Hey everyone, sorry about taking so long to update. Whenever I could I was writing but somehow I just couldn't get it right but now here it is! I slaved over this so you better like it ... and review :P This chapter was basically me putting off the conversation between Mai and Anzu which, if you know me you'd know this, I really don't want to do it! But as the author I have a certain obligation to *sighs* oh well, go on then, read! :P

Mai stood up and thought for a second thinking that she had given them more than enough time to 'finish' and get out of there and with that Mai stormed off towards Anzu's apartment. 'That's it girly; you have a lot of explaining to do!'

Chapter 7:

Dirty Little Secret

Anzu fell flush against her bed panting heavily, chest rising and falling slower and slower until her breathing had evened out again. Seto watched her and thought about how beautiful she was during after glow. The evening sun streamed in through her window and covered her body with a golden tinge which reflected off the sweat making her skin shimmer. Her arms and hair were splayed against the pillow she was lying on and her lips had the slightest touch of pink, caused by the passionate kissing they were partaking in not moments ago. Seto wanted her again, he wanted to taste her to hear her call his name instead of that stupid Pharaohs.

Anzu could feel his stare and knew that she was being watched. She opened her eyes to look at the ceiling and sure enough, out of her peripherals she saw him running his eyes up and down her body. It was then that she became acutely aware that she was still very much naked. She blushed furiously and sat up quickly to reach the bed sheet which had been pushed to the bottom of the bed in their fit of passion before. She heard Seto chuckle before he spoke.

"Bit shy are we? It's not like I haven't seen it all before." She turned her head to see him smirking at her making her blush even more. The lust in his eyes was apparent as his eyes traced up and down her form again. In his mind Seto was comparing Anzu to a Greek goddess. The sun cast a light all around her making her seem almost like an illusion. Her hair falling over her back and shoulders, it had gotten quite a bit longer since high school. And even though she had covered herself with a sheet it still clung to her, outlining the perfect curves of her perfect body.

Anzu cleared her throat bringing Seto back into reality. "Maybe it would be best if you left now." She looked down as she mumbled her words; she didn't want to see how he would react to that. No one tells Seto Kaiba what to do and gets away with it. He started sitting up and for a second she thought he was following her advice. That was until he started moving closer to her.

"What if I'm not finished with you?" He had moved close enough to purr the words into her ear making her heart skip a beat.

He kissed behind her ear and slowly down her neck to her collarbone until he pushed her back into the bed as he swung his leg over her so that he was now straddling her, hands pinned above her head so that she was once again at his mercy. He took both her wrists in one hand and with the other started trailing a line down the inside of her arm, over her nipple and down her abdomen, pulling the sheet still covering her down as he went and making her writhe with pleasure beneath him. He quickly closed the distance between them as he crushed their lips together, tongues battling for domination. Anzu arched her body into his, wanting more, making Seto forget about his hold on her wrists and he let go to bury his hand in her hair while his other was on her hip, holding her close to him. She pushed him off so he landed on his back; she swung her leg over him so that she was now straddling his hips as they continued their battle for control. He ran his hands up her thighs to her hips to hold her in place as he pushed against her with his arousal making Anzu moan. But before he could position himself to enter her they heard a hard knock on the door.

'Go away!'She screamed in her mind as she sat up to listen if she could hear the knock again just in case it was important but Seto used her lapse of control over him to his advantage as he sat up, moved his arm, around her waist and twisted them so that he once again had power over her. With her legs wrapped around his waist he bent down to run his tongue along her collarbone and up her neck to her ear. He took the lobe into his mouth and bit down softly, eliciting a moan from Anzu.

They heard the hard knock on the door again as Seto was positioning himself at Anzu's entrance. Anzu's eye's widened to the size of saucepans once she remembered that she was also expecting Mai to come over. Somehow, between the point that Seto had arrived and now she had forgotten. Anzu pushed Seto off of her as he very ungracefully fell to the floor, limbs flailing everywhere as he tried to grasp onto the bed halt his fall. He stood up quickly as he tried to gain his composure as Anzu rushed around the room looking for her discarded clothes amongst Seto's. He was glad that she hadn't seen him during, what was probably, the most un-Kaibaesque moment he had experienced.

"You have to get out, now!" Anzu was frantic as she pulled her shirt on inside out over her head.

"And how do you propose I get out without being seen?" Seto was cool, calm and collected as he pulled his slacks on.

"I don't know, out the window?" Seto looked at her incredulously but she was too busy turning her shirt the right way round to notice. He glanced over at the window, considering the pros and cons of the option presented before him. For one thing he was Kaiba; he did not hide or escape through windows. But on the other hand there was the fact that if he didn't he would surely be seen which would put an end to their little visits. For that was the only reason Anzu allowed it, so that he wouldn't tell her friends. So why was she so worried about being seen if it would mean an end to what they had?

Anzu looked over at Seto who was looking distractedly out the window. He was only half dressed; having his slacks, shoes and socks on but his shirt was yet to be retrieved from the mess on Anzu's floor. His chest was still glistening with sweat and his hair was sticking up at the back. Anzu thought, despite his dishevelled appearance, that he looked quite striking. His lean yet perfectly toned body, Anzu had no idea how he kept so in shape, what with running his own business and everything, his perfect complexion and stunning face. His focused yet somewhat gentle expression made him seem, well, almost human.

Seto peered up through his messy bangs to notice that Anzu had stopped her frenzied motions of rushing round the room and was now looking at him intently.

"What?" And just like that the illusion was gone; he was back to his pompous ways. Anzu liked it better when he didn't speak. A blush crept its way up Anzu's face and she turned away quickly, flustered.

"Uh, nothing." Seto smirked, it had been little more than a week and he still had this affect on her. He spotted his shirt hanging off the arm of the chair in the corner, he stood up and closed the distance within a few strides and picked up the discarded item of clothing. He pulled it on over his shoulders, not bothering to button it up as he moved to stand behind Anzu.

"Until next time, Mazaki." She turned around to see him jumping out the window and heading down the firs escape. And just as suddenly as he was there he was gone. Anzu made her way to the window to watch him leave; she told herself it was her making sure no one saw him. He looked around the corner, sighed and leaned against the wall of the alleyway. 'What is he waiting for?' Another few loud bangs on the door broke her out of her reverie and she remembered why Seto had to leave so suddenly.

"Coming!" She moved swiftly to the front door, stopping quickly at the mirror near the entrance to make sure she looked presentable and opened the door to see a very disgruntled Mai.

"Ok, Missy, spill!"


Seto swiftly made his way down the fire escape and peered around the entrance of the alleyway next to Anzu's complex to wait until whoever was at her door went inside so he could make his escape without being noticed.

Seto swiftly made his way down the fire escape and headed towards the end of the alleyway next to Anzu's apartment where he would wait until he could make his escape without being noticed. He peered around the corner to see if who was at her door had gone inside yet but much to his dismay when he looked around the corner Mai Kujaku was standing there and Anzu had yet to answer the door. 'What is taking her so long?' He slid down the wall to sit on the ground, legs still tired from the earlier work out. It had only been just more than a week and already they had almost been caught twice. He grunted in amusement at the events of last week.


The Previous Week


Anzu and the Yuugi-Tachi were having in a booth of a small retro diner downtown in hopes of cheering Anzu up but despite their efforts she was still looking glumly at her meal, pushing her uneaten fries around the plate.

"Hey Anzu, you gonna' eat dat?" Jounouchi was indicating to her fries with his fork. She merely shook her head and pushed the plate towards him. Within a matter of seconds nearly all of the fries were depleted. Anzu went back to her state of detachment as the rest of her friends talked amongst themselves. Only when she heard a certain voice at the counter did she awaken from her stupor.

"Would you please just take the money and stop making a scene." Seto Kaiba's voice was starting to get louder from annoyance.

"Oh no, you're Seto Kaiba, I couldn't possibly. I'm just glad you came to eat at my little dive." The shrill female voice of the owner rang through the diner attracting the attention of onlookers.

"Whatever, I don't have the time to stand her arguing with you." He pocketed the money and turned to leave the restaurant with what was left of his dignity intact.

The Yuugi-Tachi had gone back to their chattering, mostly about the events that had just occurred. Anzu stood up and was about to walk off when Jou grabbed her wrist to stop her.

"Hey, Anzu. Where're ya goin'?" He let go of her wrist after he had stopped her.

"I just need some fresh air. I won't be long." She walked out of the diner and walked in the direction that Seto took. Her friends thought nothing of it as they went back to their conversation.

Seto was just turning a corner as Anzu left the diner, she saw him and ran after him. She didn't know why she was doing this. But he was the only one that was able to distract her mind from thoughts of Yami, if only for a little while.

"Seto." She called after him once she was sure her friends wouldn't be able to hear her. He stopped and turned around to see her jogging around the corner.

"Mazaki, what are you doing here?" His voice was laced with concern due to the fact that downtown Domino was not the safest of places to be this time of night.

"Walking." She didn't find it necessary to divulge information on her get-together with the Yuugi-Tachi. Or the fact that she had seen his embarrassing display with the owner.

"Well walk someplace else that isn't near me. I've got business to attend to." He turned and walked off leaving her hesitating before responding.

"...Can I come?" He turned back around to face her to see if she was serious. Sure enough there she stood with her hands behind her back and eyes looking up at him expectantly. He wasn't sure what to say, he may have lied a little with the whole having something to do but he didn't know what else to say. He didn't want to end up in a meaningless encounter with her again. It hurt too much. But he couldn't leave her by herself in this place, it wasn't safe.

"I suppose." He waited for her to catch up to him before setting off again, at a much slower pace this time. He could justify that it was because she probably couldn't keep up with him if he didn't but the truth was that he just wanted to make the time he spent with her last just that little bit longer.

The conversation was minimal and anything that Anzu did say to Seto was responded to with a grunt or a swift yes or no. But at times he would catch himself looking at her hand out of the corner of his eye, just wishing he could hold it. Or watching the way she walked, her elegant and lean figure caused by her years of dancing and how it swayed in the moonlight. But the most dangerous times was when he caught himself looking into her eyes, the way the moons light reflected off them made them glisten in the night. Seto was completely lost in them, couldn't tear his eyes away. Not even when a gang of rebels had made their way over to them and was now starting to circle them forcing them to stop walking.

"Hey, love birds." What Seto was guessing to be the leader of the gang, spoke. "What say you just give up your wallet and all your pretties now and we don't hurt you," He took a step towards the two. "Or if you'd rather, we could take the girl." An evil smirked played over the leaders lips making his intentions clear. It was obvious that he would rather the latter.

"I say you leave with neither." Seto, despite their current situation, spoke with more confidence than Anzu had heard from him before. And that was saying a lot. This was the Seto Kaiba who had been so cocky every time it came to duelling Yuugi, not that he ever won, but that was irrelevant at this point in time. Seto had snaked an arm around her waist protectively and pulled her close to him. The leader nodded to the lackey to his left who was brandishing an iron pole. He stepped towards them, hitting his own palm with the pole as the leader spoke again.

"Wanna' try that again, my friend?" Regardless of how confident Seto may have seemed at that moment, he was terrified. Not so much of himself but for Anzu. He could hold his own in a fight but with her here he would have to defend the both of them and he would most certainly not risk her getting hurt. He knew when to pick his fights and this most certainly wasn't one of those times. He moved the arm encircling Anzu to the wrist closest to him.

"What are you deaf? I'm sorry but I really don't have time for this. Raincheck?" And with that he tightened his grip on Anzu's wrist and took off, pushing the surprised lackey that was behind them out if their way and taking off towards the nearest alleyway. They were close behind but Seto knew how to get rid of them, he frequented the area as it was usually a quiet place. He didn't usually get bothered, nowhere near as much than if he were in central Domino. There he would have to put up with the screaming fan girls asking for an autograph or worse, his number.

They wove in and out of the alleyways and streets under the moonless sky until they made a sudden turn and Seto pulled Anzu into an alleyway completely sealed in darkness and pulled her to him, arm around her lower back holding her close and hand across her mouth to keep her from making any noise. Not moments later the group of boys ran past the alleyway, still brandishing their weapons intended to hurt the two now enveloped in darkness. Her breathing was erratic from the adrenaline pumping through her body due to fear and exertion and once Seto was sure they were gone he removed his hand from her mouth but not letting go of her waist.

"Are they gone?" Her breathing had slowed down to an even pace by now.

"Yes." He craned his head to see around the corner to see if they were coming back. Once he was certain that they were safe he looked back to Anzu. Her hands were on his chest and she was looking up at him with her deep blue eyes, tears had formed in the corner from being so scared. Seto brought his hand up to cup her cheek as he used his thumb to wipe away the tears. Anzu gasped suddenly at the overly kind gesture. Seto's attention moved to her lips which had now parted at the sudden intake of breath. She was breathing shallowly, probably still afraid. Without him realising it she had moved closer to him making the air surrounding them smell like strawberries, 'God she even smells good'. But the aroma emanating from her was the last thing on his mind as she closed the distance between them and had caught his lips in a sudden kiss.

Seto moved the hand cupping her cheek to the back of her head to bury his hand in her hair and bring her closer to deepen the kiss and in the next movement had swung them around so that he had her pinned against the wall . He moved his hand from around her waist to just below the hemline of her shirt where his hand darted underneath to run up her rib cage to just underneath her breast. Anzu arched her back and moaned into the kiss but broke away at the sound of her friends calling.

"Anzu!" The Yuugi-Tachi had left the restaurant after she had been gone for so long and were now scouring the streets looking for her. "Anzu where are ya?" Joey's voice was the more prominent of the lot.

"Shit!" Anzu was out of breath so it only came out as a loud whisper.

"What's the problem?" Seto raised an eyebrow at her; it wasn't that he hadn't heard them he just didn't understand what the issue was. "It's not as if you're with Yami anymore so technically you're not doing anything wrong." Seto was speaking too loud for Anzu's liking as she through her hand over his mouth and hushed him. 'Funny, wasn't it the other way around not moments ago?' Seto smirked underneath her hand so she couldn't see.

"Shut up, they might hear you!" Her voice was raising but she was still only a whisper. "And in their eyes I am doing something wrong. I mean, those guys don't really think all that highly of you. Especially not Joey." Anzu's eyes flickered to the end of the alleyway as she heard someone call.

"Hey Anzuuuuuu!" Duke's voice echoed down the alleyway the two were occupying as he stood at the end calling for her. She tried to sink further back into the wall and froze, trying to become as invisible as possible. Thankfully he moved on, he didn't see them in the darkness.

"No one's to know." Anzu had stopped whispering to show him how serious she was. She broke away from him and ran down the alley to the calling voices leaving Seto all alone. "Hey guys!" He heard her cheerful voice call out to them as he walked in the opposite direction. 'Guess I'm her dirty little secret.'


Present Day


Seto was broken from his stupor by a bright flash. He moved his arm up to his face to shield his eyes and peered in the direction that the light had come from. His vision slowly came back, after the flash had momentarily blinded him, to see a trio of high school girls giggling and looking at the photo. They looked up to see him glaring at the three and they quickly took off down the road. But before they were out of ear shot he heard one of them call out.

"Oh Em Gee. How good are his abs?" The shortest of the lot proclaimed and the other two giggled. Seto sat confused at how they would know this until he looked down and saw that he had never even bothered to button up his shirt. He quickly started on this task and as soon as he had finished he stood up and brushed himself off. He moved over to where his motorbike was leaning against the other building on teh otehr side of the alley and hoped on. He had driven over here himself after his chauffer dropped him and Mokuba off home. Without bothering to check her door this time he put his 'Dragon' in gear and took off down the road without a second glance.


Ok quick note, of course Seto named his bike dragon after his favourite card in the whole universe! I just had to throw that in there :P You should totally review and tell me what you thought of that and the chapter! Was my hint subtle enough? Tehe :P