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I Will Always Be the Same
By Anime Queen
Chapter 2 - Enter Seto Kaiba
I was doing my nails when it happened. At first, it sounded like a regular fight between my folks, but then I heard the unmistakable sound of a gunshot. I was startled at first, but then again, deep down, I knew this was going to happen. I did not run down to the room to see what has happened, I already knew. Packing some clothes, my Duel Monsters deck, toiletries and the CD's that contained my life's work in my brown duffle bag, I went to my half empty closet.
Using the boxes where I stored old papers from school for supports, I climbed to the topmost shelf. Extracting the huge black iron chest from its secret hiding place, I jumped down and opened the lock with the silver key I always wore around my neck. (A/N: not like the one that opens those little kiddy locks - think gate locks, big keys.) I always knew that it would come down to this, and now I would execute my long - planned for escape.
Instead of going downstairs, where I would see my prediction come to life, I opened the window and sat on the edge. I had been planning my escape for months now, maybe more.
=This is it.= I thought with a bittersweet feeling in my heart. =I have to fend for myself now= With practiced ease I leaped down from the window onto the grass below. With one last look at the house where I had spent most of my childhood, I ran across the front lawn and into the night.
The next day it was in the papers. I sat at a café four blocks from my house, looking at the picture of my father's blooded body as he lay very much dead in our living room. The papers said it was a suicide, but I knew better. I knew my mother was planning this for weeks. I had heard that from the phone conversations she had with a certain Jake character.
=Where are you now, mom?= I wondered, staring at their family portrait on the front page. It was so long ago, but even then, we haven't been a happy family. My mother always wanted to be in the middle of things. And when she married, she wanted to be in the middle of my father's affairs, too. That's how it has all started.
=No use thinking about it now. I always knew this would happen, eventually=
I paid the bill and walked out into the sunshine. The wind ruffled my hair, and I let it fly around my face as I crossed the parking lot to my car. I had no idea where I would go next, but I decided to drive anyway. As I was backing out of the parking lot, a black Nissan smashed into the rear of my Honda.
=Great.= I thought in exasperation. I got out, and walked to the rear of the car to inspect the damage.
"Why don't you watch where you're going?" I yelled at the driver who was emerging slowly from the black car.
"Call me blind, but I didn't see you look behind you as you were backing out," he replied calmly.
"I wasn't looking?! How dare you!" =No one has ever had the nerve to talk to me that way= I silently fumed.
The brown haired boy just shrugged.
"Since you don't look like you have much money, let's assume this was my fault."
I clenched my fists, but didn't say anything. I didn't have the money to cover the cost of repairing the damage.
=Would be really stupid to refuse the guy's money if he was giving it to me=
"Here," the mysterious driver handed me a check through the open window of his car. I looked at the check in my hand and arched my eyebrows in surprise.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have places to be," he said curtly as he got into his car and drove away, leaving a dust cloud behind him. When it cleared, he was already a dot on the horizon.
=That guy sure has a lot of money to spend.= I thought as I stood there holding the three - thousand dollar check the young man gave me. =Seto Kaiba. I wonder if he's the owner of that fancy company, Kaiba Corp. The name seems to fit=
I drove my damaged car to a service station, where the mechanics got to work on it right away.
=I need a shower and a good nap=
I paid for a room and threw off my clothes in the bathroom. The warm weather felt great on my skin, and I relaxed into the spray.
=What did I do to deserve this? Why can't my family be a normal one? Dammit, mom, why did you have to kill dad? Didn't you think about what would happen to me? Don't you care?=
And then there was another voice in her head.
=This is for my own good. I have to look out for myself. Yeah, that's it. This is a test. Well, I won't fail it. I will lead my own life. I don't need mom. I don't need anyone. No one is going to slow me down=
I got dressed and ran a brush through my thick golden hair. =I don't need anyone=
I waited while the guys finished the job on my car, and then I was ready to go. I had no idea where, but the main thing was that I was ready.
"Nothing can slow me down," I said out loud to myself, and then turned up the radio. Singing along to my favorite tune, I continued my journey into the unknown.
Whenever something inside of me whined about all the disadvantages, I repressed it. =I have to be strong if I want to survive on my own. That's right, on my own. Friends - who needs them? They only slow you down=
It was getting dark, but I kept on driving. It was midnight when I stopped for gas. Looking around the messy interior of my car littered with soft drink cartons, burger wraps and snack bags, I realized how hungry I was. In fact, I haven't eaten since this morning. I pulled out a ten-dollar bill from my pocket, and the envelope with the rest of the money Kaiba gave me tumbled out with it.
=He sure has money to spend= I wondered again. =Well, sure, he has his own company, what could possibly go wrong in his life=
I Will Always Be the Same
By Anime Queen
Chapter 2 - Enter Seto Kaiba
I was doing my nails when it happened. At first, it sounded like a regular fight between my folks, but then I heard the unmistakable sound of a gunshot. I was startled at first, but then again, deep down, I knew this was going to happen. I did not run down to the room to see what has happened, I already knew. Packing some clothes, my Duel Monsters deck, toiletries and the CD's that contained my life's work in my brown duffle bag, I went to my half empty closet.
Using the boxes where I stored old papers from school for supports, I climbed to the topmost shelf. Extracting the huge black iron chest from its secret hiding place, I jumped down and opened the lock with the silver key I always wore around my neck. (A/N: not like the one that opens those little kiddy locks - think gate locks, big keys.) I always knew that it would come down to this, and now I would execute my long - planned for escape.
Instead of going downstairs, where I would see my prediction come to life, I opened the window and sat on the edge. I had been planning my escape for months now, maybe more.
=This is it.= I thought with a bittersweet feeling in my heart. =I have to fend for myself now= With practiced ease I leaped down from the window onto the grass below. With one last look at the house where I had spent most of my childhood, I ran across the front lawn and into the night.
The next day it was in the papers. I sat at a café four blocks from my house, looking at the picture of my father's blooded body as he lay very much dead in our living room. The papers said it was a suicide, but I knew better. I knew my mother was planning this for weeks. I had heard that from the phone conversations she had with a certain Jake character.
=Where are you now, mom?= I wondered, staring at their family portrait on the front page. It was so long ago, but even then, we haven't been a happy family. My mother always wanted to be in the middle of things. And when she married, she wanted to be in the middle of my father's affairs, too. That's how it has all started.
=No use thinking about it now. I always knew this would happen, eventually=
I paid the bill and walked out into the sunshine. The wind ruffled my hair, and I let it fly around my face as I crossed the parking lot to my car. I had no idea where I would go next, but I decided to drive anyway. As I was backing out of the parking lot, a black Nissan smashed into the rear of my Honda.
=Great.= I thought in exasperation. I got out, and walked to the rear of the car to inspect the damage.
"Why don't you watch where you're going?" I yelled at the driver who was emerging slowly from the black car.
"Call me blind, but I didn't see you look behind you as you were backing out," he replied calmly.
"I wasn't looking?! How dare you!" =No one has ever had the nerve to talk to me that way= I silently fumed.
The brown haired boy just shrugged.
"Since you don't look like you have much money, let's assume this was my fault."
I clenched my fists, but didn't say anything. I didn't have the money to cover the cost of repairing the damage.
=Would be really stupid to refuse the guy's money if he was giving it to me=
"Here," the mysterious driver handed me a check through the open window of his car. I looked at the check in my hand and arched my eyebrows in surprise.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have places to be," he said curtly as he got into his car and drove away, leaving a dust cloud behind him. When it cleared, he was already a dot on the horizon.
=That guy sure has a lot of money to spend.= I thought as I stood there holding the three - thousand dollar check the young man gave me. =Seto Kaiba. I wonder if he's the owner of that fancy company, Kaiba Corp. The name seems to fit=
I drove my damaged car to a service station, where the mechanics got to work on it right away.
=I need a shower and a good nap=
I paid for a room and threw off my clothes in the bathroom. The warm weather felt great on my skin, and I relaxed into the spray.
=What did I do to deserve this? Why can't my family be a normal one? Dammit, mom, why did you have to kill dad? Didn't you think about what would happen to me? Don't you care?=
And then there was another voice in her head.
=This is for my own good. I have to look out for myself. Yeah, that's it. This is a test. Well, I won't fail it. I will lead my own life. I don't need mom. I don't need anyone. No one is going to slow me down=
I got dressed and ran a brush through my thick golden hair. =I don't need anyone=
I waited while the guys finished the job on my car, and then I was ready to go. I had no idea where, but the main thing was that I was ready.
"Nothing can slow me down," I said out loud to myself, and then turned up the radio. Singing along to my favorite tune, I continued my journey into the unknown.
Whenever something inside of me whined about all the disadvantages, I repressed it. =I have to be strong if I want to survive on my own. That's right, on my own. Friends - who needs them? They only slow you down=
It was getting dark, but I kept on driving. It was midnight when I stopped for gas. Looking around the messy interior of my car littered with soft drink cartons, burger wraps and snack bags, I realized how hungry I was. In fact, I haven't eaten since this morning. I pulled out a ten-dollar bill from my pocket, and the envelope with the rest of the money Kaiba gave me tumbled out with it.
=He sure has money to spend= I wondered again. =Well, sure, he has his own company, what could possibly go wrong in his life=