Sorry for the three day delay, I didn't have much inspiration for that chapter.

Chapter fourteen: Home sweet home.

Anzu could barely contain herself during her last day at school, she was going to spend her Christmas vacation in Japan. She was so happy, she hadn't been there since she started school over two years ago, it had been so long since she lase saw her friends and her family. She still couldn't believe that Seto Kaiba actually offered himself to take her back there, true, he had been somewhat civil to her those last two weeks, but she never expected he'd actually do anything like this.

As he told her, a black limo was waiting in front of the school as got out of her last class, the driver welcomed her and opened the door for her, he took her home so she could pick up her luggage and then drove her all the way to the airport. When they arrived, the driver took her things and led her all the way to a remote area in the airport and into a small jet. Anzu stared at it in awe, figures Kaiba would own his own private jet. A young flight attendant was waiting at the door, she smiled kindly as she motioned for Anzu to climb in. Anzu just couldn't believe her eyes as she entered the plane, truth be told, it looked more like a living room than a plane, there where only a few seats and they where huge, they looked more like coaches and there was a small table in the middle, there was also something that looked like a mini bar and a huge TV.

"You sure know who to travel with class." Anzu said, still in awe.

Kaiba, who was already sitting on one of the seat, barely looked up from his laptop, he didn't even stop typing but Anzu was used to Kaiba's lack of response so she didn't make a fuss about it...after all, he was bringing her all the way to Japan for free. Ok so the guy had probably more money they he knew what to do with it so it wouldn't really change anything in his life if she paid him, but the reason she never came back to Japan in the last two years was because she couldn't afford to so she was extremely grateful.

"Thanks...for bringing me." She said as she sat down, two seats away from the CEO to not invade his personal space.

"I told you before, I'm just repaying a favor you did me." Kaiba said.

Anzu sighed. "I know for you it's just that, but I'm still grateful, you don't know how much it means to me, so...thanks."

When Anzu woke up, the sun was still up, she looked at her watch, it told her that it was 2 in the morning back in New-York, but that gave her little indication on what time it really was wherever they were right now. She sat up on her seat and looked around, still in a daze, she noticed that Kaiba was still working on his laptop, like he was since they left. "Do you ever sleep?" She asked, rubbing her eyes.

"Do you only ask stupid questions?" Kaiba replied, not looking up from his laptop.

"You should rest a little."

"And you should mind your own business. I can still kick you out if you keep bothering me."

Anzu frowned, but chose to ignore his comment, of course he wouldn't throw her out. "Why are you working so much anyway?"

Kaiba sighed. "I promised Mokuba that I wouldn't work while I'll be there."

"That sound hard to believe." Anzu said.

"I know, but I promised...and if I don't keep it then how am I supposed to expect Mokuba to trust me?"

Anzu sighed softly. "Still, he wouldn't be happy to see you overworking yourself like that..."

Anzu sighed as she got out of the plane, it had been along flight and truth be told, Kaiba wasn't exactly what you call entertaining company, he spent the entire trip working, actually that meant that he didn't sleep in the last 24 hours at least. Still he looked just as he already did, which made her wonder just how often he was doing that. She followed Kaiba out of the plane and into the airport.

Mokuba was waiting in in airport, in the still large room used by those who had private planes, he stood up from his seat when his brother arrived and walked to the door, well, if you can call hoping around with crutches walking, even though it had been two months since he had his accident, he still had a cast on his left leg and he was still weak so he couldn't move around much before getting tired. He smiled tiredly as he saw his brother coming out of the plane. "Hey bro. How was the trip?" But his smile quickly turned into surprise as he Anzu following his older brother outside of the plane.

Anzu smiled as she saw the younger Kaiba. "Hi Mokuba! You're looking better."

Mokuba stared at her, than at his brother, than back at her, his mouth slightly opened as if he was about to say something but couldn't decide on what. "Hi..." He finally said before giving his brother a weird look.

Avoiding his little brother's questioning glance, Kaiba started moving forward. "Let's go kid."

"Kaiba, wait!" Anzu called. Kaiba stopped next to his brother and turned around to look at her. Anzu smiled kindly at him, she closed the distance between then and hugged him tightly for a short second. Kaiba stiffened but still didn't push her away. "Thanks again for bringing me." She said as she grabbed her luggage and walked away from them. "Have a nice holiday."

Mokuba stared wide eyes at his brother, who stared after Anzu just as surprised. "So...you and Anzu..."

"Don't be ridiculous." Kaiba cut him, turning his gaze away from her and walking away toward the exit.

"Big brother. Your blushing." Mokuba said.

"Shut up, Mokuba."

Mokuba only laughed before following him. He was still smiling at his brother's back when they reached the limo, Kaiba got in first and laid down in one of the seats and closed his eyes, he was just so tired.

"But seriously." Mokuba said as he sat down in front of his brother. "Something has to be going on between you and Anzu for you to bring her."

"I owed her, that's all." Kaiba explained, turning his head to look at his brother.

"So you just invited her like that out of nowhere?" Mokuba doubtfully asked.

Kaiba frowned, damn his brother and his perceptiveness. "Does it really matter?"

"If it didn't then you wouldn't be avoiding the subject." Mokuba countered with a smug grin.

Kaiba stared up at him...he didn't have anything to counter that argument. It was true, why should he care if it didn't mean anything? If he still refused to say anything Mokuba would take it as confirmation that something is going on and if he said the truth, he would still assume something is going on. He was stuck. "Because it's irrelevant, our path crossed a few times since you left and I proposed to bring her here as a thank..."

"And how did you path 'crossed'."

"You're annoying." Kaiba said.

"And you're hiding something." Mokuba countered.

"There is nothing whatsoever going between me and Mazaki, never was and never will so drop it." Kaiba said, losing his patience, he didn't like being stuck in a corner.

"Fine, fine." Mokuba said, raising his hands in mocked defense. "Doesn't matter, Anzu will tell me." He said, smiling mischievously.

Kaiba did his best not to react, of course Mazaki would tell him and once she did, he'd never hear the end of it...even if nothing was going on.

Anzu got up early the next morning, she was so excited she could barely sleep at all. They had arrived around seven thirty the previous day and Anzu's parent took her out to eat and she talked none stop about everything that was going on in her life. She was so happy to see them. But today they had to work, so she decided to go and surprise her friends. Kaiba's offer to bring her with him had been so sudden and at the last minute that she barely had the time to get ready and warn her parents, so the guys didn't know she was there.

Anzu couldn't stop smiling as she saw the game shop only a few blocks away, she couldn't believe she was going to see her friends again after over two years, she was a little worried about just how much things might have changed. She took a deep breath before opening the door and she stepped in. As she expected, he was right there, Yugi was sitting behind the counter, reading something, he looked up from his book when he heard the bell over the door chiming. His eyes widened and he stared at her in shock. "Anzu?"

Anzu smiled sheepishly. "Surprise."

Yugi stood up from his seat and quickly walked up to her and hugged her tightly. "What are you doing here? I thought you couldn't afford to come back."

Anzu returned the hug just as tightly. "Something unexpected came up and here I am."

"What? You won the lottery?" Yugi asked, he let go of her and took a step back to get a good look at her.

"Not really." Anzu said, still smiling. Yugi hadn't changed much since last time she saw him, he had grown a little, he was now about her height and his features had matured a little, but it was still Yugi.

"You didn't get expelled, right?" He asked, frowning.

Anzu laughed. "No, of course not." She hesitated a little, she had been friends with Yugi since she was 5, and he knew she didn't have the money to pay for the trip so of course he would wonder about how she got here but should she tell him the truth? Well she couldn't lie to him, and avoiding the subject would only make things more suspicious, beside she had nothing to hide, right? "Actually....I came with Kaiba." She admitted, slightly avoiding his gaze.

"Kaiba?" Yugi asked, raising an eyebrow.

Anzu smiled. "Yea....he just asked me if I wanted to come."

Yugi still looked just as surprised. "Really? Seto Kaiba?"

Anzu nodded. "Yea, well actually he said it was to thanks me for making him go see Mokuba after the accident."

"So he just popped out of nowhere and asked you if you wanted to come with him?"

"Something like that." She said, though it wasn't exactly the entire truth. "Hey, he brought me here so I'm not going to complain or anything." She said, trying to dismiss the subject. "Are you working?"

Yugi opened the door leading to the house and yelled. "Grandpa, Anzu is visiting, I'm taking the day off." And turned toward her, smiling. "Not anymore."

(an: Seriously, do you really want me to go around and write stuff about Anzu going out with her friends or seeing her family and having Anzu's aunt pinch her cheeks saying she grew up, which wouldn't have any real plot and no Kaiba/Anzu interaction? Cause I could go on and on about really pointless stuff here. I don't think you want that, so we're going to skip all the friendly get together and skip to the only important part of the vacation)

Anzu patiently waited as she drank some of her hot chocolate, she was in an extremely good mood, it had been a week since she arrived in Japan and she was having such a great time. She had spent most of her time hanging around with the guys or with her parents, they were all so excited to see her, her friends had a small party the day before Christmas Eve and she spent Christmas Eve with all her family: her grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins. She couldn't put into words just how she felt.

"Sorry, I hope you didn't wait too long." Mokuba said as he arrived, his coat and hair full of snow. "It's a real storm outside." He sat down in front of her.

Anzu blinked as she saw him walking freely. "You had your cast removed?" She asked, excitedly.

Mokuba sighed happily. "Yes, I feel so light now, though it's a little freaky to walk on my leg after two months. But that thing was making me go crazy. Walking with crutches is only funny for 5 minutes. So, are you enjoying your trip?"

Anzu smiled. "Yes, you have no idea how thankful I am for you brother to bring me here. I hadn't realized just how much I missed everyone. It's so good to be back, even if it's just for a while. What about you? How are things with your brother?"

Mokuba smiled softly. "Really good, actually. He's actually keeping his promise not to work."

"Really?" She asked, surprise. "What is he doing now?"

"Some charity thing." Mokuba said. "I'm not so heartless as to forbid him to give money to orphans during the holidays."

"And you decided to skip to take me out?"

"It's boring." Mokuba whined. "Beside, other than the fact that I absolutely love your company, I had another reason to want to talk to you in private." Mokuba suddenly turned more serious.

"What is it?" Anzu cautiously asked, taking a sip of her hot chocolate.

Mokuba looked directly at her. "What really is going on between you an my brother?" He asked.

Anzu practically choked on her drink. "What?" She asked, after she recovered from her coughing fit.

"You heard me. Seto won't say anything, but he brought you with him, he wouldn't do that for just anyone."

"He just did it to thank me for what I did after your accident. That's all."

Mokuba sighed. "Please, I'm serious. My brother is not the kind of guy to randomly offer things like that, even to someone he considers himself indebted to. I worry about him, about his personal life, he never had anyone outside of me. I noticed he sounded more and more down everyday after I left, he was quickly starting to become more distant again and all of a sudden he started being in a better mood and more talkative and he showed up with you. I know something is going on."

Anzu sighed, she lowered her gaze to her cup as she fidgeted with it. "We've been....seeing each other lately. Don't get me wrong, were not involved or anything, we barely even talk. He just started coming to the café where I work two weeks ago, he drinks a coffee and leave, nothing else. Seriously there's nothing going on."

Mokuba smiled fondly. "For Seto to seek someone else's company is something huge."

"What? He's not seeking me out, he's just-"

"You don't seriously think that my brother, who never once in his life took a break for work, is actually doing it just for coffee." Mokuba cut her off, smiling. But then his smile disappeared again. "that's why I'm worried. Seto is not as strong as he seems, everyone just turned their back on him and used him, that's why he doesn't trust people, he's afraid of being betrayed again. So if he were to open up to someone and that person ended up using him also..."

"You're afraid I'm going to betray Kaiba?" Anzu asked.

Mokuba sighed, he senses that he had insulted her. "I don't mean it like that. I really think Seto should open up to people, but Seto.....has a lot of issues, so if you're not ready to face that and go all the way with it, then I don't think you should get close to him at all."

Anzu smiled softly. "I actually care about him, I've always considered him as a friend and I don't plan on betraying him or anything. I really don't know how things will turn out, but I'm sure that, behind all his walls your brother is a good person, after all he raised you and you're the sweetest person I know. I'd like to meet that person."

"I hope you'll be strong enough. You'll have to fight your way to him, he might even hurt you." Mokuba said sadly. "I really want him to open up to you, but I don't want you to get hurt..."

This time, when Anzu opened her eyes, it was dark outside of the plane, her two weeks were up and she was going back to America with Kaiba. She almost didn't want to go back after seeing her friends and family, but she knew that eventually she would come back home for good. She looked up to where Kaiba was working when he fell asleep, to her surprise, he was laying down ans sleeping as well, she sat up and stared. So the great Seto Kaiba did sleep after all, however, his sleep didn't look peaceful, he was slightly tossing a little and his features were strained.

"Kaiba?" She asked softly, but he didn't wake up, he just started groaning and tossing more. "Hey Kaiba, wake up!" She said louder, putting a hand on his shoulder to shake him awake. But as soon as she touched him he snapped awake and his hand rose up and he slapped her, causing her to fall on the ground. She stared up at him in shock, her hand raising to her cheek, Kaiba stared at her for a second before his eyes lit up in recognition and he realized what happened.

There you go, yea I know, I'm evil.

Note to you all, my mid term exams are in three weeks, and in university exam weeks are something and I really have to start studying seriously right about now. I will probably update before then, but I don't think I will be able to keep the one week update until those are finished.

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