As he walked up the stairs Suu quite ahead of him, he was muttering in his
head. Actually it was about nothing foul. It was a prayer (does Seto even
pray?) to Kami so that he would not be any main part in the play.
Suu was humming another strange song, as Kaiba caught up with her "So have you and Pegasus set the wedding date?" he asked a little rudely.
"Yes, it will be on my birthday. Like my last wedding was." She said calmly, as Kaiba's eyes widened.
"You mean?"
"Yes, Shuichi and I were to be married the day he killed my brother. But then I guess an arranged marriage from birth could never turn out to be the fairy tale it was meant to be."
Her smile then was tainted with just a twinge of bitterness as Seto stopped her in the hallway one classroom away from grade eleven's homeroom.
"Tell me what happened"
She looked at him for a long time and then giggled "I see you are learning to protect your investments Seto."
Seto clenched his fist "Cut it out! Just tell me!" he cried like a spoiled child. She reached up and touched his cheek.
"On the day of my wedding, I was walking down the aisle in a beautiful church filled with white orange blossoms. And my brother was there, Shuichi's best man at the altar... Not but ten feet from where I was. And then Shuichi pulled out a gun and shot my brother in the head. He embraced Saburo as he died, with that same sick smile I will never rid myself of..."
She paused for another moment "The Church went into bedlam, as Shuichi walked up to me and whispered in my ear 'Aishiteru.' Before he ripped my dress to pieces and knocked me out cold... After abusing me, he left me in the Church... So that is why I wear my dark stockings and long dresses, the scars I carry from that day are to terrible to look at."
Seto's eyes were wide, as her own tears were trailing down her face. Just as the door to the eleventh grade homeroom opened.
Mr. Teradi, looked panicked "Are you here Seto Kaiba!!! What are you doing fraternizing with the young women...." He trailed off as Suu stepped from the shadows.
She laughed when Teradi went red "I'm sorry Miss" he bowed a little.
"It's fine really, now lets get in before something bad happens" she said happily and walked into the homeroom Seto trailing behind wondering how she had managed to pull of looking fine after all those tears...
0000
They had to wait for two other people; by the time Seto had made his way into the classroom. Suu had gone to the corner with Mr. Teradi and the drama teacher Mr. Gaston, showing them the various styles of the lead costumes. Mr. Gaston spoke rapidly in English, and seemed very pleased. Suu just pasted her face with a pleasant smile, their eyes caught and Seto looked away.
He had forgotten that he was staring... But he couldn't help it, he liked her a lot. He was lying he loved her. Only after a month of knowing her...
Two people walked in, one Seto recognized which was Serenity Wheeler and the other... He paled and then rapidly turned green,
A tall girl almost as tall as Suu stood at the door, she was dressed in a short yellow checkered dress with white sandals. Her hair was long and blonde, that drifted maybe past her ankles, he couldn't tell since some had been pinned up with white chopsticks.
But those eyes, those were the eyes of Joey Wheeler, whose ears had been pierced with yellow hoop earrings, and bedecked with all sorts of jewelry. He even wore makeup...
Come to think of it Seto had not gotten the chance to bite off Seth's arm for signing his death wish.
"Students this is Jenny Wheeler, Serenity Wheeler's older sister. She lived in England for a time and now she moved here to live with her sister. Joey Wheeler has unfortunately gone to stay with his Aunts in France, and may not return to the school."
Little groans and a scatter of whoops went through the eleventh grade homeroom as; 'Jenny' caught sight of Seto. And swiftly ran over to him, Seto took a step back and she took a step forward.
"Have we met somewhere before?" she said softly a red flush overcoming her cheeks. Seto made a noise and began to sweat it was too terrible to imagine, a boy wearing perfume. God help he had not even wore fragrances when he was a woman.
"You mean you don't know me?" he asked a little coolly, she shook her golden head and Seto swallowed the bile that rose in his throat.
"Then no we haven't met before Miss. Wheeler" Seto said coldly, she gasped and looked wounded. He nearly groaned in disgust, women...
With their annoying bras, and their short skirts. With those soft little feelings that could always get hurt... He massaged his temple lightly, thinking that Suu was nothing like other women, that was why he liked her so much.
"I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings." The words came out sort of choppy but the blonde immediately brightened and nodded.
"Oh Mr. Kaiba your just a big softie under all that!" she cried lightly whacking his shoulder. As Mr. Gaston rapped his pencil on the podium. 32 pairs of eyes turned to the tall, thin balding man in his forties.
As Mr. Teradi pulled down the piece of paper that was hiding another piece, covered with ladders.
"As you can see the characters in the play will be chosen by a game of ladders, seven of you up at a time please."
Seto groaned as seven people were randomly given markers, and he sat down to wait his turn. For once in his life he wasn't pushing to get ahead for this project...
Someone took a seat next to him it was 'Jenny' and she was staring... These were one of the rare times he wished that little shrimp of a boy Yugi was around and his stupid bunch of friends... Seeing that they were already at the board, he nearly wept and muttered painfully.
"It burns!"
Suu was humming another strange song, as Kaiba caught up with her "So have you and Pegasus set the wedding date?" he asked a little rudely.
"Yes, it will be on my birthday. Like my last wedding was." She said calmly, as Kaiba's eyes widened.
"You mean?"
"Yes, Shuichi and I were to be married the day he killed my brother. But then I guess an arranged marriage from birth could never turn out to be the fairy tale it was meant to be."
Her smile then was tainted with just a twinge of bitterness as Seto stopped her in the hallway one classroom away from grade eleven's homeroom.
"Tell me what happened"
She looked at him for a long time and then giggled "I see you are learning to protect your investments Seto."
Seto clenched his fist "Cut it out! Just tell me!" he cried like a spoiled child. She reached up and touched his cheek.
"On the day of my wedding, I was walking down the aisle in a beautiful church filled with white orange blossoms. And my brother was there, Shuichi's best man at the altar... Not but ten feet from where I was. And then Shuichi pulled out a gun and shot my brother in the head. He embraced Saburo as he died, with that same sick smile I will never rid myself of..."
She paused for another moment "The Church went into bedlam, as Shuichi walked up to me and whispered in my ear 'Aishiteru.' Before he ripped my dress to pieces and knocked me out cold... After abusing me, he left me in the Church... So that is why I wear my dark stockings and long dresses, the scars I carry from that day are to terrible to look at."
Seto's eyes were wide, as her own tears were trailing down her face. Just as the door to the eleventh grade homeroom opened.
Mr. Teradi, looked panicked "Are you here Seto Kaiba!!! What are you doing fraternizing with the young women...." He trailed off as Suu stepped from the shadows.
She laughed when Teradi went red "I'm sorry Miss" he bowed a little.
"It's fine really, now lets get in before something bad happens" she said happily and walked into the homeroom Seto trailing behind wondering how she had managed to pull of looking fine after all those tears...
0000
They had to wait for two other people; by the time Seto had made his way into the classroom. Suu had gone to the corner with Mr. Teradi and the drama teacher Mr. Gaston, showing them the various styles of the lead costumes. Mr. Gaston spoke rapidly in English, and seemed very pleased. Suu just pasted her face with a pleasant smile, their eyes caught and Seto looked away.
He had forgotten that he was staring... But he couldn't help it, he liked her a lot. He was lying he loved her. Only after a month of knowing her...
Two people walked in, one Seto recognized which was Serenity Wheeler and the other... He paled and then rapidly turned green,
A tall girl almost as tall as Suu stood at the door, she was dressed in a short yellow checkered dress with white sandals. Her hair was long and blonde, that drifted maybe past her ankles, he couldn't tell since some had been pinned up with white chopsticks.
But those eyes, those were the eyes of Joey Wheeler, whose ears had been pierced with yellow hoop earrings, and bedecked with all sorts of jewelry. He even wore makeup...
Come to think of it Seto had not gotten the chance to bite off Seth's arm for signing his death wish.
"Students this is Jenny Wheeler, Serenity Wheeler's older sister. She lived in England for a time and now she moved here to live with her sister. Joey Wheeler has unfortunately gone to stay with his Aunts in France, and may not return to the school."
Little groans and a scatter of whoops went through the eleventh grade homeroom as; 'Jenny' caught sight of Seto. And swiftly ran over to him, Seto took a step back and she took a step forward.
"Have we met somewhere before?" she said softly a red flush overcoming her cheeks. Seto made a noise and began to sweat it was too terrible to imagine, a boy wearing perfume. God help he had not even wore fragrances when he was a woman.
"You mean you don't know me?" he asked a little coolly, she shook her golden head and Seto swallowed the bile that rose in his throat.
"Then no we haven't met before Miss. Wheeler" Seto said coldly, she gasped and looked wounded. He nearly groaned in disgust, women...
With their annoying bras, and their short skirts. With those soft little feelings that could always get hurt... He massaged his temple lightly, thinking that Suu was nothing like other women, that was why he liked her so much.
"I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings." The words came out sort of choppy but the blonde immediately brightened and nodded.
"Oh Mr. Kaiba your just a big softie under all that!" she cried lightly whacking his shoulder. As Mr. Gaston rapped his pencil on the podium. 32 pairs of eyes turned to the tall, thin balding man in his forties.
As Mr. Teradi pulled down the piece of paper that was hiding another piece, covered with ladders.
"As you can see the characters in the play will be chosen by a game of ladders, seven of you up at a time please."
Seto groaned as seven people were randomly given markers, and he sat down to wait his turn. For once in his life he wasn't pushing to get ahead for this project...
Someone took a seat next to him it was 'Jenny' and she was staring... These were one of the rare times he wished that little shrimp of a boy Yugi was around and his stupid bunch of friends... Seeing that they were already at the board, he nearly wept and muttered painfully.
"It burns!"