was the most important person in his live and always would be. Mokuba might be going to study in a foreign country, meet a girl he liked, marry some day and maybe, one day, he would have his own children, but still the person he would rely on the most would be his brother.
So Seto was part of his entire live, always had been and always would be.
But how was it with Seto, what did Mokuba mean to him? The younger brother knew that he was the most important person for his brother, or so he still hoped, but Seto had been six years old when Mokuba was born, what meant that he had experienced a live without his younger brother.
Mokuba might be the most important person in Setos life nowadays, but for him there had been a live without Mokuba. And according to Yugi Seto once had an entire lifetime without him. Which meant that there must have been other persons who had been the most important to him, right? Maybe the two persons once called Atemu and Kisara.
So Mokuba wasn't that special.
Or was he?
Again Mokuba remembered how deeply Seto denied his ancient past, how desperate he tried to erase every shadow of a possibility that there had been another life, that there had been another life without Mokuba.
Maybe it was just because of the pain all those memories caused Seto; and it where painful memories, Mokuba was sure of it.
But then…
Mokuba studied the sleeping face of his older brother. A rare calm expression played over it, nothing like the tortured expression it bared during the nightmare. And During this nightmare hadn't Seto called for him? For him and none other? Hadn't the great CEO of Kaiba Corporation, best duelist alive and master of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, who would never bow to anyone, pleaded to his younger brother?
As the thought of Seto pleading filled Mokubas mind, he was shaken. Again he could hardly suppress his tears. Damn, he wasn't a little child anymore! But Seto had taught him that if he cried it was okay, otherwise if someone else, especially Seto himself did it, it was a shame, a proof of weakness.
Most people called his older brother rational, but Mokuba knew better. Seto was one of the most irrational persons in the world. Why else would he despise it to bow to anyone, but would as well throw his life carelessly away if it was for his brother? Why would he hate it to lose and surrender to a person who wanted to take over his corporation and his live just because his brother stood in the way of victory? Why else would he help his greatest rival just because his little brother told him to do?
Seto was the last person to be rational in this world and Mokuba was the last person in this world to be irrational. Although it seemed to the outside exactly the different way.
And it was about time that Mokuba became rational again.
The truth was that he was the most important person for Seto, and the person Seto trusted the most. That was knowledge he inherited over a long time, so long that it had became a part of Mokuba. Something he never thought about, because it was so natural and a matter of fact, like scientific laws. Maybe that was the reason why it was so hard to accept for Mokuba.
Or it was because of the truth that came along with this. The truth was that Mokuba was the only one Seto would bow to, kneel down and take orders from. This was a new knowledge for Mokuba and it shook him to his core. To realize that he had such a deep impact and control over his brother was terrifying. Seto was the proudest man in the world and to know that out of all people it was him, his little brother, who held the most power over him, was just terrifying.
This time he couldn't suppress his tears.
He had been so wrong; he didn't needed distance to know who he really was on his own, because there was no only him. There was and would always be Seto and Mokuba. Nothing more, nothing less. Like the earth and the moon, they belonged together and Mokuba was Seto's moon, who shone for him in the deepest darkness.
Again he asked himself who he was.
He was Mokuba Kaiba, Seto Kaiba's little brother.
End of story.
Those two facts weren't that important, but all what laid between them.
Seto despised his past for Mokuba, because his little brother hadn't been a part of it. He had made more then one sacrifice to protect his little brother, to stay with him and to give him everything that life had to offer. Seto took the role of a big brother, a father and a mother, at the age of twelve. Losing his own childhood in a game of chess he won against their adoptive father.
Of course he had done all the things he had done as well for himself, like creating the Duel Disk Systems, but then again it hadn't been for himself alone, right? He did it for others too and to fulfil his and Mokubas dream of seeing the Blue-Eyes White Dragon fly.
In his seek for victory Seto had made mistakes, grave mistakes, but he couldn't change them and so they both had to life with it. They did and not for the worst. But every decision and every mistake Seto had made in the past he had made for Mokuba and for both of them and what he thought would be the best for them.
Now Seto Kaiba paid the price. His soul was cursed; his heart shattered into thousand pieces and his eyes were covered with frozen tears.
But everything he did, he did to protect his brother. Now it was time for Mokuba to pay him back.
"Seto? Listen to me." he whispered, the form of his brother shifted in his arms, but didn't wake up. "Now I will pay your soul back", he continued quietly. "I'll do everything to give you the smile back you have lost and then we will laugh together again. I will hunt down the demons that haunts you and I will make you change the past into a memory that does not have any power over you."
Mokuba brought his lips to the ear of his brother. "You taught me that the past is of no importance, that I can have everything I want and that I can decide over my own destiny."
A small genuine smile played over his face. "You know, I am as stubborn as you. I will make you smile again and I won't give up, come what may. The past is of no importance and the future belongs to us."
He kissed his brother softly on the forehead. "I'm here to chase your darkness away, I'm here to enlighten your life, I'm here to heal your wounds, I'm here to watch over you, to protect you and nothing is going to take me away from you. Nothing will ever part us."
It was a prayer Mokuba spoke, a spell he cast over his brother.
END Part 3
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Zero-A.C.: Yes I know this part was a bit weird, confusing and has a lot of grammatical mistakes(SORRY), but I HAD to write it and I couldn't reread it more then one time, because I think it's so sweet(Weird? Yes…). Personally I love this chapter and especially the end. Mokuba's thoughts are racing from one thought to another, but I think that it fits him. I really think that this boy is intelligent and strong, so…Argh…Okay, I give it up explaining myself, because I don't KNOW why I wrote it!
Now some comments to parts of the third chapter:
Although Mokuba kept wondering why Seto then believed that much in his blue-eyes white dragons. (Really, don't we all?)
…best duelist alive… (The emphasis is on the word ALIVE ;-))
Why else would he despise it to bow to anyone, but would as well throw his life carelessly away if it was for his brother? (duelist kingdom; Fight against Yami) Why would he hate it to lose, but then surrender to a person who wanted to take over his corporation and his live just because his brother stood in the way of victory?(Noa(Seto could have won, but no! Really this episode was so sweet and sad!)) Why else would he help his greatest rival just because his little brother told him to do?(battle city finals Yami vs. Marik (Mokuba was SOOO cute in this episode AND Seto listened to him! Awww!))
Of course he had done all the things he had done as well for himself, like creating the Duel Disk Systems, but then again it hadn't been for himself alone, right? He did it for others too and to fulfil his and Mokubas dream of seeing the Blue-Eyes White Dragon fly. (That is a thought that occurred to me a lot, that Seto only created the holographic systems to see his Blue-Eyes White Dragon fly, and for nothing else. I mean he is REALLY obsessed with his dragon!)