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Chapter 15

Keep at a Distance

When Seto awoke the second time, he was lying on the floor of his office and it was 11 o'clock at night. Seto rose to his feet and groaned as he rubbed his head. What happened? Seto couldn't even remember what had happened only a couple hours earlier. He made his way out of his office and down the hall to Mokuba's room. He peeked inside and saw Mokuba curled up on his bed, still wearing his clothes from the day and having a pillow wrapped in his arms. Seto knew Mokuba hadn't been put to bed properly, which made him angry.

Seto's next destination was Steven's room. He didn't bother knocking; he simply opened the door and walked in. Steven looked up from the photo album he was looking at. Seto's angry only escalated when he discovered that the photo album was his. "What are you doing?" Steven froze and shut the album, putting his hands over it attempting to try and hide it in some way.

"Nothing." Seto moved forward and took the book from him. It was indeed Seto's photo album. Seto looked back up and glared at Steven.

"Since when did you think you had some right to look at my things?"

"I had no right, Sir, no right. I'm terribly sorry I did anything of the sort… I was curious and… well, nothing can justify what I did." Steven looked down ashamed. Seto glared.

"You need to stay away from Mokuba, got that?"

"What? What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about you. Don't try to get involved in his life or our affairs. You are a butler, and nothing more than that. This family doesn't need anymore tragedies, he's my brother and I'm the only one who can take care of him." Steven wanted to protest, but his gut told him not to. There was no use in trying to save him, but Steven would try everything in his power to help Seto out.

"Yes Sir," Steven replied.

"Good." Seto was about to walk out of the room when he stopped and turned back around, "Do you know why I was lying on the floor when I woke up?" Steven stiffened.

"Uh… no Sir, not sure how you got there." Seto shrugged and then continued out of the room. Steven was wondering whether his lie would get him into trouble or not, but decided it would be best to leave the situation alone and go to bed.

When Mokuba awoke that morning, he felt a bit sleepy as well as content. But the minute he woke up, he realized he wasn't home, in Japan, like he had thought. He was in America, in a new house, with a new school. Then he remembered the day before, the scares his teacher had left, his brother's fury and sorrow after losing his company and being forced to work for Pegasus as a result. He also remembered his brother's rage that nearly killed Steven that night and reminded him of Gozaburo's murder.

Mokuba got up and began to get dressed when Steven popped into the room. "Mokuba, it's time to wake-oh! Sorry!" Steven slammed the door closed instantly. Mokuba opened the door only a couple seconds later. "Terribly sorry, I wasn't aware you were awake."

"It's okay Steven, I know you didn't mean to." Steven smiled, but then noticed how close him and Mokuba were standing next to each other. He quickly moved a considerable distance away from him. Mokuba stared at him. "What?"

"Uh… nothing! Nothing at all, breakfast awaits you."

"No… something is up." Mokuba took a step forward, which forced Steven to take another step away from him, "What is it? Do I smell bad?"

"No! Of course not! It's just…" Steven sighed, "I was kind of told to stay away from you."

"Stay away from me? By who?"

"By-"

"Steven, what are you doing?" Steven froze up and twisted around only to find Seto hovering over him.

"Oh… nothing sir!"

"I told you to wake him up, it shouldn't take you this long." Mokuba eyed his brother.

"Nii-sama, what's going on? Did you tell Steven to stay away from me?" Seto shoved Steven to the side and walked over to Mokuba, placing his hand on his shoulder.

"It's nothing to worry about, just come downstairs and eat your breakfast, you're going to be late." Seto gently pushed Mokuba along as they both went down the stairs together and walked into the dining room. Steven followed from a distance behind them.

"Looks like you're gonna have to grab your breakfast and go, you're going to be late," Seto said looking at his watch, he handed Mokuba his lunch while he was halfway out the door. "Bye Mokuba, have a great day," he kissed his brother on the head as he made his way out the door.

"Bye Nii-sama! Bye Steven!" The door slammed shut and the house fell deathly quiet. Seto spun around and glared at Steven. Steven opened his mouth to stay something, but Seto immediately cut him off.

"I don't want to hear it, just stay away from him. He doesn't need another person hurting him."

"I have no intent on hurting him."

"Every person we've ever gotten close to has somehow hurt us in the long run, as long as you stay away from Mokuba you can't develop a bond and therefore you can't hurt him. Now hurry up and come to the car. You have to drive me to work." Seto walked out of the door and Steven, once more, followed behind without a word. Steven's general feeling was to object, but he didn't want Seto to hate him more.

When they reached Industrial Illusions, there was an eerie feeling in the air. "Do you want me to drop you off here, Sir?" Steven asked. Seto was silent as he stared at the building. He sighed and opened the door.

"Come pick me up around three, I want to go with you to pick up Mokuba." Steven nodded and drove off after Seto got out of the car. Now it was just him and his fear that stood between his body and his new job. All he had to do was take that final step, and he would be able to walk into that building successfully. Seto swallowed hard and took that step. Next thing he knew, he was in the building on the top floor, standing in front of his enemy and boss, Pegasus.

"Good to see you Kaiba," Pegasus held out his hand, "Welcome to the company." With much reluctance, Seto took Pegasus's hand and shook it. A grin grew onto Pegasus's face. "I'm sure you'll have a GREAT time working here…" Pegasus led him through the top floor, showing him around and all the rooms, introducing him to a couple of the employees. "And you've already met Duke Devlin, my personal assistant." Duke quickly got up from his chair when he saw Pegasus and Seto.

"Hey Kaiba."

"Duke, could you be a help and begin with Seto's training?"

"Right away Sir" Duke said obediently before nodding and leading Seto to his office. Seto made a sound of disgust.

"I can't believe you, what lows people go to. I swear he's got you wrapped around his finger."

"Speak for yourself, it's not like you have much of a choice either," Seto fell silent, "Besides, Pegasus has been good to me. I don't see why you have such a grudge against him."

"That bastard tried to take over my company and kidnapped my brother!" The whole office floor stopped what they were doing and stared at him. Duke shook his head.

"Could you scream it any louder?"

"Shut up."

"Look Kaiba, I'm trying to help you out here, but if you don't want help I don't have to give it." Seto turned his head away and crossed his arms.

"I never asked for your help." Duke rolled his eyes.

"It's gonna be a long day…"

When the bell rang that day signaling math, Mokuba was fearful. He had been having anxiety all day about going to that class again, wondering if it would be a repeat of yesterday. Mokuba had thought about skipping the class completely, but he knew he couldn't do that. His brother would surely find out and Mokuba would have to give him some sort of explanation for his actions. But after much fight, he decided it was no use but to go to the class.

"Alright class, now take out your homework." Mokuba sat there, observing the classroom in front of him. It seemed like a normal day in class. Ms. Morgan yelled at another student for talking instead of taking out his homework as always. Jimmy turned to Mokuba.

"Hey Mokuba, I'm gonna go to the skate park this weekend, do you want to go with me and I'll teach you how to skate?" Jimmy asked. Before Mokuba could reply, Ms. Morgan yelled at him and told him to be quiet. Jimmy glared at her. "She has to be the biggest bitch alive…" Jimmy grumbled to himself. Mokuba sunk in his chair when Ms. Morgan approached his desk. She hovered over him, looking down at his notebook where his homework was written. She made a little check on his paper.

"Good work Mokuba," before she left to go check the rest of the kids' homework, she gently stroked the back of Mokuba's head. Her touch sent a shiver down Mokuba's spine. In that instant he knew that it was going to happen again. She was going to force him to do everything again.

Mokuba wanted to cry. He wanted to cry so terribly with fear. But he couldn't, he had to keep pretending. Mokuba couldn't pay attention at all during class, all he could think about was how to escape the room before she could trap him. He made up plans the whole period, watching the clock as he did so. Mokuba tried to ignore Ms. Morgan's small signs of affection when she gave them to him during class. This only made him want to run more.

Finally, after what seemed like days, the bell rang. Mokuba sprinted onto his feet and started for the door when Ms. Morgan called out to him. "Mokuba, I need to see you real quick." Mokuba's heart stopped in that instant and his body suddenly froze up. He wanted to run, but he felt as though he couldn't. The room was now empty, and Mokuba and Ms. Morgan were the only ones in the classroom now. Ms. Morgan gave Mokuba a seductive smile as she locked the door and began closing all the shades.

"No… please… not again…" Mokuba begged, taking a few steps back as she approached him. Mokuba shook his head, "Don't do this… please… it's not right…" Ms. Morgan grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him right up next to her.

"Don't tell me what's right and wrong… I call the shots in my classroom." Ms. Morgan shoved him up against the wall, slowly undoing his pants. Fear was soon replaced by rage as Mokuba tried to kick her in the stomach. This only seemed to excite her more. She planted her face onto his and the nightmare began once more. Tears began to fall and his body was overcome by sin once more.

A/N: Hey guys! I am SOOOO sorry it took me so long to update! You guys must be so mad at me! I swear I tried to write, but a lot has been going on and I've been barely able to keep up with my diary much less my stories. But I'm hoping this is the end of the uber stressful part of life and hoping to get in a couple more chapter before my trip. I'm gonna be gone for a week and won't have any time whatsoever to write, so I'm gonna try to write as much as I can before I go! I hope you guys forgive me, and look forward to the next awesome chapter.