Adriana stepped into Pegasus's mansion and looked around in awe. She had thought the Kiaba's mansion was big but Pegasus's mansion was at least three times the size of Seto's. She looked beside her to him to see how he was doing and saw how tense he seemed. She knew that this place held bad memories for Seto and that he was trying hard not to show his discomfort. Placing her hand on his elbow she smiled a warm smile when he turned to her. "Everything will be alight, just relax and don't worry I'll look after Mokuba he'll never be out of my sight." She had meant to only comfort him with the last of her statement because she knew how Pegasus had taken Mokuba and used him as bait for Seto once before. She wanted him to know that that wouldn't happen again. She had hoped he would calm down some but his reaction was the total opposite o f how she had hoped he'd react.
"Do you not think I can look after my own brother Miss.Cramer?" He asked his tone one of anger and annoyance. Suprised at his hostile response Adrianna felt tears prick at her eyelids and looked down so Seto would not see the sign of her weakness.
"I-I'm sorry I didn't mean you could not look after him it's just I know you're worried about him, what with how Pegasus took him and used him against you last time, I love him as much as you do and wanted you to know he would be looked after and taken care of that's all." She stopped her tirade with a slight hiccup as a result of keeping in her tears and hoped her anxious babbling did not upset him more.
Seto sighed as he heard the anxiousness and the sadness in her voice. He should not have snapped at her she had after all been only trying to help him feel better. He just so hated this place and anything else that belonged to the man who owned it. He knew he probably shouldn't have brought Mokuba and Adriana but he was afraid to leave them at the mansion for fear that Pegasus would find a way to take them and use them against him. Stopping he turned to the woman beside him and took the hand she had placed on his arm into his own.
"I'm sorry Anna, I shouldn't have snapped at you it's just -
He was stopped by a soft femine finger against his lips. He looked at her face mere inches from his and saw the understanding in her eyes.
"I know, Pegasus is not some one you like and from hearing how he kidnaped Mokuba he defiantly isn't my favorite person at the moment, let's just try to forget about him for the moment, I know this is his island and his house but let's just think about getting to our rooms and the nice hot baths and soft beds that await us there, let's just put Pegasus from our minds for acouple of hours." Gently kissing the finger against his lips he slowly removed it from its position. He raised his hand and caressed her face wondering who to thank for the angel in front of him. She was defiantly turning out to be his salvation and was beginning to warm areas of his heart he thought long cold.
"Alight Anna you win tonight we will think only of the luxuries waiting for us tomorrow is enough time to think of Pegasus."
"Anna is it now?" She asked with a soft smile on her lips. He returned the smile just as softly.
"Let's just say Adriana was becoming too much of a mouthful, besides Anna suits you much better." Laughing slightly she lightly punched on the arm.
"We'll see about that." She coyly replied.
"My dear Seto who is this beautiful creature you have brought with you, when I said you could bring a date I never thought you'd bring one and never one as beautiful as this." A cultured voice interrupted their camaraderie. At once Seto was tense and on guard his arm instinctively slipping around Adriana's waist as if to make sure she stayed at his side. Although suprised at this move from her thawing employer Anna quickly accepted it and immediately looked for her wayward charge seeing him run up to her and grab on to both her and his brother while glaring hatefuly at the man in front of him.
"It's okay Mokuba he won't hurt you," As she said this she ran her hand through his wild head of black hair knowing it helped to calm him.
"I know he won't my brother will stop him if he tries anything!" He yelled throwing his statement to the man in front of their small group.
"And so he will young Mokuba, but I was not asking about you young man but the woman whom you're holding onto at the moment, and you'd be my dear?" He asked his eyes lustfully raking in her appearance making her regret her choice of clothing, a pair of jean shorts and a purple tank top with a white shirt over it. It had seemed like a comfortable outfit this morning. Now though she felt too exposed and open to Pegasus's leering.
"Adriana, Adriana Cramer I am Mokuba's caretaker." She replied not using the word nanny in thinking it to old fashioned. She looked at the man in front of her wanting to know what he looked like, to know everything about this man who brought so much pain to others and seemed to enjoy doing it. Pegasus certainly was opposing. He was quite tall maybe about an inch taller than Seto. His long sliver hair laid atop shoulders of a man who looked as though he swam a lot. For he was muscular but also quite slim. He wore old fashioned clothing befitting the nobility of an english lord of the 1700's. With all this the one thing that really stood out was his millennium puzzle piece. It was an eye piece and so he had one normal eye which was a hard gray looking like cold marble, and one eye that held a gold piece that looked like an eye. "He defiantly has the creep factor down." was Anna's thought as she looked at him disdainfully.
"Now that you know the lady's name we must be getting to our rooms, it was a long trip here and we are quite tired if you'll excuse us." Seto tried to move forward his arm still around her waist but Pegasus would not move.
"Hold on their Seto, it is rude to leave your host before all the introductions are made surely I thought you had better manners than that." Walking over till he was alittle too close for comfort for Adriana's taste he leaned down and taking her hand in his promptly introduced himself.
"I am Pegasus my dear owner of this estate and it is my most astute pleasure to welcome you to my home however humble it may be in your presence." He then promptly kissed the back of her hand. Quickly pulling her hand away from his unwanted affections. she sighed with annoyance of their host instantly disliking him.
"I already knew who you were Pegasus, thank you for inviting Seto, Mokuba, and myself now if you'll excuse us but as Seto said we are quite tired and wish to take a nap before dinner." Pegasus still would not move still staring at her and looking as though he wanted to follow her up to her room. Swallowing nervously Adriana instinctively burrowed closer to Seto and the safety he offered. She defiantly did not like this man and especially did not like the way he was looking at her. Seto did not like it ether and was becoming quite angry the longer he continued to do so. He didn't know why this one small woman caused his emotions to become so entangled, but she did. He was feeling things he'd never felt before. And as Pegasus continued to leer at the woman in his arms he began to feel one of those unused emotions: Jealousy. He felt a rage at another man especially Pegasus looking at Anna, his Anna, in the way he was doing as though he wanted to take her, conquer her. NO! he would not let him, she was his and no one else's! Wait what was he thinking, why was he acting this way? She was just another woman his brother's nanny right? RIGHT? He didn't know he wanted to just pretend he felt nothing for this woman, for Anna, that she was only just his brother's nanny but something was happening here something bigger than just lust or want. Although what that was he didn't know. And what his brain was thinking it was, this feeling, was something that scared him down to his toes. Was this love? No it couldn't be he couldn't afford to love anyone accept Mokuba, they would just end up leaving him and he couldn't stand to go through another loss like that of his parents. No it must be lust it had to be, whatever it was he had to get it out of his system because if he didn't he was afraid of what this one small woman could do to him and his well organized life.
Frustrated with his mixed up thoughts Seto was just about to push away Pegasus when he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"Hey Kaiba, is that you?, challenging Pegasus before me, same old Kaiba always has to be the first." Mokuba gasped in delight as he recognized the young, yet strong voice from behind them. Adriana turned to see a short young boy about five feet tall with blond and red spiked hair. His eyes were a brilliant chocolate brown and shown with an innocence yet also a wisdom way past the boy years. When Mokuba saw him he yelled with joy and ran towards the boy.
"Seto who is this boy Mokuba obviously knows him, so who is he?" Turning she saw a look of wonder yet gladness in Seto's eyes. He opened his mouth and one word came out in a whisper, a name. "Yugi."
Okay Yugi was introduced in this chapter you'll see more in the next one, also Pegasus shows more than passing interest in Adrianna this could cause problems in her and Seto's growing relationship. Stay tuned for the next chapter I should hopefully have it out in a few weeks at the latest in a month.
"Do you not think I can look after my own brother Miss.Cramer?" He asked his tone one of anger and annoyance. Suprised at his hostile response Adrianna felt tears prick at her eyelids and looked down so Seto would not see the sign of her weakness.
"I-I'm sorry I didn't mean you could not look after him it's just I know you're worried about him, what with how Pegasus took him and used him against you last time, I love him as much as you do and wanted you to know he would be looked after and taken care of that's all." She stopped her tirade with a slight hiccup as a result of keeping in her tears and hoped her anxious babbling did not upset him more.
Seto sighed as he heard the anxiousness and the sadness in her voice. He should not have snapped at her she had after all been only trying to help him feel better. He just so hated this place and anything else that belonged to the man who owned it. He knew he probably shouldn't have brought Mokuba and Adriana but he was afraid to leave them at the mansion for fear that Pegasus would find a way to take them and use them against him. Stopping he turned to the woman beside him and took the hand she had placed on his arm into his own.
"I'm sorry Anna, I shouldn't have snapped at you it's just -
He was stopped by a soft femine finger against his lips. He looked at her face mere inches from his and saw the understanding in her eyes.
"I know, Pegasus is not some one you like and from hearing how he kidnaped Mokuba he defiantly isn't my favorite person at the moment, let's just try to forget about him for the moment, I know this is his island and his house but let's just think about getting to our rooms and the nice hot baths and soft beds that await us there, let's just put Pegasus from our minds for acouple of hours." Gently kissing the finger against his lips he slowly removed it from its position. He raised his hand and caressed her face wondering who to thank for the angel in front of him. She was defiantly turning out to be his salvation and was beginning to warm areas of his heart he thought long cold.
"Alight Anna you win tonight we will think only of the luxuries waiting for us tomorrow is enough time to think of Pegasus."
"Anna is it now?" She asked with a soft smile on her lips. He returned the smile just as softly.
"Let's just say Adriana was becoming too much of a mouthful, besides Anna suits you much better." Laughing slightly she lightly punched on the arm.
"We'll see about that." She coyly replied.
"My dear Seto who is this beautiful creature you have brought with you, when I said you could bring a date I never thought you'd bring one and never one as beautiful as this." A cultured voice interrupted their camaraderie. At once Seto was tense and on guard his arm instinctively slipping around Adriana's waist as if to make sure she stayed at his side. Although suprised at this move from her thawing employer Anna quickly accepted it and immediately looked for her wayward charge seeing him run up to her and grab on to both her and his brother while glaring hatefuly at the man in front of him.
"It's okay Mokuba he won't hurt you," As she said this she ran her hand through his wild head of black hair knowing it helped to calm him.
"I know he won't my brother will stop him if he tries anything!" He yelled throwing his statement to the man in front of their small group.
"And so he will young Mokuba, but I was not asking about you young man but the woman whom you're holding onto at the moment, and you'd be my dear?" He asked his eyes lustfully raking in her appearance making her regret her choice of clothing, a pair of jean shorts and a purple tank top with a white shirt over it. It had seemed like a comfortable outfit this morning. Now though she felt too exposed and open to Pegasus's leering.
"Adriana, Adriana Cramer I am Mokuba's caretaker." She replied not using the word nanny in thinking it to old fashioned. She looked at the man in front of her wanting to know what he looked like, to know everything about this man who brought so much pain to others and seemed to enjoy doing it. Pegasus certainly was opposing. He was quite tall maybe about an inch taller than Seto. His long sliver hair laid atop shoulders of a man who looked as though he swam a lot. For he was muscular but also quite slim. He wore old fashioned clothing befitting the nobility of an english lord of the 1700's. With all this the one thing that really stood out was his millennium puzzle piece. It was an eye piece and so he had one normal eye which was a hard gray looking like cold marble, and one eye that held a gold piece that looked like an eye. "He defiantly has the creep factor down." was Anna's thought as she looked at him disdainfully.
"Now that you know the lady's name we must be getting to our rooms, it was a long trip here and we are quite tired if you'll excuse us." Seto tried to move forward his arm still around her waist but Pegasus would not move.
"Hold on their Seto, it is rude to leave your host before all the introductions are made surely I thought you had better manners than that." Walking over till he was alittle too close for comfort for Adriana's taste he leaned down and taking her hand in his promptly introduced himself.
"I am Pegasus my dear owner of this estate and it is my most astute pleasure to welcome you to my home however humble it may be in your presence." He then promptly kissed the back of her hand. Quickly pulling her hand away from his unwanted affections. she sighed with annoyance of their host instantly disliking him.
"I already knew who you were Pegasus, thank you for inviting Seto, Mokuba, and myself now if you'll excuse us but as Seto said we are quite tired and wish to take a nap before dinner." Pegasus still would not move still staring at her and looking as though he wanted to follow her up to her room. Swallowing nervously Adriana instinctively burrowed closer to Seto and the safety he offered. She defiantly did not like this man and especially did not like the way he was looking at her. Seto did not like it ether and was becoming quite angry the longer he continued to do so. He didn't know why this one small woman caused his emotions to become so entangled, but she did. He was feeling things he'd never felt before. And as Pegasus continued to leer at the woman in his arms he began to feel one of those unused emotions: Jealousy. He felt a rage at another man especially Pegasus looking at Anna, his Anna, in the way he was doing as though he wanted to take her, conquer her. NO! he would not let him, she was his and no one else's! Wait what was he thinking, why was he acting this way? She was just another woman his brother's nanny right? RIGHT? He didn't know he wanted to just pretend he felt nothing for this woman, for Anna, that she was only just his brother's nanny but something was happening here something bigger than just lust or want. Although what that was he didn't know. And what his brain was thinking it was, this feeling, was something that scared him down to his toes. Was this love? No it couldn't be he couldn't afford to love anyone accept Mokuba, they would just end up leaving him and he couldn't stand to go through another loss like that of his parents. No it must be lust it had to be, whatever it was he had to get it out of his system because if he didn't he was afraid of what this one small woman could do to him and his well organized life.
Frustrated with his mixed up thoughts Seto was just about to push away Pegasus when he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"Hey Kaiba, is that you?, challenging Pegasus before me, same old Kaiba always has to be the first." Mokuba gasped in delight as he recognized the young, yet strong voice from behind them. Adriana turned to see a short young boy about five feet tall with blond and red spiked hair. His eyes were a brilliant chocolate brown and shown with an innocence yet also a wisdom way past the boy years. When Mokuba saw him he yelled with joy and ran towards the boy.
"Seto who is this boy Mokuba obviously knows him, so who is he?" Turning she saw a look of wonder yet gladness in Seto's eyes. He opened his mouth and one word came out in a whisper, a name. "Yugi."
Okay Yugi was introduced in this chapter you'll see more in the next one, also Pegasus shows more than passing interest in Adrianna this could cause problems in her and Seto's growing relationship. Stay tuned for the next chapter I should hopefully have it out in a few weeks at the latest in a month.