"W-what is your name?" Kelly stuttered out.
"Yugi Motto."
"Yugi....." She breathed and backed up against the fence.
*~*~*~FLASHBACK~*~*~
"Mommy, where are you and Yugi going?" A 5yr old Kelly asked as her younger twin brother was picked up.
"Your mother and Yugi are leaving forever Kelly. That means they are never coming back." A skanky looking woman told her.
"I wanna say bye to Kelly Mama." Yugi tired to wiggle out of his mother's arms.
"Say good-bye Yugi. Good-bye Kelly." Their mother told her as she slammed the front door.
"MOMMY! YUGI!" Kelly desperately tried to open the front door, but her father, a tall brutish looking man, locked it.
"You will never see them again Kelly. Now get out of my sight. You're a thorn in my side." He waved her off while he went to the other woman.
Kelly's eyes filled with tears and she ran to her room. She went to her bed that she shared with Yugi, due to the little space, and laid down on it. She then looked at the nightstand and noticed the picture of the both of them. Kelly then remembered her father ripping up pictures like that, so she hid it. IT was the only thing she had left of her twin and she didn't want it to be destroyed.
*~*~*~END FLASHBACK~*~*~
"Kelly? You awake?" Tea gently shook Kelly's shoulder.
"What?" She abruptly snapped out of her trance.
"You blanked out. Are you okay?"
"I'm f-fine." She tried to sound reassuring, "I-I have to g-go." She quickly ran past them and down the stairs without another word.
* * *
After school, Kelly left the grounds in record time as so to avoid everyone. She thanked god that she had such luck.
What am I going to do if I don't find Grandpa soon? It's no question that Dad would come looking for me. After all he did read my letters to Seto......Oh no! I forgot that i'm meeting Seto in 15 mins! Kelly looked at her watch and took off running to her apartment.
She ran as fast as her legs would allow and mind you it was pretty fast considering all the running she has done in her life.). She nearly fell down the stairs that lead up to her apartment as she quickly ran up them. Once she reached her last flight she noticed someone standing by her door.
OH NO! He found me already! Kelly panicked before getting a better look at him. Her heart settled from it's rapid pace when she recognized the outfit. She regained normal breathing and approached him.
"Afternoon Seto. You gave quite a fright standing there. I thought you were my father." She smiled at him as she approached, "You weren't supposed to be here for another 10mins."
"I prefer to be on time."
"Do you always have a cold facade up? I know that there is a side to you that is happy and smiling." She told him as she unlocked the door.
"I can't let people know that I have soft spots or they'll use them against me." He told her as she invited him in.
"Always trying to prove dominance over everyone, huh?" She poked him in the chest and set her bag down.
Seto just looked at her with an eyebrow cocked. Kelly giggled.
"Mokuba would like you to come over for dinner tonight. He is trying his hand at cooking."
"I'd love to come. Let me go change first. I hate to stay in pink longer than I have to." She told him as she went to her room.
A few minutes later she exited wearing black pants with a black V-cut tank top and had a gold armband on her right arm. It immediately caught Seto's attention.
"Where did you get that armband?"
"Oh this, a woman named Isis Ishtar gave it to me. She called it the Millenium Armband." she looked down at the item, "I was told that my brother also owns one, but she wouldn't specify which one. Although she did tell me who owned one and i've narrowed it down to two people cause they are my age."
"Who?"
"Ryou Bakura and Yugi Motto."
"I don't think I could handle being related to Yugi Motto." Seto said sternly.
"Ah that's right. He has beatin' you in a duel and you hold a forever grudge. Well Mr. Kiba, " Kelly poked him in the chest, "if he is my brother you'll just have to live with it." She giggled at the expression on his face and shook her head and walked to the door opening it, "Well? Are we going or not?"
Seto gave her a light glare and Kelly just giggled and they walked out the door.
* * *
"Mokuba sure can fill a person up." Kelly sighed as she unlocked her apartment door. She yawned a bit and stepped inside. After she closed the door and began to walk down the entryway, she stepped on an envelope. She looked down and picked it up. "I wonder if Seto dropped this." She flipped it over to look to whom it was to and it was addressed to her.
"Who could be sliding mail under my door?" She shrugged and walked to her room opening the letter. As she entered her room and turned on her light she began to read it.
Kelly,
I know we really didn't get off to a good start today. Joey, Tristan, Tea, and myself are really curious about you. I spoke to my grandpa and he does faintly remember me having an older twin sister named Kelly. They guys think that you are her since they think we look a lot a like. Grandpa said that he'd like to meet you tomorrow if that is okay. I hope Joey gets the door right. He can sometimes forget the simplest things. So anyway, i'll see you at school tomorrow.
Yugi Motto
"That was nice of him." Kelly put the letter back in the envelope and set it on her nightstand. She looked at her clock. It was only 7:30 PM. Great, what am I going to do for the rest of the night? She thought to herself as she walked into the living room.
She could hear some faint yelling next door and the slam of a door. Kelly decided to investigate. She got up and went to her front door and opened it. As she did Joey passed not looking too happy.
"Joey?" Kelly called to him.
He turned around and looked at her, "Hi."
"Are you okay? I heard yelling then you're door slamming." She stepped out into the hallway.
"Yeah. Just had a fight with my dad." He looked at the floor his eyes looking a little lost.
"Oh." She fiddled with her hands, "Well, do you want to go get something to drink and talk about it?"
Joey looked up at her.
"I'd understand if you don't want to. I mean, you just meet me and all." She flushed a little and looked down at her feet.
"Sure." He gave her a smile. (You know the one that could make you melt, Joey fans like myself should know. ^.^)
"Really?" She looked up at him smiling.
"Yeah."
"Okay. Just let me go get a jacket. You could come in if you want." She told him as she stepped inside.
Joey followed her inside and shut the door behind him. When she turned a corner he noticed her armband and the symbol of the Millenium item.
Kelly holds a Millenium item? How many others are there and is this one dangerous? Joey was brought out of his thoughts when Kelly came back with a jacket draped over her shoulder.
"Do you know any good places?"
"Yeah." He told her and they headed out.
* * *
"So, what do you know about yer family?" Joey asked as they walked down the pier after getting their coffee.
"Well, my mother left when my brother and I were 5 and she took him with her. I was left with my father and his skanky ass girlfriend. I knew they both didn't like me especially when my father beat me. They rest is something I prefer not to remember. It's really horrible." She shuttered at the thought of her father.
"My mom left my dad and me when I was 6, taking my little sister, Serenity, with her. i kept in touch with her, but it just wasn't the same. About 9 months ago she sent me a video telling me that she was going blind and the surgery to fix it was very expensive, ya know. You've heard about Duel Monsters right?"
"Yeah. I have my own deck."
"That's cool. Well Yugi and I entered the Duelist Kingdom Tournament. Yug did it so that he could get his grandpa's soul back from the host, Maxamillion Pegasus. I did it so that I could get the money for my sister's surgery. Tea and Tristian tagged along as the cheering section. In the end, Yug and I made it to the finals. He ended up beating me and instead of keeping the money he gave it to me.
"He understood that I had tried so hard to get that money and the reason for it too. Yug is about the bestest friend you could ever get. He'll consider you a friend even if you bully him and beat the heck out of him. Tristian and I used to do that until he defended us from some jerks. Ever since then it's been Tea and us. I forget how she came into the picture, but we like her none the less." He chuckled as he scratched his head a bit.
"Wow Joey. You lead an interesting life." She laughed slightly as she watched the ground as she walked.
"Hey, what's the matter?"
"I'm afraid I wasn't totally honest with ya'll this afternoon. You see, i'm not and orphan. I'm actually a run away. I told you that my father used to beat me as a child, but as I grew older it became more physical, more intimate. He isolated me. Never letting me go to school or anywhere. I found a pen pal agency online and they set me up with a pen pal here, in Domino. The funny thing is he turned out to be my cousin and once he heard of my problem he rented me the apartment and had me move down here. The bad thing is my father found my letters and tore most of them up; luckily he didn't get the ones that planned my trip.
"One day when my father was at work and my step-mother was out doing who knows what with her friends, I packed the few clothes that I owned, my plane ticket, and some money and left. I had also found that my mother' father was still alive and I felt that if I came here and found him then I wouldn't have to go back. I've got a feeling that it is only a matter of time before he comes to find me and he knows exactly where to look because of the letters."
By now they had stopped and Kelly told her story while she looked out over the ocean while leaning on a guardrail and Joey leaned his back against it looking at the sky.
"So who is this cousin of yours? He must be rich if he can afford for you to travel here and have your own place." He looked down at her.
"His name is Seto Kiba. I know he is probably really famous around here cause he owns his father's corporation, Kiba Corp."
"KIBA?!" Joey nearly fell over the railing at the mention of Seto.
"Oh god Joey!" She grabbed his jacket and pulled him forward so as he didn't fall over, "Are you okay?" She looked at him worriedly.
"Fine, but you're Kiba's cousin?!" Joey looked at her disbelievingly.
"Yeah. My father is his uncle. It's hard to believe that a poor little nobody like me would be related to a rich important somebody in the world." She looked back out over the ocean again, "The Ocean is beautiful. I grew up in the middle of the states and never saw the ocean." She smiled, closed her eyes, and let the ocean breeze engulf her. a few moments later the smile turned into a frown and she snapped her eyes open in shock.
"Kelly?" Joey looked at her, as her eyes grew wide.
"Come on!" She told him and took his hand before taking off running. She shortly found a bush and she dragged him behind it. After a few minutes or so of keeping her hand over Joey's mouth to keep him quiet, Kelly let go.
"What was that about?" He demanded as he stood up.
"That's what." She pointed to a slightly muscular, brown haired guy that just past them.
"Who is that?"
"My father."
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Oooo...cliffhanger, I think. Please tell me what you think.
"Yugi Motto."
"Yugi....." She breathed and backed up against the fence.
*~*~*~FLASHBACK~*~*~
"Mommy, where are you and Yugi going?" A 5yr old Kelly asked as her younger twin brother was picked up.
"Your mother and Yugi are leaving forever Kelly. That means they are never coming back." A skanky looking woman told her.
"I wanna say bye to Kelly Mama." Yugi tired to wiggle out of his mother's arms.
"Say good-bye Yugi. Good-bye Kelly." Their mother told her as she slammed the front door.
"MOMMY! YUGI!" Kelly desperately tried to open the front door, but her father, a tall brutish looking man, locked it.
"You will never see them again Kelly. Now get out of my sight. You're a thorn in my side." He waved her off while he went to the other woman.
Kelly's eyes filled with tears and she ran to her room. She went to her bed that she shared with Yugi, due to the little space, and laid down on it. She then looked at the nightstand and noticed the picture of the both of them. Kelly then remembered her father ripping up pictures like that, so she hid it. IT was the only thing she had left of her twin and she didn't want it to be destroyed.
*~*~*~END FLASHBACK~*~*~
"Kelly? You awake?" Tea gently shook Kelly's shoulder.
"What?" She abruptly snapped out of her trance.
"You blanked out. Are you okay?"
"I'm f-fine." She tried to sound reassuring, "I-I have to g-go." She quickly ran past them and down the stairs without another word.
* * *
After school, Kelly left the grounds in record time as so to avoid everyone. She thanked god that she had such luck.
What am I going to do if I don't find Grandpa soon? It's no question that Dad would come looking for me. After all he did read my letters to Seto......Oh no! I forgot that i'm meeting Seto in 15 mins! Kelly looked at her watch and took off running to her apartment.
She ran as fast as her legs would allow and mind you it was pretty fast considering all the running she has done in her life.). She nearly fell down the stairs that lead up to her apartment as she quickly ran up them. Once she reached her last flight she noticed someone standing by her door.
OH NO! He found me already! Kelly panicked before getting a better look at him. Her heart settled from it's rapid pace when she recognized the outfit. She regained normal breathing and approached him.
"Afternoon Seto. You gave quite a fright standing there. I thought you were my father." She smiled at him as she approached, "You weren't supposed to be here for another 10mins."
"I prefer to be on time."
"Do you always have a cold facade up? I know that there is a side to you that is happy and smiling." She told him as she unlocked the door.
"I can't let people know that I have soft spots or they'll use them against me." He told her as she invited him in.
"Always trying to prove dominance over everyone, huh?" She poked him in the chest and set her bag down.
Seto just looked at her with an eyebrow cocked. Kelly giggled.
"Mokuba would like you to come over for dinner tonight. He is trying his hand at cooking."
"I'd love to come. Let me go change first. I hate to stay in pink longer than I have to." She told him as she went to her room.
A few minutes later she exited wearing black pants with a black V-cut tank top and had a gold armband on her right arm. It immediately caught Seto's attention.
"Where did you get that armband?"
"Oh this, a woman named Isis Ishtar gave it to me. She called it the Millenium Armband." she looked down at the item, "I was told that my brother also owns one, but she wouldn't specify which one. Although she did tell me who owned one and i've narrowed it down to two people cause they are my age."
"Who?"
"Ryou Bakura and Yugi Motto."
"I don't think I could handle being related to Yugi Motto." Seto said sternly.
"Ah that's right. He has beatin' you in a duel and you hold a forever grudge. Well Mr. Kiba, " Kelly poked him in the chest, "if he is my brother you'll just have to live with it." She giggled at the expression on his face and shook her head and walked to the door opening it, "Well? Are we going or not?"
Seto gave her a light glare and Kelly just giggled and they walked out the door.
* * *
"Mokuba sure can fill a person up." Kelly sighed as she unlocked her apartment door. She yawned a bit and stepped inside. After she closed the door and began to walk down the entryway, she stepped on an envelope. She looked down and picked it up. "I wonder if Seto dropped this." She flipped it over to look to whom it was to and it was addressed to her.
"Who could be sliding mail under my door?" She shrugged and walked to her room opening the letter. As she entered her room and turned on her light she began to read it.
Kelly,
I know we really didn't get off to a good start today. Joey, Tristan, Tea, and myself are really curious about you. I spoke to my grandpa and he does faintly remember me having an older twin sister named Kelly. They guys think that you are her since they think we look a lot a like. Grandpa said that he'd like to meet you tomorrow if that is okay. I hope Joey gets the door right. He can sometimes forget the simplest things. So anyway, i'll see you at school tomorrow.
Yugi Motto
"That was nice of him." Kelly put the letter back in the envelope and set it on her nightstand. She looked at her clock. It was only 7:30 PM. Great, what am I going to do for the rest of the night? She thought to herself as she walked into the living room.
She could hear some faint yelling next door and the slam of a door. Kelly decided to investigate. She got up and went to her front door and opened it. As she did Joey passed not looking too happy.
"Joey?" Kelly called to him.
He turned around and looked at her, "Hi."
"Are you okay? I heard yelling then you're door slamming." She stepped out into the hallway.
"Yeah. Just had a fight with my dad." He looked at the floor his eyes looking a little lost.
"Oh." She fiddled with her hands, "Well, do you want to go get something to drink and talk about it?"
Joey looked up at her.
"I'd understand if you don't want to. I mean, you just meet me and all." She flushed a little and looked down at her feet.
"Sure." He gave her a smile. (You know the one that could make you melt, Joey fans like myself should know. ^.^)
"Really?" She looked up at him smiling.
"Yeah."
"Okay. Just let me go get a jacket. You could come in if you want." She told him as she stepped inside.
Joey followed her inside and shut the door behind him. When she turned a corner he noticed her armband and the symbol of the Millenium item.
Kelly holds a Millenium item? How many others are there and is this one dangerous? Joey was brought out of his thoughts when Kelly came back with a jacket draped over her shoulder.
"Do you know any good places?"
"Yeah." He told her and they headed out.
* * *
"So, what do you know about yer family?" Joey asked as they walked down the pier after getting their coffee.
"Well, my mother left when my brother and I were 5 and she took him with her. I was left with my father and his skanky ass girlfriend. I knew they both didn't like me especially when my father beat me. They rest is something I prefer not to remember. It's really horrible." She shuttered at the thought of her father.
"My mom left my dad and me when I was 6, taking my little sister, Serenity, with her. i kept in touch with her, but it just wasn't the same. About 9 months ago she sent me a video telling me that she was going blind and the surgery to fix it was very expensive, ya know. You've heard about Duel Monsters right?"
"Yeah. I have my own deck."
"That's cool. Well Yugi and I entered the Duelist Kingdom Tournament. Yug did it so that he could get his grandpa's soul back from the host, Maxamillion Pegasus. I did it so that I could get the money for my sister's surgery. Tea and Tristian tagged along as the cheering section. In the end, Yug and I made it to the finals. He ended up beating me and instead of keeping the money he gave it to me.
"He understood that I had tried so hard to get that money and the reason for it too. Yug is about the bestest friend you could ever get. He'll consider you a friend even if you bully him and beat the heck out of him. Tristian and I used to do that until he defended us from some jerks. Ever since then it's been Tea and us. I forget how she came into the picture, but we like her none the less." He chuckled as he scratched his head a bit.
"Wow Joey. You lead an interesting life." She laughed slightly as she watched the ground as she walked.
"Hey, what's the matter?"
"I'm afraid I wasn't totally honest with ya'll this afternoon. You see, i'm not and orphan. I'm actually a run away. I told you that my father used to beat me as a child, but as I grew older it became more physical, more intimate. He isolated me. Never letting me go to school or anywhere. I found a pen pal agency online and they set me up with a pen pal here, in Domino. The funny thing is he turned out to be my cousin and once he heard of my problem he rented me the apartment and had me move down here. The bad thing is my father found my letters and tore most of them up; luckily he didn't get the ones that planned my trip.
"One day when my father was at work and my step-mother was out doing who knows what with her friends, I packed the few clothes that I owned, my plane ticket, and some money and left. I had also found that my mother' father was still alive and I felt that if I came here and found him then I wouldn't have to go back. I've got a feeling that it is only a matter of time before he comes to find me and he knows exactly where to look because of the letters."
By now they had stopped and Kelly told her story while she looked out over the ocean while leaning on a guardrail and Joey leaned his back against it looking at the sky.
"So who is this cousin of yours? He must be rich if he can afford for you to travel here and have your own place." He looked down at her.
"His name is Seto Kiba. I know he is probably really famous around here cause he owns his father's corporation, Kiba Corp."
"KIBA?!" Joey nearly fell over the railing at the mention of Seto.
"Oh god Joey!" She grabbed his jacket and pulled him forward so as he didn't fall over, "Are you okay?" She looked at him worriedly.
"Fine, but you're Kiba's cousin?!" Joey looked at her disbelievingly.
"Yeah. My father is his uncle. It's hard to believe that a poor little nobody like me would be related to a rich important somebody in the world." She looked back out over the ocean again, "The Ocean is beautiful. I grew up in the middle of the states and never saw the ocean." She smiled, closed her eyes, and let the ocean breeze engulf her. a few moments later the smile turned into a frown and she snapped her eyes open in shock.
"Kelly?" Joey looked at her, as her eyes grew wide.
"Come on!" She told him and took his hand before taking off running. She shortly found a bush and she dragged him behind it. After a few minutes or so of keeping her hand over Joey's mouth to keep him quiet, Kelly let go.
"What was that about?" He demanded as he stood up.
"That's what." She pointed to a slightly muscular, brown haired guy that just past them.
"Who is that?"
"My father."
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Oooo...cliffhanger, I think. Please tell me what you think.