AUTHOR NOTES: This fan fiction confronts the past of Seto and Mokuba, who are my fave Yu-Gi-Oh characters and I hope, make Yugi and the gang understand them better. I don't know exactly what happened to Seto and Mokuba but I used what I knew of their childhood to create this. Enjoy anyways! Feedback is always welcomed and enjoyed!
SUMMARY: Two children appear at Yugi's home, appearing to be Seto and Mokuba Kaiba of five years into the past! They reveal to Yugi and his friends, a secret past of the Kaiba brothers, how a childhood of pain and lost can change a child later. How does this change their perception of the Kaiba brothers and where do the children come from?
RATING: PG; some violence and a little strong language in later chapters :(
~...~ thoughts
//...// thoughts sent through a bond (like Yami and Yugi)
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The Ties That Bind - PROLOGUE
By: Takeru Takaishi
5 years ago.....
It's raining. And it's cold.
That is all that the 10 years old boy knows as he runs in the rain. His little hand clutched around an even smaller hand of another boy, perhaps 5 years of age. The rain pounds down on their backs, which luckily is protected by bright yellow raincoats though their sneakers aren't made for the rain so they both feel water seep through them to their socks, making them colder than ever. They ran together as fast as they could until, the younger boy suddenly slips on the wet, slippery pavement.
"Mokuba!" The older boy shouts as his little brother falls.
"I'm fine, Seto. Big brother, why do we have to run? Can we stop? I'm getting reallllly tired.." Mokuba asked, getting up from the ground.
"Come on, Mokuba. We must hurry! Get onto my back..." Seto said bending down so the younger boy could piggy back on.
"A piggy back ride! I love it when you let me!" Mokuba said in happiness, all questions of why they were running, vanished from his youthful mind.
With Mokuba on his back, Seto's pace had slowed down significantly but still Seto ran as fast as he count. Mokuba's head snuggled into his brother's back, forgeting immediately all the danger they were that he didn't even know about.
~I must keep on going!~ Seto's mind shouted, exhaustion dragging his body little by little, ~So tired...No! We have to go! We can't go back there. Uncle will definitely....~
As Seto's thoughts wandered off into a depressing direction, Seto then wondered where would they go now, ~definitly not home...~ He decided.
Even for child with a genius IQ like Seto, he didn't know the answer to his question but knew that he would have to think fast so they were in deep trouble. Finally, they had made it to a small back alley between two stores. Seto sat Mokuba down on the ground before sitting down himself, laying his tired head into his arms.
"Seto! Look!"
Seto turned toward Mokuba's voice and saw that he was pointing somewhere. Seto's eyes followed the small finger to a mysteriously caped person, who now stood mere feet from them in the alley. He was about to chide Mokuba on not pointing at a person but realized he was starting at the person so they were even on manners. The person began to move, time seemed to slow down as the person moved closer and closer...
"Seto..." Mokuba said now scared, clutching Seto's arm for protection.
"Mokuba...relax..." Seto got up from the ground, his heart thumping in his chest in fear.
He took two steps toward the figure, Mokuba hiding from behind.
"Is there something you want?" Seto asked tentatively, ready to run once more with Mokuba at the first sign of trouble.
The person shook his/her head in affirmation and stretched out a long bare arm, that was unmistakably one of a man's due to the powerful muscles on it. His finger pointed toward the brick wall to the left side of Seto and Mokuba.
As Seto and Mokuba looked there, a bright light illuminated the brick wall, tracing in a bright glow a doorway in the bricks. Then, the trace of a the doorway brightened once more to reveal a doorway, that emitted a golden glow....
"What is that? A door? You don't expect us to go through do you...?" Seto asked, his voice slightly shaking out of a fear but strong nonetheless.
"Seto...it's all right. On the other side, I sense safety within. Let's go in, brother.." Mokuba spoke softly with no hint of fear or doubt in his voice but pure certainty. He reached a small hand out to touch the glowing light within and took a step forward....
~Senses safety within? What is he talking about?~ Seto wondered, turning away from Mokuba to the stranger, to ask where the door lead to.
The stranger was gone. There were no signs of him walking away. Seto shook his head frusteratedly and turned back to Mokuba, "Mokuba...I don't think it's safe. Something's not right..."
As his face turned around, he saw to his shock and horror, that Mokuba was beginning to enter the doorway! Seto ran forward to grab Mokuba's hand before he totally entered and had just barely grabbed his hand when Seto felt someone grab his shoulders from behind him. Seto turned his head to see the stranger, their faces inches apart. The stranger's face was concealed in darkness but Seto's eyes caught the stranger's eyes briefly to tell that they were a deep, lavender color. Seto felt something familiar in the eyes but what was more familiar was the deep strong voice of the stranger, "You both must enter...it is fated by the Millennium items that you must. Only then will fate follow...."
"What do you--"
Seto began to ask but was stopped as the stranger suddenly pushed Seto and Mokuba through the door! The last thing he heard from the stranger, rang through Seto's ears, "When you arrive. Go to the home of Yugi Mutuo, they will help you find what you seek..."
SUMMARY: Two children appear at Yugi's home, appearing to be Seto and Mokuba Kaiba of five years into the past! They reveal to Yugi and his friends, a secret past of the Kaiba brothers, how a childhood of pain and lost can change a child later. How does this change their perception of the Kaiba brothers and where do the children come from?
RATING: PG; some violence and a little strong language in later chapters :(
~...~ thoughts
//...// thoughts sent through a bond (like Yami and Yugi)
=========================
The Ties That Bind - PROLOGUE
By: Takeru Takaishi
5 years ago.....
It's raining. And it's cold.
That is all that the 10 years old boy knows as he runs in the rain. His little hand clutched around an even smaller hand of another boy, perhaps 5 years of age. The rain pounds down on their backs, which luckily is protected by bright yellow raincoats though their sneakers aren't made for the rain so they both feel water seep through them to their socks, making them colder than ever. They ran together as fast as they could until, the younger boy suddenly slips on the wet, slippery pavement.
"Mokuba!" The older boy shouts as his little brother falls.
"I'm fine, Seto. Big brother, why do we have to run? Can we stop? I'm getting reallllly tired.." Mokuba asked, getting up from the ground.
"Come on, Mokuba. We must hurry! Get onto my back..." Seto said bending down so the younger boy could piggy back on.
"A piggy back ride! I love it when you let me!" Mokuba said in happiness, all questions of why they were running, vanished from his youthful mind.
With Mokuba on his back, Seto's pace had slowed down significantly but still Seto ran as fast as he count. Mokuba's head snuggled into his brother's back, forgeting immediately all the danger they were that he didn't even know about.
~I must keep on going!~ Seto's mind shouted, exhaustion dragging his body little by little, ~So tired...No! We have to go! We can't go back there. Uncle will definitely....~
As Seto's thoughts wandered off into a depressing direction, Seto then wondered where would they go now, ~definitly not home...~ He decided.
Even for child with a genius IQ like Seto, he didn't know the answer to his question but knew that he would have to think fast so they were in deep trouble. Finally, they had made it to a small back alley between two stores. Seto sat Mokuba down on the ground before sitting down himself, laying his tired head into his arms.
"Seto! Look!"
Seto turned toward Mokuba's voice and saw that he was pointing somewhere. Seto's eyes followed the small finger to a mysteriously caped person, who now stood mere feet from them in the alley. He was about to chide Mokuba on not pointing at a person but realized he was starting at the person so they were even on manners. The person began to move, time seemed to slow down as the person moved closer and closer...
"Seto..." Mokuba said now scared, clutching Seto's arm for protection.
"Mokuba...relax..." Seto got up from the ground, his heart thumping in his chest in fear.
He took two steps toward the figure, Mokuba hiding from behind.
"Is there something you want?" Seto asked tentatively, ready to run once more with Mokuba at the first sign of trouble.
The person shook his/her head in affirmation and stretched out a long bare arm, that was unmistakably one of a man's due to the powerful muscles on it. His finger pointed toward the brick wall to the left side of Seto and Mokuba.
As Seto and Mokuba looked there, a bright light illuminated the brick wall, tracing in a bright glow a doorway in the bricks. Then, the trace of a the doorway brightened once more to reveal a doorway, that emitted a golden glow....
"What is that? A door? You don't expect us to go through do you...?" Seto asked, his voice slightly shaking out of a fear but strong nonetheless.
"Seto...it's all right. On the other side, I sense safety within. Let's go in, brother.." Mokuba spoke softly with no hint of fear or doubt in his voice but pure certainty. He reached a small hand out to touch the glowing light within and took a step forward....
~Senses safety within? What is he talking about?~ Seto wondered, turning away from Mokuba to the stranger, to ask where the door lead to.
The stranger was gone. There were no signs of him walking away. Seto shook his head frusteratedly and turned back to Mokuba, "Mokuba...I don't think it's safe. Something's not right..."
As his face turned around, he saw to his shock and horror, that Mokuba was beginning to enter the doorway! Seto ran forward to grab Mokuba's hand before he totally entered and had just barely grabbed his hand when Seto felt someone grab his shoulders from behind him. Seto turned his head to see the stranger, their faces inches apart. The stranger's face was concealed in darkness but Seto's eyes caught the stranger's eyes briefly to tell that they were a deep, lavender color. Seto felt something familiar in the eyes but what was more familiar was the deep strong voice of the stranger, "You both must enter...it is fated by the Millennium items that you must. Only then will fate follow...."
"What do you--"
Seto began to ask but was stopped as the stranger suddenly pushed Seto and Mokuba through the door! The last thing he heard from the stranger, rang through Seto's ears, "When you arrive. Go to the home of Yugi Mutuo, they will help you find what you seek..."