Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh yet *Laughs Evilly* Oh never mind. Enjoy the story.
Seto Kaiba sat slumped in his chair unable to live with the pain that had been following him for the last year. He stood up from his chair and walked over to the special telescope he had installed at the window.
He magnified it by 4x and looked to Serenity's house. Jaden was walking out the door and Serenity gave him a kiss on the forehead just like all mothers do. Jaden wiped his forehead with a paper towel.
He turned on the audio magnifier to hear them.
"….. And remember that Joey and Mai are coming over for dinner. They'll be dropping off Manny and Alicia for the weekend while their away. Jaden what's wrong?" Serenity's voice sounded like a choir of angels to Seto. They were still legally married and to not hear the voice of the woman he loved for an entire year was torture to Seto.
"I'm still upset that HE left us. What kind of man does that!" Jaden's words were like knives through Seto's heart. He knew his son was mad with him but it sounded as if Jaden hated him.
"Oh mom I'm going to see Alex today. He said he has a new invention to show me." This planted the seeds of a plan into Kaiba's mind. He had a meeting with Alex's father today and if Jaden was going to see Alex then he would either go to his house which was unlikely or the building.
Jaden picked up his phone and began to text someone on the way to his car. Being a Kaiba he had gotten his license early.
Then Kaiba's phone on his desk rang to show he had received a text from someone. He looked at it and his hopes began to rise. Then he saw what it said: Stop watching me dad. I know you are. I wont speak unless you apologize.
His hopes fell once he read it.However he could still enact his plan at Barry Industries. If Jaden wouldn't hear his apology and begging then he would have to make him. First he would try and talk to him at his school.
AT JADENS SCHOOL TEN MINUTES LATER
Jaden saw Hiragana and Junko having another brother sister argument about who was the better duelist. Akiko and Ichiro just sat under the tree and watched them argue since classes didn't start for half an hour.
Alex was sitting down working on some project on his laptop but as soon as he saw Jaden he closed it up and put on a smile. He got up to walk over to his friend when he was pushed aside by Kimiko who rushed over to Jaden. Her hands were clasped together and Jaden backed up a few steps.
"Hi Jaden! I heard Alexis moved to Germany! What a shame but I'm open!" Zane Jaden's cousin who was a few feet behind her slumped down and sat back down.
Alex came over and pushed her aside back towards the others which caused Zane to stand back up and smile.
"That'll do Captain Crazy. So Jaden how you been? I cant wait to show you my latest invention. It will revolutionize Duel Monsters. Then when I market it-Holy Crap!" He pointed behind Jaden at an approaching figure. A figure Jaden hadn't seen for a good two years now.
A trench-coat billowed in the wind behind him and on his belt were the words KC. He had deep blue eyes like Jaden and chestnut brown hair. He was Seto Kaiba.
While everyone else had a look of shock on there face Jaden just glared at his father. Unlike his father Alex was thoroughly spooked by Kaiba. However the boy maintained a cool expression and glared at Kaiba along with Jaden.
Kaiba's hardened expression softened when he saw his son. They stood staring at each other for a few minutes. Seto's eyes full of regret and sorrow while Jaden's were full of hatred and resentment.
"Jaden look-" Seto began but Jaden cut him before he could say anything to him.
"Why are you here?! I thought I made it clear that I never wanted to see you again! So just leave me alone!" Jaden shouted at his father while a small crowd began to gather. Almost all the girls began to move towards Kaiba. Alex then sent one of his dads threatening glares towards all them that said "Don't even try it or else". They backed away.
"I came to apologize to you. I have been trying to but you wont let me. Will you accept my apology?" Kaiba asked with the sound of sorrow and was that longing in his voice. Jaden just glared more and his voice raised by 10x.
"OH SO NOW YOU COME FORWARD TO APOLOGIZE? NOW YOU GROW A SPINE? NOW YOU GIVE UP YOUR PRIDE? WELL TOO LATE?" Jaden stormed off in the direction of the classroom. Kaiba walked back to his limo. The crowd had not yet dispersed so Alex once again sent glares towards all of them.
"If any of this leaves the school then you will never work in your life and live in complete and utter poverty." Alex and the others in the group hurried after Jaden who had stormed down the hallway towards class.
Jaden sat in his desk taking notes while the teacher talked. He wasn't really taking notes since he already knew the lesson what with being the son of Seto Kaiba and all. In fact he was drawing Duel Monsters cards. After seeing his artwork Mr. Barry had given him complete access to the Card Creation Shop on the Barry Industries Island.
As usual the girls were swooning over him. One had said hello to which he also said hello causing the girl to faint.
AT BARRY INDUSTRIES TWO HOURS LATER
"Then when I try to apologize he just tells me to shut up and walks away! By the way I owe your boy Alex one for keeping all those fan-girls from jumping me." Seto finished ranting to Robert who was pouring himself some more wine while he leaned on his desk.
Seto grabbed his glass and drained the wine from it. He held out the glass and Robert refilled it. Robert smirked silently which went unnoticed by Seto.
" Look Seto the thing with you and Jaden is …. you left the boy when he needed you most. This lead Jaden to connect you wit resentment." He said as he helped himself to more wine. Seto just sighed as they sat in awkward silence for a few minutes.
"So basically he thinks I am an asshole. And Serenity probably does too. Just great." Seto was angry not with Jaden or Serenity but with himself. He had tried and tried again to apologize but always he was turned down. He had realized why but not how to fix it.
There came another small stretch of awkward silence as they sat there. The only sound came from the faint hum of the computer on Roberts desk.
BEEP
Robert pushed the speaker button on his desk.
"Yes?" He said though he knew it was probably just the secretary informing him that his son was here.
"Sir your son Master Alex has arrived with boy named Jaden Kaiba." Kaiba nearly choked on the wine as he pondered the odds. Robert looked at him and sent him a look that asked "Are you okay?". He slowly nodded.
"Send them up." Several moments later they heard incessant shouting which showed Robert's new secretary outside who had not yet met Alex was now falling to his verbal assault.
"YOU INCOMPETANT IMBECILE! I HAVE THE POWER AS VICE-PRESIDENT TO FIRE YOU! NOW SCURRY AWAY TO OH LETS SAY … THE UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE!" They heard the secretary burst into tears and run off and then the door slowly opened to reveal two boys. Seto had quickly hid himself in the darkest corner of the room.
"You could have gone easier on him man." Jaden was saying unaware of his fathers presence in the room. Alex just shrugged and put on a smirk.
"I prefer an open and brutal frontal assault to put dogs like him in their place." Alex plopped himself down in one of the chairs while Jaden just shrugged and sat down in the other. Robert sighed. That was the third secretary Alex had fired this week. At this rate he would be hiring a new one every day.
"Hey dad." Alex said as he embraced his father who just smiled warmly. He was a lot nicer without the Millennium Ring.
"Hello Mr. Barry." Jaden waved and bowed politely which just brought the smile back. They put their bags down and Jaden took out a laptop and started it up while Alex held a briefcase at the ready.
"Hello boys now what was it you wanted to speak to me about?" So Jaden and Alex went on to explain their little project which they called the Duel Field.
As Seto listened he noticed that this idea wasn't just revolutionary, but it was pure genius. He felt so proud of Jaden that he almost forgot the pain of his confrontations with both Jaden and Serenity this morning.
FLASHBACK
Serenity was fixing some breakfast when she heard the doorbell ring. She put her oven mitts on the counter.
When she opened the door she froze. The person attempted to speak but she just slammed the door shut again.
"Serenity please open up. I want to talk to you." 'Shit how did that bastard find me' She thought. For on the porch stood Seto Kaiba himself.
"Go away Seto! Haven't you hurt us enough!" She had tears in her eyes now and unknown to her so did Seto.
"That's why I'm here. Because I never meant to hurt you. Because I still love you." He received no answer for ten minutes so he was forced to leave.
END FLASHBACK
He decided to make his presence known. He slowly walked up till he was behind Alex then he whispered in his ear. "Hello"
Alex yelped in surprise and he jumped out of his seat and onto his dad. They both went tumbling down to the ground. The two Kaiba's laughed their heads off.
In unison Alex and his father sat up and snarled.
"THAT WASN'T VERY FUNNY!" They shouted together. Robert got up and sat in his chair while Alex got up and glared at the two laughing Kaiba's.
Then Jaden realized who he was laughing.
"DAD! What are you doing here? Were you listening?" Jaden was mad now and felt like he wanted to punch Seto.
"Look Jaden I just want to apologize." Seto started to say but Jaden cut him off.
"Well you had your chance two years ago! TWO!" They began to have a very heated argument. Robert looked from Seto to Jaden and was starting to get annoyed.
"ENOUGH!" He shouted and that shut them both up. He glared and both Kaiba's stepped back a pace. While he no longer had the Millennium Ring he still retained some of the perks. One being the ability to literally emanate fear and terror.
"SIT!" They did and he looked from one to the other.
"Now if your quite finished then you can speak. Seto you first." He gestured in Seto's direction. Seto cleared his throat and took a deep breathe.
"Jaden before you turn me away again I want you and Serenity to give me one more chance to prove I still care about the two of you. I am going to take the both of you to KaibaLand tomorrow at noon. Please Jaden?" He looked at Jaden with pleading eyes and for once Jaden actually saw the pain he had been feeling since he left them in his eyes.
He thought about it for a minute. Then made his decision.
"Alright dad I'll give you one last chance." Jaden got up and walked out of the room with Alex following so they could work on the Duel Field.
Seto sighed contentedly as he sat back down in one of the chairs. Robert noticed that for the first time in two years Seto was smiling. He poured two glasses of wine.
"A toast. To Love, Loss, Honor, Bravery, and Victory in the days to come." They drained their glasses and were starting on their second glasses when Seto's cell-phone rang.
"Hello?" Seto answered curiously.
"Mr. Kaiba we have great news. Someone finally one the 'Win a date with Seto Kaiba' contest. The publicity will be excellent." Came the voice of the head of Kaiba Corp's board of directors. (AN: Why on earth would they keep a contest like that running.)
Seto looked like he was about to pop a vein. He got redder and redder as his anger turned to furry and then to rage. He wished he could reach through the phone and strangle the man.
Robert covered his ears for the moment as he didn't want to go deaf from Seto's shouts.
"WHAT! YOU IDIOTS KEPT THAT CONTEST GOING! AND NOW YOU DECIDE TO TELL ME! WELL I DON'T CARE! THE WINNER ISNT WINNING ANYTHING!" Seto screamed to high heaven and Robert took his hands off his ears since it appeared that Seto was done screaming.
He saw that the glass on the window had actually cracked from his shouts. He never knew anyone could scream that loud.
"Mr. Kaiba before you would be able to back out but the winners lawyers approached us and made us sign a binding contract saying you would go. Your brother signed his name which confirmed it. I'm afraid you have to." The man on the phone thought Seto might listen to reason. If so then he didn't know Seto Kaiba very well.
"Who won the stupid thing anyways!" Seto shouted into the receiver. He didn't notice Robert sneak up behind him just a few feet away so he could hear the answer.
"A Ms. Amy Carol's sir." Seto went rigid and nearly dropped the phone. That name brought back so many bad memories. He nearly fainted. (AN: I will explain what the deal is about here in a different story that isn't ready for publication.)
Robert had heard and he too was in shock. He himself dropped into his chair and pulled out a file on said person.
"I'll call you back." Seto said and he hung up before the man could object. He sat down in one of the chairs across from Robert and watched his fingers fly over the keys as he pulled up Amy's file.
"This is impossible Seto. She could not possibly have done this. According to my information she is supposed to be locked up in a Siberian Prison for trying to rob a building. Here look at the file which was recently updated." He turned the computer around and let Seto read the file on Amy Carol's.
Full Name: Amy Linda Carol's
Age: 28
Height: 5.5
IQ: 198
Occupation: No job; Currently a prisoner in the Bushtak Siberian National Prison.
Status: Alive
Closest Relatives: None
Criminal Records: Minor charges in 2002 for assault and battery upon Serenity Wheeler, Minor charges in 2004 for cheating upon SAT's, Major charges in 2007 for attempted murder of Joseph Wheeler, Yugi Muto, and Robert Barry, Minor charges in 2003 for injury of Jonathan Barry, Major charges in 2010 for act of arson upon Domino High School, Major charges in 2011 for robbery of Siberian Prime Minister.
Location: Unknown
Job Records: Worked for Kaiba Corp as CEO's assistant in 2001; Fired for attempted seduction of Mr. Kaiba, Worked for Barry Industries as assistant to Rear-President Jonathan Barry in 2003; Fired for assault upon employer, Worked for Siberian Prime Minister as assistant in 2011; Fired and imprisoned for robbery of employer.
"This girl is even more insane than she was 14 years ago! And I'm supposed to go on a date with a psycho who wants my ex-wife and son dead and is crazy about getting me no matter the cost!" Seto yelled to no one in particular. Robert pulled out his phone to see if she was still in the prison.
Seto barely listened to his conversation as he contemplated things. He had to go on a date with an insane fan-girl when he was trying to reunite with his wife and son. He felt horribly that fate had played such a cruel trick.
Seto did listen when he heard his friend screaming to high heaven. He vaguely caught the words idiot, imbecile, dead man, coward, mutt, and a few other words that probably weren't for the ears of anyone under 18.
When he returned to his chair Robert looked furious. In fact his eyes gained back some of their old crimson shade from before.
"They let her go! They just opened the door to her cell and let her walk out of there!" He cradled his fingers as he tried to collect his thoughts.
Then Seto's cell-phone rang again. He answered it.
"Hello? Who is this and what do you want!" Seto roared into the phone seeing as he wasn't entirely calm yet.
"All I want is you Seto. And as to who I am my name is Amy beloved. Why don't you say hi or I can." Just as Seto was about to respond with a few choice words the door to the office was flung open to reveal a women that was smiling evilly.
She had chocolate brown eyes and blonde hair. She looked very pretty but she was cold and heartless. The occupants of the office both knew that from experience.
She was about to walk towards them when Robert couldn't hold down his furry any longer and he stood up and using his most threatening tone of voice screamed for her to get out.
"GET OUT OF MY OFFICE YOU EVIL LITTLE DEVIL! GET OUT BEFORE I HAVE YOU SHOT ON SIGHT! GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT!" He hated this women for hurting his brother and considering his brothers were one of the most important things in the world to him well you can see why he would react that way.
Amy just smiled and continued to walk towards Seto despite the full frontal verbal assault sent her way by Robert. Seto began to back up as the girl got closer. She kept that freaky smile plastered on her face.
"Get away from me you wacko! I don't want to be anywhere near you!" Seto continued to back up as Amy continued to advance towards him. She thought he was just playing hard to get but in all seriousness Kaiba would like nothing more than for her to go away.
Meanwhile Robert had given up on his verbal assault and instead had called security. He then stepped between the two and Seto breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright you psycho back away from Kaiba. Don't take another step or I will have security dispose of you instead of kindly having them throw you out onto the streets." He was furious. First she barges into his office without permission, then she doesn't even apologize for hurting John those years ago, now she's trying to seduce one his oldest friends.
Amy's smile turned to a sneer as her eyes narrowed to glare at the man however he returned the glare with one that caused her to waver. He actually wasn't even trying to be scary. He wasn't called the "Iron Wall" for nothing.
"Seto sweetheart our date is tomorrow at noon and its at KaibaLand. Wont it be great." She then stalked out of the office leaving two bewildered CEO's in her wake. The moment she was outside Robert breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Seto.
He was rigid as a statue and unmoving. Robert clapped his hands and even blew an air horn and still Seto did not move.
He stepped aside as Seto fell forward in a faint.
Well that's it for now. Please review. Was it good, bad, great, or terrible. If you have any questions then just put them in the review. And no even after a full chapter I still don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. I have been trying but it doesn't look like a promising effort. Oh well what can you do. See ya.