Chapter 3: Convincing a Dragon

The two brothers took Kyoko to the Kaiba Mansion. On the way there Seto would catch himself staring every now and then. He didn't know what the matter with him was. He had never ever behaved like this before. Why am I acting so strange? I had better be careful. People will start to think I'm going soft.

At the mansion, Kyoto found herself a room and got comfortable. Later that night, when everyone was asleep, she made her move. Outside of Seto's door she peered into his soul again. What she saw made her a bit uneasy.

Okay, I can do this. It isn't as if I wasn't expecting it. Alright. Self, are you ready? One, two, three, GO!

She flung herself mentally into Seto's soul. The only way to unlock his heart was with his soul key. Unfortunately, Seto didn't want anything to do with it. He had too much pride to show the way he really felt. Of course, even if he had wanted the key he had forgotten how to use it. Seto would have to learn by watching Kyoko. He wouldn't really know that she was there, but eventually the instinct would come back to him. However, Kyoko herself had a problem. In order to get the key, it had to be given to her by Seto's soul guardian. Usually it wasn't a big deal, but this time she was up against the fierce Blue Eyes White Dragon. It had the same icy blue eyes that Seto had. No warmth radiated from them, only darkness.

"Whose there and why?!?" roared the dragon.

Oh man, thought Kyoko, I hope I can do this! She took a deep breath.

"I am", said Kyoko, stepping out of the shadows, "My name is Kyoko and I'm here to help."

It was clear by the dragon's reaction that no one had tried that approach before. He stalled for a minute before speaking again, but this time with a hint of curiosity mixed in with its vicious voice.

"Help? What do mean help?"

"What do you mean 'what do you mean?'" snapped Kyoko. It was evident to her that the dragon had not looked behind itself to see the emotions and feelings for quite a long time. It couldn't see that, even as she spoke, they were fighting so hard to get out into the open. It almost made her cry. "Look behind you. Then you'll see what I mean." Man, even the guardian doesn't remember me.

"Ha, you think I'm going to fall for that old trick!" snarled the dragon.

"If you want me to leave while you do that I will. I'd rather not be attacked today if it's all the same to you."

Rather confused by this situation the dragon eyed her cautiously. "Hmmm. Alright, I'll look. But be warned, if you try to do anything funny, you'll never see the light of day again."

That sounded just like Seto. I'm outta here, thought Kyoko.

Five minutes later she was back. Immediately she noticed a change had occurred in the dragon. It was not on the offensive as much as it had been. It seemed to be really annoyed.

"I can't STAND it when other people are right" snarled the dragon.

"Soooo, you looked?" asked Kyoko.

"Yeah I looked. I must admit that I haven't looked back there for a long time (Wow, pride swallowed already, thought Kyoko. That's impressive). You were right. Damn! So, what exactly are you here for?"

"First I need to know some things. I need to know that you accept that you had a role to play in the ancient battles with the Millennium Items. Second, when I'm done with my story I need to know, honestly, whether you believe me or not."

"Hmph, you're even more persistent than Yugi was. He tended to avoid asking me directly. You're very blunt. But at the moment you seem be no threat, not that you were anyways, so I will answer you first question. Yes, I do believe all the things about the Pharaoh and the Millennium Items. No matter how much I may want to deny that it ever happened, which I REALLY want to do, I believe it."

"Okay", said Kyoko, "Then I'll tell you my story."

And so she told the dragon about the ancient evil. She told him how Anubis the Egyptian God had taken over the world. She told him about his past; how he was best friends with the Pharaoh Yami and how they had defeated the God and paid that terrible price. She told him that he needed to relearn how to unlock his heart, therefore enabling him to control the monsters and defeat the God once and for all. When Kyoko was finished she waited patiently for the dragon to talk.

"That is even more of a farfetched story than the Millennium Items, but there is too much truth in it to be ignored", it said, "So how exactly to I figure out how to do this?"

"That's where I come in", said Kyoko, "You need to give me the key. That way I will be able to unlock the emotions and feelings and, slowly, so you will be able to do it on your own."

"Are you completely crazy?!?" roared the dragon. "You can't unlock them all at once!"

"No, no, you misunderstand me. I would only let out one or two at a time, but only when I can see them fighting to break free."

"Hmph. But what about the..."

"The feeling under the veil? Love? I leave that one alone. I always have and this is no exception. That one can only come out when it is ready to do so." She forced every word out of her mouth, concentrating on keeping her voice calm and steady.

"Fine", said the dragon, "I'll trust you for now. Here, take the key and use it wisely. Do what you need to do but be warned. I don't like people who mess with me."

"Thank you, your trust will not be broken."

Back in reality Kyoko was panting a little. It took energy to stay in a person's soul for prolonged periods of time. She looked at a clock. It said 5:00 in the morning. No surprise, since time ran slower inside of a soul. It hadn't taken quite as long as she thought it would. I wonder why that is, he seemed so willing to trust me. Maybe it's because I was talking to his guardian. They are always more willing to do what's best then the real person is, Kyoko thought to her self.

She looked at the key. It was very beautiful. Kyoko laughed to herself at the form the key took in the normal world. It looked just like a Blue Eyes White Dragon's scale, markings and all. A fierce silver-blue. She went back to her room to get a few hours of shut eye; feeling rather pleased with her self.

About ten minutes after she left Seto woke up with a start. He was breathing heavily and was covered in cold sweat. He had had another nightmare about his troubled past. At least I only had one tonight instead of the usual three or four. But what about that other dream? Oh well. There is no point in trying to go back to sleep now; I'd better get up.