Attorney Meeting Room, Domino City Police Department Headquarters

Rajata sighed and stared at the man sitting at the table. "What are you doing here Kaiba?" She stood frozen in place, unsure of her next move. 'He is probably here to gloat about how he turned me in to the cops. Well this poses a new idea for escape. All I have to do is fashion me a weapon and then I can take him as my hostage. No, that's insane. Sure I would be able to get out of the building but what then? The police would be all over me the minute I release Kaiba.'

Seto motioned to the padded black seat in front of the black table. Rajata stayed in her spot, glaring at the young man. Seto sighed and tried to remain calm. He attempted to show only curiosity in his eyes and on his face. "I need to talk to you and this time, no distractions."

Rajata scoffed and crossed her arms. 'What is that in his eyes? It is hidden deep but it is there. He sounds like he wants to know something, like he is craving something. What is he planning exactly?' Rajata shakes her head. "What in the hell do I have to talk to you about?" her voice wavered slightly as she spoke.

Seto closed his eyes, her words clearly having an effect on him. "Please Rajata, have a seat."

Rajata turned her back on him. "I have nothing to say to you Kaiba. Call the officer I want to go back to my cell."

Seto pushed his chair back and walked to her. Grabbing Rajata's shoulder, he pulled her to the seat and forced her to sit down. She looked wild-eyed at him, ready to pounce the minute he turned his back. He settled himself back into his chair and put his briefcase onto the table. He shuffled some papers in it and pulled a sheet out. "I wrote up this contract so that whatever is said in this room, you know it won't leave here. So if you will sign this then we can get started." He held out a pen to her.

Rajata crossed her arms. "Why should I?"

Seto looked puzzled. "What do you have to lose?"

Rajata slammed her hands onto the table causing Seto to recoil quickly. "What do you hope to accomplish here?"

Seto regained his composer and let his face fall back into his natural, cold expression. "What are you talking about? I only came to help you. If you don't want my help…."

Rajata scoffed, letting her emotions come out. Everything flooded out at once. Her voice remained strong but tears began to boil over and out of her eyes. "You want to help me? I trusted you with my life's secret; a secret that would destroy me if anyone else found out about it. I trusted you with everything including my own body. Now, not even twenty four hours later I wind up arrested and thrown into jail for multiple charges. You know, if you have a problem with me, then settle it with me. There was no call to stoop that low and have the person who saved your brother from a horrible death tossed into lock up. Say something?" Rajata stared into the man's eyes. 'There is that look again. I know what it is now. He wants to trust me but he is….scared. He is scared of me. No, not me; then what is he scared of?'

Seto folded his hands onto the table and stared at his fingers. "I want to talk Rajata, but I want you to know you can trust me."

Rajata bit her bottom lip. The inner voice in her head began to scream at her. 'Do not say what you are about to. Tell him that you trust him and forgive him for whatever he did. He can fix this, just don't that bridge.' Rajata inhaled deeply, quieting the voice. She had had enough of the backstabbing and pain this man has caused her over the short time she knew him. "How can I? Every time I try to believe in you I wind up hurt. Every time I try to get close to you and feel human for once, I get hurt. How do I know I won't get…."

"I didn't call the police." Seto interrupted her. His voice was stone cold and deadly serious. Rajata was taken aback by his words. She stared at the man's face, completely speechless. Her mouth was slightly agape, trying to form the words that would not even process in her mind. Seto sighed and continued, trying to sound as compassionate as he could. His voice was soft and strained; compassion did not come easily to the hard man. He spoke slowly. "I did not and would never call the police on you. The night that you told me and Mokuba about your past, someone was listening in on us. Roland, my chief security advisor, heard everything." Seto reached out his hand and gingerly laid it on top of Rajata's balled up fist. "He is concerned about the well of me and Mokuba and took it upon himself to get rid of you. He thought with you out of the picture, the Family would never have a reason to threaten us again. I can see his good intentions but what he did is unforgiveable."

Seto paused as Rajata held up her hand. She needed a minute to think. 'So Seto didn't turn me in after all. Then why did he come here? He knows full and well that I really did all the things they accuse me of. There is no way around what is about to happen. I am going to go to trial and be sentenced to death. At least the lethal injection will be nothing compared to what the Family would do to me. I suppose I deserve it though.' Rajata let a few more tears fall, her mind was slowly shutting down. A sense of impending doom lingered in her stomach. "As mad as I am at the fact this Roland knows everything I told you, it can't be helped."

Seto look astonished at her. "Rajata, what do you mean?"

Rajata closed her eyes. "Face it Seto, all it would take is them going through my apartment and finding my weapons and tools and database. With all of that, they could drag me into court. Then it is a matter of time before the trial ends and I'm sentenced to death. There is nothing we can do."

Seto shook his head. "They can't hold you solely on the base of an anonymous tip. They also can't get a search warrant unless they have probable cause or for some reason you can be placed at Duelist Kingdom when Pegasus died. Both of which I have covered."

Rajata opened her eyes and stared at Seto. "What do you mean covered?"

Seto smiled. "I told the sergeant that you were me at the time of Pegasus's death. When he asked he me what we were doing I told him about your paintings."

"That is a smart idea but any expert would be able to tell that the paint I use dries in a specific time frame. That paint would show them that the work was completed before Pegasus's death and therefore would never hold up as solid evidence." Rajata retorted, smiled at Seto's try at help.

Seto smiled triumphantly and crossed his arms. "I'm not referring to those paintings, but the one you left for me. The one you made for me the first day you ever came to my office."

A light blush lit up Rajata's cheeks. She closed her eyes as she tried to remember that day. 'That was the first day I actually felt safe. I just couldn't help myself. I kept looking out the window to get inspiration from the landscape but my eyes would always dart back to you. The sun just lit up your eyes as you worked and your hair was like gold. It would sparkle and every time you moved even the slightest bit, I would swear I was dreaming. For a split second I got scared then. I thought that it was a dream and I would wake up back in Anton's Compound. But then I remembered that you were real and that this was real. I cherish this memory above all else, since it was the first time I felt my heart actually beat.' Rajata smiled and a single tear ran down her cheek. "That is still in its early stages of painting. I would be difficult to decipher with the base coat of paint when it was done, so they couldn't deny your claim that I was there at the time."

"Not only that but you are speaking to the greatest technical genius in the world." He said smugly, sitting back in his seat. He seemed to relax slightly and even smiled despite the circumstances. He always did love talking about his own highlights, especially his electronic background.

Rajata furrowed her brows, still not seeing the connection. "What does you knowing about technology have to do with the current situation?"

Seto smiled and pulled out a disk from his briefcase. "This holds the security footage to the hall outside my office. I used my expertise to manipulate the footage into showing you coming and leaving on the day Pegasus died. It alone proves that you were in Kaiba Corp. at the time of the suicide, making it just that a suicide."

Rajata stared at the shimmering cd. "Seto you have to show the sergeant that right now!" She leaned forward in excitement, her eyes lighting up. 'If the sergeant buys this forgery, I could be home tonight! I knew I was doing the right thing when I decided to befriend this guy. I take back all the nasty things I just thought about him, for now.' Rajata smiled inwardly. 'He still can be a royal prick but at least right now, he's just a normal guy.'

Seto smiled and stood up, replacing everything into his briefcase. "Why should I? What is in this for me?"

Rajata's mouth hung openly slightly, she could not believe what she was hearing. "Are you kidding me right now? After all the nice things you just said to me about trying to help, you're now going to hold my freedom in front of me like a stick for a dog?" She furrowed her brows, confusion and betrayal written all over her face.

Seto smiled and then started laughing evilly. He reached a hand for the door and paused. He turned to face her. "I already gave him a copy of the footage. That cd was full of my baby pictures. The sergeant will be reviewing the tape for a while but after that he should have no reason to pursue any charges against you. You should be home before midnight." Seto didn't even wait for her response and glided out of the room.

Rajata stared out of the open door and smiled. 'Thank you Seto Kaiba. You had me worried there for a minute that you were going to be your normal, douchebag self. I might have the wrong view on you. I wonder if he got the answers…..wait, we didn't even address his thoughts on my past. Silly Seto, you are a forgetful man.'

An officer led Rajata back to her cell. She smiled the entire way and even hummed to the tune that was on the officer's iPod. Once the door was locked, she lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling. Rajata closed her eyes and fell asleep soon after. She dreamt of the past she always wanted and the future she would fight to achieve.

Kaiba Corp. Gaming Lap, One Hour Later

Seto threw open the doors to his lap. Mokuba ran into the room ahead of his brother and flipped the light switch. The lights flickered to life and illuminated the lab's contents. An egg shaped pod stood in the center of the room. Many wires were attached to the pod and ran to a nearby computer. Mokuba ran to the computer and started flipping switches. The pod started humming slowly, the lid opening.

After he was done turning on the machine, he turned his attention to his brother. "Are you sure you want to test this yourself Seto? We should really get one of the techs to do this. What if something goes wrong?"

Seto smirked and stretched out his limbs. "Mokuba stop asking me that. I am going to test the game and that is final."

Mokuba bit his lip and reviewed the readings that were on the monitors in front of him. "But Seto, what if something goes horribly wrong?"

Seto shook his head dismissively. He climbed into the awaiting pod and lay back. He inserted his duel deck into a drawer and glanced over to his brother. "If something goes wrong you will be able to fix it. I trust you Mokuba." He gave his brother a thumb up and smirked.

Mokuba reluctantly pressed the button to close the pod. When the pod sealed shut a monitor lit up with a picture of Seto in character form. "Alright so far, so good brother." He said out loud, even though his brother would not be able to hear him. Suddenly the lights in the room went out and all that remained on was the monitors at the computer. Mokuba looked around in a panic. "What is going on here?" One of the monitors sprang to life and a picture of an older man appeared on the computer. 'Oh no, it is one of the big five! I have to get Seto out of there!' Mokuba started to press a sequence of buttons on the computer but a warning message appeared on the screen. "I have been locked out of the system?" Mokuba ran to the pod containing his brother. He started banging on the closed lid. "Seto you have to wake up! The big five are trying to take control of the game!" Mokuba screamed as he desperately hit the pod. Seto did not even flinch as the glass was insulated so no sound would penetrate it.

The man on the monitor started laughing darkly. The man started talking in a southern accent. "Don't worry little Mokuba, your big brother is safe inside our game, for now. We will keep his mind trapped there until you sign over the Kaiba Corporation to us."

Mokuba ran to the monitor to look at the man's face. "Let my brother out of there Lector! He would never hand over Kaiba Corp. to you jerks."

Lector laughed again. "Then I'm afraid we will have to take the company by force." Lector turned to someone off screen and said, "Go to the lab and bring me back Mokuba. I'll force him to sign the papers. After that we'll pull the plug on that pod and let his brother's mind deteriorate into cyber space." The screen went black after that.

Mokuba looked around the room, searching for a way out. "I can't use the door, they will be heading towards it. There has to be….the air vents. I'm the only one small enough to fit into them. I have to go get help."

Mokuba pried open the pod's door. He took his brother's deck and ran to the air vent. He climbed into it. Moving as fast as he could through the tunnels, he quickly found an exited near the entrance to the building. He waited until the coast was clear to come out. He bolt away from the building, running as fast as he could. Mokuba just wanted to try to put as much distance as he could between him and the building. 'Where am I going to go? Seto would never forgive me if I called the police. The only way to safe Seto anyway is to go into the game and find him. If we saved him in the game we could wake him up and he would stop the Big Five.' Mokuba was quickly coming up on the game shop that Yugi's family owned. He smiled and ran to the building. The rain started coming down heavily, soaking the young boy. He shivered as he threw open the door to the shop. Yugi and the others gasped as they caught sight of the shivering and exhausted boy.

"Help me, it's Seto. He's in big trouble." Mokuba gasped out, trying to catch his breath.

Domino City Police Department

Rajata changed back into her school uniform. She didn't bother to put on her pink vest but instead threw it over her shoulder. She sighed as she looked at the rain. "I can't believe I am stuck downtown without my purse, money, or car. Oh and not to mention it decided to piss rain tonight. I'm just going to have to suck it up and go get my purse from Yugi." She began to walk towards the game shop. Ten minutes later she arrived at the small shop. She opened the unlocked door after noticing the open sign hanging in the window. An elderly man with grey hair was behind the counter.

He smiled at Rajata. "Hello, how can I help you this evening?"

Rajata put her best smile on in an attempt to brighten her mood. The foul weather made Rajata uncomfortable as she knew he clothes would cling to her body. Twice on the walk to the shop, a car would stop and try to entice her into getting in. She would ignore their advances and just continue her trek. Rajata approached the counter and held out her hand. "I'm Rajata, a friend of Yugi's. I asked him to bring home my things from school and was wondering if he was around to get them back."

The old man's face fell. Rajata recoiled her hand. "They just ran out of the door with Mokuba Kaiba."

'The "ran out" with Mokuba? Why would Seto allow Mokuba out this late at night? Let alone without an escort, I don't remember seeing any drivers out front or anywhere near this place. Something is not right about all this.' Rajata narrowed her eyes at Yugi's grandfather. "What happened? Is everything alright with Mokuba?"

Gramps tried to smile but it dropped. "Well he came bursting into the store, soaking wet and out of breath. He said that his brother was in danger. We got him to calm down and he started telling us the whole story. He said that his brother was testing a game that was just finished. Someone hacked into their mainframe and took control of the game. Kaiba was trapped in the game and the hacker is threatening to trap his mind there forever if Mokuba doesn't sign over the company to them. Yugi and the others, left with Mokuba after he was done talking. They are going to go inside the game and get Kaiba out, then he can take down the hackers."

Rajata's heart skipped a beat. She dropped her jacket onto the floor and slammed her hands onto the counter. "Where did they say they were going?"

The old man seemed to be thinking. "Mokuba said that they would have to use the game pods that were used as prototypes when the game was in being made. He mentioned that they were not at the Kaiba Corp building but I can't seem to recall the exact spot he said they were. I'm sorry, miss."

Rajata cursed under her breath. She thanked the man as she ran out of the game shop. She scanned the dark city street, trying to think of where they might have gone. 'He said they didn't go to the Kaiba Corp. building so that much I know. But what other building in the city does Seto own?' Rajata cursed again and started to run into a random direction. She hoped that whatever came across her path, belonged to Seto. After all, don't most rich men want to own half the city they lived in?

Next chapter: Will Yugi and the other's get to Seto in time? Will Rajata even make it in time to save or say goodbye to Seto? What is in store next for Rajata and Seto's relationship?