Okay, in case you haven't noticed;
~~~ = Means it's Hikari's view.
*** = Means it's neutral view
~!~ = Means it's Seto's view (New!)
Chapter 4
Yu-Gi was sleeping on the couch, He was having an odd dream.
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"Wait!" A voice called. Yu-Gi was walking through an odd town. He'd never seen it before. Yami was by his side. They both turned to see who had talked.
"Daddy! Wait! I don't understand!" The girl sobbed out. Her black hair shinning with the rain that poured down in the street.
"You don't have to. I'm leaving." The man in the large overcoat said quietly.
"But . . why? Does this have to do with Daniel?" She asked still staring at the man. "Are you bringing him back?" She asked, her face alight with hope.
"Daniel isn't going to come back. He's gone alright!" The man was yelling now, she flinched and took a step back. "He's dead. He was killed by a murderer."
"But. . . you said he was only kidnapped. That we had a chance to get him back." The girl mumbled. The man walked up to her and back handed her angrily.
"He's gone. Except it slut." He hissed and got into his car. The man drove off leaving the girl on her knees in the rain, she held a numb hand to her blazing cheek where it hurt.
"He's not gone." She whispered. "HE ISN'T GONE!!" She yelled at the empty street. Unknowingly she fingered something around her neck. Yu-Gi and Yami both tried to look at it better.
"Wait, that necklace. Wasn't that on . . ." Yu-Gi began.
"Kari's neck?" Yami finished for him in a state of shock. Then something happened no one expected. A white figure materialized behind the girl and placed his hands on her shoulders.
"It's all right. I'm here. I shall protect you." The girl didn't fidget, she only continued to finger that jade dragon. Her eyes were dull, they had lost all signs of response.
"No one, will ever hurt you again." The figure hissed. Yami tried to get a better look at the misty white form, but couldn't make it any clearer. "As long as I am here. You only have to call my name."
"What's you name?" The girl asked still looking at the ground dully.
"N-"
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Yu-Gi tumbled off the couch, what the heck happened? He stared wildly around and saw something hovering above him. It was a dragon, and a miniature one at that. It was glowing a pearly white. It shrieked and flew over to Yu-Gi's room door. There it began to claw at the wooden frame. Yu-Gi rubbed his head and walked over, what the heck was this thing? He stared at it, then looked at the door. Nothing unusual. He was about to look at the creature when the dragon shrieked in frustration and began to ram the door. It was obviously intent on getting it.
"Yu-Gi! That's an *anima* a hidden spirit. They usually guard a person." Yami declared, his voice a little worried.
"What does this mean Yami?" The youth asked still staring at the white dragon.
"Try opening the door." The spirit suggested. Yu-Gi did so.
"It's locked?" He said looking amazed. "But I don't even have a lock on this door!" The dragon stopped pounding the door. He floated in mid air and was silent, small sparks of light began to spiral around him. Suddenly he dived right through the middle of the door, the hole he left slowly spiraled around itself until is got big enough that Yu-Gi could walk through. The raven haired youth did so and stepped through the portal which instantly resealed itself.
"What?" Yu-Gi whispered as he stared around in awe. Suddenly he noticed something familiar.
"This is the shadow realm. I'm taking control Yu-Gi." Yami muttered and did so. He stared around the room. The dragon flitted around in front of Yami's vision, then flew off. He followed it, the instincts were yelling at him again. He followed the creature through endless areas of the shadow realm.
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Bakura grinned at the girl who was lying on the floor. He leaned down and examined her with his Millennium ring. Nothing, at least, nothing that his magic could detect. He kneeled down next to her and looked at her face. What made this girl so special? What was it that kept drawing him to her? He brushed a few bangs out of her eyes and smiled. She was a pretty human once you looked at her. But he had no interest in that. He stood up and sighed in frustration. He was about to wake her and get some answers from her mouth when something began to scream and fly around his face madly. He began waving his arms, trying the get the annoying thing away.
"I should have known." Yami hissed slightly out of breath from the running. The dragon left Bakura's face and landed next to Kari's head crooning in worry. The two spirits began to talk, about what the *anima* couldn't care less. The dragon flew up a bit and landed on her forehead, then melted down in to a white glow surrounding her body. The light caught the attention of the two spirits. They both looked at the girl who shimmered once, then vanished.
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'What was going on with him?' Seto Kaiba wondered dully as he strolled down the park path. He knew it was nearly 3:15 am. But for some reason, that girl he had met today bugged him. He couldn't sleep. Though he'd better get back soon, Mokubah would worry about him. He was rounding a corner when light suddenly flared into his eyes, he growled and held a hand up to shield his eyes. When the light vanished he looked over his arm and stared. A teen stood there, his hair was white and flowing down to his waist, his eyes were a light and icy blue, the pupils were cat slitted. The rest of his body was covered in a white fog, Kaiba couldn't make anything else out, except that in his arms, he carried a girl. He looked at Seto, smiled and set the girl down on the grass gently. He kissed the girl on the forehead then vanished, no light show, no fancy whirling of wind, he just vanished. Kaiba was stunned for a few minutes, then he slowly walked up to the girl lying in the grass. Getting a better look at her he realized that she was that women who was with Yu-Gi earlier today wasn't she? Checking her over he was sure she was. Then he looked over her skin for injuries, a few bruises on her arm that looked hand made, a small bruise on her mouth, and she had a small temperature. He hoped she was okay, he suddenly became aware of the fact that she was wearing only a long nightshirt and shorts, but that didn't really matter since the shorts were covered by the shirt. He sighed. Why did all women have to dress so skimpy? He took out his cellphone and dialed a number.
"Kaiba corp. Can I help you?"
"It's me."
"Mr. Kaiba! Can I help you sir?"
"Send someone to pick me up from Evergreen park. Have a doctor on standby for when I return."
"Yes sir. Are you hurt?"
"No. A . . . . friend of mine is." He hesitated, wondering what to call her, then decided friend was good enough. What was her name? Hikari. That was it.
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I felt really shitty when I woke up. What had happened. A face, I was woken by something and Bakura! I snapped open my eyes and stared wildly around. This is the second time I've been attacked by Bakura, and the second time I've been surprised by who was looking at me when I opened my eyes.
"Mokubah? Where am I?" I asked sitting up and wincing a little. He smiled.
"You okay?" He asked. I nodded slightly, and clutched my forehead when my vision span. He looked me over in worry.
"I'm okay, I'm fine." I reassured him.
"Okay. How come you were in the park asleep last night?" Mokubah asked.
"What? Oh, I was attacked." I said without thinking.
"What?!" A voice yelled out. It wasn't me, and it wasn't Mokubah. It was Seto. He has just walked into the room just in time to hear 'I was attacked'. I stared at him, for the first time ever he blushed. Okay, WHAT was going ON here?! I stared dumbfounded. He hastily looked away and began to talk looking at the wall.
"So, what happened to you? I mean, who was that guy carrying you?"
"Guy?" I asked quietly. Was he talking about Bakura?
"Some guy with white hair and blue eyes." I paused.
"Was his hair long?" I asked lightly.
"Really long. Down to his waist. Odd thing though, he seemed like he was your protector. The minute he saw me he put you down on the grass carefully and kissed you on the forehead, then he vanished." I stared.
"Vanished?" I asked in shock.
"Just disappeared." He said quietly. This was odd, the guy I knew from the show barely like to talk, unless he was making fun of someone. Namely Joey. This world was really flipping. Oh well. I sighed.
"Thanks for saving me I guess." I replied with an easy smile.
"Sure." He replied and walked out.
"I called Yu-Gi to let him know you're here. Well actually, he stopped by here and asked if you were okay. He and his friends have been here a lot. Joey though refuses to come even within a step of the place. He keeps waiting outside for the others to tell him how you are." I hadn't expected that. I laughed out loud. The is the first time I've laughed like this in a while. Almost over 8 years. Long time huh? Mokubah smiled and continued to talk.
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Seto stood outside the doorway listening to what Hikari and Mokubah were talking about. She had a nice laugh, as girls go. Oh well, what could he do? Mokubah kept talking to her, she would listen quietly and nod, sometimes even smile. What the heck was WRONG with him? Why did he keep thinking about her like this? The youth shook his head and walked down the hall.
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So it was Sunday morning, Sunday is an AWFUL day in my books. What with school right around the corner, and that UNIFORM! Dear lord that was going to be a pain to wear. Oh well, Mokubah had said I was welcome to stick around for a while, I accepted, let's just say I wasn't eager to go see Yami anytime soon, I couldn't get it out of my head that I had freaked on him like that. As soon as me and Mokubah were done talking I got out of bed and took a shower. New brand of shampoo, shitezer. Oh well, I dumped a bit on my hair and soaked it through and through. That done I cleaned off with soap and stepped out. Dumping on a white shirt that was so big is almost reached my knees I stepped out just in time to bump into Seto.
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Seto had been walking down the hall shuffling a few papers when something collided with him. He stumbled backwards but didn't fall, the same couldn't be said for Kari who landed on her butt. She rubbed her head where her forehead had come into contact with Seto's chin. He looked at her surprised.
"Are you okay?" He asked quietly.
"Yeah, I think I am.." She replied sullenly and looked at the hand she had broken her fall on. Okay, so she wasn't fine, as the hallway in which this collision had happened was floored by white tiles, her hand was now bleeding everywhere. She bit her lip and stood up without putting her hand on the ground, didn't want to bleed all over his floor.
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I tried vaguely to hide my hand behind my back and said cheerfully to him, I'm fine.
"You sure?"
"Positive." I replied and was about to walk away when he stopped me by grabbing my elbow as I passed.
"You're a very lousy liar." He remarked with a humorous smile and pointed to the tiles in front of the bathroom door. A blood handprint was there, I sighed as he took my hand and examined it. He took me to an office where he took out a small white box and ordered me to sit down on the chair. I did so without touching anything, he took a disinfectant tube out of the box and put a bit of the white lotion over my hand. Then he took out a white roll of bandages and wrapped it around my hand. Okay, weird, I was having my hand treated by Seto Kaiba, not your everyday scene is it?
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Seto finished tying the bandage around her hand and smiled at her.
"All set." She was looking at him funny, her eyes were wide in shock and confusion.
"Why didn't you just let me do it? Or let someone else? I mean, I'm grateful but you don't strike me the type to be gentle." Seto stared, why had he done it personally then ignore the stain and let her handle herself? He breathed in and his nose was met with an odd scent, without thinking leaned in.
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I didn't realize I was leaning in, Hikari's fragrance just smelled so unusual, it was weird. I didn't know how, I was just staring her in the eye, she was looking at me like I had flipped. I didn't doubt that at the moment. I slowly brought up my hand to smooth her hair, it was still a little damp, but the coolness made it seem like soft silk to my fingers. I was unaware of what I was doing, believe it or not, I was actually scared, something was happening and I didn't know what this something was. She stared at me, her brown eyes were glazed.
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I was officially freaked, Seto Kaiba, heartless guy of Yu-Gi-Oh was playing with my hair and was so close that I could smell his mint after shave. I was so scared, and believe me, I'm not scared easily. His eyes were a deep blue, concentrated, as if something about me had made him focus. He slowly traced my bottom lip with his thumb, I was really clued out now, what the hell was going on?!
"Seto?" A voice called, he jerked back and stood up, I blinked and stood up as well, staring at Seto I smiled and bowed politely.
"Thank you for helping me Mr. Kaiba." I said with a fake smile. I walked out the door as Mokubah passed me, the youth looked at me once, but I didn't notice, I was too busy staring at the ground and thinking hard about what had happened, and from Seto's silence, I think he was doing the same thing.
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What on earth had happened? One minute, I'm reading some papers, the next I was almost kissing Kari! This was beyond weird, how could I do something like this?
"Seto? Are you okay?" Mokubah wanted to know. I nodded at him, this was getting to be like one of those episodes where nothing made sense anymore, I could already feel it.
Later, in Kaiba corp. I worked on a few of my projects, I thought about a lot of things, my thoughts traveled over to that staff I had gotten just as I was working on the plans for my new virtual reality world. Slowly, I took a key out of my pocket and opened the top drawer, pulling it open I pulled out the only content of the drawer. What had Yu-Gi called it? The Millennium rod? Ishizu and Marick had given it to me after the tournament, Marick never wanted to see the cursed thing again, and Ishizu still ranted on about it belonging to me as part of some ludicrous fate, I would have thrown it away, or given it to a museum, but for some reason, it always came back to me, it would appear on the passenger seat in my car, or in my school desk, in the end I'd just decided to keep the thing here. Turning it slightly I saw the markings on the side, engraved symbols that for some reason, no one else could read but me. In short, it said
'The mind is a human's greatest weapon, but it can also be a human's greatest weakness.'
I had no idea what that meant at all. Suddenly someone knocked and entered without me saying, I stared up angrily, then he realized I was still holding the rod in my hand. The person smiled when Seto jumped to his feet.
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"You don't have to hide the rod Seto, I know what it is." His visitor said smiling. Seto stared shocked.
"How could you?"
"I've seen a lot of things Seto. A lot, and maybe too much for my own good. Oh well, that's besides the
point, I came to ask you to protect her."
"Her?"
"Kari."
Seto stared at the youth. The entire youth was hidden by a large black overcoat that was covered in hoops of chains.
"She can take care of herself."
"In some cases yes, and in others, no. This is one case she can't."
"What do you mean." Seto asked, eyes narrowed, it wasn't a question, is was an order. He chuckled.
"A person is coming for her, she is in great danger because of the abilities she possesses. She needs your help Kaiba."
"How am I supposed to help her?!" Seto demanded angrily. The figure pointed at Seto's left hand, Seto looked down and realized he was still holding the staff.
"Learn to use that by the end of the week, or Hikari will be gone forever." In a split second the cloak rippled and then sank to the ground in a crumpled heap. He stared, whatever that thing was, it couldn't be right. Could it? He sighed and was about to put the thing away when another person entered. He growled, didn't people hear of knocking?!
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I stepped through without knocking, I was kinda surprised that Seto was standing there with the rod in his hand. His face was really pale, more then usual. He was scowling, oh well.
"How'd you get that?" I asked pointing to the rod. This was actually one thing I didn't know. He put the rod gently into the desk drawer and slammed it shut.
"A souvenir from one of my travels." I sighed.
"Seto, I'm no dummy. I know very well that is the Millennium rod, one of the seven millennium objects. You gonna tell me? Or keep playing games?" I asked, my voice tired and weary. He glared.
"Look, I don't need to be harassed, why are you here?!" I looked at him and glared. Thrusting a hand out I held a few papers in front of him.
"I came here to thank you for saving me and to tell you that I'm going back to Yu-Gi's house, I also came to deliver these because Mokubah said you forgot them. Happy?" I sighed and turned around, walking calmly down the room I was almost at the door when I was spun around by a harsh pair of arms. I stared. Blue eyes glared at me, okay, did I go too far again? I always do this, he was looking at me calmly.
"Can I help you somehow S- MFFGG!!" Okay, you're probably wondering what that noise was for, well, when someone is kissing you on the lips, you can't really talk. And that's what was happening, I was getting my first kiss from a boy. Tongue and all, I used to think this was gross and sick, shows what I know. It was actually, well, what can I say fun? That's too childish, pleasurable? That sounds sick, I don't know how to say it, it's like a large shock, not one that hurts, but one that's really well . . . . . I can't describe. For once, I accepted things as they came and shut my eyes. Damn, Seto really could take your breath away, literally.
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Well that was less then romantic, after the kiss he's just blushed and said thanks. He turned around after that and just let me walk out of there red faced and gaping. Now I was walking down the streets, over to Yu-Gi's house. Well, delaying wasn't going to do any good. I stepped up to the game shop and was about to ring the door bell when a hand grabbed me from behind and held it over my mouth.
"You're more trouble then I thought." A cold voice hissed. I bit down hard on Bakura's hand and he swore and let go, turning around I glared.
"Hell and damnation don't you ever give up?!" I demanded. He grinned. Okay, I wasn't really thinking when I did what I did next. Making sure I didn't have eye contact with him I tackled Bakura in the stomach, yeah, I wasn't thinking straight. I was just so damn tired of him trying to attack me every single day. Next thing I know I have a dagger pressed up against my throat and he's laughing softly in my ear. Damn, I was dead now, funny, you'd think I'd be freaking out right now.
"You have guts Kari, I'll give you that."
"Well gee thanks a lot." I commented sarcastically. He laughed.
"Watch your tongue girl." He hissed in my ear and pressed the blade a little bit deeper, I remained still, I could feel something trickling down my throat, apparently he'd nicked the skin. Slowly I breathed in and out, didn't want the blade to go any deeper into my neck. Suddenly light flared and someone had his arms wrapped around me, after that, I just kinda blanked out.
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Bakura hissed and jumped back as soon as the light flared. He growled and looked back at Kari who was now protected by someone. He had his arms twined around her possessively. His hair was as white as Bakura's but longer, down to the youth's waist in fact. It glowed a pearly silver, his eyes were an icy light blue and his pupils were slitted like a cat's. He wore a pair of black pants and a dark royal blue shirt that had a turquoise line running down the center of the shirt and sleeves. A black belt hung at an angle off his waist and it supported a silver sword. His bangs were down to his chin and brushed off to the side. (A/N: Think of Serenity but without that weird little three hairs in the middle of her forehead. Something like that.) On one of his arms he wore a spiraling gold band around his right bicep, and his wrists and hands were covered with a pair of black biker gloves that let the finger tips show and a small square on the back of the palm, they were rather loose after his wrist and he also sported a four pointed necklace around his neck. His arms were wrapped around Kari and her eyes were dull and hazed. Bakura blinked, the smiled.
"So you were the one who stopped me before." He commented. The figure glared and for a moment Bakura was paralyzed.
"Never hurt 'My lady'." He commanded in a calm tone. Bakura smirked.
"My lady? Very well, what can you do to stop me?" The figure sneered in reply and took one hand off Hikari's shoulder, pointing one finger at Bakura he uttered the word 'Isinimo'. In a flash of light Bakura was pinned to the wall, cords of white binding him. The figure grinned evilly and slowly picked up Kari with gentle ease. She leaned her head against his chest and smiled, her eyes still dull. He smiled softly at her then looked back at Bakura.
"You're only warning thief." Then he vanished, along with Kari. The ropes vanished dropping Bakura to the ground who in turn hissed his anger.
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The silver haired youth sat in the park, people passing either made a smiling face, or a convulsed face thinking that the girl who laid her head on his lap meant the two were lovers. In truth the girl was staring blankly at the boy. He smiled and brushed a few hairs out of her face, she grinned at him still hypnotized.
"Do you remember me?" He asked in a soft tone. She nodded.
"I remember you. You said you were my guardian, that you would protect me forever." Hikari replied with a dull grin and a quiet voice.
"Do you remember what I said to you?" He asked next still smiling and touching her face affectionately.
"You said that I only had to call your name, and you'd be there."
"And do you remember my name?" He asked next. She smiled once more.
"Yes. I do."
"What is it?"
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Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, I only own Hikari Usagi, Nirvana (Cutie! ^_^) , Damen and Crystal. And yes I am aware that Usagi means RABBIT! I just thought the name fitted the first, LEAVE ME ALONE! WAH! Lol, I'm crazy aren't I?
~~~ = Means it's Hikari's view.
*** = Means it's neutral view
~!~ = Means it's Seto's view (New!)
Chapter 4
Yu-Gi was sleeping on the couch, He was having an odd dream.
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"Wait!" A voice called. Yu-Gi was walking through an odd town. He'd never seen it before. Yami was by his side. They both turned to see who had talked.
"Daddy! Wait! I don't understand!" The girl sobbed out. Her black hair shinning with the rain that poured down in the street.
"You don't have to. I'm leaving." The man in the large overcoat said quietly.
"But . . why? Does this have to do with Daniel?" She asked still staring at the man. "Are you bringing him back?" She asked, her face alight with hope.
"Daniel isn't going to come back. He's gone alright!" The man was yelling now, she flinched and took a step back. "He's dead. He was killed by a murderer."
"But. . . you said he was only kidnapped. That we had a chance to get him back." The girl mumbled. The man walked up to her and back handed her angrily.
"He's gone. Except it slut." He hissed and got into his car. The man drove off leaving the girl on her knees in the rain, she held a numb hand to her blazing cheek where it hurt.
"He's not gone." She whispered. "HE ISN'T GONE!!" She yelled at the empty street. Unknowingly she fingered something around her neck. Yu-Gi and Yami both tried to look at it better.
"Wait, that necklace. Wasn't that on . . ." Yu-Gi began.
"Kari's neck?" Yami finished for him in a state of shock. Then something happened no one expected. A white figure materialized behind the girl and placed his hands on her shoulders.
"It's all right. I'm here. I shall protect you." The girl didn't fidget, she only continued to finger that jade dragon. Her eyes were dull, they had lost all signs of response.
"No one, will ever hurt you again." The figure hissed. Yami tried to get a better look at the misty white form, but couldn't make it any clearer. "As long as I am here. You only have to call my name."
"What's you name?" The girl asked still looking at the ground dully.
"N-"
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Yu-Gi tumbled off the couch, what the heck happened? He stared wildly around and saw something hovering above him. It was a dragon, and a miniature one at that. It was glowing a pearly white. It shrieked and flew over to Yu-Gi's room door. There it began to claw at the wooden frame. Yu-Gi rubbed his head and walked over, what the heck was this thing? He stared at it, then looked at the door. Nothing unusual. He was about to look at the creature when the dragon shrieked in frustration and began to ram the door. It was obviously intent on getting it.
"Yu-Gi! That's an *anima* a hidden spirit. They usually guard a person." Yami declared, his voice a little worried.
"What does this mean Yami?" The youth asked still staring at the white dragon.
"Try opening the door." The spirit suggested. Yu-Gi did so.
"It's locked?" He said looking amazed. "But I don't even have a lock on this door!" The dragon stopped pounding the door. He floated in mid air and was silent, small sparks of light began to spiral around him. Suddenly he dived right through the middle of the door, the hole he left slowly spiraled around itself until is got big enough that Yu-Gi could walk through. The raven haired youth did so and stepped through the portal which instantly resealed itself.
"What?" Yu-Gi whispered as he stared around in awe. Suddenly he noticed something familiar.
"This is the shadow realm. I'm taking control Yu-Gi." Yami muttered and did so. He stared around the room. The dragon flitted around in front of Yami's vision, then flew off. He followed it, the instincts were yelling at him again. He followed the creature through endless areas of the shadow realm.
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Bakura grinned at the girl who was lying on the floor. He leaned down and examined her with his Millennium ring. Nothing, at least, nothing that his magic could detect. He kneeled down next to her and looked at her face. What made this girl so special? What was it that kept drawing him to her? He brushed a few bangs out of her eyes and smiled. She was a pretty human once you looked at her. But he had no interest in that. He stood up and sighed in frustration. He was about to wake her and get some answers from her mouth when something began to scream and fly around his face madly. He began waving his arms, trying the get the annoying thing away.
"I should have known." Yami hissed slightly out of breath from the running. The dragon left Bakura's face and landed next to Kari's head crooning in worry. The two spirits began to talk, about what the *anima* couldn't care less. The dragon flew up a bit and landed on her forehead, then melted down in to a white glow surrounding her body. The light caught the attention of the two spirits. They both looked at the girl who shimmered once, then vanished.
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'What was going on with him?' Seto Kaiba wondered dully as he strolled down the park path. He knew it was nearly 3:15 am. But for some reason, that girl he had met today bugged him. He couldn't sleep. Though he'd better get back soon, Mokubah would worry about him. He was rounding a corner when light suddenly flared into his eyes, he growled and held a hand up to shield his eyes. When the light vanished he looked over his arm and stared. A teen stood there, his hair was white and flowing down to his waist, his eyes were a light and icy blue, the pupils were cat slitted. The rest of his body was covered in a white fog, Kaiba couldn't make anything else out, except that in his arms, he carried a girl. He looked at Seto, smiled and set the girl down on the grass gently. He kissed the girl on the forehead then vanished, no light show, no fancy whirling of wind, he just vanished. Kaiba was stunned for a few minutes, then he slowly walked up to the girl lying in the grass. Getting a better look at her he realized that she was that women who was with Yu-Gi earlier today wasn't she? Checking her over he was sure she was. Then he looked over her skin for injuries, a few bruises on her arm that looked hand made, a small bruise on her mouth, and she had a small temperature. He hoped she was okay, he suddenly became aware of the fact that she was wearing only a long nightshirt and shorts, but that didn't really matter since the shorts were covered by the shirt. He sighed. Why did all women have to dress so skimpy? He took out his cellphone and dialed a number.
"Kaiba corp. Can I help you?"
"It's me."
"Mr. Kaiba! Can I help you sir?"
"Send someone to pick me up from Evergreen park. Have a doctor on standby for when I return."
"Yes sir. Are you hurt?"
"No. A . . . . friend of mine is." He hesitated, wondering what to call her, then decided friend was good enough. What was her name? Hikari. That was it.
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I felt really shitty when I woke up. What had happened. A face, I was woken by something and Bakura! I snapped open my eyes and stared wildly around. This is the second time I've been attacked by Bakura, and the second time I've been surprised by who was looking at me when I opened my eyes.
"Mokubah? Where am I?" I asked sitting up and wincing a little. He smiled.
"You okay?" He asked. I nodded slightly, and clutched my forehead when my vision span. He looked me over in worry.
"I'm okay, I'm fine." I reassured him.
"Okay. How come you were in the park asleep last night?" Mokubah asked.
"What? Oh, I was attacked." I said without thinking.
"What?!" A voice yelled out. It wasn't me, and it wasn't Mokubah. It was Seto. He has just walked into the room just in time to hear 'I was attacked'. I stared at him, for the first time ever he blushed. Okay, WHAT was going ON here?! I stared dumbfounded. He hastily looked away and began to talk looking at the wall.
"So, what happened to you? I mean, who was that guy carrying you?"
"Guy?" I asked quietly. Was he talking about Bakura?
"Some guy with white hair and blue eyes." I paused.
"Was his hair long?" I asked lightly.
"Really long. Down to his waist. Odd thing though, he seemed like he was your protector. The minute he saw me he put you down on the grass carefully and kissed you on the forehead, then he vanished." I stared.
"Vanished?" I asked in shock.
"Just disappeared." He said quietly. This was odd, the guy I knew from the show barely like to talk, unless he was making fun of someone. Namely Joey. This world was really flipping. Oh well. I sighed.
"Thanks for saving me I guess." I replied with an easy smile.
"Sure." He replied and walked out.
"I called Yu-Gi to let him know you're here. Well actually, he stopped by here and asked if you were okay. He and his friends have been here a lot. Joey though refuses to come even within a step of the place. He keeps waiting outside for the others to tell him how you are." I hadn't expected that. I laughed out loud. The is the first time I've laughed like this in a while. Almost over 8 years. Long time huh? Mokubah smiled and continued to talk.
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Seto stood outside the doorway listening to what Hikari and Mokubah were talking about. She had a nice laugh, as girls go. Oh well, what could he do? Mokubah kept talking to her, she would listen quietly and nod, sometimes even smile. What the heck was WRONG with him? Why did he keep thinking about her like this? The youth shook his head and walked down the hall.
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So it was Sunday morning, Sunday is an AWFUL day in my books. What with school right around the corner, and that UNIFORM! Dear lord that was going to be a pain to wear. Oh well, Mokubah had said I was welcome to stick around for a while, I accepted, let's just say I wasn't eager to go see Yami anytime soon, I couldn't get it out of my head that I had freaked on him like that. As soon as me and Mokubah were done talking I got out of bed and took a shower. New brand of shampoo, shitezer. Oh well, I dumped a bit on my hair and soaked it through and through. That done I cleaned off with soap and stepped out. Dumping on a white shirt that was so big is almost reached my knees I stepped out just in time to bump into Seto.
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Seto had been walking down the hall shuffling a few papers when something collided with him. He stumbled backwards but didn't fall, the same couldn't be said for Kari who landed on her butt. She rubbed her head where her forehead had come into contact with Seto's chin. He looked at her surprised.
"Are you okay?" He asked quietly.
"Yeah, I think I am.." She replied sullenly and looked at the hand she had broken her fall on. Okay, so she wasn't fine, as the hallway in which this collision had happened was floored by white tiles, her hand was now bleeding everywhere. She bit her lip and stood up without putting her hand on the ground, didn't want to bleed all over his floor.
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I tried vaguely to hide my hand behind my back and said cheerfully to him, I'm fine.
"You sure?"
"Positive." I replied and was about to walk away when he stopped me by grabbing my elbow as I passed.
"You're a very lousy liar." He remarked with a humorous smile and pointed to the tiles in front of the bathroom door. A blood handprint was there, I sighed as he took my hand and examined it. He took me to an office where he took out a small white box and ordered me to sit down on the chair. I did so without touching anything, he took a disinfectant tube out of the box and put a bit of the white lotion over my hand. Then he took out a white roll of bandages and wrapped it around my hand. Okay, weird, I was having my hand treated by Seto Kaiba, not your everyday scene is it?
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Seto finished tying the bandage around her hand and smiled at her.
"All set." She was looking at him funny, her eyes were wide in shock and confusion.
"Why didn't you just let me do it? Or let someone else? I mean, I'm grateful but you don't strike me the type to be gentle." Seto stared, why had he done it personally then ignore the stain and let her handle herself? He breathed in and his nose was met with an odd scent, without thinking leaned in.
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I didn't realize I was leaning in, Hikari's fragrance just smelled so unusual, it was weird. I didn't know how, I was just staring her in the eye, she was looking at me like I had flipped. I didn't doubt that at the moment. I slowly brought up my hand to smooth her hair, it was still a little damp, but the coolness made it seem like soft silk to my fingers. I was unaware of what I was doing, believe it or not, I was actually scared, something was happening and I didn't know what this something was. She stared at me, her brown eyes were glazed.
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I was officially freaked, Seto Kaiba, heartless guy of Yu-Gi-Oh was playing with my hair and was so close that I could smell his mint after shave. I was so scared, and believe me, I'm not scared easily. His eyes were a deep blue, concentrated, as if something about me had made him focus. He slowly traced my bottom lip with his thumb, I was really clued out now, what the hell was going on?!
"Seto?" A voice called, he jerked back and stood up, I blinked and stood up as well, staring at Seto I smiled and bowed politely.
"Thank you for helping me Mr. Kaiba." I said with a fake smile. I walked out the door as Mokubah passed me, the youth looked at me once, but I didn't notice, I was too busy staring at the ground and thinking hard about what had happened, and from Seto's silence, I think he was doing the same thing.
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What on earth had happened? One minute, I'm reading some papers, the next I was almost kissing Kari! This was beyond weird, how could I do something like this?
"Seto? Are you okay?" Mokubah wanted to know. I nodded at him, this was getting to be like one of those episodes where nothing made sense anymore, I could already feel it.
Later, in Kaiba corp. I worked on a few of my projects, I thought about a lot of things, my thoughts traveled over to that staff I had gotten just as I was working on the plans for my new virtual reality world. Slowly, I took a key out of my pocket and opened the top drawer, pulling it open I pulled out the only content of the drawer. What had Yu-Gi called it? The Millennium rod? Ishizu and Marick had given it to me after the tournament, Marick never wanted to see the cursed thing again, and Ishizu still ranted on about it belonging to me as part of some ludicrous fate, I would have thrown it away, or given it to a museum, but for some reason, it always came back to me, it would appear on the passenger seat in my car, or in my school desk, in the end I'd just decided to keep the thing here. Turning it slightly I saw the markings on the side, engraved symbols that for some reason, no one else could read but me. In short, it said
'The mind is a human's greatest weapon, but it can also be a human's greatest weakness.'
I had no idea what that meant at all. Suddenly someone knocked and entered without me saying, I stared up angrily, then he realized I was still holding the rod in my hand. The person smiled when Seto jumped to his feet.
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"You don't have to hide the rod Seto, I know what it is." His visitor said smiling. Seto stared shocked.
"How could you?"
"I've seen a lot of things Seto. A lot, and maybe too much for my own good. Oh well, that's besides the
point, I came to ask you to protect her."
"Her?"
"Kari."
Seto stared at the youth. The entire youth was hidden by a large black overcoat that was covered in hoops of chains.
"She can take care of herself."
"In some cases yes, and in others, no. This is one case she can't."
"What do you mean." Seto asked, eyes narrowed, it wasn't a question, is was an order. He chuckled.
"A person is coming for her, she is in great danger because of the abilities she possesses. She needs your help Kaiba."
"How am I supposed to help her?!" Seto demanded angrily. The figure pointed at Seto's left hand, Seto looked down and realized he was still holding the staff.
"Learn to use that by the end of the week, or Hikari will be gone forever." In a split second the cloak rippled and then sank to the ground in a crumpled heap. He stared, whatever that thing was, it couldn't be right. Could it? He sighed and was about to put the thing away when another person entered. He growled, didn't people hear of knocking?!
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I stepped through without knocking, I was kinda surprised that Seto was standing there with the rod in his hand. His face was really pale, more then usual. He was scowling, oh well.
"How'd you get that?" I asked pointing to the rod. This was actually one thing I didn't know. He put the rod gently into the desk drawer and slammed it shut.
"A souvenir from one of my travels." I sighed.
"Seto, I'm no dummy. I know very well that is the Millennium rod, one of the seven millennium objects. You gonna tell me? Or keep playing games?" I asked, my voice tired and weary. He glared.
"Look, I don't need to be harassed, why are you here?!" I looked at him and glared. Thrusting a hand out I held a few papers in front of him.
"I came here to thank you for saving me and to tell you that I'm going back to Yu-Gi's house, I also came to deliver these because Mokubah said you forgot them. Happy?" I sighed and turned around, walking calmly down the room I was almost at the door when I was spun around by a harsh pair of arms. I stared. Blue eyes glared at me, okay, did I go too far again? I always do this, he was looking at me calmly.
"Can I help you somehow S- MFFGG!!" Okay, you're probably wondering what that noise was for, well, when someone is kissing you on the lips, you can't really talk. And that's what was happening, I was getting my first kiss from a boy. Tongue and all, I used to think this was gross and sick, shows what I know. It was actually, well, what can I say fun? That's too childish, pleasurable? That sounds sick, I don't know how to say it, it's like a large shock, not one that hurts, but one that's really well . . . . . I can't describe. For once, I accepted things as they came and shut my eyes. Damn, Seto really could take your breath away, literally.
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Well that was less then romantic, after the kiss he's just blushed and said thanks. He turned around after that and just let me walk out of there red faced and gaping. Now I was walking down the streets, over to Yu-Gi's house. Well, delaying wasn't going to do any good. I stepped up to the game shop and was about to ring the door bell when a hand grabbed me from behind and held it over my mouth.
"You're more trouble then I thought." A cold voice hissed. I bit down hard on Bakura's hand and he swore and let go, turning around I glared.
"Hell and damnation don't you ever give up?!" I demanded. He grinned. Okay, I wasn't really thinking when I did what I did next. Making sure I didn't have eye contact with him I tackled Bakura in the stomach, yeah, I wasn't thinking straight. I was just so damn tired of him trying to attack me every single day. Next thing I know I have a dagger pressed up against my throat and he's laughing softly in my ear. Damn, I was dead now, funny, you'd think I'd be freaking out right now.
"You have guts Kari, I'll give you that."
"Well gee thanks a lot." I commented sarcastically. He laughed.
"Watch your tongue girl." He hissed in my ear and pressed the blade a little bit deeper, I remained still, I could feel something trickling down my throat, apparently he'd nicked the skin. Slowly I breathed in and out, didn't want the blade to go any deeper into my neck. Suddenly light flared and someone had his arms wrapped around me, after that, I just kinda blanked out.
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Bakura hissed and jumped back as soon as the light flared. He growled and looked back at Kari who was now protected by someone. He had his arms twined around her possessively. His hair was as white as Bakura's but longer, down to the youth's waist in fact. It glowed a pearly silver, his eyes were an icy light blue and his pupils were slitted like a cat's. He wore a pair of black pants and a dark royal blue shirt that had a turquoise line running down the center of the shirt and sleeves. A black belt hung at an angle off his waist and it supported a silver sword. His bangs were down to his chin and brushed off to the side. (A/N: Think of Serenity but without that weird little three hairs in the middle of her forehead. Something like that.) On one of his arms he wore a spiraling gold band around his right bicep, and his wrists and hands were covered with a pair of black biker gloves that let the finger tips show and a small square on the back of the palm, they were rather loose after his wrist and he also sported a four pointed necklace around his neck. His arms were wrapped around Kari and her eyes were dull and hazed. Bakura blinked, the smiled.
"So you were the one who stopped me before." He commented. The figure glared and for a moment Bakura was paralyzed.
"Never hurt 'My lady'." He commanded in a calm tone. Bakura smirked.
"My lady? Very well, what can you do to stop me?" The figure sneered in reply and took one hand off Hikari's shoulder, pointing one finger at Bakura he uttered the word 'Isinimo'. In a flash of light Bakura was pinned to the wall, cords of white binding him. The figure grinned evilly and slowly picked up Kari with gentle ease. She leaned her head against his chest and smiled, her eyes still dull. He smiled softly at her then looked back at Bakura.
"You're only warning thief." Then he vanished, along with Kari. The ropes vanished dropping Bakura to the ground who in turn hissed his anger.
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The silver haired youth sat in the park, people passing either made a smiling face, or a convulsed face thinking that the girl who laid her head on his lap meant the two were lovers. In truth the girl was staring blankly at the boy. He smiled and brushed a few hairs out of her face, she grinned at him still hypnotized.
"Do you remember me?" He asked in a soft tone. She nodded.
"I remember you. You said you were my guardian, that you would protect me forever." Hikari replied with a dull grin and a quiet voice.
"Do you remember what I said to you?" He asked next still smiling and touching her face affectionately.
"You said that I only had to call your name, and you'd be there."
"And do you remember my name?" He asked next. She smiled once more.
"Yes. I do."
"What is it?"
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Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, I only own Hikari Usagi, Nirvana (Cutie! ^_^) , Damen and Crystal. And yes I am aware that Usagi means RABBIT! I just thought the name fitted the first, LEAVE ME ALONE! WAH! Lol, I'm crazy aren't I?