Title: The First Time

Author: Wintersslayer

Rating: Pg-13

Pairing: Seto/Yami, sorta Joey/Yami

Spoilers: None that I know of.

Warnings: Maybe some language. And please, LOOK at the pairings listed. If you don't like, then don't read.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh.

Summary: AU- 10 years ago, Yami had a beautiful relationship with Seto that ended tragically with Seto's death. Now, shortly after his engagement to his long-time best friend Joey, Yami meets a man named Seth, who curiously looks a lot like Seto...

Status: 11 of ?

A/N: SO…anyone actually still reading this thing? I realize it's been AGES since I last updated. Oops. Sorry. Been very busy with work and what not. Don't know why I suddenly felt like writing for this story. I haven't even thought about it for so long. As a result though, it's probably going to be really screwed up, cuz I don't remember what I really had planned for it. Lost my notes for the story. Also, I haven't seen Yugioh in ages as well, so my characterizations are probably all off as well. If this chapter turns out to be really bad, I might just have to stop this story completely….Anyways…enjoy!

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Chapter 11

Seth sighed as leaned back in his office chair. It had been a week since Yami had decided to return to that loser Wheeler's side. The CEO had kept himself busy with work, finally finishing the necessary changes to transfer KaibaCorp Headquarters to Japan. All the while, his little brother was constantly trying to convince him to return back to the United States, saying that there was no longer a reason for him to stay in Japan now that he wasn't seeing Yami. But Seth had to disagree with him- there was a reason for him to stay in Japan. And that was to get Yami back. He was still working on a plan.

With another sigh, he shut down his laptop and packed up his stuff. He needed to take a walk or something. Maybe the brisk air would help to clear his head, help him to figure out a plan to convince Yami to choose him.

Exiting the building, the CEO decided that he would visit the dragon fountain. It seemed like the perfect quiet place to think things over. Inside the park, he continued to walk briskly towards the fountain, only to be stopped by a gruff voice calling out, "Goodness me, my old eyes must be deceiving me! You look almost exactly like young Master Seto Kaiba!"

At that name, Seth stopped abruptly and turned around. Sitting on a bench a few feet from him was an elderly man. The man was smiling fondly. Seeing that he had caught the younger man's attention, he beckoned for him to come closer. The CEO hesitated, but curiosity got the best of him and he walked over to the elderly man, taking the seat next to him.

The elderly man gazed at him thoughtfully, nodding and sighing to himself. "Yes, yes, I can see the resemblance. It's no wonder then why Master Gozaburo Kaiba choose you!"

Seth frowned. What in the world was this old man talking about? Who was Seto Kaiba, and why was he saying that he looked like him? Could this Seto Kaiba possibly be the same Seto that Yami had told him about? Or was it just a coincidence? He looked at the old man. "I'm sorry, but I don't quite understand what you are talking about. Who's Seto Kaiba?"

The elderly man laughed. "Why, Master Kaiba's adopted son of course! Bright young mind, handsome looks too! See, long ago, I was the head gardener at the Kaiba Manor. I loved tending to all those rare flowers and plants that the Kaiba's brought in." He sighed wistfully. "So you can imagine how sad I was when, after the young master's tragic death, the family decided to up and move to the United States. They closed down the company as well as the Manor, and all those poor plants and flowers were left to wilt away and die. I suppose it was simply too dreadful for the Kaiba's to remain here, with so many reminders of the young master." He looked at Seth with a funny gaze. "I'll bet the family just about had a heart attack when they first saw you! They must've thought they were seeing a ghost!" He laughed merrily to himself.

Seth couldn't believe what he was hearing. Could this old man be speaking the truth, or was he just senile? If he was speaking the truth, then how come no one, not even Mokuba, told him that Gozaburo had had another adopted son? And there was still the question of Seto Kaiba possibly being the Seto that Yami was still in love with. "Old man, tell me, how did Seto Kaiba die?"

The elderly man sighed sadly. "So tragic, as I've said. It was on a dark, cold, snowy winter night. The young master was crossing a street, when a bus suddenly came upon him! The driver never saw him with all that snow flying around. So sad that a brilliant young boy like him had to die so suddenly."

Blue eyes widened. Yami had said that Seto had died in a car accident. Could they be the same person? He just had to find out more about this Seto Kaiba person, and why he never even knew about him. "Where do I even start though?" he muttered to himself.

"If I were you, I would try the brothers' favorite cabin in the mountains!"

Seth glanced up, startled. "Cabin in the mountains?"

The old man nodded. "The Kaiba brothers would go up there often, whenever they wanted to get away from their adopted father. And no wonder too, with the way Gozaburo worked his son. All of us staff members could tell how unhappy the brothers were with their adopted father." He smiled thoughtfully. "However, it did seem to us that Seto was a bit happier in the weeks preceding his death. It was probably due to that young boy that he was seeing."

The Dragon Master raised an eyebrow. "Seto had been seeing someone before he had died?"

He nodded once again. "Yes, according to one of the drivers anyways. A boy that the young master had met at school. The driver knew better then to tell Master Kaiba and meddle in family affairs, but was quite free to tell the rest of us staff! Made for quite an exciting talk, the young master defying his father and so! You see, Master Kaiba didn't like anything that could distract his son from his work, and I'm sure the boy was quite the distraction." He laughed merrily once more.

Seth's heart was speeding up now. "The boy, do you remember his name?" he asked in a hurry.

He shook his head sadly. "Sadly, no. The young master never mentioned his name, probably because he wanted to keep him safe from Master Kaiba. No doubt that the Master would do him some harm if he had ever found out that he was distracting Master Seto from his work. All I know about the boy is that the driver said that his family must own a game shop of some sort, because they were always dropping him off near some game shop."

Blue eyes widened. Game shop? It must be Yami then! So that means that the old man must be telling the truth. "Please, sir, could you tell me where can I find this cabin? It's very important to me." This cabin must be the next clue in the mystery.

The elderly man smiled. "Of course. It's quite easy to find."

After receiving the directions, Seth stood and thanked the elderly man for his help. He rushed out of the park and headed back to KC Headquarters to get his car. He had a cabin to find!

Mokuba Kaiba sat in the back of the limo, watching through the window as the small shops whizzed by. He was heading towards the Kame game store, to have a little talk with Yami. All this week, he had tried in vain to convince his big brother to return to the United States and forget all about Japan and the Duelist Champion. But now, with the headquarters transfer complete, there was no going back to the US, at least not for a long while. The younger Kaiba could tell how unhappy his brother was- whenever Seth was upset over something, or something was troubling him, he would always busy himself with more work. And he knew exactly what was tormenting him so: Yami's decision to choose Wheeler over him, even though he had feelings for Seth. So, it had seemed that Yami had fallen for his brother for the second time; perhaps they were meant to be together then. Mokuba decided that it was now time for a little brotherly intervention. He hated seeing his brother so upset, and was determined to help in any way possible.

At last, the limo pulled in front of the small game shop. Mokuba got out and marched determinedly up to the door. When he entered the game shop, he felt his heart drop slightly. Instead of finding Yami, he found his fiancé sitting behind the counter instead. He hadn't changed much since their brief meeting up at the mountains ten years ago.

Joey looked up from the magazine that he was reading when he heard the small door bell tinkle. His widened when he saw who the customer was. What was Mokuba Kaiba doing here?

"Where can I find Yami?" Mokuba asked, not bothering with the pleasantries. After all, sitting before him was the man who was causing his brother so much pain.

Brown eyes narrowed. "I don't want him associating with any Kaiba." He nearly spat out the name.

"I think he's old enough to decide for himself who he wants to associate himself with," Mokuba replied in an equally edgy tone. He really couldn't see what Yami saw in the guy.

"Just leave. You, or your brother, are not welcome here. I'll never understand what Yami sees in a bastard like him."

Now Mokuba was angry. Nobody insults his brother and gets away with it unscathed. "Obviously, he sees a better man in him then you could ever hope to be. He had seen it before when they had first met, and now he sees it again ten years later. Obviously, Seto is the one for him, since he has fallen for him twice in one lifetime! And how dare you try and break them apart, you selfish bastard!" The words were tumbling angrily out of his mouth before he could even think of them it seemed.

Joey too sat in complete shock. "S-Seto?" he repeated uncertainly. "Twice in one lifetime? What the hell are you talking about?"

Mokuba realized what he had just said, and he gasped, his eyes widening in shock. How could he let his anger get the better of him? He may have just ruined everything!

The blond duelist looked at the black-haired young man standing in the game shop, voicing his thoughts. "You mean to tell me that Seth Kaiba is really Seto Kaiba? That would explain their uncanny resemblance." He suddenly remembered his duel with Kaiba, and the appearance of the Blue Eyes White Dragon. Only one person in the entire world had that monster in his deck. It was all starting to make sense now… "And that would explain Seth Kaiba's deck and dueling strategies. And that would explain why Yami is so damn attracted to him! It all makes sense now! Seth Kaiba is really Seto Kaiba!"

Mokuba did not say anything. He simply turned and ran out of the game shop and back to the awaiting limo. He ordered the driver to take him to the cabin in the mountains. He needed to think over what just happened in the game shop, and the consequences of his mistake…

Seth Kaiba found the cabin quite easily. For an old man, his memory was certainly quite good. The door was unlocked, so he went inside, taking a good look around, his sharp eyes searching for anything that might tell him more about Seto Kaiba. The cabin's furnishings were simple- a table with two chairs, a well-worn sofa, two beds in the back room, and an old piano in the corner of the room. Everything was caked in dust. Obviously, this cabin hasn't been used for a number of years. Seth walked over towards the piano and gently opened its lid. He gingerly pressed down on one key- the piano badly needed a tuning. Even so, Seth placed both his hands over the keys and began playing a simple tune. It was a soft, slow melody. He had never played the piano before, so he was quite surprised as this tune came out of nowhere. It seemed hauntingly familiar to him…

Glancing at the dust-covered top, he noticed something flat lying on it. He stopped playing and gently picked the item up. It was a picture frame, lying face down. Curiously he turned the frame over, and almost dropped it when he saw the picture. There, smiling back at him, were younger versions of himself and Mokuba! But that's impossible! he thought to himself. I've never been here before in my life!

Blue eyes suddenly realized who was in the picture. Seto Kaiba! It must be him! So, the old man must have been speaking the truth then! Gozaburo Kaiba did indeed have another adopted son. He peered closer at the photo. He certainly did have an uncanny resemblance towards Seto.

Suddenly the door flew wide open, causing a startled Seth to look up. His brother Mokuba was standing at the door, panting slightly.

"Mokuba! What are you doing here?"

"Seth! How did you find this place?!"

They asked their questions almost at the exact same time. For long moments, neither spoke, till Seth held up the picture frame in his hand, a questioning look in his eyes. "Why didn't you ever tell me about him?" he asked quietly.

Mokuba stood speechless in the doorway, his mouth hanging open from the shock of finding his brother here in the cabin. "How….how did you find this place?" he repeated slowly.

"I met an old man in the park today," he explained. "He said that he had been the gardener at the old Kaiba Manor, and told me about Seto Kaiba." He shook his head slightly. "I wasn't sure that I believed him, till I found this photo. Mokuba, why didn't you tell me that you had another adopted brother?"

The younger Kaiba shook his head. "Not adopted brother, but real brother. Seto was…is my real brother."

An eyebrow rose. "'Is'?"

Mokuba swallowed hard. He figured Seth should hear this from him, instead of from Wheeler, or whoever else Wheeler might tell…like Yami. He walked over to his brother, and gently took the picture from his hands. He gazed fondly at the photo before looking back up. "Seth…this is you in this picture. It was taken ten years ago. I had it framed and took it here on our last trip."

"You…you mean…this is…I'm…"

Mokuba nodded, tears starting to slide down his cheeks. "Yes, you are Seto Kaiba, and we share the same blood, not just the same last name."

A flood of emotions suddenly hit Seth. Shock…anger…hurt. He needed to get out of this cabin right away. Without another look at his brother, he rushed out of the cabin and to his car. He barely heard Mokuba calling out to him, asking him to wait. He drove away as fast as he could, wondering what the hell was going on.

Seth didn't know where he was going. He couldn't go home or back to his office- Mokuba could easily find him there, and he couldn't face him just yet. Finally, he decided to go to the one place were he knew he would never find him: the dragon fountain.

His thoughts were a chaotic swirling mess as he walked quickly down the park's twisting paths. Seth did not remember much of his past before he had came into the Kaiba family. He had always been told that he had been in a terrible accident when he was younger, which had caused him to lose his childhood memories. Could he really have been the one hit by the bus ten years ago? Had that caused him to lose his memories? If that was the case, then why was he going by the name of Seth, and not Seto? Why would Mokuba want him to be someone else, instead of his real brother? Why hadn't anyone told him about his past in Japan? Why hadn't anyone told him about Yami?

The last question came up so suddenly, that Seth had to pause. Blue eyes widened with a sudden realization. Yami! He hadn't thought of this till now. He was the one that Yami was still in love with, the one that Yami came to talk to at the dragon fountain! This realization now posed another difficult question: should he tell Yami who he really was? How would he react? Would he even believe him? Seth wasn't even sure that he believed himself.

At last, he reached the dragon fountain. And sitting on one of the benches was none other than Yami. Seth's voice caught in his throat, and he couldn't speak or move. He simply stared at Yami's back. He saw the blue scarf wrapped around his neck. Did I give that to him?

Yami suddenly felt the prickling sensation that someone was watching him. He turned around, eyes widening in surprise when he saw who it was. "Seth! What are you doing here?"

Seth swallowed hard, struggling to find his voice. "Yami…I…" He had no idea what to say.

Concerned over Seth's unusual behavior, he got up from his bench and walked over to him. "Seth, what's wrong? What's troubling you?"

Just come out and say it. He took a deep breath. "Yami, I need to ask you something…something important."

"Okay," he smiled slightly. "You know you can talk to me about anything."

He took another deep breath. "Yami…what if…what if I was to tell you that…that I was…" Unfortunately, his voice again failed him. He shook his head slightly.

Concerned crimson eyes gazed over him. "That you were what?" he prompted in a gentle voice.

However, before Seth could speak, Joey burst into the clearing, brown eyes glaring angrily. "Kaiba! I told you to stay away from him!" He had to get Yami away before he knew the truth. He grabbed Yami's wrist and began dragging him out of the clearing.

"Joey, wait! I need to hear what Seth has to say!"

"No, you don't, Yami. For your own good, you don't."

Yami heard the sudden urgency in his fiancé's voice and felt like he was missing something important. Seth was trying to tell him, but Joey seemed intent him not finding out. He decided to stand his ground, and firmly planted his feet. He yanked his wrist free. "No, Joey. I think I should hear this." He turned an expecting gaze towards Seth.

Seth would have preferred not to do this with Wheeler glaring at him, but it looked as if he had no choice now. "Yami," he began again slowly, "what if I was to tell you that…that I am Seto Kaiba?" He finished off so quietly, that he wasn't sure if Yami even heard him.

But Yami did hear him. His eyes widened in shock. "What did you just say?"

"I'm Seto Kaiba," he repeated, a bit more firmly this time. Blue eyes pleaded with those crimson eyes that he had come to love to believe him.

"You-you're Seto?"

Joey sensed that Yami was in doubt, and used this opportunity to jump in. "Yami, of course he isn't Seto Kaiba! Seto Kaiba is dead! He's just saying that in hopes that you'll return to him. Don't listen to him! He's just using your feelings for his own advantage!"

"Stay out of this, Wheeler!" Seth snapped. "This is not your concern!"

"The hell it isn't! This is my fiancé that you are trying to trick here! And I won't allow it!" He grabbed Yami's wrist once more. "Come on, Yami. We. Are. Leaving. I've had enough of this crap, of this bastard playing with your feelings." This time, Yami willingly began to follow him, still in obvious shock over Seth's words.

Seth could only watch as the two left. Could this day possibly get any worse?

Back at home, Yami had immediately gone to his room and locked the door. Joey had pounded on his door for nearly half an hour, pleading with him to speak to him. But he couldn't. He needed some time to figure out what had happened in the park, what Seth had said. Could Seth truly be Seto? Is that why they are so similar…why he had fallen for them both? Had he actually fallen for the same person? Or was Seth just using his feelings for Seto to get him to come back to him, as Joey had said? He was so confused, and had no idea what to do. He didn't know what to believe.

His cell phone starting ringing, and he absentmindedly glanced at its screen. When he saw that it was Seth (or was it Seto?) calling, he became more alert. Hesitantly, he answered the call. "H- Hello?"

"Yami. I wasn't sure if you would answer my call or not."

"Seth…I'm sorry for running out like that. I'm just so confused over everything."

"I understand. I'm confused as well. I only came upon this today." Yami could hear his tired sigh. "I need to talk to Mokuba. But first, I wanted to check and make sure you were alright."

Yami smiled slightly. So like Seth to always be concerned about him. And Seto was always concerned about me as well. "I'm sorry, Seth. But I don't understand how you could possibly be Seto. He died ten years ago. There-we had a small funeral for him at the dragon fountain." Tears were starting to form in his eyes as he remembered that sad, cold night.

"I know. I'm not sure if I even believe it. I don't ever remember being Seto." Another tired sigh. "Only one person could know the truth. And that's Mokuba." There was a pause. "But Yami?"

"Yes?"

"If…if there was the possibly that I really am Seto…would that change things between us?" Yami could hear the hopeful note in his voice, causing his heart to break even more. More tears started to flow as well.

"I…I don't think it would, Seth. Even if you are Seto, I can't leave Joey." Yami took a deep breath, forcing himself to say the next painful words. "Perhaps…perhaps it would be best if you forget all about me."

There was a long pause at the other end of the line. Yami thought that perhaps Seth had hung up on him. Then his smooth voice came clearly through the line. "Yami, I will never forget about you. I don't want to. It doesn't matter if I am Seto or not, if we shared something in the past. I love you now, and will always love you. Nothing can change that. I'll wait for you for as long as it takes for you to be guided back to me."

At these words, Yami's hand instantly came up to take the star pendant out from under his shirt. He remembered Seth's whispered words at the dragon fountain about the pendant, about it guiding him to what his heart truly desired. He knew what his heart truly desired, but also knew that his mind was telling him not to follow it. He had a lot of thinking to do. "Thank you, Seth. For everything." Without another word, he pushed the End button on his cell.

END OF CHAPTER

whew This one took a while to write. Hope it wasn't terribly bad.

Next chapter, Seth has a good long talk with Mokuba, and finds out why Mokuba has kept so many secrets from him. Then he makes a decision that changes everything!

Thanks for reading, and please review! ;)