Can't Buy Me Love
Disclaimer: No I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, maybe in another dimension or time I do, but not at this time or place!!! I do own however the poem "White Handkerchief", it was written by me and I ask you to not plagiarize it. You can have it if you like, but no use of it in any story or other things without my permission, thank you!
Note: This chapter was really hard, and I do mean it!!!! I kept on changing it. I am also going to be writing a sequel (maybe), in the near future. So please tell me what you think of this chapter and I will put a notice up when I get the sequel ready. I thank you all so much for reading and reviewing my story it has meant a lot to me!!!! I also hope that you plan to read my sequel when I get it up. So I hope you enjoy this last chapter in this story, it's been fun!!!
Chapter VIII: White Handkerchief
Nikko wakes up in the brisk dawn of morning, as she wipes her eyes that are straining to see. She gets up and realized that she feel asleep on her desk. She grabs her head; it felt awful after sleeping on the hard wood all night.
She went out of her room to take a shower and change into her uniform. She brushes her hair and sees a black notebook lying on her desk. She looks at it while opening it and realizing that the last page has been torn out. She scans her room, looks down at the floor to see a crumpled up paper on the floor, as she bends down to pick it up, and smoothes it out. She reads it to her self quietly, "'I spread my arms into the sky, as the winds echo calls to me. I smell the changing seasons in the air, while I touch the clouds with my innocence, and as I look up towards the heavens... I am waiting.'"
Memories of yesterday flashed into her head, "Aishiteru." "Yamete!!" "I-I just told you that I love you, now you tell me to forget it?" "..we will never have to see each other again."
She dropped the paper on the floor and cried as she remembers saying, "Why, why? Damn you Kaiba, damn you!!!!"
Nikko slowly stops crying and grab her bag harshly as she left her room and made her way to school.
Kaiba slowly opened his eyes to hear pounding on the door; he lifted up his head to find that he had slept in his computer room all night. He looked at the screen to see it had shut itself down. He turned his attention again to the pounding door and opened it to find Mokuba looking at him perplexed and worried.
Mokuba hugged him as he said; "I've been looking all over the house for you. I had a feeling you would be here, but why were you here all night."
Kaiba remembered why after he entered the house and slammed the door roughly, he made his way towards his room threw his bag to the other side of it. He lay on his bed remembering what he said to Nikko screaming at himself inwardly, 'Why, why did I tell her? I made a fool out of myself. Stupid!!!! Why can't I get it all out of my head??' He left his room as he made his way to his private computer lab and drowned his sorrows away in work or any other thing he could find.
Mokuba looked at him again and asked, "Are you ok, Niisama?"
Kaiba snapped out of his thoughts as he smiled to Mokuba, "I'm fine, I just fell asleep while working. It happens." He ruffled up his brother's hair as he made his way back to his room to get ready for school.
Mokuba looked at him and thought, 'Are you really ok, Niisama? I don't know.'
Nikko made her way to school as she stopped in front of it she took a deep breath and walked in. She walked down the long hallway to her locker, she opened it and grabbed her indoor shoes as she took her other ones off and placed it in the locker. She was slipping into her shoes as she notices familiar presences in front of her; she looked up.
It was Yugi who was joined by the other people behind him, "Hello, how are you feeling today?" He asked cheerfully.
Nikko smiled back, "I'm fine and happy that another week is finally over, I thought it would never end."
Jounouchi grinned, "Yeah, I would have to agree. I almost failed my history test yesterday."
Honda smirked and replied, "That's because your head is too much into food and duelling, it has no other room for anything else."
Jounouchi faced Honda and tried to put him into a headlock, "Oh, yeah well at least I do think of something else. Unlike you who can't go a day without trying to hit on my sister."
Honda grabbed Jounouchi's head and tried to put it into a headlock, "Why you!!!"
Anzu tried to do the best she could to break them up, but to no advantage, "I think it's no use, they'll be like that forever!"
Nikko looked at her watch, "I think we need to get to class." She grabbed her bag and followed the others while Jounouchi and Honda were still fighting.
She walked into the classroom and made her way to her desk. As she sat down she didn't notice someone's gaze looking at her direction, as she grabbed her books and carefully placed them on her desk.
Kaiba was looking at her as she took out her books and mentally slapped himself for looking at her in that way, 'Why can't I forget about her. She doesn't care about me at all.' He turned his glaze back down to his desk as he tried to do work. He grabbed his pencil trying to concentrate as hard as he could, but as hard as he tried he found his hand gripping tightly to the pencil snapping it in half like a twig, with the force of his anger in his hand.
Anzu who was sitting not far from Kaiba noticed his sudden anger as she heard the pencil break in half, 'What's the matter with Kaiba?' She looked at him again and noticed how every now and then he would look off into space in another direction, Anzu tried to figure out what was wrong but she soon noticed the teacher coming her way and turned her head back to her work.
Lunch approached like a tiger pouncing on his prey, which is exactly how hungry everyone was when they realized it was lunch.
Nikko packed her books in her locker and found everyone huddled around her again this time with Anzu speaking out first, "You promised that you would spend lunch with us today right?"
Nikko grabbed her lunch bag and smiled back, "Of course." Everyone smiled as they walked toward the cafeteria.
They all sat at their usual table as Nikko unpacked her lunch and noticed Kaiba sitting all alone. Nikko sighed sadly as Yugi looked at her and asked, "What's wrong?"
Nikko smiled, "Oh nothing, I'm just glad to be having lunch."
Jounouchi gobbled down his food and tried to speak, "Arfth we allth."
Honda just shook his head and made a comment, "It would be better if you chewed, swallowed, and then talked!!!"
Jounouchi just shrugged as he stuffed down more food. Honda in returned just shook his head and replied, "Advice falling on deaf ears."
Jounouchi looked at his confused and asked, "What did you say?"
Honda just replied back, "Nothing, nothing."
Anzu change the subject quickly before Jounouchi and Honda got into another fight, "Did anyone notice how weirdly Kaiba was acting in class?"
Jounouchi scoffed and replied casually, "No, do I look like his keeper?"
Anzu just shrugged, "Oh I was just wondering because he seemed out of it today. Nikko, you've been around him lately, did you notice anything?"
Nikko jumped in shock after being asked, "I-I -Oh I don't know. It's not like I really got to know him at all. You know."
Anzu noticed the slight nervous hesitation in her voice and decided to drop the subject, "Oh I was just curious." Anzu wondered secretly in her mind, 'I think Nikko does know more that she's letting on.'
Lunch was almost over and Nikko was back at her locker gathering her books. Anzu popped up behind her as Nikko turned around and was startled, "ANZU!!!! You-you scared me!!!"
Anzu looked at her and smiled, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to ask you something before class."
Nikko calmed down, "What is it?"
Anzu wondered for a minute if she should ask as she took a deep breath and spoke, "Remember when I was talking about Kaiba and how weird he was acting?"
Nikko's face darkened as she replied back silently, "Yes."
Anzu hoped that she wouldn't be mad at the next question she was going to ask, but she had to cast her fear aside and ask it, "I think you know what's wrong with him. You do don't you?"
Nikko's faced Anzu as her eyes darkens to a deep Emerald and trying not to sound bitter replied back, "How do you know I know anything?"
Anzu didn't like the way this was going but knew she should push for the truth, "Why are you talking around the issue. It's just a simple question. I think you do know what's going on and it has something to do with the both of you, am I right?"
Nikko didn't like the way Anzu was asking her questions it was like she knew by guessing. Nikko knew she couldn't hide the truth, but at the same time she couldn't tell it, she thought as a tear betrayed her eyes.
Anzu noticed Nikko's distraught look and saw the tear that escaped her eyes. Anzu had a feeling in her heart at what happened, but decided to be a bit kinder as she spoke, "You don't have to say anything. I don't have to fully understand it all."
Nikko smiles gently back at Anzu her eyes softening their look, as she gave a gentle sigh and replied, "Arigatou, Anzu."
Anzu smiled back thankful that Nikko had calmed down, "I just want to tell you something."
Nikko looked back at Anzu, wondering what she had to say.
Anzu spoke out first before Nikko had a chance to question her back, "What I want to say is, you should talk to Kaiba about what's going on. I know I don't know what's going on, but from an honest view, whatever issue is going on it's not fully resolved yet and won't be until you talk to him. I think it would be better for both of you if you cleared it up, I'd hate to see anyone, even Kaiba look so hurt. Ja!"
Anzu left a quite Nikko standing at her locker. Nikko looked down and thought heavily about what Anzu said as she made her way back to class.
Nikko walked into her room after she came home from school. She put down her backpack gently by her desk and went to lie on her bed. She thought about what Anzu said to her.
Nikko sat up and tried to explain her thoughts to herself, "How can I face him now? Anzu is right, I shouldn't leave it like this, and it's not good. The trouble is he won't understand, but what if Anzu said is right then I have to at least try to make it right. This doesn't make any sense."
She got up from her bed and sat down at her desk, "It's my fault that things are this way, I know. I have to make things right."
She sighed as she got out a pen and paper and started writing, "I know I can never tell him how I feel. I know I can never tell him why. I just don't want him to be angry with me that's all. Things may not turn out like a happy ending but they have to be at least mended."
She brushed the tears from her eyes with the white handkerchief Kaiba gave her, as she read what she had wrote, she sighed as she folded the paper up and put it into an envelope. She got up from her desk and went to her closet to change out of her school uniform. She put on a blue blouse with black pants, and a black corset top over her blue blouse. She brushed her hair back as she thought out what she had to do.
She grabbed the envelope on her desk and said to herself, "I know the meeting is over by now, I just wished I could have been there. I also wish everything could be fixed and perfect again, but sadly it can't. I just wish you could understand, but it's for the best I guess."
She left the house, got into the car and drove her way to Kaiba Corp. She took a deep breath thinking of the past and knowing what lies ahead. Finally without knowing she made it there and parked at the side of the road.
She walked into the tall building and without even bothering to go to the secretary's desk she proceeded into the elevator. She pushed the button for the 22nd floor as she remembered, watching all the people push their way in and out of it. She smiled to herself remembering the last time she was in the elevator, but she decided not to repeat her actions she did last time.
The elevator ride went slow as expected and she finally made it to the 22nd floor. She slowly made her way to Kaiba's office, when she noticed that she was almost there she panicked. Nikko turned into the other hallway and just stood there wondering if she should continue or turn back, because she realized that once she turns back again their will be no turning back.
Nikko took a deep breath, 'I've made it this far, and I have to keep going.' She turned back into the direction she was going and walked down the hallway not paying attention to where she was going, when she bumped into another person.
She looked up to apologize to them, "Gomen, Kaiba???"
Kaiba looked at her in shocked and answered back harshly, "What are you doing here?"
Nikko grew worried for a minute, she wasn't ready for this, "I-I'm he-here- "
Kaiba just rolled his eyes and replied, "If you're here for the meeting your too late, we're finished. I told you, you didn't have to come, and don't worry it went off fine the board approved it."
Nikko's forgot how she was feeling and her face lighted up, "They did? That's wonderful!"
Kaiba's eyes just glared in the other direction as he answered back, "Yes."
Nikko looked at Kaiba's face and remembered what she was here for, as she took a deep breath, "Look, I'm here to apologize. I forgive you and understand what you feel."
Kaiba just smirked at her as he replied back, "You forgive me? Hmmm."
Nikko looked at him seriously, "Yes! I'm also sorry for what I said to you. The truth is-"
Kaiba looked at her for an answer, "Is what?"
Nikko just turned around and cried, "I can't! You won't understand!"
Kaiba soften his looked and tried to comfort her, "Understand what?"
Nikko brushed his hand off of her and turned around to face him, "The truth is you don't know me, you know nothing. You say you love me when you don't even know what kind of person I am!!!"
Kaiba tried to explain to her, "Does it matter? You don't know everything about me ether. You aren't denying that you can't feel anything for me."
Nikko just brushed away her tears, "You don't need to know everything about me. You never need to know. That's-that's why us, me and you can never be. You must understand."
Kaiba didn't understand what she was saying and answered back perplexedly, "No, I don't. What don't I need to know? Whatever it is I don't care. Nikko I do love you nothing matters" He tried to put his hand on her shoulder.
Nikko brushed his hand away from her again and smiled a bit, "You called me 'Nikko', and it's the first time I've ever heard you say it. It's nice to hear you say it, but sadly at a sad time. Maybe it's for the best you don't know. I'm sorry it has to be this way, but in the end it's for the best, even for you."
He looked at her speechless as she handed him an envelope with the name 'Seto' addressed on it. She whispered, "Sayonara." She left him standing in the hallway as she made her way to the elevator, which would separate them.
Kaiba looked down at the envelope and slowly made his way back into the office. He put the envelope on his desk not wanting to open it, scared of what it contained. He sat down in his chair as he turned on his computer and started on his work, but his eyes kept trailing onto that envelope that was within his reach.
His curiosity won the better of him as he grabbed the envelope and a letter opener. He tore open the envelope with great care as if it was precious crystal, once the envelope was opened he slid the folded paper that was inside it out, and examined it careful as if not sure whether to read it.
He took a deep sigh as he unfolded it and carefully noticed writing on it as he began to read it to himself silently. He imagined Nikko's voice reading it as he read;
"'Dear Seto,
I am truly sorry and saddened that things did not turn out like we both wanted it to be. Yes, I did too wanted it to end happily and with me in your arms instead of me writing this.
Look how much our lives have changed within a span of a week, so much love and hurt all at once. I'm am truly sorry of how I hurt you, but sadly you will never know how much it hurt me too. I know you can't understand my reasons, but please don't hate me for that, for they are reasons that you will never know or understand.
Sayonara, we must part sadly, for this is a sad tale that, which will never be resolved. I hold you close to my heart with my memories and when I look at this white handkerchief in my hand I will think of nothing but you.
I dedicate this to you to remember me by. Please hold this close to your heart as you think of me and remember. I will always be with you.
White Handkerchief
I look up to your eyes as the white handkerchief wipes mine, brushing away my tears, sweeping away my fears. I look at you and see your eyes, those bold eyes that tell me there is nothing to fear.
I look upon this white handkerchief and see you as I use it to brush away my tears while it's sweeping away my fears. I smell your sent and remember that day you gave it to me the day which is locked in my heart like a treasure of gold.
I cry upon this white handkerchief remembering of you, when you used it brushing away my tears, sweeping away fears. I know now of my mistake letting you go now knowing with out those eyes there is much to fear.
I cry out to you to come back for your white handkerchief so you can once more brush away my tears, and sweep away my fears. I pray the day that you come back and we can live like the days of old.
I feel you right beside me as you hold me in your arms with no white handkerchief to wash away my tears, to brush away my fears. I know now that you're here with me and all that was before is now forgotten, there is nothing to fear.
Sayonara, genkki de ne.
Nikko.'"
Kaiba folded the letter carefully as he placed it back into the envelope. He placed it back on his desk gently taking it all in. He realized that he should be going back home to have dinner with Mokuba; he put on his coat as he locked his office, and he placed the envelope that contained the letter carefully into his pocket.
He quietly took the elevator without anyone being it, because everyone had left for the night. He left the building and as he walked towards his limo he realized that it was dark outside.
He got into the limo as it drove off towards his home, and he thought back to what the letter had said. He tried to sort out the meaning of it in his head and as he realized a tear escaped his eyes and fell slowly down his face.
THE END
Authors Note: I am planning on a sequel, I just don't know where it will start so it might take time, I'll let you know when I have it up. I would also like to know your thoughts on this chapter and about a sequel, because I feel this story isn't quite over yet.
Disclaimer: No I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, maybe in another dimension or time I do, but not at this time or place!!! I do own however the poem "White Handkerchief", it was written by me and I ask you to not plagiarize it. You can have it if you like, but no use of it in any story or other things without my permission, thank you!
Note: This chapter was really hard, and I do mean it!!!! I kept on changing it. I am also going to be writing a sequel (maybe), in the near future. So please tell me what you think of this chapter and I will put a notice up when I get the sequel ready. I thank you all so much for reading and reviewing my story it has meant a lot to me!!!! I also hope that you plan to read my sequel when I get it up. So I hope you enjoy this last chapter in this story, it's been fun!!!
Chapter VIII: White Handkerchief
Nikko wakes up in the brisk dawn of morning, as she wipes her eyes that are straining to see. She gets up and realized that she feel asleep on her desk. She grabs her head; it felt awful after sleeping on the hard wood all night.
She went out of her room to take a shower and change into her uniform. She brushes her hair and sees a black notebook lying on her desk. She looks at it while opening it and realizing that the last page has been torn out. She scans her room, looks down at the floor to see a crumpled up paper on the floor, as she bends down to pick it up, and smoothes it out. She reads it to her self quietly, "'I spread my arms into the sky, as the winds echo calls to me. I smell the changing seasons in the air, while I touch the clouds with my innocence, and as I look up towards the heavens... I am waiting.'"
Memories of yesterday flashed into her head, "Aishiteru." "Yamete!!" "I-I just told you that I love you, now you tell me to forget it?" "..we will never have to see each other again."
She dropped the paper on the floor and cried as she remembers saying, "Why, why? Damn you Kaiba, damn you!!!!"
Nikko slowly stops crying and grab her bag harshly as she left her room and made her way to school.
Kaiba slowly opened his eyes to hear pounding on the door; he lifted up his head to find that he had slept in his computer room all night. He looked at the screen to see it had shut itself down. He turned his attention again to the pounding door and opened it to find Mokuba looking at him perplexed and worried.
Mokuba hugged him as he said; "I've been looking all over the house for you. I had a feeling you would be here, but why were you here all night."
Kaiba remembered why after he entered the house and slammed the door roughly, he made his way towards his room threw his bag to the other side of it. He lay on his bed remembering what he said to Nikko screaming at himself inwardly, 'Why, why did I tell her? I made a fool out of myself. Stupid!!!! Why can't I get it all out of my head??' He left his room as he made his way to his private computer lab and drowned his sorrows away in work or any other thing he could find.
Mokuba looked at him again and asked, "Are you ok, Niisama?"
Kaiba snapped out of his thoughts as he smiled to Mokuba, "I'm fine, I just fell asleep while working. It happens." He ruffled up his brother's hair as he made his way back to his room to get ready for school.
Mokuba looked at him and thought, 'Are you really ok, Niisama? I don't know.'
Nikko made her way to school as she stopped in front of it she took a deep breath and walked in. She walked down the long hallway to her locker, she opened it and grabbed her indoor shoes as she took her other ones off and placed it in the locker. She was slipping into her shoes as she notices familiar presences in front of her; she looked up.
It was Yugi who was joined by the other people behind him, "Hello, how are you feeling today?" He asked cheerfully.
Nikko smiled back, "I'm fine and happy that another week is finally over, I thought it would never end."
Jounouchi grinned, "Yeah, I would have to agree. I almost failed my history test yesterday."
Honda smirked and replied, "That's because your head is too much into food and duelling, it has no other room for anything else."
Jounouchi faced Honda and tried to put him into a headlock, "Oh, yeah well at least I do think of something else. Unlike you who can't go a day without trying to hit on my sister."
Honda grabbed Jounouchi's head and tried to put it into a headlock, "Why you!!!"
Anzu tried to do the best she could to break them up, but to no advantage, "I think it's no use, they'll be like that forever!"
Nikko looked at her watch, "I think we need to get to class." She grabbed her bag and followed the others while Jounouchi and Honda were still fighting.
She walked into the classroom and made her way to her desk. As she sat down she didn't notice someone's gaze looking at her direction, as she grabbed her books and carefully placed them on her desk.
Kaiba was looking at her as she took out her books and mentally slapped himself for looking at her in that way, 'Why can't I forget about her. She doesn't care about me at all.' He turned his glaze back down to his desk as he tried to do work. He grabbed his pencil trying to concentrate as hard as he could, but as hard as he tried he found his hand gripping tightly to the pencil snapping it in half like a twig, with the force of his anger in his hand.
Anzu who was sitting not far from Kaiba noticed his sudden anger as she heard the pencil break in half, 'What's the matter with Kaiba?' She looked at him again and noticed how every now and then he would look off into space in another direction, Anzu tried to figure out what was wrong but she soon noticed the teacher coming her way and turned her head back to her work.
Lunch approached like a tiger pouncing on his prey, which is exactly how hungry everyone was when they realized it was lunch.
Nikko packed her books in her locker and found everyone huddled around her again this time with Anzu speaking out first, "You promised that you would spend lunch with us today right?"
Nikko grabbed her lunch bag and smiled back, "Of course." Everyone smiled as they walked toward the cafeteria.
They all sat at their usual table as Nikko unpacked her lunch and noticed Kaiba sitting all alone. Nikko sighed sadly as Yugi looked at her and asked, "What's wrong?"
Nikko smiled, "Oh nothing, I'm just glad to be having lunch."
Jounouchi gobbled down his food and tried to speak, "Arfth we allth."
Honda just shook his head and made a comment, "It would be better if you chewed, swallowed, and then talked!!!"
Jounouchi just shrugged as he stuffed down more food. Honda in returned just shook his head and replied, "Advice falling on deaf ears."
Jounouchi looked at his confused and asked, "What did you say?"
Honda just replied back, "Nothing, nothing."
Anzu change the subject quickly before Jounouchi and Honda got into another fight, "Did anyone notice how weirdly Kaiba was acting in class?"
Jounouchi scoffed and replied casually, "No, do I look like his keeper?"
Anzu just shrugged, "Oh I was just wondering because he seemed out of it today. Nikko, you've been around him lately, did you notice anything?"
Nikko jumped in shock after being asked, "I-I -Oh I don't know. It's not like I really got to know him at all. You know."
Anzu noticed the slight nervous hesitation in her voice and decided to drop the subject, "Oh I was just curious." Anzu wondered secretly in her mind, 'I think Nikko does know more that she's letting on.'
Lunch was almost over and Nikko was back at her locker gathering her books. Anzu popped up behind her as Nikko turned around and was startled, "ANZU!!!! You-you scared me!!!"
Anzu looked at her and smiled, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to ask you something before class."
Nikko calmed down, "What is it?"
Anzu wondered for a minute if she should ask as she took a deep breath and spoke, "Remember when I was talking about Kaiba and how weird he was acting?"
Nikko's face darkened as she replied back silently, "Yes."
Anzu hoped that she wouldn't be mad at the next question she was going to ask, but she had to cast her fear aside and ask it, "I think you know what's wrong with him. You do don't you?"
Nikko's faced Anzu as her eyes darkens to a deep Emerald and trying not to sound bitter replied back, "How do you know I know anything?"
Anzu didn't like the way this was going but knew she should push for the truth, "Why are you talking around the issue. It's just a simple question. I think you do know what's going on and it has something to do with the both of you, am I right?"
Nikko didn't like the way Anzu was asking her questions it was like she knew by guessing. Nikko knew she couldn't hide the truth, but at the same time she couldn't tell it, she thought as a tear betrayed her eyes.
Anzu noticed Nikko's distraught look and saw the tear that escaped her eyes. Anzu had a feeling in her heart at what happened, but decided to be a bit kinder as she spoke, "You don't have to say anything. I don't have to fully understand it all."
Nikko smiles gently back at Anzu her eyes softening their look, as she gave a gentle sigh and replied, "Arigatou, Anzu."
Anzu smiled back thankful that Nikko had calmed down, "I just want to tell you something."
Nikko looked back at Anzu, wondering what she had to say.
Anzu spoke out first before Nikko had a chance to question her back, "What I want to say is, you should talk to Kaiba about what's going on. I know I don't know what's going on, but from an honest view, whatever issue is going on it's not fully resolved yet and won't be until you talk to him. I think it would be better for both of you if you cleared it up, I'd hate to see anyone, even Kaiba look so hurt. Ja!"
Anzu left a quite Nikko standing at her locker. Nikko looked down and thought heavily about what Anzu said as she made her way back to class.
Nikko walked into her room after she came home from school. She put down her backpack gently by her desk and went to lie on her bed. She thought about what Anzu said to her.
Nikko sat up and tried to explain her thoughts to herself, "How can I face him now? Anzu is right, I shouldn't leave it like this, and it's not good. The trouble is he won't understand, but what if Anzu said is right then I have to at least try to make it right. This doesn't make any sense."
She got up from her bed and sat down at her desk, "It's my fault that things are this way, I know. I have to make things right."
She sighed as she got out a pen and paper and started writing, "I know I can never tell him how I feel. I know I can never tell him why. I just don't want him to be angry with me that's all. Things may not turn out like a happy ending but they have to be at least mended."
She brushed the tears from her eyes with the white handkerchief Kaiba gave her, as she read what she had wrote, she sighed as she folded the paper up and put it into an envelope. She got up from her desk and went to her closet to change out of her school uniform. She put on a blue blouse with black pants, and a black corset top over her blue blouse. She brushed her hair back as she thought out what she had to do.
She grabbed the envelope on her desk and said to herself, "I know the meeting is over by now, I just wished I could have been there. I also wish everything could be fixed and perfect again, but sadly it can't. I just wish you could understand, but it's for the best I guess."
She left the house, got into the car and drove her way to Kaiba Corp. She took a deep breath thinking of the past and knowing what lies ahead. Finally without knowing she made it there and parked at the side of the road.
She walked into the tall building and without even bothering to go to the secretary's desk she proceeded into the elevator. She pushed the button for the 22nd floor as she remembered, watching all the people push their way in and out of it. She smiled to herself remembering the last time she was in the elevator, but she decided not to repeat her actions she did last time.
The elevator ride went slow as expected and she finally made it to the 22nd floor. She slowly made her way to Kaiba's office, when she noticed that she was almost there she panicked. Nikko turned into the other hallway and just stood there wondering if she should continue or turn back, because she realized that once she turns back again their will be no turning back.
Nikko took a deep breath, 'I've made it this far, and I have to keep going.' She turned back into the direction she was going and walked down the hallway not paying attention to where she was going, when she bumped into another person.
She looked up to apologize to them, "Gomen, Kaiba???"
Kaiba looked at her in shocked and answered back harshly, "What are you doing here?"
Nikko grew worried for a minute, she wasn't ready for this, "I-I'm he-here- "
Kaiba just rolled his eyes and replied, "If you're here for the meeting your too late, we're finished. I told you, you didn't have to come, and don't worry it went off fine the board approved it."
Nikko's forgot how she was feeling and her face lighted up, "They did? That's wonderful!"
Kaiba's eyes just glared in the other direction as he answered back, "Yes."
Nikko looked at Kaiba's face and remembered what she was here for, as she took a deep breath, "Look, I'm here to apologize. I forgive you and understand what you feel."
Kaiba just smirked at her as he replied back, "You forgive me? Hmmm."
Nikko looked at him seriously, "Yes! I'm also sorry for what I said to you. The truth is-"
Kaiba looked at her for an answer, "Is what?"
Nikko just turned around and cried, "I can't! You won't understand!"
Kaiba soften his looked and tried to comfort her, "Understand what?"
Nikko brushed his hand off of her and turned around to face him, "The truth is you don't know me, you know nothing. You say you love me when you don't even know what kind of person I am!!!"
Kaiba tried to explain to her, "Does it matter? You don't know everything about me ether. You aren't denying that you can't feel anything for me."
Nikko just brushed away her tears, "You don't need to know everything about me. You never need to know. That's-that's why us, me and you can never be. You must understand."
Kaiba didn't understand what she was saying and answered back perplexedly, "No, I don't. What don't I need to know? Whatever it is I don't care. Nikko I do love you nothing matters" He tried to put his hand on her shoulder.
Nikko brushed his hand away from her again and smiled a bit, "You called me 'Nikko', and it's the first time I've ever heard you say it. It's nice to hear you say it, but sadly at a sad time. Maybe it's for the best you don't know. I'm sorry it has to be this way, but in the end it's for the best, even for you."
He looked at her speechless as she handed him an envelope with the name 'Seto' addressed on it. She whispered, "Sayonara." She left him standing in the hallway as she made her way to the elevator, which would separate them.
Kaiba looked down at the envelope and slowly made his way back into the office. He put the envelope on his desk not wanting to open it, scared of what it contained. He sat down in his chair as he turned on his computer and started on his work, but his eyes kept trailing onto that envelope that was within his reach.
His curiosity won the better of him as he grabbed the envelope and a letter opener. He tore open the envelope with great care as if it was precious crystal, once the envelope was opened he slid the folded paper that was inside it out, and examined it careful as if not sure whether to read it.
He took a deep sigh as he unfolded it and carefully noticed writing on it as he began to read it to himself silently. He imagined Nikko's voice reading it as he read;
"'Dear Seto,
I am truly sorry and saddened that things did not turn out like we both wanted it to be. Yes, I did too wanted it to end happily and with me in your arms instead of me writing this.
Look how much our lives have changed within a span of a week, so much love and hurt all at once. I'm am truly sorry of how I hurt you, but sadly you will never know how much it hurt me too. I know you can't understand my reasons, but please don't hate me for that, for they are reasons that you will never know or understand.
Sayonara, we must part sadly, for this is a sad tale that, which will never be resolved. I hold you close to my heart with my memories and when I look at this white handkerchief in my hand I will think of nothing but you.
I dedicate this to you to remember me by. Please hold this close to your heart as you think of me and remember. I will always be with you.
White Handkerchief
I look up to your eyes as the white handkerchief wipes mine, brushing away my tears, sweeping away my fears. I look at you and see your eyes, those bold eyes that tell me there is nothing to fear.
I look upon this white handkerchief and see you as I use it to brush away my tears while it's sweeping away my fears. I smell your sent and remember that day you gave it to me the day which is locked in my heart like a treasure of gold.
I cry upon this white handkerchief remembering of you, when you used it brushing away my tears, sweeping away fears. I know now of my mistake letting you go now knowing with out those eyes there is much to fear.
I cry out to you to come back for your white handkerchief so you can once more brush away my tears, and sweep away my fears. I pray the day that you come back and we can live like the days of old.
I feel you right beside me as you hold me in your arms with no white handkerchief to wash away my tears, to brush away my fears. I know now that you're here with me and all that was before is now forgotten, there is nothing to fear.
Sayonara, genkki de ne.
Nikko.'"
Kaiba folded the letter carefully as he placed it back into the envelope. He placed it back on his desk gently taking it all in. He realized that he should be going back home to have dinner with Mokuba; he put on his coat as he locked his office, and he placed the envelope that contained the letter carefully into his pocket.
He quietly took the elevator without anyone being it, because everyone had left for the night. He left the building and as he walked towards his limo he realized that it was dark outside.
He got into the limo as it drove off towards his home, and he thought back to what the letter had said. He tried to sort out the meaning of it in his head and as he realized a tear escaped his eyes and fell slowly down his face.
THE END
Authors Note: I am planning on a sequel, I just don't know where it will start so it might take time, I'll let you know when I have it up. I would also like to know your thoughts on this chapter and about a sequel, because I feel this story isn't quite over yet.