Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Seto's Wish ❯ Chapter 26

Finally, they made it to Mokuba's room. He opened the door for them to see Mokuba on top of his covers sleeping.

 

Tea smiled. “Poor thing. If he's asleep, maybe we should come back later.”

 

“He's all ready been sleeping all day. Besides, he's been waiting for you......a little time up won't bother him.” Kaiba answered. He then approached Mokuba and gently nudged him. “Mokuba....time to get up. You've got company.”

 

Mokuba sat up, and began to rub his eyes.

 

As he did, Tea said, “Hi, Mokuba. I know you met most of us at school, but......well, this is also my friend, Angie. She just joined Domino High, recently. Angie, this is Mokuba.”

 

“Hello.” Angie smiled down at him.

 

Mokuba smiled back, saying, “How do you do?” now that he was a little more awake.

 

During this whole event, Joey had been watching Mokuba intently. Something about his hair covering his eyes caught his attention, when the kid was just waking up. Then out of the blue, Joey interrupted the whole conversation, as he pointed at Mokuba and blurted out, “Hey, that's funny. Just then with his bangs over his eyes, your brother reminded me of that personal assistant of yours.”

 

Kaiba snapped, “I all ready told you Wheeler, I don't have and never will have a personal assistant!”

 

“But we saw him!” Joey said. “He was that dude you almost killed during your Death-T tournament!”

 

Everyone quieted from the mention of Death-T, and Mokuba immediately looked over at Joey, after hearing that.

 

“Uh......what's Death-T?” Angie asked.

 

“Drop it.” Kaiba answered coldly. “You came her for Mokuba, not for reminiscing.”

 

“But, why's he look so much like that assistant of yours? And why aint he around anymore? And why does Mokuba look kinda like that guy?” Joey continued to drill Kaiba, despite the warning signs for him to stop asking questions.

 

“Because Seto never had a personal assistant......that was me.” Mokuba answered.

 

Everyone looked over at Mokuba, in shock. Joey asked, “That was you??”

 

“But Mokuba......why did you tell everyone back then that you were his assistant and not his brother?” Yugi asked.

 

Mokuba looked down. “Cuz if I screwed up on anything, then it wouldn't reflect on my brother.”

 

“But, wait a minute!!” Joey blurted. “If you were that assistant guy, then that means Kaiba tried to kill you!!”

 

At that, Mokuba snapped, “It's wasn't his fault, it was MY fault! I'm the one that screwed up and failed in that game. I'm the one that joined that game, when Seto told me not to!”

 

But by this time, Mokuba could tell none of them were listening. They were all looking at his brother with accusing eyes, while Kaiba stood staring right back at them with that cold glare, daring them to say something to him......and probably wanting them to. Why else would Kaiba not say anything else to end the conversation? He probably felt he deserved to have the world condemn him for his mistakes.

 

Mokuba got angry, snapping at them, “I was also the same person who tried to poison you all! And that wasn't Seto's decision, it was mine! So, if you want to keep thinking my brother's terrible, then you'll have to think the same thing about me!”

 

“That's enough, Mokuba!” Kaiba snapped. Now Kaiba spoke, but only when it was Mokuba's reputation that was threatened on being scarred. He didn't want Mokuba to feel the same pain of being looked at as the bad guy, as everyone always looked upon him that way. Kaiba was used to it, he could deal with it.......sometimes it was even easier that way. But he wanted Mokuba to be normal, and have normal friends. He didn't want Mokuba to feel the pain of having people judge him.

 

They looked over at Mokuba, as that information sunk in. Angie was just totally confused over the whole matter, not sure what to think. And the idea of Mokuba being responsible of poisoning them seemed kind of rough to accept from the others. But then......Yugi smiled. He understood what Mokuba was doing just now, to protect his brother.....and he was right to do so.

 

Yugi nodded, “You're right, Mokuba. It's in the past......it doesn't really matter, now. Neither of you are the same as you were, then. No matter what happened back then, what's important is that you're our friends, now.”

 

At that, Tea brightened and nodded in agreement.

 

“But, how come you never mentioned Mokuba, even after all that?” Joey asked Kaiba. “I mean.....he still can't be worried about doing something wrong around you, can he??”

 

Kaiba clenched his jaw, staring daggers at Joey who always seemed too stupid to see the warning signs just when to shut up. “Who my family is, is nobody's business but our own!”

 

Mokuba added quickly. “No, Joey.....that's not it. He just tries to keep the reporters away from me. I was all ready kidnapped by Pegasus......one of the few people who knew who I really am to Seto. He just doesn't want anything else to happen to me, that's all.”

 

“Oh......yeah. Guess I never thought about that. That Pegasus was a real creep.” Joey said, thinking about how he got ripped off of the money to pay for his sister, after all that effort at Duelist Kingdom. “Well, I suppose none of that matters now anyway, right? `Sides......since I got a job working fer your brother, I guess it wouldn't be too smart to get him pissed off at me.” Joey laughed.

 

Kaiba thought, `Too late.' still glaring down at him.

 

But Mokuba's eyes suddenly widened. “Seto gave you a job?” he asked, and looked over at his brother.

 

Kaiba heard his brother's reply and quickly looked away, avoiding Mokuba's surprised face.

 

Angie decided now would be a good time to keep the focus on why they were here in the first place, and suddenly asked, “Well, we all came to see Mokuba......so why don't we get to the gifts, all ready??”

 

“Sounds great!” Tea said. She approached first, asking, “By the way, Mokuba......how are you feeling?”

 

“I'm okay. I guess I still have a fever, but it's nothing, really.” Mokuba smiled at her.

 

Tea then handed him a gift, saying, “Well, I got this for you.”

 

“You guys didn't have to get me gifts.” Mokuba said. He opened the bag up to see puppy dog plushy. “Wow, thanks!”

 

“Now your little friend here will have some company.” Tea said, pulling on his dragons nose a bit.

 

“I've never seen a dragon plushy, like that one before. Where did you get it, Mokuba?” Yugi asked.

 

“Ask Seto, he gave it to me.” Mokuba said, hugging his dragon and his new stuffed puppy.

 

“So, Kaiba......where did you get it?” Joey asked.

 

“I had it specially made for him.” Kaiba muttered, then glared down at Joey. “.....not that it's any of your business, mutt.” Kaiba then automatically glanced over at Angie, who was shaking her head at him for his attitude, and quickly looked away.

 

Again, Angie was left confused. `Why does he keep staring at me, like that? It's like it matters what I think or something. He's been acting this way ever since we met......' Then suddenly, Angie's eyes widened in shock. `Oh, my god! Maybe has a crush on me, or something!'

 

“Well, sorry for asking!” Joey snapped back at Kaiba. Joey then approached, saying, “Here, Mokuba....I got a surprise for ya, too!”

 

Mokuba opened the bag and was simply delighted. “Wow!! Look Seto, Joey gave me a real live kitten!!”

 

“What??” Kaiba snapped, glaring over at it. A live animal in his house?? Why did he agree to give Joey a job again? Why was it that Joey always seemed to screw things up??

 

Kaiba glared over at Joey, who was flashing him a cocky grin on top of it all. He was about to rip Joey a new one right there, but he still felt Angie's eyes on him, and that damn `she's my sister' chant kept ringing through his head. So instead, he grabbed Joey by the arm, hissing, “I'd like to have a little word with you.” and dragged him out of the room.

 

Kaiba shoved him against the opposite wall, snapping, “What's the idea of bringing an animal into this house, Wheeler?” Of course, the others in Mokuba's room were glancing towards the door, since they could still hear them.

 

Joey answered, “I know what you're problem is, Kaiba. You obviously don't like dogs.....that's why you're calling me one all the time. Well, now you gotta care for one for a change, don'tcha? So, maybe now if you get to liking one, you wont pick on me all the time about it. Whaddya think of that??”

 

Kaiba looked at Joey like he just grew a second head. “Wheeler.......do you `ever' make sense? Maybe in that vast stupidity you call your brain, you didn't realize the simple fact that what you got Mokuba is NOT a dog!”

 

Joey looked down at the ground from Kaiba's retort, and answered, “Uh, yeah.......well, I couldn't afford one. So I got the kitten. It was close enough....right??”

 

Kaiba gave up. He couldn't deal with it anymore. If Kaiba listened to Joey one more moment, he was going to either strangle Joey, or shoot himself to make the insanity go away. He put his hand up, and turned away. “Forget it. If I ever attempted to figure out your thinking, I wouldn't have any brain cells left.”

 

“Hey! What is `that' supposed to mean?” Joey asked, as Kaiba ignored him and went back into the room.

 

Inside, the others had overheard and were trying to hide their snickers. After all, Joey had all ready explained to them his `attempted' gag joke for Kaiba, which just wasn't working....since it wasn't a dog.

 

While, Mokuba looked so happy in his bed, as he held up another gift and said to Kaiba, “Seto, look what else I got!” It was a notebook with a Blue Eyes drawn on it, and coloring books with a set of colored pencils.

 

“I hope my art work's okay.” Angie smiled. “Tea mentioned that you guys both liked that Duel Monster card, so I asked to see what it looks like. They showed me from a picture in a magazine. I know it's probably not that great, but......”

 

“It's fine.” Kaiba said, looking over at her. She looked up in surprise, not expecting to even hear from him. What Angie said.......it reminded Kaiba of the homemade card that Mokuba made for him, when he was so young. And now Angie made one for Mokuba.

 

Mokuba said, “Yeah, Angie......the picture's great. Thanks!”

 

“I'm glad you like it.” Angie replied.

 

“Check this out too, big brother.” Mokuba said, holding up a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle with practically every known Duel Monster on it. “Yugi got me this!”

 

Kaiba nodded his head, but said nothing. He could only imagine the amount of time he was going to have to waste more from work, while helping Mokuba make that puzzle, instead. But he owed his brother time together anyway, so maybe it was a good thing.

 

Yugi then muttered, “Well......I'm glad you liked all the gifts, Mokuba. But honestly, we really should be going. You're still sick and need your rest.”

 

“I agree.” Kaiba said, before Mokuba could protest.

 

Mokuba nodded, “Yeah, I guess so. Well, thanks for stopping over, and thanks for all the gifts!”

 

“You make sure to get well, soon.” Tea told him. The group then waved and gave their good-byes, then Kaiba lead them out of the room.

 

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Kaiba lead them to the front door, and opened it for them.

 

Yugi smiled, saying, “Thanks for letting us stop over, Kaiba. It was nice visiting. Maybe we can do this again, sometime...”

 

“You can go now, Yugi.” Kaiba said coldly, really not wanting to hear yet another friendship speech. And having them bring up Death-T today was certainly not the most pleasant meeting for him, either.

 

Joey then looked up shyly, saying, “Uh, and thanks for the job......again....”

 

At that, Kaiba gave a cold smirk. “You haven't gotten the job yet, Wheeler. You shouldn't thank me until you at least see what I have in store for you. You're mine now, mutt.”

 

Joey swallowed hard and almost ran out the door.

 

Tea gave a polite smile and nodded, leaving with the others. Then Angie smiled up at Kaiba, saying, “Thanks for helping Joey out, Kaiba. That was a really nice thing for you to do.”

 

Kaiba looked away, offering nothing more than an irritated grunt. She then began to head out the door. But she was suddenly stopped by Kaiba's hand. “Hold on. I need to speak to you for a minute.”

 

Immediately, Tea, Yugi, and Joey stopped and turned back, overhearing what Kaiba said. Joey was quick to jump in. “Hey! Angie's our friend......whatever you have to say to her, you can say in front of us!”

 

Angie began to worry that maybe Kaiba did have a crush on her. Blushing, she turned to them and waved, saying, “Uh......it's okay, guys. You wait out here, and I'll be out in a minute.....okay?”

 

But, Kaiba didn't give the others time to answer, as he took the front door and slammed it in their faces.

 

“That wasn't very nice!” Angie said to him.

 

Kaiba sneered at that, saying, “Maybe it's about time you learned that I'm not a not a very nice person. Let's go.”

 

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`Where are we going?' Angie wondered, as she followed him. She then crossed her arms, and muttered, “You might fool them with your attitude Seto Kaiba, but you don't fool me. You might act tough, but it's just an act. I know you can probably be a real nice person underneath, no matter what you say. You men always have to try and show some kind of macho attitude......”

 

“Are you done, yet? You're boring me.” Kaiba snapped down at her. They were now in the living room, and Kaiba was waiting for her mouth to stop flapping, so he could get to the point.

 

She glared up him.......maybe she was wrong, and he really was a jerk. “Fine. So, what did you want to say, then?”

 

“At school, Gardner told me you were looking for a place to stay.” Kaiba stated.

 

“Uh.......yeah. That's right.” Angie said.

 

Kaiba then looked away, saying, “Well.....you can stay here.”

 

“What??” Angie asked, shocked. “You're......kidding, right?” `Oh, my god......maybe he `does' like me!'

 

Kaiba then glared back at her, replying coldly, “Don't think I'm offering you a free ride. You're going to earn your keep. Coincidentally, I need someone to watch my brother when I'm working, and you need a room to stay in. It works out. And of course, you'll be paid for the time you're watching him.”

 

“But......why would you want me to watch him? You barely know me.” Angie said.

 

At that, Kaiba sneered. “Because you're the one who needs a place to stay.”

 

Angie wasn't exactly sure how to take that. It sounded like he was going to dangle over her head the need she had for a home. “But.....what about the times I want to see my friends?”

 

“Schedule that around your job time, or take Mokuba with you. He seems to like your geek friends for some reason, anyway.” Kaiba replied.

 

Angie retorted. “They're not geeks, and they're your friends too, Kaiba.”

 

“......whatever.” Kaiba answered. “So, is it a deal or not?”

 

Angie sighed, and nodded. “Yeah, I do need a place to stay. And having extra money would be good. I'll take it.”

 

“Good. Besides, after hiring Wheeler on your say-so, you owe me, anyway.” Kaiba muttered.

 

Angie smiled at that. “I'm surprised you actually listened to me.”

 

`So am I.' he thought, but he wouldn't dare say that to her. Instead, he gave another cold grin, saying, “It's just one more thing to hold over their heads. Besides, making Wheeler obey my every whim might be rather amusing.”

 

Angie groaned. “How do they put up with you?? You're impossible!” Kaiba didn't reply to that, and she said, “So then......when do I start?”

 

“After spring break. That should give you plenty of time to pack and prepare, as well as more than enough time with your new friends. I wouldn't want you thinking that I'm depriving you of their precious friendship chant.” Then before Angie could give any rebuttals to that, he turned and began to walk away. “Any additional information you'll need on your future job will be sent to you later. Go down the same hall we came from, and it leads you straight to the front door. You can show yourself out.”

 

“Uh, yeah.....thanks.” she said, not sure if he even heard the thank you, as he walked away. “......I think.” she added, not sure if taking this job was a good thing or not. Kaiba was just so......strange to understand. And here she thought she had him figured out, at one point. `Ugh.....men!'

 

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Angie left the house, where all her friends were outside waiting for her.

 

“So, what did he do to you??” Joey immediately asked, assuming the worst as usual.

 

Angie smiled, “He didn't do anything.......at least nothing bad.”

 

“And what's that supposed ta mean??” Joey snapped.

 

Tea rolled her eyes. “Joey, will you let her talk??”

 

“So, Angie.......what did Kaiba want?” Yugi asked her.

 

“Well......it looks like I found my place to live. And I also got a job!” she said happily.

 

“He gave you a job?” Joey asked.

 

“He gave you a place to live?” Tea asked.

 

Then Yugi asked, “Where?”

 

“Right here.” Angie smiled. “I'm going to live at the mansion.”

 

There was complete silence. But Joey was first to break that silence. “You living HERE?? No way!! Kaiba wants something.....he definitely wouldn't do that just from the bottom of his heart.”

 

“No. Actually, he needed a baby-sitter. And I guess since he thought I needed a place to stay, he could hold that over my head.” she said, rolling her eyes.

 

Joey nodded then, saying, “Okay. That sounds more like Kaiba.”

 

“You better be careful, Angie.” Tea teased. “Maybe Kaiba has other reasons for wanting to get closer to you.....”

 

“Oh, man.....that's just gross!” Joey said.

 

But Angie paled as Tea said that. After those strange stares Kaiba gave her earlier, she started to wonder what if Tea was right and Kaiba `did' like her that way?? `Oh, god......what if she's right? He is a guy, and he is kind of cute. But.....I don't know if I could like him that way. He's just so.....weird.' “Uh, yeah.......” Angie said, giving a weak laugh, and pretending not to take the comment seriously. But somehow.....that thought just outright worried her.

 

Yugi looked more serious too, as he looked up at the mansion. “You know, it's strange. I'm still trying to figure out how Kaiba new your name.”

 

“He said he just knew someone by that name, who looked similar to her. It was probably just coincidence.” Tea shrugged.

 

Joey added, “Or maybe the jerk's stalking her......”

 

“Okay, guys!” Angie blurted out, getting even more nervous from Joey's comment. “We're done over at the mansion. Let's get out of here already, okay?”

 

“Yeah, good idea. The farther away from moneybags, the better......” Joey said.

 

Yet as they left, Angie didn't seem to feel any better, now worried that Kaiba was perhaps some obsessive stalker that already knew what her problem would be before Tea even told him, and had plans to get her to live with him all along. `What if he's some weird eccentric rich guy, that doesn't take no for an answer.....??' she thought, worried.

 

And Yugi was also in a world of his own, as he said to his Yami, /Spirit......Aiko said that Kaiba was a priest from ancient Egypt. Maybe he knew Angie from a past life??/

 

/I would guess that perhaps he knows her more from another `world.' Yugi. We don't know who he met, when he was in that other realm. But if he met her there, that would definitely explain why he knows her so well, now/, Yami answered.

 

Yugi said, /Wow......I never thought of that. Do you think they were friends?/

 

/I wouldn't know, aibou. For all we know, she could have even been his girlfriend...../

 

Yugi smiled. /Gee, that would be awkward...../

 

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Mokuba Author Note:

 

For those who have never read the manga in the first season when Mokuba battles against Yugi in capsule monsters chess. Well in it you never see Mokuba's eyes. His bangs are that long.