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Chapter Six: The Coming of the Prophecy
Kaiba Mansion, Kaiba's room: 10:50pm
(Theme song for this section: Bring me to Life)
Seto sat at his desk just like he had done every night before, but for some reason this time he could not concentrate on the blue prints for his newest dueling disk. No matter how hard he tried he could get her out of his head and he began to pace the floor.
"Why on earth does she get to me like this?" Seto said to himself, "I mean I haven't seen her in almost five years and I have already kissed her three times today. Not that she tried to stop me I mean she did kissed back, but now the mere thought of her is driving me crazy."
Seto slumped back down into his chair put his elbows on his desk and put his face in his hands. He was trying in vain to force himself to work; he pulled the blueprints back in front of him and began to read them. Within two minutes he was pacing his office floor again. Anyone who worked at the Kaiba mansion would think this normal because Seto always paced the floor when he was trying to work something out. But if you told them that it was because of the girl in the room next to his they would laugh at you and say that you were out of you mind.
"Maybe I shouldn't have asked her to stay here, but I had that room built so she could stay here when she came back. This should not be this big of deal but some how it is and it is interfering with my work!" Now Seto was angry because he hated not being able to work and he was not about to admit that he just might love Ariel Granger. Pulse something had happened today that had not happened in almost five year he, Seto Kaiba, began to feel again. Part of that ice-cold heart he has melted the minute Ariel walked into his office.
Seto was still pacing the floor trying to think of how to solve this problem, but there seemed to be no solution to it. To make matters worse there was this little voice in his head that kept saying, "You know you love her." Then there was the haunting and annoying voice of Gozaburo saying in a threatening voice, "Seto you must never fall in love it will rune everything you have worked for. I want you to forget about that girl and work. If you don't you know what will happen."
That had been one of the first things Gozaburo had told Seto when he was younger. Seto had asked Gozaburo if he could help him find Ariel because he didn't know who had adopted her or even where she was. That had also been the last time he had cried as well, when Gozaburo said no Seto had broken down. He had lost so many people in his life and it was hard not to cry, but Gozaburo gave him the beating of his life for it. After that Seto had never cried again. But Seto never stopped thinking about her and would still smile when he remembered how he met Ariel.
Flashback
It was a worm summer afternoon and a blonde girl about seven years old sat on a bench next to the orphanages playground reading. She was never one to talk to anyone and no one talked to her; it had been that way ever since the other children had found out how smart she was.
As she continued to read she heard a cry coming from somewhere near her. She put her book down and looked around. The crying was coming from a little boy with long black spiky hair who she recognized, it seemed some older boys had decided to pick on him. From where she was sitting it looked like they had broken the toy plane he had been playing with, but where was the older boy that was always with him?
She looked around to see if the other boy was coming to this little boy's aid, but no one came. She never liked it when the older boys pick on the younger children so she decided to do something about it. She put her book down and walked over to the little boy who was now cowering on the ground covered in dirt.
"Is there a problem here?" She asked coolly
"Well if it isn't little miss smarty pants." One of the taunted, but it did faze Her
"Well if not I suggest you move along and leave him alone." Her voice was like ice now
"I really don't care what you think. But if you insist on being part of this, boys get her!"
One of the other boys lunged forward but She just stepped off to the side and he fell face first into the dirt causing him to get a bloody nose. He stood up once again and tried to punch Her, but She just ducked and punched him hard in the stomach. The boy fell to the ground in pain.
"Is that all you got?" She smirked as She said this
"You wont be so lucky this time!" Yelled a second boy
The second boy ran forward and She stepped to the side stick her foot out tripping him. The boy stood up angrier then before and tried again, but for his efforts She punched him in the eye and pushed him to the ground on top of the other boy. She threw her hair back and smiled at the leader, who begin to circle her as if he was decide whether to attack or not. Well all this was going on a brown haired boy about seven and a half years old walked out of the building to the playground looking around for his brother. When he finally spotted him what his saw surprised and confused him. His little brother was on the ground crying, two boys were lying on the ground in pain and the leader of the group was circling a blonde haired girl who didn't look the least bit worried. As he neared his brother and the girl he heard her say to the other boy,
"So do you want a piece of me or are you going to run?"
"I will deal with you later. You will regret this." But he looked scared, "Come on boys lets go." The two others stood up and limped away while the girl turned to the little boy on the ground
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, but-but they broke my plane." The little boy held up his plane that had not been broken. The string had just been snapped in half.
"It is okay, I can fix it." The girl tied the two pieces of string back together, "By the way what is your name?"
"My name is." but he saw some one and jumped up, "Big Brother!!"
The girl turned around to see the little boy hug his older brother. She realized she was no longer needed and got up to leave.
"Wait a minute!" The older boy yelled
"Yes?"
"Thank you for helping my little brother."
"Your welcome."
"What is your name?"
"Ariel."
"I am Seto and this is my little brother Mokuba." Seto held out his hand and Ariel shook it
"It was nice to meet you." Ariel said and she walked off.
End of Flashback
Seto could no longer stand it; his emotions were taking over his mind. He could no longer think straight and he hated the feeling of being out of control. Seto made up his mind, he was going to go and talk to her.
Ariel's room: 10:50pm
It had been a long and interesting day and Ariel was almost drained of energy. She had never expected anything like this to happen. She had thought that Seto would yell at her and tell her to go away, but he hadn't and it surprised her. Instead he had kissed her and to her surprise she liked it.
"I must be losing my mind. I-I." but she stopped it was all so crazy it was hard to sort it all out. "What I really need right now is a hot shower and a good nights sleep. That always makes me feel better."
Ariel walked over to the door and pick up her suitcase and laid it on the couch. She pulled out her nightclothes and walked across the room to the far door. The bathroom was basically all marble; there was a large soaking tub on her left and across from that was a marble counter with a sink and a large mirror. There were different thing on the counter like a soap dish, toothbrush holder, a lotion pump, a small cup and other things similar. A flower vase was on either end of the counter was filled with various flowers of different shades of blues. Everything on the counter looked like it was made of crystal and was trimmed in gold and the mirror was lined with lights.
Towards the back of the bath room was a good sized shower, next to that was a closet that held towels, all of which were a light shade of baby blue and had the initials AG written in gold. Then there was another door that Ariel assumed lead to the toilet. Even though the bathroom was rather large, like everything in the mansion, it was comfterable.
"I can't believe he did all this for me. I have a feeling that Mokuba talked him into it. He wasn't all the surprised to see me tonight. Unlike Seto who looked like he had seen a ghost when I showed up in his office." Ariel shrugged and took her shower
Fifteen minutes later, after Ariel had finished dressing and drying her hair, she was ready for bed. As she went to leave the bathroom she heard a noise coming from her room. Slowly and quietly Ariel opened the door and walked out of the bathroom and just as quietly as she opened the door she closed it. Her bags had been moved and there was a light coming out of her walk in closet. Slowly Ariel walked over to the door and enter, when she did who was ever in there turned around and they both screamed.
The maid who had been putting away Ariel's cloths, which didn't even fill the whole closet, dropped a pile of cloths had been holding. The maid was a young girl about Ariel's age. She was wearing a light blue dress the stopped at her knees with a white apron tide around her waist. Written in silver on upper left side the dress, just under the collar, where the letters KC. Her brunette hair was pulled back in a high ponytail and her eyes, which were wide with fear, were green. The girl was shorter the Ariel, but quit pretty and she was the first to break the silence.
"I am very sorry Miss," She said with her head bowed as she picked up the clothes, "I-I was just doing my job." She was defending herself and Ariel had no idea why, because she had done nothing wrong.
"It is not your fault. I just did know that anybody was still here this late at nigh. And there is no need to defend yourself I am not mad."
"Your-your not?" The maid gave her a quizzical look
"No, I'm not. It was my fault for sneaking up on you like that."
"Oh, well I am not used to being here this late. It is just that the Night Nurse, Bertha, has not shown up yet and until she does, I cannot leave."
"Why is there a Night Nurse?"
"Well Bertha is more like a Nanny." She said off handedly, "It is because Master Kaiba is normally not home until late at nigh and does not like young Master Kaiba left by himself. Even when Master Kaiba is home at nigh he tends to get urgent phone calls and has to leave."
"Really?"
"Yes, Master Kaiba never stops working. From what Bertha tells me he rarely sleeps and came normally be found in front of his computer even in the early hours of the morning."
"I can understand that."
"Do you work quite a bite yourself Miss?" But Ariel never had a chance to answer because there was a knock on the door and Ariel went to answer it.
Ariel expected to find Mokuba or Seto standing at the door, but instead it was an elderly lady in the same outfit as the younger maid. Ariel figured that this must be Bertha, but there was something funny about her. She had a rather dark complexion and looked like she was Egyptian.
"Ah you must be Mistress Granger. I am Bertha the Night Nurse and I am looking for Hannah, have you seen her?"
"Who?"
"That would be me Mistress." Said Hannah then turned to Bertha, "What took so long? I am just grateful that Master Kaiba was out tonight."
"Hannah hold your tongue! You know better then to talk like that about Master Kaiba, especially in front of a guest." The old woman was rather angry, "Anyway my granddaughter was sick and I had to care for her until her mother returned."
"Sorry Bertha. Sorry Miss. Well good night." Hannah left the room without saying another word and with her head bowed.
"I am very sorry Mistress Granger, Hannah is new here and is still learning her place."
"I saw nothing wrong with what she said. Although I would like to know what she means."
"If you must know Mistress, Master Kaiba doesn't have the best of tempers especially with his staff. Yet he is not nearly as bad as the late Master Kaiba who had the worst temper of all."
"So Seto losses his temper every now and then, every one does." Ariel was a little irritated and beginning to show her nasty side just a little. She hated when people treated her and Seto like they were continuously exploding bombs. If they had had the same childhood as her and Seto they would understand.
"I saw you are just the same when I walked in tonight. You have the same ice cold eyes that Master Kaiba has and so I am guessing that you have the same type of temper that he has." Bertha seemed unafraid of Ariel, but that was only because she had no idea what Ariel could do. Ariel, on the other hand, did even have time to respond to what Bertha had said because Seto had been outside the door.
"Bertha! How dare you speak to Ariel like that! I do not tolerate it and you dame well know that!"
"I am very sorry Master Kaiba, but please do not swear at me." She did not yell but her voice was firm and without fear.
"Please finish what ever you were going to do and leave!"
"Yes Master Kaiba. I am very sorry Mistress." Bertha left the room and entered the bathroom to change to towels, but still listened to what Seto and Ariel were talking about.
"I am sorry about Bertha, but she is the only one willing to stay the night here so Mokuba is not alone."
"Yeah well I let my temper get the best of me. I have to stop doing that." Ariel put her head in her hands and shook her head.
"You have had a long day and servants should not speak out like that."
"That is no excuse for treating people like that."
"Ariel they are beneath us."
"Oh for haven sakes Seto, you and I used to be no better! Remember? We were orphans!"
"So, we worked our way up and they didn't. Therefore we are better then them. They don't try, we do."
"I am to tired to fight about this! Just get out!" There was now fire blazing in Ariel's eyes.
"FINE!" He couldn't even win a simple fight with her, but on the other hand she couldn't win a fight with him either. All the fights they ever had always ended up the same way, a draw and Bertha notice this.
"I never thought I would live to meet a girl like this. I didn't even think it was possible. But I think almost all of Domino has just met the female version of Seto Kaiba, Ariel Granger." Bertha silently said to herself as she finished cleaning the bathroom still keeping an eye on Ariel and Seto.
Seto paused at the door, his hand on the handle and his mind trying desperately to make it open the door, but it refused to do so. It was as if he was waiting for her to say something or something to happen, which it did. A blinding white light filled the room and Seto heard Ariel gasp for breath. He turned around but he couldn't see anything, but in a matter of seconds the light died down and just glistened around Ariel. Yet as before she wasn't Ariel, but she wasn't Isis either, she was both. Her eyes were silver and there was a pure white whole moon in the middle of her forehead.
"They are here." She said in a calm but urgent voice
"Who is here?" asked Seto
"The evil that I spoke of earlier." She was so calm that is was scary.
"Who are they?" He only half believed her
"I see only shadows, but there are four that are very dark; which means they are the leaders. Two were thought to be dead, but had only been temporarily lost. One was dead, but is now alive. The fifth is a spirit of darkness that was thought to have been banished to the Shadow Realm. The four combined are the reincarnations of the evil that we once fought 5000 years ago. Three bare Items, but the fourth does not. One bares an Item that is not his, but belongs to the High Priest Seto." With those last words Ariel fell to the floor, the light left and there was no longer a moon on her head.
"So it has begun." Said a voice from behind Seto, who was still standing in shock.
"What are you talking about Bertha?"
"I am not Bertha, I am Sharifa one of the guardians of the Sorceress Isis' tomb."
"Then why are you here and not in Egypt?" He asked as Sharifa knelt down beside Ariel
"Because you and your brother needed protection from far worse evils then Gozaburo Kaiba. For you three are meant to be together, because no matter how strong the three of you appear to be one can not survive without the others."
"You are making no sense! And why did Ariel pass out?"
"She passed out because not matter how great of Sorceress she is a prediction or vision like that takes more energy then even a half goddess has."
"Half goddess what?"
"No more questions. You will know all you need to know when the time comes, but not before. Now please put her on the bed well I go and get a cold compress for her head."
Sharifa went into the bathroom again as Seto slowly moved towards Ariel. She looked so calm, but not peaceful. Seto gingerly pick Ariel up off the floor, walked over to the bed, opened the curtains and placed her on the bed. Sharifa came back out of the bathroom with a bowl of cold water and a towel. Seto moved out of her way but the shock of what just happened was wearing off and he was becoming his normal self again and Sharifa could sense it. As she wiped Ariel's face with the towel she said a few choice words in Egyptian. Ariel's face changed and became peaceful well Seto became increasingly tired to the point where he could hardly stand up. After almost falling asleep were he stood, Seto left the room.
"That little spell always does the trick." Sharifa smiled to herself and left the room.
Outside the Kaiba Mansion: 2:45pm
(Theme song for this section Head Strong)
The guard at the gate was board; indeed he was very board because nothing ever happened to his job exciting. The most he ever had to do was open the gate for Mr. Kaiba whenever he came home extremely late from work or when he had to leave in the middle of the night. But something was different about tonight and he couldn't put his finger on it. Some how the air was different there was a strange feeling in the air that he just couldn't shake. Whenever the wind blew it sent a chill up his spine. The guard was so deep in thought he never saw the seven men walk up to his guardhouse.
"Excuse me sir." The man waited for a moment before yelling, "EXCUSE ME SIR!"
"What? Oh sorry." But he was very startled by what he saw two men were wearing all black outfits with black ski mask. The other five where all wearing clocks with the hoods covering the faces. He couldn't believe how stupid these robbers were, as he guessed they were, and was just about to push the back up alarm button when the man in front of him spoke.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
"I have not idea what you are talking about sire."
"You were about to push the alarm button." The clocked man was laughing, "Marik if please."
The last thing the guard could remember was a second clocked figure walking forward and a blinding light.
"Now my mind slave you will open the gate and let us in. You will also let us in the front door."
"Yes Master Marik, as you wish." The guard opened the gate and met them on the other side. As Marik commanded he walked them up to the front door and entered the security code there as well.
"Now wait for us here." Commanded Marik
"Yes Master."
As the filed into the Entrance Hall they met their second and third obsicalls. The second not knowing where to go and the third Sharifa was had just finished making herself a cup of tea and was heading back to her room. Seeing the seven men she screamed a dropped her cup of tea.
"Who the hell are you and what do you want?"
"The first I will not answer, but we want your help." Said Marik coolly
"Well I refuse to help you even if you kill me." And with that she saw a flash of light and nothing else.
"Now my new mind slave, tell us where Seto Kaiba and Ariel Granger are."
"They are on the fifth floor, but it can only be reached by entering a code into the elevators computer."
"Well then you will just have to enter it for us."
With that Sharifa lead them to the elevator and entered the number. Finally the elevator reached the fifth floor and the seven men got out and the five took off their clocks. Besides Marik there was Pegasus and three Rare Hunters. They walked down the hall lined with suites of armor and reached the three sets of large doors. Pegasus looked at the doors that said, from right to left, A.G., S.K. and M.K.
"Jackson take the room that has the letters M.K. on it, that is Mokuba Kaiba's room. You take the room that has the letters S.K. on it, that would be Seto Kaiba's room." Pegasus instructed to the second man in a black ski mask. "Marik and myself will take the last room which it Ariel's well the Hunters wait here in the hall just incase."
Pegasus entered Ariel's room first followed by Marik. Pegasus looked around the dark room and saw the bed on his left. Ordering a reluctant Marik to stay where he was Pegasus walked over to Ariel's bed and pulled back to curtains. Pegasus let out a small gasp of amazement the girl was so beautiful. She was laying on her back, her blonde hair spread out on the pillow and a look of pure peace on her face.
"She looks just like my sweet Cecilia. She looks like and angel." Pegasus' face had changed so much in a matter of seconds from a man with an evil plan to the face of a father who was seeing his daughter for the first time. Marik watched in amazement as Pegasus leaned down and kissed his daughter on the cheek, but it turned out to be a huge mistake because, as if something had warned her, Ariel woke up.
Seto's room
Slowly and quietly the man in the black mask crossed the room to Seto's bed. As he drew closer to the bed he pulled off his mask and let it fall to the floor. When he approached the bed he flung the curtains back and grabbed Seto by the neck causing him to wake with a start. He had no idea what was going on before the man threw him across the room. Seto hit the wall rather hard before falling to the floor, but the worst shock came when he lifted his head to look at his attacker.
"Gozaburo? How? It is not possible, I-I killed you."
"In the flesh son and it is possible. Thanks to an old friend." Gozaburo had an evil smile on his face as he crossed the room towards Seto. Gozaburo tried to kick Seto, but Seto rolled out of the way and his foot collided with the wall putting a hole in it. Seto quickly jump to his feet and kick Gozaburo in the back causing him to fall head first into the wall.
"Well done my son well done." It was hard to tell if he was mocking Seto or if he was serious because he was laughing "Don't ever call me your son again, I am no son of yours!"
"Oh but you are, you are just like me. A cold curl business man with on flaw you fell in love." Gozaburo and Seto were walking in a circle staring daggers at each other, both waiting for the other to attack. Seto glare was quickly broken by a loud scream coming from Mokuba's room.
"Mokuba!" Forgetting Gozaburo was in front of him Seto tried to make a run for the door, but Gozaburo grabbed him and threw him into the bedpost.
"I don't think so. I am not finished with you just yet."
Back in Ariel's room
Ariel woke up to find Pegasus standing over her. Quickly she jumped cat like into a crouching position (Something like a frog) ready to attack. Her cold eyes meet Pegasus' and he became a little afraid; the girl who had looked like a sweet angel a moment ago now looked like a lioness ready to strike.
"How the hell did you get into this house and what the hell do you want!?!"
"Now there is no need to be so rude, but if you must know we have come for you."
"What!?!"
"For you or should I say I have come for my daughter, which is you."
"You're lying! My parents died when I was little!"
"No I am not, I am your father. Now how about a hug for your father." Pegasus moved forward and tried to hug Ariel, but with one swift motion Ariel kick Pegasus square in the stomach. Pegasus fell to the ground in terrible pain and Ariel jumped off the bed and ran for the door.
"Your not going anywhere love." Marik stepped out of the shadows and grabbed Ariel's arm trying to hold her back. He flung her forward a little causing Ariel to momentarily lose her balance. When she regained her balance and was ready to attack when she heard Mokuba scream. She tried again to get out of the room but the man in front of her wouldn't let her.
"That's it." There was a flash of light and Marik could see Ariel's eyes were now a glowing silver with fire dancing in them. Without think Marik lunged forward and Ariel kicked him in the stomach then ran past him and out the door. She ran right into the Rare Hunters waiting outside.
"Great just what I need!" "Well, Well. Look here guys the little girl got past the bosses and it looks like she wants to fight."
The three Hunters advanced towards Ariel who backed down the hall. Ariel looked around for something to use when she saw one of the suites of armor had a sword in it hilt and a dagger in its hand. Ariel grabbed both the sword and the dagger and pointed them at the Hunters.
"That was a very unwise thing sweetie."
The Hunter grabbed a sword and a dagger from the other suite and lunged at Ariel, but to his surprise she could fight and I mean really fight. Before long both the dagger and the sword were out of his hands, he was lying on the floor and he had a cut on his cheek. The other two each grabbed a sword and ran forward one behind the other. Ariel did a cartwheel and kicked the first one right under the chin with both her feet. The Hunter fell backwards and landed on the other one narrowly missing the sword he was holding. They both jumped up and threw their sword to the side and so did Ariel and they begin to fight in hand-to-hand combat.
Jackson finally came out of Mokuba's room dragging Mokuba, who was bound and gagged, behind him. His mouth dropped when he saw one Hunter getting up from the floor with a bloody cheek, two fighting Ariel and four swords and two daggers on the ground. He looked across the hall and saw Marik and Pegasus leaning against the doors to Ariel's with amused looks on their faces. The only two people missing from this little party were Seto and Gozaburo. Well that was until Gozaburo threw Seto into his bedroom door, causing them to open and Seto to spill out into the hall.
"Gozaburo it is nice of you to join us. I hope Seto wasn't to much trouble." Said Pegasus
"He put up a good fight but as you can see I got the better of him." He held up and bloody Seto, but Gozaburo was rather bloody himself. At that moment Ariel turned around and saw Gozaburo and Seto.
"My God Seto!" Ariel began to run over to Seto but the first Hunter who had tried to attacked her hit her over the head with the end of his sword. Ariel fell to the ground but was not knocked out. The two other Hunters walked over to her, picked her up and held onto her arms firmly so she wouldn't escape.
"You! Other Hunter! Get over here!" The third Hunter walked over to Gozaburo who handed him Seto to hold. Gozaburo proceeded to walk over to Ariel; he lifted Ariel's face up with one of his hands and looked her straight in the eye.
"So this is the girl who won the cold heart of my son Seto Kaiba. I must say Pegasus she is rather cute and would have made a nice little addition to the Kaiba family if it wasn't for the fact that she would have ruined every thing."
"He is not my father and I am not the one who ruins things you are. You Son of a B." Gozaburo slapped Ariel right across the face.
"Keep your hands off her!" Gozaburo walked straight up to Seto and punched him in the stomach
"You both need to learn to hold you tongues!"
"That will do Gozaburo." Pegasus stepped out of the doorway "I believe they have learned their lesson."
"Shut up we don't take orders from either one of you!" Ariel was getting angrier by the second and her eyes were almost completely engulfed in flames.
"I think we have heard quite enough out of you." Marik walked in front of her and took her face in both pf his hands. "You are very pretty Sorceress and I have been waiting for this moment for so long." Before Ariel could stop him Marik pulled her into a passionate kiss. This made Seto madder then he had been at any point in his life.
"Get off her you." but Gozaburo who was tired of hearing him speak hit him over the head so hard that Seto was knocked out. That finalized Ariel's anger and it can to a boiling point. The Hunters may have been holding her arms but they weren't holding her legs. With one swift motion Ariel kneed Marik in the nuts just enough to hurt him and he fell to the floor.
"Never ever do that to me again because if you do next time I will kill you!" Pegasus decided that that was enough and nodded to the Rare Hunters and Jackson who put cloths over both Ariel's and Mokuba's nose and mouth, they both blacked out.
"We all better put our robes and mask back on just incase." Pegasus ordered quietly.
Gozaburo carried Seto out of the mansion well Jackson carried Mokuba and Marik, who was now able to stand and walk, carried Ariel. They place all three of them in the back of the van and left the mansion.
(I hope you guys liked this chapter. I know it was all on Ariel and Seto but I had to explain a few things before I got any further into the story. I am also sorry that this chapter took so long, but I have been very busy. I had a Volleyball camp, summer school and three parties. Hopefully this won't happen again. Anyway Please REVIEW!!!)
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Chapter Six: The Coming of the Prophecy
Kaiba Mansion, Kaiba's room: 10:50pm
(Theme song for this section: Bring me to Life)
Seto sat at his desk just like he had done every night before, but for some reason this time he could not concentrate on the blue prints for his newest dueling disk. No matter how hard he tried he could get her out of his head and he began to pace the floor.
"Why on earth does she get to me like this?" Seto said to himself, "I mean I haven't seen her in almost five years and I have already kissed her three times today. Not that she tried to stop me I mean she did kissed back, but now the mere thought of her is driving me crazy."
Seto slumped back down into his chair put his elbows on his desk and put his face in his hands. He was trying in vain to force himself to work; he pulled the blueprints back in front of him and began to read them. Within two minutes he was pacing his office floor again. Anyone who worked at the Kaiba mansion would think this normal because Seto always paced the floor when he was trying to work something out. But if you told them that it was because of the girl in the room next to his they would laugh at you and say that you were out of you mind.
"Maybe I shouldn't have asked her to stay here, but I had that room built so she could stay here when she came back. This should not be this big of deal but some how it is and it is interfering with my work!" Now Seto was angry because he hated not being able to work and he was not about to admit that he just might love Ariel Granger. Pulse something had happened today that had not happened in almost five year he, Seto Kaiba, began to feel again. Part of that ice-cold heart he has melted the minute Ariel walked into his office.
Seto was still pacing the floor trying to think of how to solve this problem, but there seemed to be no solution to it. To make matters worse there was this little voice in his head that kept saying, "You know you love her." Then there was the haunting and annoying voice of Gozaburo saying in a threatening voice, "Seto you must never fall in love it will rune everything you have worked for. I want you to forget about that girl and work. If you don't you know what will happen."
That had been one of the first things Gozaburo had told Seto when he was younger. Seto had asked Gozaburo if he could help him find Ariel because he didn't know who had adopted her or even where she was. That had also been the last time he had cried as well, when Gozaburo said no Seto had broken down. He had lost so many people in his life and it was hard not to cry, but Gozaburo gave him the beating of his life for it. After that Seto had never cried again. But Seto never stopped thinking about her and would still smile when he remembered how he met Ariel.
Flashback
It was a worm summer afternoon and a blonde girl about seven years old sat on a bench next to the orphanages playground reading. She was never one to talk to anyone and no one talked to her; it had been that way ever since the other children had found out how smart she was.
As she continued to read she heard a cry coming from somewhere near her. She put her book down and looked around. The crying was coming from a little boy with long black spiky hair who she recognized, it seemed some older boys had decided to pick on him. From where she was sitting it looked like they had broken the toy plane he had been playing with, but where was the older boy that was always with him?
She looked around to see if the other boy was coming to this little boy's aid, but no one came. She never liked it when the older boys pick on the younger children so she decided to do something about it. She put her book down and walked over to the little boy who was now cowering on the ground covered in dirt.
"Is there a problem here?" She asked coolly
"Well if it isn't little miss smarty pants." One of the taunted, but it did faze Her
"Well if not I suggest you move along and leave him alone." Her voice was like ice now
"I really don't care what you think. But if you insist on being part of this, boys get her!"
One of the other boys lunged forward but She just stepped off to the side and he fell face first into the dirt causing him to get a bloody nose. He stood up once again and tried to punch Her, but She just ducked and punched him hard in the stomach. The boy fell to the ground in pain.
"Is that all you got?" She smirked as She said this
"You wont be so lucky this time!" Yelled a second boy
The second boy ran forward and She stepped to the side stick her foot out tripping him. The boy stood up angrier then before and tried again, but for his efforts She punched him in the eye and pushed him to the ground on top of the other boy. She threw her hair back and smiled at the leader, who begin to circle her as if he was decide whether to attack or not. Well all this was going on a brown haired boy about seven and a half years old walked out of the building to the playground looking around for his brother. When he finally spotted him what his saw surprised and confused him. His little brother was on the ground crying, two boys were lying on the ground in pain and the leader of the group was circling a blonde haired girl who didn't look the least bit worried. As he neared his brother and the girl he heard her say to the other boy,
"So do you want a piece of me or are you going to run?"
"I will deal with you later. You will regret this." But he looked scared, "Come on boys lets go." The two others stood up and limped away while the girl turned to the little boy on the ground
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, but-but they broke my plane." The little boy held up his plane that had not been broken. The string had just been snapped in half.
"It is okay, I can fix it." The girl tied the two pieces of string back together, "By the way what is your name?"
"My name is." but he saw some one and jumped up, "Big Brother!!"
The girl turned around to see the little boy hug his older brother. She realized she was no longer needed and got up to leave.
"Wait a minute!" The older boy yelled
"Yes?"
"Thank you for helping my little brother."
"Your welcome."
"What is your name?"
"Ariel."
"I am Seto and this is my little brother Mokuba." Seto held out his hand and Ariel shook it
"It was nice to meet you." Ariel said and she walked off.
End of Flashback
Seto could no longer stand it; his emotions were taking over his mind. He could no longer think straight and he hated the feeling of being out of control. Seto made up his mind, he was going to go and talk to her.
Ariel's room: 10:50pm
It had been a long and interesting day and Ariel was almost drained of energy. She had never expected anything like this to happen. She had thought that Seto would yell at her and tell her to go away, but he hadn't and it surprised her. Instead he had kissed her and to her surprise she liked it.
"I must be losing my mind. I-I." but she stopped it was all so crazy it was hard to sort it all out. "What I really need right now is a hot shower and a good nights sleep. That always makes me feel better."
Ariel walked over to the door and pick up her suitcase and laid it on the couch. She pulled out her nightclothes and walked across the room to the far door. The bathroom was basically all marble; there was a large soaking tub on her left and across from that was a marble counter with a sink and a large mirror. There were different thing on the counter like a soap dish, toothbrush holder, a lotion pump, a small cup and other things similar. A flower vase was on either end of the counter was filled with various flowers of different shades of blues. Everything on the counter looked like it was made of crystal and was trimmed in gold and the mirror was lined with lights.
Towards the back of the bath room was a good sized shower, next to that was a closet that held towels, all of which were a light shade of baby blue and had the initials AG written in gold. Then there was another door that Ariel assumed lead to the toilet. Even though the bathroom was rather large, like everything in the mansion, it was comfterable.
"I can't believe he did all this for me. I have a feeling that Mokuba talked him into it. He wasn't all the surprised to see me tonight. Unlike Seto who looked like he had seen a ghost when I showed up in his office." Ariel shrugged and took her shower
Fifteen minutes later, after Ariel had finished dressing and drying her hair, she was ready for bed. As she went to leave the bathroom she heard a noise coming from her room. Slowly and quietly Ariel opened the door and walked out of the bathroom and just as quietly as she opened the door she closed it. Her bags had been moved and there was a light coming out of her walk in closet. Slowly Ariel walked over to the door and enter, when she did who was ever in there turned around and they both screamed.
The maid who had been putting away Ariel's cloths, which didn't even fill the whole closet, dropped a pile of cloths had been holding. The maid was a young girl about Ariel's age. She was wearing a light blue dress the stopped at her knees with a white apron tide around her waist. Written in silver on upper left side the dress, just under the collar, where the letters KC. Her brunette hair was pulled back in a high ponytail and her eyes, which were wide with fear, were green. The girl was shorter the Ariel, but quit pretty and she was the first to break the silence.
"I am very sorry Miss," She said with her head bowed as she picked up the clothes, "I-I was just doing my job." She was defending herself and Ariel had no idea why, because she had done nothing wrong.
"It is not your fault. I just did know that anybody was still here this late at nigh. And there is no need to defend yourself I am not mad."
"Your-your not?" The maid gave her a quizzical look
"No, I'm not. It was my fault for sneaking up on you like that."
"Oh, well I am not used to being here this late. It is just that the Night Nurse, Bertha, has not shown up yet and until she does, I cannot leave."
"Why is there a Night Nurse?"
"Well Bertha is more like a Nanny." She said off handedly, "It is because Master Kaiba is normally not home until late at nigh and does not like young Master Kaiba left by himself. Even when Master Kaiba is home at nigh he tends to get urgent phone calls and has to leave."
"Really?"
"Yes, Master Kaiba never stops working. From what Bertha tells me he rarely sleeps and came normally be found in front of his computer even in the early hours of the morning."
"I can understand that."
"Do you work quite a bite yourself Miss?" But Ariel never had a chance to answer because there was a knock on the door and Ariel went to answer it.
Ariel expected to find Mokuba or Seto standing at the door, but instead it was an elderly lady in the same outfit as the younger maid. Ariel figured that this must be Bertha, but there was something funny about her. She had a rather dark complexion and looked like she was Egyptian.
"Ah you must be Mistress Granger. I am Bertha the Night Nurse and I am looking for Hannah, have you seen her?"
"Who?"
"That would be me Mistress." Said Hannah then turned to Bertha, "What took so long? I am just grateful that Master Kaiba was out tonight."
"Hannah hold your tongue! You know better then to talk like that about Master Kaiba, especially in front of a guest." The old woman was rather angry, "Anyway my granddaughter was sick and I had to care for her until her mother returned."
"Sorry Bertha. Sorry Miss. Well good night." Hannah left the room without saying another word and with her head bowed.
"I am very sorry Mistress Granger, Hannah is new here and is still learning her place."
"I saw nothing wrong with what she said. Although I would like to know what she means."
"If you must know Mistress, Master Kaiba doesn't have the best of tempers especially with his staff. Yet he is not nearly as bad as the late Master Kaiba who had the worst temper of all."
"So Seto losses his temper every now and then, every one does." Ariel was a little irritated and beginning to show her nasty side just a little. She hated when people treated her and Seto like they were continuously exploding bombs. If they had had the same childhood as her and Seto they would understand.
"I saw you are just the same when I walked in tonight. You have the same ice cold eyes that Master Kaiba has and so I am guessing that you have the same type of temper that he has." Bertha seemed unafraid of Ariel, but that was only because she had no idea what Ariel could do. Ariel, on the other hand, did even have time to respond to what Bertha had said because Seto had been outside the door.
"Bertha! How dare you speak to Ariel like that! I do not tolerate it and you dame well know that!"
"I am very sorry Master Kaiba, but please do not swear at me." She did not yell but her voice was firm and without fear.
"Please finish what ever you were going to do and leave!"
"Yes Master Kaiba. I am very sorry Mistress." Bertha left the room and entered the bathroom to change to towels, but still listened to what Seto and Ariel were talking about.
"I am sorry about Bertha, but she is the only one willing to stay the night here so Mokuba is not alone."
"Yeah well I let my temper get the best of me. I have to stop doing that." Ariel put her head in her hands and shook her head.
"You have had a long day and servants should not speak out like that."
"That is no excuse for treating people like that."
"Ariel they are beneath us."
"Oh for haven sakes Seto, you and I used to be no better! Remember? We were orphans!"
"So, we worked our way up and they didn't. Therefore we are better then them. They don't try, we do."
"I am to tired to fight about this! Just get out!" There was now fire blazing in Ariel's eyes.
"FINE!" He couldn't even win a simple fight with her, but on the other hand she couldn't win a fight with him either. All the fights they ever had always ended up the same way, a draw and Bertha notice this.
"I never thought I would live to meet a girl like this. I didn't even think it was possible. But I think almost all of Domino has just met the female version of Seto Kaiba, Ariel Granger." Bertha silently said to herself as she finished cleaning the bathroom still keeping an eye on Ariel and Seto.
Seto paused at the door, his hand on the handle and his mind trying desperately to make it open the door, but it refused to do so. It was as if he was waiting for her to say something or something to happen, which it did. A blinding white light filled the room and Seto heard Ariel gasp for breath. He turned around but he couldn't see anything, but in a matter of seconds the light died down and just glistened around Ariel. Yet as before she wasn't Ariel, but she wasn't Isis either, she was both. Her eyes were silver and there was a pure white whole moon in the middle of her forehead.
"They are here." She said in a calm but urgent voice
"Who is here?" asked Seto
"The evil that I spoke of earlier." She was so calm that is was scary.
"Who are they?" He only half believed her
"I see only shadows, but there are four that are very dark; which means they are the leaders. Two were thought to be dead, but had only been temporarily lost. One was dead, but is now alive. The fifth is a spirit of darkness that was thought to have been banished to the Shadow Realm. The four combined are the reincarnations of the evil that we once fought 5000 years ago. Three bare Items, but the fourth does not. One bares an Item that is not his, but belongs to the High Priest Seto." With those last words Ariel fell to the floor, the light left and there was no longer a moon on her head.
"So it has begun." Said a voice from behind Seto, who was still standing in shock.
"What are you talking about Bertha?"
"I am not Bertha, I am Sharifa one of the guardians of the Sorceress Isis' tomb."
"Then why are you here and not in Egypt?" He asked as Sharifa knelt down beside Ariel
"Because you and your brother needed protection from far worse evils then Gozaburo Kaiba. For you three are meant to be together, because no matter how strong the three of you appear to be one can not survive without the others."
"You are making no sense! And why did Ariel pass out?"
"She passed out because not matter how great of Sorceress she is a prediction or vision like that takes more energy then even a half goddess has."
"Half goddess what?"
"No more questions. You will know all you need to know when the time comes, but not before. Now please put her on the bed well I go and get a cold compress for her head."
Sharifa went into the bathroom again as Seto slowly moved towards Ariel. She looked so calm, but not peaceful. Seto gingerly pick Ariel up off the floor, walked over to the bed, opened the curtains and placed her on the bed. Sharifa came back out of the bathroom with a bowl of cold water and a towel. Seto moved out of her way but the shock of what just happened was wearing off and he was becoming his normal self again and Sharifa could sense it. As she wiped Ariel's face with the towel she said a few choice words in Egyptian. Ariel's face changed and became peaceful well Seto became increasingly tired to the point where he could hardly stand up. After almost falling asleep were he stood, Seto left the room.
"That little spell always does the trick." Sharifa smiled to herself and left the room.
Outside the Kaiba Mansion: 2:45pm
(Theme song for this section Head Strong)
The guard at the gate was board; indeed he was very board because nothing ever happened to his job exciting. The most he ever had to do was open the gate for Mr. Kaiba whenever he came home extremely late from work or when he had to leave in the middle of the night. But something was different about tonight and he couldn't put his finger on it. Some how the air was different there was a strange feeling in the air that he just couldn't shake. Whenever the wind blew it sent a chill up his spine. The guard was so deep in thought he never saw the seven men walk up to his guardhouse.
"Excuse me sir." The man waited for a moment before yelling, "EXCUSE ME SIR!"
"What? Oh sorry." But he was very startled by what he saw two men were wearing all black outfits with black ski mask. The other five where all wearing clocks with the hoods covering the faces. He couldn't believe how stupid these robbers were, as he guessed they were, and was just about to push the back up alarm button when the man in front of him spoke.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
"I have not idea what you are talking about sire."
"You were about to push the alarm button." The clocked man was laughing, "Marik if please."
The last thing the guard could remember was a second clocked figure walking forward and a blinding light.
"Now my mind slave you will open the gate and let us in. You will also let us in the front door."
"Yes Master Marik, as you wish." The guard opened the gate and met them on the other side. As Marik commanded he walked them up to the front door and entered the security code there as well.
"Now wait for us here." Commanded Marik
"Yes Master."
As the filed into the Entrance Hall they met their second and third obsicalls. The second not knowing where to go and the third Sharifa was had just finished making herself a cup of tea and was heading back to her room. Seeing the seven men she screamed a dropped her cup of tea.
"Who the hell are you and what do you want?"
"The first I will not answer, but we want your help." Said Marik coolly
"Well I refuse to help you even if you kill me." And with that she saw a flash of light and nothing else.
"Now my new mind slave, tell us where Seto Kaiba and Ariel Granger are."
"They are on the fifth floor, but it can only be reached by entering a code into the elevators computer."
"Well then you will just have to enter it for us."
With that Sharifa lead them to the elevator and entered the number. Finally the elevator reached the fifth floor and the seven men got out and the five took off their clocks. Besides Marik there was Pegasus and three Rare Hunters. They walked down the hall lined with suites of armor and reached the three sets of large doors. Pegasus looked at the doors that said, from right to left, A.G., S.K. and M.K.
"Jackson take the room that has the letters M.K. on it, that is Mokuba Kaiba's room. You take the room that has the letters S.K. on it, that would be Seto Kaiba's room." Pegasus instructed to the second man in a black ski mask. "Marik and myself will take the last room which it Ariel's well the Hunters wait here in the hall just incase."
Pegasus entered Ariel's room first followed by Marik. Pegasus looked around the dark room and saw the bed on his left. Ordering a reluctant Marik to stay where he was Pegasus walked over to Ariel's bed and pulled back to curtains. Pegasus let out a small gasp of amazement the girl was so beautiful. She was laying on her back, her blonde hair spread out on the pillow and a look of pure peace on her face.
"She looks just like my sweet Cecilia. She looks like and angel." Pegasus' face had changed so much in a matter of seconds from a man with an evil plan to the face of a father who was seeing his daughter for the first time. Marik watched in amazement as Pegasus leaned down and kissed his daughter on the cheek, but it turned out to be a huge mistake because, as if something had warned her, Ariel woke up.
Seto's room
Slowly and quietly the man in the black mask crossed the room to Seto's bed. As he drew closer to the bed he pulled off his mask and let it fall to the floor. When he approached the bed he flung the curtains back and grabbed Seto by the neck causing him to wake with a start. He had no idea what was going on before the man threw him across the room. Seto hit the wall rather hard before falling to the floor, but the worst shock came when he lifted his head to look at his attacker.
"Gozaburo? How? It is not possible, I-I killed you."
"In the flesh son and it is possible. Thanks to an old friend." Gozaburo had an evil smile on his face as he crossed the room towards Seto. Gozaburo tried to kick Seto, but Seto rolled out of the way and his foot collided with the wall putting a hole in it. Seto quickly jump to his feet and kick Gozaburo in the back causing him to fall head first into the wall.
"Well done my son well done." It was hard to tell if he was mocking Seto or if he was serious because he was laughing "Don't ever call me your son again, I am no son of yours!"
"Oh but you are, you are just like me. A cold curl business man with on flaw you fell in love." Gozaburo and Seto were walking in a circle staring daggers at each other, both waiting for the other to attack. Seto glare was quickly broken by a loud scream coming from Mokuba's room.
"Mokuba!" Forgetting Gozaburo was in front of him Seto tried to make a run for the door, but Gozaburo grabbed him and threw him into the bedpost.
"I don't think so. I am not finished with you just yet."
Back in Ariel's room
Ariel woke up to find Pegasus standing over her. Quickly she jumped cat like into a crouching position (Something like a frog) ready to attack. Her cold eyes meet Pegasus' and he became a little afraid; the girl who had looked like a sweet angel a moment ago now looked like a lioness ready to strike.
"How the hell did you get into this house and what the hell do you want!?!"
"Now there is no need to be so rude, but if you must know we have come for you."
"What!?!"
"For you or should I say I have come for my daughter, which is you."
"You're lying! My parents died when I was little!"
"No I am not, I am your father. Now how about a hug for your father." Pegasus moved forward and tried to hug Ariel, but with one swift motion Ariel kick Pegasus square in the stomach. Pegasus fell to the ground in terrible pain and Ariel jumped off the bed and ran for the door.
"Your not going anywhere love." Marik stepped out of the shadows and grabbed Ariel's arm trying to hold her back. He flung her forward a little causing Ariel to momentarily lose her balance. When she regained her balance and was ready to attack when she heard Mokuba scream. She tried again to get out of the room but the man in front of her wouldn't let her.
"That's it." There was a flash of light and Marik could see Ariel's eyes were now a glowing silver with fire dancing in them. Without think Marik lunged forward and Ariel kicked him in the stomach then ran past him and out the door. She ran right into the Rare Hunters waiting outside.
"Great just what I need!" "Well, Well. Look here guys the little girl got past the bosses and it looks like she wants to fight."
The three Hunters advanced towards Ariel who backed down the hall. Ariel looked around for something to use when she saw one of the suites of armor had a sword in it hilt and a dagger in its hand. Ariel grabbed both the sword and the dagger and pointed them at the Hunters.
"That was a very unwise thing sweetie."
The Hunter grabbed a sword and a dagger from the other suite and lunged at Ariel, but to his surprise she could fight and I mean really fight. Before long both the dagger and the sword were out of his hands, he was lying on the floor and he had a cut on his cheek. The other two each grabbed a sword and ran forward one behind the other. Ariel did a cartwheel and kicked the first one right under the chin with both her feet. The Hunter fell backwards and landed on the other one narrowly missing the sword he was holding. They both jumped up and threw their sword to the side and so did Ariel and they begin to fight in hand-to-hand combat.
Jackson finally came out of Mokuba's room dragging Mokuba, who was bound and gagged, behind him. His mouth dropped when he saw one Hunter getting up from the floor with a bloody cheek, two fighting Ariel and four swords and two daggers on the ground. He looked across the hall and saw Marik and Pegasus leaning against the doors to Ariel's with amused looks on their faces. The only two people missing from this little party were Seto and Gozaburo. Well that was until Gozaburo threw Seto into his bedroom door, causing them to open and Seto to spill out into the hall.
"Gozaburo it is nice of you to join us. I hope Seto wasn't to much trouble." Said Pegasus
"He put up a good fight but as you can see I got the better of him." He held up and bloody Seto, but Gozaburo was rather bloody himself. At that moment Ariel turned around and saw Gozaburo and Seto.
"My God Seto!" Ariel began to run over to Seto but the first Hunter who had tried to attacked her hit her over the head with the end of his sword. Ariel fell to the ground but was not knocked out. The two other Hunters walked over to her, picked her up and held onto her arms firmly so she wouldn't escape.
"You! Other Hunter! Get over here!" The third Hunter walked over to Gozaburo who handed him Seto to hold. Gozaburo proceeded to walk over to Ariel; he lifted Ariel's face up with one of his hands and looked her straight in the eye.
"So this is the girl who won the cold heart of my son Seto Kaiba. I must say Pegasus she is rather cute and would have made a nice little addition to the Kaiba family if it wasn't for the fact that she would have ruined every thing."
"He is not my father and I am not the one who ruins things you are. You Son of a B." Gozaburo slapped Ariel right across the face.
"Keep your hands off her!" Gozaburo walked straight up to Seto and punched him in the stomach
"You both need to learn to hold you tongues!"
"That will do Gozaburo." Pegasus stepped out of the doorway "I believe they have learned their lesson."
"Shut up we don't take orders from either one of you!" Ariel was getting angrier by the second and her eyes were almost completely engulfed in flames.
"I think we have heard quite enough out of you." Marik walked in front of her and took her face in both pf his hands. "You are very pretty Sorceress and I have been waiting for this moment for so long." Before Ariel could stop him Marik pulled her into a passionate kiss. This made Seto madder then he had been at any point in his life.
"Get off her you." but Gozaburo who was tired of hearing him speak hit him over the head so hard that Seto was knocked out. That finalized Ariel's anger and it can to a boiling point. The Hunters may have been holding her arms but they weren't holding her legs. With one swift motion Ariel kneed Marik in the nuts just enough to hurt him and he fell to the floor.
"Never ever do that to me again because if you do next time I will kill you!" Pegasus decided that that was enough and nodded to the Rare Hunters and Jackson who put cloths over both Ariel's and Mokuba's nose and mouth, they both blacked out.
"We all better put our robes and mask back on just incase." Pegasus ordered quietly.
Gozaburo carried Seto out of the mansion well Jackson carried Mokuba and Marik, who was now able to stand and walk, carried Ariel. They place all three of them in the back of the van and left the mansion.
(I hope you guys liked this chapter. I know it was all on Ariel and Seto but I had to explain a few things before I got any further into the story. I am also sorry that this chapter took so long, but I have been very busy. I had a Volleyball camp, summer school and three parties. Hopefully this won't happen again. Anyway Please REVIEW!!!)