Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Seto's Wish Alternate World Conclusion ❯ C34 A Chibi Kaiba??? ( Chapter 34 )

C34 A Chibi Kaiba???

 

`.......where am I??' GSeto was frightened, being in a room he didn't recognize. How did he get here? He could only imagine what Noah would do to punish him, being somewhere he was not supposed to be.

 

GSeto slowly rose, and flinched from the pain of last night's punishment. He didn't do anything bad...it was just a lesson from Noah to make sure he understood he was the master. Then other times, it was simply fun for Noah. But it was still better than what Noah did to him when he did something wrong.

 

He limped over to the door, and opened it a crack. It was the wrong side of the house.....stepfather's side of the house. The hallway he was never supposed to be in. Panic began to fill him, but he tried to keep as calm as possible. If he could just sneak back to his side, no one would have to know.

 

GSeto quickly snuck out and limped down the hallway, confused as to why he saw no guards anywhere. But after making it to the East wing, he froze.....nothing looked right. The decorations of the house, the floor, the statues.....everything was different. “Wh-what?” he muttered, then quieted quick in fear a guard might hear. But, where was Noah, where were the guards, where was stepfather?

 

That's when he heard voices. His fear told him to run away and ignore the voices. Maybe he should just go back to his room and wait for Noah to punish him again. But, nothing was right.....and maybe that's where Noah was, and he could see what was happening.

 

GSeto itched under his collar around his neck, then slowly crept to where the top of the stairs were he carefully peered down. There were a bunch of people there he had no idea who they were. A spikey rainbow-head guy, a guy with a shaggy blond mop, a girl with short brown hair, and then.....a bunch of tall mean-looking men. Yet the mean ones all looked exactly the same and there were 5 of them!

 

`Quintuplets?' GSeto wondered. But, who were they? Why didn't he see or hear Noah or Gozaburo among them? Where were the guards? .....unless the quintuplets were the guards. But, he didn't think so. One of them kept strangely inching towards the blond-headed one, making him jump and cry out nervously. It was hardly professional behavior. No guard would dare do something like that in the Kaiba mansion.

 

Then, to GSeto's horror.....one of the 5 turned and looked towards him. `They spotted me!' he thought in terror.

 

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

 

MKaiba was listening to the others in the room, when something was caught from the corner of his eye; an instant of movement. He looked that way quickly and saw to his surprise a small boy, looking back at him in fear. `Seto....??' he thought, thinking that looked so much like a smaller version of his brother. But this one looked so scared.

 

He was about to open his locket and compare, to make sure what he was seeing was right.....but immediately this Seto ducked away.

 

“Seto!” MKaiba abruptly said and stood, looking towards the stairs. It caused the room to quiet around him, as he looked around realizing he probably just acted wrong again. But he had to find this other Seto, and help him understand.

 

“Is there a problem?” VWKaiba asked him.

 

MKaiba pointed towards the stairs, and stuttered, “Uh, I.....I gotta go to the bathroom!” He then rushed out of the room immediately after.

 

JKaiba was in view and watched him head upstairs, adding to his suspicion....since he passed the closest bathroom downstairs to get where he was going.

 

“One of us should probably check on him.” MEKaiba said, not trusting any version of himself in the least.

 

“No.....” JKaiba said, despite the direction he had gone. Those same vibes he got from him kept haunting him. No matter what this one did.....something inside told him this one could be trusted. “He's fine. Let him go. I'm sure he'll back soon.”

 

“Don't you think you're being a little selective over who you can trust or not?” MEKaiba asked, still angered over JKaiba's attitude towards him earlier.

 

But VWKaiba added, “He said let him go, so let him go.” taking JKaiba's side. He too sensed something weird about him.....but a good weird. He also didn't understand why he felt MKaiba could be trusted. But he never went against his instincts, either.

 

“Is something wrong?” Yugi asked.

 

“No.” almost all of the Kaiba's said at once, who all turned away scowling....also not liking when they occasionally spoke at the same time, and thinking the same things.

 

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

 

GSeto ran down the hall wildly in a panic. They were going to tell Noah....Noah was going to hurt him. He was going to be in trouble. He immediately ran to his room, in hopes that he could pretend he was there all along. Again, GSeto froze in confusion. It looked like a normal room. There was normal furniture, the walls and floor weren't bare with traces of blood, the chain and animal dishes weren't on the floor, there was a bed.....a real bed. And it looked so unused. Was the plan all along to send him back to the orphanage? Overall, that probably wouldn't be such a bad thing......at least he'd see his brother again. But he feared it had to be something worst. Maybe Noah got tired of him, and he and Gozaburo had plans to kill him! Then he'd never see his brother again......

 

GSeto backed up in fear, back into the hallway. He then heard the sound of footsteps and realized he was out of time. Quickly, he ducked into the room across the hall and closed the door.

 

Breathing fast, GSeto kept as quiet as possible as he heard the footsteps pass the door, checking out another room, as someone called, “Seto.....??” It was him they were looking for. This was bad.

 

“S-Seto.....?”

 

He froze, hearing his name called from behind him. But this time, it was from a boy that sounded close to his age. And his voice sound a somewhat familiar.....

 

He turned to see a very familiar black mop move up into a sitting position on the bed and look his way. “Seto? Is that you?”

 

It couldn't be.....he sounded so much older! GSeto approached, and sure enough.....it was Mokuba. But why did he look so old?? Yes, it's been too long since they have seen each other. But, no way could a kid 5 years younger than him be the same height. How could it be?? “Mokie....??”

 

“Not another one.” Mokuba muttered. But he then smiled, saying, “Wow......you're a lot younger, this time. You must be pretty confused, huh?”

 

GSeto blankly nodded, as he questioned out loud, “Why are you here?” That's when it suddenly hit him. Mokuba was in Gozaburo's mansion. Could they have adopted him too?? `No, it can't be!!'

 

There was a time when GSeto was first adopted, that he would have wished more than anything if his brother could be here with him. But after all that he had been through at the mansion, he was actually glad Mokuba was never adopted. Maybe Gozaburo was someone he could have handled to keep Mokuba safe. But him and Noah together......there was just no way. Mokuba would have been hurt, and it would have been his fault. But, Mokuba was here! He had to get him out, before he started to see just what an ugly place this was.

 

Immediately, GSeto grabbed Mokuba and pulled as hard as he could, saying in hushed whispers, “Come on, quick! We gotta get out of here!”

 

“What? Seto......”

 

“Sshhhh!! They'll hear us! Hurry, we gotta go before they......” GSeto continued to whisper quickly, but Mokuba pulled from his grasp.

 

“No, Seto......you don't get it. This isn't your world!” Mokuba tried to tell him. His brother looked so panicked. Plus, he could clearly see the bruises on him even from the dim moonlight, and the odd collar he wore. What kind of terrible world did this Seto end up in? He automatically started to feel so badly for him.

 

“No, you don't get it!” GSeto yelled in pent-up anger. “We gotta go NOW!!”

 

At that instant, the door opened and MKaiba was peering in. GSeto backed up in terror. `It's too late....they found us!'

 

“Seto?” MKaiba asked.

 

GSeto blinked in confusion. The tone was strange, the look was strange, and it gave him a weird warm feeling as if Mokuba had just entered the room. But, Mokuba was all ready there! That meant, this guy was trying to play with his head.

 

All he could think of was to protect his brother. He had to......it's all he had left. With a spur of desperate rage, GSeto charged to both Mokuba's surprise, and ended up kicking MKaiba right in the crotch. MKaiba cried out in pain, buckling over.....as GSeto grabbed Mokuba's hand tightly, saying, “We're out of time.....I'll explain later!”

 

“Sorry!!” Mokuba cried to him, as he let GSeto pull him out of the bedroom. If he could get GSeto to calm down, maybe he could help explain things through to him. But obviously he was so overwhelmed by his own inner-demons, there was no getting through to him at the moment.

 

`If you can't beat him......join him.' Mokuba thought. As GSeto wildly looked around for the safest way out of here, Mokuba said, “This way, Seto......I know a secret area they'll never find!”

 

GSeto looked at him in confusion, wondering how Mokuba would know something that he didn't. But he didn't recognize the household like he should, and felt he should trust his brother. He nodded, allowing Mokuba to lead the way, and Mokuba lead him to a special escape route that his brother made incase something ever went wrong, and either of them would have to get away.

 

GSeto looked around the odd dark tunnel-like hallway, then at Mokuba, asking, “How did you know about this?”

 

“Because I live here.” Mokuba said.

 

GSeto glared, saying, “I've been living here for 2 years. I never knew of this.”

 

“No, you haven't.” Mokuba smiled. “Seto.....you're not from this world. You came from another world and ended up here. The guy you just kicked.....that's a future version of you.”

 

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

 

MKaiba pealed himself off the floor, after suffering a horrible painful kick from his own brother. “Oww.....” He knew he should have gotten karate lessons like his brother had. But at the same time, he couldn't help but feel such pride to see his brother first hand in full action when he feels cornered like that. He also felt pretty stupid, too.....he should have known his brother would react like that. But, he was hoping he would see enough of who he really was to not attack him.

 

“Maybe seeing Mokuba in here too only confused him more.” MKaiba thought. He could tell even the other Kaiba's were beginning to suspect. But as long as he kept playing his brother, he counted on the fact that the other versions would be too stubborn to let themselves think otherwise.

 

But, now MKaiba realized both Mokuba and this other version of Seto were gone. `What am I going to do? I gotta find them!'

 

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

 

“......I don't want to talk about it.” GSeto said, looking away from his brother in shame.

 

Mokuba was attempting to find out what happened to GSeto in his world. But as usual, he was being stubborn and saying as little to Mokuba as possible.

 

“I can't help you if you don't tell me anything.” Mokuba said. Then trying to push his brother's guilt button, he added with puppy dog eyes. “.....don't you trust me, Seto?”

 

That certainly made GSeto feel like crap, making his brother think he didn't trust him. But he didn't want Mokuba to know what he was going through over here.....even if his brother was right and this wasn't his world.

 

“Could you tell me if we're at least together in your world?” Mokuba asked.

 

Somehow that made GSeto feel even crappier, because he had failed in doing even that. He looked down and shook his head, admitting his failure as a brother to him.....prepared for Mokuba to condemn him for being such a terrible brother.

 

Mokuba seemed surprised, and was worried. GSeto was loaded with abuse all over him. Maybe whoever did this ended up killing him. “So......where am I over there?”

 

“Orphanage.” GSeto answered, refusing to look up in his eyes.

 

Suddenly, it all made sense to Mokuba. Wherever GSeto ended up, he probably didn't want Mokuba there, for his own protection. And as usual, GSeto was probably taking it as a failure instead of thinking how much he probably spared his brother pain. He smiled. “I stayed there to be kept safe, huh? Gozaburo must have been pretty bad in your world, that you didn't want me to come, too.”

 

“He has a son.” GSeto finally added. “Neither of them are very nice.” His eyes twitched in pain, having to face his little brother after two years of this. “I should have been able to do more.” he muttered, fighting to keep himself from crying. “I should have been able to get you out of there, and protect you. But....”

 

“Stop it!” Mokuba snapped. “Stop blaming yourself all the time. You did what you could. I know you too much, Seto.....you let yourself get hurt because of me. It's not fair! If they're hurting you, then you have to get out of there, and protect yourself for once!”

 

GSeto continued to keep his face directed at the floor in shame. Nothing Mokuba could say or do would convince him differently. Yes.....he stayed there, to ensure the focus would never be on Mokuba. And he took the abuse for Mokuba's sake....in a way. The fact of the matter was......GSeto gave up. He didn't see any way to save Mokuba from the orphanage, without suffering the same abuse he did. So, he took every bit of Noah's and even Gozaburo's abuse. It was his punishment, his penalty game for his failure to do what he had to do. As far as GSeto was concerned.....he deserved it all.

 

“Could you tell me about these other me's?” GSeto then asked, trying to change the subject. He didn't want to tell Mokuba anything about what's been happening to him, if he could avoid it. He already failed. There was no point in describing to his brother in detail just how badly he failed.

 

“Something went wrong.....I think it's something Yugi did.” Mokuba said. “There was another Seto here, and he used his puzzle to send him back. But when he did, all these other Seto's started appearing out of nowhere. We dunno why, but they're all here and trying to find a way back. But, they wont hurt you.....they're all you. And maybe each one of them didn't have the exactly same past, but they're probably all pretty close. So, I'm sure they can relate to you and what you're going through. Who knows, maybe while you're here, you can find some way to figure out how to fix things back in your world.”

 

GSeto finally looked up at Mokuba, hearing what he was saying. He knew he could trust Mokuba's words. Even though there was no logic to it, he believed Mokuba that he was no longer in his world. “So, Gozaburo and Noah aren't here?”

 

“Nope.” Mokuba smiled. “In my world, Seto's in charge. He took over Gozaburo's business and turned it into a company that builds amusement parks and entertains children everywhere. It brings happiness instead of killing.”

 

It sounded too good to be true. Maybe this was all just a dream. Maybe that last bit of abuse from Noah actually killed him, and despite his failure to Mokuba he was being sent to heaven. But if that was the case, then he never wanted to go back. He would gladly stay in this heaven forever.

 

`But, Mokuba......' his conscious reminded him. He couldn't leave his brother alone. But didn't he suffer enough? Shouldn't his penalty game be over by now? The thought of what Noah would do if he went back. No, he had enough......he couldn't go back. He wouldn't go back!

 

“Seto....??” Mokuba asked, seeing the kid blank out for a second.

 

GSeto unconsciously nodded, so as to not worry his brother. “Yeah.....maybe this place could help.” he said.

 

Mokuba smiled, pleased to see this version of his brother had finally calmed down. “Good. Then are you ready to meet the other Seto's? They're probably all looking for us, by now.”

 

Slowly GSeto nodded, deciding if they were looking for a way back, then he had to hear this information in order to prevent them from succeeding. And hiding in here wasn't going to help.

 

“Okay.” GSeto replied.

 

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

 

MKaiba was just approaching the entrance to the secret escape door, when it opened itself to show both Mokuba and GSeto. He sighed in relief to see them both still in the mansion, and they didn't leave anywhere. “I was worried.....” he said.

 

Mokuba tiredly looked up, saying, “It's okay, now.....I explained it all to him.”

 

GSeto looked MKaiba over carefully, and asked in suspicion. “You're an older.......me?”

 

MKaiba looked away awkwardly, saying, “Uh.....yeah, that's right.” and hoping this younger version of himself wouldn't detect the lie.

 

He then looked over at Mokuba, saying, “Well, you better go back to bed and get some rest. You're not going to get any better out here.”

 

GSeto quickly looked at Mokuba, asking, “Is something wrong?”

 

“Yeah, I've been sick. It's nothing, though......I'm getting better.” he said. Mokuba turned to MKaiba, and nodded. “Okay, I'll head back, now. Uh.....you're okay, right?”

 

MKaiba gave a sheepish nod, saying, “I'll be fine.”

 

“Sorry......” GSeto said, knowing they were referring to when he attacked him. “I didn't know.”

 

“It's okay, but we better get back to the others. They'll want to know what's going on.” MKaiba said.

 

Mokuba went back to bed, as they headed for the stairs. “Don't worry.....they wont hurt you.”

 

“I know that, now.” GSeto said, as he kept looking at MKaiba strangely. What was it about this guy, and why did he keep reminding him of his brother?

 

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

 

Everyone was surprised when MKaiba came back with what was obviously a very miniature version of Kaiba.

 

“Another one?” MEKaiba asked.

 

GSeto felt nervous, feeling the cold stares of every one of them looking down at him. Why did MKaiba seem so much more caring and warmer towards him, and all the others seemed so cold?

 

“You mean that's Kaiba, too?” Tea asked, and moved right over to him, squatting down to look him over. “Oh.....he's so cute!”

 

Every other Kaiba looked like they wanted to strangle Tea that moment for the stupid comment. And Yugi was also trying to hide a snicker after hearing that, upsetting them more.

 

Joey then gave a laugh, muttering, “Hard to believe any Kaiba could ever be called cute!” making JKaiba not look very happy towards him. Joey glanced back at JKaiba and swallowed nervously. Maybe insulting him wasn't a very good thing right at this moment.

 

GSeto didn't know who this lady was, and didn't trust or like her, trying to keep as close to MKaiba as possible......the only one he did trust.

 

But to make matters worst, the doorbell suddenly rang. MKaiba immediately said, “I'll get it.” and headed for the door.

 

“I'll help!!” Joey suddenly blurted, finding this the best opportunity to get away from JKaiba.

 

Great. Now GSeto was left alone with some strange lady, and a bunch of mean versions of him.