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Round 1

Perhaps this time will be different.

Doubtful, it's Seto Kaiba; he's nasty to everyone even to his brother (maybe not as much). Ishizu made a rule for herself before she came face to face with Kaiba.

Do not, under any circumstances, let him annoy you.

It would only make things worse.

The limo stopped, she heard the driver step out of his car and the snide command.

"What took you so long!?"

"I was doing other things when you called, Mr. Kaiba."

"I don't want your excuses." The door opened and the tall brunet looked at her in genuine surprise before it was replaced with a horrible glare. "What is she doing here?" Kaiba whispered to the chauffer.

"I told you I was doing other things, sir." Both of their eyes traveled to look at her (although the driver was wearing sun glasses, she knew he was looking as well) she wasn't looking at them, being use to the treatment of being talked about as a second-rate thing.

The chauffer had whispered something else, but Ishizu only heard Kaiba's answer. "This is the only option." Then he climbed in, looking very smug.

"What are doing here, Ishizu?"

"Didn't your employee tell you?"

"Would I be asking you?" he was becoming annoyed and it amused Ishizu for some reason. Probably because Kaiba was becoming annoyed only after three questions were exchanged between them.

"I'm meeting someone."

"Who? Your boyfriend Nariko?" the sarcasm was evident in his tone, he must have been aware of what the detective was doing.

"We decided a long distance relationship was needed for us to grow." In other words: he was dismissed from her case. "I also heard that you drew on his face?" the first time Ishizu saw Nariko with red smudges all over his face, she wondered if he had a rash. Until she was told later by Jahzara what actually happened.

"It was Mokuba who did that. Like I would ever do such a childish thing…" he looked away as if their conversation was finished, but glanced quickly over at her. "How long did it take to get out?"

"Over a week, I think." Ishizu had to shut her eyes to roll them in her head. Learning this new information, Kaiba made a smug smile and went back to gazing out the window.

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Why is she smiling? They were reaching the city limits again and Kaiba had taken his eyes away from outside to see what she was doing. He expected the desperate, sullen woman he encountered that night, but she looked how he first met her. Ishizu still looked pale and had bags, but other than that…

She keeps her image well.

Ishizu's eyes met his' briefly almost like she heard what he thought. Kaiba looked away with a grunt and he knew she still had that obnoxious smile of hers.

"May I ask you something, Kaiba?"

"Do I have a choice?"

"Why are you using this limo and not the other one to commute to work?"

"Mokuba,"

(Flashback)

"Look what I made, Seto." Three year old Mokuba showed Seto him a picture drawn in crayon of their family. From left to right was Mokuba, Seto, and their-

(End Flashback)

Not now! Kaiba pushed it back, at least this one wasn't about his parents. Then he would have problems.

"He's out somewhere?"

"No, he twisted the fool's mind to think he's working for…my brother. Then he sent him home."

Why is it any of her business?

"I didn't expect you to be here, otherwise I would've walked." Kaiba didn't like how they're conversation was being so friendly.

"Perhaps you shouldn't have offered you're help, that way we wouldn't be seeing each other at all."

"I'd love that."

"Then-" the limo had screeched to a standstill and they both lurched forward.

"What's going on!?" the screen immediately came down and they both began their whispering. Honestly, did they think she was that stupid?

"I think there's been another bombing, sir."

"Where was it this time?"

"A building that's so busy the entire street would make traffic come to a complete stop."

Eyes glanced over to her the second time that day, the Egyptian sighed and looked out her window again, guess all men were the same.

"D.I corp." Kaiba pulled out a cell phone and started another conversation with whoever was at the end of the phone.

"Did you hear? Yes, I do believe we're next. Our company was mentioned along with…D.I corp. and many others in the demand letter. It's only a matter of time."

Ah yes, the car bombers. They were supposedly not setting off deadly bombs, but enough to damage the car they set off. Looks like things have gotten more serious. Ishizu pity the problems the police were having, unable to pinpoint her stalker and now this.

"Turn the limo around." Kaiba commanded, putting the cell phone away.

Ishizu wasn't sure if she heard him right.

How on Earth-? She got her answer; the limo made a sharp turn and was in reverse, half of the vehicle on the sidewalk, going back the way they came.

"Are you insane!?" Ishizu demanded, clinging to the car door for dear life. She glared at him when she noticed the bastard was completely amused by this.

"I'm not the one driving." He smirked; she was so easy to scare, the chauffer was smirking too, his arm thrown over the seat to watch where he was going. Another jump of the limo and it was back on the street, taking a different route to avoid the traffic.

When it stopped at a red light Ishizu opened her door hastily, this was ridiculous. There was no way she was driving with that…lunatic 'I'm not the one driving' very amusing, Kaiba. As soon as she got out, her arm was caught with a steely grip.

"Get back in here. I need to get to my company and I have no time for you to have a sudden fear of vehicles."

"That's not it," well, the crazy driving is why Ishizu got out in the first place, but the other reason came when she saw it, "My rendezvous is right across the street." this was truth, the café was right across the street. "I'd figured you wouldn't want to waste time stopping." They glared at one another, her on the street and him with his hand grasping her arm. Finally, Kaiba let go and smirked perversely.

"We were just planning to drive by and you would jump out." He shut the door as the light turned green and it sped off. Ishizu glowered at the retreating vehicle as she quickly hurried out of the road onto the sidewalk.

Kaiba…he is the most…irritable…ugh! Ishizu felt flustered by the man, even more, some shame that he let him hassle her. She still wondered how she put up with him at Battle City.

Kaiba watched her run to the sidewalk, he noticed for the first time she was wearing brown, short-sleeved dress with a V-shaped neckline.

It's good to see she's dressing like everybody in this time.

Now Ishizu was rushing on the crosswalk her tan calves showing under her dress. You think she'd have ugly legs, wearing those long dresses, but they were…

I'm thinking about her legs…I must be on something. He jumped the bullet this time; she didn't get into about her ancient Egyptian fairytales with him. Hopefully this will be the last time they will ever meet.

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