Wow, I'm surprised at how many people hated the fact that I killed of my main character. . . tee hee hee.
All well, let's see how things turn out next.
I do not own YuGiOh, only my Oc's (YAY FOR CAYLEE!)
Seriously thanks for all the reviews guys, I've almost finished the story, possible four or five chapters left.
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Seto had never cried so much in his life.
Three months had passed since the news of Caylee's death. And it had been the hardest three months of his life.
He had tried to arrange for her body to be buried but no matter how much money he tried to use, no one would allow him to do it.
It had been a hard blow to not be allowed to put her to rest; in spite of that, Seto and Mokuba had placed a white sandstone tombstone near the Sakura tree that Caylee had slept under on the day of her 19th birthday. It would always be there when Spring came and the Sakura tree bloomed.
Seto placed hand on the cold glass as he looked out his office window in the mansion to see the rain spattered garden down below. The white sandstone seemed to stand out amongst the darkness that the clouds brought. Much like the darkness that had returned to his heart, leaving only Caylee's memory as the only light left.
Tears fell down his face as he looked out the window; the hammock was swaying in the wind of the storm. He could have sworn that he could see a ghost of Caylee sleeping on the hammock as the wind rocked it.
No matter how much he tried, he couldn't get the head of red flaming hair out his mind. She had been the only other person he had cared about in the world other than his little brother, but now she was gone. Everywhere he looked, he could have sworn he could see her ghost laughing, smiling and just being happy.
Before he ripped away from both of them in a moment of anger.
Bakura and Marik had almost attacked him after they had found out that Caylee was dead, blaming him (rightfully so) for being the cause of her death – she wouldn't have been at the park that day if he hadn't of kicked her out. Ryou, Malik, Yugi and Yami had had to restrain them before leaving the mansion. Threats had been shouted his way from the two psychotic and distraught Yami's as they had been dragged away.
Seto would have let them follow through with them if hadn't of meant leaving Mokuba with no family.
He opened the card locket that was hung round his neck and saw the picture of Mokuba when he was younger. On the other side was a picture of the three of them together after Caylee had gotten her cast off. Even though they had constantly bickered, she had always looked at him with such love and fire in her eyes. Only she had ever been able to melt the ice in his heart.
The door opened behind and he turned to see Mokuba in the office. A small sad smile was placed across his face. Mokuba noticed that he was looking at the locket.
"I miss her too," Mokuba whispered as he ran into Seto's arm and hugged him.
Seto felt the tears threaten to leak from his eyes. He led Mokuba down to his chair and pulled him to sit on his lap. Mokuba let the tears fall down his face as Seto pulled him into a hug.
Mokuba glanced down at Seto's open locket and pulled it closer to him. A small smile bloomed across Mokuba's face.
"You loved her, didn't you?" Mokuba asked.
As much as he would have tried to deny it, he knew it was true. He had just wished that he had told Caylee the truth.
"I still do," Seto whispered.
Mokuba leaned his against his shoulder and cried.
Seto rocked his little brother and he began to hum the song that Caylee had sung to him so long ago, trying to calm his little brother down. He felt the raven-haired boy's breath even out as he fell into an exhausted sleep.
Seto sighed and returned his teary eyed gaze out the window.
'I wonder what would have happened if I had not been so cruel to Caylee for something she could not control. Would she still have been here, by my side?' he pondered.
Seto sighed and rubbed his eyes behind his glasses, the computer was giving him a headache again, and that coupled with little to no sleep the night before was making him rather irritated at the world, just to add to his previous sadness. He looked over at Mokuba who was also helping with the new program on his laptop.
Seto smiled softly, glad that he still had one important person in his life.
'Mr Kaiba' the secretary said through the phone line.
"Yes," Seto said with a sigh.
'Mr Chris Rider is here to see you,' she said.
"I don't have any appointments with him," Seto said.
'I know Mr Kaiba, but he says its urgent and his board of directors is here too,' she said anxiously.
Seto sighed; now he had more problems to deal with.
"Fine, let them in," Seto said.
Mokuba looked at him in confusion, "Why would Rider want to see you now?"
"I don't know Mokie," he replied, standing up to greet the aforementioned CEO.
Mokuba stood up as the doors opened and Chris Rider, CEO of the Cadronez Company walked in with his board of directors following behind him like little ducklings following their mother. Chris Rider was a tall man in his mid-forties with brown hair slicked and brown beard hanging from his chin. Black eyes seemed cold, calculating and evil, almost sending shivers down Seto's spine as he glared at the rival CEO.
"What do you want Rider? You don't have an appointment with me and I'm in the middle of something important," Seto growled.
"Ah, Mr Kaiba, things must have been very busy for you in the last three months since the death of your lover," Rider stated nonchalantly, but subtle undertone could be heard in his voice.
Seto's sapphire eyes hardened at the man before him, "What are you talking about Rider? The public didn't even know that, so how do you?"
Rider seemed to pale as he somehow slipped up.
"T-that doesn't matter. But you should be worried Mr. Kaiba as we are here to buy out your company," Rider exclaimed, almost smugly.
"What?" Seto yelled.
"You heard me, I'm going to buy out your company and you will be stone cold broke unless you sign over the deeds to your company," Rider smirked.
"You don't have the power or the legal rights to do that," Mokuba cried beside him.
"Oh, I have every right, now that Miss Cadronez has passed away, all the rights and the company belong to me, so now I have the power to buy out your company Kaiba," he laughed.
Something just seemed to click inside of Seto's mind as he put all the pieces together from what he had learned about Caylee.
She had been on the run for six years after her family's death.
She had to run because someone had attacked her.
She hadn't gone to an orphanage because that person had enough power that they could have easily have tracked her down if she had stayed out in the open.
The person who had been after her was only after her fortune if she died, which she would have if she had been in the same crash with her parents.
Seto growled.
"You're the one who tried to kill Caylee six years ago," Seto shouted.
The man before him paled as he saw that Seto knew the truth but he tried to hide it.
"That's nonsense," Rider stuttered.
"The mere fact that your stuttering in fear proves it to me," Seto growled.
Rider instantly reprimanded himself and used a poker face.
"You have no real proof, just your accusations Mr Kaiba. Besides she was murdered in a park by a hit man, there would be no connection to me," Rider claimed.
Seto growled, he desperately wanted to punch the man and break every bone in his body.
"She is not a slut, Caylee was a better woman than you will ever know," Seto claimed.
"Then why did she run away six years ago?" Rider queried.
"To save her own life, or she would have been killed by you," Seto exclaimed.
Rider glared at him.
"If only Miss Cadronez had been in that car accident that day six years ago, you wouldn't have to put up with the heartache she left behind and you wouldn't have to deal with us," Rider smirked.
Seto growled, "The only heartache I have was caused by myself when I found out who she was and accused her of something she had no control over, so don't you dare spout that shit to me,"
"I think I've heard enough," a voice called from behind the men.
They all turned to see Liana in the doorway with police behind her.
"Miss Smith, what is the meaning of this?" Rider shouted.
"Commissioner, please arrest Chris Rider and the board of directors," the woman stated.
The police rounded up the men and the sergeant read them their rights and why they were being arrested. The Police Commissioner watched on.
"You are under arrest for the murder of Cadronez family and attempted murder of Caylee Cadronez," the Commissioner said as the men and Rider were led out in handcuffs.
As the men were led out of the room, Liana looked at them and walked over, to bow in respect.
"Sorry about that Kaiba. But we had to intervene before things became violent," Liana stated.
Seto nodded and sat down in his seat, the stress was beginning to really get to him.
A sudden thought brought him from his misery.
"How did you know he was here?" Seto asked.
The Commissioner stepped forward, "We have had several private investigators watching their location, waiting for the moment when they would slip up and spill their guts, this room was bugged and we were informed immediately, we heard every word that was said in this room, giving them enough proof that the DA will lock them away for life,"
"Wait, my office was bugged?" Seto asked confused.
Liana nodded, "The day Caylee was shot, she had snuck in somehow getting past all the security to place the bug in your office so that we were able to catch Rider in the action of using Cadronez fortune,"
"Now that we have enough evidence to convict Rider, he will be going away for a very long time," the Commissioner said, "Just like Caylee wanted,"
At the mentioning of Caylee's name, he felt the tears brim at his eyes.
"Caylee finally got what she wished for - retribution, if only she were alive to see that she could live her life without fear anymore," Seto stammered.
Mokuba finally came out of his shock, "Wait, didn't you say attempted murder? But Caylee's dead?" he said in confusion.
Seto realised those words were contradictory as well. He looked up at the Commissioner and Liana.
"What's going on Liana?" Seto growled.
Liana sighed, "Caylee is alive,"
It took them both a moment to take in what she said.
"WHAT?" they both shouted.
The Commissioner and Liana jumped at their shout, both paling as Seto's shock turned into anger.
"EXPLAIN. NOW!" Seto cried.
Liana sighed again, "Well . . . "
~Flashback Start~
Liana panted as she ran through the hospital to the morgue. Tears fell down her face as she burst through the morgue doors to see Caylee's pale face in death. This wasn't how it was supposed to be.
Caylee had been at the park to meet Rider to make a deal but in the end, she had met only death.
She heard the doors behind her open to see the Police Commissioner walk in with a distraught expression across his face as he saw the young heir dead on the table.
The Commissioner looked over at her, "I thought Caylee said she could handle this one her own. Damn it, I knew I should have sent someone with her," he said solemnly.
Liana grabbed the Commissioner in a hug and cried. She felt the man, shake with sobs as well. The Commissioner had been a good friend of Caylee's father and would have done anything to protect her.
"Wow. You know, I'm glad that if this was actually my death, I would have a least two people crying over me," someone said from the doorway.
They turned in shock to see Caylee standing in the doorway. She was wearing all leather as she strode over the morgue table to see the dead figure of herself.
"What? Caylee? How is this possible?" Liana cried.
Caylee turned her head to them and they saw that her usually beautiful emerald eyes were black as night. She turned back to her look-a-like and raised her right hand. Darkness seemed to envelop it, whirling and pulsating with dark purple energy. The figure on the table soon disappeared leaving the table empty.
"The image you saw of me dead was just an astral creation, one that I could control from a distance but would allow proof that someone wanted me dead," Caylee deadpanned.
"B-b-but how?" Liana stuttered in fear of the unknown.
"It's called Shadow Magic. I'm the reincarnated soul of a Queen from Ancient Egypt who had strong hold over Shadow Magic. It wasn't until yesterday that I knew I had it. Let's just leave it at that," Caylee stated, she turned to the Commissioner, "Is this enough proof that someone is trying to kill me Commissioner?"
The Commissioner nodded, "Do you have anyone who can think of that wants you dead?"
Caylee scoffed, "The only person who would benefit from my death as well as my parents – Chris Rider. He's the reason I have lost my whole life and freedom, all because he wanted the whole company. He tried to rape and kill me six years ago, hence why I had been in hiding and he has never found me,"
"Caylee what happened after I left the Kaiba Mansion?" Liana asked.
Caylee tensed at her question, hands balling into fists and she gritted her teeth as if staving off anger or sadness.
Caylee looked up at Liana and Liana could see much sadness in her eyes that were almost swirling back to her original green before returning back into black darkness.
"The only happiness that I truly had in the last six years was ripped out from under me. On the one day that I was hoping I would be happy with Kaiba for the rest of my life," Caylee explained.
Liana reached out to embrace her but Caylee stepped away and her eyes turned cold and calculating, as if channelling some greater darkness.
Caylee reached into her pocket and brought out radio receiver, "Here, you may need this. I bugged Kaiba's office at the company. When Rider gets wind that I'm 'dead' he'll try and take over his rival company,"
"How do you know that he will go after Kaiba Corp?" the Commissioner asked.
"Because he's a greedy bastard and he'd been giving Kaiba a lot of grief the last couple of months at the company. Trust me, he'll get cocky and try to go for his biggest rival company," Caylee explained, starting to walk away.
"Caylee!" Liana started, wanting her to wait.
Caylee looked back at her emotionlessly, "Liana, stop him. He's caused enough harm in my life and I want him stopped. I want retribution for taking the lives of everyone I've ever loved," she paused for a moment, "I want my freedom back,"
Caylee turned and walked down the hallway to be engulfed in a large ball of darkness that disappeared, taking Caylee with it. Liana and the Commissioner stood there in shock, not truly believing what they had seen.
~Flashback End~
Seto was in shock.
Caylee was alive and well, there was no denying it.
He looked up at Liana, "Where is she?"
Liana sighed, "I don't know, that was the last time I saw her since her fake death. She took a large amount of cash with her but I've no idea where she is now,"
Seto groaned and placed his head in his hands before looking at the locket hanging around his neck. His resolve soon returned as he jumped up from his seat and grabbed his trench coat from the rack and ran to the door.
"Seto, where you going?" Mokuba cried, running up to him.
Seto smirked, "I'm going to find Caylee,"
CLIFFIE!
SEE I DIDN'T REALLY KILL HER! Told you was I was conniving, it was all a hoax.
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I'm pretty much done with the next chapter I've just got to match it to this chapter, *finished the other before this one* Hope you liked this chapter.
JA NE!