Hey all! I would have updated sooner but I ran into a wall and almost broke my hand (blames sister, KailJoy) Also, I have a lot of homework( almost failing two classes). Okay, yes KailJoy is also a writer and my sister! So if you read one of her stories, don't be surprised if our writing style is the same. Time for reviews!
Shay072002: Glad that you like my story! And I agreed with what you said.
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On with the story! By the way, this is the second to last chapter. And I will be writing a sequel set in the GX period.
NOW ON WITH THE SECOND TO LAST CHAPTER OF THIS STORY!
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Kaiba tiredly sighed as he leaned back in the limo. He had just gotten out of a three hour meeting and he couldn't really even remember what the meeting had actually been about.
"Mr. Kaiba." a voice said. He looked up and realized that he had fallen asleep in the back of the limo.
"Yes. Thank you." he tiredly said. He walked to the door and was barely inside when he was tackled by a shape with black hair. He stumbled backwards and caught himself and his brother by grabbing onto the door.
"Seto!" Mokuba happily cried. Seto smiled. "Its about time that you got home!" Mokuba said as he jumped down to the floor. He was already in his pajamas. Seto tired smiled.
"Shouldn't you be in bed?" he said as he started to walk upstairs. Mokuba followed behind him.
"But I wanted to say goodnight to you. So did Cori." he said as he held her up. It almost looked like she was pouting.
"Alright. Just let me get changed, alright?" Seto asked. Mokuba nodded and headed towards his room. Seto sighed and walked into his room. He pulled off his work clothes and into a pair of sweatpants and a tee-shirt. Mokuba was the only one who had ever seen him dressed like this and it was going to stay that way. Seto walked out and down the hall towards Mokuba's room. "Mokie?" he quietly said as he opened the door a bit. Mokuba was in bed and looked half asleep already.
"Seto." he sleepily said. Seto came in and sat down on the side of the bed. Cori looked up from where she was resting on the pillow.
"Night, Mokie. Have good dreams." he told him. Mokuba smiled.
"Same for you, Seto…." he said. He started to say more but he fell asleep. Cori mewed and Seto looked over at her.
"Night, cat." he said, using his name for her. Cori frowned and laid down on Mokuba's pillow, pretending to be asleep. Seto stood and walked towards the door. Cori silently jumped off the bed and ran after him. He went back into his room and pulled the covers back on his bed. He got under them and was asleep in a instant. Cori jumped up on the bed and looked at him. Soon, a white light came and she was inside of his dreams once again.
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"What are you doing here?" a moody Seto asked Cori. She had just fallen into his dream. Literally. She landed on him.
"Same thing I have been doing since I started coming into your dreams." she said as she stood. She noticed that she was still wearing the BEWD shirt and blue jeans. Seto was sadly sitting on the ground and staring at something. Cori moved over and sat next to him. She saw that he was holding a hair clip.
"It was my sis's." he said. Cori decided that it was time to tell him the whole story.
"I have something to tell you…….." she said and told him the whole story. When she was done he could only stare at her.
"So, you're my sister." he said not really believing her. "Yeah, right." he said. Cori glared at him.
"You still don't believe me? I only have three days left." she whined. "If I can tell you something about your life, will you believe me." she challenged.
"Maybe." he shrugged. She thought for a minute.
"When you were five, you fell off of your front porch and broke your arm." she said. He raised an eyebrow.
"Maybe I do believe you, but maybe I don't." he said. Cori exhaled noisily and leaned backwards.
"You shouldn't believe her." a new voice said. Both of them jumped up and spun around. There, standing behind them, was the trickster.
"You!" Cori yelled as she pointed at him. "What are you doing here?" Trickster just ignored her.
"Seto Kaiba, do you even believe her? She's just a dream, as am I." he said. Seto shook his head.
"Neither of you are real!" he said. Cori tried to get back to him but he was already fading out.
"NO!" she cried but it was to late. She was already out of his dream.
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She gasped as she was brought back. She looked around and saw an open window. She jumped off the bed and ran out the door as fast as her cat legs would carry her. She ran out and came face to face with a black cat. Trickster smirked at her.
"Hello, girl." he said. She glared at him.
"What do you want and why were you in his dream?" she angrily spat out. Trickster stretched and swished his tail back and forth.
"I haven't had anyone ever escape from me before and you're not going to be the first." he started to walk away and he jumped up onto the balcony. "You have five days, girl. Five days." and with that he jumped off and was gone, leaving a stunned Cori on the balcony.
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The next morning was pretty normal. Mokuba and Seto both got up and ate breakfast pretty early. Then they both left for school. Cori had nothing to do all day. Roland found her pacing back and forth on a sofa.
"Hello, little kitty. Got left here?" he asked. Cori meowed loudly and jumped on his lap. Roland petted her a bit. "I can keep you with me, alright?" she meowed a yes. "I'll take that as a yes." he said as he stood and carried Cori with him while he did his job.
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Mokuba yawned as he and Seto headed home. For once, Seto didn't have any meetings after school.
"I hate school. Its SOOOO boring." Mokuba said as he leaned back. Seto smirked at him.
"Just wait until you get to high school." Seto said. Mokuba pouted and Seto chuckled at him.
"Hey Seto?" Mokuba said. Seto looked over at him. "Cori's just a kitten, right?" Seto nodded. "Then shouldn't we take her to the vet? Just in case." Seto thought about it for a minute. Mokuba had a point.
"Yeah. How about we go later?" he said. Mokuba smiled and nodded. Soon they were home and Mokuba went running upstairs to find Cori. Seto went to his room to lay down for a bit. Just until they went to the vet for the cat. Unfortunately, he didn't get to. Mokuba screamed and Seto was up and running towards his room in a flash. He was met half way by Mokuba.
"Seto!" he said as he wrapped his arms around Seto's waist. "I can't find Cori!" he said. Seto sighed.
"We'll go look for her, aright?" he said. Mokuba nodded. They were about to walk down the hall when Roland came up.
"Sirs?" he said. They both turned towards him.
"Yes, Roland?" Mokuba said. He heard a meow and looked at his pocket. It was moving and soon a cats head popped out of it. "Cori!" he cried. Roland pulled her out of is pocket and handed her to Mokuba, who hugged her. "Where did you find her?" he asked.
"I took her with me on my rounds. She is a good listener." he smiled at Mokuba. Mokuba smiled and went over to Seto.
"Are we going to go now?" Mokuba asked. Seto inwardly sighed. He had wanted to rest a bit before they went.
"Yeah." Seto said. "Go get changed, alright?" Mokuba nodded and walked to his room with Cori in his arms. Seto sighed and turned towards Roland. "I need you to call a vet." he asked. Roland nodded. He knew that they would take her to one soon enough.
"Yes sir. One near here?" he asked. Seto nodded and walked back into his room to change also.
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Soon they were at the vet. Cori saw where they were going and started to loudly protest. Mokuba went in and got a cat carrier. Soon, he and Cori were sitting in the vets office and the vet, Mr. Ramiro, was talking to them. Seto had stayed outside.
"Alright, this kitten is healthy. You are good to go." Dr. Ramiro said. Mokuba nodded and put Cori back in the case and walked to the front door. He had already paid for the check up.
"I'll bring the carrier back in, alright?" Mokuba said.
"Yes sir." the receptionist said. Mokuba walked out to the limo. He open the door that was opposite the side that Seto was on. He had seen how tired Seto seemed on the way over and he had his suspicion about why Seto had wanted to stay in the limo. He was right.
Seto was fast asleep. He had fallen asleep the minute that Mokuba had went in with the carrier. Mokuba sighed and shook his head. He opened the carrier and let Cori out. She happily ran out and curled up next to Seto. Mokuba smiled and carried the carrier back inside the building. He climbed in and quietly told the driver to take them home. Seto stirred when the limo took a sharp turn.
"Mokuba?" he tiredly said. Mokuba smiled.
"And here I was going to let you sleep." Mokuba said. Seto smiled.
"So, how'd it go?" he asked, referring to Cori's check up.
"She is healthy." he said, repeating what the vet said. Seto nodded.
"That's good." Seto said. Cori meowed loudly.
"I DON"T LIKE THE VET!!" she loudly mewed. Mokuba and Seto laughed. She was just so funny at times.
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Trickster narrowed his eyes at them. He was watching them.
"Your not winning this, girl." he said. He saw a car at a turn ahead of them and smiled evilly. He went over and passed into the car from above( he is a spirit). He went into the man that was driving and waited for the Kaiba limo to come, letting his plan play out in his mind.
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Kaiba laughed at Cori. It was good to be laughing with his brother again. He looked out the window and saw that it had started to rain. Cori climbed up on his lap and tried to look out the window too.
"You want to see outside?" he said. He picked her up and held her near the window.
Cori looked at everything that was outside. Which was pretty much some buildings and a car that was speeding towards them. A car that was speeding towards them!? Cori looked again and saw it again, only closer. She loudly meowed.
"You alright, cat?" Seto said. He boredly looked out the window. His eyes widened when he saw the other car. "Driver! Look out!" he called. The driver quickly hit the speed but not before the limo was hit. Seto got the worst of it. His leg was trapped in between the door and the floor. He was slumped over unconscious with cuts on his face from the glass. Cori was also hurt. She was hit by many pieces of the glass. The last thing she heard before losing consciousness was maniacal laughter that sounded familiar.
"SETO!!!!!!!!" Mokuba shouted. He tried to get to his brother but the driver pulled him out of the car.
"Don't worry sir, the ambulance is on its way." the driver told him. Someone one on the street had called 911. Mokuba collapsed into tears while waiting for the ambulance to show up.
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Tea sighed as she walked into the hospital. Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Mai were already there. Yugi's grandpa had thrown his back out again.
"Hey guys." she said as she walked into the waiting room. Joey, Tristan, and Mai were sitting on the couch and Yugi was with his grandpa.
"Hey Tea." they all said. Just then, Mai's stomach decided to growl.
"I came here from work." she said. "Come on, Tea, lets get something to eat." Before Tea could even answer, Mai had pulled her out of the room and into the elevator. "Finally. Someone with a brain that I can talk to. Those two are idiots." she said. Tea laughed.
"You just figured that out?" she said in between laughs. Mai laughed too. They both walked up to the front desk to find out where the food court was. He pointed down a hallway. It lead to two places. The food court and the emergency entrance. They were just about to go in when they heard a scream.
"NO! YOU HAVE TO LWT MW GO! HE'S MY BROTHER! LET ME GO!" a familiar voice shouted. The girls looked at each other before walking down the hall.
"Sir, I'm sorry. You can't go in there." a man dressed in black said to a distraught child. Tea and Mai gasped when they saw who it was. It was Mokuba!
"Mokuba!" Tea said as she hurried over to him with Mai on her heels. "Are you alright?" Mokuba looked up at her.
"Tea!" he cried as he flung himself into her arms. She hugged him and stood. He clung to her neck. The man walked away. Mai followed him.
"What happened?" she asked.
"I am his driver. A car came out of nowhere and rammed us. Mr. Kaiba was sitting right where it hit." he said. It was then that he remembered the cat. He slapped his forehead. "Excuse me." he said before hurrying off. Mai sighed and walked over to Tea, who was trying to calm Mokuba down.
'What happened?' she mouthed to me.
'Accident. His brother hurt.' she mouthed back. Tea's eyes widened and she hugged Mokuba closer. 'Lets go upstairs.' Mai mouthed. Tea nodded.
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Cori felt her body being moved but she didn't really care. She in so much pain. Suddenly, she felt nothing at all. She opened her eyes and was surprised to find that she was looking at her body. She looked down and saw that she was back in her body.
"Poor cat. Won't survive the night." she heard them say.
"HEY!" she shouted but they didn't even turn to look at her. She kept yelling but they didn't hear a word. She saw the driver coming from behind her. She turned to him and screamed when he passed through her body. He shook his head when he saw her body.
"Master Mokuba will be so upset." he said while taking her body. He hurried back down the street. Cori didn't know what else to do so she followed him.
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Seto heard voices all around him but they were all muffled. He tried to open his eyes but it felt like they were glued shut. His limbs felt like there were weights on them so he couldn't moved. He tried to talked but he found that he couldn't talk either. The only thing he could do was feel. And he felt excruciating pain. He felt himself slipping and the voices grew softer until they were non existent and he couldn't even feel anymore.
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"All is in place now." the trickster said. He cruelly laughed and watched the scenes play out before him.
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Tea felt Mokuba shudder in her arms. Mai walked out of the elevator first with Tea following. They quickly went back to the waiting room. Mai pushed open the door so Tea could walk through.
"Hey I thought you were… who is that?" Tristan asked. Tea didn't answer him.
"Tristan. Go get a blanket, alright?" she said. Tristan nodded and left the room. Tea sat down next to Joey.
"Hey, ain't that money bags bro? Where's money bags?" Joey said. That made Mokuba start crying again. Tea glared at him and Mai hit his head. "What did I say?" he asked. Tristan came back in with the blanket. Tea took it and wrapped it around Mokuba. Yugi also came back in. Just as they were about to start bombarding her with questions, Mai pulled them of to one side.
"Alright, I'll explain. When we were downstairs, we heard the kid screaming, so we went over. I asked the driver what had happened and it turns out that they were in a accident. Seems that Kaiba was hurt pretty bad." Mai told them. They were all silent. Joey smacked himself. He should've kept his big mouth shut. They all walked over to Mokuba and sat around him.
They didn't know how long they staid like that but it was awhile. The driver came over to them.
"Sir?" he quietly said. Tea put her finger to her mouth.
"He's asleep." she said. The driver nodded.
"I just wanted to tell him that they gave his brother a room." he told her. They others, save Mai and Yugi, had already gone home.
"I'll carry him down. Where's the room?" she asked. The driver motioned for her to follow and soon they were at a room. Tea went in and almost dropped Mokuba. Kaiba looked terrible. He had bandages on his face, which was pale, and a cast wrapped on his legs. He was sweating and his hair was sticking to his forehead. She almost fell but the driver had anticipated this. He grabber her just in time. Her movement woke Mokuba.
"Tea?" he quietly said. She gasped. He shouldn't have to see his brother like this. "Seto." he said, his face turning white. He stood and walked over to the side of the bed. He grabbed Seto's hand and started sobbing again.
"I'll take care of him." the driver said. Tea nodded, knowing that it was best if they were left alone. Both of them left Mokuba and his brother alone.
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Mokuba didn't remember falling asleep. He looked up and saw his brother. He let a tear fall. It was then that he realized that they were short one cat. He looked over and saw the driver by the window.
"Where's Cori?" he asked. The driver flinched. He turned around and Mokuba saw the towel that he was holding. Mokuba gasped.
"Sir, she's still alive but barely." he said while handing him the towel. Mokuba sat down in the chair next to the bed. When he saw Cori's barely breathing body, the tears came again.
"Mokuba?" a barely audible voice said. Mokuba looked over at the bed and saw Seto looking at him. "What happened?" he asked. Mokuba didn't answer. He just started crying tears of relief.
"We were in a car accident, Seto. You hurt your leg pretty badly." Mokuba told him. The driver had slipped out of the room. "Your okay but Cori….." he said while starting to cry again.
"Mokie." Seto said. Mokuba leaned on Seto shoulder and Seto hugged him.
Cori was there the whole time.
"I'M RIGHT HERE!" she yelled futilely.
"They can't hear you, my dear." a cold voice said form behind her. Cori spun around to face the trickster. "You're a ghost now."
"What did you do?" she spat out. He smirked at her.
"Just sped things along for you. Kaiba just got in the way of my plan." he cruelly said.
"YOU MONSTER!" she cried. He smirked while starting to fade.
"Why, thank you, my dear." he said before he was gone. Cori turned back to her brothers and started to cry too.
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Seto got to go home four days later, the last day that Cori had to convince him about her being human. And for the last few days, she couldn't because she wasn't in her body. He didn't get home until late. They went upstairs and Mokuba laid her body next to Seto on the bed.
"She's gonna die, isn't she?" Mokuba sadly said. Before Seto could answer him, a cruel laugh sounded.
"Duh, It took you that long to figure that out." a cruel voice said from the balcony. Seto got on his crutches and Mokuba opened the doors. A man like the one in his dream was standing there.
"I don't know who you are but you had better start explaining why you are hear before I call security." Seto coldly said. Trickster smirked.
"You already know who I am. Just like you know who that girl is." trickster said. "You met me in those dreams. Trickster at your service." he said. Seto's eyes widened.
"You can't be real." he said. Trickster sneered.
"Well yeah. I'm just as real as Corianna." he said using her full name.
"Then the girl….." Seto said, finally realizing that she really was his sister. Trickster laughed.
"Too bad you didn't listen when you had the chance." he spat out. "That cat body is done for. Lets hurry it up." he made a slashing movement with his hand and the cat body disappeared.
"CORI!" Mokuba yelled.
"Didn't you even realized that she wasn't even a cat?" trickster asked Mokuba. "Come here my dear."
Cori had seen all of this happen. She had gasped when her cat body just disappeared. She didn't want to even be in the same room with him, let alone next to him. She shook her head.
"Come here!" he said again and made a gesture. She felt her body go flying forward and over the railing. But that time in the cat body really helped her reflexes. She landed on her feet. "Lets go down, shall we?" he said. He made another gesture and Seto and Mokuba found themselves outside in the yard. A girl stood in front of the Trickster.
"Who are you?" Mokuba asked. She turned towards him, tears streaming down her face.
"Kiddo, don't you recognize me?" she said, using his old nickname. He gasped.
"Cori? No way." he said in amazement. She nodded. Seto had been silent the whole time.
"Guess you should have listened." the trickster said to him. Cori turned and smiled at him. She ran over and hugged him.
"Sorry." she said. The trickster started to walk into some trees nearby.
"Come on, dear. We had a deal." he said. Cori pulled away from her brother and walked towards the woods.
"Cori! Don't go!" Mokuba cried. She turned back towards them. The moon was shining down and her hair almost looked silver. There were tears steaming down her face.
"Sorry, kiddo. I promised." she said. "I love you guys!" was the last thing that they heard her say before she disappeared into the trees, leaving one crying and one speechless Kaiba behind.