Chapter 6
The Truth
Author's Note: Heh, aren't I a stinker? So, what is wrong with Seto, well, I promise you're about to find out. Oh, and a theme in here might seem familiar to some people. You'll know it when you read it. And if you don't, then this message doesn't apply to you.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! (I'd like to though)
"I'm," Seto started again, hesitating for a moment, "completely deaf."
"Wah? For how long?" Remedy asked shocked.
"For about two months," Seto replied.
"And you still function like an every day person," Remedy mumbled, clearly stunned. "You're incredible. How do you do it? Why didn't you learn sign language?"
"I can read lips and going to learn how to sign would be sort of like admitting defeat," Seto stated plainly.
This is what she had been expecting. She had figured out a long time ago that Seto was deaf. The big tip off was when she clicked her fingers over his ear and he didn't respond. She had hoped that he was just in a very deep sleep. She had hoped all a long that it wasn't what she thought it was. That maybe if he was concentrating on something, that he couldn't hear her. Like some people are able to tune out the TV when doing work and stuff like that, she had hoped that he was very good at that. But it wasn't.
"Wait, didn't you say that Mokuba didn't know?" Remedy asked suddenly.
"Yes, he doesn't know yet, though I believe he suspects something, he's never asked," Seto replied. "Actually, I think that it doesn't matter to him."
Remedy took a moment to let this all sink in.
"Can I ask you another question?" she looked at him.
Seto thought about it and answered, "Sure I guess."
"What were you doing when I walked in here?" she asked.
Seto looked at her as if he didn't know what she was talking about, and then answered, "It's my scar. It doesn't always hurt. And sometimes it does. It can get so painful I can barely see straight. If I put a pain relieving ointment on it, it helps."
"Why does it hurt?" Remedy wondered.
"When, I was younger," Seto answered unsurely, looking down at his feet, "my parents died and I was sent to an orphanage. I spent part of my life there with Mokuba. We kept each other entertained, and he kept me sane, by playing chess. Then, this man named Gozaburo Kaiba came and wanted to adopt me, but leave Mokuba behind. I wouldn't allow that, so I challenged him to a match of chess. If I won, Mokuba would come with me. If I lost, then Mokuba would be left behind. I won."
"That's good," Remedy interjected.
Unable to understand her, Seto went on, "It seemed like my lucky day. Finally, I'd have a home. Finally I'd have parents. But it wasn't my lucky day. Gozaburo beat me. He made me study. If I didn't, I'd get beaten. He'd ask me questions and if I didn't answer them correctly, I'd get beaten. He liked to use a whip. One day, he got really mad at me and had made this chair. He called it his 'special study chair'. There was a curved blade in the back of it. It was curved to fit the curve in your back. Every time I got an answer wrong, he'd push my back into the blade until I answered it right. He only used it once because I, dealt with him after that."
Remedy's eyes were wide as Seto continued.
"It hurts every now then from that day forward," Seto finished up, looking at her. "I don't know exactly why it hurts, but it starts to hurt right before something bad happens."
"Maybe because it was made from evil, the evil being Gozaburo and his thoughts on how you were supposed to be, maybe that's why it hurts when it does," Remedy suggested.
"That's the best theory I've heard," Seto stated.
He looked at the clock on his nightstand.
"Hmm, 11:00, we probably should get to bed," Seto stated.
"See you tomorrow," Remedy waved as she walked out the door.
Remedy laid down in her bed, her mind going wild. She had touched the untouchable Seto Kaiba. He actually told her something even his own brother didn't know. I guess there was something he felt for her after all. He blushed slightly at the thought. Did Seto really like her? Or was this all a very good dream?
She drifted off to sleep, her thoughts surrounded by a blanket of happiness and hope. Hope that maybe she could help Seto.
Seto laid in bed looking at the ceiling and thinking. The Dragon Flame, and his scar had never been wrong. One was telling him to trust her while the other was telling him that trouble was coming. But what was that? Did it involve Remedy? Was it Remedy? If it was, then he was opening up to her too much. But then why would the Dragon Flame tell him that she means no harm? No, the threat probably wasn't Remedy then. But what about that magic he felt in her? What's that got to do with anything? Is it good magic, or bad? Is someone controlling her? No, she didn't act as if she were being controlled. Seto wasn't sure about a lot of things, but he was sure about one. Remedy meant no harm. She was the person he had been longing for most of his life, the one person besides his brother that understood him. And that she will be some how involved in the upcoming danger, whatever that maybe.
Now, can everyone forgive me? Probably not. Oh well, until the next chapter, this is Shadu saying, "Have no fear, Super Fly is here!"
Author's Note: Heh, aren't I a stinker? So, what is wrong with Seto, well, I promise you're about to find out. Oh, and a theme in here might seem familiar to some people. You'll know it when you read it. And if you don't, then this message doesn't apply to you.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! (I'd like to though)
"I'm," Seto started again, hesitating for a moment, "completely deaf."
"Wah? For how long?" Remedy asked shocked.
"For about two months," Seto replied.
"And you still function like an every day person," Remedy mumbled, clearly stunned. "You're incredible. How do you do it? Why didn't you learn sign language?"
"I can read lips and going to learn how to sign would be sort of like admitting defeat," Seto stated plainly.
This is what she had been expecting. She had figured out a long time ago that Seto was deaf. The big tip off was when she clicked her fingers over his ear and he didn't respond. She had hoped that he was just in a very deep sleep. She had hoped all a long that it wasn't what she thought it was. That maybe if he was concentrating on something, that he couldn't hear her. Like some people are able to tune out the TV when doing work and stuff like that, she had hoped that he was very good at that. But it wasn't.
"Wait, didn't you say that Mokuba didn't know?" Remedy asked suddenly.
"Yes, he doesn't know yet, though I believe he suspects something, he's never asked," Seto replied. "Actually, I think that it doesn't matter to him."
Remedy took a moment to let this all sink in.
"Can I ask you another question?" she looked at him.
Seto thought about it and answered, "Sure I guess."
"What were you doing when I walked in here?" she asked.
Seto looked at her as if he didn't know what she was talking about, and then answered, "It's my scar. It doesn't always hurt. And sometimes it does. It can get so painful I can barely see straight. If I put a pain relieving ointment on it, it helps."
"Why does it hurt?" Remedy wondered.
"When, I was younger," Seto answered unsurely, looking down at his feet, "my parents died and I was sent to an orphanage. I spent part of my life there with Mokuba. We kept each other entertained, and he kept me sane, by playing chess. Then, this man named Gozaburo Kaiba came and wanted to adopt me, but leave Mokuba behind. I wouldn't allow that, so I challenged him to a match of chess. If I won, Mokuba would come with me. If I lost, then Mokuba would be left behind. I won."
"That's good," Remedy interjected.
Unable to understand her, Seto went on, "It seemed like my lucky day. Finally, I'd have a home. Finally I'd have parents. But it wasn't my lucky day. Gozaburo beat me. He made me study. If I didn't, I'd get beaten. He'd ask me questions and if I didn't answer them correctly, I'd get beaten. He liked to use a whip. One day, he got really mad at me and had made this chair. He called it his 'special study chair'. There was a curved blade in the back of it. It was curved to fit the curve in your back. Every time I got an answer wrong, he'd push my back into the blade until I answered it right. He only used it once because I, dealt with him after that."
Remedy's eyes were wide as Seto continued.
"It hurts every now then from that day forward," Seto finished up, looking at her. "I don't know exactly why it hurts, but it starts to hurt right before something bad happens."
"Maybe because it was made from evil, the evil being Gozaburo and his thoughts on how you were supposed to be, maybe that's why it hurts when it does," Remedy suggested.
"That's the best theory I've heard," Seto stated.
He looked at the clock on his nightstand.
"Hmm, 11:00, we probably should get to bed," Seto stated.
"See you tomorrow," Remedy waved as she walked out the door.
Remedy laid down in her bed, her mind going wild. She had touched the untouchable Seto Kaiba. He actually told her something even his own brother didn't know. I guess there was something he felt for her after all. He blushed slightly at the thought. Did Seto really like her? Or was this all a very good dream?
She drifted off to sleep, her thoughts surrounded by a blanket of happiness and hope. Hope that maybe she could help Seto.
Seto laid in bed looking at the ceiling and thinking. The Dragon Flame, and his scar had never been wrong. One was telling him to trust her while the other was telling him that trouble was coming. But what was that? Did it involve Remedy? Was it Remedy? If it was, then he was opening up to her too much. But then why would the Dragon Flame tell him that she means no harm? No, the threat probably wasn't Remedy then. But what about that magic he felt in her? What's that got to do with anything? Is it good magic, or bad? Is someone controlling her? No, she didn't act as if she were being controlled. Seto wasn't sure about a lot of things, but he was sure about one. Remedy meant no harm. She was the person he had been longing for most of his life, the one person besides his brother that understood him. And that she will be some how involved in the upcoming danger, whatever that maybe.
Now, can everyone forgive me? Probably not. Oh well, until the next chapter, this is Shadu saying, "Have no fear, Super Fly is here!"