New Chapter: from Mokuba's point of view . . .
"Big brother! Seto! Where are you, big brother?" the ten-year-old's desperate plea carried hollowly on the wind across the balcony of the stone castle. Even though there were several others trailing along behind him, even though there was only one person missing, the place seemed desolate and empty. He ran across the stone floor of the balcony, every step echoing in the thunderous silence of a lack of reply to his call. He frantically looked around, hoping that any second he would hear the response that would end his worries. Without his brother there with him, nothing could ever be right. After a few moments of this, the tall blond boy and the brunette girl following exchanged concerned glances behind his back, but no one said anything. Then the shorter blond boy strode past them to call out Kaiba's name, apparently unwilling to give up so early. They all, including Mokuba, waited for what seemed like a long time, up to the point where they thought it was over. Kaiba wasn't coming. Mokuba looked down dejectedly at his feet and began to turn around slowly. That maniac Pegasus was keeping Kaiba prisoner, that is, if he was even still alive. As he moved to face his friends, he noticed that they had starting moving toward him as well, presumably to try to comfort. The only thought on his mind was remaining strong. His brother told him that tears were a sign of weakness. Somehow, Mokuba thought that his rule didn't apply with friends, but still . . .Wiping his eyes with his sleeve as he felt the tears form in his eyes. No, I can't do this. My brother would be stronger than this. Trying to avoid the wondering gaze of those with him, he turned away, back toward the empty entrance of the castle.
Against all logic, the main castle doors opened, the sun came out, and his brother appeared.
That was the way it always went – Kaiba would show up just when you were ready to give it up, exactly when he was needed. Tall, strong, brave, his quintessential long coat seeming to fly out behind him. Mokuba would never forget the sight of him that day. But the best part was when the proud, cold Kaiba disappeared, and Seto returned to drop to his knees and embrace his younger brother. And as quickly as he came, he disappeared. Seto never stayed.
Mokuba had always blamed the change in his brother on Gozabura's harsh treatment, strenuous work schedule, and unreasonable expectations placed on him. But he had a nagging suspicion that something snapped in Seto much sooner – while they were at the orphanage. It often seemed that this was when his brother left – the brother that knew how to have fun, play games besides Duel Monsters (which Kaiba took just as seriously as his work running Kaiba Corp), and act like a normal human.
Not that he had ever been let down by his brother – he always came to the rescue just when Mokuba needed him. When he was all alone and just old enough to understand what the nurse meant when she told them that "Dad wasn't coming back", his brother was there to put an arm around him, tell him that everything would be okay, that they would always be together. When the lady at the orphanage told him that Seto was going to live with a "nice family from the States", and Mokuba thought he was really all alone, his brother was there to tell off the orphanage lady, announcing as he held his little brother's hand that he "wasn't going anywhere ever without Mokuba". When he was kidnapped by Pegasus' goons, locked in that dark, damp dungeon cell of the castle until he couldn't remember whether it was morning or night, just as Mokuba had come to expect, his brother was immediately there to challenge the game creator, risking (as Yugi later informed him) even his own life just for a chance to save his younger brother.
But somehow, after that terrible accident that left the two of them all alone, it was never really the same. Even after all this time, Mokuba was still waiting for his big brother Seto to come back.
And yet, nearly six years later, Mokuba is still waiting for his brother to return.
Okay, that's it. Next chapter is going to be an important one - so review and it will come sooner (flames accepted with pleasure!).