Run For His Money

YoukaiJilly

Seto Kaiba has only met his match in Yugi Mutou...or so he thought. When a new girl comes to Domino High, she'll make it her mission to deflate Seto's head. Although Seto constantly tries her patience she's not backing down!

FOUR

"Good-Bye"

LAST TIME…

Akemi walked into the hallway and was greeted by Mokuba who was in his own pinstriped PJs. He took her hand with a smile and led her to the game room which she had seen earlier.

"Mokuba," she questioned. "I thought we were going to eat."

"We are! In the game room!" he said happily. "Seto's probably changed and got stuff out by now. You'll like it. How about later we can play a game?"

"Sure Mokuba! I'd like that!" said Akemi as they entered the room.

"Bout time you two got here." Seto said in a harsh tone.

"Sorry Seto. I had to go get Kemi." Mokuba replied still holding onto her hand. Seto stared at them, and then turned away. Mokuba only released Akemi's hand when he saw that he had dinner sitting a little table off to the side of the room near the TV. It was the largest that Akemi had ever seen and she still marveled at what Seto owned.

'I guess he really did change after he won that chess match with Mr. Kaiba…' she thought as she flopped down into one of the large fluffy chairs.

THE STORY CONTINUES...

It was quiet as they watched the movie, Mokuba stretched on the floor, his head propped up in hands, watching intently. Akemi could hear the soft murmur as he talked along with the characters.

"What is your problem?" said the male character, an American named Adam.

"You are my problem!" snapped the female character, Sasami. "I don't need you; I don't need anyone to help me! Go away."

Adam looked hurt, confused and then determined. "No. No matter what the hell you say, you will need someone. That someone is me right now. I refuse to leave you alone. You'll just dig yourself into a deeper hole!"

"Gee, this sounds familiar," Akemi murmured under her breath. She had been shouting those things at Seto in her thoughts nearly the entire day. At the moment, he glanced over at her with a stony face.

"Shut up," he told her.

"Make me." Akemi replied.

"Will both of you be quiet?" growled Mokuba. Both Akemi and Seto fell silent as he returned his eyes to the screen.

There had been a tension in the room and it was driving Akemi absolutely crazy. Seto was angry at her and was angry at Mokuba for being nice to her. Akemi was angry at him because he was angry at her and Mokuba just for being nice. And Mokuba was angry at the both of them for being angry at each other and him.

When the movie was over, Mokuba begged to watch it over, but Seto snapped at him to hush and go to bed. Akemi then retorted that he needed to be nicer to his little brother. That's what set Seto off…

"Don't you dare tell me how to raise my little brother!" he growled.

"Lay off, I'm not telling you how to raise him! I'm just saying that it would be better for Mokuba if you were nicer to him! He'll grow up thinking it's all right to push people around like you do!" Akemi retorted. "In case of you haven't noticed, you have no friends, you're as heartless as a mummy and no one can stand you!"

"Then why the hell did you try to find me?" Seto yelled.

Akemi's mouth snapped shut and she glared a hint of hurt reflecting in her eyes. She let her shoulders slump forward and she clenched her teeth. "I have no idea," is what she replied. "When I leave tomorrow, I am never speaking to you again."

"Fine by me; Mokuba, don't expect to be seeing Akemi anytime soon." Seto said coldly, walking off to his room. It slammed shut and was the only sound in the uneasy silence. Mokuba tugged on Akemi's sleeve. She looked down at him and he opened his arms for a hug. She obliged and held onto him tightly.

"Big sister, will I really not get to see you anymore?" Mokuba questioned in a soft and sorrowful tone.

"That may be what Seto thinks," Akemi told him. "But there is nothing in the world that can keep me from coming to visit you. He can just ignore me, but I am coming."

"Good," Mokuba murmured.

"I think it's time we got you to bed. We'll watch Autumn another time when I come all right?" Akemi said as she picked the boy up. He was heavy, and she had a bit of trouble getting up, but Akemi managed. She took him to his room and put him carefully down onto the soft bed. Akemi smiled as she pulled the blankets around him and Mokuba yawned and snuggled under them. Akemi bent down and kissed him lightly on the head before heading off to her own room.

Seto tucked his arms behind his head while they rested on the cool pillow. Akemi…he frowned just thinking her name. They'd been the best of friends at the orphanage and Akemi would help him look after Mokuba. But now that Seto looked back on it, he saw that he had been so very wrong in encouraging her. Over the years Seto saw that she hadn't changed much. Still believed there was good in everyone, that if you had enough belief in something it would change for the better.

"Childish notion…" he muttered to himself.

"KEMI-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! WAKE UP!" Mokuba shouted as he pounced into her bed. She screamed, sitting up and staring with wide eyes at Mokuba. He looked at her with a slightly worried face. "What's wrong? Did I scare you?"

"Holy…" she whispered. Akemi was silent a moment and then she began to look more calm. "I'm sorry…I forgot where I was for a moment."

"Oh," Mokuba replied as he rolled off the bed. "Seto said to wake up so you can eat and 'get the hell out of our house' as he said."

Akemi groaned and flopped back down onto the pillow. She put her right arm over her eyes and sighed deeply; taking in the faint ivory smell of the pajamas she wore. Suddenly disgusted, she rushed Mokuba from the room and yanked on her school uniform. As she came into the hallway, Mokuba was there waiting for her in his own uniform. He showed her the way to the dining room and food was all ready spread out.

Seto was not there yet and Mokuba ran to pull out her seat. As Akemi started over, something grabbed the back of her shirt and yanked. She crashed into Seto and she stared down at her with those cold cerulean eyes. She glared back.

"You stink. Go take a shower." He said.

Releasing her, Seto pressed a towel into her hands and gave her a harsh shove back towards the upstairs. Akemi had found the large bathroom the night before, having to visit it once or twice when Mokuba had challenged her to chug her lemonade. She didn't answer him but just rushed off, glancing at the clock. She had plenty of time…

The warm water felt wonderful to her tense muscles and she closed her eyes, letting it pour down on her. She found hair stuffs and soaps all ready inside and she realized they held the same smell as the pajamas.

'So…this is what makes him smell so good…' she thought.

Akemi quickly washed and dried, finding a hair dryer in one of the drawers. At first she found it strange that Seto and Mokuba even owned a hair dryer since it had been her experience that boys preferred to let their hair air-dry; she then remembered the amount of hair that Mokuba had and shrugged, quickly drying her short hair.

Once she was again dressed in her uniform and walking down the hallway, she looked at the clock once again. If they wanted to get to school on time, they would have to move quickly. Akemi's stomach growled and she hopped that she still had time to eat. Coming back to the kitchen, Mokuba called out to her.

"I was just coming to get you Kemi!" he said. "We have five minutes until we need to leave."

"Ah…but…I haven't even eaten anything!" she said in disappointment.

"Oh," Mokuba said in a thoughtful voice. "We can grab something really quick." With that, he practically raced around the kitchen grabbing things for Akemi to eat. He shoved his armload of food at her and told her to eat. She gulped all of it down as quickly as she could and when Seto came back into the room with his own uniform on, Akemi felt so full it almost made her sick.

"Move it." Seto told the both of them and Mokuba went right out the door, Akemi behind him. She was glad she hadn't any homework; the teacher said it would take a few days for her to catch up to the rest of the class and then she would be responsible for doing homework.

In the limo, the three sat in silence and the tension was so thick, Akemi thought it might be cut with a knife. Once they reached Mokuba's school he gave her a big hug and whispered that he would sneak her into the estate so they could play and she nodded her head. He then exited the car and waved before the limo took off once more. She dared to glance at Seto and found that he was looking out the window with an upset look on his face.

Just as the limo pulled into the school courtyard, the students moving out of its way, Akemi reached for the door handle as Seto did for the opposite one but she paused. "I guess I really did say good-bye to my friend that day Mr. Kaiba took him away." She said softly.

Before Seto could even answer, she pushed open the door and quickly walked away. Seto also exited and his eyes followed her. Akemi was greeted by Yugi, Jonouchi, Honda and Anzu. He smacked the hood of the limo as he did every day and it pulled out, leaving the cerulean eyed CEO to walk into the building alone.

"Good-bye…"

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Wowee, have I been gone a long while. I have more of the plot figured out so hopefully I will be able to update more. I hope you can all forgive me.

Gomen.