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Mokuba gasped.
"I was attacked when I went for a walk that day. It was an assassin, sent by an enemy that I found out later was called Aron. Aron, to make a long story short, is an old enemy of Ausar. I don't what happened next, but then I woke up in a hut without knowing who I was. I was in a place called Village of Traders and I was cared for there. The people were so nice. I ended up with an old lady called Lokik, who is extremely strict. She was the one who took care of me, who taught me how to fight, their language…" he blinked "and other stuff. Since I didn't know my name, I was called Blue eyes by Lokik. It was then that several weeks later I met a group of people who included Ausar and Enki." He laughed. "It was then that I believe that Ausar must've mistaken me for his son."
"Wha'?" Joey said.
"Ausar, 16 years ago, lost his son and wife during an attack in his home: Forest village. I think that when he saw me, he must've mistaken me for his son…who is probably dead. That's when I got the name, Jolinar. Lokik somehow let Ausar take me with his group and we traveled a bit. That's when I found out that the place was on the verge on war."
"I don't get it." Tristan said. "What was that place? Where the heck were you?"
Kaiba smirked. "I can't believe I'm about to say this…I was in another realm."
"….?" Was everyone's expression.
"I was in another world where everything was different. The land, the people, even the creatures were different. It was much more primitive. It was also on the brink of war. There's a land, the land of Clouds, that's been oppressed by neighboring countries. It's pride was gone and the people were poor and disease was rampant. Somehow, Aron, as Ausar later found out, made himself leader of that land and has been moving the people of the land of clouds to get ready for an invasion. The village of traders and forest village have been going out to stop troops from advancing and to try to prevent war. We have even gone to sabotage their bases and training camps."
"Hold up. We?" Tea asked.
"Ausar, Enki, myself and other trained villagers have gone out to destroy training camps and free prisoners that have fallen into the hands of Aron." Kaiba growled and clenched his fists angrily. "There were barely any prisoners because of the murders that Aron has committed. To make matters worse, Aron can't be killed."
"Can't be killed? What do you mean?" Yami asked,
"I mean he can't be killed damn it!" Kaiba replied angrily. "Somehow, he made himself immortal. He can feel pain, but he cannot die. Without him, the war can be stopped. Without him, the advancing troops will be easy to stop, but with him training them, they get powerful and more people join them. The neighboring countries are going to be overwhelmed. Many are going to die if Aron is not stopped!" He sighed. "The only reason, Ausar, Enki and I came here was to ready a weapon that can kill Aron, despite him being practically immortal. Back in the Village of Traders, the Elders thought this place would be appropriate to grow a weapon that was sure to work against Aron. I just didn't expect that I would come here and regain my memories." He approached Mokuba and gave him a strong hug. "I'm sorry Mokuba, that I was not here for you all this time. I'm sorry that I wasn't here to protect you and shield you from any danger. I'm sorry for leaving you alone and I'm sorry that I didn't keep my promise. Please…forgive me."
"Big brother.' Mokuba said shocked. Then he smiled and returned the hug, placing his cheek on his brother's shoulder. "You don't need my forgiveness Seto. I was never mad at you for not being here with me. As long as you are alive, I'll never be mad at you."
Sniff. "Man." Sniff. "That's so sad." Joey sniffed and rubbed away tears. Tea, Tristan, Roland and Enki nodded, wiping away their own tears.
"Now you tell me-" Kaiba sat up. "How you've been doing while I was gone."
"Well, Yugi and the gang took care of. I got straight A's at school and Kaiba Corp. is doing fine. Oh! I forgot to mention, Roland is the C.E.O of Kaiba Corp. without him, Kaiba corp. would have been down."
"Really?"
"Uh huh. He saved the company while you were away."
Kaiba looked at Roland's direction and nodded, is way of saying thanks.
"Your welcome Mr. Kaiba. But if you don't mind, can you take over? I never knew that being a C.E.O could be hard." He slumped.
"I'll think about it."
Growl.
"Huh?" Everyone turned to Mokuba, whose stomach was beginning to growl…really loud.
Mokuba rubbed the back of his head embarrassingly. "Eh he. I'm hungry."
"Then I suggest that you go eat something. I don't want to have my brother fainting for not eating because he was worried about me, ok?"
"Ok!"
Growl.
That was everyone else's stomach growling of hunger. Everyone sweat dropped.
"I'm hungry." Tea, Tristan, Joey and Roland said at the same time.
"I suggest you all go and eat something. Roland, tell the maids to make something edible." Kaiba said.
"Uh…yes Mr. Kaiba." Roland said leaving.
"ALRIGHT! FOOD!" Joey yelled. He followed Roland out the door, hardly waiting to help the maids 'cook'.
The rest followed them out, leaving Yami with Enki and Kaiba.
Kaiba looked at Yami and glared at him. "Do you need something?"
Yami folded his arms. "Was that the whole truth?"
"Perhaps." Kaiba replied.
Yami sighed and unfolded his arms. "Kaiba. You can tell me. I know what you're going through. I've been though the same thing you-"
Jolinar interrupted him with a bitter laugh. "Yami, Yami. Don't tell me that you've been though the things that I have."
"Well I am going to say it. I've gone through the same situation as you have. Our situations are the same."
"Tell me Yami," Kaiba said, not looking at him. "Tell me how our situations are the same."
"Well, we've both lost our identities. We walked, not knowing who we are or what we were suppose to do. We lived in a time different then our past. We've met friends and enemies and in the end, we've found out who we are in the end."
Kaiba shook his head. "No. You're wrong Yami. Our situations are not the same." Jolinar put his arms around his knees and rested his chin. "You, Yami, gained your memories and knew who you used to be. You looked back at your past and went back to the present. Even though you knew your memories, your old life, you cannot be who you once were. You aren't and can't be Atem the pharaoh in this life, you're Yami-no…Yugi, the duelist. When you got your memories back your only option was to leave the past and continue on with the present. Unlike me…you knew what to do next. I don't-" Kaiba's voice choked up. "I don't know what to do. The only thing that my memories gave me was confusion. I don't even know if what I've gone through is real. I don't even know if I'm Seto Kaiba. I wonder if it could all just be a trap made by Aron. But at the same time, I look back and I wonder if what I've been doing the last seven months is just all a big hallucination or just a dream. But then-" he looked at Enki. " I see Enki right now in front of me and I know what I've been going though is real. Tell me Yami," His eyes turned distant, as if he was seeing something that Yami could not. "Have you ever killed a human being?"
"What?" .
"Have you ever killed a person-" he raised his hand in front of him. "and heard their last breath?"
"N-no."
"I have."
Flashback
Jolinar picked the lock of the cell door. The lock clicked! The door opened and Jolinar and five younger children got out. Jolinar looked at the children and put a finger on his lips, signaling them to be quiet. The children understood and ran to the right hallway as quietly as they could. Jolinar peered at the next hallway, making sure there were no guards. There weren't any.
Jolinar looked at the children and tilted his head to the left. They all ran across the hall, their footsteps barely making any sound. Before they could reach the end of the hallway, a guard blocked their way at the end.
"Unh1" Jolinar and the children skidded to a stop. "Run!" Jolinar yelled at the kids. The children ran back where they came form.
Flames glowed on the guard's hands and he threw them at the direction of the running children. Jolinar picked up a staff on the floor and hit the incoming balls of fire. He twirled the staff and put it in front of him defensively. The gaurd threw more fireballs at him and Jolinar either blocked them or moved out of the way.
Jolinar raced toward the guard. The guard continued his assault. Then Jolinar grounded the staff on the floor and jumped in the air. He felt the heat of the incoming fires near his face as it missed him. In midair, he directed his legs toward the guard. He kicked the guard's chest and heard a rib crack. The guard was sent back a couple of feet. Jolinar twisted in his fall and landed on his hands and knees.
The guard recovered and ran at the kneeling Jolinar. Jolinar, still crouching, turned the moment the guard was near him and hooked the guard's legs. The guard stumbled but regained his balance. Jolinar stood up quickly and bought his foot to the guard's chin.. The guard's head went up, a couple of droplets of blood fell on Jolinar's face.
Jolianr grabbed the guard's shoulders and pulled the guard's body toward him. He put his knee on the guard's gut. "Unh!" The guard coughed up blood. Wasting no time, Jolinar grabbed the guard's head and twisted it, hearing a sickening crack and gasp. He felt the body go limp and let the body hit the floor. He looked at the direction of where the children fled and found them staring at him.
"Come one." he said, not looking at the corpse as he went his way. The children followed him and glanced at the corpse in bewilderment.
They had seen worse.
End of flashback.
"'It was either me or him' I always say to myself. 'It was either me or them.' I tried to erase the fact in my mind that Kaiba corp. was a military corporation. And I tried to erase all the murders that Kaiba corp. did. But I can't erase the murders that I did." Kaiba clenched his open hand. "It's so hard to forget… to forget how many families I have left fatherless, brother less and husbandless."
"…Kaiba."
"It's painful." Kaiba continued. "I wish to cry. I wish to cry for those that I have killed, I wish to mourn for them." Yami blinked when he saw the tears swelling up in Kaiba's eyes. Kaiba shut them quickly. "But as Seto Kaiba, I refuse to do so. As Jolinar, I try to remind myself that I am only human, but as Seto Kaiba, I refuse to show weakness. It hurts physically too." Kaiba opened his now tearless eyes. He placed his hand over his chest. "My heart feels heavy. It hurts when I relive what I have done in helping to prevent the war with Aron." He looked up at Yami, who was staring at him in bewilderment. "You are wrong Yami. Our situations are not the same. You have not gone through what I have."
"Y-you're right." Yami said in defeat. "But out of everyone here, I am the closest person who…knows the feeling of what you have felt before."
Flash
"Who are you!" Jolinar blinked and looked at the direction of the mirrors. He took a step back as his reflection on the right pointed at him angrily. "Are you Jolinar Marduk or Seto Kaiba?"
Flash
Kaiba sighed. He leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes. "If I choose to be Jolinar, I will have to go back and leave Mokuba alone."
"Hmm?" Yami did not know where Kaiba was going to.
"But if I choose to be Seto Kaiba, I will leave Ausar, Enki and those who took care of me into a war." He opened his eyes and got up. He slowly walked up to Yami.
/What's he doing/ Yugi asked. He had heard everything that Kaiba said.
/I don't know./ Yami replied.
"Kaiba…what are you doing?" Yami asked him.
"That's why I choose…" He put his right hand behind him. He put his index and middle finger together. The fingertips glowed black. "To be Seto Kaiba." In a flash, he bought up the glowing fingertips up to Yami's forehead.
"Unh!" Yami felt darkness over come him. He fell to his knees and grabbed Kaiba's hand, attempting to remove him. He grew weak and looked up at Kaiba.
"I hope that Mokuba will forgive me for leaving him one more time." Kaiba said. He felt Yami's grip grow weak and his eyes droop. He removed his hand and turned his back on Yami, whose body fell to the floor. Yami struggled to stay awake.
/Yami/ Yugi yelled. /What's going on/
/I don't know! I think I'm going to pass out/
/…/
/Yugi/
No response.
Before Yami lost consciousness, he heard Kaiba explain. "I cannot forget those who have helped me in my time of need. I owe the people of the Village of Traders, Ausar, Enki and the people of Forest Village to stop the war from happening . If war occurs, I am in debt to help them. After that, I will return home."
Yami managed to hear. "I hope that you, Mokuba and everyone else will understand."
Before he shut his eyes completely, he saw Kaiba's boots go towards the closet and he heard shuffling. He then saw Kaiba go towards the balcony and saw him jump down. Enki soon followed.
Then, Yami fell to a temporary slumber.
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Sorry that this was short.
And the part that Kaiba says "Ausar thinks i'm his son" for those who are going to complain, it will be explained in later chapters...ok?
Like I said in the other chapter, I just joined this 3D chat service called IMVU, you get to make your own avatar, and buy them clothes and stuff. And when you chat with someone, you actually see your whole avatar (the whole body) sitting with the other person! It's cool, you could make your own page, and put whatever you want on there! If anyone wants to join, and chat with me-about this, about that, about Yu-Gi-Oh or whatever, just e-mail me or leave a review with your e-mail address in it, and tell me you want an invite!
-sniff- This authoress needs reviews…please?