princesss-myu: She is indeed a little girl, she's four years old. However, she does not quite understand the situation, she listened to Mai and Seto's conversation with Bryan and heard that her parents' relationship is fake. That's why she's angry and hurt, she feels her parents aren't as nice as she thought since they are able to lie, big time. Nonetheless, what she does not understand is that even if the relationship began as a fake one, it quickly turned into real, sincere love.

Shvon: I felt really sad for Kisara too :( And I couldn't help but bring back this contract, of course, it sounded like such a good idea to me ^^ (but it'll take some chapters before I reveal who did it :D)

Chapter 3: When past comes back...

Mai was standing in the middle of the stairs.

"Kisara, diner's ready!"

"I'm not getting out!"

The blonde sighed.

"Kisara, darling, you haven't eaten today. Please come downstairs."

"Talk to the hand, 'cause my head's not listening!"

Mai blinked several times. Mokuba needs to stop teaching her that kind of language.

"Kisara Kaiba, this is enough. I am your mother and you have no right to speak to me like that!"

"Do we have a contract like dad and you?" Kisara yelled with a bitter voice.

"Kisara, I'm warning you..."

"Forget it, Mai."

It was Seto's voice. She turned to look at him and he noticed tears in her eyes before she quickly wiped them away with the back of her hand.

"She's as proud as you and as stubborn as me", he muttered. "If she doesn't want to see us, then she won't."

"But did you hear how she spoke to me?!" she asked in a whisper.

The CEO sighed.

"I did. I know how bad it hurts but... I guess we can't just force her to accept what she learned today."

"Why, Seto? Why did someone have to do that to us? We can handle it. We know what we feel for each other. But Kisara... she's just a little girl... she does not understand everything and-"

Kaiba hugged Mai and kissed her forehead.

"We'll find a way to calm her down..."

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Mokuba was sitting in the lounge, starring at the huge plasma TV.

"Kiki, come here! It's Seto and Mai on TV!"

"I don't wanna hear their lies again!"

Cameras started to flash all over the place when Seto and Mai entered one of the Kaiba Corporation's conference room. Seto was wearing a black suit, with a purple shirt and a black tie, while Mai was wearing a violet satin dress, splitted on her right thigh. They both looked gorgeous.

"Kisara, come on..."

He knew he'd won when he heard Kisara's door opening. Few minutes later, she sat next to him, her arms crossed.

Mai sat behind the microphones, facing the ten journalists that were invited, and Kaiba whispered something to Bryan's ear:

"They might try to ask more questions when we leave. I will need you to stop them. They can consider themselves lucky that I'm taking my time to speak to them."

"Yes, sir."

Seto sat next to Mai.

"Good morning, dear journalists. As Seto Kaiba's personal press attaché, I will regulate this press conference, which shall not last more than one hour. If any of you ask inappropriate questions, I will not feel ashamed to force you to leave this room immediately. Each of you is allowed to ask three questions, and anyone trying to bypass this limit will be expelled."

He stepped back, behind his boss.

"Hi, I'm Lauren Ross, from Famous people, famous news. I don't know if you remember me, I was the one who met you after Kisara's birth. You both seemed so happy and so close to each other this day, how could it possibly be fake?"

"That's quite simple", Seto replied. "It was not. We'd been truly in love for months when Kisara was born."

"A question here!"

A young man stood up.

"Hermes Spencer, from Juicy Fame. Did you just admit that it wasn't always true?"

"Bryan, would you show the exit to that man please?" Mai asked very politely. "I really can't stand someone working for this junk."

"What? You have to right to do that! I'm just using my freedom of speech!" he yelled as Bryan grabbed his arm.

Mai shot him a deadly glare.

"Freedom has its limits, such as injunction. In case you don't remember, anyone working for Juicy Fame is forbidden to approach us since you greatly endangered my pregnancy, myself and, of course, since you published forbidden photographs of the event, along with a very insulting article."

People whispered as Bryan brought the man outside. A young woman with long black hair stood up, holding a purple pencil.

"Hi, Zui Tong from Gossips, gossips! I would like you to answer the question that was just asked to you."

She smiled.

"Of course it counts as one of mine."

"Not, it wasn't always true", Kaiba replied.

"So the contract is real? You lied to us?"

"We did. However, I wouldn't feel so bad about it if I were you, since you were lied to for about one week, and you've been seeing the truth for five years now. As for the contract, it is a real one indeed, we will not deny it. Nonetheless, it should've been destroyed a long time ago, since it has absolutely no value to us."

The back-haired journalist sat down. Immediately, another one stood up.

"I represent Public people. Does that mean that the contract is not valid anymore? What about the shares given to Miss Valentine?"

"This mere contract is invalid. I gave my shares back to Seto more than four years ago when he needed them. They were meant to serve as a guarantee; however I had no need of this guarantee when our relationship became real."

"One last question. Basically, you've been paid - or at least, you were told you would be paid - to publicly spend time with Seto Kaiba in order to improve his public image."

"Is that your question?"

"No. My question is: do you realize that to most people, it makes you nothing more than a call-girl?"

"Excuse me?!"

Mai was extremely insulted. Kaiba snapped his fingers and Bryan immediately understood the message: the journalist from Public people was escorted outside.

In the manor's lounge, Kisara was staring at Mokuba and frowning.

"Mokie, what is a call-girl?"

He blushed.

"Well it's... uh... how could I explain..."

"If it's just a girl that you call then why is it such a big deal for mom and dad?" she asked with a very innocent voice.

"It's... not really that..."

"Then what?"

"You're too young for this."

"But I wanna know!!!"

"I'm not going to tell you that!"

On the TV, Seto and Mai were still answering the questions. Kisara was listening very closely. When the press conference was over, she noticed how her father was walking behind her mother so he could stop the journalists from speaking to her or touching her. He obviously wanted to protect her from anybody. Just like he does with me…

"So they really... love each other? Like they always told me?"

"Of course they do, Kisara."

She bobbed down.

"I should give them my apologizes..."

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In the limousine, Kaiba's cell phone rang. He took it from his pocket.

"I'm listening."

"Good morning, Seto Kaiba."

The voice was a woman's voice. It was rather low, and had a unique mystical tone. The CEO immediately recognized it.

"Ishizu Ishtar."

"I am glad to see that you remember me."

"It's hard to forget someone that is as annoying as you are. Why are you calling me?"

"I am calling you again because you did not return my call yesterday."

"So? I'm a very busy man, what did you expect?"

"It is a rather impolite attitude, and a imprudent one too, since I must tell you something very serious. I thought I made it clear to your butler that what I had to say was important."

"Go on if that's what you want, but don't expect me to listen."

"Not like this. I will be waiting for you at the museum. Please meet me there."

The communication ended. Seto sighed heavily.

"Sacha, take us to the museum."

"Yes, sir."

The limo changed its direction.

"Why?" Mai asked.

"Because that Ishtar woman wants to see me there and it seems she won't leave me alone until I listen to her damn fairytales again."

Seto and Mai stepped inside the museum. Ishizu was waiting for them in the first room of the current exposition. Mai's entire body froze when she saw who was standing next to the beautiful Egyptian woman. She remembered being confined away from everyone, left alone for so long in the dark...

"You!"

"Not anymore, Mai. You don't need to fear me", Marik said with a very calm voice.

"I do not fear you. I hate you. It's completely different."

"Mai, as much as I think you're pretty when you're angry, I would like to finish this discussion as fast as possible."

"So hurried, like always, Kaiba... so hurried..." Ishizu said as she shook her head.

"Look, I'm here. What was it that you wanted to tell me?"

Ishizu walked towards him.

"There is someone around you that is in great danger. Someone that you love very much."

She caught Seto's eyes moving towards Mai.

"No, not your fiancée. I am talking about your daughter."

"Kisara? Why would she be in danger?" Mai asked, suddenly very interested by the conversation.

"Because of the great power that lies within her frail body."

Kaiba sighed. He was very upset.

"Look, you can say everything you want about me being a priest fighting against Yugi and all, you say anything you like, but you keep my daughter out of your Egyptian fairytales or else I swear I'll-"

"It is not fairytales and even if it was, it wouldn't be mine. It does not matter if you believe in this story or not. What truly matters is that some dangerous people believe them. Those people could seriously-"

Kaiba turned away and headed for the exit.

"I've wasted enough of my time. Mai, let's go."

Mai followed him.

"Kaiba, please listen to what I have to-"

The museum's door closed. Ishizu sighed.

"Then please keep an eye on your dear daughter..."

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"What do you think she wanted to say?"

"I don't know and I don't care. These things aren't true."

Mai bobbed down in silence. No matter what Seto said, she knew that those "Egyptian fairytales" were not that fake. After all, Marik did trap her inside her own mind...

They entered their manor. It was perfectly silent. Mai sighed.

"She's still angry. Otherwise, she'd run towards us."

Right after she finished her sentence, they heard someone running to them.

"Looks like I was wrong."

Seto frowned.

"That's not her."

The noise was too loud to be their daughter's pace.

"Seto! Mai!" Mokuba panted. "They... I don't know who... someone... someone took Kisara!"

"WHAT!"

Almost pushing the teenager on the floor, Mai ran upstairs.

"What the hell happened, Mokuba?"

"I don't know, big brother! She said she felt sleepy so she went in her bedroom after watching the press conference, and I was playing a video game when I heard her screaming, I ran as fast as I could, but when I reached her bedroom, she wasn't there anymore! It was empty! Ethan and I had the security guys looking all over the place but they found nobody... a-and... I don't know…"

He bobbed down.

"Seto, I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault."

He went stairs, but he was not running like Mai: he was walking rather slowly. His face was blank, as he couldn't believe what was happening, and he felt like a robot. This isn't happening. When I reach her bedroom, she'll be sitting on her bed and laughing at this joke she planned with Mokuba.

Mai was standing in the middle of Kisara's bedroom, staring outside.

"She... she really isn't there..." she said with a very shaking voice.

She turned to look at him and he saw that her purple eyes were full of tears. She ran to him and took refuge in his arms.

"She's gone, Seto!"

End of the chapter: That's it for that one ^^ I hope you enjoyed it (Kaiba has a bad karma for kids that he must take care of, I know...)