Chapter 12- Yugi Has a Brother?!

Atemu looked in shock at Heba. 'He looks exactly my husband from ancient Egypt.' Atemu thought.

"Who are you?" Yami repeated, his voice sounding more curious than angry.

"My name is Heba Moto. I'm Yugi's brother." Heba said.

"That's impossible. Yugi doesn't have any siblings." Atemu said.

"Yes, he does. I'm his twin brother." Heba said.

"You're the one that lives in Egypt. I remember Yugi mentioning that. It was before-before I moved in." Yami said, stopping himself from saying before he got his body. That wasn't an issue he wanted to deal with.

"Yes, I am. I came here for a visit. You're Yami, aren't you?" Heba asked.

Yami nodded, shocked that Heba knew.

"And you must be Atemu." Heba said, looking at Atemu.

Atemu didn't say anything, and Yami nudged him.

"Oh! Yes. I am." Atemu said.

Heba turned back to look at his brother. "What happened?" Heba asked.

"A tornado hit. Yugi had a pretty bad injury and internal bleeding." Yami said.

"How is he doing?" Heba asked.

"The doctors did surgery and took care of the injuries, but the blow to his head was bad. He's in a coma, and they have no idea when or if he'll wake up." Atemu said.

Heba sighed. "Yugi will wake up. I know that he will. He's not one to give up." Heba said.

"Heba." a shocked voice said.

Heba turned around to find himself looking at his grandfather. "Grandpa." Heba said softly.

A second, later, grandfather and grandson were hugging each other.

"Heba, I am so glad to see you. " Grandpa said.

"I'm glad to see you, too, Heba. When did you get here?" Grandpa asked.

"My plane was forced to land in Tokyo because of the tornados. Once I got to the airport, I was brought here." Heba said.

"How did you know we were here?" Yami asked.

"Heba, you made it." Seto said.

Heba smiled at Seto. "Yes, I did, and thank you for flying me out here, Seto." Heba said.

"Don't mention it." Seto said.

"Wait. How do you two know each other?" Yami asked.

"You met in Egypt, didn't you?" Atemu asked, remembering the business trip to Egypt a few weeks before.

"Yes. Since I was going to Egypt, I thought Yugi would like to see his brother. We met then, and since they were disappointed that they were being separated again, I had Heba flown out for Christmas." Seto said.

"I just wish the circumstances were better. Why didn't Yugi tell me you were on your way?" Grandpa said.

"He didn't know. I asked Seto not to tell him." Heba said. He shrugged and added, "I wanted it to be a surprise." He looked back at Yugi. "It just didn't work out." Heba said.

"Who's this?" Leo asked from the doorway.

"Leo, this is my other grandson, Heba. He's Yugi's twin brother." Grandpa said.

"Yugi has a brother?" Leo asked.

Grandpa and Heba nodded.

"That is news to me." Leo said.

"You're Leonardo Silver, right? You live at the Game Shop." Heba said.

"Yes. How did you know?" Leo asked.

"I've been talking to Yugi a lot lately. He's told me all about the people in his life." Heba explained.

"Is there anything wrong, Leo?" Grandpa asked.

"Yes, actually." Leo said.

"What?" Yami asked.

"I need all of you to get out so I can check on Yugi." Leo said.

Grandpa, Yami, Atemu, and Heba left the room.

"Grandpa, were you hurt?" Heba asked.

"No. Yugi was the only one. The Game Shop was destroyed, though." Grandpa said.

"I'm sorry about that." Heba said.

"That's the least of my worries. I'm more concerned with Yugi right now." Grandpa said.

"Where are your bags?" Atemu asked.

"The limo driver was taking them to the mansion." Heba said.

"The mansion isn't there anymore. The tornado completely destroyed it. We're having to stay in the guest house for now." Seto said.

"Is there enough room?" Heba asked.

"There's ten bedrooms, and Mr. Moto, Yami, Atemu, Leo, and Yuesei are staying there until the Game Shop is fixed." Seto said.

"What about the two girls?" Heba asked.

"Kyla and Sayora are staying with the Ishtars." Yami said.

"I guess they're all right then." Heba said.

"They're all fine." Seto said.

"Do you know the Ishtars?" Atemu asked.

"Not very well. Truthfully, I just met them when Yugi came to visit, except for Malik, who mistook me for Yugi at school." Heba said.

"Yugi's the only one to be concerned about right now." Seto said.

Leo walked out.

"Well?" Yami asked.

"He's the same. Look. There's nothing we can do here. I think we should all go and get some rest." Leo said.

Yami was about to protest.

"There's nothing we can do, and letting ourselves get rundown will not do Yugi any good. Let's just go to Seto's and rest." Leo said.

Grandpa sighed. "He's right."

"I'll call a driver." Seto said and pulled out his cell phone.

Heba walked back into Yugi's room and took Yugi's hand in his. "Don't give up, Yugi. We're not letting you leave us like this. There are too many people who want you to get better, so fight." Heba said.

Yami watched Heba from the doorway. He could see how much Heba loved Yugi. 'Yugi's brother cares about him a lot. At least Yugi does have someone else to turn to.' Yami thought. That thought alone had his heart breaking at the thought.

Heba turned to Yami. "Yami." Heba said.

Yami looked up. "Yes?"

"I know you and Yugi have been having issues lately, but I know that he cares about you very much. He'd want you to be nearby." Heba said.

"You don't know how bad it is." Yami said.

"Yeah, I do. Yugi told me all about it, but I know he'd want you nearby." Heba said.

"How do you know?" Yami asked.

"He told me. Yugi misses having you around. Believe me when I say that he would want you to be here." Heba said.

Yami smiled a little for the first time in a long time. "Thank you, Heba. That means a lot to me." Yami said.

Heba smiled back. "It's the truth. You're very protective of my brother and have been a good friend. Thank you for that." Heba said.

"He's done more for me." Yami said.

Seto knocked. "Guys, the limo's here." Seto said.

The two nodded and started out.

Heba glanced back. "We'll be back tomorrow, Yugi. Don't worry about that." Heba said. He shut the door behind him as he left.

"Yugi's twin brother?! Since when does he have a brother?!" Joey shouted.

"Since we were born." Heba said sarcastically.

"Why didn't he tell us about you?" Tea asked.

"It became hard for us being apart after our parents died. Telling that would mean telling why I lived in Egypt, which was why he didn't say anything. It's still hard for us talk about it." Heba said.

"Why?" Tristan asked.

"Tristan! Stop prying." Leo said.

"It's all right. I think you should know." Heba said. He looked over at his grandfather who nodded his agreement. "You see, my parents lived here in Domino and this is where they raised us. When they would go on archeological digs, we'd be left with Grandpa. Mom and Dad always made sure to have time for us, though. They took us to a few of the digs, actually, so we'd both been to Egypt. When we were seven, my parents went on an archeological dig to the Valley of the Queens. It was during the school year, so Yugi and I were left with Grandpa. While on the dig, they didn't realize that the tomb they were excavating was unstable. The tomb-collapsed on them." Heba said through a strained voice.

Grandpa took over. "It was a shock to us all. Yugi and Heba took it very hard. After all, they lost their parents, which ended up putting it to where the three of us were all the family that we had left. For several moths after that, Yugi and Heba lived with me." Grandpa said.

"But Heba's been living in Egypt. Why?" Tea asked.

"As much as I wanted to keep them, I just could not afford to keep them both. It was a struggle financially. Zepher and Mensi Zingrath, a couple who lived in Egypt, had been good friends with my son and daughter-in0law. Mensi was unable to have children, so they offered to help. Unfortunately, they, too, could only afford to keep one of them, financially speaking. It was a hard decision to make, but I knew that in the end, they were going to have to split up." Grandpa said.

"Neither of us liked it and didn't completely understand, but we knew that Grandpa wouldn't do this without a good reason. So, we just accepted it as it was. Something we couldn't stop. I ended up going to live in Egypt with Mensi and Zepher and Yugi stayed here with Grandpa. We kept in touch as much as possible, but that was limited. Truthfully, we were twelve the last time we saw each other." Heba said.

"But you were on your way here to see him." Leo said.

Heba nodded.

"I had found out about Yugi's brother and asked him about. He told me it was true, but didn't explain further. When I took my business trip to Egypt, I took Yugi with me so that he could see Heba again. I saw that they hated being separated again, so I decided to fly Heba out for Christmas." Seto said.

"It was supposed to be a surprise. That didn't work out how I wanted it to." Heba said.

"Why did he tell us about you, though?" Joey asked.

"Yugi did mention to me once that he had a brother. He didn't mention that you were twins, but he said he hadn't seen you in a long time. That was three years ago before I moved in with him." Yami said.

"Yami, stop tiptoeing around it. Heba knows everything about us." Seto said.

"How much?" Atemu asked.

Heba pointed to Yami. "You're a five thousand year old pharaoh who was trapped in the Millennium Puzzle that Yugi solved." Heba said. He pointed to Atemu and said, "You were brought to the present time with all your memories of being pharaoh when Ishizu cast a spell to give Yami his own body." He pointed to Bakura and said, "You're a five thousand year old tomb robber who fought against them in Egypt and you were released from the Millennium Ring by Ryou." He continued by saying, "Marik was trapped in the Millennium Rob and freed by Malik although he did try to take over the world. Isis and Seth are the reincarnations of a priest and priestess from five thousand years ago."

"Yugi really did tell you everything." Ryou said.

"Yes, he did. Yugi and I promised each other as children that we would always tell each other the truth, and we've kept the promise to each other." Heba said.

"Then why didn't Yugi ever mention you to any of us?" Tristan asked.

"Mainly because that would have meant he would have to explain about our parents, and he just wasn't ready fort hat. Even now, we both have a little trouble talking about it. It's just a real touchy subject with us." Heba said.

"There is one thing, Heba. You look Egyptian while Yugi looks Japanese. Why is that?" Leo asked.

"Our father was Japanese and our mother was Egyptian. Yugi inherited our father's Japanese looks while I got the Egyptian looks of our mother." Heba said.

"Even so, it's unmistakable that you two are brothers. Anyone who can't see that is either blind or stupid." Malik said.

"Do you and Yugi really tell each other everything?" Tea asked.

"Yes. We just have always felt like we can tell each other everything and not have to worry about one of us telling other people." Heba said.

"Then why the hell did Yugi move out?" Joey asked.

"Will you get off that, mutt?! Seto snapped. "Yugi already gave you an answer to that, so leave it alone." Seto said.

Joey glared. "He didn't give a good enough reason." Joey said.

"Tell me something, Joey. Do you know how it feels to have every person around who say they are your friends to suddenly start ignore you?" Heba asked.

"No." Joey said.

"Have you ever not been asked to go somewhere for several weeks in a row?" Heba asked.

"No." Joey said again.

"Have you ever felt so completely and utterly alone that you felt you had no one you could turn to?" Heba asked.

"No." Joey said a third time.

"Then leave it be. You keep saying that you understand when you don't. I can see Yami understanding because of his time trapped in the puzzle. Of course, it wasn't something other imposed on him like what you did." Heba said.

"What is going on?" Grandpa asked, completely confused.

"For the few weeks before Yugi moved in with me, all his friends had been ignoring him, acting as if he didn't even exist. It was hurting Yugi. He moved in with me because he couldn't handle that." Seto said.

"He should have just come to talk to us about it." Tristan said.

"How could he do that when you were all off together having fun and leaving him out?" Heba asked, anger evident.

"Look. He could have talked to us at any time." Joey said.

"You know what Yugi's like. He's not good at confrontation. He hates it. He wouldn't do anything hat he thought would make another person uncomfortable." Heba said.

"That's not an excuse, though." Tea said.

"Isn't it? You and Yami were dating, but didn't have the guts to tell anybody, which led you both to saying the hell with Yugi." Heba said bitterly.

'Uh-oh. He's just like my husband was.' Atemu thought nervously.

"We didn't say that. Tea and I were not dating. She was helping me with a problem that I have." Yami said.

"Yeah, so get off his back. None of us meant to hurt him." Tristan said.

"So why don't you back off." Bakura said.

"Did you even realize that Yugi was not there?" Ishizu asked.

All eyes turned to her.

"No, we didn't." Atemu said.

"You may not have meant to hurt him, but you did. Intentional or not, you're actions are what caused this rift between all of you." Ishizu said.

"It was then that the answer hit Atemu. "That's why." Atemu said.

"Why what?" Kyla asked.

"We were asking ourselves why Yugi wouldn't forgive us when the answer was right there in front of us the whole time. We just didn't realize it." Atemu said.

"What was that answer, Atemu?" Leo asked.

"Yugi had forgiven us before he moved out. He couldn't handle it anymore, so he said nothing about, but got himself out of the situation by leaving home where six of us lived that hurt him." Atemu said.

"You're still not being clear. If he'd forgiven us, why did he leave?" Joey asked.

"He'd forgiven, but he hadn't forgotten. We were making excuses for our actions, and that's what drive Yugi away. Our excuses were our downfall because there is no excuse for what we did to Yugi. No excuse is worth it. Excuses are just ways of denying that we were wrong. We didn't take the blame that we deserved. That was the point. If we'd not made excuses, this whole thing might have been avoided." Atemu said.

"It was all about excuses." Tea said.

"Yes. Yugi hated that you thought it was okay that you had ignored him. He thought that you didn't care about the pain you caused him, and that hurt him more than anything." Heba said.

"Still, that wasn't an excuse to move out." Tristan said.

"Will you knock it off?! You're acting like you're not at fault. You're the one that suggested he was sleeping with me in return for letting him live with me. That never even crossed my mind. I do not like Yugi in that way." Seto said.

"What we suppose to think? We all know that you're gay. There was nothing to stop you." Tristan said.

"Tristan, be thankful I was still in Egypt when you made that remark." Heba said.

"Why?" Tristan asked.

"Because if I had been in Domino at the time, I would have hunted you down and knocked kicked your ass. Unlike Yugi, I have no problem with fighting, ad I would have beat you. I'm a very good fighter despite my small stature. Your remark was saying that you thought very little of Yugi as a person. You made it sound like you thought Yugi was some kind of whore." Heba said.

"What?!" came several startled voices.

"That's what he thought you meant, Tristan, and that's why the remark hurt so much. It meant you didn't think very highly of Yugi as a person." Heba said.

"I never meant for him to think that. I don't think that." Tristan said.

"Your comment said otherwise. It was degrading and demoralizing to him." Heba said.

"Another reason he kept his distance." Seto said.

"Those weren't the only reasons, and it also wasn't the only reason he left home." Heba said.

"What were the other reasons?" Yuesei asked.

"One of the reasons is not mine to tell. It's his choice, although I have spent the last two moths trying to convince him to tell you. The other reason was because of Yami and Tea dating." Heba said.

"For the last time, we were not dating!" Yami shouted.

"When is someone going to believe that there was nothing like that between us?!" tea cried.

"I-" Heba started.

"Why should it matter if they had?" Tristan asked.

"Yeah. They have every right to be with who they want." Joey added.

Because-" Heba tried.

"It's not like a guy and girl who are friends dating is unusual." Ryou added.

"Would you-" Malik started.

"It's almost like if you're friends you can't date each other." Kyla added.

Atemu noticed Heba becoming beyond agitated. 'If he's anything like my husband was, he's about to blow.' Atemu thought with slight fear.

"Why should it matter who I date?!" Yami demanded.

"BECAUSE YUGI'S IN LOVE WITH YOU!" Heba shouted above the noise.

Hope you liked it.

Most people said that Heba should let out that Yugi's in love with Yami, so that's what I did.

By the way, there is a poll on my profile page concerning my next story. Please do it. It'll be up until Thursday night. I'll let you know the results then.

Next chapter has everyon'es reaction to what Heba just said.

R&R.