The Third Brother

Everything that had just happened was beyond crazy.

Noah knew about Gozaburo and that entire thing for who knows how long.

He never told us.

Mokuba just got kidnapped for what seemed like the thirtieth time.

Now he was back and Gozaburo was gone.

I glared at Noah as he got out of his capsule. Noah walked over to us and smiled. But when he noticed me, his smile faded. Everyone was now staring at us, the air growing tense.

"Seto, what is it?" Noah asked.

"How long was Gozaburo online for, and what took you so long to come out of the Virtual World?" I demanded, still glaring at him.

Squirming now, Noah looked down. He must have been thinking of a good answer for my question. It better be a good answer.

"For the second question, the reason I stayed in there longer than you guys did was just to check on the Virtual World some more and to make sure that my Father wasn't in there and that he was gone for good. I also wanted to stay in there for a little while longer because that was the first time I was in there and I'll never be in there again. As for the first question, I kept it a secret because I knew you'd get very angry if you found out." He said, looking at me now.

I crossed my arms. No wonder why he was squirming earlier! People who hide secrets or tell lies often seem to do that.

"You're such a fool, Noah. I guess it seems like something you would do. Keeping the secret from us about Gozaburo being in the computer, though...feh! Sleazeball."

"Even if it would take a longer amount of time, I could've taken care of Gozaburo myself." I thought, my words echoing around in my head.

"I only did that because I didn't know what would happen if I told you guys. Besides, it happened a few days later after you took over KaibaCorporation when we were kids." Noah said.

"Save it! I know that's a lie." I said.

"But it's true!" Noah said.

At that moment, Mokuba walked up to me, and he was frowning. This should be good.

"Leave him alone, Seto! I liked you better when we were younger and when you smiled! If he says he cares about us, then he does! Why would he lie?! We're family, aren't we?!" Mokuba shouted up at me.

I looked down at Mokuba.

"Be quiet, Mokuba. You don't know anything!" I said.

Mokuba looked down at the ground. I regretted what I said internally, but there was nothing I could do to take back what I said.

"But...Seto..." I heard him mutter.

"I'm sorry, Mokuba. You know I've changed." I thought.

Mokuba looked back up at me with a sad look on his face. He slowly walked back over to Noah, his head down as he stared at the ground. I could see Téa trying to tell him something comforting.

"Stop yelling at them, Kaiba." Yugi said, frowning. He looked at me in the eyes.

"Is this a magic trick? Why is Yugi's voice still deeper and why is he still taller after I saw him in that room with Gozaburo?" I thought.

"And you call yerself a brother? Nah! You're a psycho!" Joey said to me. My eyes trailed from Yugi and I found myself looking at Joey.

"Zip it, Wheeler." I shot back at him.