[Kitty: Chapter Eight.
Lina: Hopefully Suzu will find out what's going on before it's too late.
Kitty: (sigh) That sounds nice. But there are even more possibilities.
Yugi: R&R!]
Chapter Eight: Dueling Dilemmas
POV: Third Person
"That's crazy!" Jou growled in response to Seito's proposal, "Atem has no reason to duel you, Seito, now bring Suzu over here and stop all this madness!"
Seito laughed derisively. "Crazy? You're the one talking crazy. Suzu isn't going anywhere."
He wrapped his arm over Suzu's shoulder, and as his fingers touched her skin, Atem felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.
"Don't touch her," he hissed venomously.
Seito laughed again. "You should really listen to yourself, Atem. It's really quite entertaining."
Atem growled under his breath.
"Let me talk to her, Seito," he whispered.
Seito smirked. "I don't think Suzu wants to talk to you, Atem."
"Let me talk to her!" he snapped.
Seito shrugged, but his smirk did not vanish.
Atem stepped cautiously toward Suzu, his breath caught in his throat.
When he was an inch away from her, he gently touched her hand.
Suzu slapped his hand away, and stepped backward.
"Leave me alone," she said coldly.
Atem tried to fight back tears as he touched her hand again.
She slapped his hand once more, and pushed him away.
"Leave me alone!" she yelled.
Atem felt a tear go down his cheek as he turned to look at his cousin.
"Don't interfere," he beseeched quietly, "Tell her it's me. Please, Seito. Just let me say goodbye. Please."
Seito blinked in surprise, but shrugged.
{It's Atem, Suzu,} he told her psychically.
This time, Atem touched Suzu's hand, and spelled, "A-t-e-m."
Suzu embraced him.
"Hi, Atem," she said softly.
Atem smiled, some tears still falling from his face.
Suzu felt the fresh tears on his face, and her blind eyes widened.
"Atem...why are you crying?"
Atem sighed.
"I m-u-s-t g-o," he spelled.
"When will you be back?" Suzu asked naively.
Atem bit his lip. "N-e-v-e-r."
"What?"
Suzu sounded shocked and hurt.
"You're...you're leaving me...forever?"
Atem's tears fell down his chin and onto Suzu's white dress.
"I m-i-g-h-t h-a-v-e t-o," he spelled sadly.
"Why?" Suzu demanded, her blind eyes filled with not sad, but angry, tears, "You said you'd always be there for me!"
Atem hardly knew what to say...well, spell...to make her understand the situation. "D-u-e-l," he spelled.
"Duel?" Suzu said, her eyes narrowing, "You're leaving me so you can play a game?"
"I m-i-g-h-t d-i-e..." he spelled.
"Well then, serves you right!" Suzu hissed, "Thanks for nothing!"
And she ran out of the room, with a slight struggle.
Atem felt his heart break. /Suzu...no.../
Seito smirked. "I told you she didn't want to talk to you."
Atem fell to his knees. "But...I thought...she didn't..."
"Know you were Pharaoh?" finished Seito, "She didn't. But everything I've told her and everything you've told her combined has made her very confused. Now she's mad at both 'the Pharaoh' and you," he added, smirking.
"You jerk!" yelled Joey, "Atem loved her! Now you've ruined everything!"
Seito glared. "Well, Atem ruined everything with Kisara and me, and he didn't seem to care. And now, I don't care about him and Suzu in any way whatsoever."
"Atem did care," Isis said disdainfully, "You were just too upset to notice."
"Stay out of this, woman," Seito growled.
"It's the truth," Isis said, not taking heed of Seito's threat, "Kisara became the Blue Eyes in her own free will. You just couldn't bear to give her up, that's all."
"Shut up!" Seito snapped, pointing his Millennium Rod in Isis's direction.
Isis eyed the Rod in Seito's hand guardedly, and knew best to be quiet. Seito could pull almost anything with his Millennium Item.
Seito strode up to Atem and pulled his up by the chain of his Millennium Puzzle.
"Now listen to me, cousin and listen real good," he hissed, "You and I will duel in the Shadow Realm. The terms are this; if you lose, you will stay in the Shadow Realm, if you win, I will tell Suzu the truth and you can have her back. Do we have an accord?"
Seito put out his hand impatiently as if for Atem to take it.
Atem glared at his cousin, but grabbed his hand. "Let's duel."
--Meanwhile--
Suzu ran blindly through the hallways of the palace, angry tears in her eyes and thoughts of betrayal going through her mind.
'After everything we went through,' she thought angrily, 'He leaves me for some stupid game! I mean...did he even think I cared about him? Didn't he even once think about how much I worried about him, or how much I...'
She sighed. She couldn't figure out a word that could say how she cared about Atem.
'Liked? Respected? Befriended? But...those aren't it...'
She slammed her fist to the marble wall in frustration.
'What is this I feel?' she asked herself, 'I've...never known this feeling before...'
Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder.
She turned around, and to her shock, saw someone.
But not just anyone.
She saw the god Horus standing in front of her.
"Its love, Suzu," he whispered, "Its love."
[Kitty: That's it!
Yugi: What does Horus have to do with this story?
Kitty: A lot, I assure you.
Lina: But we've never seen him before...
Kitty: (smirks)
Yugi: (raises his eyebrow) Kitty, I know that look. You know something we don't know.
Kitty: I do. But I'm not saying a thing 'bout it to you two.
Yugi and Lina: (pouts) No fair...
Kitty: Any reviews?
Lina: Not this time around.
Kitty: NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! (collapses onto her bed and begins crying into her pillows)
Yugi: (hugs her) Aw...Kitty, it's okay...it's okay...
Kitty: (sobs) NO ONE...(sniff)...LIKES...MY FIC!!!
Yugi: Shh...that's not true...I like it.
Lina: I like it!
Atem: I like it too, Kitty.
Yugi: See? That's all that matters.
Kitty: (sniff) Thanks, Yugi. (sniff) I needed that.
Yugi: (pecks her cheek, and then glares in the reviewers' direction) You guys need to make this up to my bishojo, right now. R&R, or else my Yami will send you to Shadow Realm!]
Lina: Hopefully Suzu will find out what's going on before it's too late.
Kitty: (sigh) That sounds nice. But there are even more possibilities.
Yugi: R&R!]
Chapter Eight: Dueling Dilemmas
POV: Third Person
"That's crazy!" Jou growled in response to Seito's proposal, "Atem has no reason to duel you, Seito, now bring Suzu over here and stop all this madness!"
Seito laughed derisively. "Crazy? You're the one talking crazy. Suzu isn't going anywhere."
He wrapped his arm over Suzu's shoulder, and as his fingers touched her skin, Atem felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.
"Don't touch her," he hissed venomously.
Seito laughed again. "You should really listen to yourself, Atem. It's really quite entertaining."
Atem growled under his breath.
"Let me talk to her, Seito," he whispered.
Seito smirked. "I don't think Suzu wants to talk to you, Atem."
"Let me talk to her!" he snapped.
Seito shrugged, but his smirk did not vanish.
Atem stepped cautiously toward Suzu, his breath caught in his throat.
When he was an inch away from her, he gently touched her hand.
Suzu slapped his hand away, and stepped backward.
"Leave me alone," she said coldly.
Atem tried to fight back tears as he touched her hand again.
She slapped his hand once more, and pushed him away.
"Leave me alone!" she yelled.
Atem felt a tear go down his cheek as he turned to look at his cousin.
"Don't interfere," he beseeched quietly, "Tell her it's me. Please, Seito. Just let me say goodbye. Please."
Seito blinked in surprise, but shrugged.
{It's Atem, Suzu,} he told her psychically.
This time, Atem touched Suzu's hand, and spelled, "A-t-e-m."
Suzu embraced him.
"Hi, Atem," she said softly.
Atem smiled, some tears still falling from his face.
Suzu felt the fresh tears on his face, and her blind eyes widened.
"Atem...why are you crying?"
Atem sighed.
"I m-u-s-t g-o," he spelled.
"When will you be back?" Suzu asked naively.
Atem bit his lip. "N-e-v-e-r."
"What?"
Suzu sounded shocked and hurt.
"You're...you're leaving me...forever?"
Atem's tears fell down his chin and onto Suzu's white dress.
"I m-i-g-h-t h-a-v-e t-o," he spelled sadly.
"Why?" Suzu demanded, her blind eyes filled with not sad, but angry, tears, "You said you'd always be there for me!"
Atem hardly knew what to say...well, spell...to make her understand the situation. "D-u-e-l," he spelled.
"Duel?" Suzu said, her eyes narrowing, "You're leaving me so you can play a game?"
"I m-i-g-h-t d-i-e..." he spelled.
"Well then, serves you right!" Suzu hissed, "Thanks for nothing!"
And she ran out of the room, with a slight struggle.
Atem felt his heart break. /Suzu...no.../
Seito smirked. "I told you she didn't want to talk to you."
Atem fell to his knees. "But...I thought...she didn't..."
"Know you were Pharaoh?" finished Seito, "She didn't. But everything I've told her and everything you've told her combined has made her very confused. Now she's mad at both 'the Pharaoh' and you," he added, smirking.
"You jerk!" yelled Joey, "Atem loved her! Now you've ruined everything!"
Seito glared. "Well, Atem ruined everything with Kisara and me, and he didn't seem to care. And now, I don't care about him and Suzu in any way whatsoever."
"Atem did care," Isis said disdainfully, "You were just too upset to notice."
"Stay out of this, woman," Seito growled.
"It's the truth," Isis said, not taking heed of Seito's threat, "Kisara became the Blue Eyes in her own free will. You just couldn't bear to give her up, that's all."
"Shut up!" Seito snapped, pointing his Millennium Rod in Isis's direction.
Isis eyed the Rod in Seito's hand guardedly, and knew best to be quiet. Seito could pull almost anything with his Millennium Item.
Seito strode up to Atem and pulled his up by the chain of his Millennium Puzzle.
"Now listen to me, cousin and listen real good," he hissed, "You and I will duel in the Shadow Realm. The terms are this; if you lose, you will stay in the Shadow Realm, if you win, I will tell Suzu the truth and you can have her back. Do we have an accord?"
Seito put out his hand impatiently as if for Atem to take it.
Atem glared at his cousin, but grabbed his hand. "Let's duel."
--Meanwhile--
Suzu ran blindly through the hallways of the palace, angry tears in her eyes and thoughts of betrayal going through her mind.
'After everything we went through,' she thought angrily, 'He leaves me for some stupid game! I mean...did he even think I cared about him? Didn't he even once think about how much I worried about him, or how much I...'
She sighed. She couldn't figure out a word that could say how she cared about Atem.
'Liked? Respected? Befriended? But...those aren't it...'
She slammed her fist to the marble wall in frustration.
'What is this I feel?' she asked herself, 'I've...never known this feeling before...'
Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder.
She turned around, and to her shock, saw someone.
But not just anyone.
She saw the god Horus standing in front of her.
"Its love, Suzu," he whispered, "Its love."
[Kitty: That's it!
Yugi: What does Horus have to do with this story?
Kitty: A lot, I assure you.
Lina: But we've never seen him before...
Kitty: (smirks)
Yugi: (raises his eyebrow) Kitty, I know that look. You know something we don't know.
Kitty: I do. But I'm not saying a thing 'bout it to you two.
Yugi and Lina: (pouts) No fair...
Kitty: Any reviews?
Lina: Not this time around.
Kitty: NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! (collapses onto her bed and begins crying into her pillows)
Yugi: (hugs her) Aw...Kitty, it's okay...it's okay...
Kitty: (sobs) NO ONE...(sniff)...LIKES...MY FIC!!!
Yugi: Shh...that's not true...I like it.
Lina: I like it!
Atem: I like it too, Kitty.
Yugi: See? That's all that matters.
Kitty: (sniff) Thanks, Yugi. (sniff) I needed that.
Yugi: (pecks her cheek, and then glares in the reviewers' direction) You guys need to make this up to my bishojo, right now. R&R, or else my Yami will send you to Shadow Realm!]