you want to tell me?" Asks Yuki shyly. "Well ...", says Seto now and pushes around a bit. Then he takes heart. "You know, I just wanted to tell you that I am grateful that you are still playing with me. I know that I haven't had that much time for you since my little brother came.
"My parents are rarely there and I always have to take care of him.You're the only one who even plays with me. The other children in my class don't feel like waiting for me to have time at some point, but I can always come to you. I wanted to thank you for that! "
The little girl looks at him, puzzled. Finally she catches up again. "That ... is not a problem, Seto! After all, we are friends and I ... really like you! Nobody else wants to play with me, they all think that I am just because I live in a villa a snob, I can't help it that my father is so rich. But you can always play so well with you, and you are such a ... dear guy, and you always take care of your little brother so well, I think that's really great! "
The young Seto looks to the side, embarrassed: "Oh, you're not a snob, Yuki!", He says, "You can play really well with you. And I ... really like you too!" , green eyes she looks at him: “Is that true?” Seto nods shyly. Then he rummages in his trouser pocket and after a short search and laborious contortions, he brings a small object to light.
"I ... have something here for you! As a thank you for wanting to give me theWhite Dragon with an ice-cold lookas soon as you have it. It is ... nothing special and it is Not worth as much as the dragon, but I still want you to have it. It should show ... how much you mean to me and how grateful I am for having you as a friend! "
Young Seto stretches out his open hand with a shy smile. Yuki's eyes widen. In the palm of his hand is a small, glittering plastic ring with a red stone. She carefully picks up the ring. "Seto!", She breathes in disbelief, "It'sbeautiful! Thank you very much!" You can see how satisfied the boy is with her reaction; a heavy stone seems to have fallen from his heart. The girl quickly puts the ring on her finger; it fits like a glove.
"I will always wear it from now on!", She exclaims delightedly, "I don't even know how to thank you, Seto! You really are the dearest friend you can have!" With these words she bows to him and before he knew what was happening to him, she pressed a warm kiss on his cheek.
Seto blushes, he can't stop it. He turns away with a bright red face. "I'm happy if you like it," he says, embarrassed. Then he takes a deep breath and looks at her again. He carefully takes her hand with the ring in his hand and then says: "I want this ring to always remind you of our friendship and no matter what happens, we will always remain friends, I promise you!" in the eyes.
The young Yuki returned his gaze. In his water-blue eyes nothing can be seen but open cordiality and innocence.At first she can't utter a word, then she squeezes his hand a little tighter: "I promise!"
At exactly this moment a sharp scream can be heard and both faces turn around in shock. But at the same moment the scenery freezes and then slowly fades. The four observers closely followed what was happening. Now all eyes turn to Kaiba.
The young man stands with his head bowed. His face cannot be seen, but his posture seems powerless and he breathes in and out deeply as if he were struggling to keep his composure. An oppressive silence lies over the plain. Finally, Yuki breaks the silence. "You still don't believe me that we were friends, Seto?" She asks gently.
Now Kaiba lifts her head. There is a noticeable twitch at the corners of his mouth. He takes another deep breath, then says with unmistakable bitterness in his voice: "Yes, I know that we were once friends. I knew that all along. But since the day we last saw each other, I have I tried everything to forget
"This day I especially wanted to erase from my memory. It was the day of my life that I regretted most in retrospect." "Because you maddened me after the incident in the river Yuki asks, "Because just a few minutes earlier you promised me that we would always be friends, no matter what, and then chased me away with scorn?"
Kaiba laughs bitterly: "Definitely not! It was your fault! At least ... that's what I told myself." With a sad expression, he averts his gaze. "Basically, I always knew it was my fault. I should have taken better care of Mokuba! After all, I was responsible for him. But ... I really wanted to spend some time alone with you.
"I felt so guilty for neglecting you for so long and I wanted to make it up to you. My own wishes were more important to me than Mokuba and so I didn't care what he did as long as it could be between us for just a moment at the time he wasn't there.
"But because I was so selfish, I almost lost my little brother. I blamed myself for such things afterwards. The thought of losing him almost drowned me, as did the fact that I would be responsible for it. Well I told myself it was your fault, because after all, you were the reason I didn't care about my brother, and afterward I felt stupid and foolish about your company to have provided the safety and well-being of my little brother and as it turned out later, my feeling was right! "
Yuki looks at him, worried. “What do you mean by that?” She takes a step closer. "Seto, finally tell me what's the matter with you! Please, talk to me!What hurt you so much that you thought it better to put our friendship out of your memory forever? "
Kaiba glares at her sharply. “Don't pretend you don't know!” With big, sad eyes she met his gaze, but she said nothing. "You really want to know?", Kaiba hisses, "I'll show you!"
There is movement in the landscape around them. A strong wind comes on that almost sweeps the four off their feet. Yami and Noah make every effort not to lose their balance. Finally the scenery comes to rest again.
In front of them they see again the orphanage where Seto and his little brother spent a while after the death of their parents. On the small, paved playground next to it, they see two figures: Yuki and Seto. The girl is just saying: "Who would want to be friends with a crybaby like you? First show me that you are not as soft as I always thought." Then she turns away coolly and walks away. "Before that I won't come to visit you either. Good-bye Seto!"
Again Kaiba and the others watch as the little boy on the swing looks after her with tears in his eyes and a sniffing nose. "No, don't go!" He whispers, "I can be different too. I can improve myself. One day I'll be worth being your friend!"
But the girl, who heads for the black limousine standing in front of the gate with her head held high, makes no suggestion that she heard him. Without turning around again, she opens the car door and gets in.
At that moment, a man in a plush suit appears on the playground and watches her while he walks towards the boy on the swing. Finally he stands next to him. Seto looks up at Yuki's father, eyes crying red. Now the man bends down at Seto's eye level.
"Cheer up my boy!", He says encouragingly, "I have just spoken to the home management and told them to treat you and Mokuba well." Face.
"Have you said goodbye to Yuki?", The father asks now, "Then we will drive now. If you should need anything, just give me a call!" He stands up again. The boy looks up at him, deeply unhappy. His eyes seem to be screaming at the man wordlessly for help. The man's mine is now also saddened. “Believe me,” he begins, “I'm really sorry for you about what happened to your parents. You were with us so often that I almost see you as my own son, and I would like you and your brother prefer to adopt them on the spot and take them with us.
"But unfortunately it's impossible. I have no idea why, but when I brought up this idea earlier, Yuki begged me almost on my knees that I shouldn't adopt you under any circumstances."You can see how the boy's facial features are now completely derailed. But the man now pats him encouragingly on the shoulder and then turns to leave.
With a pale face and reddened eyes, the young Seto has to see the man walk over to the limousine, get in and then finally leave the car and then disappear from his field of vision forever.
As soon as this has happened, the people fade before the eyes of the observer. Yami is now staring at Yuki in disbelief. He can't believe what he just heard. Until now, he too believed what she had said so far, but this new twist calls all of that into question again. Why didn't she want to help Kaiba? Was he right about everything? No wonder he's so angry with her.
Yuki stands in silence and looks at the floor. Kaiba glares at her with a grim expression. "Are you saying that that didn't happen either, Yuki?" He says, now with difficulty. Yuki's mouth twitches and she shakes slightly. "My father ...", she says hollowly, "a good-hearted person but unfortunately not the smallest bit of tact!"
That's too much for Kaiba. "Tactitude?" he shouts, "What does that have to do with tact? You keep telling me we were friends and there was actually a time when I believed that too . But that had nothing to do with friendship! After the death of our parents, I was devastated. I had no idea what would become of us. Our parents were poor, they had nothing what they could leave us, there weren't even relatives who could take care of us.
"I was now the only one who could still take care of Mokuba. I knew that it was my job as a big brother to help him through this difficult time. But I was still a child! I have my parents missed so much as you can not even imagine and I had not the slightest idea how it should go on now!
"I was so hoping that I could rely on you because I thought we would be friends no matter what. We had sworn to be there for each other and I was more than ready and determined to keep that promise, but then as I needed you