Chapter 4- Returning Home
"Plit, plat." The rain hit my window like a steady drum beat while I laid staring up at the ceiling from my bed. It had been a full 24 hours since the incident happened at the arcade, but I was still a little irked from what had occurred. I just could not get over how Kaiba acted when I tried to help him AND his younger brother Mokuba... and that glare he gave me... I never wanted to see him again, but yet, deep inside, even though I didn't know myself, it wasn't true, I secretly wanted to see him again.
Bottom lip sticking out and eyebrows furrowed at the thought, I raised myself into an Indian style sitting posture, I then crossed my arms in annoyance. I HAD to get over it!
That day had been the day of a yearly convention that happened in this strange town I now reside in. I had gone to Arcade Gecki Ryu to attend that so called convention, but I could not find it! Then out of all things I got my costume stolen because I left it on the ground! That took months to make because of the moving my family and I had to do!
Growling in frustration, I jumped from my bed and unconsciously walked over to my Duel Monsters deck that sat nicely on top of my wooden dresser. Snapping it up, I backed up and sat down upon my bed again, fingering through my cards. Spreading them all out on top of my bed covers, I scowled at what lay before me. My cards were the exact replica of Kaiba's deck! Snorting, I started to bunch them all up into a nice pile again, until one particular card caught my eye. Raising it to my eye level, I stared at it blankly for a moment but soon a small smile started to creep upon my face. The worn out edges of the card told of how greatly it was loved over the years, now this very card I loved so much would help me to get back at Seto Kaiba. Not once was this card supposed to be shown to others or be used in duels due to what my father had told me, because of the problems it would cause amongst the dueling community, not to mention the black market who would just LOVE to get their hands on it. But that would all change! I laughed at the thought of Kaiba's shocked expression on his face when he would find out some "commoner" had a card as rare as this one, Ooo this was sure going to bite him in the butt!
My father had to practically BEG , the creator of duel monsters and the cards to make another card like this for me, his daughter. He eventually got it from him and now it belonged to me and only me! I was now determined to go and flaunt the card in Kaiba's snotty face, I immediately got up from my bed with the card in hand and started to go towards my opened bedroom door. Almost reaching the door I then suddenly came to a realization...I may not be able to see that jerk again! It was a once in a life time that Kaiba had come to MY town and now he could be ANYWHERE in the world!
"Nnnnrrraaaaggghhhh!" I groaned. Frustrated, I clenched my fist that didn't have the card and growled , "RAGH Curse it!"
"Curse what?" I heard a chuckle echo out in the hallway. Jerking my head up at the voice a large, exaggerated smile formed on my face.
"Dad your home!" I squealed in delight, pratically jumping on my dad who had just appeared in my door frame.
"I missed you!" I hugged him tightly as my father laughed, his blue-green eyes shinned with happiness as he returned my hug, "Haha! Oh I have missed you too sweetheart!"
Releasing me, my father then said, "Now what was it you were cursing Saranna? I hope it wasn't your poor old father!" The tall red-head laughed out. My voice rushed, I quickly responded, " Oh no no no Dad, I was just thinking about something out loud, don't worry it was not about you!" Hands raised in front of me, a sweat drop rolled down the side of my head.
"Well lets hope its not about that card you just dropped," He laughed half heatedly, eyeing the card that was now lying on the carpeted floor.
"Dad you know I ALWAYS carry this card," I assured him, picking the card off the floor. He then placed a large gentle hand on my head, ruffling my hair up, "Ha yeah I know that Saranna, well, try not to think TOO MUCH," he lifted his hand from my head and twirrled his finger around in a circle motion near the temple of his head, "I don't want your pretty little head to crash and burn from all the work you are putting it through! I don't need you going crazy on me just as I come home!"
"DAD!" I whined, laughing at the same time I punched him playfully in the arm, just noticing the dirt that now was spread out over his nice white collared shirt.
"How was your trip? Is your boss working you hard?" I questioned, hinting to the amount of dirt that layed all over his clothes that had been transferred to me when I hugged my father.
"Good, good! It was very hot and dusty there in Egypt, buuuttt I did find some old art work there that would make a GREAT design for a new set of dueling cards!" He said enthusiastically, taking a quick breathe he continued, " Mr. Pegasus is a great man, he would not dare over work one of his top artists!" He smiled as I patted the dirt off the front of my black sleeveless shirt.
"Man! I REALLY want to go with you to Egypt someday Dad!" I moaned as my father started to rumage over the dirty green back pack that had been slung over his shoulder.
"Well next time if I ever go back there again for work, I will ask if I can bring you with me kay?" My father said sincerely letting out a "Ah hah!" as he found what he was looking for. Before I could respond to offer, he shoved a wooden box the size of half a shoe box into my hands.
"Open it, I got it just for you!"
I blinked, curious as to know what its contents were I quickly grabbed the top and popped it off. I gasped quiet loudly, staring in amazement at the contents the box held. Small gold relics filled each and every corner of the splintery case, also some other objects as well.
One of the many gold relics was an Egyptian styled gold rabbit statue which actually glittered beautifully when the light hit it just right. The second of the items was an gold and silver bracelet with a blue stone that layed in the middle of it, which didn't look like it came from Egypt at all but was still very pretty and nice to look at. Another was a small stone tablet, the size of a duel monster card which had wear and cracks around the edges, a design of some type of old-school duel monster was pictured on that. Finally, the last of the treasures within the box were two duel monsters cards, both face down to the box.
"They were some things I just happened to find while digging around," my dad explained.
Grabbing my dad again, I hugged him tightly as I squealed in delight, "Thank you so much!" My dad then said excitedly, "Are you going to look at those cards?" He seemed more interested in them than the other priceless treasures that sat in the box. Letting my dad go, I nodded, picking the cards up carefully, I flipped them over; It revealed two monster cards I had never seen before. "Those are my new designs!' he said in a giddy way, clasping his hands together as to not get TOO carried away and snatch the cards away from me and start explaining how they were made and so on and so forth. They were beautiful indeed, best yet out of my fathers designs I would have to say! One was called Shikoba Feather Dragon, whose vibrant white color made me have to squint in order to see the magnificent beast that was upon it. The other was called Titus the Sea Dragon, whose colors were darker compared to Shikoba but made it look fierce...and deadly.
"They are beautiful dad!" I smiled, bringing the box close to my chest I hugged it tightly. Now I could see why my dad valued these two duel monster cards more than anything else that was within the box.
"I knew you would like them!" He piped, patting my head he then turned to leave the room, but stopped himself and turned halfway around, his index finger pointed at me.
"Remember, those cards don't come out till next month, so-"
"Keep it hidden until then, I know the drill!"
"Good," he said, a large smile on his face. "I also got some things for your brother and sister as well, they are already in the mail being shipped off!"
"Ah, that's cool," I said, setting the cards and the box down on my dresser. I then popped the bracelet out of the box, trying to snap it onto my skinny wrist, "Are you going to go visit them this time before you head back off?"
No answer. I looked back up to see my father had vanished from the doorway.
'I am glad you are home dad,' I smiled, I then finally snapped the bracelet on. Slowly, I started to turn my wrist, admiring the tiny designs that were embedded into the piece.
"OH HEY! Did you hear Seto Kaiba was in town?" My father said, popping his head out from behind the door, making me jump in surprise and drop my arms to my sides.
"Oh jeez dad I thought you were gone!" I said in a shaky, laughing voice.
"You can't get rid of me THAT easily," he said, still smiling.
Putting a clenched hand to my mouth, I coughed, "Yeah, he was at the arcade little over a day ago," I frowned inwardly, the thoughts of "Seto" had invaded my mind to torture me once more; and right in the middle of a happy reunion as well!
My fathers eyes widened with excitement, he then questioned, " Oh! Was he just like how you imagined?" Looking up at his toothy grin, he knew that I knew, ever since I had heard of Seto Kaiba, I was totally obsessed in wanting to meet him and become just as strong in dueling as he was.
"I missed him," I lied.
Turning my back to my father, I walked over to the box on my dresser, I started pushing my finger tips through the gold relics.
"Oh," my dad said, disappointed, a frown now on his face. Suddenly there was a flash of light in his eyes.
"Oh yeah I remember!" Dad said, snapping his fingers, his famous grin was once again plastered to his face, his eyes danced with delight.
"Remember what?" I questioned.
"He is staying at The Obelisk Hotel!" Now a sheepish grin was on his face as he watched for my reaction.
I tensed up,"He is?" turning my head toward him I stared at him, he had that LOOK in his eye that he usually gets when he has a plan.
"Yep! How about you go over there and pay him a visit? He may have tons of guards around him though, but if he is as nice as they say he is, I don't think he will mind giving you an auto graph, maybe even some dueling tips. Or maybe..." My dad said, stroking his chin he grinned a mischievous smile.
"...Or what?" I asked, I eyed him suspiciously.
"Maybe he will go on a DATE with you~!"
"FOOM!" A pillow now had appeared where my dads sneaky grin once was and soon fell to the floor with a soft "flop."
"Duh-Du-DAD!" I yelled embarrassed, my face was flushed bright red.
"Hey you know, could happen, you are pretty after all! No man could resist you!" He said jokingly, a glint of amusement in his eyes, oblivious about the pillow that had just been one with his face a moment before.
"Stop joking around dad!"
"But still..." My dad said, he was now serious. Bending over, he snatched the pillow up and tossed it back at me, "Think about it, this will probably be your only chance to meet him and fullfill your dream."
"You really think so?" I said as calmly as I could, trying to hide the stutter that tried to escape from my throat. If only he knew.
"I KNOW SO." He said, puffing out his chest, so proud of the plan he had come up with.
"Alright if you say so!" I said with a small laugh, but inside I was disagreeing with everything my father had said. This was not going to work out the way I wanted it to, I totally forgot about the guards!
"Just don't think about it for TOO long, he actually has to leave back for Domino City in the afternoon tomorrow, don't know why though, that convention of yours does not end for another week." I soon then heard his shoes click heavily on the hall floor.
"Now your father needs some sleep, so don't bother me until tomorrow morning, that way I can be fresh and ready to take you to meet him okay? Then after that I will have to be off again."
Sitting down on my bed, a large frown formed on my face, "So soon?"
"Yeah, I am sorry honey, but business is business," with that there was a quiet creak of a door being closed and no more was said from my father.
I stood astounded for a few minutes staring blankly into the hall, I let out a broken sigh. He had only just come back and now he was leaving again for work? Man...
I once again heard the pattering of the rain outside my window, this time it was a sad, lonely reminder that I was to be left alone again for possibly another month.
Then, the worn out edges of the card I was still holding reminded me...I still needed to see Kaiba. Sniffing, I looked at the clock. It was a long way before nightfall, but...my father said he would take me tomorrow; oh that would be too late! What I planned to do with this card I had, my dad would disapprove greatly of it. Besides, if he went with me, he would see that all the stories he and I believed to be true about Kaiba would be wrong, my dad NEVER liked to be wrong, I didn't want to put him through that. PLUS, Kaiba may look at me differently if he knew my father was an Duel Monsters artist under Mr. Pegasus...
'Alright,' I breathed in deeply, focusing on the goal I wanted to achieve. I was gonna do this, no matter what. Turning around, I went to my desk where my little blue jean bag sat. Grabbing it up, I unzipped the top and slipped my card under a layer of the bag that was encased in plastic. Hey, I was not stupid, I still needed to keep the card safe from harm, this way, it will be protected just in-case something happened to my bag. Patting down the opened area where my card hid, I then began to gather things I thought I would need on my trip to see Kaiba, if I had to walk, it would definitely take awhile.
'Alright lets see..' I pondered, looking over the objects I had placed into my bag. 'Duel monsters deck, flashlight, water bottle...' I starred into the bag for a moment, I still needed some things! Zipping it up, I held it lazily by its strap, going to my closet I took out my brown coat, if it still was going to be raining outside I definitely would need that! Slipping it over my black sleeveless shirt I then slung my bag over my shoulder, hooking the strap to myself, I then proceeded to enter into the hallway. It was all dark, nothing but the dim glow from the kitchen light was on in the house. Shifting my gaze to my dad's bedroom door, I sighed and slowly crept toward it. Pushing it lightly with my fingertips, I peered in, only to see a big blob underneath the covers. My heart ached at the thought of leaving without telling my dad, I never EVER did this sort of thing. Frowning, I closed my eyes and left the opening of the door and went straight into the kitchen where I heard a loud snore echo from his room.
'Now he is definitely in a deep sleep,' I reminded myself, opening up a cabinet I took out a couple granola bars and stuck them in the front pocket of my bag.
'Alright got that,' I silently closed the cabinet and walked into my front room toward a large wire basket. Glancing in, my eyes narrowed, 'But where's the umbrella?' Looking around the sides of the sofa and in a chest, I gave up. 'I guess I will have to do without one,' I signed, then I went to the front door where my shoes nicely sat and I slipped them on. Tying my white sneakers, I did one last check up to see of I had everything I needed to go and meet Seto Kaiba. I then opened the door to be greeted by an ice cold rush of air that the rained carried. I stared out the door for a few moments and was about to go out...but...guilt had got to me...I just couldn't do it, not without letting my dad know where I was going. Turning back around, I spotted a dry eraser memo board on the fridge. Taking it down, I placed it nicely on the table, opening a marker, I wrote, "Going to see Seto Kaiba at the Obelisk Hotel, be home soon! ~Saranna" Capping the marker, I then went back to the door, but not before I took one last look at my dad's bedroom.
"I am sorry dad, I hope you can forgive me," I said, my voice cracked a bit. "Bye..."
Flipping up the hood to my coat, I was out the door. Closing it behind me, I breathed in deeply, my eyebrows slanted down, I glared up at the sky , the rain hitting my face.
'I really hope your happy Kaiba! Look what you have brought me to!' I yelled in my head. 'Most people would just get over it and move on, but I can't, just because you exist!' I jumped off my front porch and soon was dashing down the street, determination had now sank in. I was going to get back at Kaiba and it was going to be with his own Blue Eyes White Dragon!
The following writing above is based on a dream that I have had, so please don't criticize(I don't want any constructive criticism either, I want to progress on my own thanks xDD) if the characters are not acting like "they usually do" THANKS!
BAD WRITING IS BAD. Aaannnndddd thats then end of chapter 4! This one is SO LONG! Mostly because of all the dialect...LOL Her dad smiles just a little bit TOO much I would have to say... maybe his face is stuck like that? XD At that last part, Saranna got a little TOO dramatic...did she? XDDD Ha, Oh well! I can't believe she didn't want to wait until tomorrow XDD But I guess that would make sense... it was about 2 pm when her dad came home, so that would be a long time to wait for someone who REALLY wants to see something bad ^_^ She left her house around...2:55 I believe! Hopefully Saranna knows where that darn Obelisk Hotel is! If you don't know, she actually just moved into this house about... 2 months ago sooooooo yeah. Good Luck Saranna! I hope to have the next chapter done sometime this week~!