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Chapter 19

Secrets Revealed

"Seto Kaiba," the principal stood up when Seto entered the room, "Please… have a sit." Seto scanned the room and observed the people in it. His eyes stopped when he saw Mokuba. His face looked very frightened and dark, the boy had his legs pulled to his chest and rested his head on his knees.

"Mokuba!" Mokuba looked up and his face brightened. Mokuba was about to get to his feet when the police officer placed his hand on Mokuba's shoulder and gave him a stern face that told him to remain seated. Seto tried to make his way across the room towards his brother, but the principal led him to a chair on the other side of the room instead.

"Mr. Kaiba, we called you in here for a specific reason. You see… Ms. Morgan, Mokuba's math teacher, has been noticing some odd things about Mokuba and his outer appearance." Seto raised one eyebrow and looked over at the teacher. She ignored him completely and kept her eyes focused on the principal. Seto's glance returned to the principal as well.

"I don't understand what you're trying to say," Seto said.

"Well… Mr. Kaiba, I'm just going to come out and say it. We have reason to believe that you've been physically abusing your brother." Seto's eyes widened and he jumped to his feet.

"What?!" The police officer was now standing and was quite ready to get involved when the situation got out of hand. The principal took a step back. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Mr. Kaiba, look at your brother. What do you think that is on his face?" Seto looked over at Mokuba once more, and his heart stopped. The bruise on Mokuba's cheek had been of Seto's doing. He might've been drunk, but he still remembered. The first time he had ever hit his brother, and that was the mark that was left of it. Seto was about to open his mouth to explain when the principal began speaking again. "Mokuba, could you please stand up and take off your shirt."

Mokuba slowly did what he asked and slipped off his shirt, revealing the multiple bruises and cuts up and down his chest and the feeble body that bear them all. Seto stared in complete astonishment at the bruises, he had hit Mokuba once, but the rest had not been Seto's. Or were they? Seto began to question himself inside his head, pondering whether these had been done when he was drunk, but Seto knew that even if he was drunk, he would know when and if he had ever harmed his brother.

"This can't be…" Seto said to himself, staring at Mokuba's wounds, and then looking up at the boy's face. Mokuba's eyes did not meet with Seto's; he simply stared at the ground in shame. "Mokuba…"

"Mr. Kaiba, you're under arrest for Child Abuse." Both Mokuba and Seto's heads both shot up with shock.

"WHAT?! Arrested??" The officer started making his way towards Seto, Seto looked over at Mokuba, then at the principal. "Please Sir… I would never hurt my brother, I would never hurt him. He's everything I have left… you can't take me away from him. Where will he go? Who will he live with?"

"Well, thankfully Ms. Morgan has generously volunteered to take care of Mokuba in your absence." Mokuba's eyes widened and he now looked over at Ms. Morgan. Ms. Morgan shot him an evil grin, and that's when he knew this had been her plan all along. There was never a promise of a normal life, just a promise of a new life that was even worse. He was suddenly overwhelmed with all kinds of emotions. He began to shake violently. He knew that if he didn't do something quick his brother was going to be put in jail.

"Please! Please stop!" Seto turned towards Mokuba, "Mokuba… I know I haven't been the best brother these past few days, but you have to tell them how much you mean to me. You have to stand up and show them that I'm not a child abuser; that I would never in my dreams ever want to hurt you for any reason. Don't let them take me away from you, Mokuba!" The officer already had Seto's wrists by this time and was in the action of pulling his arms behind his back when Mokuba finally stood up.

"STOP!" Mokuba yelled, "Don't arrest my brother… he didn't do all of this to me…" Tears began to stream down Mokuba's face. "He didn't do any of this to me… it was Ms. Morgan!" He pointed his finger at Ms. Morgan and the whole room fell silent as all eyes were now on her. "Ms. Morgan… Ms. Morgan raped me!" The whole room gasped. Ms. Morgan now jumped to her feet. The principal turned to Ms. Morgan.

"Is this true Ms. Morgan?"

"Of course it's not-"

"It is true, you lying snake! She raped me. Not only once… but many times. Every day after class since the beginning of the year… and I may never be the same again…" Tears were now flowing down Mokuba face and his whole body was violently shaking. It felt as though all the emotions he had pent up inside himself had just exploded and were flowing all out of him. Ms. Morgan gripped her hands into fists.

"I'm going to hurt you so bad you'll never utter another word again!" Ms. Morgan launched herself with her claws out, ready to rip Mokuba to pieces. Seto slipped out of the officer's hands and glided in front of Ms. Morgan, sending a powerful punch right in her gut. Ms. Morgan froze for a moment just before she started slowly falling to the floor. Seto kneeled down and put his mouth right beside her ear. "Don't you EVER try touching my brother AGAIN."

Seto got back up to his feet and ran to Mokuba's side, "Mokuba… oh my god… Mokuba!" He wrapped his arms around Mokuba and just let him fall into his arms. Mokuba continued to cry without speaking, just letting everything come out of him. Everyone else in the room left the two brothers alone as they got Ms. Morgan to her feet and in hand cuffs. Seto stroked Mokuba's hair repeatedly, whispering soft and loving words to his brother to calm him down. "It's all going to be okay… I'm here Mokuba… I'll never let anyone touch you or hurt you again…"

When the principal returned, Seto said nothing. He carefully got up holding Mokuba in his arms and left. He walked through the halls and out of the school holding Mokuba tightly against his chest. Isono looked up when Seto got into the car and closed the door. He looked over at Mokuba, "Is Master Mokuba going to be okay?" He immediately asked, but Seto signaled him to be silent.

"Just drive us home."

Steven sighed, looking at the mail that lay on the bed he sat on. He turned his head and looked over at the desk that had a pile more of the same letters sitting on top of it, untouched since they had been retrieved and forgotten. Steven knew Seto wasn't paying the bills, and he had also figured out that Seto wasn't making enough money to pay all of them so Seto was simply going to let the bills pile up and carry on with his day. Steven also knew that whatever money Seto did have, he spent on drinking.

After working for Seto Kaiba, Steven had pretty much figured out the kind of man Seto was. Although Seto proved to be a complex character, but not too complex to understand when given time to observe such a character. Seto Kaiba enjoyed power, he was use to living the high life with money and power, and he was also in a deep denial of many things; one being his current situation with his job and money.

Although Seto treated Steven poorly, he felt as though it were his duty to help him in any way he can. But Steven could admit that when he did help Seto, he was thinking more about the child than the actual man he was helping. Mokuba was in such a difficult situation, and Steven couldn't bear to watch him simply fall into a depression. His brother was no longer available for him, so Steven would make damn sure he would be. The boy needed someone to cling to in his time of need, and he had no other family that could do that for him.

As Steven snapped out of his deep emotional thoughts he continued to sort the mail and placed it onto the pile that grew every day. He opened the drawer in the desk and slipped an empty envelope with one hand and grabbing a huge wad of dollar bills from his pocket with the other. He slowly slipped the money into his envelope and sealed it with some tape, placing it back into his pocket after doing so. Steven heard the door open and quickly ran to the stairway.

"Mr. Kaiba? What are you doing back so early… what happened to Mokuba?" Seto walked into the living room without answering Steven, Isono following him from behind. Steven ran down the stairs and into the living room. Mokuba's sobs were now beginning to calm down as Seto laid his brother gently onto the couch. "Is he going to be okay?"

"Get me some water and a blanket," Seto commanded. Steven nodded and was on his way. Isono looked over at Seto.

"Mr. Kaiba… I…" Isono wasn't sure what to say, he didn't know how he could possibly comfort Seto. "Is there anything you need me to do?" Seto shook his head as he knelt down beside his brother, rubbing his brother's back and kissing Mokuba on the head. Mokuba stared off into a never ending space, it seemed as though his eyes could just stare and stare, but never quite find they were looking for. Mokuba had not spoken since his confession at the school, and it didn't look as though he were going to anytime soon.

"I brought the blanket and water," Steven announced. Seto took the water and placed it on the coffee table near the couch and laid the blanket on top of Mokuba.

"If you need anything Mokuba," Seto whispered, "Just tell me." Seto kissed his brother once more before silently walking to the dining room. He sat down at the table, resting his head in his hands. Isono and Steven sat down as well, on opposite ends, next to Seto.

"I can't believe I failed him."

"Mr. Kaiba, you couldn't have known."

"I could've tried to find out! How could I have not noticed those bruises? I should've paid more attention to him… I shouldn't have started drinking… god, look at me. I couldn't protect him…" Seto slammed his fists on the table, "I couldn't protect him!"

"Mr. Kaiba, no one would've guessed that he was going through such abuse."

"Would someone please tell me what's going on?" Steven asked.

"It's none of your business," Seto barked back.

"Well, when you bring a zombie child into the house and start slamming your fists about it, don't you think I deserve to know?" Seto stood up and grabbed Steven by the collar.

"You have a lot of nerve, bud, a lot of fucking nerve. You better shut your mouth before I shut it for you." Seto let go of Steven's collar and pushed him away, sitting back down at the table. The phone began to ring.

"I'll get it, Mr. Kaiba," Steven stated, leaving the room to answer the phone.

"So what do you plan to do now?"

"I'm not sure, Isono. I feel as though I've lost all control of everything… I guess the only thing I can do is wait and watch. I'll keep my brother in here for the next couple days with 24-hour watch to make sure nothing happens to him. Just the thought of that woman violating my brother… it sickens me. The idea blows me away, I don't even know how I feel anymore… all I ever wanted was for my brother to be safe… and instead I got this."

"Maybe safety was too much to ask for." The room was now completely still between both Seto and Isono. The silence killed both of them, but neither dared to speak. Steven re-entered the room a couple minutes later.

"Industrial Illusions called."

"And what did those bastards have to say?" Seto spat.

"They want to know what happened and why you left. They were also wondering if you're going to be coming back the next day or taking a couple days off. It appears as though you haven't been fired yet, they told me to let you know that." Seto rolled his eyes.

"I could care less about that damned job right now… that vile woman… how dare she do this to my innocent little brother…" Seto slammed his fist onto the table once more, "I could kill her."

"Let's not try to get ourselves arrested now…"

"Steven, go do something useful, why don't you? Go watch Mokuba and make sure he's okay. If anything is wrong, come and tell me right away." Steven left the room again, leaving Isono and Seto to ponder the situation at hand. It was going to be a long night.

A/N: Hey guys! I'm hopinggggg this was a quick update because I know how anxious all of you were to read the next chapter since I totally left you guys hanging at the end of chapter 18. I'm really sorry about that, actually. I didn't realize I completely left you guys hanging back there, but that's why I rushed to make sure I wrote this chapter fast enough to settle your Seto and Mokuba crazed minds! I hope you enjoyed it, I wasn't very fond of this chapter, but I'm hoping you guys were. Look at for chapter 20, and have a happy new year as well! Don't let me down 2008!