Title: Fading

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! If I own them, I would die a happy person.

Summary: After getting his memories back and his own body, Yami is experiencing intolerable headaches. Yugi asked Kaiba for help but can Kaiba really save Yami?

Rating: NC-17

A/N: I would really like to thank these people who reviewed the previous chapter/s: Yami Val, dragonlady222, supernerd3333, BlackRoseTenshi, Kintarly, starlight2005, Aoi-sora. Thank you! (bows down)

Italicized words are dreams in this chapter, while '…' are thoughts.

I hope you will like this chapter as well.


Chapter 04: Cause and Effect

'I wonder why Kaiba didn't follow me' Yugi thought as he went outside the elevator. He stood outside the elevator for a minute, lost in his thoughts.

He was taken back to reality when the young boy heard the sound of the clock ticking. He looked at the watch and gave himself a note that it was already seven in the morning.

Yugi sighed and turned left to look for Room 404—Yami's room.

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"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Kaiba shouted at the screen in front of him. He was already standing, his hands were against the table and his face showed the immeasurable anger he felt.

"Sir…" the man on the screen said in a nervous tone, "We have searched every single data on the database of Kaiba Corporation. Even in the top secret and top priority section, we have searched for any project that was done under your…" the man paused thnking of the appropriate word to use, "I mean Sir, Mr. Gozaburo Kaiba's reign."

Kaiba's eyebrow twitched. "Then search the entire database again and again and again and again. I don't want to see your face without positive results…"

The man on the screen gulped at what he heard, "Yes Sir, I will." And he bowed low as Kaiba pushed a button to end the video call.

He sat back on his chair, his elbows on his desk and his hands were locked at his hair. Kaiba's mind was full of thoughts, ideas and even unwanted memories of the past.

'Who, why and when did that happen? Why was Yami the victim? What did Gozaburo do to him? Worse, what did Yami do to Gozaburo that resulted to this?'

Even his life after Gozaburo adopted them, he remembered them clearly. The tortures he received every night, the wounds he would get just to kill the old man and the evil laughter the old man makes whenever Seto failed to murder Gozaburo.

He remembered them all of the sudden, even if he didn't want to.

He tightened his grip onto his hair. The roots of his hair were screaming in pain as their owner tried to pull them out. But before that happen, Kaiba released them as he screamed in anger and frustration.

A woman, in her mid-twenties was trimming her nails outside Kaiba's office. When she heard Kaiba's scream, she jumped on her chair in horror that made her hands tremble which resulted to a bad cut on her index finger.

Since it was the first time she heard her boss, Mr. Seto Kaiba screamed in his office, she became worried that something bad might happen to the CEO. But then, if she was to disturb the CEO, that would cost her job.

But she decided the first option, since she can't help but worry for the man. She stood up and walked toward the door. As she was about to hold the knob, it turned suddenly and when the door was opened, Kaiba walked past her without a word.

"Mr. Kaiba…" she was hesitant, "Where are you going, Sir?"

Kaiba glared at her for a moment that made the woman took a few steps backward. Kaiba turned away from her.

"I'll be on a vacation." He said, "Make sure that all the meetings are cancelled except for report that Audric has to do."

And with that he dashed off from Kaiba Corp to his car and went home.

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Kaiba lied down on his bed as another scene of Gozaburo torturing him flashed in his mind. "Why do they keep on coming back?" he said to the thin air as he shifted his body to erase the nasty memory.

Kaiba closed his eyes for a while, as he was about to fall to sleep, another memory of Gozaburo appeared on his head.

Kaiba was dueling against Gozaburo's Exodia Necross at Noa's virtual rituality world. Gozaburo's monster, Exodia Necross had just smashed Kaiba's Magic Lamp which was in defense position and Exodia Necross' attack rose to 5800. It was Kaiba's turn and he drew his Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Kaiba smirked as he saw his Blue-Eyes and told Gozaburo that he's not going to win. Kaiba activated Monster Reborn to revive Ancient Lamp that allowed him to special summon La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp. After which, his Blue-Eyes White Dragon smashed Exodia Necros and once again Gozaburo lost. Yugi arrived and called out to Kaiba to jump. Kaiba nodded and leaped into the elevator.

Kaiba's eyes opened wide as the memory flashed. He placed a hand over his forehead to wipe the sweat that had been around him. He was panting really hard.

Kaiba now knew what happened to Yami. On how, Gozaburo managed to place the small capsule inside Yami's head. He closed his eyes at the bitter truth that he discovered.

He rose from his bed, his vision was swaying but even so, he walked outside his room to the stairs. He held the wall for support. When he felt that the wall was of no use, he banged his head towards the heavy cement.

Kaiba went outside of the house and drove his car to the hospital.

-TBC-


A/N: What happened to Yami now? I'm really, really sorry if the plot is sooooooooooooo slow that it's becoming boring, but still I hope you liked it.

Credits to: Yu-Gi-Oh! Episode Guide for the summary of episode 121.

Thank you for spending some of your precious time reading my story. Please review… Thank you so much… (bows down)

Uhm, can I ask a favor? Could you please choose between A, B or C. Just choose, base on what your instincts tell you. I promise that it won't be taken against you; I just want to know something. That's all… Anyway, thank you once again.

-Aura Serene