When The Angels Cry

Chapter 02:

When All Is Covered

In Winter Snow

Kaiba swallowed the last bit of his coffee as he shut down his laptop. Reclining in his desk chair he shut his eyes as well. The snow was of course free falling with no one's care or request. But Kaiba loved the white stuff to be deeply honest. He found it beautiful and refreshing from all the warm and hot weather. It also reminded him of Christmas and in seeing the excitement in Mokuba's eyes as he opened presents. 'I wonder how Mokuba is doing right now. Though I'm sure at this moment he's having to much fun to even be thinking of me.' Kaiba tried not to sound too offended by the assumption.

Mokuba wrapped himself tighter in the blanket. It was starting to grow colder as the fire waned. But the always upbeat kid smiled and stared at the last little flame. It was so small and insignificant and yet him and the others were so intently dependant on its warmth. To him, it was kind of funny. "You guys excited about Christmas?" He asked to jar the nervous cold out of the air. He didn't find this winter blackout all that bad, unlike the others who couldn't hide well their worry and concern. He didn't understand why they couldn't see it as the adventure it really was.

Yugi smiled and nodded. "Yeah it's gonna be great. We're gonna have cake and some nice hot turkey and vegetables here." He replied.

"After I spend time with my mom and dad I'm dropping by here for the party with the guys." Anzu joined in. "You should come by too Mokuba- you and Kaiba." She suggested.

Jounouchi laughed nervously as he jabbed her in the back. "But we aren't forcing him to come or anything. You should swing by Mokuba." Anzu glared at him momentarily. "And we'd be glad to have your brother too." He added with a small sigh afterward.

The young Kaiba was quite amused with Jounouchi's antics and feelings for his older brother. "As I'm sure Jounouchi cannot wait to greet my brother at the party you guys are doing, we'll probably be too busy with our own celebration."

"No offense but you guys have just about everything. What could the two of you possibly give each other that you don't already have?" Honda questioned.

"I know it seems that way but there are many things that can't be bought that we give at this time of year. We have a party too but it's just the two of us. We never get to spend time together and that's the best time to have fun and hang out with one another. It's really cool and I wait for it every time of the year. I'll be buy the day before maybe but I won't be able to make it on the day."

"Well that sounds really sweet. We'll be sure to save ya some cake." Yugi winked.

As the discussion of Christmas began to die down, the group nestled closer to the fire – as diminutive as it was. It was growing increasingly colder and with no electricity there wasn't much option or choice for food. Obviously neither Yugi nor Solomon had prepared for this wintry blockade.

Hours passed and Kaiba began to worry all the more as he continued to let his mind wander back to Mokuba's welfare. He wondered if they had enough food, he was pretty sure that they had no electricity; concerned they were freezing with no warmth to keep them safe. Kaiba was panicking inwardly though hiding it well on the outside. Still, the worst thing was knowing he couldn't do anything to help from here. It was dangerous to drive, but more and more he began to question the danger of driving. 'Yugi's house isn't that far from here. I bet if I were careful I could make it.'

It was a hard thing for him to consider. He knew Mokuba would be furious and would not condone the action at all. "Hm." He stood and walked out of the room, down the flight of stairs, and to the front door. He turned the knob and stared intensely at the blanket of white before his eyes. 'I could make it.'

"What're we gonna do?"Solomon whispered.

"Listen, Honda and I will go to the store and get some firewood. The storm isn't as bad as it was an hour ago so it's the perfect time to go out."

Solomon shook his head. "I'm not too sure about that. Maybe I should go with you boys. You're talking about venturing out into a dangerous blizzard, something could happen to you." He retorted with a protective tone.

"Exactly. Which is why you shouldn't be anywhere near the door Gramps. You need to stay in here; Jounouchi and I will be just fine. We can handle a little cold weather." Honda replied tightening his gloves to his hands. "Stay here and take care of Anzu and Mokuba, they're sleeping right now."

Although Solomon rejected the thought he really had no standing against the two brave teens. "And Yugi is upstairs looking for extra blankets. I don't want him to go out there, so we hafta leave now before he comes down." Jounouchi added, putting on his ski cap. "Let's go Honda."

A few minutes later Yugi came down the small staircase empty-handed. "I couldn't find anymore blankets, I'm afraid we gave them all away to charity." He sighed. But his disappointment was changed to something else as he noticed the room was short two of his friends. "Hey where are Honda and Jounouchi?"

Solomon took one last stare out the window before facing Yugi. "They left to find firewood. They should be back in a little bit."

Yugi gulped. "You let them go out there in this weather, grampa? They could be hurt or worse." He exclaimed running to the door but Solomon stopped him from opening it.

"No Yugi, it's too late. They've already been gone for a while now, they left right when you went upstairs."

"So they just left without me? I don't understand."

Solomon sighed and patted his grandson on the back. "They didn't want you to be in harm's way. But they'll be fine all right?"

"I guess so."

Mokuba took a deep sigh and bit his lip. He didn't realize how bad the situation was. It was really cold but nothing too serious in his eyes. He didn't know why everyone was acting like it was a big deal. 'I don't see why they're panicking and risking their lives outside just because there isn't a fire… They said the weather isn't supposed to last that long anyway right? But then again, what if it lasts for a few days?' Mokuba was starting to worry now, for real. He was beginning to grow afraid and nervous like everybody else. And now he was thinking about Jounouchi and Honda out there in the cold, cold night. 'I'm just glad that Seto is at home and safe.'

"Fuck, it's freezing out here." Jounouchi laughed against the bitter wind.

Honda held his hand over his face to prevent the needle like snow from scraping his cheeks, "Ya think bonehead?" The two walked against the frozen sidewalk being extremely careful not to slip. "The store should be close, but do you really think they'll have any left? There are a lot of houses around this area."

"Yeah a lot of houses but too many greedy people livin' in them. We already tried asking for just a little wood and the answer obviously was no. I guess people get carried away and whatever this time of year. Let's just hope no one took all the wood and this walk wasn't for nothing." He replied.

"Yeah. Don't jinx us."

Kaiba knew the roads were frozen over and to take a vehicle was suicide but what else could he do? He threw some snow chains on his favorite car and loaded it up with warm food and wood from the house. He took a deep breath and got in, "Now all that's left is getting there in one piece." He wished he could just zip through Domino like he normally did but this was no time for that.

Despite how I feel inside,

It's seems to be your time.

With all the broken melodies

I've lost my place in life.