WOW! I certainly have not updated in an extremely long time. I apologize for the 5 or 6 year delay! I joined the military and finished up High School so I've been busy. Well without further a due, here is the next chapter!
DISCLAIMER: Any and all characters pertaining to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Franchise does not belong to me.
Chapter 11
Kira was leaning against a banister outside on the veranda looking up at the stars enjoying her alcohol induced buzz. Footsteps sounded behind her and she quickly turned. Her heart pounded so hard she could hear her own heart beat.
"Ah, my dear Kira! Why are you out her by your lonesome self? You should be enjoying the party I've thrown for you my lovely niece." Pegasus came out from the door behind Kira. Kira sighed in relief.
"Uncle, I'm sorry. I think my nerves are still shot from being kidnapped. I hear I have you to thank for finding me." Kira smiled a strained smile at her uncle.
" Yes, yes all in due time. Well, I'll leave you alone right now. I see your lover boy is coming over here to steal you away from me." Pegasus motioned over to an approaching Rishio. Kira's smile quickly diminished as her uncle moved away from her.
"Kira, we need to leave now. I'm done playing nice." With that, Rishio grabbed Kira's forearm and pulled her towards him. Kira, angry, struggled to be free.
"Look Rishio, I'm not your plaything. You need to stop doing this. You're being obsessive and abusive. It's a crime." Kira narrowed her eyes on Rishio's angry glare.
"So long as you live and breathe, you belong to me. Your uncle has already arranged a marriage between us and it's not something you can get out of given your position. Just stop resisting your role in this." Rishio smirked satisfied in the surprise showing in Kira's eyes. She stopped moving and fought to keep her mind from going into turmoil. Was this really true?
"So I was right. There is something going on between you two." Kira gasped as Kaiba appeared at the doorway. This was a complete disaster.
"That's right Kaiba. She's mine." Rishio let Kira go and smirked. Kira was his and only his and it was about time that she learned this the hard way. Rishio purposely shoulder bumped Kaiba as he left the veranda. Kira was frozen in a state of shock. Her mind was racing in a state of panic.
"He's lying Kaiba. Please don't believe him." Kira finally looked up at him.
"You make it sound like I care." Kaiba looked into those silver swirls of Kira's. Hurt flashed in her eyes before it quickly stilled as realization set in. Of course it would end up like this. What else would Kira expect? He didn't want her and all she was is trouble. There's so many flaws that she has and Kaiba was too much out of her league. So why does her heart still want him?
"I'm not. I just don't want a misunderstanding developing between us. How are you enjoying the party?" Kira quickly changed the subject to some harmless drivel. Just anything to hide the confusion that's steeling in.
"I'm not impressed. I've been mistreated as a guest and this birthday girl is not even here. I'm going to leave." Kaiba motioned for one of the waiters inside to come to his side. Kira watched the exchange between the two before the waiter disappeared and reappeared with a package. Kaiba took this and held it out to Kira. It was a present wrapped in simple shiny red wrapping paper with a silver bow stuck on top.
"Here, you can have this. You'll like this more than the snotty birthday girl who doesn't even show up to her own party." Kira took it in disbelief as he left. She knew what was inside of course because she did help him pick it out. She hugged it to herself tightly.
"So mean yet nice…" Kira whispered to herself.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Can I have you attention please?" Pegasus' voice rang throughout the hall as he made his announcement from the second floor. All the guests looked up from the ballroom floor as the room went dark and a spotlight focused on him. His white hair covered one eye and his bright frilly suit stood out even more against the dark contrasting background.
"Thank you! As you all well know this party is for my niece's birthday as she turns 18! But that is not all! I also am officially announcing her as my heir to my company!" A roar of clapping quickly followed the announcement. Pegasus smiled brightly as he motioned Kira to come into the spot light. Kira reluctantly walked into the bright light and turned to face the horde of dark faces. She smiled her best fake celebrity smile.
"Thank you all for attending my party! I know I haven't really mingled among my own guests so I apologize. Please feel free to enjoy the birthday cake and more champagne to celebrate with me tonight!" There was more clapping and Kira walked back into the dark of the room. Life was taking a turn and she didn't know if it was for the worse or better.
Kaiba was sitting at his desk the following morning of the party. Tabloids where full of the announcement of Maximillian Pegasus' new heir to his company. At least that kept the press away from useless gossip of him. Kaiba pressed a button to summon his secretary and Riku quickly arrived. Kaiba stopped working and looked up at her.
"What are you doing here? I thought I removed you from this position. Where is Kira!" Kaiba glared at the intruder. How dare she step foot in this office? Riku smiled sweetly.
"Sir, she hasn't shown up since the day she showed up out of uniform." Riku kept smiling at Kaiba. Kaiba was boiling inside. Since when is she able to make up her own schedule? Kaibe clenched in fists.
"Get her in this office now! If I don't see her here in uniform and ready to go in 10 minutes I will fire not only you but her as well!" Riku paled and rushed out of the office. Kaiba was fuming. Maybe too many special privileges were given to her to give her this false idea of being free to do as she wished. A knock interrupted his thoughts and his office door opened. Kira looked calm but pale and thin. She had her hair in a bun and thick framed glasses that was off putting on her face. She tossed a crumpled paper onto Kaiba's desk.
"Don't even think of wearing our company's logo…. I don't expect you at work tomorrow…. You expect me to think I'm still supposed to be here from a note like that?" Kira stood there waiting for a response.
"What the hell are you talking about? I gave you a damn day off to recover and to be at work. Where are you getting these delusions from? Your already testing my patience and now you mock my generosity?" Kaiba pounded a fist on his desk. Kira pointed to the paper on his desk and that's when Kaiba took notice to the trash she put on his desk. Begrudgingly, Kaiba opened up the paper and saw his signature with what Kira spoke of.
"What the hell is this?" Kaibe read and re-read the note in disbelief. He took a deep breath and glared at Kira who now had her arms folded over her chest.
"That, Sir, is the note you left me." Kira unfolded her arms and took out a notepad with her pen which was already poised over the paper ready to write, "So what do you need done today?" Kaiba scowled in dismay. This woman changed moods faster than a rabbit trying to reproduce.
"Check on the dojo and fix my schedule for tomorrow to accommodate for a meeting with Neko Enterprises' CEO. Also arrange today's schedule to meet with Maximillion Pegasus." Kaiba opened up a brief case on top on his desk and started placing folders inside.
"When, exactly, where you trying to see Pegasus today?" Kira asked. Kaiba smirked and closed his brief case. He got up and started to leave.
"Right now."
Well that's the latest Chapter to this story. Updating will be slow but it will be a chapter for at least every month. Again I apologize for the extremely exaggerated delay in updates. Thank you all for the reviews. I was re-reading this story and the reviews to each chapter and enjoyed the feedback. I'm making it my project to go back and re-write the past chapters a little to fix all my odd spacing, grammar errors, and weird use of phrases. LoL Please feel free to R&R! I enjoy any comments you may have except flaming! Flaming is bad. =^-^=
