Hi guys! Sorry this update is a bit late, I had to do some research and along with some field work with my fiance to figure out how I was going to really describe Iris's and Kaiba's day! Hope you guys like it!

Iris sighed.

She looked at the gown bag that hanged from the hook on her bedroom door. It had been sitting there since this morning, just waiting to be slipped on and showed off. Her heart was racing, and her hands felt clammy as she began to worry about tonight. Even though Seto was kind enough to give her the day off to get ready for this evening she still couldn't calm her nerves.

Going over the mirror next to her bed, she ran her hand through her freshly cut hair. It felt different, her once hip length hair now four inches shorter. Iris knew it was still long, but to her the layers and new length was refreshing. She took advice from the hair stylist who cut her hair, that some layers would make the curls she planned to do for tonight appear more stunning and still make her hair look fuller.

She touched the greyish brown mud mask she had applied on earlier as she felt her face become stiff while it was drying. Walking into her bathroom she grabbed her curling iron and plugged it in. "I really hope this turns out well." Iris said to herself, as she washed her face of her mask as she could feel her soft smooth skin.

Iris patted her face off as she looked at the clock on her phone, "3:17" she said. Iris knew Seto was going to have Roland arrive here at 4:30 giving her a little over an hour to get prepared. She was a bit puzzled why so early, the Charity Gala didn't start until 7 tonight.

Grabbing a portion of her hair, Iris pulled it up as she brushed it back into a high ponytail as she made sure it looked even. Seeing the few small locks that didn't want to be tied up, she smiled so far it was going as she wanted it to go. Holding her curling iron, Iris alternated the way she turned the iron on the lower section that wasn't tied up, before carefully curling the rest of her hair. She ensured her face was framed by delicate curls.

Running her fingers threw the warm locks, she checked to make sure there wasn't a lock or two that was left out. She sprayed her hair with hairspray to make sure they would stay. As she stepped out she looked back at her hidden dress.

She knew she had some time left before she had to leave, unzipping the bag Iris took out her dress and slipped it on. It fit her perfectly, the single strap over her shoulder as the front of the dress stopped above her knees but still cascaded down behind her. It wasn't too frilly or too simple, as the dark navy blue of her dress was adorned with subtle purple accents.

"Well at least it's blue," she said to herself. Seto had told her that her dress needed to be blue, it was his way to make sure they matched even though she didn't know how he was going to dress for the evening.

Sitting at her makeup table, Iris lightly brushed her powder foundation on before adding a little blush to her cheeks to give her a warmer look. She added a light amount of blue eye shadow on before outlining her eyes with her black liner, while still trying to keep it minimal and yet elegant. She added a light coat of mascara to her lashes as she reached for her lipstick, but stopped.

Iris felt like this was enough, she didn't want to overdo it and bring about the wrath of Seto. She needed to make sure she did this right. This was an event she was going to with him! There was already enough pressure knowing she was Seto's date, but even more since this was a high class event.

Reaching for her apple flavored lip balm she applied a thin coat, as the natural pink of her lips was highlighted beautifully. Iris grabbed the shoes next to her, a pair of closed toed blue high heels that had a small wrap like band. She slipped them on as she secured the band around her ankle.

Ensuring her balance, Iris grabbed the silver clutch purse as she slipped her phone and apartment key in it. She knew it was getting close to her pick up time, as she looked out her window to see the limo just pulling up, "good timing." she said to herself as she walked out of her apartment and made her way down to the front.

Roland stepped out, as he opened the door for her. "Miss Iris I must say you look amazing," he complimented her.

Iris smiled, "thank you Roland, I hope Mr. Kaiba thinks so as well." she said as she stepped inside. The limo began to move as Iris looked out the window. She still couldn't shake the feeling she had, it was like there was a knot in her stomach as she felt like the back of her neck was beginning to break out in a cold sweat.

She watched as they began to pull up the driveway to the mansion as they came to a stop, Iris waited until Roland came and opened the door for her. Carefully stepping out, she followed him to the door, "Mr. Kaiba is in his study," he told her as she giggled.

"Of course he is," Iris said as she could still remember the way to get there. Even on days like this he was still in his study, working yet again on things. "He's always working."

As she walked up the stairs, Iris stopped as Mokuba turned around the corner. "Oh hey Iris!"

"Hello Mokuba," she greeted him. "Are you going to come with Mr. Kaiba and I to the gala tonight?" she asked him.

Mokuba shook his head, "nah I'm not really into those kind of things, besides I have things I have to do." he told her as he ran down the stairs, "make sure Seto has a good time!" he told her.

Iris smiled, it was nice to see how much Mokuba cared about Kaiba and vice versa. From what she had seen just working with them she didn't doubt they were like two peas in a pod. She walked over to the large wooden doors as she carefully knocked on them, she could hear the knocks echo down the hallways as it sent a shiver up her spine. "Enter."

Opening the door, "I'm here." she said as Iris could see Seto looking over more paperwork.

"I can see that," he told her as she walked over to him. She was a bit surprised to see him wearing a black suit, instead of the white or light blue one she had usually seen him wear. He did have his light blue collar shirt on underneath with a navy blue tie, very similar to her dress color.

He finally looked up at Iris as she saw his eyes widen, he stood up from his desk as he walked to her his eyes still fixated on her. Iris blushed as she looked down to avert his gaze, "is it too much?" she nervously asked.

Seto was quiet. She looked absolutely stunning to him, he had no doubt that all eyes would be on Iris tonight as he planned to keep her close to him. Se looked elegant, beautiful, and still like herself, he carefully grabbed a lock of her curled hair as he noticed something different. "You cut your hair," he said.

Iris was shocked that he noticed such a little change. "Umm.. yes I did, I thought it would look nice."

"You look beautiful Iris," Seto said to her as he took hold of her hand. Iris couldn't help but smile, "let's get going." keeping hold of her hand he walked her out of his study and of his home, as they got back inside of the limo.

"So if you don't mind me asking, why did you want me to come early?" she asked him.

Seto looked out the window as they left the property, "I have a surprise in mind for you." he said. They drove around for awhile, as Iris could imagine what Seto had in mind. Though she started to wonder how things are going to be now between them. She didn't know if he was just being nice or if he even liked her.

'In the end, I'll always cherish tonight' Iris thought to herself, as the car stopped.

"We're here."

Seto stepped out first, as he helped Iris out as she gazed where they stopped. The building was fairly large about two stories tall the beautiful golden pillars almost appeared like scales. By its structural appearances it reminded Iris of feudal Japan style homes for the wealthy as the roof had slight curves at the ends and golden adornments along the centers. Looking up a bit Iris saw a jade colored dragon statue at the top, "the Jade Palace?" she whispered.

Taking hold of her hand, Seto guided her up the tall staircase as they were greeted by a woman wearing a black polo shirt and slacks with a white apron around her waist. "Welcome to the Jade Palace." she greeted them.

"Reservation under Kaiba," Seto said as she grabbed a chart.

"Right this way," they followed the woman.

"How long ago did you make this reservation?" Iris asked.

"Does it matter?"

Opening the sliding doors Iris and Kaiba stepped in as they sat at the table, a pot of tea was already waiting for them. From the scent of it, Iris could tell it was a sort of fruity herbal tea "I'll be back shortly," she said as she left.

"I didn't imagine you would take me out to a place like this Seto," Iris said as she carefully poured tea for her and Seto. "You know when this place opened up last year, Mrs. Lancer put in charge of their financial reports." Iris said.

"Did you?"

Iris nodded her head, "yes. It was my first project, of course she helped me and ensured that I understood what I was doing. I actually tried to come here after I did the report, but didn't realize this place was so...well for lack of better words fancy." Iris told him. It definitely was a hard place to get into, you had to make a reservation months in advance and the price was a bit high. "How did you manage to get us a reservation?"

"I have my ways," Seto answered leaving Iris to wonder. He gazed upon her face, she always looked amazing to him but here in front of him now, all dressed up. She was like an angel with her creamy white skin contrasting with the dark blue of her dress. "I think it's time you tell me more about yourself." he told her.

Shocked, Iris looked down, "what do you want to know?" she asked him.

"Anything, just tell me." he said.

"Well I can't just go off of that, I actually need a topic to talk about." she sarcastically told him.

"Fine." Seto spoke. He crossed his arms, "why do you want to be an accountant?"

"My mother was an accountant, and my professors at my school had noticed I had a talent for it so I just decided it was what I was going to study." she answered him. "It made my father really happy to see me excel at something like it."

"Professors?"

Nodding her head, "my father had put me into the best private schools he could find and spared no expense for private tutors to teach me. He pushed me in those classes, so much that I finished high school when I was sixteen." Iris felt the pain of her heart beginning to ache, as she tried to hide it. "I take it your father was hard on you too."

"He would make me study non-stop, it felt like those sessions would never end." he told her.

"That's harsh, but to me it looks like it benefitted in the end. After all you took over when you were just a teenager." she said, "I wouldn't be able to do something like that."

"And why's that?"

Iris looked up at Seto, "because-" she stopped. Iris knew she still wasn't ready yet to tell Seto the whole truth about her, not only was she worried about how he was going to react, but also how it was going to affect them. "It's a personal matter."

Seto could tell she wasn't ready. He was so close to finally hearing her say everything about her past, he's known the truth about her for weeks and yet she still strayed away from speaking a word of it. He wasn't going to push her to tell him, the last thing he wanted to do was to upset her.

"Seto?"

"What?"

"If you don't mind me asking, why are bringing me as your date to the Charity Gala?" Iris asked.

He smiled. "It's a personal matter."

The ballroom was filled with numerous people of wealth, Iris was beyond amazed at how elegant and sophisticated everyone appeared, to the point that she began to feel a bit undressed for the occasion. She grasped onto Seto's arm a bit tighter as he noticed.

"Don't worry," he said to her as he lead her out to the floor. Iris gazed upon the beautiful decor as the room was well lit by the paper like lanterns that hung from the tall ceiling in shades or orange and pink giving the space warmth. Tables were covered with pearl white clothes as they were packed with gatherings of people chatting and laughing.

Bumping into Seto, Iris looked up at him as they stopped in a fairly open space in the ballroom. "Seto, why did you stop?" she asked him.

Turning towards her, Seto held her hand as he motioned for her to look around. Iris could see a few couples dancing in the open space as the live music played melodies that reminded her of romantic slow dancing. "I assume you know how to dance." he said, as Iris jokingly glared at him.

"If I didn't, that dance class I took in New York was just pointless," Iris sarcastically said as she placed her free hand on Seto's shoulder. Raising their held hands up a bit, Seto placed his other hand on her hip as he lead her on the floor.

They locked eyes as they gracefully swayed on the dance floor, both of their movements were light as Seto raised their hands up as she twirled before returning to the way they were when they started dancing. It felt so natural to him, holding her close to him, dancing with her in his arms, Seto began to feel the warmth in his chest that he did the day he first met her.

"Is that Seto Kaiba?" a man asked, as a few of the guests began to gather around.

"IT is him, but who is that girl with him?" a woman asked.

"Could that be his girlfriend?" another man asked.

"They do make a nice couple,"

Iris blushed as she heard all the comments begin said. "You ok?" Seto asked.

Nodding her head, "yea, it's just...I'm not use to all the attention." she told him, as she felt Seto pull her away from the dance floor as he lead her to a different area. Beyond the crowds of people was a large glass arch door that was wide open. When they reached the outside Iris notice that there was practically no one outside.

The balcony appeared to be composed of marble as Iris saw that it was only a few feet high with the columns being hourglassed shaped. She looked up as she saw the full moon high in the sky, beaming down its radiants night light. "It's beautiful out here."

Seto smirked, "remember when you told me when you were younger you wanted to see the Earth like the stars do?" he asked.

"Yea, it's was because when we went to the station I finally had a part of my memory return. But why do you mention it?" Iris questioned.

"Sometime after Mokuba and I were adopted by Gozaburo, he brought up to one of the few parties he threw. It was here at this place that I met two people," he told her. "But out of the two, I almost forgot one of them."

Iris was confused, "what do you mean?"

Seto walked towards the end of the balcony as Iris followed behind him, "you see I met a girl here. Back then I barely smiled anymore, except for a few rare times, but I could never forget her, she made both Mokuba and I laugh that night… she was the one who reminded us of joy. We came out here and she told me that she wanted to see the Earth like the stars do." Seto explained.

"Seto are you sayi-" Iris was cut off as she felt a sharp pain go through her entire body. Similar to when she first had a piece of her memory return.

Seto caught Iris as he saw her lose her balance, "Iris!"

Iris looked around as almost everyone there was twice her size, she looked around as she saw her father talking to another man who had two boys standing beside him. She made her way to her father, "there you are Iris!" she could see the big smile on his face as he ran a hand back through his short black hair.

"Oh so this is your kid, she'll be quite the heartbreaker when she's older Calvin." the man with the slick back dark hair and mustache said. "Boys say hello." he said.

Iris looked as a boy with dark longish hair that was younger than her was wearing a sort of beige like suit as he was standing behind a boy about her age wearing a white suit with brown hair. "Hi!" Iris greeted them.

"Hello." the older one said.

"Boy why don't you get to know Iris better, if that's ok with you Calvin." Gozaburo said.

"Yea, why not." he answered. "Be nice to them Iris."

Nodding her head, Iris and the boys walked away from their fathers. "Come on you guys have got to see this!" she excitingly told them as they made their way to the open arch doors and walked out into the moonlit night. "Isn't it pretty out here!"

She saw both of the boys starting to look a bit more comfortable, "it's better than being in there." the younger brother said as he seemed more relaxed. "I don't really like these kinds of parties."

"Me either," Iris said. "But father insist I go to them with him, why did your father make you guys come?"

"He's out stepfather, and he's the one throwing the party." the elder brother answered.

"Oh so you're the Kaiba brothers!"

Iris pulled herself out of it, as could see the look of concern on Seto's face. "I'm fine." she told him.

"Did your memory come back?" he asked her.

Nodding her head, "yes it did...Seto...I did meet you before here, when we were kids…" she said. "Is that why you wanted to bring me here?"

"It took me awhile to find out why that sounded familiar to me, but I figured I could give it a try, but that's not the reason." he told her, Seto held Iris close to him as he looked into her bright blue eyes. "It's hard to explain, but I just wanted to do it…" he said.

"Seto…"

He couldn't find the right words to say. Seto couldn't deny how he felt, he had never let anyone close to him before, not as close as he let Iris. She was someone who important to him, who meant something to him. He always pushed people away to ensure he and Mokuba were safe, but now he wanted to make sure his own little brother and Iris were safe.

"Thank you." Iris said.

"For what?"

"For today, for everything." she told him, "no one has done anything like this for me." she said.

Seto cupped the side of her face with his hand, as he saw Iris slowly close her eyes. He carefully leaned in as he could feel the whisper touch of her lips against his as he quickly closed the distance between them. Iris wrapped her arms around his neck, as Seto pulled her in close to him. It felt so natural to both of them, they both knew they couldn't fight it anymore.

They slowly pulled away as their foreheads touched, "Seto."

He didn't respond as he kissed her once again, as they kissed again and again in the moonlight.

The office was pitch dark as a man covered in the shadows of the night sat a large desk. He could hear the sound of the door open, "what do you want?" he asked.

A woman wearing a long sleeve dark green dress stepped into the moonlight, in her hand she held a glass filled halfway up with red wine as her other hand held her phone. Her bleach blonde hair was pulled into a braid as the bags under her eyes could tell tales of her sleepless nights. "You may want to see this." she said as she threw her phone to the shadow man.

He grabbed the phone as he could see on the screen a picture of a couple dancing, one looking oddly familiar to him. "What am I looking at here Ruby?" he asked.

"I'm surprised you asked that Gregory, afterall I thought you would remember your boss." she said as she gulped down her glass of wine before carelessly throwing it as it shattered.

"So this is Iris huh? What about the guy with her?" he asked.

"From what I've got, he's Seto Kaiba, President of KaibaCrop. Looks to me that those two are pretty close." she said, "she might be trying to form a partnership with him." she suggested. "That girl is starting to get ahead of us."

"Ruby you know we cannot do anything, Iris probably planning on coming back soon." he said. "I've tried everything I could to see if there was something I could do, anything we could dig up to see if there was a way we could prove Jade to be rightful heir, but there's not!" he exclaimed. "Face it, our goal of taking this place over is coming to an end."

Ruby walked towards the large window as she gazed out with her brown eyes, "that might be true...however, we may have overlooked one thing." she said. "Maybe time is coming to an end, but who said it had to be….our time." she grinned, as she began to laugh at the thoughts in her head.