Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any related characters. If I did, there would be more bishies (sp?)and less friendship.
A/N: Get your tissues ready, this is the sad ending of this fic. I know I'm posting this on Mokuba's birthday, but it's suiting for this! So, I give you the sad version of how this fic ends. I hope it makes you cry and you like it!
Warning: Character death and OOC (Guess who this applies to…)
I wake up in some kind of meadow that you would find in a painting. There are rolling hills of grass and flowers and a crystal-clear stream. I realize that I'm sleeping on someone's lap under a Cheery Blossom tree. She's humming a song I recognize while stroking my hair. I look up and see a woman with ebony hair and ice blue eyes.
"Mother?" I ask timidly. She looks down and smiled. Sure, she was smiling, but her eyes weren't. Nii-sama was right; I do look like her…
"Mokuba…" she says softly. "Why did you have to do it? You were the only thing keeping your brother alive…"
"That's what he says all the time… He hates me for killing you… Daddy hated me as well…"
"Now why would you say that?" a deep voice says. I recognize it instantly; I could never forget it.
"What are you saying Daddy?" I say in a monotone voice. I just can't help it; they're acting as if nothing's my fault.
"I never hated you," he says in a gentle voice. "Neither did Seto. I have no clue where you got that idea."
"Besides, I was already sick when I went into labor. I was more worried about you due to you were born premature."
"Then why did you have to die instead of me!" I jump up. Both Mother and Father are sad. "Why did you bring me into this world!"
"Because I love you," was the reply I got from her. I just stand there, staring at her.
"What about you, Daddy?" I ask timidly. I'm starting I did something wrong I can't fix "Aren't you mad at me for your death? If you didn't get that new job, you wouldn't have been in that crash…"
"Mokuba… I applied for that job before we even knew that your mother was pregnant," he says. "I finally got the job after she died. See, nobody's death is your fault. Well, not yet at least."
"Nii-sama…" I whisper. "Are you saying that my death is going to kill nii-sama as well?"
"Seems like it," Mother says. "Now, I want you go to him and say you're sorry. I don't want him to join us too soon."
"Okay… But how do I do that? Is it even possible that he can see me?"
"It will come natural," she says, smiling. "I've done it a few times to check up on you two. He's at your funeral right now. Why don't you go see it."
"All right. Thanks Mother." I start to leave when I go back to give her a hug. "I love you, Mommy."
"I love you too, Mokuba."
Getting back to Earth wasn't easy. It's very complicated that I don't know how to explain it! Domino is as crowded as ever, but that doesn't matter. Why should it, I'm a ghost. It's fun walking through people! When I do, they turn around and… I'm getting off track now, aren't I?
I go to the cemetery where I'm being buried. How do I know where to go? It's the same one where Mommy and Daddy are. I remember nii-sama talking about buying two lots for us so we could be with them forever. Plus, Domino has few graveyards where you can be buried and not cremated, maybe only two.
I see where the funeral is being held. A few kids from my school that are actually my friends and some of nii-sama's workers, from both work and our house, are there. Yuugi and his friends are there as well. Even Jonouchi's little sister, Shizuka, is there. The last one I notice is Seto. He looks terrible, as if he's been working non-stop again for a week. The sad thing is, he might have. Almost everyone is crying, except those who are trying to get on nii-sama's good side. Suck-ups… What surprise me is that nii-sama isn't holding back tears. I would think he wouldn't want to cry in front of anyone.
Half an hour passes since I arrived when everyone starts leaving. That's it, I'm now six feet under next to my parents. The only ones left are Yuugi, his friends, and nii-sama. I don't hear what Yuugi is saying to nii-sama. Heck I didn't even care. What I did care about was that nii-sama was still crying and hugging a picture frame that held a picture of me. He looks so dead that he might as well be. Not that you should be dead! I don't want to be one big happy family yet… Oh, Yuugi and his friends are now leaving. But nii-sama is still there, crying… Shouldn't he be at work? I guess I'll keep him company, although he won't know it.
After some time, nii-sama finally leaves the graveyard and I follow. What, no limo? Is he going to walk all the way to Kaiba Manor? And how much can one person cry? I guess it's to make up for lost time being emotionless. I can't help but cry as well. The weird thing is, it starts raining. I just know nii-sama is going to get sick.
When we arrive at the manor, nii-sama just walks strait into his bedroom. Where's all the maids and servants? It's still too early for them to leave. The house is empty without them. I guess it's worse for nii-sama because he thinks no one else is here but himself. In a way, he's right. I'm only here in spirit, not in flesh and blood. I'm sorry, nii-sama, that I can't help ease your pain. This time, I caused that pain.
Now this is strange… Instead of working on his laptop, he went straight to bed. He didn't even change. What's even weirder is that he's curling into a ball and start crying again. In fact, he cried himself to sleep. That's good. I finally can talk to him.
Okay, it's been almost five hours since I entered nii-sama's dream and I can't find him. It's freezing and darkness as far as I can see, which isn't much. Not much of a dream… Kinda reminds me of when I was saying good bye to Noa, but it has a Shadow Realm atmosphere… I need to hurry. Nii-sama should be waking up soon, I think. Ah, there he is. I run up to him smiling, but it soon disappears. Seto even seem like he's not there in his dreams. It hurts to know that I caused nii-sama to be like that…
"Nii-sama? Are you okay?" I ask. Seto stops walking and looks down at me. He looks as bad as he does when he's awake. I'm sure that's not a good sign.
"Mokuba, why did you have to go?" he whispers. Great, he looks like he's going to cry again.
"I'm sorry, nii-sama… I didn't mean things to turn out this way… I thought it would make you happy. I was the one who killed her. I thought you hated me for that reason…"
"What made you think that? I never hated you. How could I be mad at my only family I had left?"
"Umm… I remember differently… What about Death-T?"
"I wasn't myself then. But I am mad at you now. You left me alone… I want to-"
"Don't even finish that sentence. The reason I came to see you is to tell you not to do anything stupid as I did. Mother is already sad about my death. She shouldn't have to cry again for another stupid mistake. We don't want you to join us any time soon. So, please live for us. And before you say 'I don't want to be alone', Yuugi and his friends are more than willing to let you join them. I'm not so sure about Jonouchi, but definitely the others!"
He says nothing. Maybe he's thinking about what I said. What am I saying… Of course he's thinking about that! He doesn't want to be alone here in this manor. It's too quiet here without me…
"Alright Mokuba…" he says softly with a weak smile.
"Thanks, nii-sama… I have to go now. I would say tell everyone I said hi, but I think they would be scared half to death."
"Why is that? They hang around with a so called dead spirit of a pharaoh, I think they can handle telling them you said hi…"
"This is you we're talking about… They'll think you lost your mind…"
"Point taken… Well, good bye Mokuba. Say hello to our parents for me."
"Okay. Sayonara, nii-sama!"
I left his room just as he woke up. I hope he won't think this is another dream or hallucination. I don't want nii-sama with us right now. He has so much to live for, as I might have. All I can do is wait a see what he does… But I'm sure he won't join us. He would do anything for me, even if it is just a hallucination…
A/N: I despise this chapter… It was so hard to write… At one point, I was thinking about rewriting the whole chapter! That whole dream sequence killed this chapter, but it was needed so I could have a cliffhanger… If you didn't like it, tell me. I'll change the ending. Notice I used manor rather than mansion? There is a reason to this. In Japan, they call apartment complexes mansions. I could never call Kaiba's place a mansion after learning that… One more thing before I finish off with the reviews, no flames about Mokuba dying! That's why I had the sappy ending although this was supposed to be the sad version. And there was a little too much comedy in there… I only meant to have two lines be funny… For those who reviewed before removed
MasterGiovanni – The point was to make it sad.
changeofheart18782 – Ya know. I think you were the only one who actually read that there was going to be two different endings by the sound of some of these reviews… No offence to anyone who did review. It's just that this person actually noted they knew there were two different endings.
kaibafan101 – Well, Kaiba didn't save him this time. Who knows in the other ending…
shadowgirl-87
RoseGoddess874LynTheLurker – Prozac? Don't you think that's a little too drastic?
For those who reviewed this time
Tears-of-NobodySTUPIDHUMANZZ – I really liked this review. It really cheered me up after this fic was taken down… It almost made me want to worship myself for my angst ability! (See my profile to understand…) And you're welcome for the good read!
ragingchaosgod – Wow… No one ever added one of my stories to their favorites before… Thanks!
Afiong Bassey – Here you go! I finally updated! You can stop yelling at me to update...emma – Like I said, I had a feeling you guys would figure out what the endings would be… And I really did think of those other two endings, but how can you hate a kid like Mokuba? Don't answer that...
CrimsonHeartlock – Please don't hurt me! There is another version coming!
Wow… 12 reviews in all… I'm happy! And I'm done with this version! I would like to get 15 reviews for this chapter before I post the alternate ending. Thank you and good night!