MysticalDreamer: Sadly, no one review my last chapter..*cries* I'm hoping
that maybe if I post more chapters, more people will read. Well I don't
have much to say except I hope you like this story, if anyone is even
reading it...*cries again*
I don't own yu-gi-oh or a christmas carol by charles dickens.
chapter three
Kaiba woke up from his deep sleep to the sound of the window bursting open and wind howling in. He scowled and got out of bed. He closed the window and went back into his bed.
He closed his curtains and layed his head down on his pillow. Thats when he saw a light coming from a tiny gap between his curtains. He shot up.
"What?" he whispered.
Scared of what he might see, he layed back down. But the light only became brighter. Kaiba sat up again.
"I know you are awake, Seto Kaiba." said a voice. Female and very airy as if she was a dream.
Kaiba was now officially terrified. He thought of the Bakura thing and shuddered. Then he flung open his curtains.
There stood a young woman, dressed in robes of Christmas Green. They reached the floor, hiding her feet and were flowy. They hung just off her shoulders and the sleeves were rather large. She wore a choker type thing around her neck, where the light source was coming from. On her head was some sort of tiara. Gold, just like the necklace. Her eyes were a gorgeous blue and she had long dark hair.
"Minako..?" asked Kaiba, hopefully, staring at the beautiful woman.
The woman shook her head. "No. I am not she." she said.
Kaiba blinked. "Am I dreaming?" he asked.
"No." she said. "You are not dreaming."
Kaiba breathed in deeply. The woman looked so much like Minako..they was no way that she couldn't be her. And she was the only other person who had the key to his house...
"You have to be Minako." said Kaiba. "You just have to be." he said.
The woman shook her head again, revealing gold earings with little stars hanging from the hoops. "I told you. I am not Minako Hinah." she said.
Kaiba stared at her and finally realized that she wasn't Minako. "Then..who are you?" he asked, slightly confused and, well, scrared.
The woman walked over to him. Actually, it seemed more like she was floating because of her gown. She sat on the edge of his bed and folded her hands in her lap.
"I am Ishizu." she said. "I am the Ghost of Christmas Past."
Kaiba blinked. Then he looked at his alarm clock next to his bed. It said 1 o'clock. "What?" he asked again.
"I need not repeat myself." she said softly. "You heard me quite well."
"W-why are you here?" asked Kaiba.
Ishizu blinked. "Bakura Ryou came, did he not?" she asked politely.
"Yeah.." said Kaiba. "He showed up..in chains.."
"Then you know why I am here." replied Ishizu.
"Umm...vaguely." said Kaiba.
Ishizu sighed and stood up. She lit a candle on Kaiba's nightstand to brighten the room. "Come with me Kaiba. I will show you..the Christmas's of the Past." she said, beckoning to come over to her.
Kaiba merely stared.
"Seto Kaiba.." said Ishizu. "We must leave now or we will not have enough time to show you what you have to see." she said.
Kaiba sighed and stood up. Slowly, he walked over to Ishizu or the Ghost of Christmas Past. Her choker lit up and she began to float, literally. She turned to face Kaiba and he began to float as well. The window opened again and all Kaiba could do was drop his mouth and stare mindlessly as he soared out of the window behind Ishizu.
~*~*~*~
Ishizu began to descend to the ground after a couple minutes. "I will now show you the first place of the past." she said and landed on the ground outside a small tavern.
Kaiba looked up at the sign. "I know this place." he said. "I used to come here all the time.."
Ishizu nodded. "Look inside." she said and looked towards the window.
Kaiba's mouth dropped when he saw what was inside. "Why-its the old gang!" he said and actually smiled.
Ishizu nodded again. "Look around." she said.
Kaiba looked deeper inside. There was a whole bunch of people dancing and three guys playing instruments. "Look! Its old Duke Devlin playing the fiddle!" he said, seeing the black haired guy strumming on his instrument. "Everyone looks..so happy." he said.
Ishizu spoke again. "Look as far back into the room as you can.." she said.
Kaiba did as he was told. He saw-
"Its me!" he said, staring at the brown haired guy standing shyly in the back. "A younger me. Why, I've got to be only seventeen or eighteen!" he said.
Watching himself, he saw his eyes wander to a pretty dark haired girl dancing near the center. It was an older Minako. She looked so happy.
"Its..Minako.." said Kaiba, staring at her. He looked back to his youngerself staring at Minako with a glazed look. Minako glanced over and spotted Seto. She grinned and twirled over.
"Seto!" she cried happily. "Come dance with me!" she grinned and grabbed his hands. She dragged him to the center and started to dance with him.
"Minako!" said Seto, as he was swung around and around by her.
"Oh come on, Seto!" she smiled. "Its fun!" she said.
Then Duke spotted them dancing and grinned. He stopped playing for a second. Everyone turned and looked at him. "I thought we'd take things up a notch." he smiled. He picked up the fiddle again and began to play faster. His bandmates got the messege and picked up his speed. Minako grinned and began to dance faster, dragging Seto with her. Now, they were both laughing and dancing.
"I was pretty good." said Kaiba.
"That is because Minako is leading." said Ishizu.
"Don't break my confidence." replied Kaiba. He turned back to stare.
Duke began to play faster and faster and eventually, some of the dancers couldn't keep up.
Most gave up, but Seto and Minako were still going strong.
"Come on Seto!" cried Minako. "We can go faster!" she laughed. She picked up more speed as the fiddle got faster.
Now only Minako and Seto were dancing. They spun around in circles, while everyone else clapped in a fast beat. Minako's long hair flew around behind her and her skirt flew and swished as she swirled. Seto's hair, though short, was also slightly moving.
Duke prepared the last part of the music notes and made them go super fast. Then, as Seto gave Minako a final spin, Duke ended it with a snap and Seto pulled Minako back towards him and she hit his chest with a thoomp. Everyone clapped as Seto and Minako parted and bowed to the crowd.
Duke started to play some more music, but Seto and Minako were too tired. They walked to the back of the room and sat on some old barrels of wine.
"I am so tired." said Minako, breathing in and out heavily.
"You're telling me." said Seto. He leaned against the wall.
Minako laughed.
"What now?" asked Seto.
She pointed up. Seto's eyes followed her finger and there above them was misltoe, hanging from the ceiling. His eyes got wide.
Suddenly he felt Minako grab his shoulders and pull him towards her. She planted a short and sweet kiss on his cheek. Then she giggled, let go of him and ran off to dance again.
Seto touched his cheek, feeling his face redden and seeing Duke grinning at him through the corner of his eye. Seto sighed and stared at the beautiful girl who had just given him his first kiss. She was dancing around, fast once again. Minako seemed full of energy.
Kaiba laughed. "My first kiss." he said. "I remember that."
"Of course." said Ishizu. Kaiba jumped. He seemed to have forgotton she was there. "This was one of the best Christmas's you ever had." she said. Her choker began to glow again and she lifted into the air. Kaiba took one last look inside and jumped up. They left no foot prints in the snow where they had been standing.
"We have one more stop, then you must return home." said Ishizu, flying off towards the sky. Kaiba sighed and followed.
~*~*~*~*
Ishizu didn't stay outside the door this time. She passed right through the door. Kaiba followed once again. This time she went towards the back of the room and beckoned Kaiba to join her.
He did and looked around the room.
"Hey!" he said. "This is my old office!" he said. "Before Bakura died!"
Ishizu nodded. "Just watch." she said.
Kaiba looked over and saw himself, sitting at his desk, counting money.
"One thousand nine hundred and ninety four." he said, putting a coin on top of the stack. "One thousand nine hundred and ninety five." he added another coin.
Then the door flew open and in flew a woman around twenty something years old with long black hair. Minako Hinah.
"Seto!" she said, in an angry voice.
"Hello." replied Seto.
"I waited for you at the carriage stop but you didn't show!" she said. She stomped her foot. "I told the cabbie to leave because I had no idea when you would show up."
"Thats a good idea." said Seto. "I canceled the trip anyway."
"What?!" demanded Minako. "We've been planning it for weeks and weeks!" she cried.
"I was running low on cash." replied Seto.
Minako stared around the room, looking at the piles and piles of money. "Running out of cash? Running Out Of CASH?!?!" she screamed. Her fists were clenched and her eyes closed and angry. When they opened, they were filled with tears.
Seto looked up at her.
"I've been told by who knows how many people to just leave because you're not worth it anymore." said Minako suddenly. "They tell me his life is money. His love is money. I ignored it. I didn't want to believe them." she said. The tears poured down her face.
"And now this." she said. "Money money money. Cash cash cash." she cried. "Thats all you care about Seto. You don't even care about ME anymore."
"Minako.."
"Don't Minako me!" she screamed. "I'm sorry Seto, but until you learn that there are more important things in life than money and cash, I'm gone. I am out of your life." she said. She stormed over to the door and turned to look at him one last time.
"Seto. This is good-bye." she cried, turned on her heels and walked out the door, slamming it shut, knocking over all of Seto's money stacks.
Seto's eyes widened. He glanced at the window and saw Minako dashing down the street until she stopped. She fell to the ground, hit her knees and Seto could see her crying even more than he'd ever seen anyone cry. He didn't want to see anymore so he turned.
Kaiba felt the same way.
"No more, Spirit." he said softly, trying to hide his tears. "No more. Take me home." he said.
Ishizu nodded and touched her choker. "As you wish, Seto Kaiba. Just remember what you saw." she said and they lifted into the air once again. The last thing he saw before everything went white, was his own face, with tears pouring down it.
to be continued...
MD: how was that? If you like it, PLEASE review! I would be sooo happy!! You have no idea how happy I would be if even one person review!! and if you didn't like it, review anyway!! I want to know if people are even reading my stories..
I don't own yu-gi-oh or a christmas carol by charles dickens.
chapter three
Kaiba woke up from his deep sleep to the sound of the window bursting open and wind howling in. He scowled and got out of bed. He closed the window and went back into his bed.
He closed his curtains and layed his head down on his pillow. Thats when he saw a light coming from a tiny gap between his curtains. He shot up.
"What?" he whispered.
Scared of what he might see, he layed back down. But the light only became brighter. Kaiba sat up again.
"I know you are awake, Seto Kaiba." said a voice. Female and very airy as if she was a dream.
Kaiba was now officially terrified. He thought of the Bakura thing and shuddered. Then he flung open his curtains.
There stood a young woman, dressed in robes of Christmas Green. They reached the floor, hiding her feet and were flowy. They hung just off her shoulders and the sleeves were rather large. She wore a choker type thing around her neck, where the light source was coming from. On her head was some sort of tiara. Gold, just like the necklace. Her eyes were a gorgeous blue and she had long dark hair.
"Minako..?" asked Kaiba, hopefully, staring at the beautiful woman.
The woman shook her head. "No. I am not she." she said.
Kaiba blinked. "Am I dreaming?" he asked.
"No." she said. "You are not dreaming."
Kaiba breathed in deeply. The woman looked so much like Minako..they was no way that she couldn't be her. And she was the only other person who had the key to his house...
"You have to be Minako." said Kaiba. "You just have to be." he said.
The woman shook her head again, revealing gold earings with little stars hanging from the hoops. "I told you. I am not Minako Hinah." she said.
Kaiba stared at her and finally realized that she wasn't Minako. "Then..who are you?" he asked, slightly confused and, well, scrared.
The woman walked over to him. Actually, it seemed more like she was floating because of her gown. She sat on the edge of his bed and folded her hands in her lap.
"I am Ishizu." she said. "I am the Ghost of Christmas Past."
Kaiba blinked. Then he looked at his alarm clock next to his bed. It said 1 o'clock. "What?" he asked again.
"I need not repeat myself." she said softly. "You heard me quite well."
"W-why are you here?" asked Kaiba.
Ishizu blinked. "Bakura Ryou came, did he not?" she asked politely.
"Yeah.." said Kaiba. "He showed up..in chains.."
"Then you know why I am here." replied Ishizu.
"Umm...vaguely." said Kaiba.
Ishizu sighed and stood up. She lit a candle on Kaiba's nightstand to brighten the room. "Come with me Kaiba. I will show you..the Christmas's of the Past." she said, beckoning to come over to her.
Kaiba merely stared.
"Seto Kaiba.." said Ishizu. "We must leave now or we will not have enough time to show you what you have to see." she said.
Kaiba sighed and stood up. Slowly, he walked over to Ishizu or the Ghost of Christmas Past. Her choker lit up and she began to float, literally. She turned to face Kaiba and he began to float as well. The window opened again and all Kaiba could do was drop his mouth and stare mindlessly as he soared out of the window behind Ishizu.
~*~*~*~
Ishizu began to descend to the ground after a couple minutes. "I will now show you the first place of the past." she said and landed on the ground outside a small tavern.
Kaiba looked up at the sign. "I know this place." he said. "I used to come here all the time.."
Ishizu nodded. "Look inside." she said and looked towards the window.
Kaiba's mouth dropped when he saw what was inside. "Why-its the old gang!" he said and actually smiled.
Ishizu nodded again. "Look around." she said.
Kaiba looked deeper inside. There was a whole bunch of people dancing and three guys playing instruments. "Look! Its old Duke Devlin playing the fiddle!" he said, seeing the black haired guy strumming on his instrument. "Everyone looks..so happy." he said.
Ishizu spoke again. "Look as far back into the room as you can.." she said.
Kaiba did as he was told. He saw-
"Its me!" he said, staring at the brown haired guy standing shyly in the back. "A younger me. Why, I've got to be only seventeen or eighteen!" he said.
Watching himself, he saw his eyes wander to a pretty dark haired girl dancing near the center. It was an older Minako. She looked so happy.
"Its..Minako.." said Kaiba, staring at her. He looked back to his youngerself staring at Minako with a glazed look. Minako glanced over and spotted Seto. She grinned and twirled over.
"Seto!" she cried happily. "Come dance with me!" she grinned and grabbed his hands. She dragged him to the center and started to dance with him.
"Minako!" said Seto, as he was swung around and around by her.
"Oh come on, Seto!" she smiled. "Its fun!" she said.
Then Duke spotted them dancing and grinned. He stopped playing for a second. Everyone turned and looked at him. "I thought we'd take things up a notch." he smiled. He picked up the fiddle again and began to play faster. His bandmates got the messege and picked up his speed. Minako grinned and began to dance faster, dragging Seto with her. Now, they were both laughing and dancing.
"I was pretty good." said Kaiba.
"That is because Minako is leading." said Ishizu.
"Don't break my confidence." replied Kaiba. He turned back to stare.
Duke began to play faster and faster and eventually, some of the dancers couldn't keep up.
Most gave up, but Seto and Minako were still going strong.
"Come on Seto!" cried Minako. "We can go faster!" she laughed. She picked up more speed as the fiddle got faster.
Now only Minako and Seto were dancing. They spun around in circles, while everyone else clapped in a fast beat. Minako's long hair flew around behind her and her skirt flew and swished as she swirled. Seto's hair, though short, was also slightly moving.
Duke prepared the last part of the music notes and made them go super fast. Then, as Seto gave Minako a final spin, Duke ended it with a snap and Seto pulled Minako back towards him and she hit his chest with a thoomp. Everyone clapped as Seto and Minako parted and bowed to the crowd.
Duke started to play some more music, but Seto and Minako were too tired. They walked to the back of the room and sat on some old barrels of wine.
"I am so tired." said Minako, breathing in and out heavily.
"You're telling me." said Seto. He leaned against the wall.
Minako laughed.
"What now?" asked Seto.
She pointed up. Seto's eyes followed her finger and there above them was misltoe, hanging from the ceiling. His eyes got wide.
Suddenly he felt Minako grab his shoulders and pull him towards her. She planted a short and sweet kiss on his cheek. Then she giggled, let go of him and ran off to dance again.
Seto touched his cheek, feeling his face redden and seeing Duke grinning at him through the corner of his eye. Seto sighed and stared at the beautiful girl who had just given him his first kiss. She was dancing around, fast once again. Minako seemed full of energy.
Kaiba laughed. "My first kiss." he said. "I remember that."
"Of course." said Ishizu. Kaiba jumped. He seemed to have forgotton she was there. "This was one of the best Christmas's you ever had." she said. Her choker began to glow again and she lifted into the air. Kaiba took one last look inside and jumped up. They left no foot prints in the snow where they had been standing.
"We have one more stop, then you must return home." said Ishizu, flying off towards the sky. Kaiba sighed and followed.
~*~*~*~*
Ishizu didn't stay outside the door this time. She passed right through the door. Kaiba followed once again. This time she went towards the back of the room and beckoned Kaiba to join her.
He did and looked around the room.
"Hey!" he said. "This is my old office!" he said. "Before Bakura died!"
Ishizu nodded. "Just watch." she said.
Kaiba looked over and saw himself, sitting at his desk, counting money.
"One thousand nine hundred and ninety four." he said, putting a coin on top of the stack. "One thousand nine hundred and ninety five." he added another coin.
Then the door flew open and in flew a woman around twenty something years old with long black hair. Minako Hinah.
"Seto!" she said, in an angry voice.
"Hello." replied Seto.
"I waited for you at the carriage stop but you didn't show!" she said. She stomped her foot. "I told the cabbie to leave because I had no idea when you would show up."
"Thats a good idea." said Seto. "I canceled the trip anyway."
"What?!" demanded Minako. "We've been planning it for weeks and weeks!" she cried.
"I was running low on cash." replied Seto.
Minako stared around the room, looking at the piles and piles of money. "Running out of cash? Running Out Of CASH?!?!" she screamed. Her fists were clenched and her eyes closed and angry. When they opened, they were filled with tears.
Seto looked up at her.
"I've been told by who knows how many people to just leave because you're not worth it anymore." said Minako suddenly. "They tell me his life is money. His love is money. I ignored it. I didn't want to believe them." she said. The tears poured down her face.
"And now this." she said. "Money money money. Cash cash cash." she cried. "Thats all you care about Seto. You don't even care about ME anymore."
"Minako.."
"Don't Minako me!" she screamed. "I'm sorry Seto, but until you learn that there are more important things in life than money and cash, I'm gone. I am out of your life." she said. She stormed over to the door and turned to look at him one last time.
"Seto. This is good-bye." she cried, turned on her heels and walked out the door, slamming it shut, knocking over all of Seto's money stacks.
Seto's eyes widened. He glanced at the window and saw Minako dashing down the street until she stopped. She fell to the ground, hit her knees and Seto could see her crying even more than he'd ever seen anyone cry. He didn't want to see anymore so he turned.
Kaiba felt the same way.
"No more, Spirit." he said softly, trying to hide his tears. "No more. Take me home." he said.
Ishizu nodded and touched her choker. "As you wish, Seto Kaiba. Just remember what you saw." she said and they lifted into the air once again. The last thing he saw before everything went white, was his own face, with tears pouring down it.
to be continued...
MD: how was that? If you like it, PLEASE review! I would be sooo happy!! You have no idea how happy I would be if even one person review!! and if you didn't like it, review anyway!! I want to know if people are even reading my stories..