Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Life I gave for You ❯ An age old memory ( Chapter 3 )

Disclaimer: If you haven't read earlier, the only things I own are the plot and the now named character, Cat, Katherine Anne Forest.

Warning: This chapter includes the depth of Neon Genesis Evangelion, so please, enjoy. If you don't like Eva, you don't have to read. And I'm sorry if I'm speeding through the years, I'll try and make some unimportant fluff and filler.

Chapter 4: An age old memory…

12 years of age and bored out of my mind. I have sight now, and that in itself is only some second sight. Not much yet, but I've learned that I will gain more sight, ahem, once I've learned to love. But who would love the Guardian of the Portals? Yeah, maybe that kid, Yugi, but he's probably changed. I haven't removed that ring since he gave it to me, and the card I received was one I realized was a Duel Monsters card, it was called Wing Weaver and now I could use it, because someone had really brought it to life. I wonder how Little Yugi got a hold of such a card. I didn't know how to play, I must admit, but it was cool that I had a strong card if I cared to learn. My pokémon, now as strong as I, because Ponyta and Abra have been with me forever, wanted me to head back, just to say hi. I didn't want to. It'd be painful for me, I had heard of my brother, and his success, and how he says that Mokuba is his only living relative. He never even mentioned me, nor our Grandpa, who was a great philosopher in himself. It was sad; he had disowned me, even though proof had been sent to him that I was alive and well. Did he hate me?

"Hey kiddo, you okay?" Haruka asked. My godparents were wonderful. They taught me all about my past and my clan and my culture and everything. I went to high school around 6 and graduated when I was 10. Yeah, it was cool, but not really.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I said.

"Good, mail's here then, enjoy!" she said. I rushed back to my room, I had one now, littered with toys and books and magazines and all my magical stuffs, and sat down with the pile of mail.

"Bill, bill, bill, bill in red, rechallenge for a gym battle, wait here, Industrial Illusions? In a package, wow. Hey, every other piece can wait, this I gotta see," I said and tore open the package. I had read about this place in the news from my hometown. It had created Duel Monsters from an ancient game. There was a tape! I popped the tape in the V.C.R. and pressed play. Luckily again, no one was around.

"Hello Miss Forest," The tape said. It was a guy with weird hair. How the heck did he know my name?

"What the heck is going on?" I asked.

"My name is Maximilian Pegasus, the head of Industrial Illusions. I have recently entered into a partnership with a Mr. Seto Kaiba," he said.

"Seto Forest last time I checked. How dare he take his adopters name and leave our great family behind," I said.

"And I also have some information about your past that you might like to know. If you want to know it, I say we should meet in about a year and a half, so I can collect more data and get it all organized for you. I expect us to be friends, so in order to keep this friendship, I have sent over a set of Duel Monster cards that you can use to your advantage, one that knows your past and knows you cannot see. Please enjoy," he said, then pulled back a section of his hair, only to reveal a stationary eyeball of solid gold. What was this? Who was this? Hadn't I seen this before?

"Who are you and why are you doing this?" I asked, but the screen had gone fuzzy, and then shut off. What did he mean by a year and a half? I went back to my mail pile, and looked through it again. My hands trembled as I removed a big envelope. It was from this group named NERV. Please no. I opened the envelope slowly. What I saw next brought me down to my knees, and knowing I had no choice brought me to tears.

I had written notes to all those I needed to and had arranged for my godparents and Chansey, my caretaker to watch my pokémon for a while. I didn't think I'd be returning alive. I sent a letter to Seto also, saying goodbye, and apologizing. I said I didn't know for what, but I wanted to say I was sorry if I had hurt him. I called my grandfather in Rhode Island, and he said he'd see me safe again soon, and he wanted me to visit when I was done. I had sort of sealed off that entryway, because it wasn't a real portal, but an actual sort of gateway. I had sealed it off so that no one could find me; I didn't want anyone to get hurt. Not from that place.

"Are you sure you want to go?" Michiru asked me gently.

"Yes, I'm sure," I said, "Well, I don't want to go, but I have no choice." Haruka smiled at me and hugged me tightly.

"Well, when in trouble, spread your wings. I know you'll manage to fly with those fairy winds one of these days, our Black Winged Angel," Haruka said.

"Stop calling me that!" I said.

"Well, it's true," she said, grinning. I was a member of the tri-clan, the last pure blooded member. Seto and Mokuba were members too, but they only had one strand each. Only the females were allowed to be in the "tri" part of it. It was almost time.

"If you need help from us, never hesitate to call," Michiru said.

"I know. I'll miss you guys," I said. I headed out the door and through a gateway, not a portal, a gateway, and not the one I had sealed up temporarily. I walked into the white light, unsure of what to expect, unsure of what to see, but one thing was certain, it wouldn't be exactly pretty.

Obalisk the Tormentor stirred in its slumber…