A Rose by any other name…
I'm glad I'm not outside. It's raining and pouring worse than I've ever seen it in my entire life… but then again, it's not much better in here. In fact, I'd rather live outside, because there's a storm here every day. Seto had been getting worse and worse, and there was nothing I could do.
I decided that today, if not any other day, I would weather the storm outside, so I could get my mind off the other storm, the storm that seemed to engulf my life and leave it in a foggy blur. I put on my boots and headed for the door. Just as I opened it, A figure stepped out from behind and grabbed me by the shoulders, pulling me back inside.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Seto yelled at the top of his lungs. "You can't go out there!"
"Here it comes," I thought to myself. I could feel tears welling in my eyes as I thought of what he might do.
"Ni sama," I said as I started to cry, "I'm sorry, but I need to go. You've been so mean to me lately, and you get so angry. You punch me, you kick me, you beat me against the wall… I just… I just can't take it any more!" I yelled. Then I stopped. What had gotten into me? I hadn't meant to say that. It had just all… slipped out.
He stared down at me. "Mokuba…" he sighed, "Just go." I ran out, but he yelled after me all the way down the street. "Go, and leave me in peace for once! You annoying little brat! I hope you're happy, being a burden to me like this. Why don't you go play with your little friends, tell them how mean your brother is…"
Finally, I was out of hearing range. I walked down the streets, my boots sloshing in the puddles on the sidewalk, the wind and rain tearing at my face. It didn't matter. It hurt less than his burning criticism.
It was starting to rain harder now, so I decided to find a place to hide from the storm… no, storms.
I finally found a place, under an umbrella from an outdoor restaurant. I figured they'd kick me out from under it if I didn't order, so I reached into my pocket to see if I had enough money to buy a soda… but instead, I found two pieces of a card… the card Seto had ripped up a long time ago. It was weird, how much the dragon was like Seto, the sharp, blue eyes, the ability to seem to be the most ferocious thing in it's class at some times, and at others, when you looked close enough, seem so beautiful. I blushed. No matter how much he seemed mean, there were always those times when he was sleeping, or when he was happy then he was the shining, beautiful dragon, like this one… though he tried not to show it in font of me anymore. All he wanted me to see was the cold-blooded killer, at the receiving end of his ferocious outbursts… and yet, it had not always been this way. In fact, he had always tried to show his shining side to me… until my last birthday.
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I went to his room and was going to tell him good night when I heard him talking… about giving me something I might not like for my birthday, and how he was afraid of what I'd do if I didn't like it… I came in while he was talking, and he tuned around with a scared look on his face like I had never seen before. He yelled at me, asking me what I had heard. I was so scared that I said nothing. He didn't believe me, but he sent me up to my room for not knocking before I walked in. Another time I went in, and he was talking about it in his sleep, saying, "I didn't mean for it to hurt you" and "I'm sorry". I got so scared of my present I even imagined what it might be. Probably some high-tech weapon that Gozaburo had left him, that he was now passing to me… It might kill me, and that's why he was so worried… or was it one of those millenium things that everyone was making such a fuss about. I'd heard that you could die if you're not the chosen owner. I was scared, and I didn't want to die so I avoided him the whole day, and spent it with Yugi and his friends, who threw a party for me. I even spent the night at the game shop. When I got home the next day, Seto was furious. He asked me if I had really heard anything about my birthday present, and I answered yes. Then he asked me if I still wanted it. I shook my head. I didn't want to say no, but I didn't want to die either.
"I see," He replied, then got up and left. And after that, he never smiled at me again.
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I sighed. I had always loved him, and I still loved him, and that was the biggest part of the problem. I had had hope before then that he might love me, but now, I knew that he never would. If I was older and I wasn't a Kaiba, then mabey there would still be a chance…
I sighed. But how could that ever happen. I looked at the two halves of the card and put them together. "There," I said to myself, "My beautiful shiny dragon. And he love me."
Suddenly, there was a rumble, and the ground moved under my feet. "Ni sama!" I screamed, "an earthquake." I tried to stand, but was hit on the head from behind by the umbrella.
Everything went black for a few seconds…then came back to normal. Only it wasn't normal. It was all bright, and the card was gone… I looked around for it, but instead I saw a real life Blue-eyes standing right in front of me. It seemed gentle, so I patted it on the head. "Hey, can I call you Seto?" I asked it, though I wasn't sure it could answer.
"Yes, but then, please make your wish."
"Wish?" I asked.
"Yes, wish. I only appear to those who have a pure wish, a wish that they think can never be granted. When it seems only a miracle can help them achieve it, and they have my card, I arrive and help them make their wish come true. So I guess you could call me miracle too."
"What was the last miracle you made?" I asked.
"I don't remember… It's been so long… but that's not important right now. Your wish is. Am I correct in assuming your wish is a love wish? That you want someone to love you?"
"Yes… My big brother." I replied.
"And what do you think would make your big brother love you?"
"Well…" I thought, "If I wasn't me… I want to be older, and not a Kaiba."
"Alright. I can do that, but since I haven't helped anyone in a few millennia, You'll have to have a time limit. Do you think that will be a problem?"
"Nope," I replied, smiling.
"Alright then, three days. I'm going to send you back now."
"Okay," I replied
I closed my eyes and felt myself being changed.
When I opened them, I found myself in an office. I looked around, and at my desk was a nameplate. On it said,
Tekia, Matthew
CEO of Tekai Industries.
I gasped, realizing just who I was. I was now the one and only supplier of the world's largest company… Kaiba Corporation.
Note: ^^^^^ designates memories, and second ^^^^ designates end of memories.
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So, How'd you like it? I really want comments, you know, what was good, what was bad, 'cause I really need to improve my writing style ^-^
Thanks for your support ^-^
-Megami (Pen name…. Wish it was my real one, though)
Ps. The title, as you might have already guessed, was inspired by the play Romeo and Juliet. However, it is by no means related to that story. We're just reading it in class, and the title kind of fits the story later on.