Chapter 5 - Returning to normal?
[Mweeeee, lack of updates .; Sorry about that]
Kaiba sat in his room of his mansion and typed on his laptop, looking like he was working. Mokuba came through the door and walked up to him, curious to see what his older brother was working on and why.
"Seto, what are you doing? You aren't working again, are you?" asked Mokuba quietly.
Kaiba shook his head and took a break from typing. "Instead of listening to those morons on the television, I'm doing some research of my own...And you are supposed to be in bed, Mokuba"
He was about to go back to typing when the phone rang. Kaiba sighed and picked up the phone. Before he could speak the person on the other line, cut in.
"K-Kaiba..." Said the voice.
Kaiba's eyes widened a bit then his face went serious. 'Someone is on the same line...but why did it ring'
"H-help me....p-please, Seto. I'm d-dying," cracked the voice again then it sounded like the phone had been dropped.
Kaiba put the phone down and stood up, walking to the hallway.
"Mokuba, stay here." He ordered as he left his room.
Mokuba ran over to the doorway and looked out. "But why?"
"Just do it. And lock the door." Called back Kaiba as he started walking down the stairs.
Mokuba hesitated nervously and did what he was told. Kaiba reached the bottom of the stairs and scanned the hallway carefully with his eyes. It was raining that evening and a storm had brew up, making a more suspenseful atmosphere at the Kaiba mansion. He noticed the front door partly open and he closed it slowly and quietly, looking along the floor. As he expected, the one who had broke into his home had left a trail of rain soaked footsteps. Kaiba followed the path slowly and carefully, making sure that he would not be jumped unexpectedly.
He ended up in the library of the mansion and he say Chikara, cut up and soaking wet, shivering on one of the large chairs with a portable phone lying on the floor. Her wet hair stuck to her forehead and face as blood from different cuts over her body bled freely and slowly. Kaiba had the immediate urge to run over to her and hug her, comfort her and take her to the hospital right away. He wanted to stroke her hair and tell her that everything will be fine. But he knew that was far from the truth. Instead, he walked over to her cautiously and looked over her carefully. Chikara didn't seem to notice him as she stared at the ground and shivered.
Kaiba lightly placed his hand on her cold face and tilted it upwards slightly, ignoring the feeling of the warm blood. Her eyes were back to the soft mysterious purple as they were before, but they looked distanced and lost. A wave of relief and worry rushed through Kaiba as he carefully picked her up and carried her to one of the second floor guest rooms. Around half way up the stairs, Chikara had fainted. He quickly wrapped bandages around the bleeding wounds and went back to his room.
Mokuba was sitting in the chair in front of his computer and was reading something. Kaiba opened the door and his younger brother looked up at him.
"Seto, look what I found!" he said as he pointed to a news article on the laptop screen.
Kaiba walked up perplexed and leaned on the back of his chair, starting to read the article. "Around noon, there was an unexpected fire that was caused from a brawl of some sort in a warehouse, say the authorities. After the fire was put out, there was a dead body found-"
Kaiba stopped reading and stood up straight. "Mokuba, I want you to call Chikara's house if the others are still there. Tell them to meet a limousine in front of the house in 5 minutes."
Mokuba nodded and hopped off the chair then ran out into the hallway to the downstairs kitchen. Kaiba sat down in the chair and continued skimming through the page.
'This is a lot worse than I thought..' he said to himself mentally. 'If Chikara was there..then at that broken in apartment....then she isn't herself yet.'
He heard Mokuba's footsteps come running up the stairs then down the hallway. Mokuba skidded to a stop when he saw Chikara lying on a bed through a slightly open door. He quietly opened the door some more and slipped inside, walking up to the bed. Mokuba cringed when he saw the blood that was starting to soak through the bandages then he jumped when Chikara opened her eyes and looked at him.
"S-Seto?" yelled back Mokuba as he nervously backed up towards the door. "I-I think she's awake and h-here!"
Chikara slowly sat up and tried to stand up, but was weak from beatings. Mokuba got more frightened by the second and ran out of the room with Chikara slamming the door shut right behind him. She leaned against the door and sat down, making sure the door was locked and no one could enter. Kaiba heard the slam and walked out into the hallway, only to see his brother running full speed at him, looking very frightened.
"Mokuba, what happene-oof!" said Kaiba as soon as his brother ran into him.
"It was Chikara! She was sleeping or something then she woke up!" whispered Mokuba. "And she was starting to get up and she looked so...scary! First it looked like she was going to throw up, then it looked like she was coming after me!"
Kaiba looked up at the door to the room Chikara was in and patted Mokuba's head. "Just wait downstairs for Yugi and the others to arrive. Chikara won't hurt you or anyone else, I promise."
Mokuba nodded and ran downstairs as fast as he could, trying not to look back at the room. Kaiba watched him leave then walked over to the door that Chikara locked. He knocked on the door and waited for an answer.
"Chikara, I know that you are in there and awake. Can you please open the door?" asked Kaiba as he reached to turn the doorknob.
He scowled a bit when the door wouldn't budge. Kaiba sighed then spoke through the door again.
"Just try not to move too much because of your condition. I'm going downstairs to get you something to eat, alright?" he waited for an answer. Nothing.
He shook his head and walked downstairs. By the time he got downstairs, the limousine had already pulled up and Yugi and the others walked out. Kaiba let them in and looked at them seriously. He led them into the living room and they sat down. Malik kept to himself in a corner and stood there, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and his head slightly bowed.
"As you should have probably guessed, Chikara is here and badly injured. I read in a news article that one of the two men that she was going to go after was found dead at the warehouse close to the pier." Explained Kaiba as he crossed his arm and started to pace across the room. "Right now, Chikara has locked herself in the room that I have given her and she is not coming out. She seems back to her normal self but I am not perfectly sure."
Isis took the moment to glare at her brother, who just diverted his eyes in reply. "If Malik was not being so suspicious before, we could have come here sooner..."
Malik muttered under his breath. "It wasn't my fault. How am I supposed to know what my yami does anyways..."
"Since I tried to get her to come out with no success, I am guessing that one of you might be able to." Finished Kaiba.
"But ain't you her boyfriend?" asked Joey lazily.
Kaiba's cheeks started to go red and he turned away. "What happens between Chikara and I is not to be shared. This situation is more important. Now you must go one at a time and try to get her to come out of the room." He then walked off towards the kitchen.
"Aright! I'm going first and I'll get her out of that damned room before any of you and this'll be straightened out in no time!" exclaimed Joey as he jumped up from his chair and strode confidently out to the second floor.
Tea sweat dropped and sunk lower in her chair. "There is no way that Joey can figure this out before any of us. Besides, if Kaiba couldn't get Chikara to come out, then Joey has no chance."
Joey, being his stubborn self, walked up the stairs and knocked on the door; which was the only one that was closed.
"Aright, Chikara. Now you listen to me and get out of that room right now," said Joey a bit loudly.
Tristan groaned when he heard the blonde yelling at the door and slapped his forehead.
"Ah, come on, Chikara! Please?" pleaded Joey as he knocked on the door again. "This is making me look bad and I said to all of 'em down there that you would come out!"
After a few more minutes of hearing the yelling and whining, Joey trudged back down the stairs and flopped back in his chair, unsuccessful.
"Next one up," he said then he flipped the television on.
Tea tried next with reasoning, but with no success. Tristan didn't bother because he was already snoring by the time Tea got back downstairs. Bakura returned unsuccessful as the rest and he shrugged his shoulders, apologizing. Yugi didn't feel like going up so he let Yami try.
A few moments passed by and nothing happened. Then there was a yell from Yami and he tumbled down the stairs, landing flat on his face and a slam of a door. Everyone turned around and Yugi ran up to him.
"Yami, what happened up there?" asked Yugi worriedly.
Yami sat up and dust himself off, looking furious. "She opened the door a bit and I assumed that she would emerge. Little did I know that she had a pair of shears in her hand and she tried to hack at my HAIR!"
He covered his hair and muttered a few Egyptian curses under his breath. Yugi sweat dropped and walked back to the living room, trying to look like he didn't know what his yami was going on about.
"I'm sure she was only trying to cut it, Yami. She wouldn't hack at it like it was a wild animal," said Yugi.
"Though it does look like a porcupine from over here..." said Joey to himself.
In return, he got the glares from Yugi and Yami and started getting nervous.
"Hey guys," he said as he put his hands up defensively. "I was only jokin! You know, talkin to myself!.........uh, guys?"
The two jumped Joey and started partly beating him up with fists and pillows. Isis rolled her eyes and looked over at her more or less isolated brother.
"You go up next, Malik. It was you that said not to come here." She said flatly.
Malik mumbled and exited the room, heading towards the upstairs bedroom. He got up to the door and knocked on it.
"Chikara, you are in there. Now will you please come out," he asked half- heartedly.
There was no answer but Chikara started humming to herself and Malik could hear it. He was going to say something then paused a moment.
/Yami, what did you do?/ he asked suspiciously.
His Yami didn't answer but was humming as well, snickering as he went along. Malik's eye twitched as he knocked on the door again.
"Chikara, stop that right now and come on out." He said flatly.
Still no reply, expect for the annoying humming coming from the door and from Yami Malik's soul room.
"Stop that humming! BOTH OF YOU!" yelled Malik.
The whole group downstairs as they heard Malik supposedly yelling at two people and sweat dropped.
"FOR RA'S SAKE! STOP THE NOISE ALREADY!" yelled Malik again.
Chikara stopped for a second and glanced around her room. She stopped her gaze at the window at the other side of the room and saw Shadi standing there, looking right at her. Chikara jumped up, opened the door and slammed the door shut behind her. She held the doorknob so the door couldn't be opened from the inside.
"Stay away!" she yelled.
Malik blinked and sweat dropped at Chikara's appearance. Her hair was sort of messy and she looked like she trapped a murdered inside of a corner. Malik walked up to her and put his hand on her shoulder. Chikara jumped and turned around to see Malik. It took her a few moments to realize who he was then the door opened. Chikara jumped again and mostly stumbled down the stairs to the first floor, wincing each time the cuts opened. She entered the kitchen and sat in a corner, away from the doorway with a couple of drawers beside her.
Kaiba looked up from his staring at the table and saw Chikara.
"I thought I told you not to get up..." he said quietly.
Malik had ran after her and stopped dead in his tracks at the doorway. Kaiba was standing up cautiously as Chikara reached into one of the drawers and picked up a long cutting knife. She crossed her arms and sat there, keeping her gaze at the ground.
"You shouldn't be up," started Kaiba. "Look at you. We-..I'm going to bring you back to the hospital and get you fixed up."
Chikara shook her head and kept her gaze at the ground, looking like she was thinking hard about something.
Malik gulped nervously and watched Chikara. 'Yami, what the hell did you do to her? It was bad enough that she was crazed already. He didn't have to encourage her! She is probably thinking about those people who killed her parents...she won't let anyone near her. She is starting out with isolating then will go right for the kill. But if she gets what she wants from killing those people...is she going to go after us?'
[Mwaha...another cut off ¬¬ Exams are coming up soon and I'll try to get the next chapter up by then cause I'll be studying big time. Thanks for the reviews and hopefully there will be more .]
Kaiba sat in his room of his mansion and typed on his laptop, looking like he was working. Mokuba came through the door and walked up to him, curious to see what his older brother was working on and why.
"Seto, what are you doing? You aren't working again, are you?" asked Mokuba quietly.
Kaiba shook his head and took a break from typing. "Instead of listening to those morons on the television, I'm doing some research of my own...And you are supposed to be in bed, Mokuba"
He was about to go back to typing when the phone rang. Kaiba sighed and picked up the phone. Before he could speak the person on the other line, cut in.
"K-Kaiba..." Said the voice.
Kaiba's eyes widened a bit then his face went serious. 'Someone is on the same line...but why did it ring'
"H-help me....p-please, Seto. I'm d-dying," cracked the voice again then it sounded like the phone had been dropped.
Kaiba put the phone down and stood up, walking to the hallway.
"Mokuba, stay here." He ordered as he left his room.
Mokuba ran over to the doorway and looked out. "But why?"
"Just do it. And lock the door." Called back Kaiba as he started walking down the stairs.
Mokuba hesitated nervously and did what he was told. Kaiba reached the bottom of the stairs and scanned the hallway carefully with his eyes. It was raining that evening and a storm had brew up, making a more suspenseful atmosphere at the Kaiba mansion. He noticed the front door partly open and he closed it slowly and quietly, looking along the floor. As he expected, the one who had broke into his home had left a trail of rain soaked footsteps. Kaiba followed the path slowly and carefully, making sure that he would not be jumped unexpectedly.
He ended up in the library of the mansion and he say Chikara, cut up and soaking wet, shivering on one of the large chairs with a portable phone lying on the floor. Her wet hair stuck to her forehead and face as blood from different cuts over her body bled freely and slowly. Kaiba had the immediate urge to run over to her and hug her, comfort her and take her to the hospital right away. He wanted to stroke her hair and tell her that everything will be fine. But he knew that was far from the truth. Instead, he walked over to her cautiously and looked over her carefully. Chikara didn't seem to notice him as she stared at the ground and shivered.
Kaiba lightly placed his hand on her cold face and tilted it upwards slightly, ignoring the feeling of the warm blood. Her eyes were back to the soft mysterious purple as they were before, but they looked distanced and lost. A wave of relief and worry rushed through Kaiba as he carefully picked her up and carried her to one of the second floor guest rooms. Around half way up the stairs, Chikara had fainted. He quickly wrapped bandages around the bleeding wounds and went back to his room.
Mokuba was sitting in the chair in front of his computer and was reading something. Kaiba opened the door and his younger brother looked up at him.
"Seto, look what I found!" he said as he pointed to a news article on the laptop screen.
Kaiba walked up perplexed and leaned on the back of his chair, starting to read the article. "Around noon, there was an unexpected fire that was caused from a brawl of some sort in a warehouse, say the authorities. After the fire was put out, there was a dead body found-"
Kaiba stopped reading and stood up straight. "Mokuba, I want you to call Chikara's house if the others are still there. Tell them to meet a limousine in front of the house in 5 minutes."
Mokuba nodded and hopped off the chair then ran out into the hallway to the downstairs kitchen. Kaiba sat down in the chair and continued skimming through the page.
'This is a lot worse than I thought..' he said to himself mentally. 'If Chikara was there..then at that broken in apartment....then she isn't herself yet.'
He heard Mokuba's footsteps come running up the stairs then down the hallway. Mokuba skidded to a stop when he saw Chikara lying on a bed through a slightly open door. He quietly opened the door some more and slipped inside, walking up to the bed. Mokuba cringed when he saw the blood that was starting to soak through the bandages then he jumped when Chikara opened her eyes and looked at him.
"S-Seto?" yelled back Mokuba as he nervously backed up towards the door. "I-I think she's awake and h-here!"
Chikara slowly sat up and tried to stand up, but was weak from beatings. Mokuba got more frightened by the second and ran out of the room with Chikara slamming the door shut right behind him. She leaned against the door and sat down, making sure the door was locked and no one could enter. Kaiba heard the slam and walked out into the hallway, only to see his brother running full speed at him, looking very frightened.
"Mokuba, what happene-oof!" said Kaiba as soon as his brother ran into him.
"It was Chikara! She was sleeping or something then she woke up!" whispered Mokuba. "And she was starting to get up and she looked so...scary! First it looked like she was going to throw up, then it looked like she was coming after me!"
Kaiba looked up at the door to the room Chikara was in and patted Mokuba's head. "Just wait downstairs for Yugi and the others to arrive. Chikara won't hurt you or anyone else, I promise."
Mokuba nodded and ran downstairs as fast as he could, trying not to look back at the room. Kaiba watched him leave then walked over to the door that Chikara locked. He knocked on the door and waited for an answer.
"Chikara, I know that you are in there and awake. Can you please open the door?" asked Kaiba as he reached to turn the doorknob.
He scowled a bit when the door wouldn't budge. Kaiba sighed then spoke through the door again.
"Just try not to move too much because of your condition. I'm going downstairs to get you something to eat, alright?" he waited for an answer. Nothing.
He shook his head and walked downstairs. By the time he got downstairs, the limousine had already pulled up and Yugi and the others walked out. Kaiba let them in and looked at them seriously. He led them into the living room and they sat down. Malik kept to himself in a corner and stood there, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and his head slightly bowed.
"As you should have probably guessed, Chikara is here and badly injured. I read in a news article that one of the two men that she was going to go after was found dead at the warehouse close to the pier." Explained Kaiba as he crossed his arm and started to pace across the room. "Right now, Chikara has locked herself in the room that I have given her and she is not coming out. She seems back to her normal self but I am not perfectly sure."
Isis took the moment to glare at her brother, who just diverted his eyes in reply. "If Malik was not being so suspicious before, we could have come here sooner..."
Malik muttered under his breath. "It wasn't my fault. How am I supposed to know what my yami does anyways..."
"Since I tried to get her to come out with no success, I am guessing that one of you might be able to." Finished Kaiba.
"But ain't you her boyfriend?" asked Joey lazily.
Kaiba's cheeks started to go red and he turned away. "What happens between Chikara and I is not to be shared. This situation is more important. Now you must go one at a time and try to get her to come out of the room." He then walked off towards the kitchen.
"Aright! I'm going first and I'll get her out of that damned room before any of you and this'll be straightened out in no time!" exclaimed Joey as he jumped up from his chair and strode confidently out to the second floor.
Tea sweat dropped and sunk lower in her chair. "There is no way that Joey can figure this out before any of us. Besides, if Kaiba couldn't get Chikara to come out, then Joey has no chance."
Joey, being his stubborn self, walked up the stairs and knocked on the door; which was the only one that was closed.
"Aright, Chikara. Now you listen to me and get out of that room right now," said Joey a bit loudly.
Tristan groaned when he heard the blonde yelling at the door and slapped his forehead.
"Ah, come on, Chikara! Please?" pleaded Joey as he knocked on the door again. "This is making me look bad and I said to all of 'em down there that you would come out!"
After a few more minutes of hearing the yelling and whining, Joey trudged back down the stairs and flopped back in his chair, unsuccessful.
"Next one up," he said then he flipped the television on.
Tea tried next with reasoning, but with no success. Tristan didn't bother because he was already snoring by the time Tea got back downstairs. Bakura returned unsuccessful as the rest and he shrugged his shoulders, apologizing. Yugi didn't feel like going up so he let Yami try.
A few moments passed by and nothing happened. Then there was a yell from Yami and he tumbled down the stairs, landing flat on his face and a slam of a door. Everyone turned around and Yugi ran up to him.
"Yami, what happened up there?" asked Yugi worriedly.
Yami sat up and dust himself off, looking furious. "She opened the door a bit and I assumed that she would emerge. Little did I know that she had a pair of shears in her hand and she tried to hack at my HAIR!"
He covered his hair and muttered a few Egyptian curses under his breath. Yugi sweat dropped and walked back to the living room, trying to look like he didn't know what his yami was going on about.
"I'm sure she was only trying to cut it, Yami. She wouldn't hack at it like it was a wild animal," said Yugi.
"Though it does look like a porcupine from over here..." said Joey to himself.
In return, he got the glares from Yugi and Yami and started getting nervous.
"Hey guys," he said as he put his hands up defensively. "I was only jokin! You know, talkin to myself!.........uh, guys?"
The two jumped Joey and started partly beating him up with fists and pillows. Isis rolled her eyes and looked over at her more or less isolated brother.
"You go up next, Malik. It was you that said not to come here." She said flatly.
Malik mumbled and exited the room, heading towards the upstairs bedroom. He got up to the door and knocked on it.
"Chikara, you are in there. Now will you please come out," he asked half- heartedly.
There was no answer but Chikara started humming to herself and Malik could hear it. He was going to say something then paused a moment.
/Yami, what did you do?/ he asked suspiciously.
His Yami didn't answer but was humming as well, snickering as he went along. Malik's eye twitched as he knocked on the door again.
"Chikara, stop that right now and come on out." He said flatly.
Still no reply, expect for the annoying humming coming from the door and from Yami Malik's soul room.
"Stop that humming! BOTH OF YOU!" yelled Malik.
The whole group downstairs as they heard Malik supposedly yelling at two people and sweat dropped.
"FOR RA'S SAKE! STOP THE NOISE ALREADY!" yelled Malik again.
Chikara stopped for a second and glanced around her room. She stopped her gaze at the window at the other side of the room and saw Shadi standing there, looking right at her. Chikara jumped up, opened the door and slammed the door shut behind her. She held the doorknob so the door couldn't be opened from the inside.
"Stay away!" she yelled.
Malik blinked and sweat dropped at Chikara's appearance. Her hair was sort of messy and she looked like she trapped a murdered inside of a corner. Malik walked up to her and put his hand on her shoulder. Chikara jumped and turned around to see Malik. It took her a few moments to realize who he was then the door opened. Chikara jumped again and mostly stumbled down the stairs to the first floor, wincing each time the cuts opened. She entered the kitchen and sat in a corner, away from the doorway with a couple of drawers beside her.
Kaiba looked up from his staring at the table and saw Chikara.
"I thought I told you not to get up..." he said quietly.
Malik had ran after her and stopped dead in his tracks at the doorway. Kaiba was standing up cautiously as Chikara reached into one of the drawers and picked up a long cutting knife. She crossed her arms and sat there, keeping her gaze at the ground.
"You shouldn't be up," started Kaiba. "Look at you. We-..I'm going to bring you back to the hospital and get you fixed up."
Chikara shook her head and kept her gaze at the ground, looking like she was thinking hard about something.
Malik gulped nervously and watched Chikara. 'Yami, what the hell did you do to her? It was bad enough that she was crazed already. He didn't have to encourage her! She is probably thinking about those people who killed her parents...she won't let anyone near her. She is starting out with isolating then will go right for the kill. But if she gets what she wants from killing those people...is she going to go after us?'
[Mwaha...another cut off ¬¬ Exams are coming up soon and I'll try to get the next chapter up by then cause I'll be studying big time. Thanks for the reviews and hopefully there will be more .]
