Chapter 10- Thickness of Blood and Water.
As Yugi sat on his bed, shaking and crying, he felt somewhat empty. His darker half was no longer there to protect him and comfort him. The same question played over in his head. 'Who could of done this?' He felt frightened yet angry at the same time. He wanted to know who and why the person stole the millennium puzzle and Yami away from him.
He crawled off of his bed, shaking and started to walk down the hallway to the girls' room, with Bakura beside him. He saw that Chikara was sitting on the edge her bed while Kaiba was wrapping up her now bleeding arms. The look in her eyes showed that she wasn't really focusing or wasn't really all there, like she was thinking of something really important while looking at the floor. Kaiba looked up from the bandaging and shuddered slightly as that reminded the same look in his brother's eyes when Pegasus stole his soul.
"Yo Yug! Are you okay man? Where's the puzzle?" asked Joey as he noticed the tears that were sliding down Yugi's face.
Yugi just shook his head slowly and looked at Joey with a sad look in his eyes. "He's.He's gone, Joey! Forever."
"Oh damn, Yugi! Someone stole the millennium puzzle! It's gonna be okay, Yug.we'll find the person and your millennium puzzle and get it back!" said Joey as he put his hand on Yugi's shoulder.
Bakura looked at Yugi then at Chikara. He crossed his arms and thought silently to himself.
'This is a little odd.Yugi losing his millennium puzzle, and Chikara's behavior.most likely the spirit of her millennium item stole it. I should take a look around when no one is aware.' thought Bakura as he looked at the necklace that Chikara was wearing.
During the afternoon, Chikara slept in her bed and Kaiba had positioned himself in a chair, watching over her. Mokuba kept visiting every 15 minutes and kept asking his big brother if she was okay. Kaiba answered with a nod and told his brother to have some fun. When the evening rolled around, Mokuba had finally dragged his brother out of the room and played a few games of chess with him in the living room. Tea volunteered to help Joey's parents prepare dinner and it was Tristan's turn to check on Chikara. He lazily walked over to the girl's room and walked in. He did a double take as he noticed that the room was empty and the window was open, the curtains flapping from the cool evening air from the lake. He ran back to where everyone was sitting and hesitated about whom to tell about Chikara's sudden disappearance. Bakura was just coming from outside with a couple small logs for the fireplace and Tristan pushed him back outside and closed the screen door behind him.
"Bakura! Chikara is missing and I don't want to tell Kaiba or he'll have a fit. I can't tell Yugi because he is still traumatized about his millennium puzzle being stolen, I can't tell Tea because she is helping Joey's parents with dinner and I can't tell Mokuba because-." Exclaimed Tristan.
"Whoa. Hold it a second there. I know where she is." Said Bakura calmly as he raised an eyebrow at Tristan's hyper activeness.
"What!?" Tristan practically yelled.
"She's sitting on the edge of the dock on the lake. Don't worry. I've been watching her carefully so she doesn't do anything to dangerous. She's just been sitting there, looking at the water quietly." Said Bakura as he walked inside with the wood.
Tristan turned around to ask Bakura something else when he saw Kaiba standing at the screen door with his arms crossed over his chest and giving him a death stare. Tristan almost jumped out of his skin as the older Kaiba stared him down.
"Kaiba! I was about to tell you about this you know! And.." started off Tristan nervously.
"Quit with your pathetic excuses and get out of my way," growled Kaiba as he swiftly walked past the nervous teenager.
Chikara sat near the end of the dock with her knees pulled up and her arms wrapped around them. She rested her chin on her knees and looked at the water, which reflected the orange and reddish rays of the slowly setting sun. The neighboring lights of the other cottages, that were dotted around the edge of the lake, danced across the water silently. Kaiba quietly walked up to Chikara and his eyes softened a bit at the fragile girl who was sitting by herself, with her arms badly cut, as if almost in suicide. She heard Kaiba's footsteps on the wooden boards, stood up and turn around with her arms crossed. Her eyes weren't as bright and cheerful as they were before. They seemed distant and frightened. He studied her face and saw that it was paler than usual and she looked more worn out.
"Is there something that you want to tell me, Chikara? If there is, you can tell me." Said Kaiba calmly.
He started to walk over to her and Chikara feared that her other might decide to hurt him. She wasn't entirely sure if it was her yami or that she was going insane. Hurting herself and others. Tears started to creep to the edge of her eyes and she took a step back to the very edge of the dock. A look of surprise and concern was etched across the older Kaiba's face as he saw her step away, as if almost in fear or something.
"Chikara.something is wrong.it is as plain as day.you have to tell someone.if not anyone else, you can tell me.I'll understand.I promise." said Kaiba quietly as he stretched his arm out toward her.
"I.I." started Chikara as she choked back tears. "I have to phone my parents."
Chikara brushed right past Kaiba and made her way back to the cottage. Kaiba made no attempt to stop her; he didn't want to push her too hard. She seemed completely different since he first met her. Was it something he said? Was it something he did? Or what it just him, that was causing her to act that way. He looked back down at the water and found his cold blue-eyed face, staring back at him. He shook his head slowly and shoved his hands into the pockets of his dark blue trench coat. He made his way back to the cottage and walked into his room that he was sharing with. He took his laptop out of one of his bags and sat at the desk, typing away at his normal work that he always did.
Chikara sat in the living room and dialed the number to her home. She waited nervously, as she heard the ringing tone. She tapped her fingers restlessly on the small table, which had the phone on it, and watched the burning flames in the fireplace. She heard the phone being picked up and heard her mother's voice.
"Hello?" her mother asked.
"M-mother, It's.It's me. Chikara." answered Chikara shakily.
She never felt this nervous; her hands were shaking like she had just experienced a horrible trauma or a never-ending nightmare.
"Oh Chikara! How nice of you to call us. I was getting worried that something had happened to you." Exclaimed her mother.
"Y-yea." said Chikara quietly. She didn't want her mother to know that her arms were cut once again and that she was frightened of something. Possibly herself.
"So, are your friends and yourself having a good time?" asked her mother as she heard the nervousness in her daughter's voice.
"Fine.we're.just fine.having a great time." lied Chikara. She, first of all was not having a great time. She was not sure about the others, but no one seemed to be upset like she was. The exception was Kaiba.
Her mother paused for a moment, and then spoke again in a more quiet voice. Almost a whisper.
"It does not sound like you are enjoying yourself. Are you okay? Has anything happened to you?" her mother asked quickly.
Chikara remained silent and looked at her arms. They were bandaged up again and they hurt like hell. It even hurt when she moved her wrist, because of the muscles pulled on the gashes making it sting. She felt hurt on the inside and outside. The gashes were nothing compared to the pain that she was suffering inside. She felt like it was her fault that everyone was feeling miserable, frightened, confused. Her whole body started to tremble as she thought that it was HER fault. Everything was her fault, including the gashes on her arms. Her coldness and concealed self in silence brought everyone's mind to question. She looked at the phone and placed it back on the hook, unable to speak or answer her mother's question. She didn't even notice that someone else had picked up the phone, on the same line as her. She never knew that whoever was talking to her mother, was someone that she never talked to.
From the hallway, Mokuba walked into the room quietly and his eyes and his bushy black hair peeked out from over the top of the couch. Chikara looked at him and he skittered back to his room. He walked up to his brother and tugged on his sleeve. Kaiba stopped typing and looked down at his younger brother. Mokuba frowned a bit and pointed to the door.
"Why-don't-you-talk-to-Chi-ka-ra?" asked Mokuba as he tugged on his brother's sleeve repeatedly.
Kaiba shook his head and ruffled his younger brother's hair. "I think that she wants to be by herself, Mokuba. And I can't fall back on my work. It is already piled up. I want you to leave Chikara alone until she decides to." Kaiba paused for a moment. ".Until she decides to talk.she has a lot of things on her mind right now."
"But.she's supposed to have a good time like the rest of us. It's not school.its spring break!" protested Mokuba as he tugged on his brother's sleeve.
Kaiba sighed and turned back to his computer. "Just leave her be, Mokuba. She'll start having fun when she's ready."
Mokuba sighed and trotted off into the kitchen to ask what was for dinner. About fifteen minutes later, everyone had gotten their dinner and ate in the living room. All for except Chikara and Kaiba. Kaiba sat in his room with his dinner and continued typing at his laptop. Chikara, however, remained in her room and tried to study the many lessons that she had missed. Shadi had returned and stood by the window, looking outside while keeping an eye on Chikara.
"I do not mean to interrupt your studying, Chikara. But it would be wise for you to eat something so you can keep your strength up. If you don't, it can prove fatal with your lack of eating." Said Shadi as he turned around and looked at Chikara.
Chikara growled and continued studying her history textbook. She didn't feel like talking to anyone. She knew that it was her fault that everyone was hurt in some way or depressed in one way or another. She winced a bit as she felt her heart pounding against her ribs. The dizziness started to return and she shook her head to get rid of it. She shut her eyes and set the textbook down as she covered her eyes from the light from the lamp.
"Oh shit." she growled. "Not again.turn the damned lights off!"
Chikara swung her arm around at the night table and knocked over the small lamp that was sitting there. It fell to the floor, but did not break, and the light flicked off as the cord was ripped from the wall. She started trembling and kept her face covered. Shadi started to walk towards Chikara and the door slammed shut. Shadi stopped walking and felt an ice-cold breeze blast through the room. Chikara's necklace glowed and everything seemed to stop. The room was dark and Chikara was still trembling. Shadi did not attempt to move and he watched the darkness, which concealed Chikara's figure. His eyes widened a bit in shock as Chikara started to laugh. It wasn't a laugh when someone told you a good joke. The laugh sounded evil, possibly insane. Shadi then saw Chikara's deep purple eyes. But they were different. They had a slight red glowing tint to them, which sent a chill up his spine.
"Well.look who we have here.what a millennium item you have.you wouldn't mind if I borrowed it.but then again.you have no choice!" hissed her other as she stood up and walked over to Shadi.
Shadi backed up towards the window but kept his eyes on Chikara. "I was afraid that this would happen.I should have taken the millennium item away from her before you got out of control."
"You've waited too long, dear soldier.now you will suffer a slightly different fate than the pharaoh.I will get rid of you so no one knows." snickered the other as she reached for the millennium anhk.
**okie, there is chapter 10 for you. Please review and tell me if I should go on or if it is good -.o**
As Yugi sat on his bed, shaking and crying, he felt somewhat empty. His darker half was no longer there to protect him and comfort him. The same question played over in his head. 'Who could of done this?' He felt frightened yet angry at the same time. He wanted to know who and why the person stole the millennium puzzle and Yami away from him.
He crawled off of his bed, shaking and started to walk down the hallway to the girls' room, with Bakura beside him. He saw that Chikara was sitting on the edge her bed while Kaiba was wrapping up her now bleeding arms. The look in her eyes showed that she wasn't really focusing or wasn't really all there, like she was thinking of something really important while looking at the floor. Kaiba looked up from the bandaging and shuddered slightly as that reminded the same look in his brother's eyes when Pegasus stole his soul.
"Yo Yug! Are you okay man? Where's the puzzle?" asked Joey as he noticed the tears that were sliding down Yugi's face.
Yugi just shook his head slowly and looked at Joey with a sad look in his eyes. "He's.He's gone, Joey! Forever."
"Oh damn, Yugi! Someone stole the millennium puzzle! It's gonna be okay, Yug.we'll find the person and your millennium puzzle and get it back!" said Joey as he put his hand on Yugi's shoulder.
Bakura looked at Yugi then at Chikara. He crossed his arms and thought silently to himself.
'This is a little odd.Yugi losing his millennium puzzle, and Chikara's behavior.most likely the spirit of her millennium item stole it. I should take a look around when no one is aware.' thought Bakura as he looked at the necklace that Chikara was wearing.
During the afternoon, Chikara slept in her bed and Kaiba had positioned himself in a chair, watching over her. Mokuba kept visiting every 15 minutes and kept asking his big brother if she was okay. Kaiba answered with a nod and told his brother to have some fun. When the evening rolled around, Mokuba had finally dragged his brother out of the room and played a few games of chess with him in the living room. Tea volunteered to help Joey's parents prepare dinner and it was Tristan's turn to check on Chikara. He lazily walked over to the girl's room and walked in. He did a double take as he noticed that the room was empty and the window was open, the curtains flapping from the cool evening air from the lake. He ran back to where everyone was sitting and hesitated about whom to tell about Chikara's sudden disappearance. Bakura was just coming from outside with a couple small logs for the fireplace and Tristan pushed him back outside and closed the screen door behind him.
"Bakura! Chikara is missing and I don't want to tell Kaiba or he'll have a fit. I can't tell Yugi because he is still traumatized about his millennium puzzle being stolen, I can't tell Tea because she is helping Joey's parents with dinner and I can't tell Mokuba because-." Exclaimed Tristan.
"Whoa. Hold it a second there. I know where she is." Said Bakura calmly as he raised an eyebrow at Tristan's hyper activeness.
"What!?" Tristan practically yelled.
"She's sitting on the edge of the dock on the lake. Don't worry. I've been watching her carefully so she doesn't do anything to dangerous. She's just been sitting there, looking at the water quietly." Said Bakura as he walked inside with the wood.
Tristan turned around to ask Bakura something else when he saw Kaiba standing at the screen door with his arms crossed over his chest and giving him a death stare. Tristan almost jumped out of his skin as the older Kaiba stared him down.
"Kaiba! I was about to tell you about this you know! And.." started off Tristan nervously.
"Quit with your pathetic excuses and get out of my way," growled Kaiba as he swiftly walked past the nervous teenager.
Chikara sat near the end of the dock with her knees pulled up and her arms wrapped around them. She rested her chin on her knees and looked at the water, which reflected the orange and reddish rays of the slowly setting sun. The neighboring lights of the other cottages, that were dotted around the edge of the lake, danced across the water silently. Kaiba quietly walked up to Chikara and his eyes softened a bit at the fragile girl who was sitting by herself, with her arms badly cut, as if almost in suicide. She heard Kaiba's footsteps on the wooden boards, stood up and turn around with her arms crossed. Her eyes weren't as bright and cheerful as they were before. They seemed distant and frightened. He studied her face and saw that it was paler than usual and she looked more worn out.
"Is there something that you want to tell me, Chikara? If there is, you can tell me." Said Kaiba calmly.
He started to walk over to her and Chikara feared that her other might decide to hurt him. She wasn't entirely sure if it was her yami or that she was going insane. Hurting herself and others. Tears started to creep to the edge of her eyes and she took a step back to the very edge of the dock. A look of surprise and concern was etched across the older Kaiba's face as he saw her step away, as if almost in fear or something.
"Chikara.something is wrong.it is as plain as day.you have to tell someone.if not anyone else, you can tell me.I'll understand.I promise." said Kaiba quietly as he stretched his arm out toward her.
"I.I." started Chikara as she choked back tears. "I have to phone my parents."
Chikara brushed right past Kaiba and made her way back to the cottage. Kaiba made no attempt to stop her; he didn't want to push her too hard. She seemed completely different since he first met her. Was it something he said? Was it something he did? Or what it just him, that was causing her to act that way. He looked back down at the water and found his cold blue-eyed face, staring back at him. He shook his head slowly and shoved his hands into the pockets of his dark blue trench coat. He made his way back to the cottage and walked into his room that he was sharing with. He took his laptop out of one of his bags and sat at the desk, typing away at his normal work that he always did.
Chikara sat in the living room and dialed the number to her home. She waited nervously, as she heard the ringing tone. She tapped her fingers restlessly on the small table, which had the phone on it, and watched the burning flames in the fireplace. She heard the phone being picked up and heard her mother's voice.
"Hello?" her mother asked.
"M-mother, It's.It's me. Chikara." answered Chikara shakily.
She never felt this nervous; her hands were shaking like she had just experienced a horrible trauma or a never-ending nightmare.
"Oh Chikara! How nice of you to call us. I was getting worried that something had happened to you." Exclaimed her mother.
"Y-yea." said Chikara quietly. She didn't want her mother to know that her arms were cut once again and that she was frightened of something. Possibly herself.
"So, are your friends and yourself having a good time?" asked her mother as she heard the nervousness in her daughter's voice.
"Fine.we're.just fine.having a great time." lied Chikara. She, first of all was not having a great time. She was not sure about the others, but no one seemed to be upset like she was. The exception was Kaiba.
Her mother paused for a moment, and then spoke again in a more quiet voice. Almost a whisper.
"It does not sound like you are enjoying yourself. Are you okay? Has anything happened to you?" her mother asked quickly.
Chikara remained silent and looked at her arms. They were bandaged up again and they hurt like hell. It even hurt when she moved her wrist, because of the muscles pulled on the gashes making it sting. She felt hurt on the inside and outside. The gashes were nothing compared to the pain that she was suffering inside. She felt like it was her fault that everyone was feeling miserable, frightened, confused. Her whole body started to tremble as she thought that it was HER fault. Everything was her fault, including the gashes on her arms. Her coldness and concealed self in silence brought everyone's mind to question. She looked at the phone and placed it back on the hook, unable to speak or answer her mother's question. She didn't even notice that someone else had picked up the phone, on the same line as her. She never knew that whoever was talking to her mother, was someone that she never talked to.
From the hallway, Mokuba walked into the room quietly and his eyes and his bushy black hair peeked out from over the top of the couch. Chikara looked at him and he skittered back to his room. He walked up to his brother and tugged on his sleeve. Kaiba stopped typing and looked down at his younger brother. Mokuba frowned a bit and pointed to the door.
"Why-don't-you-talk-to-Chi-ka-ra?" asked Mokuba as he tugged on his brother's sleeve repeatedly.
Kaiba shook his head and ruffled his younger brother's hair. "I think that she wants to be by herself, Mokuba. And I can't fall back on my work. It is already piled up. I want you to leave Chikara alone until she decides to." Kaiba paused for a moment. ".Until she decides to talk.she has a lot of things on her mind right now."
"But.she's supposed to have a good time like the rest of us. It's not school.its spring break!" protested Mokuba as he tugged on his brother's sleeve.
Kaiba sighed and turned back to his computer. "Just leave her be, Mokuba. She'll start having fun when she's ready."
Mokuba sighed and trotted off into the kitchen to ask what was for dinner. About fifteen minutes later, everyone had gotten their dinner and ate in the living room. All for except Chikara and Kaiba. Kaiba sat in his room with his dinner and continued typing at his laptop. Chikara, however, remained in her room and tried to study the many lessons that she had missed. Shadi had returned and stood by the window, looking outside while keeping an eye on Chikara.
"I do not mean to interrupt your studying, Chikara. But it would be wise for you to eat something so you can keep your strength up. If you don't, it can prove fatal with your lack of eating." Said Shadi as he turned around and looked at Chikara.
Chikara growled and continued studying her history textbook. She didn't feel like talking to anyone. She knew that it was her fault that everyone was hurt in some way or depressed in one way or another. She winced a bit as she felt her heart pounding against her ribs. The dizziness started to return and she shook her head to get rid of it. She shut her eyes and set the textbook down as she covered her eyes from the light from the lamp.
"Oh shit." she growled. "Not again.turn the damned lights off!"
Chikara swung her arm around at the night table and knocked over the small lamp that was sitting there. It fell to the floor, but did not break, and the light flicked off as the cord was ripped from the wall. She started trembling and kept her face covered. Shadi started to walk towards Chikara and the door slammed shut. Shadi stopped walking and felt an ice-cold breeze blast through the room. Chikara's necklace glowed and everything seemed to stop. The room was dark and Chikara was still trembling. Shadi did not attempt to move and he watched the darkness, which concealed Chikara's figure. His eyes widened a bit in shock as Chikara started to laugh. It wasn't a laugh when someone told you a good joke. The laugh sounded evil, possibly insane. Shadi then saw Chikara's deep purple eyes. But they were different. They had a slight red glowing tint to them, which sent a chill up his spine.
"Well.look who we have here.what a millennium item you have.you wouldn't mind if I borrowed it.but then again.you have no choice!" hissed her other as she stood up and walked over to Shadi.
Shadi backed up towards the window but kept his eyes on Chikara. "I was afraid that this would happen.I should have taken the millennium item away from her before you got out of control."
"You've waited too long, dear soldier.now you will suffer a slightly different fate than the pharaoh.I will get rid of you so no one knows." snickered the other as she reached for the millennium anhk.
**okie, there is chapter 10 for you. Please review and tell me if I should go on or if it is good -.o**