Kitsune placed her baby sister in a cot in a bedroom a few doors down from hers. She headed back to her own room and found a tux spread out on her bed.
"Party time huh?" She said to herself
"Yea in an hour"
"Kaiba, what did I tell you!!??"
"I don't take orders from anyone" He growled
"Yea, well neither do I"
"Just get ready" He hissed and walked off
"Ah Ms. Keri, I see your daughter is here" Another member of Kaiba Corp pointed to Kitsune in the corner with Ryu
"Kitsune!" Her mother called. She slowly made her way over.
"Yes mother?"
"My, what kind of girl wears a tuxedo?" A woman added as she eyed Kitsune up and down.
"Least I ain't an old battle axe"
"Well I never!" The woman turned up her nose and walked off
"Kitsune!" Her mother scolded
"Whoops, that slipped out" Kitsune smirked
"Kitsune…" Her mother sighed in annoyance
"What's goin on here?" Seto growled slightly
"Oh nothing" Kitsune said innocently "Just picking on the upper-class"
"But you're part of the upper-class" Seto tried to catch her out
"You'd think that, wouldn't you?" She smiled smugly
Seto and Kitsune had a glaring match for the next minute when they overheard something in a conversation that caught the pairs attention.
"I see the point in donating to orphanages" One man said
"Yes, but not to help orphans on the streets, they'd just buy drugs or something" Another added
Seto noticed Kitsune glaring, she obviously took the last comment to heart.
"Yes, yes I understand" A woman nodded "At least when you donate to orphanages you know the money is safe"
Kitsune's eyebrow twitched.
"Orphans on the streets are little hoodlums"
Seto noticed Kitsune's body language change dramatically, rather than standing up straight like she was a second ago, she had her arms crossed, she was slouched and tapped her foot. She couldn't take it anymore she had to say something.
"Listen here you money grubbing toads! Orphans on the streets need the same amount of care and safety as those in and orphanage, and what they do with the money they get is nobody's business!!"
The trio of adults were stunned to silence, as was Seto, but it was soon broken by a harsh cry that came from Kitsune's side. She immediately walked off and started up the stairs.
"Well isn't she rude!" The woman commented. Seto turned and glared at her.
Seto made his way to baby Crystal's room. He peered into the room seeing a second baby monitor on the nightstand, which was probably clipped to Kitsune's pants and of course Kitsune with Crystal in her arms.
"Ahem" Seto announced his presence
"Hey Kaiba" Kitsune whispered. She didn't turn to look at him.
"You…just got her back to sleep?" He whispered back
"Yea…I must of woken her when I yelled…"
"You really seemed to take it to heart"
"I" She paused for a moment "I had a friend who lived on the streets"
Seto nodded and peered over her shoulder slightly looking at Crystal.
"Cute ain't she?"
"I suppose" He frowned which made Kitsune chuckle. "What's so funny?"
"Nothing"
"Spit it out Koi"
"You just get a little wrinkle at the top of your nose when you frown that's all" She said as she placed her sister in the cot again
Seto blinked and rubbed the top of his nose with his finger "Whatever" Was all he said before he left
Kitsune sighed and ran her hand through her rough red hair.
"I should of watched my temper…" She said to herself looking at Crystal "If I'm not careful I'm gonna get us kicked out"
She picked up the baby monitor and clipped it to her pants again before heading back downstairs to the party.
It was 3 in the morning before Kitsune got to bed. She changed into a simple shirt that was too big for her and placed the baby monitor on the side table before she snuggled under the warm covers. She started to drift into a deep sleep when Crystal's cried rang through the monitor.
"Man…just as I was drifting off" Kitsune groaned
The cries continued. Kitsune dragged herself out of bed.