Disclaimer: Does not own YGO and the idea of this story do not belong to me as well. Belongs to a local series that is about to be shown on TV in Singapore. I just modify a little bit of the story.

Warning: AU and PG-13 for occasional bad language

Crossroad

Chapter 1 Crossroad

Seto's POV

I do not know where I am. After that Gardener bitch stabbed me with a sharp mercury-laced rod, I landed in this strange place. Wherever I am, I must stay calm so stay calm now Seto. Don't panic just breathe.

I inhaled deeply and exhaled, feeling surprised that I can actually do this. That's because I presumed I am dead. I still have that wound and bloodstain on my left shoulder of my white trench coat. That's where that slut of a secretary stabbed me. I should have fired her eons ago. Putting that aside, I haven't figure out this place yet. It can't be Hell because it is too cool here. Maybe it is Heaven. Wait a minute, I'm not a believer of such crap . . . But this is the first time I died . . . Damn I hate this.

So what's the point of standing in the middle of nowhere and doing nothing? I might as well explore this place a little.

Wherever I go, the scene never change – fog, fog and more thick white fog. They are so thick they seem solid, so thick that I can't see a thing in front of me. But my legs just keep moving forward and it seems that I do not have the will to stop walking. What's worse is that I do not know where I am going. But somehow it feels like something is pulling me towards it. Like iron fillings moving towards a magnet, it is an irresistible feeling. But I don't give a damn about it because I can't even tell if I am walking in circles. There are only the thick white fog and the black marble floor. Did I mention that the floor is actually made of marble, not dirt?

It seems like I have been walking for hours. It is impossible to tell time in this place, as the intensity of the light doesn't seem to change with passing hours. My legs are starting to ache and I'm getting tired and frustrated. "When can I stop?" I gritted my teeth as I walked. Why didn't I say when will this end, that's because I cannot stop myself from walking. My legs seem to have a mind of its own, which only added to my frustrations. Damn, I'm not weak but I can't control my own feet! Damn! Damn! Damn!

Suddenly, some powerful being from above seem must have heard my prayer and relieve my pain because the fog just disappeared all of a sudden. Okay, so it's not the fog that disappears. It's just that I have finally walked out of the fog.

In front of me, there stood an office building, a really strange and rather suspicious one because 1) there is no fog within a radius of 10 m of the structure 2) the building is so tall it seems that it stretches on forever into the sky (if there is such thing call sky in this place) 3) the name 'Crossroad' is conveniently position above the main door. I don't know why but I don't like the name. I just don't like it. But I have only two choices – enter or wander into the fog again. I choose the former because there may be people inside the building and they might know where I am.

So I push the opaque glass door and found myself in an empty room. Empty as in no people, no furnishing, nothing. Okay so it is not exactly empty. There is only a small sign at the end of the room saying 'Step On It' and pointing to a glowing green circle on the floor. Humph! I'm not so stupid to just jump into the circle without knowing what will happen. Upon close-up inspection, I have deduced that the circle might be a teleportation device. But I have never in my life seen such a technology. Heck, I don't think Earth have such thing in existence. Whatever it is, it might take me to where the people in this building are. Well, let's just hope there are people here.

So I decided to step into the circle. The moment both of my feet are in the circle, green light engulfs my body and blinds me. When the green light subsided, I open my eyes to find myself facing only an inch away from a white wooden door. I jump away in surprise and realize that I'm standing in the middle of an extremely long white corridor. It is easy to miss the door if it doesn't have dark red words saying 'Waiting Room'. And it also look like that this is the only door along the corridor. Things here are way beyond my comprehension so I choose not to ponder the question, 'Why is there only a door along such a long corridor?' This also means that going through the door is my only option so I turned the door knot, silently hoping that there are people in the next room.

Upon entering, I was greeted by the sight of a girl at the reception desk on the left side of the room. She is wearing a sky blue strapless top and hot pink mini skirt showing how well shaped her body is, and matching pink and blue boots. She has brilliant blonde hair, sparkling blue eyes and rosy cheeks. She looked up from whatever magazine she was reading and smiled at me. And I give her my best emotionless stare. What she said next could have scarred me for life.

In a sweet and crystal clear voice, she beamed, "Hi! Welcome to Crossroad, the place where souls who leave the world of the living, like you, gather and wait as fate decides whether you go to Hell or Heaven. Please have a seat until your name is called." With that she smiled brightly at me and return to her reading of her magazine.

And here I was thinking, what the hell.

TBC

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After a year without anything to write, I have finally come up with this story. Hopefully you like it and please don't kill me for making Seto a dead person.

Seto: Nope I think every fan of mine has that right. Why me?

'Cause you are arrogant?

Seto: Bad excuse winky, bad excuse. (Look very dangerous)

Eep! Got to run. Oh and please remember to leave a review for me thankx. Bye.

Finished on 20th Nov 2004, 12.58 am