'This is perfect,' Kira thought, still trailing behing Yugi and his pals.
She was so excited, and she started to grin. "It's just the best thing I
can ask for. I found Yugi! They're too stupid to believe that I need no
more training, but I do. I want to learn more about Duel Monsters!"
Kira smiled and held her backpack's straps--dark brown leather straps. Her deck and calculator was in it, along with a drawing pad. Her golden-blonde hair drifted in the breeze, some strands falling onto her pouch. Her blue eyes were peacefully shimmering in the sunlight, and it was an unbelievably warm day. She continued to quietly follow Yugi.
"He probably knows a couple of good Duelists," she said to herself. "Hmm...so maybe...or just has accomplices." Kira's eyes widened and her pace slowed down. "He might even know...Seto Kaiba." She bit her tongue. "He does...I'm sure of it! I can feel it...yet..." Kira sighed. "Kaiba..."
She started remembering her childhood. Kira stopped walking and stared down at the sidewalk. She started to remember...
* * * ((Flashback)) * * *
"La la la la la...la la la la la..." The little girl giggled with delight as she bounced a bright red ball. She giggled as she felt the sun warm her cheeks, then she dribbled across the yard.
"Whee!" She bounced the ball into the air, but it flew over the fence. It bounced into the front yard, and the girl whimpered. It was her favorite toy! She walked to the gate and shook it, and it was locked. Her ball was so far away now. She didn't have the key to the gate; her mother always hid it. Now all hope was lost.
"How am I going to geddit back?" Kira's eyes started to water. "My little ball..." She sat down onto the grass and started to cry. "Now--now I'll never geddit back!" Suddenly, she noticed a shadow next to her feet, and she blinked her eyes. She looked up and saw a young little boy with light brown hair, standing behind the fence. He smiled, holding her ball.
"My ball!" She got up and ran over to the boy. The boy smiled and gave her her ball. She smiled.
"Thank you! My name's Kira. What's yours?"
"I'm just a friend."
She giggled. "I mean the name your parents gave you."
"Oh..well...my parents died when I was little...umm...they named me Seto."
"Aww...I like 'Seto'."
"Thanks."
"No, thank you! Hey, want to play with me??"
"I can't..I..gotta go--" The boy turned around and started to walk away.
"Wait!! Don't go!!" Kira cried.
He stopped and turned back. "What?"
Kira threw him her red ball. "Play with it! It's fun!"
The boy smiled at the ball, then back at her. He ran off, carrying the new toy.
* * * * *
Kira looked up and gasped. She had lost her targets. "No! Yugi! He's gone! He's-!"
"Come HERE!!"
Kira let out a scream as she was pulled into a dark alley. She tried to free herself from the strong grasp, but to no avail. Kira screamed.
"Somebody help me!! HELP M--!!" Her mouth was muffled by an unknown hand and soon she disappeared into the dark.
Yugi turned around and blinked. He thought he had heard something. "What..."
"Yugi! Come on!" a girl yelled, waving her hand.
"Coming, Tea!" Yugi hurried onward, but couldn't help looking back.
"Let go of me!" Kira yelled, gritting her teeth. "Let go of me right now!"
"Yeah, right, Miss Dominishi," a voice snarled. "Hand over your deck."
"Never!--Ah!!" She was pushed onto the ground. She felt her favorite leather backpack being snatched from her posession. She closed her eyes and pushed herself up. Her backpack was tossed aside.
"Hand over your deck!"
"I will not!" she shouted. Suddenly, three shadows appeared around her. They emerged from the darkness--they were all evil..and they were in it together.
"Give us your precious dragon card! Now!" said one.
"Yeah, hand it over!" said the other.
"No!"
"Soich 'er. NOW."
Kira was pinned down onto the ground, hands upon her arms and legs. One roughly shoved his hands into her pockets and felt something. "Aha!" He pulled out a deck of cards. "Got it!"
Kira squirmed out of their grasp and growled. She saw one man hold up a Monster Card. It was shiny and holographic, and it had a bright blue dragon and rainbow-colored eyes.
"We're gonna be rich now!" one taunted.
"Give that back! That's my card!"
"Not anymore..." One stepped forward and revealed a knife. "And it never will be, ever again!"
Kira gasped in fear and scooted herself back. She met with a wall; a dead end.
"Don't do this-!" Kira protested.
"Hah, riiight." He gave her an awful, spiteful grin. "Who's gonna stop us?"
"I will."
Kira looked up and saw a swift figure strike against one of the bad guys. Kira covered her head and trembled, scared stiff. The other two came up from behind the man of mystery, but he smirked and ducked, then gave them two swift kicks across the face. The three were in a heap, groaning. Kira kept trembling, behind a trash can. The man picked up a slip from the ground, then went to Kira.
"Is this yours?"
Kira opened one eye and looked. Her pretty card was in front of her, and her eyes brightened. "M-my card!" She took it and blinked with surprise. "Th-thank you.." It was so dark, she could hardly make out his face.
"It's no problem." He got up and started out toward the sidewalk. Kira shook her head.
She picked up her deck and put it in her pocket, then called to the stranger.
"Wait! Don't go!"
The man stopped walking.
"Hm?"
"Who are you? What's your name?"
"To you," he paused, "a friend."
Kira's eyes widened. "K-Kaiba?"
"That's my name...what's it to you?"
Kira stood up and ran to him. She blinked.
"Can this be? Do you remember..?"
"Remember what?"
"My name is Kira. I saw you when you were little...when we--"
"I don't remember who you are, I don't know you," he replied. "Now let me go."
"No! I DO remember you! Just--" Kira turned and went to a trash can. She dug through it, looking for something. Kaiba winced.
"Don't do that--you're not supposed to--" He stopped talking when she turned around and smiled.
"See?" she spoke softly. She held out a red ball, then threw it at Kaiba. He caught it, thanks to his reflexes, then he threw it back.
"Remember?.." She started bouncing the ball, and Kaiba watched it. He watched it go up and down--the little red sphere going 'squeak' with each bounce. Kaiba's eyes widened.
"..Y-you? Kira..?"
"You do remember!" Kira dropped the ball and hopped to him. "How did you find me?"
"I was going to get some balogna...or some sort of lunch meat. My peanut butter was a little...'stale' and my brother is coming over to my house soon. Hm..luckily I heard your screams."
"Heh...yeah..." Kira said. "Why didn't you come back that day?"
"I couldn't...I had to take care of my brother, Mokuba. And besides, I don't even know if I would have remembered to come back..heh.." Kaiba looked around the dark alley and sighed. "Well, I'm glad you're safe now."
"Thank you, Kaiba.." Kira said with a nod. "But I need to ask..."
"Yes?"
"Um...well...I wanted to know if..."
Suddenly, Kaiba's eyes widened slightly, as if a sense was activated. He turned around and shook his head. "I-I..I'm sorry. I must go."
Kira protested. "No, Kaiba! Don't go! I want-!"
"I'm sorry." He turned around and ran out of the alley, splashing slightly into a puddle.
He then sharply turned a corner. Kira ran after him.
"Wait, Kaiba! No!! Come back!!" She stood out in the sidewalk, and looked both ways. She sighed with disbelief to find that Seto Kaiba was gone.
Kira smiled and held her backpack's straps--dark brown leather straps. Her deck and calculator was in it, along with a drawing pad. Her golden-blonde hair drifted in the breeze, some strands falling onto her pouch. Her blue eyes were peacefully shimmering in the sunlight, and it was an unbelievably warm day. She continued to quietly follow Yugi.
"He probably knows a couple of good Duelists," she said to herself. "Hmm...so maybe...or just has accomplices." Kira's eyes widened and her pace slowed down. "He might even know...Seto Kaiba." She bit her tongue. "He does...I'm sure of it! I can feel it...yet..." Kira sighed. "Kaiba..."
She started remembering her childhood. Kira stopped walking and stared down at the sidewalk. She started to remember...
* * * ((Flashback)) * * *
"La la la la la...la la la la la..." The little girl giggled with delight as she bounced a bright red ball. She giggled as she felt the sun warm her cheeks, then she dribbled across the yard.
"Whee!" She bounced the ball into the air, but it flew over the fence. It bounced into the front yard, and the girl whimpered. It was her favorite toy! She walked to the gate and shook it, and it was locked. Her ball was so far away now. She didn't have the key to the gate; her mother always hid it. Now all hope was lost.
"How am I going to geddit back?" Kira's eyes started to water. "My little ball..." She sat down onto the grass and started to cry. "Now--now I'll never geddit back!" Suddenly, she noticed a shadow next to her feet, and she blinked her eyes. She looked up and saw a young little boy with light brown hair, standing behind the fence. He smiled, holding her ball.
"My ball!" She got up and ran over to the boy. The boy smiled and gave her her ball. She smiled.
"Thank you! My name's Kira. What's yours?"
"I'm just a friend."
She giggled. "I mean the name your parents gave you."
"Oh..well...my parents died when I was little...umm...they named me Seto."
"Aww...I like 'Seto'."
"Thanks."
"No, thank you! Hey, want to play with me??"
"I can't..I..gotta go--" The boy turned around and started to walk away.
"Wait!! Don't go!!" Kira cried.
He stopped and turned back. "What?"
Kira threw him her red ball. "Play with it! It's fun!"
The boy smiled at the ball, then back at her. He ran off, carrying the new toy.
* * * * *
Kira looked up and gasped. She had lost her targets. "No! Yugi! He's gone! He's-!"
"Come HERE!!"
Kira let out a scream as she was pulled into a dark alley. She tried to free herself from the strong grasp, but to no avail. Kira screamed.
"Somebody help me!! HELP M--!!" Her mouth was muffled by an unknown hand and soon she disappeared into the dark.
Yugi turned around and blinked. He thought he had heard something. "What..."
"Yugi! Come on!" a girl yelled, waving her hand.
"Coming, Tea!" Yugi hurried onward, but couldn't help looking back.
"Let go of me!" Kira yelled, gritting her teeth. "Let go of me right now!"
"Yeah, right, Miss Dominishi," a voice snarled. "Hand over your deck."
"Never!--Ah!!" She was pushed onto the ground. She felt her favorite leather backpack being snatched from her posession. She closed her eyes and pushed herself up. Her backpack was tossed aside.
"Hand over your deck!"
"I will not!" she shouted. Suddenly, three shadows appeared around her. They emerged from the darkness--they were all evil..and they were in it together.
"Give us your precious dragon card! Now!" said one.
"Yeah, hand it over!" said the other.
"No!"
"Soich 'er. NOW."
Kira was pinned down onto the ground, hands upon her arms and legs. One roughly shoved his hands into her pockets and felt something. "Aha!" He pulled out a deck of cards. "Got it!"
Kira squirmed out of their grasp and growled. She saw one man hold up a Monster Card. It was shiny and holographic, and it had a bright blue dragon and rainbow-colored eyes.
"We're gonna be rich now!" one taunted.
"Give that back! That's my card!"
"Not anymore..." One stepped forward and revealed a knife. "And it never will be, ever again!"
Kira gasped in fear and scooted herself back. She met with a wall; a dead end.
"Don't do this-!" Kira protested.
"Hah, riiight." He gave her an awful, spiteful grin. "Who's gonna stop us?"
"I will."
Kira looked up and saw a swift figure strike against one of the bad guys. Kira covered her head and trembled, scared stiff. The other two came up from behind the man of mystery, but he smirked and ducked, then gave them two swift kicks across the face. The three were in a heap, groaning. Kira kept trembling, behind a trash can. The man picked up a slip from the ground, then went to Kira.
"Is this yours?"
Kira opened one eye and looked. Her pretty card was in front of her, and her eyes brightened. "M-my card!" She took it and blinked with surprise. "Th-thank you.." It was so dark, she could hardly make out his face.
"It's no problem." He got up and started out toward the sidewalk. Kira shook her head.
She picked up her deck and put it in her pocket, then called to the stranger.
"Wait! Don't go!"
The man stopped walking.
"Hm?"
"Who are you? What's your name?"
"To you," he paused, "a friend."
Kira's eyes widened. "K-Kaiba?"
"That's my name...what's it to you?"
Kira stood up and ran to him. She blinked.
"Can this be? Do you remember..?"
"Remember what?"
"My name is Kira. I saw you when you were little...when we--"
"I don't remember who you are, I don't know you," he replied. "Now let me go."
"No! I DO remember you! Just--" Kira turned and went to a trash can. She dug through it, looking for something. Kaiba winced.
"Don't do that--you're not supposed to--" He stopped talking when she turned around and smiled.
"See?" she spoke softly. She held out a red ball, then threw it at Kaiba. He caught it, thanks to his reflexes, then he threw it back.
"Remember?.." She started bouncing the ball, and Kaiba watched it. He watched it go up and down--the little red sphere going 'squeak' with each bounce. Kaiba's eyes widened.
"..Y-you? Kira..?"
"You do remember!" Kira dropped the ball and hopped to him. "How did you find me?"
"I was going to get some balogna...or some sort of lunch meat. My peanut butter was a little...'stale' and my brother is coming over to my house soon. Hm..luckily I heard your screams."
"Heh...yeah..." Kira said. "Why didn't you come back that day?"
"I couldn't...I had to take care of my brother, Mokuba. And besides, I don't even know if I would have remembered to come back..heh.." Kaiba looked around the dark alley and sighed. "Well, I'm glad you're safe now."
"Thank you, Kaiba.." Kira said with a nod. "But I need to ask..."
"Yes?"
"Um...well...I wanted to know if..."
Suddenly, Kaiba's eyes widened slightly, as if a sense was activated. He turned around and shook his head. "I-I..I'm sorry. I must go."
Kira protested. "No, Kaiba! Don't go! I want-!"
"I'm sorry." He turned around and ran out of the alley, splashing slightly into a puddle.
He then sharply turned a corner. Kira ran after him.
"Wait, Kaiba! No!! Come back!!" She stood out in the sidewalk, and looked both ways. She sighed with disbelief to find that Seto Kaiba was gone.