Title: Curse in the Heart of the Cards
Author: Eyes_of_Pearl
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing or Yugioh. They belong to their respective owners.
It seems too long ago since I have the heart to write. Too busy... school ... no sleep ... school...
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Previously:
Dr. Serena Tsukino said, "I know all about you both and especially you, Mr. Kaiba."
"What do you mean by that?" Kaiba's face flushed and his voice stuttered slightly.
The doctor merely said cryptically, "Oh, more that you ever know." With that, a melodious giggle escaped her lips like the caress of a gentle zephyr.
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Chapter 3
She turned her answer around by smiling at them both, "Oh I just meant that the partnership between the Winner Corporation and Kaiba Corp is one of most notorious business arrangements. Certainly, I will know about it."
Kaiba knew that she had purposefully changed the tone of her answer for her azure eyes pieced into his, communicating a silent message that she did not want either Quatre or Dr. Mizuno to know. The moment lasted as abruptly as it came for she turned and shook hands with Quatre. She said to Dr. Mizuno, "Amy, I am here to remind you that you have an appointment, I have already finished locking up except the door to the parking lot."
Dr. Mizuno looked up thankfully at her friend, "Oh yes, I have a conference to go to. I must go now. Thank you, Serena." She said goodbye to Kaiba and took an extra moment and linger upon Quatre who said that it was his greatest pleasure to have met her. She flushed slightly before leaving the three of them at the Egyptian exhibit.
The three watched her go before Serena directed her attention at the two men. "Now, how may I help you? Certainly, you know that the museum is closed for the day."
"This will not take very long, Dr. Tsukino. We have a few questions and I believe that your expertise in Egyptian history will bring us some insights on the matter... Excuse me." It was then that Quatre's cell phone decides to ring.
Kaiba had turned away and stared at the tablet before him but mostly on the opponent against the Pharaoh and the Blue Eyes White Dragon above him. Serena inconspicuously studied his profile while keeping her eyes forward at Quatre and her back away from the stone tablet. She noted the pride and resilience to what the he may found out from her knowledge of the Egyptian past. But from his gaze towards the tablet before him, she saw that he was plagued vulnerability and the curiosity of the unknown. She smiled inwardly to herself.
Out of the corner of his eye, Kaiba noticed that the girl next to him was smiling to herself. At what? He know not and a part of him wanted to venture and ask and the other part of him reasoned that it was none of his concerns. Still, the former won the battle of the consciousness, he turned toward her but not before Quatre finished his conversation.
"I am sorry but that was headquarters calling. There is an urgent matter that requires my immediate attention. Kaiba, I leave you to find out as much as you can. I will send for a limo to come. My apologies, Dr. Tsukino but I must go."
He shook her hand before making a curt nod at Kaiba before he left the two alone. Kaiba spoke first, getting down to business. "Now, I know you are hiding something, something that you won't share in front of your friend or Quatre. If my hunch is correct, you already know what I have come to ask you."
"Oh Kaiba, don't you realize that your answers lie in your past? They are right before your very eyes and subconsciously, you hold the key to what you seek."
"Don't give me the mumble jumble about some lost Egyptian myth! I have had it with Isesu (Anybody know the correct spelling of the woman who wore the Millennium necklace, pls let me know.) and stories from the Millennum necklace. The past does not concerns me. I, Seto Kaiba control my own destiny, right now, the present, not some ..."
"Are you trying to convince me or yourself?" she dared to cut him off. She even rolled her eyes slightly. It had completely caught him off guard.
"If you control your own destiny, then why are you here starring among this hieroglyphics? Be content with the present. Take the Millenium item that you have and walk away. Walk away from your past and deny everything that was once true and ..."
"How do you know that I have an Millennium item?"
"No, you do not have a Millennium item. It is merely a jewellery box wrought with the symbol of the Millennium item but it is its contents that it is much more valuable."
"But, how do you know ..."
"Make up your mind. You either choose to accept your past and everything that it comes with or else you take your platinum plated suitcase and leave again."
Hardly anybody dared to give him ultimatum as she did now, only on a rare occasions will Mokuba would stand up to him. He starred into her azure eyes that pierced him in all defiance. She waited for his answer and was satisfied when he nodded, and said, "Alright, but you must tell me -"
"I will tell you everything in due time, Seto Kaiba. I am sure that Isesu has told you the battle between the High Priestess and the Pharaoh, but I believe she has not told you the cause of the great duel."
"No but what does that have to do with anything?"
"It is the pivotal point and the cause of everything but I will start from the beginning. The High Priestess, you Kaiba, was among one of the most loyal and trusted of all the Pharaoh's servants. As his confidant, you are bound by duty to protect and serve the Pharaoh under any circumstance and in return, you will gain the power of the Millennium Rod. The battle depicted in this stone tablet is when you betrayed the Pharaoh."
"But what was the cause of this ..."
"For power, control .... for love..."
"Love!!??? but that is ridiculous, why on earth ... what was her name..."
"I only speak the truth. I cannot reveal the name as of now. Simply put, when you breach your sacred duty as the High Priestess, then you must suffer the consequences. Plague by a curse until a sacrifice is made."
"What is the curse?"
"That answer lies in the jewellery box that you uncovered."
"But it had nothing but a blank card."
"Yes, it is a blank duelling card."
"But you still haven't answer my questions! You have told me some 5000 year old story that does not give me any answers. I don't even know why I have come here at all."
"You are the same as you have always been, stubborn and impatient for answers. 5000 years has passed and you still haven't changed a bit! Instead of being the High Priestess, you are the head of corporate company. I don't know what I even bother with you."
"What do you mean by that? I only just met you today. How could you have known me at all?"
"I have said too much already..."
"No, you haven't."
He grabbed her arm when she turned away from him. He knew that she was holding back some crucial aspects of the story and he wanted to know. She seemed so familiar, yet he was certainly that he had not met her until today. Everything was so confusing!
She struggled under his hold until she used her free hand and slapped him across the face. The unfamiliar sound of contact surprised him but somehow, he got a strange sense of deja vu. Before him, he saw not Dr. Serena Tsukino but the girl from his visions with her fiery eyes boring into his in anger. Seto Kaiba shook his head a bit and when he looked once again, he was alone in the museum. He robbed the sore part of his cheek and there was a small smirk on his face.
He grabbed his suitcase and sauntered out of the building into the waiting limo outside. 'I will get my answers yet, Serena. Two can play this game.'
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End of Chapter 3
OMG, I actually finished this chapter. Kinda slow with this story but at least, I revealed some clues as to Kaiba's past. r/r and I'll to update my other stories later. Much love and peace!!!
Author: Eyes_of_Pearl
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing or Yugioh. They belong to their respective owners.
It seems too long ago since I have the heart to write. Too busy... school ... no sleep ... school...
-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
Previously:
Dr. Serena Tsukino said, "I know all about you both and especially you, Mr. Kaiba."
"What do you mean by that?" Kaiba's face flushed and his voice stuttered slightly.
The doctor merely said cryptically, "Oh, more that you ever know." With that, a melodious giggle escaped her lips like the caress of a gentle zephyr.
-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
Chapter 3
She turned her answer around by smiling at them both, "Oh I just meant that the partnership between the Winner Corporation and Kaiba Corp is one of most notorious business arrangements. Certainly, I will know about it."
Kaiba knew that she had purposefully changed the tone of her answer for her azure eyes pieced into his, communicating a silent message that she did not want either Quatre or Dr. Mizuno to know. The moment lasted as abruptly as it came for she turned and shook hands with Quatre. She said to Dr. Mizuno, "Amy, I am here to remind you that you have an appointment, I have already finished locking up except the door to the parking lot."
Dr. Mizuno looked up thankfully at her friend, "Oh yes, I have a conference to go to. I must go now. Thank you, Serena." She said goodbye to Kaiba and took an extra moment and linger upon Quatre who said that it was his greatest pleasure to have met her. She flushed slightly before leaving the three of them at the Egyptian exhibit.
The three watched her go before Serena directed her attention at the two men. "Now, how may I help you? Certainly, you know that the museum is closed for the day."
"This will not take very long, Dr. Tsukino. We have a few questions and I believe that your expertise in Egyptian history will bring us some insights on the matter... Excuse me." It was then that Quatre's cell phone decides to ring.
Kaiba had turned away and stared at the tablet before him but mostly on the opponent against the Pharaoh and the Blue Eyes White Dragon above him. Serena inconspicuously studied his profile while keeping her eyes forward at Quatre and her back away from the stone tablet. She noted the pride and resilience to what the he may found out from her knowledge of the Egyptian past. But from his gaze towards the tablet before him, she saw that he was plagued vulnerability and the curiosity of the unknown. She smiled inwardly to herself.
Out of the corner of his eye, Kaiba noticed that the girl next to him was smiling to herself. At what? He know not and a part of him wanted to venture and ask and the other part of him reasoned that it was none of his concerns. Still, the former won the battle of the consciousness, he turned toward her but not before Quatre finished his conversation.
"I am sorry but that was headquarters calling. There is an urgent matter that requires my immediate attention. Kaiba, I leave you to find out as much as you can. I will send for a limo to come. My apologies, Dr. Tsukino but I must go."
He shook her hand before making a curt nod at Kaiba before he left the two alone. Kaiba spoke first, getting down to business. "Now, I know you are hiding something, something that you won't share in front of your friend or Quatre. If my hunch is correct, you already know what I have come to ask you."
"Oh Kaiba, don't you realize that your answers lie in your past? They are right before your very eyes and subconsciously, you hold the key to what you seek."
"Don't give me the mumble jumble about some lost Egyptian myth! I have had it with Isesu (Anybody know the correct spelling of the woman who wore the Millennium necklace, pls let me know.) and stories from the Millennum necklace. The past does not concerns me. I, Seto Kaiba control my own destiny, right now, the present, not some ..."
"Are you trying to convince me or yourself?" she dared to cut him off. She even rolled her eyes slightly. It had completely caught him off guard.
"If you control your own destiny, then why are you here starring among this hieroglyphics? Be content with the present. Take the Millenium item that you have and walk away. Walk away from your past and deny everything that was once true and ..."
"How do you know that I have an Millennium item?"
"No, you do not have a Millennium item. It is merely a jewellery box wrought with the symbol of the Millennium item but it is its contents that it is much more valuable."
"But, how do you know ..."
"Make up your mind. You either choose to accept your past and everything that it comes with or else you take your platinum plated suitcase and leave again."
Hardly anybody dared to give him ultimatum as she did now, only on a rare occasions will Mokuba would stand up to him. He starred into her azure eyes that pierced him in all defiance. She waited for his answer and was satisfied when he nodded, and said, "Alright, but you must tell me -"
"I will tell you everything in due time, Seto Kaiba. I am sure that Isesu has told you the battle between the High Priestess and the Pharaoh, but I believe she has not told you the cause of the great duel."
"No but what does that have to do with anything?"
"It is the pivotal point and the cause of everything but I will start from the beginning. The High Priestess, you Kaiba, was among one of the most loyal and trusted of all the Pharaoh's servants. As his confidant, you are bound by duty to protect and serve the Pharaoh under any circumstance and in return, you will gain the power of the Millennium Rod. The battle depicted in this stone tablet is when you betrayed the Pharaoh."
"But what was the cause of this ..."
"For power, control .... for love..."
"Love!!??? but that is ridiculous, why on earth ... what was her name..."
"I only speak the truth. I cannot reveal the name as of now. Simply put, when you breach your sacred duty as the High Priestess, then you must suffer the consequences. Plague by a curse until a sacrifice is made."
"What is the curse?"
"That answer lies in the jewellery box that you uncovered."
"But it had nothing but a blank card."
"Yes, it is a blank duelling card."
"But you still haven't answer my questions! You have told me some 5000 year old story that does not give me any answers. I don't even know why I have come here at all."
"You are the same as you have always been, stubborn and impatient for answers. 5000 years has passed and you still haven't changed a bit! Instead of being the High Priestess, you are the head of corporate company. I don't know what I even bother with you."
"What do you mean by that? I only just met you today. How could you have known me at all?"
"I have said too much already..."
"No, you haven't."
He grabbed her arm when she turned away from him. He knew that she was holding back some crucial aspects of the story and he wanted to know. She seemed so familiar, yet he was certainly that he had not met her until today. Everything was so confusing!
She struggled under his hold until she used her free hand and slapped him across the face. The unfamiliar sound of contact surprised him but somehow, he got a strange sense of deja vu. Before him, he saw not Dr. Serena Tsukino but the girl from his visions with her fiery eyes boring into his in anger. Seto Kaiba shook his head a bit and when he looked once again, he was alone in the museum. He robbed the sore part of his cheek and there was a small smirk on his face.
He grabbed his suitcase and sauntered out of the building into the waiting limo outside. 'I will get my answers yet, Serena. Two can play this game.'
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End of Chapter 3
OMG, I actually finished this chapter. Kinda slow with this story but at least, I revealed some clues as to Kaiba's past. r/r and I'll to update my other stories later. Much love and peace!!!
