Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Assassinate the CEO ❯ Abandoning the Kill ( Chapter 4 )

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I looked outside the window of the limo I was riding in, accompanied by two cops who sat on either side of me and the bastard himself who sat across from me. Right now he was talking to someone on his cell phone and I was glad since I was in no mood right now to chat with him.

We had left the Police Station fifteen minutes ago and were now heading to Kaiba's estate, with an escort of a police car that was following us from behind. As of now we weren't far from the bastard's home, just a few more minutes and then we'd be there. Oh joy.

My sides still hurt from the shocker that Kaiba used on me and my ankle to which it was attached was feeling quite numb. I hope I won't become crippled thanks to this.

I glanced over at Kaiba, who was seeming to wrap up his conversation on whoever was on his cell. I knew somewhere in that trenchcoat of his he held the remote to the shocker and right now I wasn't itching for him to set it off again. As much as I love annoying the guy now wouldn't be a good time to do it.

Kaiba finally clicked off his cell, placing it inside his trenchcoat before his gaze landed on me, a dark scowl on his face.

"What are you looking at bitch?" he asked with a snarl. I looked away through the window again, seeing we were approaching a rather large mansion. Hmm, must be his place.

"Nothing Kaiba, nothing at all" I replied.

"That better be the case. Now my brother is waiting for me when we step through the door" he said as we approached some large iron gates with a large 'K' on the front with what seemed to be a white Blue Eyes White Dragon curled around the letter. A camera was perched at the top of the gates. It gazed at the limo and we only had to wait for a few seconds before the gates opened up, permitting the limo to drive up the long black paved driveway. I returned my gaze to him as he continued speaking.

"Now I'm not planning to tell him who you really are for the fact I don't want him to freak out. So if he asks who you are I'll be telling him you're one of my engineers from work who'll be staying for a while to help me work on a new project I'm doing. And you'll follow the story, got it?" I nodded.

"Right as rain Kaiba".

"Good. I don't need anymore problems from you" he said as the limo finally parked and he got out as the cops next to me did as well, pulling me out after them.

"Uncuff her. I don't want my brother to get any ideas" Kaiba orded the cops, to which they did and the cuffs on my wrists were released. I rubbed them slightly.

"We'll stay with you until we get the girl into a room and make sure she's secured in it and then we'll leave" one of the cops said as the other made a motion to the cop car that was parked behind the limo, obviously indicating to their comrades that they wouldn't be too long. Meanwhile Kaiba nodded.

"Very well. My guards will then keep watch on her after you leave" he said before himself, me and the two cops headed up paved driveway onto a marbled pathway before coming towards two huge luxurious white painted doors. Kaiba took out a pair of keys and slipped one into the lock, turning it to the right in which a soft click could be heard before pulling it back out and placing it back in his pocket before he pushed the door open and walked inside, the cops and me following him silently.

I looked around as we soon came to what seemed to be the main room. It was freaking huge... as huge as a ballroom. The ceiling were swirls of blue and white, the walls all ivory coloured as various pieces of expensive furniture lined it all. Boy does this jerk love class. Just then we could hear running footsteps and the cry of what seemed to be a young child.

"Big brother!"

Just then a young boy with long messy black hair wearing a blue and green striped shirt and blue jeans rushed into the room and threw himself at Kaiba, hugging him tightly, tears splashing down the side of his face.

"Ssshh Mokuba... its alright... I'm fine" the older Kaiba brother said as he held his younger sibling close, running a hand through his hair though I could tell by his voice it sounded strained. Probably due to the fact his brother was pressing tightly against his wounded stomach and chest.

Finally Kaiba let him go and Mokuba stood back a few paces, wiping the still running tears from his eyes. He took a few deep breaths before speaking.

"I was so worried Seto after I seen you on the news and even more worried when I got your call from the hospital! Yugi and the others were worried too and they came over here wanting to know if you were alright-" he started but was cut off by a pissed off looking Kaiba.

"Yugi and his geeky friends are here?! How long have they been here?!" he demanded angrily. Mokuba however seemed unfased by his tone, his eyes narrowing quite cutely I must add.

"They've been here after I got your phone call Seto. They wanted to stay with me till you'd come back home!" was the reply and as he said this five people stepped into the room, which caused Kaiba to barely surpress a low growl.

I raised my eyebrow in surprise at the five people. It was Yugi Muto, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, Téa Gardner and Ryou Bakura. I've seen them on the T.V. when they were in Duellist Kingdom and Battle City. I also went to the same school they did though I doubt they'd even recognise me since I pretty much sat near the back of the class.

"Kaiba are you alright?" Yugi asked with concerned as they all came up behind Mokuba. My victim grumbled something before replying.

"Yes I'm fine. Now all of you can get out now".

"Now come on Moneybags, lets turn off the cold hearted bastard mode and get into reality! We are worried about ya!" Joey said, arms crossed. Kaiba snorted.

"I don't need your concern or pity Wheeler. Unfortunately for you all, you see that I am alive and well and very busy so I'm only going to say this once more, get out". However this wasn't reaching the attention of Yugi and the others.

"Come on man, talk to us! They said on the news they caught your assassin! Did you talk to her?" Tristan asked.

"Yeah and why did she want to murder you? Was it for money or something?" Ryou asked as well. Gods were they curious little bees.

"Come on Kaiba! We're your friends! We want to help you!" Téa said to him, arms crossed. I rolled my eyes. Oh brother... since when did the bastard have people other then his brother care for him? Heh, though I can sense the anger radiating off Kaiba in waves.

"Friends?! Cut the bull Gardner! You're all not my friends! Look I don't know why that assassin wanted to kill me but I am going to find out! Now all of you get the hell out of my estate this instant!" he pretty much roared out, causing Yugi and his friends to freeze slightly. Even Mokuba was surprised by his older brother's outrage. Sheesh, talk about temper tantrum here. I tsked under my breath quietly though this diverted everyone's attention to me.

"Seto? Who's that?" Mokuba asked, nodding to me. Kaiba opened his mouth, about to respond but I beat him to it, an evil glint in my eyes.

"I'm the one who nearly succeeded in killing your big brother kid" I said in a tone that showed I wasn't joking.

Mokuba, Yugi and the others gasped out in fear. Kaiba whirled around and glared at me angrily.

"Shut up girl!" he hissed.

"And why should I, eh Kaiba? You shouldn't keep the truth from your only sibling!" I retorted back, arms crossed. Mokuba and the others were still staring at me with fear and apprehension.

"S-Seto! Why did you bring her here?!" Mokuba nearly cried out, backing up slightly.

"He brought me here so he could try to learn why I wanted to kill his fucking hide!" I replied darkly. Heh, this was getting Kaiba here more ticked off by the second.

"Shut your mouth bitch!" he roared at me, approaching me menacingly though I could see him wince from his words. It was obvious that he didn't want to swear in front of his little brother, but meh, too late for that.

"Why don't you make me?" I challenged.

"Fine! I will! I'll show you not to mess with me!" Kaiba snarled as he pulled out the remote to the shocker and pressed the blue button.

Immediate pain surged through me as I cried out in agony. My skin was burning to the point where I was nearly on fire. My breathing became ragged and short filled. I could hardly take any air in. My eyes dilated and I was twitching like crazy. From the corner of my eyes I could see Mokuba, Yugi and the others stare at me in fear, looking back and forth between me and the smirking Kaiba.

I had collapsed to my knees, unable to hold myself up any longer. Oh gods I wished he'd turned the damn thing off! But no, he wouldn't. He'd just stare at me with those cold blue eyes and that everlasting dark smirk. Gods I hate him...

Just them my eyes landed on his long silver metal arm bracelets that went with his outfit. Very well, if he won't stop the damn shocker on his own then I'll make him.

I started crawling towards him, still gasping for air and making small cries of pain every few movements I did. He laughed cruelly at me, his eyes glinting darkly.

"Well well, if it isn't the bitch who's crawling towards her master..." he sneered.

"Not c-crawling towards her m-master... crawling towards her m-meal... lets heat you up shall we?" I snarled as I seized the metal bracelet on his left arm and held on tightly as he now was crying out in pain, trying to shake me off but to no avail.

And you know what this so called bright bastard did? He pressed the blue button... AGAIN! And thus caused an even bigger surge to go through me and him. We were both nearly screaming in pain and even though I was growing weak, it was quite humourous to see the horrified faces of Mokuba, Yugi and his friends and the cops watching us ever so intently.

"Let g-go y-you bitch!" Kaiba roared at me but in pain, trying to get my off his arm.

"N-Never on your life you b-bastard! If I-I'm gonna die, I-I'm taking you down with me!" I snapped in pain myself, holding on as best as I could.

We struggled for a while, him trying to get me off and me holding on for dear life. Soon it finally got through the damn kid's head to turn off the damn shocker, the pain lifting from us both. I finally released his arm, collapsing to the ground, taking in as much air as possible. Kaiba stumbled backwards until he landed against a wall, he too taking in deep breaths of air. No one talked for a few minutes. Finally after what seemed like hours it was Kaiba who spoke.

"Take her upstairs to the second floor. I have two guards up there who will show you the room she's staying in. Place her in there" he said to the cops who nodded and came over to me. They gently hoisted me to my feet and helped me towards the stairs. As I was passing Kaiba I gave him a dark glare before glancing at his little brother.

"See how nice your big brother is? He's so nice he took the shock with me" I chuckled darkly before I was led upstairs.

I got no reply from either of them though as mself and the cops reached the second floor I could hear quite a commotion going on down there. Thank god I am not there right now.

Up ahead of us were two burly looking guys in black suits and dark shades. They nodded to the cops and opened a door, allowing the cops to take me inside the rather large bedroom. They placed me on this large black comfy bed before they let the room, Kaiba's guards closing the doors after them and locking them.

I let out a sigh of relief once I was alone. After resting on the bed for a few minutes I raised my hand and tapped the small microchip device on the inside of my ear, turning it on.

"Anyone there?" I said quietly. I hope that damn shocker didn't fry the system. There was a few seconds of silence before I could hear my boss' voice.

"Asha? That you? Are you inside Seto Kaiba's estate?"

"Yes I am Shadow Dragon. And I'm right now lying on this rather luxurious black bed, trying to get my senses back" I said good naturedly.

"Asha are you alright? You don't sound so good" Drake said in concern.

"Well I just got shocked by the bastard again so its obvious I don't sound good" I replied.

"He shocked you again?!" Alice's voice came out in a shrilly high pitch. I winced slightly.

"Yeah he did and you're not helping me with your voice Al" I said, closing my eyes.

"Sorry Ash" came her apology, her tone much softer.

"Anyways Asha, think you'll be able to kill him in the week?" Drake then asked.

"I'll try to boss, but if he keeps on using that shocker I might not be able too. Its custom though, so I will be able to disable it but I won't be doing it too soon. Its more like fifty/fifty if I can kill him".

"Well if you can't that's alright. I'll want you back here by the end of the week if you don't succeed, alright?"

"Yes sir. And boss?"

"Yes Asha?"

"I'm sorry I failed you" I said, my voice sounding somewhat ashamed. There was a pause before he spoke.

"I don't blame you Asha. I understand what you're going through. I was hoping your emotions wouldn't get in the way but I guess they would have either way. You gave it your best and that's all that matters. If you can get him dead during this week then great, if you can't then at least you tried. I want you to get some rest now, alright Asha?" he said, his tone which was friendly now back to his commanding voice.

"Yes sir, I will".

"Good. Now I'd advise not to contact us again till the week is over, just in case Kaiba tries anything, alright?"

"Yes sir".

"Good. Take care Asha" he said.

"Bye Asha! And screw him if you can!" came Alice's giddy voice. I groaned and rolled my eyes. Gods why does she have to suggest the most revulsing ideas right now?

"No thank you... bye guys" I said and I pressed the microchip again, turning it off before I pulled myself under the silky black covers, closing my eyes. Gods is this going to be a long week.

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The week passed by ever so slowly for me I thought I'd die of frustration or of being shocked repeatedly but nevertheless here I am, still alive and somewhat well.

For the past seven days Kaiba entered my room periodically when he wasn't at work, asking me various questions to which I didn't answer. Sometimes he'd hit me a few times and sometimes he'd shock me to get what he wanted but I remained strong.

As for the meals, I'd get just breakfast, lunch and dinner but in where I was expecting only bread and water I got a little bit more then that. As in quite a full course meal. He probably thinks that if he feeds me well will I tell him what he wants to know. Ha! Fat chance on that.

I also learned that my trial was to happen sometime next week and this seemed to agitate Kaiba even more as he was getting nothing out of me. Like I would tell him anything anwyay.

Unfortunately I never really got a good opportunity to get a chance even to scratch the bastard, let alone kill him. I was really ticked off by this but I wasn't gonna risk staying another day.

It was roughly around noon as I sat down on the edge of the bed, pulling up my pant cuff to look at the shocker. Hmm... there were two wires that came out of it. Blue and white. If I cut the wrong one I'd get shocked to death. Luckily for me I delt with these types of shockers before. Smirking I pulled off the white wire, thus disconnecting the shocking mechanism.

Just as I threw away the wire the door opened and one of the two guards that always stood outside came in.

"The maids won't be able to bring up your lunch since they're busy cleaning up the living room. Mr. Kaiba said you'll have to head down to the kitchen and make it yourself" he said. Well seems Kaiba still wants me to eat, how sweet... I nodded towards the guard.

"Sure, no problem" I said as the guard escorted me down to the vast huge kitchen. No one else was in here except for Mokuba, who was sitting at a table and eating a sandwich. When he saw me, however, he got quite apprehensive.

"Everything you need is in the fridge and the drawers. Don't try anything or else" the guard warned before leaving. Shrugging I headed over to the fridge to pull out some roast pork before placing it on the counter and pulling out a rather sharp carving knife from a random drawer before I started slicing it.

I could sense Mokuba was watching my every move. I knew the kid didn't like me after my attemped murder on his brother but that didn't bother me. If he hated me then that's the case. I don't really give a damn.

"Why are you an assassin?" was what Mokuba finally said. I raised an eyebrow and glanced at him. He stared right back at me, arms crossed and eyes serious.

"Because after I lost my family Shadow took me in and taught me how to kill. Ever since then that's all I knew" I replied as I headed to the fridge to grab a tomato before heading back to the counter and started cutting slices with the same carving knife I used on the meat.

"Doesn't it ever bother you that you kill so many people?"

"Not really. Its my job now. I kill whoever my boss asks me to kill" I said casually. I peered at the young child as he was still staring at me, eyes full of doubt yet fear.

"Have you even killed young kids? Like around my age?" he then asked. I nodded.

"Yep. Tons of times. Sometimes when I'm ordered to kill a family my boss says I should kill off the kids too".

"Why?"

"I dunno. Maybe so we don't have any revenge people or that the kids don't have to be alone or something. I really dunno. I just do as I'm told" I said as I grabbed some bread that was still on the counter and went to slicing that.

"Have you ever gotten caught when you killed someone?"

"Before I was assigned to kill your brother? No. I'm very good at what I do. You're lucky that your brother was able to survive my encounter with him".

"Why do you want to kill my brother?" I chuckled and turned around to face Mokuba, hands on hips.

"And why are we asking so many questions hm? I'd think that you'd stay away from your brother's assassinator". Mokuba shook his head no.

"I will admit I am scared of you... but I want to know reasons why you're doing this. My brother isn't telling me anything". I chuckled again and went back to slicing some more bread.

"Its for your own good Mokuba. Your brother doesn't want you to get involved with me. He'd think you'd get hurt by me and wants you to stay far away" was my response.

"Would you hurt me?" was then what the child asked. I slowly turned to him, knife still in hand and was about to respond when the bastard entered the room. He glared at me momentarily before speaking.

"Well I see you know your way around the kitchen". I shrugged while secretly hiding the knife behind my back as I leaned against the counter.

"Yeah. A kitchen is still a kitchen, no matter how big it is" I said.

"Well you better finish making your food and eating it cause I have some more questions to ask you and I will not be afraid to use persuasive measures" he warned. I smirked as I stepped away from the counter, nearing Mokuba slightly as the young boy was looking back and forth between me and his older brother.

"Oh I don't think that'll be happening Kaiba" I said calmly. At this the CEOs eyes narrowed.

"Oh? And why is that?"

"Because I'll be planning to take my leave now... via hostage" I replied and as I said this I grabbed Mokuba by the back of his shirt and yanked him towards me, pressing the blade of the carving knife near his throat. Kaiba froze, his eyes wide as Mokuba was starting to squirm, to which I said "Well Mokuba you asked me if I'd hurt you and yes, I plan to unless you both cooperate". At this Mokuba looked up at me in fear, his face deathly pale.

"How dare you try to harm my little brother!" Kaiba snarled as he pulled out the remote to the shocker and pressed the blue button. But nothing happened. He stared at me in surprise.

"Why the hell won't you get shocked?!"

"Because Kaiba I deactivated your charming little toy. Besides I've been shocked enough already by you anyway" I said calmly. "Now, I am going to leave with your brother alright? You try following me or calling the police to come after me and I will not hesitate to kill your brother, got it?" Kaiba swallowed tightly, fear evident on his face. Fear for his brother's life. I snickered.

"Good... now, I'll need a mode of transportation. Got any car keys on you?" I asked as I held out my hand, the one that wasn't holding the knife, slightly. Kaiba remained stiff for a moment before he reached into his pocket and pulled out a key.

"Alright. Now hand it to me. Try anything funny and your brother will lose quite a large amount of blood".

Kaiba walked up to me slightly, his jaw clenched tightly as he handed me the key, his eyes darting from me to Mokuba.

"That's a good boy. Now what car does this key belong too? Any lying and your little brother will get it, so speak the truth" I ordered.

"The silver Jaguar outside of the mansion" was his reply. I nodded.

"Good. Now I am going to take your brother for a little ride. You will not follow me or call for any help of any kind. Once I am gone your brother will be free to call you for you to pick him up, alright?" Kaiba could only nod. "Good. Well Kaiba, its been a fun week but I truly must go. Ta ta". And with that I walked backwards out of the kitchen. Mokuba was shaking with fear, trying to get free but I only tightened my grip, the cold blade still pressed against his throat.

"S-Seto!" he cried out in a choked voice.

"Don't worry Mokuba! I'll save you no matter what!" came Kaiba's reply.

"Heh, not unless you want him dead you won't!" I retorted as I finally reached the front doors and kicked them opening, swooping outside with the younger Kaiba brother.

I glanced around quickly and spotted the silver Jaguar, to which I quickly hurried over to. I handed the key to Mokuba.

"Open the door... and don't try anything funny" I ordered. With trembling hands Mokuba unlocked the driver's side before handing the key back to me.

Reaching a hand inside I unlocked the door to the back seats and pushed Mokuba inside, wrapping the seatbelts around his arms and body firmly, locking him in place before I shut the door and headed into the driver's side, tossing the knife into the passenger's seat and putting the key in to start the ignition. Setting the car into reverse I quickly backed out of the long driveway.

The gates at the end were already opened. I guess Kaiba was smart enough to get them opened before hand. Just as I passed the gates I could see Kaiba hurrying outside, watching the car with anticipation. Giving a mock wave goodbye, I set the car into drive and drove off.

At least fifteen minutes passed as I drove down different streets and intersections. I passed a few police cars but they were empty. And so far I could see that I wasn't being followed by anyone. Heh, at least if one thing, the bastard sure is smart about keeping his brother alive.

In the rearview mirror I could see Mokuba was sniffling slightly, some tears pouring down his cheeks as he was shivering and whimpering somewhat. I pitied the child slightly. Hell if I was in his situation I'd be scared too.

"Don't worry kid. I have no intentions on killing you. I just had to get myself away from that brother of yours" I said good naturedly. Mokuba didn't reply though he looked at me from the back and his eyes were still full of fear and dismay.

After another fifteen minutes we arrived at the docks. There were no ships here at all, not even those who belonged to people. Ah that's good then.

I parked the car near the entrance to the docks and turned the ignition off. I then reached up to tap the microchip in my ear, turning it on.

"Boss?" I said.

"Here Asha. Did you manage to kill Kaiba?"

"Unfortunately no boss. I didn't get a chance" I replied.

"Heh its alright Asha. Well did you manage to escape?"

"Yes I did. I used his brother as a hostage. I'm right now at the docking bay" I replied.

"Ok good. I'll be coming there myself to get you. Expect me in roughly fifteen to twenty minutes" he said.

"Roger on that boss. I'll be waiting for you. Over and out" I said before tapping the microchip again, shutting it off.

I then got out of the car, opening the backseat doors and removing the seatbelts from around Mokuba's body before pulling him out gently and closing his door before I started to walk towards the docks. I glanced back over my shoulder to Mokuba, who was still standing near the car. I smirked.

"You can try to run away if you want to. I won't stop you" I said. I expected that's what he would do but instead he followed me, though keeping his distance. Chuckling I continued walking along the docks before I stopped, looking out at the horizon.

Five minutes passed as we both stood around in silence. I had expected that the kid wouldn't want to talk to me anymore. But he then spoke.

"Asha... why do you hate my brother so much?" I sighed softly, not looking at him as I responded.

"Because Mokuba... it's thanks to your brother that I no longer have my mom, dad and the rest of my family".

"Why? What did he do?"

"I'd rather not go into that Mokuba. It pains me still of what happened..." I replied before turning to look at him, my gaze soft. "You do know that your brother, as nice as he is to you, is not exactly the greatest person".

I had expected him to retort fiercly, saying that his brother was a great person and everything else that was good. However he looked at me with sad eyes before looking away.

"Yes... I know that... I wish it wasn't true but it is. At first I tried not to notice it, hoping it'd change but it didn't. My brother used to be such a nicer person when we were both at the orphanage... but after we got adopted... everything changed..." he said quietly. I could tell this was a touchy subject, as mine was, so I didn't push him to tell me more.

Again we both remained in silence before he turned his blue grey eyes towards mine, tears pouring out as he suddenly ran up to me and grasped onto the fabric of my pants tightly, crying harder as he did.

"Please don't kill my brother! Please, I beg of you Asha! He's the only family I have left! I understand your hatred towards him if he did do something bad to your family but please don't kill him! I promise I'll put effort into making him more kind and generous, just please don't kill him! I wouldn't be able to stand being on my own... please..." he sobbed, crying against me hard.

I looked down at him, pity once again flashing through my emotions. My revenge that seemed to boil in me now faded as I looked down at this young child. Smiling softly I hugged Mokuba, running a hand through his soft raven black hair.

"Alright Mokuba... I promise I won't..." I reassured the young boy. He looked up at me, tears still coming through.

"You really promise you won't?" I nodded, brushing away his tears with my hand.

"Yes... I promise..."

"Thank you Asha... thank you so much!" he said, over and over as he held me tightly. I sighed softly. So be it... if I must give up my revenge then I will for this child's happiness. However both our moment's peace were short lived as a familiar voice rang out.

"Mokuba!!!"

I inwardly cursed as Kaiba emerged from behind a warehouse, approaching us swiftly, gun in hand as it was aimed straight at me. Heh... he must have followed me after all... wouldn't be surprised.

"Seto!" Mokuba gasped out as he let go of me and hurried over to his brother, giving him a hug as Kaiba held him close.

"Gods Mokuba, are you alright?! Did she hurt you in anyway?!" he demanded, looking his brother over.

"No Seto! I'm alright, really!" the younger boy insisted.

"Good... now you must pay!" he snarled, glaring at me viciously as he raised the gun again and it leveled with me, the barrel aimed right for my heart.

"No Seto don't!" Mokuba said suddenly, tugging on the arm that had the gun down.

"Mokuba what are you doing?! She must die for trying to hurt you!" Kaiba snapped.

"No Seto! Don't hurt her! Its alright! I talked to her, she won't try to kill you anymore! She's alright now! Please don't kill her, please!" the younger boy begged. Kaiba stared at him in bewilderment.

"Mokuba what on earth are you saying?! This girl nearly succeeded in killing me and she threatened to nearly kill you! Why on earth do you not want me to kill her?!" he demanded of his younger brother.

"Because Seto I understand, well maybe not fully but I see why she wanted to kill you! Now please don't hurt her! PLEASE!" Mokuba begged, tugging on his brother's arm even more.

Kaiba was staring at him in disbelief. But slowly, and I mean slowly, he lowered his arm and finally holstered the gun at his side. He glanced up at me, giving me a glare before returning his gaze to his younger brother, who was now hugging him.

Just then I saw someone walking up behind Kaiba and Mokuba. Those two hadn't noticed this person yet but I did. As the person came further into the light I nearly gasped. It was Drake! And he was holding a gun, pointed right at Kaiba's head.

I was frozen for a moment, not sure of what to do. But then remembering of what Mokuba made me promise to do I had no choice. For the child's sake I must.

"DUCK!!!" I yelled to them. Kaiba looked at me weirdly.

"Duck?! What the fuck are you talking abo-" he started but was cut off as Mokuba, who had seen Drake, somehow managed to slam his brother down towards the dock, both of them falling flat as Drake pulled the trigger and instead of hitting Kaiba in the head, it hit me in my right shoulder.

I cried out slightly in pain as blood gushed out. I clapsed onto my wounded shoulder with my left hand, trying to stop the blood flow. Meanwhile Kaiba and Mokuba snapped their heads around to see Drake, who now had his gun pointed at them though he was looking at me.

"Hey Asha, what the hell was that? Duck? Why on earth would you say that?" he asked, looking at me in surprise. I was taking in deep breaths of air and couldn't find the strength to speak at the moment. Drake, however, took this moment to express what he thought was my answer.

"Oh I get it... you want to kill him yourself right? Sorry about that Asha, I understand. Here" he said and unholstered a second gun he had, tossing it towards me as it skidded along the wooden dock, finally stopping a bit in front of me.

I looked down at the gun and from the corner of my eye I could see Kaiba and Mokuba looking from me to Drake, back and forth. I then looked up at Drake and shook my head.

"No? Oh I see... you don't have much strength left in you, do you? Well then I'll kill them for you" he said. Oh gods... how can I tell him?

"Drake... no..." I managed to say loud enough so he could hear. Drake stared at me, confused.

"No again? What is it? You want to kill them later or something? Is that it?" he asked. I sighed inwardly. Might as well tell him the truth.

"No... Drake... I don't intend to kill Seto Kaiba or his brother... at all..." came my reply. Drake stared at me, eyes wide, as did Kaiba.

"What?! But Asha, this man ruined your life and you don't want to kill him?! Come on! Don't start having feelings on me now! There's the gun, right in front of you! Now pick it up and use it!" he barked at me.

I did indeed look at the gun. But then I remembered Mokuba's words and sighed. Taking a few steps forward I used my foot and knocked the gun sideways off the dock, making it fall into the water. I then looked Drake square in the eye and spoke, my voice calm and steady.

"No. I won't kill him".

Drake stared at me in awe and somewhat in anger. In the meantime I could see Kaiba starting to pull his holstered gun out but Drake saw as well and pointed the gun at Mokuba's head as a warning.

"Don't even try it Kaiba" he warned. Kaiba glared at him before removing his hand from the gun, holding Mokuba protectively to him. Drake then returned his gaze to me and as he did, police sirens could be heard in the distance and also the sounds of an oncoming helicopter. I raised my head and saw it coming. It wasn't one that belonged to police but to Shadow. It was black in colour with red flames lining the sides. It soon hovered above Drake. Someone opened the side door and threw down a metal ladder. And the sirens of the police were getting closer still. I then returned my gaze to Drake.

"Well Asha, if that's the way it is, so be it" he said as he turned his gaze back to the two Kaiba brothers, his gun pointed directly at them. Kaiba was shielding his brother from the barrel, his glaring eyes locked on Drake's.

But instead of shooting him, Drake quickly raised his gun and turned into towards me, pulling the trigger.

BANG!

I cried out in pain as blood now poured out of my right shoulder and I stumbled back slightly.

BANG!

I yelled out as I could feel my left knee being blasted at, blood coming out of it as I stumbled back again, getting closer to the end of the dock platform.

BANG!

I yelled out again in agony as my right knee cap was now searing in pain and I nearly fell forwards as I was forced back a few more steps again, panting heavily as I raised my eyes towards Drake.

He had now grabbed onto the metal ladder, his gun still pointed at me. Mokuba and even Kaiba were staring at me in horror as blood was pouring out of me non stop. The sounds of the police sirens were fairly loud now, indicating they were only a few minutes away. I then looked back at Drake who was glaring at me.

"I have no use for assassins who gain their hearts back" he spat as he pulled the trigger one last time.

BANG!

I coughed up blood as I looked down to where the bullet had hit... my heart. I had been forced back quite a few steps from this last shot, now teetering on the edge of the dock. I looked up to see the helicopter fly away with Drake still hanging onto the metal ladder.

The sirens of the police cars were now blaring as I could see five to eight of them arrive, all stopping behind Kaiba and Mokuba, who were now standing, staring at me with wide eyes. And then finally I fell backwards off the dock, crashing into the sea.

"ASHA!!!" I could hear Mokuba cry out as I sank further and further into the water before I hit bottom.

My blood was now seeping into the water, making its lovely blue colour turn into murky red. I could feel that I was losing more air by the second but I didn't have the strength to try and swim to the surface. No... I was going to die here... die lying on the bottom of the docks of Domino never to see the light of day again.

As my vision was getting blurrier and my mind become more numb, I could hear the faint splash of someone diving into the water, not too far away from me. I could sense someone or something swimming towards me swiftly. I turned my eyes to the being but I couldn't make out what it was. I had no air left in me and I could barely think. As I could feel myself drift into unconsciousness, or hopefully my death, I saw one last thing of the figure as it was now before me, staring at me intently through the drifting colour of my blood.

It had blue eyes...