Lilith wandered through the hallways, taking her time reaching the office. Why should she hurry? If she hurried, chances are she would get lost. She was having a hard enough time trying to find her way around the school-the place was like a maze. She paused to look at some of the drawings hanging in the hallways, and traced her finger over some of the lines, her long nail rasping slightly against the paper.
"Beautiful," she murmured, touching it lightly, her face inches from the paper. With a sigh, she continued on, turning the corner. She was about to reach the office when a hand grabbed her. She gasped, and looked up into Levesque's brown eyes.
"Oh, it's you. You scared me," she muttered, pulling her arm out of his grasp. "What do you want?"
"Stop this nonsense at once and get back into the classroom."
"No! Favoritism is disgusting. I'll come if you revoke the detention," she hissed, her liquid chocolate eyes aflame.
"Look, I'm not about to punish Seto Kaiba! I'm not stupid, I don't want to lose my job!" he exclaimed.
She sneered at him. "What makes you think that you won't lose your job because of this?" she wondered aloud. He flinched.
"Your idle threats don't scare me." She smiled.
"Actually, it's quite obvious that they do scare you. Would you be here, coming after me if they didn't scare you? No? I didn't think so. Now, I suggest you make a choice, because I'm going to the office if you don't revoke the detention," she announced, her hands on her slender hips.
"Look, I can't give Kaiba a detention! He runs the largest company in Japan!" Lilith scowled, her light brown hair shadowing her eyes.
"You're disgusting. Do you really think I give a damn about something like that? You shouldn't, either. The thing that gives people their high and mighty attitudes is when you treat them like they're different. Get over it. Right now. I'm not telling you to give the guy a detention, I'm saying revoke mine because it's unfair. Make your choice," she gritted. Levesque stared at her, surprised. He sighed. He knew when he was defeated.
"Very well. You do not have to serve a detention. I'm warning you, Freeman, if you're late again, you will have a detention! Now, get back to class." She sneered at him, and strode back to the classroom. The two of them entered to find chatting students all over the classroom.
"AHEM!" Silence. Feet scuffed as they all scurried back to their seats as quickly as they could. "Take a seat, Freeman-san," Levesque said. She smirked, and retreated to her spot next to Yami. The handsome boy turned to her.
"I see you've made it back alive. I trust you have no detention?" She smiled at the Game King. "I'll take that as a yes," he said, smiling gently. Lilith grinned, and then settled back into her seat, letting her tense body relax.
Two classes later, the bell for lunch finally rang. Lilith walked out of her science classroom, yawning to herself. "Damn, that was boring!" she said, stretching. She squeaked as someone rested a hand on her shoulder. She swung around to meet Yami's crimson eyes. "Oh. Hey, what's up?"
"We were all wondering if you'd like to join us for lunch," he said, motioning to the four teens next to him. One was a tall brunette, his hair styled into a spike. Another had long white hair and gentle brown eyes. She smiled. He almost seemed like a big teddy bear. There was a blonde boy with a green jacket and a big grin decorated his face. Last but not least, there was a pretty girl, the only one in the group, apparently, with brown hair and blue eyes.
"Sure, thank you for the invite," she said, smiling. "I'm Lilith Freeman, by the way," she told the others, whom she'd never seen before. They smiled at her.
"Tristan here," the brunette boy said.
"Ryou."
"Yugi," a small boy chirped. Lilith started slightly. She hadn't seen him at first. She couldn't help but notice that he was like a shorter, amethyst-eyed clone of Yami without the lightning bolts of blonde in his hair.
"Tea, and I'm so glad that there's finally another girl coming with us!" a brunette girl said, sighing in relief. Lilith giggled.
"And Joey Wheeler is in the house!" the blonde boy yelled, punching the air.
"And in the way, again," a cold voice added. Lilith glanced up, and her eyes narrowed. It was the boy from English who had come in late. She tried to recall what Levesque had called him. Kir, Kira…Kai…
"Kaiba! What the hell do you want?" Joey snapped. Kaiba! That was it! Seto Kaiba. She watched the cobalt-eyed teen sneer at the blonde.
She sighed as Joey began to yell at the other teen, who looked anything but interested. Closing her eyes, she leaned against the wall, and tried to block the headache she could feel coming on. The yelling continued, and finally, she opened one eye. She nearly snorted at the sight of Kaiba sneering while Yugi and Ryou kept a firm hold on Joey.
"Joey, you do realize that this is pointless, right?" she asked softly, her eyes on the blonde's angry face.
"What the hell you talking about, Lilith?" he snarled. She glared at him.
"I mean that this is a waste of your time, not just mine," she snapped, leaning against the wall, closing her eyes again. She could almost see the realization come over Joey's face. And then she heard Kaiba speak for the second time only.
"I didn't know they let hookers into a school." Her eyes snapped open, and she pushed herself off the wall, strutting over to him, her eyes fixated on his cold expression. She tilted her bowler hat back, feeling it knock a few wisps of her hair loose. She stared up at him, and he smirked at the anger pulsing in her eyes. She leaned in close, standing on her tiptoes, resting her hands on his chest for balance.
"I'm not a hooker," she whispered quietly, her lips close to his ear, "I'm a stripper."
A/N: How many of you were expecting that? …I don't think I was either, but I made the decision earlier to make her a stripper. Hee hee…Stick around, my friends! Oh, by the way, you might want to check out chapter one again, since it's been reposted.
Touzoku-ouhi: Does your penname mean something? I want to know! Thanks. Interesting is good.
Setalina Muro: Thanks!
WhitejellO: Hmm, that would have been interesting, but I decided not too. It may appear later on, though…
Twilight: Yes, I could see Seto getting 'special' treatment too, and that bothered me, because I'm pretty big on fairness. So I thought I'd make it bother Lilith too. Giggle. I would have complained as well. Are you going to update soon?? I hope so, but update when you can, and no sooner than that!