Author's Note:

I do not wish to be told things like "but Isis doesn't have the millenium necklace anymore" i'm well aware of the facts however i have chossen to ignore a couple. (nothing major don't worry).

Also this is a Kaiba X Isis story. If you hate this couple don't bother reading it. And don't flame me just because i do!

Finally enjoy my story XD. Review if you have something to stay.

Chapter 2 coming soon. Not much left for me to write, a few paragraphs...

and one warning: i can't spell!

Kaiba's POV:
It was 7:45 in the morning and Mokuba STILL wasn't up for school. I don't know where he gets this laziness from. I'd never had trouble getting up. Maybe one of us took after our mum and the other our dad. I couldn't remember. If I ever knew at all. All I could remember was they were both up before me. I guess I'm lucky. I still have memories of our parents. Mokuba doesn't. He was too young when they died.
"Mokuba!" I called knocking on his bedroom door. There was no answer so I pushed it open. There he was in bed. Still. I sighed and went over to his bed to wake him up.
A typical week day morning in the Kaiba Mansion. My Mansion. I was proud of my mansion. I admit that. To me it was a symbol of my success in making a decent home for Mokuba. True fully anything would be a better place to grow up than an orphanage, but I didn't like to do things in half measures. There was no point if you didn't play to win....

Isis's POV:

I looked at the doorbell not really taking anything in. I was that nervous! Other people see me as calm and collected. Confident, but not overly so. Sometimes they described me as sad. I tried to hide that part of me but it comes out sometimes anyway. It was impossible to hide the sadness I felt inside all the time. But today the sadness had been taken over by another emotion. Blind panic. Ok, so I exaggerate. It wasn't quite panic I was just really nervous! I had good reason to be. I was outside the Kaiba mansion about to ring the doorbell. Why was I here? I kept asking myself that. But I knew really. He was the only hope I had left. If somebody didn't donate a large sum of money to the museum where I worked it'll be closed down. I couldn't have that. I loved the museum. It was my life. Sure there were other museums, but it's not the same. Kaiba was my only hope....

I took a deep breath and rang the doorbell...

Kaiba's POV:

I jumped when I heard the doorbell ring. It was too early for visitors and I hadn't been expecting it. None of the staff who worked in the mansion were due for at least another hour! It better not be that stupid social worker. Couldn't she get it through her thick head that Mokuba was happy here? I walked towards the door wondering who it was. They better have a good reason for coming this early!

I opened the door with a scowl on my face. I put it on for show really. Habit more than anything. At first glance I just saw this really beautiful woman. Looking nervous, like a lot of the people who come to my door. Then I recognised her as Isis, and started swearing at myself for thinking of her as 'beautiful'. I couldn't think of her like that! Besides it would never work. The woman was clearly insane! She honestly believed a necklace could give her the power to see into the future. Yeah right!

Isis's POV:

I wished I'd never bothered coming when I saw the look on Kaiba's face. For a brief second he seemed to look happy to see me there. But I must have been mistaken. The look he was giving me now was ice cold. I swear I could feel the blood freezing in my veins. I know that's not possible, but it sure felt like it!

"Isis" he greeted me. No 'Hi' or 'nice to see you' but I didn't expect it so I wasn't disappointed. He did step back and let me in the house though. I'd feared he'd slam the door in my face. But even Kaiba isn't that rude. He has this way of being perfectly polite while making you feel like a bug he wanted to squash beneath his shoes. Or boots, I thought looking down at his feet.

Kaiba's POV:

What had I done! I'd let this psycho into my home. I should have slammed the door in her face! No I didn't mean that. I liked her. Sort off. I'd like her more if she gave up that whole 'seeing into the future' thing. But only I'm perfect I guess! Maybe I was the one who was insane. Here I was standing in my hall thinking of Isis like a potential date! It was insane!

"Kaiba.." she began. How I love how she says my name. WAIT! WHAT AM I SAYING! I think I need to see a psychologist!

"I need a favour." She continued. So that's why she was here! She'd better not be suggesting another tournament. I was far too busy working on a new strategy to beat Yugi to arrange a tournament as well.

"You've got to say yes, you're my only hope..." she continued.

"No I don't. I can just throw you out right now if I wanted to" I heard myself say, but I knew I wouldn't. The look on her face almost broke my heart. To think I'd caused such grief! Strange. I wouldn't normally feel guilty!

"I guess I'll listen to you first though" I said. Just to get rid of that look! It worked. The grief was replaced with hope.......

Isis's POV:

He was actually going to listen to what I had to say! I couldn't believe it. He must have been in a good mood or something! He hadn't said yes though.... I couldn't be thinking he'd said yes. There was still a very large chance he'd say no. I opened my mouth to start the speech I had planned but never got around to it.

"What's she doing here?" asked Mokuba from the top of the stairs. If the uniform was any indication he was heading off to school. One of the local private schools to be exact.

"She wants a favour" Kaiba explained. Mokuba raised an eyebrow and walked down the stairs and into a room on the left. Probably a kitchen.

"The thing is" I began. Noticing Kaiba was now in a better mood than before and more likely to say yes. "The museum where I work is largely run on donations from the general public and one of our major sponsors has backed out"

"Let me guess" Kaiba said cutting into my speech. "You want me to donate money to a museum so you can keep your job"

"Something like that" I said looking down at the floor in embarrassment. Had I been that obvious? Yeah I had, I realised!

Kaiba's POV

I couldn't believe she'd even had the courage to ask me for a favour. Didn't she know what happened to the last person who wanted me to donate money to a charity? Donate to one charity and then people will expect you to donate to others. Mokuba joked about it sometimes, he called me scrooge. But I'm not that heartless. I had my own orphanage didn't I? Not like the one Mokuba and I lived in. Mine was big and comfortable. More like a hotel than anything. There was no way Isis knew about that though. (Or anyone else for that matter). It was top secret, I'd even set it up under a false name! You can't blame me. It would have ruined my reputation!

So here Isis was in MY home, asking for money. She was crazy. If I hadn't already decided she was insane this would have led me to the same conclusion. I glared at Isis. At least she had the sense to look embarrassed. This is when I realised that I was the one going insane. I actually felt tempted to give her money! I never give people money. Except Mokuba off course, but he's different!

Isis's POV

The Kaiba mansion has really nice floors. At least in this room it does. I knew. I'd just spent the last minute staring at it, too embarrassed to look up. Why wasn't he saying anything? Maybe he was silently laughing at me. No, he wouldn't hide it. I knew he was still there I could see his boots. Nice boots actually. I wished he'd say something. At this point I didn't care what he said. It could be something really spiteful. ANYTHING was worse than this silence.

'Look up already' I scolded myself. This was ridiculous. Here I was staring at the floor like some kid about to be told of by there parents after doing something really bad!

I glanced up at Kaiba's face. Wished I hadn't and started staring at the floor. Who said looks can't kill lied. If I'd looked at there glare of Kaiba's for just a moment longer I'd be dead. Where did he learn to glare like that anyway?

I wish my necklace would just show me what will happen next. But I can't control what it shows me. Even if it did show me what Kaiba would do next there was no way to know if it would happen. Kaiba seems to have a habit of being able to change the future. It's like destiny doesn't affect him in the same way as everyone else. Perhaps it's just that he hasn't resigned himself to it, like the rest of us. Yeah that made sense.

Kaiba's POV

'Just tell her no' I told myself for about the 1000th time. Yet I still couldn't bring myself to say it. Part of me wanted to donate money to her museum. As I said before, I'm going insane. In the end I decided to give a more neutral response.

"Why would I want to donate money to your museum?" I asked her. It wasn't yes or no. It kept both halves of me quiet. For now anyway.

"Can you repeat that?" asked Isis sounding shocked. I think she'd been expecting me to just say no. Which led me to wonder why she had even bothered to ask? Then I remembered she was insane.

"What's in it for me?" I asked. Simplifying the concept for her. She was obviously too shocked to think probably. She didn't get to answer though. Mokuba came into the room, just as she started explaining what was in it for me.

"She's still here?" he asked. He'd expected me to kick her out. Who would blame me? I'd expected myself to kick her out. What was stopping me? Maybe insanity was contagious.

Seeing as I couldn't think of a reason to explain why she was still here I decided to avoid the question all together.

"Don't you have school?" I asked him, after glancing at my watch.

"Yeah, that's where I'm going" he replied. "See ya big brother!" he said walking out of the door.

Isis's POV

"So. You were telling me what was in it for me" Kaiba snapped at me. I tried not to smile. I'd finally worked out how to get Kaiba to donate money to my museum! It was so simple! I couldn't believe I hadn't thought of it before. Kaiba had one weakness. Just one but it was enough. That weakness? Mokuba. It was so simple I wondered why I hadn't thought of it earlier. To get Kaiba too donate money too anything you had to find a way it would benefit either him or Mokuba.

"Has Mokuba ever been on a school trip?" I asked Kaiba. Looking straight into his eyes. Then I wished I hadn't. That had been a BIG mistake. Since when had Kaiba been so cute? And why was it bothering me so much? Did it matter is Kaiba was cute or not? I hated him. Sort of. Oh alright I LIKED him. I knew I shouldn't he represented everything I hated. So why I even liked him was a mystery. Especially when you took into account that Kaiba hated me. At least I thought he did. But.... NO!! I wouldn't think about THAT! No way did Kaiba like me. He thought I was crazy. Who could blame him? There were plenty of people like him. People who just couldn't believe that seeing the future was even possible. Which is why I tried to keep it secret.

Kaiba's POV

"Has Mokuba ever been on a school trip" I repeated Isis's ridiculous question out now. This did two things; firstly it filled what would have been a stunned silence. Secondly repeating the question made me realise what she was getting at. She had found my weakness. I was a little surprised. She was obviously smarter than I had originally given her credit for. Then I realised. I'd always known she was smart, it was just that her craziness hid that fact.

I knew what she would say the moment I said "Yes" it was kind of obvious. You didn't have to be a genius like me to work it out.

"Don't you think the school ever takes the kids to museums." Isis replied. OK so it wasn't the EXACT same words but it was the same meaning as what I'd expected and I'd already come up with a reply.

"There are other museums..." I started, only to be interrupted.

"I know that." Isis replied. "But you know as well as I do the one where I work is the best." Much as I hated to admit it, she had a point. NO!!! I was not going to cave into her demands.

Isis's POV

He was still going to say no! I could see it in his face. I sighed and turned around. There was no point staying here any longer. I'd tried. It was all I could do. I started to walk towards the door. It wasn't far; I hadn't come far into his home in the first place.

"Wait" Kaiba said. Just one word. Not shouted or anything. I stopped walking and instantly regretted it. I should have kept walking! Avoid whatever insults he was about to throw in my face. It was too late now. I turned around and saw Kaiba standing right in front of me. I didn't recognise the look on his face at first. It was so out of place. Where was the hate? Where was the arrogance? The cocky grin? The look on his face was the look a friend would give to another. No it was more than that. It was the look a guy might give to his girlfriend. 'Maybe I am crazy...' I thought. 'I must be. I'm obviously seeing things!"

"How much does the museum need" Kaiba asked. His voice sounded weird without the arrogance that was almost always there. 'So I'm hearing things to! Great!'

Kaiba's POV

WHAT DID YOU SAY THAT FOR YOU IDIOT!!! I screamed at myself. It was a moment of weakness. Yet I didn't regret it.

'Is this love?' I thought to myself. I realised. Yes! Yes it was! I Seto Kaiba was in love! The concept would have been funnier if it wasn't so... so wrong. No not wrong. Wrong wasn't the right word to describe it. Weird then? Yeah weird. Weird and scary. Was I going insane? I realised just how many times I'd asked myself that in such a short space of time. Insane or not, the fact was I was in love with Isis. Crazy, beautiful, sweet Isis. I then realised. No way did she feel the same way about me. I'd been horrible to her. Not just today for months. I instantly regretted every spiteful thing I'd said to her. Why had I been such a fool. Why couldn't I have fallen in love with her on sight? Then I might have stood a chance.

Isis's POV

"10,000" I replied in answer to Seto's question. I was too amazed to say anything else. There was a pause where I could see Kaiba was thinking this over. "The sponsor who backed out was our second highest. Not much below industrial illusions. Pegasus himself donates 15,000 every month" Kaiba's face was filled with hate the moment I mentioned Pegasus's name. 'So they knew each other' I thought. If I'd known that before I'd have used Kaiba's own hatred against him. Oh well. I had the same result.

Kaiba picked an object out of his pocket. I realised it was a mobile phone. I couldn't help smiling as he made the call. Especially when he offered 20,000 to the museum. Double what it needed. I knew perfectly well he was only doing it to get at Pegasus. Don't ask me why he was so mad with Pegasus. He seemed a nice guy when I met him. A little weird, sure. But still nice. He used to have the Millenium Eye but he lost it. He was asking me if I had seen it in a vision. I hadn't off course. Only the Millenium Ring can track the other Millenium items....

Kaiba's POV

Pegasus. Just the name filled me with hatred. Losing his precious golden eye was no where near enough punishment for what he had done. Nothing was. Nobody kidnapped Mokuba!! Nobody. There was also the small fact that he had tried to kill me to take over Kaiba Corp. I didn't care about that. Not much anyway. Capturing Mokuba, that was a different story. No way was I letting him be the museums highest paying sponsor! He wasn't going to beat me at anything!

I glanced over at Isis she was smiling. The sight made me feel so happy. I was so in love. I wondered why I hadn't realised it before. Then I realised. All this time I had been in denial. Well not any more. Now I could do something about it. I was a winner. I'd win Isis's heart one way or another. For the first time since Yugi defeated me I had a personal goal higher than defeating him. I Seto Kaiba was going to get Isis Ishtar to love me as much as I loved her. And as anyone who knew me, could tell you. I almost always got what I wanted. No matter what it cost me.......