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Lust, Love and Vengeance

Seto Kaiba- 25 Takara Kaiba- 24 Serena, Yugi etc.- 24 Mokuba & Rebecca- 20

Chapter 3: The Questions I Have of You

Serena lazily pulled herself out of bed at five in the morning and ripped open the navy blue curtains in her light grey bedroom. She immediately shut her eyes as soon as the first rays of the sun entered her weary grey eyes. Serena had worked extensively last night after she returned from the formal soiree, Kaiba wanted her new idea design today of which she had mentioned to him at the most recent board meeting.

Serena stepped into the shower as the cold water sprayed onto every part if her bronzed body, the water awoke her from her exhaustion while she lathered her entire body with soap and ran her fingers through her shampoo covered hair. She turned the water off and stepped out of the bathtub and was faced with a mirror. Tiny water diamonds glided off her long, slim legs, the outline of her slender waist and curves were noticeable through her towel.

She was a 24-year-old woman without a husband, she didn't know why it bothered her so much to see her friends with her their husbands; they just looked so…complete. The happiness on their faces glowed so brightly; it made her so eager to get married. Bakura and her had been dating ever since high school, he was still the sweet, shy boy she had always known and grown to love. Love? Maybe that was what was bothering her, did she really love Bakura or was she with him to forget her true feelings? Was she really capable of using or even cheating the man that had given her so much love? Bakura had said he loved her one night but she had remained quiet, he didn't question her about it, he just held her tightly as if to say not in words but in actions that he would be with her forever.

Serena put down her blow dryer and looked at herself, who was she? Where was she going? What was life leading her to do? Issues concerning her life recoiled off the walls of her mind. She tightened her black bathrobe around her body as she walked out onto the balcony that was connected to her bedroom. The morning spring breeze kissed every part of her body as the sun radiated her visage; her life was fine the way it was. 'Why do I worry so much? I'll take everything the way it comes to me.' She thought while she dressed in her usual Kaiba Corp. garments- a knee high black skirt, a white silk blouse and the black blazer that held the Kaiba Corp. insignia.

She strolled out of her room and down the hallway of her substantial condominium; she lived here all alone, Marik had lived with her when he came to study in college but soon left after graduating and getting married to Sakura, he returned to Egypt.

Serena slowly sipped her coffee as she sat upon her black leather sofa in her Living room, it contained a silver Plasma screen T.V. a Italian hand-crafted coffee table and many other priceless paintings and antiques in her pale blue room. She put her cup in the sink and slipped on her black leather single heeled boots, she grabbed her black briefcase and stepped out of her home and off to start a new day.

Takara tiredly opened her eyes, warmth spread throughout her body as she squirmed around in her position to see her husband with his vibrant chestnut brown hair all over his peacefully sleeping face. She removed strands of her cinnamon tresses away from her eyes and looked over to the clock on the tabletop. Takara smiled widely when she noticed that her husband would be late for work, for it was almost six. Takara nuzzled against his bare chest and ran her fingers across it, he smirked faintly at her gentle touch, she then pushed herself up and gently kissed his cheek.

"Seto…" her breath tickled the skin around his ear. Kaiba pulled her closer to his body, underneath her thin silk nightgown he could sense the heat of her body rise.

"What is it? I like it here with you," he whispered as he opened his eyes.

"It's six—" Seto abruptly shot up as his eyes wide open. He was late. Kaiba tore the covers off of his body and ran into the attached bathroom; Takara gradually pulled herself out of bed and grinned broadly it was so much fun to watch her husband dash around in a panicky mood rather than his cold, overconfident usual self.

Kaiba ran out of the washroom with only his black dress pants on, he pulled on his white shirt and grabbed his navy blue tie, he attempted many times to fasten it properly around neck but today of all days he was going to be behind schedule. Takara leisurely skipped towards her husband and snatched the tie out of his hands and began to knot it herself.

"Takara if you're going to do it accurately then you must pull it closer to yourself," Kaiba instructed.

Takara did as she was told, "Seto what's the point of this--" Kaiba began to nuzzle her neck with delicate butterfly kisses. "Seto, keep this up and your late will be definite." She said as she lightly pushed him away. Kaiba gave her one last kiss on her sweet, thin pink lips; as he regressed away from her he saw still her eyes were closed as if she were still relishing the favour of his lips on hers.

"I love you Takara," he murmured in her ear before he grabbed his silver briefcase and left for work. Takara's eyes only snapped open as soon as she heard the door close, her intention was to run after him and tell him how she felt also but her legs had other plans. She sighed regrettably as she began to get ready for her own profession as writer for the sensational new Entertainment magazine, 'The Inside'. Her boss was kind enough to give her the first day of marriage off to her and that was all she wanted, now it was time to return to her office room in front of her monitor.

She slipped into a chocolate brown skirt, a black turtleneck and similar leather boots; she clasped her beige purse and walked out of her spacious room.

Kaiba hurriedly parked his black Jaguar and sprinted towards the elevator, he slid in just as it was shutting. He breathed a sigh of relief while he crashed into Serena; with him rushing out he hadn't closed his attaché case correctly and all his papers fell to the ground. They both bent down and began to silently pick each one up and neatly put it back in his case; Serena reached over to the far corner and picked up what seemed to be a picture. As she brought it closer to inspect it perfectly she bit her bottom lip at what it was.

The picture was of Serena and Kaiba arm in arm at one of his annual New Year parties; she looked gorgeous in a black gown with silver sparkles and he looked debonair in his black suit. This had been the night Serena had longed to be an eternity; the kiss. She put it back watchfully hoping he hadn't seen it and continued to put the documents back; her hand inadvertently reached over to what Kaiba had grasped.

Their hands met, then he caught her gaze in his blue orbs, slowly they felt themselves being lured by each other's eyes. He slithered his hand around her slim waist as she wrapped her hands around his neck, mistakenly their lips met in a heated and long awaited for kiss. The kiss deepened as they both freed their desires for one another, his lips pressed firmly against hers as they both accepted each other's bodily invitations. Serena fell back to the wall bringing Kaiba with her as they began to explore the wonders they had yearned for.

Suddenly the individual broke out of their fantasy, no matter how much they had an aspiration for the opposite they could not, under any circumstances bring themselves to a never-ending pouring out of everything they felt. It was immoral and unsuitable under the given situation.

Serena handed Kaiba the last paper and straightened out the creases in her skirt as she walked out onto the correct level.

Serena sat at her desk as she immediately turned on the computer, Kaiba- in his usual manner brusquely marched by her bureau and into his office room. She opened her briefcase and began to take out the documents she would need to work on; her eyes fell upon her sketch of her idea of how to give duellists more experience, it seemed so self-indulgent now, thinking that her idea could be ever accepted by the richest and youngest CEO in the world. Just as she was about to put her illustrations back her confidence took over, how could she know if ever know if he didn't like them if she never even tried? 'Well now there's only one way to find out.' She thought as she knocked upon Kaiba office door. Inside she heard a low grunt to come in and not waste his time. Serena deliberately opened the door slowly as she felt herself lose her self-assurance; he stared into his computer, probably at the current stocks and what had dropped and risen.

Serena walked up to his desk and sat down on the soft leather chairs and waited until he looked up.

"I have ears to listen if it was necessary to remind you," he stated abruptly. Serena let his ill manners pass as she began to state her new idea.

"Well as you know people all over the world duel-"

"Tell me something I don't know," Kaiba muttered under his breath, Serena sighed once more and continued.

"Well if they continue to duel the same people then how will they improve? Duelling competitions will become much easier to win-"

"It's not like they already aren't," Kaiba interrupted again as he spoke from experience. Serena glared at him, had he no etiquette? 'If they're so easy then how does the biggest CEO keep losing to the grandson of a game store owner? Answer that Mr. Self-righteous,' she thought angrily before she persisted.

"Well what if we took the top duellists and captured their duelling techniques? Then from their loses they could develop their expertise," Serena said as she stressed the last sentence just to make him suffer offensiveness.

"At least some employees think of work outside of this building," Kaiba stated as he took the ideas from Serena's hand.

Serena began to move away from her seat and go to start her own work when curiosity grasped her. "Mr. Kaiba, why hadn't you told Takara about your uncle?" She enquiringly.

"Why don't you keep your nose where it belongs Ishtar?" He replied as he continued to look intently into his screen.

That's it that was all Serena was going to take, there was a limit to how patient someone could be and he had crossed it. "Well I guess that means she could be hiding so much from you, right?" She asked as she walked towards the door, the typing stopped she got him.

"What do you mean Ishtar," Kaiba asked angrily. 'Now it was her turn to toy with him.'

"Well…what I mean is if she doesn't know much about you, then really how much do you know about her?" She sat back down. "Where did she grow up?"

"Japan?"

"Do I sense a bit of insecurity in your voice?" Serena questioned, "ok, how about her parents? Have you met them?"

"They died," Kaiba answered recollecting his thoughts about what Takara had told him.

"How about now, has she ever been involved with someone else?" Serena put out her hand out on Kaiba's desk and rested her head there.

"Not that I know of," Kaiba responded uncertainly.

"Well then...do you know what she wants to accomplish in life?"

Kaiba ran his fingers through his silken chestnut brown hair, what did he know about his wife? This was the woman he'd have to spend the rest of his life with and he knew nothing about her?

"She writes for that magazine…" Kaiba trailed off trying to remember the name.

"The Inside?" Serena answered as if it were a simple equation. "Do you know what she wants out of the marriage? Like how many kids?"

"She now is undergoing a family traditional ritual that does not permit her to endure any sexual intercourse." Kaiba responded looking away from her surprised gaze.

"Seto…" she didn't like to call him by his first name but this was something serious. "Could it be possible that you married irresponsibly because of how people are around you are?" Serena took into consideration of how she felt when she was with her friends and thought that Kaiba might've felt similar to her.

"But then it had felt so…" he dangled his sentence as he reminisced on that night.

"Right?" Serena guessed, trying to fill in the blanks.

"Yes."

"But if it felt so right shouldn't you have at least thought about everything before taking such a big step like marriage? It seems so irrational if you think about it now, like you fell in love with a stranger so to speak, " Serena said as she attempted to help him sort out his thoughts.

'Could it be I Seto Kaiba acted impulsively? But usually I consider things rationally before I make a final decision, but that night, her eyes…her hair…her body… It felt like that impractical idiom 'Love at First Sight'…the more I think about what Serena says the more I think of how I behaved unlike myself, but then love does change people. Takara's magic spell has me captivated.'

"Mr. Kaiba maybe you should talk to your wife, sort things out, talking can solve things." Serena walked out of her superior's office room and left him with that thought.

Kaiba reflected upon everything Serena had said to him in his office earlier, tonight he would go home and talk to his wife about her future, his future, their future. But that thought of him being hasty lingered into his thoughts throughout the whole day, it also bothered him that Serena appeared to know everything he seemed to have ignored.

Kaiba ran his fingers through his chestnut brown hair, how could he have been so foolish? This thought continued to remain in his mind, he always had been so careful with things, looking at all the aspects of the state of affairs but what had happened in that hour of darkness? Had it been that Takara had looked so beautiful…innocent…vulnerable?

He entered the password to open his entrance slowly his metal gates opened and he pulled into the asphalt pathway that connected to the lush verdant lawn, which was attached to his enormous courtyard of blossoming flowers everywhere. A small river ran through his patio with a wooden bridge linking the two sides of land. Kaiba lugged his feet up the grey stone stairs into his vast estate while the dark night sky lay above; he shoved the key into the brass knocker, the two mahogany doors unlock as he pushed them open and stepped onto the marble floor. Maria had been sent home after her shift so it was only he and Takara in this limitless mansion.

Kaiba walked into his room and found the light in the bathroom on, he heard a faint tune coming from it and presumed Takara was preparing for bed. Kaiba put his briefcase down beside his desk and began to undress; Takara came out of the washroom when he only had his pants on. She quickly turned and blushed; Kaiba spun around and saw Takara standing in front of him with her back to him.

"Takara it's nothing you haven't seen," Kaiba said as he walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist while he kissed her neck.

"Seto…" she replied teasingly as she nudged him playfully. Kaiba placed his arm underneath her knees and swiftly raised her above the ground and laid her on their king-size bed. He stared into her deep russet eyes as she put strands of her cinnamon hair behind her ear.

'I have to talk to her, I must find out about her, this woman is my wife.' He thought as he removed his body off hers and stretched out upon the soft linen.

"Seto, what's wrong?" Takara asked feeling his change in mood.

"Takara what is in our future? Right now I can't see anything, it's dark, where are our children?" Kaiba asked her.

"Seto you very well know what I must carry out for my family," Takara replied.

"Takara does that also mean we can't discuss it? Ever since the day I have married you, you always seem to avoid the general topic of sex…it really does not disturb me but I have desires," Kaiba explained as he took her hand in his. "I may be ruthless, heartless and cold but the woman I have married is just so enviable that every time I cast my gaze upon you I lose my mind, my emotions just want to seize you and release everything my heart has been longing." Kaiba put his hand on her cheek and stroked it tenderly.

"Well…" Takara started with a sly smile as she moved her body close to his. "Just wait until a few weeks," her breath created goose bumps along his exposed back. Takara seductively moved her slim legs underneath the covers and turned off her table bedside light.

Kaiba stared at her unsatisfied with her answer. 'There she has gone again, evading the matter.' Kaiba stayed up for a few minutes just looking at her, watching the rise and fall of her chest, he brought his hand over to her face and gently stroked it, she abruptly moved away and turned her back to him. Kaiba sighed as he positioned himself upon his bed and turned off the table lamp.

"Things are going perfectly as planned," a female voice happily stated as she felt Kisho's arms wrap tightly around her. "Kaiba has no idea what to feel, I've got him wrapped around my finger," she said as she stared into his cold sapphire eyes while she ran her finger up and down his face. He grabbed her hand and bit into her delicate flesh, pain and pleasure both filled her body as she felt her finger bleed but also felt his tongue slowly tease her finger.

"Love, we will have Kaiba Corp. at our disposal so you won't be under that basterd's possession any longer," he slide his fingers through her silky-smooth hair. "I can finally achieve what I've wanted for so long and give you all you've ever wanted," Kisho tugged her body around to look into her deep eyes. He brought his head down close to her lips and brushed his back and forth against hers. She pulled back heatedly at the way he would tease her sexual desires, she brought his face down to hers and opened her gateways to let his tongue roam freely in the caverns of her mouth.

Their tongues intertwined as passion heated between the two; no longer being able to control their requests pulled each other into their hotel bedroom and began to intensely make love. Forgetting that Kaiba ever existed to her she drowned in the bodily movements of her real lover, something Kaiba could never do to her…