YUGIOH

Hopeless Collisions

Chapter 19.

As Kaiba struggled with the pain and the sudden rush of blinding power, Pegasus laughed coldly at the others. "Well, Yugi-boy....now you're too late. Kaiba has now officially connected himself with two Millennium Items. There is no talking him out of it, once that has happened. I'm afraid he is no longer the man you once knew...."

"You're behind all this, aren't you?? What have you done, Pegasus?? How have you managed to brainwash Kaiba? He would NEVER listen to you!" Yami boomed.

Pegasus smiled, saying, "I simply gave him something that no one else could....I gave Kaiba hope. Nothing cures a broken heart better than that, isn't that right, love?"

Kaiba was now trembling and on his knees. He first felt the terrible sting of pain, and then the onslaught of so much power, it was almost maddening. Now, as Kaiba began to stand, though still very shaky....the massive euphoria of pleasure and power were overwhelming his senses. Never in his life had he felt so invincible. Maybe he had actually become a god. And that would make sense....he would need a miracle to revive Mokuba. And who better than a god himself to enact such a divination.

Kaiba began to chuckle, which soon became and out-right bellowing cackle. He sounded clearly insane.

Joey was the first to back away, saying, "This aint good. Kaiba really flipped, this time...."

Pegasus only looked more delighted. He placed his hands around Kaiba, which seemed to calm the laughing some, saying, "Do you see now, Yugi? Kaiba is now so far above you....you are nothing to him. None of you are. Why don't you give up, before he's forced to hurt you."

"Kaiba! You have to see that Pegasus is lying and deceiving you!!" Yami stated.

With a smile still plastered on Kaiba's face, he turned to face Yugi, wiping the remains of blood and gore dripping down his face. "Deceiving me? I don't think so. Everything Pegasus has said to me has been true....including this. Now, I'm absolutely confident Mokuba will be back to me again. And he's right....you are nothing to me. You're not even worth the fight."

"I don't want to fight you!" Yami said. "I want you to see the truth! If Pegasus is so truthful, then did he also tell you why he's doing this? Why would Pegasus go out of his way to help you bring back Mokuba? What's in it for him??"

"Kaiba is all ready well aware what this is about!" Pegasus snapped, almost angrily this time, as he again moved in front of Kaiba. "We are going to be a family, the three of us....and family is everything. Kaiba has lived by family values. And he certainly has much more reason to believe me over some freak-haired drama queen!"

Now the rest of Yugi's friends took a step back, knowing it was never a good thing to insult Yami while he's out and in charge. And if they didn't know any better, they'd swear Pegasus was starting to look and sound more crazier, himself.

Yami coldly spat, "For someone who uses people's souls as wall decor, you're hardly one to judge who's considered a freak. And seeing that you two are about to be responsible for unknown horrors to this world, I think I have just reason to show concern!"

"You're just upset, because you can't stop him." Pegasus snapped. "If it's not something you approve of, everyone has to simply stop and listen to you. Well, this isn't Ancient Egypt anymore, Pharaoh....and you are not in control!"

Yami blinked. "You know about that?"

"Of course I do. I was an Egyptian researcher....remember? I saw the tablet and the two of you on it." Pegasus smiled.

Yami said, "Then you know what I'm saying is right. And yet, you don't care."

Pegasus shrugged. "Sorry, I don't know anything about a prophecy."

"Who said anything about a prophecy?" Yami asked, suspiciously.

Pegasus paused, realizing he was caught. He then chuckled, saying, "All right, you got me. Ishizu all ready warned us about this nonsense. We didn't believe it then, nor do we care. Mokuba is our top priority."

"No it's not. Maybe it's Kaiba's top priority, but not yours. Kaiba!" Yami called back out towards him, who seemed so lost in his own world at the moment, that he could care less about anything else going on around him. He really did seem lost to Yami's words, but Yami refused to give up. "You've never trusted what anyone said before. You always believed there was an underlying reason for why people would want to help you, for 'any' reason. If you don't want to trust me, then so be it. But don't turn a blind eye to him, simply because he uses your brother's name as a shield! What is 'his' secret that he's keeping from you....what's his real reason for doing this??"

"Shut up!!" Pegasus snarled. "Kaiba knows my reasons....we've more than talked about them, even secrets I have kept from him he had learned. I wanted him....I loved him. I did it all for him....he knows this! What more is there to know??"

Kaiba had trouble listening to any of it. His mind was a whirl of power flowing through like nothing he's ever felt before. No....that's not true. He has felt this before, but he had no idea when that was. Yami was trying to tell him not to trust Pegasus, who in his defense admitted that Kaiba all ready found everything out.

And that was true. He searched him once, with Pegasus knowing full-well the danger. He could have pried more. They learned to trust each other. When he tapped into his head again, Pegasus was nervous about him finding out hidden personal secrets. But, Pegasus's secret was that he didn't want Cecelia back, he wanted Kaiba for himself....as lovers. There was more to him that was perhaps hidden, but everyone has their private secrets and he had no reason to pry. He all ready did it once and felt bad for it.

But at the moment, petty emotions like that now meant little to him. He was a god....nothing else mattered, anymore. No one could hurt him, no one could stop him. His top priority was Mokuba, now. And even if Yami was right, and Pegasus 'was' deceiving him....who cares? Even if he started the destruction of the world as they knew it, atleast he'd still get Mokuba back. And he'd fight whatever he had to in order to keep him from dying again.

"What, indeed? Kaiba, for your brother's sake....can you afford taking the chance to trust him? What if Pegasus plans are to do something that could endanger his return, or take your power? This is not the first time Pegasus had gone to extremes for his own purposes. He was once willing to take your brother hostage, endangering both your lives. Have you forgotten that??" Yami asked.

"My, aren't we holding a grudge?" Pegasus spat. "Kaiba knows my reasons for what I did in the past. And things have changed, since then. I would never again endanger Kaiba, nor even think about trying to take the power that's rightfully his! Face it, Yugi....you're just grasping at straws."

Kaiba forced himself to think about this. Yami never did anything to hurt him. He had saved Mokuba more than enough times....including the time from Pegasus before. If anything....he owed Yami. Pegasus was now helping to save Mokuba, too. And....he now had feelings for him. He had forgiven him, and had even learned to trust Pegasus over their time together. But when it came to Mokuba, number 1 rule in the book was never trust 'anyone'. Whether that be Yami, Pegasus, or even himself....the rule still applied. And when in doubt....always refer back to the rules.

Kaiba looked over at Pegasus, and decided Yami was right. This might put a serious damper on their relationship....but for Mokuba, anything was worth it. And if Pegasus really had feelings for him, then he'd forgive him for this.

"Why don't you just accept defeat? Kaiba has wo-...." Pegasus froze in the middle of his words, feeling the power of the Eye inside of him. Kaiba's powers b-lined it straight to those walls he had been keeping up in his mind. Pegasus whispered in fear, "No, love....please, don't...."

Pegasus then suddenly screamed in horror, clutching at his head, as he dropped to his knees in agony.

Yami looked over at Kaiba, seeing the soft glow of the Millennium Eye that Kaiba was using. And Kaiba's other eye widened in shock to find the deepest secret of them all Pegasus had been hiding from him. Kaiba never even imagined what he had seen could be true. Not from the one he had learned to trust, learned to care for. 'How could I be so blind to not realize it....??'

Pegasus was on his knees, and finally his hands dropped from his head. "How could you?" Kaiba whispered to him in horror.

Yami looked over at Kaiba, and asked, "What is it? What did you see?"

Now, Pegasus began to laugh, as he stood back up. He turned to Kaiba, as the smile never left him. "So....you finally learned my deepest secret of all. I know you don't understand, but you must realize it had to be done."

"What have you done, Pegasus!!" Yami snapped.

Pegasus turned to Yami, saying, "You were right, I'm afraid. The normal Kaiba would have never listened to me. I had to bring his strength down a couple notches in order to properly mold him. And the source of his strength just happened to be his brother."

Yami's group gasped, afraid of what that meant. Kaiba boomed out, "You're responsible for Mokuba's death??!!"

"I'm sorry for having to resort to that. I'm afraid so." Pegasus said, causing everyone's jaws to drop. "I hired those thugs to go in and make sure it looked like an accident. What they didn't realize is I hired both gangs, so they ended up killing each other, to hide any witnesses of who was really responsible."

"But, why would you do this?" Yami asked. "Why are you trying to destroy this world??"

"Because, he deserves this world!" Pegasus snapped, starting to sound insane. "Seto was destined to be the ruler, even as far as 5000 years ago. He was robbed of that throne by YOU, Pharaoh! And he was stopped back then, even when you were all ready gone. But, this time....you can be here to witness your own dethroning. Soon, Seto will command ALL!!"

"You're not even making sense!" Joey snapped at him. "What the hell do you care if Kaiba rules everything or not? You might be, er....close now. But, I bet you weren't when you first showed up at his doorstep. So, why you really doing this?"

"It's something Seto once questioned me on before. Are the wielders of the Millennium Items destined to be used by those reincarnated from the past? The answer is yes. You see....when I first placed the Eye on me, I began to learn that I was more than just Maximillion Pegasus. I was also Akunadin....Seto's true father!" Pegasus answered.