Chapter 16 – N.P.O.V..
"Hey, Seto, what do you think of the three of us going out to eat tonight?" Mokuba glanced over at his brother and, newly found fiancée, Kashadra. Kaiba looked up from the computer screen, and Kashadra, who had been bent over his shoulder stood straight.
"So you think it's wise Seto? I mean, don't you have a meeting with Isis?"
"I'll meet with her; then we can go out. Does that work for you Mokuba?"
"Yep! So, can we go to that new restaurant that opened up?"
"I don't know if I can eat there. What kind of food do they have? If it's Italian, count it out."
"I think it's French. But, it might be some kind of new American restaurant. Some new food chain."
"Whatever you two decide is fine by me."
"Yeah, but Seto, what would some Egyptian woman want with you? I mean, I could understand about Sha, but you?"
"It is most important that Seto meets with Isis."
"Why is that Sha?"
"I don't' know. It just is. But Seto, I think Isis knows about us being together. She does possess the Millennium Necklace…"
"Which allows her the sight of the future and the past, I know that Sha." Kaiba stood up, "I would prefer it if you did not accompany me in this particular visit Sha. I will not have you blacking out. Not if I can prevent it." Kashadra stood her ground.
"It is time to receive another memory of the items then you will not stop me Seto Kaiba."
"You haven't called me that in a while Sha. Either you're mad or just full of unrelenting indignation."
"Obviously I have not been angry with you. But, I believe that I shall not black out this time. I have already come in contact with the Necklace. The only item I have not come in contact with is the Millennium Rod.
"I believe it would be wise if I came. There are things I know of and yet I do not understand. It the Necklace can help me comprehend them, than you will not stop me. Besides, I need to speak with Isis myself." She glanced over at Mokuba who was trying to hide a smile that threatened to appear. He was failing miserably.
"Kashadra. I'm only thinking about what is best for you and Mokuba. Mokuba!" Kaiba was fuming now. Mokuba had burst out laughing in the middle of what he was saying. "Mokuba. I'd stop right now if I were you." Kaiba's face went almost emotionless; he only had a fire burning behind his eyes.
"I do not much care for being interrupted or for my authority to be undermined by senseless trivialities." He slung that remark with a glance of his eyes at Kashadra. Her back went ramrod straight and she stepped back a few paces. "Now, allow me to finish my work for to-day; then we shall leave. But until then, both of you, busy yourselves within another room." Kaiba sat down and Mokuba, along with Kashadra, took off out the door.
"He is so touchy sometimes! I swear he is truly impossible. And, undermine his authority? Where does he come up wit this stuff?"
"That's Seto for you. He's always been like that. You can't mess with him like you can with other people."
"Yeah, you can say that again. You can't mess with him at all." They walked into a room a slight distance away from Kaiba's office. Kashadra sat down in an easy chair and laid her head back. "He gets to me too though. And he makes me so mad when he does."
"Both of you are so much alike. So you clash a lot." He plopped down in front of the game system he'd begged his brother to let him install. "Both of you need to loosen up. It's confusing. And I don't take sides. Plus, both of you are always right on one point or another."
"Mokuba, you are truly wise beyond your years."
"Sha, I thought I told you weren't coming wit me." Kaiba climbed out of the limo with Kashadra trailing not but three feet behind him.
"No. I need to speak with Isis myself. I must ask of some things pertaining to something Pegasus entrusted her with. It is impending that I find out whether what she needs to speak with you deals with them. If it does, we are all in trouble."
"What are they?"
"I can't say. I was made to promise. I can't break such a thing." She looked up at him; he saw pain in her eyes.
"You can trust me with this Sha. If it deals with your safety, then I should know. You've said you trusted me before, do you still?"
"Yes, I still trust you . . . but, I. Okay, you should know . . . they are called God Cards. If Isis speaks of them, you must tell me when you return. I did not wish for you to know this from me."
"I realize that there are many secrets concerning Pegasus that I do not yet know. And I understand why you did not wish for me to know. You thought that I would hunt them down in my quest to defeat Yugi Mutou."
Kashadra nodded, her voice didn't have its normal confidence when she spoke, "I only refuse to tell you because they should only be revealed when the time is right. And many not even I understand."
"You are still uneasy with all of this. You shouldn't be. Your visions and the secrets you hold, they help more than you know. You still have something tha wakes you in the night. I hear you. If it concerns this matter, I should know Sha."
"I . . . I can't."
"Sha, I'm here for you. You don't have to carry this burden alone."
"Okay." Her voice still sounded unsure, but her eyes, they trusted him. "I believe that there is a darkness about to consume us all. We must watch for it. Don't refuse her visions Seto. Deny them if you wish, but do not disbelieve them.
"You will understand what they mean in time Seto. I will do as you wish and not accompany you. But, you must tell me of the happenings within." She slid back into the limo as Kaiba ascended the stairs to the museum. "Best of luck, my love. You will need it to face the visions ahead of you."
"Seto!" Kashadra rushed out of the limo and embraced a reeling Kaiba. "Are you okay? You look so pale…"
"Let me into the limo; then I'll tell you what happened." They both climbed into the limo. "Sha, is this a real God Card? I don't trust Isis." He pulled out the Obelisk card. Kashadra let out a startled gasp.
"Y-yes. That is Obelisk the Tormentor. He is the second strongest of the Gods. Slyfer the Sky Dragon is the weakest, while the Winged Dragon of Ra is the strongest. They are the only cards stronger than Exodia. Let me guess, since you hold this one, the other two have been stolen?" Kaiba nodded in affirmation, "Isis wants you to hold a tournament I suppose. That's fine with me, but, I'm afraid."
"Afraid of what Sha?"
"Of Isis' brother. That is whom I constantly dream of. Of him having possession of all the God Cards. Of the world in total destruction. Of the past repeating itself."
"You won't have to worry about that. I plan to have all of the God Cards in my possession. And I am planning for this tournament to go off without a hitch. I'm not going to put you or Mokuba in danger Sha. I'm not going to let this come between us." He placed a hand on her cheek. "I promise."
"I know," she placed her hand on his, and stared up into his eyes, "I don't want to lose you. I've lost everyone else who's ever mattered to me before. I just have this terrible feeling that something no one, not even we, could predict is going to happen. People are going to get hurt. I just know it." Kaiba pulled her into a tight embrace.
"I will not let anyone get hurt if it is within my power, Sha. This is all I can promise right now, but I hope it can give you some kind of solace for your worries." She leaned her head against his chest.
Her voice seemed to gain a small bit of strength, "I know you'll do all you can to keep your promise, and I trust you with everything I am to do just that." Her arms wrapped around him; his kept a tight hold on her shoulders.
"We should go pick up Mokuba now shouldn't we?"
"Yeah, he'll be so upset if we don't go out to eat." 'But what a way to end a moment. No finesse at all.' She gave him a silent smile as he told the driver to head back to the Kaiba Mansion.
"You two are late! We should go now."
"Mokuba, we need to sit for a few minutes before we leave again. I've had a very trying day. I need to rest." Mokuba took on a dejected look as his brother sat down on the couch in the drawing room. Kashadra just leaned on the back of the chair, looking down at Kaiba with a look of pure love. It made Mokuba gag slightly
"How long do you need? Five, ten minutes?"
"Give me ten; then we can go eat." Kaiba laid his head back as Mokuba ran up the stairs. Kashadra placed her hands on his shoulders.
"You have to be tired, especially with the week you've had." She started to massage his back, gently. Kaiba let out a small groan of pleasure. "Takes the tension right out does it not?" she continued to keep an even pressure around his shoulders, and slightly increased around his back and neck.
"You can work wonders can't you Sha?" he let out a sigh of placidity. He seemed completely calm at the moment, but not relaxed. She kept massaging with a gentle ease, and a touch of love.
"Relax. There is nothing to worry about right now. Relax." She kept whispering things in his ear, as she brought her hands up and laid them around his neck.
"Times up!" Mokuba came running back down the stairs. "Oh, Sha, I got your purse for you."
"Okay." Kaiba stood up with a grudging look towards Kashadra. "We can finish later."
"Thank you Mokuba." She took her purse from him; then looked up at Kaiba, "Yes, and I look forward to it Seto." All three of them left through the front door.
