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Obsidian's Pearl

Chapter 1

Precedent Pains

Kaiba sat behind his desk typing furiously away on his computer. He felt so behind in work thanks to the lack of sleep. Dreams; dreams were ruining his reality and he was tired of it. Literally. He had tried sleeping pills, working out before bed, and even staying up till he passed out but not one type of sleep took the dreams away. They were so vivid he could almost smell the air, feel the touches, and hear real voices. It almost felt like he never ever went to sleep.

Rubbing his forehead he was glad Mokuba was out of country touring Europe with the Hawkins girl. If the younger brother had of been present, he'd have to deal with his mother hen syndrome. Thank goodness Rebecca pulled him away for some time.

Glancing at his watch he found it to be around ten and decided to call it a night. He needed rest so he could get something done. He shut his computer down before gathering the needed files from his desk to put in his briefcase. Suddenly a knock came at the door. He was surprised to say the least. No one worked as late as he did. Stunned for a moment the soft knock came again.

If Mokuba had of been in Domino he easily would have guessed it to be him. Perhaps it was another employee who stuck around to schmooze or one of security guards present to tell him of some disturbance or to escort him to his car. Whomever it was, he didn't really care so he decided to get the in and out in a timely manner.

"What?"

The door slowly creaked back and in walked a woman he felt he had seen before. She was pale but the black cat-suit she was wearing made her appear paper white. Her hair was long and white and pulled high upon her head. Striking blue eyes watched him in an almost kind way but there was a hint of something to it.

"What is this?" Looking the woman up and down he couldn't lie she was attractive. But then again, he was sure quite a few women would look appealing wearing a black skin tight vinyl cat suit. He had experienced rabid fans hiding naked under his desk along with people trying to seduce him before or after work, but never had someone taken a dominatrix look to their plans.

"I hope you would see yourself out. It's easy to assume I shouldn't take you seriously." He slid into his suit jacket and grasped his briefcase sliding it off his desk's smooth surface. He made a mental note to chew out his security later.

"I wouldn't be quick to judge," she assured in a quiet voice. She continued to move closer to him in an almost predatory fashion. "I came for different reasons than what you expect."

His jaw tightened and so did the hold on his briefcase, "What did you come here for?" He was use to people taking dirty means to get to his money, company, or just himself. He gripped his metallic suitcase harder just in case he needed to call upon it as he had many times before.

"Your blood." Giving a small smile she charged.

Kaiba briefly caught himself and swung his briefcase at the fast woman. The woman blocked with her forearm before extending a long leg kicking him back. The brunet flew across the desk slamming into his chair that rolled back in the wall. In the blink of an eye the woman flipped over the desk and straddled his lap so that his arms were locked under the backs of her knees. Squeezed one of the muscles hard she watched as the briefcase fell to the floor.

"Who put you up to this?" He demanded in a strained voice as she reached to her side pulling out a syringe.

"You will remember in due time." She flicked the end and went to stick him in the neck with it.

Suddenly the window to their right was shattered and in a blur of white a body rolled in. Quickly the person reacted and ran jumping through the air landing a perfectly placed foot across the white-haired woman's face. The pale one rocked back out of the chair dropping the syringe. Kaiba shifted his eyes to the newest member of the crazy train. Long black hair was pulled straight back showing tanned skin and shimmering blue eyes that were currently hard with anger. She wore white pants with flat-footed boots with large buckles on the side. Her top was a white tank top and she had on elbow length fingerless gloves.

"I should have known you'd show up," the pale woman chuckled wiping the blood from her lip. She leapt over the desk and stood a few feet from the fuming woman. "Only you would come to his rescue."

"Leave him alone Kisara. You've done enough."

"Don't be upset over past relationships that I had and you didn't."

Narrowing her eyes the one named Isis frowned at Kisara, "It was created under false pretences as you know."

Kisara shrugged before charging the woman. Hand to hand combat ensued and Kaiba's head was dizzy with the whole situation. He watched as Isis dodged a fist before delivering a strong kick to Kisara's abdomen. The woman side stepped from the impact allowing another strong kick from Isis' end. This time Kisara was ready and grabbed her ankle, wrenching the leg back delivering her own series of kicks to Isis' abdomen.

Isis flew back a bit before recovering in a crouched position. Catching the vulnerable state Kisara charged bringing her leg down hard but Isis rolled out of the way extending her leg tripping up the woman. The pale woman fell to the floor before rolling back and up blocking a series of blows delivered by the other woman. Finally going on the offensive Kisara grabbed one of the flying fists and twisted it back aiming her other hand towards Isis' face.

Isis swiveled her neck to dodge the blow. She used her open hand to grab the leather covered arm but missed when Kisara flipped backwards. Isis raced after her and swung her arms creating enough leverage to flip her body through the air where she landed two kicks to her face. Quickly the white-haired female recovered and went to dodging the kicks and punches her opponent was dishing out. Twisting, Isis went to deliver a round-house kick to the face but she didn't move fast enough.

When her back was turned for that split second Kisara aimed two fists in her back and in an exclusive technique sent the tanner one across the room landing on her face. Quickly the black clad female hand-sprang her way over, landing on her back. She grabbed Isis' arms, crushing them under her strong legs while pulling her head back in a painful manner.

"I was always a better fighter than you; that's why I was chosen when you weren't."

"That might have been true those years ago Kisara, but much how the seasons change, so have these circumstances."

Isis thrusted her right leg up nailing her in the back of the head causing the release on her arms to slacken. Flipping onto her back she used her leg strength and launched Kisara across the room. The aggressive female landed across a few shelves holding books and items before falling to the floor; Isis caught this opening. She ran forward launching her body through the air, landing a solid kick to the woman's face. Kisara was dazed from the attack and quickly Isis seized the opportunity and aimed a perfectly powered round-house to her abdomen causing her to fly back and destroy another window in the office.

Isis raced to the broken glass and watched as she dispersed halfway down in a puff of black tendrils. She let out a thoughtful 'hm' and turned back to the brunet that was not present. Looking over her shoulder she found the office door slightly agape and quickly ran after him. The elevator numbers were still dinging showing her window of chance was not closed yet. Running over to the stairwell she looked down the many flights and calculated the distance. Taking in a deep breath she thrust herself over the railing and dived head first, bracing her arms in an X appearance.

She whizzed past floor after floor after floor and found the main one to be coming up fast. Just before she hit she twisted her body and rolled on impact coming up on one foot and knee unscathed. She ran through the door there and caught the CEO just as he got off the elevator. His cobalt eyes shifted to hers and just like that he was off. Isis ran after Kaiba all the way into the parking garage. The man reached for the latch to his car when she ran up on him, slamming him against it.

"Good evening Seto Kaiba," she greeted politely. "Most apologies for the inconvenience of the situation." She moved her body against his trying to hold him in place.

"I don't know who you are or who the hell that was but I want nothing to do with it!" His jaw was hard and he was utterly frustrated from the lack of understanding.

Swinging his briefcase he knocked her back before thrusting a long leg to her midsection. She stumbled back before charging again. He swung the case once more and she blocked the blow with her forearm before punching him in sternum. He fell back against the car and quickly undid the door. She swiftly kicked him inside laying him on his back and she dove in, straddling him to where his arms were trapped beneath her legs.

Trying to wiggle free he was surprised by just how strong her legs were. He was also surprised by the small tint of red that danced across her cheeks. Was she embarrassed of the compromising position? 'She's probably getting off on this,' he thought in a disgusted tone. Struggling some more he found he was trapped and decided to discuss the problem at hand.

"What do you want? Here to try and kill me too?"

She smiled softly shaking her head and oddly he found it to be sincere, "Do not be silly Seto Kaiba. I arrived on your behalf."

"My behalf? If you had of done anything on my behalf, you wouldn't have showed up at all—"

"So that Kisara may have played out her evil tactics? That wouldn't have been very responsible of me."

"I don't even know her or you but what I do know is my security team is fired." He was beyond pissed his incompetent highly trained team couldn't even keep him from two crazy women despite their fighting capabilities.

"No need for that." Thanks to her saddened face he realized the men were probably dead compliments of this Kisara. "I apologize for her works Seto Kaiba. They were most savage."

"Savage is an understatement!" He pinched the bridge of his nose feeling a massive headache coming on. None of this made sense and so far he hadn't gotten a clue. Did he owe someone money? He highly doubted that possibility; he never owed anyone money. Was Mokuba in trouble with a bad crowd in Europe? He doubted that possibility as well considering his good nature and Rebecca's good choice making. Then what was all of this about? Looking back up he realized the woman was just sitting there giving him a hidden look. "What?"

Chuckling she forced another blush to the surface, "I apologize for the lack of introductions. My name is Isis Ishtar." Looking over her shoulder she looked back at him. "Now, if you would please just come with me so that—"

"I'm not going anywhere with you!" He exclaimed utterly shocked she would offer. "If I'm not going with the woman who was kicked out the window what makes you even consider I would actually leave with you? Don't flatter yourself; you're both insane women, equally."

"I did not want to do this Kaiba but you leave me no choice."

Isis placed her hands on certain parts of his face and rotated them humming something. Kaiba's eyes suddenly felt heavy and he fought it the best to his ability before finally swooning into slumber. She poked his face to find no reaction and even tapped his chest. He was out. Letting out a sigh she looked down at the brunet and hesitantly ran a hand through his hair before trailing it down his cheek. It had been too long since she had been able to do that.

Suddenly the roar of engines caught her ears and she hopped out of the car just as unmarked vans let out a flood of men in white. They quickly went to handling the scene such as cleaning up the office, leaving a note on the desk indicating a long vacation that would ensue starting the next day, fixing the window, and handling any prints or DNA that might have been left here. Another troop took to taking Kaiba out of the car, carrying him to one of the vehicles. They also handled any evidence in the parking garage and even drove his car away.

"Isis!"

Turning to the voice she smiled, "Joey." She watched as he made his hand flat, the palm facing to the right, bringing it down across his face before swiveling it. She returned the salute.

"So it looks like you kicked ass as usual," the blonde chuckled placing his green tented goggles atop of his head. "Where's psycho bitch?"

"My calculations were thrown and I kicked her out of the window. She used Shadow magic to make her escape." Taking in a sigh she followed the blonde over to a group of men handling surveillance tapes of the building along with clean up of the security guards' bodies. "I shouldn't have been so reckless."

Giving her his famous lopsided grin he said, "Don't worry about it Isis, we'll get them." Moving over to a van full of equipment he was handed a parchment by one of his men and quickly made his way back to Isis who had wondered over to the vehicle in charge of transporting Kaiba. "Isis, boss man wants us back at base stat. Now that we've got what they want, we'll need to regroup and consider our next move." Looking around he nodded, "Our level ten clean up should be over in five. How about you head back to headquarters and I'll see things here."

"See you then Joey." Once more saluting she jumped into the awaiting vehicle that quickly took off. The workers there saluted her and she returned it before taking her seat. Looking over the seat she watched as they strapped Kaiba down to a stretcher and began monitoring his health. Moving her eyes back to the window she watched as they took off into the inky night.

Letting out a deep sigh she could only imagine what would ensue. If they sent Kisara after him after all these years, they were obviously planning something they had yet to try. Something that they had all over looked due to the comforts of beating them time and time again; something new. New was good in a positive sense but when it involved them, she could only worry. She looked back over at Kaiba and frowned at the relaxed expression. All she worried about was his safety and she made a promise then she'd do whatever she had to do to keep that. Even if it meant her life; she had already failed him once.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Slowly eye lids slid back over cobalt eyes. Though they were open he knew he had to be dreaming. The same scenes from his realistic imaginings were all around them. He felt the bed beneath him, could smell the alcohol and even the silver haired doctor from his dreams was scribbling items on a clipboard. He didn't understand why he was back at this particular portion. It was rare he had the dream where he was in the hospital room.

"Kaiba, can you hear me?" The doctor asked in an all too familiar voice. The voices always sounded familiar but for some odd reason it seemed even more recognizable and clearer; no longer garbled by sleep. "Kaiba?"

"What?!" He finally drug out feeling woozy. He was tired of him already and somehow the irritation felt known. He didn't want him anywhere near him and he was almost mad he couldn't remove him from his space.

"Oh, still such a sour puss!" Scribbling more things on the clipboard he looked past him as a blonde entered. He was wearing an all white jumpsuit and he had green tinted goggles on his head. He ran a hand through his messy hair and asked the doctor questions he wasn't sure of but the heavily accented voice really made his blood boil.

"So how's Sleeping Beauty feeling?"

"Grouchy as usual," the doctor responded before lowering his clipboard. "How did tonight go?"

"As procedure; would you expect anything different?"

"Not from such a thorough boy as yourself." The flamboyant doctor winked at him causing the younger man to cringe.

"Anyway, I came here to tell you we have a meeting in ten." The blonde's eyes caught sight of one of the other workers and he gave a mumbled farewell before going after the unseen person.

"Now everyone, please monitor Kaiba-boy's vitals and dreams. If anything remotely interesting occurs, please alert me." Turning on his heel he headed to the sliding doors.

'Kaiba-boy?' Now he knew he was dreaming. Only one person called him that.

Kaiba's eyes slowly began to clear up and when the fuzziness wasn't as bad he could make out the room. Everything was white; beyond sterile white. The cupboards and drawers fronts were all made of glass. He could easily see everything that the storage units held along with the team buzzing around him. They all wore white as well and their clipboards even looked like they were made of glass. Roaming his eyes around the room he realized the walls were glass.

He could see the bustling in the work way along with people wearing the same clothing as the goggled blonde had and the team taking care of him. Other rooms much like his were set up side by side and front to back only divided by wide hallways. A few of the glass cubes had curtains down and looking above the 'walls' of his own, he realized he had some as well. His eyes moved around the walls and he even looked up to find a regular ceiling luckily. He half expected it to be clear as well. Suddenly his eyes shifted over to a well-known face that paused along the right wall of his room.

The crazy woman who had busted through his window was standing there looking quite apologetic. What had she introduced herself as? Isis Ishtar was it? He felt he had seen that look too many times to count yet he just met her. He watched her let out a heavy sigh before she turned and left the scene. Leaning back more he closed his eyes and allowed the floating feeling that had been drowning him to take effect. Shortly after he fell into a deep sleep that he had been after for so long; why had it finally occurred?

Pitter-patter. Pitter-patter. Pitter-patter.

Isis moved out of the way as a team made their way through heading towards one of the medical rooms whose curtains were down. She knew it was dumb of her to come down to the restorative center considering the current circumstance. Kaiba had no idea who she was and just because she stood there behind his walls didn't mean he'd suddenly be happy to see her. She took in another breath and sighed out wondering when she would stop torturing herself.

She turned down a hall heading up the white steps to the main level. She maneuvered herself past the scurrying people and glassed in offices. She was planning on going to find Dr. Crawford to get a report until she heard her named called. Pausing she turned to find her older brother and gave the man a salute which he returned. "Atem is waiting for us in the conference room." Catching her apprehension he said, "Don't worry about him; Pegasus will be at the meeting to give us a status report."

Nodding she followed him through the throng of workers moving around before finding the meeting room. The glass doors slid back on their own accord so they could enter where the long oval white table with clear chairs sat.

Shadi Baba who was head of interrogation was already present along with their head of espionage and cover ups Joey Wheeler. Isis was surprised to say the least but the blonde was quick and thorough with what he did. With Odion Ishtar, head of security and she, head of operations, they were all present expect for Pegasus J. Crawford, head of medicinal sessions and his blonde assistant Mai Valentine. Joey quickly explained she was on her way but he wasn't sure about Pegasus.

Taking their seats the doors to the front soon slid back and in entered Atem flanked by his young assistant Yugi Moto who also doubled as his lover. Everyone stood on his arrival and gave him the salute which he returned. Taking a seat at the head of the table Yugi took his seat on the small chair near him. The boy pulled out what appeared to be a clipboard when in fact it was a touch screen information bearer of some sort. He clicked around on it before giving a small nod to Atem.

"Welcome back Isis; glad to know you have returned unscathed," the copper skinned man opened with.

Giving a small bow of the head, she responded, "Thank you Atem."

"So what do you have to report?" His crimson orbs swiveled around the room before settling on her.

"The opposing side had one of their agents sent to seize Kaiba. A syringe was found at the scene filled with a heavy tranquilizer. It was probably chosen over a mild sedative for travel purposes."

"They were probably planning to take him back to wherever their based," Odion assumed. "Perhaps this will give us a lead on their location if he had to be knocked out for a long period of time."

Atem nodded motioning to Joey, "I would like your team to send the syringe down to Mai and have her crew analyze the serum it to learn just how long one would be subdued. Make sure they have Kaiba's information."

Joey nodded, "Can do Atem."

Atem then looked back at Isis, "Who in-fact did they send?"

Joey blinked a few times and Yugi caught his best-friend's tick. The smaller boy had a feeling he knew who it was. Isis licked her lips and said, "Kisara did, Atem."

A stale silence came across the room and Atem cleared his voice acting as if it never occurred, "What happened to her?"

"Was she apprehended?" Shadi asked.

"I fought her but accidently assisted in her escape," she responded in a quiet voice ashamed of her failure.

Shadi let out an annoyed sigh, "Isis, you cannot allow personal feelings to ruin your judgment."

"I simply miscalculated the trajectory of my kick."

"You're battle skills are always first to go when your mind is on domestic matters than the safety of a people."

Atem sensed the tension rising between the two and quickly stepped in, "Regardless of how Kisara escaped she did and we shouldn't be arguing that. We need to discuss why they would want Kaiba. It's obvious of why they sent her." He frowned knowing they would use the pale woman to cripple Isis.

"That could be a number of things," Odion began shifting in his chair, "perhaps they wish for revenge?"

Atem nodded, "Those were my thoughts at that time but Kaiba has no recollection of any of this." He motioned around the station.

"That's very true Atem, but what if they wanted to use him as a hostage against us?" Joey questioned.

"A hostage would be smart but it's too basic," Isis chimed in.

"Basic indeed," Atem agreed leaning back in his chair.

The room went quiet as everyone considered the situation. Suddenly a small voice said, "What if it has to do with Kaiba?" They turned their attentions to Yugi who hadn't said a word since he entered. "What if they're not trying to drag us out but bring themselves in?"

Shadi stroked his chin and shifted in his chair, "Are you proposing a smoke out of some sort?"

"Not exactly; more like an infiltration?" Yugi shrugged.

"Hm, that's an interesting route Yugi," Atem nodded. "But how exactly could they use Kaiba for—"

Suddenly the doors at the opposite end slid back and Mai Valentine entered placing her stethoscope back around her neck. "Sorry for being late Atem." She made a salute to the man at the head of the table before taking her seat next to Joey.

"Is Pegasus not attending?" Atem asked.

"Kaiba responded a bit aggressively during sleep and took out three interns. Pegasus had to stick around. He had to send me instead." Despite himself Atem gave a small smile.

"We're discussing possible reasons Kisara came after Kaiba," Odion explained.

Mai glanced at Isis before responding, "Kisara came for him?"

"Yes she did," Shadi said in a tense voice. "She got away however."

"Oh." Mai shifted her eyes back to Isis to find self-disappointment all over her face. "Please continue Atem."

He shook his tri-colored head, "No need; my train of thought was taking me nowhere. How is my cousin?"

"Despite the violent outbreak he's stable. Pegasus detected quite a bit of brain activity while he was sleeping. Doc has his staff monitoring him but whatever he's dreaming about is quite vivid."

"Do you think his memories are resurfacing during subconscious state?" Shadi questioned.

The blonde shrugged, "Your guess is as good as mine but that was my idea. Pegasus said he showed an increased heart-rate when he said Kaiba-boy and even when Joey entered the room which is a good sign. Perhaps his memories will return naturally." Joey snorted at the comment and a few around the room couldn't help but show mirth.

Atem looked hopeful of this and nodded, "If that were to occur I believe it could make whatever's pending a whole lot easier. With him assisting us, perhaps we can foil their plans." A sound of a soft 'bong' rang through the structure and Yugi began wrapping up the notes he had been taking.

"For final assignments: Odion, I want to make sure extra security is in the restoratives center just in case someone infiltrates to get to Kaiba. Shadi, we need past records of Kisara and the others thoroughly reread and understood just in case there's a clue there. Joey, I want all of the evidence from the scene looked over especially the security tapes. Mai, I want your staff to look over a syringe Joey found at the scene and tell Pegasus to continue with the monitoring. And Isis, make sure you have a team on standby of your best just in case something calls for investigation or termination. Meeting adjourned."

Everyone rose from their seats giving a salute before heading off to their individual tasks. "Yami?" Yugi's nickname for the powerful man asked.

Returning the sentiment he responded, "Yes Aibou?"

"I'm worried about Isis. You know how down on herself she tends to get whenever things involve Kaiba."

The taller one nodded, "Me too but she has always made the best decisions even when the outcome was not what we wanted. Come on, I need your help on considering what they're up too."

The two walked in silence towards Atem's private office and the more their minds swirled with ideas, the sicker they felt. They knew this wouldn't their usual battles, this would be much bigger. They darker of the two hadn't attacked in quite some time so what were they planning now? Whatever it was, they had a sickening feeling lives would be lost and all they could do was put up every precaution to make sure the least amount occurred. But at the end of the day, some would go and others would remain. They could only hope it was only casualties on the others side.

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