Chapter Twenty: Three Meetings and a Cup of Coffee
Saki smiled as she worked, thanks to the many study days with the blue eyed CEO of Kaiba Corp, she had managed to learn how to read kanji. They had gotten the results from the make up tests the previous day and everyone had passed, even Bakura had not 'killed his paper' again. Shaking her head in amusement the teen remembered the white haired thief mumbling something about 'Ryou threatening him with…if he didn't pass' as tempted as she was to find out exactly what the British teen had threatened him with a part of her did not want to ask, more for her own sanity then for what the Yami could do. Shaking her head to banish that thought, the petite brunette sighed as her green eyes flicked to her schedule a small frown gracing her feature 'Kuso! I forgot I had those meetings…' sighing the young woman closed her eyes, praying to whatever deity was listening to give her strength as the intercom sounded. "Miss Mitsurugi your first meeting is here" Gathering her thoughts the teen plastered on a fake smile as she responded "Send him in" placing the documents in her desk for the moment, the brunette rose from her seat and quickly switched from Japanese to German "Mr Von Scroeder, it is an honor to finally speak to you in person." Seeing the pink haired man wave his hand in a dismissive gesture "Not at all Fraulein, it is my pleasure to speak to you. It is not often I am in the presence of such beauty." Allowing him to take her hand and kiss it, the teen resisted the urge to call him a smarmy git as she kept her smile "You flatter me, however you seemed to be proposing something in the lines of a partnership, this has interested me greatly" slipping into her business tone immediately as she sat down she only hoped the man was shorter in speech then he was in his e-mails.
Seto calmly looked to his siblings and shook his head. They had insisted on coming with him and were now playing Capsule Monsters…well more like Mokuba was thrashing Noah at the game. Shaking his head his blue eyes flicked to his schedule. Smiling when he noticed the meeting with Saki the brunette male remembered she had mentioned two meetings before she could see him. 'if it's anything like when I have a lot of meetings on the same day I'll bet she'll be exhausted…' trailing his thought the brunette wondered if he could help in any way, after the studying with and tutoring the petite female he had developed some sort of friendship with the girl. Although he had to admit he was slightly surprised when she had revealed that she was in fact the daughter of Ichigo Mashiro and now CEO of the company. He had heard rumors about that man having a daughter but it had never crossed his mind that it would have been Masaki, with her last name being different. The brunette CEO frowned briefly 'the name Masaki doesn't suit her…from what she told me her father called her that but I doubt it was her given name…more like he wanted a son…' shaking his head at that thought the teen looked to his brothers again and noticed they're attention was on him "What is it?" he asked with mild annoyance of being caught lost in thought. "Nothing Nii-san I was just wondering why you were staring off into space…it's not like you…" looking to his younger brother the teen was about to retort he wasn't when the brunette realized he had, indeed been staring blankly for a while. Sighing the blue eyed teen smiled slightly "I was just thinking about the meetings I have, that's all" he hastily added seeing the doubt on his younger brother's face.
The teen shook hands with the pink haired male with a slight mental sigh. "You have made some interesting suggestions Mr Von Scroeder; I will inform you of my decision at a later date." Walking him to the office door with a fake smile on her face the brunette was grateful that meeting was over and she had a few minutes to clear her thoughts before the next one began. "I hope you will…this could be the start of a great partnership but please, consider all aspects before you make your decision." Watching the man kiss her hand before leaving made her shudder once the door was closed. 'Finally! Mental note wipe hand as soon as I have a free moment…' shaking her head the brunette sat back behind her desk with a sigh, although she was loathed to admit it the male had made some interesting ideas…but there were two problems with working with him. One he was a pompous git who had barely let her say more then three words for every sentence he had spoken and two he was clearly had a deep seated hatred for Seto Kaiba, a fact he had made known in the meeting, the man whom she already had a partnership with that was, at the very least, equal. Shaking her head the green eyed female couldn't help but dread her next meeting…knowing that she only had a few minutes before "Miss Mitsurugi…" shaking her head the brunette sighed and allowed her next meeting entry. "Mr Pegasus, thank you for coming on such short notice…" trailing as the man waved her off the teen mentally prepared herself for the meeting "Not at all my dear! You know I don't mind being called here on short notice. Especially when the idea pipes my interest so…you want to create an online game using duel monsters as a base? I simply love the idea" smiling the brunette shook her head "I'm glad you do, I was actually hoping you would so I could gain permission to use your game in my own" seeing the surprise on his face made her give the white haired man a genuine smile as the meeting continued.
As he stepped through the doors to Mashiro Corporation the brunette male looked down to his offering to the woman he was about to have a meeting with before a distinctive and slightly annoying voice rang throughout the lobby. "Why if it isn't my dear Kaiba boy…" growling blue eyes glared daggers at the one man who managed to rile him up without trying. "Pegasus! To what do I owe this pleasure" the brunette asked with heavy sarcasm. Watching the man look at him made him shift with slight discomfort. "You know I just have to ask Kaiba boy…was the surgery painful?" blue eyes narrowed as the teen coldly retorted "What the hell are you babbling about now?" seeing the exasperated look on the elder man's face made Kaiba smirk briefly before the man retorted "Come come now Kaiba boy…no need to be that way I just wondered if it was painful when they surgically removed your coat, however I simply don't have the time now for your answer. You will get back to me on that won't you? Of course you will! Well chao Kaiba boy" watching the irritating man leave the brunette reined in his anger before walking into the elevator and pressing the button to go to Saki's office.
The young female in question groaned in relief as she placed her head in her arms. 'Finally the two most long winded men are gone!' the brunette though while allowing her brain a much deserved break from her meetings, temporarily forgetting that she had another one until "Miss Mitsurugi, Mr Kaiba is here to see you" groaning again the brunette didn't respond and simply pressed the button to allow her friend and business partner enter the office. The teen didn't even lift her head right away when the amused voice reached her ears "You know that hardly looks professional…" wearily lifting her head the brunette stuck her tongue out briefly before retorting "if you'd had the morning I've had then you would be like this…" trailing the green eyed teen gestured to the empty seat in front of her desk. "Well allow me to introduce you to the best coffee you will ever taste." Looking up as the cup was pushed towards her, the teen couldn't help but smile "Caffeine my old friend!" hearing the amused chuckle from the other occupant of the room at her exclamation made the teen stick her tongue out a second time before taking a sip of the beverage. "Thank you! I really needed this…" trailing the petite teen smile as she set the cup down and began to pull out the documents from earlier that day. "I've spoken with Pegasus and he has given us permission to freely use duel monsters for the game, I streamed a few ideas to my developers and they've come up with some interesting ideas…" trailing the brunette handed the other teen the file. "that explains why I saw Pegasus in the lobby…" noticing his frown the teen shook her head in amusement "and know you know why my head was on my desk" hearing him chuckle at her discomfort made the green eyed teen pout before retorting "fine next time you can deal with him" giggling lightly at the mock horror on the teen CEO's face before they both became serious and began working on the ideas for the game.