Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Seto's Wish ❯ Chapter 2

Back at the Elementary school, Mokuba woke up from his nap, looked around and saw the nurse with another student.

 

“Excuse me, what time is it?” Mokuba asked, feeling a little better since his nap.....but not much.

 

“Ah, Mokuba, you're awake.” Nurse Jenny said, smiling. She then looked at her watch, saying, “Let's see...it's 12:15. We should probably take your temperature now.”

 

The nurse checked his temperature again, and looked at the thermometer. “Hmmm, well it seems to have gone up a little. Not much, but you haven't gotten any better. I think you should go home and get some rest. Now if you give me a number to call, I'll have someone pick you up.”

 

“I can do it.” Mokuba said walking over to the nurse's desk and picked up the phone.

 

“Very well I'll be back in a minute.” Nurse Jenny said, walking back over to the other patient.

 

Mokuba dialed his brother's cell number. As it began to ring, he stared out the window, able to see the high school was not very far off. Over there, some kids were playing basketball, and others were watching while eating. It was then that Mokuba suddenly realized.....it was lunchtime! This gave him an idea, since his brother didn't answer his phone, anyway. He'd go to him! As the phone went to the answering service, Mokuba hung up and sat down in the chair waiting for the nurse.

 

“Did you get in touch with someone?” Nurse Jenny asked, as she returned after checking on the other patient.

 

“Uh, huh. My big brother's going to meet me right out front.” Mokuba lied. “He goes to the high school next door. Is it all right if I go ahead and go out front to meet him?”

 

The nurse immediately had to check back to her other patient again, muttering, “I don't think that's a good idea. School policy states that a guardian has to come and pick you up.”

 

“But he'll be outside any minute. I told him I'd meet him, there.”

 

She sighed, “Very well, but be careful and stay inside till you see him, understand?” It helped that Mokuba was also a Kaiba. That allowed him to get away with a lot of things any other kid wouldn't. Plus, she was busy trying to talk to her other patient and get that person's parents on the phone.

 

“Yes, ma'am.” Replied Mokuba politely.

 

The nurse handed the phone to the other patient. She then turned to Mokuba, saying, “And the minute you get home, go straight to bed and get some rest.”

 

“Yes, ma'am.”

 

“All right, go ahead.”

 

“Thanks!” Mokuba got his backpack and headed out.

 

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Mokuba walked over to the high school and watched the boys play ball for a moment. He wanted to ask where the cafeteria was and the boys looked nice enough, but he knew enough from the orphanage that looks weren't everything. So, he decided against asking, assuming it probably wouldn't be that hard to find, anyway. As he got closer to the school, he heard voices.

 

“Hey come on, slowpoke. If we don't hurry, there won't be any more desert left!” A boy called

 

“Boys, is that all you can think of is desert?” The girl asked.

 

“Well, what else is there?” The boy asked.

 

The girl just sighed and started after her friend.

 

Mokuba decided to follow them. He stopped when they entered a big fenced-in area, with lots of kids laughing and eating. “Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.” Mokuba said to himself looking around. “I hope I can find Seto in this place.” It wasn't really the size of the room that overwhelmed him....Mokuba's house had rooms bigger than the cafeteria. But the amount of people moving through here, and at his size.....he wasn't used to it.

 

Mokuba sighed, `I just wish I could think straight. If I wasn't so dizzy, I know I could think of an easy way to find him in this.....' As he thought about how to find him and hurting his head trying, certain shouting in the lunchroom caught his attention. `Yugi!' Mokuba thought. Sure enough, it was Yugi and his friends. `But what do I do? They wont even know me.....or they'll think I'm just Seto's personal assistant. What should I say to them?'

 

As Mokuba's head ached over this, one of the boys moved backwards and ended up tripping over Mokuba.

 

“Damn it! Who keeps sticking these chairs in my way!” Joey blurted.

 

“Oh yeah, like they put them there on purpose.” Tristan said, not realizing it wasn't a chair yet.

 

But Tea noticed and quickly rushed over, snapping, “Joey, get up! You're hurting him!”

 

Joey quickly moved off, asking, “Huh? Hurting who?” Then looking down, he saw Mokuba and leapt back, crying out, “Hey, where did that kid come from??”

 

Yugi immediately ran over to Tea, as she checked out Mokuba, and asked. “Tea, is he all right?”

 

“Yeah he seems to be ok.” She said, helping him up. “He looks a bit dazed, though....and kind of pale, too.” Mokuba didn't look well to anyone really looking at him, and she pressed her hand to his head, to be sure. “Gee, poor kid.....he's awfully hot. I think he has a fever.”

 

“Ow....what happened?” Mokuba asked.

 

“It's all right. Joey's big feet just got in his way and accidentally fell on you. Are you all right?” Tea asked helping him to his feet.

 

“What? That aint my fault! It was Tristan.....he pushed me!” Joey snapped.

 

“Yeah, I think so.” Mokuba said.

 

In-between the talks with Mokuba, Joey continued to growl and complain, suddenly blurting out, “And I don't have big feet!”

 

Ignoring Joey's outbursts, Yugi then approached Mokuba, and asked, “Say, aren't you a little young to be going to this school?”

 

“Yeah, you couldn't be more than what.....9?” Tristan said.

 

Mokuba was insulted by this, and spit out, “I'm 11, thank you very much!” too sick, and too angry at Tristan's comment to have noticed Yugi, yet.

 

“Hey, relax....Tristan didn't mean anything by it.” Yugi said, trying to calm Mokuba down.

 

Mokuba glared over to who was talking to him next, but instantly calmed once he recognized who it was. `Yugi...even he doesn't recognize me. Is that a good thing or a bad thing that they don't know me?' Yugi was the one to save his brother from...well, from himself and from the pain that Gozaburo had caused his brother, and turned him into.

 

At that moment, Tea said, “Hey, let's get back to our table before we get in trouble.” The others agreed and led Mokuba over to a chair beside Yugi's, while Tea sat on the other side of the kid. Once they all sat down, Tea asked him, “So what's your name? Mine's Tea and this is Yugi. And across from us is Joey and Tristan.”

 

“It's nice to meet you, I'm Mokuba.”

`Its strange after everything that we went through in the virtual world trying to save Seto, and even before that, to be talking with them like we're total strangers. But then again, I guess I do look a lot different now than I did before. But.....I didn't want to disgrace my brother, then.'

 

“So you actually `go' to this school? Man, you must be one smart kid. So are you in one of those accelerated classes, or something?” Joey asked, scratching his head.

 

“Wow, Joey...that's a big word for you.” Tristan teased, causing Joey to growl at him.

 

“Huh?” Mokuba asked being knocked out of his thoughts. “Oh, no...I don't go here. I'm from the elementary school. I wasn't feeling well today. The school nurse was going to call to have someone pick me up, but I thought it might be nice to surprise my big brother. I felt that instead of him coming to me, I'd go to him. I told the nurse I called him and he was meeting me out front.”

 

“You shouldn't have lied like that. What if you had gotten hurt? Your brother wouldn't have known what happened, to you.” Tea said.

 

Mokuba nodded, staring down at his shoes. “You're right......I probably shouldn't have done it. But I'm already here, so I guess it's too late to turn back now.”

 

“So your big brother goes to this school?” Joey asked.

 

“Uh, huh.” Mokuba said

 

“Well maybe if you tell us his name, we can help you find him.” Tristan said.

 

“Really? You'll help me?” Mokuba asked.

 

“Of course we will..... right guys?” Yugi asked.

 

“Okay!” Tristan nodded.

 

Tea also agreed, “Of course.....that's what friends are for!” doing her friendship speech.

 

Yugi looked over, asking, “Joey?”

 

But Joey looked a little iffy about it. He shrugged, “I dunno, Yugi. Don't get me wrong, I wanna help the little guy. But ya gotta understand... I don't know anyone all that well. And the only ones I do know are from my past...which I don't wanna know, and they probably don't wanna know me. Plus...how are we gonna help him...go wandering around the cafeteria, calling for `Mokuba's big brother'?? Even if we know da guys name, asking table to table for this guy ain't really the best idea, especially for someone like me. And I don't really need another detention. Besides, maybe he's already done eating and ain't even here anymore. He could'a went to class, or went outside to eat, or some study hall somewhere. Does he even know if it's his brother's lunchtime??”

 

Yugi sighed, saying, “Joey does have a point.”

 

At that, Mokuba started looking very downcast. And seeing how miserable Mokuba looked, Tea immediately decided on her cheer-up speech. She stood up and announced to them, “Come on guys, don't give up! It couldn't really hurt to try, could it?”

 

`Yeah.' Joey thought.

 

Tea smiled down at Mokuba, saying, “How about this. Instead of his name, how about describing your brother to us. Maybe if we knew what he looked like, we could eye him easier.....”

 

“Yeah, that's a great idea!” Joey said.

 

“Good thinking, Tea.” Yugi encouraged.

 

Mokuba smiled, his hopes again raised. “My brother's really tall, he has brown hair, and it's short.....nothing like mine. He has blue eyes, and a deep voice.” Mokuba thought for a minute then added, “Oh yeah, and he's kind of a grouch around other people.”

 

At that, Joey laughed. “That's funny, the guy sounds just like.....” and froze, wondering if he was right. `Kaiba? Could it be??'

 

Mokuba immediately leaped up in his chair, asking, “Who, Joey? Who's the guy you're thinking of?” hopeful he was thinking of Seto.

 

All of Yugi's friends looked over, as Yugi asked, “Yeah, Joey.....do you have an idea?”

 

“What? Oh, no.....no way. It aint him. Sorry, I was just thinking out loud. There's no way it's him.”

 

“Are you sure? Maybe it is!” Mokuba said.

 

“Kid, the guy I was thinking of don't have a brother. Sorry for getting your hopes up like that. I was just thinking of someone else, that's all......” Joey said.

 

Mokuba seemed to physically droop as Joey said that, crushing the poor kid's hope as he took a seat.

 

Tea then slapped Joey hard on the shoulder, saying, “Well, maybe you should keep your thoughts to yourself, Joey. You had the poor kid hoping you knew who his brother was!”

 

“Oh, man......I'm sorry, Mokuba. I didn't mean to get you all hopeful like that.” Joey muttered.

 

Mokuba smiled. “It's okay.....you're just trying.”

 

“Anyone else have any idea?” Yugi asked. “I don't know anyone like that.” Yugi then chuckled, saying, “The only person I can think of is Ushio, and he doesn't go to this school, anymore.”

 

“Oh, damn......Ushio. That was one bad dude!” Tristan said.

 

“Hey, Mokuba said the guy was grumpy, not some psychopath!” Joey blurted.

 

Mokuba immediately looked away. After all, there were many out there that may consider his brother exactly that. But he would never say that about his brother. `My brother's different now......he never meant anything.'

 

“Sorry, Mokuba.” Yugi laughed, rubbing the back of his head.

 

“I don't know anyone either. I mean, yeah.....I've seen a lot of guys who are tall with brown hair, but I don't know their personalities.” Tea said.

 

“I know `a lot' of guys fitting that description.” Tristan said.

 

Joey turned back to Mokuba, asking, “Hey kid, you think you could maybe add a little more detail to dis guy we're looking for? After all, there are a lot of guys who fit that. Besides.....in school ya can't help but be grumpy! Uh.....Mokuba?”

 

“Aw......he's asleep. The poor kid.” Tea said, looking down at Mokuba slumbering away.

 

“Wow,” Yugi said. “I guess he is sick.” Yugi sighed. “We really need to find his brother......he shouldn't be here feeling this bad.”

 

“Hey, Yug.....” Joey suddenly muttered.

 

“What is it, Joey?” Yugi asked.

 

“Well......you don't think that his brother could be Kaiba, do you? I mean, he is like the `King' of grumpy.” Joey muttered.

 

“Do you really think so?” Yugi asked.

 

At that, both Tea and Tristan laughed. “No way......Kaiba's not related to anyone.”

 

“Thank god!” Tristan added.

 

“I'd feel sorry for anyone having a brother like Kaiba.” Tea also replied.

 

Yugi looked at them with sincerity in his eyes, asking, “How come? Kaiba's changed......he's not that bad, anymore.”

 

“Yugi......he tried to kill us, more than once.” Joey told him.

 

“Yeah, and he had his security beat the crap out of us......that wasn't cool.” Tristan also chimed in.

 

Joey had one of those rare serious and angry looks on his face at that moment, as if remembering something. “Stupid Kaiba......I meant what I said before Duelist Kingdom. I aint never forgiving him for what he did.”

 

During the time they were on the subject of bashing Kaiba again, Tea was looking down at Mokuba sadly. “Guys, as much fun as it might be to be talking about how horrible Kaiba is `again.' we really should do something to help this kid out, instead of arguing.”

 

“So......what should we do?” Tristan asked.

 

Joey suddenly jumped up with a brilliant idea. “Hey, how about we post a big name of the guy we're looking for and parade around with it? Then we can find him!”

 

“As if Kaiba wasn't calling us dorks before......I'm sure he'd love that.” Tristan muttered.

 

Joey growled again, as Kaiba's name was brought up.

 

But Joey was quickly cut off, as well as his idea ignored, as Tea said, “I have a better idea. I'll take him and we'll look around the cafeteria. If we don't find him, then we'll take him to a pay phone and he can call his brother to come get him.”

 

“That's a great idea, Tea!” Yugi said. “Do you want me to come, too?”

 

Tea smiled, saying, “Naw.....I'll be okay with this brave kid next to me.”

 

“You sure about this, Tea?” Tristan asked.

 

“Yeah, I think `my' plan sounded better!” Joey said.

 

“Fine.....then go walk around with a billboard stuck to your back, until someone mistakes it for a `kick-me' sign. In the mean time, I'm going with Mokuba, here.” Tea answered him.

 

Joey just turned away, mumbling, “My idea was better......”

 

“But Tea, next period is coming up. If we don't find his brother soon, who's going to watch him? We all have class next period.” Yugi said with concern.

 

“I'll do it!” Joey suddenly blurted out, forgetting all about his pouting.

 

Tea looked over with suspicion, asking, “You, Joey? Don't you have chemistry next period?”

 

Joey gave a `hero' pose, saying, “No problem.....for my friends, I'll be happy to do anything I have too, make any sacrifice.”

 

This caused sweat drops on all the others as Joey said this. With a look of disbelief, Tea said, “Oh, yeah.....big sacrifice.”

 

Tristan then snapped, “You jerk! You always skip that class!!”

 

Joey then laughed, saying, “Oh, yeah. Well then, see? I'm risking a detention.......and all for Mokuba, here!”

 

At that, everyone dropped out of their seats.

 

Joey just grinned, adding, “A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.....”

 

They all shook their head, giving up.

 

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Tea walked over and gently woke the boy. “Mokuba, come on wake up. Let's go look for your brother, all right?”

 

Mokuba nodded his head, while wishing that his nap had gotten rid of his headache......it was seriously starting to hurt again.

 

Tea kept a tight grip on his hand keeping him close, and doing her best to shield him from the bigger guys goofing off. She felt they could see a lot more from the front. However, Mokuba couldn't see much.... just a lot of heads. He couldn't tell if Seto was there or not. Tea saw a few guys walk by that looked right, but they just walked past without a word. Several people glanced over at them, but no one stopped or acknowledged him.....most were in fact more interested in staring at Tea's chest. She was beginning to wonder if Joey might have been right, and he wasn't even here.

 

But despite the hopelessness of the situation, Mokuba wasn't going to give up. And even though his head was killing him, he desperately tried to get his brain to work through the pain. `I know Joey's wrong about Seto not being here. I know this is his lunch period. So, unless there's a meeting at Kaiba Corp. or something, he would be here. Think, Mokuba....if I were him, where would I sit to be alone and away from the crowd?'

 

“I know!” Mokuba exclaimed out loud! “Come on, Tea.” he said dragging her over and stopping between the two rows nearest the windows on their left.

 

“Did you see him?” Tea asked.

 

“No, but I'm sure he'd be around here, somewhere.” Mokuba said.

 

Though Mokuba was leading the way, he stayed close to Tea to make sure he didn't get lost. As Mokuba searched for what he was looking for, Tea couldn't help but look down at him in pity. `Poor kid, look at him.....he's so determined. It's going to be terrible if we can't find him......but I think Joey's right. There are just too many people. There's no way we can find him in here.'

 

Tea sighed, “Come on, Mokuba......it's hopeless.”

 

“No, I'm sure he's around here!” Mokuba said.

 

“I'm sorry.....there's just too many people. Maybe you should try and phone your brother again.” Tea said.

 

“Yeah, but......” Mokuba stuttered.

 

“Come on, Mokuba.....we tried.” Tea told him.

 

“Okay.” Mokuba said, looking down.

 

They began to head back, Mokuba following behind. But as they did, Mokuba caught something out of the corner of his eye and froze. `Big brother, there you are!' Immediately, Mokuba b-lined it straight to his brother, without Tea even realizing, as she continued to walk.

 

She made it back to the table, looking grim.

 

Yugi looked excited, though, asking, “So, did you find him?”

 

“No.....afraid not.” Tea said.

 

“Uh......so where is he, then?” Tristan asked, not seeing Mokuba.

 

Tea looked confused, asking, “Who?” then turned to see he was not there. She gasped, saying, “Oh, no....I told him to stay close.”

 

She immediately turned a began to backtrack to look for Mokuba, as Yugi stood, saying, “Let me help!”

 

“It's okay, Yugi.....I'll find him.” Tea said and rushed away. `Crazy kid......he can get himself hurt around here.' She then froze, seeing where Mokuba was, and at who's table. Tea immediately bit her lip, thinking, `Oh, no.....and talk about trouble. Why did he go `there'??'