MythCreatorWriter: Oh so you like the way I title my chapters? Thank my 12-year-old self! As you may or may not remember, I wrote the first chapter a bazillion years ago and I titled it One and I think I had always plan to title the rest like that. I'm always trying to come up with new ways to write out titles because after 82 stories, it can seem like the same old stuff too much. I'm actually pretty good at writing stuff out on demand. Once in English class we were doing journals and my teacher would put up quotes and we were supposed to respond to them. But I never really liked the quotes and would instead write about what my friends in the class were doing… okay, wait, this story is going to be way too long to put in a review reply. Maybe I'll send it to you in a message… I'm not sure though. Sometimes I feel bad because I worry that I put you through these random rants of mine but at the same time you usually respond to everything I say so I feel like you are interested in hearing them. Eh, we'll see what happens. If you message me asking about it, I'll gladly message you back with the rest of the story:D Anyways, yeah, you might be right. I have written a lot of epic tales of love and heart ache, so it's hard to remember them. Although, I'm sure everyone must think that because I've written 82 stories that all center around mainly just two characters, people probably think I repeat ideas a lot, which is not true because although I may never remember my stories, I will ALWAYS remember a scene that is somewhat similar to another scene I've done in a previous story. Like this story, when Mokuba said that Seto was becoming like him-aka Gozaburo, I felt bad because Mokuba had thought or said that EXACT same thing in… wow, I can't even remember the title. But it was the one where Mokuba was worried that Seto hated him and Seto was worried that Mokuba blamed him. That story, lol. Wow this is running long, DANG IT! Okay, so thank you so much for what you said! I'm honored to hear that I've been making this believable enough to see happen while also putting an original twist on it. It's what I aim to do with all of my stories! Anyways, I better run because this is EXTREMELY long, thanks again though for the review!

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Eighteen

Seto was sitting at his desk in his room, his eyes gazing out of the window. The rain was crashing against the window. Flickers of lighting were seen from the second floor of the Kaiba Mansion, followed by the roar of thunder in the distance. The weather had been this way for days now, and reports showed it wouldn't change.

Seto had been sitting there for the past couple hours, and hadn't made a single attempt to move since. He appeared calm to anyone who looked at him at the right angle, but this wasn't true in any way, shape, or form. No one would've been able to speculate, not even Lector, whom had become Seto's right hand man in the last couple weeks since their plan had been put into motion.

Upon that thought, Seto heard a knock on his bedroom door and his eyes shot open. Although he said nothing, a few minutes later, he heard the door open and he was sure he knew who it was.

"Seto, I'm sorry to bother you. I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Seto pushed his chair away from his desk and twisted it around. He leaned back in his chair.

"No bother at all, Lector. I'm glad you're here. What's the status report?"

"It's going smoothly, Sir. We've been buying up the stocks at the rate of which you commanded, and so far there have been no signs of Gozaburo having any knowledge of what's going on at all. Everything is going according to plan." Seto shook his head and looked away. He stood up.

"I'm going to have to disagree with you, Lector." Lector was staring at Seto, confused.

"What do you mean?" Seto folded his arms behind his back in a very business-like manner.

"I feel that there is a rat among us and I have reason to believe that he has already gone to Gozaburo and told him of our plans." Lector took a step back in shock.

"What?! How could that be?" Lector shook his head, "No, forgive me, but I think you are mistaken. The only people who are aware of this plan are you, I, and the rest of the Big Five who wouldn't dream of doing anything that might ruin this. We wouldn't risk losing our jobs." Seto turned toward Lector.

"You seem to be forgetting one other person who is aware of these plans…" Lector thought for a moment and looked down. Who could Seto be referring to? The answer came at him in a flash. There was only one person he could be talking about.

"Sir… are you suggesting that… Mokuba, your own brother, is the snitch?" Seto nodded and looked away once more.

"I'm afraid so." Lector couldn't believe this. Seto truly believed his brother would do something like this? It was true that Lector hadn't observed the boys' relationship that closely, but from the time he had spent with them in the past year, he could tell that the two of them had a very strong bond. Mokuba, especially, considering he looked up to Seto like a child would look up to his father.

"But Seto… I just can't see that happening. I don't see why Mokuba would do such a thing. I cannot picture him committing such an act against you." Seto was silent. Lector had come to understand some of Seto's behaviors. Usually in any argument, Seto would only become silent if he had grown tired of fighting for his view on things. It would not necessarily mean that he would agree with his opponent, it just meant he had stopped trying to prove his point.

Lector still couldn't wrap his mind around the idea of Mokuba turning on Seto, though. It just wasn't plausible.

"Seto… I must ask, do you truly think that your little brother would be capable of doing something like this?" Seto walked back over to his desk and sat down once again. He glanced at Lector for a moment before shaking his head. Obviously Lector didn't understand what was going on.

"Yes, I do Lector, for even children are capable of treachery," Seto said, "Now if you will, gather the rest of the Big Five and tell them to meet with me here in an hour. I will explain the situation to them and then proceed to take proper action against the culprit." Lector nodded.

"Yes Sir, I'll tell them right away." With that, Lector left the room, but his doubts still remained. Mokuba? Betraying his brother? Lector couldn't see it happening in a million years, but Seto seemed so sure it was true. Lector wouldn't know a reason why Seto would think otherwise; this was his younger brother they had been talking about in the first place. But he would comply with Seto's order and get the others. Surely Seto would explain things more in depth when they all met together.

"Hello?" Mokuba called again into the door. Mokuba shrugged and knocked on the door for a third time, a little louder this time. "Hello?? Seto, are you in there?" Mokuba dropped his head. He had been knocking on that door for the past ten minutes, what could Seto be doing in there? Mokuba was standing in front of his brother's study, the exact place where his brother had told Mokuba he would meet. But Mokuba had been standing there for ten minutes and still Seto hadn't made an attempt to open the door.

Mokuba had already begun to think that his brother wasn't even in the room. He had tried opening the door himself, but it was locked. Maybe Seto had gone to the bathroom and was coming right back? Mokuba sighed, he didn't know where his brother had gone, but he was positive of the time and place Seto told him to wait to meet up with him.

Mokuba finally gave up knocking and leaned against the door. He brought up his right hand and looked down. His hand was clutching his brother's dueling deck; Seto had left it in his room a couple days earlier when they had been taking a break from their plan to play a game of duel monsters together. Mokuba didn't even care that his brother had beaten him in every game; it was just nice to spend some time with him that didn't involve work. Lately that was all it had ever been about.

Mokuba looked up when he heard footsteps coming from down the hall. He spotted Seto walking towards him and got up smiling.

"Nii-sama!" Mokuba said with delight as Seto approached where he was standing, the Big Five following from behind. Mokuba stopped and was surprised to see the Big Five were there as well. "What's going on? I got your message, Nii-sama, but you never said the Big Five were going to be with you. Is there a reason?"

"There he is," Seto said in a stern voice, completely ignoring Mokuba's previous comment as he moved in closer. Mokuba looked around at the Five and became even more confused when he saw how angry they all looked. Had Mokuba missed something? Mokuba looked up to see his brother continue to walk towards him, causing Mokuba to back away. "We've been looking all over for you."

This didn't help explain things for Mokuba. The boy titled his head.

"What are you talking about, Nii-sama?" Mokuba backed up against the wall behind him. Mokuba wasn't afraid; he was just unsure what this was all about. Seto was staring deeply into his eyes. On the outside, he looked extremely peeved and ready to battle, but Mokuba sensed he was trying to hide something even greater. Mokuba couldn't figure it out.

"Don't act like you don't know," Seto said, grabbing Mokuba's shoulders with intensity. Mokuba jumped a bit from surprise, his brother had never handled him in such a way. Mokuba looked up at his brother.

"What are you talking about?" Seto took in a deep breath. His expression seemed plastered onto his face, like it didn't seem to fit him that well deep down. But Mokuba didn't understand what that meant, or what it could lead to. Seto bit his lip before making his next move.

With a blink of an eye, Seto's arm had been raised and his hand went across Mokuba's face. Mokuba's entire head swung to the side because he hadn't been expecting the blow at all. Mokuba slowly turned his head back to look at his brother, his eyes wide. Mokuba dropped the entire deck of cards he had in his hand onto the ground.

"Nii-Nii… sama?" Seto grabbed Mokuba's shirt and shoved him against the wall.

"You told Gozaburo everything, didn't you?! You revealed our entire plan. How dare you!" Seto took his knee and jabbed it hard into Mokuba's stomach. Mokuba bent all the way forward, paralyzed by both pain and shock. His brother was beating him up… never in his life has Seto laid a finger on Mokuba until this day. The realization made the pain even more catastrophic.

Seto's head was bent down; his bangs darkened his face in a way that made it hard to see his eyes. Slowly, Seto held out one arm to catch Mokuba as he lowered his knee. Then with a sudden quickness, Seto forced Mokuba back onto his feet and to stand up straight.

"Well??" Mokuba was standing very still; he was hunched over a bit with his arm wrapped around his stomach. He looked up, shaking his head.

"Nii-sama… it wasn't me." Seto gritted his teeth, taking Mokuba by the shirt once more and shoving him against the wall.

"How could you betray me?!" Mokuba's back was slammed against the wall and his head flung back from the impact. Mokuba was no longer paralyzed but now completely shocked. He stared at his brother with disbelief. This couldn't be happening, why was his brother hurting him? Mokuba hadn't done anything wrong; he didn't know what Seto was talking about!

"Nii-sama, you have to believe me! I didn't tell Gozaburo anything!" Seto grabbed Mokuba by the collar of his shirt and threw him to the ground. The scattered cards on the ground floated in the air a bit when Mokuba's body fell.

"Don't give me that, you liar!" Seto yelled; he turned towards the Big Five, "Take this kid out of my sight!" Crump and Gansley took Mokuba by each arm and hoisted him up from the ground. Mokuba was still yelling to his brother.

"Nii-sama! It wasn't me! It wasn't me! Please, don't do this!" Mokuba screamed at the top of his lungs, tears clearly streaming down the side of his face. Seto had turned away from him and stayed that way until Mokuba's screaming could no longer be heard.

The three remaining Big Five members were silent, all eyes were on Seto. Seto was calm and emotionless.

"I'll be in my study if you need me. The rest of you get back to work…" Seto said in a hushed voice, unlocking the door to his study and closing it behind him. None of the Big Five members said anything; they simply did what they were told. Lector was baffled by the scene that had just occurred, even as he left to return back to work. What was wrong with Seto?

On the opposite end of the Kaiba Mansion, Mokuba was still being carried off by Crump and Gansley. At this point, Mokuba didn't even attempt to break out of their grips when they turned out of the hallway. At this point his body simply gave in and he continued to sob in silence. His body hurt and it was at the hand of Seto, his own big brother. Seto had never ever hurt Mokuba, ever. The two of them never even wrestled as children, Seto was simply too delicate and too protective of a brother who always worried about Mokuba's safety.

Now this? All because he believed Mokuba had ruined his plan? Mokuba couldn't believe what this whole thing had turned him into. It was obvious Seto had become paranoid and one ounce of doubt had forced him to turn on his only brother, the one person he was supposed to be able to trust.

When Gansley and Crump had gotten to Mokuba's room, they didn't even open the door for him; they dumped him onto the ground in the hallway and that was that. Both of them seemed proud of their actions as well.

"Humph, good riddance. That kid was dead weight anyway," Mokuba heard Crump say as he and Gansley began walking away. Mokuba was still crying, even as he lay on the ground in a curled up position. Not because of what they had said, though, Mokuba was still fixated on what his brother had done to him. This wasn't him, this wasn't like him. Seto would never in his right mind do this sort of thing…

Mokuba stopped sniffling for a moment. It was obvious now.

Seto's transformation had been completed, Gozaburo had done it. Seto had made the full switch from being a sweet and kind hearted boy to transforming into an exact replica of Gozaburo. That was the only explanation Mokuba could come up with for Seto's violent behavior towards him. And there was nothing Mokuba could do about it. Mokuba was filled with more dismay than anger when he thought about it.

He had lost his one and only brother. Now Gozaburo was his keeper. Soon enough, Seto would probably try to kill Mokuba off. It sounded like an extreme, but Mokuba recalled the horrifying story Gozaburo had told them a few years back on his birthday and the way Gozaburo had gotten rid of his own mother without hesitation.

It was a horrible thought, one that he didn't want to come true, but feared it might've already happened. Seto wanted that company so bad…

Mokuba slowly got up from the ground. He needed to talk to someone, he wanted someone to hold him and tell him it was okay. But the only person that came to mind that Mokuba felt could really do that was Seto and unfortunately… Seto was the reason Mokuba was crying his eyes out to begin with.

Mokuba wrapped his arms around himself and started walking through the halls. Tears were still flowing down his face as his thoughts became darker and full of the loneliness he felt without his brother around to take care of him. Who was he supposed to run to? What other person came close to the father figure Mokuba so desperately needed?

Mokuba continued to walk slowly through the halls with these thoughts in mind when he heard footsteps nearby. Mokuba looked up, hoping it was his brother, hoping Seto had come back to apologize. But Mokuba didn't see Seto, instead, he saw someone he didn't expect nor felt he needed to see. Mokuba stopped in his tracks when the person noticed him back.

It was Gozaburo. And he looked surprised to see Mokuba wandering through the halls all by himself. There was a different aura about him that followed. Mokuba didn't know whether to be afraid or confused.

"Mokuba?" Gozaburo said as he took a closer look at Mokuba's tear stained face, "Is that you?" Then Gozaburo asked a question Mokuba never saw coming.

"What's wrong?"

A/N: Hey guys! Kari here! So, I'm really excited because I just planned out basically everything that's going to happen from this point on to when Mokuba gives Seto the 2%-OMG SPOILERo But yeah, I'm really excited mainly because I didn't have the slightest clue of what I was going to do(for if you have seen the show, this part is where things get a little tricky and hard to understand, the anime doesn't explain it well) until yesterday when I was walking home after seeing Up and the scenes just came to me! Unfortunately, I LOVE everything that happens in this chapter, but I don't like how I wrote it. I tried editing it, but it still seemed not as strong. Hopefully I'll get back my edge with the following chapter. I'm REALLY excited because I know what I'm going to write and then after that comes the scene we've all been waiting for! In the mean time, thanks for reading and I hope to hear from you soon!

P.S: So… I've been kinda nervous lately, about said scene that everyone has been anticipating because let's face it, when you've got a big scene everyone is waiting for, I think it's simply human nature to worry about screwing it up. Although I think it is as epic as I have been building it up to be, I worry all the same. But I talked to my boyfriend the other day and told him what I had planned and he felt that it was as epic as I had told you guys it would be, so that's my cue to tell you guys; YES. It will be amazing. Okay, sorry for the short, silly rant. See you later!