Dark Fox Priestess; Has Kaiba met his match when Yugi introduces him to a female remarkably like his Blue Eyes White Dragon, or will the two business competitors have icy hearts that refuse to melt? Please review, if you don't I won't put any more chapters up. That's not a threat, that's a promise. Enjoy.
Chapter One
Beginnings
Aquarius Shale walked to her office with an air of supreme confidence. The many receptionists and other associates swarmed around her like sharks during a feeding frenzy. Aquarius was use to this kind of attention though; she'd been dealing with running a business for years now. She sat behind her desk watching as a young woman brought in her coffee, newspaper, and stock reports.
"Miss Shale, we've been watching the stocks and we need to increase production!" The tall man in front of her stated.
"I know, Jeffery." Aquarius sighed.
"If we increase production we won't be able to focus on individual divisions!" A woman with light brown hair stated.
"Then I suggest you people figure out a way to solve the problem." Aquarius stated picking up her newspaper.
Immediately the room was cleared and she sighed in relief and sipped her coffee. Glancing at the headlines on the city paper a grimace made it's way onto her normally delicate features.
'KAIBA CORP STOCK PRICES SOAR PROVING ANOTHER AMAZING YEAR FOR THE COLD CEO!'
Just what she needed to worry about right now, another competing company after her money. Aquarius sighed tiredly massaging her temples. Nothing was honorable anymore. People didn't stick by their word and that's what made this world so cold and twisted.
That same morning in another office all the way across the city…
Seto Kaiba sat in his office contemplating life. He was 21, single, and running the 'family business'. He sighed deeply tossing the morning's newspaper in the trash. He had money; he had an expensive array of houses and cars. Yet, he wasn't happy.
Mokuba walked into the office, now 18 he considered himself relatively independent. He noticed Seto's sullen disposition and groaned; he was questioning life again.
"Seto, your just bored!" Mokuba reasoned sitting on Seto's desk.
"Mokuba, I'm not bored I'm just lo-…" Seto didn't finish his sentence, suddenly unsure of himself.
"You'll figure it out eventually. In the meantime, we've got things to do!" Mokuba stated as a few employees walked in carrying boxes.
"What are those for?" Seto asked suspiciously.
"Seto, Christmas is in less than five months! We need to start picking out presents for Yugi and his friends." Mokuba stated looking through one box.
"You can't possibly be serious!" Seto exclaimed watching his brother.
"I am. Whether you admit it or not, they are our friends." Mokuba stated eyeing his older brother dangerously.
Seto didn't say anything; he merely sat the rest of the morning thinking about the word he had been about to say. It couldn't possibly have been lonely, could it?
At lunchtime, Yugi sat at the counter of his grandfather's store eating a ham sandwich. The front door opened and the small bell chimed signifying another customer. Yugi looked up and smiled seeing his old friend.
"Hey Yugi." The young woman greeted tiredly.
"How's it going, Aquarius?" Yugi asked eating a chip.
Aquarius was wearing a dark blue skirt and jacket suit. Her frosty blue mid-back hair was styled in a dramatic upwards twist with strands spiraling down to rest on her neck and cheek. Her lavender eyes seemed dull as she rested her chin on the counter.
"I suppose it could be worse." Aquarius sighed.
"Business that bad, is it?" Yugi questioned offering her a potato chip.
"You have no idea." She groaned dismissing the food with a small wave of her hand.
"You need to eat something. I know you, Aquarius, when you focus on something you sometimes forget to breathe let alone eat." Yugi persisted.
"I've known you practically since birth and yet you still seem to surprise me with your insight. Besides, Yugi, I'm on a new diet." Aquarius sighed shifting on her icicle like heels.
"Diet? You've got to be kidding! I know sticks that weigh more than you!" Yugi exclaimed incredulously.
True enough, Aquarius was in no way needing a diet. Her five foot four inches of body was strong and lithe. She worked out excessively; running, swimming, lifting weights. She was toned and knew many forms of martial arts. She was skinny to an almost dangerous point causing most of her friends to worry. However, from a masculine point of view she was almost to perfect. Full pack of abs, ass, and an impressive rack that had Playboy calling for 'interviews' and constantly made Yugi wonder why she was still single. Her hair color as absurd as his own always made him smile. She was so professional and yet still so fun, the hair so tightly twisted usually hung well below her shoulders in silver blue streams.
"Not kidding, Yugi. I need to rest but I just don't have the time!" Aquarius sighed balancing precariously on her tiny spiked heels.
"How's the gaming part of the company?" Yugi asked munching happily.
"I just don't understand all those new technology games, like Duel Masters." Aquarius groaned dusting off her suit.
"You have the most strategic mind I know, how is it you can't understand a simple card game?" Yugi questioned.
Aquarius shrugged as Yugi came around to her side of the counter. He quickly took her hand and drug her to the back room.
"What are we doing?" Aquarius asked as Yugi sat her down at a small table.
"Teaching you how to duel." Yugi stated as he sat down across from her and began to explain the game that would not only make her career but also her life.