Ieyre: YAY...chapter 5.
Yami Ieyre: *Does not care*
Ieyre: *ignores* Well, hope you all had a good Christmas and New year...I just went out and blew some of my money on the "Music to Duel By" CD!
Yami Ieyre: O_o
Ieyre: Man..."Face up, Face down" is creepy...that's Pegasus' solo...
Yami Ieyre: ............I thought that was funny!
Ieyre: -_- You would. Now, to the chapter!
Disclaimer: Joey: You know the drill. Ieyre does not own us.
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//I can't believe what I'm doing...inviting Yugi and his friends over...what was I thinking? And Adele...why did I?// Seto thought as the limousine sped on. Glancing to his right, his fierce gaze intensified. He had held Adele...but only out of pure shock and almost...out of reaction. He had, not ten minutes before, in his own thoughts, called her a blessing. Now, ten minutes later...he remembered. Remembered something else of Adele. Something that had caused him so much pain...he hated her for it...
//Adele...I can't believe what I just...I held you! After what you did! I trusted you...you betrayed Mokuba and me. He may have forgiven you for it...but I never will. Trust...ha! I was shown long ago that trust is nothing more than a lie...// His anger seethed. She would pay for what she had done. One way...or another...
At the other end of the long car, someone else was in deep thought.
/Yami, what do you suppose all this means?/ Yugi asked his other half curiously.
//...//
/Yami?/
//Yugi...// The spirit began, //...I think that there is more to Kaiba than you or I had thought...for one, did you know he was an orphan?//
/Well, I knew he had no parents...I guess I assumed that his mother and father had died of old age and left him the Kaiba corporation...I never knew he and Mokuba grew up in an orphanage.../
//Why did he never tell us?//
/You heard him. He said he thought we didn't care./
//Oh, I heard him. I just don't believe him. He's smart enough to know that we'd be interested.//
/Adele seems to know...someone different than we do. The way she spoke to him...it's pretty apparent that they were close./
//I find it difficult to see Seto Kaiba show affection to someone besides Mokuba...he did take Adele in his arms, though...however...I think perhaps...only she shows affection...//
/Do you think...was Kaiba's hug and words sincere?/
//They were not the same thing that Kaiba shows Mokuba...they seemed...almost hollow.//
/Then...what's Kaiba's..."angle"?/
//Only he can truly answer THAT question...//
/Yes, you're right...Yami, what did Adele mean by Tyzaki?/
//I'm...I'm not sure...perhaps that is a name that Mokuba and Kaiba went under...but why wouldn't they keep it? That makes little sense.//
/None of this makes any sense. Like, WHY DID KAIBA invite us to his HOME?? He's the last person I would've thought.../
//As I said before, Seto Kaiba is one of much secrecy...//
/I hope...I hope he opens up to us, soon./
//Only time will tell, aibou. Only time will tell.//
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After an uncomfortable silence, the car finally pulled up in front of the enormous Kaiba mansion.
"Seto...Seto, is this your house?" Adele asked in awe.
"Yes. It is." He replied, unemotionally.
"WOW! You really scored big, didn't you, "nii-sama"?" She giggled. "I can't wait to meet your adopted parents! They must be really rich for you to have a huge house like this!"
Yugi, Tea, Joey, Bakura, Tristan, and Mokuba all stared at Seto, waiting for a reaction. His eyes narrowed spitefully at the air in front of him.
"Adele. Listen, I've got some things to tell you-" The elder Kaiba scowled. "And I need to tell Yugi and his friends some things. In my office. It's on the top floor, follow me."
Seto quickly unlocked his door and beckoned for them to follow him. A few maids bowed respectfully as they passed.
"Here is my office. There are enough chairs for everyone." The teens and small boy all piled into the spacious office. Mokuba had been silent for the whole car trip. Lost in his own thoughts, he finally snapped back into reality and sat down. Worry shown in his eyes as he fixed his gaze upon Adele.
Joey looked truly confused at the whole business. Why had Kaiba invited everyone to his home? Seto Kaiba, he thought, absolutely loathed Yugi and all of Yugi's friends.
And why was Kaiba, who had been gently holding Adele but minutes before now glaring at her with ferocity? What secrets about his life had he not told them still? Why had he kept from them that he was adopted?
"First off. Adele..." Seto started briskly, eyeing her with a hint of malice. Adele had begun to notice how he was glaring at her and uncomfortably squirmed in her seat.
"Seto, why aren't you excited to see me? You seem...different. What's wrong, Seto-kun, my "nii-sama"? Aren't you the same?"
He continued glaring.
"What's wrong??? Tell me, SETO TYZAKI!" She stood up, yelling furiously across the table.
"That's just it, Adele Sinclair. There is no Seto Tyzaki."
Adele sat down again slowly.
"What do you mean, 'there is no Seto Tyzaki'?"
"Seto Tyzaki died long ago, Adele. He and I are very, VERY different. In fact..." He paused again, spitting out every syllable. "You have never met me, Adele. You have never met...Seto Kaiba."
Adele nearly fell over in shock. She had not heard Yugi or any of his friends refer to Seto as "Kaiba" [Ieyre: She was "lost in her own thoughts", remember?], so his words were sharp and new on her ears.
"Kaiba...as in the huge computer company?"
He nodded, simply.
"Does that mean...your adopted father owns that huge company?"
For some reason, Seto Kaiba blanched at her statement and narrowed his eyes in anger. Across the table, Mokuba shivered slightly. No one noticed except Yugi, who observed with worry and puzzlement.
"No...Adele, *I* own the company."
Adele nearly fell over again. Was her old friend from orphanage days out of his mind?
"WHAT??? Seto, how could you own a company? You're only 16!"
"I told you, Adele Sinclair. I've changed. I am not he same as I once was."
Adele was still shaking with disbelief. What was he talking about? Where was the charming, sweet, and caring boy that had always held a place in her heart. She still held the gift he had given her so long ago...
#FLASHBACK#
"Here Adele...you can have MY toy!"
"Oh Seto...you're the best friend ever!
#END FLASHBACK#
"But Seto..." Adele began, reasonably. "No one can change THAT much. And especially not you."
"I did." Was his cold response. "Now...Yugi. I asked you to come here for a reason, you know. I imagine...I imagine you and your friends should like some sort of explanation for all of this." The elder Kaiba had retained a business like attitude. "As you and your friends have known me long enough for us to be considered...somewhat more than "casual acquaintances"...you probably care about the fact that I never really told you of my past. Mokuba's past."
Yugi nodded, looking past Seto at Adele, eyes full of tears.
"I'll explain it to you..." Seto stopped short and turned to Adele once again. Now tears were falling softly from her eyes.
"Adele...when all of this is over..." He stuttered slightly.
//She looks so sad...how can I...? NO! No, Kaiba, remember what she did to you and Mokuba! She betrayed you both! For that...I will give no mercy.//
Even Seto Kaiba was struggling to do what his ruthless business 'Kaiba' side longed for. Very forcibly, he choked out the words.
"You betrayed me, Adele...you left us there...at that horrible place...and so..."
She looked up at him with her large brown eyes.
"After this is all over...I never want to see you again."
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Ieyre: *tears in eyes*
Yami Ieyre: What the hell???? First he was cold, then, good, now he's evil again??? What the hell is up with that???
Ieyre: Someone said they thought Seto was OOC...I hope that was in character enough for them ^_^
Yami Ieyre: This is becoming really angsty...personally, I've never seen you write such serious stuff. This is a whole new side of your writing...
Ieyre: This story really isn't making any sense...Seto was first hugging her and then hating her...I hope that you all won't abandon this because of Seto's meanness or the apparent "plot holes". There was a reason that Seto first acted as though he cared for Adele...and she calls him "nii-sama" because that was her pet name for him at the orphanage, FYI. He treated her like a older brother (he's a year older than her)
Yami Ieyre: These characters are going through some serious emotional roller-coasting here.
Ieyre: NEXT CHAPTER: How did Adele betray Seto and Mokuba? We will see... Also-Seto refuses to tell the gang why he became the way he his...so Yami decides that, "for Kaiba's own good", that if he won't tell...the Millennium Puzzle shall reveal! R&R guys, see you next chapter!
Yami Ieyre: Assuming you read it. Well...bye-bye!
Yami Ieyre: *Does not care*
Ieyre: *ignores* Well, hope you all had a good Christmas and New year...I just went out and blew some of my money on the "Music to Duel By" CD!
Yami Ieyre: O_o
Ieyre: Man..."Face up, Face down" is creepy...that's Pegasus' solo...
Yami Ieyre: ............I thought that was funny!
Ieyre: -_- You would. Now, to the chapter!
Disclaimer: Joey: You know the drill. Ieyre does not own us.
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//I can't believe what I'm doing...inviting Yugi and his friends over...what was I thinking? And Adele...why did I?// Seto thought as the limousine sped on. Glancing to his right, his fierce gaze intensified. He had held Adele...but only out of pure shock and almost...out of reaction. He had, not ten minutes before, in his own thoughts, called her a blessing. Now, ten minutes later...he remembered. Remembered something else of Adele. Something that had caused him so much pain...he hated her for it...
//Adele...I can't believe what I just...I held you! After what you did! I trusted you...you betrayed Mokuba and me. He may have forgiven you for it...but I never will. Trust...ha! I was shown long ago that trust is nothing more than a lie...// His anger seethed. She would pay for what she had done. One way...or another...
At the other end of the long car, someone else was in deep thought.
/Yami, what do you suppose all this means?/ Yugi asked his other half curiously.
//...//
/Yami?/
//Yugi...// The spirit began, //...I think that there is more to Kaiba than you or I had thought...for one, did you know he was an orphan?//
/Well, I knew he had no parents...I guess I assumed that his mother and father had died of old age and left him the Kaiba corporation...I never knew he and Mokuba grew up in an orphanage.../
//Why did he never tell us?//
/You heard him. He said he thought we didn't care./
//Oh, I heard him. I just don't believe him. He's smart enough to know that we'd be interested.//
/Adele seems to know...someone different than we do. The way she spoke to him...it's pretty apparent that they were close./
//I find it difficult to see Seto Kaiba show affection to someone besides Mokuba...he did take Adele in his arms, though...however...I think perhaps...only she shows affection...//
/Do you think...was Kaiba's hug and words sincere?/
//They were not the same thing that Kaiba shows Mokuba...they seemed...almost hollow.//
/Then...what's Kaiba's..."angle"?/
//Only he can truly answer THAT question...//
/Yes, you're right...Yami, what did Adele mean by Tyzaki?/
//I'm...I'm not sure...perhaps that is a name that Mokuba and Kaiba went under...but why wouldn't they keep it? That makes little sense.//
/None of this makes any sense. Like, WHY DID KAIBA invite us to his HOME?? He's the last person I would've thought.../
//As I said before, Seto Kaiba is one of much secrecy...//
/I hope...I hope he opens up to us, soon./
//Only time will tell, aibou. Only time will tell.//
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After an uncomfortable silence, the car finally pulled up in front of the enormous Kaiba mansion.
"Seto...Seto, is this your house?" Adele asked in awe.
"Yes. It is." He replied, unemotionally.
"WOW! You really scored big, didn't you, "nii-sama"?" She giggled. "I can't wait to meet your adopted parents! They must be really rich for you to have a huge house like this!"
Yugi, Tea, Joey, Bakura, Tristan, and Mokuba all stared at Seto, waiting for a reaction. His eyes narrowed spitefully at the air in front of him.
"Adele. Listen, I've got some things to tell you-" The elder Kaiba scowled. "And I need to tell Yugi and his friends some things. In my office. It's on the top floor, follow me."
Seto quickly unlocked his door and beckoned for them to follow him. A few maids bowed respectfully as they passed.
"Here is my office. There are enough chairs for everyone." The teens and small boy all piled into the spacious office. Mokuba had been silent for the whole car trip. Lost in his own thoughts, he finally snapped back into reality and sat down. Worry shown in his eyes as he fixed his gaze upon Adele.
Joey looked truly confused at the whole business. Why had Kaiba invited everyone to his home? Seto Kaiba, he thought, absolutely loathed Yugi and all of Yugi's friends.
And why was Kaiba, who had been gently holding Adele but minutes before now glaring at her with ferocity? What secrets about his life had he not told them still? Why had he kept from them that he was adopted?
"First off. Adele..." Seto started briskly, eyeing her with a hint of malice. Adele had begun to notice how he was glaring at her and uncomfortably squirmed in her seat.
"Seto, why aren't you excited to see me? You seem...different. What's wrong, Seto-kun, my "nii-sama"? Aren't you the same?"
He continued glaring.
"What's wrong??? Tell me, SETO TYZAKI!" She stood up, yelling furiously across the table.
"That's just it, Adele Sinclair. There is no Seto Tyzaki."
Adele sat down again slowly.
"What do you mean, 'there is no Seto Tyzaki'?"
"Seto Tyzaki died long ago, Adele. He and I are very, VERY different. In fact..." He paused again, spitting out every syllable. "You have never met me, Adele. You have never met...Seto Kaiba."
Adele nearly fell over in shock. She had not heard Yugi or any of his friends refer to Seto as "Kaiba" [Ieyre: She was "lost in her own thoughts", remember?], so his words were sharp and new on her ears.
"Kaiba...as in the huge computer company?"
He nodded, simply.
"Does that mean...your adopted father owns that huge company?"
For some reason, Seto Kaiba blanched at her statement and narrowed his eyes in anger. Across the table, Mokuba shivered slightly. No one noticed except Yugi, who observed with worry and puzzlement.
"No...Adele, *I* own the company."
Adele nearly fell over again. Was her old friend from orphanage days out of his mind?
"WHAT??? Seto, how could you own a company? You're only 16!"
"I told you, Adele Sinclair. I've changed. I am not he same as I once was."
Adele was still shaking with disbelief. What was he talking about? Where was the charming, sweet, and caring boy that had always held a place in her heart. She still held the gift he had given her so long ago...
#FLASHBACK#
"Here Adele...you can have MY toy!"
"Oh Seto...you're the best friend ever!
#END FLASHBACK#
"But Seto..." Adele began, reasonably. "No one can change THAT much. And especially not you."
"I did." Was his cold response. "Now...Yugi. I asked you to come here for a reason, you know. I imagine...I imagine you and your friends should like some sort of explanation for all of this." The elder Kaiba had retained a business like attitude. "As you and your friends have known me long enough for us to be considered...somewhat more than "casual acquaintances"...you probably care about the fact that I never really told you of my past. Mokuba's past."
Yugi nodded, looking past Seto at Adele, eyes full of tears.
"I'll explain it to you..." Seto stopped short and turned to Adele once again. Now tears were falling softly from her eyes.
"Adele...when all of this is over..." He stuttered slightly.
//She looks so sad...how can I...? NO! No, Kaiba, remember what she did to you and Mokuba! She betrayed you both! For that...I will give no mercy.//
Even Seto Kaiba was struggling to do what his ruthless business 'Kaiba' side longed for. Very forcibly, he choked out the words.
"You betrayed me, Adele...you left us there...at that horrible place...and so..."
She looked up at him with her large brown eyes.
"After this is all over...I never want to see you again."
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Ieyre: *tears in eyes*
Yami Ieyre: What the hell???? First he was cold, then, good, now he's evil again??? What the hell is up with that???
Ieyre: Someone said they thought Seto was OOC...I hope that was in character enough for them ^_^
Yami Ieyre: This is becoming really angsty...personally, I've never seen you write such serious stuff. This is a whole new side of your writing...
Ieyre: This story really isn't making any sense...Seto was first hugging her and then hating her...I hope that you all won't abandon this because of Seto's meanness or the apparent "plot holes". There was a reason that Seto first acted as though he cared for Adele...and she calls him "nii-sama" because that was her pet name for him at the orphanage, FYI. He treated her like a older brother (he's a year older than her)
Yami Ieyre: These characters are going through some serious emotional roller-coasting here.
Ieyre: NEXT CHAPTER: How did Adele betray Seto and Mokuba? We will see... Also-Seto refuses to tell the gang why he became the way he his...so Yami decides that, "for Kaiba's own good", that if he won't tell...the Millennium Puzzle shall reveal! R&R guys, see you next chapter!
Yami Ieyre: Assuming you read it. Well...bye-bye!