Change of Heart
Chapter 27
Broken Triangle
Summary: Marik has his good side, not to mention that the Trinity is AT LAST put to rest.
Friday afternoon at Battle City...
Kai walked through the Center, watching others blade and duel. He still hadn't opened his gift from Ishizu. His shoulder was healing, more or less, but still have to be handled with care. As he passed through the multitudes, he sensed someone following him. He turned around, but there was nobody decipherable. He kept walking with the sensation of alarming eyes never leaving. He walked to an empty alleyway. "Who are you and why are you following me?" Kai asked.
Mokuba walked up. "Hey, Kai."
Kai's attitude tempered. "Hey yourself, Kuba-chan," Kai smiled.
Mokuba smiled notwithstanding his harsh expression. "If I don't let Seto call me Kuba-chan, what makes you think I'll let you?"
"Because I can," Kai answered. "And because, I have a present for you." Kai pulled something out of his pocket. "Open your hands..."
"Didn't I teach you not to take things from strangers, Mokuba?" a voice asked. Seto came up behind Mokuba, his hands on Mokuba's shoulders.
"But you know Kai, Seto," Mokuba said, looking up at his big brother.
"I used to know him," Kaiba corrected. "Why did you bring Mokuba here, Kai?"
"One, Mokuba followed me and two, I was about to give Mokuba a present," Kai handed Mokuba a tiny package.
Kaiba looked into the package as Mokuba opened it freely. "You've got to be kidding," Kaiba gasped.
"Thanks, Kai!" Mokuba shouted cheerfully.
Kai grinned, shrugging. "It's just a shooter, Seto. Kind of like the one you used to have." He turned to Mokuba. "Mind giving me and your brother some time, Mokuba?"
"Enjoy yourself!" Mokuba ran off with the shooter in his hand.
Kai stepped back as Kaiba stepped forward. "Can I help you?"
"Why are you being so inflexible, Kai?" Kaiba asked.
"One second," Kai said, looking in the shadows. "Come out!"
Trisha came out of the shadows, her hands raised in surrender. "Nothing gets past you, Kai."
"What do you want?" Kai growled.
"We want you to come back," Kaiba answered.
"And act as if nothing ever happened?" Kai began. "I can't do that."
Kaiba was knocked for six. "Kai – "
"Seto..." Kai unhurriedly walked past him. "You're my best friend, but I'll loathe you forever." He walked over to Trisha, stopping in front of her. His eyes narrowed. "As for you..."
"What about me?" Trisha asked timidly.
"I'll get back Dranzer before the Finals begin," Kai undertook. "So party your win while you can."
Kaiba and Trisha watched Kai enter the passing crowd. Kaiba sighed, standing behind Trisha. "Should we stop?" he asked.
"I don't know," Trisha answered. She turned around, hugging Kaiba. "Oh, Seto," she said, tears beginning to form. "What if he never forgives us?"
Kaiba let Trisha cry into his chest. "Forget it. Suzaku is dead. The Trinity is dead..." He hugged Trisha tighter for a moment, whispering something to her, then was gone.
In that moment, Trisha's world deteriorated. She folded into tears. 'This isn't the end. It can't be... There is another way. There has to be.' She felt someone lift her to her feet. It was Marik. She fell into his embrace, smiling through her tears. 'My road...' She and Marik kissed once again. 'My love lies within you.'
Chapter 27
Broken Triangle
Summary: Marik has his good side, not to mention that the Trinity is AT LAST put to rest.
Friday afternoon at Battle City...
Kai walked through the Center, watching others blade and duel. He still hadn't opened his gift from Ishizu. His shoulder was healing, more or less, but still have to be handled with care. As he passed through the multitudes, he sensed someone following him. He turned around, but there was nobody decipherable. He kept walking with the sensation of alarming eyes never leaving. He walked to an empty alleyway. "Who are you and why are you following me?" Kai asked.
Mokuba walked up. "Hey, Kai."
Kai's attitude tempered. "Hey yourself, Kuba-chan," Kai smiled.
Mokuba smiled notwithstanding his harsh expression. "If I don't let Seto call me Kuba-chan, what makes you think I'll let you?"
"Because I can," Kai answered. "And because, I have a present for you." Kai pulled something out of his pocket. "Open your hands..."
"Didn't I teach you not to take things from strangers, Mokuba?" a voice asked. Seto came up behind Mokuba, his hands on Mokuba's shoulders.
"But you know Kai, Seto," Mokuba said, looking up at his big brother.
"I used to know him," Kaiba corrected. "Why did you bring Mokuba here, Kai?"
"One, Mokuba followed me and two, I was about to give Mokuba a present," Kai handed Mokuba a tiny package.
Kaiba looked into the package as Mokuba opened it freely. "You've got to be kidding," Kaiba gasped.
"Thanks, Kai!" Mokuba shouted cheerfully.
Kai grinned, shrugging. "It's just a shooter, Seto. Kind of like the one you used to have." He turned to Mokuba. "Mind giving me and your brother some time, Mokuba?"
"Enjoy yourself!" Mokuba ran off with the shooter in his hand.
Kai stepped back as Kaiba stepped forward. "Can I help you?"
"Why are you being so inflexible, Kai?" Kaiba asked.
"One second," Kai said, looking in the shadows. "Come out!"
Trisha came out of the shadows, her hands raised in surrender. "Nothing gets past you, Kai."
"What do you want?" Kai growled.
"We want you to come back," Kaiba answered.
"And act as if nothing ever happened?" Kai began. "I can't do that."
Kaiba was knocked for six. "Kai – "
"Seto..." Kai unhurriedly walked past him. "You're my best friend, but I'll loathe you forever." He walked over to Trisha, stopping in front of her. His eyes narrowed. "As for you..."
"What about me?" Trisha asked timidly.
"I'll get back Dranzer before the Finals begin," Kai undertook. "So party your win while you can."
Kaiba and Trisha watched Kai enter the passing crowd. Kaiba sighed, standing behind Trisha. "Should we stop?" he asked.
"I don't know," Trisha answered. She turned around, hugging Kaiba. "Oh, Seto," she said, tears beginning to form. "What if he never forgives us?"
Kaiba let Trisha cry into his chest. "Forget it. Suzaku is dead. The Trinity is dead..." He hugged Trisha tighter for a moment, whispering something to her, then was gone.
In that moment, Trisha's world deteriorated. She folded into tears. 'This isn't the end. It can't be... There is another way. There has to be.' She felt someone lift her to her feet. It was Marik. She fell into his embrace, smiling through her tears. 'My road...' She and Marik kissed once again. 'My love lies within you.'