Aoi: Okay, sorry about the delay, I seriously started on this story but then put it away on my computer...just recently I found it and decided "Hey, why don't I just work on this. Who knows, I might be able to finish this chapter" and so I did. . YAY! -cheers- -blows the cobwebs off of the YGO charries-
Disclaimer: I do NOT own "Yu-Gi-Oh!"...duh, of course I don't. XDI do NOT own "30 minutes"...t.A.T.u. does. But I DO OWN THIS STORY, END OF STORY, WELL NOT QUITE, BUT YOU GET IT. RIGHT? ANYWAYS I OWN THIS STORY AND WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU RESPECTED THAT. Thanks.
Yugi, the heavy sleeper
Chapter 9: Brother dearest
"Mokuba, don't worry," Seto whispered to his little brother as he held him there, tightly. His clothes being coated with the blood from the younger one. "It...hurts," the raven haired boy sobbed, "I'm sorry, Seto." The older brother wouldn't listen though, this couldn't be real...this had to be somehow a prank. He remembered that Mokuba was sleeping at home...he checked before he left. The CEO remembered the way he stroked his younger brother's cheek, giving a tiny smile before leaving. A violent cough sounding, blood spluttering. "Mokie...don't worry," he managed to say as he stood to his feet, baring his teeth through the pain in his arm. "We're going to make it out...I promise...I won't let anything happen to you."
One he was standing, he glanced about, it was still unbelievable how hurt his younger brother was. His wound couldn't even be found...which puzzled Seto greatly. It was as if there was just too much blood to tell what was bleeding and wasn't.
-bang-
The bullet whizzing through the air, striking him in the back of the leg. The brunette teen didn't see it coming...and didn't know where the shooter was. He just knew that they weren't alone as his knees gave way, dropping him to the ground. It was as if time slowed down as he neared the ground, there was enough time for him to see that he was going to end up crushing Mokuba the moment he came in contact with the floor. Which he did, it was as if he was only on him for a split second, but it was enough to hear a wince from the other. Once he rolled off, he glanced at Mokuba, great concern in his eyes. "Mokuba, I-I-I didn't mean it," he quickly said, "I didn't want to hurt you." Great pain was in both of the Kaiba brother's faces. "It's not your fault," Mokuba managed to say as he drew from his strength to sit up, "Don't worry Seto...I don't blame you. You can't let me down."
Then he was embraced by the younger, the back of his shirt being clutched tightly. The pain was just so hard for him to bare. Sure Seto was in pain, but he was older and knew how to take it...he couldn't help but feel bad for his little brother as he heard the slight crying. "Seto...I just want the pain to stop," he sobbed. "I need to figure out a way to get you out of here," he whispered, "I'm going to see if I can stand." The raven haired boy nodded to this as he watched his brother try to stand, he managing to do so after many tries. Mokuba grabbed onto his brother to pull him up. The Kaibas obvious wouldn't let anyone stop them from surviving...and it showed as they slowly started making their way to up the movie theater aisle.
Mokuba suddenly stopped walking, he not able to gasp out in pain. His blue eyes wide as he stared at the floor. Tears falling down his cheeks, hitting the floor, however being lost with the droplets of blood. Seto noticed his brother stopped walking, because they had been holding onto each other. "Mokuba?"
"Seto...I...can't move," he gasped.
"Wait...can't move?"
"I can't move...it hurts too much, big brother."
"I know it hurts...but if we don't move, you're going to...I need to get you medical attention, that's the end of it." Mokuba nodded to this and slowly started making his way to his brother, but before they could make contact, the eyes of the younger started fading to a duller shade of blue. His hands grabbing for whatever they could, they managing to brush up against Seto's...but not able to grasp them. Just as soon as it was up, his body was back on the floor, he on his knees though. Seto stooped down to his brother, only to be hugged tightly, he returning it. Then it was obvious to him...this wasn't fake. This was all happening...for real. There weren't holographs to be found.
"Good-bye," the younger whispered as he suddenly shattered into tiny lights that drifted up to the ceiling. Seto now hugging himself, which he quickly stopped. "Wait," he said to himself, "This has to be fake...people just don't...vanish like that." Something suddenly dropped out of the sky, hitting him on the head. He blinking slightly in confusion, reaching up to grasp the object.
As he stared at it...he was speechless. "No...it can't be," he whispered as he clutched Mokuba's locket. "This can't possibly get any worse."
The lights began to dim once more the screen reading: "Please take a seat and enjoy." The words falling out of view. Seto wasn't going to a seat because he was being told to...he was only going because he was in so much pain. After he was seated, the screen was completely dark all that could be heard was piano music. It sounding more like a music box like piano. 30 minutes, by Tatu, playing to be exact. Then children laughing could be heard...but it was the two Kaibas. This baffled the brunette greatly...had someone been stalking them?
Mama, papa forgive me
Out of sight, out of mind
Out of time to decide
Do we run? should I hide
For the rest of my life
A scene fading in, the CEOs eyes widening. "What the-" he began as he view himself at the orphanage in the sandbox with his little brother.
Can we fly? do we stay?
We could lose we could fail
And the more minutes take
To make planer, or mistakes
A younger Mokuba tilted his head at the sand castle that Seto had made...it looking more like an amusement park. "Wow, how'd you make that!" he exclaimed, blinking in amazement. "It wasn't that hard, Mokie," the other replied, "All you had to do was have an idea to start off with...and go with it after that."
"So...you're serious about building a big giant amusement park for us...I mean everyone."
The brunette only laughed, "It's like every time we talk about this you always hint at it just being for us."
"Well, why can't it be?"
"Because...that's not nice, Mokie...we have to share our dream with world."
The raven haired boy only rolled his eyes at his older brother, as he continued to dig his hole. "I still don't get it." His eyes then shifted back over towards the other, smiling towards him, "But if you say that's what we're supposed to do...then I'm right behind you."
"Touching...isn't it?" a voice chuckled from down the aisle of the CEO. This immediately shifted Seto's gaze towards the figure, not sure of any of his features. His brows narrowing with anger, what the brunette didn't realize was that he was soon no longer wounded and the pain from the gun shot could no longer be felt. All he cared about was the figure.
"Are you the one who did this!"
"Shh," the other had shushed before chuckling, returning his gaze to the screen. "I'm trying to watch. And I suggest you do to...it's almost to the good part."
With great annoyance the male peered back towards the movie, now he seeing that the scene was still at the orphanage...but it was later that night.
Rain could be heard falling from outside the window as the young raven haired child's eyes snapped open. Thunder booming as lightning streaked across the sky. It was enough to scare anyone. Quickly he sat up, his gaze shifting around, seeing all of the other children sleeping soundly. He clutching the old, slightly worn out blanket. "Seto," he whispered, almost whimpering. Suddenly thunder sounded once more, one of the windows being blown open by the strong wind. Mokuba quickly retreated underneath his covers, hoping that they would protect him from his fears.
Moments later Seto was being lightly shook by his shoulder, this causing his eyes to part a bit as he yawned. It was obvious that he wasn't fully grasping what was happening, well not until his younger brother had crawled into the tiny bed with him. He blinked for a few seconds, but didn't mind. He even hugged the trembling boy, whispering, "It's okay, Mokie...I won't let anything happen to you...I promise."
Seto was speechless through all of this, he had started to remember...he remembered those days before he became "Kaiba". The days where all of this greatness was just a dream, a fantasy. Back when it was just him and his little brother. Back when nothing else mattered.
"I know, almost brings a tear to your eye," the mysterious male spoke up, his voice caused the brunette to look towards him. What he saw caught him completely off guard. The theater was suddenly filled with many different copies of the same mysterious figure. Well, not the seats directly beside him, but all of the others. "Where the-"
"Shhh," sounded from all of them at once, then in unison they all pointed towards the screen.
Years later, Seto had been sitting at the desk in his bedroom, staring ahead at the many books that were piled before him. Some of them being opened while others were just covered with used sheets of paper. The twelve year old's lids were growing quite heavy now as he could feel his head bob slightly. It was late...later than most children needed to be up, but that was the price of being taught for greatness.
Finally it was too much for him, he couldn't take it anymore. He needed sleep, he needed it badly. Which was why the brunette suddenly dozed off. His head rested upon the sheets of paper he had been taking notes on, his hand dropping to his side. The dull pencil he had been writing with dropped to the floor.
"SETO," a voice then boomed causing the boy to wake with a start, his gaze quickly shifting over towards the source to see Gozaburo's right hand man staring towards him. His eyes being hidden behind the rounded glasses which sat very snug like upon the brim of his nose.
"I'm s-s-sorry," he quickly apologized with a bow of his head.
"I should report you to Mr. Kaiba-"
"Please don't," Seto quickly spoke up, "I promise it won't happen again."
"It better not. I don't see why he adopted you anyways, you're lazy and never do as your told. He should send you and your brother back to that hole in the ground," his tutor continued, "You should be grateful."
"I am, I am."
While all of this continued, in the other portion of the house where Mokuba was forced to stay, he couldn't help but look out the balcony towards where the light shown from the other room. He knew it was where his big brother, and he couldn't help but sigh at the fact Seto had to always work so hard.
His blueish gray colored eyes trailed towards the sky, the stars being present. "One of these days we're going to get to leave this place," he whispered, "I just know it."
The raven haired child clutched the duel monster that he had drawn tightly, but carefully. He then glanced down at it, he seeing his drawing of the blue eyes white dragon. "If only we could fly away...on a real dragon," he sighed, as he walked back into his bedroom. Letting his legs take him over to the dresser where he was able to pull out a text book that he had found. Once he opened it you could see where the male had been cutting away at the pages. Making it so that he could hide something inside, duel monster cards to be exact.
Carefully he reached inside pulling out the cards that he had been his brothers, the ones that Gozaburo didn't want him to have fearing it would interfere with his school work. Mokuba then slid in the card that he had drawn so it'd be mixed with the others before putting it back in the book. A smile making its way to his lips as he closed the cover.
"-And now he's...," the figure began as he stood up from his chair, "GONE!" His voice echoing quite loudly throughout the theater, soon followed by laughter. Clones of the figure started to evaporate into the air as a dark cloud as Seto started walking towards the male. His fist clinched at his side. 'This monster, I don't know how he did it...but I'm not going to let him get away with it,' the brunette thought as his brows narrowed greatly.
At the moment he held his fist up to strike the other, he suddenly heard his own voice as a child saying, "It's okay, Mokie...I won't let anything happen to you...I promise." But very quickly it switched over to Mokuba underneath his covers whimpering, "Protect me, Seto." Then, more like a glitch it flashed over to the younger brother getting dragged off by Pegasus guards. They holding tightly to his arms as he kicked and screamed, "SETO!" But it didn't stop there, the movie quickly flashed over to Mokuba sitting in the dungeon hugging his knees mumbling, "Seto...I thought you were always going to be there..." Quickly it switched over to inside of Noa's world, the mint haired male had his arms wrapped around the other from behind. And in a very slow motion Noa lightly rubbed the side of his face on Mokuba, the raven haired male's eyes growing quite dull as he mumbled, "Seto's..."
"Seto."
"Seto"
"Seto"
The next minute was just many, many different times where Mokuba called out the name, flashed very quickly on the screen, every moment taking about a split second to show. The only word that could be heard was, "Seto." It was enough to make to cause the CEO to freeze, unable to move from his spot.
"And you'll never see him again," the figure whispered as he got closer to the brunette, close enough for the CEO to see who was dealing with. What he was about to see was enough to cause anyone's mouth to drop open, there standing before him was a male just a little shorter than him. What caught his attention though was his hair, which long enough to fall to his waist, was black with the exception of the thick strands of an ivory color which was layered up there. His eyes were the same as Mokuba's, not saying that they were the same color...but just...the same. Those were his eyes, Seto knew it, he had seen them too many times to get mistaken about something like this.
"You're not him," Seto coldly stated, as he moved his hand to punch him again. However the other quickly dodged, a bright light scrolling up his body, it changing his clothes...and his hair. It removed the white strands making it so his hair was completely raven colored, while his clothes were those that the CEO's younger brother was known to wear. His bright yellow vest, the light and dark blue striped long sleeved shirt, the blue jeans...the sneakers. It was identical, except for the height, and the facial structure. This male looked a lot older than Mokuba, this guy looked to be just a little younger than Seto.
"Seto," he cried out as he allowed himself to finally be hit by one of Seto's many blows, causing him to fall to ground. The male cowering and trembling as he glanced up towards the older Kaiba. Seeing those eyes, those eyes as they filled with tears and fear caused Seto to step back in disbelief. "No," he mumbled, "You're...not him."
"But Seto," he continued as he stood to his feet, moving to wrap his arms around the brunette. "I am Mokuba...why...why won't you believe me?" The raven haired male's voice quivered as he rested his head on the other's chest, nuzzling him slightly. "I'm scared."
"Don't be," Seto replied as he hugged the other back, embracing him actually. "I won't let anything happen to you again..." The cold expression that had usually been present for the male had softened as he held the other.
'I think it is him...'
'But I saw him go...'
'I also saw him at home...'
'This Mokuba's too old to be him...'
'But what if it is him?'
'What if it isn't...'
All of this kept going through the brunette's mind as he continued to hug his little brother. He, in a way, felt just like him...this had to be him. There was no way that it couldn't be, but that other Mokuba felt like him to...what if this was all fake? What if he were dreaming? Who was to say that anything existed anymore, who was to say that he was even real?
"Seto?" the other male whispered as he glanced up towards him, this drawing Seto's attention.
"Yes, Mokuba?"
The raven haired teen's next action left the other completely shocked, he kissed him, he had kissed Seto Kaiba. It was innocent, but yet it screamed that it didn't want to remain that way. The brunette didn't know what to do, this was his biological brother. It was wrong to kiss him, he couldn't possibly kiss him back, he didn't need to kiss him back...then why couldn't he stop himself?
Off in the shadows, directly in line with the CEO and "Mokuba", was the figure. Well, it looked like the figure, he had the same body shape and everything. Only difference was that he had a gun aimed towards the two, well actually the back of Seto. A grin crawled upon his face as his finger rested on the trigger, ready to pull.
"I love you."
"I love you, too," was whispered from the raven haired male moments before the gun sounded.
The sound of the bullet slicing air rang down the building, causing everyone to freeze, looking around to see if the shooter was near-by.
"Duke...what was that," Ryou quickly asked as he clung to the other, who seemed to be looking down the hall.
"I...don't know," Duke was finally was able to answer as he moved the ivory haired male from him, "We...should keep moving..."
"Right," the quiet one replied with a quick nod.
Aoi: Whookay, I hope you enjoyed that. Sorry if after reading that you were left like:
you: . GAH, WTF WAS THAT? NUUUU, THAT ISN'T RIGHT, NO, NO, NO!
Aoi: Just remember that this isn't the last chappie and anything rarely ever turns out like how it seems. Anyways, sorry for not updating in a while, I really hope that this chapter made it up to my readers, I've just been very busy lately, tis all. Heh, just out of curiosity, can any guess why the story's called "Yugi, the heavy sleeper?" anyone? XDD, if you can't then you'll just have to wait till the end when all is revealed. -nods-
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