The Spirit of the Necklace
By: Swimming Angel
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Disclaimer-I do not own any of Yu-Gi-Oh's character's, cards, etc. I do own Sierra though!
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Chapter Five: Obelisk the Tormenter and the LieIt had been an hour since Seto Kaiba had walked into the laboratory room. Now, quite tired from sitting in the same spot, Mokuba gave a tour of Kaiba Corps for Sierra. In Sierra's eyes, it was a fair sized building. In fair sized, it was about the same as any other large building in America.
"So, Mokuba, I take it you come here often?" asked Sierra.
"At least once a week," Mokuba explained, "My brother always tries to make new things to please our customers. He takes these things seriously."
"I see," Sierra understood, "Well, do you know any scoops about the tournament?"
"I hear Seto talking about them a lot," Mokuba said, "Just between you and me, I'll tell you some things that'll be new and different than you've ever experienced."
"I've never been in a tournament, but I bet I'll learn," Sierra said.
"You haven't? Tournaments are the best!" Mokuba said, "Well, going back to the info, at the moment, my brother's testing his new duel disk. It's something that will project the monsters on your card into holographic images. I think it's really cool! Everybody in the tournament will receive one. Also, to get into the tournament, you have to get at least one rare card. I don't know why yet, but everything will become clear when the rules will be spoken. I think the meeting place for this tournament is in a plaza downtown. I'm not sure what it's called at the moment, but I'm sure Seto will tell you soon."
"The duel disk does sound neat. I'm more worried about who's going to be in the tournament. I hope that I'm good enough," Sierra said.
"Don't worry, what are you ranked in the America?" asked Mokuba.
"I don't know, I'm a singer, not a duelist," Sierra replied.
"That's not good, then who have you dueled?" interrogated Mokuba.
"Let's see, hmm…. Rebecca Hawkins, Bandit Keith, and other people, but I think Rebecca and Keith are the people I've dueled that gave me some trouble," Sierra said.
"Did you win or lose against them?" Mokuba asked.
"Let's see, for Rebecca, that's always been on and off. Bandit Keith, he's a pushover, I've always beaten him. He wasn't ever easy though," Sierra replied.
"Sierra, did you know that they are one of the top ranked duelists in your country?" asked Mokuba, now shocked.
"I knew about Rebecca, she's a child prodigy. Keith? Woah, I never knew that," Sierra said.
"If what you say is true, you won't have any problem," Mokuba assured.
"Well that's encouraging," Sierra said, and then felt a tap on the shoulder.
"Excuse me miss, could you bring this to Mr. Kaiba," a person said and handed her a plate that held teacups and sugar.
"Er- Sure," Sierra said, not accustomed to serving other people.
"Thank-you, ma'am."
Sierra started walking back towards the laboratory with Mokuba by her side.
"Sorry about this," Mokuba said.
"That's okay, hey, I may need to serve later, so I guess I should start now," Sierra said and smiled.
"You've never served anyone?" Mokuba asked.
"Well, yeah I have, but it's been a while," Sierra said, and the smile was wiped off her face.
"What's wrong?" Mokuba asked, confused.
"Oh nothing, just brought back memories," Sierra said.
"Oh," Mokuba said, knowing he should not ask any more questions.
"Well, we're here," Sierra said and opened the door, "You can wait here."
"Okay," Mokuba responded.
Opening the door, a narrow hall awaited her. After finding the light switch, the hall lit up.
"Well, I guess I should go," Sierra said.
She started walking down the hall, and saw a few pictures here and there, but that was barely it. The halls were painted white, so everything looked dull. Finally, a door appeared and Sierra opened it to reveal a small stadium with what looked like Duel Monsters.
"So this is what Mokuba was talking about," Sierra muttered to herself and spotted Kaiba.
She walked toward him, and saw he was smirking.
"I sacrifice three monsters to play Obelisk the Tormenter!" Seto Kaiba yelled.
The room suddenly lit up, and from the bottom of the stadium raised a blue monster, it was large and looked very powerful. Fear and amazement crept over Sierra. So this is one of three cards that held tremendous power.
"Now attack Obelisk!" Kaiba yelled, and as commanded, the god card attacked the monster. The force of the monster was tremendous! Bright lights appeared everywhere, and the opposing monster disappeared.
After the attack, the stadium's lights turned off, and the holographic images disappeared.
"Wow," Sierra said, but remembered her duty and brung the tea to Kaiba.
"I was beginning to wonder about this," Kaiba said and gave Sierra a nod.
"Er- Your welcome," Sierra said.
"We can go now, tell Mokuba I'll be out in a minute," Kaiba replied.
"Sure thing!" Sierra said, and started walking away from Seto Kaiba.
Reaching the door that lead to the hallway where Mokuba sat, Sierra opened it.
"Hey there, your brother's coming out soon," Sierra replied.
"Okay," Mokuba said.
Moments later, Seto Kaiba walked out of the door and said, "Let's go."
As before, the limo ride was speechless, until seeing a group of teenagers about Seto Kaiba and Sierra's age. There were four people, three boys and one girl. They were walking towards what looked like a game shop. Kaiba's eyes squinted in rage at the smallest one.
"Step on it," Kaiba said to the driver.
Concerned, Sierra asked, "What's wrong?"
"This doesn't concern you," Kaiba replied, apparently not wanting to tell "petty matters."
Intelligently, Sierra decided to keep quiet and not say another word. Though, the smallest one of the group was quite familiar, as if she had seen him before. But, why did Kaiba feel agitated against him? Strange…
Finally reaching the Kaiba manor, Kaiba, Mokuba, and Sierra stepped out of the limo.
"Will you need anything else, sir?" asked the driver.
"That will be all," Kaiba said, with an emotionless, cold voice, and added, "Sierra, come with me."
"Sure thing," Sierra said, curious what Kaiba was going to discuss.
"Well, I guess I'll go to my room," Mokuba said plainly, apparently thinking out loud.
~*~Seto Kaiba's Office~*~
"So, what do you want to talk about?" asked Sierra, after mustering up enough courage after moments of waiting in Kaiba's office.
"My company, Kaiba Corps will be hosting a Duel Monsters Tournament," Seto began, while looking at Sierra in the eye, "Next week, every top duelist around the world will be able to join this tournament to see who is the best. To be the best, you have to have six locator cards."
"What are locator cards?" asked Sierra, starting to become more interested in this tournament.
"These," said Kaiba, and took out six clear cards from his desk, "Of course, these are only copies of the real ones. Each duelist will receive one, and when winning a duel, he or she will receive any number, depending on how many they choose to lose."
"I see, but there's more to it than that, isn't there, Seto Kaiba?" asked Sierra, now having a glint in her eye like fire.
"You're catching on well, I see," Kaiba said, "But, not only do you choose to lose an amount of locator cards on the line, you also will surrender you strongest card in your deck, if you lose that is."
"Which makes the game even harder, but, if you win," Sierra smiled, now anxious to start the competition, seeing she was always competitive, "You get their strongest card."
"Right, The rules are also different than regular playing," Kaiba explained, trying to get Sierra to understand the object of the game, "This will be explained more clearly later on, but if you have a monster having more than three stars, you must sacrifice at least one monster, depending on the star value. Also, even if you are able to get a strong monster on the field, you have to wait for your next turn to attack."
"Well, that stinks," Sierra muttered, displeased with this rule.
Unfortunately, Kaiba heard this and replied, "Well, unlike you, this is an advantage to me, and most likely for you when in a tight spot."
"Whatever, and who said, I was bad in duel monsters?" asked Sierra, seeing that Kaiba underestimated her.
Kaiba closed his eyes with a smile, and mocked, "Who said you were bad in duel monsters? As far as I know, you are nothing more than an amateur."
Sierra glared and frowned, "Look Kaiba, I may have no ranking-"
Kaiba interrupted, "Precisely, you have no ranking. You have had no experience in a tournament, making you have a disadvantage. Also, even if you do get into the finals, there's no way, you'd be able to beat Yugi and myself."
"Is that so?" Sierra asked, even more irritated by Kaiba's ruthlessness.
"Yes, you see, unlike you, we both have had more experience and knowledge of these type of tournaments. Also, I have an Egyptian God Card-"
This time, Sierra interrupted, "You may have an Egyptian God Card, Kaiba, but I can take it away from you any time."
"Ha, you make laugh. You have no clue where I hid it! Plus, I knew when I asked you for the card; you would never ask the card back. True, you may be a celebrity, but you still have a long way to go," Kaiba said.
"You make me sick," Sierra said, now filled with anger.
"Thanks, but I'd rather be called something nicer," Kaiba said.
"Let's get to the point, what do you want from me?" Sierra asked.
"Glad you asked, I need you to pick up Mokuba for me, and you already know what you need to know when people are at the plaza. So, just drop him off at the plaza, and remember to get your deck, since that's what you need to enter the tournament," Kaiba explained.
"Whatever," Sierra replied.
"If you don't, you'll have to go live in a hotel," Kaiba said with his eyes clothes, picturing what Sierra was about to say next.
"It doesn't matter to me," Sierra said.
"I knew you were going to say that," Kaiba said and smiled, "You're lucky I'm in such a good mood today. You Americans I've seen like the top cars don't you?"
"Get to the point, Kaiba," Sierra said, now curious of Kaiba's new topic.
"Would you like 2005 version of the Mercedes Mclaren?" Kaiba asked.
"Mercedes? THAT'S MY FAVORITE BRAND OF CAR!" Sierra exclaimed, "I haven't gotten one in forever!"
She then put her arms around Kaiba and embraced. With a shocked face, Kaiba said, "Let's not get to touchy here," he responded and pulled the arms over his head.
"Okay," Sierra said and laughed.
"Now I have some work to do," Kaiba said.
With those words, Sierra left, shutting the door that lead to the hallway where Mokuba was standing. He was smiling, and his eyes just glared up at Sierra.
"I overheard what Seto was saying! So that means you're going to take me from school to the plaza?" Mokuba asked.
"Yep, you betcha!" Sierra said and winked.
"Hey, wait a minute, what did Seto give you?" asked Mokuba.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Sierra asked, now wondering what the heck Mokuba was talking about.
"I know Seto gave you something to make you bring me to the pizza plaza," Mokuba stated, remembering old times.
"Oh, I see. He said he's going to give me a really cool car that's going to be released a year from now. I've seen pictures of it and can't wait to have it!" Sierra said with an excited voice. With that discovery, Mokuba decided to leave Sierra be and visit his brother.
"Hey Seto, can I ask you something?" Mokuba asked politely.
"I'm kind of busy right now," Kaiba said in his usual voice, but more compassionately, since it was his brother he was talking to.
"It'll be really quick," Mokuba stated, changing Kaiba's mind.
"If it's that important, then ask me," Kaiba said, while typing on his laptop.
"Are you really going to give Sierra a car?" Mokuba asked.
"That's not really important, Mokuba. But, no, you should already know that. It's a waste of my money, and my time to do such a thing for a complete stranger. Besides, she has the money to buy the car anyway, if she's as great as you and others think she is," Kaiba stated.
"Okay, just wondering," Mokuba said, and left his older brother in peace.
***Author's Notes***
Hey people! I hope you love this chapter! I still don't think these chapters are really exciting, so I'll try and liven things up on the next chapter!
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