I'm sorry I keep posting later then I mean to! Oh well, I try.
You know, I get the feeling that this is going to end up being a pretty long story. I guess that's okay though, since none of my chapters are super long anyway. Seriously, I read some stories and people have like 5,000 words each chapter! I just can't do that; my short attention span just won't allow it I guess.
AN-TY-WAYS.
Enjoy! ;3
"Mr. Kaiba, there are news crews waiting outside that are asking for an interview."
"Tell them that I'm busy at the moment."
"Mr. Kaiba, Kisara still hasn't arrived."
"…Make sure to inform me as soon as she does."
"Mr. Kaiba, we can't seem to get one of the screens to work in the movie building…"
"Then I suggest you fix it. I didn't hire you all just for you to come running to me every time some little problem pops up; you should have the ability to solve it yourself. I expect it to be fixed before we open or you're all fired, understood?"
"Ah…yes sir."
Kaiba watched the retreating figure of one of his employees as they left. Really, did they expect him to do everything around here?
"Mr. Kaiba."
He turned in the direction of the voice he heard and saw Isono, one of his least useless employees, standing there.
"Mr. Pegasus has arrived and would like to speak with you."
Kaiba nodded and grabbed the helmet of his Kaibaman outfit before leaving the "Kaibaland Hotel" lobby.
Finally, the day had come. It was the day of the "Kaibaland Grand Opening". There was a crowd of people outside all waiting in anticipation for the gates of the amusement park to open at the scheduled time of 10:00 AM and be some of the first to experience the attractions it had in store. Everything so far seemed to be running smoothly. Of course, there were a few last minute things that popped up, but Kaiba had no trouble at all in finding quick solutions to them.
Kaiba was lead through the park until he reached the "Magic House" gift shop/magic show building. In front of it sat a black helicopter with a tall man with long, effeminate silvery hair wearing a black suit and a red turtle neck underneath standing next to it.
"Pegasus." Kaiba greeted with a nod.
"There you are, Kaiba-boy!" Kaiba twitched at the name the man had grown accustomed to calling him. He'd been calling him that ever since Kaibacorp had first began partnership with Industrial Allusions when he was twelve. And oh, how that name pissed him off.
"What the hell do you want?" he asked. Funny how seeing Pegasus almost always put him in a bad mood.
"Oh come now, no need to be so bitter. The theme park that you and brother have been focusing so much time and effort into building is finally about to open!" he practically sang, as he did nearly every other statement he made. Another reason Kaiba disliked the fruit.
"You're right. That being the case, I happen to be very busy and don't have much time to talk. So hurry up and tell me what the hell you want or I'm leaving." he demanded, patience running thin.
"Always so rash aren't you? After all these years of us working together and you still treat me this way." Pegasus said, becoming over-dramatic. "Really, Kaiba-boy, does six years of partnership mean nothing to you?-"
"That's it, I'm leaving." Kaiba spun around and started walking away, not in the mood to listen to the prima donna ramble on.
"Wait! Did you even take into consideration that maybe I actually have something important to discuss with you!?" Kaiba stopped walking and turned his head to view the man from the corner of his eye.
"If you do, I suggest you spit it out."
"The park opens in ten minutes you know. Even so, I'm afraid that we've stumbled upon a crisis…" Kaiba spun around completely to face Pegasus properly.
"What sort of 'crisis'?" He didn't like the sound of that.
"Well, I received a phone call from Kisara a few minutes ago and it seems that something apparently came up unexpectedly and she'll end up being a little late…"
"…How late, exactly?"
"By the sounds of it, she might not be here for another hour or so."
…
"What?" Kaiba growled. That woman…that woman! Oh, he could strangle that woman the next time he saw her. He should have seen this coming; that useless broad was so unreliable, Kaiba wouldn't even trust her if he was hanging off of a cliff from his imminent demise! For all he knew, she would stomp on his hands and watch him fall!
"Now, now, this isn't the time to be getting upset. We need to come up with a solution for this and fast. Those people will only wait out there for so long before they start getting restless." Pegasus stated, his usual cheerful demeanor gone. Kaiba rubbed the temple of his head with his free hand.
"We'll have to just take her part out completely and have Nightshroud run through the crowd instead shouting about world domination or something."
"But that takes the whole feel away! What about the kiss at the end?" Pegasus whined.
"We'll just have to take that part out too." Kaiba said through clenched teeth. Pegasus rubbed his chin as he thought about it.
"Kaibaman can't summon Blue Eyes White Dragon without Maiden."
Shit, that's right.
"And Nightshroud can't be defeated any other way."
That's right too. Damn.
"Well what do you suggest we do?!" Kaiba snapped.
"Find a replacement." Pegasus said casually.
"And were the hell are we going to find a damn replacement that looks anything like her? Let alone in ten fucking minutes!"
"Mr. Kaiba."
"It takes a hell of a lot longer than that for her to get into her fucking costume! And it's not like they even know the goddamn lines they have to fucking say!"
"Mr. Kaiba."
"WHAT?"
Kaiba rotated around to see what was so important and was caught off guard when he saw Yami standing next to one of his workers.
"My, my, that's quite the mouth you've got on you Kaiba." the spikey-haired teen teased.
"Sir, we found this kid sneaking around here. He claims that he's a friend of yours."
"Who are you calling a 'kid'?" Yami said in a low voice. Kaiba felt his right eye twitch and blinked to make it stop.
"What…wh…why are…" He shook his head to try and collect his thoughts. "How did you get in here?"
Yami shrugged. "Wasn't hard." Kaiba took a deep breath. Great, now he had Yami to deal with on top of all of this.
"You can go, Kemo." he ordered.
"Sir." the man said bowing his head, then taking his leave.
"This place is so cool! I can't wait until it opens!" Yami walked over to Kaiba with a large grin. "Sorry I sneaked in, I just wanted to say hi."
"Hi. Now get out."
"Hey, I was wondering if I could get in for free considering we're friends and everything. Right? And friends help friends out. Right? Especially ones who don't want to spend that much money. Right?" Yami asked, completely disregarding Kaiba's statement.
"No. You still have to pay." Kaiba stated, getting a little agitated.
"Why?" Yami frowned. "Aren't we friends?"
"Because I get the feeling that if I let you come for free, you'll end up costing me enough money to equal about ten people." Yami pouted in a way that looked rather cute, but Kaiba quickly dismissed the thought.
"Well hello there young man!" Kaiba almost jumped at the sudden obnoxious noise. Oh yeah, Pegasus was still here. The very chipper-looking man came over and started looking Yami over. "You're a friend of Kaiba-boy's? What's your name?"
"…Yami…"
"I see, I see." Pegasus continued to examine the teen. "And how old are you?"
"…Old enough." Yami answered, starting to look a little nervous.
"Hmm…" the man hummed. He lifted Yami's arm and inspected it. "Not bad, not bad. Slim arms…" Yami snatched his arm away from him and hugged it against his body.
"Okay, you're making me uncomfortable." Yami stated bluntly.
"How tall are you Yami?" Pegasus asked, ignoring what Yami said.
"…Are you trying to make fun of me?"
"Hm…looks close. 5''2? Or maybe even 5''3." he rambled out loud.
"I'm 5''4!" Yami corrected, looking offended.
"Perfect!" Pegasus chirped. He bent down to speak face-to-face with Yami. "Yami, I need to ask a favor of you. A simple little task really. In return, I'll give you something good!"
Yami held his arm out in front of him in an attempt to form a wall between them and said, "I don't think I want whatever you're offering me, creep."
Kaiba snorted, but was able to mostly muffle the laugh he nearly bellowed out. Pegasus shot him a glare, then returned to talking to Yami.
'It's his fault for being so damn creepy.' Kaiba thought.
"Listen," he began as calmly as he could, "Both Kaiba-boy and I are in quite a pickle and we could really use your help. If you agree to help us out, I'll let you ride on as many rides as you want afterwards. Deal?"
Yami looked Pegasus up and down a little, obviously still skeptical. He looked over at Kaiba, then back at Pegasus.
"…I guess I could try. If it'll help Kaiba…" Yami drifted off.
"Pegasus, you can't seriously be thinking what I think you are. He's a guy, in case you haven't noticed. I'm pretty sure that people will notice." Kaiba informed.
Pegasus stood up straight and said, "We don't really have much of an option, Kaiba-boy. And you'd be amazed at what my designers can do. Besides, he already agreed." Kaiba noticed a mischievous glint in his eyes when he said that last part, and based on the look Yami had on his face, so did he.
"Uh, on second thought, I think I change my mind-"
"Too late, let's go!" Pegasus cut Yami off and grabbed his arm.
"W-wait! I still don't even know what I have to doooo!" Yami yelled as he was being dragged away. Kaiba watched the two of them leave, feeling a bit dumbfounded.
'I can tell this is going to be a long day.'
xxXxx
"I can't believe you were serious."
"But of course."
Kaiba sighed as he waited in the hallway of the hotel for Yami to come out of the room he was changing in. Pegasus stood opposite to him next to the door.
"This is never going to work." he said.
"Don't be so negative, Kaiba-boy." Pegasus responded. He raised his arm and looked at the watch on his wrist, then knocked on the door the two of them were waiting for to open. "Aren't you done in there yet? We need to get started soon." The man stood back from the door and waited for a response. Finally, it opened slowly and a blushing Yami came sauntering out, white hair trailing behind him along with a long, tan, two-layered dress with silvery-blue dragon figures on the sides around his waist. He also wore matching silvery-blue wrist cuffs and ankle cuffs and a dark blue headband going around his head like a circlet.
Kaiba was a bit astonished at how attracted he felt toward Yami at that moment. He had to stop himself from having his jaw drop open when the boy came out of the room. It was a strange sensation and he did his best to bury the feeling deep within himself.
'Just focus Kaiba. Focus on the task at hand.' he tried to tell himself, but an annoying noise brought him out of his thoughts.
"AH! You make a pretty convincing girl!" Pegasus crooned.
"…I'm not sure how I feel about that statement." Yami said, starting to look a little humiliated.
'Nope, not working. I still think he looks cute.' Kaiba admitted to himself embarrassedly.
"It's not a perfect match to Kisara, but it looks close enough. Don't you think so Kaiba-boy?"
It took Kaiba a moment to realize that whatever Pegasus had said was being directed toward him, and since he hadn't really been listening he did his best to cover up the fact that he'd been thinking that Yami looked cute.
"…Why aren't your eyes blue?" Kaiba questioned.
"Uh, well…I tried putting the contact lenses in, but I was having trouble." Yami explained.
"Well go try again."
"I would, but I can't…"
"And why not?"
"Ehm…I kind of dropped one and we can't find it." Yami confessed. Pegasus hummed and crossed his arms.
"Don't you all have another pair of blue contacts?" Pegasus asked, leaning his head through the opened door to speak with the people inside.
"No, Mr. Pegasus. That's the only pair we have at the moment." Kaiba heard come from the room.
"Oh, this is troublesome…How will the Maiden with Eyes of Blue be Maiden with Eyes of Blue without her eyes being blue?" he wondered aloud. "Do you have any a similar shade? Grey? Or even maybe green?"
"Yeah, any color but red." Kaiba added.
"What's wrong with red?" Yami asked, sounding a little insulted.
"…Maiden's eyes aren't red."
"Well they aren't grey or green either." Yami countered.
"Red stands out too much." Kaiba pointed out.
"But bright green doesn't?"
Kaiba pinched the bridge of his nose. "Nightshroud's eyes glow red."
"But aren't they blue normally?"
"Yami, enough! You're driving me crazy here." Kaiba snapped.
Pegasus cleared his throat. "Anyway, do you have some other contact lenses?"
"Well, I'll have to check…" the woman said.
"Mr. Kaiba. Mr. Pegasus."
The two men turned their attention to the employee that had just spoken from behind them.
"What is it, Isono?" Kaiba asked.
"There are quite a few people complaining about Kaibaland not being open yet."
Kaiba groaned. How did everything turn to hell so quickly?
"I suppose we'll just have to make do with this." Pegasus decided. "We need to open. It's already 10:24." Kaiba looked at Yami. Those eyes really did stand out a lot with such light hair and clothes.
"What are we going to do about his eyes?" he questioned. Pegasus looked at Yami as well for a moment.
"We'll have to make some adjustments in the script, but I think we can make it work." He said with a nod. "Now let's get going! We haven't another minute to lose! Tell everyone to get into place Isono." The man bowed and left.
"Wait, we're starting? What am I supposed to do?" Yami asked.
"Just come with me Yami. Kaiba, you should be able to figure out what to do when it starts." Reluctantly, Kaiba nodded and watched the two of them as they left, eyes lingering on the spot Yami had been.
Why did he feel so strange whenever he thought about Yami? It wasn't a bad feeling necessarily; it was just…different. It was different that seeing him made Kaiba's mind go blank, yet full of random crap that really shouldn't matter. It was different that seeing him smile almost made Kaiba smile as well. It was different that Kaiba always had to be more cautious not to act without thinking like he normally would when he was around. It was different that even when Kaiba wasn't around Yami, the teen would somehow weave his way into his thoughts and make him become distracted.
It was definitely different that the thought of having to kiss Yami for the Grand Opening Ceremony didn't disgust him like he thought it should.
He hoped he wouldn't get distracted while they were out there. He also hoped no one would notice that Maiden with Eyes of Blue is actually Maiden with Eyes of Red.
'I wonder if this will work.' he thought to himself. He shrugged. 'Only one way to find out.'
*Gasp!* A cliffy? :O
Sorry about the cliffhanger. Like I said before, short attention span. No, I'm definitely not bored with the story. I just think/write so slow that it'd be a lot longer than it normally is if I made the chapters longer. And no, it's not that I'm a slow typist, I just have a lot of trouble putting what I think into words. :P
And I think this is a good spot to end the chapter!
How did they get all of Yami's hair to fit under the wig anyway? XD
Wow, I talk a lot at the end of these things, don't I? My bad!
Thanks for reading!
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