(Lilo: nooooooo, the Christmas holidays are almost over!!!!! Noooo!!!! I don't want to go back to school!!! Gah!!^_^ … anyways, yes, in the previous chapter I said that the whole reason for Pegasus acting all girly girly was shown but I was wrong! Guys, I was totally out of it when I wrote the end of that chapter and the author notes. Gah, the explanation thingy begins(sorta) in this chapter and will end in the next chapter … sorry if I confused you. anyways, here is the next chapter! *dumdumdumdum*
Marikue: *slowly edging away from her* she is in one of her mood swings again. Damn, that is never good! Gah, anyways, she doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh or ElimiDate … )
~Chapter 06
~Involuntarily Interview ~
Kaiba didn't know whether he wanted to laugh or to cry when the ride was finally over. Well, he still couldn't manage to get over a fact that he was still alive and his limbs were intact. Ah, a happy ending you say … but there was a price to pay! And that price being the riddance of food in a public toilet in a more 'violent' way …
"This was not how I wanted to say 'Good-Bye' to my breakfast" Kaiba murmured as he whipped his mouth of with a paper towel and looked at his messed up hair and his deeply bruised ego. Ah, the only plus was that he was not alone in his misery! No, misery always has a friend and that 'friend' of his was probably doing the same thing as he, the only difference being the fact that they were in different washrooms …
"Are you ok??" Isis asked, her eyes wide as Kaiba exited his 'place of doom'.
"I'll live" Kaiba said and then added. "Hopefully ..."
"You look green" Mai commented as she looked at him carefully. His face was still green …
"Shut up Valentine" Kaiba snapped and leaned against the wall, waiting for his 'misery partner' to show herself.
"You – you – urrrgh!!!" Mai practically screamed at him and stormed into the girls washrooms after Serenity and Isis(she went along with Serenity earlier in case the girl needed something)
"Stop being a jerk" Tea said as she tried to glare at him but then again, who can possibly win a glaring match against CEO of Kaiba Corp.? Not a single 'human' living, because Mariku and Bakura(Yami Bakura) didn't count as 'living'. Nope and besides, only one of the two still lived … well, Mariku being obliterated in the Battle City finals and Bakura 'almost' dying in Kuru Eruma. Key word: 'almost'.
"Can't help it Gardener" Kaiba sneered and chose to glare at Pegasus instead.
"Hmpf!" Tea said and was about to escape into the washroom as well only to have her way blocked by Kaiba.
"You are not going anywhere my friend" he said coldly and she sweatdropped. Since when did Kaiba consider her a friend? Well, maybe since the moment he was about to be left with Pegasus, alone.
"Are you scared?" she asked, looking up at him, amused.
"Of what?" Kaiba asked, amused, but did not move.
"Of Pegasus over there" Tea said with a smirk as Pegasus smiled a smile and Kaiba gave him a dark look.
"Never thought that you would sink that low" he told the older man and then turned his attention back to Tea. "And no, I am not afraid of him. His plans won't work" Pegasus battered his eyelashes. "both of them" Kaiba added and glared at Tea.
"O-ok Kaiba" Tea said slowly, not wanting to make Kaiba's mood even worse. It was bad enough already, no use getting killed today because she still had a life to live, thank you very much. It was then that Serenity finally decided to emerge from her previous 'stress-relieving' place with Mai and Isis following closely behind.
"Are you alive?" Tea asked her pale friend as the girl wobbled slightly. No more rollercoasters for her …
"I think" Serenity murmured quietly as she briefly glanced in Kaiba's direction. He was still alive? Then again, so was she …
"So, what are we going to do now?" Mai asked impatiently.
"What do you mean?" Tea asked the older girl, looking at her curiously.
"Well …" Mai began but suddenly, they were interrupted by a group of teens and a camera crew.
"Mr. Kaiba!" the woman in glasses screamed, holding a microphone and trying to get as close to her 'victim' as possible. Kaiba, on the other hand, backed away and grabbed the nearest person to him, Isis, and used her as a shield.
"We have to get out of here, now!" he hissed, looking around for possible means of escape. Sadly, there were none.
"Mr. Kaiba! This is CBC News! Is that your boyfriend?" the woman asked, indicating to Pegasus. Kaiba's eyes practically fell out.
"No!" he replied emotionlessly.
"Do you have a relationship with somebody?" the woman continued while the camera man kept on zooming in and out on the group.
"Yes he does" Mai replied, effectively shutting Kaiba up.
"Is that so?" the reporter continued.
"Ya" Tea said, trying to defend a Kaiba who was clueless as to why they were asking and answering questions about his relationship... what the hell was going on?
"Then who is the lucky man?" reporter continued while Pegasus regretted changing into his normal clothes.
"I am no man!" Isis suddenly said, glaring at the woman with the microphone. Oh, Kaiba will pay for this later on.
"A cross-dresser perhaps?" the woman said as she turned to face the camera again while a swarm of teens were 'wooing' in the background.
"What???" Isis was about to punch that woman and so were the others.
"Mr. Kaiba, is it true that 'now' you prefer women over man?" the woman enquired, looking at him sternly.
"God" Kaiba said as he shook his head. It was just as he feared. "This is enough!" he said and it was then that the camera crew and others were left with one dust trail as Kaiba practically ran for his life only to be closely followed by his other five companions, leaving the reporters face six trails of dust and crickets in the background …
"As you can see," the reporter now turned back to face the camera, "Mr. Kaiba is very unpredictable as we finally caught a glimpse of him today. He doesn't seem to have a relationship and then 'bam' and he is with five people, one of them being, as some of us has suspected, the Pegasus himself! Is Kaiba a straight person or a homosexual or is he a lunatic who likes to go 'oral'? Those are the questions that can not be answered due to his isolation from the outside world."
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"What was that all about????" Serenity demanded once they were in the limo, 'safe' from the world around them.
"Nothing" Kaiba replied darkly as Isis shook her head.
"It doesn't matter guys" Isis's eyes were downcast as she thought about all that could possibly go wrong with the 'interview' that they just took involuntarily.
"It does matter if we are going to appear on the TV!" Mai suddenly exclaimed, glaring at Kaiba and then turning to Tea and asking, "How did I look?"
"Like a wet cat" Pegasus suddenly spoke for the first time throughout the conversation. Actually, he didn't talk at all since Kaiba told him something and he change clothes.
"I am going to hire a killer to rid this planet of you" Kaiba practically hissed at Pegasus, trying to keep his anger under control.
"Is that a threat?" Pegasus asked, his eyes turning into tiny slits.
"Depending on how you look at it" Kaiba shot back as he leaned against the leather seats of the limo they were in.
"Then I guess that I should hire a body guard" Pegasus shrugged his shoulders and closed his eyes.
"Identity split" Mai told Tea quietly, shaking her head towards Pegasus.
"May be" Tea whispered back, looking at Pegasus as if for the first time.
"Where are we going Kaiba?" Serenity asked him carefully.
"To some cottage that the program is providing us with" Kaiba replied in a monotone as he too closed his eyes and dosed off, ending any possible conversation that could occur. His nerves were already giving out and he didn't want to throw somebody out of the window of a moving vehicle on a highway at the speed of 120km/hour. Oh, but it was soo tempting to throw Pegasus out …
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They've been driving for an hour now in complete silence and Pegasus still couldn't believe that the Kaiba kid cracked his plan … no, that was impossible, he was just faking … hopefully. Then again, Pegasus was a 'genius' for nothing and he always had a backup plan. A plan that would crush Kaiba and his company, a plan that would make him the CEO and even though Kaiba 'knew' that it was about a picture, Pegasus still knew that Kaiba didn't know what awaited him.
"Just a couple more hours and Kaiba Corp. is mine" Pegasus thought smugly to himself, rubbing his hands together. The embarrassment of being a cross-dresser was definitely worth it. Yes, all of his efforts were worth his time and practically 'his' to-be company.
(Lilo: Christmas holidays are hard, very hard and they fly past as if they are two days … and the reason for crossdressing is not entirely explained, no. it will take one more chapter … ah, this chapter is shorter cuz I dunno, I just don't feel like typing today and I don't want to hold it off for longer so this a is a shorter chapter but hey! ^_____^ lol, I am just tired and I'll have to go to school in a day … the horrors! X_X …… nooo, the final examination starts the week after the break … x_X
Marikue: *sigh* hope that all of you had cool holidays1 ^__^ anyways, R&R!)