To those who just tuned in, this is after the amusement park trip. Remember the message: "find out her secret." A revelation to Kaiba about Sakura's big secret.

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The Forbidden Love

Chapter Nine: Mistress Secret Revealed

A few days after the day at the amusement park, Kaiba was back at the meetings, conferences and everything else. He did eventually contacted Mokuba however the kind of conversation they had wasn't very good. First of all Mokuba accused Seto of not paying any attention to him and coming to the conclusion of not caring for him anymore. Seto rebutted him in saying that those things weren't true. Their meeting ended in a sour note and thus both brothers were in a lost for words. Early the next morning, Kaiba got up and got dressed as usual. It was another Sunday so he had the day off to do whatever he wanted. Since he didn't want to be bothered by anyone, he decided to go to the park to blow some steam.

"Might as well," he thought to himself. "I can't think straight if I stay angry."

Instead of taking the limo, he decided to walk. He had grown accustomed to the city and its popular attractions. Once he arrived he picked a secluded spot on a forgotten bench and just sat there. He soon fell asleep. He was then woken up by a noise.

"What the…what is that?" Kaiba thought. It was the sound of someone singing and it was beautiful. He started to investigate the sound but didn't have to go far because the singing was coming from a nearby clearing. Hiding behind a tree, he saw Sakura and Madison and a flying stuff animal.

"That was beautiful," Sakura said. "That was the best!"

"As usual, you always show that special talent of yours," the stuff animal said.

"Well…I…thank you," Madison said while blushing. Off in a distance, Kaiba was in bewilderment.

"My eyes must be playing tricks because stuff animals don't fly!" Unknown to him, he took a step back and he step on a twig. Sakura and company looked around.

"What was that?" Sakura asked.

"There's no one around here," Madison pointed out.

"Still…" Sakura called out, "Don't worry, we won't hurt you. We mean you no harm. Please come out."

"Shit," Kaiba thought to himself. "I guess I should reveal myself ." He confidently walked out of the shadows with a shocked Sakura looking on.

"Who is that?" the stuff animal asked. "Sakura, do you know this guy?"

"… … …" Sakura didn't answer because she was in a state of distress.

"Kid?" Kaiba started to walk towards her. "Judging by the floating stuffed animal I say that you have something special with you...or you yourself are something special."

"Hey, who you're calling a floating stuff animal!" he flew over to Kaiba. "I'm Kero, guardian beast of the seal!"

"And I care, why?"

"Grrrr, your even annoying than that kid!"

"Kid? What kid? What's he talking about?"

"Kero, stop it!" Sakura shouted. "I'm sorry. I…"

"Save it, kid." He started to walk away.

"No, wait," Sakura called him back. "Maybe I should explain but the problem is that you'll never going to believe me."

"After all the stuff that happened in Domino City, my career as a duelist and CEO of a multibillion dollar company, many events had led to an unreasonable cause. Let's see if your story is different."

They picked a clearing that was away from the other people. The four of them all sat in a circle. Sakura started to talk.

"Once there was a powerful sorcerer named "Clow Reed." He created cards that are called, "Clow Cards," which held tremendous power and thus able to affect the surrounding area. However, he died and entrusted these cards to two guardians to guard these cards. You know, so they won't be fallen into evil hands. This is one of the guardians, Kero."

"Okay…You've got my attention," Kaiba said. "Now in the next five minutes please explain the rest otherwise my peak of interest will be lost."

"Your quite the rude one," Kero said.

"Quiet…teddy bear."

"What was that?"

"Okay you two, enough…Anyways, the guardians guarded these cards from within, protecting them from any harm that might come their way. However the guardians were trapped and couldn't get out. They chose to protect the cards for their master. The only way to get them out was someone with the same or more magical power than Clow Reed to open the book."

"And you opened the book."

"Yep. But the cards flew to many places within the city so we had to re-capture them and return them into their card form."

"And you caught all the cards."

"Yep."

"So…how did you catch them? Some kind of a magical net?"

"No…I used this." Sakura pointed to her key.

"That key…I knew you were hiding something about that key. What does it do?"

"Watch," Sakura said while she got up. She took a few steps back and she took the key within her hands. Then with a strong voice she said,

"Key of the star…with powers burning bright…reveal the staff…and shine your light! Release!" As she said this, the key was engulfed within a bright ball of light and soon transformed into a staff. Kaiba just looked on.

"I know what you're probably thinking…that this is some kind of a trick," Sakura said looking down.

"Yeah…But it was a pretty good light show. Tell me more about this…Like who gave you the key in the first place."

"Okay…It was Kero who gave me the key."

"The flying stuffed animal?" Kaiba asked while looking at Kero. Kero looked like he was going to pop a vein.

"Why…why you…" his wings started to glow.

"Kero! You stop it right now! You better not transform!"

"Into what?" Kaiba asked. "A smaller stuffed animal!"

"Kero! Don't," Sakura warned.

"Sakura! He's pushing it!"

"Mr. Kaiba. Please behave yourself," Madison said.

"Humph…whatever," Kaiba said while crossing his arms. "Anyways, continue."

"Yeah…so…I was supposed to capture all the cards. Then I faced off with the final guardian."

"The other guardian? Who was that?"

"His name's Yue. After I captured the final card, we faced off with one another. I didn't want to hurt him…but…"

"Didn't want to hurt him?"

"Yeah…I wanted him to become my friend. So that what we've became. Soon he proclaimed me the new mistress of the cards."

"Fancy title. So…can you prove your story?"

Sakura thought for a minute. Then she said, "Okay, I show you only one card and that's it." She took out a card with a huge bird on it and said, "Fly, release and dispel!" and she immediately grew wings. He flew around a little.

"Impressive," Kaiba thought.

Sakura flew down to him and the staff transformed back into a key.

"Now do you believe?" Sakura asked with her big eyes.

"… … …No."

"What? Why?"

"Because I don't believe in everything that you say. You only say but not prove. True…you did show some of the card's powers. However the other stuff…I remain unconvinced." Kaiba started to leave again. "Kid, I won't tell anyone about your secret. However hell will freeze over before I fully believe in what you say." He then disappeared into the darkness. Madison walked over to Sakura and Kero.

"What a sad, cold man," Madison pointed out.

"How dare she say mean things to Sakura!" Kero shouted. "Next time I see him, I'll fry him!"

"That's enough…that's enough Kero…" Sakura whispered and walked slowly out of the clearing.

"Why? Why doesn't he believe me?"

Kaiba walked towards his room in the hotel in complete silence. When he got to his room the first thing he did was lay on the bed…and thought.

"I don't believe that kid…I just don't…I believe in her abilities and her powers…What I don't believe is her feelings and her emotions. She's human…just like me…just like everyone. Everyone is gifted and cursed with human qualities and no one is perfect. When she acts happy…when she says that she wants to be everyone's friend…That's something that I can't believe…I won't believe. She's just a kid…not a god…"

He whispered to himself, "Kid…Sakura…Who the hell do you think you are?"

While Kaiba is having some sort of personal conversation on what has transpired, please R&R and tell me what you think. I know the chapter is a little sluggish but hey, it's March Break, can you blame me for a writer's block.

Anyways, thanks for reading.