Title: Meet Mrs. Kaiba
Chapter three: Of chocolate addicts, rumors, and stuck-up sisters
Written by: ChaosMagicianGirl
Disclaimer: Why would I put this friggin' disclaimer up here if I owned Yu-Gi-Oh? I would just put down © Yu-Gi-Oh to ChaosMagicianGirl and be done with it! But since I don't own it, you can dismiss the above typed, hehe... : Thinks :Don't sue me:
A/N:
Well here is the next chappie! Hope you enjoy, Biglos : wink: BTW, this will probably be the last update for some time to come. I'm going to be very busy with school, starting next week on monday. I'll try to update this fic again, as soon as I can. But it'll will probably take some time. I also need to update my other work. One of my stories was last updated in August. Hehe... But anywho, stay tuned for further updates!
CMG
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"PING!" was the sound the micro wave in the kitchen made when it was done heating up the contents that were placed in it.
Mokuba jumped up from his seat on the table, a piece of toast still in his hand and made his way over to the sink where the microwave was placed. He took out the hot-steaming, mugs of chocolate, almost burning his hands in the process. He quickly hurried back over to the table and put them down, while sitting down on his previously occupied chair. Rubbing his slightly burned hands, he said wincing at the feel of his burned skin.
"Ouch, that damn hurts!"
Ailish, who had been typing away at her laptop as usual, looked up from her work.
"What did I say to you about cursing, Mokuba?" Ailish said, putting on a mock authorative tone.
Mokuba, who hadn't been born yesterday saw through his sister's act, and only scowled.
"Ha-ha, very funny!"
Ailish had only been joking around with her brother. Her eyes betrayed her. They were sparkling with mirth at her brother's unfortunate situation; his painful hands, which he had burned.
"I don't find me burning my hands a laughing matter, ryo shimai."
"Well, it is your own fault. You should have used those brains of yours first, before acting, Mokuba."
"Humph." Was mokuba's only reply, before taking the first sip of his own mug. Only to burn his tongue this time.
"OUCH!" Mokuba squeaked, putting down the mug on the table a little to fast, causing the liquid inside the cup to spill over onto the table. He opened his mouth to inspect the damage that was done.
Ailish, who had seen this coming, was trying her hardest not to laugh at Mokuba's misfortune.
Mokuba, who was by now done assessing the damage done to his tongue, gave his sister a glare that said "Don't you dare laugh!"
"Oh, I'm SO scared now" Ailish muttered sarcastically, taking a sip from her own mug, but not before blowing over the contents in her cup, to let it cool of a bit.
She was not going to make the same mistake as her brother.
For a few minutes, neither one of the Kaiba siblings said something. They were just enjoying their mugs of hot chocolate, both of them. A thing they had in common was that they were both addicted to chocolate.
Mokuba reached over the table to grab the morning newspaper. He unfolded it, only to let out a sharp gasp when he saw what was printed on the front page in big bold letters.
"What is it?" said Ailish, alerted to Mokuba's strange behaviour.
"Are you sure you want to know?" He said, gulping.
"Why wouldn't I?" Ailish replied, quirking a slender eye-brow
"Okay, then listen up…" said Mokuba, starting to read the article that is on the front page out loud.
Above a huge photo featuring Mokuba's sister was standing in big bold letters:
Domino Boulevard (1)
Playing truancy has earned CEO of KC a threat from the government.
By: Nami Mazaki(2) Irisu Kitoken
The prime minister let it leak out to the press that Ailish Kaiba, CEO of KC, has been bunking of off school for the past year. The minister announced this matter in a speech, yesterday afternoon at 14.00 PM. This disturbing matter is the main subject in the news on television and the revelation has been a definite shock to the public.
Ailish was adopted at the age of 10, together with her brother Mokuba, by none other then Gazoburo Kaiba. Ailish, highly intelligent, was chosen as the next heiress to take over KC when her stepfather would retire. Until the death of her father, a year ago, she was being home schooled by private teachers. One would suspect that even after her foster father's death she would continue to be home schooled. Sadly, this was not the case.
We had a personal interview with the spokesman of the ministry, to shed more light on this shocking discovery. Here are the most important facts, the spokesman; Tenma Yakou was quoted as saying.
We didn't have any doubts her education would continue, even after her stepfather's death. We deemed her responsible enough to further take part in her own education. She is amazingly gifted and mature for her age, and she proved she could handle leading her own company remarkably well. We deemed her resourceful and trustworthy. This meant, we had no doubt that she was sensible enough to determine her further education on her own. We trusted her with this, and we found out our trust in her was highly misplaced.
It seems that Ailish Kaiba had been leading us on from the beginning. We discovered this about five months ago. She had been playing truancy for months in a row, and we were unaware of this fact. It saddens us to see that the young corporate genius has chosen to tread this road. We didn't picture her as a person who would break the law.
But know, we will have to readjust our opinions on her. Until a few months ago, she was a highly respected member of society. You ask me, why she would do this. I'm sorry to say we don't have hard facts to work with, since the ceo has never voiced any comments on the matter. We have sent several letters, in which we urged her to go to school. We have never received a reply to any of them. If you ask me, the reason that she has been playing truancy is that she thinks she is above the common people and by that, also above the law. The fame, money and other things have gone to her head. She is carried on a silver platter by the people, not only in the business world. Naturally, all this admiration has gone to her head. Even with her down to earth attitude, the love and adoration she received has lifted her up into the clouds. She can't think rational and realistic in this department anymore.
The government is apparently left no choice. They are forced to take more extreme forms of action and find other ways to "persuade" Ailish Kaiba to go to school again.
"We really don't want to…" the prime minister was found quoting yesterday afternoon. "But she is leaving us no choice. We are trying to set an example here. To show that no one, not even if you're a very important person in the business world, and in other area's , is above the law. That's why we have sent Mrs. Kaiba a letter in which we threaten her to go to court if she does not enrol in high school by the end of this month. The threat? We will take legal custody over Mokuba Kaiba away from her, as well as the rights to own her own company."
The message of the prime minister is clear. But this is only one side of the story. We have yet to hear the comments of Ailish Kaiba on this matter. The information the prime minister released was not supposed to become public. Therefore, I don't think Ailish Kaiba is pleased with the turn of events. I believe the government has yet to prepare for the wrath of this particular individual. I wouldn't want to be in their shoes….
Ailish Kaiba was taking in every word of what Mokuba said, calmly sipping on her warm chocolate.
She didn't seem to be offended or outraged at the article at all, her behaviour suggested, but she could be hiding it real carefully as well. Letting the rage continue to boil under the calm, composed surface, before she would release it all, and let it lash out in all its ferocity. Directing her wrath on whatever, or whom caused it.
Mokuba on the other hand clearly showed he was angry, whereas Ailish didn't seem fazed by the article in the least. Mokuba crumpled up the paper, ripping it in tiny little pieces, while muttering all kinds of profanities under his breath.
"How dare they? They got absolutely no right! Sneaky little snakes……..GRRR….! They can burn in hell for all I care! "
Ailish had been observing her brother's every move for the last few minutes.
Once he was done with his little tirade, she calmly said "Don't let them drive you up the wall like that."
Mokuba, who was still fuming in his chair only snapped back at his sister.
"They already succeeded in that, thank you very much."
Ailish mentally rolled her eyes.
Mokuba wasn't one to anger very easily. But if they badmouthed about his sister, he would be a walking volcano, about to erupt, in no time at all.
"Why did they let it leak out, anyway?" Mokuba managed to say in a more calm tone. He was calming down again, and his anger was fleeting, being replaced by annoyance over the article in question.
"No doubt for publicity and to use it as another means of trying to push me around." Ailish answered his question, shrugging it of like it was nothing of importance.
"I can't believe you can remain so calm under this….." said Mokuba.
Before he could continue however, he was interrupted by a knock on the door.
Mokuba turned his head around to look at the door, and Ailish her attention was diverted from her laptop screen onto the door.
"Come in…" She answered the unwanted intruder who asked permission to enter, with a hint of annoyance in her voice.
The door opened and in came one of the maids. She had a package in her hands, which prevented her from bowing for her master, as was the custom in Japan to greet your superior with. Instead, she bowed her head in greeting.
Ailish motioned for her to speak by nodding her head, acknowledging her presence.
The maid named Kumiko Hiroto (3) walked over to the table, handing over the package to Ailish, saying "This package just arrived for you, Mrs. Kaiba."
The maid bowed, and left the kitchen again, leaving Ailish with the package in both her hands.
Mokuba, curious as ever was the first to speak again
"What is it?"
"I probably have an idea" Ailish responded. "You can open it, if you wish" Ailish continued, motioning towards the package she had by now set down on the table.
Her brother didn't need to be told twice. He reached over the table and grabbed it, tearing of the paper in record time.
His eyes went wide-eyed when he saw the content.
"Oh, my god. It's a……a…….pink…..and ….baby-blue………THING!" He let out, horrified.
He took out the clothes from the leftovers of the package. They were neatly folded, but he undid them. It was a white blouse, a pink jacket, a blue tie, and a baby-blue miniskirt.
"Don't tell me…..you are actually going to wear that to school?"
"First up. This thing has a name. It's called a school uniform." Ailish explained to him, in a tone you would use with a five year old. "Second. Yes, I unfortunately have to wear that to school."
Mokuba, who was anything but thick-headed, knew what his sister was implying.
"Don't talk to me like I'm a baby. I'm eleven years old, for crying out loud!"
"Oh, really?"
"YES, really." Mokuba replied, getting annoyed at his sister's behaviour.
"Anyways, I feel sorry for you that you'll have to wear that" Mokuba said, grinning, annoyance over his sister's comment already forgiven and forgotten. "I bet, you wish, you were a man right now…"
"Actually, no. " Ailish replied, knowing her brother didn't mean the words he spoke, about the fact that she would have to wear that outfit to school.
She knew, he probably couldn't wait till Monday, her first day at Domino High, to see her in these clothes, to take a dozen pictures of her with his camera. That would be a perfect way to blackmail her with in the future. Too bad, he wouldn't be able to put that plan into action.
She smirked at her brother, and Mokuba knew he had been caught.
'Damn!' He thought. 'It's like she can read my mind sometimes!'
"Besides, who said, I couldn't make some adjustments on the uniform to make it more, let's say me?"
"But why would you do that? It would look so cute and adorable on you!" He said, with a sugar coated sweet voice, trying to act all innocent.
"I don't do cute and adorable, Mokuba. That is not my trademark." Ailish said in a serious tone, giving him a small glare.
"Jeez, lighten up! I was only joking..." Mokuba said, starting to laugh.
Sometimes, his sister was so stuck up. She really needed to loosen up, now and again.
With her brother laughing for the moment, Ailish decided to delve into her own thoughts.
She didn't participate in any kind of education for a year, since it reminded her too much of her stepfather Gazuboru. It brought back horrible memories, which she longed to forget, but they would never go away. They were a part of her now, her past, shaping the person she was today.
But with this new threat from the government, she was apparently left no other choice then to enrol in high school. She had chosen to enrol in Domino High for different reasons. Things that played a minor role in her decision were the fact that this school was the closest to her home and her company. Therefore it was the most convenient choice to attend school there.
The most important reason she decided to attend a public school was because of her stepfather. She never wanted to go back to being home schooled. If it weren't for that disgusting bastard, she wouldn't have thought twice about going to a public school.
It meant she would have to deal with many people. New fellow peers and teachers alike. She hated mingling with people. Not that she was shy, and introvert. She was exactly the opposite. But she didn't know how to deal with people. That's why she was good at avoiding them. If they left her alone, they would be fine. Get in her way, and you would feel her wrath.
She hated people with a passion, didn't trust anybody but herself and her brother. And could anybody blame her? She had learned the hard way that people would only use you for their own benefit and break you in the process. She acted accordingly to this learned knowledge, closing of her heart for everyone, to prevent anyone from gaining some kind of weapon to use against her.
If people would try to get close to her, she would let them know, she wasn't built that way. She didn't need friends; she needed no one, besides her brother……
Friday morning, Domino High…..
"Hey! Anzu, Yugi, wait up!" a tall messy haired blonde boy called out to his friends, catching up to them.
The girl named Anzu, and the small one called Yugi, turned their head towards the source of the voice.
When they saw, who called out their names, they started walking slower, so he could catch up to them.
A bit out of breath, the boy named Katsuya Jonouchi reached his friends.
Anzu and Yugi smiled up at him and greeted him, saying "Hey there, Jonouchi. "
His friends called him by his last name, since he didn't like his first name that much.
That's why he preferred to be called by his last name, instead of his first.
"You guys! You wouldn't believe, what sort of rumour, I just heard!" Katsuya exclaimed enthusiastically.
"Well, it must be something good, if you're in such a good mood, Jou!" Yugi said, smiling at his best friend.
"Yeah, you've made me curious. So, what's up?" Anzu demanded to know, smiling as well.
"Okay! Brace yourselves!" Katsuya started cheerfully "The Ailish Kaiba is actually going to set foot on Domino High school ground next Monday! Can you actually believe it? She'll be going to our school! We're finally going to meet her in person! It's absolutely awesome; don't you think so, guys?"
During Katsuya's speech, Anzu's cheerful mood had disappeared.
Katsuya hadn't noticed this, but Yugi had.
He could see right through that fake smile Anzu was sporting on her face right now. He had known Anzu for years, and could see right through this façade. She was definitely not pleased with the news, unlike Jou.
Giving one last nervous glance over to Anzu, he fake enthusiastically said "Wow, that's so cool, Jou!"
"It sure is, Yug!" he said, smacking his small friend on the shoulder, almost causing him to collapse under the sudden weight that was placed on his small shoulders.
"Yup…." Yugi replied, wincing slightly, the tone of his voice having a nervous edge.
Sometimes Jou didn't know his own strength.
Anzu had been silent till now, and was snapped out of her stupor by Katsuya.
"Hey, earth to Anzu! You there?" He yelled into her face.
"Huh?" Anzu replied, snapping out of her reverie.
"Oh, sorry guys, I kind of dozed of there for a minute."
" Ha-ha, if I knew the news would prove to be such a shock to you, I wouldn't have told you!" Jou said, grinning at her.
"Yeah, I guess…" Anzu answered kind of vague.
Katsuya might not have been the brightest cookie in the jar, but he had by now noticed, Anzu was acting totally out of character.
"Say, what's your problem? You have been acting weird ever since I told you about Ailish coming to Domino!"
"It's nothing, Jou, honestly. I was just thinking about something that's all…"
" Yeah right and I'm Santa. Now spit it out!" He demanded to know, getting impatient.
"Okay…." Said Anzu. "Don't take this personally, but you're speaking of her like she's some kind of goddess…."
"Well, maybe I overreacted. But you have to admit, she does seem like she has it all. And she's the unbeaten World Champion of Duel Monsters!"
"So what? " Anzu replied, shrugging it of like it was no big deal.
"So what?" Katsuya nearly screamed in her face.
"You didn't have to yell in my face, you know. I can hear you perfectly well, Jou." She calmly responded, rubbing her painful ears which were throbbing from his yelling.
"How can you shrug it of like it is nothing? She's famous, she's handsome, intelligent, she's rich, and she owns her own company for crying out loud!"
Yugi, who had been silent until now decided to speak up
"Well, Jonouchi's got a point there, Anzu."
"Those are just shallow things, that don't necessarily make her a great person, Yugi."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Jou demanded to know.
"It means I've heard awful and unpleasant things about her." Anzu explained.
"My dad works at KC. He told me she's a total snob who thinks she's better then the rest of us. She's also considered heartless and extremely cruel. She stands at nothing to gain whatever she sets her sights on. My dad can't stand her. He pictures her as an emotionless, cold hearted, ruthless android. And frankly I agree with him."
"How can you say such things, Anzu? You don't even know her. Those are all just rumours invented by the media to bring her in discredit. It's all bullshit!" Katsuya said, hurt and angry at Anzu's words.
"Idolise her all you want, Jonouchi. You'll find out in time I'm speaking the truth. As a friend I'm telling you to stay away from her. You'll only get hurt, and I don't want you to." Anzu said in a serious voice, with underlying concern for her friend.
"Oh, shut up! I can't believe I'm taking this kind of crap about her from you" He snapped back at her.
"I respect your opinion, Jou, but I stand by mine. I only speak out of first hand experience."
"Experience my ass!" said Katsuya, stalking of angrily."
" Jou, wait!" Yugi called after his friend, making attempt at going after him, when Anzu's voice stopped him "Let him go, Yugi…"
"But!"
"Trust me; this isn't the best time to go after him, especially when he's this angry.
"You're right." Admitted Yugi "Maybe, you shouldn't have said those things about her, Anzu. You know how much he looks up to her. She's his role model, everything he would like to be. "
"I only wanted to protect him from being hurt and disappointed, Yugi. What I told him is just the cold hard truth." Replied Anzu in a timid voice, while looking in the direction her friend had gone, regret for her harsh words shining in her sky-blue eyes.
Monday morning, the next week
"I can't believe they're actually forcing me to go to high school!" Ailish exclaimed, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
She and her brother were sitting in the limo on their way to school.
First stop, elementary school, and then high school.
Ailish was wearing the typical high school uniform. Or it looked like it. She had made some slight adjustments on it. The jacket was now a black colour, instead of pink, the skirt and tie were blue, but not baby-blue anymore. Instead they were in her favourite colour blue which mirrored her eye-colour. She was wearing black panties with black high heeled army boots underneath.
She was certainly dressed to impress….
Mokuba had tried to persuade her into wearing the normal attire appropriate for that school, but his sister would hear nothing of it. She refused to wear such an outfit to school. Saying it would ruin her reputation. He had rolled his eyes at that statement. She could be SO stuck up sometimes….
"Well, as depicted by the law in this country, you are still at the age to be required to go to school, even if you're CEO of KC." Replied Mokuba.
"I know that Mokuba!" said Ailish, continuing to sulk, getting in an even worse mood then she was already in. "But, it's like they think, I have unlimited time on my hands. I may be smart, but how do they expect me to still run my company properly, if they want me finish homework assignments given to me by teachers!"
"You'll manage. They don't call you a resourceful individual for nothing. "
"Resourcefulness knows it limits, Mokuba."
"You're considered a specialist at multitasking, not me." Mokuba said, grinning at his sister's annoyed features. "This is a problem you'll have to sort out on your own, Ailish."
"So much for finding good help these days." She muttered sarcastically.
"I feel sorry for you. Keyword being, almost…"
This statement earned him a glare from his sister.
He was so used to them, that he only laughed.
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A/N: Okies, that was chappie three! And as a bonus, I made it extra long! Now for the explaining of the numbers in the text!
1. This is the name of the newspaper. I just made it up, but I actually kinda like it:D Though, it's also kinda corny... But I claim this name as mine, muwhahahahahahaha. © Domino boulevard ( newspaper) to ChaosMagicianGirl. So no stealing this name from me, or else you'll regret it. Her yami Renate cracks knuckless " You heared her!"
2. I bet you were wondering whether this Mazaki is famely of Anzu Mazaki (Tea Gardener dubname):D Well, she is. She's Anzu's mother who works as a journalist for Domino Boulevard.
3. Kumiko Hiroto, the maid who works at the Kaiba mansion is the older sister of Honda Hiroto. She is 20 and lives on her own.
okay, with those facts sorted out, I bid thee farewell for now!
Leave a review if you wish, it would be mostappreciated!
CMG,
signing out