Chapter 29: Without Words
At The Game Shop
Startled by Froste Bloom gasped and tumbled off the couch. "Ouch, that looks like it hurt..." Froste muttered before the redhead groaned. "Sorry but you startled me..." "Sorry about that. I just wanted to make sure you were ok since you had a fever earlier...but it looks like it's behind you now." the spirit told her. "How is she doing?" Miss Faragonda asked as she entered the room. "She seems fine now Granny." Froste smiled. "I'm glad to hear it." the headmistress smiled and took a seat next to Bloom after she sat back down on the couch. In her hands, she carried a plate with some toast with apple butter on it.
"Here you should eat to try and regain your energy. Froste dear could you please hand me the orange juice over there." "Sure thing," Froste spoke up before with a flick of his finger the OJ floated over to the table. "How are you feeling dear?" Miss Faragonda asked Bloom softly. "Much better thanks..." "Good. Froste's magic is very powerful...he was able to heal you fully." "Yep. Though I may have overdone it a bit by making it snow in Domino City..." Froste admitted.
"Really? I wish I could have seen it." Bloom smiled. "By the way...Miss Faragonda...Daphne spoke to me in my dreams last night..." "And what did she say?" "She said something about a whole new quest and that this time the Belivix power would not be enough...that I must go to Tir-Nan-Og to speak to Nebula about obtaining a new transformation...she called it Celestix..." Bloom told the headmistress. Miss Faragonda was silent for a moment. "Celestix is an ancient power that was said to only be achieved by earning the ancient one's favor..." "The ancient ones?"
"The ancient ones?" "Yes. The gods and goddesses that created not just the magic dimension but the universe in its entirety...that includes Earth and the vast planets that have been separated from Magix for a very long time more than most mere mortals can count. The last Faerie to achieve this special gift vanished from all existence fading into history..." Miss Faragonda told Bloom. "However, it is not impossible. But there will be tests that you must overcome to be chosen as their vessel to act through...I do not believe this whole thing was just by chance...no doubt you will come across many new enemies along with adventures..." the headmistress murmured.
"To be honest I'm a little scared...after what happened yesterday Miss Faragonda...i'm not completely sure that I can handle what comes next...but I also know that this may be the only way that I can defeat the Wizards Of The Black Circle for good...do you have any advice you can give me?" Bloom questioned. "Keep your wits about you and follow your heart...I know you'll discover the right path...I have faith in you, Bloom..." Miss Faragonda offered a smile. The redhead smiled back.
"Thank you, Miss Faragonda...by the way changing the subject...where are Yugi and the others?" Bloom questioned. "They mentioned they were going to some placed called Kaiba Corp...something about helping Kaiba..." Froste spoke up before Bloom gasped and quickly got to her feet. "Kaiba! I nearly forgot! Uh...Thank you for everything but I have to go!" Bloom apologized and hurried out the door. Miss Faragonda let out a heavy sigh as Froste slowly walked over to her. "You don't have to say another word...it's written all over your face..." the spirit told the headmistress.
"I'm worried about Bloom...and the not only her but the others as well...but I must return to Alfea...I can't remain here though I wish I could." Miss Faragonda confessed. "Let me guess you want me to follow her? Don't worry I figured this might happen. Off I go! Take care Granny I'll see ya when I see ya!" Froste exclaimed before he disappeared in a burst of ice. "I only hope Bloom can handle what is to come...one thing I do know is that Oritel and Miriam will not like this one bit..." Miss Faragonda murmured softly.
Kaiba Corp
"You move that over there...and place that in that pile..." Kaiba muttered as he dictated orders to his workers. Slowly but surely everything was starting to come together. But there was still a lot of work that needed to be done. "You heard my big bro! Move it move it move it!" Mokuba exclaimed loudly keeping everyone on their toes. Joey groaned as he carried a pile of boxes from one side to the other. "Damn it...dis is heavy...wat in da world are in these tings anyways!?" the blonde questioned. "Less talking and move moving Wheeler..." Kaiba muttered as Joey growled. "Why you-ya should just be grateful I'm helpin ya!" the blonde shook his fist as Yugi watched from the window with the phone ringing off the hook playing secretary trying to schedule appointments and take orders for parts and equipment.
"GEESH! How does Kaiba do it!?" Yugi cried. Atem only chuckled. {Kaiba's a dedicated worker indeed.} the Pharaoh admitted before he noticed Bloom outside. {Yugi look out there...} Atem directed Yugi's gaze. Yugi gasped. "It's Bloom! And she looks like she's feeling a whole lot better...I'm glad..." Yugi smiled. {Yes and someone else seems just as excited} Atem smiled as Yugi and he both watched as Mokuba dropped everything and ran over and jumped into Bloom's arms. Bloom laughed as she fell over and hugged the little brother.
"BLOOM! I'm so happy to see you!" Mokuba beamed as his eyes lit up. "Me too! I'm really glad you're out of the hospital! I was so worried about you." Mokuba grinned. "By the way thanks for the flowers!" "Of course! I wanted to give you something to help you get better." the redhead smiled. Joey grumbled. "Flowers!?" the blonde exclaimed before he gasped feeling the weight force him backward and fell being nearly crushed under the heavy boxes. Mokuba and Bloom made a face before she hurried over to him.
"Oh no Joey!" the faerie cried and used her magic to lift the boxes off of him. Kaiba twitched his eye watching what just happened in front of him and made his way over to Joey. "You better not have smashed any of my equipment of I'll take it out of your hide..." Kaiba warned. "If you're not going to make yourself useful then go home..." "WHY YOU UNGRATEFUL POMPOUS JERK!" Joey fumed as Bloom helped him up. "Are you ok Joey?" she asked softly before the blonde brushed the dirt off. "Phew! Ya saved me! I was nearly crushed no thanks ta rich boy! Anyways forget bout me wat bout you?" Joey question in return. "I'm feeling much better thanks to Froste's magic..." "No kiddin...ya had me and everyone else worried sick!"
"I'm feeling much better thanks to Froste's magic..." "No kiddin...ya had me and everyone else worried sick!" the blonde exclaimed. "Sorry about that. Say do you need a hand with those boxes?" Bloom asked softly. Joey turned his gaze up at the floating boxes. "Well, dats, not really da issue here..." the blonde sweatdropped as he examined the boxes before he started to move them inch by inch through the air. Bloom laughed amused before she looked over at Kaiba. Slowly the redhead took a deep breath and walked over to the CEO wiped the sweat from his forehead. Gently Bloom tapped Kaiba's shoulder before he turned around. Though as soon as he did he quickly averted his gaze.
"You know Bro." Mokuba began. "You've been up since Six in the morning. Why don't you take a break and let me handle things here? After all, I AM the Co-CEO." Mokuba suggested. "But..." Kaiba paused before he thought it over. "Have it your way. Just make sure you keep Wheeler on a leash. I don't need a rapid dog messing up my tech..." Kaiba finally gave in. "KAIBAAAA!" Joey spat before Mokuba pushed Joey away towards the building. "Come on Joey! We still have more boxes to move!" "Gah! Alright Alright quit shovin!" the blonde exclaimed before it was just Bloom and him. "Mokuba..." Kaiba groaned as he twisted his lip before Bloom's voice broke the silence.
"You know it's a really nice day. Why don't we go down to the beach? A bit of a break from work will do you some good." Bloom suggested. The CEO only let out a sigh. "Come on let's go..." the blue eyed male murmured and prepared his motorcycle. Once he got on he secured his helmet and gave the redhead the other one. "Get on and hold on tight. I won't be held responsible should you happen to fall off." Kaiba muttered before Bloom got behind him and wrapped her arm around his waist. "All set! Let's go!" Bloom smiled before Kaiba took off and drove them to the beach nearby. Once they found a place to park the redhead got off as did the CEO.
"I'm going to tie up my bike so no one takes off with it. Why don't you go on ahead." Kaiba offered. "Oh. Alright, sure I'll meet you down there." Bloom offered a smile before she slowly walked down the wooden stairs leading to the beach. The air felt so refreshing and the sound of the waves crashing against the shore was like music to the faerie's ears. If only this had occurred under better circumstances. "Poor Kaiba...he must be so scared and confused over what happened..." Bloom frowned softly. She needed to find some way to cheer him up if only a little. The redhead took a small stroll before she noticed Kaiba slowly walked down the wooden stairs.
"Sorry, that took longer than I though. I installed a new anti-theft system and I wanted to make sure it installed properly." Kaiba told her. "No worries." Bloom offered a smile. "Still you're really good on that motorcycle. It's not easy to ride one of those things." "I was more concerned about you." the CEO admitted. "But you held your own fairly well I'd say...have you rode on a motorcycle before?" "Not exactly. On Magix, we have these things called Leva-Bikes and you ride on them in the air. No wheels or anything just magic." "...You don't say..." Kaiba muttered before he took out his PDA and tinkered around.
"Perhaps I could create my own prototype...I could enable a system in which duelists could battle one another while riding a chosen duel monster...only it would reveal be anti-gravitational system disguised as one...I'd have to run various tests..." Kaiba pondered as he ran over the schematics in his head. Bloo, couldn't help but laugh before Kaiba scowled. "And just what do you find so amusing...?" the CEO questioned. "You Kaiba." the redhead giggled. "Here we are finally alone together and all you can think about is Duel Monsters." she pointed out.
"...Well, what else is a duelist supposed to talk about?" Kaiba inquired. Bloom took a minute to think. "Oh I dunno...how about..." the redhead looked around before she noticed an ice cream vendor nearby. "Ice cream!" the faerie exclaimed. "Ice cream?..." "Yeah, I'll be right back!" Bloom exclaimed and got up before she hurried off. The blue eyed male waited until she returns with two vanilla cones in hand. "See Ice crea-Woah!" the redhead squeaked as she nearly lost her footing thanks to a small crab crossing between her feet. "Sorry about that. Crab." Bloom giggled nervously before she noticed she accidentally got ice cream on Kaiba's nose.
"Oh great..." Kaiba sighed. "I got it." the redhead assured him and gently wiped it off with her thumb. A hint of blush tinted the blue eyed male's cheeks. "Maybe you should try the ice cream before you wear it." "Very funny." the CEO murmured before she handed him his cone. "Here you go! One vanilla ice cream cone!" Bloom smiled before she sat down at the table next to him. "Just look at this place...the smell of the ocean...and the sandy beach...it's so peaceful here..." "Yeah unlike most places these days." Kaiba scoffed. "That's very true." the faerie admitted softly. "Actually that's why I kinda wanted to spend some time together...just the two of us...oh and of course our ice cream cones." Bloom pointed out playfully.
"Is that so?" Kaiba mused before he took a bit of his ice cream and shuddered. "Are you ok?" "...It's cold..." the CEO muttered. "Yeah, it's ice cream. You act like you've never eaten it before." "That's because I haven't...I am the CEO of Kaiba Corp...I can't be seen eating like the common folk..." "But it's SO yummy! How can you possibly resist!?" Bloom exclaimed before she took another bite as did Kaiba. "Hmm, defenitly milk based...made from a flash freezer...artifically flavored..." Kaiba mulled over before Bloom started to laugh at him yet again. Kaiba groaned annoyed.
"Would you stop that!? I'm being completely serious..." Bloom tried to get a hold of herself. "I'm sorry I just can't remember the last time I laughed so much." "Well I don't find it very funny...it's imperative that a business man analyze and break down any and all things that are new to me as well as size up their potential..." Kaiba explained. "Oh no I didn't mean it like that. It's just pretty incredible how you can be so dedicated towards your company. But the reason I took you out here was to get away from all of that if only for a little while...so we could talk...is that alright with you...?" Bloom asked Kaiba softly as she placed her hand on top of his.
"Oh...well I suppose it is rather difficult for me to just sit back and relax at the current moment..." Kaiba let out a heavy sigh. "I'm not one to take breaks normally." "It's ok I understand...a lot is going on right now...I completely get that..." the redhead assured the CEO. "...I may be a man of business but I seem to have a difficult time when it comes to actually talking to people...I'm sure you've figured out by now that I'm more comfortable around machines." the blue eyed male admitted.
"You know I never had any friends growing up in Gardenia either. I was pretty much a loner I mean all I had was my mom and dad...oh and this obnoxious neighbor Mitsy. She just loved to get under my skin anyway she could." Bloom told Kaiba. "What a pain...if I knew magic I'd have turned her into a toad..." Bloom only giggled. "Well I thought about it." the faerie mused. "Actually one time I and my friends used her car to fight a giant spider." Kaiba chuckled with a sadistic smirk. "Heh, I bet her provider didn't cover insurance for spider attacks." "Nope! They sure didn't." Bloom and Kaiba both laughed.
"So how is Mokuba doing?" Bloom questioned. "He's doing far better. Though I've also noticed that Mokuba's keeping unusually close to me recently...while that's normal to some extent I'm finding that it's a bit excessive..." Kaiba admitted. "Knowing Mokuba he's probably just worried about his big brother after all you and he are pretty close..." "Yeah, you're probably right about that...I have yet to tell Mokuba anything...I'm not sure how he would take it." Kaiba sighed. "Don't. It'll only cause Mokuba to worry even more than he is already." Bloom advised.
"Good call...that and I'm afraid my little brother might finally send me to a mental institution." Kaiba half-joked. "Like I wanted to send Yugi and his friends to for the past several years since we got into this mess..." Kaiba smirked."...You know Kaiba when I first discovered I was a Faerie my dad also thought I was nuts well into Stella turned the phone into a cabbage and carrot. Boy, that sure brings back memories." Bloom reminisced. Kaiba only bit on his lip. "...And when you learned you were different just...how did you deal with it? The fact that I'm...not who I thought I was...I heavily loathe any kind of secret...expecially if it involves me..." the CEO muttered bitterly. "I mean weren't you scared? Was there ever a time you wished you hadn't known?"
"At first I thrilled at the fact that I was a Faerie and that I had special powers...what I didn't realize was that the reason I was sent to Earth in the first place was so that I could protect a power that was coveted by three ancient and dark witches...but I left home and went to Alfea before I knew any of that. My power was so frustrating and it was hard to control...I didn't even know why I was magical being in the first place...but then I learned who I was...I wasn't ready at all for the truth either...descendants known as the Trix of those dark witches told me that I was a princess from the planet known as Sparks...and that they're coven destroyed my home and froze it into an eternal winter...that I was the last survivor..." "That I was the keeper of the Dragon Fire...the greatest power in all the Magical Universe...and they took it from me..."Bloom murmured softly. Kaiba's eyes widened as he listened to Bloom's story.
"So that's what you meant...when you spoke back then..." Kaiba concluded. "My power fell into their hands and they nearly destroyed all of Magix...it was horrible...even worse I was convinced that my power was gone and that I was useless without it...I began to wish that I had never found my winx that if I had just stayed on Earth that the Dragon Fire would still be safe...that it would never have happened...but my big sister Daphne helped me to discover that the Dragon Fire still burned within me...and I used it to stop them...and since then my life was never the same." Bloom told Kaiba."In fact, I wanted to learn about where I came from...my birth parents...what happened to them..." Bloom continued.
"...Parents huh...?" Kaiba's voice trailed off as he went into deep thought. "Mokuba and I were raised by the orphanage...so we knew no parents...we only had eachother...our last name only became Kaiba after I challenged the chess champion and former CEO of Kaiba Corp to a chess match...and won...in exchange he had to adopt us both...he became our stepfather Gozoburo Kaiba..." the CEO muttered. "Though living with that insufferable man was no easy task...I had to study day and night just to keep top grades in my lessons so that one day I could be the heir to our stepfather's company...he was cold...so I had to become even colder...it was all for them...so they would have the life they thought they never could..." the blue eyed male narrowed his eyes before he paused as he felt Bloom gently press against him. Slowly the redhead looked up at him as tears flooded her eyes.
"I'm so sorry Kaiba...that you had to go through all of that just to get by...Mokuba told me once before...back when we first met...I always had such loving parents...even if they weren't my real mom and dad...their love was real enough to me...when I learned I was a Faerie...when I wanted to search for my birth parents...they supported me in any way they possibly could...but to think that you and Mokuba gave up so much...that you even lost your smile in your struggle to survive...I can't even imagine how hard that must've been...for the both of you...oh how I wish I could have found you sooner..." Bloom wept unable to stop shedding tears.
"It's hardly something you need to get so worked up over..." Kaiba muttered before Bloom gently took her hands and turned his face towards hers. "I may not have been there back then...but I am here now...and I want you to know Kaiba that you and Mokuba from now on are my family too...I mean it...I know you're probably seeking answers that you feel are beyond your reach...I felt those same insecurities when I began my search as well...but I wasn't alone...I had all of my friends along with my parents supporting me no matter what happened along the way. Yep, it was quite the experience I'll never forget ever." Bloom murmured as she wiped her eyes.
"Save it...I already get the friendship speech from Yugi enough...I don't need them..." Kaiba scoffed. "Maybe not but I sure did...more than I knew at the time...it's thanks to them and..." Kaiba sighed. "Say it your boy toy right?" "...Actually..." the redhead began. "Sky caused more problems than he helped...his sword fighting skills aside...let's just say we had lots of up and downs...he actually was against me coming to Domino City in the first place when I told him," Bloom confessed.
"Gee I can't imagine why...you should've visited when I was hosting my Duel Monsters tournament in Battle City...I bet even blondie couldn't stand up to an Egyptian God card..." Kaiba smirked. "They do seem pretty powerful..." the faerie admitted. "Unfortunately for Yugi and I it doesn't look like these Wizards care much for dueling...most of our advisers had to challenge us to a duel if they hoped to gain whatever it was they wanted..." the CEO muttered bitterly. "...Actually Kaiba that's what I wanted to talk to you about..." "...Bloom..." Kaiba began. "...Yes, Kaiba...?" the redhead answered softly before the blue eyed male bit down on his lip and rose to his feet.
"...I...I'm sorry...I don't hand out apologies that often...but I really screwed up back there...even though my intention was protecting you I ended up gravely injuring you instead Bloom! Even now I can barely look you in the eyes...I can't stand the thought...it makes me sick to my stomach!" Kaiba spat as he trembled. Bloom frowned before he stood up and walked over to him. "Kaiba I don't blame you for any of that...It wasn't your fault...everyone has darkness inside them and a Faerie is no exception...I once experienced the same thing when I was struck by a dark spell...it was like I had completely lost myself...but it is important to remember that no matter how deep and endless the darkness seems...there is always a light to guide us back to where we belong..." Bloom whispered softly as she took Kaiba's hand and placed it gently on her heart.
"Do you remember what I said...?" Kaiba only looked at her. "...I could hear it but it wasn't exactly clear...I was so taken over by rage that it only got through barely..." Kaiba murmured. "What I spoke was the truth...these feelings that I hold right here...I still remember the words you once told me...you think you can picture your life with someone...that person you want to be with forever...but when you meet someone you can't picture your life without...then you know...Kaiba...I can't picture MY life without YOU there...I love you Kaiba" Bloom confessed as she gazed into his blue eyes with her.
"...Seriously must you say that out loud?" Kaiba questioned his face reddened. Even his ear lobes were flushed with embarrassment. Bloom apologized as she blushed flustered. "...Uh...that's not what I meant!" Kaiba exclaimed with a groan unable to put what he wanted to say into words. Why was he so bad at this. "You can say that so easily...UGH FORGET IT! I'M GOING BACK HOME!" Kaiba exclaimed in an outburst and turned to leave. "W-Wait!" Bloom cried before she snagged her foot on the table's leg both of them crashing onto the sandy beach. Kaiba and Bloom paused as he found her on top of him. Unable to put his feelings into words Kaiba leaned up slightly kissing the redhead softly yet deeply as he gently wrapped his arms around her. Gently Bloom returned the kiss holding him back warmly. No words needed to be exchanged as they conveyed their true feelings. "I'd say he said it just fine." Froste smiled as he watched from a distance.
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