ME: Sorry, everybodies tired and asleep today, so I'll just do the disclaimer.
I do not own YuGiOh, but I do own Caylee and any further mentioned OC's
ENJOY, sorry about the short chappie, but I just needed a filler.
Caylee grumbled and muttered as she tried to wriggle her arms free from the belt that was wrapped around her hands that were tied behind her back. She glared daggers at the back of the chair in front her where Seto was driving her, Bakura and Marik back to the mansion.
"SETO KAIBA! WHEN I GET UNTIED YOU ARE GOING TO WISH THAT YOU HAD NEVER BEEN BORN!" she cried angrily.
Marik looked a bit queasy from what she could see as he was sitting in the back with her, he knew what she was like and she would live up to every single promise she made. He started whispering in Ancient Egyptian and just by the way he said it, she could tell that he was saying a prayer.
"You're in trouble," Bakura gloated to Seto.
"Bakura you are in just as much as trouble as he is for helping him," she growled.
Bakura gulped and tried to meld himself into the seat; very apprehensive of what she could do when she was in this sort of rage.
Caylee tried to breath evenly but fear was turning in her stomach and she couldn't help but try to break free as the emotions and memories threatened to consume her.
Breath, just breath, she thought to herself.
She looked out the window and saw that they were still a few miles from the mansion and if this kept up she would go into a panic attack from being tied up.
Closing her eyes, she tried to remember the lullaby her mother used to sing whenever she was upset or in a panic.
"Hush, now my baby. Be still now, don't cry. Sleep as your rocked by the stream. Sleep and remember my lullaby. So I'll be with you when you dream," she whispered like a mantra.
It was like she was hearing her mother's voice again as she sung, effectively calming her as she continued to whisper the lullaby like a mantra to keep herself from a full blown panic attack.
As the car slowed to halt on the steps of the mansion, she felt Marik slipped the seatbelt of her and drag her towards the steps. Though she would have walked willingly forward.
Plans ran through her head as they got the foyer of the mansion and were dragged into the lounge room.
As soon as she was released from the belt tied around her wrists, she spun around and faced them.
Only to slap Seto across the face.
He fell on his ass in shock and from the blow to the cheek. Fear was present in his eyes as if he feared her retaliation more.
"THAT'S FOR TYING ME UP! I ALMOST HAD A FREAKING PANIC ATTACK! COULDN'T YOU HAVE AT LEAST TRIED TALKING TO ME BEFORE KIDNAPPING ME!" she shouted.
They all nodded.
Her anger seemed to dissipate as they began to understand.
"Now why the hell did you drag me back here tied up?" she asked, still angry.
Seto stood up and timidly walked over.
"You would have run otherwise," he explained.
"Well what do you expect? I put your lives in danger and I was afraid of what you would do to me," she cried in exasperation.
"What!" they cried.
She jumped. She hadn't expected that outburst from them.
"Why would you be afraid of me Caylee? I thought you knew me," Seto said, grabbing her shoulders.
"You hear some very interesting things in my underworld about you Seto Kaiba and some of them aren't pretty," Caylee explained, folding her arms.
He sighed and ruffled his hair in embarrassment.
"Touche. But I thought you would have known me better," Seto stated.
She blushed and looked down, shuffling her feet.
I can't tell him the truth. He would hate me for it. He probably doesn't even feel that way about me. How can I tell him that I really like him and am possibly falling in love with him. I thought chances were blown when I almost had him raped and killed because I didn't explain things to him, she thought sadly.
"I do know you Seto and that's what almost got you raped and killed," she mumbled aloud.
Her heart felt like it was going to shatter.
One day, everything in her past would get her and everyone she cared about killed.
Panic filled his heart as Caylee's words. Not because he was scared but because that was how Caylee truly felt.
He couldn't help but want to comfort her.
"Seto, its best if I just leave. You won't have to see me ever again and I won't harm anyone else," she whispered, walking around him and back to the entrance.
He seemed to no longer have control of himself.
Seto turned around and grabbed her, pulling her back against his chest and brought his arms around her sides trapping her as he embraced her, burying his face in her hair as he leaned down placed his face on top of her head.
"Please don't leave, I need you. You help me to melt the ice in my heart and without your fire; I fear that I would return that way. Please don't go," he whispered.
He prayed to whatever gods that she would understand and stay. He wouldn't lose her. Not when she had become to mean so much to him.
"Seto, I can't. Everyone I seem to care about gets hurt or killed. What if next time that person is Mokuba? I will not be the reason you lose your brother," she said, trying to escape from his arms.
He gulped at the thought of Mokuba being harmed, but he knew that anyone after his company would come for his little brother. Caylee staying would just mean that he had another person to look after his little brother and protect him no matter what.
"Caylee, he has kidnapping attempts on his life more times than he can count. The only difference is that you would protect him no matter what," he explained.
He could hear Caylee gulp and her body start to shake, like she was trembling.
Seto turned her around so that he could see her face and saw the tears falling down her face.
"It was only supposed to be until I healed Seto, please don't make this any harder than it has to be," she whispered, moving out of his arms.
I need to get her to understand that she has a home here. Damn what happened to the old Seto Kaiba? I guess he disappeared when I realized how badly I was falling for her fire, he thought, shaking his head.
"Caylee!" Mokuba shouted from the doorway.
The black-haired youth rushed to her side and grabbed her into a side splitting hug.
"Thank goodness, you're alright. I was so scared when you ran off; I didn't know what was going to happen to you," Mokuba cried.
Seto could see the gears ticking in Caylee's head.
"It's alright now Mokie, I'm fine and everything is sorted out. It's all in the past now," she stated, hugging him back and patting his head.
Mokuba looked up at her with tears in his wide eyes. True puppy eyes.
"That's good, now you're home and safe. We can be happy again," he said, his eyes brimming with happiness.
Caylee's breath hitched in her throat and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.
She knelt down and looked him in the eyes. A small grim smile played across her face.
"I'm fine Mokie and I'm safe. But I'm not staying here any longer," she stated.
Mokuba's eyes widened and he cried out, "What? Why?"
Seto watched as her eyes grew serious and she began to speak again, "Mokuba, the deal was that I would stay until I was healed and now that I am, I am no longer required to stay here. It's not my home and never will be. I no longer know the meaning of family or home because they no longer exist in my world. So please let this go and let me leave on a good note,"
The tears fell down his face and refused to let go, "But Aneki, I thought you were happy here,"
Seto and Caylee gasped at the words that Mokuba said.
He had called Caylee Aneki or big sister.
Seto looked over at Caylee watched as she sighed and looked down at his little brother.
"I am happy Mokuba, but the last time I was this happy was six years ago before I started living on the streets. I had that happiness ripped out from underneath me, I really don't want to experience that again, as much as I wish I could have that happiness again," she explained.
He decided to step in.
"Caylee," he said, watching her turn to look at him, "At the time, I was only thinking you would be here until you healed but you've become so much a part of our lives that it would be just wrong for that to go away. You've changed us for the better. Please, stay here. You can have a home and family again, isn't that what you want?"
Tears began to fall down her face as Seto's proposal truly sunk in.
She could have a home again.
Words seemed to fail her as she nodded and ran into his arms and hugged him. She cried into his chest and felt him wrap his arms around her and lean his head against hers.
"Ssh, Caylee, what's the matter?" he whispered.
"Yes," she whispered.
"Pardon?" he asked, raising his head, wanting her to look at him.
She raised her head and emerald met sapphire as she answered his proposal.
"Yes Seto, I'll stay," she stated, "I'm home,"
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