Chapter One: The girl known as Kisara and her secret

A loud sigh could be heard where a girl was changing her shoes to the indoor ones she bought from the school. She couldn't remember the last time she felt so relaxed; the last time she didn't have to look over her shoulder all the time. The girl hated being paranoid and hated having her name changed to hide from those who wronged her. She hated being on the run. "How much longer must I keep this up…?" She questioned aloud.

"Anya, don't look now but it looks like Kaiba is giving you the stare down of the century." Said her friend beside her.

The girl identified as Anya sighed again as she looked to the side at her friend. "You know, you don't have to call me that name anymore… I'm tired of hiding behind a name. "She smiled at her friend before continuing on. " You can call me Kisara now Lira."

Lira pouted at her friend playfully before responding. "Aww… but codenames are fun and –"Lira was cut off by Kisara who giggled.

"Okay okay! Only you can call me Anya then. It'll feel like a nickname of sorts!"

Lira made a motion to signal victory before getting back onto the subject. "Seriously though, Kaiba is just glaring at you. What did you do? Steal one of his blue eyes?" She finished laughing before her face turned serious. "I want it if you did."

Kisara looked towards the boy known as Seto Kaiba and sure enough, he was glaring at her. She couldn't place her finger on it but he looked familiar to her somehow. Giving a soft smile in his direction, she waved before turning to Lira. "Why would I take his Blue eyes?" Kisara laughed. "Let's go to class Lira."

As they headed off, Lira commented how it would have been nice to have a blue eyes addition to her deck and that she wanted to have a nickname of her own. Seto Kaiba looked on at the two before sighing to himself. He had a feeling that he knew that girl. Her hair, skin, and eyes were uncommon where they were, so the fact that he thought her familiar was unnerving for him. The boy walked off towards his class as the first bell rang as he shook off the unnerving feeling settling deep inside.

Kisara leaned to look out the window with her chin rested on the palm of her hand. She curled in her fingers as she looked out before noticing a suspicious looking car sitting close to the school. Her eyes widened slightly. Slowly, she moved her hand from her chin and slid her elbow from the desk before looking forward to the teacher.

After class, Kisara quickly stood up and hugged herself as a cold feeling came over her. Shivering, she gave a look of fear before the door opened and Lira revealed herself. Kisara composed herself before Lira could see and waved to her friend.

"I have a meeting at the student council so I won't be able to walk home with you today."

Kisara grinned at her friend. "I'll be fine Lira." She assured her friend. Lira looked at her skeptically before sighing. She knew that Kisara was going to keep insisting she was okay even if she wasn't. Lira also knew that Kisara was very cautious so she would most likely be okay, she would just have to call her to make sure she made it home okay.

Kisara watched as Lira walked out of the classroom and bid farewell to her classmates. Outside of the classroom door stood none other than Seto Kaiba. The girl waved towards him and started to walk off when he grabbed her wrist.

"Do I know you from somewhere?!" he demanded.

Kisara turned her head to look at him with a soft smile as she responded. "I don't know Mr. Kaiba… I feel as if I also know you from somewhere."

As if feeling a shock, Seto's eyes widened and he loosened his grip on her wrist. He knew that face all too well. It was as if it finally hit him! He knew where he recognized her from! As soon as he came back to reality, he noticed that she had left and hurried down the stairs. Had she finally been adopted? He mentally slapped himself as he thought about it. Of course! She had to have been adopted or she wouldn't have attended this school. His curiosity peaked as he walked down the stairs. Once outside of the school, Seto pulled out his cellular device and dialed a number from his contacts. He muttered a few things before ending it with a simple line. "I don't care how you do it! I need that information!" Something seemed off and he was going to find out what it was. Why would she have used a name other than her given name?

Kisara turned a corner and looked towards a car that she recognized as the one she'd seen from the classroom window. She quickly walked past the car and broke out into a run as she saw the license plate. Kisara knew that plate number! Her eyes widened. Why now? Two men jumped out of the car and chased after her. One of them seemed to be talking to someone on his Bluetooth device. Kisara ducked into an alleyway without thinking and leaned against the wall to take a small breather. Knowing that she had to move, Kisara ran down the alleyway only to be blocked off by one of the men. How did they- No. It wasn't one of those two but, they were working together. The girl gave a small glare before turning around to run the other way. The two men had finally caught up and blocked her exit. They closed in on her and the one behind her hit her behind the neck to knock her out.

An hour later, Seto's phone rang. Upon answering it, his eyes widened with the news he just heard.

"The one you call Kisara, A.K.A Anya Vercluse, was adopted a few years back by the Crawford family. Only, she was taken from them the day they got her. It appears that she was put on the black market by some human traffickers just months after she disappeared. She was taken off the market because of her escape just last year."

Seto shut his phone loudly and cursed. That would mean that they would be looking for her which would also mean that she wasn't safe anywhere.