A New Type of Magic
By: Me .
Sorry I haven't written in so long, but like I said, no one ever reviews my stories. Anyway, I will try and write more often, and for those of you who still need a disclaimer, I really don't own Yu-gi-oh, but I own the characters I made up and the plot.
Chapter 3
Taylor, Akiko and I sat rigid, trying to find the source of the magic, but to no luck. So, all we could do was try and train Yugi and Joey more.
"One of the things you must know how to do is create a shield." Taylor told them.
"You know, I've been thinking. It would be so much easier if we could find Kaiba and teach them all at the same time." I said
"I was thinking the same thing," Taylor stated.
"Yay, you're on my side." Akiko replied.
"Yeah, I guess, but we can't afford to not have Kaiba on our side." I replied.
"But how do we convince him?" Taylor questioned.
"I'll go find him, I'm sure I can convince him," Akiko said, jumping excitedly out of her seat. Hopping joyfully toward the door, she reached down and pulled on her shoes.
"Wait," I cried, jumping off of the hotel bed I was sitting on. Before I could get to the door, Akiko was long gone. As I pulled the door open, I watched Akiko run toward a cab, totally ignoring our calls.
Akiko sat down in the cab, ready to go find Kaiba. "To Kaiba corp." She cried, and the taxi driver took of down the long road, heading toward the tall building in the distance.
'This will be great, I can recruit Kaiba and be around him as much as I want' Akiko thought. Not much later, the taxi driver, a crusty old man, stopped in front of a building with the big letters Kaiba Corp on it.
"Thank you," Akiko told the man, handing him a ten dollar bill. 'That was easy,' she thought, as she approached the gate.
"Hello," she called, into the little microphone thing next to the gate. "I'm here to see Kaiba."
"Do you have an appointment," a voice crackled through.
"Um…no," she replied, "but I'm a friend."
"I'm afraid you have to have an appointment to see Mr. Kaiba. Try calling him," she said.
"Gah, jerk!" Akiko yelled, but it was dead on the other end, so she slowly walked away, with her feet dragging.
"Now what?" she sighed, sitting down on the side of the road. "My taxi left and I have no clue how to get back." Akiko lied down on the sidewalk. Her feet, adorned with converse, rested on the asphalt. She wore a black pair of jeans and had a red wrap around shirt with a white shirt underneath. Her jacket was a black turtleneck with a zipper down the front, and on the neck, it had a piece of fabric that hung down or was buttoned to the other side. Her hair was black and was in a ponytail that was clipped playfully up in the back.
"This sucks! I have to complete my mission," she said, with flames in her eyes, "I must find Kaiba." Akiko stood up abruptly and took off running down the street. "I will find him, no matter what!" She ran and ran, but after a few minutes ended up stopping because she was too winded to run anymore. Completely exhausted, she fell to the ground. Looking up to see what was around her, she found out that she was even more lost then before. Sitting there, she looked at the hard concrete and graffiti covered walls with a baffled look. Awkwardly, she stood up to more appropriately survey her surroundings.
"Crap!" she yelled, "Now what?" Her shoulder's slumped forward and she started walking back the way she came, very slowly, but nothing looked familiar. As she turned down a random street, she sighed. Suddenly, she felt a presence and spun quickly around. All she found was some punk boy standing behind her.
"What's up?" he asked.
"None of your frickin' business," she harshly replied.
"Oh, nasty. You lost," he asked.
"No, but how 'bout you get lost." She responded. The boy snickered at her and reached out to grab her hand.
"How 'bout you come with me." He told her.
"Eww! Gross!" She yelled. "Let me go!"
"Oh, come on, I just want to show you around," he said, smiling.
"I said no, so let me go!" She yelled. Akiko pulled her hand as hard as she could, as to get away, but she accomplished nothing. Sadistically, the boy kept smiling while she struggled.
"Help!" She cried.
"Shut up," the boy told her.
"Help!" she continuously cried, but to no avail.
"These streets are deserted at this time of day." He told her. At this, Akiko gave in. The boy started pulling her away as if he had one the war, but at the last second, she pulled sharply, releasing her hand from his grip.
"Go away you loser." She yelled as she started to run away. Quickly, Akiko darted down the street, with the punk on her tail. The street was a grey blur as she ran hard, pumping her arms at her sides. Beads of sweat rolled down her face as she continued to run away. To her, there seemed no escape, and all she could do was run blindly, trying to loss him. That was when she made up her mind. She skidded around the corner and waited for the guy to show up. Around ten seconds later he ran around the corner, but she was ready and waiting. He skidded to stop right in front of her, and she drilled her fist into the middle of his face, creating a horrible cracking noise. He fell backwards, grabbing his nose; blood was streaming down his face.
"You broke my nose!" He yelled.
"That's the point," she said smiling. Akiko, very proud of herself, turned around to walk away, when a hand grabbed hold of her shoulder. She turned around quickly as the punk grabbed hold of her. As she turned, she lost her balance and fell to the ground. 'Crap!' she thought as she landed harshly on the ground.
"Leave me alone!" she yelled.
"No way!" he responded. "I'm gonna give you some pay back for the nose."
"Help!" Akiko yelled. The boy pulled back his fist, ready to hit her, when a black car pulled up behind them. A tall figure stepped out and darted over to scene, grabbing hold of the boy's wrist.
"Do you make a habit of hitting girls?" he asked. Akiko looked at the person who had saved her. He had short brown hair and dazzling blue eyes, he had a withdrawn look to him. The guy was wearing a long blue jacket with a blue shirt and blue pants on underneath.
"Kaiba?" she whispered. Seto Kaiba yanked on the boy's arm pulling him off of Akiko, then kicked him in the side, sending him flying into the otherwise deserted street.
"What are you doing over here? It's dangerous," Kaiba said to Akiko, as she got to her feet.
"Well, it's a funny story you see," Akiko stated, laughing nervously. "I got lost."
Sighing, Kaiba replied, "Let me take you back to your hotel." Akiko squeaked, and immediately, Kaiba regretted offering. He led her over to his car and she got in. Mokuba was sitting in the back seat, and looked slightly surprised to see her.
"Hi," she replied, and Mokuba smiled. Akiko got comfortable and relaxed. The trip didn't last long; she was only about three minutes from her hotel. The car pulled up to the curb, but she didn't get out.
"What is it now?" Kaiba asked.
"Well, the whole thing we were talking about earlier…" she said.
"I told you, magic isn't real," Kaiba interrupted. "It's something to entertain children."
"No, it's not," she responded. "If magic was just a trick, explain this." Akiko pulled out one of her cards, whispered something that Kaiba couldn't hear, and the whole car went black, and no one could see anything.
"What the…" Kaiba exclaimed.
"I won't lift the spell until you say you believe in magic," Akiko responded.
"What trick are you playing?" He commanded, standing up.
"None," she replied, frowning. "Try walking forward, you won't feel the edges of the car, they're not there anymore." Akiko stood up and pulled Kaiba into standing, then she pushed him toward where the door of the car would have been, but he fell down and landed on the ground.
"Can't do that without magic, can you?" Akiko stated.
"What are you implying?" Kaiba asked.
"Are you really that dense?" she questioned. "I really think you're cool Kaiba, but after all you've seen, how can you still not believe in magic? I know all about what happened with Yugi; we've been watching you for quite a while." Akiko stood there, completely dazed.
'After all he's been through, how can he not believe in magic?' She thought.
"How can I convince you that this is real, and it's your problem too?" She pleaded with him.
"There is no way, I don't believe your silly fairy tales. Now run along and enjoy your little rpg game." Kaiba replied. Akiko sighed, but then, seemingly out of nowhere, came a splash of water that soaked Akiko all the way to the bone.
"Huh!? What?!" She stuttered, confused. Then she heard evil laughter. "Shadow…"
"Yeah, what of it?" He replied, appearing in the air.
"How can you fly!?" Akiko yelled.
"I can cause I'm cool like that." Shadow stated.
"But Wind is Joey's element!" She argued.
"Everyone can fly, didn't you know that? It's simple magic, just like having a shield and the spells fireball and meteor, all magicians can use them." He replied.
"Oh, well, I wish I'd known that," she said.
"You were sleeping during that class," he responded.
"Oh, well, that's okay then." Akiko replied.
"Who is that freak?" Kaiba asked.
"Oh, him? That's Shadow; he wants to do something evil with his magic. I don't know what exactly, but we're trying to stop him." Akiko stated.
"Shadow? That name is so cliché." Mokuba said.
"Yeah, I know. I've told him that already." Akiko agreed.
"Excuse me!" Shadow yelled. "I have an evil plan that I came here to accomplish!"
"Oh, sorry. Carry on." Akiko said.
"Thank you. So, since you're all by yourself, I'm gonna kidnap you Akiko, and there's nothing you can do about it!" Shadow yelled, overzealously.
"Hey, we're here too." Kaiba stated.
"Yeah, but you're a freak who doesn't believe in magic, even though you can use it." Shadow said. "So you don't count." At that, Kaiba twitched. "There's no way someone like you can use magic anyway. You're too full of yourself."
"Wanna bet?" Kaiba replied.
"Yes, actually I would. You're too much of a brute to be able to use any good magic. Even if you could, you would fail miserably." Shadow responded.
"I could do it easily if Wheeler could do it." Kaiba stated.
"Then prove it!" Akiko yelled.
"Fine, teach me how." Kaiba commanded.
"You've gotta be kidding me, Joey could do it because he's Joey. Kaiba wouldn't be able to do it." Shadow muttered.
"Are you saying I'm worse than Wheeler?" Kaiba questioned.
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not." Shadow replied.
"Here, the first thing you have to do is find your inner element." Akiko instructed.
"What?" Kaiba replied.
"Ugh! Close your eyes, and try to find the element you most connect to." She stated.
"Umm…okay." Kaiba replied. He closed his eyes and stood there for several moments, and then he frowned deeply. "I feel stupid."
"That's the reason you're having so much trouble. Forget about the people around you. Don't be so self-conscience." She told him. Kaiba frowned, having a really hard time.
"Ha, this is gold!" Shadow laughed. "Fireball!" He aimed the fire at Kaiba, who was closing his eyes.
Akiko ran in front of Kaiba, threw up one of her cards, and yelled, "Shield!" Her red shield materialized forcing the fireball to go in another direction.
Suddenly, Kaiba opened eyes. "I can't believe it, but I think I found it." He said.
"Then use it!" Akiko yelled.
"How?" he muttered.
"Ummm…just use your element, and say it along with armor. Here, like this. Shadow Armor!" She said as she held up her card in front of her. She was enveloped in a vortex of darkness, then she stepped out it her black and purple suit of armor. "Try it."
"Ummm…Earth Armor!" He said uncertainly. Then, the Earth came up out of the ground and surrounded him. It shattered into tiny pieces and Kaiba stepped out with brown and green armor on. He had a look of utter astonishment on his face.
"Cool." Mokuba said.
"How amazing, he conjured a suit of armor." Shadow said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Water Armor!" A wave of water came up around Shadow, and when it left he was in a suit of armor with various shades of the darker blue.
"Watch this," Akiko said to Kaiba, ignoring Shadow. "Katana of Darkness!" A wave of dark energy shot out of her hand and turned solid in the form of a katana. She leapt boldly at Shadow, wielding her sword with perfection and sliced at him, cutting through his shield that he had put up for defense.
"Crap!" he yelled backing quickly away. "I'll be back, and I'll get you next time!"
"Yeah, you keep telling yourself that!" Akiko yelled back. "So, do you believe in magic now?"
"No," Kaiba said. "I don't know how you did that, but there has to be some logical explanation."
"Oh, whatever. Just come into our hotel room and we'll teach you some of our 'tricks'" she responded.
"Fine, but how do I get this off?" Kaiba asked.
"Just imagine it off." Akiko replied. As she said that, her armor vanished and a card appeared in her hand. Kaiba did the same and a card appeared in his hand too.
"What do I do with this?" He asked.
"Imagine a box in your hand the size, color, and design pattern you want. It should work. Yugi and Joey did it." She told him. Kaiba tried, but nothing happened.
"Why isn't it working?" He questioned, frustrated that he couldn't do something Joey could.
"I don't know, we'll try it again later." Akiko replied. "Now sit down unless you want to bonk your head on the top of the car." Akiko sat down on the ground and Kaiba and Mokuba followed her example. She imagined the darkness going away and a card named Dark Aura appeared in her hand. Suddenly, the darkness was gone and they were sitting in the car again.
"Let's go up to the hotel room, so we can teach you guys how to make shields." Akiko said smiling.
"Can I come?" Mokuba asked.
"Sure." She replied. They got out of the car and walked up the stairs to the hotel room.
To be continued…
A.N. There you go, chapter three of my fabulous story. JK. Anyways, please R&R and give me some advice on how I could make it better. I'm sorry if Kaiba's a little different then in the show, but it's been a while since I've watched the show. Thanks for reading those very few folks who have, and please keep on reading. Tell you friends if you must, but please help me get more readers. TT Sorry I haven't been writing a lot, but when you have very few reviewers, it's hard to be motivated. Thanks for reading. Stay tuned for the next chapter.