AlwaysConfused: I'm happy you liked my speed, but I'm a little confused by your name. I hope my story isn't confusing you! Do let me know what parts need to be explained if they are. Anyways, thanks for the review!
Mystical Sand: I'm happy you love Steven! I think a lot of my readers are actually a fan of him, which definitely makes me happy considering not a lot of people are fond of made up characters, but I'm glad I can make this one likable. I hope you're liking my speed and thanks for the review!
AmePiper: Yeah, my mom actually speaks 5 languages if you can believe that. She pretty much traveled the world. I really want to do that sometime in my life. I'm actually not quite sure what made me think you were British, I think it might've been something about your username. I'm not exactly sure how though. I didn't know there were different kinds of American accents, I mean, if you're from another country and you moved here or you were born here and your parents are from another country that's another story, but otherwise, I didn't really think there were different kinds of American accents. I wish I had an Irish accent though, that would be awesome! But anyways, enough about me, let's get to the chapter!
Afiong Bassey: I know! I'm happy for Mokuba. You'll have to tell me which friend you like the most a few chapters later sometime. I hope you liked this fast update as well! Thanks for the review.
Chapter 10
True Colors
Mokuba sat on the steps in front of his school with a smile on his face as he recalled the day he had just lived. He had successfully gained a friend and found himself a table to sit at during lunch. Mokuba thought maybe being in America wouldn't be so bad. Having Jimmy as a friend already proved to be more friends than he had ever had in Japan, so he was looking forward to a very promising year. Mokuba stood up when he saw Steven drive up in front of the school, and with his head up high he walked to the car and got in.
"Hey Steven," Mokuba said in a cheery voice, but Steven didn't respond. His eyes were looking straight ahead with a serious face on. It was as if he didn't even hear Mokuba. Mokuba gave him an odd look. "What's wrong?" Still Steven didn't respond, he merely started up the car and drove home.
When Mokuba walked into the house, there was a cold air that drifted all through out the house that caused Mokuba to shiver with fear. Something bad had happened, he could feel it. "Nii-sama?" Mokuba said as he began to wander up the stairs and towards Seto's room. "Nii-sama, is everything…" As Mokuba opened the door, he stopped midway after seeing his brother curled up on his bed, a completely blank face.
"Nii-sama!" Mokuba called out as he ran to his brother's side, "Nii-sama, are you okay?" He placed his hands on Seto's shoulders and shook him gently. Seto still remained as if he were frozen in time. Steven quietly walked into the room as Mokuba made more attempts to bring his brother back to reality.
"What happened to him?!" Mokuba demanded as he twisted around to face Steven. Steven looked down.
"A strange man made a visit to Mr. Kaiba today…"
"A strange man? Who was he? What did he do to my brother?" A million thoughts and feelings raced through Mokuba's head. He was scared out of his mind, what had been done to his brother?
"I'm not exactly sure who he was… he wore an odd red outfit and he had long, silver hair that covered one eye. I think his name was-"
"Pegasus."
"You know him too?" Steven asked in shock.
"What did he do to my brother?"
"He didn't exactly DO anything, they were just sort of talking. I'm not exactly sure what was said or what they were even talking about. Something about Kaiba Corp. and being shut down in Japan…"
"WHAT?!" Steven jumped when Mokuba yelled. Mokuba looked frantically at his brother's fragile state. "Nii-sama, is it true? Is it true?? They're going to shut down Kaiba Corp.??" Mokuba yelled with fright. Still there was no answer or sign of life that emerged from Seto's quiet state. Mokuba gripped both his hands on Seto's shoulders once again and shook him. "Nii-sama, please tell me it's not true! Please tell me Pegasus isn't shutting down Kaiba Corp.! After everything that has happened, after all the suffering we went through, how could Pegasus just take it away from us like that? How could he??" Still there was silence as tears slowly began to fall. "Nii-sama!"
The door bell made its statement by ringing at that moment. Steven quickly made his way down the stairs and to the door, only to open it to Pegasus. "I'm here to hear Seto's response to my job offer."
"Um… this isn't exactly a good time right now."
"Pegasus!" Pegasus and Steven turned to find Mokuba standing by the stairway, rage in his eyes.
"Mokuba-boy, my, haven't you grown?" He said with a giggle as he approached the young child.
"What have you done Pegasus?" Pegasus now stood directly in front of Mokuba.
"You ask some serious questions for a boy. What makes you think I've done anything?"
"You bought out Kaiba Corp., didn't you?"
"Now, now, Mokuba. Let's not jump to conclusions shall we?" Pegasus said, giving him a friendly smile. But Mokuba only returned an angry look. Revenge was the only thing on his mind at the moment.
"Oh really? Then how about we talk about how your eye was stolen by Bakura? How does it feel to be a Cyclops?" Now rage was built up in Pegasus as his eyes flared after Mokuba's statement. Pegasus launched himself at Mokuba, arms extended in front of him and ready to rip Mokuba apart. His grasp almost reached Mokuba when Seto dashed in front of Mokuba and returned Pegasus with a powerful push almost sending him to the ground.
"Don't you EVER come near my brother again!" Seto commanded. Pegasus started again by throwing himself back into fighting position and now was coming towards Seto. Seto held up his fist to throw it into Pegasus's face when Steven grabbed him from behind.
"Don't do it!" He yelled innocently. Seto, since he was restraint by Steven, pushed to the ground by Pegasus. Seto could no longer control himself as he thrashed all he could to try and get at Pegasus. "Please stop!" Steven begged.
"GET OFF ME NOW!" Seto yelled, throwing his elbow back and smashing it into Steven's nose. Blood splurged onto the ground after Steven gave a moan of agony. Mokuba gasped with horror at the sight. This act had even stopped Pegasus in his act as he stood there staring at him almost forgetting what was happened. Seto made no sign that he cared, he simply threw himself back onto his feet and got right up into Pegasus's face. "DON'T come into MY house and threaten MY brother and I with your manipulative talk. If you got something to say, call me on the phone. But don't ever show your face in my house AGAIN!"
"Very well then, I shall be going now," Pegasus said after recollecting himself and his composure. He bent over to give Mokuba one last smile. "It was great seeing you again Mokuba." Seto threw open the door and he left three of them standing with multiple emotions.
"Nii-sama, get some paper towels! We need to try and make the blood stop," Mokuba advised, rushing into the kitchen and returning with a roll of paper towels. He ripped off a piece and gave it to Steven.
"I'm not helping him." Mokuba looked up and over at his brother.
"Nii-sama, how can you say that after you did this to him?"
"He shouldn't have tried to restrain me!"
"He was just trying to stop you from getting into a violent fight." Seto crossed his arms and stuck up his nose.
"I don't care. He shouldn't have tried. I don't need anybody to help me, I can fight my own battles." Mokuba looked at him once more, now with eyes that held such spite and disappointment. He stood to his feet.
"What kind of person are you Seto Kaiba?" Mokuba left the room. Steven still lay on the floor, but his eyes watching the brothers. A wave of guilt came over Seto and suddenly he felt shocked and ashamed of what he had done. The way Mokuba had looked at him really made him see the monster inside himself. Mokuba always had a way of showing Seto his own true colors.
Mokuba quickly made his way to his room making sure to lock the door behind him. Seeing his brother's violent side always scared him, it always seemed as though Seto was a completely different person when he was violent. He would never think clearly and he would always yell. The memories of what had just happened before even scared him. Mokuba wished more than anything that Seto could be more civil in these situations, but he knew that his brother's pride would always get in the way of that whenever the opportunity arose to be the bigger man.
Seto stood in the middle of the room, feeling completely and utterly guilty. He looked over at Steven, whom sit sat on the ground with the paper towel glued to his nose. Seto sighed and walked over to him, holding out a hand. Steven stared at it. "Do you want a help up or not?" Seto growled. Steven quickly grabbed Seto's hand and got to his feet. Steven was about to say something, when Seto took this opportunity to speak for himself. "Look, I'm sorry about what I did back there, okay? I was just angry and I wasn't thinking right. I didn't mean to hit you."
"It's quite alright, Mr. Kaiba," Steven said, trying to give a friendly smile behind his bloodied paper towel. But Seto still looked as though something troubled him. "Is… something else wrong, Sir?" Steven asked. Seto quietly made his way up to Mokuba's room without replying to Steven.
"Mokuba?" He opened the door slowly and peeked in. Mokuba was curled up on his bed, his back turned to him. Mokuba was clutching a pillow to his chest and tiny muffled sobs could be heard across the room. Seto walked over to his bed side, sitting down beside him and putting his hand on Mokuba's head. "I'm really sorry about what happened. It was completely inappropriate, and I feel terrible that you had to see me act like that." Mokuba gave another sniffle before looking up.
"It's okay Nii-sama…" Mokuba said quietly, wiping his nose in his sleeve, "I forgive you."
"Well, I also need to talk to you about something else." Mokuba sat up and leaned against his brother. "I'm guessing you already know about what's happened to Kaiba Corp…" Tears were still flowing down Mokuba's cheek. He had to face the truth sometime. Both of them did.
"How could someone do that to us? He knew what that company symbolized," Mokuba angrily stated. Seto ran his hands through Mokuba's hair slowly, trying to soothe Mokuba's emotions.
"I know Mokuba, I know. But the thing is; now we're going to have to face the truth, and I'm going to have to find a job."
"But… where are you going to work? You've never had a job apart from Kaiba Corp…"
"I'm going to have to make a sacrifice Mokuba, I'm going to have to work for Pegasus."
"Pegasus?! No! You can't work for him! After all he's done to us." Seto hung his head low.
"I don't know what else to do Mokuba… I feel as though this is my only choice now." Mokuba and Seto sat next to each other in silence.A/N: Nice and quick updates. That's how I like my stories. So, I'll tell you guys truthfully, I don't know if the next chapter will be as quick as the last two chapters have been, but I'm gonna try my hardest. I mean, I didn't think this one was gonna come out so fast but it just ended up happening that way. I guess I want to give out a little warning to you guys as well, so I don't want to ruin my next chapter with a WARNING right smack dab in the middle of the chapter, but the next chapter will have a sexual scene. It won't be totally explict like "OH YEAH, AND THEN AND WENT INTO AND THEN THEY " just, there will be a rape reference in the next chapter. It won't be anything disgusting, or vile, or totally visual, believe me, I know what is and isn't inappropriate. I'm JUST letting you guys know. I'm sorry if I'm typing way too much, it's just I don't want you guys getting mad at me or anything. But than again, we're all writers here, I'm sure we've all read worse. But anyways, I hope you guys liked the chapter, look forward to being in total suspense on who exactly is going to get raped:p
