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If you don't get the point already, then you're lost. lol. Jk, people.
Chapter XIII: Seto... Curious?
Yugi's P.O.V.
" Oh great, Kaiba's here," Joey complained when he heard Tea.
" Joey, please don't be so negitive..." Tea said, since she heard him too.
" What's the use of telling him that? He's just going to pick fights with him," Duke said.
" Darn right I am," Joey said.
" I'll go see what Kaiba wants," I said as I walk out of the kitchen. Rose was near the windows, looking at them at the corner of her eyes. Must be wondering who Kaiba was. After a few minutes, Kaiba and Mokuba suddenly walked through the door.
" Hey guys!" Mokuba said, waving to us. He's the exact oppasite of Kaiba,- more trusting, and willing to have friends. Kaiba is always about wanting to beat me since he won't take being second-best at Duel Monsters.
" Yugi," Kaiba said. " Did something weird happened earlier?"
" Say what?" I said. I wasn't expecting him to ask something like that. " What do you mean by weird?"
" As in just not normal," Mokuba said. " We indecated something from the forest near here."
" Other than finding Rose and Ebony fighting a half a ton pound bear, no, nothing out of the ordinary..." I heard Triston said somewhere behind me quietly.
" What was that?" Kaiba said. Triston should learn to talk quietly. " There are no bears in this area."
" Oh, and where did she get that twisted ankle and all that bruises and scratches? From some 1st graders?" Triston shot at him. Rose was glaring at him from the corner of her eyes. She probably hates all the attention she keeps getting.
" Triston, shut-up," she said. " It's obvious that he doesn't care about what happened to me, and frankly, neither do I want to be reminded, alright?"
" Typical Rose," Ebony laughed a bit.
" You were attacked by a bear? Why did it attack? How did you survive? When were you attacked? Why didn't you just run?" Mokuba asked all the questions in one breath all directed at Rose. Ebony laughs silently as she walks nearer to us.
" What's so funny?" I asked quietly.
" I know that she's thinking, ' I need a brick wall to slam my head against' right now," Ebony replied as she continues laughing silently. Now I see why it's funny, since that's what Rose looks like she's thinking right now.
" I don't know why he attacked, I guess we were in his territroy. I survived by fighting back. I was attacked just an hour ago. I fought back because Melody was about to be his next meal." Rose answered each one in order, very patiantly. Maybe a little bit too patiantly... Who knows.
Rose's P.O.V.
' Kaiba here... Mokuba asking questions... Triston is being a jack-ass... What else is there to make my day?' I thought to myself.
" You really fought a bear?" Mokuba asked. " Amazing that you are not in the hospital because of it."
" I don't believe this," Kaiba said. " There's no way that you have wrestle with a bear an hour ago, yet here you are walking around on a twisted ankle that could have been from falling."
... That does it. Kaiba may be my favorite character out of the series, but he has just broke my last nerve. I walk as calmly as I could manage, and got up to his face.
" Look, I do NOT care if you believe me, or anyone here, about the whole situation, but I do NOT want to take any critisism from you, or anybody else. I'm sick of hearing it from Triston and Duke over there, and I suggest that you don't start with me, because I'm frickin' pissed. And what's more, you better shut-up about something that isn't any of your damn business," I said, gritting my teeth as I tried to not yell. It's bad enough to hear it from Triston and Duke, and have to stand up to this damn ankle and bruised ribs, but enough is enough. I turned around and started walking off. " Tu es un le pamplemousse," I muttered as I exit the whole house.
Kaiba's P.O.V.
I stood there, blinking. Never had anyone dared to get up to my face and say anything like that. Especially not a woman I just met.
" Whoa, Rose is in piss-off mode," the other girl, Ebony, said. " Good thing you all got off easily. She normally swears more than that, and would have yelled it all out. At least she takes her rage on a game called 'Grand Theft Auto: Vice City' and run over anyone who dared to get in her way, especially if she was in an ambulance," she laughed. All just sort of stared at her. " What? It's interesting to watch her play the game after school. But otherwise if she doesn't have her Playstation2 around, she goes beat the crap out of the punching bag she has," she said.
" What did she say before she went through that door?" Mokuba asked.
" She was talking in French. She said ' You are a grapefruit'." Ebony replied. " She was most likely directing it at Kaiba."
' That girl Rose better stop talking while she isn't challanged by me,' was my first thought.
" Just ta change this tension subject, do ya two play Duel Monsters?" Wheeler asked Ebony.
" Yeah, me and Rose are tops duelers in the state of Michigan, Alabama, and Texas. Those are the only states we competed and won so far," Ebony said. " Another top dueler is our friend, Coalar."
' American duelers? Interesting. And tops duelers too,' I thought.
" Top duelers? Awesome," Joey said. " Maybe we can battle sometime then."
" Maybe," Ebony said. " But I think I'm going to check on Rose." She then looks around. " Then again, nevermind. Looks like Trila and the others are already doing that for me."
" You mean the animals?" Mokuba asked. " Do they belong to Rose?"
" Yeah. Rose cares about those animals of hers too much," Triston said. " Risking her own neck for a cat? Suisidal, if ya ask me."
" Don't let Rose ever hear you say that. She really loves animals," Ebony said. " Plus, the animals does understand whatever we say."
" Fine, but I'll stand by my opinion." Then a rock was thrown out of nowhere and hits Triston in the head. " OWW!" he yelled as he rubs his head. " What just hit me?"
" A rock," Ebony said, wearing the look of, ' I told you so'.
" From where?" Triston almost yelled.
" From outside," Ebony said, simply pointing to a open window. At the window though, it was that gray cat with the splint on her front leg. When Trinston looks over too, the cat turned up her nose at him and walks off the ledge.
" I know that cat's can't throw stuff at people's head," Triston said.
" With these animals, it's possible. Rose taught them personally."
' Okay, this is getting weirder. Animals doesn't have the brains or limbs for doing something like that,' was my thought. ' I'm going to talk to that girl, and hopefully she's in an answering mode,' I thought as I headed out. ' And it has got to be better than hanging around the losers...'
" Kaiba, where are you going now?" Wheeler said, but I didn't answer to that numbskull. I reached the door and opened it to see the girl sitting on a small wall of the yard, looking at two pieces of jewlery, a gold bracelet and a gold ring. And the expression of sadness. Why is that?
Rose's P.O.V.
I got that bozo! Bull's eye, right in the head! Melody said, just plain proud of hitting Triston with a rock.
Yes, he does deserve that, Dranzer said. Too bad it wasn't me that got him.
You'll get your chance, I thought-spoke to him. I was holding the bracelet and ring, kinda spacing out.
Hey Rose! At 4:00, Kaiba! Kate said in my head, looking over at the door. Looking over, I see Kaiba.
Greeeeaaaaaat... What does he want NOW? I said, sighing silently.
" Girl, did you really train those animals to understand what people are saying?" he said. Okay, everyone, just imagine me with a question mark on my head, because I'm confused. He normally doesn't ask questions like that, or even care.
" What's it to you? I doubt you care," I said as I look back at the forest. Melody growled a bit. She didn't like the thought of trained to do anything by command. You know I didn't try to train you.
I know, but that still urks me, Melody replied, frowning her cat frown.
" I'm just curious," Seto answered. " People usually have all their pets in cages or on leashes."
" Not these guys. They enjoy their freedom," I said.
Damn straight we do, Melody said. I nearly smiled.
" How come you're so curious all of the sudden? To get away from those people in there?" I asked as my hand starts scratching Kate's head.
" You figured me out there. Now, I have some more questions," Seto said as he stands beside me now. " Did YOU see anything weird while in the forest?"
" ...I have seen alot of weird things, but not all in the forest," I answered truthfully. But I'm not about to tell him that he picked up the vortex's energy when me, Ebony, and others that came here. Or tell him about Ishizu #Have no clue how her name is spelled, 'kay? The stupid captions keeps changing the spelling...# . " But I don't think it's what you're idicating about," I then lied.
" Hmph, fine," Seto said.Dranzer was looking at him from my shoulder. " How come those birds doesn't fly off from you?"
It's such a common question I get from everyone... " To be honest? I have no clue." ' I actually mean I USED to have no clue, until a few days ago,' I thought to myself. Dranzer flew off of my shoulder onto the wall. And what are you doing Dranzer?
Can't I do anything without being asked? I'm a free bird! Dranzer replied.
" What's this one named?" Seto asked, looking at Dranzer.
" Dranzer, after a great, flaming bird where I'm from."
" Dranzer huh?" Seto said. " What about the other bird?"
" Phoenix. You know, the bird of flames and rebirth."
" I know what a Phoenix is," Seto said, looking irritated. I just love doing that to people. lol. " What the heck?" Seto suddenly said, looking at the direction of the forest. It was Trila, with my rod!
" Thanks Trila for finding that thing," I said, taking it from her. " Remind me again why this is passed down to me though..." I said as I leaned the rod against the wall.
" What is that thing?"
" Just a weapon that was passed down from my f... from somewhere."
Rose, are you okay? Kate asked. I'm surprised to see that it wasn't Melody asking me that, but apparently, she's gone into the house.
I'm fine.
Then why did you change the words from fam-
Because I just did, I replied, intrupting her. " Got any other questions Seto?"
" Last one. Are you that good at a duel?" he said, glacing at me.
" Believe me, Ebony, Coalar, and me are that good. We could run circles around all the losers at the tournaments," I said airly. I barely give a crap about dueling sometimes. But with my new cards, it makes me want to battle to see exactly how good the God card is.
" Hm... maybe I'll duel you someday," Kaiba said as he starts walking away.
' Oh yeah, and if I beat you, you're coming after me for the rest of your life, like it is between you and Yugi...' I thought.
As Seto walks back into the house, Mokuba and others were at the door already.
" Big brother, are we going now?" Mokuba said.
" Let's go. We're done," Seto said.
" Ah..." Mokuba said. He was holding little Melody in his arms. And Melody was just plain enjoying herself. Mokuba must've somehow got her to come to him, probably by some sort of food. Or, if my nose is telling me right, by milk.
" Melody, are you enjoying yourself?" I said as I walked over to them-my ankle was almost completly healed already... 0o. She just purrs. Which, surprisingly, I understood. I guess I also understand cat language, or something. She said, " Of course." Good, because once you're back on your feet, we're doing hardcore training from now on at that time. And don't bother trying to fake it either, I told her privatly. Her face cringed, and softened her purring.
" I'm going to miss this kitty," Mokuba said. " I hope her leg gets healed soon," he said to me.
" And I'm sure that she's enjoying all this attention too much to give a care about her leg. She probably doesn't want it to heal yet," I replied, knowing that is exactly what Melody is thinking. " But I'm sure that her leg will heal pretty soon."
Ah man... can I just go with this human? Even just for a day or so? Melody pleaded.
Let me think. No, Kate said.
I wasn't asking you Kate! I was asking Rose.
Melody, you're going to have to stay with us, I said. Who knows if we have to escape because of what's-his-name...
Malshano?
Yeah, him. And Zikomo.
" Well, then next time, I'll play with Melody some more," Mokuba said as he sets Melody on the floor. " Bye guys!"
" Bye Mokuba," all chanted back.
" Goodbye Mokuba, Seto," I said as they exits the whole building.
People, please give suggestions on how to make this better. I'm only asking because this story isn't going as well as I hoped with everyone... There are going to be a bunch of other things in this story, I swear it is! All the shows, books, movies, and all that that is going to be in this story.
InuYasha
Dragon Ball Z
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (maybe)
Zelda
Kingdom Hearts
Star Ocean: Til The End of Time
Animorphs
Case Closed (believe it or not! lol)
Digimon: Season 1
Digimon: Season 2
Digimon: Season 3
Digimon: Season 4
Pokemon, the newer series
Princess Mononoke
Nausicaa: Of the Valley of the Wind
Kiki's Delivery Service (maybe. I like all of Hayao Miyazaki's works)
Spirited Away
Castle of the Sky
Harry Potter (the book series)
Wolf's Rain
Chrono Cross
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Chusade
Sailor Moon
Golden Sun (maybe)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (maybe)
Legend of Dragoon
And yes, that is alot of things to have in one small story. And yet, still more to add to this list... I'll edit later...