Unspoken

As soon as Seto heard the gunshot he instinctively threw himself over his puppies unmoving body, determined to protect him. It took him a few minutes to realise that nothing had happened and a gasp of horror from Yugi brought him back to his senses.

“Mokuba!” He exclaimed.

Mokuba looked at the small gun he held in his hands and at the livid Duke who was gripping his bleeding shoulder tightly.

“You little shit! What the fuck do you think you’re doing?”

“L…leave my brother alone… or I’ll kill you.” He stuttered.

Duke laughed, “Oh really. And you’re telling me you weren’t trying to kill me just now?”

“…I…”

“I thought so. You don’t have the guts.” He pointed Seto’s gun at Mokuba, “Get down on the floor with your brother and his precious dog.”

Mokuba whimpered and ran over to his brother and started crying, “I’m sorry Seto. I just wanted to fix things.”

“Why on earth didn’t you just tell me what the problem was? Why’d you have to do all this?”

“Duke said that you would be annoyed with me, that I was just a pest that you tolerated.” He wiped away the tears but more flowed out, “I thought you didn’t like me anymore.”

“Bastard! You manipulated Mokuba into helping you by playing with his emotions.”

“What else was I supposed to do?” Duke scoffed, “The stupid bitch discovered my plan to kidnap Yugi. I needed something to cover my ass with.”

“Seto?” Joey mumbled, waking up, “Was goin’ on?”

“Time to choose Kaiba.” Duke laughed, “Who dies? The little brat, or the pathetic mutt?”

Mokuba noticed someone moving in the shadows behind Duke, although it took him a few minutes to recognise the silhouetted figure.

“Kill me.” He said.

“No!” Seto shouted.

“Trust me big brother.” Mokuba stood up and threw the small gun he was holding over Duke’s head and into the hall behind him, “Please, leave Seto and Joey alone and kill me.”

“Well, since you asked so nicely.” Duke smirked as he aimed Seto’s gun at the young boy.

***A Few Minutes Earlier***

Yami carefully snuck upstairs and followed the muffled sound of voices and the scene that he glimpsed through the open door made him wince. Yugi was tied to the bed, covered in dry and fresh blood, and had a look of complete horror on his face. Duke was standing at the doorway with a gun pointed at Seto, who was protecting Mokuba and Joey with his body.

Duke laughed, “Time to choose Kaiba. Who dies? The little brat, or the pathetic mutt?”

Mokuba looked right at Yami and his eyes widened slightly as he recognised him, “Kill me.”

Seto blanched and shouted, “No!”

“Trust me big brother.”

Yami stared as Mokuba looked him right in the eye and threw his gun over Duke’s head so it landed directly in front of him.

“Please, leave Seto and Joey alone and kill me.”

“Well, since you asked so nicely.” Duke’s finger squeezed the trigger ever so slightly as he aimed at Mokuba.

Yami hesitated for a second before grabbing the gun that had been thrown to him and firing it in Duke’s direction, aiming roughly and hoping for the best.

“WHAT THE FUCK!” Duke screamed as the bullet tore through his stomach, “YOU LITTLE BASTARD!”

Mokuba tried to get out of the way, but as Duke collapsed he pulled the trigger.

“MOKUBA!” Seto ran over to where his brother lay, “Please be okay little brother.”

Blood poured out of Mokuba’s mouth and soaked through his shirt as it pumped out of the bullet wound.

“Give me your cell phone Kaiba.” Yami demanded as he hurried over.

Seto handed it over before desperately trying to stop the blood flowing from his brothers body, “NO! YOU CAN’T DIE MOKUBA, I WON’T LET YOU!”

“S… Seto?” He coughed up more blood, “D… did it w…w…work? Did Y…Yami get him?”

“Yes Mokuba. He’s dead.” Seto tenderly wiped the blood away from his brothers face.

“I love you Seto.”

“Don’t do that. You’re going to be just fine.”

“Please Seto…” His voice was becoming weaker.

Seto sighed, “I love you Mokuba. More than anything in the world.”

“Thankyou.” His eyes closed.

***

Yami hung up the phone and rushed over to Yugi’s beaten form.

“Aibou.” He said as unlocked the handcuffs with Duke’s key.

“I knew you’d find me Yami.” Yugi whispered.

“I would have searched for eternity if I had to.”

“Is Joey okay?”

“I think so. It looks like he’s unconscious.” Yami gently picked Yugi up and cradled him in his arms, “I’m taking my Aibou outside so I can tell the paramedics where to find you Kaiba.”

“They’d better hurry up. If Mokuba dies…”

“What happened to Mokuba?” Yugi asked worriedly.

“He was shot.”

“Where’s Duke?”

“I killed him Aibou. He can’t hurt you anymore.”

Yugi sighed contentedly and snuggled into Yami’s chest, “I love you, my Yami.”

“I love you to, my Yugi.”

***

AN: Blech, too much sappiness in this chapter. I think my teeth are rotting.