Ok, I'm done with this chapter...introduces Thalia, a girl who (if I do say so myself) is remarkably like Kaiba (a bit more polite though. :P) She's not going to be his long lost sister, don't worry.
Disclaimer: I own a computer, this keyboard, and myself, but I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.
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CHAPTER 3-THALIA
| DOMINO ELEMENTARY |
" Do you know who that girl is?" Mokuba turned. " Which?" he asked lazily. " That one...brown hair..." His friend pointed. Mokuba scanned the school grounds, and spotted the person he was talking about. She was sitting alone under a tree, reading. He could tell she was from a different country, her eyes were different, even her face shape. Butternut brown hair fell in loose curls, held back by being tied into a ponytail, and her skin was probably only two shades lighter than her hair. The girl's eyes were both intense and clear, a cold acorn tan. The sheath of the school's uniform didn't mask the truth that she was ideally and attractively slim, with a thin figure and slender legs. " She's in our form, that's for sure..." Mokuba said. " A or B?" " We'll find out."
" Class, this is Thalia Arisa. She's joining us from Greece as an exchange student this year. I'm sure you'll welcome her properly to our school and Japan." The teacher smiled warmly. Thalia was staring emotionlessly at her classmates, her eyes icy and steady. " Does she understand Japanese?" whispered Mokuba's friend to his seatmate. The other boy next to him shrugged. " Thalia, you can take the seat next to Aiko-the one in black." Everyone suddenly started to snicker. Aiko Hishima, a girl with shoulder-blade length ebony-colored hair, was always dressed in black. Though the school required a uniform, she was exempt for certain reasons (which no one knew), and since the dark clothes bore contrast to her sharp, pale, quiet face everybody always thought she was odd. The new girl strode to the desk, paying no attention to the chuckles, and in the process attracting everyone's interest. Tzuki Shizuko, a rather popular talkative girl (in other words-a complete busybody) passed a note quickly to her friend when the teacher turned away. Mei Samirin glanced at it and broke into a grin.
She's pretty, isn't she? I know now why they talk about the Grecians so much...look at her!
The instructor rounded back to face the class. " All right, the whole sixth form is starting a new project today-its categorized into our current unit on the book Silent Nights we're reading in Language Arts. You'll be working in two partner groups to form a gingerbread house, like they did in the book. When we're done, the best gingerbread house-including decorations, taste, and sight-will be picked in each class by a vote from another class. Your partners are as follows...Tzuki Shizuko and Tenchi Sayo...Kairi Lin and Ryu Shizumi...Aya Chan and Kuro Myado...Azalyn Mikari and Takashi Kirei...Thalia Arisa and Mokuba Kaiba..." Thalia averted her eyes away from the teacher. Now all she had to do was find the little twerp, some Mokuba Kaiba. Her almond-shaped brown eyes scanned the classroom, and fell on another boy who was observing her intently. Great, she thought, some kid with weird hair. As she glanced sideways at him, her eyebrows furrowed. Kaiba...where had she heard that last name?
" I've got the sugar." Thalia motioned to the bag at her side. The boy smiled. " You can come to my house tomorrow...I have most of the other stuff. You have the hard candy, right?" Her mouth was still set in a straight line when she nodded emotionlessly, her arms crossed. It was late when Kaiba came home from work, but Mokuba was still awake. " Why are you still up?" he asked. " I have to bring a friend over tomorrow...for school, it's a project...she's from Greece, you know." Seto looked down at him. " Greece?" Mokuba shrugged. " Exchange student." Seto frowned. " Speaks Japanese?" Mokuba nodded. His brother regarded him thoughtfully. " Most foreigners don't call Japanese an easy second language...especially the ones that speak English." Mokuba blinked. " She has a perfect accent." Seto nodded slowly. " Tell me when she comes...its Saturday tomorrow, and I have the afternoon off..."
| KAIBA MANSION |
Thalia stepped onto the front marble steps of the Kaiba Mansion. She scoffed at the surroundings. Seriously, she thought, Mokuba and a brother. Living in this place? What are they, billionaires? As she rang the doorbell, the doorway opened to reveal another man. " May I ask who you're looking for?" he inquired. " I'm here to see Mokuba," she responded coolly. " Ah. Miss. Arisa. Please come in." " Thank you." She stepped forward into the spacious room. It was soon when Mokuba sprinted down the long staircase, followed by another boy. Thalia was gazing around at the antiques and expensive furniture. As she looked up, she found herself staring into a pair of unrelenting ice-blue eyes. Her own rich brown ones rivaled them in strength; the cold level hardness that survived in both. Mokuba's voice interrupted both. "Konnichiwa, Thalia!" The girl looked up, and she nodded. " Seto, this is Thalia. Thalia, this is my brother, Seto." Thalia glimpsed sideways at Mokuba's brother as she held out a hand. As the older boy shook it, he felt he needed to test the girl... " Tu parle francais?" The girl's eye's widened. " Oui," she answered cautiously. Kaiba's face contorted into a half-smirk. " Avec plaisir." " Et tu," she answered. " Where did you learn to speak French?" Seto asked in Japanese. " I major in world studies." Kaiba arched an eyebrow. " You're barely eleven." She shrugged. " I have an interest in language. Why do you think they chose me for exchange student?" She glanced away. " Le frere," the girl said suddenly. Kaiba turned to Mokuba, " Interesting friend." His brother nodded, though his eyes were weaved with confusion. " You better go work on your project."
" These are huge..." murmured Thalia. " We had them separately ordered." Thalia stopped and observed the massive pieces of graham cracker. " I've got the icing." Mokuba said, holding out a carton of white vanilla frosting. " Good for decorations...but we need construction icing." " Huh?" Thalia looked impatiently at him. " You need construction icing to put together the pieces. I have confectioner's sugar, so all we have to do is make it..." She dug out a box of sugar from the pile, and added a few other ingredients to it. Mokuba turned on the mixer, and it started to whir. As Thalia looked at her hands, she gave out a faint smile, seeing all the white gunk on them. The smile disappeared quickly, and she twisted back to face her partner.
" Who's your brother, anyway?" she asked casually. Mokuba looked surprised. " You didn't recognize him?" Thalia snorted. " There's more than one boy in the universe who acts like he owns the world, you know." " My brother does not," he retorted, " Anyway, he's Seto Kaiba, and he's the greatest CEO in Japan-" Thalia stepped back. " Seto Kaiba..." she ejaculated, " is your brother?" Mokuba nodded, smirking, but quickly stopped when Thalia broke out into a short laugh. " I don't believe it. That smart aleck is Seto Kaiba? The genius? The multi-billionaire?" Mokuba frowned. This was not the reaction he expected.
Seto Kaiba was gazing with an amused look at the monitor screen, watching what was going on downstairs through the hidden video cameras he had installed. The girl-Tamara or something-was laughing. About him, nonetheless. She was damn smart; he knew that...and named after the Muse 'comedy'! What a joke...probably the only thing funny about it. His cold eyes scanned the screen one more time, then pressed a key on his laptop. It automatically flipped to his current project-Utopia. It was all quite simple-the person would input their idea of a perfect world to the computer, the computer would process, and then they had one and one objective only-to try to find the thing that would lead them out of the game, a sort of portkey. He checked the script that showed the base of the program-and smiled. It was ready.
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Ok, the kidnapping part is coming in about one more chapter...I just have to tell about all the new characters first. :P Review away. :)
Disclaimer: I own a computer, this keyboard, and myself, but I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.
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CHAPTER 3-THALIA
| DOMINO ELEMENTARY |
" Do you know who that girl is?" Mokuba turned. " Which?" he asked lazily. " That one...brown hair..." His friend pointed. Mokuba scanned the school grounds, and spotted the person he was talking about. She was sitting alone under a tree, reading. He could tell she was from a different country, her eyes were different, even her face shape. Butternut brown hair fell in loose curls, held back by being tied into a ponytail, and her skin was probably only two shades lighter than her hair. The girl's eyes were both intense and clear, a cold acorn tan. The sheath of the school's uniform didn't mask the truth that she was ideally and attractively slim, with a thin figure and slender legs. " She's in our form, that's for sure..." Mokuba said. " A or B?" " We'll find out."
" Class, this is Thalia Arisa. She's joining us from Greece as an exchange student this year. I'm sure you'll welcome her properly to our school and Japan." The teacher smiled warmly. Thalia was staring emotionlessly at her classmates, her eyes icy and steady. " Does she understand Japanese?" whispered Mokuba's friend to his seatmate. The other boy next to him shrugged. " Thalia, you can take the seat next to Aiko-the one in black." Everyone suddenly started to snicker. Aiko Hishima, a girl with shoulder-blade length ebony-colored hair, was always dressed in black. Though the school required a uniform, she was exempt for certain reasons (which no one knew), and since the dark clothes bore contrast to her sharp, pale, quiet face everybody always thought she was odd. The new girl strode to the desk, paying no attention to the chuckles, and in the process attracting everyone's interest. Tzuki Shizuko, a rather popular talkative girl (in other words-a complete busybody) passed a note quickly to her friend when the teacher turned away. Mei Samirin glanced at it and broke into a grin.
She's pretty, isn't she? I know now why they talk about the Grecians so much...look at her!
The instructor rounded back to face the class. " All right, the whole sixth form is starting a new project today-its categorized into our current unit on the book Silent Nights we're reading in Language Arts. You'll be working in two partner groups to form a gingerbread house, like they did in the book. When we're done, the best gingerbread house-including decorations, taste, and sight-will be picked in each class by a vote from another class. Your partners are as follows...Tzuki Shizuko and Tenchi Sayo...Kairi Lin and Ryu Shizumi...Aya Chan and Kuro Myado...Azalyn Mikari and Takashi Kirei...Thalia Arisa and Mokuba Kaiba..." Thalia averted her eyes away from the teacher. Now all she had to do was find the little twerp, some Mokuba Kaiba. Her almond-shaped brown eyes scanned the classroom, and fell on another boy who was observing her intently. Great, she thought, some kid with weird hair. As she glanced sideways at him, her eyebrows furrowed. Kaiba...where had she heard that last name?
" I've got the sugar." Thalia motioned to the bag at her side. The boy smiled. " You can come to my house tomorrow...I have most of the other stuff. You have the hard candy, right?" Her mouth was still set in a straight line when she nodded emotionlessly, her arms crossed. It was late when Kaiba came home from work, but Mokuba was still awake. " Why are you still up?" he asked. " I have to bring a friend over tomorrow...for school, it's a project...she's from Greece, you know." Seto looked down at him. " Greece?" Mokuba shrugged. " Exchange student." Seto frowned. " Speaks Japanese?" Mokuba nodded. His brother regarded him thoughtfully. " Most foreigners don't call Japanese an easy second language...especially the ones that speak English." Mokuba blinked. " She has a perfect accent." Seto nodded slowly. " Tell me when she comes...its Saturday tomorrow, and I have the afternoon off..."
| KAIBA MANSION |
Thalia stepped onto the front marble steps of the Kaiba Mansion. She scoffed at the surroundings. Seriously, she thought, Mokuba and a brother. Living in this place? What are they, billionaires? As she rang the doorbell, the doorway opened to reveal another man. " May I ask who you're looking for?" he inquired. " I'm here to see Mokuba," she responded coolly. " Ah. Miss. Arisa. Please come in." " Thank you." She stepped forward into the spacious room. It was soon when Mokuba sprinted down the long staircase, followed by another boy. Thalia was gazing around at the antiques and expensive furniture. As she looked up, she found herself staring into a pair of unrelenting ice-blue eyes. Her own rich brown ones rivaled them in strength; the cold level hardness that survived in both. Mokuba's voice interrupted both. "Konnichiwa, Thalia!" The girl looked up, and she nodded. " Seto, this is Thalia. Thalia, this is my brother, Seto." Thalia glimpsed sideways at Mokuba's brother as she held out a hand. As the older boy shook it, he felt he needed to test the girl... " Tu parle francais?" The girl's eye's widened. " Oui," she answered cautiously. Kaiba's face contorted into a half-smirk. " Avec plaisir." " Et tu," she answered. " Where did you learn to speak French?" Seto asked in Japanese. " I major in world studies." Kaiba arched an eyebrow. " You're barely eleven." She shrugged. " I have an interest in language. Why do you think they chose me for exchange student?" She glanced away. " Le frere," the girl said suddenly. Kaiba turned to Mokuba, " Interesting friend." His brother nodded, though his eyes were weaved with confusion. " You better go work on your project."
" These are huge..." murmured Thalia. " We had them separately ordered." Thalia stopped and observed the massive pieces of graham cracker. " I've got the icing." Mokuba said, holding out a carton of white vanilla frosting. " Good for decorations...but we need construction icing." " Huh?" Thalia looked impatiently at him. " You need construction icing to put together the pieces. I have confectioner's sugar, so all we have to do is make it..." She dug out a box of sugar from the pile, and added a few other ingredients to it. Mokuba turned on the mixer, and it started to whir. As Thalia looked at her hands, she gave out a faint smile, seeing all the white gunk on them. The smile disappeared quickly, and she twisted back to face her partner.
" Who's your brother, anyway?" she asked casually. Mokuba looked surprised. " You didn't recognize him?" Thalia snorted. " There's more than one boy in the universe who acts like he owns the world, you know." " My brother does not," he retorted, " Anyway, he's Seto Kaiba, and he's the greatest CEO in Japan-" Thalia stepped back. " Seto Kaiba..." she ejaculated, " is your brother?" Mokuba nodded, smirking, but quickly stopped when Thalia broke out into a short laugh. " I don't believe it. That smart aleck is Seto Kaiba? The genius? The multi-billionaire?" Mokuba frowned. This was not the reaction he expected.
Seto Kaiba was gazing with an amused look at the monitor screen, watching what was going on downstairs through the hidden video cameras he had installed. The girl-Tamara or something-was laughing. About him, nonetheless. She was damn smart; he knew that...and named after the Muse 'comedy'! What a joke...probably the only thing funny about it. His cold eyes scanned the screen one more time, then pressed a key on his laptop. It automatically flipped to his current project-Utopia. It was all quite simple-the person would input their idea of a perfect world to the computer, the computer would process, and then they had one and one objective only-to try to find the thing that would lead them out of the game, a sort of portkey. He checked the script that showed the base of the program-and smiled. It was ready.
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Ok, the kidnapping part is coming in about one more chapter...I just have to tell about all the new characters first. :P Review away. :)