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Kaiba's Home
"Watch the door," Kaiba instructed Shizuka Kawai. If Mai was having dreams of the future, her subconscious was bound to not catch all of the details. If she dreamed the same thing over and over, it'll be well rooted. With the rod, he could get in her mind in ways she wished no one could. As long as she was asleep though, it shouldn't be a problem.
Unless Jounouchi came, which was why Shizuka Kawai was watching the door.
"This won't hurt her?" Shizuka asked one more time. "You are getting permission?"
"No and yes." He used the millennium rod. He would never hear the end of it if he just watched unannounced. Besides, he'd get a better view if she allowed him in willingly. However, there's no way she'd say yes on the outside. People were more likely to give permission when he was already on the inside.
Mai's Dream
Seto Kaiba was right beside the hospital door. She was right up ahead on the bed with Atem and Yuugi. The other side would have Anzu and the other spirit. Jounouchi hadn't appeared yet. "If you're getting tired of playing this dream game, Mai Kujaku, I can end this."
She turned to look at him. "Kaiba?"
"Yep. Unlike you stuck in your bed, or only allowed to remember certain things, I have a full scale view. If you allow me in." He hadn't moved from the door. "It's your choice."
She was furious, no doubt, but? "If you can end it, fine, but you better end it!"
"Great." He walked to the window first to get a view. He stuck his head out. There was actually no glass.
The air was hot and dry. No one was out there. There wasn't any rubble, which was strange. There should have been buildings, demolished or otherwise, out there. She got the apocalypse part right. It's as dry as the desert.
To the other side was a steady stream of water. That shouldn't be there. He tucked his head back in and looked in front of her. There was no baby yet. Probably the next part of the dream. He noticed Atem and Yuugi on one side, trying to look happy. He looked over toward Anzu and her spirit. "Nah. Yuugi would be next to Anzu. Oh." Hmm. He moved away from the front and it all started to make sense.
He watched Jounouchi come in front of the window, holding a baby. He called her Mana.
"So you can end this?" Mai asked, unmoved by the feeling of seeing a child she knew was only in her dreams. Night after night.
"Yep."
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Outside of Mai's Dream Again
"You asshole! If Jounouchi knew you used that-that thing-!"
"Last time you have the dream again," Kaiba interrupted her. "I walked in your nightmare, and I got rid of it. Even now." Kaiba sighed. The sights he had seen. What was part of the scare and what was not? "How did Anzu and her spirit look each time?"
"They all had happy faces," Mai said. "They all looked happy. Sometimes it's nice outside and sometimes it's terrible. It's a nightmare and a dream. I can never decide which."
"It's just a dream. Nothing big. Not worth my time." Kaiba got up and headed out.
Shizuka followed behind him as he went back to check on Mokuba. "What is it?"
"There are a lot of details in that dream she can't pick up," Kaiba revealed. "It's better if she doesn't."
"Does . . . does she die in childbirth?" Shizuka Kawai asked timidly.
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