Yeah...it's about time I updated I know...:p Please don't send Bakura after me...*sniff*
The Heart of Eternity by Shelly
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
After driving some distance, Shari finally told the driver to drop her off at a nearby park where she would stay for a bit and collect her thoughts, maybe pull together a plan on where she could go from here. Once outside, she hunkered down against the chill of night, and walked until she found a bench nearby to sit on. Looking around her, she couldn't help but think that at least she had beautiful surroundings to keep her company. All the trees that lined the walkway had been wrapped in white lights, and where the lampposts were shining there was a decorative arch that also sported the same lights. All in all it lit the walkway with suffused light, making for a very beautiful scene, a beauty that she wished she could show Kaiba but now knew that she would never get to.
At least the wind had died down from earlier so that it no longer cut through her clothing, and for that she was thankful. Her main problem was where to go from here. She had no money, no food, no shelter...what had she been thinking to not at least grab something to eat from the kitchen before she left?
Hearing a vehicle approach, she wondered if maybe it would stop and possibly be an offer to take her somewhere. Although at this day and time she had to be careful about accepting offers from strangers, for there were some out there which would more than happily take advantage of her situation. The car did stop, but her heart plummeted when she saw it was the same limo that had dropped her off, the driver inside eying her with a frown upon his face. This could only mean one thing, and she knew it to be true the minute she saw him step out of the car.
Kaiba didn't know whether to be relieved at finding her or pissed at the fact that she had just taken it upon her to just leave without telling anyone. Either way, they needed to talk, and he didn't care to do it out here in the freezing cold. "Get in the car, Shari," he ordered tersely.
Sensing his mood, she wasn't about to give in to him so easily. So she remained out on the bench, ignoring his many demands for her to get inside the car and watching him get even more annoyed by the second. It was when he got back inside and ordered the limo to pull forward that she began to have an inkling of how much trouble she was really in. No sooner had she gotten to her feet than the door shot open and he reached out to practically drag her inside and throw her into the seat opposite him. She shot daggers at him with her eyes, her breathing heavy as she was fully outraged that she had been treated so carelessly. "How dare you treat me like this Kaiba," she began before he cut her off with a glance, one that told her in no certain terms that she was skating on a very thin sheet of ice right about now.
"How dare I you ask?" he demanded. "How dare you think to leave the mansion like you did, without telling anyone where you were going, much less me..."
"So now I have to report to you wherever I go?" she shot back, finding strength in her anger. "Funny, because I don't seem to remember that you even cared what happened to me."
"Now you listen to me, and you listen well," he snarled. "I was worried sick about you, especially after hearing about the little incident at the mall. After Yugi told me what happened--" he started then suddenly stopped, as if hearing what he was saying for the first time. Indeed he had no idea why he had even said such a thing.
Some of her anger evaporated as she wondered where he was going here, and why he had been worried over her. He had never given her any indication before that he even cared for her at all, the only time he had allowed his barrier to slip was the time they had kissed, and she had begun to believe that that had been a mistake. "What?" she asked, trying to coax a little more out of him. "After hearing about it I would think you would want me gone, being that I'm such a threat to Mokuba."
Some of his own anger faded as he heard her words and finally figured out why she had chosen to leave. She had not left just to rouse his ire at her, she had left because she felt she was endangering the life of his little brother...and for the life of him he couldn't help but think that it was the most unselfish thing anyone had ever done for him. "You would risk your life just to keep any harm from befalling him?" he asked softly. She nodded in reply, and he leaned forward to take her hands in his own. "Did you ever stop to think about how I would feel if something had happened to you?"
At hearing those words, her breath caught in the back of her throat. Did he really care about her after all? "How would you feel, Kaiba?" she asked. "I mean, you've made it clear that you care about no one except yourself and Mokuba, so I just assumed that I meant about the same as everything else in your life." There was bitterness in her voice by now, and she didn't know how much longer she could take being here with him...she had to get some air before she lost any more of her senses.
Pushing the door open, she stepped back out into the cold night, totally ignoring the fact that it had started snowing as she started walking away from the limo. Seto followed after her, catching up to her and grabbing her arm to turn her back towards him. "Shari, please," he pleaded with her. "What do you want me to do? We've only really just met, yet there's something that draws me to you and I don't know what it is. I know I've racked my brain trying to figure out what it is, but I never can seem to figure you out." He took advantage of her speechlessness to touch her cheek with his thumb, even though it was covered with a glove at the moment. "To figure out why it is that you've gotten under my skin so quickly, and why...if I were to lose you, I would never be the same...my life would never be the same."
She stood there speechless as she let his words sink in, never imagining that he could ever feel this way about her. And for some reason it was at that moment that she realized that it was snowing, and doing so at a pretty good rate since Kaiba's hair and coat were already covered with it. Stepping back from him, she looked up into the sky, letting the soft flakes drift down onto her face. "I can't believe that it's snowing!" she cried. "I've never seen snow before! Oh, it's so beautiful!"
One of his eyebrows raised. "You've never seen it snow before?" he echoed with more than a little doubt.
"Well, on TV of course, but living in warm climates all my life I've never had the opportunity to see it for myself," she replied, twirling around in place as she laughed aloud her joy at seeing such a miracle happen. And then a strange thing seemed to happen as it seemed the snow falling around her took up her dance and swirled around her, and he had to blink to clear his eyes since it obviously had to be a trick of the snow. For indeed there was no wind blowing around her.
At that time he had a disturbing feeling that he had seen this happen before, which was ridiculous since he had never seen her do such a thing before. Instead of fighting it however, he merely accepted it and walked towards her, taking her hand in his and spinning her so that she ended up in the circle of his embrace. And it was then that he realized that never had he seen a more beautiful sight in his entire life, and he wanted nothing more than to see her happy like this always, and he would do whatever he could to ensure that she remained that way.
Shari gazed up at him, her interest in the snow forgotten as the feel of his arms around her chased away every thought in her mind...except for one and that was wondering if she was dreaming all this. Seto had earned a reputation for caring for no one but himself, but as she looked into his eyes all she could see was something that she herself felt as well. That they were indeed meant to be together as there was no one else that she felt the same way about other than him.
Reaching up to touch his face with both her hands, she saw his eyes close as he turned his face into one of her palms, softly kissing it. Unable to take anymore, she wound her arms around his neck and pulled him down for a kiss so soft it seemed to take forever, both of them oblivious to the heavy snow falling around them. All that mattered was each other, and now that they were together they both knew that they would stay that way forever.
Finally both of them pulled apart and simply gazed into each other's eyes, but then she sensed a presence nearby that she thought was long gone since Yami had taken care of it. "Oh no," she breathed, trying to look around to see if he was there.
Seto was confused as he had no idea what had caused her to stiffen in his arms all of a sudden. "Shari...what's wrong?" he asked, but that was all that he managed to get out before he felt something slam into the back of his head, making him fall limp to the ground.
She tried her best to ease him down slowly, but he was too heavy for her and she went down with him. "Seto?" she cried as she shook him to try and bring him back around. "Seto...oh, please no," she whispered, then looked up to see a monster towering above her...and not far from it stood Bakura with an evil smirk across his face.
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Uh oh, she's in trouble now...maybe he'll be too busy with her to notice me...^_~
Thanks for reading!!!!!
The Heart of Eternity by Shelly
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
After driving some distance, Shari finally told the driver to drop her off at a nearby park where she would stay for a bit and collect her thoughts, maybe pull together a plan on where she could go from here. Once outside, she hunkered down against the chill of night, and walked until she found a bench nearby to sit on. Looking around her, she couldn't help but think that at least she had beautiful surroundings to keep her company. All the trees that lined the walkway had been wrapped in white lights, and where the lampposts were shining there was a decorative arch that also sported the same lights. All in all it lit the walkway with suffused light, making for a very beautiful scene, a beauty that she wished she could show Kaiba but now knew that she would never get to.
At least the wind had died down from earlier so that it no longer cut through her clothing, and for that she was thankful. Her main problem was where to go from here. She had no money, no food, no shelter...what had she been thinking to not at least grab something to eat from the kitchen before she left?
Hearing a vehicle approach, she wondered if maybe it would stop and possibly be an offer to take her somewhere. Although at this day and time she had to be careful about accepting offers from strangers, for there were some out there which would more than happily take advantage of her situation. The car did stop, but her heart plummeted when she saw it was the same limo that had dropped her off, the driver inside eying her with a frown upon his face. This could only mean one thing, and she knew it to be true the minute she saw him step out of the car.
Kaiba didn't know whether to be relieved at finding her or pissed at the fact that she had just taken it upon her to just leave without telling anyone. Either way, they needed to talk, and he didn't care to do it out here in the freezing cold. "Get in the car, Shari," he ordered tersely.
Sensing his mood, she wasn't about to give in to him so easily. So she remained out on the bench, ignoring his many demands for her to get inside the car and watching him get even more annoyed by the second. It was when he got back inside and ordered the limo to pull forward that she began to have an inkling of how much trouble she was really in. No sooner had she gotten to her feet than the door shot open and he reached out to practically drag her inside and throw her into the seat opposite him. She shot daggers at him with her eyes, her breathing heavy as she was fully outraged that she had been treated so carelessly. "How dare you treat me like this Kaiba," she began before he cut her off with a glance, one that told her in no certain terms that she was skating on a very thin sheet of ice right about now.
"How dare I you ask?" he demanded. "How dare you think to leave the mansion like you did, without telling anyone where you were going, much less me..."
"So now I have to report to you wherever I go?" she shot back, finding strength in her anger. "Funny, because I don't seem to remember that you even cared what happened to me."
"Now you listen to me, and you listen well," he snarled. "I was worried sick about you, especially after hearing about the little incident at the mall. After Yugi told me what happened--" he started then suddenly stopped, as if hearing what he was saying for the first time. Indeed he had no idea why he had even said such a thing.
Some of her anger evaporated as she wondered where he was going here, and why he had been worried over her. He had never given her any indication before that he even cared for her at all, the only time he had allowed his barrier to slip was the time they had kissed, and she had begun to believe that that had been a mistake. "What?" she asked, trying to coax a little more out of him. "After hearing about it I would think you would want me gone, being that I'm such a threat to Mokuba."
Some of his own anger faded as he heard her words and finally figured out why she had chosen to leave. She had not left just to rouse his ire at her, she had left because she felt she was endangering the life of his little brother...and for the life of him he couldn't help but think that it was the most unselfish thing anyone had ever done for him. "You would risk your life just to keep any harm from befalling him?" he asked softly. She nodded in reply, and he leaned forward to take her hands in his own. "Did you ever stop to think about how I would feel if something had happened to you?"
At hearing those words, her breath caught in the back of her throat. Did he really care about her after all? "How would you feel, Kaiba?" she asked. "I mean, you've made it clear that you care about no one except yourself and Mokuba, so I just assumed that I meant about the same as everything else in your life." There was bitterness in her voice by now, and she didn't know how much longer she could take being here with him...she had to get some air before she lost any more of her senses.
Pushing the door open, she stepped back out into the cold night, totally ignoring the fact that it had started snowing as she started walking away from the limo. Seto followed after her, catching up to her and grabbing her arm to turn her back towards him. "Shari, please," he pleaded with her. "What do you want me to do? We've only really just met, yet there's something that draws me to you and I don't know what it is. I know I've racked my brain trying to figure out what it is, but I never can seem to figure you out." He took advantage of her speechlessness to touch her cheek with his thumb, even though it was covered with a glove at the moment. "To figure out why it is that you've gotten under my skin so quickly, and why...if I were to lose you, I would never be the same...my life would never be the same."
She stood there speechless as she let his words sink in, never imagining that he could ever feel this way about her. And for some reason it was at that moment that she realized that it was snowing, and doing so at a pretty good rate since Kaiba's hair and coat were already covered with it. Stepping back from him, she looked up into the sky, letting the soft flakes drift down onto her face. "I can't believe that it's snowing!" she cried. "I've never seen snow before! Oh, it's so beautiful!"
One of his eyebrows raised. "You've never seen it snow before?" he echoed with more than a little doubt.
"Well, on TV of course, but living in warm climates all my life I've never had the opportunity to see it for myself," she replied, twirling around in place as she laughed aloud her joy at seeing such a miracle happen. And then a strange thing seemed to happen as it seemed the snow falling around her took up her dance and swirled around her, and he had to blink to clear his eyes since it obviously had to be a trick of the snow. For indeed there was no wind blowing around her.
At that time he had a disturbing feeling that he had seen this happen before, which was ridiculous since he had never seen her do such a thing before. Instead of fighting it however, he merely accepted it and walked towards her, taking her hand in his and spinning her so that she ended up in the circle of his embrace. And it was then that he realized that never had he seen a more beautiful sight in his entire life, and he wanted nothing more than to see her happy like this always, and he would do whatever he could to ensure that she remained that way.
Shari gazed up at him, her interest in the snow forgotten as the feel of his arms around her chased away every thought in her mind...except for one and that was wondering if she was dreaming all this. Seto had earned a reputation for caring for no one but himself, but as she looked into his eyes all she could see was something that she herself felt as well. That they were indeed meant to be together as there was no one else that she felt the same way about other than him.
Reaching up to touch his face with both her hands, she saw his eyes close as he turned his face into one of her palms, softly kissing it. Unable to take anymore, she wound her arms around his neck and pulled him down for a kiss so soft it seemed to take forever, both of them oblivious to the heavy snow falling around them. All that mattered was each other, and now that they were together they both knew that they would stay that way forever.
Finally both of them pulled apart and simply gazed into each other's eyes, but then she sensed a presence nearby that she thought was long gone since Yami had taken care of it. "Oh no," she breathed, trying to look around to see if he was there.
Seto was confused as he had no idea what had caused her to stiffen in his arms all of a sudden. "Shari...what's wrong?" he asked, but that was all that he managed to get out before he felt something slam into the back of his head, making him fall limp to the ground.
She tried her best to ease him down slowly, but he was too heavy for her and she went down with him. "Seto?" she cried as she shook him to try and bring him back around. "Seto...oh, please no," she whispered, then looked up to see a monster towering above her...and not far from it stood Bakura with an evil smirk across his face.
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Uh oh, she's in trouble now...maybe he'll be too busy with her to notice me...^_~
Thanks for reading!!!!!