I Will Always Be the Same
By Anime Queen
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Another chapter is out!! I had to write it quickly, cuz I need time to work on my original fiction and manga... not that I didn't enjoy it, of course! I like the way the story's turning out, and already I have 9 chapters of it! Still no idea how they're gonna get out of this mess they're in, but whatever... enjoy, and please review!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or any of its characters, just this fic!
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Chapter 9 - Against My Will
We were back to sitting in silence. It was quite common now that neither of us wanted to initiate a conversation that would inevitably end up in another argument. The fact remained that we were prisoners in a cell, no matter how much we wanted to think otherwise.
=Wonder what Kaiba has in all of these,= I thought, looking over his heap of luggage. =Probably some really high-tech stuff to do with the company= Then I had an idea.
"Hey Kaiba," I didn't really feel like talking, so the words escaped with a sigh. "Don't you have some kind of communications device, like a satellite phone, or a cell phone, or something?"
"Who do I look like, James Bond?" he sighed in irritation. "Of course I don't."
"Don't you always need to carry something in case someone needs to reach you?"
He looked at me wearily. "If I wanted them to reach me, then, yes."
"You didn't take a phone with you because you wanted to disappear?" I shook my head. "Well, now we'll both disappear, you like that? Huh?" I started yelling from my spot in the opposite corner. "Now we're both gonna die, because of you and your head banger theories about how everyone wants to know where you are all the time! Well now nobody knows where you are, you happy?" I stopped for breath and continued in a low voice, "We're both gonna die."
"Shut up!" he bellowed back at me. "Shut the fuck up! You don't know anything! You don't know what the hell you're talking about! Stop judging me, because you know nothing about me!"
"We're gonna die," I said simply and quietly, looking him in the eye.
"No we're not."
"Oh, what are you gonna do, pull out a magic wand and wish us out of here?" I laughed ruefully. "No, that's not gonna happen. You want to know what is? I'll die, and you'll die! We will both die here!" I covered my face with my hands, only now fully realizing that it might as well happen. They weren't feeding us, and my chocolate will run out eventually. I fought to keep from sobbing, and curled up on my side in my corner, my hair over my face.
"Maybe I deserve to die," I heard Kaiba say on the other side of the room. I opened my eyes out of interest.
=Why would he say such a thing?=
I waited for him to continue.
"This life that I have, back in Tokyo, is what's keeping me alive, but it also destroys me. Richest man in the city," he chuckled sadly, "and look where it's brought me. I'm like a curse, I make everyone around me suffer, even people I don't know, all because of who I am."
"A multi-billionaire?" I asked meekly from under my hair.
"Yes. A multi-billionaire. And where are those billions now?" he laughed in a frightening voice, like a madman. "Money can't save people. It couldn't save my parents, it can't save my brother, it can't save you, and it can't save me."
"What happened to them, your family, I mean?"
He was silent, so I figured he wasn't going to tell me. But then he started talking again.
"My parents... they died when I was little. My younger brother was all I had left. And now that creep Pegasus took him away too!" he jumped up and hit the wall with both his fists. "And all because I'm Seto Kaiba, owner and founder of Kaiba Corp!" I watched him wearily as he sank to his knees, and hit the wall again.
"I really do deserve to die!" he started punching his knuckles into the wall with a loud thumping noise. I propped myself up on my elbow, surprised at witnessing Kaiba go mental.
"Hey, that's enough," I told him calmly after he drove his sore knuckles into the cement once again, pulling them out cracked. He didn't seem to hear me. He started sobbing, too, still punching his knuckles into the wall. I saw the blood seep through his fingers, and got up. I walked over to him, and put my hands on his shoulder blades.
"That's enough," I repeated sternly into his ear. When he didn't respond, I grabbed his wrists, and turned him around to face me. He was crying.
I let go of his hands, which were now a bloody mess, and he leaned back against the wall. I sighed in relief now that he was done, and got a few bandages out of my bag. He calmed down and stopped crying, although his tears were still wet on his face. Neither of us said anything as I bandaged his hands carefully.
=Why do I always end up looking after his wounds? It's not like I'm his doctor, and I don't owe him anything=
After I finished, I sat next to him to make sure he was completely calm. I really didn't want to see him like that again. It seemed like a very long time before he spoke.
"Why were you on the ship to Duelist Kingdom?" he sounded tired, and not like he cared. I answered him anyway.
"Why else? To compete in the tournament, of course."
"Why do you duel?"
"It's the only option I have left."
He turned his head to me, and his mouth twitched in a kind of smile.
"You never told me about your past."
I sighed. "I never wanted to talk about something I was running from."
=Until now,= I realized that in fact, I did want to talk about it.
He nodded, as if understanding.
"My mom killed my dad, and then disappeared," I told him, biting my lip. "They were always arguing, so I guess I knew it was going to end up like this."
"So you decided to go to Duelist Kingdom for the prize money?"
I nodded, half expecting him to laugh. He didn't.
"And you're going to help your kid brother, am I right?"
"That's the idea. Those jerks on my advisory board wouldn't let me go and waste the time I could spend paying them," he chuckled.
=So that's what it's like to have someone to take care of=
I looked up at Seto, and couldn't help but admire him. Even against the grain, he still wants to help his brother. I might even have called it a noble cause, but then I would sound too much like my mother.
"I'm sorry, about your parent," I told him quietly.
"And I'm sorry about yours."
He thought for a moment, and then added,
"You still think all this is my fault?"
"I thought I already told you what I thought."
"Tell me again," he turned to me, and I looked up into his face.
"No."
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Done! Well, please tell me what you thought, I appreciate reviews!! Judging by the number of reviews I got for this story, I dare say it's the most popular out of all my fics. I love you ppl!!! Please review!!
By Anime Queen
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Another chapter is out!! I had to write it quickly, cuz I need time to work on my original fiction and manga... not that I didn't enjoy it, of course! I like the way the story's turning out, and already I have 9 chapters of it! Still no idea how they're gonna get out of this mess they're in, but whatever... enjoy, and please review!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or any of its characters, just this fic!
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Chapter 9 - Against My Will
We were back to sitting in silence. It was quite common now that neither of us wanted to initiate a conversation that would inevitably end up in another argument. The fact remained that we were prisoners in a cell, no matter how much we wanted to think otherwise.
=Wonder what Kaiba has in all of these,= I thought, looking over his heap of luggage. =Probably some really high-tech stuff to do with the company= Then I had an idea.
"Hey Kaiba," I didn't really feel like talking, so the words escaped with a sigh. "Don't you have some kind of communications device, like a satellite phone, or a cell phone, or something?"
"Who do I look like, James Bond?" he sighed in irritation. "Of course I don't."
"Don't you always need to carry something in case someone needs to reach you?"
He looked at me wearily. "If I wanted them to reach me, then, yes."
"You didn't take a phone with you because you wanted to disappear?" I shook my head. "Well, now we'll both disappear, you like that? Huh?" I started yelling from my spot in the opposite corner. "Now we're both gonna die, because of you and your head banger theories about how everyone wants to know where you are all the time! Well now nobody knows where you are, you happy?" I stopped for breath and continued in a low voice, "We're both gonna die."
"Shut up!" he bellowed back at me. "Shut the fuck up! You don't know anything! You don't know what the hell you're talking about! Stop judging me, because you know nothing about me!"
"We're gonna die," I said simply and quietly, looking him in the eye.
"No we're not."
"Oh, what are you gonna do, pull out a magic wand and wish us out of here?" I laughed ruefully. "No, that's not gonna happen. You want to know what is? I'll die, and you'll die! We will both die here!" I covered my face with my hands, only now fully realizing that it might as well happen. They weren't feeding us, and my chocolate will run out eventually. I fought to keep from sobbing, and curled up on my side in my corner, my hair over my face.
"Maybe I deserve to die," I heard Kaiba say on the other side of the room. I opened my eyes out of interest.
=Why would he say such a thing?=
I waited for him to continue.
"This life that I have, back in Tokyo, is what's keeping me alive, but it also destroys me. Richest man in the city," he chuckled sadly, "and look where it's brought me. I'm like a curse, I make everyone around me suffer, even people I don't know, all because of who I am."
"A multi-billionaire?" I asked meekly from under my hair.
"Yes. A multi-billionaire. And where are those billions now?" he laughed in a frightening voice, like a madman. "Money can't save people. It couldn't save my parents, it can't save my brother, it can't save you, and it can't save me."
"What happened to them, your family, I mean?"
He was silent, so I figured he wasn't going to tell me. But then he started talking again.
"My parents... they died when I was little. My younger brother was all I had left. And now that creep Pegasus took him away too!" he jumped up and hit the wall with both his fists. "And all because I'm Seto Kaiba, owner and founder of Kaiba Corp!" I watched him wearily as he sank to his knees, and hit the wall again.
"I really do deserve to die!" he started punching his knuckles into the wall with a loud thumping noise. I propped myself up on my elbow, surprised at witnessing Kaiba go mental.
"Hey, that's enough," I told him calmly after he drove his sore knuckles into the cement once again, pulling them out cracked. He didn't seem to hear me. He started sobbing, too, still punching his knuckles into the wall. I saw the blood seep through his fingers, and got up. I walked over to him, and put my hands on his shoulder blades.
"That's enough," I repeated sternly into his ear. When he didn't respond, I grabbed his wrists, and turned him around to face me. He was crying.
I let go of his hands, which were now a bloody mess, and he leaned back against the wall. I sighed in relief now that he was done, and got a few bandages out of my bag. He calmed down and stopped crying, although his tears were still wet on his face. Neither of us said anything as I bandaged his hands carefully.
=Why do I always end up looking after his wounds? It's not like I'm his doctor, and I don't owe him anything=
After I finished, I sat next to him to make sure he was completely calm. I really didn't want to see him like that again. It seemed like a very long time before he spoke.
"Why were you on the ship to Duelist Kingdom?" he sounded tired, and not like he cared. I answered him anyway.
"Why else? To compete in the tournament, of course."
"Why do you duel?"
"It's the only option I have left."
He turned his head to me, and his mouth twitched in a kind of smile.
"You never told me about your past."
I sighed. "I never wanted to talk about something I was running from."
=Until now,= I realized that in fact, I did want to talk about it.
He nodded, as if understanding.
"My mom killed my dad, and then disappeared," I told him, biting my lip. "They were always arguing, so I guess I knew it was going to end up like this."
"So you decided to go to Duelist Kingdom for the prize money?"
I nodded, half expecting him to laugh. He didn't.
"And you're going to help your kid brother, am I right?"
"That's the idea. Those jerks on my advisory board wouldn't let me go and waste the time I could spend paying them," he chuckled.
=So that's what it's like to have someone to take care of=
I looked up at Seto, and couldn't help but admire him. Even against the grain, he still wants to help his brother. I might even have called it a noble cause, but then I would sound too much like my mother.
"I'm sorry, about your parent," I told him quietly.
"And I'm sorry about yours."
He thought for a moment, and then added,
"You still think all this is my fault?"
"I thought I already told you what I thought."
"Tell me again," he turned to me, and I looked up into his face.
"No."
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Done! Well, please tell me what you thought, I appreciate reviews!! Judging by the number of reviews I got for this story, I dare say it's the most popular out of all my fics. I love you ppl!!! Please review!!