" C'mon Dark Magician! Do it again, one more time." Jesse pleaded.
" I refuse. I'm going to go stand watch." He said.
" Fine! Spoil sport!" She said.
He pushed the door open and walked out.
" Now, what to do for fun-Aahh!!!" She cried clutching her head with both hands.
Her monsters came to her room. She was staggering around like a mad animal screaming.
" What's wrong with her?" Celtic Guardian asked.
" Something must be attacking her, but there's nothing here." Black Luster Soldier said.
" Make it stop. Make it stop. Make it stop." She said.
She punched the mirror making it crack and blood drip down it. She screamed again.
[Flashback]
" Ya stupid little girl! You'll never git it right! I should have known better than ta trust a mistake with such dangerous power. You're a fool!!" An older woman said.
~Mother?~
" Ah am not a mistake!!! Ah CAN handle tha power!! You're just afraid ta give it ta me!!!" A smaller version of Jesse shot back.
~That's me?~
" How dare you talk back you little snot-nosed brat!! Ah should kill you!!" Her mother yelled.
" That would only make ya ma best friend!!" She countered.
She was backhanded. Then her mother offered her hand to help her stand up. When she tried to take it, her hand was slapped away.
" Now try again!! You stupid little mistake!! You'll never control the cards as they were intended with such weakness!! You can never depend on anyone else but yourself you ignorant crap!!" Her mother yelled.
".....Right.." She agreed.
" Now try it again or you'll never see the light of day!!" She yelled.
[Flashforward]
" AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Jesse screamed; shattering the windows of the White House.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" Yugioh, what is it?" His father asked.
" I'm not sure father. I saw something. A memory. But not one of mine. My Mind Shatter must have caused something to click in Jesse's and my mind. I can sense her thoughts and feelings. Aha!! It hurts!!" He cried holding his head.
Yugioh fell to his knees sharing the pain Jesse felt.
/ Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. GET OUT!!!!/
" Ah!!" He cried.
Then it stopped. Just as quickly as it began it stopped. Yugioh heaved as he stood up. His head was pounding like thunder.
" Are you alright?" His father asked.
" I'm fine. But this will take some getting used to." He said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The base of Jesse-James was filled with the shriek of it's owner. Jesse had been hollering for the past 5 minutes. She was still having flashbacks.
" What's wrong with her?!" Celtic Guardian asked.
" Something is attacking her mind! She's trying to fight it!" Dark Magician said.
" AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
These same shrieks were also haunting Seto Kaiba in the room next to them.
" What on Earth could be making her scream in such agony?" He asked.
Jesse was trying to hold back tears from the past. She began to bang her head on the wall and on the floor until she was unconscious.
~~~~~~~~~~
" It stopped. Completely. I can't sense her anymore." Yugioh said.
He could stand up now. In no more pain, he assured his father he could continue. He wasn't sure exactly what he was seeing, but he knew it was something causing Jesse pain and agony. She was trying not to face something in her past. He might be able to use their bond against her. Then again, the same could be said for him.
In time, Yugioh and Jesse went through a lot. Yugioh was learning to control his new powers with ease. Training his own army was another story. Jesse's army was very strong, and he intended to be stronger. She would have to be stopped. He had his own dragons and Dark Magician, but his army was only of a small number of monsters. Yugioh usually got his point across by trapping his opponent in his own trap or magic.
He hoped he would be able to take Jesse. She was not a very fair person; she might try to bend some rules or something. He would have to work hard. Jesse seemed like the tenacious type.
" I have no time to doubt in my abilities. I shall defeat Jesse-James." He said.
~~~~~~~~
Jesse herself was a mess. She thought she was going insane. The flashbacks of her training and her mother's abuse. Then being left alone. Her mother had left her at the orphanage to make her depend on just herself. When she returned some years later, she was furious that she had fallen in love with a boy. He wasn't there anymore, thankfully. Her mother would have killed him.
Then she snapped. Her mother had been on another rant about how much she regretted her. How she was a mistake that she wish she could erase. How much she wanted her out of her sight. That's when it happened. She killed her. She couldn't take it anymore.
And she felt so much better.
She had felt a release. She had used her powers to get her cards to do her work. Then she left. She went on her own.
She didn't want those memories anymore. She was going to rule. She didn't need this.
" Kusottare Yugioh!! This is ma mind ya hear?! Ya stay out of ma mind!!!" She yelled pounding her head against the wall.
She walked out of her room holding her head. She couldn't get them out. She staggered into Seto's room. He was standing in front of the couch. He rubbed his wrists from the chains that were in a pile to the side of him.
" Rattlesnake." She muttered.
He looked up; surprised by her appearance. A blood trail trickled down her face. Between her eyes and ran down to the left off her face. Her hand was caked with dried blood.
" What happened to you?" He asked.
" Voices and memories in ma head. Kuso Yugioh did something ta me." She said.
" So your Magician's magic didn't work?" He asked.
" Ah don't know. Ah don't care." She said walking over to the couch.
" Your head is bleeding and your hand is too. You should have your monsters heal you." He said.
" No. Ah'll onlah bust it open again." She said.
He sat next to her and started tearing off strips of his clothes. He then began to dress her cuts.
" What are ya doing?" She asked.
" Dressing your wounds. You'll get infections like that. No one will treat you." He said.
Jesse sat still while he did this.
" Seto-kun?" She said.
" Hm?" He grunted.
" Are ya going ta join me now?" She asked.
" You know my answer Jesse. I will not join you." He said.
" That's cool." She said reluctantly.
" You can still stop this. You can give this whole domination thing up and come back with me." He said.
" Sorry Seto-kun. Ah'm going ta take over this world, maybe a few others. And Ah'll have you next ta me." She said.
" I'm sorry Jesse. I can't stand by you and watch you take over the world. I won't be a part of this. You might as well chain me back up." He said.
Jesse sighed and looked out the window. She smiled sadly.
" If Ah can't force you, change your mind or whatever, then…you're free ta go." She said.
Seto Kaiba looked up in disbelief.
" What?" He said.
" ' What?' Ah said ya can leave." She said.
" Just like that?" He asked.
" Yes. You obviously have made your decision." She said.
He got up and went towards the door. The Celtic Guardian moved aside to let him pass. He looked back at her.
" Jesse?" He said.
" Yes?" She said.
He crossed the distance between them. He took her by the waist and kissed her reassuringly. She wasn't expecting it and whimpered when he jerked her to him. She was pinned to the wall and held by her waist as his mouth pressed against hers. When he broke away for them to breathe, he rested his forehead against hers.
He could sense the peace in Jesse's heart. Not the hostility she usually had. He could feel the old Jesse he met at the orphanage. Maybe he could save her. Maybe his Jesse was still there.
" I told you at the orphanage, I wouldn't leave you. I don't agree with what you're doing, but I won't leave you here either." He said.
" Thank you." She said.
The Dark Magician came in.
" Miss Piston?" He said.
Then Seto felt a change. Jesse became very cold to him. She contained aggression and resentment.
" Yugioh is outside." He said.
Jesse pushed away from him and went to look outside. Yugioh was there with an army of monsters. He had pushed her own front line back to the White House itself.
" Sonuva sidewinder." She said.
She walked right past Seto and went to the door. Her monsters were there. Yugioh stood on the head of his Curse of the Dragon. He looked straight at her.
" You're reign ends here Jessica!" He said.
She glared.
" You're more annoying than a raccoon in tha corn patch." She said.
" And you're dumber than a hen house full of headless chickens." Yugioh taunted in a fake Texas accent.
That made Jesse very angry.
" How dare ya make fun of ma home!! Subeta!!" She yelled.
Yugioh glared this time.
" Put your monsters where your mouth is Jesse! Or are you afraid to fight me?" He asked smirking.
" We'll see who's monsters live through this Yugioh!! Alright you guys!! Ah wanna see ya'll stomp a mud hole in him and walk it dry!" She ordered.
" I refuse. I'm going to go stand watch." He said.
" Fine! Spoil sport!" She said.
He pushed the door open and walked out.
" Now, what to do for fun-Aahh!!!" She cried clutching her head with both hands.
Her monsters came to her room. She was staggering around like a mad animal screaming.
" What's wrong with her?" Celtic Guardian asked.
" Something must be attacking her, but there's nothing here." Black Luster Soldier said.
" Make it stop. Make it stop. Make it stop." She said.
She punched the mirror making it crack and blood drip down it. She screamed again.
[Flashback]
" Ya stupid little girl! You'll never git it right! I should have known better than ta trust a mistake with such dangerous power. You're a fool!!" An older woman said.
~Mother?~
" Ah am not a mistake!!! Ah CAN handle tha power!! You're just afraid ta give it ta me!!!" A smaller version of Jesse shot back.
~That's me?~
" How dare you talk back you little snot-nosed brat!! Ah should kill you!!" Her mother yelled.
" That would only make ya ma best friend!!" She countered.
She was backhanded. Then her mother offered her hand to help her stand up. When she tried to take it, her hand was slapped away.
" Now try again!! You stupid little mistake!! You'll never control the cards as they were intended with such weakness!! You can never depend on anyone else but yourself you ignorant crap!!" Her mother yelled.
".....Right.." She agreed.
" Now try it again or you'll never see the light of day!!" She yelled.
[Flashforward]
" AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Jesse screamed; shattering the windows of the White House.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" Yugioh, what is it?" His father asked.
" I'm not sure father. I saw something. A memory. But not one of mine. My Mind Shatter must have caused something to click in Jesse's and my mind. I can sense her thoughts and feelings. Aha!! It hurts!!" He cried holding his head.
Yugioh fell to his knees sharing the pain Jesse felt.
/ Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. GET OUT!!!!/
" Ah!!" He cried.
Then it stopped. Just as quickly as it began it stopped. Yugioh heaved as he stood up. His head was pounding like thunder.
" Are you alright?" His father asked.
" I'm fine. But this will take some getting used to." He said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The base of Jesse-James was filled with the shriek of it's owner. Jesse had been hollering for the past 5 minutes. She was still having flashbacks.
" What's wrong with her?!" Celtic Guardian asked.
" Something is attacking her mind! She's trying to fight it!" Dark Magician said.
" AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
These same shrieks were also haunting Seto Kaiba in the room next to them.
" What on Earth could be making her scream in such agony?" He asked.
Jesse was trying to hold back tears from the past. She began to bang her head on the wall and on the floor until she was unconscious.
~~~~~~~~~~
" It stopped. Completely. I can't sense her anymore." Yugioh said.
He could stand up now. In no more pain, he assured his father he could continue. He wasn't sure exactly what he was seeing, but he knew it was something causing Jesse pain and agony. She was trying not to face something in her past. He might be able to use their bond against her. Then again, the same could be said for him.
In time, Yugioh and Jesse went through a lot. Yugioh was learning to control his new powers with ease. Training his own army was another story. Jesse's army was very strong, and he intended to be stronger. She would have to be stopped. He had his own dragons and Dark Magician, but his army was only of a small number of monsters. Yugioh usually got his point across by trapping his opponent in his own trap or magic.
He hoped he would be able to take Jesse. She was not a very fair person; she might try to bend some rules or something. He would have to work hard. Jesse seemed like the tenacious type.
" I have no time to doubt in my abilities. I shall defeat Jesse-James." He said.
~~~~~~~~
Jesse herself was a mess. She thought she was going insane. The flashbacks of her training and her mother's abuse. Then being left alone. Her mother had left her at the orphanage to make her depend on just herself. When she returned some years later, she was furious that she had fallen in love with a boy. He wasn't there anymore, thankfully. Her mother would have killed him.
Then she snapped. Her mother had been on another rant about how much she regretted her. How she was a mistake that she wish she could erase. How much she wanted her out of her sight. That's when it happened. She killed her. She couldn't take it anymore.
And she felt so much better.
She had felt a release. She had used her powers to get her cards to do her work. Then she left. She went on her own.
She didn't want those memories anymore. She was going to rule. She didn't need this.
" Kusottare Yugioh!! This is ma mind ya hear?! Ya stay out of ma mind!!!" She yelled pounding her head against the wall.
She walked out of her room holding her head. She couldn't get them out. She staggered into Seto's room. He was standing in front of the couch. He rubbed his wrists from the chains that were in a pile to the side of him.
" Rattlesnake." She muttered.
He looked up; surprised by her appearance. A blood trail trickled down her face. Between her eyes and ran down to the left off her face. Her hand was caked with dried blood.
" What happened to you?" He asked.
" Voices and memories in ma head. Kuso Yugioh did something ta me." She said.
" So your Magician's magic didn't work?" He asked.
" Ah don't know. Ah don't care." She said walking over to the couch.
" Your head is bleeding and your hand is too. You should have your monsters heal you." He said.
" No. Ah'll onlah bust it open again." She said.
He sat next to her and started tearing off strips of his clothes. He then began to dress her cuts.
" What are ya doing?" She asked.
" Dressing your wounds. You'll get infections like that. No one will treat you." He said.
Jesse sat still while he did this.
" Seto-kun?" She said.
" Hm?" He grunted.
" Are ya going ta join me now?" She asked.
" You know my answer Jesse. I will not join you." He said.
" That's cool." She said reluctantly.
" You can still stop this. You can give this whole domination thing up and come back with me." He said.
" Sorry Seto-kun. Ah'm going ta take over this world, maybe a few others. And Ah'll have you next ta me." She said.
" I'm sorry Jesse. I can't stand by you and watch you take over the world. I won't be a part of this. You might as well chain me back up." He said.
Jesse sighed and looked out the window. She smiled sadly.
" If Ah can't force you, change your mind or whatever, then…you're free ta go." She said.
Seto Kaiba looked up in disbelief.
" What?" He said.
" ' What?' Ah said ya can leave." She said.
" Just like that?" He asked.
" Yes. You obviously have made your decision." She said.
He got up and went towards the door. The Celtic Guardian moved aside to let him pass. He looked back at her.
" Jesse?" He said.
" Yes?" She said.
He crossed the distance between them. He took her by the waist and kissed her reassuringly. She wasn't expecting it and whimpered when he jerked her to him. She was pinned to the wall and held by her waist as his mouth pressed against hers. When he broke away for them to breathe, he rested his forehead against hers.
He could sense the peace in Jesse's heart. Not the hostility she usually had. He could feel the old Jesse he met at the orphanage. Maybe he could save her. Maybe his Jesse was still there.
" I told you at the orphanage, I wouldn't leave you. I don't agree with what you're doing, but I won't leave you here either." He said.
" Thank you." She said.
The Dark Magician came in.
" Miss Piston?" He said.
Then Seto felt a change. Jesse became very cold to him. She contained aggression and resentment.
" Yugioh is outside." He said.
Jesse pushed away from him and went to look outside. Yugioh was there with an army of monsters. He had pushed her own front line back to the White House itself.
" Sonuva sidewinder." She said.
She walked right past Seto and went to the door. Her monsters were there. Yugioh stood on the head of his Curse of the Dragon. He looked straight at her.
" You're reign ends here Jessica!" He said.
She glared.
" You're more annoying than a raccoon in tha corn patch." She said.
" And you're dumber than a hen house full of headless chickens." Yugioh taunted in a fake Texas accent.
That made Jesse very angry.
" How dare ya make fun of ma home!! Subeta!!" She yelled.
Yugioh glared this time.
" Put your monsters where your mouth is Jesse! Or are you afraid to fight me?" He asked smirking.
" We'll see who's monsters live through this Yugioh!! Alright you guys!! Ah wanna see ya'll stomp a mud hole in him and walk it dry!" She ordered.