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"Delivered From Heaven"

By: MarikzGal4eva!

Chapter 3: More than A Dozen new Problems.

"What, dare I ask, are you doing?" asked Kaiba towards his rather upset-ly standing there secretary. Kaiba was confused at why she wouldn't let Mokuba's play-date friend come in here. It is part of her job, keeping people from disrupting him. Kaiba shook it off and ushered Mokuba and Madeline out of his office and into the space where his secretary's desk was located.

In the "space"

Ms. Kariko sat down and began typing more information into the computer. Mokuba and Madeline were talking about school, and other random topics. They chatted about clothes, movies, and music, until the reached family. All the while, the secretary unconsciously listened while she typed up the new plans for duel disk four that Mr. Kaiba had asked her to.

"You are lucky to have such a nice brother, at least from what I've heard about him from you," Madeline stated, looking a little sad.

"Yea, he's awesome. What about you? Do you have any siblings?" Mokuba asked, turning toward the sad-looking Madeline.

"Yes, I do," she replied, facing Mokuba with her light blue eyes, and white smile.

"Really? I'd be cool to meet them one day," Mokuba smiled, his own eyes lighting up with a smile.

"You can come over any time. I don't think anyone would notice. We always have company, or if we don't have any, nobody notices," Madeline laughed, the picture of her family in her mind.

"No one would notice? How is that? You only have like two siblings, right?" asked Mokuba, thinking of the time when Madeline had done the project in school about what was important to her. She had drawn two people. And a small house. The two people looked identical, and Madeline explained them as "Kira and Kaya", her two sisters that doubled as twins.

"I wish you were right, but I have more than two," Madeline replied, running her small hand over her braided deep blue hair.

"Really? That has got to be awesome! I wish I had more siblings, I mean, I'd love three!" Mokuba ecstatically said back, almost jumping for happiness of his friend.

"Thirteen," Madeline replied, her smile dropping into a semi-frown.

"Thirteen what?" Mokuba asked, still dreaming of three siblings.

"Thirteen brothers and sisters," Madeline answered, causing Mokuba to fall onto the ground and gape at her.

"You're so lucky! I wish I had that many!"

"No, I'm not, believe me. I get ignored most times; dinner, lunch, breakfast, whatever food is a hurricane of fighting hands; we get chores to do; our apartment is too small, our family has so many problems," Madeline sighed, looking towards the ground.

"Madeline," Ms. Kariko interrupted. She had been listening the entire time, and was not happy with what Madeline had revealed about her family.

"What is it?" Madeline answered, on the verge of tears.

"I think you should get home,"

"No! you always ruin my fun!"

"Madeline,"

"For once, Chi! For once I have a friend that invited me over, can I not talk about things that are on my mind?!"

"Madeline. . ."

"NO!"

By that time, Kaiba had stepped out of his office to see what is going on- and what disrupted him from his precious work. He saw a teary Madeline, a solemn Mokuba, and a frustrated Ms. Kariko. He was a little confused, but regained his stature within the blink of an eye, and before it was shown to anyone.

"Big Brother, fire her!! She made Madeline cry!!" Mokuba shouted at his brother, pointed towards the shocked, and very pale, secretary of his.

"Ms. Kariko, you heard my brother," Kaiba coldly stated, turning toward his office.

"NO!! Mr. Kaiba Please reconsider!!" Madeline cried out, even more distressed.

"Why should I? She upset you, and you are a friend of Mokuba's," Kaiba replied, as he kept walking towards the door.

"Because, she and I both need the money," the dark-haired twelve-year-old reasoned, motioning towards the still shocked sixteen-year-old secretary.

"What?" Mokuba said, very confused, as his brother stopped and about-faced.

"You heard me! my name is Madeline Kariko, that is my sister, Chi Kariko. You fire her, and all twelve of our siblings will starve!"

"Madeline, I can find another job," the secretary said, clearing some items off of her desk.

"Not again. This is the best one yet!" Madeline said with such force, it was like slapping her sister in the face with reality.

"Twelve?" Kaiba asked, perplexed, "Can your parents not get jobs?"

"No, one is dead, and the other is in a mental institution!" Madeline yelled, not the least bit sad about her mom or dad, for she couldn't remember either. It happened when she was very little, he mother died of giving birth to her youngest trio of siblings, the triplets. Hank, Harley, and Hamlet, are their names. Chi covered her mouth with her gentle fingers, scuffed nails included.

"Who takes care of you, then?" the brunette CEO asked.

"Well, Chi does, even though she gets no help from, the oldest of my siblings, Charlie. He gets drunk all day. Chi won't let him in the house!" Madeline stated.

Chi began to turn very, very red.

Later, at The Kariko's apartment

"We're home!" shouted Madeline to the toy-scattered rooms of the two- bedroom apartment. How could they all fit in there? It is called one living room pull-out couch and two king-size hand-me-down mattresses; each fit four children, but there is still two of them left, right? Charlie is not allowed inside this house, and well, Chi sleeps wherever she feels like; Anywhere from the kitchen stool, to the living room table, to the rough, barely carpeted, threadbare floor. As one can see, life is tough for the Kariko family.

They ate dinner, but not without mishaps. Sam, the ten-year-old blonde haired and gold-eyed nature lover, had his frog, Jennie jump into the bowl of chicken soup! It splashed all over everyone. Luckily, Chi couldn't afford a stove-top over, so it was cold (she bought everything pre-cooked).

After this, Verity (the fashion conscious brunette), lectured throughout the rest of the meal about hygiene. She also yelled about having wild animals in the house, and about how much more time she needed in front of the mirror. Chi didn't give the ten-year old child any more time. After all, giving Verity more time in front of the mirror would only make her more narcissistic! And that was saying a lot.

The Movie, "Cheaper by the Dozen" inspired me to take her siblings down a notch. Chi (aka the secretary) was originally going to have fourteen siblings, and a slightly different family life, so, you get the drift. I also do not own "Cheaper by the Dozen," but I own my ticket to it. No! Wait! I lost that. . .

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