MythCreatorWriter: I know what you mean. I really set up a different situation here, and I like the interaction that's coming out of all these between the two brothers. I'm really starting to like my own story, I think it's mainly because of some of the great, random flashback ideas I get from it. But that's just me rambling. I hope I wrote the motorcycle scene as epic as it was in the show. Didn't have a lot of time to write much of anything, these next couple scenes move fast! Thanks for the review!
SereneShadows: Thank you so very much for your comments! And before I go into your review, I would like to say I'll reply back to your PM as soon as possible! Things are just, well, you know how they are, right? I'm glad you enjoyed my reviews though! I always enjoy your reviews, so it's nice to know I do the same for you. Thanks again for your great review! Enjoy the chapter.
AmePiper: RAWR. HERE IT IS. Motorcycle scene. Kidnapped Mokuba. The not Tristan-Nesbitt bit. And the soon to be brainwashing sequence! Really? You have a character named after me? OH YEAH. YOU DO! Woah, is that the same story from the bazillion months ago? I remember you PMing me and telling me about it… is that the same story, dude?0.o That's crazy! And impressive! You're awesome!:D Yeah, I'm doing a lot of things inside both these brothers' heads. It's kind of exciting! Anyway, thanks again for your wonderful review!
WhiteAsukalover: Thanks a bunch! Everyone appears to really love that ocean fear scene/story. I actually really like it too. It was the oddest thing, it just came to me one night and I thought "Sure, let's make Seto afraid of the ocean. That sounds like fun!" That's literally what I thought when I first came up with the idea XD I am pretty jealous! Especially considering all the episodes I have left to cover and the annoyingness of the internet at other times x.x Thanks for the review again! Enjoy!
Chapter 11: Threats and Regrets
-M-
We were walking through a city now. Tall and long buildings were on both sides of us as we walked along the street. The sky over head was gray and not too inviting. Seto and I had barely spoken to each other in hours, with the exception of some useless small talk here and there, but nothing of any real importance. I could tell Seto's mind was preoccupied with something else, and I had an idea of what it could be.
If Noah wasn't a kid, I was almost positive that Seto would've been contemplating how he would murder Noah in his silence. There are some people who are capable of murder, and others who aren't. Seto was one of the people capable of killing someone if he really wanted to. For most people, that would surely frighten them. But for me, I knew that Seto, if it every really came down to it, he would only kill someone who was of equal or greater strength.
Which means that he would never intend to harm a child or any sort of person weaker than him, ever. Seto might have seen the justice system a bit more violently, but if there was one thing he believed in with all his heart was honor. Seto only believed in fair game and fair play, nothing more and nothing less. So in Noah's case… I was guessing he was thinking of a less violent approach of bringing the guy down.
Seto and I continued our way down the ally way. Seto's eyes suddenly shifted and he had stopped walking.
"Hello Kaiba." I looked up to see who it was that said that and spotted someone on top of a building a couple feet in front of us. My eyes focused and tried to get a better look. I smiled with recognition that the person was Tristan.
"It's Tristan! Thank goodness..." I said to myself with relief. It seemed like it had been years since we had encountered someone who wasn't out to try and take our bodies. This gave me hope that maybe the others were nearby; I had to ask and find out. "Where's the rest of the gang?" I yelled up to him.
Tristan stood there for a moment with a strange look on his face. I saw that he was holding some kind of bar or stick of some sort in his left hand. Before I could say anything more, Tristan lifted the weapon in his hand and launched off the side of the building towards us. I yelled with fright and jumped out of the way, just as he hurled the stick Seto's way.
I rolled over onto my side and jumped back to my feet. My eyes returned to my brother and Tristan, standing apart.
"Tristan! What's wrong with you?" Seto demanded, standing in a defensive position. I kept looking on and got the feeling that something wasn't right. Tristan had never done something like this in his life, and I began to pick up on a difference in his voice.
"I'm not Tristan and I'm here to get revenge."
"Who are you?" Seto asked in a low voice. Things were about to get ugly I'm sure.
"Your worst nightmare!" Tristan yelled, readying his blade again and leapt towards Seto. Seto quickly jumped back and missed Tristan's blow. Tristan swung again, but Seto pushed away once more. He twisted around and flung a card Tristan's way. Tristan blocked it with ease. He looked like he was about to attack again when he heard someone else call out to him.
"Look! It's Tristan!" I ran over to my brother just as he was distracted and hide behind him, quickly glancing down the side street and seeing Yugi and the others coming towards us. I had to admit, I was a little surprised to see them all here at one time. I thought we'd never find them again!
"Kaiba and Mokuba are there too!" Tea exclaimed happily.
"Tristan, I knew we'd find you!" Joey stated proudly.
"Are you alright?" Serenity asked.
"Why don't you kids run along? This doesn't concern any of you." It was around this time that Yugi and the others FINALLY figured out that Tristan wasn't actually Tristan. They talked amongst each other, discussing who it might be, but I had already known. I had heard that voice before, and I wasn't going to like it now. Because it was actually Nesbitt in Tristan's body. I gritted my teeth.
"What are you doing in Tristan's body, Nesbitt?" I demanded.
"Let's just say I defeated someone in a duel."
"What? But we-" Before I could say anything more, Nesbitt had lunged towards Seto again and swiped his blade in the air. Once more I had gotten myself out of the way to keep myself from getting hit, but it was my brother I was more worried about. Seto jumped to the side and grabbed a metal bar from the ground and held it out in Nesbitt's direction.
"Oh? Planning on fighting me?" Nesbitt smacked the metal bar right out of Seto's hands before Seto could block his attack. I watched as the metal bar went spinning off into the air. It made a loud sound when it crashed towards the ground, and Seto was left defenseless once again.
"Why are you doing this?" Seto demanded to know, taking another step back. Nesbitt still had his blade held out towards Seto; his eyes were filled with hate and anger.
"It's about time you paid the price for what you did to me," Nesbitt spat back, "Now say goodbye!" Just before he was going to attack once again, the oddest thing happened. Out of nowhere, a little robotic monkey flew through the air and attached itself to Nesbitt's face. I stood there, blinking and staring at the strange event that was playing out right in front of my eyes. Nesbitt began struggling to pull the monkey off of his face.
"Okay, that's it!" I heard someone else say. Just as Nesbitt had managed to pull the monkey off, Joey came at him like a ton of bricks and kicked him in the side. I watched with astonishment as Nesbitt bashed right into a wooden doorway and fell in. I had to be honest; I didn't know that Joey was that strong to begin with. I looked over at my brother to see what how he was taking all of this. He looked just as confused as I did.
Things were happening so fast, it was hard to know what was really going on. The only thing I was sure of was the fact that Nesbitt was out to hurt my brother.
Tea and Serenity had run over to the entrance of the darkened warehouse Nesbitt had fallen into when I looked back at the scene. The rest of us were standing around, unsure of what to expect when a small light came on from inside and there was a low rumbling to be heard. Both of the girls stood there, until suddenly Nesbitt shot out of it, riding a motorcycle. My eyes widened as I watched him glide through the air and was looking down on us when a smirk on his face.
"Nii-sama! Look out!" I called as I turned my head. I imagined he was coming after my brother, so I looked his way to see if he was safe. But just as I turned back, Nesbitt's hand reached out towards me and yanked me up by the shirt. I grabbed his wrist and tried to force myself out of his grip, but Nesbitt lifted his fist.
All it took was one punch to my face and everything went black.
-S-
"You took my factory and my job, so now I'm taking the one person whose precious most to you! Consider us even." Nesbitt said with a chuckle.
"NESBITT! GET BACK HERE!" I yelled. But it was no use; he had sped off down the tunnel up ahead. My eyes quickly shifted and I looked all over for something, anything to be able to use to catch up to him with. I spotted another motorcycle for the taking and took no time at all to turn it on and race after him.
Yugi and the others moved back when they heard me coming through, giving me enough room to speed into the tunnel for myself. I revved up the engine and attempted to go faster. All I could think of was in what way I was going to punish Nesbitt for this one. I wasn't going to let him run off with Mokuba, I couldn't let him get away with my brother. I continued going as fast as I could, but Nesbitt was still nowhere in sight. I still had to catch up to him.
'Don't worry Mokuba, I'm coming to get you. I'm going to save you,' I thought to myself, making a mental promise to my brother. I saw a light up ahead, which meant the tunnel was ending. I kept on target and raced through. I was on a bridge now on the outside. I looked up ahead and saw that the bridge was broken off. That wasn't good. That definitely wasn't good. I gritted my teeth and decided I would have to take a chance and jump it. I wasn't going to let my brother down.
I leaned forward onto the bike and took the motorcycle up to full speed. When I reached the edge, I pulled up to get a bit of a jump going. I stood up while in mid air, looking only down, past the water below, and over at the other half of the bridge ahead. I landed on the wheels off balanced, and could feel a loss of control beginning to take over.
With some quick thinking and a fast maneuvering, I twisted the motorcycle onto its side and jumped off. The motorcycle skidded a couple feet before bursting into flames. I landed on the ground safely and thankfully without much pain. I got up slowly and walked towards the raging flames of the busted motorcycle in front of me. I stared down at it, before noticing a darkened figure on the other side.
"Long time no see, Seto Kaiba." I glanced at the man, showing no fear. He was tall and dressed a bit differently, but I had other things on my mind. I didn't have time to deal with this guy. The man chuckled.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Has it really been that long? I have to say, I'm a bit offended that you don't remember me."
"That's enough! Where's my brother?! Where has Nesbitt taken him??" The man laughed once more. I was beginning to get angry. If there was one thing I hated, it was people who didn't give me information fast enough. I had to find Mokuba, and I wasn't in the mood for jokes. "Tell me!"
"If you ever want to see that brother of yours again, you'll have to get past me first!" I winced. I didn't have time to do this, but I had no choice. I would have to comply with this man's demands if I was ever going to find Mokuba again. "I've been waiting to take you down for a long time." The man was standing across from me and saying this like this was a threat.
It was anything but a threat. Whoever this guy was, he would have to get in line, because everyone wanted to bring me down. Only he was going to find himself in a world of trouble for keeping me from saving Mokuba. I would make him pay for that too. I would make them all pay.
"Bring it on," I replied.
-M-
Floating and flying are all the same when someone is surrounded by darkness, with that throbbing pain inside your skull. Someone had knocked me out, someone had knocked me down, and someone had kidnapped me. Even with the wind hitting my face twice as hard, I still felt so alone. So many thoughts and feelings that don't connect to each other come alive. And voices are heard all the while.
"What are you doing?" A voice asked. Many replies were said, I couldn't keep up or keep track.
"He took everything from me… pay back… but Sir!"
"Hand the boy to me." My body twitched unknowingly and fell to darkness once more. Hours past, days slipped by, and my mind could still be found in a whirlwind of darkness. But there was a light up ahead, and the heaviness in my heart started to lift. Consciousness returned, and normal thinking began to occur once more.
When I finally came to, I opened my eyes to a dark room with my body sprawled out on a green couch. I looked around, confused. Where in the world was I? I glanced around the room. There was a fire place, a coffee table… the place looked like a creepy living room of some sort. I sensed someone was nearby and sat up.
"It's good to see that you're awake," Noah appeared from the darkness across from me, and I inched away from him.
"It's you! Don't come any closer. When my brother finds out about what you've done, you'll be sorry!" And I meant it too. Not only was Noah on Seto's bad side, but kidnapping me was the last thing he would've wanted to do. I glared at him, hoping he would stay as far away from me as possible. It was him whom imprisoned us here.
"Your brother won't be able to do much of anything right now."
"What are you talking about??" I asked. Noah stepped off to the side as a screen came on from behind him.
"As you can tell, your brother is a little held up right now. He'll have to fight an associate of mine before he can even try to get to me." I stared up at the screen. Seto appeared on the screen, standing across from someone else.
"Nii-sama!" I called. Who was he fighting? I looked back over at Noah. I had a feeling when he said associate he meant someone from the Big 5. I was wondering which scum bag he hired this time to do Noah's fighting for him. It wouldn't matter, because Seto would take down all five of them if he had to, especially if my life was on the line.
I turned back to Noah. "You'll never win Noah! The minute my brother beats that corporate jerk, he'll be coming after you next!"
"You don't need to get so worked up about it, Mokuba, the show hasn't even started yet!" Noah proclaimed. I gave him a nasty look. I hated him so much already, and this was probably the first time I had ever actually been in the same room with him, all the other times he had been hiding behind Seto's virtual soft wear and had only shown himself to us as a hologram.
"The minute Seto beats that guy, you're going to really get it," I said. I felt like a coward saying it; the only threats I could come up with were ones of my brother. But I would've said anything to get this unnerving feeling I got from being in the same room with Noah to go away. Noah just smirked, he seemed like he was enjoying this tension between us. I hated him even more.
"Come now Mokuba, this isn't so bad is it?" Noah asked, "After all, it's not like I'm keeping you locked up in a dungeon of any sort." My heart stopped. My eyes widened.
"What?"
A/N: Who loves cliff hangers? I love cliff hangers! And if you were all wondering, I was just referencing Kel right there! But anyway, so… OHMYGOSH! AREN'T YOU GUYS SUPER DUPER EXCITED?! I mean, yes, there's yet another silly duel we have to get through. But I swear I'm going to try and push through it as quickly and painlessly as possible. As you all know, a lot of important things come up, and like you just heard, some past issues may come up as well. Either way, this is going to be one kick ass story! I hope I didn't lessen any cool scenes in this chapter; there was a lot of action going on and not a lot of room for description! Thanks for reading!
P.S: Don't you guys love cliff hangers? :)
