alone. You can just see little Seto running up the street. With a worried face, he heads for the house. Finally he reached the front door with a puff. He quickly pushes the handle down and enters. "I'm back!" He calls out. From inside you can hear someone shout: "Well, finally Seto, there you are! Where have you been for so long? You know very well that I have to go straight away." Then you only hear "I'm sorry, Mummy!" and then the door slams shut.
The four watched the scene with great interest. Now they look at each other. After all, it is Yami who breaks the silence: "Shouldn't we perhaps go in? Whatever happened back then, is sure to take place inside the house." Atsumi and Noah make a move to follow his advice, but Kaiba himself just stands silently on the Stand and look blankly at the house. "No!", he finally says," We're not going to go into this house! "
"And why not?" Asks Yami now. "Because Isay it!" Explains Kaiba. “What are you so afraid of, Seto?” Atsumi tries again. “What are you trying so hard to suppress?” “Nothing at all!” Kaiba snorts and turns away. The front door is just opening, but the picture around them is blurred.
Kaiba's heart is pounding and there's nothing he can do about it. But the last thing he wants is for Yugi and the others to notice. That darn program! he scolds inwardly. Why does it react to such thoughts? He definitely doesn't want to go into this house. He just can't go in there! Because memories are stored there that should never come back. He knows exactly she is there in this house, he can't see her again! Just hearing her voice again makes him feel a big lump in his throat. Little did he know that her voice was still so real buried in his memories.
Mother! Kaiba grits her teeth. He had almost forgotten her. Since the one fateful day he had grimly forbidden himself to ever think back to his parents, but only to look ahead, for Mokuba and for himself. His iron determination to get out of this predicament on his own, didn't even leave room for mourning. In time the pain would go away, he was sure of it. Now he finds that there is still enough of it after all these years, and it surprises him greatly.
"All right!", Atsumi says now, "Then I'll show you what I remember." She makes a gesture and you are immediately inside the house from now. You are in the living room. There is a small cot there. Next to it, on a stool, sits little Seto and supports himself with his arms on the edge of the bed. He looks inside with a gentle smile. There the little Mokuba lies and sleeps. It can hardly be more than a year old.
Yami attentively watches as little Seto reaches into the bed with one hand and gently strokes his little brother's tiny fingers. He seems to have really liked Mokuba, he thinks to himself, hard to believe that he should have such a soulful side in himself.
To Yami's surprise, he now notices another person on the other side of the room. Young Yuki is sitting on the sofa with a sad face and knees drawn up and stares over at the two brothers. "Seto, don't we want to go play something?", She asks, "The weather is so nice. Let's go down to the river." Now the young Seto turns around: "Pss, not so loud! Otherwise you will wake Moki up, "he hisses," no, I have to stay here and take care of him.I can't leave him here alone. "
“And what else should we do then?” Yuki asks grimly, “Should we play something here?” “I don't know,” says Seto, “As long as our parents are not around, I'm responsible for him. Do you understand? rely on me. "
“The girl doesn't say anything for a while, then finally she gets up.“ I'm going home, ”she says,“ See you then, Seto! ”Then she runs out of the room. The boy looks after her for a moment, then he turns back to his little brother.
"As I said," Kaiba remarks coolly, "if I didn't jump right away, if you wanted to, you lost interest. As long as I was occupied with you, I was still good enough for you, but as soon as I did once disagreed with you, you suddenly didn't care at all. "
Atsumi looks sadly to the side. "I admit it must have looked like this," she says, "but at least now you know that I was telling the truth when I said I had been to you many times. How else would I know the inside of your house. "" Now that you mention it, I actually remember it, "says Kaiba condescendingly." You really did visit us now and then. But after Mokuba was born, you came to us less and less and finally not at all. that I had forgotten that at first. "
"Yes, what do you thinkwhynot?", Yuki suddenly roars, "Since Mokuba was born, you suddenly only had eyes for him. You adored your little brother. You were completely fond of him!
"Because your parents were on the road so much, you often had to take care of him. And you took this task really seriously. You loved your little brother and that with all the power that a big brother can only love with. Some others your age would have seen this constant babysitting as a burden, but you didn't. You enjoyed it. When you were with Mokuba, you only had eyes for him. Then you didn't notice me at all. It didn't matter if I was there or not. I could just as easily have stayed at home. So I finally decided not to come to you anymore. I just didn't want to be ignored anymore. "
"Nonsense!", Kaiba replies, "You were just jealous of Mokuba because I spent more time with him than with you and was therefore no longer available to you." Kaiba turns away, disgruntled: "Besides, how do you want to know What I feel about my brother? As a big brother, it was my duty to take care of him, nothing more. That has something to do with responsibility; a word that is probably foreign to you. You should finally face the truth and responsibility for your actions. Everything has consequences, including mistakes. You should finally see that! "
Now Atsumi gives him a long, critical look.Then she says: "Tell me, Seto, what consequences do you mean? What should I take responsibility for? I want you to tell me!" At these words, Kaiba suddenly flinches barely noticeably. For a moment he seems to be wrestling with himself. Then he straightened up again: "Stop these little games! I'm tired! Come to the end, I have other things to do today." "Kaiba, the only one who can put an end to this, you are yourself, you see Yami now intervenes, "I ask you, whatever was between Atsumi-san and you back then, this will have no end until you both have clarified it!"
"Stay out of there, Yugi!", Shouts Kaiba angrily, "The matter is not your concern in the slightest and only for your information: Nobody tells me what to do, understood, and certainly not this miserable, lying woman ! "
"Leave him, Yugi!", Atsumi says calmly, "That won't do anything for him! Oh and by the way: Please call me Yuki!" She throws him a winking smile. But immediately afterwards she is serious again.
"I'm still waiting for your answer, Seto!" She says. But Kaiba just stands there with crossed arms and says nothing. Finally he says: "Do you know what your problem is? You still think that everything has to go as you think it should. You think I owe you an answer in any case. But you are wrong! I don't owe you anything, becauseyouhave never learned to take responsibility for your actions, on the contrary, I have.
"If I make a mistake, I at least have the size to admit it. Maybe I really paid too much attention to Mokuba, but not because it meant that I didn't have enough time for you. I protected him so much that he has meanwhile." has become totally dependent on me. He has not yet learned that the world is a tough place where only those who are able to survive survive. Apparently I have just been too considerate of him so far. That is a mistake I have to chalk myself up. But I will not make this mistake again. In contrast to you, I can admit my mistakes and learn from them.
"There's one good thing about this whole flashback thing. I've now realized what I'm going to do better in the future. You wanted me to know the truth. Well, that happened. Was that what you wanted to hear? We can finally end this? "
The three now look at him in disbelief. Yami can't believe what he's hearing. Surely that cannot be the lesson Kaiba learns from these events. He wants to be even harder on himself and Mokuba? What's the matter with this proud young man?
But before he can say anything about it, Yuki gets ahead of him. "Oh Seto!", She sighs, "You still don't understand! Do you really believe me it's just about you saying some nonsense about yourself that you think I want to hear?"Now it is enough for Kaiba." What do you want from me, Yuki? ", he exclaims," ​​How do I have to satisfy you this time so that you leave me alone? Haven't you had enough yet? Do you still have so much fun tormenting and humiliating me? What do I have to do to make you disappear from my life once and for all? "
Yuki stares at him speechless. She didn't expect such a reaction. Your face now reflects sadness. Kaiba is also surprised by his sudden outburst. He suddenly becomes painfully aware that he has revealed far more about himself and his feelings than he ever intended. Damn it! If you are out of control for a moment! What should the others think of him now?
Yuki looks at him with sad eyes. “You must have worked really hard to learn to hate me,” she says quietly, “But whatever the reason, that can't be an excuse for what you do to Mokuba and yourself.” “What I do to Mokuba and myself[ i]do[/i]? ", asks Kaiba angrily," Now make a point! What I do does not matter to you and as far as mokuba is concerned, I do what is best for him. I prepare it a harsh reality in which feelings do not play a role. That is my job as a big brother. It is my obligation and no one can and will release me from it. After all, I know what is proper! "
Yuki has listened to him in silence, but her fists are clenched and she almost seems to be shaking