Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Joey's Little Red Eyes ❯ Worried brother ( Chapter 10 )

Ok! Before you start throwing things at me... WHOA! -Covers her head as they hold up many sharp objects- Wait! I said WAIT! -Readers grumble and wait- -Usagi sighs, relieved- Thank you, I'm sorry that this is such a late chapter but writer's block is a hard thing to bust through and if you have never had it you don't know what I'm talking about! Thank you for those who waited patiently for the other chapters, I'll try to work on it more now that I've skidded past this chapter with Mokuba. It was hard and I'm not all that happy with it! -Readers have put down their sharp objects- Thank you, I hope, I hope, I hope I get more chapters up soon

 

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A long limo slowly pulled up to the curb of the side walk and the back door at the end of the vehicle swung open, not waiting for the driver to get out and open it for the person. Mokuba climbed out of the car and slammed the door in his hurry. The preteen was a bit frantic at the moment as he ran up to the Game shop door and peered through the glass. He saw the light in the back room, so somebody had to be home, hopefully Yugi.

 

Mokuba checked the door and found it unlocked, even though the sign in the glass had said “Sorry, we are closed” He walked in and hurried into the back room, seeing mostly everyone dancing and having a good time. To him it hurt a little to see everyone so happy when he was so worried

 

“Yugi” He called a little softly and entered the room and Yugi looked around at his name being called, being pulled from dancing with Tea, turning to the pre-teen in the door way

 

“Mokuba?” he questioned and most heads turned towards the boy in the door way, especially Seto's head whipped around like a whip at hearing his brother's name. Mokuba stepped forward to ask what he'd come there for

 

“Has any one seen Seto” he asked, maybe, hopefully anyone had seen him

 

“Wasn't he bragging about going to Tokyo to make a deal?” Duke asked, flipping off the music so they could hear. Seto snorted at Duke's comment; he had not been bragging, he'd simply told the school he was going to be away for a week or so for business, it wasn't a big announcement or anything.

 

Personally, Seto was shocked Mokuba was here, HERE of all places to look for him, he'd thought he'd made it clear that he didn't even moderately LIKE Yugi and his little gang, but then again there weren't many places he was likely to be.

 

They group offered a place for Mokuba to sit and explain what happened

 

“Seto called me the night before he left to go to Tokyo for his meeting” Mokuba said, summing up the story from the beginning “He said he'd call once he got to his meeting, but he didn't, and he never called. I waited for a long time before I called his hotel to see if he had just been to tired to call, he's been working really late hours lately”

 

`I'd never be too tired to call you Mokuba' Seto thought sadly

 

“But the Hotel Manager said that Seto hadn't checked in at all that day” Mokuba continued, his story getting a bit faster and his voice more worried ”Then I tried the airport to see when Seto's plane had left, but it hadn't even arrived from Tokyo yet because of repairs. The Airport Manager said that Seto had filed a compliant about the service and then left. But he never came home” Tea tried to comfort Mokuba, rubbing the upset boy's back gently

 

“Well, maybe he got home at had to go to his office again” She suggested but Mokuba shook his head

 

“No, that's the first place I looked, I asked everyone if Seto had come in or contacted them that day but they all said no” He said breathlessly, getting more upset as he replayed the events from yesterday

 

“Well if he's been missing for more than 48 hours you can call the police” Yugi said “I'm sure they could find him if he's really missing” Mokuba shook his head so quickly he could easily get dizzy

 

“No way” he said firmly a little angrily “Seto would not want me to go to the police. If this got to the press they wouldn't keep it quiet. I can see it” He put his hands up like he was picturing the words on a big banner across the wall “”Kaiba Corp CEO, Seto Kaiba, MIA” The reporters would only make up stories to fill in what we don't know. Seto doesn't need all that stress when he gets back...” his mad expression turned into a sad one “If he comes back...”

 

Seto looked sadly at his brother, wishing so much that he could tell Mokuba that he was right there in front of him... But he couldn't...

 

“Don't worry Mokuba” Joey cut in “Kaiba will come back, he always does” he smiled a bit to try to cheer the preteen up “You can't get rid of the guy, he's too stubborn. And I bet where ever he is he's only thinking about how to get back” Mokuba looked at the blonde, looking hopeful

 

“You think so Joey?” he asked and Seto looked at Jou himself. Jou was actually saying something nice about him, and cheering up Mokuba

 

“I know so” Joey said with a grin “Kaiba's a big boy, he can take care of himself. And even if he doesn't want us too, we'll keep an eye out for him” Mokuba smiled a bit

 

“Thanks Jou” he said and Joey grinned

 

“Anytime” the blonde said. Seto just stared at Jou a bit, amazed. The blonde had cheered up Mokuba, and hadn't insulted him at all. He had actually, sort of, in his own way, complemented the CEO.

 

Seto suddenly felt himself being picked up around the middle by the said blonde and held him up to Mokuba. Mokuba asked many of the questions that everyone else had and eventually patted the Seto on the head. Seto allowed it, though it was strange to have his little brother petting him.

 

Eventually everyone was trying to cheer Mokuba up, though with the worry of his elder brother, he couldn't enjoy the fun. He soon had to leave to try other places that he thought of when he had been there, though there weren't many. After everyone said good byes, Mokuba got back into the limo and directed the driver to another part of town

 

After Mokuba left, of course, the conversation turned to the `missing' CEO. Yami stayed quiet for most of it because he knew where Seto Kaiba was, and Seto didn't want him blurting out that Seto had been turned into a little dragon, which Jou still currently held as he sat in a chair, being stroked occasionally along his long neck. Seto tried not to like it, he did, but he couldn't help but lie back and take the affection. He swore he'd kill Yami if he ever motioned this scene to him again

 

“Where do you think Kaiba would go?” Yugi asked the group

 

“Maybe he got lost” Tristan suggested and was nudged by Duke

 

“Not everyone gets lost like you do Tris” the black haired teen teased and the brunet frowned

 

“That was once! Once!” Tristan said in frustration

 

“We ended up in a corn field” Duke said “I told you to look at the map” Tristan lowered his head and groaned. He just couldn't win

 

“You don't think Kaiba was kidnapped again do you?” Mai said as she leaned against the chair Joey sat in, remembering when Seto was testing his virtual reality machine

 

“Wouldn't Mokuba have told us if there was anyone after Kaiba again though?” Tea asked

 

“Yeah, he would have, I'm sure of it” Yami said and then said mysteriously “Its almost as if he disappeared” Seto shot Yami a warning look that nobody noticed but Yami, though the former Pharaoh pretended he saw nothing, looking up at the ceiling with a cat like smirk

 

“You never know” Tristan said with a shrug and looked to the quiet blonde that hadn't spoken a word since Mokuba left “So why'd you say that to Mokuba, Jou?”

 

“Huh?” Jou asked, a little startled at his name being called

 

“Come on” Tristan said “You're usually the one to pick a fight with Kaiba, why'd you say all that stuff to Mokuba?” Seto tilted his head to the side a bit, curious also, but suspicious as well. The blonde could have just been playing Good Samaritan after all, playing to cheer up Mokuba but speaking horribly behind his back

 

“'Cause” Jou said “Mokuba is a good kid, and he's worried about his brother. And despite Kaiba being an egotistic bastard to us, he cares for his little brother. Kaiba will be back, he always comes back, but until he does Mokuba needs our help to look for him” The group seemed to agree on his logic. Seto felt a little offended with being called an egotistic bastard, but he understood Jou's point. And the night seemed to sober from all the carefree partying, talk turning to theories of why Seto had disappeared, from kidnapping to running away. All Seto wanted to do was be in his meeting and not ever have been through this...

 

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