Invisible Touch

Chapter 17

The day went by so fast for the beauty. She had to visit her uncle's grave to apologize for what she did, plan a wedding, and shop for clothes. Whew! That night, she came home and collapsed on the sofa. "What a day," she sighs. " I haven't felt this exhausted in a long time."

Just as she was falling asleep, the phone rings. The answering machine picks it up. On the line was Seto asking about her son. She quickly picks up the phone, "Seto? What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong, except Junior was eating cookies and drinking coffee this morning." The CEO sighs, "I just took him to the dueling arena, and it seems that he saw you earlier dueling with a man."

"That's right, and I'm not ashamed of what I did."

"Anjel, I know you're not supposed to see me for three days, but there's a score to settle between us. We haven't finished our duel fifteen years ago."

"Seto, why now? You can't wait until after the wedding?"

"No. It has to be now. You can hide behind one of your androids."

"All right. If I win, you have to listen to me at my every word. No more ignoring me."

"Okay. If I win, you have to stop dueling other people for their cards. In addition, I'll see to it that your hands will be full for the rest of your life."

"Deal. I'll be there in about ten minutes."

At Kaiba's mansion, Junior overheard the conversation nearly getting caught by the CEO. Seto hangs up the phone. Turning to a space, he begins to have a flashback of seeing Anjel for the first time.

(Flashback)

Anjel bumps into Seto by accident and drops her deck of cards, "Excuse me sir. I didn't see you there."

The CEO turns to the blonde female and immediately fell in love. He stammers. Anjel giggles, "You're funny. Who are you?"

"Seto Kaiba, and who are you, sweetheart?" he purrs.

"Anjel Harmony. What are you doing here?"

"I came to duel Pegasus."

"Oh, you want to duel my uncle. He's in that room just down the hall, but I don't think you can wait for two hours." The blonde duelist looks up to the CEO, "I think you're cute."

The CEO blushes a deep red color. Anjel giggles, "You didn't expect to see a young lady here did you?"

"I thought Pegasus was a loner." Seto helps Anjel pick up the cards, "You duel?"

"Sure. It's more of a way to kill some time whenever I'm bored. It's a shame I can't duel in this tournament. My uncle says he didn't want me to get hurt."

"Why do you live here then if you can't do much of anything?"

"I'm socking away money so I can start my own company. I'm more into makeup and dyeing hair."

"You mean you're not a blonde?"

Anjel covers the CEO's mouth, "Shh! Don't let anyone know. The last detail I want to let people know is my natural hair color."

Seto moves the blonde's hand away from his mouth, "What about me? I don't really know you, but can't you tell someone?"

"NO!!"

"Hey wait a minute! You're the girl that helped me find Mokuba in the dungeon."

"Who's Mokuba? Is he related to you?"

"Never mind that. I want to know how you can easily find your way through the dungeon."

"Scent. My uncle puts on so much cologne, you'd swear you were suffocating. So, I just follow my nose."

"You got that line from a cereal commercial. Please stay on track."

"Sorry. I guess Uncle Max is right. Never eat cereal out of a box with milk."

"You eat cereal in the box and then pour milk inside?"

"I do that if there's only a little bit of cereal in the box left."

"Well, it's better than pouring both contents into your mouth. Mokuba eats like a goat on Sundays."

Anjel laughs out of context. Seto blinks, "What are you laughing at?"

"Something's tickling my private area."

Seto blushes. She didn't know that he was lightly moving his finger back and forth along her private area after sneaking his hand under her dress. The CEO pulls her closer and plants a soft kiss on her temple. Finally, he moves his hand out from under her dress swiftly and clears his throat. From behind, Pegasus was furious. "Well, Anjel, it seems he has the upper hand after he snuck his hand up your dress."

"WHAT??" she replies in shock turning to the silver-haired man.

"Why are you even out here? I thought I told you to stay in your room."

"I got bored, Uncle Max. Can't I at least watch you in one duel?"

"No. Go to your room, young lady."

"Yes sir."

She sadly walks down the hall and into her room. 'It's not fair,' she thought. 'Why is it I got to meet Duke Devlin, but I can't even meet Seto Kaiba?' Another thought came to her, 'Wait! Kaiba had his hand up my dress?!?! Ugh, what a pervert!"

(Flashback ends)

Junior enters the room. "Dad," the green-haired teen asks, "how long ago did you meet Mom?"

Seto snaps out of trance, "Huh? Oh, before you were born."

Junior sits in a chair, "Was she pretty?"

"Yes, and she hasn't lost her looks. She's still a beautiful woman."

"Pardon me for asking, but just what made you want to marry her in the first place?"

"Back then, her inner beauty was the one reason. Now it's the same thing only this time it's gotten better. She hates me for..." The CEO pauses and turns away, "No, you're probably too young to know about this."

Junior bounced in his chair, "Tell me, Dad."

Seto faces his son once again, "Son, I think it's time you knew about sex. She hated me for putting my hand up her dress and rushing her to bed."

"Why?"

Seto had a feeling this was gonna take a long time for a kid to understand about the opposite sex. Since Junior had no interest in women, he still listened to his father. Still chatting, the two decided to go out and walk.

Downtown, Anjel let herself right in the middle of a competition between two dancers. The first male dancer lost to the other who happens to be a female. "Anybody else want to try to beat me?" the female taunted.

Anjel steps up to the dancing platform, "Hello."

"I see I have a taker. Are you ready?"

"Sure am. Bring it on, toots."

The music starts, and the two ladies began to dance. Outside, Junior spotted his mother competing with another female dancer. "Uh, Dad, I think I'll chat with you later. I'm gonna see what's happening in here."

Seto looks inside and quickly turns away, "Tell me if you see your mother in there. I just remembered that I can't see her before the wedding. She and I promised."

The CEO walks the opposite direction home. Junior breaks through the crowds to move up front. Sure enough, he did see his mother dancing gracefully with the provided music. It looked like she's winning. The champion couldn't keep up with most of Anjel's moves. The red-haired beauty did a few finishing moves, and the music ends. She smiled from the sound of applauding. The other dancer falls to her knees in defeat, "I don't believe this. I've been beaten by an amateur."

Anjel shifted her eyes, turns her head, and approached to the female, "Who are you anyway? I know you couldn't have been that bad."

The female looks up with tears springing from her eyes, "You don't remember me, Anjel? I used to hang out with Yugi."

Anjel's eyes wandered for a bit and looks at the female again with wide eyes, "Now I remember. You're Tea!"

"Yeah. How can you beat me so easily? You were dancing with ease."

"I used to take ballet lessons as a child, and I picked up a few moves from my son."

"You have a son? Is he here?"

Junior steps up to the platform as soon as Tea brought up the subject. "Hi," he greeted with a bright smile. For a smoker, he certainly has a clean smile.

Tea greets the teen standing up smiling, "Hello there. You must be her son."

"I sure am. I'm Junior."

Anjel added, "He's really named Seto Kaiba, Jr."

Tea looks at the green-haired teen from head to foot, "He's the chip off the old block."

"He sure is. Although, I'm not so sure why he doesn't even think about dating."

Junior doesn't speak. Tea ponders on the subject, "Have you tried talking to him about it?"

One of the competitors stated mildly, "Excuse me, but one of us would like to use the platform. Besides, you're talking too much."

"Well pardon me for infringing in your social life." The red-haired beauty left the building with her son and Tea.

"Don't worry about them," Tea gestures a hand, "they're always like that. So, are you married?"

"I'm engaged. I'm getting married in a couple of days," Anjel blushed.

"Oh....to who?"

"Seto Kaiba."

"You're a lucky woman. He must really care for you."

"He does. I turned down his last proposal from one silly misunderstanding. I then gave him the ring back by mail before Junior was born."

"When did you return to Domino City?"

"A few days ago. I made an offer with someone here to sell most of my makeup."

"You didn't sell one android?"

"Actually, I was planning on selling Dale to a rock band called the Jolting Hours."

Junior cuts into the conversation, "Mom, I forgot to mention something. The lead singer doubled his offer on Dale. All he needs is a total makeover."

"Makeover? Why?" Anjel curoiusly asks.

"The Jolting Hours is a heavy metal band. The lead singer wants Dale to look gothic and talk like a rockstar."

"Okay, that's where you come in. You can give Dale the makeover since you listen to the group."

"Awesome!" The teen ran off at top speed.

Anjel looks at her watch, "Oh darn, I have to be at the arena in three minutes."

"Who are you dueling?" Tea asks.

"It seems that I'll be dueling the groom."

"Why are you dueling Kaiba?"

"I challenged him to a duel years ago. However, I was in no condition to fight because of a rare disease. Out of all days, he wants to duel now."

"As they say, don't start what you can't finish."

"Right. And I know how to show up without him seeing me."

"Oh yeah, you can't see the groom before the wedding. Who's gonna help you duel?"

"A certain mage who became a couch potato."

"...Okay..."

At Anjel's mansion, Dark is sprawled on the couch watching TV....or at least he was until he fell asleep. When his snoring commenced, Chaos and Celtic snuck up from behind, donned earmuffs and pressed a button on the air horn. Dark awakens as he springs five feet in the air screaming. The noise ceased. Dark lands on his butt as Chaos and Celtic laughed.

"That's not funny, you guys," Dark stated boldly.

"The hell it's not," Chaos stifles a snicker. "If you could see your face, it was worth laughing at. I've never seen someone jump like that....except the dog."

Dark looks around the room, "Where's Dale?"

Celtic answers, "Good news, the leech is sold to a rock band. He's in the lab getting a tune-up."

"It's about time. I had it with the headache."

In the main room, Anjel came back looking for a volunteer. "I hope Dark is in the mood to listen," she says to herself.

She enters the livingroom. Sure enough, three androids were already up and about. "Listen up, you three," she announces, "I need a volunteer to help me duel."

Celtic turns his back to Anjel. Chaos and Dark looked at each other and pointed fingers. Anjel taps her foot impatiently, "C'mon, you guys, if none of you don't help me, I can't duel."

Dark suggested, "Why can't you wear a hat and a mask?"

"No, I don't like wearing a mask, and hats mess up my hair." She turns to Chaos, "I need a volunteer. Do I have to call in any favors?"

"What favors?" Chaos wanders his eyes to and fro.

Anjel faces Dark, "I need a volunteer. Do I have to call in any favors?"

"I don't owe you any favors," Dark replies innocently.

"Oh really? 'Honest, Duke, I am sure Dark didn't put the gum in your hair while you were asleep'."

"It'll be a pleasure to serve you, Anjel."

"When has he put gum in people's hair?" Chaos asks.

"That was sixteen years ago. He was acting like a child when I first built him from scrap," the red-haired sighs.

"So, you're saying he's older than me?"

"Yes. He's nine months older than you. I built you after my uncle's damn tournament. What caused me to create you was Yugi Moto. If it wasn't for him, you wouldn't be here functioning now."

"And if it wasn't for Mokuba, you wouldn't have known about Seto."

"Whatever. C'mon, Dark, let's roll."

To be continued.........