Pharaoh's Queen

chapter 3

Kaiba walked away with Mokuba as he carried Bella carefully, trying to not move her too much. Bella leaned into Kaiba as he carried her back into the aircraft and into her room.

"This has been one hell of a vacation." Bella commented, she had only been unconscious for a moment. She regained consciousness just as Seto had picked her up off the ground.

"Hn, I wasn't expecting the dweeb patrol bringing their problems into the tournament." Kaiba said with an annoyed scowl. He just wanted to defeat Yugi once and for all! With out any of this weird mumbo jumbo-bull crap and people trying to take over the world!

"Still set on defeating him, I see." Bella said with a smile as Seto set her down on her feet and she sat down in a chair that was the closest to her. She had heard about this rivalry between the two since the first time Yugi had defeated Seto.

Every time she called, she could hear Seto raving about it in the background as she talked to Mokuba. Seto had even ranted to her about it a few times. Not that he would ever admit it. At first, Bella thought it was amusing. That is, until she realized how obsessed that Seto had become, but so far it had not done anything damaging...yet...

"Are you alright," Mokuba asked bringing over a cup with a dark colored liquid in it.

"As fine as I'll ever be." Bella replied taking the offered cup from the youngest boy in the room. She sat back relaxing and took a drink from the cup before making a face at the strong taste. Her throat burned momentarily as the liquid went down. 

"It's a good thing this necklace shields me from Marik. He was quite furious when I left him. Now that Odion is down, the darkness will take over. Shit, this will be- no IS bad. You think he is messed up now, his dark side is even worse." Bella said looking over at Seto with a concerned expression. "And now that dark side has taken control. There will be nothing that he will let stand in his way." She explained. "He is a psychopath. He murdered his own father. I don't blame him, he was dick...but still. I know he has murdered others too."

"He isn't going to get near you, that I promise." He said firmly. Seto knew what her past was with Marik. He had been the only one that she had told. 

"Seto, as much as I appreciate your need to protect me. It is my job to protect you in case you have forgotten." Bella said dryly looking at him with a determined look.

"Hn." Kiba replied standing there with his arms crossed.

There was a knock at the door, causing them all to jump startled. They looked over at the door a little surprised. Who the hell could that be?

"I'll get it," Mokuba said jumping up and going over to the door.

The door opened revealing Yugi standing there looking nervous. 

"Oh! Hey, Yugi!" Mokuba said perking up happy to see him. Bella was faintly reminded of a little chihuahua greeting a friend. She could not help but grin at the thought.  

"Hey, Mokuba...I was just-" Yugi started to say trailing off.

"Checking to see if she was alright?" Mokuba said as if understanding and looking back at Bella and Kaiba.

"It's Yugi, he wanted to see if you were ok." Mokuba called over as he looked at Bella. 

Bella sighed as Kaiba looked over at her. She felt conflicted. the spirit of the necklace obviously did not want to talk to the pharaoh, but there was no avoiding it. 

"Just...let him in," she said, sounding defeated. She knew just how stubborn and adamant the Pharaoh was from the memories of her counter part. 

Mokuba looked at Yugi. "Come on in, Yugi!" he said walking away from the door.