Invisible Touch

Chapter 13

Later that night, Anjel had a dream about meeting with Seto ten years later. She could see him dressed in the same outfit, but he wore glasses. Beside him was Mokuba. Anjel ran to him for the first time and embraced him. She then hovers two inches off the ground including Seto. She found out that she had grown wings and is flying. This isn't right. She couldn't fly! But why did she? Looking up, she now sees Seto dressed as the Moon Envoy. Huh?? He didn't look like that before.

"I'm glad you're here, my Dancing Elf," Seto replies in a soothing voice. "Now we can be together forever..."

He lowers his head and meets Anjel with a tender kiss. A kiss that felt so real. She returns the kiss until everything went black.

At Seto's mansion, Mokuba couldn't sleep for his mind was stuck playing Gitaroo Man. He wasn't going to rest until he has beaten the last stage. Sad to know, he remembered his brother saying not to play the game again. So, he went online for awhile. Nothing for him, but there was something for Seto. It was from Dancing_Elf_16. The subject was titled 'Confession'. He ignores it and went to the website to see more uncut clips of his favorite game. He only needed to see five more.

In another room, Seto awakens with a gasp and lightly drizzled with sweat. A faint glow of white light faded in his eyes seconds later. He places two fingers on his lips where it tingled. 'I could've sworn I kissed Anjel,' he thought. 'It felt so real.'

Looking at the digital clock, he couldn't believe it was three in the morning. Instead of falling asleep again, he got up and went out for a walk after getting dressed. Along the way, he looks up at the moon picturing Anjel's face looking down at him and smiling. Then the dream was broken from one argument caused by a certain android's curiosity. In addition, another android was brought to life without permission, but it doesn't concern anyone at the moment.

For two hours, the CEO strolled down the empty sidewalks and through the park thinking about Anjel. He walks by the spot where he serenaded her and proposed. Now it's flushed down the drain. Not far from where he's standing, he spotted a certain tomb robber digging up a hole in the ground. He still had the sign on his back. The whole time, the CEO stares blankly at the tomb robber's actions. Beside him was a shoebox wrapped in duct tape. With dirt-covered hands, Bakura grabs the shoebox and drops it in the hole. Like a dog burying its bone, the tomb robber fills up the hole. The CEO would've been convinced if the tomb robber lifted his leg to claim his pee spot. But he didn't. Bakura stands up, dusted himself off, and casually moves away from the spot pretending he was being stared down at an invisible crowd. He dashes off after wetting his pants. Seto steps closer to where the hole was, rolls up his sleeves and began to dig up the shoebox. Minutes later, he found the box and retrieves it from the hole. He sets the box aside and began to refill the hole again. After that, he grabs the shoebox and ran home.

At seven that morning, Seto came home and went upstairs. Mokuba enters the livingroom to see a track of muddy footprints on the tiled floor leading up the stairs. "Seto," the young boy calls, "who's been tracking mud?"

No answer. So, Mokuba went upstairs. In the bathroom, Seto began to pry the top open by force. Not so much as a crack. He grabs a razor blade from a hiding place and cuts off the duct tape on each side. Successfully, the top came open. Inside, there's three things that belonged to Anjel: a used pregnancy test, an engagement ring, and a letter addressed to him. He opens the envelope and pulls out a letter written by hand.

*Seto,

After you read this note, you should know I'm long gone now. Starting next month, my uncle and Marik will begin to find you with the cards. Here's the plan. When one of them asks for the cards, surrender them. The cards that I gave you are fake and has an atom bomb planted in each one. Don't panic; they're only activated when they're given to the third party (that'd be my deranged uncle and Marik). They'll explode ten minutes later. The real ones as of now are well hidden. If my plan fails and Dale finds my one hiding place, then I'll send someone to get the real cards and send them to me.

You're probably wondering where I am. I'm not telling you. I won't be back for a span of fifteen years. All I can say is give up chasing me. Find a woman who takes an interest in you. There's no reason for someone like you to be finding me. I can keep this one promise. Someday, you'll get to see your child. For now, this is goodbye. Don't look for me!!

Anjel Harmony*

The last sentence made Seto cry. The letter seemed a bit harsh to accept, but it was something he had to abide by for a span of fifteen years. After that, he was never the same again.

Three months later, Pegasus invaded Kaiba's mansion and raided the place from top to bottom along with Marik. Soon, one of them found the seven cards in a drawer. The Egyptian retrieved it and ran out of the mansion as Pegasus tailed him. Far away, about ten minutes later, there was a huge explosion. At the office, Seto hears the explosion and came to the conclusion that the cards were taken by two greedy, selfish bastards.

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Fifteen years later............. ===============================================================

In Egypt, Anjel began to pack her things. Her son, named after his father but prefers to be called Junior, was dressed in black. He has his hair the same style as Seto, but oddly it was dyed green. Anjel couldn't understand why, but if it made her son happy then there's no harm done. She accepted it for she used to dye her hair. These past fifteen years, she couldn't dye her hair. So, she revealed her true hair color: a natural brunette. She didn't want the world to know. To shroud her hair, she wore a hood and tied her hair back. Her two androids carried the rest of her belongings.

During her time in Egypt, she learned a lot about her past. From what is inscriped on the stone tablet, she now knows about the High Priest and the Pharaoh. Behind the tablet, there was her ancestor being a prize for the High Priest. The Pharaoh became enraged for this and had her executed along with the premature baby. As a result, the High Priest committed suicide to join his love.

Anjel had no idea that her ancestor was a prostitute. She was cherished by many of the men in Egypt, but there were some that wanted to duel her for her heart. The only monster she was famous for was the Magician of Black Chaos. No male duelist would ever win. She earned the seven cards, which were in the form of slabs, from the Pharaoh as a token of his affection. It backfired! She met the dragon duelist and gave up her only Blue-Eyes White Dragon as a symbol of her love to him. On the back, there was writing of her undying love. It was never translated for the prostitute had a foreign language. No one could understand her....except the man she loved dearly.

That afternoon, Anjel and her son arrived at Domino City as the two androids followed. The four left the airport and went home for the first time in fifteen years. Since this was Junior's first time, he felt like a stranger adjusting to new surroundings.

At the mansion, Anjel noticed the android not to be functioning acting normal. Dale waved at the brunette as a greeting. Dark stops in his tracks and sees Anjel. He rushed up to her and hugs her. "My goodness, have I been missed too long?" Anjel laughs.

"Yes, it's been fifteen years," Dark sobs. "The only time we heard from you is at Christmas ten years ago." He pulls away to see the Mystical Elf standing, "Who is she?"

Anjel introduced the new android, "Dark, this is Mystra. She'll be living here."

"Does she talk?"

"Yes, she talks. Which reminds me, why is Celtic activated?"

"Dale activated him. Not to worry, he's functioning properly. All Dale had to do was beat him on the head."

"At least the place didn't burn down. Where's Annabelle?"

"She's in the kitchen baking."

Mystra's eyes opened, "Baking? I want to bake, too." And then she dashed into the kitchen.

"She was like that when she lived in Egypt," Anjel giggles.

Dark then hands Anjel messages from the past fifteen years....in a box. "Dark, what's this? I don't plan on handling this crap now. I just got home." Anjel frowns.

"All the messages are from Seto. The only three are from someone named Yugi Moto. He said he wants to talk to you about your relationship with Seto," Dark explained.

The phone rings suddenly. Anjel rushes to the phone in time before her androids did, "I got it." She answers it. "Hello, this is Anjel."

"Anjel, is that you?" a familiar voice asks. "It's been fifteen years since I've heard from you."

"Who is this? I don't know you."

"C'mon, Anjel, you should remember me. It's Seto."

"Oh yeah. You're the nasty motherfucker who couldn't keep his..."

"Anjel!" Chaos cries out.

Anjel turns to the dark mage, "Oh, right, I have to watch my language in front of children."

Good thing Chaos covers Junior's ears to avoid the profane language. Anjel sighs and continues, "What do you want?"

"You remember what you promised fifteen years ago?" the CEO asks as his voice began to crack.

"No, I don't think so, but I did remember to say that I despise you."

She hears Seto's crying on the line. Ignoring it, she waits for the CEO to stop. 'I swear, Seto acts like a baby. He's crying over nothing,' she mentally snorted.

Seto calms down and replies, "You promised that I could see my child when you got back. Well, may I come see what I created?"

Anjel sighs, "All right, Seto, but that doesn't mean you can try to win me back."

"Thank you, Anjel. I'll be over there in a few minutes." Then the line went dead.

Anjel hangs up the phone. Junior taps his mother on the shoulder, "Mom, who was that?"

Much as Anjel wanted to tell her son that Seto was the damned bastard who knocked her up, she places both hands on the boy's shoulders and smiles, "That was your father on the phone. He wants to come see you. I would stick around with him, but I have to take a shower and wash off the mildew."

So, she heads upstairs. Junior roamed around the mansion curiously until he found Dale playing the NES. He watched the fairy king play for a bit. When Dale lost his last player, he looks at the green-haired boy. The android became so stunned from the sight of the teenager. Junior then pulls off his black cloak to reveal his clothing. He had on a black sleeveless turtleneck shirt, black leather pants, and long boots with two sets of black straps with silver buckles. Around his neck was a collar with spikes and studs on it. His eyes had black eyeliner making him look gothic. Celtic stutters a comment, but it came out incoherent.

"I thought you could talk. Remember, my mom didn't raise no idiots!" Junior joked.

Finally, Celtic responds, "What happened to you? You look like you're dressed for Halloween."

"My mother said it was okay for me to wear this."

Dark enters the room and nearly fainted. With wide eyes, he chokes, "My god, who is that? I didn't know it was Halloween already."

Junior scowled at the magician. Celtic laughs, "Dark, that's Junior. He just took off the cloak."

"Oh! But I don't see how kids can wear that without getting strange looks."

"Dark, the kids are just expressing themselves. Usually, they do it to express their taste in music."

"Ooh, Celtic thinks he's so smart. There could be another reason for why he's dressed like that. He could be disturbed mentally."

"You're overreacting, Dark. So just cool it."

"Oh yeah? Think of how Seto's gonna react when he sees his son like that. The poor man will have a heart attack."

Junior left the room and into the kitchen as the two androids continue to argue. He had thought about what his father would look like. From the information he was told, his father was supposed to be a tender- hearted person when he's around women. But somewhere along the line, she never married the man. His worst fears is everyone calling him a bastard. A damn bastard! Junior didn't let it bother him too much since no one called him one. He wouldn't be able to handle the humiliation since he has a history of hyperventilating whenever it gets to a point where he can't handle the embarrassment. So, his mother did everything to calm him down to prevent it from happening. It's been that way since he was only three.

Later that day, Seto visited the mansion. When Junior sees the older man, he ran off and hides behind Dale or Dark. It was easier to hide behind the fairy king. Just when it's safe, Junior dashed off. It was a good thing he didn't stop and hyperventilate. He finally hid in a room.

Upstairs, Anjel finished dying her hair blonde and drying it. She came out of the bathroom to change out of the robe and into her blue dress she got for her sixteenth birthday.

Ten minutes later, she came downstairs looking like the Dancing Elf. It was so hard to believe she can still keep her figure for fifteen years. She went into the livingroom, she sees the CEO sitting on the sofa talking to the two spellcasters. Chaos pointed a finger out for Seto to look in that direction. Anjel stood there with a tiny smile. Seto stands up completely stunned by her undying beauty. "Anjel," he whispers in a hushing voice.

Anjel kept quiet the whole time looking at the CEO's appearance. He had on the same black outfit and white sleeveless trenchcoat, but this time he has on a pair of glasses. She finally says, "Yeah, it's me."

She then felt a slight breeze behind her. She figured it must be Junior. The CEO blinks, "What was that?"

Anjel giggles, "That was your son. His name's Junior."

The green-haired teen peeks over to the side like a small child. Anjel gently nudged her son to show himself, "Come on, Junior, don't be shy."

Junior steps out to stand next to his mother. The CEO didn't care if his only son looked gothic. He was just happy to see his son for the first time. Junior couldn't imagine his only father would look exactly like him. "I told you he looked exactly like you," Anjel laughs.

Junior takes off the spiked/studded collar and hands it to his mother. "You mean I'm just as dorky as him?" he taunts in an icy voice.

"Exactly. Not to worry, Junior, you get to go to school with teens your age. You won't have to see him for a long time."

"That's a relief. I would have a spaz attack if he drove me to school."

Seto frowns, "Anjel, what have you been telling this kid? He's turning into you."

The blonde glares at the CEO, "I know that. I taught him to be himself. He can draw pornography, I wouldn't give a damn."

Dark snickers. Chaos gawked for a moment completely enraptured. Finally, he said, "Anjel, you're talking about your son here. You're gonna turn him into a monster."

"Right," Anjel snaps, "and as long as I'm not married to this tall, dark, and ugly bastard, I can raise Junior my way. So why don't you be a good android and shut the hell up, hm?"

"Fine," Chaos turned his head with his arms crossed.

"Anjel, Chaos is right," Seto agrees, "You're gonna turn him into a monster."

The blonde places her hands on her hips, "Who are you to judge me?"

"I'm judging you, you bitch."

"Well, stop it, you octopus."

"Slut."

"Slave-driving, horny toad."

"Witch."

"Dragon lover."

"Child abuser."

"Dog trainer."

Seto came closer to Anjel and said, "Brunette."

Anjel reacted by slapping the CEO's face. Quickly, Seto grabs both her arms and pins her to the wall. "I had it with you slapping me. I'm not a child if that didn't sink into your head."

"Let me go, you overgrown squid!" she grunts trying to free herself.

Continuously, she squirms in the CEO's grip. Junior can only watch as the two were fighting and arguing.

To be continued............