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5
It was Friday again. Tony had not been contacted by Seto, nor had he been fired. So, life continued at its usual pace.
It was Friday again. Kirii was getting ready to meet David in the park. Life was about to get hard.
It was Friday again. Mokuba had put an appointment for an hour on his brother's calendar for Saturday for them to just get together and talk (a suggestion Kirii had made). He had been studying his Bible, calling Kirii with questions and had actually "listened" to this week's lessons. He had spoken with Mr. Ericson and apologized for his attitude at the park. They had a long conversation about Mr. Ericson's great-grandfather and the things he had done for the people and city of Domino in his work for God. He planned on going to the park to watch David and Kirii duel. He wanted to meet David. Life was starting to get interesting.
It was Friday again. Seto felt he had gotten his brain back into working order and accomplished a few things, attended his meetings and started plans for a new KaibaLand in another country (a promise he had made to Mokuba). He had noted with a laugh that Mokuba had made an appointment for his time and planned on giving him all day Saturday. Life was good and unconfused.
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Mokuba walked to the park. It was another sunny, warm day. He went to where the tables were and noticed David's nurse walking away from Kirii. He sat down across from his friend and saw that there were two decks on the table. Kirii's eyes were open, but she did not acknowledge his presence. Then, with a wracking sob, Kirii's composure broke and she cried like there was no tomorrow. Mokuba, with tears in his own eyes, held her hand as she mourned her friend.
As her tears subsided, she looked slowly through David's deck. "I never realized he had 3 Gray Wings and 3 Man Eater Bugs. Oh, they were bane of my pitiful dueling existence. We never got far enough into his deck to see the others before he wiped me out." She went silent for a moment. "I realize now how much I looked forward to dueling him. I miss him so much." Her eyes filled again with tears. "You know," she said as she looked at Mokuba, "we joked a lot about his dying. We knew it was going to happen and that there was no reason to skirt around it. But the reality of it has hit me a lot harder that I thought it would."
Mokuba tried to think of something to say. "You want to duel me? I could use his cards. It could be like one last duel with him."
She seriously thought about it for a moment. "No, but it was kind of you offer. There is a 1 in 10 million chance that I might beat you; and I want him to keep his 52 and 0 score." Kirii smiled at Mokuba, but he could see anger behind her eyes.
"Why are you angry?"
"You really want to know?" He nodded. "Let's go down to the beach so I can throw something while I talk."
They walked to the beach. Kirii picked up several stones and started winging them as far as she could. "Since David knew he was going to die soon, he let me know that he wanted me to sing at his funeral. He had a song picked out and I had it ready. David died Tuesday and was buried Thursday. No one called – by order of his mother." Another stone flew. "She never liked me. Maybe she thought I was trying to take her place, or something. She really didn't like the fact that I told David about Jesus." Kirii smiled wistfully. "His nurse 'rescued' his deck after he died. Since his mother knew how much dueling together meant to us, she had plans for his deck. I don't know what, but I wouldn't have put it past her to tear them up or burn them and send me the remains."
They were quiet for a while.
"Do you think you will ever forgive her?" Mokuba whispered.
Kirii laughed quietly, "Eventually. Once the Holy Spirit has beaten down my old human nature and brought it back under control."
Again, silence fell. They stood together, watching the water. Then Kirii said, "I have another appointment I need to get ready for. Would you like me to drop you somewhere?"
Mokuba shook his head, "I'll walk." He waved as he headed back toward the city.
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Seto was looking at a small business-type card he had found lying on the table.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS From the Bible
No other gods before me
No idolatry
Don't take the name of God in vain
Set aside one day in seven for God
Honor your father and mother
Do not murder (including attitude and intent – thoughts)
No adultery (including lustful thoughts)
Don't steal (value of item does not matter)
Don't lie (white lies, big lies, half-truths, etc.)
Don't covet (don't desire anything that belongs to another person)
Well, I guess there is no hope for me. I have broken at least half of them. No one could follow all these rules. He looked at the title again – from the Bible. Oh yeah, Tony gave me a Bible last week. I indicated I would look at it.
/so read it …/
I have work to do.
/that's an excuse, there will always be something else you can do …/
Maybe if I take a look, I'll stop reminding myself that it's there.
/now …/
Seto picked up the Bible from the bookshelf where he had tossed it and laid down on his bed. Under the front cover was a note from Tony indicating 4 books for him to read, each with a corresponding colored tab in the Bible (Luke, John, Acts and Romans). Shouldn't take too long, he thought.