Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Seto's Wish Alternate World Conclusion ❯ C30 Mokuba meets Mokuba and New Kaiba’s join the party ( Chapter 30 )

C30 Mokuba meets Mokuba and New Kaiba's join the party

 

While the Kaiba's argued and tried to explain the best they could about what they knew, another Kaiba appeared downstairs in the virtual room.

 

MKaiba sat up and looked around the room dazed. “Man, why does my head hurt?” He looked around. “And why does the room seem different?” As he got up and started to shake the dizziness from his head, he found a few of his brother's duel disks lying on a table. “Who would put these here? It almost looks like...someone was working on them. But how can that be? I'm the only one here.” He thought about it and could only come up with maybe his brother somehow got a delivery person to put it there. And since his brother was now in charge of all security, nothing could have gotten past him.

 

MKaiba smiled, saying, “Maybe he got Joey to put these here. Well, there's only one way to find out.” So, he headed to the nearest computer and said to it, “Seto, did you have an idea on improving the duel disks further? Seto?” When there was no answer, MKaiba started typing. “Seto, talk to me, answer me!”

 

Yet, there was still absolutely no response, simply an error as if he was typing on a normal machine void of all life. That frightened him, as he wondered what was going on. “Something's wrong.....this never happened before.” Fear began to fill him, as he thought, `What if there was some strange power surge or something? Could he have gotten......deleted? Okay, okay, calm down.....don't panic. That couldn't happen. Seto made precautions against everything. I'm sure he thought of that, too.' he thought. `I'll check the office computer.'

 

MKaiba rushed upstairs to the third floor, ready to dart into the office, when he stopped.....hearing noises coming from there. At first, he feared it was a break-in. But then suddenly......he realized he recognized all the voices.....and they were all the same, too. He carefully moved towards the door and peaked inside. To his shock, he witnessed not one......but 4 different Seto's standing there, arguing with each other!

 

MKaiba's eyes went wide at what he was seeing. `W-what's going on here? What's happening? Okay, I get it.....I must be dreaming!' With his first instinct thinking this was a dream, Mokuba wanted to rush in there and hug them all. But then.....if this was a dream, why was he still looking like his brother and not himself? `Maybe I should wait and see what they're talking about, first.'

 

As the others argued, JKaiba's voice finally broke through the crowd of them, spitting out, “Enough! This isn't getting us anywhere, and besides.....Mokuba is just downstairs. If we continue to fight like this, he's going to come up here and not get any sleep.” JKaiba said turning to the other two. “We have a promise to keep. And I'm sure none of us wants him out of bed anymore than he has to be.....do we?”

 

“No.” Two of them mumbled.

 

`What do they mean by `I'm just downstairs'?' MKaiba wondered.

 

“First of all, I didn't make any such promise. And secondly.....why wouldn't you want him out of bed?” VWKaiba asked, checking his watch. “In fact, why's he even in bed, in the first place?”

 

“Well, when I checked him.....he had a 101 degree fever.” SMKaiba said.

 

`What? But I'm right here....I'm not sick.' MKaiba thought. In fact, as he thought about it, he also realized ever since he ended up in Seto's body, he almost never got sick anymore. When he used to be in his old body, he remembered getting sick all the time and wondered why.

 

“What the hell are you talking about? Mokuba is not sick! Noah would have told me if he was!” VWKaiba said. Then at a second thought, he added, “At least, he better have for his own sake. I'll shut the little brat down, if he didn't.....”

 

At that comment, all 4 Kaiba's (which included MKaiba at the door) looked at him, strangely.

 

“Who's Noah?” MEKaiba blurted out, breaking the silence. In his world, they never met Noah. In fact, Battle City had not even happened yet.

 

“Gozaburo's son, obviously. Don't you know anything?” SMKaiba asked. He then turned to VWKaiba, asking, “What did you mean by `you'd shut him down'? The last I knew, he was living with his mother in America.”

 

“What are you talking about?” JKaiba asked. “Noah died when he was around Mokuba's age.”

 

Mokuba listened in on what they were saying, hoping that their words would explain why there were multiple versions of his dead brother arguing in the room. But all it did was lead to more questions. All four of them seemed to have some kind of different history about them.

 

As much as he wanted to run in and hug every one of them, the sight of seeing his brother alive again was too painful to deal with, especially in such a confusing situation. MKaiba quietly rushed away, instead.

 

He went back downstairs to the second floor and put his hand on Seto's door, thinking about his own life and the lack of his brother. He had finally moved into his brother's bedroom when he became less upset over becoming his brother.....literally.

 

It had been some time since then. It had been some time since he's actually really thought about his brother.

 

Mokuba sighed in depression. Seeing him again was a harsh reminder to him on just how much he had missed him. Like his brother used to do, Mokuba had been learning to block out hurtful things by working. He was now the CEO of Kaiba Corp, and probably becoming even more like his brother by the day. Yes.....his brother was still alive. But him being inside a machine instead of there in real life made it become very easy at times to see him more as an intelligent computer than a brother.

 

`Seto......' Somehow, walking into his bedroom like it was his own just wasn't going to work for him, today. He couldn't do it.

 

MKaiba released the doorknob, and turned to face his own room again for the first time in awhile. He approached, opened the door, and entered. But as he scanned the room, something was also not right.

 

There were too many items in the room, too many personals.....as if he still used it. When he took claim of his brother's room, he stripped his original room clean in an attempt to wipe away the past of what was, so it wouldn't be remembered as easily. There were clothes in here, trinkets......movement?? Did something just move in his bed???

 

Immediately, MKaiba flipped on the light, to see what had suddenly occupied his room.

 

As soon as the light flicked back on, Mokuba winced and groaned, automatically assuming it was another version of his brother. `Not again! I'm not going to get any sleep this way. I really wish Seto hadn't left.' Mokuba thought, as he sat up and rubbed his eyes.

 

MKaiba's eyes went wide with disbelief and cried out in panic seeing himself......his `old' self in bed. Then he remembered what JKaiba said.....

 

`Mokuba is just downstairs. If we continue to fight like this, he's going to come up here and not get any sleep.'

 

`He wasn't talking about me.....he was talking about him!' MKaiba realized. No, this was definitely not a dream.....it was a nightmare!

 

“Is something wrong?” Mokuba asked tiredly, wondering why this Seto looked so scared of him. `This is something new....'

 

MKaiba quickly composed himself, yet cautiously approached the boy, not sure if what he was seeing was real. He quickly shook his head, saying, “Uh....no. I'm okay. I.....I didn't know you were there. I didn't mean to wake you. Do you have a fever?” The last question was blurted out at the last second, simply to make sure there weren't maybe 4 of him wandering around, too.

 

Mokuba thought this one was acting really odd, but just smiled and said, “Yeah, I guess I do. But, don't worry....I'm fine. My cold's almost over.” Then with slight pause, he too added, “You seem kind of......different from the other ones.” then paused, wondering if he even knew about the other ones.

 

“Uh.......yeah, that's kind of a long story.” MKaiba paled.

 

So, he knew. But, why was he acting so strange? It was like he wasn't his brother, at all. “Are you okay? You look worse than I feel.” Mokuba muttered.

 

“Actually, seeing so many other Seto's is.....kind of a freaky thing to see.”

 

No.....this Seto definitely acted different. He didn't remember any time his brother used `freaky' in a sentence. But, maybe this one came from a real strange universe. After all, he was still getting strange familiar vibes from this one.

 

Mokuba nodded, saying, “Yeah, I guess it is kinda weird....huh? Well, why don't take a break in Seto's room? Uh.....I mean your room. That'll give you some time to adjust, anyway.”

 

“I think I will.....thanks.” MKaiba smiled. He started to turn, but the movement from under Mokuba's bed caught his eye. To his surprise, a cat crawled from under the bed and jumped up where Mokuba laid.

 

MKaiba blinked, then a big wide smile appeared on his face. “Wow, you got a cat? Can I pet it? Pleease??”

 

Mokuba's eyes were as wide as saucers, and it took a minute for him to pick his jaw back up off the bed. It wasn't really the fact that this Seto liked cats that was so weird. He knew any possible likings Seto had towards animals were crushed long ago, once again thanks to Gozaburo. But the reactions were so unlike him. And yet.....they were becoming more and more familiar by the moment. And Mokuba had a feeling he didn't want to know why, anymore.

 

As if this version of Kaiba had actually caught on to his own odd behavior, he quickly looked away, stuttering, “Uh.....yeah. Well, I mean.....it's good to know your version was nice enough to let you have a pet.”

 

“You can pet her. I don't mind.” Mokuba quickly said, not wanting to upset him because he was acting like a normal person for a change.

 

MKaiba cautiously sat down and started to pet the kitten that rubbed against him, affectionately.

 

As he did, Mokuba silently studied MKaiba, wondering if maybe the reason he was so familiar was that perhaps this was how he acted when he was a kid, at the orphanage? `No.....even then, I don't remember him being so out-going. He was kinda shy, really.' he thought.

 

“Wow, is that a Blue Eyes plushie?” MKaiba then suddenly asked, noticing the stuffed Blue Eyes on the bed. “That is so cool! Where did you get it?”

 

Mokuba smiled, “Thanks.....my Seto had it made just for me.”

 

`Seto......' MKaiba thought as a touch of sadness came over his face. `Maybe if I didn't get sick, I would have gotten one, eventually. It must be nice still having a brother alive and in the flesh....'

 

He forced a smile on his face, and handed Tipper back to Mokuba. “I'm going to go lay down now. I'm sorry I woke you. You should try to get back to sleep, too.”

 

He got up to leave, then paused remembering his brother wouldn't just leave him like that. He was supposed to be Kaiba, not Mokuba....or at least pretend to be.

 

Turning back towards Mokuba, he muttered, “Um.....well, unless you want me to stay till you can get back to sleep.”

 

Mokuba could clearly see this odd version of Kaiba needed the rest as much as he did. “No, its okay. You should rest.”

 

MKaiba smiled, then turned out the light and shut the door. Then he walked across the hall to his brother's room. `It's so strange to actually be talking to myself like that. I couldn't tell him who I was. It hurt enough for me when I found out how much Seto sacrificed to keep me alive. I can't tell him that Seto gave his own body away to me, just so I wouldn't die......I just can't.'

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

At that same moment, another Seto appeared on the street. He was slightly dazed and confused, but quickly regained his bearings and ran towards Yugi's. Without warning, he charged into the shop and shut the door, then whirled back around towards the others.....startling them all.

 

Yugi looked over at him, saying, “I'm sorry....we're closed.”

 

“Yeah....funny.” Seto chuckled. “Sorry I slammed the door, by the way. Oh, and I got that thing with the cops straightened out today, I thought you should know. It's all taken care of......they just confused me with someone else. See, they thought I was this one guy stealing and I told `em I didn't steal anything this time. And can you imagine they actually didn't believe me??”

 

Everyone just stared at the guy, having no idea what to say.

 

“Aww, geez.....not the looks.” Seto said. “You don't believe me! Go ahead and ask Mokuba. I swear, he was with me the whole time!”

 

Everyone's eyes then immediately changed from confusion to horror, at the very thought that Mokuba was with this person. This person screamed trouble, putting warning lights up all through their heads.

 

Joey was the first to approach him, being the most spontaneous of the group and assuming this guy must be a kidnapper of some sort. He grabbed Seto by the collar, snapping, “What the hell do you think you were doing around Mokuba, huh? That kid's been sick. I swear, if you put a hand on him.....!”

 

But that's as far as Joey got, before the guy's eyes widened in fear and started to flail around screaming, “Ahhh!! What the hell is Kaiba doing here??!!”

 

Joey let him go and looked around quickly, asking, “He is? Where???”

 

But, Seto was looking at him. He turned to the others in the shop, while pointing at Joey, asking, “What the hell is Kaiba doing here? Tell me you kept that freako sister of yours away, at least.....”

 

Joey totally missed the first part about being called Kaiba and the other part hit right on the button. He immediately spat out, “What did you just call my sista??!!”

 

An instant later, Joey was quickly grabbed by Tristan and Yugi, to keep him from pounding the crap out of this guy. Yugi looked over, saying, “Maybe you should go before he does some real harm to you.”

 

But Tristan broke off from Joey, saying, “No way! I wanna know how this guy knows Mokuba.”

 

“Me, too.” Tea said.

 

“And why did you call Joey `Kaiba'?” Yugi asked.

 

“He WHAT??” Joey snapped, and again tried to lunge at the guy. This time, Tea and Angie also grabbed hold of him, since Yugi was far too weak to hold Joey back on his own.

 

“But.....that `is' Kaiba.” Seto said.

 

“You got some nerve calling `me' Kaiba, you jerk! Who the hell are you, anyway??” Joey snapped.

 

“That's a good question. Who the hell are you?” Tristan asked.

 

Seto blinked, muttering, “You guys are just joking.....right?”

 

“No.....I'm afraid we're not.” Yugi said. “Please.....who are you?”

 

`Uh-oh. Why do I have the feeling I'm in trouble again. And even Mokuba can't get me outta this one .' He thought. “It's me......Seto.” he answered.

 

Everyone let go of Joey, as Joey's jaw dropped. “No.......way........”

 

/It's happening./ Yami warned Yugi. /I knew there was something worst going on then what we were seeing. Yugi.....there's more than just one Kaiba./

 

/Oh, no./ Yugi thought, eyes widening in shock, as he realized the guy was telling the truth.

 

Joey cautiously approached the guy. Now that he thought about it, he was the same height and build, and his very long shaggy hair was the same chocolate brown color. But this version of Kaiba looked like some kind of modern day hippie. He had long scraggly hair, and beat-up clothes that Joey would even have a hard time wanting to wear.

 

As Joey moved his hand up, he brushed some of the hair away from the man's face and looked into his deep blue eyes. “Holy shit! It really `is' him!” Joey spat out.

 

“Yeah, no shit.” Seto replied, quickly shying away from Joey, who he still saw as the enemy. Seto was totally confused over what was going on, and was clearly cautious around Joey. After all, in his eyes....Joey was the one and only Joseph Kaiba.

 

After a long moment's pause of complete silence, Joey collapsed on the ground in a fit of laughter, pounding his fists on the ground in total hysterics. “Oh, man.....tell me someone here has a camera. I gotta get a picture of this! Ahahahahaha!!!”

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

VWKaiba heard enough from these other versions of him, insisting that his brother was suddenly ill. He refused to believe anything they had to say to him. Insisting on checking on his own brother, he left before the others could stop him and ran towards Mokuba's room. He hurried over to Mokuba and put his hand on his forehead. “I know he wasn't sick this morning.”

 

Mokuba had barely fallen back to sleep, when he felt the gently warm touch on his forehead. He stirred, hoping it was his brother.....but quickly realized it was just another version of Kaiba, yet again.

 

VWKaiba asked sternly, “When did this happen? Why didn't Noah tell me about this? If he thought he was dead before, wait until I get my hands on him now.....”

 

“I thought Noah `was' dead.” Mokuba said.

 

VWKaiba gave an evil smirk, saying, “Don't worry.....he `will' be.”

 

MKaiba, hearing the commotion, got up and quickly snuck towards the room to see what was happening.

 

“Seto......seriously.” Mokuba coughed.

 

VWKaiba's eyes softened, his heart going out for Mokuba in the condition he was in. “Why would you ask me that? You know he's trapped in our computer at Kaiba Land, US.” Then with a moment's hesitation, thinking about all the other `hims' he just came across, he suddenly asked, “......you do know that, don't you?” Hoping he wasn't going to see multiple Mokuba's wandering around, as well.

 

But Mokuba was now more interested in hearing about Kaiba Land, asking, “You mean, you actually built another Kaiba Land? Why'd you pick the US?”

 

“We can discuss this all later.” JKaiba said, suddenly appearing.

 

“Just how many of us are there?” SMKaiba asked, now noticing MKaiba.

 

JKaiba put a hand on VWKaiba's shoulder, muttering, “Mokuba needs his rest......let's go.”

 

Once VWKaiba finally agreed, the others all trickled out of Mokuba's room, slowly heading back to Kaiba's office. VWKaiba now felt bad for bothering him, saying, “Sorry, kiddo.....we'll talk about this later.” surprised at how well Mokuba seemed to take having multiple `hims' wandering in and out of his room.

 

But Mokuba got up, saying, “Wait.....I'm coming, too.”

 

“No you're not.” all the Kaiba's seemed to say at once, except for MKaiba, and looked at each other strangely.

 

“There's no sense for me to stay here, since I keep getting woken up every five minutes, anyway.” Mokuba said.

 

They couldn't argue with that.

 

“Is it safe to leave the kitten alone in here?” MKaiba asked.

 

All versions of Kaiba suddenly looked over at the cat, not expecting one to be here. They all seemed to have various feelings over other animals. One didn't like animals after how Gozaburo had taught him, one was bit by an animal making him leery over them, one simply didn't like animals, and the last actually didn't mind animals but knew Gozaburo would never accept such things in the house.

 

VWaiba was first to speak, stating, “What's a cat doing in here? I thought we had a strict `no pets allowed' rule.”

 

Mokuba looked at the ground, “My Seto said I could keep her.”

 

“And which one of us would that be, by the way?” JKaiba then asked, curious who the real Kaiba of this world was supposed to be.

 

Mokuba replied, “Sorry.....he's not here.”

 

Interested in that little piece of data, JKaiba made sure to keep a mental note of that for later.

 

“Fine....bring it with you.” VWKaiba finally said, though not liking the fact that he even had a cat.

 

Mokuba picked up his kitten, and followed the small pack of Kaiba's.

 

Now outside the bedroom, JKaiba looked over at MKaiba and sighed. “You might as well come and join us, too.......we won't kill you. I guess we should explain what we know is happening, so far.”

 

Mokuba could see that most of them were avoiding him, as long as he had Tipper. Giving up, he sighed, saying, “Maybe I should just put her in her room. This way she's safe and there wont be any problems.”

 

“I'll go with him.” MKaiba offered, also noticing the others' reaction. Plus, he had a feeling if he was close to them for too long, they'd probably soon realize that he wasn't one of them.

 

“Fine, but make it fast. We'll be in the third floor office.” JKaiba said.

 

After they left, VWKaiba asked, “Are you sure we can trust him?”

 

JKaiba smirked, “Why not? We should be able to trust him with Mokuba as much as anyone else here.”

 

“I don't know.” VWKaiba muttered, after sensing a strange vibe from MKaiba. “There's something about him. He seems different from the rest of us, somehow......”

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

Mokuba made sure to once again put Tipper away downstairs. As he did that, MKaiba also made sure to secure the door good enough so the cat couldn't escape again.

 

“That'll hold her.” Mokuba sniffed, and smiled up at MKaiba. “You know......you don't exactly act like the others. You must have had a really different past from them, huh?”

 

“Uh......yeah. I guess so.” MKaiba answered, looking away shyly.

 

Seeing that this person obviously didn't want to say much about his history, Mokuba shrugged and they headed back upstairs.

 

As they joined the others in the office, MKaiba tried to keep as far away from the others and as quiet as possible, as if trying to keep anyone from even noticing he's there.

 

`Weird.' Mokuba thought, actually recognizing the trait. `He kinda reminds me of me.....'

 

Mokuba then tiredly focused on the others. And MKaiba's attempt at being invisible seemed to work well, for now.

 

JKaiba was the one who began the conversation, as once again they began to try and figure out what was going on, and why this was happening.