Chapter 6. Dreams and Darklighters.

Seto Kaiba was sitting in one of the very spacious living rooms in his mansion in the outskirts of Domino. His laptop on his lap, he was typing furiously. He had felt tense ever since he met those three women who said they were witches. He snorted at the idea, it was ridiculous. He reminded himself that, if they were mentally insecure, it had nothing to do with him, and that they were getting nowhere trying to wind him up. This didn't stop the tension though. In truth, he almost felt claustrophobic, within himself, as if his spirit desired something that he couldn't give, or it was waiting to be released from a confinement that was too small for it. It was bugging him, that was why he had decided to sit in here tonight, instead of his office. It was cool and calm, something Kaiba lacked. He looked up from his laptop screen to see Mokuba walk in, dressed in pajamas, as it was almost ten thirty.

"Big Brother, even you need rest. I'd like to see you up and ready for the day without having downed a million cups of coffee first for once."

"My work doesn't do itself Mokuba," he said kindly, "I may put an extra day in at work tomorrow, rather than attend that looney bin they call a school." Mokuba chuckled at his brother,

"Now seriously Seto, you really need to watch your caffeine consumption. I'm sure you drink far too much of the stuff."

"I probably do, but it does what its supposed to do; it keeps me awake." He said. He began to get a headache, which he put down to staring at the laptop screen non-stop since he got home from school earlier. He went to the kitchen to get some painkillers and told Mokuba to go to bed. He sat down again and started typing again. "Half an hour," he thought, "The painkillers should have worked by now, but I feel worse." It was true, his headache was becoming worse, it was like there was a semi-present voice screaming in his head, but at the same time, it wasn't there, and his head just hurt like a normal migraine. He knew something was wrong, he had felt like it just before he had been attacked by those men a few nights ago. The unmistakable hunch, that told him that something was going to happen. He tried to ignore it, but to no avail. He felt like he was going to pass out, his vision was blurring, but something made him snap back to his senses and re-focus. He saw a man, not dissimilar to the en he was attacked by, appear out of dark blue lights. He was carrying a crossbow and arrows. He was drawing an arrow from his back and knocking it into position on the crossbow. Kaiba jumped to his feet, he felt nervous energy surge through him, but his headache wouldn't let him move. He saw the man fire the arrow at him, and heard him scream; "DIE WHITLIGHTER!" He threw his hands up to protect himself. He felt a funny surge of power travel down his arms and out of his hands. He barely saw it for speed. It hit the man head on, and threw him against the wall, hard. Very hard. The arrow had also been deflected. Kaiba's eyes widened in shock and fear. Had he just done that? The thought of it paralysed him as he looked down at the palms of his hands. The man was up again and he fired another arrow, Kaiba's hands flew up again in defence, but this time, the arrow stopped in mid-air before it reached him. He moved out of its way, and as soon as he relaxed, it continued on its journey and struck the wall behind where he had been standing. The wall where the arrow had hit had begun to look dead, like it was completely derelict. Kaiba was getting angry at this man, but he didn't fancy trying a physical attack when he had that crossbow. He realised that there was nothing he could do to get rid of him, he hadn't felt this powerless in years, but in fact he was the exact opposite. He got angrier still. He gave the man his worst death glare, which for some reason, felt more powerful than usual. He saw that the man had actually paled a bit, he tried to reach for another arrow, but his hand kept missing. Kaiba began to march up to him, his fury increasing by the second, but he never got to him, because when he was about four metres away, his anger reached a maximum, and the man yelled in pain and burst into flames. Kaiba sat down again, thinking that if he stood for much longer, he would fall. His eyes were wide, his lungs constantly in need of more air. Did he just blow that man up? Confused, and drained of energy, his head lolled and he fell asleep.

Dream…

Kaiba seemingly woke up, hoping to find himself in his chair at home, instead, to his surprise, he wasn't. Firstly, he realised that his attire was different, consisting of an Anciet Egyptian High Priest's uniform. Secondly, he realised that when he tried to movehe couldn't, and thirdly, he realised that Ishizu Ishtar, or someone that looked incredibly like her, was talking to him in what sounded like a very old version of Arabic, which strangely, he could understand every word of. He replied in the same language. He found himself talking to her about a demon attack and an unauthorised stoning, and he got up and walked over to a desk where a map of Egypt lay. Kaiba knew by now that he was seeing this through someone else, that was why he had no control over his movement. He must be dreaming, he thought, or he sincerely hoped so.

He picked up a weird crystal thing on a long string, and began to swing it in circles over the map. After about twenty swings, the crystal tugged on his hand and he slacked the string, letting the crystal drop. The point of it had landed on a place, and he told Ishizu where it had dropped

"Well done, thank you Seth," Seth? He wasn't called Seth! When he tried to correct her, nothing came out.

"We'll orb there now and sort it out." He said. "Have you got a potion?"

"Yes," she said, "Come on then, orb." He got up, walked over to her, took her hand. He began to feel dizzy, and it felt like his body had dissolved and then become solid again. His sight cleared and he saw that they were somewhere completely different; a street that had been freshly destroyed. He felt his eyes widen with concern. A man came round the corner, and threw a knife at him. He calmly held up his hand, palm facing forward. The knife stopped dead in front of him. He pulled the knife out of suspension and threw it back. The man, however, disappeared, let the knife pass though where he had been, and reappeared unharmed. He scowled at this, and held his fists up vertically, pulled them back and then pushed them forward, releasing them and spreading his fingers out. The man yelled and burst into flames. He and Ishizu ran around the corner, finding a group of people apparently stoning a girl, who looked exactly like the mutt's sister, but this girl had light blue hair, and very pale skin. She was injured very badly.

"Stop! What is your business?" he said demandingly. The people fell to their knees and one man said;

"She is a witch, your Majesty, she is evil."

"I was under the impression that pale skin was considered bad luck, not evil. And witchcraft isn't, never has been or will be a crime."

"She has brought havoc upon us, Your Highness…"

"How? By being different? That is not good enough." He said, outraged, "You are lucky I am sparing your lives, however, if something like this should happen again, the penalty will be death. Do I make myself clear?" he yelled the last sentence.

"Yes your Majesty!" they stuttered, not daring to look at him.

"Now get out of my sight, before I vanquish you." He snarled. They all got to their feet and scarpered. He sighed and looked at the girl; a sight for sore eyes. She was very beautiful, but cuts and bruises covered her pale complexion. Ishizu, or rather Isis, turned to him and said;

"Orb me back to the palace, I will tell them that they are expecting a guest."

"I'll heal her and bring her back with me." He replied. He waved his hand and said;

"Home." She disappeared in a cascade of blue lights. He knelt down next to the girl and held his hands above her wounds, and made them disappear. When she was fully healed, he picked her up and stood up. She was still unconscious, but as he stood she woke with a jerk. Her eyes were open for only a few seconds, they were blue, like his, he noticed. Before he could ask her anything, she passed out again, but just managed to whisper "thank you," to him. He felt dizzy again and lost his vision temporarily, but regained it more quickly this time and found himself back where he had started. He ordered a servant to fetch a healer, although he had done most of it himself, he thought it safer to seeing as she was still unconscious. He laid her down and waited with her until the healer arrived, along with Isis, who suggested they find her a friend. He suggested Mana, Priest Mahado's apprentice, who was fourteen. He placed this girl at about sixteen. He sent another servant to fetch Mana, and sat down again, looking pitifully at the girl. Kaiba felt himself becoming more and more distant, and suddenly he was drawn out of the dream, and woke up.

End Dream…

Kaiba woke up with a jolt, his heart rate was high and he was breathing heavily. All these things that had happened in the last few days; it was finally dawning horribly on him that they had been made to happen by him. If those men were attacking him, what happened if they attacked Mokuba? He sprinted up the stairs and opened his brother's bedroom door. To his relief, he was fast asleep, without a scratch on him. He closed the door again quietly, and decided to go to bed. He put a hand to his head and muttered; "God help me."

Meanwhile, in San Francisco…

Paige and Phoebe had told Piper what happened, and about their talk with Ishizu, and on Piper's decision, they went to talk to her again, 1. Because Piper wanted to meet her, and 2. Because She ha a question of her own. Not telling her sisters what this question was, she ushered Paige into feteching her. She returned in seconds with the Egyptian lady, who looked just as solumn as Isis had done when she was a High Priestess.

"How can I help you?" she asked,

"Hi, I'm Piper, we haven't met but my sisters have told me all about your little chat. It just so happens I have a question to ask you."

"Fire away."

"Kaiba is eighteen, right?"

"Right."

"And he's just coming to his power, right?"

"Right."

"Oh here we go again!" thought Paige,

"I have two sons, one of which is only two years old, and he is coming to his powers now, so why have Kaiba's powers not been tripped before now?"

"Good question, one I fortunately know the answer to. His stepfather was a powerful magician, evil, kinda like a semi-demon. Another reason he adopted Seto was because Seto had some serious power, but when Seto was about eleven, it became obvious to him that Seto was going to become more powerful than him, and he knew that, if Seto ever got a hold of that power, he would vanquish him. He, as you can imagine, didn't want that. Kaiba's powers were already tripped then, he had been able to do magic since, well, he was the age of your son, but Gozaburo bound his powers and erased all traces of magic from his memory, convincing him from then on that magic didn't exist. His powers are showing now because the binding and memory erasure that were put on him are breaking… well, the binding is, I'm not so sure about the memory."

"So, Kaiba could remember how to control it then?"

"Only the things he could do then, but yes."

"Oooookay then."

"He's also been accidentally using his powers when he's been attacked by demons during the past few days. Out of fear and anger, but it's confusing and frightening him. He won't be able to find an alternative explanation for it, but it's been knocked into his head by his stepfather that magic doesn't exist. He won't be coming to us for "assistance", for want of a better word."

"So what do we do?" said Phoebe,

"I think the best way is to tackle him directly. Orb to his house and yell at him, and then force some magic out of him." said Piper,

"Subtle… How do we do that?" said Paige,

"We throw something nasty at him, and we might get something to happen." She suggested, "It's worth a shot." They all agreed.

"So what happened to Kisara?" asked Phoebe,

"Kisara was trapped as her Ka's form; the Blue Eyes White Dragon, as a powerful monster card in the Duel Monsters game. Not coincidentally, all three Blue Eyes White Dragon cards are in Kaiba's deck. However a human soul requires a human host, so there had to be a reincarnation somewhere. And I found her; Serenity Wheeler, you met her at the game shop." Said Ishizu. They all nodded.

"So if Seth's soul is destined to exist in unbearable pain until he finds Kisara again, that means that…"

"Kaiba and Serenity are destined to be together!" said Phoebe excitedly.

"Yes, but with one small problem, her brother and he loathe each other."

"How's that one gonna work out?" said Piper,

"Well the saying goes; "love conquers all". I suppose that includes them."

"Yeah… Oh! I can't wait to fix them up!" shrieked Phoebe,

"You will be doing no such thing Cupid!" snapped Piper. Phoebe argued that she would, and Piper said that she wouldn't. No longer having a reason to keep Ishizu, Paige orbed her back to Domino, hoping that by the time she got back, her sisters would have stopped throwing things at each other.