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Chapter 2

Sayuki was wandering around Domino city taking pictures of random people's duels. She mostly focused on their monsters and everyone kind of ignored her. She is invisible to the masses of people when all they're focused on is the duel happening on the streets. Today was the day to meet her employer Seto Kaiba. She had heard from Otogi that Kaiba was a real jerk. He even warned her extensively of Kaiba's bad temper. She sighed and let her camera drop against her chest as she looked up at a Harpy Lady in the middle of the street. Does it make her a bad person to think Kaiba is horrible before she even met him? Sayuki shook her head and headed towards the trains. She shouldn't let Otogi's words get to her.

Kaiba was pacing impatiently in front of Kaibaland's dueling dome. He sighed angrily and glanced at his watch before resuming his pacing. This photographer was late! How dare she make him wait! What an insolent brat to think she has the audacity to be late and back up his schedule for her. Kaiba stopped pacing to look out over his theme park. Everyone was in their own groups heading towards rides or chatting and laughing. It was like any other normal day except today was not Kaiba's day. Kaiba angrily turned around and paced some more. He should fire her and get another photographer but it would take forever to find a good one. How hard is it to just point the camera and shoot? Kaiba glared at a woman who has been wandering around his dome. She was wearing black slacks, white turtleneck, and a black coat. Her hair was blowing in the slight breeze as she walked around looking lost. What is she doing? Kaiba stomped her way. The big 'Closed' sign should be obvious to everyone.

"Can't you read? Get away from here." The woman jumped, startled by Kaiba's voice. She looked up at him. Her eyes were a deep brown, almost black. She made a face and turned around.

"I can see it just fine. Who do you think you are? You get away from here." When she finally was facing him, both their eyes widened in surprise. At the same time, both Kaiba and Sayuki pointed at each other.

"You? What are you doing here?" They both said at the same time. Sayuki was the first to blush and cough into her hand embarrassedly. Kaiba scowled and crossed his arms, looking down at her. It's that infuriating woman from the other day.

"I'm trying to find someone. Now why don't you run along and play with your friends somewhere else." Kaiba was waving a hand in the air dismissively. Sayuki made a face.

"I'm looking for Seto. Seto Kaiba I believe. He's famous here. Maybe you've seen him?" She asked reluctantly. A local can point her in the right direction better than anyone, even if it is him. Kaiba was silent for a moment. Is she the photographer? He shook his head. Can't be, she's his age!

"Sayuki Ibara?" Please do not let the photographer be this woman! Sayuki watched him, skeptically.

"Do I know you? I don't appreciate stalkers. Identify yourself." Kaiba growled. Is she stupid?

"I am Seto Kaiba. Want to tell me why you're late?" Sayuki gasped and tried to hide her surprise. He is Seto? He is her age! Sayuki shoved her hands in her pockets to hide her fidgeting fingers.

"I'm not late. I've been here for over an hour trying to find you." She was wary of him. Kaiba scoffed.

"I've been here at the same time and didn't see you." Sayuki shrugged and looked behind Kaiba to finally get a good look at the dome.

"I was looking for an older gentleman." Kaiba was irritated. He didn't say anything more on the matter because he was doing the same thing but for a woman. He walked off towards the dome.

"Follow me, I don't have all day." Sayuki ran to catch up and fell into step with Kaiba from behind. Her eyes were wandering all around her surroundings. They went inside the dome and she stopped immediately to stare. It was huge! She had never seen dueling arenas this massive. Kaiba looked back and smirked at her obvious look of awe. Her brown eyes were bright.

"The duels will be held here. The holograms will be on the fields before you." Kaiba turned back around and jumped up onto one of the platforms. Sayuki slowly followed and stopped to watch him from the sidelines. What is he doing? Kaiba pulled out his deck and set it on the dueling platform once it was raised.

"Here is a monster to give you an idea of how everything should look. I want panoramic shots of not just the monsters, but the duelists as well. Make it look good," he said. Sayuki bit her tongue in her cheek. So arrogant. Kaiba pulled out a card and set it on the field, summoning a Blue Eyes White Dragon. The dragon appeared in a bright flash of lights and had its wings extended behind it, roaring into the air. Sayuki immediately grabbed her camera and tried not to bring it to her face. It was a Blue Eyes! The Blue Eyes White Dragon was the one monster she wanted to photograph all her life and it was right there before her eyes and she couldn't take a photo. This was a demonstration, not a shoot. Kaiba smirked down at her. He was pleased at her reaction.

"Seto, for these shots, are you expecting me to photograph the whole event of just the duels?" She was staring intently at his dragon, fingering her camera.

"Why do you keep calling me Seto? We're not intimate nor am I you're friend. Keep it professional Ibara." He glared down at Sayuki. She didn't even glance.

"But isn't Seto your name? And please, call me Sayuki. No one calls me Ibara." Sayuki was leaning on one foot to the other, trying not to move her hands. She really wanted that photo. Kaiba scoffed.

"You aren't privileged- Look if you want the damn photo, just take it!" He snapped. Sayuki immediately took a photo and walked back and crouched to get a dynamic photo of the dragon and Kaiba. Kaiba was scowling. What's wrong with her? Kaiba was drumming his fingers on the platform and looked at his dragon. Is she that obsessed? Sayuki happily popped up near his platform.

"Ok, I'm done. So what were you going to say Seto?" She innocently looked up at him. Her eyes had this glow of satisfaction. Kaiba put his cards away and lowered the platform to jump down next to her. He was towering over her and she was blissfully ignorant of his bad mood.

"Stop calling me Seto," he growled out. Sayuki glanced back at the arena where the Blue Eyes once stood.

"It's your name. I don't understand what you want." She looked confused. Kaiba crossed his arms angrily. She must be stupid. She has to be. He was watching her facial expression and came to realize it was genuine. Why does she not get it?

"Just stop it." Sayuki tilted her head to the side and curiously watched him. Kaiba moved her to the side and walked by.

"I set up a photo shoot. My secretary will contact you. Don't be late." He said as he passed by. Sayuki just silently watched him leave.


Sayuki was sitting at a restaurant absently sipping her drink. She was in a booth and looking out the window. Kaiba confused her. What was wrong with his name? Is she supposed to just call him boss? She sighed and smiled to herself. She did get pictures of the Blue Eyes White Dragon. An actual Blue Eyes!

"Sayuki? Hello?" Sayuki looked up to see Otogi waving in her face. How long was she spacing out? She smiled as he sat down.

"Yes? What's up?" Otogi rest his head on a hand and watched her intently. It was unnerving.

"Hey, beautiful. You look distracted. My handsome self has been standing there for awhile you know." He smiled and reached out with his other hand to grab hers. Sayuki laughed.

"I had an interesting day. How was yours?" Otogi rubbed circles on the back of her palm, making her very aware of her hand.

"Just wandering, promoting my game. What was so interesting? I think you mentioned having to meet Kaiba today." Sayuki pulled her hand out of his and folded them on her lap.

"He didn't want me to call him Seto. I don't get it. It's his name, so am I supposed to call him boss or sir?" Sayuki looked frustrated when Otogi laughed out loud.

"Are you serious? It did catch my attention the other day but I didn't think too much about it. Did you really call him Seto? How mad did he get?" Otogi laughed again. Sayuki pouted and crossed her arms, looking away from him.

"What's wrong with Seto? Ryuji, I still don't see what's the big deal." Otogi smirked and moved some hair from in front of Sayuki's face to behind her ear. She tried not to move back instinctively. Very flirty.

"I forget you are from America sometimes. Here in Japan, we go by last names unless we're intimate or close friends. It's funny to me because you're treating Kaiba like he's close." Otogi smirked when she made a face. Her and Seto close? Hardly.

"That does make sense. I can't help it. This is just how I talk to people. This will be hard to fix…" she mumbled to herself at the last comment. Otogi chuckled.

"I like it. I did tell you I like how my name sounds when you say it." She blushed. "Anyways, you said you're working for Kaiba right? Then you're probably doing the photo shoot for me that's coming up." Otogi leaned back and crossed his legs, drumming his fingers on the table. Sayuki was curious.

"I was just given a place and a time. I don't know much except to bring my equipment so that could be it." Otogi shrugged.

"Could be. I hope it's you. I'd like to watch." He smirked at his own comment. Sayuki frowned when she realized what he was hinting at. Gross. She stared into her drink and started to play around her boba with her straw.

"I bet you do. We'll have to wait and see." Otogi nodded and waved for a waiter to come by to take his order.


Sayuki was staying up late at home again. She was developing the pictures from her camera, lost within her own routine of work. Every picture seemed plain to her. They all lacked something to make the picture great and eye catching. She sighed when she hung up the Harpy Lady photo. She couldn't figure it out. All the monsters weren't doing anything to really spark her interest. It wasn't like she could make the monsters pose for her during a duel. Sayuki frowned and dipped in more photo sheets into the developer. Her eyes lit up when she saw the pictures of the Blue Eyes come through. This was it. That something that was missing. Sayuki was sorting through the pictures when she switched it to the water to rinse off the chemicals. Only one picture sent shivers of pleasure down her spine. It was the dynamic photo of Kaiba behind his Blue Eyes, looking at that exquisite creature. His gaze was reserved only for his Blue Eyes and oblivious to her photo venture including him. His eyes held this ferocity, this intense sense of ownership. He came out really good on film, that jerk. Sayuki hung up the photos to dry and sat back to admire her work. Her eyes were glued to that one photo. She wanted him to look at her that way. It was something a woman dreamed of. She leaned back. Yes, every woman's dream.


Sorry for the late update. I just found out I will be moving within the month so I won't be able to update weekly like originally wanted. I'll try to at least post either bi-weekly or monthly. Depends on how busy I get until I settle down. :) Thank you all who reviewed and added my story to their notifications! I enjoy a lot of feedback so please R&R. Also, I am looking for beta readers so if you're interested please PM me or mention it in a review so that I can contact you.