Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Seto's Wish ❯ Chapter 12

Yugi and the others felt they'd given Kaiba enough time to calm down, and went in search of him.

 

“Where do you think he could have gone?” Tristan asked.

 

Joey answered, “I dunno. Say, you don't think that he'd be dumb enough to go off and challenge Noah, do ya?”

 

“In his current condition, that wouldn't be good.” Tea said.

 

Tristan then said, “Then again, if this guy really is a Kaiba, maybe they're working together.”

 

“We don't know that, yet.” Angie said. “I don't care who he claims to be......he's still my brother.”

 

“Don't worry.” Yugi said, putting a hand on Angie. “We'll find your brother.”

 

Angie sighed. “Thanks, Yugi. At least he wasn't wearing his dueling belt, so we know he couldn't have gotten himself in `that' much trouble. After all, if he doesn't have his belt, he doesn't have his cards.....so he couldn't have dueled anyone.”

 

“Well, that's a relief.” Joey stated.

 

Yugi said, “Why don't we start by checking where he normally goes. With luck, maybe he remembered something and went to one of them.”

 

As they continued to look around the area, they froze hearing a voice. “Well, well.....so you geeks are out looking for your friend Seto, are you??”

 

They all whirled around to see Noah standing there, holding Mokuba by his leash. “Noah!” Yugi cried out. “What do you want?”

 

But then Angie blurted out, “And why did you mention my brother??”

 

“Don't you know, yet? The fool challenged me to another duel. Ready to watch your friend be humiliated again? You know, I think I'll even raise the stakes a bit, this time.” Noah looked down at Mokuba, saying, “This slave `is' getting a bit old. Maybe I'll walk Seto around for a week. It would be kind of fun to have him polishing my shoes. Hahahahaha!!”

 

“You leave my brother alone!!” Angie cried out in anger.

 

Noah stopped laughing, and glared over at them. “Who do you think you fools are talking to? I am Noah Kaiba, and I `own' this city. I can do whatever I want, and there is nothing you can do to stop me. Besides, you little groupies have all tried to challenge me in the past, and I crushed you all, so there is nothing you can do about it.”

 

Then with a smirk, Noah added, “Besides......it was your foolish friend who challenged me. If he's too stupid to get the hint by now that he's over his head, then the idiot deserves his fate!” Noah then turned around and walked away, saying, “Good day, gentlemen. I'll see you all Saturday.”

 

“How could he.......he knows he can't beat him!” Joey blurted. “Dammit, when is that jerk gonna learn!”

 

“Well......look on the bright side. If he's challenging Noah, then at least we know he aint on Noah's side.” Tristan said.

 

Yugi then smiled at that, saying, “Maybe he remembered! Maybe he's back to normal!”

 

“Well, at least we know he can't be too far. Let's go find him!” Angie said. Immediately they began to give chase.

 

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An hour later at the mansion, Mokuba sat alone in his room. Noah was working with his father, so he had some free time to himself.

 

/Mokuba, why did you give Seto those cards? He has cards of his own./

 

“Maybe.....but I'm going to help my big brother as much as I can. Perhaps Noah doesn't like dragons, but I know Seto sure does.....especially the Blue Eyes White Dragons. They're like a part of him. And when he has all three, nothing can stop him!”

 

/But he's not your brother......at least not here./

 

“But......that's not true.” Mokuba answered. “I don't know how to explain this.....maybe you felt it, yourself. But that's not the Seto from this world that you know, it's `my' Seto.”

 

Mokie thought about this, before replying, /You know.....you're right. I did feel something different about him. Almost like a more.....distant feeling. But then, why is he here?/

 

“Who knows? Why am I here? That's why we have to help him out, so he can help the both of us get back to where we belong.”

 

/That makes sense, I guess./ Mokie said. /So, now what? How else could we help him?/

 

“Hmm......well, Seto always told me before you can take on an opponent, you have to learn everything about him. So, maybe we should get as much information as we can.”

 

/And how do we do that?/

 

Mokuba answered, “Well, first I need to know everything about what's going on around me. So, how about we talk about what our worlds are like to each other, so we understand each other better. Does that sound okay to you?”

 

Mokie thought about that, then shrugged. /Okay./

 

So, the two consciousness of both Mokuba's began to explain their lives to each other.

 

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Finally, after another 1/2 hour, Yugi and the others finally spotted Seto walking through the park and gave chase to him.

 

Joey was first to get his attention, as he yelled, “Hey, Seto......wait up!!”

 

Kaiba stopped and turned to see........yep. It was Yugi and the geek squad. `Great. As if my day couldn't get any worse.'

 

As they approached, the group suddenly surprised Kaiba, as they surrounded him from out of nowhere. Joey grabbed him by one of his shoulders, Tristan grabbed the other, and together they shoved him down to sit on a bench he was close to.

 

Before Kaiba could protest, Yami glared down at him, stating, “Seto......it's time that we talked.”

 

Kaiba glanced at either side of him, then straight ahead at Yami and smirked. “So.......am I supposed to be concerned that I'm being ganged up on by the nerd heard?? Somehow......you're lame attempts at trying to be tough just isn't working.”

 

“Listen, Seto......it's time you drop the tough attitude act, and start talking!” Joey snapped.

 

Kaiba asked, “Who's acting?” Shrugging the two of them off of him, he crossed his arms, saying, “And why should I waste my time talking with you losers? As far as I'm concerned.....there's nothing worth discussing with you.”

 

“What do you mean nothing? We just ran into Noah, and he told us that you plan to duel him again on Saturday.” Tea said.

 

“Yeah, that means we only got a week to try and get you out of this mess!” Tristan exclaimed.

 

By this time, Yami had returned back to Yugi, who was thinking about this. “Well on Monday, Noah is supposed to be at one of the preliminary tournaments over at Pegasus Land. So, maybe we can all go over there, and you could apologize to him.”

 

Kaiba just stared at Yugi in shock from his words. “I'm not hearing this right.”

 

Angie now sat down, saying, “I now, it'll probably require a lot of groveling from you, but if you don't.....you know the kind of stakes Noah's going to ask from you, brother. Believe me, it's not worth it!”

 

“Grovel??” Kaiba snapped, standing up from the seat they just sat him at. “Is this supposed to be some kind sick joke??”

 

Joey replied, “Come on, Seto......I don't like any of this, either. But you're the one that got yourself into this mess. Now ya gotta get yourself out of it!”

 

Kaiba took his hand, shoving Joey out of the way since he had no respect for him anyway, as he approached Yugi glaring down at him. “Just tell me you don't agree with this, Yugi. You don't obviously believe that I should back down from a challenge.....do you?”

 

“I.......” Yugi said, feeling some conflict from his other 1/2 the way Kaiba worded it, but Yugi lowered his head. “Seto......Noah beat us both. We've already both tried to fight him......it's useless. And you've fought him many times before, and you've never......”

 

Kaiba just grabbed Yugi by the collar, pulling him up to his face, shocking Yugi. “And so you think I should just give up?? Where is your backbone, Yugi! Where's that other personality of yours when you need him, because I have a feeling he wouldn't agree with you. The Yugi I know wouldn't just curl up and die from one loss!”

 

Yugi looked up at Kaiba, then turned away.....unable to look Kaiba in the eyes. Yugi then sadly said, “You're right.”

 

Kaiba let him go, ready to hear what he had to say. The others seemed to have all quieted down, waiting for Yugi to speak. With his head down, he said, “We tried to help you before, to fight Noah and free Mokuba......but anyone that had any ability to duel Noah, he blackmailed so we wouldn't fight him again.”

 

Yugi now looked back up to Kaiba. “Noah found out my grandpa had a BEWD card, and he wanted it. When grandpa refused, Noah found which bank held the mortgage on our home and bought it up, as well as our store. He then threatened if grandpa didn't sell the card, he would kick us out. Grandpa had no choice.”

 

Kaiba remembered Noah saying something about his grandfather, but it didn't match up. “But Noah said your grandfather was in the hospital. What's that have to do with this illness?”

 

“Ever since Noah's been blackmailing us, Grandpa's been very sick. He's ended up in the hospital already once with heart-problems, due to stress. I haven't tried to fight Noah anymore, since I feared what it could do to grandpa.....and Noah could do to us, if he wanted to.” Yugi explained.

 

Then Joey added, “Yeah......and he aint the only one. Noah found out dat my sister needed an eye operation, or she'd loose her sight. So, out of the blue he paid for her operation. I was really grateful and all, until he dangled it over my head, saying I owed him for my sista's sight and I better not try and interfere with anything he does.”

 

Kaiba never bothered to look towards Joey, his focus still on Yugi, as he answered, “Well......that's really no big loss. By your not interfering, he probably did me a favor. So I wouldn't worry about it too much, mutt.....it's better off if you stay out of the way.”

 

Everyone stared at Kaiba in disbelief that he just said that to Joey, while Angie ended up swatting him for the second time now, since he's been here. “Will you stop being such a jerk?? You say that Yugi's not like the person you know......well, what about you? Where is the brother I knew? It's like you're not even the same guy! These people are your friends, and I'm your sister? Doesn't that matter to you??”

 

Kaiba glanced over at her, as he felt an odd pang of guilt shoot through him. She was supposed to see his sister.....that meant they were family, which he always preached to Mokuba was all that was important. The problem was, he didn't see her as his sister. How could he? She was a complete stranger in his eyes.

 

Burying the odd feeling of guilt from his head, he turned away, muttering, “I don't have time for this. I have a duel to prepare for......”

 

“To protect Mokuba, right? The one you said was your brother??” Angie asked. That caused Kaiba to stop his pace for the moment, his back still facing them.

 

Angie stated, “He's not even related to you, Seto......but I am. So, why are you putting him over me?”

 

There was a long pause, before he finally turned towards her. He couldn't ignore it. Maybe he didn't recognize her as anything, but in this world she was his sister.....making her his obligation, as well. It didn't matter if she was adopted......he'd be damned if he decided to compare her as Gozaburo did him. He finally answered, “I'm sorry. You're brothers not here. And I'm not sure how, but some way......I'll make sure he gets back to you. But right now, I have to take care of this matter, first.”

 

Before Kaiba could leave, Yami now came out, calling out, “Seto! You claim you are not her brother. If you are not Seto.....then who are you?”

 

“Hmph.” Kaiba muttered. “I should have expected you to take my words literally.” He turned towards Yugi and smirked, “I have amnesia, remember? I'm afraid she's not going to get her brother back, until my memories are back. Now, why don't you losers get a life, and go bother someone else for a change.”

 

Kaiba began to walk again, and this time stopped on his own. Then turning towards them, he asked, “I have only one question I need answered. Noah told me that Mokuba can't speak. What is he talking about? Is he a mute?”

 

They all looked at each other, then back at Kaiba. Tristan shrugged, saying, “Well, we've never heard him talk.”

 

“But you said that he talks to you all the time.” Joey said.

 

Yugi was the one standing there at the moment, as he said, “I don't think Noah allows him to talk in public. At least....that's my guess.”

 

“Fine. That's all I needed to know.” Kaiba then turned, walking away.

 

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It was fortunate for Kaiba that he memorized the way back to his new house. He was tempted to tell them the truth of who he was, but didn't see any point in doing so. What would he have to gain? If anything, he was concerned that if he told them the truth that would give Yugi's friendship group time to do something stupid, like accidentally blab it to Noah. Then he would loose his advantage.

 

`It's not my problem, anyway......they can figure it out on their own.' Kaiba decided. Besides, he was barely able to think about that anymore, after what they said about Mokuba. He could only pray that neither Noah nor Gozaburo did any serious harm to him. Even if he wasn't the one that belonged here, even if this was some kind of fantasy world created by Ajin.......he still somehow felt responsible for anything that happened to Mokuba here.

 

`I wished for this?' he wondered, then shook his head. `No.....this is not what I wished for. I would never wish something like that on Mokuba.' But was that really `his' Mokuba......or this fantasy world's Mokuba, because it sure felt like it was really his brother. `I hope not.' he thought. `Mokuba would be better off sick.'

 

As he entered the house, his mother noticed and approached. “You're back. How are you doing, honey? Did you remember anything, yet?”

 

Again, Kaiba had that weird unnerved feeling about being in the presence of a dead woman he barely remembered, finally managing to spit out, “A little.” It was a lie, but from what he learned of this place, he could easily fake it if he was tested......and answering in that way he felt would probably make her feel better.

 

“Well, that's good......I was worried. Are you hungry, yet? You didn't eat much......” she said.

 

“No thanks.” Kaiba said, and moved away from her. “I'm going to my room.”

 

“Okay. If you need anything, don't be afraid to call me.” she said.

 

Kaiba headed to the stairs, and was able to hear the father come in and begin to lecture the mother about her `babying' him, as he went up the stairs. The whole idea of a whole family was just too strange for him. He had been without one for so long, he had no idea how he was supposed to act around them. Plus, he had been an independent adult since he was, what.....10? 15?? And these people were trying to treat him like some kid.

 

The best way Kaiba found to deal with it for the moment, was to ignore it and focus on what he had to do. Finally, in his room, he found some kind of belt similar to Yugi's that had his deck. He looked through it, and wasn't impressed. Next, he found a pouch that carried his extra cards. That alone disgusted him to see the way he had them just piled in there, slowly destroying and possibly bending good cards. He took them out and quickly transferred them to a box to at least keep them in better shape.

 

As he was going through the extra pile, he was shocked to find among them was another Blue Eyes White Dragon. `What?' he questioned himself. Yes, it was surprising to find this other version of him had another extremely rare card, but even more shocking that he didn't have it in his deck.

 

Kaiba then took his coat off, laying it on the bed, and going through his pockets to get the card, he just bought. But as he was looking through them, he found more cards wrapped in a rubber band. “Where did these come from?” he asked himself out loud.

 

As Kaiba tried to remember, a flashback came to him of Noah leaving, calling for Mokuba. And there was Mokuba right by his side, as he skimmed passed Kaiba, returning to Noah......grazing passed the very side he had these cards in. And then Kaiba realized it. “Mokuba.......`he' gave them to me!”

 

`Of course, that's why he was standing there.' Kaiba thought, as a smile came to his face. It reminded him of his own brother who snuck that made-up BEWD card to him, when he was younger. “Looks like you're trying to save me again.” he muttered, as he pulled the rubber band off, and began to shuffle through the cards.

 

......and then he stopped to see yet another BEWD card. It was the third card. Now he had all three. He pulled out the card, muttering, “Thanks, Mokuba. I wont disappoint you......I `will' save you from him.....I promise.”

 

Now with all three BEWDs, Kaiba began to redo his deck, and make it the best deck Seto Yagakamiya ever had.