Embracing Shadows

Chapter Three

Hermonie was reading a muggle news paper she picked up from a table that was waiting to be cleared at a coffee shop, she liked keeping up with the news that was happening in both the muggle world and magical world while she was on her quest with Harry, they had started out with Ron as well but he'd got upset with them and stormed out and they hadn't seen or heard from him since. One particular article grabbed her attention and she gasped which got Harry's attention. She then started reading the article out loud which she only did when she needed to calm her nerves or thought the article was of interest to Harry.

"Police as seeking any information of the whereabouts of Seto Kaiba President of the Japanese gaming company Kaiba Corporation. Mr Kaiba is well known for succeeding his father's company at the age of fourteen after his father Gosubura Kaiba's untimely death and transforming Kaiba Corporation from a weapons company to the gaming company we know today responsible for the Duel Arena's seen in arcades around the world and the portable Duel Disk. Mr Kaiba was the former world champion of the game Duel monsters and currently the worlds number two ranked duellist.

Mr Kaiba was last seen on the 24th of December at 9pm when he left his London mansion to go for a drive. He was reported missing on 25th of December when he failed to return home. His car was found abandoned at Godric Hollow, England. If you have any details on Seto Kaiba's whereabouts ..."

Harry was looking over Hermonies shoulder as she was reading he had a sinking feeling as he looked at the picture.

"That's the man we saw at the graveyard" Harry gulped with guilt. Because of them he was most likely dead, killed by Death Eaters.

"It's not our fault Harry, we didn't know." Hermonie tried to comfort him, but she was feeling just as guilty.

KC

Seto's body hurt all over from his torture session when he woke up and he was stiff and cold from sleeping on the floor, a lingering feeling of the shadow magic in the room still. Luna was sitting near him shivering and the old man was nowhere in sight, he must have been upstairs with the group at this very moment.

"Draco bought down more food while you're sleeping, I've already had some it's not poisoned. They want to keep me alive unharmed while my daddies being loyal to them. You need to eat." She told him. "Here let me help you sit."

"Don't touch me" he shouted at her, flinching away. "I can sit up myself."

She then started going on about some fantasy creature that caused someone to not like being touched by anyone. It was some creature that he'd never heard of. Once he was sitting Luna bought over the food and water. The food wasn't bad like he was expecting it to be, he was expecting leftovers of unidentifiable gruel. It didn't look pleasant how it was all thrown together but it was a lot better than most gruel that prisoners received.

"The Malfoy family's are one of the more wealthy families in the wizardry world. Draco told me that the house elves weren't going do separate meals for the unwanted guests." She told him while sitting near him, still shivering. It was really cold in the cell and unlike him she didn't have a warm thick coat. "You can eat it all" she mentioned when she noticed Seto picking at the food. She then explained to him what a house elf was.

"We need to ration what we can, they might not always feed us" Seto explained to her. He was going through eating the food that would go off quickly and saving the items that would last longer.

"You don't seem to be affected to much emotionally by what they are doing to you, it can't be pleasant, when they bought you back you where white as a ghost, covered in blood and shaking all over even though you where unconscious.

"It's not the first time I've been in a situation like this" he told her as he put the bowl aside. "If I manage to survive it probably won't be the last."

Very slowly he stood, he felt dizzy once he was upright, he stood in place a moment longer and the feeling didn't go away. He took his thick purple coat off and threw it at Luna and sat back down. "You're shivering, put it on."

She thanked him, not even seeming to mind that there was dry blood on his coat.

"This is the first time I've ever been in a situation like this" she told him quietly. "I'm scared."

"Wish I could tell you there was nothing to be afraid of but it's simply not true. It's normal to be scared" he replied. "I've looked around the cell multiple times and can't find any weaknesses. "I was expecting a secret passage somewhere in case a family member accidently got locked in."

"If there is a passage it's most likely activated by magic that only the family can activate" Luna explained to him. Seto wasn't happy with the response and kept looking anyway. It wasn't like he had anything better to do and Luna agreed and began helping him in looking for an escape and telling him that her fantasy creatures the nargles where helping.

KC

Remus was humming to himself as he worked, he'd always enjoyed arithmancy at school and was glad that it was one of the few subjects that Hogwarts taught that could be applied in the muggle world. Numbers and equations came to him easily, though he did miss doing magical equations. He looked up as his boss's advisor and two teenagers entered the office.

"Listen up everybody" the youngest of the teenager raised his voice getting the attention of everyone in the office. "Not all of you know this but I'm Kaiba Mokuba the younger brother of your boss Kaiba Seto" he waited for a few moments for the words to sink in.

Remus looked at the Japanese boy and he looked nothing like his older brother, in fact he wouldn't pick them for brothers at all even his mannerisms where different from his older brother. Mokuba explained to everyone when and how his brother disappeared and asked for anyone with knowledge to come forward even if it seemed pointless. They'd all heard that their boss had gone missing and had already been interviewed by the police, there young boss's disappearance had been all over the muggle news. Remus was wondering what he'd been doing at Godric's Hollow in the first place, there were a few muggles who lived there but it was mostly a wizardry town. He couldn't think of anyone that his boss would know that lived in Godric Hollow. The other boy that was with the younger Kaiba possessed a very interesting magical artefact hanging around his neck. One that he could detect magic from and being in a muggle environment it wasn't hard to detect, the magic was different then what he was used to. He was sure the Bill Weasley would be able to identify the Egyptian looking artefact if he'd seen the item. He wondered if the boy was magical or knew that the item was magical if he wasn't.

Mokuba frowned and started to tear up when no-one had any information. That was another thing that was different about the two boys, the older Kaiba guarded his emotions very closely the younger brother wore his emotions on his sleeve.

"It's going to be alright Mokuba, well find your brother" Yugi told him in Japanese, he could speak very little English.

"I don't have any information on your brother, but I really hope that you find him safe and well" Remus told the younger boy.

"Thankyou" Mokuba told him with genuine emotion and a slight smile.

Remus watched as the small group entered Mr Kaiba's temporary office and started looking for clues to what happened to the young president.

KC

After talking to a few members of the staff Mokuba called Remus into the main office. The manager of his branch had pulled everyone into a staff meeting to let them know that they could talk about anything that business related in front of the two boys, it wouldn't be a breach of the confidentiality agreement unlike when they were interviewed by the police a few days beforehand. The two boys planned to talk to everyone in the office about the missing President. Remus walked to the office and sat down in front of them, both boys appeared to be around the same age, it felt odd being called into a meeting held by two teenagers. When he'd been a teacher he'd always be the one calling the students in. They talked about how long he'd been at the company, what he did and the raise he'd received recently. Mokuba translating information he thought was relevant for the other boy who he learnt was named Yugi Moto.

"There was one odd thing that Mr Kaiba mentioned" Remus said slowly, hesitating before he told the two boys. "Werewolves"

"Werewolves" the youngest of the two boys asked. "Why would my brother mention werewolves?"

"My sick leave always coincides with the full moon and he mentioned werewolves while talking about my leave" Remus told them nervously. "Directly after my interview he paced around his office for a bit muttering to himself before calling in the next staff member."

"It was probably nothing, my brother gets a bit funny sometimes about mentioning mythological creatures and magic when it's not in full relation to duel monsters or if anyone mentions that there's magic behind the card game. Mokuba said to Remus after he translated for Yugi.

It left Remus wondering if there really was a magical connection to the game of Duel Monsters which Kaiba Corp was so involved in. He'd never heard of the game before he started working at Kaiba Corp. but it had become a part of his daily work life.