DM: /crying/ I'm sorry, this is the last chapter!
Aerith: /rolls eyes/ Yeah her mum kept her off the computer for a couple of days so...
Kaiba: /sighs/ And DM doesn't own anything except her character and this story.
DM: /sobbing loudly/ I- I.... /starts hicupping sobs/
Kaiba: /looks at DM weirdly/
Aerith: Since she can't speak... DM would like to thank C.J. again and Devil-girllie for reviewing.
Kaiba: Yeah, she would love to thank you personally but /points at DM/ she's kind of occupied right now...
DM: /sobbing in corner now/ hic... hic... /lightbulb comes on/ I'll write a sequel! /starts towards computer/
Aerith and Kaiba: Noooo! /run at DM/
DM: Yipe! /runs/
Chapter 5: Last Stand
Aerith gaped as the woman fell to the ground. Kaiba was standing behind her, a steel pipe in hand. Téa staggered up and ran for the door. Kaiba pulled Aerith to her feet.
"Can you walk?" He asked as she winced in pain.
"Does it look like I can?" She shot back, keeping her foot off the ground.
"Just try." Aerith gently placed her foot on the ground and it went just fine. She then tried putting weight on it and failed, yanking her foot back and standing on one foot again.
"No!" She shouted at him. Kaiba handed her the steel pipe and she looked confused for a second. He swept her up bridal style and ran out of the room. Afraid of falling, she put her arms around his neck. The three of them ran around and ran into the other hallway, down to the other room.
"What da hell's going on?!" Joey shouted, glaring at Kaiba again.
"We were- attacked by- that crazy woman- again..." Téa said, breathing heavily, "She broke- or dislocated- Aerith's ankle."
"You are some stupid idiots!" Aerith yelled, pointing at the table, "That's the first place you look!" A golden key lay on the table, as if it had been there all along. Joey blushed and snatched it off the table. Aerith tried to aim the pipe at Joey's head but he nearly knocked Kaiba to the ground as he ran out and she had to clutch tighter to him so she didn't fall. They ran back down the hall, to the cellar doors. The problem was that someone was standing in front of them.
"Oh shit!" Joey shouted, skidding to a stop, dropping the key, and backing away. The rest of the group nearly ran into him.
"I'm back..." The crazy woman said in a sing-song voice.
"No, no, no." Tristan said, looking around for a way to get out. Yugi snatched the key from the ground.
"Oh yes, yes, yes." The woman replied, waving the large knife around before setting her gaze on Kaiba, "I think I'll kill you first for that knock to my head." She said, smiling psychotically. Kaiba gave Aerith to Joey, taking the steel pipe back from her.
"What the hell are you doing?" Aerith hissed at him, grabbing a hold of his shirt sleeve.
"Giving you guys enough time to get out." He answered, pulling himself free of her.
"She'll fucking kill you!" She said and he didn't answer. He put himself into a fighting stance, opposite the woman.
"Go." He said, keeping his eyes on the woman. She laughed.
"You're going to protect yourself with that stupid aluminum pipe?! Don't make me laugh!" She said, pointing her machete at him. He didn't flinch.
"I said go." He repeated, not looking towards them again. They followed his orders this time, going around behind him, to the cellar doors. Aerith reached out for him but Joey ran past Kaiba too quickly for her to get a hold on him. Kaiba smirked as they all got around, "Come and get me... if you can." The woman smiled.
"I will." She answered, looking towards the teens at the door for a second. She suddenly ran at him and swung wildly, unable to correctly handle the weapon. He side-stepped out of the way and nailed her in the back. She staggered as she turned around, completely amazed that he'd landed the hit.
"C' on, Kaiba!" Joey said, receiving stares from the rest of the group. He glared at them, "I'm not allowed ta cheer 'im on so we don' get killed?" He asked and Kaiba gave a snort of laughter. It was just what the woman was looking for and she rushed in, aiming for his neck. He barely managed to get the pipe up in time, being distracted by Joey. The pipe now had a large dent in it but was otherwise fine. Kaiba managed to get away from her and looked at the damage.
"Thanks a lot, mutt." He said to Joey, putting his attention back on the woman.
"Sorry." He replied, slightly white from watching the whole thing.
"That's why you don't cheer him on." Tristan commented as Aerith looked around, wanting to help out somehow.
"Hand me that over there." She whispered to Joey and he looked at the wooden block with confusion.
"Whatcha gonna do with dat?" He asked, lowering his voice to a whisper as well. Kaiba parried another blow from the machete while Yugi fumbled with the lock.
"Just give it here." Aerith demanded and he managed to get it without dropping her. She grinned before chucking it at the woman. It landed next to her foot.
"What the hell?" She asked before looking up at Aerith, glaring at her. Aerith grinned and waved stupidly. Kaiba managed to land a couple of blows on her before leaping back, missing the sideways swing of the knife. She glared at him before rushing in again. He parried the knife before nailing her in the head. She staggered back, howling in rage and pain. Blood dripped down her face as she looked back up at Kaiba again. Another wood block came flying from Aerith and Joey's direction and knocked her in the shoulder. The woman turned and took a couple of steps towards them and Kaiba rushed in again, landing a few blows this time before leaping back. Yugi gave a cry of frustration and Téa ran up to help him with the lock.
"Nice shot." Aerith told Joey, grinning.
"Ya had a good idea der, Aerith." He replied, also smiling. Kaiba smirked and parried another blow but this time as he moved to get away, the knife was waiting for him. The woman slashed at his exposed side and connected this time. He cried out, swinging the pipe around, nailing the woman in the side.
"Kaiba!" Aerith yelled out, seeing him holding his side. He held the pipe out in front of him as a defense in case the woman charged him again.
"We've got it!" Téa yelled out, shoving the door back with Yugi. Aerith forced Joey to put her down on the ground and grabbed the largest wooden block yet. She pitched it at the woman's head and it connected, sending the woman to the ground. Tristan dragged Joey up the stairs as Kaiba turned to see who had thrown the projectile. Aerith winced but grinned at him.
"Hurry up, we can't stop the doors from shutting!" Yugi shouted and Kaiba dropped the pipe and swept Aerith up, running for the door.
"No, no, no..." The woman murmured from the ground, trying to get to her feet. Kaiba leapt up the stairs with only a couple of seconds to spare. As he reached the top, the bottom of his trench coat was still between the doors. He turned before it did, pulling the end of the coat out of harm's way, and the doors slammed shut. Aerith's weight threw him off balance though and he fell to the ground, Aerith on top of him again. She grinned as she looked down into his face, placing her elbow square in the middle of his chest, her head on top of it.
"You're not trying to make this a habit, are you?" She asked.
"I hope not..." He replied but she could hear the sarcasm in it. Aerith faked a frown.
"I'm hurt," She sarcastically said but broke into a grin.
"All right, get off him!" Joey said, glaring at the two.
"I've got a dislocated ankle, how?" Aerith said, still grinning, a tone of sarcasm in it.
"You sure it's not broken?" Kaiba asked, smirking and raising his head up a bit. Aerith shoved his head back to the ground.
"I've broken a bone or two before, I've also dislocated my elbow and shoulder a couple of times as well," She smirked back at him, "I know the difference between a dislocation and a break. This-" She jabbed a finger at her foot, "-is a dislocation."
"Sure, sure..." He replied, still smirking.
"Head face-first down in the dirt," Aerith started naming the things that would happen but the grin on her face showed that she wouldn't do them.
"As if." He replied, still smirking, "Someone mind getting her off me, her elbow's digging into me..."
"You're a big baby." Aerith said, rolling her eyes. Joey managed to pull her up and she leaned on his shoulder, still unable to stand on her foot. Kaiba got to his feet and Joey was glaring at him again. Aerith eyed the wound on his side, "You ought to put something on that." She said.
"It isn't that deep." He replied, glancing at it.
"I think it is." Aerith said back.
"Ferris wheel." Someone said.
"Huh?" Most of the group replied, Aerith and Kaiba arguing bitterly about the wound on his side.
"I just want to do that before we leave." Téa said, looking towards it, frowning as she looked back at the others.
"It's probably deeper than it looks!" Aerith said, shaking her fist at Kaiba.
"Your foot is worse than this!" He argued back.
"That cut's ten times worse than my foot, all I've got to do is pop it back into place!" She yelled.
"Then why don't you?!" He shouted, glaring at her, "If it's just that simple, you could've saved me the trouble of carrying you around!"
"It'll hurt like hell!" She replied, shouting as well. Her dislocated foot rested on the ground but no weight on it. Kaiba smirked again and his foot connected with her good foot's shin. Aerith yelped in pain and pulled her leg into the air, putting all her weight on her bad foot. A loud pop was heard and she staggered back, falling to the ground. She glared up at Kaiba, holding her shin with one hand, her ankle with the other, "Jerk." She said icily. She moved her foot around tenderly, seeing if it hurt at all. It didn't and she moved all her attention to her shin, "You could've broken my foot, you stupid idiot."
"At least I won't have to carry you now." He replied, shrugging slightly.
"Crazy bitch." Aerith said back, glaring at him.
"Stupid whore." He shot at her, glaring back. Aerith stood up, shoving Joey's hand away.
"Stop, stop, stop!" Téa said, looking at the two before smiling slightly, "Stop, or we'll shove you onto the Ferris Wheel together, beside each other in the seats."
"You wouldn't dare." Aerith said and Téa just smiled, her smile actually looked a bit like Aerith's when she was messing with Kaiba or Joey.
"I would dare." Téa replied, still grinning or rather smirking. Aerith lost the angry look on her face and stared for a second.
"I think she's serious." Tristan said, looking confused. Aerith glanced at Kaiba and sighed.
"All right, I'll stop but if he starts the argument, I swear I'm not responsible for what happens." Aerith said, stuffing her hands into her pockets.
"That's better... Kaiba?" Téa looked up at Kaiba, smiling still. He looked from her to Aerith a couple of times.
"All right, I'll agree to this... she's the one who starts the fights though and I can't be held accountable for what I say or do." He finally said.
"Okay, the rest of us will go ride the Ferris wheel and you can stand out at the front gate if you don't want to ride." Téa went back to her usual smile, still receiving strange looks from the rest of the gang.
"Damn straight I'm not going on that stupid ride." Aerith muttered, walking away. Kaiba followed her, muttering something under his breath.
"Excuse me?" Téa said, that smile back on her face.
"Nothing." Both teens answered and kept walking away, faster this time.
"Why are you always following me?" Aerith asked Kaiba, glaring over at him.
"I could ask the same of you." He replied, glaring back.
"Forget it..." She rolled her eyes, but they fell on his wound again, "You should really put something on that..."
"And what if I don't?" He shot back and she gave a sigh of frustration.
"You don't have to be such a jerk about everything." Aerith said, keeping her voice low but it was strangled, as if she wanted to scream it at him.
"Oh, I really didn't notice anything..." Kaiba replied sarcastically, smirking again. They were nearly to the front gate, still having their slight argument.
"Do you like pushing my buttons for fun or does it just let you have someone to take your anger out on?" Aerith asked. His eyes narrowed and she smirked, seeing his face.
"Do you want me to fight with you, or is all this funny to you?" He said, clenching his fists to calm himself. Aerith shot a glare at him as they got out of the front gate unnoticed by the guards.
"I swear you can be so stupid sometimes," She said quietly, "Why would I want to start a fight that I'd win?" She grinned again and he glared at her.
"More like a fight you'd loose." He said and the two of them leaned up against the black metal bars far enough away from the entrance and exit to not be seen.
"Téa was right, this is going to get us nowhere..." Aerith sighed, putting her hands behind her head and stared up at the night sky.
"At least she can't go through with her threat of the Ferris Wheel ride..." Kaiba admitted, smirking again. Aerith laughed.
"That's true." She said, grinning, "That would be horrible..." She heard a slight snicker out of Kaiba and turned to look. She shook her head, "Like I've said before, I do wonder about you sometimes..."
"I don't think you do." He answered, "You don't care."
"Then why was I throwing those blocks at that woman?" Aerith slapped a hand over her own mouth and mentally cursed herself.
"Then why do we fight all the time?" He asked her and she couldn't come up with an answer.
"Because... we're... uh..." She stuttered, unable to think of anything, "We're too alike? ...I don't know!" She finally said, glaring up at the sky.
"Hm..." Kaiba replied, also looking up, "maybe..." Aerith finally gave another frustrated sigh and looked over at him.
"Maybe what?" She asked, looking pissed off again.
"I was agreeing with you." He answered calmly and she was thrown for a loop. Aerith looked back up at the sky and thought for a while, falling silent.
"You know..." She started up again, "even people who are best friends fight sometimes..." Kaiba looked over at her.
"Best friends, huh?" He smirked and she nodded.
"Yeah, and rivals fight and argue bitterly. We're... sorta both." Aerith shrugged, grinning, looking down at the ground before up at him, "I never would've figured I'd- say something- like that... but..." She trailed off, seeing how close he actually was.
"Neither would I... You always hated me." Kaiba replied, smirking again.
"You always got me so confused, you'd say something one minute and do something else the next..." Aerith shook her head, the short hairs that she'd brushed away with her part falling back into her face, "You just practically begged to be teased in my opinion..." She snickered for a second, "I know you only yelled back because I said everything first and then we'd end up fighting..." She let a light laugh escape her, "This is insane..." She looked away, back up at the sky, "I forgot to thank you for rescuing me all those times; in the kitchen when I screwed up with my name; running back down that hall and I slipped; tying up my arm- both times," She lifted her arm up; the bandage was still wrapped tightly around the wound and she dropped it back down to her side, "Dragging me off down the hall when my feet froze up..." She paused to chuckle at the next one, "The dancing thing was embarrassing but you saved everyone's necks there..."
"I guess I did." He gave a quiet laugh.
"You yanked me up from the floor when I nearly got my head chopped off to avoid that crazy woman having a second shot at trying." Aerith continued, "When she dislocated my ankle in the cellar, you knocked her upside the head with the pipe and carried me to where the others were... Then you fought her with that pipe against a machete... which was kind of stupid but brave." She shook her head again, "You've done too much to repay..."
"You've forgotten something..." Kaiba said, looking away from her and looking towards the city, "You're the one who stabbed that... I don't even know if I could call him a man- but you're the one who stabbed him in the arm before he choked me." Aerith looked over at him as he went on, "You practically helped everyone when the three of us couldn't move that stupid sofa..."
"It had concrete on the bottom..." Aerith said, laughing at the expression on his face.
"Who would want to put concrete on the bottom of a sofa?" He asked and Aerith put a hand over her mouth to muffle her laughter.
"Like you said," She managed to say, "the people who built that place were really screwed up in the head..."
"That's right. There's practically no stairs that go down and you have a three story, vertical drop to the basement, which, might I add, was very uncalled for." Aerith thought for a second, falling silent, and he went on, "Back on the subject, you were throwing those wooden blocks at that woman when I was fighting against her-"
"I hate to do this; but Joey threw one of those." Aerith interrupted and waited for the reaction. There was a long silence before Kaiba started again.
"I wouldn't expect that out of him." He said, looking back at Aerith. She grinned.
"Neither would I, but he did root for you for a second there. You heard what he said, he was only doing it so that the woman wouldn't get the chance to attack us... You were still pretty brave there." Aerith shook her head again, letting more hair fall into her face.
"Do you think that they're done yet?" Kaiba asked, looking towards the Ferris Wheel. Aerith laughed again.
"Téa probably dragged them on it again..." Aerith chuckled, looking towards it as well. It was spinning slowly around at the moment, the side flicking different things across it.
"You think she did that on purpose?"
"Did what?" Aerith turned to look at him again and found his eyes on her.
"Shoving us off together?" Kaiba asked, smirking again.
"She might have. She probably only threatened us with the Ferris Wheel ride only to stop us from arguing while we were with them..." Aerith answered, smiling, "Are you hinting at what I think you are?"
"Maybe. You did say before that I would say one thing and do another." He replied.
"You were a very confusing person..." Aerith laughed, looking away again, and some of her hair fell over her shoulder, adding to what was all ready in her face. She sighed, trying to blow it back, "I knew my part would give me trouble..."
"Part?" Kaiba asked, slightly confused before he saw all the hair in her face. He smirked again and reached up, brushing her hair back. Aerith looked at him, surprised.
"You feeling okay?" She joked, smiling again. Kaiba was still smirking as he answered.
"I'm fine." He put his arm around her and she completely turned to face him, surprised.
"You sure?" She asked again.
"Completely." He responded before kissing her on the lips. Aerith was shocked beyond words and went as stiff was a board for a bit. She came back to herself for a second and tried to pull back, failing, her body didn't want to move a millimeter away from him. She suddenly put her arms around his neck, her eyes shut, smiling slightly and kissing back. He put his other arm around her, pulling her closer.
"Uh... Aerith? Kaiba?" Someone asked and their eyes flew open. The rest of the group stood not too far away from them, staring slightly. They jerked back from each other and both, being unbalanced, fell to the ground.
"Jerk!" Aerith said, glaring at him.
"Whore!" Kaiba shot back, also glaring. With that, they got into another argument before Yugi and Téa broke it up.
"The sooner we get out of here, the better!" Tristan remarked to a fuming Joey.
"He- she- they-" Joey stuttered in anger, giving Kaiba a death glare, "they- he- ... Ugh!" Kaiba's limo pulled up next to them and Kaiba gave one last glare at Aerith before getting in. She spit towards him and the limo, glaring still.
"Aerith, we've all got to get in..." Téa whispered to her.
"I don't care! I'll walk!" Aerith responded before stomping off back towards town.
"Oh boy..." Tristan muttered, rolling his eyes. Yugi and Téa watched Aerith for a second.
"They like each other, it's obvious, why can't they just admit it?" Téa wondered out-loud but not loud enough that either teen could hear.
"Get in or walk." Kaiba's cold voice came from the limo. Téa and Yugi sighed before going back to get in, Aerith nearly fading into the darkness.
"Like hell I'm-" Joey started but Tristan cut him off.
"You're going to walk over a mile to get back to town and refuse a ride in a limo?" He asked, walking towards the limo.
"But Aerith-" Joey started to argue.
"We'll get her on the way back." Téa claimed, glancing towards Kaiba. He was sitting opposite everyone, glaring at Aerith's fading form and muttering under his breath occasionally. Joey sighed but got in, sitting between Tristan and Téa. The limo moved and rolled slowly beside Aerith. Kaiba was still glaring at her and she acted as if the limo wasn't even there. Téa slipped from her seat and rolled the window down enough to where Aerith could see her. She muttered quietly to her for a bit before Aerith stopped fully and gave her an disbelieving look, the limo stopped along with her. Téa gave the Aerith-like smirk again and kept talking. Aerith sighed and hung her head for a second, giving the look of defeat. Téa opened the door and Aerith got in, sitting across from everyone, but opposite of Kaiba as well. The limo drove away, back towards the city.
DM: /bound and gagged/
Aerith: /brushing hands off/ well, she won't write another chapter of this!
Kaiba: /also brushing hands off/ Got that right.
DM: /laughing/
Aerith: /raises eyebrow/ What the hell?
Kaiba: /reaches over to undo the mouth gag/
DM: /still laughing/ Authoress powers... /lights go out and after a second they come back on, showing a smirking DM not bound at all/
Aerith and Kaiba: /bound and gagged together/
DM: /kicks Aerith/ stupid OC /smiles at Kaiba evilly/ Hit the review button please. I may not do anything for a while, so please, forgive me if I don't.
Aerith: /kicks Kaiba out of frustration/
Kaiba: /kicks Aerith back in revenge/
DM: /laughes again/ Please review before I sick... the crazy lady on both of them.
Aerith and Kaiba: /look horrifed/
DM: /snaps fingers and plexiglass bos appears with the crazy woman inside/
Aerith and Kaiba: /yelling and screaming/
DM: /smirks again/ please review.