Author Note: I know—I have been on writers block for the past couple months. (Imitates Pegasus) Ah so desu ka? Sorry! (Ducks angry blows—then continues as if nothing happened) I don't know if this chapter is going to be any good. Well, anyway, Mokuba will debut in the next chapter, or, as I call him, the Midget from Hell. Shizuka will meet him in the future, and let me promise you something: there is absolutely 'no' fluff. In addition, the start of this chapter may be horrifying for children who are under the age of eleven. Therefore, those who are immature, telling their parents that the teenage population has gone to far, saying that they are jeopardizing the children's show, just leave. If you think that Yu-Gi-Oh is a mere children's show, then you are severely mistaken. I have no time for imbeciles such as yourselves who don't even know about half of what 'true' Yu-Gi-Oh is. I would be nicer, but my horse bucked me off, so I am in a really fowl mood. I landed on top of jump equipment, and fortunately enough, I was miraculously okay—but that doesn't mean I am the happiest person in the world right now. Domo Arigatoo…
Announcement: Shizuka has already (somewhat) witnessed the death of the engineer, which increases her fear of Kaiba. Also, Mokuba was defeated by Yuugi in capsule monster chess about five minutes ago. You will get hints on that shortly.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything.
Plot: After being defeated by Mutou Yuugi in the Magic and Wizards card game, Kaiba Seto will go at any lengths to get revenge on him and his friends. However, when Jounouchi's little sister Shizuka enters the picture, how will that work to Kaiba's advantage? Nonetheless, the abduction of Shizuka is merely an "upgrade" for his ultimate plan for vengeance. Or rather, the Ultimate Game.
Genre: Romance/Angst/Drama/Suspense
Pairing(s):
Seto/Shizuka
Warning: T (PG-13) (Parent Guidance Suggested) For Scary Scenes, Cursing and Mild Sensuality
-Imperfect Paradise (Yamiko)
To Freeze Her Heart
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By Imperfect Paradise
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-Chapter Four-
"Severe Predicament"
"Alright get him out of here…"
"Remember, the guy died of a heart attack at his desk—okay? Received a mysterious phone-call and got freaked out."
"Are you sure that's convincing enough?"
"Kaiba-sama is the one who thought of it. Want to ask him that?"
"Oh! Ah— Well—that's convincing enough for me, then…"
With that, two of Kaiba's men reached into the glass-cubical like machine, and pulled out the Engineer, whose face was now and would always remain paralyzed with fear. His eyes had rolled into the back of his head and his mouth was open, a sliver of saliva leaking out from the crack from the left side of his lips.
As Kaiba sat down before the machine, looking quite delighted with himself, Shizuka sat there, her eyes wide, shaking in fear. Although she didn't see exactly what had happened (How could she? But in any case, she was very glad that she didn't) she had indeed heard everything… The screams of the man, the pounding of his fists against the glass, the gagging and gurgling noises due to that of his heart attack—accompanied by many other… sounds. Sounds that were so horrid and terrifying, that she wished she had completely covered her ears and never heard them in the first-place. To be completely concealed by the darkness…
After hearing the sounds of sniffles and timid whimpering, Kaiba turned to the left and smirked at his work. He regarded Shizuka's pale skin and her clouded eyes and did little more than chuckle. Upon hearing the chuckling voice, Shizuka jumped in shock, forgetting that Kaiba had, in fact, been sitting right next to her throughout this whole time. Things grew worse for her as Kaiba leaned closer to her form and whispered into her ear, "Wasn't that a treat, Shizuka-Chan?"
Shizuka answered with little more than a whisper, tears falling out from her eyes, "H-How… How could you do that…?"
Kaiba heard this and narrowed his eyes again, then remained silent for a moment. Shizuka, hearing the sustained silence from Kaiba, instantly shrunk away in her chair, knowing that she had annoyed Kaiba in some sort of way. Kaiba saw this and chuckled, saying softly (which only terrorized Shizuka more), "Don't worry—I am not angry at you, Shizuka-dearest…" He inhaled deeply, and instantly found himself smelling the sweet conditioner and shampoo fragments of her hair. For some strange and unusual reason, he found the strangest desire to stroke those beautiful fire like locks (it was tempting enough to do so)—but that wasn't on his agenda at the moment.
His thoughts were interrupted when Shizuka opened her mouth—obviously about to say something—but then she stopped. Kaiba took notice of this and raised his eyebrows. Shizuka immediately looked back off into empty space again, deciding against her previous motives. Kaiba smirked and leaned down close to her ear again and asked, "Do you have something to 'say', Shizuka-Chan?"
Shizuka, her face completely soaked with her tears, whimpered, "C-Can… I… go h-h-home n-now?"
A small silence followed. As it did, Kaiba's smirk widened to a critical amount, turning itself into a sinister grin that would have even sent a crocodile running away for dear life. He then put on a sigh and spoke, wrapping at arm around her shoulder, "Shizuka… Shizuka… I just let you witness the miraculous function of my wonderful invention. It hasn't even been mentioned to the media yet—and it hasn't been used for its proper purpose." Shizuka heard this and her hair stood on end. He then leaned even closer to her and said something that put Shizuka in pure mental trauma: "I can't let you out of here after seeing it—especially before Yuugi and his friends get wind of it. It would ruin the experience for them…"
When Shizuka heard this, her heart nearly stopped. For a moment, her mind blanked out, Kaibas words echoing through her head.
What Kaiba said meant only one thing. He was going to test it on her brother's friend—also! If he meant what she thought she had thought he had meant—Yuugi wasn't the only one he was planning to use it on, either. By saying his friends, that meant Anzu, Honda and—
Her color then vanished completely, leaving a very, nearly bone-white Shizuka.
'Onii-chan.'
Kaiba was going to kill him! He was going to kill all of them!
At that moment, her fear and timid nature was instantly replaced by hysterical insanity that could not be contained by anyone, let alone herself. She sprung from her chair in order to sprint to the nearest exit—but Kaiba did the same and in quicker time. He seized Shizuka by the shoulders and held her firmly, Shizuka constantly squirming within his grip. He then spun her around, so she was facing him, his grip tightening on her upper arms, securing her. Shizuka was crying freely now, tears falling from her eyes, and while in the midst, screaming at the top of her lungs, "LET ME GO! I WON'T LET YOU DO THIS! I WON'T! ONII-CHAN!"
She tried to break free from Kaiba, but his grip was iron clad, and only continued to further constrict upon her. In time her struggles died down, and she started sobbing; knowing that the worst (if at all possible, considering what she had just witnessed) was yet to come.
Kaiba did little more than laugh at this—clearly enjoying what he was seeing. Shizuka's antics amused him until no end. Shizuka tried to jerk away, almost succeeding before Kaiba suddenly snarled and tightened his grip on her to a critical amount and in double time. Shizuka had to do all she could to sustain a cry in pain—even though the pain was excruciating. Then, as in a fast motion, Kaiba flung her away from him, Shizuka landing on the floor. She cried out again, the intense charges of her nervous system coursing through her body like electrical shocks. She then heard the sound of three different sets of footsteps approaching her; one from the front—and two from behind. Someone was moving towards her—and at a fast pace.
Before she had the chance to even 'think' about running away, she felt arms grip her body, just as they had done earlier that day, pulling her up. She was once again forced her back onto her feet—and had been turned around to face the monster: Kaiba.
Kaiba stared at Shizuka's helpless form and chuckled evilly at the site being perfectly displayed before him. He asked, with a mocking tone in his voice, "What happened to your courage, little girl? Were could it have gone?" He laughed again as Shizuka tried to struggle, but all it did was earn her the privilege of having her 'companions' tighten their grip on her to the point where it would surely leave bruises.
Kaiba then let out a phony sigh and looked out into open space. He pondered aloud, "But what to do with you… What to do…" He then turned away from them for a moment, closed his eyes, looking as though he was deciding on what to do next. After a moment, his cerulean eyes opened sharply and he turned around to face them once more. He then emotionlessly commanded, "Lock her up in the vacant room on the fourth floor—and make sure she stays there. I don't have the time nor the patience to look for a fugitive."
The guards nodded their heads, (one of them mindlessly answering, 'Sir sir…' )and with that, began to drag the crying Shizuka away. Shizuka tried jerking away again but after several attempts, failed to pull free.
As Kaiba watched this scene (feeling quite pleased with himself), smirking ruefully, he felt suddenly felt something odd course through his body.
Something that made him shiver—however, this time, it wasn't out of mere and disgusting pleasure. This time, it was out of… revulsion. It was… as if—he felt something akin to pity for the poor girl whom in which had been caught within his dangerous grasp. For some unusual reason—Kaiba didn't like what he was seeing. On any normal occasion, something like this would give him pleasure… pride… a sense of high authority… and he loved experiencing these emotions and their companions… yet… all he felt was pain.
Once Shizuka was out of view, his normal day to day policies returned to him. He began to walk back towards his office—leaving all doubts and thoughts of the enigma behind him. As he did, he felt something vibrate against his side. He sighed, reached for his cell-phone and effortlessly picked it up. He muttered, "Kaiba…"
After a moment of silence (for anyone who happened to be watching) his eyebrows twitched for a brief moment, before they narrowed again as he asked, "Mokuba? What about him?"
After another sustained silence, his eyes widened as the phone dropped to ground before him, breaking into several pieces instantly upon impact.
The room was completely white; the carpets were white—the walls were white—the ceiling was white—everything was white. There nothing in it but an empty room. Well, nothing except a few leather couches (which were a light gray color) and a small magazine table (painted a disgusting salmon color) propped up against the back of the farthest wall, but other than that—there was absolutely nothing.
Shizuka was thrown into the center of the room, landing on the cold tiled floor with a thud. She cried out for yet another time that day, and then took to cringing in pain. Without even apologizing, the men who had mercilessly thrown her slammed the doors behind her, and a small clicking sound was heard—silencing Shizuka's desperate hopes. After Shizuka had sat up, she took to looking around the room.
Her eyesight was becoming worse and worse. She could barely see anything. All she could make out was white. A big, white blur with a few colors—which barely even stood out. The only thing the color did was send her the message that something was there—nothing more than that.
Tears fell from Shizuka's eyes like mildew dripping from spider-webs. However—the tears began to increase—looking as if someone had left a faucet on and it was leaking. Water flew freely from the metal—just as Shizuka's hopes were disappearing from her heart.
Her brother… Yuugi… Anzu… Honda… they were all in trouble. Death, Fanon, War and Pestilence was coming after them (quickly and swiftly)—and she couldn't do anything to help them! She shivered and looked down at the ground, reflecting on everything that had just happened within the course of that hour. They were going to die—they were all going to die—and there was absolutely nothing she could do to prevent it. Kaiba had built that machine for a reason—that horrid, gruesome and disgusting machine. She had been forced to witness its fully capable and destructive power against her will.
I can't let you out of here after seeing it—especially before Yuugi and his friends get wind of it. It would ruin the experience for them…
And on top of it… that boy… no… that cruel heartless monster… was going to use it on the one person she loved. Her brother.
But why? Why would he want to do that? What had her brother ever done to him? What exactly had Yuugi done? He seemed so nice, kind, and gentle too—how could he possibly do something that would piss Kaiba off enough so much that it would drive him to bring about his death?
She had always been alone. Her mother moved constantly, finding different jobs, taking Shizuka along with her everywhere she went. Her reasons for doing so were because of her father. She had divorced him when Shizuka was young—very young. Her father had beaten them on so many occasions — giving her the image that she was alone and insignificant. Soon though, her mother had screwed up to courage to leave—and to save her children from him. She originally wanted to take her brother along too—but fate had other plans for him. For at the time of their departure, her father had miraculously received a court order from town hall, which specifically stated that she had to leave at least one of her children behind.
Shizuka, being young and fragile—Jounouchi, being strong and quick—it had been very easy to decide which one to take custody over. Both her mother and brother knew—that leaving Shizuka behind with her father possibly meant her death. And for Jounouchi—as heart breaking and as devastating as it was to him—agreed to the terms as well.
The day of the departure had been the seventh circle of hell. Shizuka would never, ever forget Jounouchi running after the car, his eyes wet with tears, streaming down his face like waterfalls, mixing with Mucous and sweat, as he tried very, very hard to catch up to them. The whole thing had been the equivalent to a catastrophic event—one that your heart would never forget due to the terror that had filled its bowels.
Shizuka shivered again, and fell to the ground, laying there, crying and sobbing. Behind the remembrance of Kaiba's diabolical laugh and the in-human cries of the engineer before he died—one word continued to reflect over and over again in Shizuka's mind.
'Onii-Chan…'
- TO BE CONTINUED -
Random Note: Man… Writer's block is so cruel! It took me that long to come up with something! That long! Jesus Christ—I cannot believe I finally came up with a new chapter. Anyway, please review. Now if you will excuse me—I have to find a way to pull me out from my second case of Writer's Block—this time revolving around Love and Lust in Ancient Egypt. Man o' man… By the way, anyone see the Doma Episodes? Poor dear Varon, Dartz and Amelda… Their voices SUCKED.