Chapter Three: Learning of the Houses
A/N: I'm sorry! I lost the notebook I had written this in because I had to rearrange my whole room, again, and in the midst, I lost the notebook. I'm sorry it took me a long time, I had to get a new job. Anyways, enjoy this chapter.
Tea sat in the limo across from the Kaiba. He was talking on the phone and she didn't mean to intrude on his conversation so she turned her head and looked out the window. She thought that she recognized some of the buildings and places before but nothing came to mind now. She heard a click of the cell phone he was using and looked back.
"Name?" he said shortly. She titled her head to the side a little and blinked. "Your name, what is it?" he asked, sounding a little frustrated.
Tea blinked before answering. "My name is Tea Anzu Mazaki Gardner," she said, straightening her head and shoulders.
"Long name. I suppose you want to know why I bought you as well," he said, earning a nod. "I have bought you not only to make the other four Houses upset but because you look like someone I knew as a child," he stated, looking deep into her eyes. "How did you become a slave?"
Tea looked away, down at her hands in her lap. "My father had made a bet with a powerful member of a House in the town I came from and he lost the bet. Since we were not able to pay off the debt, we were forced into slavery. Ten years ago, my father was sold, leaving only my mother and me," she said quietly.
The male in front of her narrowed his eyes slightly and looked away. "Since you were sold into the House of Kaiba, I suggest you pay attention to what I have to say," he started, looking at her. She looked back and nodded. "My name is Seto Kaiba. I am the president and CEO pf Kaiba Corps. My younger brothers' are named Noa Kaiba and Mokuba Kaiba. Both of them are six years younger than me and are both little devils at times," he said, sounding almost amused. "The House you were just bought in is the richest and most powerful of the five in the city. My company supplies to the Moto House as well as the Ishtar House. The only reason why my House doesn't run the city is because of the House of Moto. Yami and Yugi Moto are the twins of the Moto House and they are the only ones who are able to defeat me in a game of Duel Monsters," the young CEO said with malice in his voice.
Tea nodded. "Are you able to defeat them?"
Seto looked up and nodded. "I am but since my first defeat of them I've seen them come into power and that gives them right to challenge me for control of this city. The House of Wheeler came into power one day after Yugi Moto had donated a large sum of money to Joey Katsuya Jounouchi Wheeler. Of course, he had to do something in order to stay in power. His sister, Serenity Katsuya Shizuka Wheeler had opened up a school for the blind, after coming so close to being blind herself. Thanks to her, they are in power," he scoffed.
Tea blinked. So Joey, the blonde Wheeler has a sister he depends on until he can come up with something himself, she thought. "What about the House of Ishtar and the House of Bakura?"
Seto sighed. This is going to take longer than I thought. "The House of Ishtar just recently came into power when the older sister of Malik and Marik Ishtar opened came here. Ishizu Isis Ishtar runs the museum in downtown Domino. The Ishtar House came directly from Egypt so they should be used to this sort of power. The House of Bakura has also recently come into power due to some financial problems until now. Bakura and Ryou Bakura are the twins bringing in the profit through shipping stolen goods, mostly jewelry. Bakura is the thief whereas Ryou just wants to get through life."
Tea smiled a little as she thought about Bakura and his last name being the same as his first. Ryou Bakura, Bakura Bakura, Malik Ishtar, Marik Ishtar, Joey Wheeler, Yami Moto, Yugi Moto and Seto Kaiba, the young lords of the Houses and here I am just a slave caught in the middle of all of this. "What about those symbols? The Eye and your dragon?"
The dragon pendant around Seto neck was grabbed. "Alliances. The House of Kaiba and the House of Wheeler are of one alliance whereas the House of Moto, the House of Ishtar and the House of Bakura are another. One by eye and one by dragon. Now there are also friendship alliances as well. Moto and Wheeler are close and Ishtar and Bakura are close. I chose not to socialize with them at all."
Raising an eyebrow, Tea eyed the dragon. "Then why are you aligned with the House of Wheeler?"
"Though I hate to admit it, he helped save my brothers from a fire when I was away for a business trip and that aligned us together."
She nodded, not fully understanding but at least it was a start of something.
A/N: Okies, that was short but that's because I didn't want to merge two chapters together and get all screwed up trying to stay focused on one thing. Anyways, please review!
