Chapter 5
Rayne, Yami and Bakura, whom YaBakura decided to let take over for a while, were walking down a corridor on the top floor of the Kaiba Corp. building. One side was nothing but a long window, while the other was a wall separating themselves from offices. One would normally enjoy the view, but Rayne was acrophobic, so she stayed well near the smooth, gray, plaster wall, and tried hard not to look outside. Bakura noticed her sudden anxiety, and touched her arm.
"Are you all right?" he asked with genuine concern in his voice.
"Yeah. Fine." Rayne replied in a shaky voice. "Just noticed that we're kind of.up here.you know?"
"Yes, this is pretty high," he replied. "I wouldn't doubt if I could see my house from here."
Rayne appreciated Bakura's trying to ease her nervousness by making that little joke, but it unfortunately didn't work. Yami glanced behind him slightly smiling, finding Bakura's joke amusing in a way. He barely noticed when someone came out of the office in front of them and barred his path. He stopped suddenly and looked down at the little guard. It was none other than Kaiba's little brother, Mokuba.
"Uh, Mokuba! What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question, Yugi."
He then looked past them and noticed Rayne and Bakura standing behind him. Rayne gave him a sweet smile and waved. Mokuba blushed and started looking at his shoes. Rayne got a sly smile on her face, and began walking over to him.
"Let me handle this," she whispered to Yami as she passed by.
She slowly walked over and got eye-level with Mokuba and lifted his chin so that he was looking at her.
"Hi there. Your name's Mokuba, right?"
He nodded slowly and blushed even redder.
"Well, Mokuba, we have to do something very important in this office, so can we get through here? Please?"
Yami heard the extra sweetness Rayne had mixed in with that last "Please?" and shook his head in wonder.
"I shouldn't, 'cause my brother Seto's not here."
"Oh, Seto won't mind. One of his secretaries called him and let him know that we're here. He knows that we're going into his office. It's perfectly fine." Rayne told him, not knowing that what she just said had actually happened.
"Are you sure?"
"Definitely."
"Positive?"
"Only fools are positive."
Mokuba looked sort of shaken by her answer, then smiled and nodded at Rayne. He turned and opened the doors to Seto's office.
"Go ahead and look around," he said to Rayne.
Rayne smiled and patted Mokuba on the head as she passed by him, which made him turn the deepest red Yami had ever seen. He followed after Rayne, and Bakura followed after him, leaving Mokuba outside. He leaned on the doorway and watched them, thinking about how Kaiba wouldn't let Yugi in here for anything, so he must not know about him, and how that girl must think he's just your average kid. She didn't know whom she was dealing with. Mokuba pushed off from his perch and walked to the elevators. He'd go down and make a little phone call to confirm his theory.
***
Yami had rolled out the blueprints of the room on a small coffee table Kaiba had is his office. Rayne and Bakura looked over it carefully noticing small boxes in the walls where safes would be located. There were also numbers below them, which one would think would be combinations to the locks.
"Remember. We're only after something that could help find Joey." Rayne said to Yami and Bakura.
They nodded in agreement and got up from their seats.
There were three safes all together, one for each of them. They spread out and quickly found the safes, two behind portraits, the last cleverly located behind a stack of books in a large bookcase. They got into them easily, took out the contents, and put them all on the table to see if anything of use was there.
***
Kaiba was quickly let out of his car, and he walked just as quickly up the walkway and through the entrance of his company. As he walked past the main lobby desk where Stacy seemed to wilt as he passed by without a word to her, he saw Mokuba getting out of the elevator. Mokuba saw him as well, and ran over.
"Big brother! You'll never-"
"I know, Mokuba. Yugi's here now with that girl, and they're probably still in my office, aren't they?"
"Yeah! We should get up there right now, Seto."
"You're right. Let's go."
Kaiba quickly walked to the elevators and got on the one Mokuba had just stepped off of. Mokuba trotted in after him and they both stared straight ahead as the doors of the elevator closed to take them to the top floor.
***
"There isn't anything except company documents here. Nothing that could help us find Joey." Rayne said disgustedly.
"Yes. These are just your basic company files. No clue here." Yami said discouraged.
"So this was just a bust, then?" Bakura asked sadly.
"That about sums it up." Rayne said rising with the files in her hand, making to return them back to their place.
Yami and Bakura did the same and replaced everything to the walls where they belonged. They grouped back at the table and looked at one another.
"Well, if the clue's not here, then where is it?" Rayne said a bit angrily.
"Maybe we aren't looking in the right place like we did last time," Yami voiced.
"That could be the case," Bakura said looking at Rayne.
"Maybe." Rayne mumbled, getting lost in her thoughts. She was rudely snapped out of them when an icy voice began speaking from behind her.
"Perhaps I can be of assistance," it said.
Yami and Bakura's eyes widened at the sound of it, and they slowly turned behind them to face the one person they didn't want to see. Rayne also looked behind her to see somewhat tall boy around her age with brown hair and blue eyes staring back at her. One look at his clothes and Mokuba standing beside him told her all she needed to know. She was looking at the one person that could compromise her current situation. Seto Kaiba.
Rayne, Yami and Bakura, whom YaBakura decided to let take over for a while, were walking down a corridor on the top floor of the Kaiba Corp. building. One side was nothing but a long window, while the other was a wall separating themselves from offices. One would normally enjoy the view, but Rayne was acrophobic, so she stayed well near the smooth, gray, plaster wall, and tried hard not to look outside. Bakura noticed her sudden anxiety, and touched her arm.
"Are you all right?" he asked with genuine concern in his voice.
"Yeah. Fine." Rayne replied in a shaky voice. "Just noticed that we're kind of.up here.you know?"
"Yes, this is pretty high," he replied. "I wouldn't doubt if I could see my house from here."
Rayne appreciated Bakura's trying to ease her nervousness by making that little joke, but it unfortunately didn't work. Yami glanced behind him slightly smiling, finding Bakura's joke amusing in a way. He barely noticed when someone came out of the office in front of them and barred his path. He stopped suddenly and looked down at the little guard. It was none other than Kaiba's little brother, Mokuba.
"Uh, Mokuba! What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question, Yugi."
He then looked past them and noticed Rayne and Bakura standing behind him. Rayne gave him a sweet smile and waved. Mokuba blushed and started looking at his shoes. Rayne got a sly smile on her face, and began walking over to him.
"Let me handle this," she whispered to Yami as she passed by.
She slowly walked over and got eye-level with Mokuba and lifted his chin so that he was looking at her.
"Hi there. Your name's Mokuba, right?"
He nodded slowly and blushed even redder.
"Well, Mokuba, we have to do something very important in this office, so can we get through here? Please?"
Yami heard the extra sweetness Rayne had mixed in with that last "Please?" and shook his head in wonder.
"I shouldn't, 'cause my brother Seto's not here."
"Oh, Seto won't mind. One of his secretaries called him and let him know that we're here. He knows that we're going into his office. It's perfectly fine." Rayne told him, not knowing that what she just said had actually happened.
"Are you sure?"
"Definitely."
"Positive?"
"Only fools are positive."
Mokuba looked sort of shaken by her answer, then smiled and nodded at Rayne. He turned and opened the doors to Seto's office.
"Go ahead and look around," he said to Rayne.
Rayne smiled and patted Mokuba on the head as she passed by him, which made him turn the deepest red Yami had ever seen. He followed after Rayne, and Bakura followed after him, leaving Mokuba outside. He leaned on the doorway and watched them, thinking about how Kaiba wouldn't let Yugi in here for anything, so he must not know about him, and how that girl must think he's just your average kid. She didn't know whom she was dealing with. Mokuba pushed off from his perch and walked to the elevators. He'd go down and make a little phone call to confirm his theory.
***
Yami had rolled out the blueprints of the room on a small coffee table Kaiba had is his office. Rayne and Bakura looked over it carefully noticing small boxes in the walls where safes would be located. There were also numbers below them, which one would think would be combinations to the locks.
"Remember. We're only after something that could help find Joey." Rayne said to Yami and Bakura.
They nodded in agreement and got up from their seats.
There were three safes all together, one for each of them. They spread out and quickly found the safes, two behind portraits, the last cleverly located behind a stack of books in a large bookcase. They got into them easily, took out the contents, and put them all on the table to see if anything of use was there.
***
Kaiba was quickly let out of his car, and he walked just as quickly up the walkway and through the entrance of his company. As he walked past the main lobby desk where Stacy seemed to wilt as he passed by without a word to her, he saw Mokuba getting out of the elevator. Mokuba saw him as well, and ran over.
"Big brother! You'll never-"
"I know, Mokuba. Yugi's here now with that girl, and they're probably still in my office, aren't they?"
"Yeah! We should get up there right now, Seto."
"You're right. Let's go."
Kaiba quickly walked to the elevators and got on the one Mokuba had just stepped off of. Mokuba trotted in after him and they both stared straight ahead as the doors of the elevator closed to take them to the top floor.
***
"There isn't anything except company documents here. Nothing that could help us find Joey." Rayne said disgustedly.
"Yes. These are just your basic company files. No clue here." Yami said discouraged.
"So this was just a bust, then?" Bakura asked sadly.
"That about sums it up." Rayne said rising with the files in her hand, making to return them back to their place.
Yami and Bakura did the same and replaced everything to the walls where they belonged. They grouped back at the table and looked at one another.
"Well, if the clue's not here, then where is it?" Rayne said a bit angrily.
"Maybe we aren't looking in the right place like we did last time," Yami voiced.
"That could be the case," Bakura said looking at Rayne.
"Maybe." Rayne mumbled, getting lost in her thoughts. She was rudely snapped out of them when an icy voice began speaking from behind her.
"Perhaps I can be of assistance," it said.
Yami and Bakura's eyes widened at the sound of it, and they slowly turned behind them to face the one person they didn't want to see. Rayne also looked behind her to see somewhat tall boy around her age with brown hair and blue eyes staring back at her. One look at his clothes and Mokuba standing beside him told her all she needed to know. She was looking at the one person that could compromise her current situation. Seto Kaiba.