Jaden's uneasy hand reached out to the forbidden door. He let his hand sit on the doorknob feeling for any vibrations. Everyone had left the house except Roland... and he was upstairs doing something but like Jaden would know what. He slowly pulled the door open. He was relieved that the house was so well kept that the door didn't creak like he thought it would.
On the balls of his feet, Jaden tiptoed down the stairs to spy on Kaiba. Just what is he hiding? thought Jaden. He could hear the sound of banging and Kaiba's moaning. Jaden bit his lip to contain his immature snickering. It sounded so far away though. Were there multiple rooms down here? Is this his home office? Hope not...
When he reached the bottom of the stairs, his eyes widened in awe at a very large computer monitor with a control station. Jaden forgot he was sneaking and let out a "Whoah..."
Kaibaman HQ.
Suddenly, the banging stopped. Jaden looked around but saw nothing so he shrugged it off.
Jaden took a few steps daignally. Standing amazed and in awe at what he was seeing.
Under his breath Jaden joked, "Well, Kaiba sure knows how to make a pad sweet when he wants too."
Still tip toeing around he didn't see a toolbox sitting on the ground. Bumping into it Jaden yelped and stopped dead in his tracks to look at where he had stumbled.
Disgruntled, Kaiba quickly turned around to see Jaden mesmerized by everything around him. Furrowing his brows Kaiba felt a headache quickly coming on but sighed and said to Jaden.
"What do you think you are doing down here?" It was Kaiba. He was wearing the Kaibaman outfit without the helmet.
"So, dude, you're Kaibaman?"
Kaiba gave him a death stare. It didn't phase Jaden one bit.
Jaden smirked and blurted, "Your secret identity sucks man."
Filled with rage, Kaiba picked Jaden up by the neck. "Take it back." Kaiba demanded. Jaden gasped for air, trying to free himself. He was unable to say anything because Kaiba's grip was so if a magic wand was waved in Jaden's favor, Kaiba's snarl softened; he let the boy go, realizing he had fallen into old habits.
"Hm." Kaiba looked at his hand before closing it into a fist. I shouldn't have done that... he thought.
"So just a guess here," Jaden put one hand on his hip, "I am not supposed to tell anyone, am I?"
"Damn well better keep your loud mouth shut or you may not wake up the next day," Kaiba huffed. "You are lucky I didn't just kill you now where you're standing." Kaiba turned away to stop himself from expressing more anger toward the boy.
Jaden smirked, a wonderful idea coming to his head. "What if I want a piece of the action? I want to be a super hero. Maybe I can-"
Kaiba turned to look back at Jaden. "I work alone. Now, if you would be so kind," Kaiba pointed in the direction of the stairs.
Jaden clenched his teeth and stiffly started to walk up the stairs. He stopped midway."Last thing, I promise." Jaden could feel Kaiba's anger burning a hole in his back. "Why do you fight crime?"
"I lost someone close to me to it." Kaiba said blankly. Not really...
Jaden had a sad smile come across his face. "I understand." And with that, Jaden climbed the rest of the stairs and left the Kaiba Kave.
Kaiba took a few steps and fell backwards into his chair. Tears welled up behind his eyelids, but they would not fall. He tried to get rid of the blur they created with his hand, but the haze just kept coming back. The memories had already come to the forefront of his mind.
One dark night, Kaiba was driving home from his office at Kaiba Corporation. The day had been rather uneventful; there were just some minor annoyances, nothing he couldn't handle.
The radio station he was listening to started playing a squeaky pop song. He groaned and switched it off rather than just changing the station like any sensible person. A red light appeared before him. He stopped.
His keen hearing told him to look to the right. A bunch of guys were beating up on a blond. It was Joey. He would know that blond anywhere. Kaiba rolled his eyes, but thought briefly about going over to help him out. He decided against it as the light turned green.
He started to drive, but something in the pit of his stomach told him to stop. He pulled over and called the police and told them about what he had witnessed. They said they would be there as fast as possible. They said they would- but they weren't.
Joey was dead by the time the police arrived. Battered body, broken bones, missing teeth, face swelled up. Kaiba stood over his body as it lay motionless under fluorescent light on a metal platter for the dead.
"I'm afraid I need to ask you to leave since you are not family" said the nurse.
"How much to stay?" Kaiba looked up at her red rimming his eyes.
"Sir, I will not be bribed," the nurse said sternly.
While the nurse was flapping her lips further about policy and such, Kaiba was writing a check. The nurse placed her hands on her hips and huffed. Kaiba tore out the check and handed it to the nurse.
"I am his cousin," Kaiba emphasized as the nurse nervously took the check in hand.
The nurse cleared her throat looking at the large sum of money written on the check. She tilted her head and smiled, "Yeah, yeah, his cousin." Before leaving she curtsied and left Kaiba alone with Joey.
Kaiba pulled up a stool but did not fully seat himself. Just sort of brought it up to lean on. He folded his arms and looked on at Joey.
"I'm sorry..." A tear splashed on the tile floor below.