YUGIOH

Hopeless Collisions

Chapter 3.

Pegasus entered, arms open wide, as he cheerfully said, "Ah....Kaiba-boy, it's been a long time. Maybe too long." He looked Kaiba over, and tsked. "You know, you're not looking very well. I know....it's about your brother, isn't it? Everyone had to hear about it from the newspaper....what a horrible tragedy. You may not believe this, but I know what it's like to lose someone who's meant the world to you."

"Why are you here?" Kaiba asked.

Pegasus smiled, "Ahh....to the point, as usual. Even a harsh tragedy can't change that part of you, can it? That's good....it shows somewhere in that mess of a person you are right now, there's still a fighter in you, ready to come out. I want to tell you a story, Kaiba-boy....something about my own history. Something I feel you probably never heard of about me, before."

Kaiba went for his shot glass, but Pegasus quickly grabbed it away, before he could take a drink from it. "Ah-ah-ah....no, no. You're going to hear this story with whatever brain cells you can. Because this story, my boy....you're going to want to hear. Hmmmm...."

Pegasus looked around the room, looking for something to dump Kaiba's drink into. "There we go....this will do." Pegasus said, dumping it into a 1/2 filled pot of coffee. "It's probably too old to drink, anyway. Now, where was I?"

"You're telling a story...." Kaiba mumbled, having absolutely no interest in his voice, as he considered pulling out the vodka from his drawer, to drink it straight from the bottle.

"Ahh....yes, the story. This is a story of love, Kaiba. You remember back during my tournament when I tried to take over your company, steal everyone's soul, and Yugi's Millennium Puzzle....right? Well, you may not know this, but I didn't do all that for power, or greed, or any such thing. Like yourself now, I too had a great loss in my life....my wife Cecelia." Pegasus said sadly.

Kaiba now pulled out the bottle of Vodka, which Pegasus grabbed from him immediately, saying, "I too felt like my life had come crashing down when she died, shortly after our marriage. But, did I give up? No. You see, I realized that drowning in my sorrows wasn't going to do anything for me. It wasn't going to stop the pain, and it certainly wouldn't bring my love back to me. So, I decided I would fight....fight to return her into my life, once again. After all....why sit wallowing in self-pity, if I could instead bring her back and be happy?"

Pegasus put the Vodka bottle down near the coffee, as Kaiba was leaning heavily on his hand, looking like he was about to pass-out. Pegasus pulled Kaiba's face up to look at him, saying, "I heard there were items that had the power to bring back the dead....that is how I ended up with my Millennium Eye. With it, I could see her....she was within my grasp. But, I couldn't bring her to me, I couldn't touch her....the Millennium Eye wasn't enough. But, I felt if I could increase its power while making use of your virtual reality technology....I could succeed in bringing her back. And of course, an extra Millennium Item or two certainly wouldn't hurt."

"Your boring me, Pegasus." Kaiba muttered, pulling away from him. "Perhaps I'm missing the point to this ludicrous story of yours."

Pegasus approached behind the desk with Kaiba, saying, "I did everything to you, to Yugi, to your company....to bring back Cecelia, Seto Kaiba. And with the loss of my Millennium Eye, I had once again, given up hope. But, you know what they say.....you can always find a light in the darkness. You have now lost your brother, Kaiba-boy....but if we work together, we can both get what we want!"

Kaiba did not like where Pegasus was going with this conversation, making it sound like he was happy that Mokuba was dead. He grabbed Pegasus by the collar, shoving him up against the wall, as he spat, "What the hell are you trying to sell? Do you honestly think you can convince me that you can bring Mokuba from the dead? Just because you're insane, does not mean that you're going to take my sanity with you. He's dead! There's nothing that can be done about it!"

"You sound angry." Pegasus said, in mock-hurt. "If anything, I thought you would be happy. Anyone else that has approached you, all they probably had to say was how sorry they were, and cheer up....your brother's dead. I, on the other hand, have come here offering you a chance to fight against nature itself, granting you the option of being with your brother, once again. Don't tell me you haven't seen the power behind these Millennium Items. You've seen it from me, you were in a coma from it for a week because of Yugi's Puzzle, I'm sure you have witnessed it from others carrying them, as well as the great might of the Egyptian God cards I re-created from my own artistic talent. You've seen their power, and I know of another thing you have seen, as well. The little trip to the museum, being shown hidden in the back room the ancient stone depiction's of the Pharaoh fighting the priest...."

Kaiba released Pegasus, surprised to hear him know about this. "Where did you hear this?" He asked.

"Maybe you don't know....I once traveled to Egypt itself, that allowed me to recreate the game of Duel Monsters. I saw the stone tablet of you and Yugi on it, myself. It was that very tablet that let me know of the God card's existence. But that's not all. As an Archeologist, I happen to have very good ties with the museum, and heard about your....'personal tour'." Pegasus said. He then laughed, saying, "Seto Kaiba, ancient Egyptian priest....who would have thought?"

Kaiba groaned, and turned away from Pegasus. He walked to the window, looking out over Domino city, as he replied, "I don't believe in any of that nonsense, so you can just forget preaching to me about it."

"What are you afraid of, Kaiba? That it might be true? If so, then why are you refusing to embrace it? It is the ultimate proof in showing that a soul can be brought back again and again. Think of how many times you have died generations after generations....and lived again in another life, another time." Pegasus said.

"I'm not listening to this. Fairy tales aren't my thing...." Kaiba said.

"Tell me, Kaiba-boy....what do have to lose by embracing this? And most importantly, if there is the possibility of getting your brother back, think of what you have to gain by believing. Isn't it worth it? Isn't 'he' worth it? To have a chance to be with him again, wouldn't you be willing to do anything just to have him back??" Pegasus questioned.

Kaiba froze from Pegasus' words. He struggled with himself on those thoughts, then finally gave in, dropping his head in defeat. This was probably a deal with the devil Pegasus was offering, but what did it matter to him? Pegasus was right....he had nothing to lose, and everything to gain. His words came out as a whisper, as he answered, "Fine....you win. What do you want me to do?"

Special Note: After a wonderful review from someone that I sadly cannot reply to, it gave me the idea to make a note for any readers new to my fan stories, to let them be aware of how I do things. Like many of you out there, if there's one thing I can't stand....it's reading a fanfic that is incomplete. So, believe me when I say 'you're not alone'. Because of which, I never submit a story unless it has all ready been 100 percent totally completed on my side, to ensure I never do that to you people. The time I take between chapters is not creating more of the story, it's re-editing the chapters I all ready did to make sure I didn't make any real stupid mistakes that I missed (which I seem to continue to find it seems, no matter how many times I proof read my work!). It's really a good thing I do this too, because what you see is really only 10 percent of the story ideas I pump out on my machine, most all of them incomplete and will probably never be seen.

I also always try my hardest to keep the characters, well....'in character', if I can. I can't say it always works, but I try. There is a great deal of blatant disregard for the character's personalities out there in the story world, most of which I prefer not to read because of which, and I'd really prefer to not add to that pile if I can avoid it.

Pegasus: This is probably the first time I ever submitted Pegasus into one of my public works. I actually wrote him before, but never really submitted him since the job was never finished. When I first started to watch Yugioh, Pegasus was infact the first character that got me interested. Kaiba was the second, and only after Pegasus was no longer a main character in the series. If there's one thing that Pegasus and Kaiba have in common, it's that they both hold a lot inside of themselves. The difference is they both hide their emotions in very different ways. While Kaiba is like an impenetrable brick wall, Pegasus is very fluid and flamboyant. His wall is probably made of a toon-like rubber that simply bounces people off. He has an attitude that outwardly doesn't seem to take anyone seriously, and nothing bothers him. But at the same time, he certainly has his serious moods....they're just not seen very often. Anyway, I'm hoping that I successfully get him down correctly in the story, especially since this is my first official fic with him.