LazerWulf: Wow! 100 reviews already? And just in time for my birthday.
Joey: When's your birthday?
LazerWulf: February 14...
Joey: Valentine's Day! How come ya neva said nothin'?
LazerWulf: I just did. Anyway, since I have so many reviewers, and limited space to thank them all, I'll just answer a few that had questions. In no particular order...
Yollandak - Good question. I knew someone would bring that up. I'll discuss that this chapter.
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SecludedSapphire - I'll say this... It is, and yet it isn't.
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Joey: Someone mention cake?
LazerWulf: Oh, quit thinking with your stomach.
Joey: What? I can't help it.
LazerWulf: You better, or I'll replace you with Kaiba.
Joey: You wouldn't dare...
Seto: Someone call my name?
Joey: Oh, no ya don't, moneybags. Dis is my shtick.
Seto: As if a mutt like you could do this job properly.
Joey: Dat's it! ((grabs a giant mallet and starts chasing Kaiba)) Get out of here!
Seto: Someone get this lunatic away from me!
LazerWulf: ((sweatdrops)) Err... Let's just start the fic.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kisara, but I own Lyn. I don't own Mokuba, but I own Abukom. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, but I own this AU. I also own Max and Sam.
'Yami to Hikari'
'Hikari to Yami'
The Return of the Priest
Chapter 13: Who knows?
Seto's POV
Ok, so it wasn't the worst thing that could happen. At least Mokuba doesn't think I talk to myself anymore. I'm talking to my past self, but there's a difference...
Isn't there?
After getting over my initial shock, I repeated my question.
"Mokuba, what are you doing in my room?"
"I had finished all my homework and I was bored. So I started snooping around your room."
"What!"
"Relax, aibou," Seth interjected. "He didn't get very far. I revealed myself to him before he started messing with anything."
"Don't call me 'aibou', Seth. We're not partners. And what do you mean, revealed?"
"It was so freaky, Nii-sama. He just appeared behind me. At first, I thought he was a holographic security system, due to the fact that he was translucent. But then he started talking to me. To me, Seto, not at me."
"And what have you been telling him, Priest?"
"He was asking questions about Abukom, so I told him."
"Did you know that it was Abukom who suggested the sealing of the items?"
"Uh, yeah, I think I've heard something like that," I gave the Spirit of the Rod a glare that would have killed him, had he not already been dead. "Mokuba, why don't you go to bed? We'll discuss all this in the morning."
I ushered my brother to his own room before returning to my own to get ready for bed, where my thoughts were rudely interrupted.
'So, how did it go?'
'I told her everything, if that's what you mean.'
'And...'
'And I feel like a total fool.'
'You feel vulnerable.'
'It's just... what's to stop her from blabbing my life's story to the nearest tabloids?'
'Do you really think she'd do that?'
'No.'
'So you trust her.'
I paused. I had never really considered the trust factor. Gozaburo taught me not to trust anyone. But Lyn...
'Yeah, I guess I do.'
'Good night, aibou.'
'I told you...'
I was interrupted by his soft laughter as he retreated into his Soul Room.
Sometimes...
Lyn's POV
The next morning, I awoke to the sound of a ringing phone.
"Lyn, honey, telephone!"
"Thanks, Mom!" I scrambled out of bed and picked up the receiver. "Hello?"
"So," Anzu's voice greeted me on the other end of the line, "how was your date?"
"It's Saturday morning! Couldn't you let me sleep in?"
"Sleep in! It's 1:00 in the afternoon!"
"That early?"
"Come on, spill."
"All right, since I'm up now anyway." I settled into a more comfortable position. "Oh, Anzu, it was fantastic. He picked me up at my house in his limo, and he brought me violets, because he knew what my name meant."
"Wow."
"I know! He took me to this French restaurant, where he..." I stopped short. I promised him I wouldn't tell, but I guess I picked a bad spot to pause the conversation.
"What... Where he what? You didn't..."
"No! He was the perfect gentleman."
"Hah!"
"What's so funny?"
"I just have trouble picturing Kaiba as a 'gentleman'."
"Well, it's true. I guess I've seen a side of Seto that you haven't." In more ways than one. I added, mentally.
"So what happened at the restaurant?"
"Oh, we just talked a lot. I ate my filet mignon; he ate his foie gras..."
"Do you even know what that is?"
"Well, no. I didn't ask, and he didn't say. After the escargot incident, I'm not sure I want to know."
"It's goose liver."
"Eww. Gross. I actually tried some!"
"And what did you think?"
"Well, it wasn't unpleasant, but I didn't know what it was at the time."
"So what'd you do afterwards?"
"Nothing. After we ate, he took me home."
"That's it?"
"Well, it was getting pretty late..."
"Just how long did you guys talk?"
"Almost 4 hours."
"4 hours!"
"Well, it was mostly him talking..."
"Oh, I'm sure it was! Did he bore you? I can just picture that egotistical creep droning on and on about himself..."
"Anzu..."
"...probably talking about his latest stock acquisitions..."
"Anzu..."
"...too cheap to take you to a movie or something..."
"ANZU!"
"What!"
"It wasn't like that! The whole reason for the date was so that he could talk to me!"
"About what?"
"His past!"
Dead silence. I knew I had said too much.
"Anzu, I'm sorry, but I have to go."
I hung up.
Two hours later, I found myself in front of the entrance to the Kame Game store. I didn't know why, but, for some reason, I had to talk to Yugi.
I walked in, and was immediately greeted by the chipper youth.
"Hey, Lyn, what brings you here?"
"I wanted to get your opinion on this." I pulled out the card I had received from Pegasus.
"A Blue Eyes White Dragon? A fifth Blue Eyes White Dragon! Where did you get this?"
"It was a gift from Maximillion Pegasus, after my father died."
He looked at me with the same look I always get when people learn of my father's passing.
"Oh, Lyn, I'm so sorry."
It's not that I hate that look; it's just that I'm tired of it. It's one of the reasons we left Sweden.
"Thank You. It's been rough, but we're moving on. Now, about the card?"
"Oh, right! You say Pegasus gave this to you?"
"Yes, he was a friend of my father's. He hand-painted it, too."
"Wow, a Blue Eyes White Dragon card hand-painted by Pegasus? That's gotta be worth more than Kaiba's three cards combined!"
"Yugi, I didn't come here to find out what it's worth, I came to find out what it meant."
"What what meant?"
"This card! I just find it strange that Pegasus sent me this card right before I met the man who owns 3 of them."
"Kaiba?"
"Mmhmm."
"I don't know what to say, Lyn. Pegasus has always been a bit eccentric. Perhaps it's just coincidence. I don't know what else to say."
"Oh. Okay, thanks for your help."
Coincidence? Perhaps, but perhaps not. What was it that Seto said last night?
"I didn't believe in destiny, Lyn, I still don't, but meeting you has to be more than a coincidence."
In more ways than one...
Reader's POV
A solitary figure walked down the street.
"Yes... This will do nicely. They're both asleep, totally unaware of what I have done, and I'll be back before they realize that they've gone anywhere..."
Seto: Hmph. So Lyn blabbed to Anzu, did she? And why wasn't I made aware of this other Blue Eyes?
LazerWulf: Oh, quit overreacting. She didn't say anything. And you'll learn about her Blue Eyes when the time is right.
Seto: But why did she go to Yugi?
Joey: Maybe she tought dat if she went ta you, ya'd rip her card up.
Seto: Why would she think that?
LazerWulf: Well, you did tell her that you ripped up the Blue Eyes card that Yugi's grandpa had...
Joey: Ya also told her dat you were schizophrenic wit' hallucinations.
Seto: Who asked you, mutt?
Joey: I swear, if ya call me mutt one more time...
Seto: You'll do what, mutt?
Joey: Dat's it! ((jumps at Kaiba, and the two are quickly obscured by a cloud of smoke))
Seto: As if that hurts!
Joey: Oh, yeah?
Seto: Yeah!
LazerWulf: ((Sweatdrops)) Heh heh, while these two resolve their differences, howsabout you review?
Next: The Mystery Man's plan comes to fruition...
