All You Wanted ~ Girl-Next-Door vs. Beautiful Goddess
Seto and Isis dashed inside her apartment building with him still holding his coat protectively over her head. Despite that cover, she had still managed to get thoroughly soaked and she angrily pushed her wet hair out of her face. She really hated getting wet. She looked over at Seto who was even more soaked than she was, considering he hadn't had any sort of protection at all on the way there. He shook his head, bangs sticking to his brow, the rest of the silken strands dripping slowly. His clothes were clinging to his body and, gods, he looked so hot. He took his jacket back from her, draping it over his arm. "Well, at least we know never to do that again," he said, brushing his bangs off his face.
She smiled secretively at him, leaning back against the wall. "I suppose this makes you my knight in shining armor, protecting me from the dreadful rain." He looked at her with an amused expression, moving a little bit closer to her. "Kittens scratch if you're not careful, Seto," she warned him, glaring in his direction.
He smirked at her and Isis wondered what he was up to. "You have a twig in your hair." She blushed, instinctively reaching up to get it out. "Here, let me get it for you." He reached up, pulling a small twig out of her hair. He casually tossed it to the side, turning his attention back to her. "Much better."
She looked up at him, staring deeply into those deep-blue eyes. She contemplated what he was thinking about; he had never been expressive and trying to discover what he was thinking was about as difficult as translating hieroglyphics, if not more so. He drew closer to her and Isis could feel his warm breath on her cool, wet skin, making her shiver. She leaned her head up towards his, eyes questioningly searching what she saw there. Time seemed to be frozen; the only thing she could hear was her own heart beating, could only smell him, could only feel his breath on her skin, could only see his beautiful eyes… She was vaguely aware of the fact he had placed his hand on her upper arm as he drew even closer to her. "Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in," came the call from the top of the stairs
Isis glared up in that direction as Malik began to descend the stairs, one hand on the railing. "Malik, I am going to kill you," she growled. Seto glanced at her one more time with a bemused expression before turning towards the door.
"Kaiba, where are you going?" Malik asked as he reached the bottom of the stairs, obviously ignoring his sister's very violent death-glare. "Feel free to continue ravishing my sister just as soon as I'm done talking to her." Isis' death-glare intensified and Seto could have sworn he heard her growl. "Isis, do you have my stuff?" he asked, extending his hands to her.
"No," she responded angrily, pushing his hands away. Seto chose that moment to make his exit, leaving the two siblings bickering in the lobby of the apartment building. It had stopped raining while they had been inside, and as Seto stepped outside, thinking over the last few minutes, he decided he had to talk to somebody. Unfortunately, the one person in the world that would understand was the last person in the world he wanted to talk to. Hearing Isis' voice through the window gave his heart a little jump and he mentally cursed himself. With a firm resolve, he headed off in the direction of the Turtle Game Shop.
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Seto stood nervously outside the Turtle Game Shop's back door, wondering what had possessed him to come here. Well, he had questions, he desperately needed answers, and Yuugi was the only he could think of that knew both Isis and Anzu well enough to help him. Taking a deep breath to steady himself, he knocked soundly on the door. Yuugi generally had good ideas and thought things through, much as he hated to admit it. When Jounouchi opened the door, he was initially shocked. That feeling didn't last long. "What the hell are you doing here?"
Jounouchi blinked in surprise as he opened the door, apparently taking the time to comprehend the fact that Seto was standing at Yuugi's door, dripping wet. "I live here!" he yelled back.
Seto could hear crickets chirping in the distance in the silence that immediately followed Jounouchi's statement. "No you don't," he shot back, pushing his way inside past Jounouchi. "Stupid mutt," he mumbled as Jounouchi closed the door behind him. "Where's your master?"
"For the last time, he's not my master," Jounouchi growled, making his way up the stairs.
Seto followed him, smirking as he added, "I thought you just said you live here." Jounouchi growled again and Seto smirked again.
Yuugi was sitting in the living room, stifling a yawn as Jounouchi led Seto into the room. "Kaiba-kun. This is a surprise. Please sit down," he said, indicating the chair.
Seto looked warily at the chair, sitting down only once Jounouchi had sat down next to Yuugi on the couch. "I need your advice," he said to Yuugi, throwing a few death glares in Jounouchi's direction. "I'm a bit confused about my relationship." Yuugi nodded in understanding and Jounouchi visibly struggled not to laugh. "Can it, puppy!" he ordered, glaring at Jounouchi. Jounouchi scowled back, crossing his arms. "I think I love Anzu but then I see Isis and I get so confused." He fondly remembered a time where he could safely say that he loved Anzu.
Yuugi leaned back in his seat. "Let's think about this logically for a moment." 'Well, that leaves the mutt out,' Seto thought in self-satisfaction. "It's a decision between the optimist and the pessimist."
"The ordinary and the exotic," Jounouchi said in a helpful, wistful sort of voice.
Yuugi gave him a sideways glance before continuing, "The outgoing versus the stubborn."
"The girl next door or the beautiful goddess…" Now both Yuugi and Seto sent him the shut-up-look.
"The sweet and innocent versus the…" Yuugi trailed off and Seto wondered why he was having problems finishing his sentence.
Unfortunately, Jounouchi felt that he had the perfect way to finish Yuugi's thought. "Well, who the hell knows what Isis is willing to do."
"Jounouchi-kun!" You're not helping!" Yuugi scolded. He gave an exasperated sigh, turning his attention back to Seto. "Ignore him. I don't think he knows what he's talking about."
Seto nodded, but personally he was intrigued by quite a few of the things Jounouchi had said. While Yuugi was making some very good points, Jounouchi had come up with a few things to ponder as well. "I don't know what to do," he admitted, shaking his head. Damn, he hated showing his weakness to anyone, let alone those two.
"I don't think it's a very hard decision," Yuugi said, clasping his hands in front of him.
"Speak for yourself," Seto and Jounouchi said in unison. They glared at each other for a few minutes and Yuugi sighed.
"Yuugi, I could really use some help down here!" Yuugi's grandfather called up the stairs.
"Alright! I'll be right there!" he called, looking nervously between Seto and Jounouchi. "Please don't kill each other while I'm gone," he pleaded as he stood up. Seto grunted in response, and, with a sigh, Yuugi hurried down the stairs to quickly to do his grandfather's task so he could be back up to supervise again as soon as possible.
Seto was quite content to just sit there and wait for Yuugi, hoping the mutt wouldn't open his yapper. Well, he never had had much of a way with dogs. He was really more of a cat person. "I know you think I'm pretty much useless but I've been in your situation before."
Kaiba arched an eyebrow at him, finding it hard to believe anyone would find him attractive, let alone some goddess. Though that Mai chick seemed to have had a bit of a crush on him. He always thought that she was a tad strange. "Really? Knowing you, you probably picked the goddess."
"Since when do you know me?" Seto had to mutter his agreement at that point. He had absolutely no desire to get to know the dog better. "Actually, I chose true love," he said, winking at Seto.
Seto wanted to smack him. "And exactly how the hell did you know which one was true love?" he growled, cursing the dog for his stupidity and stubbornness.
"That's my secret." Seto only barely restrained himself from killing Jounouchi. In fact, he probably would have killed him if Yuugi wouldn't have chosen that moment to come back upstairs. "Yo, Yuugi, I think Kaiba is threatening me."
Yuugi sighed, flopping down on the couch next to Jounouchi. "I'm sure you were completely innocent," Yuugi said sarcastically, causing Jounouchi to give him an indignant look. Seto smirked smugly, only a little disappointed that he had not been the one to reprimand the dog.
"I should be going," Seto said, standing up. "I need to think." He had a feeling Yuugi and Jounouchi would start making up soon and personally, he didn't want to be there when it happened. The overwhelming cuteness of it all would probably send him to the hospital. Hell, being with those two at any time was enough to make him feel sick; all the cuteness was simply too much. At least now he had a slight idea of what needed to be done.
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Seto sat alone in his study, waiting for her to arrive. He had called her as soon as he had gotten inside and, after much persuasion, had finally gotten her to agree to come meet with him at his house. He even sweetened the deal by sending a limo to pick her up. A very wise choice, considering a vicious storm had decided to pick up. She would have killed him if she had to walk there and it started raining on her. From what he understood, she really despised getting wet. So, now he was staring at his empty glass as lightning flashed and thunder cracked outside, thinking about his conversation with Yuugi and Jounouchi. True, Isis was exotic, beautiful, and a whole hell of a lot more that they hadn't broached but the stupid mutt's words about choosing true love were ringing in his ears. Why couldn't he have kept his damn mouth shut? He was more confused now than he had been walking into the store. Hopefully, after the meeting tonight, he would have the answers he needed.
There was a light knocking on the door and Seto looked up, taking a deep breath. "Isis Ishtar here to see you, sir," came the muffled call from the other side of the door.
"Let her in," he ordered, reclining in his chair. He sure as hell wasn't going to be standing when she entered the room. The door opened and after Seto caught a brief glance of his butler, Isis entered the room. "Please sit down," he said, indicating the chair across from him. "I'm glad you came."
She scowled at him as she sat down. "Get to the point, Seto. What the hell did you want me to come here for?"
"Maybe I just wanted to talk to you," he said slyly, raising his hand and slowly letting it drop.
She watched his hand, and with a smirk, lifted her eyes to his again. "I think perhaps you should turn on the news, Seto," she said sweetly. He watched her for a moment, wondering what kind of game she was playing now. That seemed to be all they ever did was play games with each other. Her tone of voice quickly changed icy cold as she glared over at him. "Because the day you just want to talk to me for absolutely no reason is the day that Hell has frozen over."
He frowned at her, crossing his arms. "What makes you think that?"
She scoffed, folding her arms in her lap. "Because it's who you are Kaiba. You don't have casual conversations with people." Her voice was getting louder as she spoke. "The only time you ever talk to anyone is when you think they're going to do something for you." For some reason, her yelling at him was enticing in so many ways. Not many people would stand up to him, let alone try to point out the majority of his faults in one breath. "You think the whole world belongs to you and everyone else should just bow down to your wishes…"
"That's enough of that," he said suddenly and she flashed him an angry glance for interrupting her. "You think it's easy being me?" He stood up, moving closer to her. "Do you think you can handle doing my job every day of your life?" He was standing right above her now and she glared defiantly up at him. So fierce and stubborn. He couldn't explain the feelings he received when she looked at him like that. "Well, I wouldn't wish that upon you anyway," he said softly, kneeling so that his eyes were at level with his. Without really thinking about what he was doing, he closed his eyes and leaned forward to kiss her gently on the lips. Her eyes widened in surprise as he brought one arm up to rest on the arm of the chair, the other coming up to rest lightly on her arm. "What were we talking about?" he asked as he pulled away from her.
"We were talking about the fact that you have a girlfriend," she said stubbornly and Seto rolled his eyes. "One who loves you very much and-"
Seto silenced her with another kiss. This time, after a moment's hesitation, Isis slowly slid her eyes shut. Seto felt her hand, so soft and sweet, come to rest gently on top of his. He rested his forehead on hers, staring deeply into her eyes. "We could go someplace more comfortable," he suggested slyly.
She smiled like a fox, planting a kiss on his nose. "I think that's the first good idea you've ever had."
~I pick bad places to end my chapters. Hey, isn't this what you all wanted? Seto/Isis goodness? Remember to review and you'll get a new chapter sooner. * wink wink *