Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Seto's Wish Alternate World Conclusion ❯ C29 When Kaiba’s Collide ( Chapter 29 )

C29 When Kaiba's Collide

 

MEKaiba had made it to the kitchen by this time, and began whipping up some food as he thought about the strange comments that Mokuba had made to him. `Another me? He sure has an active imagination at times.....'

 

He then stopped, realizing he didn't ask Mokuba if he wanted something to eat or not. `I shouldn't bother him, anymore.....he's sick.' MEKaiba reminded himself. But he was still worried that Mokuba might want something to eat. After a momentary struggle if he should go back and ask him or not, he finally decided against it. `He'd tell me if he was hungry.' he reasoned, and continued with making himself something. Yes....leaving him alone was the right decision to make. Plus, after Mokuba woke up, he could ask him then.

 

So, MEKaiba began to make himself some food, since he hadn't eaten yet. The food was placed into a frying pan, and began to sizzle. Soon the aroma began to waft up the stairs, and catch the scent from SMKaiba.

 

SMKaiba was still having problems searching for any of the things regarding SMK, and trying to figure out why the stocks were all screwed up. By this time, he had begun to assume that this wasn't the real stock report, at all. Somehow Gozaburo must have went so far as to place false documents into the computer and have it online linked with a similar computer to show this so-called stock report. Why, he couldn't be sure. Perhaps it was his step father's way of showing him what it would look like to own Kaiba Corp in the future. But whatever the reason, SMKaiba wasn't impressed.

 

He was presently bringing up his own hack programs to dissect all these reports and find out just exactly where they came from and what he was looking at, when he suddenly smelled the scent of food in the air.

 

SMKaiba turned his attention on the open doorway, then looked over at the clock. “That's strange.......it's a little late for supper.” he said out loud. He decided to go down though, since maybe he could get some answers from whoever was cooking. SMKaiba got up, and began to head downstairs. He opened the kitchen doors........and in that instant, Kaiba faced Kaiba.

 

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JKaiba had also been working on his own computer. He had been searching through information on the two news broadcasts that he clearly remembered......one was when the news discovered him and Joey together, and the other was the press conference where he admitted his relationship to the public with Joey. Yet.......there was nothing there. In fact, he couldn't find one piece of information involving him and Joey.

 

`That's impossible!' he thought, becoming more irritated. `Could Joey have gone out of the way to take all evidence of our time together, before throwing this at me? No, he's not smart enough to do that. Then again.....he did have help from Yugi, who was more than thorough when it came to games.' JKaiba immediately walked out of the office towards his bedroom, remembering the pictures he had of them. On the way, he smelled something cooking. JKaiba immediately froze, thinking, `Who would be cooking?' Mokuba was sick, the cook was fired a while ago, and Joey........

 

JKaiba instantly felt a strange rush of hope stir in him. Could Joey have come back? Maybe this was all a strange nightmare, and everything was back to normal.

 

`Joey' he thought, and began to quickly dash downstairs. On the way, he was hearing arguing and fighting from the kitchen, and the voices were familiar.......but he couldn't catch it yet. When he finally showed up and opened the kitchen door, he ran into.......himself?? There were in fact two versions of himself inside the kitchen.

 

One was spitting venom at the other one who had pulled a knife at the other, accusing him of being an intruder.....as if he was the real Seto Kaiba. The one holding a knife was also.....cooking??

 

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As SMKaiba entered the kitchen, MEKaiba turned to face another version of him and immediately grabbed the knife, while the other stood frozen and in shock.

 

“Who the hell are you??” MEKaiba hissed.

 

“ME??” SMKaiba snarled, looking for the nearest item he could use as a weapon. “You might fool the guards with that fake disguise, but you certainly don't fool me!”

 

“Idiot.” MEKaiba sneered. “You have the audacity to come face to face with me, and then try to accuse me to be some kind of fake? Who the hell are you trying to fool!”

 

That's as far as it went, when a third Kaiba suddenly rushed into the kitchen. This one even seemed almost excited about something, at first. But, that quickly changed once he saw who was really in the room.

 

JKaiba immediately snapped at the other 2 silent versions of him, questioning, “Who the hell are you two??” almost mirroring MEKaiba's first question. His eyes then immediately narrowed, stating, “So, Mokuba was right......he really has seen an imposter of me. But, there are two of you!” Maybe these imposters had something to do with why Joey was acting so strangely.

 

“I'M not the imposter, here!” MEKaiba boomed, who was positioned at the stove, “You two are the imposters!”

 

“That's ridiculous, I am no imposter!” SMKaiba snapped. He then hesitated, and asked, “Where's Gozaburo?” immediately thinking this must be `his' doing.

 

JKaiba snickered, saying, “For someone pretending to be me, you're not very good at it. Gozaburo Kaiba has been dead for almost 2 years, now.”

 

MEKaiba nodded in agreement with JKaiba, as SMKaiba snapped, “I am NO imposter! If that is true, then how did he die??” He then turned to MEKaiba and added, “And at least the last time I remember, I've never cooked.” glaring at MEKaiba accusingly, while JKaiba silently agreed with SMKaiba on the matter.

 

“I've been able to cook for sometime, which should prove that I'm the real Kaiba!” MEKaiba snapped at them.

 

JKaiba was thinking during this moment of the reminder from Mokuba, that he was not from this dimension. But still.....he stubbornly dismissed the idea, insisting there had to be another reason for this, while trying to figure out how these two fit into the equation of Joey's strange behavior towards him.

 

`If someone pretending to be me happen to upset him.......that might actually make some sense. Why didn't I think of that before? If there are multiple `me's' wandering around, maybe one of them offended him and he became confused by who was talking to him. Damn.....I should have thought of this sooner. But are they working together and simply trying to confuse me, or are they working separately? They don't seem like they're working together the way they fight. But, still....it could be an act.' Finally, JKaiba snapped, “Enough! This is getting us nowhere!”

 

They both turned to him now, as MEKaiba snapped, “And why should I listen to you? After all, you're clearly an imposter.”

 

The sizzling from the frying pan then distracted MEKaiba, as he turned back to the pan quick, to make sure the food didn't burn or catch on fire from not paying attention to it. He had to put the knife down to do so, but seemed to be ready to pick it back up at a moment's notice.

 

While, SMKaiba was now staring at JKaiba at the moment, focusing on the necklace around his neck, and certain that it had to be a fake. He could easily prove that neither were him, if he could simply see the inside of the pendants. Instinctly, SMKaiba reached for JKaiba's necklace, causing JKaiba to immediately react, grabbing at his wrist defensively, and getting ready to fight.

 

That instantly caused a chain reaction from the both of them. As JKaiba reacted to SMKaiba, SMKaiba reacted back, and they both began to fight with each other, causing the other to turn and pick up the knife again, prepared to fight whoever dared come at him. The two fighting each other ended in a quick stalemate. SMKaiba finally pushed JKaiba away, snapping, “I was trying to look at your pendant.”

 

“Were you now? Hmph.......well that's a pretty dumb move for someone who's supposed to be a genius. For an imposter, you could have at least come here with the correct information about me, and should know how I would react. For a scam artist, I'd say you're pretty stupid.” JKaiba mocked.

 

“Who the hell are you trying to fool? I know who I am! This is some kind of trick that Gozaburo came up with....isn't it? What is this, another test of his???” SMKaiba snapped.

 

MEKaiba snickered from the response from SMKaiba, as he turned back and mixed the food, saying, “You're ludicrus reasoning sounds almost as stupid as the Mutt.”

 

This comment seemed to make both of the other Kaiba's tense. SMKaiba for being compared to Joey, and JKaiba because.......

 

JKaiba immediately snapped at MEKaiba, yelling, “Joey is NOT a Mutt!!” Both the other Kaiba's froze and stared at him like he was an alien, as MEKaiba said, “Hmph, if that comment doesn't prove you're an imposter.......nothing will.” and the other Kaiba agreed.

 

JKaiba at the moment had that same feeling as he did at Yugi's, when everyone was staring at him after kissing Joey......except this time is was like versions of himself looking down on him. But then, it wasn't surprising to be beating up on himself for his own flaws......now was it?

 

....his own flaws. Suddenly, JKaiba came up with another idea of what was happening. “Wait a minute!” he said. “What if we're `all' who we claim to be?”

 

“That's not possible.” SMKaiba stated.

 

“Isn't it? What if something broke us up into different aspects of ourselves? And then because we've been separated, we don't remember these other aspects of our personality.” JKaiba said. He turned to MEKaiba, saying, “This part of ourselves can actually cook.” He turned to SMKaiba, saying, “And you would have more knowledge of our stepfather.......maybe you're perhaps a younger version of me. And I would be the side that has feelings for, well.....”

 

“For who?” SMKaiba asked, not getting that his defensive attitude towards Joey went more than even friendship. “Either way, why should I have any interest besides what I already have now? I have Mokuba. As far as I'm concerned.....I have all that I need.”

“I agree.” MEKaiba said, taking the food out of the pan, and putting it on his plate, turning the stove off. He understood what JKaiba was trying to say, and the thought of being attracted to that Mutt made him sick to his stomach. “Besides.......why would I have feelings for the Mutt, if my interests direct towards Mokuba?”

 

SMKaiba looked at MEKaiba curiously, wondering what he meant by that. JKaiba simply laughed, saying, “That may be, but our feelings for Joey far differ from the feelings we have for our brother.......obviously.”

 

SMKaiba whirled, and looked at JKaiba with shock. `Is he saying he has some kind of......`thing' for Wheeler???'

 

MEKaiba opened his mouth, like he was about to retort on JKaiba's comment, then realized.......if they were imposters, then he clearly shouldn't be telling them this kind of information. So, MEKaiba simply nodded, saying, “Of course.” to JKaiba's comment.

SMKaiba was immediately freaked out over what JKaiba had just said about having supposed `feelings' for Joey, and spat out in disgust, “We do `not' have an interest in the Mutt!”

 

But JKaiba didn't listen to SMKaiba, too focused on how MEKaiba reacted. He had all ready reasoned that they were all different aspects of him. So, if it was true.....that meant JKaiba liked Joey, and the others didn't. MEKaiba had all ready shown the lack of interest in Joey, as much as SMKaiba did. So, then.....why did he agree? If this situation was turned around, then MEKaiba should have technically reacted the same way that SMKaiba did. But he didn't. More so.....he looked like he was hiding something. They way he reacted seemed like he was agreeing simply to drop the subject. But if that was the case, then that would mean that MEKaiba actually disagreed and felt.....towards Mokuba.....

 

Horror and rage immediately rose in JKaiba, as he sprang at MEKaiba, grabbing him by the collar, and slamming him against the kitchen wall. “I want to know what you meant about my brother........right now! If you dared touch my brother in anyway, I swear I'll......”

 

“That's enough!!”

 

All three Kaiba's suddenly turned to see a tired, sick, and miserable-looking Mokuba outside the kitchen with his arms crossed and still holding his dragon, saying, “Will you three cut it out, already?? I already told you guys that you're all from another dimension. I can't sleep with you all fighting like this!”

 

JKaiba immediately released MEKaiba, as the three approached Mokuba to make sure he was okay. But Mokuba shooed them away, saying, “Come on, one at a time or something.......I'm feeling crowded, here.”

 

JKaiba immediately glared at MEKaiba, as if to say, `don't you dare come near him'. And the side of MEKaiba that still felt guilty over his relationship with his own brother, actually kept himself at bay for the moment, until everything could get straightened out.

 

SMKaiba didn't trust either of them, but didn't want to upset Mokuba further. So, he didn't fight at the moment. JKaiba said, “I'm sorry.......we'll keep it down.”

 

“Promise?” Mokuba asked, looking at all three of them. All of them felt the weight of Mokuba's stare and were unconsciously coaxed into nodding their agreement to the promise none of them wanted to make. Pleased with that, Mokuba weakly smiled and hugged his dragon.

 

All three were surprised by the toy, never remembering him even having a toy like that. It caused mixed feelings in all of them. ME and SMK wished they had now gotten him one, seeing how much he liked it, and wondered where he got it from.....though they didn't ask.

 

As for JKaiba, he immediately felt the paranoia from seeing it. If they never had one here, then could it have been planted as a spy device or a bomb? “Where did you get that dragon?” he asked, assuming the worst.

 

“From Seto.....`my' Seto. You're still not believing me, are you?” Mokuba asked. “You are so stubborn, sometimes. They're right in front of you, and you still wont accept that they're real!” He shook his head, putting his hand on his head, muttering, “I give up.”

 

MEKaiba gave a slight smile, admiring Mokuba's words.

 

While, SMKaiba grabbed at JKaiba's shoulder, muttering coldly, “Quit interrogating my brother, you're upsetting him!”

 

JKaiba shook him off, muttering, “Shut up.....you promised not to argue.” refusing to even look in SMKaiba's direction.

 

Mokuba looked back up, all ready having a feeling that this promise he made them have was perhaps more than they could handle doing. They were all ready trying to argue, and he didn't even leave yet. But they all said absolutely nothing to each other now, just to avoid fighting for the moment.

 

So, satisfied that they wouldn't yell anymore, or at least not create too much trouble, he turned around, saying, “Okay.......I'm going back to bed, then. Maybe you guys should check around and make sure there's no more Seto's showing up, while you're at it. And if there is.....please don't fight with them.” He then headed back upstairs to bed.

 

`More Seto's??' all three suddenly thought, as they turned and looked at each other. All three were now unconsciously agreeing that they had to be Kaiba in some way, shape, or form. After all, they all seemed to share the same affection towards Mokuba, and could not deny the kid a request, despite the situation. `Maybe there really is some validity to what Mokuba said about another dimension.' JKaiba finally began to think to himself, as he glanced at the other two.

 

SMKaiba crossed his arms, saying, “All right.......now what?”

 

MEKaiba said, “Well, we should probably sit down and try to figure this out.”

 

“Fine.” JKaiba said, deciding not to acknowledge his suspicions of MEKaiba for now. Perhaps he misinterpreted what MEKaiba was trying to say earlier. The whole idea of being `that' close to Mokuba was pretty absurd, after all.

 

“Agreed.” SMKaiba said. He headed towards the living room, as the others cautiously followed.......none of them trusting each other, but refusing to fight either for Mokuba's sake.

 

They all left, with MEKaiba following behind, who had abandoned his food.....now too focused on what he thought was more important at the moment: finding out why there were multiple versions of him, and how to fix it.

 

They sat down to discuss with each other what all this meant.......both explaining the different aspects of their world to each other, and what they remember. MEKaiba was probably one that left the most out of his past life, deciding to keep his relationship with Mokuba and himself as hidden as he did in his normal life.

 

They finally agreed that maybe this `different dimension' idea might actually have some merit, and decided they should probably check around the house, as Mokuba said, to ensure there were no other Kaiba's wandering around.

 

After searching around, it didn't take long for them to go back to their office to find.........Kaiba. Yes, another Kaiba was on the computer, trying to find information about himself that was no longer there.

 

`How the hell did I end up back in Japan??' he thought, typing wildly. `Where is the information on the US Kaiba land, and where is the information on Noah? I don't even see Kaiba Corp headquarters in the US, anywhere!'

 

He was even more shocked to see the door open, and three Kaiba's look in to find him, one muttering, “Looks like we found another one.”

 

VWKaiba stood immediately, snapping, “Who the hell are you people???”