Blue: ~ wakes up, thanks to a beeping sound coming from her computer, to find herself laying on the bed with an arm draped over the chest of her sleeping Yami. ~ "What the?" ~ she says in surprise before moving quietly away in embarrassment towards her computer to continue uploading new chapters. ~
Yami Blue: ~ turns his back on his hikari and keeps pretending to be sleep. ~ "Damn machine…why can there by a power surge or something… " ~ He says silently to himself in disappointment. ~
Blue: ~ continues on with her work totally oblivious. ~
The Prophet
Chapter 6: "Do you have any idea of what you have done?"
By Blue
"Here… it is yours… as we agreed." Said Seto Kaiba in between teeth while handling Kei Hashikawa her price.
"Thank you… You where right. It is a lot better than a game table." She complimented nonchalantly while taking the Duel Disk Ssystem from his hands. Kaiba turned his back on her in disgust but before he could leave, Kei felt the need to say something more to her defeated challenger.
"And Kaiba?" She called him back and he stopped for a second on his tracks.
"My name is Kei… not little girl. You should do well and remember it." If all the hate in the world could be characterize and contain in human body it would be name Seto Kaiba. Never in his life had he been so humiliated, so mortified by such an insignificant person as this girl. His mouth didn't outer any words by his eyes spoke of horrors and terrible things to come. The crowd of students parted rapidly out of Kaiba's way but still he stumble upon the figure of an unidentified student who had been approaching the large group in a hurry. Their contact had been only a quick meaningless mishap but in had been enough for June to get a terrible vision from it. She saw some sporadic quick images of the duel that had just transpired, also what seemed to be flashes of red light upon her face, and then finally what seemed to be sprayed blood over her hands.
"Big sister…" She gasped in fright for her sister. What was the meaning of her vision? Who could that boy that passed by her be? So many questions, so many fear in just a split of a second. While she recovered from the shock of her premonition her new friends, Téa, Ryou, Joey and Mai managed to reach her and arrived to join the group of students. Before any of them could say something to June. Tristan arrived as well at the scene and greeted his friends.
"Hey, guys! What's going on?" He asked openly to his friends and his other fellow students, but it was Yami/Yugi who answered the question,
"Kaiba has just been defeated by the new student." He stated seriously from just a few steps away.
"Holly shit! Then it is true!" Joey exclaimed in surprise before the others followed suit with comments of their own.
"No way!" Exclaim Tristan.
"I can believe it!" Say Téa while coming closer to Yami/Yugi.
"I can't believe we miss it." Mai added with a hint of bitterness in her voice. It was true that the self-important jerk was always bothering her boyfriend with his little dog nicknames and other insults, but still Mai could not deny her admiration for Kaiba's superior ability as duelist. She and the others looked at Yami/Yugi with disturbed expressions while Kei only wondered why they were overreacting.
"I don't understand… what's all the fuss about?" She addressed the question to Ryou.
"She just defeated the Duel Monster's world champion in front of the entire school." Ryou explained.
"You mean the former world champion! I think that title now belongs to our friend Yugi here." Joey corrected.
"That may be so… but even I was shock by the outcome of this duel." Said Yami dispassionately to his friends, before Téa added with some admiration.
"Wow… she must be an exceptional kind of duelist to be able to defeat Kaiba." Tés exclaimed. The fact was that the girl did stand out in a crowd. The were student all around her asking questions and praising her but she didn't seemed to care for any of it. The girl Kei just kept walking towards Yugi and his friends waving at the others to back away and leave her in peace.
"Kei…" June tried to greet her sister but she found no strength to speak loudly. Kei noticed her sister's but she dismissed her presence as well as the other students around her. She just wanted to say what she needed to say to Yugi before leaving for her classroom.
"Sorry Yugi… But this victory has soured my taste for this game. I don't think I will be dueling against you or anyone else for a while." She said somewhat bitterly.
"I understand…" Yami answered.
"But just so you know… My offer is still open, whenever you wish to take it." He added with smile and stretching out his hand as a friendly gesture.
"Thanks you..." Kei shook his hand and smiled a little smile. She felt glad for the first time since the duel with Kaiba had started.
"That means a lot me." She thanked him respectfully and then walked away towards the school building.
"Wait Sis!" Kei called out before going after her sister and leaving her friends behind once more.
"Sis?" Téa asked her friends to confirm what she had just heard.
"Sister? You mean that girl is Kei's sister?" Yami/Yugi outer in incredulity.
"But, aren't we all in the same grade?" Tristan wondered.
"Yeah… besides they look nothing alike!" Said Joey in great disbelief. Ryou looked at all of then with a tired expression.
"Don't worry, I can explain everything." He assured his friends before he began to tell them all he knew about her.
Meanwhile, the two girls in question were discussing in one of the schools temporally desolated hallways away from everyone.
"Go to your class June, I'm not in the mood to talk right now." Kei called out to the sister she had been trying to evade but was still following her around.
"Did know who that boy was?" June asked. Her tone of voice was really out of character as the question was meant with admonishment.
"Of course…" Kei responded calmly,"But… Do you have any idea of what you have done? We can't attract this kind of attention, Kei!" June pronounce with some anger.
"Don't you think I know that?" Kei said coolly but she was starting to lose her patience as her sister continued to speak to her in a reproaching tone.
"Then why did you do it? Couldn't you just let him win? Why did you have to fight him in the first place?" June's become loud but nt as loud Kei's as she turned to speak to her face to face.
"Because that's the way I am!" She said with spite but at the sight of her sister frightful reaction she softened fairly her tone.
"I've done all that I can to protect us June, but I cannot hide from who I am… I refuse to coward away from anyone, especially from a rotten little rich boy who thinks he can put everyone down just because he happens to come from money." June frown at her sister word.
"Why not? You, yourself were like that once." She said coldly and with some resentment while looking away.
"The more reason for me to prove him wrong…" That comment had hurt Kei feelings but she didn't aloud her sister to notice it.
"If you don't understand why I duel June, then that's fine. I have never needed anyone's support… but I do need to trust me. Don't worry about me. I know what I am doing."
"I trust you Kei…" June said to her sister in form of an apology. Kei then caress her braid briefly in affection and left for her classroom leaving her behind.
"I'm just scared…" June then said to no one. She was all alone in the hallway, as well as she was all alone with her secrets,
A few hours later, came finally the time for all students to leave for their homes. Kei found her little sister June just outside the school gate talking to some friends while waiting for her arrival. She approached her with a little more ease, now that she had forgotten most of her tension.
"So… are you ready to head home?" She asked her casually.
"Well…" June answered her timidly before Téa stepped in to speak for her. "Actually, we were wondering if you and June would like to join us for some pizza." The girl said with great enthusiasm before Kei could digest the words. Yami then stepped forward as well to explain more in detail."My grandpa owns a game shop not to far from here and we where planning to spend some time there and order food in." Kei smiled modestly at yami/Yugi but declined the invitation with some sadness.
"I appreciate the offer but I have a previous appointment to attend. Maybe some other time." Yami/Yugi and the others were surprised and disappointed by her decision but didn't stop Ryou to invite June from his part.
"What about you, June? Will you come?" June looked uncertainly at her sister.
"Is that ok?" Kei nodded slightly in reply.
"Sure… go ahead and have fun. I'll see you later at home, ok?" Kei then left without saying another word as if she were in a hurry. June and company began to walk away as well, wedn suddenly she stopped after noticing that her sister wasn't walking in towards the right direction.
"That's not the way home… where is Kei going?" June wondered.
"June, are you coming?" Ryou questioned after noticing that she had stopped following them.
"Just a second…" She called out while running to her sister.
"Kei… Where are you going?" June asked quickly and Kei answered.
"I though I could do some things before I went home." She said indifferently.
"Will you go to see the kids?" Kei now exhaled sharply in annoyance.
"Maybe…"
"Then I am going with you!" She declared all of the sudden and Kei rapidly contradict her decision.
"No you're not!" Kei could tell that her tone had been too harsh, and that she had attracted a lot of unwanted attention from various students including June's newfound friends.
"Look, I told you to have fun and I meant it! You can't hang around me all the time!" Kei tried to apologize but her word still held some tension.
"I'm sorry sis… I understand that you need your space and all is just that… I worry sometimes, you know?" June looked up at her sister with what Kei called her sorry puppy eyes look and felt great affection for the girl she had learned to call her sister. Her features lessen and her smile widen at the sight of her cuteness.
"I know… That's exactly why I want you to spend sometime with your friends. You don't have to worry about me or anything else anymore, you understand?" She then to the surprise and shock of most everyone, Kei gave June half an embrace, and then a quick peck on the lips.
"Ahhhh…" Every witness cried silently in unison and utter horror. Even Yami and Bakura were embarrassed to see such demonstration of affection between two girls.
"Oh, Kei you shouldn't have done that!" June said quickly in but no backing away.
"These people are not use to this kind of casualness between sisters. What would they think of us?" Kei only smiled at her sister's embarrassment."You think I care…" She declared with playfulness making June happy and relax.
"I promise I won't stay out too late, ok! Now go on… I think your friends are waiting for you." She said with humor when she looked at their direction and noticed their different reactions of discomfiture.
"Ok…" June kissed back quickly before taking off. "Take care, ok!" She called out while running away and waving goodbye and Kei waved back at her. "Yeah… You too…" She said silently to herself before setting off to walk in the opposite direction. As the burnet walked away without care or worry, she failed to notice a certain someone who had been watching her from the comfortable and discreetly from the back seat of a lugubrious black car. "Do you fancy this girl master?" The driver asked curiously to his young employer."I fancy her demise, Harold…" Kaiba declared to his chauffeur with a low unfeeling voice.
"I want a full report on whatever you can find about this girl's backroom by tonight. I want to know why I've never heard of this duelist before." Kaiba gave his instructions while trying to come up with a plan to retaliate.
"I'll see to it Sir." His servant responded humbly before setting the car in motion to drive his master home.
TBC
Blue: ~ finishes to type chapter 6 before yawning and turning off the computer. ~ "Man I am beat! What about you Yami? Are you ready to go back to the shadow realm?" ~waits for a response~ "Yami?"
Yami Blue: ~ snores softly from her bed now really asleep. ~
Blue: ~ shakes him a little too harshly while pleading tiredly. ~ "Come on Yami… You know you can't stay here all night. What if my mother sees you…"
Yami Blue: ~ still in a daze dream state, tries to calm down his unidentified attacker by reaching out to grab her. ~
Blue: ~ realizes what particular part of her upper body he unconsciously just grabbed and goes berserk with embarrassment. ~ "Ahhh!!! Let go of my breast you pervert!!!"
Yami Blue: ~ wakes up fully in horror and banishes himself to the shadow realm before saying anything. ~
Blue and Yami Blue: ~ stay up all night breathing heavily stressing about what the other must feel after what happened. ~