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 Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:32 pm
While most of the party goers were inside, enjoying themselves, Seth was fleeing the scene. The door to the hotel was opened for him by an attendant unquestioningly, and Seth didn't give the man so much as a glance. Quickly making his way down the short flight of steps, he could only hope that he wasn't being pursued.
Although, there was the sudden crash of glass from a window, causing Seth's gaze to briefly glance in that direction. However, it didn't slow him down. He knew that was the intended distraction.
Right now his priority was to get out of there before the man with the black hair could catch up with him.
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 2:25 pm
"Hey!"
No such luck. About to close the door again, the attendant took a look at the pursuing figure and decided to keep it open. (The man being chased, after all, hadn't even bothered to tip him.) The wild-haired man jumped the last couple of steps and kept going with long strides that didn't falter at the sound of glass breaking.
"Hey!" he entreated breathlessly over the hard tap of formal shoes on pavement. "Come back-!" There was a desperate note to his voice as he tried to catch up enough to make a grab for Seth's jacket.
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 2:39 pm
While he did walk at a fast clip, he wasn't running, thus his pursuer managed to catch up to him unfortunately. As fingers gripped his sleeve, Seth came to a sudden stop, mouth turning down into a stern frown. After all, he couldn't lead him to where the Rocket rendevouz was. It seemed he was persistent, which wasn't surprising.
"Let go," he told the other man in a calm voice. Not so much as turning to look at him as they stood there by the street.
This wasn't how he wanted to face him, but it seemed he had little choice.
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:20 pm
In a way, the man did, but in another he didn't, and Seth found himself on receiving end of a forceful, determined bear hug.
"Ten years and that's all you're going to say? That's it?"
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:26 pm
Seth instinctively stiffened as arms were firmly wrapped around him in a hug. However, he relaxed after a couple moments and let out a long sigh.
"Mokuba..." He really didn't know what else to say, especially to that.
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:52 pm
"I waited," Mokuba continued fiercely in the face of the less than welcoming reaction from Seth. He'd turned out shorter, but not by much, and his voice was muffled. "They made you out to be dead but I waited for you, big brother." The unspoken question hung in the air: So why are you running away?
Screams were coming from the hotel, faint at the removed distance of across the street.
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:59 pm
Seth stood there in silence for several moments, but his expression softened a little when called 'big brother'. That era was a life time ago, or at least it felt that way. His little brother was all grown up now.
"I'm sorry..." he said quietly, at long last. "I would have come, but that b*****d tried to kill me. I couldn't." He had never wanted it to turn out this way. Seth's plans had completely backfired on him.
Blue eyes lifted up slightly as he heard the screams, but there was no other reaction. After all, it seemed things were going according to plan.
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:15 pm
Costly fabric rustled; with something that felt like a sigh, the dark haired man released Seth and stood up, thumbs finding the edges of his pockets in a habitual gesture. "I- ..ran away to find you a couple times, you know. They always dragged me back," he started after an awkward pause full of uncertainty - you going to run?
His eyes, already dark gray, were near black in the low light as he took the time to study his brother now. "Heh. You look exactly the same."
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:28 pm
Once Mokuba had let go, Seth slowly turned himself around to look at his brother face to face now. No, he wasn't going to run. There wasn't any point now, and... even though he wouldn't admit it, he had missed his brother. He had only wished they'd been reunited under different circumstances.
Seth took a moment to quietly study Mokuba. "And you've grown." He noted, not only in height, but he had that growing maturity of a young adult. He wasn't the same little Mokuba that use to cling to his arm. Also, he had that emotionally weathered look. The years hadn't been kind to him. Seth could only imagine what he'd gone through, but unfortunately he had a good idea.
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:10 am
"Yeah. It took a while, but now I can look you in the eye." A faint grin appeared on the young man's face at that; for as long as he could remember his brother had towered over him, and there was some boyish satisfaction in finally catching up.
He glanced briefly at the sounds of chaos coming from the hotel during the awkward silence that ensued.
"So what.. where.." Mokuba pulled a hand from his pocket to gesture - a sort of vague wave that hoped to encompass ten years of absence and questions and growth - all of them caught in a lump in his throat, trying to get out at once while his brows knit. What are you doing? When are you coming back..?
"Who's the redhead?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:17 pm
Lips pulled back in a small smirk smirk at his brother's observation. Yes, Seth use to be much taller than Mokuba. He had thought the boy would always be rather short, but... what a growth spurt he seemed to have had!
Mokuba's glance towards hotel caused Seth to look that way also, but he was still unconcerned. And besides, this was a rare moment he was having with his brother. Such an opportunity was not likely to happen again very soon.
"I'm... working for someone else now." Seth explained without really getting into detail. "It's complicated." Whether he meant the job or the red head, he didn't specify. A thought then crossed his mind. "He isn't here, is he?" Mokuba would know exactly who he was referring to.
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:15 pm
"Oh." Mokuba didn't press the 'where are you now' issue further, despite wanting to; whatever his brother was doing, he clearly wouldn't - or couldn't - say too much about it.
"No," the young man reassured, almost on the heels of the question. "The old man's in Goldenrod; I'm his rep tonight." As if to prove it, he held up his arm, briefly flashing the silver 'KC' at his cuff. "He has me seeing to some things now.. but listen, Seto!" Mokuba grabbed his brother's wrist, his voice suddenly urgent. "They've started talking about you again. The old man's slowing down; the board's going to make a move soon, and they want your shares."
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:27 pm
That, at least, was a relief. It was one thing to run into his brother, completely another to get seen by his step father. It was careless of him to assume that one or the other wouldn't have been there.
However, Seth blinked once in surprise at the sudden urgency in his brother's voice when grabbing his wrist. His expression quickly became dark, a deep frown etching his features as he clenched his teeth.
"Damn them," he swore. It seemed that his time for hiding behind Team Rocket was quickly running out. He would have to make a move soon or risk losing everything he'd worked so hard for.
However, Seth suddenly looked up as there was a loud explosion and then a crash followed by more screaming and panic. That didn't sound right at all.
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:02 pm
Mokuba nodded intently. "I'll-"
Whatever he'd been about to say was silenced by a sound less heard than felt, and seen as a bright flash of light and the arcing spray of window glass.
After a ringing silence, the screams started up again.
The young man's brow furrowed under the wisps of his wild haircut. "Was that a..?" he started, then blinked. "Wait, your-" He let go of Seth's wrist and pulled a phone from his pocket, flipping it open to dial.
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:07 pm
It was then that Raion lept out through a window and came running in their direction. "Ray! Luxray!" The Pokemon soon coming to a stop and stare at Mokuba for a moment. Recognition flickered in the electric type's eyes for a moment before turning his attention back to Seth.
"I have to go," Seth told Mokuba quickly, then took off at a run for the hotel, following Raion. But not without one last look at his little brother.
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