This fanfic was originally written by my friend and all the credit goes to her. I'm just posting it for her because she can't find time to post it.
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh does not belong to Sandra. The only characters that she has rights to are Sandra Castro and Maura Matataki.
I'm really sorry for the delay on this one. My friend has major writer's block and couldn't think of anything to write for a while. I hope you like it.
Chapter Twenty
Everyone listened to Sandra as she talked about the 4 mysterious years of her life. Maura knew it was almost time for everything to be set in balance. No one said anything, they all just listened. She wrapped up her story and everyone was silent.
"So this Goku guy transferred some of his power to you when he died?" asked Yami. Sandra nodded. "And when is this power suppose to reveal itself?"
"I'm not sure," she responded, "but I just have a feeling that it'll come when the time is right."
Seto grunted in frustration, 'Does she really expect anyone to believe that? That story can't be true. How can it? It's impossible!'
Maura turned towards Marik, "Give Seto Kaiba your Millennium Rod."
Marik was completely surprised at this remark. "What! No!"
"I said to give him your Rod..."
"I heard you the first time and that's why I said no!"
"Marik, this is no time for one of your silly games! Kaiba needs that Rod now! And if you won't give it to his then I'm going to have to take it by force!"
Maura got her scepter and used its power to get the rod, but Marik had a tight grip on it. They were both really struggling to get it.
"Give it!"
"No! It's mine!"
"STOP IT! JUST STOP IT RIGHT NOW!" yelled the most unexpected voice. It was Seto Kaiba who yelled that out. As soon as he yelled, something happened to the Millennium Rod. It started glowing and a giant white flash came. Everyone was blinded by the light. When it cleared, they were in a flashback in ancient Egypt.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Seto.
"You were starting to believe," explained Maura, "and you triggered something within the Rod. Usually, these flashbacks are random, but I think this is a specific memory within the Rod."
Just then, the sorcerer who resembled Seto rushed into a room pulling Naomi with him. He grabbed her by the arm and pushed her against the wall.
"Tell me why!" the sorcerer yelled to Naomi, "Why him over me? What's so damn special about the Pharaoh?"
Naomi struggled to break free of the sorcerer's grip. "You're hurting me... Look! I don't know why! I just love him... and I don't love you..."
The sorcerer seemed heart broken, yet he kept a firm face. "Are you telling me I mean nothing to you? All the times we've spent together, the arranged marriage, everything! It meant nothing!"
Naomi didn't answer. She didn't even look into the sorcerer's eyes. She looked to the side and tried not to say anything hurtful. All of a sudden, the sorcerer gave Naomi a very passionate kiss. It was soft, yet aggressive. He pulled his lips away from hers slowly and asked quietly, "Are you telling me that means nothing...?"
There were tears in Naomi's eyes. "I'm sorry," she said to him, "I just can't-"
The sorcerer slammed his fist into the wall and said, "Fine then!" He stormed off and Naomi was left alone.
"Well," said Mokuba, "that was certainly intense."
"Lets follow the sorcerer!" Sandra said suddenly in an interested tone of voice.
"Why?" Seto asked.
"Because I want to know where he's going to go."
They all followed the sorcerer into another room. There, the sorcerer met up with the guy who resembled Marik.
"Even in my past life I still look handsome," said Marik.
No one responded to his comment. They were all just waiting to see what will happen with the sorcerer and the guy who resembled Marik. As they stood alone it was the sorcerer who spoke first.
"She doesn't love me," he said, "She really doesn't..."
The Marik guy laughed. "Well of course she doesn't!" he told the sorcerer. "I kept telling you that she loves the Pharaoh. It hurts doesn't it? The pain from having your heart broken. You want revenge don't you?"
The sorcerer waited a few moments. He was thinking for an answer. He didn't really want revenge, but his rage took over. It was blinding him so much that he didn't even notice. "Yes," he finally said, "I want revenge! I want revenge on the Pharaoh and I want revenge on Naomi! They'll pay for what they've done!"
"Pay for what they've done?" repeated Sandra, "Well, that's not good, is it? Do I want to know what he means by that?"
"I'm not sure if you do," said Yami, "but I have a feeling we're going to find out soon."
The sorcerer left with the Marik guy and everyone followed. They followed them into the Pharaoh's chamber where they found Atemu with Naomi. She was sitting on his lap crying while he was holding her in his arms. When the sorcerer and the Marik guy came in, they immediately stood up.
"What are you doing here!" demanded Atemu, "You're not allowed in my chamber and you know that!"
"Things are about to change," said the Marik guy, "There's a new rule now! Our rule!"
The sorcerer pulled out his Millennium Rod at pointed it towards Atemu. But, to everyone's surprise, he quickly pointed it towards Naomi and looked her straight in the eyes.
"What are you doing?" asked Naomi shakily.
"It's time for you to say good-bye to this world!" the sorcerer responded, "If you don't belong with me you don't belong anywhere!"
"Don't you dare touch her!" yelled out Atemu, "If you hurt one inch of her body you will regret it!"
Before anyone knew it, the sorcerer let a powerful beam out of the Millennium Rod and hit Atemu with it. Atemu flew all the way across the room from the impact. He hit the wall and blacked out.
"Atemu!" cried out Naomi.
The sorcerer quickly pointed the Rod back at Naomi. She looked into his eyes. "Please, don't..." she pleaded with him. It was too late. Rage took over the sorcerer's mind. He hit Naomi with a different kind of beam from the Rod. The beam totally paralyzed Naomi. She tried to say something, but she couldn't. Then the Marik guy used Naomi's own Millennium item to trap her inside.
"Good riddance..." said the sorcerer.
When that was over, everyone went back to the real world
The flashback's over and everyone is speechless at what they just saw. Seto felt the most traumatized. 'Did the sorcerer hate Naomi so much that he was willing to get rid of her?' he thought to himself, 'Is that the reason for the- NO! I don't care what happened in the past! I love Sandra now and that's all that matters!... Although, it does explain a lot...'
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Sandra laughed and said, "Well, that was a complete waste of time, wasn't it?"
Yami was shocked at Sandra's response. She always believed in the magic of the ancient past, but she doesn't believe what she just saw? "What are you saying?" Yami said to her, "You can't possibly tell me you didn't believe what we all just witnessed..."
"Can and will!" said Sandra. "Look, I believe in the mystical powers of the ancient past as much as the next person, but come on! That was a load of crap and you know it! I don't know what Maura's trying to do, but I know it was some kind of trick! The sorcerer-"
"Seto," interrupted Maura.
"What?" asked Seto.
"No, nothing," said Maura, "I was just telling Sandra that the sorcerer's name is Seto."
"Well, whatever," continued Sandra getting very annoyed with Maura at the moment, "As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted... The sor- I mean, Seto would never do something like
that to Naomi. He loved her too much."
"Hatred can make you hurt the ones you love..." said Yami having dealt with that problem before.
"Still..." said Sandra trying to reassure herself. Yami could see in her eyes that she did not want to believe what she saw. "Seto would never do that to what's-her-name..."
"Naomi," said Maura.
"Must you do that?" asked Sandra impatiently, "I know what her name is! I was just..."
Sandra could not finish her sentence because she didn't know what to say next, or if there was anything to say at all. Finally, a voice spoke. A voice that came unexpectedly. A voice that came
from Seto Kaiba himself.
"I believed it," he said as though he was talking to himself, "It's kind of hard to believe, but it would explain a lot... explain why I don't help you-"
"Are you still kicking yourself about what happened earlier when I fainted?" asked Sandra sounding upset. "It wasn't your fault... you were just shocked or something..."
"It wasn't that..." he said. He took a moment before he spoke again and the words that came out of his mouth shocked Sandra as well as everyone else. "I- I didn't want to... I had this weird feeling to just watch you suffer."
Everyone was speechless. No one said a word even though tension was getting stronger and stronger. Just then, Marik's rod started glowing brightly. The rod grew brighter until it blinded Marik and burned his hand which caused him to drop the rod. As soon as he did,
the rod flew directly into Seto's hand.
The tension was finally broken when Maura said, "It's finally happened. Seto was finally able to accept what happened in his past which is why he is now able to claim the Millennium Rod."
"Wow," Mokuba said, "So the rod actually does belong to Seto?"
"No!" yelled Marik, "It's mine! Give it back or Sandra's father goes bye-bye!"
"Oh crap!" said Sandra, "I almost forgot about my father!"
She tried to remember where the remote was and saw that Noah had it in his hands.
"Give back the rod... and my company," added Noah.
Sandra was going to just get the remote from his hands, but saw that it was too risky. Then Seto stepped in and pointed his Millennium Rod at Noah.
"Don't mess with my girl or her family," he said and shot a beam of light at Noah. Noah hit the wall and dropped the remote. Marik was going for the remote, but Seto pointed the Rod at him. "Don't you dare..." he said. But Marik didn't listen and went for the remote.
Seto hit him with a beam like he did Noah and Marik also hit the wall. Seto then turned to Maura. A fearful thought hit Sandra. She thought Seto might go after Maura next, but she saw how Maura's eyes were calm and strong.
Seto tossed the Rod in front of her feet. "Take it," he said, "I don't want, nor do I want to do with any of this."
"It's not really mine to take Seto Kaiba," said Maura, "Although it's true that my family also protects the ancient Millennium Items, it is also our job to make sure the items are in the right hands."
"It is your destiny to take it," said Yami.
Seto picked up the Rod and said, "Well, I don't want it. Make yourself useful Yugi and take it. I know you probably want it more than I do."
He tossed the Rod to Yami and Yami caught it. Seto then picked up the remote that was laying in front of a motion less Noah and handed it to Sandra.
"Go reunite with your father," he said, "and be happy... I'm going home. Come on Mokuba."
"But Seto-" said Mokuba.
"I said we're leaving!"
Mokuba obeyed Seto and they were both walking to the door, but Sandra stopped them by saying, "So that's it? You're not going to do this with me? You're just going to leave me here?"
Seto turned back to her and looked her straight in the eye. "Unfortunately yes," he said to her. As he spoke, Sandra could've sworn his eyes were watery as if he was holding back some tears. "You have to do this on your own... and I don't just mean about your father..."
He paused a little and Sandra asked, "Seto... what are you saying?"
"I'm saying you deserve better. I am leaving you, but not just in this situation... I'm sorry, but I can't stand the fact that you might actually get hurt because of me. It's time for me to let you go..."
"But- I- How-" Sandra couldn't get her thoughts straight. How can he just leave her? After all they've been through, he's going to leave her now?
She began crying and then Seto gave her a kiss. A real passionate kiss like the one the sorcerer gave to Naomi, and then, Seto left the warehouse with Mokuba. He headed back to his office where he has much work to do. Knowing he'd rather be by Sandra's side at a very important moment of her life, he also knows it's best if he's not there that way he can move on and so can Sandra.
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