Me: Here we go again
Dree: Nothing really happens in this chapter
Azure: That's not true.
Dree: Blah Blah Blah, the next two chapters are so much more exciting...with the kidnapping and-
Me: Hush Dree!
Dree: Sorry...
Me: Thanks to my reviewers, may you increase in number
Ch 12: Getting to Know You
Kaiba
There was silence after my brother burst in, calling for Yugi. Mokuba was staring at Dree, a deep blush creeping into his cheeks. 'He's been outside without a coat on; he's probably got a cold now.'
"Mokuba, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"I was worried about you," he said
"What?" I asked "Why?"
"Well you're late for your meeting with Jacob."
I glanced at my watch. Mokuba was right, I was very late. "Come on Mokuba," I said, pulling him towards the door. He was still staring at Dree.
"Okay big brother," he said absent mindedly.
Kaiba
I ran up the steps of my home and burst into the first living room. Jacob was there playing on Mokuba's play station. He put the game on pause, and looked up at me grinning.
"Sorry I'm late," I said.
"Not a problem," Jacob said standing, his brown eyes sparkling with amusement. We shook hands and he said "So, what I can do for you Kaiba?"
"In the past there have been..issues between out two companies. I would like to end that."
"As would I," Jacob said evenly.
I gave him a tiny smile. Jacob really is a good kid. I've known him for while; we went to the same boarding school a couple years back. As the only living relation of Pegasus, after his disappearance, Jacob took over Industrial Illusions.
"I propose an alliance of sorts. Interested?" I began slowly.
"Very. I'd love to hear more about this, but anything you tell me right now I'm going to forget. Jet lag you know. Perhaps we could conduct business tomorrow?"
"You just want to fool around with the play station," I accused.
"You bet. You were kind enough to offer for me to stay here, in thanks I will beat you at all your video games," he smirked.
"Was that a challenge?" I scolded at him.
"Of course it was Kaiba, what else would it be?"
"Your on runt," I said sitting on the couch grabbing a controller "Chose your game."
Azure
"Crawling in my skin....these words they will not heal... fear is how I fall...confusing what is real," I sang softly to myself as I swept the sidewalk in front of the game shop.
It was Friday night, so everyone had gone out. Naturally they had tried to drag me along, but I begged out, saying I had work to do in the shop, which wasn't entirely untrue.
A, familiar, small black haired boy ran into me, causing me to fall backwards. I wasn't surprised he hadn't seen me, with all that hair.
"Okay there?" I asked him.
He nodded, and helped me up. I noticed a small dark smudge under his left eye. My own eyes narrowed in irritation "who hit you?"
"Uh, I fell?" he asked me.
"Sure kid," I said.
"Uh, I don't suppose Yugi is around?" he asked.
"Wait, aren't you Seto Kaiba's little brother?" I remembered him coming into the shop looking for Kaiba last week. It was the same day I'd summoned Reb'd.
"Yes," he said.
"Do you want to wait out whoever you're running from in the shop with me?" I asked.
He hesitated and I said "I won't tell anyone if that's what you're afraid of."
"Thank you," the boy said quickly.
We went inside and I asked him "So, what's your name kid?"
"I'm Mokuba, Mokuba Kaiba," he said.
"Nice to meet you Mokuba," I said smiling "I'm Azure."
"They were just bullies from school," Mokuba said.
"Oh?" I asked.
"Yeah, they don't like Seto, so they pick on me," he said.
"What does your brother say about it?" I asked.
"Err, he doesn't know. Please don't tell him! He'd get so angry!"
"I won't tell him," I assured the boy "but you should consider telling him, especially if they are picking on you outside of school."
"Maybe your right," the boy said.
"Think about it," I said "the answer will come to you in time."
? ? ?
Next Monday Kaiba stopped into see me. I think Dew had urged him too. "I brought lunch," Kaiba said holding up a paper big.
I couldn't help, but smile at him "Your skipping school?"
He shrugged "I have a company to run. I don't have time to go to school everyday."
Ao came upstairs, glared at Kaiba and said to me "Dree, Kuri and I are going to go for a walk," she said, and then returned downstairs.
"She hates me," Kaiba said. He seemed to care, not at all the portrait everyone had painted for me. Maybe he was changing.
I shrugged "Give her time."
"Mokuba told me what happened. Thanks for letting him stay here," he said.
"Mokuba's a nice kid," I said.
"I was wondering," Kaiba said hesitantly "if maybe you could tell me." he drifted off.
"About Seth?" I asked.
Kaiba nodded and I shrugged "What do you want to know?"
"How did you meet him?" Kaiba asked, causing me to smile.
? ? ?
"Good night Grandfather," I smiled up at him as he tucked me in.
"Good night my big six year old," he smiled back.
"Thanks Grandfather. Today was the best birthday ever!" I said, closing my eyes. I hugged my new doll, waiting for sleep to claim me.
When it did Reb'd, my friend in my dreams, was waiting for me. "So now you are six," she said me to.
I grinned "How did you know it was my birthday?"
She patted my head "I'm very smart. Would you like to play with two of my friends?" she asked.
"Sure!" I said.
Reb'd smiled "Their names are Dew and Seth."
? ? ?
Kaiba frowned at me. "You met Seth in a dream?"
I nodded "I did not meet Seth face to face for another four years."
"You really loved him," Kaiba said.
"More than words can convey," I said softly.
"He and Dew were good friends?" Kaiba wondered.
"The best," I whispered.
Dree: Nothing really happens in this chapter
Azure: That's not true.
Dree: Blah Blah Blah, the next two chapters are so much more exciting...with the kidnapping and-
Me: Hush Dree!
Dree: Sorry...
Me: Thanks to my reviewers, may you increase in number
Ch 12: Getting to Know You
Kaiba
There was silence after my brother burst in, calling for Yugi. Mokuba was staring at Dree, a deep blush creeping into his cheeks. 'He's been outside without a coat on; he's probably got a cold now.'
"Mokuba, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"I was worried about you," he said
"What?" I asked "Why?"
"Well you're late for your meeting with Jacob."
I glanced at my watch. Mokuba was right, I was very late. "Come on Mokuba," I said, pulling him towards the door. He was still staring at Dree.
"Okay big brother," he said absent mindedly.
Kaiba
I ran up the steps of my home and burst into the first living room. Jacob was there playing on Mokuba's play station. He put the game on pause, and looked up at me grinning.
"Sorry I'm late," I said.
"Not a problem," Jacob said standing, his brown eyes sparkling with amusement. We shook hands and he said "So, what I can do for you Kaiba?"
"In the past there have been..issues between out two companies. I would like to end that."
"As would I," Jacob said evenly.
I gave him a tiny smile. Jacob really is a good kid. I've known him for while; we went to the same boarding school a couple years back. As the only living relation of Pegasus, after his disappearance, Jacob took over Industrial Illusions.
"I propose an alliance of sorts. Interested?" I began slowly.
"Very. I'd love to hear more about this, but anything you tell me right now I'm going to forget. Jet lag you know. Perhaps we could conduct business tomorrow?"
"You just want to fool around with the play station," I accused.
"You bet. You were kind enough to offer for me to stay here, in thanks I will beat you at all your video games," he smirked.
"Was that a challenge?" I scolded at him.
"Of course it was Kaiba, what else would it be?"
"Your on runt," I said sitting on the couch grabbing a controller "Chose your game."
Azure
"Crawling in my skin....these words they will not heal... fear is how I fall...confusing what is real," I sang softly to myself as I swept the sidewalk in front of the game shop.
It was Friday night, so everyone had gone out. Naturally they had tried to drag me along, but I begged out, saying I had work to do in the shop, which wasn't entirely untrue.
A, familiar, small black haired boy ran into me, causing me to fall backwards. I wasn't surprised he hadn't seen me, with all that hair.
"Okay there?" I asked him.
He nodded, and helped me up. I noticed a small dark smudge under his left eye. My own eyes narrowed in irritation "who hit you?"
"Uh, I fell?" he asked me.
"Sure kid," I said.
"Uh, I don't suppose Yugi is around?" he asked.
"Wait, aren't you Seto Kaiba's little brother?" I remembered him coming into the shop looking for Kaiba last week. It was the same day I'd summoned Reb'd.
"Yes," he said.
"Do you want to wait out whoever you're running from in the shop with me?" I asked.
He hesitated and I said "I won't tell anyone if that's what you're afraid of."
"Thank you," the boy said quickly.
We went inside and I asked him "So, what's your name kid?"
"I'm Mokuba, Mokuba Kaiba," he said.
"Nice to meet you Mokuba," I said smiling "I'm Azure."
"They were just bullies from school," Mokuba said.
"Oh?" I asked.
"Yeah, they don't like Seto, so they pick on me," he said.
"What does your brother say about it?" I asked.
"Err, he doesn't know. Please don't tell him! He'd get so angry!"
"I won't tell him," I assured the boy "but you should consider telling him, especially if they are picking on you outside of school."
"Maybe your right," the boy said.
"Think about it," I said "the answer will come to you in time."
? ? ?
Next Monday Kaiba stopped into see me. I think Dew had urged him too. "I brought lunch," Kaiba said holding up a paper big.
I couldn't help, but smile at him "Your skipping school?"
He shrugged "I have a company to run. I don't have time to go to school everyday."
Ao came upstairs, glared at Kaiba and said to me "Dree, Kuri and I are going to go for a walk," she said, and then returned downstairs.
"She hates me," Kaiba said. He seemed to care, not at all the portrait everyone had painted for me. Maybe he was changing.
I shrugged "Give her time."
"Mokuba told me what happened. Thanks for letting him stay here," he said.
"Mokuba's a nice kid," I said.
"I was wondering," Kaiba said hesitantly "if maybe you could tell me." he drifted off.
"About Seth?" I asked.
Kaiba nodded and I shrugged "What do you want to know?"
"How did you meet him?" Kaiba asked, causing me to smile.
? ? ?
"Good night Grandfather," I smiled up at him as he tucked me in.
"Good night my big six year old," he smiled back.
"Thanks Grandfather. Today was the best birthday ever!" I said, closing my eyes. I hugged my new doll, waiting for sleep to claim me.
When it did Reb'd, my friend in my dreams, was waiting for me. "So now you are six," she said me to.
I grinned "How did you know it was my birthday?"
She patted my head "I'm very smart. Would you like to play with two of my friends?" she asked.
"Sure!" I said.
Reb'd smiled "Their names are Dew and Seth."
? ? ?
Kaiba frowned at me. "You met Seth in a dream?"
I nodded "I did not meet Seth face to face for another four years."
"You really loved him," Kaiba said.
"More than words can convey," I said softly.
"He and Dew were good friends?" Kaiba wondered.
"The best," I whispered.