Note To Readers: Hey guys! Thank you so much for the awesome responses! Every little comment helps and inspires me! Now one thing about Winx Club I disliked was how quickly Roxy was brushed aside after season 4. Well, not this time! Hope you're revved up and ready as I present to you Chapter 30!
Chapter 30: The Faerie Of Animals
Kaiba and Bloom after a moment broke the kiss. "I'd say you said it just fine..." the redhead smiled as blush tinted her cheeks. "Good because I'm lousy with words," Kaiba muttered as he helped Bloom to her feet. "Got that right but you are a man of few words. Sometimes it's best not to say anything. Words tend to get us into trouble." Kaiba chuckled as he smiled. "Yet somehow you always seem to know what to say and that's cheating." the CEO teased as Bloom paused as she looked at Kaiba and smiled back.
"I was right..." she murmured. The blue eyed male raised his eyebrow. "And that would be?..." Kaiba questioned. "Your smile...I finally got to see it..." the faerie murmured softly. "And I was right...your smile is really sweet..." Bloom smiled all the more. Kaiba's face nearly turned three shades of red and quickly turned around. "W-Well don't get used to it!" the CEO exclaimed flustered. He could feel his heart pounding so much that he was afraid if he didn't get a hold of himself he'd have to hold his chest just to prevent it from leaping out. "After all, I'm the CEO of Kaiba Corp...my job is to keep all my employees in line with a firm and sturdy hand...being happy all the time just isn't my style..." Kaiba muttered.
"Well smiling all the time would be tiring for anyone," Bloom admitted. "Not everyone can be happy about everything. However, I still want to smile as much as I possibly can..." the redhead murmured. "...I already told Miss Faragonda...but I wanted to bring you out here because there's something I need to tell you Kaiba..." Bloom murmured as her voice hardened. Kaiba turned around to face Bloom and looked into her eyes. "...You really are serious aren't you...that's not like you Bloom...what's wrong?" the CEO questioned concerned.
"...My sister Daphne came to me in a dream and she told me that there is a journey ahead and that it will be filled with danger...and that includes traveling to new words unknown to us...and facing new enemies other than The Wizards Of The Black Circle..." Bloom told Kaiba. "To be honest...it's really scaring me...but I know that it will take both of us far far away from Domino City...Gardenia...Earth...even the Magic Dimension...and...more than likely..." the redhead's voice trailed off. "...The Wizards will follow...so then my assumption was correct after all..." Kaiba finished as he twisted his lip.
"Wait...did you predict this was going to happen?" Bloom questioned. "...Sorta..." Kaiba let out a sigh. "After everything...I went off to think about what happened on my own...who I was...what I was doing in this place...and then there was this snow fall...I was a village that was covered in stainless snow...it kept falling down and it almost seemed familar...there was even this faceless figure that called out to me...but who it was even I can't answer..." the CEO told the Faerie. "I already told Yugi about it earlier but no one else. It didn't think it was even worth mentioning really..." Kaiba scoffed.
"...Hmm...It like when I see Daphne in my dreams...maybe there's someone out there trying to guide you...a key to your past..." Bloom suggested. "Well whatever it is I know this much Bloom...this isn't over...not by a long shot...as the Wizards Of The Black Circle still live and breathe they pose a serious threat..." Kaiba narrowed his eyes as the ocean breeze blew against them. "Right we must stop them! But in order to see that mission through I must embark on one of my own..." the redhead told the CEO. "...I don't like where this is headed..." the blue eyed male muttered bluntly as he crossed his arms. "Just what kind of mission is this anyways?..." Kaiba growled.
"Daphne told me that my current powers are not enough. I must earn a new transformation and go beyond Believix. She calls it Celestix a power that no one has been able to achieve in quite a long time...the last faerie who managed it disappeared lost in the hands of time...but still...I..." Bloom bit her lip before Kaiba let out a sigh and placed his arms upon the redhead's shoulders. "...You still have to go...and even If I told you to do otherwise you'd still set out to try and gain this new power of yours...because if you don't then you won't be strong enough to defeat The Wizards Of The Black Circle or the enemies waiting in the other words...is that more or less what you're trying to say...?" Kaiba asked softly. Slowly Bloom looked up at him and nodded softly.
"That's right..." she murmured."I must travel to Tir-Nan-Og to the Isle of the Earth Faeries in order to learn how to acquire Celestix. But..." "...There's always a but..." Kaiba muttered. "But I don't know how long that could take...it could be days, months, years...I wish I was more certain but I'm not..." Bloom confessed sadly. "...You know I don't like to be kept waiting...so just do what you have to do...and get back as quickly as you possibly can. Understood? " the CEO spoke up as his face slightly reddened. Bloom only looked at him before she smiled as tears filled her eyes. "Yes! Thank you!" Bloom exclaimed with joy and embraced him as tightly as she could.
"So you're leaving now I take it?" Kaiba asked Bloom. The redhead took a moment to wipe her eyes. "Yes. I need to go see someone in order to go to Tir-Nan-Og. A friend of mine. That's the only way I'm going anywhere." Bloom informed him. After a moment Kaiba finally spoke up. "Then I'm coming too...if I'm not going to be able to see you for awhile I can at least be there until you actually leave for this quest of yours. Or. It's whatever if you'd rather not then I'll just take off...it makes no difference to me either way..." the blue eyed male muttered before Bloom gently grabbed Kaiba's wrist.
"Nothing would make me happier Kaiba. Of course, you can come with me." Bloom told him softly as she lifted his hand up to her cheek gently rubbing it against her face. "Well, then I supposed that settles that." the CEO muttered. "Yep! BELIEVIX!" the faerie exclaimed before she transformed. "WINX ZOOMIX!" Bloom called out before her wings transformed into her teleport wings. "...And just what is the point of THAT?" Kaiba raised his brow. "This." Bloom mused as she playfully hugged Kaiba before they vanished from sight only to reappear in Gardenia outside the Frutti Music Bar.
"Well here we are!" Bloom exclaimed as Kaiba had to take a moment to regain himself. It was like they were flying through a vortex of endless colors. Just the thought of it gave him chills. "Next time...WARN ME FIRST!" Kaiba exclaimed grumpily. "Oops sorry. Guess I just got a little carried away." the redhead apologized and transformed back to Normal. "Anyways Welcome to Gardenia my hometown." Bloom smiled as she playfully spun around. " My friends and I spent a lot of time here recently...it feels nice to be back." the faerie sighed softly.
"So who are we looking for again?" Kaiba questioned as he looked around. "Roxy. She's the daughter of the owner of The Frutti Music Bar Klaus." Bloom told him before a girl wearing jeans and a paw print shirt came out from behind the counter. Her hair was a dark pink with a tint of blonde on the tips. There was also a blonde dog following behind her with brown eyes and big floppy ears. "Woah! Slowly down Artu! What's got you so excited all of a sudden!?" Roxy cried as she followed her furry friend.
"Uh, Roxy! You forgot the drinks!" a male with dark blonde hair wearing a blue shirt called after her as he came out from the back. Roxy looked back for only a moment. "S-Sorry dad! But Artu started to act a bit crazy all of a sudden I think something's bothering him...or maybe his food bowl is empty..." the faerie murmured before Artu started to bark. "What's gotten into you boy?" the pink haired girl cried before she paused as her deep violet eyes gazed at a familiar face and one not so much. It took but a moment before Roxy's face lit up and ran over to the redhead embracing her instantly.
"BLOOM!" Roxy cried out happily as Bloom gasped nearly having the wind knocked out of her. "Roxy!I'm so glad to see you!" Bloom exclaimed in return as they hugged one another. Artu, on the other hand, was getting up close and personal with Kaiba. It started with simply sniffing him before the CEO found himself on the other side of the mutts tongue. A rather unwelcomed gesture. "Aw! Have you found yourself a new friend?" the pink haired girl smiled as Bloom tried to suppress her laughed. "UGH!" Kaiba made a face as he tried to get the dog off of him. "Can someone kindly get this mutt off of me...?" the CEO muttered.
"Oh sorry about that! Artu come here boy!" Roxy called her furry friend over and petted him in praise. Slowly Kaiba got to his feet and wiped off the drool with his sleeve. "I think he just got a little over excited. Anyways it's so good to see you, Bloom! And you are...?" the faerie of animals words trailed off. " Seto Kaiba...of Kaiba Corp...you must be Roxy..." the CEO muttered. "That's me. So you're that hotshot CEO I've heard so much about. Dad says you run all of Domino City. "Uh...if I'm not mistaken we catered one of your parties once awhile back. Roxy spoke up.
"Anyways it's nice to meet you. Though if you don't mind me asking why are you two together in the first place?" the pink haired girl questioned. "Well I had to go to Domino City for college but my apartment flooded. So Kaiba let me stay with him...of course first it was just temporary but now...Roxy...things have changed...I don't know how I'm going to put this exactly but..." Bloom took a moment to try and think. "You know what we need? A nice refreshing round of fruit smoothies! I'll go rustle some up! Be right back!" Roxy exclaimed and hurried back towards the bar. Klaus eyed Kaiba as he scratched under his chin. More specifically the KC on the blue eyed male's white jacket. He knew he'd seen that insignia before. In but only a moment later Roxy came back out with a tray and drinks and walked over and sat down at a vacant table.
"Here you go! Enjoy!" Roxy exclaimed. "Thanks, Roxy." Bloom smiled and took one and sipped on it to try and calm her nerves. Bloom wasn't fooling anyone. Kaiba could tell that she was nervous about this whole talk. Gently Kaiba moved his hand and placed it on hers resting on the table. "You can do this...just tell her like you told me..." the CEO mouthed before Bloom smiled softly. The redhead nodded and looked at Roxy. "...Bloom is everything ok? You don't seem like yourself..." Roxy frowned worriedly about her best friend. "You know if you ever have a problem it always helped me to talk to over...so if you need me I'm here. Just like you were for me Bloom...no matter how scared I was about being a Faerie...or going up against the Wizards Of The Black Circle...you were always there..."
"You know if you ever have a problem it always helped me to talk to over...so if you need me I'm here. Just like you were for me Bloom...no matter how scared I was about being a Faerie...or going up against the Wizards Of The Black Circle...you were always there..I owe you so much, Bloom." Roxy told her. "So anything I can do just say the word and I'm there! Right Artu?" the faerie of animals smiled before her dog barked in agreement. Bloom smiled softly.
"I only did what anyone would have done Roxy...but since you brought it up I do need your help," Bloom told the pink haired girl. The redhead looked Roxy in her eyes causing the faerie of animals to stiffen. She didn't know what Bloom was about to say but she was afraid to hear it. "...Roxy this is going to be hard to hear but...The Wizards Of The Black Circle have returned..." she muttered with her gaze locked with Roxy's. The pink haired girl backed up and stumbled to her feet before she shook her head.
"T-Tha's not funny Bloom! I-It's just not possible! It's not true! It can't be! We trapped them in the Omega Dimension! Frozen in ice for eternity! I saw them with my own two eyes!" Roxy cried out in utter shock. Bloom frowned. "...Believe me Roxy I don't want it to be any more real than you do...but they escaped from their icy prison and they appeared in Domino City..." Bloom told Roxy before Kaiba stood up. "It's me that they're after...I have this sort of power inside of my body...but even though I haven't any idea as to what it is The Wizards Of The Black Circle sure as hell seem to...the thing is I don't like it when someone understands something I don't..." the blue eyed male narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists.
"R-Roxy! Are you ok!? Klaus cried out as he noticed that his daughter was starting to act scared and hurried over to them. "I-I don't know...I...wait...they're after him?...Seto Kaiba? Ok now I know you're messing with me!" the faerie of animals exclaimed. "...And just why do you believe that this is a joke...I'm certainlly not laughing here..." Kaiba muttered angrily. Roxy paused before she looked at Kaiba then at Bloom. "...I'm telling the truth, Roxy..." the redhead almost choked out. "...I can't believe I'm going to say this...but I believe you...though I REALLY don't want to..." the faerie of animals groaned.
"Did I miss something here?" Klaus questioned before Kaiba looked towards the owner. "Hey pops...how much is it per smoothie?" the CEO questioned. "..Uh...like 3.50 a piece..." Klaus muttered before he scratched his head. "Well, that's easy enough...HEY, EVERYONE! FREE SMOOTHIES ON ME!" Kaiba yelled out as loud as he possibly could before the Frutti Music Bar soon flooded with a large crowd of people. Bloom and Roxy both gasped as they watched the place nearly get over run "HEY! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Klaus yelled at the Kaiba. "Oh? Is that a fact?" the CEO smirked before he took out his checkbook and a pen. With but a simple motion of his hand he wrote a check and placed it on his serving tray. Klaus looked down before his eyeballs nearly popped out of his head seeing all the zeroes.
"Keep the change..." Kaiba muttered before he took Roxy and Bloom. "Come on...let's go somewhere else where we might actually be able to talk in peace..." the blue eyed male suggested. "Good idea...oh! We can go to the warehouse! It's just down this path!" Roxy exclaimed and guided Bloom and Kaiba towards it. "So then..." Kaiba began. "She's a Faerie too...?" "Yep! Roxy is the Faerie of animals! She was actually the one the Wizards Of The Black Circle were after before you." Bloom told Kaiba before Roxy ceased in in tracks.
"Oh no! The Earth Faeries! What if the Wizards try to capture them again! I need to go to Tir-Nan-Og right away!" Roxy cried frantically. Bloom hurried over to Roxy and tried to calm the pink haired girl down. "What's important is that we don't panic. Roxy...in order to defeat the Wizards Of The Black Circle I have to go to the Isle of Tir-Nan-Og. I need to see Nebula and learn from her how to gain Celestix a transformation that will help me on this new journey I must embark on..." Bloom told Roxy.
"...That...doesn't sound easy..." Roxy frowned. "No one ever said it would be..." Bloom murmured softly. "Well, you'll need someone by your side to fight against the wizards. After all, until Ogron and the others are put away for good no Faerie or anyone for that matter will be safe!" Roxy exclaimed with a reassuring smile. "Thank you, Roxy. I knew I could count on you." the redhead smiled happily in return. "It's like you told me before...a friend in need is a friend indeed..." the pink haired girl smiled back as she summoned a round white object which gave off immense power. Using the power of the White Circle she began to glow surrounded by a pink aura.
"POWER OF THE WHITE CIRCLE! I COMMAND YOU! OPEN THE GATE TO THE EARTH FAERIE'S REALM!" the faerie of animals called out before the passageway started to reveal itself. Kaiba looked all around them as he felt this strange force. A vision of a man handing a woman in a green dress the white round object. The same as this girl possessed. "Leaving so soon? And here I thought we might have more fun before I send you to your ultimate demise!" a chilling voice emerged from the shadows. "Who's there!?" Roxy demanded to know.
"Get back Roxy!" Bloom warned and quickly got in front of her transforming into her Believix form. "W-Who is that guy!?" the faerie of animals questioned as Artu barked at the stranger. "Bakura..." Kaiba growled as he narrowed his eyes and prepared his prototype blaster. "If you think you're going to take ME down then I'm afraid you're sadly mistaken...I hope you're prepared for the consequences...BLOOM ROXY STAY BACK! I'LL HANDLE HIM! YOU GET GOING!" Kaiba yelled. "B-But Kaiba!" Bloom argued. "I SAID GO!...Trust me..." Bloom frowned before she grabbed Roxy's hand. "Let's do as he says! This way Roxy!" the faerie exclaimed as pink haired girl followed as she quickly activated the White Circle and disappeared with it. A smirk manifested on Yami Bakura's face.
"Well...Seto Kaiba...I heard you at long last you finally saw the darkness contained within that twisted heart you possess. Closer to the truth of your rebirth...I bet you're quite eager to know...unfortunatly it is still not time to reveal that...but don't worry...you will learn soon enough what it is you are...you and I are on the same side Priest Seto...you just are unaware of it..." "GO TO HELL YOU BASTARD! I'M NOT ANYONE'S PUPPET! Kaiba spat angrily and fired a white lighting bolt from his wrist. "Mere child's play..." Yami Bakura laughed before he summoned dark crystals. Before it could even hit Yami Bakura the crystal reflected Kaiba's attack right back at him.
The CEO couldn't react fast enough and braced himself for impact. "ICE WALL!" came Froste's voice erecting an icy barrier though that didn't stop the assault both of them getting blown backward as the Ice Wall only absorbed a portion of the damage. Yami Bakura smirked amusedly. "Well that was most unexpected...an Ice Spirit...looks like you got lucky this time Seto...besides I believe I've done enough damage for the time being...my business is done here...we've already got what we desire..." the spirit grinned as he stretched out his hand and activate the remnants of the White Circle's gateway.
The Wizards Of The Black Circle emerged entering the path to Tir-Nan-Og before it could disappear completely Yami Bakura following after them. Kaiba groaned he just barely caught sight of the Wizards. "...No...B...Bloom...I have to...warn her..." the blue eyed male struggled to dig out the PDA in his pocket. With just a few movements of his fingers, Kaiba pressed the buttons upon it and just before the passageway could vanish the CEO threw his device as far as he could into it. Kaiba paused as he heard someone's voice calling out to him but he was too weak to remain conscious or even respond. Slowly everything went dark as a young woman wearing blue hovered over him. Why? Why did this have to happen? It wasn't right. Bloom shouldn't have to get stronger. Not when he could be the one to fight for her.
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