Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Forgotten ❯ Running away ( Chapter 3 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh, Hoobastank, or their song "Running Away." Yes, a non-LP Songfic. I couldn't find a good one to go with this.

Running Away

[I don't want you to give it all up
And leave your own life collecting dust
And I don't want you to feel sorry for me
You never gave us a chance to be]

Mokuba... Where are you now?

The weather is ridiculous. One moment it's sunny, the next there's a storm. Thunder, lightning, all that stuff. What's up with that? Even in my car with the heater on, it's cold. I can only imagine what it's like for a twelve year old boy who's out there on his own for the first time in his life. Alone.

Damn. Did I just hear the engine sputter? No, do die on me, car! I need you! Just my luck. The car's stopped now. There's no way I can fix it right now, with time pressing me and all. I look outside at the window at the down pour. Great. But the thing to do now is find Mokuba, I think instantly. I get out of the car and shield my head from the rain with an arm. I hadn't had the time or fore thought to get an umbrella. I look around, wondering where to start when I spot a familiar store. Kame game shop. I hurry in.

[And I don't need you to be by my side
To tell me that everything's alright
I just wanted you to tell me the truth
You know I'd do that for you]

"Hello?" Yugi heard the voice drifting up from downstairs. Who would be out in weather like this? Yugi ran downstairs, and cracked open the door at the bottom, and stood shocked, surprised to see Kaiba, sopping wet with a distraught expression on his face. He seemed about to leave, so Yugi jumped out of his hiding space. "Kaiba? What are you doing here?"

Kaiba stopped and looked back at Yugi. His eyes were scared, and sad, all at the same time. "Yuug..." His voice cracked. At this point, Yugi saw the red around his eyes. He looked like he was about to cry. "Yugi." Yugi walked tenatively over to Kaiba, who leaned against the counter. "The weather," he said softly, indicating with a slight wave of his hand, "is ridiculous. Impossible. How am I supposed to find him?"

"Who?" Yugi asked, approaching Kaiba and stopping a foot away from him.

Kaiba looked down into Yugi's eyes. "Mokuba." He said these words incredously, as if he didn't want to believe it himself. Chances were that he didn't. "Yugi, Mokuba ran away."

Yugi stood in shock, and looked out the glass door at the pouring rain.

[So why are you running away?
So why are you running away?]

"So you want my help?" I look at Yugi. He's standing taller now, and his voice is deeper. The other Yugi -Yami, was he called?- had taken over.

"Sure," I mutter. I look up at him, then turn and walk out the door.

"Kaiba, wait," Yami says. "Don't you want more help? I could call Joey or Tea." I bristle at the mention of that mutt.

"It's quite alright," I say. "I don't have the time." I push open the door, and Yami follows me. I don't like enlisting help from Yugi or any of his friends, which extends to his Yami, but I had no choice in the matter now. Not when Mokuba was the priority. Yami hands me a flashlight and an umbrella. He wielded his own of each.

Mokuba, I think as we walk into the rain. Where are you now?

[Cause I did enough to show you that I
Was willing to give and sacrifice
And I was the one who was lifting you up
When you thought your life had had enough]

Nothing. Another alley. Nothing. It's so dark and cold. What if Mokuba had gone farther than this? What if we are looking in the wrong area? I would never be able to forgive myself...

"Mokuba!" I yell into the rain.

"Kaiba!" I hear a voice reply. "I think found him!" I drop both my umbrella and my flashlight to run over to where I heared Yami's voice coming from, and to where Yami is standing carrying my little brother in his arms. "He's cold. We need to take him to a hospital." I snatch Mokuba from Yami's hold. Cradling him, I look down at his face. His eyes flutter for a moment.

"Seto?" he mutters uncertainly, with the last of his strength. His head falls again. I feel his body shivering uncontrollably.

Without a word to Yami, I head back to my car.

[And when I get close, you turn away
There's nothing that I can do or say
So now I need you to tell me the truth
You know I'd do that for you
So why are you running away?
Why are you running away?]

Mokuba, I think fiercely as I press the gas down. Don't die on me.

Yami sits in the backseat, attempting to warm my brother with his hands, massaging the boy's back. Occaisonally he took his hands and rubbed them together. Half of the car ride was in silence. "What happened?" Yami asks. I screech past a stoplight, cars honking at me on both sides.

"He ran away," I say shortly. I swerve to avoid an accident. "I already told you that."

[Nothing that I can do
To make you change your mind
Is it me, is it you
Nothing that I can do
Is it a waste of time?]

Yami sits with me in the waiting room. We've been waiting for a while. And I've explained the whole thing to him. "I can't believe I'm confiding in you of all people, but..."

"Mr. Kaiba?" a nurse calls out. I jump up and rush over to her. She looks up at me, her eyes saddened.

"Well?" I swallow, expecting the worse. Please Mokuba... Don't die...

[Why are you running away?
...What is it I've got to say.
So why are you running away?
...To make you admit you're afraid.
Why are you running away?]