Chapter 7: Starry Night Confessions
The next morning was grey and cloudy, it was one of those days that made Icey want to sleep in, until Mokuba charged into the room, jumping on the bed,
"Get up Icey!!! It's time for school!!!! It's time for school, it's time for school!!"
Icey groaned and pulled the sheets over her head,
"No, I don't wanna go to school. Mommy, I wanna stay home and bake cookies with you!!!" she whined, still half asleep.
Mokuba was confused, but he soon shook it off when he tore the sheets out of Icey's grip. Feeling a sudden gust of cold air she sat up and rubbed her tired amethyst eyes,
"I'm up, I'm up..." She muttered tiredly.
Mokuba just laughed and ran out the door as Kaiba showed up and leaned against the door frame.
"Get up Kamishiro, we have school today, and we're already late!" He said coldly.
Icey expected him to leave, but to her surprise, Kaiba walked into the room and closed the door behind him. Icey blinked, she was about to ask what he was doing but Kaiba spoke before she could open her mouth,
"About last night, Kamishiro, after what Bakura said..." Kaiba sat down on the bed in front of her, placing his hands on her shoulders and staring right into her eyes, "I want you to be careful today, those Bracelets, keep them on you at all times." Kaiba suddenly drew her into a hug. "Stay with someone you know for all of today, don't wander off alone. I don't want you hurt..." Kaiba paused, why had he said that? Why was he so concerned? Kaiba had no clue. He just got up and walked out the door, leaving a dazed Icey on the bed.
~*At school*~
Icey sat listening to her teacher drone on in class, something about irrational numbers and finding how many positive integers in 783. Pfft, who knew? Probably Kaiba.... Icey laughed softly at her own bravado then diverted her gaze out the window, thinking about her rude wake up call. Icey was so tired now, ~That Mokuba is going to pay for depriving me of my slumber~ She thought wickedly, but being rudely awakened was definitely made up for by a hug from the CEO. Icey smiled to herself, ~He's not that bad~ She thought absent mindedly, ~A girl could fall for him...No wait, what am I thinking??~ She asked herself, shaking her head a bit so stray strands of her violet hair flicked about. It was then that Icey noticed it, there on the building opposite the one in which she sat. On the roof stood a tall dark figure. Icey could have sword his eyes were locked onto her, but who was he? Icey reached down to touch her Millennium Bracelets. Icey jerked when someone tapped her on the shoulder, it was Tea.
"Hey, it's time to go!!" She said cheerily, grabbing Icey's arm and pulling her up.
Icey said nothing to object, she just turned back to the window where the figure stood...He was gone!! Icey narrowed her eyes, allowing herself to be dragged off by Tea. After joining the rest of the group, Icey tried to cheer up a bit.
"Still thinking about yesterday?" Ryou asked gently, sitting down.
Icey lowered her head a little, "I guess," She replied.
"C'mon Icey, you're stronger then that!! Hell, you were a Goddess in your past life!!" Joey said confidently.
Icey forced a smile, "Yeah... But still..." She trailed off.
Joey leaned on her, resting his elbow on her head, "Chill Ice,"
Tea smiled reassuringly, "Besides, if anything goes wrong, we'll be there and-" Joey cut her off.
"Oh please, spare the girl one of your trademark friendship speeches!" He rolled his eyes.
Tea folded her arms huffily. Icey laughed softly,
"Now there's the smile we all know and love," Malik said.
Marik made a face of disgust at his Hikari, "When you talk about all this lovey dovey crap, I suddenly feel like gagging..."
Everyone laughed, then Icey stood up,
"Hey guy's I'll be right back. I'm just gonna go for a quick walk," Icey didn't wait for anyone's stamp of approval before turning and walking out of the cafeteria.
"We have to cheer her up you guys. Or else she'll keep blaming herself for what happened last night..." Tea said softly, concern flickered across her blue eyes.
Yugi and Ryou looked concerned, "We know that Tea..." Yugi answered.
Tristan snapped his fingers, "Tonight's the annual Star Festival right?"[1]
Duke nodded, "Yeah, and...?"
"Duh!! We'll take her genius, half the streets in the city will be blocked off for the festival to make way for stalls and stuff tonight, then after, we can go to the amusement park!!"
Tea sweatdropped, "There will always be enough time for you to go to the Amusement Park, but there's never enough time for homework...ironic isn't it?"
Yami smiled, his eyes shone, "True, but in any case, that's a great idea!"
Malik nodded in agreement, "But how are we supposed to get her to go?" He asked.
Joey grinned, "Leave that to the master!!!!" He said.
Everyone turned to Yami, "Ok Master, how are you going to get Icey to go?" they all said in unison.
"I meant ME you idiots!!!" Joey yelled. "You all just go home and prepare to go, meet in Times Square at 5 ok? Savvy?"
No one knew what 'savvy' meant, but they just smiled and nodded their heads anyway.
~*After School*~
Joey walked up the driveway of the Kaiba estate, wearing his usual clothing. He was pretty sure Icey was at home, considering Kaiba probably had to pick up Mokuba and drop something off at his office, who knew?
Joey drew in a deep breath then knocked on the door urgently. After a few minutes, Icey slowly opened the door,
"Joey?" She said to no one in particular.
"Icey!!! You gotta come quick!!! Something happened!!!" Joey yelled urgently.
Kaiba appeared behind Icey, "What do you want, Wheeler? Here to ask for a few bones for your dinner tonight?"
Joey ignored his blood boiling and fought back the urge to strangle Kaiba, "Kaiba!! You're here too!!"
Kaiba rolled his eyes, "Well DUH Wheeler, this IS my home!!"
"Well something really bad happened, go and get Mokuba and we have to get to Times Square right away!!!" Joey urged.
"Hey just calm down Joey, what happened?" Icey asked, trying to talk some sense into the boy.
Mokuba then appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, "Someone say my name?"
Joey put on a face of concern, "It's a long story...although it's kind of short, but anyway, Yugi and the rest of us were down at Times Square and these guys just came outta nowhere. I had to come for help!!" Joey looked to the ground, ~Aww man, this is the worst story I've ever come up with, they'll never believe me!!~ Joey thought.
Kaiba wasn't falling for it, "Times Square you say? You could have gone to the police, but instead you came all the way from the other side of town just to get us?" he asked.
~Uh-oh, busted...~ Joey thought.
"Kaiba!!! What are you talking about???? We have to go and help Yugi!!!" Icey yelled, stepping outside the house.
Joey's jaw dropped to the floor ~Is this girl for real??????~ He yelled mentally. Even Mokuba was shocked that Icey could believe such an outrageous story.
"No Kamishiro, Wheeler's just being an ass. Get back in here!" Kaiba demanded.
Joey made a face at Kaiba, a face that said: 'Hey asswipe, work with me here!'
Kaiba groaned, and rolled his eyes. "Alright, Mokuba, let's go, go and get Riley and we'll be going,"
The four of them clambered into Kaiba's limousine,
"Take us to Times Square right away!" Kaiba ordered.
"Yes sir!" Riley replied, pulling out of the driveway.
~I see your little game Joey, and I'm doing this because of Icey's personal wellbeing, not because you told me to~ Kaiba said to himself, staring at the blonde.
"So was Yugi alright when you left?" Icey asked, turning to face Joey.
"Uh...yeah, he should be alright, I guess..." Joey stammered.
"Ok," Was her reply as she turned back to the window.
Joey breathed a sigh of relief.
It took another five minutes before they arrived, and Icey was the first out of the car. Icey could see everyone crowding around something, it had to be Yugi!
"You guys!!!" Icey called, running up to them.
Malik looked up at her, "Don't worry about Yugi, he just suddenly got a cramp, he'll be fine," Malik smiled warmly at her.
"Huh? That's not right, Joey told me that-" Joey cut her off by slapping a hand over her mouth, he laughed uncertainly,
"Don't mind her folks!! The good thing is, is that Yug is OK!!"
Tea pointed past the group, "Hey look, it looks like the stalls for the Star Festival tonight are opening!! Since Yugi is fine now, let's go and check them out!" She said, grabbing Icey's arm and pulling her away from Joey's grip. Kaiba groaned,
"I don't see why I bothered doing this..." He muttered.
Icey ran back to Kaiba, with Tea still holding onto her arm. She grabbed Kaiba's hand,
"C'mon Kaiba, this is gonna be great. It's better then sitting at home with nothing to do right?"
Kaiba said nothing and allowed himself to be dragged along. Mokuba was walking with Yugi and Ryou, chatting casually. The stalls there sold all kinds of cute things, from pretty hair pins all the way to limited edition Duel Monster cards. Even stalls for small carnival games were setup. Tea and Icey sat down on the bench, holding prizes in their arms.
"What now?" Tea asked Icey. "It's entirely up to you, y'know"
Joey stood up and scanned the crowds, "Arite!! What other thrills they got planned for Joey Wheeler tonight??" He asked no one in particular, he spotted a food stall and was about to run off when Duke and Tristan held him back.
"No way Joey, tonight is all about Icey man, back off!!" Duke yelled.
Icey overheard this and smiled up at them, ~I get it now, they're just trying to cheer me up...~ She thought.
Icey stood up and raised her arm up to the starry sky.
"Alright!! Lets have as much fun as we possibly can!!!" She yelled.
Joey, Duke and Tristan did the same "Right!!!" they all yelled.
The group walked all over the city, taking photo's along the way. Then, Icey noticed a stall selling some kind of dessert, coconut jelly cubes in syrup[2], Icey pointed and insisted everyone tried it, and thy did, except for Kaiba,
"Oh c'mon Kaiba, who could resist coconut jelly cubes????" Icey asked, popping another two small white cubes into her mouth.
"I reckon!! These are great!!" Yugi commented.
Kaiba rolled his eyes, "Fine," He turned to the old man running the stall, "Hey grandpa, pass one this way.
Icey grinned, "I knew you'd want to try it, Kaiba!!"
"We have got to do this more often guys!" Tea said, finishing off her desserts.
Joey agreed, "Yeah, even if Kaiba tags along..."
Yugi laughed and Kaiba sent Joey a trademark glare. Icey looked up upon hearing laughter of a small child, she was with her family, probably out for the night. They looked so happy all together. It reminded her of her own family, well, what she could remember of them anyway. Icey stood up,
"I'll be right back guys, there's something I need to do." With that, she walked away.
Icey stopped at a florist and bought a bouquet of white flowers. She then found a bridge on the outskirts of town, running under the bridge was a small river. The silver moon cast a reflection on the running water. Icey narrowed her eyes slightly and threw the bouquet into the water, watching it slowly float down the river, then she closed her eyes and pressed her hands together, silently muttering a prayer to her family, after a few seconds of silence a voice rang out from behind her,
"Saying a prayer for your family?" A shadow asked, Icey recognized the voice as Kaiba's.
Kaiba stepped out from the dark veil, his expression was neutral. Icey nodded as Kaiba came to stand beside her.
"We all split up to look for you," Kaiba said, changing the subject. "We're going to the Amusement Park now, so let's go." He concluded, turning to go.
"Seto," Icey said softly. Kaiba turned back to face her, remaining silent. "I'm worried."
"About?"
"About what might happen, things will be getting dangerous from here on in. And I'm wondering if this is going to be the last thing we'll ever do together as a group..." Tears slowly welled up in her eyes, "I don't want anything to happen to anybody. I don't want anyone else involved..."
Kaiba sighed, leave it to a girl to make him go soft. Kaiba drew her close,
"Crying gets you nowhere, Icey." Was all he could come up with, before letting her go.
"I don't know why you're telling me all of this. I don't want to be burdened with other people's problems" He replied.
Icey's eyes widened, "Other people's problems?? This involve all of us Kaiba!! You can't just leave it like it is now!! It'll just keep growing!! I can't believe you're saying this, you of all people. You have a younger brother who looks up to you Kaiba!! You're his whole world!! And this is all you have to say when his life is possibly at stake?!"
Kaiba retaliated Icey's temper with his own, "Because I don't know what to say, ALRIGHT??!" He yelled.
"Maybe I'm not telling you to say anything Seto, I just want you to listen!! Don't you ever feel like you just want someone there to listen to what you're saying??" Icey asked, exasperated.
"If you want someone to listen then go talk to a wall..." Kaiba answered, calming down. He turned to walk away again.
Icey clenched her fists, "I don't understand you Seto Kaiba!!! I really don't. While with one hand you hold those close to you, then with other, you push them away!! Why are you like that??!!"
Kaiba stopped walking, he didn't even turn to face her. "And how is this any of your business?" He asked.
"It's not but...but I just need to know!!" Icey shut her eyes tightly and shook her head violently. "Seto, I just can't help liking you!!!" Icey's eyes shot open, did she just say that?
Kaiba stayed completely silent, so did Icey. The silence rang in their ears. Then Kaiba slowly turned his head to look at her out of the corner of his eye,
"I'm sorry Icey, but I'm afraid I don't feel the same about you," He took a few steps into the darkness, "We should go, they're all waiting for us at the Amusement Park."
Icey couldn't move, what Kaiba said alone froze up every muscle in her body. All she could do was stare at the back of the retreating CEO........
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[1] There actually is a Star Festival in Japan, I dunno about all the stalls and stuff but I'm just letting you know.
[2] Don't ask about the coconut jelly cubes, they were the first things that came to me. O.O" But they taste really nice though, especially with ice cream *Drools*
Icey's Note: Well well well, this was a really long chapter, and to think I was going to finish off the next bit in this chappie too. Oh well, it's in the next chapter so until then, ja mata ne.
Duke: Yay I finally get to talk at the end of the chapter!! ^-^
Malik: That's coz Authoress-sama doesn't like you...
Duke: what?? *is heartbroken*
Malik: Uh... as much as she likes Seto.... ^^"
Seto: O.o riiiiiiiiiight.....
Yugi: -.- nevermind....
Joey: Less yakkin more reviewin
The next morning was grey and cloudy, it was one of those days that made Icey want to sleep in, until Mokuba charged into the room, jumping on the bed,
"Get up Icey!!! It's time for school!!!! It's time for school, it's time for school!!"
Icey groaned and pulled the sheets over her head,
"No, I don't wanna go to school. Mommy, I wanna stay home and bake cookies with you!!!" she whined, still half asleep.
Mokuba was confused, but he soon shook it off when he tore the sheets out of Icey's grip. Feeling a sudden gust of cold air she sat up and rubbed her tired amethyst eyes,
"I'm up, I'm up..." She muttered tiredly.
Mokuba just laughed and ran out the door as Kaiba showed up and leaned against the door frame.
"Get up Kamishiro, we have school today, and we're already late!" He said coldly.
Icey expected him to leave, but to her surprise, Kaiba walked into the room and closed the door behind him. Icey blinked, she was about to ask what he was doing but Kaiba spoke before she could open her mouth,
"About last night, Kamishiro, after what Bakura said..." Kaiba sat down on the bed in front of her, placing his hands on her shoulders and staring right into her eyes, "I want you to be careful today, those Bracelets, keep them on you at all times." Kaiba suddenly drew her into a hug. "Stay with someone you know for all of today, don't wander off alone. I don't want you hurt..." Kaiba paused, why had he said that? Why was he so concerned? Kaiba had no clue. He just got up and walked out the door, leaving a dazed Icey on the bed.
~*At school*~
Icey sat listening to her teacher drone on in class, something about irrational numbers and finding how many positive integers in 783. Pfft, who knew? Probably Kaiba.... Icey laughed softly at her own bravado then diverted her gaze out the window, thinking about her rude wake up call. Icey was so tired now, ~That Mokuba is going to pay for depriving me of my slumber~ She thought wickedly, but being rudely awakened was definitely made up for by a hug from the CEO. Icey smiled to herself, ~He's not that bad~ She thought absent mindedly, ~A girl could fall for him...No wait, what am I thinking??~ She asked herself, shaking her head a bit so stray strands of her violet hair flicked about. It was then that Icey noticed it, there on the building opposite the one in which she sat. On the roof stood a tall dark figure. Icey could have sword his eyes were locked onto her, but who was he? Icey reached down to touch her Millennium Bracelets. Icey jerked when someone tapped her on the shoulder, it was Tea.
"Hey, it's time to go!!" She said cheerily, grabbing Icey's arm and pulling her up.
Icey said nothing to object, she just turned back to the window where the figure stood...He was gone!! Icey narrowed her eyes, allowing herself to be dragged off by Tea. After joining the rest of the group, Icey tried to cheer up a bit.
"Still thinking about yesterday?" Ryou asked gently, sitting down.
Icey lowered her head a little, "I guess," She replied.
"C'mon Icey, you're stronger then that!! Hell, you were a Goddess in your past life!!" Joey said confidently.
Icey forced a smile, "Yeah... But still..." She trailed off.
Joey leaned on her, resting his elbow on her head, "Chill Ice,"
Tea smiled reassuringly, "Besides, if anything goes wrong, we'll be there and-" Joey cut her off.
"Oh please, spare the girl one of your trademark friendship speeches!" He rolled his eyes.
Tea folded her arms huffily. Icey laughed softly,
"Now there's the smile we all know and love," Malik said.
Marik made a face of disgust at his Hikari, "When you talk about all this lovey dovey crap, I suddenly feel like gagging..."
Everyone laughed, then Icey stood up,
"Hey guy's I'll be right back. I'm just gonna go for a quick walk," Icey didn't wait for anyone's stamp of approval before turning and walking out of the cafeteria.
"We have to cheer her up you guys. Or else she'll keep blaming herself for what happened last night..." Tea said softly, concern flickered across her blue eyes.
Yugi and Ryou looked concerned, "We know that Tea..." Yugi answered.
Tristan snapped his fingers, "Tonight's the annual Star Festival right?"[1]
Duke nodded, "Yeah, and...?"
"Duh!! We'll take her genius, half the streets in the city will be blocked off for the festival to make way for stalls and stuff tonight, then after, we can go to the amusement park!!"
Tea sweatdropped, "There will always be enough time for you to go to the Amusement Park, but there's never enough time for homework...ironic isn't it?"
Yami smiled, his eyes shone, "True, but in any case, that's a great idea!"
Malik nodded in agreement, "But how are we supposed to get her to go?" He asked.
Joey grinned, "Leave that to the master!!!!" He said.
Everyone turned to Yami, "Ok Master, how are you going to get Icey to go?" they all said in unison.
"I meant ME you idiots!!!" Joey yelled. "You all just go home and prepare to go, meet in Times Square at 5 ok? Savvy?"
No one knew what 'savvy' meant, but they just smiled and nodded their heads anyway.
~*After School*~
Joey walked up the driveway of the Kaiba estate, wearing his usual clothing. He was pretty sure Icey was at home, considering Kaiba probably had to pick up Mokuba and drop something off at his office, who knew?
Joey drew in a deep breath then knocked on the door urgently. After a few minutes, Icey slowly opened the door,
"Joey?" She said to no one in particular.
"Icey!!! You gotta come quick!!! Something happened!!!" Joey yelled urgently.
Kaiba appeared behind Icey, "What do you want, Wheeler? Here to ask for a few bones for your dinner tonight?"
Joey ignored his blood boiling and fought back the urge to strangle Kaiba, "Kaiba!! You're here too!!"
Kaiba rolled his eyes, "Well DUH Wheeler, this IS my home!!"
"Well something really bad happened, go and get Mokuba and we have to get to Times Square right away!!!" Joey urged.
"Hey just calm down Joey, what happened?" Icey asked, trying to talk some sense into the boy.
Mokuba then appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, "Someone say my name?"
Joey put on a face of concern, "It's a long story...although it's kind of short, but anyway, Yugi and the rest of us were down at Times Square and these guys just came outta nowhere. I had to come for help!!" Joey looked to the ground, ~Aww man, this is the worst story I've ever come up with, they'll never believe me!!~ Joey thought.
Kaiba wasn't falling for it, "Times Square you say? You could have gone to the police, but instead you came all the way from the other side of town just to get us?" he asked.
~Uh-oh, busted...~ Joey thought.
"Kaiba!!! What are you talking about???? We have to go and help Yugi!!!" Icey yelled, stepping outside the house.
Joey's jaw dropped to the floor ~Is this girl for real??????~ He yelled mentally. Even Mokuba was shocked that Icey could believe such an outrageous story.
"No Kamishiro, Wheeler's just being an ass. Get back in here!" Kaiba demanded.
Joey made a face at Kaiba, a face that said: 'Hey asswipe, work with me here!'
Kaiba groaned, and rolled his eyes. "Alright, Mokuba, let's go, go and get Riley and we'll be going,"
The four of them clambered into Kaiba's limousine,
"Take us to Times Square right away!" Kaiba ordered.
"Yes sir!" Riley replied, pulling out of the driveway.
~I see your little game Joey, and I'm doing this because of Icey's personal wellbeing, not because you told me to~ Kaiba said to himself, staring at the blonde.
"So was Yugi alright when you left?" Icey asked, turning to face Joey.
"Uh...yeah, he should be alright, I guess..." Joey stammered.
"Ok," Was her reply as she turned back to the window.
Joey breathed a sigh of relief.
It took another five minutes before they arrived, and Icey was the first out of the car. Icey could see everyone crowding around something, it had to be Yugi!
"You guys!!!" Icey called, running up to them.
Malik looked up at her, "Don't worry about Yugi, he just suddenly got a cramp, he'll be fine," Malik smiled warmly at her.
"Huh? That's not right, Joey told me that-" Joey cut her off by slapping a hand over her mouth, he laughed uncertainly,
"Don't mind her folks!! The good thing is, is that Yug is OK!!"
Tea pointed past the group, "Hey look, it looks like the stalls for the Star Festival tonight are opening!! Since Yugi is fine now, let's go and check them out!" She said, grabbing Icey's arm and pulling her away from Joey's grip. Kaiba groaned,
"I don't see why I bothered doing this..." He muttered.
Icey ran back to Kaiba, with Tea still holding onto her arm. She grabbed Kaiba's hand,
"C'mon Kaiba, this is gonna be great. It's better then sitting at home with nothing to do right?"
Kaiba said nothing and allowed himself to be dragged along. Mokuba was walking with Yugi and Ryou, chatting casually. The stalls there sold all kinds of cute things, from pretty hair pins all the way to limited edition Duel Monster cards. Even stalls for small carnival games were setup. Tea and Icey sat down on the bench, holding prizes in their arms.
"What now?" Tea asked Icey. "It's entirely up to you, y'know"
Joey stood up and scanned the crowds, "Arite!! What other thrills they got planned for Joey Wheeler tonight??" He asked no one in particular, he spotted a food stall and was about to run off when Duke and Tristan held him back.
"No way Joey, tonight is all about Icey man, back off!!" Duke yelled.
Icey overheard this and smiled up at them, ~I get it now, they're just trying to cheer me up...~ She thought.
Icey stood up and raised her arm up to the starry sky.
"Alright!! Lets have as much fun as we possibly can!!!" She yelled.
Joey, Duke and Tristan did the same "Right!!!" they all yelled.
The group walked all over the city, taking photo's along the way. Then, Icey noticed a stall selling some kind of dessert, coconut jelly cubes in syrup[2], Icey pointed and insisted everyone tried it, and thy did, except for Kaiba,
"Oh c'mon Kaiba, who could resist coconut jelly cubes????" Icey asked, popping another two small white cubes into her mouth.
"I reckon!! These are great!!" Yugi commented.
Kaiba rolled his eyes, "Fine," He turned to the old man running the stall, "Hey grandpa, pass one this way.
Icey grinned, "I knew you'd want to try it, Kaiba!!"
"We have got to do this more often guys!" Tea said, finishing off her desserts.
Joey agreed, "Yeah, even if Kaiba tags along..."
Yugi laughed and Kaiba sent Joey a trademark glare. Icey looked up upon hearing laughter of a small child, she was with her family, probably out for the night. They looked so happy all together. It reminded her of her own family, well, what she could remember of them anyway. Icey stood up,
"I'll be right back guys, there's something I need to do." With that, she walked away.
Icey stopped at a florist and bought a bouquet of white flowers. She then found a bridge on the outskirts of town, running under the bridge was a small river. The silver moon cast a reflection on the running water. Icey narrowed her eyes slightly and threw the bouquet into the water, watching it slowly float down the river, then she closed her eyes and pressed her hands together, silently muttering a prayer to her family, after a few seconds of silence a voice rang out from behind her,
"Saying a prayer for your family?" A shadow asked, Icey recognized the voice as Kaiba's.
Kaiba stepped out from the dark veil, his expression was neutral. Icey nodded as Kaiba came to stand beside her.
"We all split up to look for you," Kaiba said, changing the subject. "We're going to the Amusement Park now, so let's go." He concluded, turning to go.
"Seto," Icey said softly. Kaiba turned back to face her, remaining silent. "I'm worried."
"About?"
"About what might happen, things will be getting dangerous from here on in. And I'm wondering if this is going to be the last thing we'll ever do together as a group..." Tears slowly welled up in her eyes, "I don't want anything to happen to anybody. I don't want anyone else involved..."
Kaiba sighed, leave it to a girl to make him go soft. Kaiba drew her close,
"Crying gets you nowhere, Icey." Was all he could come up with, before letting her go.
"I don't know why you're telling me all of this. I don't want to be burdened with other people's problems" He replied.
Icey's eyes widened, "Other people's problems?? This involve all of us Kaiba!! You can't just leave it like it is now!! It'll just keep growing!! I can't believe you're saying this, you of all people. You have a younger brother who looks up to you Kaiba!! You're his whole world!! And this is all you have to say when his life is possibly at stake?!"
Kaiba retaliated Icey's temper with his own, "Because I don't know what to say, ALRIGHT??!" He yelled.
"Maybe I'm not telling you to say anything Seto, I just want you to listen!! Don't you ever feel like you just want someone there to listen to what you're saying??" Icey asked, exasperated.
"If you want someone to listen then go talk to a wall..." Kaiba answered, calming down. He turned to walk away again.
Icey clenched her fists, "I don't understand you Seto Kaiba!!! I really don't. While with one hand you hold those close to you, then with other, you push them away!! Why are you like that??!!"
Kaiba stopped walking, he didn't even turn to face her. "And how is this any of your business?" He asked.
"It's not but...but I just need to know!!" Icey shut her eyes tightly and shook her head violently. "Seto, I just can't help liking you!!!" Icey's eyes shot open, did she just say that?
Kaiba stayed completely silent, so did Icey. The silence rang in their ears. Then Kaiba slowly turned his head to look at her out of the corner of his eye,
"I'm sorry Icey, but I'm afraid I don't feel the same about you," He took a few steps into the darkness, "We should go, they're all waiting for us at the Amusement Park."
Icey couldn't move, what Kaiba said alone froze up every muscle in her body. All she could do was stare at the back of the retreating CEO........
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[1] There actually is a Star Festival in Japan, I dunno about all the stalls and stuff but I'm just letting you know.
[2] Don't ask about the coconut jelly cubes, they were the first things that came to me. O.O" But they taste really nice though, especially with ice cream *Drools*
Icey's Note: Well well well, this was a really long chapter, and to think I was going to finish off the next bit in this chappie too. Oh well, it's in the next chapter so until then, ja mata ne.
Duke: Yay I finally get to talk at the end of the chapter!! ^-^
Malik: That's coz Authoress-sama doesn't like you...
Duke: what?? *is heartbroken*
Malik: Uh... as much as she likes Seto.... ^^"
Seto: O.o riiiiiiiiiight.....
Yugi: -.- nevermind....
Joey: Less yakkin more reviewin