KuRAWR!: HI YER AWESOME.

AmePiper: That's an educated guess! You'll just have to see what happens though to find out who it really is. Yeah, I'm not really sure how I got AmePiper meaning you were British, but hey, it all worked out in the end. Thanks for the review!

Mystical Sand: There is a chance that Seto could do that. I mean, it quite a logical thought. But the thing is, Seto would never risk leaving Mokuba all alone in America, even if he did have Steven as a babysitter. He's just way too overprotective. Plus, with Pegasus knowing where he lives and what not, I'm sure he'd be afraid of Pegasus randomly popping in and doing something to Mokuba. But anyways, onward to the chapter!

Chapter 11

Fighting our own Demons

His heart pounded within his chest. Was he actually afraid? Seto wasn't one to be fearful of many things, especially not things such as these. Steven stood a few feet away, his hand still holding the car door open. They both stared silently at the building in front of them.

"Do you want me to wait for you, Mr. Kaiba?" Steven asked. It was strange, but somehow he understood that this was going to be one of the hardest things that Seto had to ever endure. Steven saw this as somewhat silly, feeling as though he was beginning to grow fond of these Kaiba brothers.

"No… I'll be fine." Seto tried to come off as brave, strong. But alas, Steven saw right through that. In reality Steven knew he wished that someone could be by his side, but his pride was too strong to let anyone try and convince him of that. Seto wasn't going to come off as a weak opponent, he needed to show up Pegasus and prove his place in this business.

"Well… I guess I'll be going then…" Steven said, with much dismay. He didn't really want to leave Seto to fend for himself, but he knew he had to. He got into the car and drove away as Seto stood still in the exact same spot. He took a deep breath.

"Well, here goes nothing." When he took his first step into enemy territory, the building seemed much different than the other gaming company buildings that he had visited over the past couple days. There were pictures of all sorts of duel monsters, and they all seemed to be angry holding a somewhat haunting expression. The Industrial Illusions seemed dark and cold, horrifying at most. The elevator Seto walked into didn't look much better.

Seto walked out when he was on the top floor and made sure to keep his head up high and look confident enough to fool everyone. He knew this wouldn't prove to be a hard task, considering he was quite the pretender when it came down to his true emotions. So there he walked, one foot in front of the other, with a face that could scare anyone that stood in his way.

"I'm glad to see you made it on time," Pegasus said with an evil smile, "Come right this way to the interview room."

"Interview room? Pegasus, I thought you knew me better than that." Pegasus let out a laugh.

"Your cute Kaiba-boy, but I can't let every cute boy that comes in here looking for a job off the hook. You have to go through all the processes any normal person would have to go through to be an employee for MY company." Pegasus stopped in front of one room, opening the door politely as if he were some highly regarded gentleman. Seto gave Pegasus one last look before walking in.

"Oh, there you are, you must be… Seto Kaiba?!"

"Devlin?" Duke stood up from where he had been sitting and walked over to him, observing him.

"I didn't know I was gonna be interviewing you! What the hell are you doing all the way out here in America?"

"I moved here quite some time ago."

"You did? My god, I had no idea! How have you been?" Seto rolled his eyes.

"Please Devlin, I'm not here to chit chat, I'm here to get a job." Duke observed him a bit more, scratching his head.

"Wait… don't you own Kaiba Corp. though? What are you doing here trying to get a job from Pegasus?" The room went quiet.

"I'd rather not talk about it…" Duke frowned, something bad must've happened he figured. He felt bad, Duke was aware of the troubles Seto had already endured during his life and he really didn't deserve anymore. "Can we get this over with now?"

"Oh, right. Of course." Duke sat down and flipped out a pen and his clipboard. Seto sat down in one of the chairs seated across from Duke. As Duke prepared the papers, Seto found it humorous he was here. All his life, he had never imagined himself doing a job interview of any sort. He had always figured Kaiba Corp. would always be there for him and he would work there as president till the very day he died. And the fact that he was applying to work for Pegasus, well, this was just too much.

"Okay… so let's do this interview." Duke flipped out a pen and clip board. He read over some of the printed text already on there and filled in a couple things before looking back up at Seto. "Shall we begin?"

"I don't have all the time in the world."

"Alright then… what are your job experiences?"

"Well, I own… well, use to own, a multi-million dollar gaming company."

"Okay… and do you work well with people?"

"In business terms, I would say yes. I'm quite the persuader. But in real life, let's just say society's standards of a social life don't exist for me." Duke raised one eyebrow a bit before writing all this down on his paper.

"Do you work well in groups?"

"No, I like to do things myself. I don't bother with people."

"Do you have any exceptional skills?"

"I'm good at making a lot of money in a short amount of time."

"When did you get your first job?"

"When I was about 14 years old."

"Have you ever committed a felony?" Seto's body froze up again. He felt as though he was back in the counselor's office again. The memories were beginning to take over his mind and soul. He didn't want to, but he couldn't fight it. 'Not now… please, not now…' he thought to himself. He put his hands to his head, squeezing his eyes shut. He heard Duke get up from his seat and ask what was wrong. Seto couldn't answer and couldn't speak. He was in a faraway place.

It was raining violently outside, and the Kaiba Mansion was extremely quiet making it seemingly more creepy than usual. Gozaburo sat in his chair, staring out his window in his office. His head rested on his hand, and his cigar lay burning on his desk. The sky was dark and violent with suspense. As if the weather had predicted Gozaburo's next move. It was funny how the weather could play into events such as these. Gozaburo's body became more alert when the sounds of footsteps were heard outside of his office.

The doorknob twisted with the entry of Seto himself. Seto's face was stern and emotionless, only making him resemble Gozaburo's own face. Gozaburo turned his chair around and stood up, a smile appearing on his face.

"Seto… it's good to see you." Seto stayed put. He had a feeling Gozaburo was up to something and he wasn't going to let his guard down anytime soon.

"Oh, is it Gozaburo? That's funny… considering you've lost your company to me in just the last couple hours. I'm sure it feels great knowing someone's better than you." Gozaburo let out a loud laugh that sent even the faintest shivers down Seto's back. But he ignored the warning signs and stood his ground. "You said you had wanted to see me? What about? I don't have time for meaningless meetings with you now that I have a company to run."

"I'm happy to hear you're handling all this newly found power well."

"Knowing that it use to be yours only makes me happier, father." Gozaburo picked up his cigar from his desk and held it in his hand. He walked over to where Seto stood, standing right in front of him.

"That's what makes us the same, Seto. The passion we have for power, and the amounts of risks we'd take to get our dirty hands on it."

"I am NOTHING like you Gozaburo." Gozaburo brought the cigar to his mouth and inhaled it deeply; making sure it was all sucked into his lungs before letting out a big puff as he exhaled into Seto's face. Seto stood completely still.

"I will admit, son, I always knew you were going to be a success. But I didn't think you would catch on to this business so fast."

"Well, I am a child prodigy after all."

"That is true… and maybe that was my mistake. For adopting such a wise young man to be my heir." Gozaburo took the cigar out of his mouth and threw it onto the ground between him and Seto. He gently stomped on the bud until it was burnt out. Then he reached into his pocket slowly and took out a gun. Seto showed no fear as Gozaburo pointed it to his forehead. "It's been fun, I will admit. But I just can't have you running the company I bled for. I hope you have fun in the after life, son." Just as Gozaburo was about to pull the trigger, Seto moved his leg forward and kicked the gun out his hands and into the air. Within seconds, he had the gun in his hand and now pointed at Gozaburo's forehead. Gozaburo took a few steps back.

"Now, now Seto… you could poke someone's eyes out with that."

"Oh, will I now? I'd rather blow you're brains out, dearest father of mine."

"Your real father did fancy guns himself, didn't he?" Seto winced at the thought of his father and what he had done so long ago. What he had made little Seto watch when he was just a boy. When he was innocent.

"I won't stand you any long, Gozaburo. I have had it with you. This is my company now and I'll make sure you won't cause Mokuba and I any more harm." Gozaburo laughed once more.

"What? So now you're saying you're going to kill me? That's a laugh. Admit it Seto, you don't have it in you. I might've turned you into me, but I know there's still a thread of good in you since you still have love for that little brat of yours." Seto grip on the trigger tightened.

"I wouldn't test me Gozaburo, I am the one with the gun." Gozaburo backed up and stood behind his desk now, keeping a safe distance between him and Seto, still Seto was motionless.

"It is true you have the gun, but I have this!" Gozaburo was about to pull out some sort of object but Seto quickly fired the gun on impulse and watched as the bullet went straight through the middle of the old man's head and caused his body to fall backwards and out of the office window. Now the wind and rain from the outside started to seep into the room through the hole in the window and Seto stood in the same place, guilty as charged. His step father's dead body now remained in a river of his own blood for all the world to see and although none of this blood had ever reached Seto's hands, he saw the blood dripping down from his own hands as he stood there in shock of what he had just done.

Seto wasn't sure how long he had been standing in that exact same spot, but he only showed one sign of life when he heard his brother enter the room, staring at him with wide eyes. "Nii-sama… what have you done?"

"Mokuba… I…" Mokuba shivered taking a step back. When he looked at Seto, he didn't see his big brother; he saw a demon that was thirsty for blood. With the gun gripped in Seto's hand, Mokuba didn't know what to do other then fall to his knees in tears. His brother was a murderer.

"You killed him… didn't you? You killed him and you left him to bleed in the street."

"Mokuba, please. It was for us. Now our loves can finally be at peace with that monster dead."

"How can you live with yourself knowing you took someone's life away from them?!" Mokuba screamed.

"I can live just fine knowing I've seen someone take their own life!" Seto yelled in response. Mokuba fell quiet, and just stared.

"I can't believe this…"

"Mokuba, you have to realize it was either him, or me. He was the first to raise the gun."

"But you were the first to shoot it."

A/N:Hey guys! This was still a somewhat quick update, correct? Well, I try. Okay, so there rape scene wasn't in this one. I ended up running out of room, and I believe that I'll be able to fit it into the next chapter. I'm sorry for making you guys be more anxious for this chapter than need be, but hey, still a good chapter right? I believe that I will be started the next chapter with the rest of the flashback, so that will be what's going on at the beginning of the next chapter if you end up being confused. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!