Jasmine POV
Present Day –
"I already told you I am not wearing a dress when greeting the duellists" I say, my arms crossed over my chest standing in the dining room, father stood by the fireplace with me about a foot away,
"But you are my princess of my kingdom, it is the symbol I have of you here" he says, a glass of his red wine in hand,
"I want respect and a challenge father, not for them to take one look at me and laugh. I'm not going to stand there in a giant dress that will constrict me" I say, he sighs at this, then looks back to me after gazing at the fire,
"Alright, you may wear what you wish for the greetings" he says, I nod with a light smile in thanks, there is no way I am wearing a dress, especially not one that he was on about me wearing.
"Why were the big five here father? They've been coming more often what do they want?" I ask, accepting a drink from the waiter,
"That is my business, how are the arrangements coming along?" he asks, I frown at this, worried about what he is up to, just seems to be getting worse.
"Everything's fine, however I saw another invitation being sent but didn't see a name" I say, looking to him questioningly, he grins at this, he's done something
"I've invited a young duellist who I have found has great potential, real spirit. His name is Yugi Moto" he says, but my eyes widen as soon as he says that name.
"Yugi Moto, I've heard of him" I say, remembering Seto telling me of his duel with this Yugi,
"Yes, he is the duellist to who beat Seto Kaiba, so I invited him" he says, I frown at him for this,
"A duellist we have never heard of before, beats Seto Kaiba with a heck of a lot of luck. And you invite him to duellist kingdom to contend with other players to get the title king of games?" I say, not liking this at all,
"Now now my dear, don't let your feelings for the elder Kaiba get in the way of our plans" he says, I roll my eyes at this,
"Your plans" I mutter quietly, taking a sip of the wine, needing it, but father steps closer to me, my attention fully on him,
"Nothing is more important my dear. Once we have the souls needed, your mother will be back and we will be complete" he says, I put my drink down on the table by us,
"Father, we are a family! You and me, mother died and we both miss her, but we shouldn't ruin other people's lives to try to do something that shouldn't be done. She's gone. Why can't you be happy with what you have?" I ask, desperately looking at him with need, wanting – needing him to realise that what he is doing is evil.
"You were just an infant when she died, you won't remember but she kept us all together, she was the strength I needed and I need her back" he says, his eyes having that glare in them,
"Why am I not good enough for you father? All my life I have done all I can to please you, anything you wanted I did, as long as it made you happy. Why isn't that enough?" I ask, tears running down my eyes, turning and walking away from him, opening and slamming the doors closed behind me.
Hurriedly I go to my room, bringing my phone out of my pocket and calling Seto,
"Jasmine are you alright?" Seto answers,
"Seto you need to listen to me, you need to stay away from duellist kingdom, do not come to the game, keep yourself and Mokuba away and don't trust the big five" I say, locking my bedroom door securely,
"Jasmine, Mokuba is missing! I don't know where he is" he says, my eyes widen at this,
"Where are you?" I ask, going onto my computer trying to think of something that might stop all this,
"I'm at the summer house, I can't access my company's mainframe. My main computer has told me I have been locked out" he says, I frown at this, what the heck is going on?
"The big five have been speaking with my father, I've seen them having meetings but I don't know what it's been about, I never got invited to the meetings. Seto my father is going mad, he's…he thinks he can bring my mother back from the dead by using the soul of the winner for his tournament. I don't know what to think. He's obsessed Seto, I've tried talking him out of all this so many times…I'm frightened" I say, tears running down my cheeks.
"That's insane…you need to get out of there" he says, I'm glad I can tell him this, he knows as well as I do that magic and sorcery the likes my father is convinced he can do, don't exist,
"I can't, I need to do something. I need to help these people. I need to help you find Mokuba and help get you your company back" I say, wiping my tears away,
"Alright, I'll call you if I find anything out" he says,
"Same" I say, hanging up. Typing in some codes and getting into company's files, trying to get an idea of why my father is being associated with the big five of all people.
Digging further in I start to learn some new things, father's involvement with the big five, emails and transactions. They want KaibaCorp, they want the money that Seto has worked so hard to get for his company, I always knew they were too greedy and creeps. I look more into the information they have been passing along to one another, frowning further, they want KaibaCorp but they can't without Seto…or Mokuba!
That's why he's gone missing they must have him!
I reach for my phone but find there's no signal, that's not possible we always have signal.
KNOCK KNOCK!
I turn in my chair from this,
"Miss Pegasus, your father wishes to speak with you" says Peter from the other side of the door, I frown at this, standing and making my way to the door, opening it to see him there. I nod to him and he leads me out,
"What's happening Peter?" I ask, but he doesn't say anything, damn I don't like this.
He leads me to father's tower, I first look to the painting of my mother, wishing beyond anything that she were here. Then look to my father who is looking down at his desk, I see three cards next to one another, two are blank, but one has what I can just see is an image of an elderly man looking out of the photograph, as if to me with a look of plead, like he's trapped…oh no.
I look to father, there's no way his theories were true, he can't capture souls…can he?
"Father what have you done?" I ask, looking at him fearfully,
"Jasmine you have been very naughty, warning Seto-Boy of my plans. You are forcing me to do this my dear" he says, I frown at this, then suddenly feel my wrists being held and look in time to see chain cuffs on my wrists, two men on either side of me, I look to father shocked, he's…he's chaining me up.
"F-father?" I ask, feeling myself shake,
"I cannot have you meddling my dear. You are going to stay put in the cells, where you will be safe and not cause trouble" he says, then nodding to the men who begin to lead me out, but just as we stand in front of father I dig my heels in forcing us to stop,
"You want mother back so badly? Take my soul then! You clearly don't care about me! You haven't since she died! So use my soul to get her back!" I shout, tears running down my cheeks, he wants her back so badly I will help him by giving my soul to bring her back, id do anything to end this madness.
"No, my dear, when your mother is back then we will be a family" he says, his hand on my cheek affectionately, but I stop myself from crying out loud, tears flooding down my cheeks,
"I used to think you and I were a family. I love you father, you are all I need, I wish that were the same case with you" I say, looking away from him, not wanting to hear anymore from him and start walking away, the two men following behind me, I practically lead them to the cells. Letting them lock me inside.
"Your food will be brought in an hour" Peter says, I nod at this, looking away to the wall, rubbing my wrists from where I had the chains on.