THE WORDS SHE LEFT
Summary In the year 2005 (two years after battle city time if there was one), the Shadow Brigand are infamous in the black market. Four of their top thieves (aka Isis, Anzu, Shizuka, and Mai) have their eyes set on the four remaining M. Items owned by Seto, Yami, Malik, and Joey. Their mission is simple: seek, seduce, and then steal. However this time, their mission becomes a lot more complicated when theses girls unexpectedly fall in love.
The Shadow Brigand: the S.B. steals magical items around the world. Their latest target is the M. items, which was heard to be able to grant infinite wishes when brought together. The "Master" sends his most talented thieves (Mai, Isis, Anzu, and Shizuka) after the last four and bribes them by promising to grant all their wishes.
Mai(26): The most infamous of the four, but also the loneliest. Ever since her best friend, Cyndia (Cecilia in US), died on her mission for the M. eye, Mai has never opened up to the other three girls. Her greatest fear is both being lonely and being loved. Mai does not know how or why Cyndia died and she takes Cyndia's letter too seriously and looks for a real jewel, thus appearing to be a gold-digger. Mai's wish is to resurrect Cyndia. Mai's last target was Shaadi, where she obtained the M. scale and M. key. This fresh capture puts Mai on the top of the list. Mai has never hesitated on any mission, until she meets Joey, who she mistakes for Bakura, the M. ring holder. She poses as a school teacher at the high school.
Cyndia(28): Once the best of the best, she took a mission to steal the M. eye from Pegasus. However, she soon found herself as much in love as Pegasus was. On their wedding night, the night when she was suppose to kill him and take out his M. eye, she visits Mai and leaves her a letter, tell her to hold on to the jewels that she herself lost. The next day, her body is found dead in front of the S.B. headquarters with her fist shut tight while holding a gold ball. After forcing her fist open, the S.B. found the M. eye. Cyndia's wish was a life with love and happiness, which she never got. The story of Cyndia and Pegasus sets the example of what will happen to our four girls.
Isis(22): She is the strength of the group of best friends: herself, Anzu, and Shizuka. An orphan, Isis's wish is to find her long lost brother whose name she doesn't even know. The best of the S.B. after Mai, Isis gets her target each time and her nickname is the Mistress of Disguise because Isis appears as a different person on each mission. Her target is "the CEO of Kaiba Corp", the most arrogant 18 year-old in Toyko. Since he is the most stubborn of the four M. holders, she has a hard time with this mission. She poses as "Iris Nitar" to work as Kaiba's secretary, but Kaiba won't even give her the time of day. However, she does fall in love with a Seto she meets in town. Unaware that Seto and Kaiba are the same person, she falls in love with Seto and vice versa. However, Seto has the M. necklace, which tells him the past, present, and near future. What will happen when the M. necklace tells Seto who she really is and who she was sent to kill?
Anzu (18): The most ambitious and optimistic of the girls, Anzu's target is the ever-smiling Yugi, whom has a split personality from the M. puzzle. She becomes a student at the high school. Although she develops a quick yet strong friendship with Yugi, she becomes intrigued with the darker half of him. Anzu's wish is to be a famous dancer and she must take the M. puzzle from Yugi to get it. However, will she be willing to take and kill Yami, the spirit of the M. puzzle, from her friend Yugi?
Shizuka (14): The baby of the three best friends, Shizuka is losing her sight from a genetic disease. Thus she works for the S.B. to wish for her sight back and also to find her ALSO long lost brother. Shizuka doesn't remember what he looks like, only his voice. Although she doesn't seem to like Malik at first, he grows on her and soon she finds herself the comfort and support of him. Will she take his M. rob to save her sight, or will she actually choose love?
Joey(19): The best friend of Yugi and Yami, Joey is as carefree as Yugi. However when he meets his new teacher Mai, he becomes determined to win her cold heart. Knowing she has a fetish with gold, he askes Bakura to borrow his M. ring. Thinking that Joey was Bakura, she quickly works her magic. Unknown to Mai, her "magic" begins to work both ways. Will Joey be the top thief's downfall, or will Mai finish her mission like she did with all the others? And how will Shizuka affect this outcome when she figures out that Joey is her brother?
Seto(19): Silent and cold, everyone thought Isis got the short straw in this mission. Seto is the CEO of Kaiba Corp and always hides his deep blue eyes behind sunglasses. Can the millionaire possibly want anything that he didn't already have? The M. necklace that he treasures allows him to see the past, present, and near future, thus allows him to be a successful CEO. So why would he possibly sacrifice this magical item for a girl like Isis?
Malik(18): Malik stumbled into Seto threee years ago when he was separated from Isis. Although Malik does all of Seto's dirty work, like kill all his competitors, Malik is actually the closest thing Seto has to a friend. (Mokuba died a three years ago) Malik's success comes from his M. rod that allows him to control the mind and body of anyone. Behind Seto's servent is a hopeful and lonely boy looking for his sister. When Shizuka comes along, will the innocent girl fill in the whole in his heart? And when her life is in danger, will he sacrifice his M. rod in trade for her safety?
Yugi(17): The male replica of Anzu, Yugi lives a happy life in high school. He grows a slight crush on the popular Anzu. However, Anzu is in love with Yami, Yugi's other self. How will their friendship stand when Anzu must steal his M. puzzle and kill Yami?
LET OUR STORY BEGIN
A shadow entered the room of Mai by the window, which was probably the most opulent room in the west wing.
"Oh Mai, I wish it wasn't this way," the shadow whispered before placing a piece of paper by Mai's pillow. The shadow turned to leave, but stopped. "Maybe only five minutes," but the shadow left only until she was sure she would be caught if she stayed any longer.
YAWN Mai, the blonde princess, stepped out of her queen-sized bed. Why is it so cold in here? The window...it's open. Mai walks up to the window and the salty air splashed her face. The S.B. headquarters are by the ocean. How strange. I feel like I was watched... But Mai thought that it was a silly idea and shrugged it off. If you can't see them...then it doesn't existed. You can see gold and you can touch money. But I see no guardian angels around...
After getting dressed, our blonde princess strolled into the living room and looked at her wall calendar. July 22nd... Cyndia has been gone for two months now. She's never taken so long for a mission before.
FLASHBACK
When Mai entered the room, she found Cyndia busy packing. The two women shared a room even though they were important enough to own two rooms each.
"Another mission type-Y?" Mai smirked even though she was upset that Cyndia had to leave.
"No, not a seduce & steal mission.." Cyndia shook her head gently. "Master called it a "special mission.
"Yeah. Something about a group of magical items that can grant infinite wishes"
"Infinite wishes! Cyndia, this is the chance we've been waiting for! We can wish ourselves out of this crummy place." (Members of the S.B. has to swear life long loyalty)
"That my dear Mai," Cyndia beamed, "is exactly what I was thinking"
END OF FLASHBACK
Mai was about to take a shower before going to the dining hall for breakfast when it a loud knock was heard. When she opened the door, she saw a distraught Anzu, another top S.B. member.
"Anzu, what's the matter?" Mai asked, worried about her fellow agent.
"Master found Cyndia outside..." Anzu whispered as though she didn't know how to continue. "She's...dead, Mai."
It's been an hour since they found Cyndia's dead body but she was already put to rest. It was a tradition to bury the body of S.B. agents at sea and Cyndia was not an exception. The other agents found it wrong for Mai to not be there, since they were the best of friends, but nobody, not even Anzu could convince her to come out of her room. Mai had no interest in seeing her dead body.
I only believe in what I have seen and touched. Cyndia's not dead. That's not her body Master found. It's a cruel joke and Cyndia will show up tomorrow.
But Cyndia did not show up tomorrow and Mai slowly began to accept the truth. She did not leave her room that day, nor that night. In fact, Mai did not leave her bed, not until she had found the tear soaked letter that had left the other night. Although it was tiredly smeared, Mai tired to read it to the best of her abilities.
These words I leave are for my dearest Mai
These words I leave avoid a teary goodbye
My letter is short but it's important my dear
For me to tell you to face your greatest tears
I learned to late that on this Earth
Are things that make even diamonds lose their worth
Capture these treasures like I have tried
Don't fail like me who by now have died
Cyndia
"Things that are worth more than diamonds? She must mean the magical items!" Mai exclaimed. "Yes that's it! I can wish her back. Silly me... while I'm here crying, I could be looking for these items!"
Unknown to her, unfortunately, her tears had disfigured the letter that Mai had misread a few of the most important words...
Just wait, Cyndia, I'll find those treasures before you know it.
Mai isn't exactly the patient type. By tomorrow morning, she had already thrown some clothes into a suitcase. She put it in the living room and had planned to leave after lunch. However, someone decided to pay her visit...
KNOCK KNOCK
Mai opened the door and gasped. The last person she had wanted to see was standing outside her door.
"Master! What are you doing here!" the bewildered Mai asked nervously.
Eyeing the suitcase, he said, "Leaving, Mai?"
"No! Course not! Just..." Thinking quickly Mai replied, "Just always prepared for another mission, sir!"
Chucking, the Master said, "How perfect. I came to tell you about your new mission. Follow me, Mai."
Although she was cursing herself for her horrible luck, Mai followed the Master as they headed downstairs.
"As you probably know, Cyndia was on a very important mission before she died. I'm giving you Cyndia's unfinished mission. You know what it was right?"
"No, not really..." Mai said not looking up.
"She was after the M. items. There's the M. eye, scale, key, ring, necklace, puzzle, and rod. These are not normal treasures we are talking about. Even though these items are pure gold artifacts that date back to Ancient Egypt, the real reason I want them is because of their magical powers."
Magic... something created in the dreams of humanity. Magic... the last thing that can save Cyndia...
The Master continued. "Once every millennium, any owners of the items will be able to have all their wishes fulfilled. However, the items must all be close together to work and the seven items can now be anywhere on Earth! Cyndia got one of them already, but it costed her life..."
Mai finched at those last words. It wasn't worth it...
He continued. "I didn't think it would be so hard, but apparently the M. items have much more magic than I had anticipated. Apparently, the M. items can't be stolen because each item bonds with the owner at first touch. The only way to break the magical bond is if the owner gives the item willingly. 100 willingly. That means no blackmail, no threats, and no force. The owner has to actually want to give it to the other person. "
Mai wanted to ask how this killed Cyndia, but she knew she either wouldn't get the truth or she wouldn't like the answer. By now they were in an empty hallway under the S.B. headquarters.
The air! There's a strange smell in the air. But Mai has smelled this many times before. It was no surprise that she recognized it right away. It's the smell of death...
"The bond even lasts through death, Mai," the Master stated while unlocking a door in front of them.
The smell! It's getting stronger!
Behind the door lied a dark room. The master entered and Mai reluctantly followed him in. The lights turned on and Mai felt her legs give away when she saw the origin of the smell. There in the middle of the floor lied a lifeless body. But it wasn't just any body...It belonged to...
The Master interrupted her thoughts. "She was able to retrieve the M. eye from its owner. But it killed her at the same it." The Master said it in a tone that Mai could only interpret as disappointment, the disappointment of losing his best agent.
"So much blood.." was all that could come out of her mouth. But inside her head, Mai was screaming, screaming bloody murder.
THAT'S NOT CYNDIA! THAT'S JUST SOME DEAD BODY! MY CYNDIA ISN'T DEAD!
But Mai knew she was just kidding herself. The body's blood-soaked blonde curls belonged to Cyndia. The beautiful, but blood-stained, porcelain face was Cyndia's and Cyndia's alone. Blood was everything, even on the white dress the still body was wearing.
A wedding dress... She's wearing a wedding dress...
"This isn't Cyndia," Mai whispered slowly. "Cyndia was buried at sea," she said while desperately trying to think of excuses.
Why does it hurt so much? It won't seem to go away. Air... I need fresh air! Get me out of this room!
"No, Mai." The Master replied sternly, "That was only a doll that was buried yesterday. I couldn't bury the body because Cyndia died while still wielding the M. eye."
It was only then that Mai noticed the golden ball cluched in Cyndia's bloody fist.
"Remove it, Mai," the Master commanded.
Stepping up to the dead body slowly, Mai took the ball from the cold fingers of her best friend. "Only a person who has a stronger bond with the owner than the itme has can remove the item without harm. Anyone else that tries could have their hands burned off."
The Master's hand... He's trying to hide it...
"Mai, I have located two other items. There are owned by the same person. His named is Shaadi and he's in Egypt. That's all the information I have so far. I will inform you when more information is found. Go, Mai. Get them and you can have any wish want, as long as you bring me all the items. Go, Mai, hurry. The day that the items grant wishes is on the 26th of the last month of this year."
Five months for six items! Looks like I won't be able to slack off...
"Yes Master," Mai said softly. "But Master?" Mai's eyes narrowed in barely controlled anger, "Bury Cyndia's body."
A boy with pale blonde hair down to his shoulders walked into Kaiba Corp. He had a golden rod between his belt on his back. Everyone always stares at the golden rod that seemed to emit a mystic force. He approached the secretary's desk to find a sniffling woman. It was obvious that she had been crying.
"I'm here to see Kaiba," the boy said, completely ignoring the woman's pitiful state.
At the sound of Kaiba's name, the woman burst into fresh tears. "Women..." the boy thought out loud as he rolled his lucid amethyst eyes. "I'll just invite myself in."
"Yo, Seto," the boy greeted the CEO of Kaiba Corp when he opened his office door. "WOAH! What did you do to your hair!" The once beautiful hair of our favorite CEO was gelled back. (Like Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter) And his blue eyes were hidden behind a pair of probably million-dollar sunglasses.
Not surprised by the boy's reaction, the CEO replied, "Other companies will be complaining that the CEO of Kaiba Corp is only a teenager. Sales will fall if I don't improve my imagine."
Seto has been looking into the future again. He seems to be quite obsessed with the necklace lately. "Oi, Seto. What did you do to your poor secretary?" Malik mocked.
"She moved the necklace... I had to discipline her a bit." Seto answered callously.
"Was she trying to steal it? Did she activate it?"
"No, she was just dusting the room when she moved it. If she saw its power, I wouldn't have let her live."
Malik chuckled. He didn't have to ask whether Seto was serious about that or not. "One of these days, you're going to run out of employees with the way you fire them all. That woman must not have been here for a week, has she?"
"How should I know? I don't pay attention to those girls." Seto smirked, "Besides, the only help I need is you. I heard you got your job done pretty quickly. It was all over the news. Pegasus of Industrials Illusions was found dead in a pool of blood in his house. He was also missing an eye. But I was surprised, Malik. You're not the bloody type."
"It's because I didn't kill him..." Malik said in a slightly angry tone.
"Nani? You mean to say that someone else killed him before you got there?"
"Hai...and the murderer didn't just kill Pegasus. He also killed his wife."
"That idiot is married?" Seto was certainly surprised. There was no mention of a dead woman at the scene.
"Apparently they were wed that day. She was still in her wedding dress"
"So who's the guy that hated Pegasus enough to mutilate his face?" Seto asked out of curiousity.
"His wife did it." Malik answered callously.
"That's disgusting! Why would she do suck a thing!" the outraged Seto replied.
"She didn't do it on her free will... I was there... Outside the window. I was planning how to kill him without involving the woman but before I knew what happened, I heard a gun shot and Pegasus was on the ground dead. I didn't hear what they said but from what I saw, the guy with the gun threw her a small knife and she reluctantly removed his eye. He ordered the woman to give it to him, but when she refused, he killed her too."
What is that I sense? Seto thought. Malik sounds like he actually pities the woman. He's not the type to care... Still that murder was immoral
"And another thing, Seto," Malik added.
"Yeah?"
"The eye...it reminds me of our rod and necklace. It had the same eye design. You don't think it has some magic powers too, do you?" asked Malik, who sounded uncomfortably worried.
Seto smirked. "You worry too much, Malik. Pegasus wasn't exactly the most like guy in Japan. Besides, he shows off that gold eye of his everywhere."
"I guess you're right. It was probably just for the gold." Malik said with a smile that could melt any girl. Seto always seems to be the logical one.
Isis Ishtar was in her hotel room in downtown Toyko. She was busy trying to hide all her ebony hair under the blonde wig.
Just my luck that Otogi had to have a blonde fetish...
With the help of some strong makeup, Isis walked out of the room as no longer the exotic woman with long black hair, but as a tanned woman with medium blonde hair that was parted on the left. Her short white sun-dress flapped around in the wind, just the way she liked it.
All twenty-first century men are the same. If it isn't the ditsy blonde they want...it's the big booded red head.
"OTOGI!" Isis called out when she saw the creator of Dungeon Dice Game.
Otogi's face lit up at the presence of the beautiful Tishizu Ishita, his personal marketing director for Dungeon Dice. He hasn't known her for long. Actually, she just appeared at his office two months ago with a sparkling resume and hired her on the spot to direct his marketing. However, that wasn't the main reason he hired her.
Tishizu had to be the most attractive woman he has ever seen. With her seductive emerald eyes and perfect figure, he knew he had to keep her around. And after two months, Otogi was ready to admit that he has fallen in love with his employee. He knew she had to love him too. After all, Tishizu has never failed to show affection for him. It's like her main goal is to make him happy.
"You ready to visit my museum, Tishizu?" Otogi warmly asked.
"Otogi, you know that I have always wanted to see your world famous jewel collection!" Isis replied with a wink that sent a spark to his chest.
When the two entered the museum, Isis noticed that there weren't many guards. In fact, she was pretty sure there weren't any! With a James Bond camera, she took pictures of the main diamond displays that interested her.
"Otogi, why don't you protect your jewels. You know that this building could buy the world!" Isis asked in an innocent voice.
"Don't need to, my dear. You see, each display is protected with lasers that can sense if a jewel is moved. If one is moved, the whole building locks the thief down. And that best part is that the lasers aren't needed at night. The floor has invisible electric wires at night. Any thief that steps into this floor would be dead in an instant" Otogi said with a smirk.
He continued, "Last year, a worker of mine found out around the electric wiring and he thought he was being a smartass by wearing thick rubber shoes. Too bad the electricity is so strong that it melted the rubber in ten seconds. Someone found the guy dead the next morning"
"Oi, Otogi. Isn't that a little harsh?" Isis pouted. "What about the roof and the wall?"
"Nah I don't have the walls or roof electrocuted. It's not like a thief can fly or anything." Otogi said while rolling his eyes.
Actually my dear Isis smirked mentally. I have a feeling that I can fly.
Trustshipping here...I decided to contine the story..but first step is first..i gotta clean up these chapters so i combined and edited some parts please be patient as I finish editing