FW: Nihao! *bows* How are we all? So what if I have to go to bed in a half hour? I can write fast!
MW: You mean we…
FW: Who's comp is it?
Mw:…..damn it!
FW: Don'tcya think the chibi get up is a bit utsey cutsey?
MW: How else would we fit onscreen if we were normal sized?
FW: Point. We don't own Yu-Gi-Oh but I own Kei Ishtar, and Kasumi Motou, so ask my permission first oke?
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A fresh day has begun, as a crowd of two hundred thousand line the stadium seats, awaiting the tournament that should start any time soon. Everyone is talking, and there are even cheer sections for certain duelists, and of course, Anzu, Mokuba, Honda, Shizuka, Jii-chan, Ryou and Obaba (Seto's maid, member her?) are all sitting together, as Ms. Motou brings them all snacks to their perfect view, right behind the top duelists, front row seats.
"Isn't it kind of Kaiba-sama to give us such wonderful seats with his grandmother and little brother, and a perfect place to see Jounouch-kun and Yuugi duel!" remarks a proud and smiling Ms. Motou as she hands everyone their respective orders.
"I am not his grandmother, even though I am old enough to be. I am just the woman who helped him grow up, and you should thank me, that he didn't turn into a clone of Gozaburo." said Obaba as she helped Ms. Motou pass out the food.
"Not only that, we get to see Kasumi-tachi duel! Maybe she'll even fight Mai-san or Oni-chan!" Shizuka said with joy at her elder brother's acceptance to the tournament.
"I am going to be so happy no matter which one of them wins, even if it is Kaiba-kun." replied the ever cheerful Anzu, as she scanned the crowd for Ootogi and waved him over.
"Hey guys, how are we all today?" says Ootogi as he sits on the other side of Shizuka, and makes Honda all the more jealous. "Shizuka-chan, you look so nice today. Off to impress your older brother? Make him feel confident for today?"
"Un!" replied Shizuka, beaming at Ootogi, while Honda tried to think of something to say.
"Shizuka, your brother will do the best he can, all for you, and I would to, especially since you look so radiant today. His little angel that cheers him on in the darkest situations, that is you Shizuka." said Honda, from the deepest crevice of his heart and soul, and leaving Ootogi, and the others with open mouths.
"Rhino head IS smart!" laughed Mokuba, as Obaba gently slapped him with her middle and index fingers ((FW: Jackie Chan adventures Uncle slap anyone?))
"Honda-kun, that was so sweet!" Anzu and Ms. Motou replied together, with shiny eyes, wishing men cold be more like him.
"I…Arigatou Honda-kun!" squeals Shizuka as she hugs him and rests her head on his shoulder.
"Wha….." is all that Ootogi can muster as he stands there, mouth gaping, shocked beyond belief, standing there, until someone chucks a soda can at him, yelling for him to sit his ass down.
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Seto now faces his worst fear. No, not Mou hitori no Yuugi, not Exodia, not even Pegasus himself. No, it is….((Writers shudder))..
"Reporters" Seto says with disgust, as he is mobbed with questions such as:
"Is the company in trouble?"
"Do you plan to avenge your loss to Yuugi Motou at Battle City?"
"Have you heard anything from Industrial Illusions?"
"Anyone in your life lately?"
"How's your brother? Your grandmother?"
Seto answered most, if not all of the questions he could hear, or understand with all the noise. He was starting to tire, and saw no way out, until Yuugi unluckily for him anyway, went right by the reporters, giving Seto a chance to slip away, and as soon as he did, reporters mobbed the defenseless Yuugi with similar questions.
"This place seems nice." Seto said gazing at the field behind the stadium, that looked out into the ocean, from a sheer drop of fifty feet or so. The cliff side and ocean view made for a serene moment, when Seto noticed someone…strange. A young girl, no older than himself, stood on one of the outreaching parts of the cliff, her long blonde hair blowing in the wind. She was dressed much like Isis had in Battle City, but with some differences. For one thing, she was his skin color, the dress was black as was the veil, her blue-green eyes in traditional Egyptian eye makeup, and a long katana strapped to her right leg.
"She must be left handed…not to many people in Japan are left handed…she has the duel disk on the left arm though, like everyone else, she must be ambidextrous…why am I even pondering about such nonsense…but she does look hauntingly beautiful…." Seto looks up, and the girl is gone, but a note flies from where she stood. It reads:
"Hello, my name is Kei Ishtar. I am an opponent in this tournament, and you are very important to me. Lets hope you last long enough for me to tell you why."
Seto crumpled the note and threw it in a waste bin, as he walked in the stadium, not realizing that Kei hopped down from the eve under which he was just standing, and is quietly following him. Seto notices something is not right and his nerves react. He quickens his pace, and is careful of where he walks, not wanting to go into a dead hallway. He soon hears something like a ring dangling from a necklace or maybe bracelet. He turns but no one is there, yet the sound gets louder as he gets more nervous.
"Shit" Kei thinks, trying to make her metal bracelet stop reacting from Seto's emotional swing. When it got out of control, she hurriedly took it off, but in doing so, lost a necklace of hers, and tried to catch it before Seto saw, but to late.
"You! Who are you and what do you want with me?" Seto yells
"I am here as a fight of honor, to restore my family name, and as I said, you shall know who I am when the time comes…but for now, you must relax, for the tournament shall soon begin, and one's mind must never be at rest, for the mind at rest is a mind in danger." and before he can stop her, Kei disappeared as if she was never there at all.
Seto stares at the space she just occupied, and wonders who she was…"Why do I…feel…like I know her? Why do I feel…like this inside? What if I do something so stupid…as to fall in love with her?" he asks himself. He quickly shakes these things off as he reaches the stadium and prepares for a long day.
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"And another stunning win for Kei Ishtar! Now the quarter finals shall begin shortly! Duelists take a rest while you can." the announcer said, giving instructions on a half hour intermission. Seto tried to get over to Kei, only to be paused by reporters. Yuugi met up with his friends as they commented on his duels, and congratulating Jounouchi for making it this far undefeated. Seto skipped talking with Mokuba, trying to follow Kei.
"There is something not right about her…her duels, she wins them in less than eleven turns…and seems to be using the same cards…what could she be up to?" Seto thought to himself as he made his way down the hall.
"Ta-kun!" Kasumi says, attaching herself to Seto's upper body. "Didya see me duel?"
"Yes, your better than I thought, now if you excuse me, I need to talk to someone."
"Aww Ta-kun but please won't you just stay? Onegai?" Kasumi said, using her big shiny green eyes against him.
"That doesn't work on me, unless your cute."
"So why isn't it working?"
"Kawaii kune" (un cute)
Kasumi storms off, red aura and all, muttering about getting revenge on her Ta-kun.
"I need to find Kei, I need answers…I need to understand why she is doing this." Seto said, begin to run down the halls.
Soon, he could see the outline of a girl, long hair and a veil. He ran over to her and grabbed her by the wrists and began to ask her questions.
"Who are you? Tell me!" Seto said harshly, slamming her back first against the wall and holding her there by her wrists.
"I am of no importance to you" Kei says, making no eye contact, which Seto finds strange.
"Such an outgoing girl, yet you can not find courage to look anyone straight in the eyes, why is that?"
"I…I…that is none of your business!" she said, trying to get out of his grip.
Seto loosened his grip, and raised the young woman's head to look him in the eyes. What he saw made him feel a rush of love, as her eyes were fresh with tears, shining a pale blue green.
"Even though I just see your eyes, you are probably the most beautiful girl in the world…" Seto said, as if he were in a trance. He put his arms around her waist, and hugged her close.
"What am I doing? Why am I falling in love…with this girl? How come I feel, as if I have known her my entire life?" were questions running around Seto's mind, as he held Kei close to him, as she began to cry and tell her story.
"When I was little, I was given to Isis to be trained, and then I heard that my father was murdered, and the reason why was because he beat Seto Kaiba and was ordered dead…" she cried her heart out to the man she despised, and they never knew why. Seto held her and assured her he would never kill a man for any reason, or at least one such as that.
"Your going to let me go now aren't you? Since you have your answers…"
"Not until you feel like your done crying, I refuse to leave you here alone, shedding tears, when such eyes should not do such a thing." Seto replied, as her kissed the top of her head. The smell of her hair was intoxicating to him.
"Smells like jasmine flowers.." he thought as if he was dreaming. The two did not move, for all eternity it seemed, and Seto wished it would have been forever….
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Jounouchi wondered where Seto had run off to. As did the others. They were prowling around the duelist area where the quarter finalists were resting, and down every hall.
"Maybe he did me a favor and dropped off the face of the Earth" Jounouchi responded when there was no sign of Seto.
"Or maybe he just got tired and went in his room like everyone else." Mai said, getting Jounouchi back down to earth.
"Well, he isn't in his room because his room is empty." replied Mokuba, with Obaba bringing up the rear, both panting and out of breath.
"Where is his room anyway?" Honda asked
"Top floor master suite." Obaba said, as if it wasn't unordinary.
"THAT KISAMA!" Jounouchi screamed, insulting Seto and his never ending wealth.
"Hey look, the masu inu can play speak. Can he play dead to?" replied Seto coldly.
Jounouchi leaped at Seto, only to flipped over behind Seto, and looking up the skirt of Kei, who immediately smacked him with the sheath of her katana.
"Who s this pervert?!" Kei screamed, as Jounouchi tried to get another peek, earning a kick to the head from Seto, as Kei hid behind him.
"Masu Inu"
"I mean his real name…..Katsuya wasn't it?"
"I like Jounouchi…." he said, recovering from the kick to the head. "Your going to give me brain damage Kaiba.."
"How can I give damage if there is nothing to damage in the first place?"
Jounouchi leapt at Seto, but to his surprise, Seto just walked off, with Mokuba and Obaba, and Kei on his arm.
"Seto-sama, why is he trying to hurt you?"
"Because he is mad that he can't beat me."
"But he is good, why can't he beat you?"
Seto just smirks at her, looks back at Jounouchi and holds Kei closer, thus making Jounuchi, Honda and Yami very jealous. The three curse him being such a ladies man, as Ryou and Ootogi laugh at them.
"They seem mad, are you sure they don't need some tea or flowers to cheer them up?"
"Quite sure." Seto said, kissing Kei's hand.
"YOU LITTLE SON OF A-" Kei does not hear the last word because Seto covers her ears.
"You shouldn't use such language in front of a lady." Seto retorted, trying to prove he was chivalrous to Kei, and showing off to the rest of the males in the room.
"Katsuya-san, are you ok?" Kei says, leaving Seto's grasp and going over to her new found friend.
"What do you see in that…kisama…anyway?" Jounouchi said with clenched teeth.
"I know he doesn't seem it, but Seto-sama is really sweet, he is…." Kei says. "And I know you can be sweet to." she adds, and hugs Jounouchi. "Please cheer up Katsuya-san. For me?" she says with the sweetest smile he had ever seen from someone that isn't his sister.
"God damn how do you do that?" Jounouchi said, ruffling her hair as she giggled.
"I wish you all the best of luck, I heard a lot about all of you, but the one I look forward to dueling is you, Katsuya-san." Kei bows, as she runs back to Seto, thus attaching herself to his arm, as little hearts float above her head.
"You are a sweet little girl, why do you act so cold?" Seto asked, waiting in the hall for the other quarter finalists to come.
"Because…well…I…."
"Your afraid to lose someone again, like you did with your father aren't you?"
"How did you kn-" Seto puts his finger to where her lips would be under the veil, and tells her :
"I never thought in my wildest dreams I could really love someone as I love you, and I barely met you two hours ago…you seem to be the reason I was put here, I can't describe it…maybe I was afraid of losing someone to, but look, we have each other, similar lives and stories, can't that be all that matters? No past, no present, just us, what do you say? Show me the real girl that you are, the one behind the veil…" he says, so close to her now that he can feel her heartbeat against his own. His hand slowly moves to take off her veil, to kiss her, when she takes it off quick as a flash and wraps it around his eyes.
"It is customary to wait before you fully see my face, as a test of love…if you pass it means you love me for who I am and not what I am…"
"I don't care if I never see your face, as long as I have you by my side." Seto assures, as he takes her and kisses her. Kei removes the veil from his eyes, and he keeps them shut, as a sign of respect, until she whispers he can open his eyes again. They embrace and Seto notices something strange on her lower back, but the bell to begin the duels rings before he can look. Seto tells Kei that for awhile, he is going to act differently around her when large amounts of people and press are around, saying, "I don't want this in the papers, and if our relationship ever does get published, then I want us both to agree to it, because the most terrible way for a relationship to end is by thousand of paparazzi watching your every move." Kei nods in agreement, and gives him one last kiss good luck, before she leaves to retrive a few things.
"The next duel, will be between…" the announcer is cut off from Seto's hearing by the sound of "OUT OF MY WAY!!!" and people being hit by what sounded like a very familiar electric guitar. Seto smiled and went out, he was going to enjoy his own tournament for the first time, because he now had someone special to enjoy it with.
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MINA!! Kei here! Kasumi-san is doing wonderfully! She is in second place! I AM SO HAPPY FOR HER! Katsuya-san and Yuugi-tatchi are doing well also, though Katsuya-san better pick it up or he may not get a wild card spot. What? Me? In the next duel? Dinosuar Ryuzakii?! Oh dear…..can I do it? Next time on Runners High: "Aoi Arashi, (Blue Storm)! The fight against Dinosuar Riyuzakii! Duel Standby!
MW: You mean we…
FW: Who's comp is it?
Mw:…..damn it!
FW: Don'tcya think the chibi get up is a bit utsey cutsey?
MW: How else would we fit onscreen if we were normal sized?
FW: Point. We don't own Yu-Gi-Oh but I own Kei Ishtar, and Kasumi Motou, so ask my permission first oke?
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A fresh day has begun, as a crowd of two hundred thousand line the stadium seats, awaiting the tournament that should start any time soon. Everyone is talking, and there are even cheer sections for certain duelists, and of course, Anzu, Mokuba, Honda, Shizuka, Jii-chan, Ryou and Obaba (Seto's maid, member her?) are all sitting together, as Ms. Motou brings them all snacks to their perfect view, right behind the top duelists, front row seats.
"Isn't it kind of Kaiba-sama to give us such wonderful seats with his grandmother and little brother, and a perfect place to see Jounouch-kun and Yuugi duel!" remarks a proud and smiling Ms. Motou as she hands everyone their respective orders.
"I am not his grandmother, even though I am old enough to be. I am just the woman who helped him grow up, and you should thank me, that he didn't turn into a clone of Gozaburo." said Obaba as she helped Ms. Motou pass out the food.
"Not only that, we get to see Kasumi-tachi duel! Maybe she'll even fight Mai-san or Oni-chan!" Shizuka said with joy at her elder brother's acceptance to the tournament.
"I am going to be so happy no matter which one of them wins, even if it is Kaiba-kun." replied the ever cheerful Anzu, as she scanned the crowd for Ootogi and waved him over.
"Hey guys, how are we all today?" says Ootogi as he sits on the other side of Shizuka, and makes Honda all the more jealous. "Shizuka-chan, you look so nice today. Off to impress your older brother? Make him feel confident for today?"
"Un!" replied Shizuka, beaming at Ootogi, while Honda tried to think of something to say.
"Shizuka, your brother will do the best he can, all for you, and I would to, especially since you look so radiant today. His little angel that cheers him on in the darkest situations, that is you Shizuka." said Honda, from the deepest crevice of his heart and soul, and leaving Ootogi, and the others with open mouths.
"Rhino head IS smart!" laughed Mokuba, as Obaba gently slapped him with her middle and index fingers ((FW: Jackie Chan adventures Uncle slap anyone?))
"Honda-kun, that was so sweet!" Anzu and Ms. Motou replied together, with shiny eyes, wishing men cold be more like him.
"I…Arigatou Honda-kun!" squeals Shizuka as she hugs him and rests her head on his shoulder.
"Wha….." is all that Ootogi can muster as he stands there, mouth gaping, shocked beyond belief, standing there, until someone chucks a soda can at him, yelling for him to sit his ass down.
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Seto now faces his worst fear. No, not Mou hitori no Yuugi, not Exodia, not even Pegasus himself. No, it is….((Writers shudder))..
"Reporters" Seto says with disgust, as he is mobbed with questions such as:
"Is the company in trouble?"
"Do you plan to avenge your loss to Yuugi Motou at Battle City?"
"Have you heard anything from Industrial Illusions?"
"Anyone in your life lately?"
"How's your brother? Your grandmother?"
Seto answered most, if not all of the questions he could hear, or understand with all the noise. He was starting to tire, and saw no way out, until Yuugi unluckily for him anyway, went right by the reporters, giving Seto a chance to slip away, and as soon as he did, reporters mobbed the defenseless Yuugi with similar questions.
"This place seems nice." Seto said gazing at the field behind the stadium, that looked out into the ocean, from a sheer drop of fifty feet or so. The cliff side and ocean view made for a serene moment, when Seto noticed someone…strange. A young girl, no older than himself, stood on one of the outreaching parts of the cliff, her long blonde hair blowing in the wind. She was dressed much like Isis had in Battle City, but with some differences. For one thing, she was his skin color, the dress was black as was the veil, her blue-green eyes in traditional Egyptian eye makeup, and a long katana strapped to her right leg.
"She must be left handed…not to many people in Japan are left handed…she has the duel disk on the left arm though, like everyone else, she must be ambidextrous…why am I even pondering about such nonsense…but she does look hauntingly beautiful…." Seto looks up, and the girl is gone, but a note flies from where she stood. It reads:
"Hello, my name is Kei Ishtar. I am an opponent in this tournament, and you are very important to me. Lets hope you last long enough for me to tell you why."
Seto crumpled the note and threw it in a waste bin, as he walked in the stadium, not realizing that Kei hopped down from the eve under which he was just standing, and is quietly following him. Seto notices something is not right and his nerves react. He quickens his pace, and is careful of where he walks, not wanting to go into a dead hallway. He soon hears something like a ring dangling from a necklace or maybe bracelet. He turns but no one is there, yet the sound gets louder as he gets more nervous.
"Shit" Kei thinks, trying to make her metal bracelet stop reacting from Seto's emotional swing. When it got out of control, she hurriedly took it off, but in doing so, lost a necklace of hers, and tried to catch it before Seto saw, but to late.
"You! Who are you and what do you want with me?" Seto yells
"I am here as a fight of honor, to restore my family name, and as I said, you shall know who I am when the time comes…but for now, you must relax, for the tournament shall soon begin, and one's mind must never be at rest, for the mind at rest is a mind in danger." and before he can stop her, Kei disappeared as if she was never there at all.
Seto stares at the space she just occupied, and wonders who she was…"Why do I…feel…like I know her? Why do I feel…like this inside? What if I do something so stupid…as to fall in love with her?" he asks himself. He quickly shakes these things off as he reaches the stadium and prepares for a long day.
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"And another stunning win for Kei Ishtar! Now the quarter finals shall begin shortly! Duelists take a rest while you can." the announcer said, giving instructions on a half hour intermission. Seto tried to get over to Kei, only to be paused by reporters. Yuugi met up with his friends as they commented on his duels, and congratulating Jounouchi for making it this far undefeated. Seto skipped talking with Mokuba, trying to follow Kei.
"There is something not right about her…her duels, she wins them in less than eleven turns…and seems to be using the same cards…what could she be up to?" Seto thought to himself as he made his way down the hall.
"Ta-kun!" Kasumi says, attaching herself to Seto's upper body. "Didya see me duel?"
"Yes, your better than I thought, now if you excuse me, I need to talk to someone."
"Aww Ta-kun but please won't you just stay? Onegai?" Kasumi said, using her big shiny green eyes against him.
"That doesn't work on me, unless your cute."
"So why isn't it working?"
"Kawaii kune" (un cute)
Kasumi storms off, red aura and all, muttering about getting revenge on her Ta-kun.
"I need to find Kei, I need answers…I need to understand why she is doing this." Seto said, begin to run down the halls.
Soon, he could see the outline of a girl, long hair and a veil. He ran over to her and grabbed her by the wrists and began to ask her questions.
"Who are you? Tell me!" Seto said harshly, slamming her back first against the wall and holding her there by her wrists.
"I am of no importance to you" Kei says, making no eye contact, which Seto finds strange.
"Such an outgoing girl, yet you can not find courage to look anyone straight in the eyes, why is that?"
"I…I…that is none of your business!" she said, trying to get out of his grip.
Seto loosened his grip, and raised the young woman's head to look him in the eyes. What he saw made him feel a rush of love, as her eyes were fresh with tears, shining a pale blue green.
"Even though I just see your eyes, you are probably the most beautiful girl in the world…" Seto said, as if he were in a trance. He put his arms around her waist, and hugged her close.
"What am I doing? Why am I falling in love…with this girl? How come I feel, as if I have known her my entire life?" were questions running around Seto's mind, as he held Kei close to him, as she began to cry and tell her story.
"When I was little, I was given to Isis to be trained, and then I heard that my father was murdered, and the reason why was because he beat Seto Kaiba and was ordered dead…" she cried her heart out to the man she despised, and they never knew why. Seto held her and assured her he would never kill a man for any reason, or at least one such as that.
"Your going to let me go now aren't you? Since you have your answers…"
"Not until you feel like your done crying, I refuse to leave you here alone, shedding tears, when such eyes should not do such a thing." Seto replied, as her kissed the top of her head. The smell of her hair was intoxicating to him.
"Smells like jasmine flowers.." he thought as if he was dreaming. The two did not move, for all eternity it seemed, and Seto wished it would have been forever….
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Jounouchi wondered where Seto had run off to. As did the others. They were prowling around the duelist area where the quarter finalists were resting, and down every hall.
"Maybe he did me a favor and dropped off the face of the Earth" Jounouchi responded when there was no sign of Seto.
"Or maybe he just got tired and went in his room like everyone else." Mai said, getting Jounouchi back down to earth.
"Well, he isn't in his room because his room is empty." replied Mokuba, with Obaba bringing up the rear, both panting and out of breath.
"Where is his room anyway?" Honda asked
"Top floor master suite." Obaba said, as if it wasn't unordinary.
"THAT KISAMA!" Jounouchi screamed, insulting Seto and his never ending wealth.
"Hey look, the masu inu can play speak. Can he play dead to?" replied Seto coldly.
Jounouchi leaped at Seto, only to flipped over behind Seto, and looking up the skirt of Kei, who immediately smacked him with the sheath of her katana.
"Who s this pervert?!" Kei screamed, as Jounouchi tried to get another peek, earning a kick to the head from Seto, as Kei hid behind him.
"Masu Inu"
"I mean his real name…..Katsuya wasn't it?"
"I like Jounouchi…." he said, recovering from the kick to the head. "Your going to give me brain damage Kaiba.."
"How can I give damage if there is nothing to damage in the first place?"
Jounouchi leapt at Seto, but to his surprise, Seto just walked off, with Mokuba and Obaba, and Kei on his arm.
"Seto-sama, why is he trying to hurt you?"
"Because he is mad that he can't beat me."
"But he is good, why can't he beat you?"
Seto just smirks at her, looks back at Jounouchi and holds Kei closer, thus making Jounuchi, Honda and Yami very jealous. The three curse him being such a ladies man, as Ryou and Ootogi laugh at them.
"They seem mad, are you sure they don't need some tea or flowers to cheer them up?"
"Quite sure." Seto said, kissing Kei's hand.
"YOU LITTLE SON OF A-" Kei does not hear the last word because Seto covers her ears.
"You shouldn't use such language in front of a lady." Seto retorted, trying to prove he was chivalrous to Kei, and showing off to the rest of the males in the room.
"Katsuya-san, are you ok?" Kei says, leaving Seto's grasp and going over to her new found friend.
"What do you see in that…kisama…anyway?" Jounouchi said with clenched teeth.
"I know he doesn't seem it, but Seto-sama is really sweet, he is…." Kei says. "And I know you can be sweet to." she adds, and hugs Jounouchi. "Please cheer up Katsuya-san. For me?" she says with the sweetest smile he had ever seen from someone that isn't his sister.
"God damn how do you do that?" Jounouchi said, ruffling her hair as she giggled.
"I wish you all the best of luck, I heard a lot about all of you, but the one I look forward to dueling is you, Katsuya-san." Kei bows, as she runs back to Seto, thus attaching herself to his arm, as little hearts float above her head.
"You are a sweet little girl, why do you act so cold?" Seto asked, waiting in the hall for the other quarter finalists to come.
"Because…well…I…."
"Your afraid to lose someone again, like you did with your father aren't you?"
"How did you kn-" Seto puts his finger to where her lips would be under the veil, and tells her :
"I never thought in my wildest dreams I could really love someone as I love you, and I barely met you two hours ago…you seem to be the reason I was put here, I can't describe it…maybe I was afraid of losing someone to, but look, we have each other, similar lives and stories, can't that be all that matters? No past, no present, just us, what do you say? Show me the real girl that you are, the one behind the veil…" he says, so close to her now that he can feel her heartbeat against his own. His hand slowly moves to take off her veil, to kiss her, when she takes it off quick as a flash and wraps it around his eyes.
"It is customary to wait before you fully see my face, as a test of love…if you pass it means you love me for who I am and not what I am…"
"I don't care if I never see your face, as long as I have you by my side." Seto assures, as he takes her and kisses her. Kei removes the veil from his eyes, and he keeps them shut, as a sign of respect, until she whispers he can open his eyes again. They embrace and Seto notices something strange on her lower back, but the bell to begin the duels rings before he can look. Seto tells Kei that for awhile, he is going to act differently around her when large amounts of people and press are around, saying, "I don't want this in the papers, and if our relationship ever does get published, then I want us both to agree to it, because the most terrible way for a relationship to end is by thousand of paparazzi watching your every move." Kei nods in agreement, and gives him one last kiss good luck, before she leaves to retrive a few things.
"The next duel, will be between…" the announcer is cut off from Seto's hearing by the sound of "OUT OF MY WAY!!!" and people being hit by what sounded like a very familiar electric guitar. Seto smiled and went out, he was going to enjoy his own tournament for the first time, because he now had someone special to enjoy it with.
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MINA!! Kei here! Kasumi-san is doing wonderfully! She is in second place! I AM SO HAPPY FOR HER! Katsuya-san and Yuugi-tatchi are doing well also, though Katsuya-san better pick it up or he may not get a wild card spot. What? Me? In the next duel? Dinosuar Ryuzakii?! Oh dear…..can I do it? Next time on Runners High: "Aoi Arashi, (Blue Storm)! The fight against Dinosuar Riyuzakii! Duel Standby!