Author's Notes: So, we are onto chapter two. Thanks for the reviews. - I agree and I'm sorry about the last sentence. I think I meant to say or would be fired. Or maybe I meant, Rio was actually getting a pay cut and if anything like that ever happened again, he'd be fired. I'm jabbering about the last sentence to my chapter. Ok, I hope this isn't as boring as the last chapter…but knowing what I'm like…
Chapter Two: While One Can Sleep, The Other Can't
Ishizu grew quite pale as she made her way to her apartment. Her hands gripped her upper arms because that night was quite cold. And she was hardly wearing anything except for one of her Egyptian dresses. This wasn't like her sand coloured one that she'd worn to Battle City. Instead it was a cream coloured dress. She wished she had her jacket with her. How stupid of her to actually think Seto Kaiba would offer to drive her home.
How silly of me. I am becoming naïve more and more these days, without my Millennium Tauk. And I believe someone is beginning to listen to me. He does seem to talk a little bit more now. At least he listened to me. She smiled at the thought of him. And if she could smile about him, maybe he would have less of an arrogant personality. Slowly, he did seem to be accepting the fact that she certainly wasn't going to give up her beliefs. He just ridiculed her but she could handle it.
Looking up, she noticed it was going to start raining. A few drops of water splashed onto the pavement beneath her and she sighed. If it was going to be a thunderstorm, she would have to have a shower when she arrived home. She would also have to swallow some sleeping pills to get her to sleep. She could never even close her eyes, whenever it thundered and lightened.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash and a flash of light, and the rain tipped onto her, hard. Ishizu shook her head and began to run through the rain. Her raven hair became heavier as the water piled in and she swore her dress was becoming see-through. Damn it, if it was. That was all she really needed, wasn't it? A see-through dress to match her soaking wet hair.
She gasped slightly, at the sound of another lightening rod hitting the Earth. She hoped it wasn't striking right behind her as she ran forwards. She finally saw her apartment building close and sighed in relief, however her pace never lessened. She scrambled inside and panted for air as she walked to her room.
Passers by asked her if she was ok, and she only nodded her reply. Once she had got into her apartment, she sighed and slumped down on the chair by the fireplace. Her ebony hair was completely soaked through so she might as well have just not bothered to have a shower. The rain seemed to that job for her. She sat on the rug just before the fire and gathered all her hair by her side, so the heat from the fire could dry it.
As she did, she reached for her drawer by the couch and took out a book of hers, she'd been reading for some time. It was a romance and she had found the naivety of the couple in question quite amusing. From the beginning, it was a little too obvious what was going to happen. It was a typical theme; man and woman hate each other and then fall in love over one thing or another. How amusing. She briefly wondered, what it would be like, if she and Seto, ever had that happen to them. She laughed at the idea, why was she thinking such thoughts? Seto would never come to accept the fact that she believed in destiny. She decided not spend her reading time, thinking about him.
But as she read the book, she couldn't help but realize a similar thing was happening between them, as in the book. This man had something of the woman's she needed…and he refused to give it back to her. To be exact, he had her passport which she needed, to move to her new home in America. Why he had it, Ishizu had no idea. The author obviously rushed to get to the more 'romantic' scenes of the book. She read on, only to find they had kissed and had, had sex on page 50 of the book, which was virtually the beginning.
"Why do you have my passport, Kyle?!" Anne asked, angrily, snatching the small red book from him. He remained placid, staring into her deep green eyes, remembering how when he fist saw them, he felt lost. He still did, that's why he couldn't answer her. As the cars drove past, the wind picked up and caused her brown silky hair to wave out to her side, like a waterfall, when it splashed into the pool beneath.
"Because…Anne," he stated, reaching out for a stand of her brunette hair, "…I can't see you leave here forever…I don't want you to."
"Why?" She asked quickly, nearing him.
Without giving her the satisfaction of an answer, he leaned into her, and captured her warm lips within his own. She moaned and clutched onto him passionately returning his kiss. He pulled her closer, carefully, as not to damage his delicate flower. She was his desire and he needed her with him. Finally he knew he could have her forever and always, for a whole eternity.
Anne felt like she was on cloud nine and floating straight up to heaven. The way he caressed her back was…so gently and with such affection. She needed his touch; she wanted to be swept off her feet. Tides of passion engulfed her and rivers of love flowed gently through her mind as they entered his house, once again.
Ishizu sighed and closed the book, not wanting to read on. Oh well, it was her fault for picking up a Mills And Boons book. Mills And Boons, were stories which had to have the main characters meet by the first page and have their first kiss by the next day or something. It was Ishizu's fault for being so curious about what the whole name of those types of books meant. She would never understand.
She sighed and got up, heading for the bathroom when there was a light rapping at the door. She gritted her teeth together and walked to the door.
"Ishizu." Rashid nodded once.
"I don't have it yet, Rashid." Ishizu said, letting him in. She had a feeling he'd like to discuss something with her.
He sat himself on the seat by the fire. The storm outside seemed to be dying down a little, as the rain was not beginning to hit down as hard as before. She stood by the fire, gazing at its entrancing orange flame. It danced for a while as nobody said anything. Entwining with itself and striking outwards towards her as if trying to reach for air, but was too far away.
"…I know this must be hard, Ishizu." He spoke in a tone that was more sincere and looser than of which she had usually heard him speak.
"Do you?" She asked meeting his gaze. His green eyes always reminded her of past years. They were still as striking as they were back then, and always caught her off-guard. They were bright and full of energy, even when Rashid wasn't feeling well. She smiled whenever she looked into them.
"I know." He repeated standing up, rather slowly.
Ishizu didn't back away; she knew Rashid wasn't hiding a knife behind his back. One, because his hands were by his side and two, he would never harm anyone even if it meant betraying his closest and dearest person to avoid from doing it. He wasn't a murderer; he never was or would be.
He walked to Ishizu, standing before her and swallowed hard. "I never wanted for Marik to become so corrupt. I would have protected him with my life…but fate was not going to be so kind. I'm sorry I ever let it get to this."
At a loss for what to say, she shook her head and turned her head to the side, moving her gaze away from him. She didn't know why she couldn't say anything. A million thoughts were wrapped up in her mind and she just wanted to let them all out…but she couldn't tell Rashid how she felt. And she didn't know why.
"Rashid…" she begun. However she didn't turn back to him. She slid shut her eyes. What was she going to say? She wanted to tell him all her troubles, to let out all her problems, and even if he couldn't help, at least he'd have listened. But…instead she sighed and looked at the clock. In a tone barley above a whisper, she continued, "…it's getting late. And I'd like to sleep before the storm begins again." She smiled.
He laughed inwardly and looked at her shaking his head, "You always used to hate storms. I remember when I was with you…" He glanced at her, clearly unsure whether he should have been reminiscing with her. When she nodded for him to go on, he turned to the fire, gazing intently at it. "…You used to grab my arm and rest your head on my shoulder."
"And you used to tell me stories." Ishizu smiled, her memories coming back to her.
There was a long pause before Rashid turned back to her. He swallowed and walked closer to her, so he was directly face to face.
"I miss those days…" He whispered quietly, staring into her eyes.
Ishizu nodded, her blue eyes half hidden by her eyelids. A yawn escaped her lips and Rashid nodded clearly understanding she needed to rest. He smiled at her before taking his leave. Ishizu watched him leave and as soon as the door clicked there was a loud crash of thunder, causing her to jump slightly. She rolled her eyes and laid down on her couch. She only planned to lay there for a little while but unfortunately, her weariness got the better of her and sent her off into a deep slumber.
She looked beautiful when she slept. Her raven hair spread across the desert sand like a beautiful flowing river, filled with the black of the night. Silky and smooth. He wanted to run his fingers through her hair forever, but he could not do that. She would feel he was neglecting her. Her head was half rested on his chest, half on the sand anyway…Her golden skin made her blend in with the sand, and she was a beautiful part of the desert. His beautiful sun kissed goddess.
She stirred and he kissed her gently on the lips, to wake her up fully. Her night blue eyes opened and she smiled when she saw him, he stared down at her, completely taken away. The far off look in his eyes when he looked at her was beginning to stir up thoughts in her mind of what he was thinking about.
"I want you to know something," she whispered in his ear, smiling. He kissed her neck, causing her to grace his ears with the sound of her small laughing. It was sweet music playing over and over again and he just couldn't get enough of it. He continued, until he was at her shoulder. He brought his face so that their foreheads touched by the side. "I love you," She whispered rubbing her cheek against his.
His eyes widened.
Startled and alarmed, Seto woke up with a start. He gasped, and pushed his hair back. He viewed his surroundings, and realized he was in no desert, he was in his room. The thunder was still rattling outside, shaking his windows.
"What a nightmare. Damn thunder." He said to himself, walking over to the drawn curtains. He pulled them back gently, looking at the deserted road ahead. Not so much as absent-mindedly…he was looking for someone. He hoped she'd gotten into her home before the storm had begun. Then he furiously gripped the curtain and pulled it across the window.
Shit, now is she in my dreams too? What is that…woman trying to do to me?! Her silly little games to try and get Obelisk are only leading her one step away from getting my card. And she will not leave me alone!! Kaiba clutched his head, trying not to think about her dune brown skin, or her deep entrancing blue eyes, or her raven hair flowing with the wind. That was terribly hard to do and as he tried to make himself immune to it, he was failing like hell. I swear, if that wretched wench thinks I'm giving up my card…argh…and now what am I doing? Wasting my time thinking about her?!
He stormed back over to his bed, sitting down, and running his hand down his face, tiredly. He didn't need to sleep, and besides the thunder was a nuisance, so he wouldn't be able to fall asleep again.
With a growl, he stormed over to the bathroom connected to his bedroom and turned the tap on. He looked in the mirror, before taking a handful of warm water and splashing it onto his face. He repeated this a few more times before reaching for the towel and drying it. As he did, he stared into the mirror, and unwillingly his mind wondered off into the past.
I keep staring at my reflection in the mirror all day…I don't look like him. He doesn't have blue eyes like me. He doesn't have my nose, or my mouth, or my whole face. He's a lot more…bolder. He isn't me. He isn't who I will be in the future. He isn't my real father. Mokuba will look up to someone different. Me. I hope…that these eyes in time…are a little more lighter. Maybe he will still see the good side of me that no one else sees. After all, he is my brother. And he'll look up to me a go, "Yeah, that's my big brother Seto!" He won't see Gozoburo in my eyes. He'll see his big brother---me.
He traced the outline of his eyes, around them and gently underneath them…he wasn't Gozoburo. But he acted like him. That much he knew. Gozoburo wouldn't care less about others and neither could Seto. He was almost like him. He knew it. He was almost turning into…Gozoburo Kaiba.
Seto growled and turned the tap off, stalking back into the bedroom. Well, at least he wasn't thinking about her. Nothing could be worse.
He sat at his desk, and lifted the top to his laptop up. As it was loading, he leant back on his chair and stared outside at the flashing of the thunder and lightening dying down. He closed his eyes and groaned. This was all he needed. As soon as he began work, it decided to get quiet.
There was a noise from the compact machine telling him he'd just received an e-mail. Curious he opened it, and laughed out loud when he saw who it was from. This was beyond annoying; it was just getting too ridiculous for words. Why was he still trying to talk to him? After an unexpected visit a while ago, he told him that he and Mokuba would have nothing to do with him. And it would stay that way.
His eyes widened as he read the e-mail fully, completely shocked at what he was reading. That bastard was lying!! He had to be!
So his anger let out and his hands tapped away furiously the response to his message.
Author's Notes: Anyone want to guess who "he" is? Anyway, you shall find out later on. That was still boring, wasn't it? Ah well, it'll take a while before some real drama happens but I hope you can bear with meh until then! Review please! There are some very strong SetoxIshizu chapters coming on sooner on, I promise so please continue reading if you'd like for me to hurry up with them!!