Note: No, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. Thanks for asking.
Celidh: No one asked.
Shut up, you. Anyway, I finally updated this. This was the hardest chapter to write. I hope you like it!
Delusions
By Warrior Kalia
Chapter 3:
Meeting
Maximillion stared at the young woman in front of him as the guards unstrapped his jacket. She was about his height, with pale, white skin and long, wavy white hair. She wore a pair of white shorts and a t-shirt. Her icy blue eyes sparkled as she looked at him. It was Megumi.
"Maxie..." She said quietly as they embraced. "I missed you so much." She said quietly. Maximillion didn't reply. He was too busy hugging her, inhaling the warm scent of vanilla and orange blossoms that always seemed to hang around her. Being happy.
"I missed you, too." He said at last, as they broke the hug. Megumi smiled gently and gave him a kiss on the cheek. He blushed and looked at the floor, thoroughly embarrassed.
"You might get out soon. I'll be happy to let you stay with me until they say you can go home, Maxie." Megumi whispered. Maximillion lifted his gaze to meet hers, hardly daring to believe it.
"I mean it." She said, as though she had read his thoughts. Maximillion nodded and hugged her again, the remnants of hope playing at his mind.
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"- So, I know the money's going somewhere, but I'm just not sure where; I always get the feeling during the meetings I attend that Jackson and Reston are hiding something from me, and they always act so coldly towards me- I think they feel I'm not a true member of their little executive 'club'... And dear Mr. Trent continues to try to tell me something, but always gets distracted before he can manage to say it. I really have to schedule an appointment with him, but he's such a busy man, I don't want to have to bother him further- he's rather like you, Maxie, in an odd sort of way..." Megumi mused, the subject of her inherited business dying away as her voice did. Maximillion watched her in a sort of trance. Her voice always had that effect on him; soothing and low, soft, maternal, he always felt any anxiety wash away when the first comforting words reached his ears.
"Your time's up." A guard near the door said. Megumi snapped out of it and glared at him, then smiled at Maximillion. "Bye." She said simply. She went through the other door in the small room, waving sadly to him. The guards began to redo the buckles on his jacket. Maximillion didn't care. For once, he went back to his cell feeling something close to happiness.
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"So, the person in question has recovered completely, is that what you're saying?"
"Yes. He has been treated over a period of ten years, and shows marked improvement. I believe he is well enough for release, provided he has someone to monitor his state for the first month. A Miss Megumi Tenshi has volunteered to take him in for that month." Nurse Miko Meino shuffled her papers, and looked at the council member hopefully.
"Very well." The member said, after a minute of silence. "He will be discharged this afternoon." Nurse Miko nodded and left the small room to tell Maximillion.
Note: Yeah, I know this was kinda short. Sorry. But I figure I can stop here. That, and I need to go to school. ^_^ Bye!
Note: Chapter number underlined, chapter title added. Once again, nothing major. - 1/27/2004, Warrior Kalia