Joy: Well…here comes chapter six in my story. I hope it's coming along nicely…I really wish I had more reviews, but at least I seem to have a loyal reader or two! Anyway, last time I left you, Katilli was still trapped in her soul room and Joy had yet to awaken from a coma! Ready, set, go!
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The Staff of Sorcerer Seto
Mmmm…
Katilli shot up when she heard her light. She's awake!
Yugi had taken over around ten o'clock in the morning, telling Yami he was feeling much better. He and Kaiba were passing the time by shuffling through their decks. Neither of them noticed Joy slowly open her eyes.
"Don't you two have your decks memorized by now?" she asked hoarsely.
They nearly fell out of their chairs in surprise. "Joy!" they cried at the same time.
"You're awake!" Yugi cried out happily, a big smile on his face.
"Finally," Kaiba muttered, his arms crossed.
"How are you feeling?" Yugi asked, ignoring Kaiba. Yami, however, did not.
Baka.
Yami, not the time.
Hmph.
"I'm all right," she said, smiling weakly. "Just a bit tired. How about you two?"
"Fine. What happened to Katilli?" Kaiba responded.
Currently trapped in my soul room, Joy heard her dark comment bitterly.
You are? How?
Yukia trapped me here when she attacked you. She cast a spell on you, preventing me from helping you. I can't break it, Katilli explained.
Oh. Aloud she explained what happened.
"So how do we break the spell?" Yugi asked.
"Can't Yami break it?" Kaiba asked.
Can Yami break the spell, Katilli?
I'm afraid not. Only another spellcaster can do it. And they have to be outside the soul room, which is why I can't break it from where I am.
Spellcaster…like Sorcerer Seto?
Joy, Sorcerer Seto is no more.
True, but his reincarnate is still alive and well. And he's currently standing outside your soul room.
She heard Katilli gasp. Joy, that would be nice, but Kaiba doesn't know how to perform magic. And even if he did, he could do little of it without a staff or something like that to draw his power from.
Joy sighed. "Yami can't do anything, but Kaiba could…if he had a staff and knew magic."
"How could I help?"
"Your ancestor is Sorcerer Seto. He was a powerful magic user."
"So without a staff, nothing can be done?" Yugi spoke up. "There must be some other way. We can't leave her trapped. Don't worry Joy. We'll get her out."
Joy sighed again, looking very downcast. She looked close to tears. Kaiba frowned deeply with narrowed eyes. He hated to see girls cry, especially this girl. Damn it! I wish I had a damn staff!
Suddenly a bright light filled the room. Everyone closed their eyes and when they opened them again, they saw a long green staff floating in front of Kaiba. He reached out and took the staff.
Katilli gasped. That's the staff of Sorcerer Seto!
"Sweet! Kaiba, that's Sorcerer Seto's staff!"
"I – I know…I also know how to use it to break that blasted spell!" Kaiba pointed it at Joy. "Hold still. This won't hurt a bit." At least it had better not.
He focused his thoughts into the staff. It glowed. Inside her soul room, Katilli could feel the spell being lifted. She immediately appeared in the room by her light. "YES! I'm free!"
Joy smiled. "I'm glad. Thank you, Kaiba." With that, she promptly fell asleep.
"I thank you as well, Seto Kaiba. I underestimated you," Katilli told the young CEO.
"Yeah, whatever. Just tell me this – how was I able to make this staff appear?"
"As you know, you are Sorcerer Seto's reincarnation. "The staff was drawn to you for that reason. You only needed to will it to appear, and it did. At least, that is my theory. You apparently have magic in your blood, Kaiba."
Kaiba had heard all this from Isis Ishtal prior to Battle City, but now he was holding the proof in his hands. The staff of Sorcerer Seto. It somehow felt familiar to wield the staff. It felt right, like he was meant to control it. "So, is she all right?" he asked finally, his eyes falling on the sleeping teenager.
"Yes. She just needs rest. She has been through a lot."
"So, now what? What about Sorcerer Seto's staff? And Yukia?" Yugi asked.
"The staff belongs to Kaiba now, to do with as he sees fit. As for Yukia, I will make her pay for what she did. I dare that devil to show her face again!" She tapped her staff on the ground angrily, making the lights in the room flicker.
"Calm down!" Yugi told her. "You might wake Joy up."
~That Afternoon~
"I hate hospitals," Joy scowled. She was sitting up in bed with her arms crossed. Yugi was off finding something to eat, and Kaiba had gone off somewhere as well, probably to think or something. Katilli hid a smile. "And now I need to call obaasan and tell her I'll be staying at Kaiba's for a while longer so she doesn't worry about me." She reached for the phone. "She won't mind."
While Joy made her call, Kaiba was making a call of his own – to his little brother. He told Mokuba he would be home later and to stay at the Manor. He also told him to call if there was any trouble. Mokuba agreed and Kaiba ended the conversation.
The staff was still in his hand. He looked at it for awhile after he hung up. This staff belonged to a madman bent on world domination. But I'm not like that. Yukia is, though. Maybe I can use this thing to beat her. "I'll keep it."
He returned to Joy's room to find her arguing with a nurse. "I don't care what that doctor says! I am NOT getting a shot!" She looked ready to tell the nurse where she COULD stick that needle.
Kaiba smirked. "Oh, come on, Houyoku. Don't tell me your AFRAID of a little shot."
Joy shot him a death glare. "I'm NOT afraid Kaiba."
"Prove it."
"Fine." She turned to the nurse. "Give me the damn shot and make it snappy." Afterwards, she gave Kaiba a triumphant look. Kaiba smirked and the nurse left. "I see you still have the staff."
"Yeah, I've decided to hang onto it for now so I can kick Yukia's ass. Provided it doesn't turn me into a homicidal maniac."
"You mean you aren't on already?" Joy asked, smirking.
Now it was Kaiba's turn to give out a death glare. Joy continued to smirk. Katilli rolled her eyes, a small smile escaping her lips.