Meril: Sorry, but this was the chapter I get writer's block.
DT: Every story she gets stuck on Chapter Five, three paragraphs in.
YB: Kind of pathetic really.
Meril: * whaps YB on the head with a frying pan * You should talk!
YB: * looks up, eyes unfocused * Look at all the pretty birdies and stars!
DT: * shakes head * On with the story!
************* Chapter Five *************
Maria flushed as she closed her window. She had never told any one about her past. It scared her to death of what her father would do. But Seto had been so sweet and understanding. And Mr. Kaiba had done the same to him, to prepare Seto for running Kaiba Corp. He had understood.
With a small sigh, she turned around, only to see Satan Joans, her father, standing there, a broken glass beer bottle in his hand. Maria gulped, knowing it would be a long time before she saw the light of day.
^ The Next Day ^
Kaiba looked at the desk besides him. It was empty, for Maria had not shown up again. He then felt something hit the back of his neck. Reaching back, he saw it was a note from Kia:
*Lord of Shadows,
Where did you and Maria come up with your names? Oh well. I guess Lord of Shadows is better the Lord of Dragons (thank Prince of Thieves for me knowing that). And Madame Mystery is a WHOLE lot better then Mystical Elf. If you two weren't obsessed with Duel Monsters, I'd think you were nuts.
Anyway, what did you do to Maria? Did she mention anything involving sneaking out or something like that? She says that every time she comes to my house. Then I get an e-mail warning me not to go to her house for a few days. Thought she might tell you why.
-Duchess of Mischief*
He quickly wrote:
*Duchess of Mischief,
Tell you everything in homeroom, with the others so I only have to say it once.
-Lord of Shadows
P.S. Remind me to kill your squealing boyfriend. He was suppose to keep his mouth shut! *
Tossing it, he opened his laptop, and saw he had an e-mail from some one called Mystical Elf. Opening it, he was in for a shock:
*Kaiba,
I have to break our date. I am so sorry.
-Laura*
He was wondering who Laura was when the bell rang. Yaten, Ryou, and Kia were around his desk in a heartbeat. Kia was the first to notice the e- mail. "Hey! That's Maria's e-mail address! And Laura is her middle name, but only we and her dad knew that."
Seto nodded as he clicked on the reply button, "She didn't tell me her middle name last night. Why would she use it?"
"Well, did she mention sneaking out?" When Seto nodded, Kia continued, "I bet her dad caught her or something! And he sent this because she told him she was with you. No offence Seto, but your e-mail address is no secret."
Seto replied by typing:
*Who ever you are,
It's not nice to use other people's e-mail addresses. Maria didn't tell me her middle name last night, so I know it wasn't her that sent this e-mail. Kia told me just now. Be honest. Who are you, and what have you done to Maria?
-Seto Kaiba*
Ryou was reading over his shoulder the entire time. "You sure don't beat around the bush. Maybe we should have given you the code name Mr. Blunt."
"And I should kill you for opening your big mouth to your girlfriend. Can we try and concentrate here? Maria could be lying dead in a gutter somewhere and all you are worrying about is code names." Seto snapped before opening a program.
"This will tell us where Maria is. I put a tracer on her jacket last night, after she told me about her family life. I wasn't going to risk her getting hurt because of me." He explained as maps started blazing across the screen. It stopped on an area of the city Seto wasn't used to. However, Joey Wheeler and the rest of his group had been watching.
"Why are you checkin' up on my neighborhood, Kaiba?" he asked as he looked at the computer screen. All three of them shared a look.
"Wheeler, you'll be at the Turtle Game Shop later, right?" Yaten asked out of no where. After Joey nodded, he continued, "We'll tell you everything there then."
With that, the bell rang, and the two bands of friends that had once sworn to have nothing to do with each other, left, planning to meet again that afternoon.
***** That Afternoon at the Turtle Game Shop *****
"So, what's the deal, Kaiba?" Yami asked as Seto, Yaten, Ryou, and Kia entered the shop.
Seto set down his laptop and made sure it would alert him when he got an e- mail as Kia explained. "It's not hard to understand. A close friend of mine has a habit of being absent often and coming back terrified of her own shadow. We've found her, or at least her jacket, in your neighborhood, and we need your help to find her."
Joey shrugged and leaned against a wall, "So what? Why should I help you or care if your friend is lyin' in a gutter somewhere?" (Meril: OH GOD!! ALYSON IS GOING TO KILL ME FOR TURNING JOEY INTO A JERK!!!)
Seto snapped. He could understand if Joey wouldn't do it if it was helping him, but he hit a nerve by saying he wouldn't care if Maria was lying somewhere dead, even if he said it himself earlier to get the others to concentrate. He grabbed Joey's collar and banged him against the wall, fury and rage taking over. "I should have known not come to you for help. But if I found out Maria is out there dead and we could have helped her if you had cooperated, then you'll be the next one going into the ground!"
Ryou and Yaten barely managed to get Seto off of Joey. Kia helped him up and grinned wryly at him, "Sorry. Let's just say Maria and Seto are more the just friends. And we are all worried sick."
Joey nodded as he rubbed the back of his neck, "I didn't think anyone could love Kaiba and he return it. What is that odd beepin' noise I'm hearin' by the way?"
Seto turned and saw that he had gotten an e-mail. Checking it, he saw it was from Maria. He read it and almost dropped his laptop in shock. "Kia, Yaten, Ryou, listen to this!" With that, he read the e-mail to them:
*Mr. Kaiba,
I'm afraid you will have no more contact with my Daughter of Satan. She will be punished severely for disobeying me. And don't ever forget. IT IS YOUR ENTIRE FAULT!!
-Unknown Torturer*
Kia and Ryou shared a look, "Daughter of- That was from Maria's father! He was hinting, daring us to find him!" Kia exclaimed, rereading the letter.
"We will have proof once we get Maria out of there. There is the problem in itself. Without Wheeler to guide us, it will be like finding a needle in a hay sack." Yaten pointed out, looking at Seto hopefully.
"My tracer won't react to the program till we are right outside her door. It narrowed it down to a three-block radius, but most of the buildings are apartments. We haven't a chance." Seto said, his sorrowful tone telling them how much he wished there was something he could do.
"I'll do it."
Everyone turned their head to look at Joey. He was looking at them, all serious. "I'll help you find your girlfriend Kaiba. Show me the map."
Seto, still in slight shock, pulled up the map the tracer had given them.
"No one lives on these two blocks, they're being knocked down. The houses on these other two are empty; no one can live there anymore because the floors are gone. That leaves the apartments. No one lives in the Dirk's, too many rats. Bryan's and Jones's closed down a long time ago. That leaves Marcus's. What's the chick's name?"
"Maria Joans. Her father is Satan Joans." Ryou supplied. Joey nodded and pointed out the building in the far corner, "There. My father does deals with Satan. He lives on the tenth floor, Number D34."
Kia, Yaten, Ryou, and Seto thanked him for his help and asked if he would call the police. They weren't letting Satan off. Yugi agreed to call when Joey protested.
***** At Marcus's Apartments, Number D36 on the Tenth Floor *****
Maria groaned as she stretched her legs, wincing as her body screamed in pain. Her father had beaten her with the beer bottle, thankfully not getting glass in the cuts, then thrown her into her closet. She had been there all day, still wearing her clothes from last night.
She pondered, wondering if Seto was all right.
************** End for Now ****************
Meril: Alyson is going to kill me when she sees what I did to Joey. I so OOCed him!
DT: * nods as she lies YB down on a couch nearby *
YB: * looks at DT, eyes still unfocused * But Mama, I don't want to go to school.
Meril: * rolls eyes * So long, everyone!
DT: Every story she gets stuck on Chapter Five, three paragraphs in.
YB: Kind of pathetic really.
Meril: * whaps YB on the head with a frying pan * You should talk!
YB: * looks up, eyes unfocused * Look at all the pretty birdies and stars!
DT: * shakes head * On with the story!
************* Chapter Five *************
Maria flushed as she closed her window. She had never told any one about her past. It scared her to death of what her father would do. But Seto had been so sweet and understanding. And Mr. Kaiba had done the same to him, to prepare Seto for running Kaiba Corp. He had understood.
With a small sigh, she turned around, only to see Satan Joans, her father, standing there, a broken glass beer bottle in his hand. Maria gulped, knowing it would be a long time before she saw the light of day.
^ The Next Day ^
Kaiba looked at the desk besides him. It was empty, for Maria had not shown up again. He then felt something hit the back of his neck. Reaching back, he saw it was a note from Kia:
*Lord of Shadows,
Where did you and Maria come up with your names? Oh well. I guess Lord of Shadows is better the Lord of Dragons (thank Prince of Thieves for me knowing that). And Madame Mystery is a WHOLE lot better then Mystical Elf. If you two weren't obsessed with Duel Monsters, I'd think you were nuts.
Anyway, what did you do to Maria? Did she mention anything involving sneaking out or something like that? She says that every time she comes to my house. Then I get an e-mail warning me not to go to her house for a few days. Thought she might tell you why.
-Duchess of Mischief*
He quickly wrote:
*Duchess of Mischief,
Tell you everything in homeroom, with the others so I only have to say it once.
-Lord of Shadows
P.S. Remind me to kill your squealing boyfriend. He was suppose to keep his mouth shut! *
Tossing it, he opened his laptop, and saw he had an e-mail from some one called Mystical Elf. Opening it, he was in for a shock:
*Kaiba,
I have to break our date. I am so sorry.
-Laura*
He was wondering who Laura was when the bell rang. Yaten, Ryou, and Kia were around his desk in a heartbeat. Kia was the first to notice the e- mail. "Hey! That's Maria's e-mail address! And Laura is her middle name, but only we and her dad knew that."
Seto nodded as he clicked on the reply button, "She didn't tell me her middle name last night. Why would she use it?"
"Well, did she mention sneaking out?" When Seto nodded, Kia continued, "I bet her dad caught her or something! And he sent this because she told him she was with you. No offence Seto, but your e-mail address is no secret."
Seto replied by typing:
*Who ever you are,
It's not nice to use other people's e-mail addresses. Maria didn't tell me her middle name last night, so I know it wasn't her that sent this e-mail. Kia told me just now. Be honest. Who are you, and what have you done to Maria?
-Seto Kaiba*
Ryou was reading over his shoulder the entire time. "You sure don't beat around the bush. Maybe we should have given you the code name Mr. Blunt."
"And I should kill you for opening your big mouth to your girlfriend. Can we try and concentrate here? Maria could be lying dead in a gutter somewhere and all you are worrying about is code names." Seto snapped before opening a program.
"This will tell us where Maria is. I put a tracer on her jacket last night, after she told me about her family life. I wasn't going to risk her getting hurt because of me." He explained as maps started blazing across the screen. It stopped on an area of the city Seto wasn't used to. However, Joey Wheeler and the rest of his group had been watching.
"Why are you checkin' up on my neighborhood, Kaiba?" he asked as he looked at the computer screen. All three of them shared a look.
"Wheeler, you'll be at the Turtle Game Shop later, right?" Yaten asked out of no where. After Joey nodded, he continued, "We'll tell you everything there then."
With that, the bell rang, and the two bands of friends that had once sworn to have nothing to do with each other, left, planning to meet again that afternoon.
***** That Afternoon at the Turtle Game Shop *****
"So, what's the deal, Kaiba?" Yami asked as Seto, Yaten, Ryou, and Kia entered the shop.
Seto set down his laptop and made sure it would alert him when he got an e- mail as Kia explained. "It's not hard to understand. A close friend of mine has a habit of being absent often and coming back terrified of her own shadow. We've found her, or at least her jacket, in your neighborhood, and we need your help to find her."
Joey shrugged and leaned against a wall, "So what? Why should I help you or care if your friend is lyin' in a gutter somewhere?" (Meril: OH GOD!! ALYSON IS GOING TO KILL ME FOR TURNING JOEY INTO A JERK!!!)
Seto snapped. He could understand if Joey wouldn't do it if it was helping him, but he hit a nerve by saying he wouldn't care if Maria was lying somewhere dead, even if he said it himself earlier to get the others to concentrate. He grabbed Joey's collar and banged him against the wall, fury and rage taking over. "I should have known not come to you for help. But if I found out Maria is out there dead and we could have helped her if you had cooperated, then you'll be the next one going into the ground!"
Ryou and Yaten barely managed to get Seto off of Joey. Kia helped him up and grinned wryly at him, "Sorry. Let's just say Maria and Seto are more the just friends. And we are all worried sick."
Joey nodded as he rubbed the back of his neck, "I didn't think anyone could love Kaiba and he return it. What is that odd beepin' noise I'm hearin' by the way?"
Seto turned and saw that he had gotten an e-mail. Checking it, he saw it was from Maria. He read it and almost dropped his laptop in shock. "Kia, Yaten, Ryou, listen to this!" With that, he read the e-mail to them:
*Mr. Kaiba,
I'm afraid you will have no more contact with my Daughter of Satan. She will be punished severely for disobeying me. And don't ever forget. IT IS YOUR ENTIRE FAULT!!
-Unknown Torturer*
Kia and Ryou shared a look, "Daughter of- That was from Maria's father! He was hinting, daring us to find him!" Kia exclaimed, rereading the letter.
"We will have proof once we get Maria out of there. There is the problem in itself. Without Wheeler to guide us, it will be like finding a needle in a hay sack." Yaten pointed out, looking at Seto hopefully.
"My tracer won't react to the program till we are right outside her door. It narrowed it down to a three-block radius, but most of the buildings are apartments. We haven't a chance." Seto said, his sorrowful tone telling them how much he wished there was something he could do.
"I'll do it."
Everyone turned their head to look at Joey. He was looking at them, all serious. "I'll help you find your girlfriend Kaiba. Show me the map."
Seto, still in slight shock, pulled up the map the tracer had given them.
"No one lives on these two blocks, they're being knocked down. The houses on these other two are empty; no one can live there anymore because the floors are gone. That leaves the apartments. No one lives in the Dirk's, too many rats. Bryan's and Jones's closed down a long time ago. That leaves Marcus's. What's the chick's name?"
"Maria Joans. Her father is Satan Joans." Ryou supplied. Joey nodded and pointed out the building in the far corner, "There. My father does deals with Satan. He lives on the tenth floor, Number D34."
Kia, Yaten, Ryou, and Seto thanked him for his help and asked if he would call the police. They weren't letting Satan off. Yugi agreed to call when Joey protested.
***** At Marcus's Apartments, Number D36 on the Tenth Floor *****
Maria groaned as she stretched her legs, wincing as her body screamed in pain. Her father had beaten her with the beer bottle, thankfully not getting glass in the cuts, then thrown her into her closet. She had been there all day, still wearing her clothes from last night.
She pondered, wondering if Seto was all right.
************** End for Now ****************
Meril: Alyson is going to kill me when she sees what I did to Joey. I so OOCed him!
DT: * nods as she lies YB down on a couch nearby *
YB: * looks at DT, eyes still unfocused * But Mama, I don't want to go to school.
Meril: * rolls eyes * So long, everyone!