When vengeance goes too far
Chapter 11 (Finale)- Aftermath
Disclaimer: I don't own any the characters from Yu-Gi-Oh. They are the property of Kazuki Takahashi, Shonen Jump, Konami and Shueisha comics.
It was a beautiful day in Domino City. The sun was shining and a cool breeze was in the air. Seto Kaiba was out at the back of his mansion working on his laptop. He worked away with a smile on his face, which was unusual. Normally he had a serious expression on his face whenever he worked. It had been a whole week since he'd apologised to Serenity for completely devastating her. Serenity had recovered just fine and Joey and Mrs Wheeler had surprisingly been more accepting of his relationship with her than both he and Serenity had thought, at least on the outside. Kaiba had become more open since then and tolerated the "geek squad" more than he did before, though he still felt resentment towards Yugi for defeating him, but he managed to get by. As for Joey, they both still fought, but on a lesser scale than before for Serenity's sake and Kaiba tried to lessen the insults on Joey. Joey did likewise because he loved his little sister, even if her choice of boyfriend wasn't to his liking.
"I'm glad to see that you're more at ease Seto," came a familiar voice.
Kaiba stopped working glanced in front of him and gasped. Standing before him was a familiar blue-haired and blue-eyed woman wearing only a brown ragged robe and a pair of primitive looking shoes.
"Kisara," he said, "So that wasn't a dream?"
"Think what you want Seto," Kisara, said, "Getting you to believe in those "Egyptian Fairytales", as you call them was not my intention. My intention was to save Serenity."
Kaiba said, "Well you succeeded in that."
"Indeed I did," Kisara said.
Kaiba said, "So why are you here?"
"To tell you the full story of my past, not that I expect you to believe it," Kisara, said "It's just I feel that you should hear this."
"Okay," Kaiba, said, "I'm all ears."
"Well," Kisara, began, "I'm not Egyptian. I'm from way up north, somewhere between in what today is known as Eastern Europe and Western Asia. As a child, I was captured by slave traders and I was brought to Egypt where a young boy rescued me. However, the slave traders caught him and I used my ka to save him."
"What is this term ka supposed to mean?" Kaiba, said, "I heard it from that Aknadin guy."
"A ka is a manifestation of a person's soul," Kisara, said, "The Egyptians believed that people's souls took on the forms of monsters. The monsters reflected the person's personality. However, the truth is that the monsters are from an alternative dimension. Sometimes there are small dimensional rips and some escape, but they can't manifest themselves, so they bond with people's souls and the person's personality determines their form. If a person is evil, the monster will become dark and grotesque looking. If a person was good, their ka would be pure. My ka, the Blue Eyes White Dragon was pure."
Kaiba nodded, but didn't say anything.
"Yep," he thought, "She's demented."
"Anyway," Kisara, continued, "After that, I disappeared into the city and kept a low profile until after that Bakura maniac and his ka, Diabound arrived and started causing trouble. After that, a group of people found me and tried to kill me. Being of a different skin colour, they believed that I was bad luck and tried to stone me to death, but then the High Priest Seto, the highest ranked of the Pharaoh's six Guardians happened to see what was going on. He saved my life and took me back to the palace, but fearing that the Pharaoh would side with the people, he kept her hidden. You see, he was hunting for a ka that was more powerful than Diabound and he was accompanied by Priest Shada, since it was Shada's Millennium Key that revealed how powerful a ka was. However, he made the mistake of telling Aknadin about my ka. My dragon far surpassed Diabound and in Aknadin's mind, even the Egyptian God Monsters."
"That's a load of bull," Kaiba, said, "The Blue Eyes White Dragon only has three thousand attack points and Slifer's attack points is equal to the number of cards in the player's hand time a thousand, Obelisk has four thousand attack points and Ra's attack points can either be determined on the monsters sacrificed to summon it or the player's life points."
"That's just Pegasus's rules," Kisara, said, "Duels back then were done differently. The attack and defence points on modern-day Duel Monsters cards don't represent the strength of the true monsters. They're just Pegasus's guesses based on the devastation of a monster's attack and a monster's capability of withstanding an attack. Anyway, once Aknadin found out about me, he decided to take my ka and give it to Seto, so that he could rule as Pharaoh. You see, Aknadin was the brother of the previous Pharaoh, Aknamkanon. They were twins and Aknamkanon only became heir to the throne because he cried louder as a baby. Aknadin was overcome with jealousy. It was because of this jealousy that Aknadin didn't tell his brother about how creating the Millennium Items required human sacrifices."
"What a pompous old coot," Kaiba, said, "If I believed you, I'd tell him to get a life."
"Anyway," Kisara, continued, "He was getting old and knew that his reign as pharaoh would be a short one, which is why he choose Seto because he was his son, a fact that he wasn't aware of. Aknadin had abandoned his wife and son in pursuit of the Millennium Items, which were originally intended to end a war and preserve peace, which they did, but Aknamkanon got all the credit and Aknadin's role was ignored, which only increased Aknadin's jealousy and slowly, but surely turned it to hate. He saw my ka as his ticket to revenge. However, extracting my ka, meant that I would die, but unfortunately, Aknadin was willing to kill me. He pitted me against some of the prisoners in the dungeons and their kas in the hopes of drawing out my dragon, but I refused to summon it. I knew what he was planning and I refused, but then Seto intervened and told Aknadin to stop. You see, thanks to Bakura, the Pharaoh had gone missing and Aknadin saw this as his opportunity to strike. He was more concerned about replacing his nephew rather than searching for him. He excuse was that the innocent had to be punished in this case for the greater good. Seto thought that he had lost his mind and managed to get me out of the dungeon, but not before I summoned my dragon to safe him. Seto hid me from Aknadin and left to go fight with the Pharaoh, who'd been found. However, I woke up and went searching for Seto and found him confronting Aknadin, or what Aknadin had become, the Shadow Magus. I decided to fight along side Seto, but Aknadin extracted my dragon and Seto killed him, but before he died. He sent his soul into Seto's mind and forced him to fight the Pharaoh. However, I managed to get through to him and kill Aknadin for good, but my physical body was dead. So instead, I merged my spirit with my dragon, just like Priest Mahad merged with his ka after Diabound killed him to become the Dark Magician and eternal servant of the Pharaoh to become Seto's eternal servant. My dragon may have looked the same, but it was my spirit within it. In effect, I became the Blue Eyes White Dragon and I am one with all three cards. You ripped the forth one, destroying a part of me, but that's forgivable."
Kaiba was speechless. He had to admit that even though he believed that it was all just a big fairytale, Kisara had succeeded in gaining his interest. He had to admit that it was touching.
"Like I said before, I don't expect you to believe me," Kisara, said, "I just felt like telling you that."
"I have to admit that you'd make a good storyteller," Kaiba said.
Kisara just laughed.
"So how are things between you, Serenity and Mokuba?"
"Fine," Kaiba, said, "I'm finding that I'm able to tolerate those geeks more than I did before, though it doesn't mean I'm their friend."
"That's so typical of you Seto," Kisara, said, "Anyway, that's all Yugi wants. If you can't be his friend, then at least tolerate him."
Kaiba smiled. Though he'd changed, some of his old personality was still there, that much was evident.
"I guess no matter how much people change, parts of their old self still remain in their hearts," Kisara said.
"Just as well," Kaiba, said, "Don't want to overdo it with kindness. Anyway, it'll be a few years before Serenity and I even consider marriage or even intimacy. If anything, the five-year age gap has allowed us to take this relationship a step at a time and I speak assuming that it'll last. However, anything's possible."
Kisara smiled and said, "Yes. Hopefully if you ever run into any trouble, you'll either resolve it or depart on good terms."
Kaiba said, "I hope so. Now that I've changed somewhat, I've looked back on myself and realised that mostly everything that Serenity said before she humiliated me said was true. I really don't like the person I was back then and I hope I don't turn back into that person again."
"I should hope not as well," Kisara, said, "However, I can now honestly say that you have won over your stepfather."
Kaiba smirked.
"Indeed I have," he thought, "How's that for you Gozaburo? I defeated you again."
Suddenly, Hobson came out and Kisara disappeared.
"Sorry to bother you Mr Kaiba, but Miss Wheeler's here," he said.
Kaiba smiled and said, "I'll be done in a minute Hobson. Escort her to the living room and tell her to make herself at home."
"Yes sir," Hobson said.
Kaiba then finished up what he was doing and closed his laptop and went inside.
"Don't worry Serenity," he thought, "I'll make sure nothing like what I did to you happens to you again."
Seto Kaiba's life had really taken a turn for the better, but from within the reaches of Kaiba's mind, Kisara kept on wondering if this change would last.
Author's Notes: That's it, the grand finale to this fic. I apologise for the delayed update. It's just that I've been having some computer problems lately. However, hopefully that's the end of them. Anyway, I thought I'd let you know my opinion on a ka, since the explanation that Shimon gave Yami seemed to clash with what was described in the Orichalcos Saga as an alternative dimension where monsters lived. I know that kas where only in the Japanese version and the manga, but I decided to blend the two versions together, as some other authors do because I find that the American version also leaves bits outs and edits some words out even though they're not offensive in any way. However, I like it anyway and I've only seen the American version, so that's why I'm not using everyone's Japanese names.