Chapter 8. Key Indications

Kaiba walked down the extensive staircase of his mansion, looking immaculate, all except for his eyes, which were heavy and half-closed. He went into the kitchen where Mokuba was eating his breakfast. He was playing with a crystal thing on a string he'd found in a drawer a few days ago; swinging it around, whilst simultaneously trying to do his French homework.

"Morning Seto." He said cheerfully, mentally chuckling at his brother's appearance without having had coffee.

"Morning." He said groggily.

"Hey Seto, there's a weird letter that came in the post. No address, just this random logo-thing on the seal."

"Seal? Let me see." He said. Mokuba handed him the letter. The envelope was made of thick white paper, and sure enough, there was a wax seal keeping it closed. He poured himself some coffee and sat down at the table. Mokuba meanwhile had finished his cereal and was leaving for school.

"See ya later Seto!" he yelled. Kaiba heard the door slam shut behind him and the bus driving away. He tutted when he saw Mokuba's French homework lying forgotten at his place next to the crystal thingy. He picked it up, remembering doing something similar himself. He had had to draw a plan of his house, and label it in French. Mokuba had done it correctly, but the problem was, living in a mansion, it always took ages. He had suggested to him that he make something up, but Mokuba had been determined to do it right. He had, but his son of a bitch teacher would tell him off for it. He would however fix that if Mokuba complained. He was glad he decided not to put in an appearance at school today, in his opinion; it was a torture house. He put Mokuba's homework down and turned his attention back to the seal on the mystery letter; it had a crescent moon ringed in what looked like a halo. He ripped the letter open, and a little gold key fell out, making a soft 'clunk' on the table. He picked it up in his fingers, the little ring on the end was fashioned in the shape of a little triquertra. He put it down and read the letter;

Dear Seto,

Your father left this in our possession before he died, with the wish that it be passed on to you when you were ready. In light of recent events, we feel that now it should be returned to you.

It was signed with the same insignia that has been stamped on the seal.

'Superstitional rubbish.' He thought, before throwing it down on the table and taking a sip from his coffee mug. The key, which had been left by the crystal and French homework, had started to glow slightly. Kaiba noticed this, but it was so faint he thought he was seeing it, and rubbed his eyes. It had stopped glowing. Good, he wasn't mad. He thought too soon however, and the key glowed brighter this time, making him stare at it. That wasn't the end of it either; the crystal, had picked itself up, and was now swinging itself over the homework, suspended in mid-air. Kaiba froze, determined not to believe that this was happening. The crystal dropped; the point on the corner of a room in the west wing of the mansion. He hadn't been down there in years. He stood up, abandoning his coffee, grabbing the key, and strode away to that room. On the third floor, in a far corner of one of the few disregarded rooms of the mansion. He opened the door, and flicked the light switch on. It was seriously dusty, he guessed the maids must have disregarded this room as he had. It had always been used as a storeroom for some of Gozaburo's old junk, and had all kinds of weird things in it. He specifically remembered an old trunk that had sat in the corner, and trying to open it as a twelve-year-old, but he had not been able to prise the lock open. He walked over to it slowly, remembering how Gozaburo had beaten him when he had found him in there. His face crumpled, partly in anger, partly in sadness, he had never been in here since. He wiped the dust of the lock he had tried to defeat all those years ago. It was exactly the same gold as the key, and had a triquertra surrounding the lock. He inserted the key into the lock, and turned it. The mechanisms in the lock clicked, and he raised the lid, the hinges creaking as he did so. There was loads of stuff in there, stuff in labeled bottles and boxes, empty bottles, a world map and a map of the solar system, a crystal thing, almost identical to the one Mokuba found, and a book, with the triquertra on the front. He opened the front cover, and saw the book was blank. How stupid, he thought, slamming his hand down on the front page. The look on his face turned from dissatisfactory to disbelief. At his touch, scrawls of black ink appeared across the page, forming words in a complicated font. It read;

The Book of Shadows

With the triquertra below it. He flicked through the pages of the Book, seeing that now each one was full with a powers dictionary, a demon glossary, potion recipes and historic pieces of magically relevant information. He slammed it shut and marched back to the kitchen, leaving the Book on the floor behind him.

Meanwhile, somewhere in San Fran…

"Any luck?" Phoebe asked, as her oldest sister swung the scrying crystal over a map of Domino.

"Nothing. I've scryed the whole of Domino, where the hell is he?"

"He's not at school that's for sure. Not at the Kaiba Corp. building either. He must be at home."

"Or he could be on a business trip, in which case he could be anywhere."

"I know, but I wanna try Domino again before I scry in other places." She said.

"Maybe Paige would be able to find him, if he's a whitelighter, she might have better luck." Suggested Phoebe, "Paige!" she hollered, Paige orbed in,

"What?" she said,

"Come here and scry for Kaiba." Said Piper, "Seriously, I can't find him anywhere, so you can be a whitelighter for a few minutes and see if you can find him."

"Okay." Said Paige, shrugging her shoulders. She sat down and picked up the crystal, concentrating her whitelighter senses into it. After a few minutes, the crystal dropped, on a huge house in south-west Domino.

"Got him." She smirked evilly, "And guess what, in the largest house in the city." She was happy about having picked up on the house size. Being a multi-billionaire, of course he would live in the biggest house. Piper and Phoebe looked annoyed at being both out-scryed and outsmarted by their sister.

"Okay Paige, don't let your head get too big, or it won't get through the front door." Said Piper, wiping the smirk off her face, and replacing it with a scowl. "Whatever, just orb us there." She said. Paige grabbed her sisters by the back of the collar and orbed out.

Back at the Kaiba Mansion…

Kaiba sat in his office, typing, as per usual. Trying to ignore what had happened earlier, unsuccessfully. He reached for his glass of water, and realising that it was empty, he went to the kitchen for another. He returned from the kitchen with his water, and went through the door into the living room, enroute to his office. What he saw next, made the glass slip through his hand, and smash into a million pieces on the floor.

Cliffy? Mwahahahaha! I am so evil! (Spooky music)… Okay I'll stop it now. Don't worry peeps, next chappie up soon!