Chapter 3
Now What?
Author's Note: Hey, This chapter is, um, I think sort of dull, at least it is at the beginning, lots of explaining in this chapter. But it's needed, so BEAR WITH ME! Anyway, here it is, the next part of Remedy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Seto woke up again to the feeling of a wet, cool cloth on his forehead.
"Sorry to wake you," Remedy apologized softly.
Seto didn't reply. He was too tired. He just simply went back to sleep.
Mokuba was at Remedy's side, watching everything she did. Mokuba noticed that his brother seemed really exhausted. The good part about only working three days at Kaiba Corp. was that Seto spent more time with him. But the bad thing is that Seto usually worked late. On Sundays, Seto was typically found sleeping on the couch or in his bed pretty much all day. And Seto was always on call. Recently, the company's been having some major problems. With production and the new stereotypes. Seto sometimes didn't come home until Thursday, because of all the problems. And he sometimes didn't make it to school. So, Seto would either go down to the school to get his assignments, or go online and get them and did them on Thursday. Mokuba guessed as that Seto's lack of sleep was catching up with him.
"That's the ticket, just take it easy and rest," Remedy whispered.
Mokuba and Remedy left.
Remedy had already cleared staying at the Kaiba Mansion with her parents. In fact, her mother said that it was a wonderful idea and she doesn't know why she didn't think of it before.
So, Remedy and Mokuba sat down on the couch downstairs.
"So, Mokuba, tell me a little bit about yourself," Remedy said, looking at Mokuba.
"Well, um," Mokuba was at a loss for words.
"Tell me something you like to do," Remedy suggested.
"I like chess," Mokuba offered. "Seto and I used to play it all the time with me!"
"Do you have a chess board? I'll play you," Remedy challenged.
Mokuba raced off and returned with his chess set. It had a wooden board with black and white spaces. The pieces were each a different dragon. The Pawns were eggs with heads, wings, and tails sticking out. Rooks were dragons wrapped around a tower of a castle. Knights were dragons in armor. The Bishops were dragons reared back with a cross on their chests. Kings were dragons with a king's crown and jewels all over its scales. Queens just simply had on a queen's crown. Each dragon was painted very carefully and had amazing detail. The whites were red dragons, and the blacks were black.
Remedy and Mokuba played several round. Mokuba won all of them.
During the last round, Remedy asked, "So, what's your brother like?"
"Huh? Oh, he's a pretty nice guy once you get to know him," Mokuba told her, moving his Rook forward.
"Really?" Remedy asked, moving a Pawn forward. "He doesn't seem very nice."
"I know, but you don't know him like I do," Mokuba replied, moving his Rook to the right. "Check," he added.
"Why is he so cold?" Remedy questioned, moving her Bishop to protect her King.
Remedy didn't want to tell anyone right now, but every time Seto looked at her, she got the strange feeling. Like he was different than everyone else, which was true, but in a different way than everyone else saw. And then there was that other feeling too.
"He's been burned, almost literally," Mokuba replied, moving his Rook to capture her Bishop. "Check mate," he added cheerfully.
"Wow, you're good. You beat me, what, five times?" Remedy asked.
"Six actually," Mokuba corrected.
"Well, we better go check on your brother," Remedy stated.
The first two days went smoothly for Remedy. Seto still wasn't hungry, but would drink some hot liquids, only because it made his throat feel better. Then, on the third day, Seto started to cause trouble.
Remedy went to check on Seto. When she walked in the door, she was enraged at Seto.
He was sitting at his desk with his laptop working on something.
"Seto Kaiba!" she roared.
But Seto acted as if he hadn't heard her. She stomped over to the desk, making as much noise as she possibly could, but still, Seto did not look up even once. Remedy then slammed down the top of his laptop. He whirled around to look at her as if she were crazy.
"WHAT do you think YOU'RE doing?" she asked.
"School work, what's it to you?" Seto growled.
"Why are you doing school work when you're supposed to be resting?" Remedy questioned.
"I feel just fine and I'll do what I darn well please," Seto replied in a low, threatening tone.
"And what makes you think that you can do school work while you're sick?" Remedy yelled.
"And what makes you think that you have authority over me?!" Seto yelled, standing up and looking down at Remedy. "I am the leader of this household. I am the alpha in this family. And I will not allow some one else who is a complete outsider come in and push me around. Now I might take your advice. The only reason I was following your instructions earlier is because I was tired and didn't have the strength to protest. But I'm feeling much better and I will run this household just like I always have. And if you have a problem with that, well that's not my fault, it's yours for wanting to stay here in the first place. Now, GET THE HECK OUT OF MY ROOM!!"
Remedy wheeled out of Seto's room as fast as her legs would carry her. The nerve of some people. That was it, she was going home. She walked briskly past Mokuba, who stared after her, but didn't say anything. Remedy walked home to find a letter on the front door, which was locked.
The letter read:
Hello sweetie. I'm sorry we're not here. We had to leave suddenly. Your grandfather has fallen very ill, and so we had to go to take care of him. We would've called you, but we couldn't find the Kaiba Mansion's phone number. We don't know how long we'll be gone. Please ask Mr. Kaiba if you could stay at the mansion until we return. We love you, and we hope to see you soon.
Love,
Mom
Remedy didn't like this. Seto acted as though she had already worn out her welcome.
Okay, maybe it wasn't all that boring, and maybe it was, but it was a needed chapter anyway. Please review.
Author's Note: Hey, This chapter is, um, I think sort of dull, at least it is at the beginning, lots of explaining in this chapter. But it's needed, so BEAR WITH ME! Anyway, here it is, the next part of Remedy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Seto woke up again to the feeling of a wet, cool cloth on his forehead.
"Sorry to wake you," Remedy apologized softly.
Seto didn't reply. He was too tired. He just simply went back to sleep.
Mokuba was at Remedy's side, watching everything she did. Mokuba noticed that his brother seemed really exhausted. The good part about only working three days at Kaiba Corp. was that Seto spent more time with him. But the bad thing is that Seto usually worked late. On Sundays, Seto was typically found sleeping on the couch or in his bed pretty much all day. And Seto was always on call. Recently, the company's been having some major problems. With production and the new stereotypes. Seto sometimes didn't come home until Thursday, because of all the problems. And he sometimes didn't make it to school. So, Seto would either go down to the school to get his assignments, or go online and get them and did them on Thursday. Mokuba guessed as that Seto's lack of sleep was catching up with him.
"That's the ticket, just take it easy and rest," Remedy whispered.
Mokuba and Remedy left.
Remedy had already cleared staying at the Kaiba Mansion with her parents. In fact, her mother said that it was a wonderful idea and she doesn't know why she didn't think of it before.
So, Remedy and Mokuba sat down on the couch downstairs.
"So, Mokuba, tell me a little bit about yourself," Remedy said, looking at Mokuba.
"Well, um," Mokuba was at a loss for words.
"Tell me something you like to do," Remedy suggested.
"I like chess," Mokuba offered. "Seto and I used to play it all the time with me!"
"Do you have a chess board? I'll play you," Remedy challenged.
Mokuba raced off and returned with his chess set. It had a wooden board with black and white spaces. The pieces were each a different dragon. The Pawns were eggs with heads, wings, and tails sticking out. Rooks were dragons wrapped around a tower of a castle. Knights were dragons in armor. The Bishops were dragons reared back with a cross on their chests. Kings were dragons with a king's crown and jewels all over its scales. Queens just simply had on a queen's crown. Each dragon was painted very carefully and had amazing detail. The whites were red dragons, and the blacks were black.
Remedy and Mokuba played several round. Mokuba won all of them.
During the last round, Remedy asked, "So, what's your brother like?"
"Huh? Oh, he's a pretty nice guy once you get to know him," Mokuba told her, moving his Rook forward.
"Really?" Remedy asked, moving a Pawn forward. "He doesn't seem very nice."
"I know, but you don't know him like I do," Mokuba replied, moving his Rook to the right. "Check," he added.
"Why is he so cold?" Remedy questioned, moving her Bishop to protect her King.
Remedy didn't want to tell anyone right now, but every time Seto looked at her, she got the strange feeling. Like he was different than everyone else, which was true, but in a different way than everyone else saw. And then there was that other feeling too.
"He's been burned, almost literally," Mokuba replied, moving his Rook to capture her Bishop. "Check mate," he added cheerfully.
"Wow, you're good. You beat me, what, five times?" Remedy asked.
"Six actually," Mokuba corrected.
"Well, we better go check on your brother," Remedy stated.
The first two days went smoothly for Remedy. Seto still wasn't hungry, but would drink some hot liquids, only because it made his throat feel better. Then, on the third day, Seto started to cause trouble.
Remedy went to check on Seto. When she walked in the door, she was enraged at Seto.
He was sitting at his desk with his laptop working on something.
"Seto Kaiba!" she roared.
But Seto acted as if he hadn't heard her. She stomped over to the desk, making as much noise as she possibly could, but still, Seto did not look up even once. Remedy then slammed down the top of his laptop. He whirled around to look at her as if she were crazy.
"WHAT do you think YOU'RE doing?" she asked.
"School work, what's it to you?" Seto growled.
"Why are you doing school work when you're supposed to be resting?" Remedy questioned.
"I feel just fine and I'll do what I darn well please," Seto replied in a low, threatening tone.
"And what makes you think that you can do school work while you're sick?" Remedy yelled.
"And what makes you think that you have authority over me?!" Seto yelled, standing up and looking down at Remedy. "I am the leader of this household. I am the alpha in this family. And I will not allow some one else who is a complete outsider come in and push me around. Now I might take your advice. The only reason I was following your instructions earlier is because I was tired and didn't have the strength to protest. But I'm feeling much better and I will run this household just like I always have. And if you have a problem with that, well that's not my fault, it's yours for wanting to stay here in the first place. Now, GET THE HECK OUT OF MY ROOM!!"
Remedy wheeled out of Seto's room as fast as her legs would carry her. The nerve of some people. That was it, she was going home. She walked briskly past Mokuba, who stared after her, but didn't say anything. Remedy walked home to find a letter on the front door, which was locked.
The letter read:
Hello sweetie. I'm sorry we're not here. We had to leave suddenly. Your grandfather has fallen very ill, and so we had to go to take care of him. We would've called you, but we couldn't find the Kaiba Mansion's phone number. We don't know how long we'll be gone. Please ask Mr. Kaiba if you could stay at the mansion until we return. We love you, and we hope to see you soon.
Love,
Mom
Remedy didn't like this. Seto acted as though she had already worn out her welcome.
Okay, maybe it wasn't all that boring, and maybe it was, but it was a needed chapter anyway. Please review.