Touch Me, Kiss Me, Love Me, But Don't Hurt Me
Chapter Five
10:23 P.M
A gasp could be heard from the darkened room. Kaiba sat up suddenly, breathing heavily. A sheen of sweat covered his body. He turned and looked at the time.
"Oh fuck." He swore under his breath. Kaiba looked around, and saw where he was. Yami was lying down on the bed, breathing softly.
Kaiba quickly dressed again and went to his study.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid. You have a killer after you, and you decide to waste a day sleeping. How fucking pathetic. Calm down."
For the next ten minutes Kaiba paced, back and forth in front of the fire.
Suddenly the desk light shut off, and the electrical fire shut down. Kaiba stopped for a moment.
"What the hell…?" he went to the light switch and flipped it up and down, nothing happened. The blackness of the room remained as was. Kaiba found his way to the desk, trying the switch for the light there, but with no luck. When he checked the drawer for the flashlight, no batteries were found.
"This is getting ridicules." Kaiba breathed and made his was to the door, but stopped when the black cell phone on his desk went off. Kaiba had forgotten he had left it there.
Kaiba followed the light and looked at the number on the phone, but it was still undetermined.
"This isn't funny."
"Seto Kaiba." The voice cooed. "Now what would make you think this was a joke? In fact Mr. Kaiba, I happen to be fairly humorous, or so I like to think."
Kaiba didn't respond and he soon heard the other laughing softly. The sound was so perfect, at least to Kaiba.
"You're still in the dark aren't you Mr. Kaiba?"
"Where are you? You've been in here haven't you?"
"You're the smart one, I know you should be able to figure it out. When something is this simple, Mr. Kaiba, what do you do?"
"I'm tired of your riddles."
There was another soft laugh.
"Oh come now Mr. Kaiba. Here I thought you were the smart one. Here's another that I've already said, how do you shed light on something when there is only darkness?"
He didn't allow time for a response.
"I have left a very simple trail Mr. Kaiba."
"What?"
Kaiba heard a sigh on the other end, "I do hope you won't need my help through out this entire game. I need some reassurance that you are still up to my challenge and hopefully you haven't lost all of your intelligence. Mr. Kaiba, try and shed some light in the darkness." The line went dead.
"Try and shed some light? What does he mean?" Kaiba turned his head around in the dark room, "Shed some light…"
Kaiba quickly walked around the desk, bending down, and feeling for the plug for the light. After a few seconds of searching he found it. He felt along the wall and returned the wire to its original place.
He rose and turned it on; the room was now illuminated in light.
For the second time the phone rang.
He picked it up demanding, "How did you get in here?"
"Well done Mr. Kaiba, it seems my game can continue without my continues help. Now Mr. Kaiba as for your question, do you honestly believe I don't know how to pick a lock?"
"You're watching me right now aren't you? How else would you know I turned the light on?"
Red burst into laughter. "Perhaps, but even if I am, you'll never know."
"Where are you?"
Red paused, "Maybe I'm close by, maybe I'm not. At the moment I'm in your shadow, hiding behind your back. So Mr. Kaiba what did you learn today?"
"I learned that you are a sick person."
"Is that all? How very disappointing for me."
"Why are you calling me Red? I thought I could only contact you through that damn newspaper you talked about in your first letter."
"Yes about that. There has been a small change in that part of this game. I want you to hear my voice Mr. Kaiba, and know that your life is short lived."
"…"
"No reply? That's fine…"
"What's next Red?"
"I've left a present for you one the couch, go get it."
Kaiba looked up and walked over to the black leather couch, looking down. There was a medium sized black envelope resting on the side.
"I've got it."
"Now open it." Kaiba placed the phone between his shoulder and ear, as he opened the envelope, he could hear the other humming softly. The tune was familiar but Kaiba could not make it out.
There was only one piece of paper within. It was a calendar page, the months days were there. The first day of the month was crossed off in a red marker, it was in the form of an X. Thirteen of the days that followed were blank, and the fifteenth day was circled in red. The remaining days of the month were blacked out with ink.
"I don't need a calendar, I have one already. You should know by now I'm perfectly capable of knowing when the deadline is."
Kaiba heard a soft chuckling, "Just a reminder Mr. Kaiba, that's all. Now I asked before and you blew me off, what have you learned?"
Kaiba felt like reaching through the phone and strangling Red's neck. Instead he clenched his jaw. "Is the boy that lives with me apart of this game?"
"The boy? Ah yes the boy, what was his name again? Hmmm, anyway it's up to you to figure out if he is."
"Hn, you wrote to me, that someone would be coming into my life very soon. And he came into it. Are you planning on hurting him or using him perhaps?"
"I could have meant him, or I could have meant someone else entirely. You are only asking questions, whish the answers are right in front of you. What else besides the boy, have you learned?"
"You planned this game uniquely."
"Quite true."
"People will betray me, am I right?"
"The ones that you trust, the one you give your all for, or even a small amount, will take advantage of your kindness. Because that is human nature, is it not?"
"Since when have I been kind?"
"You took that boy in. you care for your brothers. That's quite a lot. Just remember the time line, Mr. Kaiba, when it ends," There was another short laugh; "Well you know what will happen. Oh and by the way Mr. Kaiba, don't forget to get a lawyer, I haven't forgotten about my letter. I intend to use it to its full extent."
"You know none of that is true Red."
Red's voice suddenly went cold and flat, "Don't push what little luck you have left Mr. Kaiba."
With that, the conversation ended.