Aoi: What do I have to say about this chapter? Crack. Sweet and wonderful crack.


"How many times has the plane been delayed?" Seto asked, sitting on his luggage.

"About three times now," Eiko replied, sipping a soda she had bought. The two sat in the Frankfort airport, waiting for their flight back to Japan.

"God damn it! At this point I wish Ward Sharier had found out about us. That would at least give us something to do!" Seto said, exasperated.

"Exactly what airline did you book us with?" Eiko asked. "I don't think there are many flights that have lay over in Germany back to Japan."

"It was the only flight that would get us home in time for my meeting tomorrow. Great. I have a meeting tomorrow," Seto said, rubbing his temples in frustration. Eiko grinned.

"You're not use to the whole, not-in-charge-of-your-own-flight-schedule thing, are you?" Eiko asked. Seto looked at Eiko. He was about to say something when someone bumped into him.

"Was tun Sie? Sie können Ihr lugage nicht hier lassen!" The woman said angrily. 'Oh boy,' Eiko thought.

"Um… we...no speaky...um… Deutschland?" Eiko said, struggling to speak the language. Seto sighed as he stood up.

"Ich bin sehr traurig, wir habe gerade gewartet eine lange Zeit und bin sehr müde," Seto said fluently.

"You speak German?" Eiko said, surprised. Seto looked at her.

"I'm in charge of a billion dollar company that ships their products all over the world. Of course I speak Deutsch," he said simply. Eiko looked at the woman. She wore a white tank top and dark jeans and a black cross necklace hug that around her neck. Her dark hair and eyes reminded her of someone.

"Mallory?" Eiko said, shocked once again. The woman looked at her, eyes wide.

"Miss Akai?" she said.

"No, I'm Eiko. Akai is my sister," Eiko explained.

"Oh yes, now I remember. You were that girl that kicked me out of your house so I could fall prey to that demon of a girl, Natalie," Mallory said angrily.

"Did you just call Natalie a demon?" Eiko asked. Suddenly, Mallory started speaking German at a fast rate. Eiko couldn't keep up and had no idea what she was saying. She just nodded as if she understood what she was saying.

"Well that's very nice…." Seto said delicately. "But we have to go, our plane is here. Finally," Seto grabbed his bag and pulled Eiko along. Eiko turned around to say goodbye, but Mallory was gone. When the two were finally situated in their seats, Eiko turned to Seto.

"So what was Mallory going on about?" She asked. Seto looked at her,

"I didn't catch much of it myself," He admitted. "Something about a curse and all hell on earth. Something like that," Eiko just looked at him.

"Is that some…Nordic legend?" Eiko asked. Seto shook his head.

"It's probably just from eating all that wurst."

"Do not diss the wurst!" A woman in front of them yelled. Eiko recognized her quickly.

"Mallory? What are you doing here?" Eiko asked.

"How should I know? I'm just a crazy wurst eating woman, remember?" Mallory said, looking at Kaiba with angry eyes. Seto did not retract his statement; he didn't even look at her. Mallory soon gave up and sat back in her seat. She brought out a small notebook.

'Time, 1300 hours. Date, who cares,' She wrote on the pad. 'Targets' locations, right behind me. Number of casualties,' she examined the plane. It was as small one, with not a lot of people on it. Mallory counted twenty-five passengers excluding her and the target. Before she got everything set up, she checked the case file again, just to make sure she got everything right.

She read the file over, 'Destroy Kaiba at all cost!' It said in big red letters. Mallory was about to put it away when she saw some words written in smaller print, 'Just don't let Eiko get hurt, love your amazing boss and superior, Red'

"Gottfluch es!" She yelled. Everyone in the plane looked at her. She quickly made up and excuse, "I…forgot my toothbrush…" She said awkwardly. Suddenly, the overhead came on.

"We have now just left the gate. We will be taking off shortly," Mallory just realized what she had done. She now on a plane heading straight for Domino City. This was very bad. She started banging her head on the tray table.

"Please put all try tables in the upright position," The overhead said.

"Screw you, flight woman!"


Natalie stood at her stand, washing one of the cabbages.

"Oh cabbage, no one must know of our forbidden love," She said lovingly to the green vegetable. Suddenly, she felt a warm presence, one she recognized. She smiled, "Yay! Malo-chan is in Japanese Air space! That means she's in Japan!"

"That's…great Natalie," Akina said, looking at her with the same strange look she always did, "Now would you hurry up? I have a date."

"Oh, you have a boyfriend, eh?" Natalie said, looking over at her, "Who is he? Who is he? Who is he?" She asked, jumping up and down.

"You know Natalie, unlike in middle school, I do actually have a gun now. So would you just hurry up with those…cabbages?" PK didn't know why Natalie had went into the cabbage business. She didn't even like cabbages that much; she was more of a fruit person.

"All right, here you go! Two fresh cabbages!" She said happily, handing the bag over to Akina.

"Thanks," Akina said, accepting the bag. "See you later Natalie," Akina said, walking away. PK walked beside her.

"See you soon!" Natalie said, waving, "Cabbages! Fresh cabbages! Best in Japan!" She sang, trying to get customers to come and buy her wears.

"Kaiba has a meeting tomorrow, right?" Akina asked PK as they walked.

"Yes, and he still hasn't come back from America," PK answered.

"How did you know he went to America?" Akina asked, "I thought no one knew where he went."

"Pfft, do you think I'd let him leave the country without me knowing where he was?"

"Well…remember last winter? With Zigfreid and stuff?" Akina asked. PK was quiet.

"Damn kids running off in the middle of the night," She muttered angrily. It was hard enough being a female head of security without being laughed at. Kaiba's stunt just made the job that much worse. Countless men already wanted her job and the title that came with it. The only thing that kept her job safe was the fact that she was the best and no one could deny that. But when Kaiba ran off, news spread.

"Heard Kaiba ran off, eh PK, shame. You know, maybe if you had a man running things down there it would be less of a problem," One of PK's old friends had said. Her job wasn't easy or glamorous, but it was her job. And she loved every moment of it, even if she couldn't explain it.

"I looked at his credit card accounts and saw that he had purchased two tickets to Texas," PK explained, "I also found that he spent three hundred dollars at Burberry last month."

"Yeah….wonder what's up with that..." Akina said sheepishly.

"Anyway, I guessed that he went to Texas with Eiko. Not sure why, though," PK admitted. Akina stopped short.

"PK, how far away is Texas from Nevada?" Akina asked.

"1,954 kilometers, 1,214 miles. Why?"

"Oh. My. God…." Akina said, "They got married! And they didn't tell me! Oh, I am going to kick some ass when they get home!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold up," PK said raising her hands defensively, "What makes you think that they got married?"

"Hello? Nevada, Las Vegas? I mean really, PK," Akina said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Why else would they be so secretive about it?" Akina asked. PK thought about it. There really wasn't any reason not to tell anyone that they were going to America. And come to think of it, Kaiba had been acting kind of secretive the past few days.

"Oh my god, they got married," PK said finally, "Why didn't they tell me!"

"You? Why didn't they tell me! Do you know how many hours I've spent thinking of a wedding dress for Eiko? All those hours, wasted on a cheep casino wedding!" PK grabbed Akina's hand.

"Come on," she said. "As soon as he gets back, he'll probably go to Kaiba Corp. We'll confront him there," PK explained as they ran. Akina nodded and the two ran towards Kaiba Corp.


"Well, that took longer than expected," Seto said as he picked up a piece of his luggage from the conveyor belt.

"I'll say," Eiko said, standing by the cart.

Mallory hid behind a wall. She looked at her watch, 'I've been in Japan for approximately an hour now, and Natalie hasn't found me yet,' She took a deep breath. Maybe Natalie wouldn't fine her-

"Hello Mallory," A voice said behind her. Suddenly, someone covered Mallory's face. She dragged her out of the airport and into a lime green pick up truck. Mallory looked at her kidnapper. She smiled, "Did you miss me?"


Akina and PK stood outside of Kaiba corp. PK looked at her watch.

"Its five o'clock. If Kaiba wanted to be ready for his meeting by tomorrow, he would be here by now," she said, discouraged.

"Maybe he's already inside," Akina said, looking up at the building. Suddenly a lime green pick up truck pulled up, its 'La Cucaracha' horn playing.

"PK! Akina!" Natalie said, her head hanging out of the side window, "Guess who I found!" Before either of them could reply, a girl in a white tank top jumped out of the window.

"You crazy weibchen!" The girl yelled.

"PK, catch her!" Natalie ordered. PK quickly grabbed the girl's arms tightly.

"Let go!" The girl said, struggling, "Ow! That hurts!" Natalie hopped out of the car and walked over to the group.

"PK, Akina, I'd like you to meet Mallory!" Natalie said showing her off, "Mallory, these are my friends, PK and Akina."

"Nice to meet you," Akina said, confused by the situation.

"Likewise," Mallory said. Suddenly, a familiar red sports car pulled up. Kaiba and Eiko stepped out.

"Kaiba!" PK and Akina said at the same time. PK pushed Mallory to the ground.

"Stay," She told her. The two ran up to Kaiba, "Mr. Kaiba, where were you?"

"Yeah, we've been wondering all day," Akina added.

"Look, you two," Seto said in an annoyed tone, "I'm just going to get some papers and then I'm gone. I have a meeting tomorrow and I need to get ready."

"Yeah but-" Akina started to say. Seto kept walking, ignoring the two. "Fine then!" Akina yelled after him. Eiko just looked at the two and then ran to catch up with Seto. The two stood there angrily when something rammed into PK.

"Hey get off of me!" She yelled at Mallory.

"Me? You get off of me!" Malory yelled at her angrily.

"Oh, this is that start of a beautiful friendship!" Natalie said, mashing the two together. Akina looked at her.

"You pushed Mallory into PK, didn't you?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Ugh, we don't have time for this!" PK yelled, pushing the two off of her. "We need to talk to Kaiba now!"

"Mr. Kaiba's back?" Everyone turned to see Izawa and Mizori standing next to each other, "How long has he been here?" Izawa asked.

"A few minutes," Akina answered.

"What do you need to talk to him about?" Mizori asked.

"I'll explain to you guys on the way up," PK said running towards the building.

"Wait for us!" Natalie said, dragging Mallory behind her.


Seto rummaged through his desk, looking for the papers he needed. He stopped for a second.

"Someone was in my office." He said, crossing his arms.

"What makes you say that?" Eiko asked leaning against the wall.

"I left all the papers I needed on my desk. I specifically instructed people not to touch them so I could find them easily. And now they're gone," Seto explained.

"Weird," Eiko said. Seto rummaged around some more until he found the papers he was looking for.

"Alright, let's go. I'll drive you home," Seto said, walking towards the door.

"Thanks,' Eiko said. She started to walk towards the door when something stopped her. She winced in pain. "Ow!" She yelled, her hand reached behind her head. "Oh, that's just great," Eiko said.

"What?" Seto asked.

"My hair is stuck in gum," She explained. Meanwhile, outside of Seto's office, PK, Akina, Natalie, Mallory, Izawa, and Mizori had just arrived.

"What do you think they're doing in there?" Akina asked. Before anyone could answer, they heard something from inside Seto's office.

"Ow! Seto, not so hard!" Eiko yelled in pain. Everyone looked at each other. They ran up to the wall and listened in.

"Just shut up and let me do this, okay?" Seto said in an annoyed voice. From outside the group could hear strange noises. Mallory looked at Natalie.

"Wipe that look of your face!" Mallory scolded.

"What look?" Natalie asked innocently.

"That look you have when your reading M-rated fanfiction!" Mallory explained.

"See?" Akina said looking over at Mizori, "They did get married!"

"We don't know that," Mizori said.

"He has a point. Just because they are," PK chose her words carefully, "...Together… doesn't mean that they got married."

"What? No, Mr. Kaiba wouldn't do that!" Izawa said defensively. "He's better than that! I know it!" Mallory looked back at Natalie.

"Man crush?" She offered.

"Oh yeah, I sense some definite guy love," Natalie replied. Back in Seto's office, Eiko was finally free of the gum.

"Alright something is up," Seto said, "How the hell did gum get here?" He asked, pointing at the wall. Eiko rubbed the back of her head.

"Maybe someone was in your office," Eiko offered. The two looked at each other. There were plenty of people who would want to get into Seto's office. But one organization came to mind. The two walked out of the office, Eiko still rubbing her head. The two were surprised to see the big group of people in the waiting room.

"What are all of you-" Izawa broke down.

"Mr. Kaiba, I thought you were better than this! And with such a sweet girl like Eiko!" Akina figured the cat was out of the bag.

"Eiko!" She yelled pulling her aside, "How could you get married without telling me? Do you know how many hours I've spend making sketches of the perfect wedding dress for you? A lot, that's how many! I even had the chiffon planned out!"

"What? Married? I didn't get married," Eiko said trying to calm Akina down, not understanding any of the last part of her rant. She then looked at Seto, "Wait, you thought Seto and I got married?"

"So you did do it!" Natalie said, that strange and frightning look on her face.

"Do what?" Eiko questioned. Everyone was quiet. Seto pushed Izawa aside.

"Look, Eiko and I did not get married. Understand?" Everyone nodded, still a bit doubtful and wondering what the heck was going on inside Seto's office.

"So, if you two didn't go to Vegas to get married, why did you go to America and be so secretive about it? You didn't even use your jet!" Seto and Eiko looked at each other. Seto looked back at the group,

"Because you are my employees," he looked at Natalie and Mallory, "Or at least most of you are," He clarified, "I feel as though I can trust you with this information. There is an organization called Ward Sharier. Recently, they have attacked both Eiko and I along with some of her friends. We went to America to get some information on the organization. Unfortunately, we didn't get much, but we know some things about them. I was hesitant to tell you because I believe that there is a spy among us who is feeding them information," Seto explained. Everyone was quiet, then PK stepped forward.

"My team and I will do all that we can. Not only to find out who Ward Sharier is, but keep you and Miss Tsubaki safe," She said in a serious tone.

"You might want to start in Seto's office. There's a piece of gum in there and it might have been left by someone who works for Ward Sharier," Eiko suggested. PK turned to Izawa and Mizori.

"DNA evidence! You remember your training?" The two nodded and ran into the office. Akina sighed.

"I'll go get a plastic bag," Natalie looked at Mallory eagerly.

"Come on Malo-chan! Let's go tamper with the DNA evidence!" She grabbed her hand and ran into Seto's office. Seto and Eiko took that as their cue to leave. They walked out of the building and into Seto's car. While inside, Seto looked over at Eiko.

"Eiko, do you think I'm crazy for having all those psychos work for me?" Eiko smiled.

"I don't think they're crazy, I just think they care."


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