Disclaimer: As always, I own nothing but my characters and this plot. Just to save time, this disclaimer goes for the rest of my story. I finally finished this chapter! Gosh, it took me long enough. If there are any mistakes, please forgive me. I had to do this in a rush, Daddy's breathing down my neck to start school. You'd think, being homeschooled, I wouldn't have to worry about this. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this newest addition.
I'm Back: Chapter 5
Found
Seto woke up to the sound of his alarm clock. Rolling over, he glanced at the time while turning the alarm off. 'Six-thirty, I can spare a few more minutes.' he thought as he rolled back over and buried his face in his pillow. He had just begun to dose off when two bangs on his door jolted him back to reality. When he sat up, he could barely make out Cylina's figure in the dark room as she marched to his windows. Pushing the button to open the curtains, she flooded the room with sunlight blinding Seto in the process. "Uh!" he winced, trying to shield his eyes. "What the heck do you want!"
"What is this?" she asked angrily. She was holding something up, but Kaiba couldn't tell what it was.
"I don't know. Close the curtains!"
"I will not close the curtains, Seto Kaiba! Tell me what this is now!" His eyes were getting used to the light now.
"It's your uniform." he answered, after squinting at it for a few moments.
"My what!"
"Your uniform." he repeated.
"Kaiba, I wouldn't be caught dead in this ridiculous . . . too-too!"
"You're not gonna be caught dead in it, you're just going to school in it." He ran his fingers through his hair in sleepy impatience.
"No! I'm not going anywhere in this!" She threw it on his bed. "I'd rather bite my own tongue off!"
"That can be arranged." he mumbled.
"What?" Her eyes were practically glowing in anger.
"Cylina, you have to. All the girls have to wear these."
"Well I'm not 'all the girls'!"
"No, you're definately not." he mumbled again.
"What!"
He sighed and fell back on his bed in frusteration. "There's nothing I can do about it!"
"You're Seto Kaiba, I thought you could do whatever you want." she mocked.
"Ok, there's nothing I want to do about it!" He stood up, shoved the uniform into her arms, and pulled her to the door.
"Seto, I'm not wearing this!" He placed her out in the hall.
"Then you'll just have to go naked!" he fumed, slamming the door in her face and locking it behind him.
Outside, Cylina stared at the door for a few minutes in offended shock before stomping back to her room. Throwing the uniform on her bed, she started mumbling to herself about how much she hated Kaiba; about the nerve he had for even suggesting that she wear such an atrosity. But the more she thought about it, the more she saw how inconsiderate she had been to him. 'What right do you have to demand that he abuse his power just so you can get your way?' Sighing, she turned to the uniform. She hated being wrong, but she hated it even more when she knew she was wrong. "Oh, fine! I guess it wouldn't kill me to wear it for just a few months." she mumbled under her breath. 'You know you need to apoligize to him for the way you acted in there.' "Leave me alone! Stupid conscience, I was hoping I had gotten rid of you." 'You can't get rid of me and you know it. I've been too deeply installed in your brain by your parents.' "Oh, I can get rid of you if I try hard enough. And I'm not apoligizing!" 'Have it your way, but you know you want to.' "And just how do I know that?" 'Because you're talking to yourself; trying to make up excuses for not doing it.' "Shut up." She stomped to the bathroom and finished getting ready for school.
Kaiba stepped out into the hall and headed down stairs. It was seven forty-five and time to get to school. Before going to the car, he called one of his maids and asked her where Cylina was.
"She's waiting for you in the limo, Mr. Kaiba."
"Thank you." he said without even looking at her, as he stepped outside. While walking down the steps to his limo, waiting in the driveway, he started thinking about his apology. He very rarely made them, and he wasn't very good at it; but he felt he owed one to Cylina for the way he had treated her. 'How would I like it if I had to wear one of those things? She's right, they are ridiculous too-toos. Intresting word, though.' The driver opened the door and Kaiba got in. Cylina was sitting in the seat across from him looking out the window. He was surprised to see she was wearing the uniform in full, complete with that stupid bow-tie. Instead of apologizing,like he had planned to do, he kept quiet and they rode in silence for more than half the drive. Finally working up enough courage to wound his pride, he said, "Cylina, you're right, I'm sorry, and I'll talk to the School Board about changing the uniforms." Cylina just stared at him, eyes wide and chin dropped. 'That wasn't enough.' he thought. 'What else do I add? Oh, yeah.' "Do you forgive me?"
After sitting and staring for a few moments, she said, "I would if there were anything to forgive, but there isn't. You don't have to talk to the School Board, I'll get used to the uniform just like every other girl did. It was very inconsiderate of me to barge in on you and demand that. I'm the one who's sorry. Do you forgive me?"
Were his ears fooling him, or did he actually just hear a girl admit that she was wrong. "No, I should have been more patient with you."
"No, you shouldn't have. I can act like a spoiled brat sometimes when I don't get my way. It's a bad habit that I need to break." She smiled.
"Well, I'll still talk to the School Board."
"Please don't." Kaiba's eyes widened, slightly.
"Why not?"
"Because, if they do change the uniforms then everyone will know that I was the reason. That'll bring unwanted attention to me. I really want to keep a low profile."
Then why don't you go by a different name while at school?" They pulled up to the school and started walking up to the doors.
"I don't think it's necessary to be that cautious. I doubt Anderson will be looking for me in Japan. I'm not going to be here that long anyway, I'll survive." They walked into the school.
"Cylina! Cylina, over here!" Tea called from down the hall.
"I've got to get to class." Kaiba said as he turned to go down a side hall.
"Seto, wait. I don't know where to go." Cylina called, looking at all the doors in confusion.
"Don't worry." He turned around and started walking backwards. "You're on Tea's schedule, just stick with her and you'll be fine." He turned a corner and left Cylina's sight.
"Hey, Cylina!" Tea greeted her happily.
"Hi Tea." Cylina smiled. "Where are we supposed to go?"
"First we need to go to your locker and get your books. We have Algebra for first block." She led Cyline up the hall, weaving through the other students.
"What about homeroom? Don't we have that?"
"Yeah, but you missed it." Cylina frowned. "Oh, don't worry. It doesn't really matter, just don't be late tomorrow. Here's your locker and I went to the office and got your combination." She handed Cylina a piece of paper.
"Thanks Tea, I don't know what I'd do without your help."
"Don't mention it." she smiled.
"Tea! Come see please." Someone called from down the hall.
"Oh, Cylina I've gotta go. I'll see you in class, just go up those stairs and down the hall to the left. We're in room 214."
"Sure, thanks." Cylina said as she tried the combination to her locker. When she got it open, she started searching for her algebra book; mumbling to herself about this and that she needed to remember.
"This your first day?" she heard a male voice ask from the other side of her locker door. When she closed the door and caught sight of him, she barely kept herself from dropping her books. There standing in front of her was the hottest guy she'd ever layed eyes on, and that's saying something. He had light brown hair with blonde hightlights and silver eyes that would make any girl go weak in the knees. His body language suggested that he was just a normal guy, but Cylina could tell that that wasn't the case. She had spent too much time around future CEOs not to be able to know when she was talking to one. But he wasn't just another young stiff like the rest of them, he was different, he was . . . charming. A word she very rarely used to describe a guy. He raked his bangs to the side, exposing those heart-stopping eyes, and casually leaned against his locker waiting for her reply.
"Yeah. Yours?" she asked, trying to keep the conversation going.
"Yeah." he answered. "For some reason, my Dad thinks that this school is better than the one I was going to." He rolled his eyes. "But I guess I should thank him."
"Why's that?" she asked, trying to contain her excitement. 'He has an American accent! This is perfect.'
"Because if he hadn't sent me here, I would've never been able to meet you." he smirked.
Cylina smiled, but the bell rang before she could reply. "Oh, I've got to get to class." she said as she haeded to the stairs.
"Wait." he called. "What's your name?"
She turned around. "You have to tell me yours first."
"It's Matt."
"And mine's Cylina. See ya later." she waved as she climbed to the second floor.
Matt turned around and opened his locker, searching it with a sly smile on his face. 'She fits the discription perfectly. Long, curly brown hair with red highlights, light skin, and deep green eyes. Plus she's wearing that necklace. How many girls would wear a choker with the name "Kile" on it?' He found his cell phone and called his father's office. "Hello? Let me speak to Mr. Anderson, this is his son. . . . Hey Dad. I found her, I found Cylina Adrian."
That's all for now, hopefully I can finish the next chapter sooner. Sorry about the spacing in between paragraphs, I double spaced, but they keep scrunching it together for some idiotic reason. For all of you who care, Matt's hair is like Jesse McCartney's (spelling?), the style at least.I like his hair, but not his voice. Sorry to all you Jesse McCartney fans, again (spelling?) I do like the lyrics in some of his songs, all the ones I've heard. Alright, he rocks! But I still think his voice is kinda croaky.
