Chapter Eleven: Let's Play Ouija!
You reviewers are so sweet to review even when I have such a crappy chapter that's long and boring! LOL You guys rock!
Sorry I couldn't thank all of you 'cause someone stares evilly at older sister deleted my reviewer thank-yous. Sorry!
Oh, by the way, this will be the first chapter in which I'll be using Kisara's real name....
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There's a place inside of Serenity in which feelings and thoughts for people all around her are stored. A place covered in passion red fog where hundreds of thousands of feelings are stored on one big screen. An almost-holy place to the rest of her body, this sacred lair is a place not to be tampered with. Feelings in this realm must be kept intact, and never must they ever be altered with, for one press of the wrong button can cause Serenity's feelings towards one person to be completely reversed....
Kisara promenaded into this new space with curiosity evident on her face. This eager new spirit had to "check-out" the aspects of her new dwelling, and that meant she had to travel all throughout it....Never really caring about whom or what was advising her not to go.
//This is one of the ambits that the Subconscious Mind told me never to go into....Hmmmmm...I wonder why...// she said to herself as she surveyed the red smoke puffing around her. //There must be something here that the mind is guarding, something important.// She continued her walk deeper and deeper into this new region, awaiting for something to pop out--awaiting for anything to pop out for she knew that this was the place that Serenity amassed her thoughts and comments about everyone she had ever met....
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Sleep was not an easy thing to come by tonight in the Kaiba House. What could've been useful sleeping time was plundered away in thoughts concerning events of that day that just so happened to take place at KaibaCorp. Both Kaiba brothers, although worrying themselves about separate matters, seemed to be frittering away time in what they thought to be important issues.
The elder Kaiba brother was lying on his bed; a storm of thoughts in his head were swiveling 'round-and-'round like a ongoing Merry-Go-Round. Have you ever been in a scenario in which sometime informs you of something, you neglect it at first thinking it's futile, but then, it's the one thought that your mind seems to focus on? Your eyes are ignoring sleep, and you just keep being reminded with every little thing that you do of that one little thought.
It's sickening isn't it? Your thoughts are so confused and so disheveled...but isn't that the way you like to leave people inferior to you, Seto Kaiba? You like toying and tampering with others' minds for the fun of it. And now, observe how what you claimed to be called "fairytales" are now the sole concept in your mind. You just can't get rid of them. They're like those Kareebos that keep on multiplying and building themselves so that they're impossible to defeat You just can't get rid of them....... My how the tables have turned...
Seto Kaiba lay awake at this hour of the night. He really should've been sleeping 'cause we all know how he needs the sleep so that he doesn't get all cranky and tired in the morning and takes that crankiness and tiredness out on his little brother. His eyes were opened so strongly that it seemed like someone had taped them to remain in that position. His mind, like I mentioned earlier, was too busy caring not about an affiliation or his little brother or even his secretary, but of a special visitor that came to KaibaCorp that day. In simple terms: His mind was recalling a conversation that he had today with a certain woman...a certain Egyptian woman, to be exact.....
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"You know, Isis," Kaiba started to say as he turned his chair around so that the back of it faced Ishizu Ishtar, "I was starting to believe that you had some sort of sanity in you, but this....Let's just say that any belief I was starting to have towards you was ruined."
"Believe what you want to believe, but Seto Kaiba," Isis said as she lowered her head and remained at her place in front of his desk, "Can you honestly tell me that you've never wondered of the significance of your monster, the Blue Eyes White Dragon? Have you never asked yourself about why it is so loyal to you?"
"Isis, the Blue Eyes White Dragon is only loyal to me because I am the holder of that card. There's nothing more to it than that. God forbid if Yugi held the card, he'd probably be able to control it, too. And of it's significance to me," Kaiba said as he turned his chair around to meet Isis's face again, "I value it so much because I hold three of these four powerful and strong monsters. It has nothing at all to do with your folktales about Egypt and...kaas."
"If you sincerely believe that," Isis said with quivers in her voice, for even she felt intimidated by Kaiba's icy glare, "But answer me this: Why do you believe that you of all the duelists in the world, hold most of the four dragons? Why have you been chosen?" Isis once again lowered her head, and she started backing up, expecting Kaiba to excuse her soon.
Kaiba started recollecting his first duel with Yugi, and how Yugi had somehow drawn out all five pieces of Exodia. How unlikely was that? It was to the utmost limits of unlikelihood, yet Yugi was still able to do it. It was all just chance--that's what made the most logical sense, and that's what Kaiba believed. It was the same chance that won him his dragons. He wasn't destined to hold them, but he had most of them, and that's what was important.
"I doubt that you holding the Blue Eyes White Dragon cards is all chance, Seto Kaiba," Isis interrupted Kaiba's thoughts. Kaiba's eyes went from looking studiously at Isis to popping up with extreme bafflement in them. Starting to stand-up slightly, his hands dug into his desk, and he gave Isis this threateningly passionate stare.
"How did you-"
"Believe what you want to believe," she repeated one last time as she started backing away. "Oh, yes, Miss Wheeler will be in today, so I recommend you dismiss your substitute secretary. Mokuba, you may stop listening now: The conversation has ended." Isis made a full turn around, and she started heading towards the door. "Good day, Seto Kaiba."
The office doors swung open with Mokuba laughing nervously as he let Isis pass through. Isis nodded steadily as she passed Mokuba, and she then left the office, for the time being, at least.
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(AN: Don't worry, there's more of this chapter to come in much, much, much later chapters!)
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Like I mentioned earlier, both Kaiba brothers were having difficulty sleeping tonight. But what was the younger one, Mokuba Kaiba, possibly worried about? He wasn't the president of some multi-billion dollar corporation that had just lost a multi-million dollar affiliation. He didn't have difficulty dealing with an anger triangle among his conscience, his Subconscious Mind, and some sort of "parasite". He didn't get stabbed in the leg by a malicious CEO using her even more vile shoes. He didn't get a visit from Ishizu Ishtar telling him about the significance of his favorite monster....So why in Ra's name was he possibly worried?
Mokuba Kaiba lay awake on his bed while trying to keep from summoning thoughts about his brother's secretary who had a "conversation" with his brother today. He couldn't help but think about all that Serenity Wheeler had gone through, and that was only on account of what he saw happen in KaibaCorp that day. First, Serenity comes in late claiming that she had a "family-emergency" to tend to, and then she started talking about Kisara---------------------------------Hold the phone..........
Mokuba immediately opened his forcefully-shut eyes. Kisara? Serenity was talking about a girl named Kisara! Sure Mokuba had tried to ignore that fact at first, but it was true that Serenity was talking about Kisara!
"I can't believe I ignored it at first," Mokuba breathed to himself as he stared at his ceiling. He remembered how Isis had told his brother about the Kisara girl, and Mokuba was furious when he realized that Serenity could never be Seto's.....But Isis never said that the reincarnation of Kisara had to be a girl with the description, name, or close profile of the white-haired, blue-eyed girl...
Wish all you want, and hope as much as your heart desires, but when reality bites, it bites hard. You want to believe in something, but all the while you know that the dreams you are building inside of you are nothing but sprinkles of false hope.
But Mokuba, despite all the hope that was building up inside of him, had to think practically.
Mokuba shut his eyes tightly as he erased any further possibilities of Seto and Serenity finally getting together. His brother was not meant for Serenity, and Serenity would never be for his brother. They were kind of like opposites, but perhaps they were too opposite for each other. They probably had different names written in their destinies, so who was Mokuba to try and play matchmaker with them? It would be a futile effort, especially after Serenity got rid of Bolidaman-
"She got rid of Bolidaman heh heh...." Mokuba thought aloud as he couldn't help but giggle about the fact that Serenity hopefully permanently got rid of the high-voiced, pencil/weapon-heeled shoes wearing wicked wonder.
But remembering the topic here, Seto would never accept Serenity, especially after she got rid of Bolidaman. And unfortunately, Bolidaman would not be coming back because she made quite a (useless) revenge threat to Seto and an even lamer hatred announcement to Serenity. But it's not like Serenity couldn't fight back with hate for Bolidaman. Just the way Serenity had her eyes squinted when she pushed Bolidaman, and Bolidaman started freaking out when she got coffee on her Gucci dress and when she saw Serenity with the blue eyes-
Blue eyes? Yes...Mokuba remembered the rich, sapphire-tinted blue eyes that Bolidaman seemed to have gotten jealous of. Those sapphire-tinted eyes.... "Sapphire" was the very color Isis used to describe Kisara's eyes.
"Serenity was trying to get rid of Bolidaman 'cause she......was afraid that people would attack Bolidaman because Calista was like Serenity?" Mokuba seemed very confused as he thought about this to himself. How in anyway was Calista Bolidaman like Serenity Wheeler? Don't forget, Mokuba, Serenity said a lot of peculiar things today......
"And she was also talking about Kisara, and...and....and--Village people!"
Mokuba finally had the sense to put all the clues together. Wasn't Kisara from a village? Keep going, you're almost to the finish line. Just wait until you've found out the truth, for it's not what it first seems like. Serenity, Mokuba, is at the moment not herself at all; you could say that she's not in her right mind...literally.
Just because two pieces fit, it doesn't mean that your idea of a puzzle will finally come together, but heed my warning: It is you that dreams of these chances, so when your heart breaks, it is you that must hold the blame.
Mokuba bit his lip and stared at the ceiling as he tried to figure a few things out. It was like a math equation: He had to figure out what could substitute as the variables and what would it all equal in the end.
"Serenity had rich blue eyes, like the way Isis had described them. Serenity also tried to get rid of Bolidaman--heh heh Bolidaman....--Serenity tried to get rid of Bolidaman by warning her about people that would come for Calista because she was like Serenity......."
Mokuba's eyes went open like someone had just sent an electric shock throughout his system. If what he substituted fit into the variables, than what it all equaled was quite clear, but.....
"There is no freakin' way...."
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How boring it is when you are stuck at home, doing nothing but studying for your International History exam, while others you know are too busy fretting themselves over concerns. You wish that you could do something, but alas, you can do nothing but study for you have a very important test to give tomorrow.
At the moment, we find Téa Gardner glancing over a few pages in her history text for the test she has to give first class tomorrow morning is a test that will determine half of her history grade. The fact that this test can also determine which college you're smart enough to attend doesn't lift the pressure too much either.
Téa took another sip of her coke, and then she looked again at the history page opened in front of her. At the moment, she was sitting in the narrow space between her couch and her wooden coffee table. A rather uncomfortable way to sit especially when you feel tired, and so stressed, and so mad that you will kill to go to bed. But Téa Gardner refused to go to bed.
First of all, this test that she was to give tomorrow morning was going to be probably 100 pages long, and would require an exhaustive amount of time to study for if Téa wanted to get into a decent college. But it's not like Téa cared for how well she did on this test: She had already gotten into a dancing university, and that's all that mattered to her. She just wanted to get a good score on this exam to prove to her parents that academics, not dancing, were her number one priority.
But, we mustn't forget the second reason as to why Téa refused to go to bed. If it wasn't bad enough that Téa was rigorously studying for an exam that she found futile just to please her parents, Téa had to deal with a little problem concerning her house guest. Little Miss Serenity Wheeler had to go and throw a temper tantrum, thus causing Téa to leave the room, forcing poor Téa to study in the living room, in the little space provided between the couch and the coffee table.
Pride seems to turn into much value when dealing with someone who you're slightly angered with. Sometimes you stand up and defend yourself in order to keep your pride from being undamaged. Other times you stand quietly, taking any insults that one may throw at you knowing that anything you'd say could only hurt your pride even more. (If that even makes sense...) So what's the point in being angry? It gets you nowhere unless you wanna defend yourself, but who would honestly care ten years from now about a fight you were in? Who would remember?
(AN: Live with me, it'll only be boring for about a few more scenes! :( )
Téa wobbled the pencil in her hand as she quietly thought about Serenity. Was it fair to be mad at her? Téa wasn't quite sure about that. Though Serenity told the truth when she exclaimed that she had a 'bad' day, (Yugi had told Téa about Serenity's dream and how Serenity escaped from Joey's car to get to KaibaCorp) was it fair of Serenity to take her anger out on innocent Téa Gardner? Probably not, but Téa was severely interested in the aspects of Serenity's day. Maybe it wasn't the best idea in the world to have unwillingly brought her to Téa's house, but Téa had a reason for doing so which she was willing to explain, but Serenity didn't wanna hear about it.
"Serenity Wheeler," Téa started to say as she absentmindedly stared at the pencil in her hand, "What has gotten into you today?" no matter how hard Téa tried, Serenity and her words and what Yugi had told her kept coming back in flashes. Serenity's angered face yelling at her being one of the most vividly-remembered flashes. It didn't help Téa's curiosity or guilty conscience too much when Téa and Yugi had decided to bring Serenity to Téa's house without Serenity's honest opinion. But what could Téa have possibly done? Yugi had simply asked her to bring Serenity to a place of safety other than her own home, and that's what Téa did. Whether or not Serenity wanted to know why Téa had done so was not of Téa's concerns.
Téa had suddenly regained reality when she had realized that she wasn't fidgeting with something anymore. She felt absence in her hands, and when she looked at them, she saw nothing. Téa rolled her eyes as she ducked her head under the coffee table to search for that roaming pencil, wherever it was. Unfortunately, to Téa's luck, the ordinary, yellow No. 2 pencil happened to be one of those objects that when you drop it, it seems to slip into a certain narrow space. You, as usual, have no idea as how it got there, and all the while you're having trouble buttering that little object out of its hiding place.
When she finally noticed that there was no pencil under the coffee table, Téa decided to be practical, and she swerved her head carefully in order to see what contents were under the sofa. At first glance she couldn't have noticed the pencil lying in the far right-hand corner of the sofa, but she did notice the box in the very pits of the sofa's bottom blackness.
Forgetting the pencil for a moment, Téa's interest got the best of her, and she reached her arm into the abyss of the sofa in order to get that box out. Whatever it was, why was it there, and why did it have faint glowing letters?
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Someone's still on a search for something.....The question is: Has she found it yet?
//Ohhhhhh.......// Kisara cried as she finally came across the large computer-like silhouette in the room. And sure enough, when the roaming spirit finally got close enough to observe the computer, she realized that the red fog gave way to this massive, gigantic, HUGE! super-computer.
//Subconscious heart....so this must be the files of her subconscious feelings.....// Kisara looked happily at her discovery. To think that this large, pink metal computer with all of its shiny buttons and switches, was the core of what Serenity felt towards others. All these buttons--each one shinier than the last--could control exactly what Serenity did around others, because it all really depended on how she felt towards that one person.
//This is going to be fun.// Kisara said as she glared happily at the computer, Ra only knowing what could've been contaminating her mind. Kisara edgily placed her hands on this big, shiny, buzzer-like button that was most likely the power controls of this super machine, which obviously turned off when Serenity was in a state of slumber. So the very nanosecond that Kisara's fingers touched that button:
"I don't know what in the name of hell you think you're doing, but I warn you to stop right now!!!"
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Remember that little box that Téa decided to retrieve? Well, at this moment, it sits upon Téa's coffee table while Téa stares at it with several questions going in her mind. No, these questions are irrelevant to the questions of WHAT this box is, but towards more of WHY IS THE BOX HERE? question mark.
Téa stared angrily at the Ouija board box she had just recently pulled out of the sofa's bottom. The glowing lights were the glow-in-the-dark letters that were imprinted on the box.
"Cheap game," Téa snickered to herself, but she quickly regained the anger that was building up inside of her as she remembered her question....
First of all, she and Yugi had been playing with the ouija board the other night, in the very room Téa was sitting in. But you see, Téa thought that the ouija board never gave accurate answers since it kept spelling Y-U-G-I R-O-C-K-S with its oracle, but still:
"What is the game doing here?" Téa asked aloud, raising her voice a little. The thing is, after the two were done playing the game, Yugi offered to put away the game for Téa, and Téa had accepted graciously. But if under the sofa was Yugi's idea of where games should have been stored, than Yugi had another thing coming.
But was it almost fate that Téa had found the ouija board? Possibly, for a few moments had barely gone by before Téa Gardner had closed her history books, and started opening the game and laying out the board. In the mere time of two minutes, Téa had managed to shove her history books aside, open and layout the game, and she turned off the lights so that there would be a more ghostly effect.
What are you up to, Téa Gardner? Contacting spirits again? Maybe this time they won't spell out flattering comments about Yugi....You were playing with someone else before, Téa, but beware: It's always just a bit scarier when you play with the ouija board alone.
Téa returned to her place between the couch and coffee table. Good thing the board was glow-in-the-dark, or else she'd never be able to see it. She had turned the dimmer off all the way, causing nothing but pitch black eeriness to slip into the small living room.
With her oracle poised in the middle of the board, she thought about the first question she's asked. Would it be about how well she's do on her exam tomorrow? Maybe it would be on who she's end up marrying one day......It didn't matter, Téa, 'cause the board will answer truthfully if you are the only one playing but not the one pushing.
Once in her head the question she'd ask, Téa finally pushed the oracle to all the different letters, and she spelled out the question:
"H-O-W M-A-N-Y S-P-I-R-I-T-S A-R-E I-N T-H-I-S H-O-U-S-E R-I-G-H-T N-O-W?"
Almost instantly, the oracle started shaking with a subtle shiver going through it. Téa let out a small yelp when and as she felt this, but she held it in 'cause she realized that if she believed in things like Yami, it should've been easy for Téa to understand that there were such things as spirits.
And no, Téa was not moving the oracle.......
As the oracle guided Téa's hand, it made one simple stop, and there it rested, quietly, giving Téa the signal to move on and ask the next question.
"1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"
The oracle had made the choice of three spirits in the house. But is that number even possible? There's one spirit for Téa, one for Serenity, but who is this other "spirit" inhabiting the Gardner household at the moment?
Téa looked skeptically at the board. She knew now exactly what her next questions would be. With quivering hands that were painted ghost white, she asked:
"P-L-E-A-S-E N-A-M-E T-H-E T-H-R-E-E S-P-I-R-T-S."
The oracle, knowing the exact answer to this question took Téa on a swift ride with sharp turns and edges. If the oracle had lips, it would be smiling a devilish smile at this moment.
"G-A-R-D-N-E-R, T-E-A," the oracle gave its first answer with no hesitance whatsoever. the oracle seemed confident that it was giving right information, no matter how much colder Téa's hands seemed to be getting.
"That's one," Téa mumbled as she gave the cue to the oracle to continue spelling out the answers.
"W-H-E-E-L-E-R, S-E-R-E-N-I-T-Y," the oracle had given it's second answer. That meant that the next name it gave had to be the one of the mysterious third spirit.
Ohhhhhh.....The game just got much more interesting now, didn't it? Watch and see what the third name will be, and if you'll believe it......
"But that's only two names," Téa mumbled as she complained to the oracle. "Spirit, where's the third name?" she asked, forgetting that the questions could only be asked by means of spelling out words.
But this time, spelling out words was not necessary, for there was a tricky little spirit playing this game of ouija, and she intended to let Téa Gardner know the truth, no matter what it took. So, ask what you want, Téa, for this spirit will answer your question, and she'll leave you baffled as she does so.
Observe:
The very split-second that Téa had finished enunciating the M sound in the word name, the oracle started shifting, determined to give this curious brunette the truth. Watch, Téa, as your answers come, but whether or not you choose to believe them is entirely up to you.
"K-I-SA-R-A." And that's where the oracle ended its answer. There was nothing before the K, nor was there anything after the final A. But all is for sure that Téa Gardner never felt the same about playing the ouija board ever again. But that's a tale for later days. At the moment, however, Téa Gardner had many (to say the least) questions going on throughout her mind.
Why did the oracle mention Kisara? Was Kisara's spirit in this house? Was one of them--Téa gasped with horror in her eyes--the reincarnation of Kisara?
These questions were the basis of Téa's next questions:
With hands icy like Kaiba's eyes, and pale like Kisara's skin, Téa spelled out the first of her last two questions. Observe. You'll see what happens next:
"D-O-E-S K-I-S-A-R-A H-A-V-E A B-O-D-Y O-F H-E-R O-W-N?"
Téa knew that this was either a Yes or No question. There was no way it could've been in between. So, if the oracle answered Yes, then Téa would have to go searching around her house for a girl by the name of Kisara that was hiding. If the oracle answered no, then Téa would have to ask the ultimate question, scaring the life out of her if she had to do so.
The oracle, with its inanimate evil look on, swiftly shifted its tip to the very bottom of the left-hand corner of the board. What it answered:
"NO."
Téa rubbed her eyes, then she rubbed them again, and then she rubbed them a few more times until, finally, she sucked in the fact that she had asked the oracle a question, it had answered no, so now, she had to ask the deciding factor in this twisted game of Guess Who The Reincarnation Is.
Suck it in, Téa. You knew deep inside that there was an interest of Serenity Wheeler towards Seto Kaiba, don't deny it! You heard Yugi tell you about how Kisara could be anybody....so don't expect the answer to be......Well, we'll see in a little while, won't we? Ask the question already! You know you want to. Listen to my cajoling voice: It's telling you to ask the question. Amuse your curiosity. You know you want to. You know that you've gone too far to stop right now, so I recommend hurrying up and ask the question....
Téa's curiosity and anxiety were rising like one as Téa started to admit defeat in asking the question. She knew she had to, for she wasn't pushing the oracle. So whatever mystical being was, Téa knew that it knew something more than it should've, and if it knew this much, what's from stopping it from knowing more?
With fingers curved in fear, and arms vibrating within wraps pf goosebumps, Téa placed her frozen fingers upon the oracle, and she boldly moved them to what Téa would later recall as the "Black Question".
Ready....
Téa moved her hands to the first letter....
Set....
A deciding factor...Was it finally time for Téa to learn Serenity's secret, and if she did, would she tell Joey?
Go.....
"W-H-A-T I-S T-H-E N-AM-E O-F T-H-E H-O-S-T T-H-A-T K-I-S-A-R-A I-S C-U-R-R-E-N-T-L-Y I-N?"
The oracle, much wiser than given credit for, knew of Téa's anxiety. It could feel her chills every time she touched it. But the oracle, although thought to made out of nothing more than glow-in-the-dark plastic, wanted to tell Téa. It wanted her to know about all the secrets and thoughts that Serenity had been having and was having in her slumber at this very moment. It expected Téa would be able to put all the clues together. It wanted the secret to be known, and if it went first through Téa, than so be it.
Oh how poor Téa remembers every little detail of the second the oracle gave its answer. She wasn't quite sure of the weather outside, but she could feel the thunder cackling evilly. She could hear the wild wind's whistling.... And if she remembers closely, the nearly silent sound in the background that was heard ever so softly was the sound of the Blue Eyes White Dragon's White Lightning attack, mentally striking and slashing some poor and innocent object.
As the story goes, the oracle answered a fifteen lettered answer, but Téa didn't let it finish its answer, for she was too much filled with fear too even believe what was going on. But she could not change the facts, and as they play out:
And no, Téa was not moving the oracle.......
"W-H-E-E-L-E-R , S-E-R-E-N-I-T------"
SMACK! And the ouija board went flying off the table, falling gracefully onto its front side. Without even caring as to what, although she already knew, what the ouija was gonna answer, Téa slapped the game off its resting place, mentally cursing the board which she believed to be nothing more than balderdash.
Staring at the game on the floor fiercely, Téa had every intention to burn the game at that very second. Of all the nonsense she had ever heard! This was some sort of excuse for the lamest excuse of a joke ever! Yes, that was it, the board was probably being controlled by Yami or Bakura or some other spirit that wanted to mess with Téa.
Believe want you wanna believe, Téa, for you know very well that neither Yami nor Bakura can leave anywhere without the assistance of their Millennium Items. You're only fooling yourself trying to shelter Serenity from the facts. You're almost acting like Joey.....But how long can you hide the dear from her true destiny now?
Yes, now the facts have finally been revealed! Now, slowly, everything will start falling into play, and just you watch and see, pretty soon everybody will learn the truth.
Still covered in the darkness of the room, Téa watched as the ouija board started to lose its glow as it slumped on the floor with its cardboard back all disheveled.
Breathing heavily, Téa knew that there was one more matter left to attend to:
Serenity? Was she okay? Was she in anyway affected by this yet? Is this what Yami meant when he was talking about a spirit earlier? Was this why Serenity had a bad day?
Téa knew at that instant that she had to find Serenity. She had to be sure of Serenity's safety, and she knew that now, Serenity would have an interesting next few days ahead of her.
Like a gazelles leaping charmingly into the plains of the desert, Téa Gardner quickly jumped, and she ran as if her life depended on it, to her room in which Serenity was currently sleeping in.
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Two brilliantly bright-blue eyes opened in the midst of a lair dripping with darkness. These eyes, these lightning-blue eyes---they seemed to have sensed something, but what? Did they know something? Whoever these pair of eyes belonged to, they had a certain mistrusting allure to them, 'causing whoever was to look into them to unwisely dive into them....
"Master," a raspy voice called from in front of the blue eyes, "Master, forgive me if I have disturbed you, but-"
The blue eyes squinted with angered interest in them, and the raspy little voice started quivering with squeals.
"What is it?" the voice of the blue eyes called, "Why do you decide to bother me at such a late hour of the night, you vexation?"
"Master, have you not sensed it?"
"Sensed what?" The blue eyes asked, knowing very well that they had sensed something, but all the while hoping that what they sensed was nothing but a false alarm.
"Master, forgive me for what I am about to say may very well displease you: The spirit of the girl Kisara has been detected-"
"This is wonderful news, you fool! All my life, I have been waiting for a sign like this, and now, it has finally come! The spirit of the Millennium Rod has been activated! Well, what are you waiting for? Retrieve that Rod for me this instant: I MUST have it!"
"But master,"
"What is it? Why are you not going and obeying my commands? Do you have some sort of death wish?" The voice of the blue eyes seemed very displeased, and I feel sorry for the little raspy voice, for that was not a good sight to hear or see.
"Master, forgive me, but the spirit has been detected inside a human girl, and the girl does not hold the Rod."
The blue eyes squinted evilly. Such an anger was never heard of to the little raspy voice. The way those blue eyes glistened with cruel thoughts and hatred, the little raspy voice couldn't help but feel shivers succumbing her body.
Sharp blue eyes darted like an arrow at the voice....
"So, the spirit of Kisara has bonded with the girl?" the eyes snapped, scaring the hell out of the little raspy voice.
"I-I am n-not sure of that y-yet," the little voice tried to respond, "We might still be able to get the spirit out of the girl."
"Then that's what we'll do." The eyes seemed to have regained a flicker of malicious visions. The eyes became amused with vicious hope. They seemed too happy.
"Master?" the voice asked with confusion trickling in every syllable she enunciated.
"We will get the girl, and we will get that spirit from her, no matter what amount of force we must use."
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For the first time in her life, Téa seemed to have finally realized why Joey was on a quest to protect Serenity. Téa had let go of all anger of hers towards Serenity, for Téa finally imagined the concept of Joey's love towards his little sister.
As Téa stood in the doorway of her room, she watched as Serenity slept peacefully like a flower woven in rest. She seemed so peaceful, and she seemed so undeserving of anything wrong. She seemed too sweet to be wrapped up in the stupid fate that that idiotic ouija board had predicted for her.
"It's so unfair," Téa breathed as she stared at the slumbering girl, "because she has no idea of what she's getting into. If that dimwitted game was right--but no, it couldn't be. It was all just some sort of joke, right?--but even if it was, being the reincarnation of Kisara is not something ordinary written in just anybody's destiny." Téa came closer to the young girl, who apparently seemed unaware of the one watching her in her sleep.
Could she be the destined girl that Isis had enlightened them about?
Téa started walking away from Serenity, dreadfully awaiting the morning, because she was torn between the paths of telling Serenity what she had found out.....
Could she have been the very soul behind the Blue Eyes White Dragon?
Could she be a player in this dangerous game of magic and power?
Could she have been this magical girl waiting 5,000 years to reclaim what she sacrificed all those millennia ago?
Téa stared one more time at Serenity, and with a heavy sigh, she closed the door. Knowing that in the morning, she and Serenity would have to have an extremely crucial talk.
"She's too young and innocent to get caught up in this mess. For her own safety, I hope she's not....."
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I desperately hope that that chapter wasn't too long or boring! Please tell me what you thought of it!
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"What the hell does she think she's doing?!" Téa asked with bewildered eyes as she read through the file that Serenity was trying so badly to hide.
P.S.: I managed to sneak in some thanks!
Moonlite Goddess: Thanks for reviewing...not! It's okay though because I know that you only read this fic because you're my cousin, and I think that you really don't like this couple at all. So, you don't have to read this fic anymore, but don't forget about My Fake Fiancée!
Kikoken: Gomen Nasai! I am soooooooo extremely sorry that the previous chapter was so excruciatingly boring! Hopefully, you didn't find this one to be that tiring. Smiles weakly You are such a sweet person for reviewing my losing-interest fic, even after my retarded chapter ten. Thanks again!
vendred13: I am unbelievably sorry for making you so confused during the last chapter. You were so nice to review anyway, 'cause my fic is becoming so lame. You rock! Anyway, hopefully you didn't find this chapter to be so stupid. Thanks again!
neoelite: Once again, I beg you forgiveness for making the last chapter so boring, stupid, and LONG! I hope that you enjoyed this chapter somewhat more, because I did try to put some more action into it. Thanks for reviewing my lame chapter.
pisces14071: I am terribly sorry if the last chapter was too long for your liking, really! You were so nice to review anyway, but I hope you liked this chapter better than the other one. And about the secrets, you'll have to wait for the next few chapters....But don't worry: Something'll happen between Seto and Serenity soon enough. Once again: Thanks for reviewing, and sorry for the lame previous chapter.
Kaiba-Angel: Are you a new reviewer? If you are, I love your pen name makes jealous glare and I am extremely sorry if the last chapter bored you out of your mind like it most likely did to other readers. sighs And about Kisara, you know how every duel monster has a heart? Well, the Blue Eyes White Dragon has one, too. His heart is found in Kisara, a girl that priest Seth and Shadi saved in ancient Egypt. If you watched the duel of Seto and Isis, the Millennium Rod started to glow, and that was Kisara showing herself to Kaiba. (Kisara's the one Seth was holding in his arms) Thanks for reviewing, and sorry for the lame chapter!
Cherry Arrow: I'm gonna beg you too for forgiveness because I know that my previous chapter was long and boring, despite any lies that you readers tell me otherwise. Thanks for reviewing anyway! I'm so glad that you like this story.
Sorceress Vanessa: I apologize if the last chapter bored you out of your mind. Thanks for the candy! And thanks for reviewing my lame previous chapter anyway. You're a very kind person to review a chapter that sucks horribly. I'm glad that you like this fic....
Bo-Jay: Oooohhhh, you reviewed! Thank you, thank you! I know I sound like a desperate freak who loves reviews, but thanks for reading and reviewing the previous chapter which was totally lame. I am soooooooo sorry if it bored you to tears. And could you please update your fic soon? I really enjoy it. Pixi stix rock!
v son sayian: I am tremendously sorry if the last chapter bored you out of your mind! I'm glad you found out who Kisara is. You asked me so many questions, so now, let me ask you one: Do you like this strange situation where Serenity is the reincarnation of Kisara? Anyway, thanks a bundle for R/Ring my previous lame chapter, and as for your questions, lemme answer them in the order that you asked them: She will, you'll see later, you'll find out in the next three chapters, you'll find out in the next two chapters, you'll find out in the next two chapters, yes it will eventually, it already has, you'll see later, you'll see later, you'll see later, most of them already have, yes it will, and you'll find out later!
Please tell me if you liked that chapter or not: R/R!
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People! I am soooooooo sorry. I don't know what's wrong with this chapter, but on my computer it appears that all the words are italicized and bolded! It's not supposed to be like that, and believe me, I've tried like five times to replace the chapter, but nothing's working!
