Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dreams Come True ❯ Chapter Twenty: I'll Kick Your Ass! ( Chapter 20 )

Chapter Twenty: I'll kick your ass!!

As Mina was being pulled back into the forest, her mind vaguely sifted through thoughts of who it could be, but her search resulted in nothing. And it certainly came to nothing when a bottle of chloroform was waved under her nose and she fell limply into unconsciousness.

~*~*~*~

"And we're just supposed to keep her here?"

"Yeah."

"That's stupid, she'll freak!"

"We'll handle it."

Mina's eyelashes fluttered slowly open, and as she slipped back into the world of the awake, the first speaker turned and looked down at her.

"She's sort of small for a fifteen year old, isn't she?" He stated. Mina resisted her sudden urge to giggle. The guy had neon green hair, for God's sake!

"I'm just the right size, thank you," She stated, sitting up with a hand on her forehead. "Can I go home now?"

"Sorry kid. Got to keep you here-" Keith grinned a rather malicious smile. Mina sighed.

"Why? You gonna ransom me, or something?" Her hand strayed to her right wrist, where she wore her communicator. It was gone. Her eyes widened momentarily, and she looked up-now that the blasted thing was gone, she had no way to call her father!

Keith nodded.

"Basically. We were told to keep you away from that Kaiba guy-but whatever. Might as well earn a few extra bucks, right?" He shrugged. "Keep an eye on her, I'm going out." He turned and walked away.

"Wait!!" Mina jumped up suddenly, and tried to run after Keith. Two pairs of hands stopped her suddenly, and the whiplash almost sent her to the ground. "My dad hired you??? To keep me and Seto apart?"

Keith shrugged without turning around. "Smart kid," He commented, and walked out of sight. Mina looked devastated beyond belief-she relaxed slightly, and the hands let go. Dragging herself over to the dueling platform, she pulled herself up on one edge and sighed softly, feeling very betrayed.

He can't be right, I don't think Daddy would ever do something like that! That's something only…cruel people do. Why does he want me to stay away from Seto?

The guy with the green hair shifted from foot to foot, watching bones sort through his deck, casually looking up at Mina from time to time.

"Um, wanna duel while we wait?" He asked, obviously uncomfortable.

Mina paused.

And looked up.

"I'm gonna kick your ass," She said, blue eyes shimmering with unshed tears as she smiled and wiped them off on her sleeve.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Seto sighed and leaned against the biggest tree in the clearing, looking at the small wristwatch-like object in his hand. It had…Mina's name on it. But she wasn't here, was she???

He turned it on and began to fiddle with the control panel, finally turning on the homing switch one way or another.

"Locate operator." The computer buzzed and whirred for a minute, then finally brought up a small, hologram of a map, a bright flashing dot smack dab where Mina was. "Hello, what's this?" Seto muttered under his breath, zooming in and squinting so he could read the tiny words next to the dot. It stated the exact coordinates.

Seto snorted. Mina was here, then. He put the communicator in his pocket and did an about face. He would find her, then. There was no point to what he was doing now-that is, walking around aimlessly-and he had wanted to see her, anyways. He began walking, taking a self-made path through the woods to his left.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Send $10,000 dollars in cash, to ensure the safe return of your daughter.

This was how the letter ended; needless to say, Pegasus wasn't happy in the least. He fed the letter into his shredder.

"Good thing I planned ahead, isn't it?"

He smiled to himself, and leaned back in his chair.

~*~*~*~*~*~

Mina grinned and twirled around in a circle.

"I told you, didn't I? Told you I'd win!"

The green haired boy stared at his cards, then at his missing life points, and looked as if he was about to curse.

"…………"

Keith had watched the last bit.

"Not bad. Of course, your father is Pegasus."

Mina snorted. "As if that has anything to do with it. He didn't teach me to duel."

Keith could care less. He waved a hand.

"Well, sorry sorry, but it's time to tie you up or something-we need to make this look authentic, don't we?"

Mina twitched. Ropes? No, no, not going to happen. Sorry. Uh uh. She backed up as several henchmen which she hadn't noticed before came toward her with ropes.

"No-um, I'll just stay here, please, no ropes…" She said uncomfortably, but they kept coming.

Keith was about to give the order when-

"Stop."

Mina's head snapped up, and her eyes caught his.

"Mina-move out of the way," was all Seto said, as he cracked his knuckles.