Jewels: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh…
After a while Rachel and I parted ways so she could find Rebecca and find out how she was holding up in the tournament and I went to find Seto.
I went to the Kaiba Dome office and found Seto there looking at the screens.
I walked up behind him and put my arms around his neck. "I thought I might find you here," I said, "How's everything going?"
"Everything is going smoothly," he said, "And that's what worries me…I'd have expected my little have to strike again by now."
"You think it's one of the competitors?" I asked, "Except for Rebecca and Joey of course."
Seto mumble something but I didn't quite catch it. "Roland, run background checks on every competitor," Seto said into the intercom, "Until then, everyone's a suspect."
"Seto…you can't possibly think that Rebecca and Joey had anything to do with this?" I asked letting go of him.
He turned his chair and looked at me. "Rebecca Hawkins may be Rachel's little sister, and to my displeasure you may have excepted the geek squad including the dog Wheeler as friends," he said, "But I have to take every precaution to protect my company."
"So if I dueled and I was in the tournament…would you run a background check on me?" I asked.
"Don't make this personal Jewels," he said turning around, "After what Dartz did, I can't take any chances."
"But Seto these are my friends!" I said, "And I trust them…and you trust me right? I've known Rebecca since she was born…and I may not have known Joey very long but I trust him too…that should be enough for you."
He was silent.
"You don't trust me?" I asked as my heart sunk.
"That's not it Jewels…I do trust you," he said, "It's just business. You would know that if…" He stopped and I knew where he was going with that.
"If what Seto?" I asked, "If my father had trained me to be a strong successful business woman?"
"That's not what I meant Jewels," he said.
I scoffed and shook my head. "You know what Seto fine…do your little background checks," I said, "But I expect an apology when Rebecca and Joey are cleared." I walked out of the room and slammed the door behind me.
"Um…Miss Hiromi…are you okay?" Yutaka asked.
"I'm fine!" I snapped and I took Hakoda out of his arms and set him down on the ground and left the Kaiba Dome. 'How dare he,' I thought as I went and found a bench to sit on, 'He should know better! Rebecca would never do something like that and we both know that Joey isn't smart enough to do something like that.'
SETO'S POV
I was flipping through the screens and saw Mokuba yelling at Rex Raptor and Weevil Underwood who had disguised themselves as Fortune Salim.
"What did you do with the real Fortune Salim?" Mokuba asked them.
"He's tied up right now," Weevil replied, "So he asked us to fill in for him."
Rex nodded his head in agreement. "Salim thought that we would best fill his shoes."
"No one can duel unless they're registered," Mokuba said.
"Just let the boys duel," Zigfried said, "After all, I did wear my favorite suit and I look too good to just win by forfeit."
"You can't," Mokuba said.
"Think about your business…you wouldn't want to disappoint the public," Zigfried said, "Let me duel these two fools."
"Who you calling fools?" Rex and Weevil asked.
Zigfried turned to the camera that was pointed at smirked.
'I don't trust this guy,' I thought. I looked over my shoulder at the still closed door that had been slammed shut by Jewels and sighed. 'I'm never going to hear the end of it if she's right,' I thought.
I flipped around the cameras to try and find Jewels and finally I found her sitting on a bench not far from the Kaiba Dome.
"Roland…keep an eye on things," I said over the intercom.
"Yes sir," he said back.
I left the Kaiba Dome and went and found Jewels and sat on the bench next to her.
JEWELS' POV
Seto sat down on the bench next to me and I scooted over a little bit, picked Hakoda up off the ground, and set him in between us.
Seto groaned. "Are you really that upset at me?" he asked.
"Yes," I replied flatly.
"So you're just going to sit out here and ignore me?" he asked.
"I was thinking about it," I replied.
He cursed under his breath and then looked at me. "Okay…Jewels…I am sorry," he said.
"For?" I asked.
"Everything," he replied.
"Be more specific," I said looking at him out of the corner of my eye.
He gritted his teeth. "For not trusting you enough to not do background checks on your friends," he said.
"Fine…I forgive you," I said standing up, "By the way the wedding plans are done."
"That was fast," he said, "Did you pick a date?"
I picked up Hakoda and started to move away from him. "Well…it was going to June 23rd…but then I texted Rachel and told her what you did and we kind of changed the date," I said.
"To when?" he asked standing up.
"Next week Rachel's making all the arrangements, BYE!" I said before quickly running off into a crowd of people.
"Jewels!" I heard him yell.
"I'm going to die!" I cried turning a corner only to run right into him.
"Did you forget that this place was of my design?" he asked.
I went to turn around to run but he grabbed the back of my shirt and I stopped. "You know…for a big guy…you sure are fast," I said.
"Thanks…now…did you say next week?" he asked.
I gulped and nodded. "Rachel's making all the arrangements, you can go get you and Mokuba can go get your tuxes, and Rachel and I can go get our dresses…I mean everything is picked out…and I was mad and made a rash decision…but the sooner the better right, and you don't have a big business trips next week and I don't have anything going on either, so…" I said.
He let go of the back of my shirt. "Who'd you invite?" he asked.
"Some people I know, and the people of the list you gave me," I said.
"Fine," he said before giving me a light kiss, "Just don't do anything like that again."
I nodded and smiled.
"You going to be wearing a tux too?" Seto asked Hakoda.
Hakoda barked and I smiled.
"Of course he is…he's got to look his best," I said.
Seto's cell phone rang and he picked it up. "Kaiba," he said, "What? That's impossible! I'm on it."
He grabbed my hand and dragged me back to the Kaiba Dome office where on the computer screens there was a little box flashing 'Virus Invasion'.
"The entire unity system is down," Roland said.
"I secured the entire network after the last attack…there's no way someone could break in again…not even a computer genius," Seto said, "The only person I know who could pull off a brilliant scheme like this is myself."
"Okay…now you're just getting cocky," I said.
"Wait…" Seto said.
"Seto…are you okay?" I asked.
"It can't be!" Seto said.
"Would you like to fill me in?" I asked.
"It's complicated…I'll fill you in later," he said as he received a messaged that his people had isolated the virus and rebuilt the mainframe hard drive.
"Mr. Kaiba, if you will do the honors…we'll be back in business," a woman said.
Seto entered the command to initiate the backup system and went back to watching the duels on the screen…especially Zigfried vs. Joey/
"It looks like the computer whiz kid who broke into my father's company is all grown up, and he's back to his old tricks again," Seto said.
"So that guy not only has bad taste in clothing, but he's a big pain in the ass?" I questioned.
Seto chuckled. "Roland run another background check on Zigfriend Lloyd," Seto said, "I need to know if he's connected to the Schroder family. Right now that freak is my number one suspect."
"Yes sir," Roland said before leaving the room.
Seto turned and looked at me. "I really am sorry," he said.
"I forgive you Seto," I said setting Hakoda down before going and sitting on Seto's lap.
"So next week huh?" he asked.
"Yup," I said, "Thursday."
"Zigfried Lloyd is your winner!" we heard the announcer say.
I looked at the screen. "Poor Joey," I said.
"He'll always be an underdog," Seto said earning him an elbow to the stomach.
"Seto! Jewels!" Mokuba said running in.
We turned and looked at him.
"Did you see all that crazy stuff that was happening during Joey's duel?" he asked.
"No," we said.
"By the way me and Seto are getting married next week," I said.
He almost fell over from shock then regained his composure. "That's great," he said.
"Mr. Kaiba, I'm sorry to interrupt sir," one of employees said coming into the room, "We conducted a search on Zigfried Lloyd and it appears he has participated in fifty tournaments in the last three year, each time ranking in the top five. But our research revealed almost nothing about personal background or family history. And there's no record of any connection to the Schroeder family."
"So this Zigfried has been winning tournaments around the world, and no one knows anything about him?" Seto asked.
"Apparently he gains entry into these tournaments with letters of recommendation from local politicians. He's compiled a list with dozens of names, but none were available for comment." The employee said.
"They just need some incentive," Seto said looking at the list, "Start with number 13…question this man again, and if he still refuses to comment, make him an offer he can't refuse."
The employee left and then Seto looked back at the pictures of the duelists and smirked.
"I've got him by the tail," Seto said.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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