Shvon: It shows how much he loves he trusts and loves her indeed, and it also shows that he was totally with her for this duel. Plus, she wins with the Blue-Eyes, so Seto actually wins the duel with Mai ;)
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ValonGirl: Mmmh, not too mean with Valon… well I won… well… it depends what you mean by that… you'll see!!
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Disclaimer: I did not have sex with that woman! Uh, sorry, I meant, I do not own YGO!
Chapter 14: Obsessions
"It seems she finally understood", Mai said.
"Yeah, it took her quite a long time."
"Now we gotta find Valon… but something tells me that he won't be that easy with him."
They searched for Valon all around the place: no one had seen him today.
"Now what?" Mai asked. "Maybe he didn't even come here today…"
"We should get back to our hotel and see if we can find him there."
Kaiba drove the car back to the hotel. As soon as they stepped into the place, the CEO took control of the situation.
"I'll look around and check if someone saw Valon today. You go back to the suite, call the front desk and ask to be speak to Vivian Wong's room, so maybe you can speak to Valon."
"All right."
He gave her the magnetic card to unlock the suite's door and she walked straight to the elevator.
DING DING!
Mai left the elevator and headed for their suite. She dropped the magnetic card on the coffee table, sat on a couch and reached to the phone. Mai pressed the 0 and waited for the receptionist to answer.
"Front desk, how may I help you?"
"Yes, I need to speak to Vivian Wong please."
Mai was looking around the suite. It was so quiet… too quiet?
"Yes, madam, I'll patch you through."
She heard some "bip bip" before the phone started to ring. She looked at her watch. Shouldn't Mokuba be up by now?
"Mokuba?" she asked as the phone was still ringing.
She received no answer. Mai frowned and stood up. It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon. He can't be still sleeping, can he? Mai walked as far as she could while holding the phone, and stretched her entire body to look in Mokuba's bedroom.
Empty.
"MOKUBA?!!"
She immediately dropped the phone and reached into her pocket for the cell phone Kaiba gave her. She picked the first number in the list. Kaiba's private number.
"Yes?" he answered three seconds later.
"Seto! I'm-I'm in the suite, I wanted to call Valon but I just realized… Mokuba isn't here!"
There was a silence.
"Are you sure he's not in the suite?"
"Yes, I am! I yelled his name and got no answer! Is it possible that he left somewhere without telling you?"
"No. Absolutely not. I'm coming right now."
He hung up is phone, and it him only one minute to step in the suite. He seemed extremely worried – even more than Mai had imagined.
"You sure he's not here?"
"Yes! I'm not that dumb!"
But Seto didn't listen to her and started looking around the suite.
"I told you he's not here! Now, what are we gonna do? Call the police?"
"And let them know my brother disappeared when I was supposed to take care of him, let the magazines know that Seto Kaiba can't even take care of his little brother? Hell no. I'm taking care of that by myself."
"And how exactly do you plan of finding him? You can't use the same tactic you used to find me or Vivian. He's not wearing a Duel Disk and he's surely not dueling."
"No. But I can still trace him."
Kaiba turned on his laptop as Mai raised an eyebrow.
"But how?"
He showed her the card he was always wearing around his neck.
"You see this? Mokuba has the same. Inside his, he has a picture of me. It's sort of a souvenir for both of us. Moreover, those cards give access to all the secure areas of the Kaiba Corporation, some that are only accessible by both of us."
Seto typed his long password.
"But recently, I had something to Mokuba's card. A GPS chip. All I have to do, is activate the signal…"
A red dot appeared on his screen. He smirked.
"There he is."
He stood up and gave her the laptop.
"We get in the car. I'll drive following your indications."
"But Seto!"
She almost ran to follow him.
"Won't you just listen to me! What if it's a trap?"
He pressed the elevator's button.
"Fine. Then stay here, but I'm going."
"Just think about it before you act! What are you going to do?"
"I'll do whatever I have to do to rescue Mokuba."
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Kaiba was driving way too fast. Mai wondered if they would even survive this ride.
"Turn left!"
He almost smashed the car into a yellow taxi when he did what she asked. His cell phone rang. Seto sighed and answered, in a very abrupt way:
"What is it?"
"Mr. Kaiba, we have a problem!"
"Roland? I don't have time to talk with you!"
"But sir, it's an emergency. Someone is buying lots of shares of the Kaiba Corporation!"
"So what? Couldn't you wait before you call me for that?"
"No, sir. That person is buying exclusively your shares."
"What?"
"Yes, and if they don't stop, you won't be our major shareholder!"
"Try to stop them."
"But sir, how?"
"I don't know, do your job for a change!"
He threw his cell phone on the back seat.
"What is it?"
"Someone's buying a bunch of my shares in my company. Like I wanna take care of it now…"
"Stop right here."
She pointed an old restaurant. It looked deserted. Seto jumped out the black car and Mai had to run to follow him into the former Chinese restaurant. Someone was sitting on a chair, turning his back on the door. Could it be…?
"Mokuba!"
Kaiba started running, but was stopped by someone who grabbed his shoulders before he could reach the chair.
"Not so fast, mate."
"You! I should've known! Get the hell out of my way!"
"Sorry, that's not the plan."
"Valon."
Mai's voice was full of hate and disdain.
"How could you… Seto and Mokuba didn't do anything to you!"
"They took you away from me."
"You're insane! I don't love you, get over it!"
Another feminine voice rose:
"Why don't you get over yourself for a change, blondie?"
Vivian Wong turned: she was the one sitting on the chair, Mokuba's card around her neck. She had undone her ponytail to look a bit like Mokuba from behind. She smiled, and then Mai understood – she understood everything.
"You planned all this… when we were dueling, Valon took Mokuba… and you knew Seto would be watching me…"
"Bingo."
"Ok. Gonna need some help here", Kaiba said. "Why the hell did you do that? If you wanted to piss me of, your presence in itself was more than enough."
"Oh, that one was Valon's idea. He just wanted to make you feel the way he felt when he first saw you with Mai. In fact… we plan on taking away everything you have, my dear Seto."
"But why? If you love him that much, why hurt him?" Mai asked.
"Because when he has nothing left, I highly doubt you stay with him. Then I'll be happy to comfort him, since I truly love him!"
Mai blinked several times, and then started to laugh.
"Really? That's your plan? You're actually wasting your time, Chinese doll. I won't leave Seto just because you're messing with his life! You're insane, Vivian! You can't split us up like this and even if you could, that wouldn't mean Seto would fall for you!"
"Wait a second. You're the one buying my shares?" understood Kaiba.
"I used all the money I won with my second place in the tournament today, but it worked. You're not the major shareholder anymore. Looks like you lost your job."
"Enough with your nonsense. Give me back my brother!"
"Nuh-uh. Sorry. You'll have to be nicer than that to me if you wanna get your little brother back."
She stood up.
"Oh, but don't worry, you can have him back. It only depends on you."
Kaiba's fist was so thigh that Mai could see it shaking. Vivian slowly walked towards him and grabbed his jacket in the same way she did the first day of the tournament. She whispered to his hear:
"Look at me and touch me the way you look at Mai and touch her… and Mokuba will be free."
Kaiba violently pushed her on the ground.
"Not even in your dreams. Tell me where my brother is!"
"Not if you keep on being so rude… well…"
She stood up.
"Until next time, lover boy."
Vivian blew him a kiss and left with Valon. Kaiba kicked a wooden table to free his inner rage.
"I can't believe they actually…"
Mai's hand touched his shoulder.
"We'll make them pay, Seto. We're pretty good at it…"
End of the chapter: Yeah, Mokuba always ends up being kidnapped. Seto should definitely carry him on a leash.