Oh Christmas Tree! (Part seven)

Kaiba the christmas tree ornament swung from his branch making a mental list of those he considered responsible for his current predicament. Best to keep his mind occupied. He was not going to dignify Dark Magicians ridicilous pronouncement with a response!

He didn't want to win?! He had won! At Pegasus's castle! So what if the victory came by forfit? Yugi held back because of his own weakness-

"No Seto, It was Yugi's strength that held my pharaoh back when HE would have destroyed you. Choosing to die because you could not accept defeat was YOUR weakness Seto."

"Stop reading my mind!"

"Speech of the mind is how we are conversing here. And the truth of what I say is in your heart."

"If I didn't want to win, why the hell would I keep challenging him?" Why was he even HAVING this conversation?

"Seto, you have wealth, you have power, you have done all that you set out to do. The challenge my Masters represent to you is all that is left. So long as victory eludes you, you have something to strive for, a goal that inspires you. But, if you win, what then? What will you do-"

"This is stupid! Dueling, even dueling Yugi isn't my whole life. I have a company to run. I need to keep it strong for Mokuba-"

"For Mokuba, yes it is all for Mokuba. But your brother will be a man someday, he will live his own life. But what then will become of you Seto Kaiba? You've built an empire for him to inherit, your works bring joy to so many. Your heart is great enough to do all these things, yet you leave no place in it for your own happiness...'

The magicians tone disturbed him, because there was no gloating in it, only sadness...

To be continued...