(AN: This is a 'What if' fic. What if the Celtic guardian had destroyed
Kiaba's blue eyes? Well, this is just my thought. BTW, this entire story,
except for a few obvious breaks, is done in Kiaba's POV.)
'.'=Thoughts
~.~=Memories
Disclaimer: I'm only going to say this once! I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. Just this plot.
Chapter 1
"Kiaba! I've never backed away from a duel and I'm not starting now!" Yugi shouted at me. "Celtic Guardian! Attack!"
I watched as the Celtic guardian, his sword raise high, came closer and closer to my dragon; my unstoppable, mighty, blue eyes ultimate dragon. I braced myself for the shockwaves and the Celtic guardian's sword swept down, severing one of my blue eye's heads. It fell to the ground and the rest of the dragon shuddered. I felt it explode and it pushed me backwards. My arms flailed and I tried to regain my footing but I slipped and tumbled backwards. I reached out, trying to grab the edge, but I missed. My chin hit the wall and spun me around so I was facing the sky, my body falling to the ocean.
Suddenly, time stood still. I looked back at the sky and saw Mokuba's face. He was trying to reach me. He needed my help. How could I fail him? I tried to grab his hand, my lifeline. My fingers strained and strained but they always feel a few inches short. He looked at me sadly, and began to cry.
"Help me big brother!" he begged. "You promised!"
"No!" I yelled, as time began again. My body began the fall again and my vision blurred. "Mokuba! MOKUBA!!"
* * *
"I killed him." Yugi sobbed. "He's dead."
"Yugi, It was his fault." Joey shrugged, trying not to show how disturbed he was by the recent events.
"I tried to stop it. I tried, but I failed." Yugi sobbed.
"Yugi, come on, snap out of it!" Tea begged, hugging Yugi. "There is nothing you can do! Lets just go in the castle and rescue your grandfather. We can worry about the rest of this later."
"Your right." Yugi sighed. "I have to rescue Grandpa."
"That's the spirit!" Joey smiled.
* * *
I hit the water and began to sink. My unconscious body was ruffle jerked away; I needed to swim. Pushing against gravity and the ocean, I slipped the electronic mass from my wrist, grabbed my dueling deck, and fought towards the surface. My head broke through the pounding waves and my lungs gasped for air. I filled my lungs with some and swam the few feet to shore. Dragging my tired body on the rocks, I surveyed the damage. My right leg was in agony but the rest of me was okay. I pulled my sopping wet trench coat off and left it on the rocks to dry. I took my shoes off and began to strip down 'til I was in my underwear only. I squeezed the rest of the water out of my clothes and slipped them back on.
"Where am I?" I asked myself outloud, looking around. I wracked my brain but came up with nothing. I kept look further, for other information, and found that I could remember nothing after jumping out the window of my home.
'Am I still at my beach house?'
"My name is Seto Kiaba." I told myself, again outloud. "People are looking for me. I do not want them to find me. I was the duel monsters champion until Yugi Mutoh beat me. I am separated from Mokuba and I need to find him. But where am I? Where is Mokuba? This is most surely NOT my beach house."
I looked up and saw a couple of people running down the steps. I felt myself tense automatically; for some reason, I did not like these people. Trusting my instincts, I limped into the trees and climbed one to hide and wait. The people came forwards and began to look around the area. They were dressed all in black and I knew I had been right. These were the people I couldn't trust. I cautiously slipped out of the tree and tried to limp quietly away. I kept going, trying to put distance between those men, and myself until I found a path that lead to a duel monsters stadium. I looked around and heard and person coming down the path. I went back into the trees to hide but instead of running I decided to wait and see who it was. I was a girl. She was almost as tall as I was and dressed in a purple jacket and short purple skirt. She seemed to be alone, so I snuck up behind her and grabbed her, clamping a hand over her mouth and around her waist. She struggled, pulling at my hands, trying to get free. She was a lot stronger than she looked, but than again, so was I.
"Listen," I begged. "I don't want to hurt you. I just need to talk with you."
The girl stopped fighting me for a minute, so I took that to mean she was listening.
"If I let you go, do you promise not to run away, scream or in any other way attract attention?" I asked. The girl paused for a minute, then nodded. I took my hands off her and she turned to face me, her arm swinging to slap my face. I grabbed her arm and pulled my face out of the way.
"Jerk!" the girl spat.
"Alright, another Jerk for the record." I laughed. "Can't you think of something more original?"
"Now you listen to me, you egotistical freak! If you think you can just grab me from behind and think that I'm going to be nice to you, you can forget it!"
"Egotistical freak. Nope, haven't heard that one." I smiled. She glared at me. "Well, what's your name?"
"Mia." She told me, cautiously. I shrugged.
"Pretty name." I commented. Her simple death glare started to become a 'get-to-the-point-or-I-will-kill-you-slowly-and-painfully' glare. I shrugged again. "Listen, I've got to ask you a few questions."
"Fine, hurry up though." She sighed.
"First of all, where are we?" I asked.
"Duelist kingdom." Mia told me. I was beginning to detest her 'you-are- such-an-idiot' attitude. I got the feeling, though, that I was not the only one.
"Alright." I nodded. Suddenly something hit me. I was looking for Yugi Mutoh as well as Mokuba. Why? "Where is Yugi Mutoh?"
"Haven't seen them in a few days. I'd assume that they're up by the castle by now though."
"The castle." I muttered. Suddenly something in the back of my mind flashed. I tried to find the memory again, but failed. I tried harder, but only came up with another memory.
~Mokuba was standing in a small cell in a castle, chained to the wall. He grinned at me, confident that in a few minutes I would be releasing him from bondage. I was bending next to the lock, trying to pick it. I heard a noise and turned to face.~
I lost the memory there. No amount of memory chasing would find the rest.
"Hello?" Mia asked, waving a hand in front of my face.
"The castle. Mokuba's in there." I muttered.
"Err, right." Mia said. "What are you on about?"
"I'm not sure. I remember falling and then I was here! I seem to have lost all memory of the past. I have how no idea how much time I've forgotten! All I know is that I need to find my brother."
"Sure." She nodded, act as if I was a child.
'How many annoying attitude does she have?' I wondered.
"What's prize for this tournament?" I asked.
"Money." Mia smiled her face lighting up at the mer mention of the word.
'Ha! I've found what she wants.' I smiled to myself.
"Sneak me into the castle and I'll pay you double the prize money." I told her. I could almost hear the wheels turning.
"Deal!" She smiled. I smiled back. I was coming for Mokuba!
'.'=Thoughts
~.~=Memories
Disclaimer: I'm only going to say this once! I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. Just this plot.
Chapter 1
"Kiaba! I've never backed away from a duel and I'm not starting now!" Yugi shouted at me. "Celtic Guardian! Attack!"
I watched as the Celtic guardian, his sword raise high, came closer and closer to my dragon; my unstoppable, mighty, blue eyes ultimate dragon. I braced myself for the shockwaves and the Celtic guardian's sword swept down, severing one of my blue eye's heads. It fell to the ground and the rest of the dragon shuddered. I felt it explode and it pushed me backwards. My arms flailed and I tried to regain my footing but I slipped and tumbled backwards. I reached out, trying to grab the edge, but I missed. My chin hit the wall and spun me around so I was facing the sky, my body falling to the ocean.
Suddenly, time stood still. I looked back at the sky and saw Mokuba's face. He was trying to reach me. He needed my help. How could I fail him? I tried to grab his hand, my lifeline. My fingers strained and strained but they always feel a few inches short. He looked at me sadly, and began to cry.
"Help me big brother!" he begged. "You promised!"
"No!" I yelled, as time began again. My body began the fall again and my vision blurred. "Mokuba! MOKUBA!!"
* * *
"I killed him." Yugi sobbed. "He's dead."
"Yugi, It was his fault." Joey shrugged, trying not to show how disturbed he was by the recent events.
"I tried to stop it. I tried, but I failed." Yugi sobbed.
"Yugi, come on, snap out of it!" Tea begged, hugging Yugi. "There is nothing you can do! Lets just go in the castle and rescue your grandfather. We can worry about the rest of this later."
"Your right." Yugi sighed. "I have to rescue Grandpa."
"That's the spirit!" Joey smiled.
* * *
I hit the water and began to sink. My unconscious body was ruffle jerked away; I needed to swim. Pushing against gravity and the ocean, I slipped the electronic mass from my wrist, grabbed my dueling deck, and fought towards the surface. My head broke through the pounding waves and my lungs gasped for air. I filled my lungs with some and swam the few feet to shore. Dragging my tired body on the rocks, I surveyed the damage. My right leg was in agony but the rest of me was okay. I pulled my sopping wet trench coat off and left it on the rocks to dry. I took my shoes off and began to strip down 'til I was in my underwear only. I squeezed the rest of the water out of my clothes and slipped them back on.
"Where am I?" I asked myself outloud, looking around. I wracked my brain but came up with nothing. I kept look further, for other information, and found that I could remember nothing after jumping out the window of my home.
'Am I still at my beach house?'
"My name is Seto Kiaba." I told myself, again outloud. "People are looking for me. I do not want them to find me. I was the duel monsters champion until Yugi Mutoh beat me. I am separated from Mokuba and I need to find him. But where am I? Where is Mokuba? This is most surely NOT my beach house."
I looked up and saw a couple of people running down the steps. I felt myself tense automatically; for some reason, I did not like these people. Trusting my instincts, I limped into the trees and climbed one to hide and wait. The people came forwards and began to look around the area. They were dressed all in black and I knew I had been right. These were the people I couldn't trust. I cautiously slipped out of the tree and tried to limp quietly away. I kept going, trying to put distance between those men, and myself until I found a path that lead to a duel monsters stadium. I looked around and heard and person coming down the path. I went back into the trees to hide but instead of running I decided to wait and see who it was. I was a girl. She was almost as tall as I was and dressed in a purple jacket and short purple skirt. She seemed to be alone, so I snuck up behind her and grabbed her, clamping a hand over her mouth and around her waist. She struggled, pulling at my hands, trying to get free. She was a lot stronger than she looked, but than again, so was I.
"Listen," I begged. "I don't want to hurt you. I just need to talk with you."
The girl stopped fighting me for a minute, so I took that to mean she was listening.
"If I let you go, do you promise not to run away, scream or in any other way attract attention?" I asked. The girl paused for a minute, then nodded. I took my hands off her and she turned to face me, her arm swinging to slap my face. I grabbed her arm and pulled my face out of the way.
"Jerk!" the girl spat.
"Alright, another Jerk for the record." I laughed. "Can't you think of something more original?"
"Now you listen to me, you egotistical freak! If you think you can just grab me from behind and think that I'm going to be nice to you, you can forget it!"
"Egotistical freak. Nope, haven't heard that one." I smiled. She glared at me. "Well, what's your name?"
"Mia." She told me, cautiously. I shrugged.
"Pretty name." I commented. Her simple death glare started to become a 'get-to-the-point-or-I-will-kill-you-slowly-and-painfully' glare. I shrugged again. "Listen, I've got to ask you a few questions."
"Fine, hurry up though." She sighed.
"First of all, where are we?" I asked.
"Duelist kingdom." Mia told me. I was beginning to detest her 'you-are- such-an-idiot' attitude. I got the feeling, though, that I was not the only one.
"Alright." I nodded. Suddenly something hit me. I was looking for Yugi Mutoh as well as Mokuba. Why? "Where is Yugi Mutoh?"
"Haven't seen them in a few days. I'd assume that they're up by the castle by now though."
"The castle." I muttered. Suddenly something in the back of my mind flashed. I tried to find the memory again, but failed. I tried harder, but only came up with another memory.
~Mokuba was standing in a small cell in a castle, chained to the wall. He grinned at me, confident that in a few minutes I would be releasing him from bondage. I was bending next to the lock, trying to pick it. I heard a noise and turned to face.~
I lost the memory there. No amount of memory chasing would find the rest.
"Hello?" Mia asked, waving a hand in front of my face.
"The castle. Mokuba's in there." I muttered.
"Err, right." Mia said. "What are you on about?"
"I'm not sure. I remember falling and then I was here! I seem to have lost all memory of the past. I have how no idea how much time I've forgotten! All I know is that I need to find my brother."
"Sure." She nodded, act as if I was a child.
'How many annoying attitude does she have?' I wondered.
"What's prize for this tournament?" I asked.
"Money." Mia smiled her face lighting up at the mer mention of the word.
'Ha! I've found what she wants.' I smiled to myself.
"Sneak me into the castle and I'll pay you double the prize money." I told her. I could almost hear the wheels turning.
"Deal!" She smiled. I smiled back. I was coming for Mokuba!