Crystal*whispering*: Okay I have to make this quick before Kris gets back.
Kris*loudly outside of room*: Aibou, where are you?
Crystal*whispering*: He read everything about Seeking the Light, reviews included. So he knows about my other visitors from the Shadow Realm.
Kris*hurries into room and hangs over Crystal's shoulders*: There you are. I was worried about you.
Crystal: You're going overboard Kris. Let me finish this chapter.
Kris*still over Crystal's shoulder*: Crystal doesn't own YGO, but she does own her OC.
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"Blah" = speaking
[Blah] = thoughts
//Blah// = yami to hikari
/Blah/ = hikari to yami
Chapter Three: Water Fights and Dueling Monsters
By Friday, everyone at Domino High knew that Crystal was staying at the Kaiba Manor. This of course made it almost impossible for Crystal to find anywhere to act as a sanctuary. People were always whispering about her, making up rumors about why she was staying with the multi-millionaire. Honda and Jono had stopped talking to Crystal completely. Even Anzu and Yugi didn't say much to Crystal, now that they knew where she lived. The only one that didn't seem mind where Crystal lived was Ryou.
"They'll come around." Ryou said, as Crystal watched Yugi and his friends as they started for home.
"Jono and Honda hate me, just because I live with Seto." Crystal sighed, heading for the door back inside, "I think I'm going to head home, Ryou. I'll see you Monday morning."
"No good-bye for me?" Bakura asked sharply, causing Crystal to freeze and turn around slowly.
"Sayonara, Bakura-san." Crystal said in a meek voice.
Bakura gave Crystal a sharp nod, before letting Ryou have control again. Ryou silently apologized as Crystal nodded slightly and walked through the door, her body shaking slightly with fear. Once she was downstairs, Crystal quickly placed her bag in the basket, unchained her bike, and started home. She wanted to put as much distance between herself and the school as possible. As she headed down the street, Crystal felt a pair of cold eyes watching her. This made Crystal pick up her speed and race down the sidewalk, heading away from the Manor.
She noticed a game shop in the distance and headed straight for it. After parking her bicycle outside, Crystal darted into the store. Unfortunately, she ran right into Jono and Honda, who were leaving the store. Both of them gave Crystal hard glares before pushing past her. Crystal bit her lower lip and quickly walked into the store. Once inside, she saw Yugi standing behind the counter, smiling brightly.
"Hi, Crystal." Yugi said, "Looking for anything in particular?"
Crystal shook her head slightly and browsed around the shop. From his soul room, Yami noticed that Crystal didn't look comfortable. She was glancing at the door every few seconds, making Yami feel nervous himself. Crystal finally picked up a pack of cards and paid for it. Yami couldn't handle seeing Crystal acting so nervous any longer; it was like she thought someone was after her.
/Well, people who don't like Kaiba know she lives with him./
//But who would think to harm her?//
/You've seen what kids at school do to her./
//Yes, I've seen how she is treated. Your classmates spread rumors about her integrity and try to put her down in any way possible..//
/And you saw how Jono and Honda treated her./
//Isn't there anyone that this cares about her besides the Kaiba Brothers?//
/Ryou is the only one that really talks to her anymore. Anzu and I really don't talk to her much, but I'm beginning to think that is a mistake. She's a nice girl, but Kaiba has enough reasons why he doesn't like me./
//Do you think that bully Shiro could have harmed her?//
/I don't know./
"Yugi, are you okay?" Crystal asked timidly, breaking Yugi from his conversation with Yami.
"I'm okay, Crystal, just thinking." Yugi replied with a smile.
"I guess I'll see you on Monday." Crystal sighed.
//Talk to her.//
"Um, Crystal, I'm sorry." Yugi said, as Crystal turned to leave.
"Sorry for what?" Crystal asked, turning around, "You, Anzu, and Ryou are the only ones who don't treat me badly. Jono and Honda keep acting like I'm scum, but at least they don't spread rumors like others do."
"I'm sorry that I let the fact that you live with Kaiba kept me from trying to be your friend." Yugi explained, "You know he doesn't like me."
"Yeah, I hear about it often enough at the Manor." Crystal nodded, "Look I am going to head home. See you later."
Crystal gave Yugi a sad smile, slowly walked out of the shop, and rode away on her way home. Once again, Crystal felt a cold gaze following her as she kept on riding. When she was stopped by a traffic light, Crystal felt a few raindrops hit her skin. She stood for a moment, letting the gentle rain caress her skin and hair. The light changed to green, and Crystal continued on her way back to the Kaiba Manor. By the time she got back home, Crystal was soaked to the bone.
"Crystal, you're soaked." Mokuba exclaimed when Crystal walked inside.
"Huh, oh I guess didn't really notice." Crystal replied, "The rain felt so nice and refreshing. I'll go up and change."
"You'd better hurry, otherwise Seto will go into one of his overprotective moods again." Mokuba said.
Crystal nodded and hurried up to her room where she took a warm shower and changed into fresh clothes. Crystal sighed softly as she sat down at her desk and started her homework. The math homework still made absolutely no sense to her, even though she had taken several notes on how to do the problems. Crystal sighed and shoved her math book over to the other side of the side of the desk. Next she pulled out her history book and started to read the first section of the chapter on Ancient Egyptian daily life. This subject always fascinated Crystal because of her heritage; she had always wanted to explore the Pyramids, and the Sphinx.
Crystal was so engrossed with her reading that she didn't hear her door open or the soft footsteps of Mokuba coming up behind her. However, just before he tapped her shoulder, Crystal turned around, startling Mokuba and making him jump in surprise. She ruffled his hair slightly, before glancing at her clock to see that it was dinnertime. Crystal placed a bookmark in her history book and closed it. She followed the younger Kaiba brother out of the room and down to the dining room.
After dinner, Seto followed Crystal up to her room to help her with her math homework. With Seto's help, Crystal finally understood how to do the work and finished her math homework quickly. Crystal turned back to her history book and continued to read about the Ancient Egyptian daily life. After answering the questions at the end of the section, Crystal put away both books and went to find Mokuba. She found him playing video games in his room. Crystal noticed a toy bow and arrow set sitting by the doorway.
Crystal silently picked up the bow and three suction cup arrows. After placing two of the arrows in her side pocket, Crystal notched the third and fired it at Mokuba's character on the screen. Mokuba jumped in fright, causing him to loose his last life on his game. When he turned around, Crystal giggled and raced out of the doorway. Mokuba tossed his controller to the side and grabbed a squirt gun. Then he chased after Crystal, trying to hit her with the ice cold water. The two of them ran through the Manor, trying to hit each other, but not be hit. The game ended only when Seto got caught in the crossfire; Mokuba had gotten him in the face while Crystal hit him in the back of the head with an arrow.
"Mokuba Kai! Crystal Sanura!" Seto shouted, causing both of the younger teens to flee.
As they ran, Mokuba and Crystal met up in a hallway with Seto chasing after Mokuba. Crystal grabbed Mokuba by the wrist and led him through a series of hallways, trying to lose Seto. Crystal dragged Mokuba into the elevator, and the two of them watched as the doors closed into Seto's face. Then Crystal punched all the buttons to throw Seto off their trail. When the elevator reached the top floor, which was the rooftop by the helipad, Crystal ran out into the rain.
"Crystal, come back into the elevator." Mokuba called as it started to rain even harder, "It's really starting to get nasty."
"Don't worry some much Moku-chan." Crystal called back, "It's not that bad."
Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning that lit up the dark sky, as thunder exploded over Crystal's head. Crystal leaped into the air in fright and bolted over to the elevator, but its doors closed, before she could get inside and it was heading down to the first floor. There was no other way off the roof, besides the elevator or the helicopter. She was stuck outside, as the storm steadily grew worse. The wind began to drive the rain sideways with a deafening roar.
Crystal leaned her back against the doors of the elevator, waiting for it to reach the bottom floor so that it would head back up. Finally she heard the gears stop and reverse. The elevator was coming back up for her now, but Crystal had a strong feeling that it wouldn't be empty. She could almost hear Seto's oncoming lecture on why you never run out on to the roof while it's raining. When the elevator doors opened, Crystal was shocked to see that the elevator was actually empty, but that wasn't a good sign either.
"He's going to make me suffer by making me wait to hear the lecture." Crystal muttered, as she walked on to the elevator.
Strangely enough, Crystal didn't see Seto at all and decided it was best for her to just go to her room. Crystal anxiously changed out of her wet clothes and put on her long sleeve and pants pajama set. Then she crawled into bed, and curled into a small ball as the storm continued to rage outside. Crystal had fallen asleep so fast and so deeply that she didn't hear Seto sneak into her bedroom, water gun in hand.
[Too easy.] Seto thought, pulling the trigger sending a stream of water right into Crystal's already wet hair.
"COOOOOOOOLLLLLLLD!!!!" Crystal screamed, jumping out of her bed.
"Way too easy." Seto choked out between snickers.
"That wasn't funny, Seto." Crystal seethed, "I just got to sleep."
"Should have thought about that before the two of you ran." Seto smirked, "I've already gotten Mokuba."
"Good night, Seto." Crystal said in a firm voice, before pulling the covers over her head.
"Good night, Neko-chan." Seto chuckled walking out of the room and closing the door.
Crystal was still groggy when she woke up the next morning. Then as she got dressed and washed her face, Crystal noticed that her eyes were slightly duller than the day before, signaling that she was getting sick. The next couple of days were not going to be fun, especially if she caught a cold or the flu. Crystal shrugged her shoulders and headed downstairs to the dining room for breakfast. After she ate Crystal grabbed her deck, saying that she was going out.
"Just try to be back around one." Seto said, "I was planning on taking you two down to Burger World, as an apology for getting you in bed. I should have waited until today to get you back."
"Okay, I'll see you there." Crystal replied, before heading out the door.
Crystal rode her bike down to Domino Pier to watch the ships as they slowly pulled into port. She sat down and closed her eyes, smelling the salty air and feeling the few higher waves caress the skin of her feet through her sandals. This was her sanctuary from the harsh words and glares from her classmates. None of them ever came down there, seeing that there was no excitement.
"I see the ocean soothes the storms of you mind as well." A deep voice chuckled behind Crystal.
Crystal looked over her shoulder to see a young man that looked quite a bit like Yugi. Well actually, his hair was the only similar trait the two held. This teen was taller, had a firmer face, and crimson eyes. His voice was also deeper and he held himself more confidently than Yugi did. Then Crystal noticed the strange pendent around his neck; it was the same as Yugi's. Crystal suddenly remembered Yugi saying that his Puzzle was the only one ever made. This guy had to have stolen it from Yugi.
"Where did you get that?" Crystal asked sharply, rising and pointing at the Puzzle, "Only my friend owns that."
//Um, Yugi?//
/Yeah, Yami?/
//She can sense our differences, and seems to think I stole the Puzzle from you.//
/Just play along with her./
"Oh, you must mean my midget look-alike." Yami laughed, receiving a mental glare from Yugi and a Kaiba-like one from Crystal.
"Give it to me." Crystal demanded.
"I don't think so, girl." Yami said shaking his head, "If you want this golden goody, you'll have to earn it."
"I'll take you on anytime anywhere." Crystal growled, sliding into a fighting position.
"When I said you had to earn it, I meant in a duel of monsters." Yami laughed, "Instead of a long drawn out duel, we'll draw a card and the strongest one wins."
"What about magic or trap cards?" Crystal asked.
"They count as zero attack points." Yami replied, "Now, shuffle your deck."
/Yami, I didn't mean for you to get into a duel./
//Sorry, Yugi, but I couldn't help myself. I am truly sorry about referring to you as a midget.//
/She's ready to cut decks./
"So what do I get from you if I win?" Yami asked, as the two of them cut each other's decks.
"My bicycle." Crystal replied, "It's a custom made, one of a kind."
"I'll draw first." Yami said, with a smirk, "Dark Sage with 2700. I can't wait to ride my new bike."
[I can't let this guy keep Yugi's Puzzle.] Crystal thought as she closed her eyes and drew her card, [Ra, please help me.]
"Wingweaver, 2750." Crystal gasped in shock when she opened her eyes, "I win this duel."
"So it seems that you do." Yami said, before he focused on making the Puzzle flash brightly to blind Crystal, "It will be a treat to truly duel you."
When the flash faded, the guy was gone and the Puzzle lay at Crystal's feet. She picked up the Puzzle, smiling happily and feeling very glad to be able to return it to Yugi. When Crystal placed it around her neck, she felt an overwhelming sense of unworthiness fill her being. She thought it was because she knew that the Puzzle belonged to Yugi and not her. Crystal shook her head went to climb on he bike, but felt an icy stare piercing through her. She turned and came face to face with a young man that had hard teal eyes.
"Who are you, and what do you want?" Crystal stuttered out in fear.
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Kris: Ooo. I like this so far.
Crystal: Thanks Kris. I know that Seto and Yami are a bit OOC, but I couldn't help myself. ^_^
Kris: So who's the new guy?
Crystal: You'll have to wait for the next chapter to find out.
Kris: Fine, but I'm still keeping a close eye on you.
Crystal*sighs*: I know, Kris. Well, see ya next chapter.
Kris*waves*: Bye all.