Pheonix: Well, here we are for the next chapter. Are we on chapter 10 now Cerberus?
Cerberus: Yea, yea. Let me sleep woman. /Pheonix rolls eyes./
Pheonix: He was tossing and turning all night from the heat. *Cough* Despite me telling him to sleep in summer pajamas he insists on wearing his winter pjs. *Cough*
Cerberus: I can hear you Pheonix!
Pheonix: Yea? Well maybe if you can hear me, you should listen to me more often! It might do you some good. Enjoy the chapter and please review!
What Wasn't There
By Sailor Pheonix1997
Kisara woke up and realized that she was lying against something firm and warm. She opened her eyes and met with the black clothing that was familiar with Atemu.
"Nii-sama?" she whispered as a hand ran through her hair.
"Not even close," Seto chuckled.
"Seto-kun!" Kisara almost shrieked as she pushed herself up and pushed out the wrinkles in her nightgown. Seto pushed himself up on his elbow and smirked as her face turned slightly red. "I didn't mean to fall asleep on you like that," she whispered.
"It's fine. You're rather cute when you're sleeping." Kisara's cheeks flamed even more as she looked out the window. The black clouds still lingered over the skies but flashes of gold and silver lit them up along with the multi-colored lightning bolts.
"I take it my brothers aren't home yet?" Seto shook his head.
"They've been at that fight all night. I don't know how much more they can take." Kisara sighed.
"I have to go get dressed," she said as she stood up and walked to her room.
The walls were painted sky-blue and the ceiling and carpet were white. Her bed was stowed in the far corner and covered in light pink covers. Across the room from the bed was a large dresser next to a closet. A large mirror hung on the wall behind the headrest of the bed and over the dresser. A hairbrush rested on top of the dresser and a jewelry box made of ebony stood beside it. A trash can was settled on the floor next to the dresser. A nightstand held a lamp and alarm clock that read, in bold red numbers; 6:30.
Kisara bent over her drawers and pulled out a pair of jeans and a dark blue t-shirt. She also grabbed her school jacket out of the closet and ran her brush through her hair before pulling it into a tight braid. She pulled a pair of socks on her feet before walking out of her room. Jill sat in the hall with a clear raincoat over her back, a pair of clear boots in her mouth and a black leash around her neck.
"You read my mind Jill. Good girl." Kisara pulled the rain gear over her clothes and pulled the hood of the coat over her head before clipping the leash onto Jill's red collar.
Kisara kept looking over her shoulder whenever her boots made a squeak on the hard wooden floors, just to make sure she didn't get caught by Teana or any of her younger siblings. She was so pre-occupied with what was going on behind her, she didn't notice that someone was waiting for her in the front hall.
"Where do you think you're going?" Seto asked as he emerged from the shadows. Kisara jumped back and almost landed on Jill's paw.
"You scared the heck out of me!" she whispered with a hand to her chest.
"You still haven't answered my question. But something tells me, you're trying to go see if Yugi and your grandfather are alright." Kisara nodded and looked at her boots shamefully. "Is there a spare raincoat anywhere?" Kisara looked up in shock.
"Yes. In the closet just behind the bedroom hallway door. It's the first door on the left. Why do you ask?" Kisara said as Seto vanished and re-appeared, pulling Atemu's black raincoat over his shoulders, in a matter of seconds.
"Because I'm coming with you."
"You don't have to, you know." Seto took Jill's leash from her hand without much of a fight.
"I know I don't have to, I want to. If I stay in here for another minute I'll go crazy." Seto grabbed Kisara's arm and pulled her out the door.
The Kame Game shop wasn't locked when Kisara pulled on the knob.
"Odd," she muttered as she, Seto and Jill walked in and hung up their coats. Kisara and Seto's faces were totally soaked from the rain being whipped into their hoods by the wind. Jill gave herself a shake and spread the droplets on her fur all over the walls and glass containers. "Jill!" Kisara said in a laughing-scolding tone as she brushed the water from her face and pulled her braid over her shoulder. Seto dried his own face with a slight chuckle.
"Don't you find it odd?" he asked.
"Jill shaking herself dry? No. All dogs do that."
"No not that. The fact that the door was unlocked and this part is just a game shop. I would've thought your grandfather would lock the doors."
"He normally doesn't open until eight as well. It's only seven fifteen so it couldn't be that. Unless he's changed his hours while I was gone." Kisara felt the wall. "But he didn't change where the light switch is, thankfully," she said in a cheery mood as she flicked on the lights and at the sight before her, Kisara's eyes widened and Jill started growling.
All the stock had been knocked to the ground, some of it broken and scattered on the tiles. The cash register was dented and most of the money was scattered over the counter. Most of the glass cases were smashed and a metal bat was bent and dented in one of them.
"That's the bat Jii-chan said he'd use on burglars and thieves. But then- Jii-chan! Yugi!" Kisara bolted past the store and up the stairs. Seto followed her as quickly as possible.
When he reached her, she was waiting next to a door and Jill started pulling against the leash.
"About time you got here," she said in a playfully reprimanding tone. Seto shook his head as Kisara turned the knob and opened the door a crack. "This room was mine and Yugi's. Okaa-san was there when I left so we kids had to share a room." Kisara pushed the door open a little more and peered inside.
Even without the lights it was easy to see what was in the room. Four beds were placed against the walls. Three were perpendicular to the wall opposite the door and one was parallel. Each bed was covered in bed sheets with its own color, small infant toys, clothes, unopened gift and cards from birthdays and Christmases, an individual birth certificate and a stork holding an infant wrapped in a colored blanket. Three of the storks held blue blankets with "It's a boy!" on the side and the fourth held a pink blanket with "It's a girl!" on the side.
The first bed had gold sheets and was covered in calculators, math competition medals and pictures ranging from birth to about eleven years old. A few of the pictures were of Atemu holding a small baby wrapped in colorful blankets on the couch with his brothers holding a few of the baby's toys over the outstretched hands.
The second bed had a few play sheriff badges and handcuffs scattered over deep blue sheets and a few karate belts ranging from white to green and a few pictures of Tozokou and his brothers playing with their baby sister as she started to walk.
The third bed had a few model motorcycles, some play doctor stethoscopes, syringes, and bandages, and some pictures of Yami playing doctor with Kisara scattered over red sheets.
The fourth bed was covered with sky-blue sheets, small toys and bead jewelry, a few dressed dolls in their original packaging, a few pictures of Kisara playing with Yugi and swimming, and a few newspaper clippings, each involving something about Kisara being an Olympic.
Kisara sighed and shut the door again.
"Well, looks like Jii-chan did move a few things," she said as she moved on to the next room. This one opened without a problem. The bed took up almost half of the room with a set of green pajamas with polka dots and a sleeping cap folded on a set of purple sheets. "Jii-chan must be awake already. But why wouldn't he be trying to find out who's in his house?" Kisara said as she shut the door.
Jill padded over to the last door next to the stairs leading to the kitchen and pawed at the wood. She bit at the knob and snarled as her mistress tried to turn it without avail. "That's odd."
"Move," Seto said as he pulled a switchblade from his pocket and inserted the tip into the lock.
"Do you always carry that thing with you?"
"It's handy to have a weapon on oneself at all times. Like that gun last night," Seto said with a smirk.
"You noticed me take that?"
"I'm rather perspective Kisara. And it was very good thinking." The lock clicked and swung open a crack. Jill snarled and blocked the door.
"What's the matter girl?" Kisara asked as she knelt down. Jill barked as her mistress set a hand on her, causing the girl to fall back and place her hand in something warm and sticky. "What on earth?" Kisara raised her hand to the light and saw a line across her palm of crimson blood.
"What is it?" Seto asked offering a hand to Kisara. The girl pushed herself up and shoed her bloodied palm to Seto. Jill's snarling grew louder as she crouched low and pushed the door open enough for her to slink into. Kisara followed the dog's motions and reached for the light switch. Nothing happened, no matter the position of the switch.
"Wish we had a light," Kisara said lightly. Almost instantly, the white crystal around Kisara's neck began to glow, sending long shadows over the walls where the bed, curtains and desk. Kisara took a step forward and tripped over something large at her feet. "What in the world?" she said as she turned herself over and stared at the large mass at her feet. Jill was snarling at it and pawing it, without a single response. A bolt of lightning almost struck the house but illuminated the room enough to see the face of the person Kisara had tripped over. "Jii-chan!"
Pheonix: Well, sorry it's taken so long to update but I constantly find myself leaving myself without anywhere to continue. I have got to stop doing that. But I left a good cliffie!
Cerberus: You also need to stop talking to yourself and stop making so many cliffhangers. You'll get a ton of flames for that.
Pheonix: I'm talking to you, aren't I? And another thing. People love a good cliffhanger! It keeps the readers interested. And I want to tell the readers something, "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, a lone amateur built the Ark but a team of professionals built the Titanic."
Cerberus: Just get on with it, would you?
Pheonix: Fine. Sorry about my Yami. He always does this. I also found another shipping that I liked. It's called Sedateshipping. For those of you who don't know, that's Marik (hikari version) and Serenity.
Cerberus: No one cares!
Pheonix: Please review and enjoy the story. In the mean time, I'll be thinking of ways to torment my Yami.