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Edits are being made. 6/17/13


Ch.3 – Nox Aererna

They stood away from him not too far but not too close either, this caught his interest. Why now had they refused to come close to him, before he couldn't get them to give him a moment's peace? He let out a low snarl obviously they had angered him. The blobs murmured their voices echoing through the room, their words… They knew none. He hated them. With a dangerous growl he yelled, "Speak properly! Tell me what is going on!" He tried standing but somehow his body felt heavy, he couldn't lift himself up from his seat.

Feeling restricted he began to shout rather colourful words at them. They tried talking back but still their voices were too distorted to make out anything. The male grew angrier. Not knowing what else to do in desperation he yelled for Mokuba.


The bird…

How could a simple creature possibly lead to the destruction of the Seto Kaiba and by extension Kaiba Corporation? What could that bird have done?

Seto didn't have to think too hard to find his answer it was right in front of him. Mokuba. It took Mokuba from him; the life Mokuba had given to Seto was slipping away because of that bird. It had all of Mokuba's attention, it had 'life' that belonged to him, and it didn't deserve it!

His eyes narrowed as his thoughts clouded his mind to any logical reasoning. His teeth grinding against themselves as he formulated a plan to return everything back to normal, back to the time without the bird. It was the only way.

Patiently he waited, watching his brother play with the bird from the crack though the door. Mokuba just never seemed to grow tired of it. He let it rest happily on his shoulder, its feathers puffed as it buried its beak in its neck closing its eyes. Mokuba smiled turning on his laptop, he searched for more toys for his little friend. He had even named it, Nox; Latin translated into English meant Nightfall or Darkness. He felt the name to be appropriate because of the blackness of its feathers. He chose to use the word as Nightfall.

Like his younger brother Seto felt the same, the name was appropriate, the bird did nothing but bring darkness into his life. Seto waited and waited for Mokuba to put the bird in its cage and leave his room but those actions never came. By the time the sky grew dark Mokuba powered down his laptop, cleaning up the small mess of chips bags he had stashed away once in his room for a rainy day. He smiled at the bird whenever he glanced at it. He soon readied for bed, leaving the bird cage door open in case the bird wanted to go back in to sleep. Instead it perched itself on the bed's headboard.

Angered Seto walked away to his own room, going in Mokuba would surely notice his presence. Tomorrow was new day; he'd have a better plan in the morning.

He sat at his desk letting the hours of the night pass him by; he stared into the aphotic room unable to see the chairs that sat precisely on the other side of the table. in his hand a picture frame rested, too dark to see what picture lied in it. The sapphire blue orbs that were his eyes darken as a small grin crept over his face. Soon, he'd have it back, his brother and life, such a happy thought.

The sun slowly rose, its bright yellow rays peeking out from the horizon lightening up the Kaiba manor. It sunk its way through the slightly opened curtains creating a light area on the floor and walls of the room, indicating the sun's arrival. Seto's eyes drifted toward the window, he had sat in his chair all night, now it was time. He took a quick glance at his watch 6:30 am, it was a good time. Lifting his heavy body off his chair he made his way for the door.

It chirped loud enough to hear from the other side of the door, Seto growled lowly hating the obnoxious noise. Opening the door his eyes landed on the creature that stood in place on the headboard, his head the only part moving, looking around the room. "Mokuba, wake up." Seto said in a tired voice as he walked over to sit by Mokuba's side. The bird instantly shot across the room landing on top of its cage at the sight of Seto coming closer, this action making the male smirk slightly. Gently Seto placed his hand on Mokuba's shoulder, "Mokuba.." he shook him, "…wake up."

The child stirred with a low, "Hm?" Seto shook him again, "Wake up, Mokuba." He repeated. Mokuba's eyes fluttered as the morning's light woke him up, seeing his brother over him he smiled, "Morning Seto." He said sitting up, rubbing his eyes. "Good morning, Mokuba." Seto responded trying to hide his tiredness but failing miserably. Mokuba looked at his brother; he frowned at what he saw. "Seto.." He spoke softly, "Have you slept?" Concern filled the youth's voice and eyes. Seto nodded, "Yes." He lied, "Not as much as anyone would like but some." Mokuba gave a short nod of his own, "Maybe you should go back to bed." Seto shook his head, "No, I don't want to go back to bed. Besides, I have plans for today." Mokuba's expression became overcome with worry, "Oh." He looked away then back at his brother. "Today, you and I are going out." Seto then added.

Mokuba's eyes widened a bit as a smiled engulfed his face, "Really, Seto?" He asked cheerfully, it had been a while since they last spent time together.

"Yes, Mokuba." Seto answered.

Mokuba jumped out of bed, "I'll get dressed!" He exclaimed heading over to his dresser and opening it, he began pulling out clothes to wear unaware Seto had been eyeing Nox. As the child looked over an outfit he suddenly stopped and turned around to his brother, catching the movement of his Mokuba's hair with his peripheral vision Seto turned his head meeting his brother's gaze.

The boy frowned, "Big brother…you should rest..." He felt bad believing his brother should be resting instead of spending his time on him. Seto kept his eyes locked on his little brother without warning he raised from the bed and walked over kneeling down he hugged him. Mokuba blinked in surprise, "Seto…?" He asked, not receiving an answer.

Mokuba hugged Seto back and closed his eyes enjoying his brother's embrace. "Get ready and head down stairs for breakfast." Seto lowly spoke. Mokuba nodded, "Can I bring Nox?" He asked. Seto shook his head, "No, it's just going to be you and me today, okay?" He responded giving him a very faint smile. With another nod Mokuba smiled, "Okay."

"When cleaning my brother's room leave the window open a bit along with the bird cage's door."

"But sir, the bird will fly out!"

"I know."

"Mr. Kaiba with all due respect your brother loves that bi-."

"Leave the window and cage open. I want that bird gone by the time we get back! Understand? If it's still here I will fire you!"

"Yes, sir. I'm sorry sir…"


They fled the room, quickly leaving out of fear. He assumed it was fear, people usually ran away from him because of it. He tried yelling 'wait!' to them but couldn't, his throat felt too dry. It pained him to swallow the bit of saliva his mouth produced. He wondered just what had been going on?


Translation

*Nox Aeterna is Latin for eternal darkness