Once Upon A December
By: Shy Freefall
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Yu-Gi-Oh. I also don't own the title. So please don't sue me!
pairings: SxS, JxM, YxT, and others.
Warning: Characters may be a little OOC (Out Of Character).
Last time:
Seto nodded and said, "Nice to meet you."
Joey did the same thing, but held out his hand,
"Yeah, same here." The two boys shook hands... in a sign of friendship, that was going to last for a very long time.
Chapter 2- 4 years later
10 year old Shizuka was at the park... the same park that she and Seto had met at 4 years prior... Karasu Park. Since that day, she, Seto, and Jounouchi would always meet at the park two times a week, but if they were lucky, three to four times a week. And Jounouchi and Seto, since that day became inseperable best friends. And Seto had even agreed to teach Shizuka and Jounouchi how to duel, and boy how thrilled they were.
But today was different.
Today, Jounouchi and Shizuka's mother and father were going to get divorced, and Shizuka needed someone to help her through this.
Just then, she heard footsteps behind her and spun around to face whoever it was... but unfortunately, she spun around a little too fast and fell... right into a certain someone's arms.
The person chuckled, and when Shizuka looked up, she saw a pair of cobalt eyes, and the tears that had welled up behind her eyes had begun to spill down her cheeks.
"Hey, Shizuka. What's wrong?" asked the gentle voice. Shizuka couldn't hold back her tears anymore, much less talk. Instead of answering him, she just let her tears fall, and leaned on him for support. The young 12 year old boy didn't understand what was going on, and Jounouchi had often teased him about being the only person to ever make Shizuka smile, which was only half true.
"S-set-o..." came Shizuka's choked out reply. Seto looked down at Shizuka, she looked alone and her eyes held such hopelessness and distress.
"What's wrong, Shizuka?" asked Seto, as he supported her, he gently led her to the same spot that they had fought the bullies for the very first time. Glad for the support of her friend, she leaned on his chest and cried.
"Shhhh... it's going to be okay, Shizuka. I may not know what the matter is..." Seto started, but was cut off by Shizuka's teary reply, "My p-parents..."
At that moment, Seto's heart went out to his young friend. 'She doesn't deserve to go through this.' he thought to himself.
"Hey, why don't we sit here for a while, okay?" he asked her, while gently pushing her away from himself and seating himself right at the base of a Wisteria tree. Shizuka nodded her agreement and seated herself next to him at the base of the same Wisteria tree. Suddenly, she felt so warm and fuzzy inside, when Seto put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her to him. Shizuka greatly felt relieved enough to tell him what she was crying about, and instead, snuggled closer to Seto, who allowed her to rest her head in the crook of his arm.
"So what about your parents?" asked Seto, after about 10 minutes of silence, except the rustling of the wind, chirping of the birds, and rushing of the nearby river. Shizuka opened her eyes, finally greatful for the distraction from falling asleep on Seto. She looked up at him with suspicion in her eyes. Then, she let up and complied saying rather sadly,
"My parents are getting divorced today. And my mom says that as soon as that is over with, she's gonna take me with her somewhere far away from here. But..." she trailed off, leaving Seto at a loss for words.
"But what, Shi?" he asked, calling her by her favorite nickname.
"But I'm afraid... that I'll never see you again!" she exclaimed, letting fresh tears stream down her cheeks.
"Shhhhh... it's going to be alright, Shi. Don't ever think that we won't see each other again. And besides, is Joey gonna stay?" Shizuka nodded her head uncertainly.
"I don't know. But what's going to happen now? I mean, when will we meet again?" Seto chuckled and looked down at the young girl, who was blushing a pretty shade of light rose red, that was spreading across her cheeks.
"We'll let the future take it's path and we'll take our own. And I promise you, somewhere along the way, we'll meet again." he said, as he rubbed his hand against her shoulder.
"Promise, Seto?" asked Shizuka, as she looked up at the him with hope literally shining on her face and in her hazel eyes.
"Promise, Shi." he replied. But about one hour and a half later, they heard Jounouchi's voice, he was saying,
"But, Ma! Can't she stay for a few days more?"
The two friends looked at each other, then got up to run, but Shizuka couldn't run fast enough and was caught by one of her mother's personal body guards, Michael Hazel was his name- he was an american, who was a recent grad student from a one year japanese college in law enforcement. Shizuka struggled against Michael's hold, but when she stepped on his foot- hard, his grip loosened and she was able to escape and run after Seto.
Seto turned when he heard a scuffle not 3 yards away and found to his horror a young man about 18 maybe 19 years of age, struggling to keep Shizuka in his grasp, up until she stepped on his foot and slipped her wrist out of the young man's grasp and start running toward him, while the young man was hopping aroung on his one uninjured foot.
As she came up to him, he said,
"Let's go, Shi!" The two of them headed right toward the Flower Forest as they called it, where they both knew what would come up next. And Lo and behold, the same group of bullies came out of nowhere and surrounded them, and now the boy from before was a lot tougher than before... but not smarter than before. Then, he spoke.
"Well, well, well. Look what the dog dragged in. The same two kids that outran us before. Looks like we'll get our revenge. What do you think, Boys?" At that moment, Jounouchi, Ms. Katsuya, and 3 other people came into view. Just in time to witness Shizuka and Seto fighting the same bullies, and Jounouchi came in the fight-- just as he saw the same bully manhandle his sister, but not before he saw her give him (the head bully) the knee in the same spot as before, and like before keeled over.
"Shizuka!" Ms. Katsuya admonished her daughter, when she saw what her daughter had done. Jounouchi then punched the keeled over guy in the face, but then glanced over and saw Seto about to get jumped from behind.
"Seto! Behind you!" yelled Jounouchi, as he turned around and punched another guy, who was gonna jump himself.
Seto was so busy that he didn't see someone coming up behind him... right up until Jounouchi's warning, he spun around and punched the guy in the face and knocked him backwards about 5 feet- dazed.
Michael just stood there, and watched the young girl jump into some nearby oak and birch trees with the agility of a gymnast and was amazed that after about 20 minutes or so, the boys-- also skilled in agility, were tiring down... fast. Finally, after about an hour and a half later, there were twelve unconscience bodies on the hard ground and about 10 others, tired out in the oak and birch trees. And Seto, Jounouchi, and Shizuka were a tired bunch to even look at.
"Shizuka Kai Katsuya, we're leaving right now. I'm not going to stay here in this city of fight- loving boys. No, we will leave right now." Ms. Katsuya stated, as she grabbed Shizuka by the arm and dragged her away before Seto or Jounouchi could do anything. But Shizuka called out to them, bringing them both back to the present.
"Jounouchi! Seto!" Shizuka yelled out, before her mother dragged her into the car and closed the door after herself as she got in after Shizuka.
"Shizuka! Don't go!" yelled out Jounouchi, but before he knew it, he was running after the rapidly disappearing limo. But soon he found himself held back by a pair of strong arms... they weren't Seto's... they were his father's.
"There's nothing you can do now, Jounouchi. Your sister will grow up just like your mother. You'll never see her again." he said, as he held his son back. Meanwhile, Seto was being held back by a pair of strong arms himself.
"Let me go! My best friend needs me!" he cried out at the man who was holding him back.
"No, Seto. You have studying to do. You'll have no time for that Katsuya boy. And you'll never see that selfish Katsuya girl ever again." the man said sternly, as he pulled... no dragged Seto into another limo taht was waiting for the two of them. the man had black hair with two streaks in his hair. two streaks on each side of his head, about 5'9, and was wearing a grey business suit. His name was Gozaboro Kaiba, Seto's father, who was the President of a huge company called Kaiba Corp.
The 3 friends/siblings were all devastated at what was happening to them. But they knew that someday, they would meet again. Shizuka disappears, Jounouchi moves with his father to Kyoto, and Seto studies hard as he is Gozaboro's heir to Kaiba Corp. But no one knew that the paths of these 3 friends/siblings would ever meet again, before the actual time came.
A/n: Gomen nasai for the late late update. ;
Too much to do in so little time, hehe, well, i sincerely hope that all of you who read this enjoyed the story so far... but if you haven't at all guess who the head bully is who tries to hurt Shizuka, well, I might never reveal his name in any one chappie! hee hee
Don't forget to R&R!
Until next time,
Peace out,
Shy Freefall