(A/N: I only own Arilana Nodoka and Mira! Enjoy! This is part two!!!)
Chapter 5 If You Build a Man a Fire
Nodoka smacked his hands away from her face and stepped back. "What the hell are you doing?" she shouted.
"Nodoka! I love you!"
Nodoka looked at the elder Kaiba shocked. Mokuba, Tristan, and Bakura walked over behind her. "What did you say?"
"Nodoka, I love you," Seto said.
"Leave," she said. "I don't want you here."
"But Nodoka. I."
Nodoka turned her head. When she turned back to face Seto she threw a punch and hit Seto in the face. He staggered back and rubbed his face. Nodoka frowned. Tristan then spoke. "What's Kaiba doing here?" he growled. He walked to Nodoka. Seto pulled out a gun and aimed it at Tristan's head. "Eh."
"Take a step and say good bye," Seto said.
Nodoka placed herself in between Tristan and Seto. "Don't!" she said.
"Come with me Nodoka," Seto said.
"Ah. but." She looked directly into Seto's eyes. "Let me get my jacket," she said. She walked in and Tristan followed, he closed the door behind him. Nodoka went upstairs and quickly took a shower. She came down in a black long sleeve shirt, that didn't cover the shoulders, and black jeans. She walked over to the closet. All Tristan saw her do was grab her black leather jacket and put it on.
"Nodoka." Tristan said.
"I'm being careful," she said. She pulled the side of her jacket back and opened the inside pocket of her jacket so he could see a pistol. "Extremely careful." This wasn't her normal trench coat; this was her favorite jacket that only went down to her waist. She zipped it up and looked into Tristan's eyes. "Will you be here. when I get back?" she asked.
He pulled her close to him and kissed her tenderly on the lips. "I'll be here for you always," he whispered into her ear. The separated and Nodoka walked over to the door. She opened it and Seto was sitting on the front porch. She put her foot on his back and pushed him off. He landed on his back and he looked up at her.
"Get up," she growled at him as she passed by. "Let's go."
Seto smiled and got to his feet. "Follow me." He reached for her hand but she stepped away from him and put her hands in her jacket pockets. Nodoka kept her eyes on the ground. She followed him to the park. They stopped and Seto turned to her. He walked behind her and put a blindfold over her eyes. All of Nodoka's muscles tensed up. "Relax," Seto said softly into her ear. There was something in his voice that made her settle down. He put his hand into her left jacket pocket and pulled out her hand. Nodoka noticed that he was shaking. She didn't know whether he was beginning to break down, or whether he was scared, or just cold. She heard him shift to the other side of her. He then took her other hand in his and then released both of them. She sensed him walk infront of her. He turned around and took her hands in his once more. Slowly he guided her through the park and to a modern sized building. They came to a curb and Seto stepped up. "Step up," he said. She did so and they continued walking. They stopped once more and Nodoka heard something open. Again they walked. Seto stopped and turned to her. He slowly nudged her so that she took two steps to the right. He released her hands and walked behind her. She heard something slide on the floor and then touch the back of her legs. "Sit." Nodoka sat down and was about to take the blindfold off. "Don't!" She froze and nodded; her hands then went back down to rest on her lap. She felt something softly touch her lips. She moved her head back.
"Hm, it is true, people who are blindfolded don't say anything," said a voice.
Seto had been kneeling next to Nodoka. He stood up and turned towards the speaker. "Mai!" Nodoka couldn't tell where anything was. "What are you doing here?"
"Kaiba, you're being unfaithful to me," Mai said. Mai pulled out a gun and aimed it at Nodoka's head. Nodoka heard it. The young reporter threw off the blindfold, flipped back in her chair, did a somersault, and got back to her feet. She saw Mai standing with a gun. Seto was on his knees and sitting on his legs. Then she noticed the table she had been sitting at. It had two red candles in the center, plates and silverware on both sides, a red rose on her side, and rose petals covered the rest of the empty space. Nodoka was about to reach into her jacket but Mai stepped forward. "Give me Mokuba!" Mai shouted.
"Give me death," Nodoka growled back. Seto looked at both of the women. One of them that hid her feelings very well and the other one he was about to marry.
"Where is Mokuba?" Mai shouted. She stepped forward and held the gun at Nodoka's throat.
"Fire away, bitch," Nodoka said. Seto ran up to Mai and put his hand on her shoulder. Mai turned and Seto kissed her. Nodoka turned, pulled out her gun and ran, she shot the glass door and jumped through it. She was so confused. Did Seto want her, or Mai? Which ever it was, he couldn't have both. Nodoka was running home when an old lady came out of nowhere and hit her with a stick. Nodoka stopped and turned around. "Hey! What's the matter with you?"
"Ah, running from your problems again, Nodoka?"
"Makira?" Nodoka looked curiously at the lady. "It's been a while, hasn't it?"
"Are you going to keep me standing out here, or are you going to see me to your home?" said the lady.
Nodoka smiled. "Follow me." She led the lady back to her home. Tristan opened the door and the two walked in.
"Who's the old lady?" Tristan asked.
The old woman known as Makira took the stick she had hit Nodoka with and she smacked Tristan on the head with it. "Insensitive!" she shouted.
Nodoka laughed. Tristan growled. "Hey!" She smacked him in the head again.
"Respect your elders, young man!" said Makira.
Mokuba walked into the room. "What's going on?" he asked.
Old Lady Makira looked at Mokuba, then to Tristan, and then to Nodoka. "Nodoka, you never told me you had a child," she said.
Bakura then walked into the room. "Huh? Oh, hello," he said to the old lady.
Makira gasped. "Oh dear. Nodoka. You have two men living with you?" she shouted.
"What?" Nodoka looked at Makira.
Makira looked at Nodoka. "You don't even have the fat from delivering a child," she said.
Nodoka, Tristan, Mokuba, and Bakura glanced awkwardly. "Um, no," said Nodoka. "Tristan just stopped by, Bakura is taking care of me since I've been a little off lately. And I'm taking care of Mokuba."
At this, Makira sighed heavily. "Oh thank god," she said.
Tristan glanced at Nodoka. "I think I'm gonna go," Tristan said. "I don't want to get hit in the head again." Tristan walked over to kiss Nodoka but got an evil glare from Makira. He just smiled instead and walked out of the house.
Bakura walked over to Nodoka. "I believe mother wanted me home today," he said. He walked over to Nodoka and whispered into her ear: "I just don't want her hitting me." He then backed up. "I guess I'll see you later." He smiled and left.
"So, whose kid is he?" Makira asked.
"He's Seto Kaiba's little brother." Nodoka walked into the living room. Makira followed. Mokuba walked into the room and sat down at the T.V.
"The Seto Kaiba?" Makira asked.
Nodoka crossed her arms. "Unfortunately," she said.
"Well, if you build a man a fire you keep him warm for a day, if you set him on fire, you keep him warm for the rest of his life," Makira said. Nodoka looked at the old woman with a very confused look. Makira went to the table and sat down, Nodoka sat across from her. "Fire resembles love. You did not build him a fire, you set him on fire. He will love you for the rest of his life."
"Bullshit!" Nodoka shouted. Makira smacked Nodoka on the head with the stick. Nodoka was then quiet. She sat there and rubbed her head.
"You never do learn," Makira said.
Later that night, old lady Makira slept in Nodoka's bed and Nodoka slept on the couch. Well, she didn't really sleep. Nodoka lie on her back thinking of what Makira said. 'He will love you for the rest of his life.' Those words kept flowing through out her mind. 'You never do learn.' Nodoka then realized that she never did learn things she should have. She shouldn't have trusted Seto to blindfold her. Nodoka stood up and, still dressed in her regular clothes, she put on her socks, shoes, and her black leather trench coat. She then grabbed Mokuba's key chain. On her way around the house, she grabbed her shades, even though it was in the middle of the night. She put her sunglasses on and walked over to the closet where she grabbed her gun and she tucked it into the back of her pants. From there she walked into the garage and turned on the light. In the rarely opened garage was a black, blue, and gray Yamaha FZ1 motorcycle. She opened the garage door and pushed it out. She grabbed the garage remote, hit the close button, and put it in the inside pocket of her coat. She started up the motor and jumped on. Flying from the driveway, she felt cold and confused. Nodoka drove to the Kaiba Mansion and stopped her bike. She turned of the motor and pulled Mokuba's key chain from her pocket. She opened the gates and walked up to the door. She slowly unlocked the door and walked in. As soon as she got in, she panicked. She had no idea of what she was doing. Her first thought was to find Seto. She tilted her head to the side and thought for a second. Nodoka then clapped her hands together and the lights came on all through the house. "Um. whoops." Nodoka said. "I only wanted this room." Seto came running into the room in his boxers. "My, my, my." Nodoka said raising her right eyebrow. "Puppies and kittens. who'd have thought?"
"Eh? Ah. Nodoka? What are you doing here?" Seto asked.
"Came to straighten something out," she said.
Mai walked out of the hallway in a see through nightgown. "Seto, come back to bed." she mumbled groggily.
"Baka!" Nodoka said taking a step backward. "Whoa!"
"Aya! Nodoka! What are you doing here?" Mai shouted.
Nodoka started laughing. "Holy shit! You've got to be god damn kidding me!"
Seto and Mai glanced at each other and then to Nodoka. "What's so funny?" Mai growled.
"You. and him. ha!" She laughed harder and then took off her shades. She stopped laughing and regained her composure. "You must be joking, Seto Kaiba."
Mai walked over to Nodoka and backhanded her across the face. "Get out!" Mai said.
Nodoka blinked. "Thank god I took off my shades, you probably would have bitchified them." Nodoka lightly pushed Mai out of her way and walked over to Seto. "An old friend of mine stopped by."
"So what?" Seto said.
"She gave me some good advice."
"Like I care."
Nodoka sighed. "Fine! You don't want to hear what I have to say? Then fine!" She turned around and was shoved into Seto. The elder Kaiba caught her and brought her back to her feet.
"What are you doing?" Mai shouted at Seto.
"I."
"Shut up and go back to the room!"
"Okay.. Wait!" Seto glared at Mai. "I'm my own man, you don't control me!"
"Seto Kaiba! I have a way to control you!" Mai shoved Seto. He accidentally hit Nodoka, who in turn hit the wall, causing a picture to come off the wall and hit her. The glass shattered on impact with her body.
(Nodoka: Acri, you're confusing me. Am I with Seto, Tristan, Joey, or my doctor! I'm almost always getting injured.
Joey: I noticed that too.
Mira: And where's more scenes from the life of Mira?
Seto: Hey, you guys. she's fainted.
Tristan: How can you tell?
Mokuba: She's got those swirly lines where her eyes are supposed to be.
Mai: Why am I the bad guy. I mean girl
Téa: Do you guys think she's dying?
Bakura: Her right leg sure is twitching a lot.
Mai: Who says we dump her in the river?!
Everyone: *Glances at Mai. * That's why.
Acri: Oro.?)
Chapter 5 If You Build a Man a Fire
Nodoka smacked his hands away from her face and stepped back. "What the hell are you doing?" she shouted.
"Nodoka! I love you!"
Nodoka looked at the elder Kaiba shocked. Mokuba, Tristan, and Bakura walked over behind her. "What did you say?"
"Nodoka, I love you," Seto said.
"Leave," she said. "I don't want you here."
"But Nodoka. I."
Nodoka turned her head. When she turned back to face Seto she threw a punch and hit Seto in the face. He staggered back and rubbed his face. Nodoka frowned. Tristan then spoke. "What's Kaiba doing here?" he growled. He walked to Nodoka. Seto pulled out a gun and aimed it at Tristan's head. "Eh."
"Take a step and say good bye," Seto said.
Nodoka placed herself in between Tristan and Seto. "Don't!" she said.
"Come with me Nodoka," Seto said.
"Ah. but." She looked directly into Seto's eyes. "Let me get my jacket," she said. She walked in and Tristan followed, he closed the door behind him. Nodoka went upstairs and quickly took a shower. She came down in a black long sleeve shirt, that didn't cover the shoulders, and black jeans. She walked over to the closet. All Tristan saw her do was grab her black leather jacket and put it on.
"Nodoka." Tristan said.
"I'm being careful," she said. She pulled the side of her jacket back and opened the inside pocket of her jacket so he could see a pistol. "Extremely careful." This wasn't her normal trench coat; this was her favorite jacket that only went down to her waist. She zipped it up and looked into Tristan's eyes. "Will you be here. when I get back?" she asked.
He pulled her close to him and kissed her tenderly on the lips. "I'll be here for you always," he whispered into her ear. The separated and Nodoka walked over to the door. She opened it and Seto was sitting on the front porch. She put her foot on his back and pushed him off. He landed on his back and he looked up at her.
"Get up," she growled at him as she passed by. "Let's go."
Seto smiled and got to his feet. "Follow me." He reached for her hand but she stepped away from him and put her hands in her jacket pockets. Nodoka kept her eyes on the ground. She followed him to the park. They stopped and Seto turned to her. He walked behind her and put a blindfold over her eyes. All of Nodoka's muscles tensed up. "Relax," Seto said softly into her ear. There was something in his voice that made her settle down. He put his hand into her left jacket pocket and pulled out her hand. Nodoka noticed that he was shaking. She didn't know whether he was beginning to break down, or whether he was scared, or just cold. She heard him shift to the other side of her. He then took her other hand in his and then released both of them. She sensed him walk infront of her. He turned around and took her hands in his once more. Slowly he guided her through the park and to a modern sized building. They came to a curb and Seto stepped up. "Step up," he said. She did so and they continued walking. They stopped once more and Nodoka heard something open. Again they walked. Seto stopped and turned to her. He slowly nudged her so that she took two steps to the right. He released her hands and walked behind her. She heard something slide on the floor and then touch the back of her legs. "Sit." Nodoka sat down and was about to take the blindfold off. "Don't!" She froze and nodded; her hands then went back down to rest on her lap. She felt something softly touch her lips. She moved her head back.
"Hm, it is true, people who are blindfolded don't say anything," said a voice.
Seto had been kneeling next to Nodoka. He stood up and turned towards the speaker. "Mai!" Nodoka couldn't tell where anything was. "What are you doing here?"
"Kaiba, you're being unfaithful to me," Mai said. Mai pulled out a gun and aimed it at Nodoka's head. Nodoka heard it. The young reporter threw off the blindfold, flipped back in her chair, did a somersault, and got back to her feet. She saw Mai standing with a gun. Seto was on his knees and sitting on his legs. Then she noticed the table she had been sitting at. It had two red candles in the center, plates and silverware on both sides, a red rose on her side, and rose petals covered the rest of the empty space. Nodoka was about to reach into her jacket but Mai stepped forward. "Give me Mokuba!" Mai shouted.
"Give me death," Nodoka growled back. Seto looked at both of the women. One of them that hid her feelings very well and the other one he was about to marry.
"Where is Mokuba?" Mai shouted. She stepped forward and held the gun at Nodoka's throat.
"Fire away, bitch," Nodoka said. Seto ran up to Mai and put his hand on her shoulder. Mai turned and Seto kissed her. Nodoka turned, pulled out her gun and ran, she shot the glass door and jumped through it. She was so confused. Did Seto want her, or Mai? Which ever it was, he couldn't have both. Nodoka was running home when an old lady came out of nowhere and hit her with a stick. Nodoka stopped and turned around. "Hey! What's the matter with you?"
"Ah, running from your problems again, Nodoka?"
"Makira?" Nodoka looked curiously at the lady. "It's been a while, hasn't it?"
"Are you going to keep me standing out here, or are you going to see me to your home?" said the lady.
Nodoka smiled. "Follow me." She led the lady back to her home. Tristan opened the door and the two walked in.
"Who's the old lady?" Tristan asked.
The old woman known as Makira took the stick she had hit Nodoka with and she smacked Tristan on the head with it. "Insensitive!" she shouted.
Nodoka laughed. Tristan growled. "Hey!" She smacked him in the head again.
"Respect your elders, young man!" said Makira.
Mokuba walked into the room. "What's going on?" he asked.
Old Lady Makira looked at Mokuba, then to Tristan, and then to Nodoka. "Nodoka, you never told me you had a child," she said.
Bakura then walked into the room. "Huh? Oh, hello," he said to the old lady.
Makira gasped. "Oh dear. Nodoka. You have two men living with you?" she shouted.
"What?" Nodoka looked at Makira.
Makira looked at Nodoka. "You don't even have the fat from delivering a child," she said.
Nodoka, Tristan, Mokuba, and Bakura glanced awkwardly. "Um, no," said Nodoka. "Tristan just stopped by, Bakura is taking care of me since I've been a little off lately. And I'm taking care of Mokuba."
At this, Makira sighed heavily. "Oh thank god," she said.
Tristan glanced at Nodoka. "I think I'm gonna go," Tristan said. "I don't want to get hit in the head again." Tristan walked over to kiss Nodoka but got an evil glare from Makira. He just smiled instead and walked out of the house.
Bakura walked over to Nodoka. "I believe mother wanted me home today," he said. He walked over to Nodoka and whispered into her ear: "I just don't want her hitting me." He then backed up. "I guess I'll see you later." He smiled and left.
"So, whose kid is he?" Makira asked.
"He's Seto Kaiba's little brother." Nodoka walked into the living room. Makira followed. Mokuba walked into the room and sat down at the T.V.
"The Seto Kaiba?" Makira asked.
Nodoka crossed her arms. "Unfortunately," she said.
"Well, if you build a man a fire you keep him warm for a day, if you set him on fire, you keep him warm for the rest of his life," Makira said. Nodoka looked at the old woman with a very confused look. Makira went to the table and sat down, Nodoka sat across from her. "Fire resembles love. You did not build him a fire, you set him on fire. He will love you for the rest of his life."
"Bullshit!" Nodoka shouted. Makira smacked Nodoka on the head with the stick. Nodoka was then quiet. She sat there and rubbed her head.
"You never do learn," Makira said.
Later that night, old lady Makira slept in Nodoka's bed and Nodoka slept on the couch. Well, she didn't really sleep. Nodoka lie on her back thinking of what Makira said. 'He will love you for the rest of his life.' Those words kept flowing through out her mind. 'You never do learn.' Nodoka then realized that she never did learn things she should have. She shouldn't have trusted Seto to blindfold her. Nodoka stood up and, still dressed in her regular clothes, she put on her socks, shoes, and her black leather trench coat. She then grabbed Mokuba's key chain. On her way around the house, she grabbed her shades, even though it was in the middle of the night. She put her sunglasses on and walked over to the closet where she grabbed her gun and she tucked it into the back of her pants. From there she walked into the garage and turned on the light. In the rarely opened garage was a black, blue, and gray Yamaha FZ1 motorcycle. She opened the garage door and pushed it out. She grabbed the garage remote, hit the close button, and put it in the inside pocket of her coat. She started up the motor and jumped on. Flying from the driveway, she felt cold and confused. Nodoka drove to the Kaiba Mansion and stopped her bike. She turned of the motor and pulled Mokuba's key chain from her pocket. She opened the gates and walked up to the door. She slowly unlocked the door and walked in. As soon as she got in, she panicked. She had no idea of what she was doing. Her first thought was to find Seto. She tilted her head to the side and thought for a second. Nodoka then clapped her hands together and the lights came on all through the house. "Um. whoops." Nodoka said. "I only wanted this room." Seto came running into the room in his boxers. "My, my, my." Nodoka said raising her right eyebrow. "Puppies and kittens. who'd have thought?"
"Eh? Ah. Nodoka? What are you doing here?" Seto asked.
"Came to straighten something out," she said.
Mai walked out of the hallway in a see through nightgown. "Seto, come back to bed." she mumbled groggily.
"Baka!" Nodoka said taking a step backward. "Whoa!"
"Aya! Nodoka! What are you doing here?" Mai shouted.
Nodoka started laughing. "Holy shit! You've got to be god damn kidding me!"
Seto and Mai glanced at each other and then to Nodoka. "What's so funny?" Mai growled.
"You. and him. ha!" She laughed harder and then took off her shades. She stopped laughing and regained her composure. "You must be joking, Seto Kaiba."
Mai walked over to Nodoka and backhanded her across the face. "Get out!" Mai said.
Nodoka blinked. "Thank god I took off my shades, you probably would have bitchified them." Nodoka lightly pushed Mai out of her way and walked over to Seto. "An old friend of mine stopped by."
"So what?" Seto said.
"She gave me some good advice."
"Like I care."
Nodoka sighed. "Fine! You don't want to hear what I have to say? Then fine!" She turned around and was shoved into Seto. The elder Kaiba caught her and brought her back to her feet.
"What are you doing?" Mai shouted at Seto.
"I."
"Shut up and go back to the room!"
"Okay.. Wait!" Seto glared at Mai. "I'm my own man, you don't control me!"
"Seto Kaiba! I have a way to control you!" Mai shoved Seto. He accidentally hit Nodoka, who in turn hit the wall, causing a picture to come off the wall and hit her. The glass shattered on impact with her body.
(Nodoka: Acri, you're confusing me. Am I with Seto, Tristan, Joey, or my doctor! I'm almost always getting injured.
Joey: I noticed that too.
Mira: And where's more scenes from the life of Mira?
Seto: Hey, you guys. she's fainted.
Tristan: How can you tell?
Mokuba: She's got those swirly lines where her eyes are supposed to be.
Mai: Why am I the bad guy. I mean girl
Téa: Do you guys think she's dying?
Bakura: Her right leg sure is twitching a lot.
Mai: Who says we dump her in the river?!
Everyone: *Glances at Mai. * That's why.
Acri: Oro.?)