Kaikou walked slowly through the graveyard, trying not to focus on why she
was there, yet her mind kept drifting back to that point. She pulled her
coat closer to her skin, but the cold winds still cut through it and froze
her skin. She looked at her watch.
"5:00..man, I need to get Raia home. She has homework...this will only take a minute."
She sighed as she passed the now familiar tomestones, and made her way up to her father's grave. She hatred coming her, yet she hated herself even more for not coming her on the days she couldn't. For some reason, she felt most and least at ease when she was there.
"Juat a few minutes, that's all."
She climbed up the hill to where Geno Road's plot laid. She took a deep breath.
"Why am I so jumpy? He ins't even buried there. All that's in that coffin is his deck box." She closed her eyes. She needed to calm down...
She stopped dead in her tracks as she saw a figure standing beside the grave, his head bowed. She squinted, but couldn't make out any of his features. She approached slowly, and the figure whipped it's head around. Kaikou gasped. The figure had blonde hair, wore sunglasses (though it was nearly dark), in his hands a dagger and a deck case.
"Daddy?"
HE looked at her in shock, and bolted, Kaikou in hot pursute. She pump her legs as the figure ran through the cemetery, leaping over the stones and trying to lose her.
"Daddy, wai.!" She tripped, and tumbled down the hill. She opened her eyes, and saw him, holding out his hand. She reached for it, and as he helped her up, faded away. She looked around rapidly, but found no one. She gulped, and ran off.
****
Geno found himself in an alley, looked over at Michelle, and grabbed her by the coat. "What the hell was that?"
"A simple transport spell. Some of us use them instead of shiny daggers." She replied calming.
Geno wasn't in the mood. "That was my daughter!"
"Who you were running from."
Geno sighed. "She..she startled me, that's all."
"You were going to tell her your back. We can't have that."
Geno sighed. "I know, I know." He smiled. "Well, I got it."
Michelle's eyes lit up. "The card."
"Sadly, it won't work."
Michelle frowned. "Why not?"
"Think about it: Guy became CEO. He has access to the account. If I take anything out."
"He would know in an instant." Michelle said, finishing the thought.
"That's why we need to compete."
She looked at him. "Your going to challege your son..if you win, you get the company."
"Not quite. But rest assure, if I win, we both win." HE smiled, and put an arm around her. "So, we're about ready for the tournament." He held out his hand and she gladly took it as he lead her out of the alley. "Come on, we have to get the last supplies. Luckly, I can get those things easier than my money."
Neither of them saw the figure watching htem from above the alley. The person watched them closely, and then warped away.
"5:00..man, I need to get Raia home. She has homework...this will only take a minute."
She sighed as she passed the now familiar tomestones, and made her way up to her father's grave. She hatred coming her, yet she hated herself even more for not coming her on the days she couldn't. For some reason, she felt most and least at ease when she was there.
"Juat a few minutes, that's all."
She climbed up the hill to where Geno Road's plot laid. She took a deep breath.
"Why am I so jumpy? He ins't even buried there. All that's in that coffin is his deck box." She closed her eyes. She needed to calm down...
She stopped dead in her tracks as she saw a figure standing beside the grave, his head bowed. She squinted, but couldn't make out any of his features. She approached slowly, and the figure whipped it's head around. Kaikou gasped. The figure had blonde hair, wore sunglasses (though it was nearly dark), in his hands a dagger and a deck case.
"Daddy?"
HE looked at her in shock, and bolted, Kaikou in hot pursute. She pump her legs as the figure ran through the cemetery, leaping over the stones and trying to lose her.
"Daddy, wai.!" She tripped, and tumbled down the hill. She opened her eyes, and saw him, holding out his hand. She reached for it, and as he helped her up, faded away. She looked around rapidly, but found no one. She gulped, and ran off.
****
Geno found himself in an alley, looked over at Michelle, and grabbed her by the coat. "What the hell was that?"
"A simple transport spell. Some of us use them instead of shiny daggers." She replied calming.
Geno wasn't in the mood. "That was my daughter!"
"Who you were running from."
Geno sighed. "She..she startled me, that's all."
"You were going to tell her your back. We can't have that."
Geno sighed. "I know, I know." He smiled. "Well, I got it."
Michelle's eyes lit up. "The card."
"Sadly, it won't work."
Michelle frowned. "Why not?"
"Think about it: Guy became CEO. He has access to the account. If I take anything out."
"He would know in an instant." Michelle said, finishing the thought.
"That's why we need to compete."
She looked at him. "Your going to challege your son..if you win, you get the company."
"Not quite. But rest assure, if I win, we both win." HE smiled, and put an arm around her. "So, we're about ready for the tournament." He held out his hand and she gladly took it as he lead her out of the alley. "Come on, we have to get the last supplies. Luckly, I can get those things easier than my money."
Neither of them saw the figure watching htem from above the alley. The person watched them closely, and then warped away.