AUTHOR: Shaylo Gatomon
RATING: PG-13
WARNINGS: Mild to Moderate Violence
Multi-part story This is part 3 of ?
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Own Characters: Mokuba's stepfamily. Asana and Ivera. Mokuba's friends and others too many to list
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It was Yami's first night away from home. Sure he'd been away and left home lots of times, but this time he had no way of knowing when he would be able to go back. That night he had another vision one of two that would haunt him his entire stay at Master Dartz.
Yami looked around and smiled seeing he was riding towards the castle. "I wonder how long I've been gone. I can't wait to see little Mokuba again. I'm sure he'll be upset with me. From the looks of this place, it looks like spring or early summer, which means I missed Christmas. Damn I really wanted to make it back for that. Well I'm sure by now my powers have grown I'll make the kid a toy or do something to make it up to him." Yami thought riding into the castle. "That's weird everything looks different somehow. I can't place how exactly it's just different." As he was riding up, he saw a couple of people dressed in white sparing outfits. He got off and approached them. They stopped and one took off his mask then his hood. Yami was shocked when he saw who it was. "B-Bakura?"
"It's nice to see you again. It's been a long time." Bakura said.
Then his sparing partner removed his mask. "Are we going to continue or not?"
"Not." Bakura said.
"Why?"
"Don't argue with me do as your told."
"But Uncle Bakura!"
"No, arguments or I tell the king we've been sparing."
Yami thought that was strange. 'Why would Seto care if the two were sparing or not?'
"You wouldn't dare!"
"You heard me."
"But Uncle Bakura you promised you'd teach me, as long as we kept it a secret from Seto!"
'Wait a minute no one calls him Seto without permission and he almost never grants that.'
"I will continue to teach you as long as you do as your told."
The young man sighed and pulled off his hood saying. "Yes, Uncle Bakura."
Yami was a little taken back when he saw the young man had wild black hair. 'Mokuba? It can't be.' Yami watched the young man who appeared about 15 take off his sparing outfit. He turned around and Yami's eyes went wide seeing he was wearing a baby dragon and dark half of an angel necklace. Yami walked over and shakily touched Mokuba's cheek. "Mokuba?"
Mokuba slapped his hand away. "No touching."
Yami couldn't help but smile. "You're just like Seto. He never much cared for someone to touch his face."
"Seto hates it when someone, especially strangers touch him. He's especially sensitive about his face."
"Yes, he always was."
Mokuba was curious as to how this man knew so much about his big brother. It was then that Mokuba noticed the dark magician necklace he had on. "Hey that's weird; it almost looks like it connects to my baby dragon. Where did you get it? How did you get it? Who are you?"
'He hasn't changed much, just as curious as ever. Though he's a lot more open in asking than he was when he was a child.' Yami thought. But before Yami could answer Mokuba's question.
Bakura handed the boy his sparing outfit. "Go put our sparing outfits away."
"Where do I put them? You always bring them and put them away?"
"Take them and put them in the bottom part of my closet in the corner." Bakura said.
"Why can't I stay? I want to know why he has the other half of my necklace. Seto said the other half has been missing for years." Mokuba protested.
"After you put our outfits away, take our practice swords and give them to Ryo. Then see if he needs help with anything else."
"But Uncle Bakura! You didn't answer my question."
"No, buts, we'll discuss this later. Now go!" Bakura ordered.
"Yes, sir." Mokuba said gathering the sparing stuff and going inside.
"I…I don't understand. How could he have forgotten me? Explain this to me Bakura! How long have I been gone and why doesn't Mokuba know me?"
"You've been gone 5 years."
"F-Five years then Mokuba's about 15."
"That's right."
"But I mean he didn't know that our necklaces connect he didn't even know me! I could understand if he might have forgotten me but surely he'd remembered something seeing my necklace!"
"I'm afraid he won't."
"What… why not?"
"After you didn't return for Christmas and then failed to show for his birthday the king decided it might be for the best if he lost you."
"Lost me?" Yami questioned.
"Yes, he asked Yugi to place a spell on him to make him forget everything. It became forbidden to speak your name in fear of it somehow breaking the spell."
"What do you mean by everything?"
"He had Joey's sister Serenity and Ryo work together to think up a new past."
"Change his past?"
"Yes, the king felt since Mokuba's treatments were reduced to twice a week he'd simply tell him they were old whip marks made by your father."
"Does he still have to go?"
"Once a month. He sometimes goes alone but for the most part the king goes with him or Mokuba will sometimes ask Ryo or me go with him, but the doctors sure that by the end of the year or so it wont be necessary. You can't hardly see the marks anymore."
"That's Great! But wait if you reshaped his past and he forgot his old family what of Noah? I realize he's not a little kid anymore and Noah couldn't take the same kind of advantage of him as he could when he was small but if he forgot him there could still be trouble."
"There's no longer a worry. Yugi found a spell that formed a barrier around him when he was younger so that me, Ryo or the king were instantly aware if Noah or danger was near him. The king simply told Mokuba, Noah was a dangerous person who like hurting little kids. Well that's all it took for the boy to run if he ever saw Noah again."
"What about now?"
"Now, well it seems that Noah suffered from elinoreus. The doctors never imagined he'd live but he surpassed the odds."
"Are they certain that's what he has? I've never known anyone to live beyond 10 if they make it to that age."
"The doctors swear that's what he had."
"Wait had? You mean he's…"
"Yes, he died last year 5 months after he turned 19."
"Well at least Mokuba won't ever have to worry about him anymore."
"Him or his family. After his death, the youngest girl moved to Elam Trabia. I believe the mother moved to Cascadia. So, the king was greatly relived to have them all out of their lives!"
"I'm happy to hear that. What about his schooling?"
"I wondered when you'd ask about that, the king hired a college professor to come in a tutor him everyday. It turns out he's as smart as the king."
"It doesn't surprise me, really. What about the woman I hired?"
"She and the king well…"
"Fire and water?"
"Something like that yes. No ones sure what happened to her. Everyone's just thankful that the king didn't kill her. There for a while we weren't so sure."
"I see."
'So is this really my future? But wait the attack, Seto was killed did I prevent the attack from happening? Obviously Seto wasn't killed from the way they talk but still.'
"Bakura was the castle ever attacked by anything?"
"Yes, a couple of years after you left."
"What happened to Seto?"
"The king's knee is in pretty bad shape. Yugi's tried but can't seem to heal it. Beyond that he's fine."
Yami sighed. "Well that's good."
The next thing he knew he was sitting up in bed.
"So, that's my future. I guess it can go either way, I can either allow Seto to die and lose Mokuba or I can just lose Mokuba. I'm happy to see the boy was alive and well. I don't blame Seto for reshaping Mokuba's past and allowing him to forget me. I can't say that I wouldn't have done the same in his position. But it still hurts to know that he won't remember me anymore."