Here's the last chapter to round everything off.
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Chapter Sixteen
"Noah!" Mokuba yelled as his fist smashed on the door. He tried the handle again but still it wouldn't move as something was preventing it from doing so on the other side of the door. "Noah, let me in!" Why would he do this? Why would he stop me from helping Seto? He continued to strike the door and shout for his stepbrother, after a couple of minutes, causing his fists and throat to become sore, the handle began to move on its own.
Despite trying his hardest to enter the room, Mokuba jumped back as the door opened and he saw his brother standing there in the doorway. "Who are you?" he demanded as he held a spanner raised in front of him ready to protect himself if it had been his stepfather returning for revenge against him.
"It's me Mokie, your brother, Seto."
"I don't fucking believe you!"
"Hey!" Seto yelled down at his little brother. "I know you're scared and confused but that's no excuse for you to use language like that. If I hear that word leave your mouth again, I'll scrub it clean with soap."
Okay, that sounded like something his brother would say, but Mokuba had to be sure that his brother was who he said he was. "Prove it to me; tell me ten things that only Seto and I would know." The spanner was still raised in front of him. Maybe ten things was too much to ask for, perhaps he should have asked only half that? Too late to change the requirements now as the older brother began his list.
"Back when we were at the orphanage, I sang 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star' to you each night before bed." Seto spoke out the first things that randomly entered his mind. "You have a scar on your right knee that you acquired from falling off your bike when we were kids. Every Friday after school there is always a triple chocolate ice cream sundae waiting for you in my office. The majority of computer games that you own are beat 'em ups. You once tried to trick me into signing your report card as you thought that I would be disappointed with you for not achieving anything above a B minus. You're scared of thunder because it reminds you of the first night of our adoption when you woke up during a storm, alone and unused to having a room of your own. On Father's day each year you sneak into my room in the early hours to cancel my alarm and then later bring me breakfast in bed. Your favourite colour is pink. Just last month, when you were ill, I took the weekend off work to stay home and read you the Harry Potter books. And you think that I don't know, but every time you're angry or annoyed with me for something you stick your gum underneath my office chair." Smiling and even managing a laugh he elaborated on the last fact. "It took me over an hour one night last week to clear all of the gum away."
"It really is you." Mokuba's eyes grew big and sparkly. Not only had his brother just provided him with the proof he had asked for, but all ten bits of information had been facts involving him. The sound of metal hitting the tiled floor rang out down the corridor as he dropped the spanner from his hand and leapt into his brother's arms that where waiting for him.
"I missed you little brother." Seto whispered as he bent down so that his head rested gently on his brother's soft and unruly dark hair. A happy tear slid down his check as he silently thanked Noah for helping him to make his way back to his sole reason for living.
"I missed you too." Mokuba mumbled still clasped on tightly to his brother. "Seto?"
"Yeah?"
"My favourite colour is fuchsia, not pink."
"Whatever you say kiddo." Seto smiled at his brother's pickiness over the shade and squeezed him tighter. It was moments like this that he knew all the sacrifices he had ever made had been worthwhile.
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The door to his office flew open and Seto practically sprinted towards his desk, a cardboard box tucked under his arm which he placed on the desktop as he then rummaged through the drawers below. He grumbled to himself as he cursed and complained about Gozaburo having moved things around from the way that they had been, before he slammed the draws shut in frustration of not being able to find what he had been searching for.
"What are you looking for?" Mokuba asked as he lurked in the doorway. His voice was saddened by the fact that after everything that had happened over the past few days, Seto still focused on nothing but his work and hadn't spoken a word to him on their journey back from the warehouse. I guess it was too much to hope for that the experience might have changed him for the better.
"Batteries." Seto replied as he drummed his fingers on his desk, glancing around the room for possible places that the old man could have moved them to.
"Which type?"
"The ones I had specifically made for the Dueldisk systems."
"I'll go check the stores for some."
"Thanks Mokuba."
Mokuba smiled from receiving his brother's thanks before carrying out the task. Maybe he has changed a little? He raced off towards the elevator to take him back down the levels to where the storerooms where located, leaving Seto alone in his office.
The box on Seto's desk that he had brought back from the warehouse with him seemed to call out to be opened and carefully he unfolded the flaps to lift out the contents. A faint smile crossed his face at the sight of the robotic monkey that he had created for duelling purposes. What a dumb idea, no wonder I never let it progress past the prototype stage.
Seto turned the invention over in his hands and removed the panel on its back to reveal the control unit. He was surprised to see that there was already a battery in place which meant that his brother's mission hadn't been needed after all. Carefully he poked out the USB connection from the small slot beside the battery, pulled out the memory stick that he had concealed in his coat pocket and connected the two together. Next he pushed both the connection and stick back into the slot, and replaced the panel before turning the contraption on.
The LCD screen came to life as two blue eyes blinked back at him, the mouth just a straight line that began to sway as murmurs and chirps came from the speakers located in the small peak on its head. "Hang on a moment." Seto frowned and then flicked the switch on the back of the monkey's head to change the creature's sounds into words. "There that should do it."
"What's going on Seto?" The monkey spoke with Noah's voice.
"I couldn't do it." Seto confessed quietly as he averted his gaze from the bright neon stare. "I couldn't delete you Noah, not after everything we've been through together, and instead of leaving you alone, trapped inside that programme that I could have easily altered for you over time I thought…" his eyes focused back to the monkey standing on the desk. "…I thought that you deserved to be here, with your family, beside both your brothers."
The eyes displayed on Noah's LCD face began to quiver and become filled in with more blue pixels as it showed the boy's happiness from hearing Seto's words. "What made you change your mind and accept me?"
"For the same reason you accepted me." The CEO's face bore a weak, but happy, smile. "You reminded me of someone I once used to know, a long time ago. Someone who I wanted to kept hold of but was unable to." The smile grew clearer as Seto thought about how much his stepbrother reminded him of his younger self. Except that I was never that strong. He thought about how Noah was willing to forgive the cruelness inflicted upon him, where as he; Seto Kaiba would never been able to do such a thing.
Noah's eyes became tiny blue arches and his mouth a triangle shape as he saw the once cold, but now warm, blue eyes of his stepbrother gleam down at him. Seto reminded him so much of the man his father had once been before he had changed and become corrupt. "Thank you Seto."
"You're welcome Noah."
Neither of them spoke for several moments and then without warning, Noah leapt up and was caught by Seto who pulled the robot close to embrace him in a brotherly hug.
"Looks like we're out of those batteries bro, so I've placed an order to have more dispatched here as soon as possible." Mokuba explained as he re-entered the office and saw his brother hugging the prototype fondly. Seto really does love his creations.
"Turns out there was one already installed." Noah was carefully placed back onto the desktop.
"No worries." Mokuba smiled as he came bouncing up to his brother's desk and leaned to have a closer look at the robotic creature. "So what'd you need the monkey for Seto?"
"Monkey?!" Noah's shriek made Mokuba jump back with surprise as the red angry faced robot turned on Seto, fists raised up at the CEO. "You turned me into a monkey?!"
"You ungrateful brat!" Seto leered back in response.
"Noah?" Mokuba gasped as he approached the desk again where his two brothers stood off against each other in a mock angered stare out. The red LCD face reverted back to the blue happy arched screen and smiled up at him. "Is that really you in there?" The younger brother asked with a shaky and joyful voice.
"The one and only."
Mokuba swiftly scooped up his tiny stepbrother and hugged him tightly; if he had been a real monkey instead of a robot then Noah would have been in danger of suffocating from the embrace. His eyes shone brightly as he looked over to his older brother who was now busy powering up his computer. "I didn't think you'd ever …"
"Call it a moment of stupidity." Seto cut across his brother's words and couldn't help but smile at seeing the two brothers laughing happily together as Mokuba danced around the room with the helpless Noah swinging by his tiny arms. "But you two have to realise that this is only temporary." His face was now serious and stern.
The dancing stopped and the happiness drained from Mokuba's face. It wasn't fair the way that Seto had shown such kindness by freeing their stepbrother only for him to then say that it wasn't going to last for very long, and knew that he should just have been grateful that this had happened. "But Seto …"
"No buts Mokuba!" Seto replied harshly and then smiled at the two puzzled faces staring at him. "Once things are a little calmer, then I can start work on designing a more humanoid body for Noah."
Smiles now shone on all three of the brothers' faces as Noah landed back on the desk in front of Seto. "Thank you brother." The smile on the LCD display dropped as he became a little worried and unsure of what he had said. "I can call you 'brother' right?"
"Sure, why not?" Seto muttered before his fingers started hammering the keyboard. "Look you two; I have a lot of work to do since that moron screwed around with my company's systems. I really need to sort it out before some idiot tries hacking their way in, so why don't you both go and play for awhile?"
Mokuba sighed at the politely worded order. Same old Seto. He thought to himself before he helped Noah up onto his shoulder. "Let's go play Mario." Was his suggestion as they headed for his entertainment room next door which he spent most of his time in whilst waiting for Seto to finish work.
"I always preferred Sonic." Noah stated.
"Then let's go play Super Smash Bros Brawl, they're both in that."
"Together, in the same game?" The very thought of the two computer game characters appearing side by side when the companies who created them were, - had been bitter rivals, was completely alien to Noah. Just like Seto and I. "What is this world coming to?" he laughed.
Seto watched both his brothers leave his office closing the door behind them, and wished that he could go too, but knew that he had lots of hard work ahead of him which wasn't going to sort itself out. He opened several windows on his computer and ran multiple programmes as he focused on repairing the damage that Gozaburo had caused. You lose stepfather. We're still here, both my brothers and I, stronger than you could ever imagine. This is what it means to be superior.
The office door reopened slightly so Mokuba could poke his head in through the gap. "Seto?"
"Yeah?" The CEO was still heavily engrossed with his work as he answered and continued to bash away at the keyboard.
"Is it true?"
"Is what true?"
"Do you fancy Tea?"
His fingers froze, eyes widened and heart skipped several beats with the shock of being asked the question. Slowly Seto diverted his gaze from the monitor screen in front of him to the mischievous looking younger brother now standing in the open doorway. Mokuba's face was plastered with a huge cheeky grin that was also mirrored by the robotic monkey sitting on his shoulder. The CEO's head dropped down to where it hit the palm of his hand with force and gave a frustrated sigh. I hate you Noah!
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Last chance to leave reviews and let me know what you thought of the fic.
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Noah: Where's Seto and Mokuba?
KG: They're on vacation.
Noah: That's not fair, why aren't I allowed on vacation?
KG: Because you're helping me with my second Yugioh/Doctor Who crossover fic.
Noah: Oh yeah. (hands author pile of paper) I finished my half.
KG: (reads Noah's work and sighs) You've written yoai.
Noah: (smiles) I know isn't it great; Seto and Jack make a cute couple neh?
KG: Not going to happen. (tears up Noah's papers)
Noah: Have you checked your YouTuba account yet?
KG: No, why?
Noah: Oh, no reason. (begins to whistle and runs away)
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I'll be back in a couple of months time :P