Illusionistic Love.
Author's Note: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Nor am I being paid to write this, it is purely fab based. If you do not like it don't read it. I do not own any of the characters besides Sayuri Kaiba. Thank you please enjoy.
Sorry for the shortness of this chapter. This is what I had already written, I was promoted at work in June and slowly it's become more and more difficult to write, sometimes even think. I am and will keep working on this and my other stories, thank you for your patience and I hope you enjoy.
Chapter Seven: Family Reunion
"Mokuba?" She called out. Pegasus quickly shut off the T.V. and turned to her. Slowly her eyes opened, "Mokuba?" She asked sitting up Pegasus helped steady her. She turned to look at him. "Where's Mokuba?" She asked softly. "he's safe." Pegasus assured her. "I need to see him." Sayuri said moving to stand. "You're still very weak, you need to rest." Pegasus said pulling her back to him. "Worry about yourself Sayuri, you gave me a fright." Pegasus held her to his chest stroking her hair. "You asked me why I took Mokuba's soul earlier." Pegasus said gently after a while. "Seto, found him and I've tasked Seto with dueling Yugi so he can duel me for your brother." Maximillion told her softly. "You know your brother never once asked about you, if you were safe or where you were." He told her.
"When he duels me, he will lose and I'll take his soul as well." Pegasus told her. "I'll have you all to myself, no more brothers to muck things up. You and I will collect all the remaining millennium items and I'll bring back my Cecilia. I want you to be beside me through it all Sayuri, I care about you and I don't want to lose you." He hugged her to him, as she laid in his arms taking in what he was saying. "If you bring her back you won't need me anymore, and I'll be alone." Sayuri said in a voice just above a whisper. Pegasus stopped stroking her head and simply held her, he had no response he could argue that he still would need her and that she wouldn't be alone, but who would he be fooling her or himself. "I'll have Ari bring you down some soup." He said as he relinquished his hold and her and stood. "No, I'm not hungry please release Mokuba, let him and Seto go. I'll stay here with you." Sayuri begged silent tears running down her cheeks. "Please Maximillion, I'll do whatever you want just let my brothers go. I'll demand for a share of the company and sign it over to you, anything." Her voice was now shaking as she spoke her blue eyes imploring him to agree. "It simply cannot be, not yet at least." He sighed closing his amber eye and continuing to the door.
The moment Pegasus closed the door Sayuri stood from the bed and threw on the first article of clothing she found which was Pegasus' jacket that Ari had placed over the base board of the bed. She ran after Pegasus, "Why?" She hollered watching Pegasus immediately stop in his tracks. "Why continue to act like this? Why can't you just be happy with what you've got?" She growled moving to him with determination. "And what do I have? Money? Looks? A Sense of humor?" He hissed turning towards her his amber eye burning in rage. "It all means nothing without her." Sadness over took him quickly. "What about me?" Sayuri asked meekly. Pegasus looked up at her shock evident on his face. "You, selfish bastard. What about me?" Sayuri asked taking the final step separating them. When he had yet to respond she reached up and slapped him across the face repeating her question. Maximillion blinked as he touched his burning cheek, "What do you want?" He asked gently. "Stop all this, stop hiding behind this façade; you're not all bad. If you were …" Sayuri stopped mid-sentence biting her bottom lip. "You can't go back and fix things that happened you have to move on." Sayuri sighed before turning away from him. "If I were…" Pegasus said wishing her sentence she had abruptly left open to be completed. "It's nothing." Sayuri sighed tiredly. "I'll read your mind if I have to." He threatened. Sayuri turned briefly before continuing, and as she did Pegasus reached out with his millennium eye only to find nothing, but pity.
Sayuri went and took a hot bath before getting dressed in a simple red dress, Ari had brought soup to her which she ate in the solemn silence of her room. Her door had been replaced and her room cleaned. She had stayed in her room in quiet reflection until Ari had come to retrieve her for the duel. She was brought to Pegasus' side behind her was Kemo and behind him was Croquet and Mokuba. "I wish things could be different, my dear." Maximillion said while stroking her cheek. "I hope you'll forgive me one day." Sayuri looked up into his eye, "I forgive you." She nodded with a forlorn look. He quickly claimed her lips with his as the wall before the opened and the floor beneath them moved. When the floor jerked forward she lost her balance and fell into his chest as he deepened the kiss. As a new light swept across them Sayuri pulled away to look about the new room. She saw Seto instantly a ferocious scowl and anger, disappointment and hurt danced in his icy eyes. "So, it is true then, you've turn against us. The old man never trusted you." Seto spat. "Seto, please … you don't… it's not…" Sayuri gaped unsure of how to deal with the accusation.
"Come now Kiaba boy, she wasn't so receptive in the beginning. She's done everything for you and Mokuba. She is willing to give herself to me to save you, and yet you didn't even ask where she was when you arrived." Pegasus grinned. "We could have lost her, Kiaba boy." Sayuri was looking down at the ground as Pegasus held her to his side. "I'll treat Sayuri the proper way." Seto clenched his fist tightly. "What do I care how you treat my slut of a sister?" Seto growled. "Either give me Mokuba or duel me, as far as I'm concerned Sayuri is disowned." Pegasus pulled Sayuri closer to him as if to protect her from her brother's cruel words. "Tsk, tsk Kiaba that's no way to talk to your older sister and in front of your friends." Pegasus gestured to the balcony where A group of people stood looking down on them. "Kiaba, it's not what you think We talked to Mokuba she's as much a hostage as he is." The one she had come to know as Yugi called down. "Stay out of this Yugi, this doesn't concern you." Seto hissed before looking to Pegasus once more. "Now duel me." Seto opened his brief case and threw a circular device at Pegasus who easily caught it. "Oh, my what's this a new toy? How does it work?" Pegasus released Sayuri and began rolling it on its side. "Put it on and put your deck in." Seto growled. "Ok, but if we duel using your device I want someone else to work it." Pegasus pouted. "Fine, then hurry it up." Seto said through clenched teeth.
Pegasus clapped his hands and Croquet brought out Mokuba and Kemo handed him the device. "What is this some sick joke?" Seto gasped. "Mokuba, what have they done to you?" Seto Kiaba looked over the people lining the other side. Sayuri was looking down at the ground refusing to look at anything, but the floor. Mokuba's soulless eyes stared back vacantly. Pegasus and his goons simply stood there like nothing was wrong or out of the ordinary.