Falling Stars
Part Six
Icy Gaze
I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh.
I do own Anna(Estel), and any other original characters that might appear in this fanfiction.
I also own a teddy bear named Blue Bell, a very nice bus pass, and three cup-o-noodle.
But I will hide them if you sue, and you will never get them!!!
On with the story!!
This is Part Three of the Tingilya Arc.
I highly recommend that you read the first two parts, Hidden Truths and High Twilight before reading this fanfic.
Think it might make just the tiniest bit more sense.
~~~~~Two Weeks Later~~~~~
Estel watched as the sea passed below, the window chilled to the touch. As she had feared, Seto had uprooted her from her home, her life, and was bringing her back to Japan. She had screamed, sobbed, begged, pleaded, but it was all in vain. She would probably never see her friends again.
She would certainly never see her father, Bakura. He was rotting in prison, alone and heartbroken. He would never see her again, Seto had made sure of that. The court thought she was brainwashed and beaten, but not actually sad.
She hated Seto with all her heart.
"Estel, do you want the teriyaki chicken or yakisoba?" Seto asked, looking over at the pale, petite girl. Estel ignored him, continuing to stare out the window.
"We'll both have the yakisoba, thank you." Seto told the flight attendant, looking back over at his adopted daughter.
"I'm sorry about everything, Estel. But, your brother is in a better place now. He's not suffering any longer, I hope." Seto whispered, his eyes glassy.
The death of Elendil had been harder on Seto than Estel. She still missed him, but, in truth, she had hardly known him. She hardly knew any of them, and she hated it. All she wanted to do was go back home. Absentmindedly, she stroked the Millennium Puzzle that hung around her neck.
//You can't stay silent forever, aibou,// Yami whispered, //You're going to have to speak eventually.//
Estel ignored Yami, again. When she had learned that, no matter she did, she would be dragged to Japan, she refused to speak. Even to her beloved Phily, she would not speak. She figured that, if all her beseeching was to fall upon deaf ears, then there would be nothing for her to say.
//Aibou, please, I'm worried. Please, Bakura was an evil man, that you escaped, even survived him, is a thing to be rejoiced!// Yami pleaded. Estel's eyes went cold as she clenched her fist, hatred of the Puzzle's spirit running even deeper.
She wished she could just drop it in the ocean below her, and watch it drown, like she was drowning in the misery that was tearing at her own soul.
~~~~~At the Airport~~~~~
"Seto, Estel!" Mokuba shouted happily, waving too the two, his hair neatly trimmed. A decision his girl friend had insisted upon, many years before. Mokuba, being the intelligent kid he was, decided it would be safer to respect her choice of hair grooming.
"Mokuba!" Seto laughed, waving back. Estel stared, her violet eyes as cold and stormy as an arctic day in winter. Mokuba shuddered under her cold gaze.
"Estel, it's good to see you again, after so long." Mokuba said quietly. Estel glared, and ignored him, carrying her shoulder bag with anger written in her stance. Seto sighed, and rolled his eyes.
"She's been like this since I told her we were leaving. She won't speak, she won't even acknowledge your presence at times. But I have a feeling that will change once school starts, on Monday, won't it?" Seto asked, looking over at the albino.
Estel just ignored him.
"Is it... because of Elendil?" Mokuba asked in whispered tones as the two followed him tot he limo, bags in tow. Seto shook his head.
"I don't think so. She didn't even remember us, when we got there, Mokuba. I think it's more about Bakura. He brain washed her, she refused to leave. I practically had to drag her onto the plane." Seto answered, watching as people avoided Estel's chilly presence at every turn.
Mokuba sighed, and shook his head.
"Poor Estel. She's not going to have much fun at school, wither. Everyone's going to question her, demand answers. Elendil was very popular, and everyone knew he was heading to pick up his long lost sister." Mokuba opened the back door for Estel and Seto. Seto nodded.
"Estel," Seto started as the driver pulled out of the parking lot, "You're going to have a bit of a hard time adjusting to school. Elendil was very well known, and people are going to want some explanations. Do you think you could handle that? We could keep you out of school for a few more days, if you want, but you've missed so much already..." Seto shivered under Estel's cold gaze. He took that to mean that she would be going to school on Monday.
The Puzzle glowed momentarily , and Yami appeared, in all his regal glory, sitting next to the girl. Mokuba started, Seto sighed, and Estel looked out the window nonchalantly.
"I will go to school with her, as well, Seto. She can not go alone, unguarded, in the state she is in. And there will be no arguments." Yami growled, the sennen eye glowing on his forehead. Seto nodded.
"This is going to be the most interesting day of school at Domino since the ghost incident(1)!" Mokuba smiled, watching as Yami looked over at Estel, his face a perfect mask of concern.
But, inside his soul, Yami was struggling with the very same demons he had been grappling with since being reunited with Estel. And he was losing......
~TSUZUKU~
Wheee!!! Estel has turned into a cold little b!tch!!!
Wonder what's going to be up next, eh?
And Yami's losing to his won demons..... is angst on the way?
You know me, there's going to be so much angst that your little mind is going to drown in tears!
Giggle!
Explanations:
1: The Ghost Incident!
This is actually a reference to a stunt the band class pulls of every now and then.
They glue objects to the ceiling!
It's always blamed on the Band Ghost.
I think it would be cool that Mokuba was a band geek, hence the reference.
Well, R&R, and the next chapter should be up within a few days!!!
Oh yes, completely useless fact:
Neither the word 'sennen' or 'geek' are in my computer dictionary!!
Sorry, I just thought it was funny!!!
Part Seven