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The Fascinating World of Kai-Tar

Princess Kirei: The Royal Crier in...

ABI!

Silence was the semblance of peace in the Kaiba study. Seto Kaiba sat behind his desk musing through documents that had yet to be finished. He wasn't backed up and at this point, he was ahead of all his schedules. This was simply leisure work to keep his hands busy while he anticipated certain dates. His fireplace was actually crackling quietly and the November rains outside drowned out any other ruckus that could disturb him.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"

The long wail of a Harpy rattled that once orb of calm and in the midst of signing a document Kaiba nearly signed his name inappropriately. Letting out a hiss of air Kaiba heard the feisty footsteps heading down that long marble hallway towards his office. Scooting papers aside he waited for the entrance.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III!" This was followed by a rapping on his door.

"Enter."

Kirei Kaiba entered utterly drenched from head to toe. "Abi..." the swelled up thirteen year old tracked wet footprints across his imported wood—Kaiba did his best not to kick her out with the mess, "I'm soaked."

Kaiba pinched the bridge of his nose and swiveled his chair around. She rounded the desk and stood before him, arms crossed with her right hip slightly jutted in a show of arrogance and annoyance. The pose was hauntingly familiar but Kaiba refused to identify it. "What happened?"

"I was attending an outing with my friends when bad weather arose. Abi, they LEFT me!"

Now the story interested him. How DARE they leave HIS daughter out in the rain! "What?"

Kirei slowly let her arms drop by her hips and lowered her head. Immediately her shoulders shook and the water dripping from her hair wasn't the only part of her leaking. "Why does everyone hate me?" Her voice garbled by heavy whimpers that were blossoming into full sobbing.

Immediately he locked up and his eyes went wide. "I uh..." Kaiba absolutely hated when she cried. Though Kirei was a lot like him, one of the largest things that differed between them were her heavy emotions. Every feeling was pushed to the max so when she was crippled with sadness, it was always genuine and heartbreaking. Plus, what father wants to watch their little girl cry? Surely not him, but he was also awful at comforting; that was Isis' forte. "Where—"

"I don't want Umm, I want you!" She curled up in his lap for the first time since she had turned a teen and hugged him tight. She buried her face in the cashmere turtleneck and continued crying.

Kaiba awkwardly lifted his arms and flapped them robotically around her, not sure what to do. Kirei showed pity on him and took his arms, wrapping them securely around her. He gently squeezed her in thanks before slowly resting his head atop of hers. He knew Isis always liked when he did such action and sure enough Kirei quieted down against him.

"Tell me what happened."

"We were all in the park," her small voice mumbled against his clothes. "Then we saw the clouds coming in. Jin called his chauffeur and said he'd be there soon. I...I went to the bathroom and when I came out, everyone was gone. I called them and they never answered. I even sent a text..."

"What did they say?" He could tell from her delay that surely something had been said.

"One of them, Kumi, texted back and told me that they all hated me and hoped I got struck by lightning."

Kaiba kept himself from pulling up this 'Jin' and 'Kumi's' personal records to ruin them before they could even turn sixteen. "Who do they think they are?"

Kirei pulled back and looked up into her dad's eyes with blue eyes, "Better than me..."

This time Kaiba didn't need help. He embraced her with everything he had and rubbed his cheek placating against her head of big black curls. The look he had seen in her eyes was utter insecurity. Kirei had struggled with her own self-identity since turning double digits. She was very insecure and had no reason to be so. She was beautiful, smart and his. Her being his alone should have given her all the confidence in the world, but the still learning father had something else to learn: his little princess was no longer little. She was budding into a woman and having him tell her she was the best would no longer be enough. Today was a perfect example of it. A small part of him ached with the realization.

"Abi?"

"Yes?"

She whispered in the sweetest of tones, "Am I still your princess?"

Kirei held on to him tighter and he felt warm all over despite him now being just as soaked with cold rain water as she. Even if his words weren't always enough, and even the things she remembered him telling her wasn't enough in the time of recollection; as long as she remembered them and continued to reinforce them through any mode, he could be happy. Even though one day she would be societal and literally too big for his arms, he would still make room on his lap for his princess.

Kaiba actually smiled as he nodded warmly against her. "Always."

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I was feeling sentimental and typed this up. I also realized I haven't updated this in a while and wanted to do so. I hope you all enjoyed it.

Arabic Words:

Abi – Father

Umm – Mother

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