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I am so sorry. … I know I promised that this update would be IMMEDIATELY after the previous but what can I say? I've been UBER busy. Hopefully this looong weekend will let me update a couple times =) But the one thing that will motivate me mooost will be YOUUUU reviewing!!!! =D -So please do :D
And thaanks so much to all that did and those reading my stories! I love you guys! Haha, this chappie sucks... but I just had to make a fast update. It kills me how I haven't updated in so long!
Disclaimer: Yugioh belongs to the great Kazuki Takahashi! ...Not me!
Eventually, the group -along with the new additions- had made it back to the small Ishtar home, where – by borrowing chairs from several other rooms-they had managed to fit everyone in the family room.
Everyone sat in the uncomfortable silence for a couple minutes, until Yugi broke it.
He fidgeted in his squashed seat and looked up nervously. "K-Kaiba, have you noticed anything … different about yourself recently?"
Kaiba almost snorted at the question. What kind of stupid question is that? But then, Kaibas didn't snort. They probably didn't even know how to.
"Of course not."
"Oh. Well, have you... felt... a … spirit...?" Yugi trailed off helplessly. How was supposed to get Kaiba to understand this without making it sound like 'Egyptian mystic mumbo-jumbo' as Kaiba so creatively put it.
To his strange surprise, Kaiba did not respond immediately. Instead, after a quick minute of thinking, the brunet stood up abruptly. "Muto, I'm going to go outside for a minute." In other words: I need to talk to you privately.
A moment after Kaiba left, Yugi excused himself as well.
Exiting through the Ishtars' front door, Yugi glanced around for Kaiba and found him leaning against a section of the stone wall of the home.
Kaiba spoke – without even looking up. "Yes. I did feel a … spirit, as you put it."
The tri-hair colored boy blinked in shock. Did Kaiba just admit that...
"Well, Kaiba, the truth is... your Millenium Rod has a spirit within it. Your ancient counterpart; Priest Seth. It's kind of like how Yami and I shared a body a while ago..."
The blue-eyed young man blinked – and looked furious. "Are you mocking me Muto? I thought I said that all that crap is simply... crap." And here I thought he may actually have had a brain. Looks like he's no better than Wheeler.
"Kaiba, I'm serious here! Look -I'll prove it to you! I want you to close your eyes, and go into thought – into the corridors of your mind. Explore a little and... see if you find a... new door you haven't found before."
What the hell? Nevertheless, Kaiba obliged. Immediately, his body became limp -still leaning against the stone wall.
Kaiba's mind was in a totally different place – a place he'd never been in before. He was in a room filled with computers, technology, BEWD statues, a portrait of his brother and him as a child, and more. It was a vast room, and had complex and interweaving sections – rooms within the room.
Walking through the main hall in the room, Kaiba made it to the end, where there was a huge cherry-oak, royal looking door. He opened the handle carefully. If Muto injected me with something and connected me to another virtual world, I will kill him.
The large door opened fluidly, and led him to a dimly lit hall. On the other side was a brass door, upon which was the Eye of Horus – the symbol found on all seven Millenium Items. Seeing as how both ends of the hall disappeared into darkness, Kaiba decided to enter through the door.
As soon as he stepped through, the door slammed shut behind him, and he was enveloped in darkness. The only source of light in the room was a single candle, far off, perched upon the opposing wall.
"Welcome."
The voice sounded familiar – strangely familiar.
Kaiba no longer had any doubts left that this was another virtual world... most likely using memories from the past like that kid Noa did.
"This is not an alternate reality. This is not a projection. Seto Kaiba. You are within your mind." A figure now came into Kaiba's vision. It looked oddly familiar as well. The lighting was terrible, and so it was very difficult to make out, but the man resembled the Priest in that memory place he had ended up going into, the last time he came to Egypt.
"My name is Priest Seth. I am your... hmmm how shall I put this; your counterpart. I am the spirit within the Millenium Rod and I have been sent here with the required task of helping you aid this planet in it's time of need."
With a snap of the man's fingers, candles all around the room were lit. The stone walls were engraved with tablets of duel monsters – the largest one being that of the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
Indeed, the man was none other than Priest Seth. That man he had seen in the memory world. The one robed in blue, with a blue headress, and gold accessories.
"This isn't... p-possible." Kaiba managed to make out.
"It is indeed possible. We shall be sharing the same body for the time being it appears. I apologize if this is an... inconvenience for you, but alas, it is your destiny."
Whether it was something in the room, or Seth's presence himself, Kaiba couldn't manage to disagree. Instead he replied "fine" and found himself vanishing from the room and back to where he had previously been – leaning against the stone wall, outside.
Regaining his composure, Kaiba glanced around and found Yugi looking at him worriedly.
The brunet turned around, muttered a grudging "It worked" and strode back inside the room where the others were just about to get up and search for Yugi and Kaiba.
When Kisara saw Kaiba come back in, she couldn't help but have her heart beat a little faster.
Seth – Seto. I... love you.
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GAH, why do my updates always end up being so short? But you know what? REVIEW and I'll update a longer one tomorrow. Xoxo my amazing readers!
Your devoted writer,
M.N.A.
P.S. The ending probably didn't make sense. You'll see soon. ^^