Written by: Michirutsunami
Summary: Kathy is having
some different thoughts about her feelings toward Kaiba. Kaiba learns about
Kathy’s past. Malik plans to take the third protector.
They’re gone…the third protector said painfully in her head as she
watched the thunderstorm from her room. Claire…Melanie,
both gone, she thought as her eyes started to water. They’re gonna come after me next, I know it she thought as the
tears slowly fell from her eyes. But her thoughts were interrupted when she
heard some one call her name, “ Kathy?” she turned her head to see a man
standing at the door. “ Kaiba,” she muttered, he just stared at her, “ you
okay?” he asked not taking his eyes off her, Kathy turned away to look back at
the storm, she still felt his presence, but when she turned back to the door,
he was gone.
Was does Kaiba care so much about me? Kathy thought, and why do I care about him? Kathy was
puzzled, she couldn’t really explain her feelings for him, she always fought with
him about the little things, but when she was in trouble or sad, he was always
there for her. She slowly lifted herself from the bed and walked out of the
room, why does he care? She kept
thinking in her head, as she walked down the hallway, why do I care for him? Kathy then stopped, could it be possible that I…no it couldn’t be, she thought as she
shook that idea out of her head. She started to walk down the hallway again.
She stopped at the stairs to
see that Kaiba was reading in the room downstairs. He’s a good friend; he’s been trying to make sure I’m happy, she
thought as she looked at her feet. But he
can’t, I don’t think I can find happiness, she put her hand over her heart,
I lost a bit of my heart because of my
love for my mother. She looked at Kaiba and then walked back to her room.
But what she didn’t know is that Kaiba knew she was there.
It was killing him to see
Kathy in so much pain, I wish I could
help her he thought, but how can I if
I don’t know anything about her. Kaiba closed his book; I’ll go and talk to her in awhile.
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“ Send more minions after the
third,” Malik demanded at one of his servants. “ Yes lord Malik,” the servant
said as he bowed. “ Soon she will be mine,” Malik said wickedly.
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WHY CAN’T I GET HIM OUT OF MY HEAD! Kathy exclaimed in her head as
she tossed and turned in her bed. She just couldn’t stop thinking about Kaiba;
she just couldn’t help herself. Come on
girl, stop thinking about him, you’re gonna go mad if you don’t, she
screamed in her head as she put her hand on her head. You have to relax, she thought as she closed her eyes in pain. I need a drink, she thought as she
crawled out of bed and walked downstairs. I’m
so nervous, Kathy thought as she jugged down the huge glass of water she
poured, I get the feeling that Malik’s
minions will crash through the door and snatch me in my sleep. She lightly
put the glass on the counter as she looked out at the thunderstorm again. I just wish I knew what to do next, she
thought with a blank expression.
“ Kathy?” some one said from
behind her, she quickly turned around to see Kaiba standing in the door. “
Don’t scare me like that,” Kathy exclaimed as her face tightened with anger,
Kaiba gave out a small chuckle, “ you seem better.” Kathy gave a big sigh, “
sorry, I’m just a bit jumpy,” she replied as Kaiba walked over to her, “ its
okay,” he replied as he poured a glass of water for himself. “ Its just, are
you sure you want me here? I can always stay at Tea’s,” she asked as he drank
his water, “ why?” he asked in curiosity, Kathy looked away. “ Well, I don’t
want you to get hurt so I was thinking it might be best,” Kaiba’s eyes widened,
did she just say she didn’t want me hurt?
Where did that come from? Kathy
thought at what came out of her mouth. “ Kathy…” Kaiba started to say as he
walked toward Kathy, Kathy stared at him; he gave her a rare smile as he
brought his hand to her face, making her face go red. “ I don’t care, I want
you to stay here,” he said softly, Kathy was shocked, he wants me to stay here, but I thought he couldn’t stand me. “ I
made a promise to you and I’m gonna kept it,” he added, Kathy started to
remember…
Kaiba hated seeing her like this, they might not have agreed about
everything, but he really did care for her. He started to rock her back and
forth, “ I know Katherine, it isn’t fair.” Did he just call me Katherine, Kathy
thought, her tears started to stop, I like that. “ We will save her, and we
will protect you and Claire,” Kaiba said, his grip around her tightened, “ I’ll
protect you.” Kathy sniffled a bit; she gave a weak smile, “ thanks Kaiba.”
Kathy softly touched his hand
with her fingers, giving him a sweet smile, “ its getting late,” Kaiba said
softly as he dropped his hand from her face, “ I’m going back to bed, you
should get some sleep.” Kaiba turned around and started to walk out of the
kitchen, “ night Kathy,” he said, Kathy crossed her hands, as she closed her
eyes and smiled. I understand now…she
thought as she opened her eyes. I now
realize my feeling for him…I’m in
love with Seto Kaiba.
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Okay Kathy, you can do this, she thought as she stood outside of
Kaiba’s office, just go in there and tell
him. She gave out a big sigh and started to straighten out her skirt. She
lightly knocked in the door and slowly opened the door, “ hey Kaiba ya have a
minute.” Kaiba was looking out the window before he turned to see Kathy at the
door, “ sure come on in.” Kathy gave another sigh as she entered the room and
walked over to him, “ what ya lookin’ at?” Kathy said sweetly as she looked out
the window. Outside was a mother and her children playing and laughing. “ I
wish my family was like that,” Kaiba muttered, Kathy looked at him with sorrow,
she knew about Kaiba’s parents death, he never really like to talk about it,
but she knew that was why he was so cold sometimes. “ Me too,” Kathy said as
she looked out the window again, Kaiba looked at her, “ what?” he gasped.“ I
said I wish I could have been like that when I was a child,” she repeated,
Kaiba stared at her some more, “ I don’t understand.” Kathy’s eyes where half
closed with a smile still on her face, “ you’re not the only one who lost your
parents Kaiba.”
Kaiba’s eyes widened, “ when I
was about 4, my father was assigned an important case on some murderer, he said
he would be able to save thousands of lives if he took it, that’s what he said
to my mother.” Kathy’s eyes started to water, “ after about a year he and the
rest of the men were able to corner him,” Kaiba’s eyes were wide with shock, “
unfortunately the man had a gun with him, and he refused to put it down.” Kathy
continued, “ when he said he would finally put it down, my father and his
partner got closer to handcuff him. “ Kathy’s eyes started to drip with tears,
“ but he lied, the man started to shot,” her eyes went cold, “ my father was
shot and when we got him to the hospital it was to late.” Kathy tried to stop
her tears but it wasn’t easy, “ not to late after my mother passed away,
doctors said it was an accident, but I knew better.” Kathy’s eyes started to
dry up, “ she died of a broken heart, it was no accident.”
Kaiba felt bad for bringing it
up, “ I’m sorry,” he muttered, “ don’t be,” Kaiba looked at her in shock, “ I
put it behind me, sure I miss my father, more than anything, but I don’t miss
my mother, not after what she did to me.” “ Kathy…” he whispered, “ I have a
new family now, Melanie, Claire, Tea, Bakura, Tristan, Yugi, Joey, Serenity…”
she turned to look at him, softly caressing his cheek with her hand, “ and
you.” Kaiba smiled at her, “ I’m happy for you Katherine,” Kathy’s smile got
bigger, “ thanks, but there’s one thing I’m missing.” Kaiba looked at her, “
what,” Kathy giggled a bit as she leaned in toward Kaiba, making him blush
crimson, seeing Kathy bring her lips to his.
Kathy gave a small gasp; just how I thought it would feel. She
felt like she was about to explode, even if it was just a small kiss. What is she doing? Kaiba exclaimed in
his head as his eyes widened in shock, he didn’t know what shocked him more,
the fact that Kathy was kissing him or the surge going through his body. But
just as he was gonna wrap his arms around her, she pulled away. Her eyes were
widened in shock and one of her hand covering her mouth. She realized she had
made a big mistake, she had no right to kiss him, she didn’t even know if he
felt the same. “ I’m…I’m sorry Kaiba,” she stuttered in shock, “ I gotta go,”
she exclaimed as she ran out of the room. “ Kathy!” she heard Kaiba exclaim, but
she didn’t stop running to her room, locking the door behind her. What have I done? She though, her eyes
still widened with shock, what have I
done?
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“ Are you sure you wanna stay at my place Kathy?” Tea asked Kathy on the phone, “ it’s not a problem is it?” Kathy said, trying to cover her sobs, “no not at all,” tea exclaimed. “ Its just that I thought you were okay at Kaiba’s,” Tea added, “ well, I prefer to stay at your place,” Kathy replied, “ Kathy what’s wrong?” Tea asked, “ what do you mean?” Kathy asked. “ You sound upset, did Kaiba do something to you?” Tea exclaimed, Kathy gave out a big sigh, “ no, he didn’t, I just don’t want to stay here anymore.” “ Well…okay, I’ll come over right now to pick you up,” Tea replied, Kathy’s eyes widened, “ um, actually, I’ll walk over to your place,” “ no,” Tea replied, “ do you remember you’re in danger if you go outside by yourself.” “ I’ll be fine, I’ll see you soon,” Kathy said quickly as she put down the phone before Tea could answer. She quickly packed her things in her suitcase, when she finished she opened the bedroom window. It’s for the best, she thought as she took a piece of paper out of her pocket and placed it onto her bed. After that she threw her suitcase out the window and then climbed down the side of the house.
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Ding Dong the front door bell rang, Kaiba jolted his head from his work. He walked downstairs and opened the door to see a familiar brunette. “ Tea, what are you doing here?” Kaiba asked, Tea smiled, “ I came to pick up Kathy.” “ What do you mean?” Kaiba asked coldly, “ I mean I came to take Kathy back to my place,” Tea replied. “ I wasn’t told she was going to stay at your place,” Kaiba said, “ well, its kinda odd, she just called me about an hour ago, she didn’t tell me why, she just said she thought it would be best if she stayed with me.” “ Really?” Kaiba said sarcastically, “ so where is she?” Tea asked, “ she’s been in her room since…” Kaiba started to say, he hadn’t seen her since their kiss, he wanted to talk to her but he just couldn’t, “ since this afternoon,” he ended. “ Well let’s go to her room and get her,” Tea exclaimed as she walked in, “ fine,” Kaiba muttered as he followed her upstairs.
“ This her room?” Tea asked as she pointed to the room on the end, “ yeah,” Kaiba muttered. Tea knocked on the door, “ hey Kathy its me Tea, I’m here to pick you up,” she said as she opened the door, she and Kaiba gave out a gasp. The room was empty, “ where is she?” Kaiba exclaimed, “ oh no, she must be walking to my house.” “ What?” Kaiba growled, Tea looked at him, “ well she said she didn’t want me to pick her up, she said she’d walk over.” “ Lets go and find her, get call the others to go and look for her too,” Kaiba growled as they ran out the house, “ right,” Tea replied as she pulled out her cell phone.
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“ Tea! Kaiba!” Yami exclaimed as he saw his friends run toward him and the others, “ any luck?” Kaiba said trying to catch his breath, “ no,” Joey shook his head, “ we looked everywhere and we still can’t find her,” “ we even checked your house but she’s not there either,” Bakura added. “ Oh no,” Tea exclaimed, “ where could she be?” But before anyone could answer, a woman screamed, “ oh my god, someone trying to push that girl of the roof of that building!” Yami and the others looked up to see a bunch of hooded figures walking toward a black haired girl that was at the edge of the roof. “ Oh my god its Kathy!” Tea exclaimed, “ KATHERINE!” Kaiba exclaimed, Kathy heard someone call her, she turned her head to see Kaiba and the others. “ KAIBA!” she exclaimed, but was cut off as one of the henchmen grabbed her by the throat, dangling her over the edge. “ No!” Tea screamed.
Kathy tried to get out of the grip of the hooded man, but it was useless, “ time to join your friends Kathy,” the man growled, Kathy opened her eyes and laughed maliciously, the man moved a bit, “ you didn’t think I wouldn’t come without protection did you?” Kathy growled wickedly as she pulled a knife out of her pocket and slashed the man’s arm. Flinching in pain, the man let go of his grip, leaving Kathy to fall off the building. Kathy started to fall, “ NO!” Kaiba exclaimed, Yami and the others ran toward the building, but they stopped when they saw that Kathy stopped falling, she was holding onto a flagpole, “ hang on Kathy!” Joey exclaimed.
Kathy’s eyes started to drip with tears, is this it for me? She opened her eyes, if I die, then Malik wont find the pharaoh, Kathy thought, maybe I should let go… Don’t Katherine a voice said; that voice, Kathy exclaimed in her heads. She jolted her head to she a transparent figure standing on top of the pole. It appeared to be a woman, though she was transparent, Kathy could see she had gold, spiky hair and was wearing what looked like something an Egyptian would wear. “ Who are you?” Kathy exclaimed, she woman gave her a sweet smile, I’m pharaoh Umi, the woman replied. Kathy’s eyes opened in shock, “ pharaoh Umi?!” the woman giggled a bit, yes I am her. Kathy gave a small gasp, its not time for you to die Katherine pharaoh Umi said, your parents want you to live, she added. “ My…parents?” Kathy said in shock, you have to live Katherine Umi started to say there are people that love and care for you. Kathy closed her eyes, your mother says she doesn’t want you to make the same mistake she did, Kathy opened her eyes again and looks the her, Umi smiled with her eyes half closed, just hold on Katherine she said.
“ How do we get her down?” Joey asked as he turned to his friends, “ Yami, can you use your power to bring her down?” “ I don’t know,” Yami growled, “ maybe if we get to the window above her, we might be able to reach out and pull her in,” Bakura replied. “ Good idea,” Tristan said, “ let’s go.” “ Umi I don’t know how much longer I can hold on!” Kathy exclaimed with her eyes tightly closed, just hold on a little bit more Katherine! Umi exclaimed. “ I’m slipping!” she exclaimed, HOLD ON! But it was to late; Kathy started to fall again. “ KATHY!” Kaiba exclaimed as he saw Kathy falling, “ AH!” Kathy exclaimed, closing her eyes tightly for the end to come. But it didn’t come, Kathy opened one eye forcefully, and to her surprise, she was floating in mid-air, surrounded by a purple glow. Wait, I was surrounded by this glow before…she thought, after she figured it out, her eyes widened in horror, Malik!
And with a flash, right in front of Yami and the others, Kathy
disappeared. “ Where’d she go?” Joey exclaimed, they then heard a wicked laugh
surround them. “ She’s with her friends now, with me,” a cold voice said, “ I
recognize that voice,” Bakura growled, “ its Malik,” Yami replied coldly. “
Yes, and now I have all three of the protectors, I will use them to find
pharaoh Umi,” Malik said wickedly as he laughed out loud. “ You monster,” Kaiba
growled, “ oh don’t worry,” Malik started to say, “ I’ll return them to you, as
soon as Umi is in my arms.” The voice disappeared, “ no, how can this be?” Tea
cried, “ we weren’t able to save them.” Though no one could tell or see for
that matter, Kaiba felt like his heart was broken and eyes were filling with
tears. She’s gone; I can’t believe it, a
tear slide down his cheek, the woman I
love his gone.
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It started to rain; Kaiba was now all alone, no more fights, no more laughs, just silence. Kaiba walked down the hall to Kathy’s old room. He prayed it was all a dream, he prayed that she would still be in her room, staring out the window, Kaiba opened the door with hopes, but they fell. The room was empty like before, nothing of Kathy’s was there anymore, but just as he was about to walk out of the room, he noticed something on the bed. Kaiba sat on the end of the bed as he slowly picked up the object; it was a folded piece of paper with some writing on it, on the front it had “Kaiba”; he noticed that it was Kathy’s hand writing. Kaiba slowly opened it up and read what it said:
Dear
Kaiba,
I thank you for letting me stay with you,
but I don’t believe I can stay here anymore. I know that I don’t show it, but
you truly are my closest and dearest friend, and I do enjoy being with you. I
don’t regret what happened between us this afternoon, I just wish I would have
asked you how you felt about me first, which isn’t something I don’t truly
regret either. The only regret I have is that I didn’t meet you sooner, if I
did, I might have gone through the pain of my parents death. See you soon.
Yours truly,
Kathy J
Kaiba’s eyes filled with tears, he tightly held the note in his hand. “ That is my regret too Katherine,” he sobbed, “ will save you and I will tell you of my feelings for you.”
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“ Oh no,” a voice said from inside a beautiful garden. There sitting on a small stone seat sat a young girl staring at a globe showing Kaiba other the others sorrow. She had long blonde hair and was wearing Egyptian clothes; she was Umi. “ Now Malik has all three of them,” she said with sorrow, she put her hand over her heart, “ Yami, please, help them, before its to late!”