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Chapter 3: Business is Business
After that run in with Mazaki, Seto was in a strangely good mood. Was that a good thing? Probably not. After getting out of his new Mustang, he walked into Toronto Corporation like he owned the place. In a couple of minutes he was going to own the place. Today he was going to close a nice new deal with the head CEO of Toronto Corporation. In order to compete with Otogi's corporation, he needed more companies by his side. Luckily, he found the new CEO of this major toy company in New York. The CEO was a twenty year old frat boy who's father died and left him the business to run. The boy was known to be a womanizer, an alcoholic, and even had some drug problems in the past. Of course the idiot by the name of Sam Toronto would hand over his company to one of the most successful CEO's in Japan and soon to be America. He'd have to stay a year or two in order to see if the company is doing some good progress or not, but it would be worth it to see Otogi's face when he beats him in sales again.
For years they would compete with each other and when they saw each other they would behave civil, but deep inside they loathed each other. There were probably some news articles floating around with Seto and Otogi shaking hands or making some sort of related business meeting, but the feelings deep inside did not match their shaking hands or modest smiles. Not only was Otogi part of the old geek squad, but he was always thinking he was hot shit. The only points he got was when he made Jounouchi put on a dog suit. The thought of it still made him laugh.
With seeing Mazaki in a snowy mess and owning a great business, this day could not get any better. Ah. If only Jounouchi could burst through a trash can like the hobo he is and beg Kaiba to make Jounouchi his servant. Chuckling to himself, he went to the front desk on the first floor. A woman with curly red hair and freckles looked up at him.
"Hello Mr. Kaiba. Mr. Toronto wanted me to tell you to meet him somewhere. Let me get the address for you." The woman turned around and opened a filing cabinet. Already irritated that the fool decided to end the deal somewhere else than his office, the woman's nasally voice almost threw him in a rage. The nasally woman turned around and handed him a piece of paper.
"This is where I'm supposed to meet him?" Kaiba looked at the paper, almost crumbling the sides of it. The woman just nodded and smiled.
"Yes sir. He told me something like it's his last night for business so he wanted to celebrate with you because you're relieving him." She looked as confused as Kaiba. Wanting to break the wenches neck, but trying to maintain his temper, he clenched his fists , crumbling the paper and stomped to his car. When he got to his car he looked at the paper again and decided to finish with this asshole once and for all.
'Princess Tokyo. I think I've heard of it before.' Speeding out of the parking lot, he was determined to kill the young asshole after robbing his company blind.
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The business men that were coming turned out to be only one man with a fleet of more than a dozen women that were half dressed. He looked young, around Lorena's age with brown shaggy hair, and droopy brown eyes. His suit looked disheveled like he was recently making out with someone. The lipstick marks around his white collar and cheeks confirmed that he just finished doing something inappropriate.
'Maybe he's drunk.' Dancing to the music, she didn't know if she should be less or more nervous now that she found out it was only one man who rented the room. He was too drunk to notice if she danced badly or not, but did tap the cage. From the drinks Lorena gave her, she was a little tipsy as well and just swayed her hips to the music, not fully dancing in the cage.
"Hey!" The business man practically shouted as he sat down on one of the pillows to Lorena who was waiting with a pitcher of drinks. Bowing to him, she smiled innocently and poured the liquid in his awaiting sake cup. All the other women sat around him like he was some sort of god. Brandon popped his head in through the door and mouthed to Lorena ' is everything good?' Lorena walked up to the door and nodded no, pushing him out the door so she could talk to him outside.
"Sam, when are we going to Hawaii? It's too cold here in New York." One of the girls next to him asked with an whiny tone. Sam didn't pay attention to her and looked over at Anzu, who was now holding the sides of the cage shaking her head and moving her body to the music.
"Hey cage girl. Get out of there and join me. We could all go to Hawaii after this! We'll all get along and have great nights together." Ending with a drunk laugh, he practically inhaled the rest of the drink. "Lets get some more in this glass! It's drier than the Sahara desert!" Just in time, Lorena walked in with a big fake smile on her face and five other dancers. The other five set up around Sam and start dancing, two of them coaxing the women who were with him to dance as well. Meanwhile, Lorena went up to Anzu with another sake cup full of some unknown drink. Stopping to listen to Lorena's whispers, she just leaned towards her but kept moving her hips.
"This guy is supposed to be some hot shot young CEO, another CEO is coming to close some sort of deal. So basically we're stuck with this asshole. I know these kinds of people, their very sexist will try to take advantage of you. So until that other guy comes in I'm going to keep you in the cage." Confused, Anzu motioned for Lorena to get closer so she could whisper in her ear.
"Why are we waiting for the other guy to come for me to serve drinks?" The drink was handed to her as Lorena whispered back.
"Because supposedly, he's not the party type, so he's safe for you. You'll be serving that guy. Not this one. The other five and I will handle him and his bitches. You just learn, okay? Once the other guy comes, get out of the cage and Jessie will take over for you." Before Anzu could answer, Lorena took the already drunken sake cup from her hands, and went back over to Sam.
"Let's finish up a business deal and then we'll have fun!" Same yelled out as he grabbed the blond who asked him if they were going to Hawaii and kissed her fully on the mouth. The other girls cheered, but inside Anzu was not. Anzu never thought she'd think this, but she was glad she was in a cage and not out there.
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After driving with asshole drivers, and the whole fiasco with Sam the asshole still wet behind the ears CEO or Toronto Corporation, his recent good mood, just turned sour. For about two hours, he spend trying to find the well known club. Why he didn't know where it was? It was because he thought he had better things to do than to go clubbing. He had to go to work, and make sure he could make enough money to take care of him and his brother. Walking into the loud club, he proudly waltz right through the doors, skipping over a three dozen people who were waiting in the cold to enter the club. Everyone knew him, and knew well enough to let him do as he pleased. If anyone dared get in his way, they would pay dearly. Kaiba thrived in knowing that fact. A little bit of his good mood seeped back in. The man Kaiba knew as Brandon ran up to him once he got into the club.
'That's why I think I've heard of this place.' He thought as he scanned the place. A bunch of teenagers grinding against each other, and old men in the back watching with open, waiting eyes. Revulsion took over, and it showed in his facial expression.
Noticing this, Brandon hesitantly said, "Thank you for coming, your partner is waiting in the fourth room."
Brandon and him talked a couple of times when Kaiba first came to New York. Sam was apparently a regular here, so he met Brandon through Sam. Brandon pointed to a hallway where there were a couple of doors that lead to the rooms where Sam was meeting him in. If you were a business man, Kaiba knew you or heard of you. Why? Because he was probably going to go after your company. Kaiba walked through the crowd without thanking Brandon towards the fourth room. A woman with blond hair opened the door before he could. He could tell that she worked there because of the way she was dressed.
"Come in. We were waiting for you to get the party started." The exotic looking woman told him in a sweet innocent voice. "My name is Lorena I'll be with you tonight. Anything you want." She paused with a wink. "Then my friend will be at your service."
"Yea. Right." He muttered under his breath. Hearing what he said, but decided to ignore it, Lorena turned around and went up to Anzu. He didn't notice it before, but there was a girl in that cage dancing. Her back was turned towards him, and by the looks of it, she was having a good time. Lorena was signaling something to the girl, and after a few failed attempts she finally caught on to what Lorena was trying to say.
'Maybe she doesn't want to leave the cage. Odd.' He was still standing in front of the door, and Sam still did not notice him. He was too busy with one of his little girlfriends. Lorena went back to serving Sam more drinks. The girl in the cage reluctantly got out of the cage, with a fan hiding her face. Walking towards him, she continued to hide her face. The only thing he could see was her blue eyes.
"Thank you for coming to Tokyo Princess, may I take your coat?" The girl asked politely. Since it was a little dark in the room, she couldn't see his face until she went up to him.
'Her voice seems familiar.'
That's when he noticed her eyes went huge. She muttered something under her breath, but he couldn't hear it due to the loud music. Not wanting to bother with her, he rolled his eyes with a scoff and walked passed her and sat in front of Sam.
"Listen, Sam. I didn't come here to have a party. I came here to finish our deal. Now I have the papers here, all you got to do is sign." Without pausing, he already had the paper and pen ready to be signed in front of Sam. "Now sign the damned thing so I can get out of here." Sam's glazed eyes went over to the steamed CEO. A happy smile came on his face, and Kaiba could have sworn that he giggled.
"Come on, buddy! We're starting a new era together. Actually it's just you, and you're going to busy soon. So relax and have a couple of drinks." He turned to Lorena who was now talking to the girl was in the cage earlier. The fan was still hiding her face, but when Sam called over to Lorena they both looked at Kaiba.
"What's your name again? Ah. I forgot. Come over here and entertain my friend here. Come on." He motioned for the both of them to come over, which they did, stopping just a few feet behind from where Kaiba was sitting.
"I said I don't have time for this Toronto." He said through his teeth. "Sign it and you'll never have to see me again." He could feel the girl behind him fidget. What the hell was she so nervous about? Looking back at Sam who was staring at the two girls, he sort of knew why.
"Now I remember. Lorena you're with me and Anzu is with my friend Seto." The happy drunk hiccupped.
Usually no one calls him by his first name. No, sorry. Not usually, never calls him by his first name. If anyone did that would be the hugest disrespect towards him. For a split second he was thinking about punching the drunk, when he heard the second name he mentioned.
'Mazaki?' Kaiba turned around to see Lorena looking at the girl who was now no longer hiding her face. Her sad blue eyes met his, and she sat beside him with a sigh. Oblivious to what just happened, Sam motioned towards Lorena to sit next to him, and she did, holding some now watered down alcohol. Any more alcohol and he was going to have alcohol poisoning. In an hour, they'd switch to coffee. Anzu reached over the table to hold a sake bottle.
"Would you like a drink Mr. Kaiba." Anzu courteously asked the highly amused smirking CEO. If he could laugh, he would. But he thought the poor girl felt tortured enough, he'll just humiliate her for a few minutes. She obviously needed this job if she was going to try to act civil with him after what he did to her earlier.
"Why don't you have a drink Mazaki, this is going to be a long night for you." He retorted humorously. She faked a laugh, and held the bottle to her mouth.
"Gladly." And down went the burning drink down her throat, almost scaring the CEO that she could drink like that.
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Okay. Some action, but not much. I would have updated sooner, but I got a virus in my computer and spent all night trying to fix it. Hopefully it's better now. I tried writing more in this chapter so I can get out all of the intro stuff out of the way, so next chapter we're going to start developing some relationships. Toronto Corp.is something I made up by the way. It doesn't exist. Well, maybe it does, but not as a toy company. That's all for now. Review please!!!