Goodness. When was the last time I updated? My sincerest apologies. ((Bows head))
I was also pushed to update with my infatuation with the Yu-Gi-Oh the Movie. I only recorded the last half-hour of the movie on my television which left a rather upset and irritated author standing (err, writing) before you. I ended up watching the last half hour 3 times before my craze was taken care of, and finally left to update for all of you. Err, correction, my reviewers. ((Sulks off in silence))
No idea how long this will be or what it will be about, it will write itself.
Disclaimer: I don't own YGO, but I do own all the pictures I draw of Seto Kaiba on my free time. Oh, the sexiness.
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A few moments after Seto had seized Leigha's lips in his own, Leigha took a few moments to realize what he was doing and pushed away from him and looked at him incredulously. To say that she was surprised would be an understatement. The feeling of his lips still lingered on hers and she unconsciously touched her bottom lip with her index and middle finger. And her eyes widened at Seto who was frozen to his spot.
His eyes wandered from her lips to her eyes, where they were widened to saucers and staring directly at him. He quickly recovered and stood up straight, regaining from his lack of composure. He then regarded her with a small glare and turned around and out the door as he closed it rather roughly behind him.
The whole time Leigha watched and didn't make a move to stop him as he turned and then shut the door. She sank to her knees slowly as the aftertaste still lingered on her lips. Her emotions kicked into gear and she let a few frustrated tears run down her face.
What did I do to deserve this?She sniffled and stood slowly, but surely, back to her feet, ready to talk about a few things. She started out the door and heard shuffling to her left, she quickly looked over her shoulder and noticed Seto putting on his shoes.
"What are you doing?"
Seto quickly snapped his head up to see what had spoken. As soon as he saw Leigha holding her arm uncomfortably he looked back down and grunted as he finished tying his shoe.
"Excuse me, I asked a question," she said hotly.
"And I'm not obligated to answer stupid questions," he snapped right back.
She wrinkled her nose in anger and walked over to him and started to put on her shoes and grabbed her coat. All the while, Seto watched her with a raised eyebrow in slight amusement, and was on the verge of asking what she was doing thought better of it.
"I'm going with you then if you won't answer me"
He nearly snorted at her.
"What makes you think I'm going to take you?"
She slowly turned her head and gave him a you-better-take-me-or-you're-going-to-regret-it-if-you-don't look which he returned with an I-don't-care look and rolled his eyes. She huffed and pulled her jacket on. Seto was already waiting with the door ajar. He didn't know why he was taking her, but something in his gut just told him to let her have her way. But his conscious was screaming to leave her here because he had a bad feeling about this meeting already.
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He tapped his foot impatiently and checked his watch. What was she doing now?
She had decided to get something at the last minute and rushed back to the bedroom to get something. It was getting close to five minutes of her being gone and Seto waiting. And Seto is not a patient person.
"Would you hurry up?"
"Yes, yes" she appeared from their bedroom and trotted down the small hall and walked out the door.
"Women," he muttered.
She narrowed her eyes at him and her frown turned down deeper.
"I heard that"
"It wasn't meant to not be heard"
With that he opened the car door and closed it in Leigha's face. At first she stood there shocked and then nearly pulled the door off it's hinges when she opened it. She must have been annoying him pretty badly if she had caused him to forget his manners and shut the door in her face.
She climbed in and sat on the seat next to the door and placed her purse on the floor at her feet.
"Where are we going?"
At first Seto narrowed his eyes, but he decided he wouldn't fight with her and sighed to try and calm himself before answering.
"I received an urgent message on my cell during…well, when I wasn't there," he shifted uncomfortably in his seat to which Leigha raised an eyebrow. "And asked me to meet them."
"I see…" and Leigha left it at that, much to Seto's relief.
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About a half an hour later, the sleek black limo pulled up into a large warehouse. Leigha looked at it as though it was going to bite her. What was Seto going to do at a warehouse? Her thoughts were interrupted with an irritable cough and she turned her head to Seto holding open the door.
"Are you getting out or are you going to sit there staring all day?"
"What? You're not going to slam the door in my face again?" she gave a small smirk at his reddened face.
He nearly closed it again on her as the statement flew out of her mouth, but being as stubborn as he was, he refrained and instead gripped the door and his knuckles turning a shade lighter.
He believed she was getting out slowly on purpose as she took her time sliding and swinging her legs out the door.
His hormones started to kick in as he noticed her long and slender legs from under her skirt. Wasn't she wearing pants earlier? His mind started to wander and he swallowed a lump in his throat that formed as the skirt rode a bit higher as she stepped out and stood up.
Leigha noticed his wandering eyes right away, and purposely slid out of the seat just so her skirt would ride a bithigher to tease him. It worked much to her pleasure as she noticed the uncomfortable swallow he made. She had to bite back a smile as she noticed how his grip had tightened further on the door and his knuckles were whiter.
She wondered if he would try anything if she-
She gave out a small gasp and covered her mouth in mock surprise.
"Oh gosh, I forgot my purse in the car"
Slowly she bent down to reach inside. This was starting to get fun and she let a small smile spread across her face, she knew she should get paid for this, surely it would do something to the CEO. And sometimes teasing was too much fun, especially if that person gets flustered.
Err- wait. Rewind! Get paid? What the hell? That's pretty much like a prostitute or a whore. Ugh! Where has my mind wandered off to now?
Seto waited impatiently as she continued her search in the backseat of the limo. His time was running short, and he had already wasted enough waiting for her back at the house. He needed to get to the urgent meeting that someone had called about. Why it was here that he had no idea and he also had no idea why she was taking so long in finding her purse.
What is she playing at?
Leigha was still leaning in the car when Seto's curiosity got the better of him and he looked down to see what she was doing. Big mistake. Her backside was right in his line of view, and now he couldn't seem to take his eyes off that view. He tried to turn his head but his eyes stayed glued to the spot.
God, no. Not now.
I can't possibly get those urges now.
'Too late', a voice sing songed in his mind.
Unconsciously Seto's hand brushed against her bare thigh. Leigha gave a jolt as her head hit the top of the ceiling of the limo. That was all Seto needed to break him out of his trance and to pull his hand back and stare at it as though it had grown eyes and a mind of it's own. He really thought it had too.
Leigha had hit her head so hard she fell down on the seat and let out a groan of pain.
"Good lord, that hurt" she mumbled.
Seto was behind her and swallowing about a hundred lumps that had formed in his throat. What had just happened?
Leigha looked warily over her shoulder at the stock till Seto. He was as stiff as a board and Leigha hadn't thought his knuckles could get any whiter from before, and obviously they did, his whole hand was nearly as ghostly white as his knuckles were.
She pulled herself up and ducked out of the limo with her purse in her hand. She had grabbed it right before she got out.
He eyed the purse first before he turned on his heel and started to walk swiftly to the lonely warehouse that stood across the street.
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The warehouse was deserted, as it had seemed. The chipped paint on the outside walls could tell you as much as it stood by itself in the middle of nowhere town. Seto slowly opened the large door, since it was unlocked, and it creaked open until it hit the other side of the wall and gave a loud thunk!
Seto stepped inside the door and peered around. Everything was bathed in darkness and the only thing you could see if you were in there was the small amount of light the sunlight gave from the opened doors. It filtered across the tiled dirty floor and a small switch on the left.
Leigha slowly reached over and flicked the switch on and many lights turned on that were hanging over machinery and boxes and replaced the darkness with light.
Seto quickly turned his head to look at a Leigha with wide eyes staring at all of the tools and metal.
"Don't touch anything," Seto hissed.
Leigha gave him a small glare but then only nodded weakly as she followed Seto as he started walking towards a much larger door on the far side of the room. A few lights flickered off and on in teases as Seto and Leigha walked along.
Besides the small tapping of feet on the ground, there was absolute silence. The two continued their way over to the door, Leigha not far behind, as she stayed close to her boss growing a bit freaked out over the eerie silence.
Leigha was hardly afraid of anything, but this warehouse gave her a chilling feeling the moment she stood in front of its rather large doors. And her first step had agreed with that past feeling, as a shiver went down her spine.
She quickened her pace to walk right behind Seto, and had the strongest urge to cling to his trench coat that was flowing out gracefully behind him in reassurance that someone was there with her.
A large clank of noise against something to her right caused her to jump forward and grab onto whatever was close. That whatever was Seto's arm and he stopped and looked down a tad surprised at her widened and fearful eyes as they stared at where the noise came from. A small mouse came out of where she was staring and she sighed in relief but did not let go of his arm. Seto rolled his eyes at her but then noticed she had not let go of his arm yet.
Seto cleared his throat audibly and she immediately looked to what she was holding. She jumped back and let go and turned her head to stare at him with slightly narrowed eyes.
He just smirked at her and then continued to walk to the door that was no more than 10 feet ahead now.
Right before he reached the handle an evil laugh broke out of the silence, and he heard Leigha give a whimper in fear as the lights flickered out and they were once again bathed in darkness.
"Leigha?" he called out impatiently.
No answer.
He was starting to get irritable and a bit worried. As much as the woman annoyed him, he couldn't help but feel responsible for bringing her here.
Even though she came on her own.
"Leigha?" he called a bit louder, and heard another whimper in the darkness and a quiet 'yes?'
He let out a sigh of relief and walked to where he heard the voice. He still couldn't find the young woman so he squinted against the black in hopes he would see some type of movement.
"Where are you?"
"I'm right here," the voice was close. In fact, it sounded like it was right next to him…
He felt someone grab at his arm and couldn't help but give a sudden jump of surprise. He saw Leigha's bright green eyes glow a bit in the darkness and let out a small sigh.
"L-let's get out of h-here," she started and he could see her looking around, "nobody is h-here."
"On the contrary Leigha," a cold voice hissed as her name sent chills down her spine "somebody is here, and they would like to speak with Mister Seto Kaiba."
"What do you want?" he immediately demanded.
"Tch, Kaiba, I thought you had better manners than that," it sneered.
Someone walked out of the shadows with a light illuminating their features with black hair, but his eyes were covered by his bangs. His hands were buried in his pockets as he calmly strolled up to the pair.
He was only an inch taller than Leigha when he was finally only a few feet in front of them. He raised his head slowly to reveal familiar chocolate brown eyes to the two and Leigha gasped in surprise as they stared intensely into hers.
"Mason!" Leigha cried beside Seto.
"What?" he looked down at Leigha who was shaking beside him, and her grip on his arm had tightened, albeit almost painfully. "You know him?"
"Indeed she does, Seto" he nodded his head as a smirk formed on his face. "We met when you two went out to dinner that first time."
"How do you know-?"
He waved his hand dismissively at him, which Seto narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists at. Being interrupted was one of the most things he highly disliked.
"I was the waiter that was talking to Leigha," he said in a rather bored tone. "The one you were jealous of."
Seto set his jaw and his eyes narrowed further. Seto Kaiba did not get jealous. Especially over something as trivial as Leigha talking to another man, or teenager. It wasn't like he cared anyway.
'Liar!' shouted a voice in his head but he ignored it.
Leigha on the other hand, gripped Seto's arm tighter to which he looked down irritably at her. Her wide fearful eyes stared back into his, warning him not to cross the young man that stood in front of them. He also ignored this gesture and started to walk away, Leigha trying to keep up with his long strides and still holding onto his arm.
"I'm not done with you yet Kaiba," he spat behind his back.
Seto whirled around again and fixed a death glare on the mysterious figure.
"Then say what you must so I can get out of this dump, I've already wasted enough time" he replied.
"You know what I want," he smirked again and made a move forward towards the woman at his side. Instinctively he pushed Leigha behind him as the man advanced towards them with slow teasing steps.
Leigha let out a short scream as someone behind her covered her mouth with one hand and wrapped his other arm around her waist. Seto turned again and noticed Leigha with even wider pleading eyes right before she disappeared in the dark shadows.
"Leigha!" he called desperately and reached out to her fleeting form. She couldn't handle this on her own. She needed him. But why did he care? He hadn't cared before, only when he was trying to comfort her. It was impulse, but he had liked that feeling of her in his arms. She was soft and warm…
Now is definitely not the time.
Seto continued his search but found nothing. Behind him, he could hear the man laughing behind him evilly at his useless searching.
"It's useless, she's gone," Seto was really panicking now. Where could she have gone? "You'll never see her again."
A yell followed grunt and a loud sound like something large had fallen was heard behind him, he quickly whirled around and then he saw she had come stumbling out of the darkness towards Seto and grabbed onto both of his arms and stared straight into his eyes. This time her eyes weren't wide and fearful, they were narrowed with determination.
"We need to leave. Now!" she hissed at him.
He nodded and she started to drag him some other way but he had grabbed her arm and started to walk quickly through the darkness towards a small light ahead. An evil chuckle was heard behind them until they could finally see the light led outside.
"The door!" Leigha half-yelled and started to run towards the closing doors. Seto following closely behind, his adrenaline started pumping as he started sprinting now catching up with an already sprinting Leigha.
They dove out of the warehouse just in time, as the doors slammed shut behind them and they could hear a sinister chuckle echo in their ears as they panted for air.
Seto turned on his back and looked to his side where Leigha was laying down with her head in her arms. Their breath had calmed some and the silence was starting to bug her.
"Never…going…in there…again," she managed through small gasps.
Seto could only nod his head as he noticed the blood that was staining her shirt. He reached his arm over and lightly touched the large gash on her leg that ran from her thigh to her calf. She winced at the touch and tried to shrink away.
"What happened?"
"Nothing," she said quickly and let out a sigh. The pain was really getting to her now, she felt light-headed and dizzy, like she was going to pass out.
"Nothing? Doesn't look like nothing to me," he turned to look at the sky again. The clouds had grown dark, and the air was feeling moist.
"Why do you care anyway? It's a stupid cut, it's nothing," she too lifted her head to look at the sky, and let out another sigh. "It looks like it's going to rain, we better get out of here."
She tried to stand but fell to the ground from the huge amount of pain that washed over her from her leg. She cursed at her weakness and again tried to stand but again she fell, but this time two hands caught her on her waist before she fell in a heap to the ground again.
She already knew who it was and was trying to get him to let her go, but his grip tightened on her and placed her on the ground with her feet beneath her besides her whole bottom half.
He looked expectantly at her like she was going to fall again, and waited. Leigha tried to take a step but started to wobble on her now bad leg. She tried to hide a groan of pain but it escaped anyway, and she stood on her feet.
Seto sighed and put his arms under her knees and behind her back and picked her up bridal style. At first, Leigha made no protests until there were inside the limo, ready to go home.
"You didn't have to do that," she said as she stared out the window at the rain that had poured not long after they got in the limo. "I would have been fine walking, thank you."
"Hn, didn't look like it to me"
Leigha turned her head sharply to glare, but it melted quickly at the site of the young CEO staring out the window at the warehouse, with a thoughtful expression on his face. Leigha bit her lip and looked at her lap.
"What was that all about?"
Seto was broken out of his reverie, and looked ahead. He closed his eyes and then turned to face Leigha while sighing.
"Another threat," he said bitterly and then turned to stare back out the window, his scowl placed back on his face. "Not that I'm surprised, but it was interesting they chose to involve you instead of Mokuba," he chuckled lightly, which Leigha saw no humor in the matter and narrowed her eyes at him. "He's usually the one they go after."
"Who's they?"
Seto let out a tired sigh and started to rub his temples. Would this girl stop asking questions?
"People who are after my company"
"What if they're not after your company? What if they're after someone not something?" she mumbled.
Seto could only grunt, but also thought it strange that his new threat wouldn't state that he wanted the company. It wouldn't have been much of a surprise to him, because he got those sorts of things all the time.
Leigha watched him a while before looking out the window again. The rain that continued to pour gave the world outside a hazy curtain that made objects blur in the rain. The relaxing smell of rain sneaked under the car doors and filled Leigha's nose giving it a tingling sensation. But she was anything but relaxed, she wanted to know why Mason wanted to do with her. Something in her gut told her that was what he wanted…but she had no idea why. Did it have something to do with that painting at the restaurant, or something entirely different?
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Not long after their ride, Seto and Leigha returned back to the cozy little cottage back on the outskirts. The chauffeur opened the door on the right side and Leigha and Seto slid out. The rain was only a slight mist now, and was moist on their skin. Leigha sucked in a deep breath of the clean air and then let it out slowly. Looking up at the sky she started to think about how she could handle this mess, but was interrupted with a warm hand on her shoulder.
She whipped around and came face to face with Seto Kaiba. Their noses an inch apart, they both shuddered at the proximity at the closeness of their bodies. Heat waves emitted off the two that felt tingly in the cold weather outside.
Seto cleared his throat after a few seconds and turned around to go inside. When he noticed that she wasn't following, and standing rather awkwardly in the middle of the growing rain, he turned back around and lifted her up and walked back to the door.
Leigha was dumbstruck in his arms. He had done it again, he brain started working again after they were halfway to the bedroom and she hit his chest rather hard. He let out a grunt and looked down angrily at the woman in his arms but continued to walk to the bedroom.
Once he had reached it, he dropped her on the soft comforters and walked back out.
"Now where are you going?" she called after him.
She received no answer and crossed her arms, huffed, and fell back into the soft sheets. A few minutes later Seto returned with a box in his hands. He pulled up a chair next to the bed, and opened the box to reveal a first-aid kit. Leigha widened her eyes and made a grab for the box but Seto pulled it away before she could get a good grip.
"You're not really…you couldn't possibly…I can't take care of myself!" she finally managed.
"Be quiet," Leigha glared at him. "You could hardly walk to the door, let alone wrap your leg."
"You picked me up so I couldn't walk. It's your fault!" she protested and made another grab for the box, but Seto again pulled it away and Leigha fell back against the covers and huffed.
"That's better."
He took out some disinfectant and placed it on the bed, and started to lift her skirt a little to get better access to the cut. Leigha flushed and turned her head away from him to stare at the bathroom door, which she found more interesting to watch instead of her boss taking care of her.
Seto couldn't help but smirk after he noticed the small blush on her cheeks after he lifted the skirt to the top of her thighs. He had to admit her skin was like silk on his fingers, and was wonderful to touch. He spread the disinfectant on the large gash and Leigha hissed in pain and turned her head to look back at him. She glared with loathing at him and closed her eyes against the stinging on her leg. She felt a cool breeze on the cut and she opened one of her eyes to see what was going on.
Seto was gently blowing on the burning cut to ease the pain. Leigha's eyes widened slightly in surprise, but made no move to stop him. Next Seto put the gauze on and then wrapped her leg in bandages. He was gently on the skin and sent shivers down her spine and through her body. His touch was soft and caring to make sure he didn't hurt her anymore. Leigha noticed the whole time he was taking care of the cut; he had a thoughtful expression when he tended to the cut.
Once he was finished, he stood up and started to put everything in its proper place in the kit. Leigha started to sit up against the headboard and watched him.
"Seto?"
He looked back at her quickly with shock on his face; she hadn't called him Seto before. Mokuba was the only one with that privilege or had enough guts to. Leigha quickly realized her mistake and tried to cover it up.
"Err- um…I mean Kaiba," she bowed her head in apology.
He had not given her permission to have her call him by his name, and she had no idea where it had come from anyway. A hand on her arm made her raise her head again and look at piercing blue eyes.
"No," he stopped and looked thoughtful again but sighed. "It's fine."
He stood up again and walked to the door, and shut it gently, not his usual slamming and rough closing to make as much noise as possible. Leigha watched the door with wide eyes and her mouth slightly apart.
Had Kaiba just said it was okay for her to call him Seto?
She collapsed back into the sheets, and replayed over and over in her head to what had just happened. He was kind and thoughtful and took care of her gash, like he was the one who did it. What was happening to the cold and ruthless CEO that everyone knew? He was gentle with his touch, and made sure not to cause her much pain. And then he said it was okay for her to call him Seto?
She closed her eyes and kept thinking about all the reasons he was doing this. Out of manners, repaying a debt, out of pity, sympathy, or he just flat out…cared.
The thought made her feel warm inside and she smiled happily. She hadn't had someone who cared for her in a long time. The feeling made her want to jump out of bed and hug the life out of something or someone. Sleep finally came over and she drifted off into a dreamless sleep, where worries no longer existed and she didn't have to think about a thing.
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A familiar young man leaned back in his chair as his hands squeezed the black leather chair's armrests in a death-grip. The lamp was the only source of light in the room. The lamps dim glow lighted the figure's shadowed face behind his hair that covered his eyes and half of his upper body leaning in the chair. Another tall figure stood behind him in the light with only his torso and the upper half of his legs showing in the light.
Suddenly the face jerked up to reveal dark brown eyes narrowed and a sinister smirk that tugged on his lips. His hands relaxed finally and let go of the armrests and moved them to place on his lap. He closed his eyes and threw his head back and let out an evil chuckle.
"Leigha, I will see you again soon," it hissed in a cold voice.
He reached over to the lamp his long fingers stretched out and turned off the lamp with a click. The room now bathed in complete darkness; his dark eyes glowed when he opened them again. They flashed dangerously and then they were closed, as he let out another chuckle that made the person behind him shudder in fear.
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Jeez. Okay, again, sorry for such the late update. I hope this new plot is likeable I'm still trying to sort out the significance of the paintings, and also some other things. I finally found something that could lead me somewhere and I ended up writing this in an hour or so. Whoo! I guess that's good.
By the way, thank you so much for all of those reviews! It makes me so happy and makes me want to write more and more. I really appreciate it, and the more reviews the sooner the chapter. Yay!
RESPONSES FOR REVIEWS
SirisAnkh: Whoa! Thanks for all the reviews! You made some very good points in there, and I really appreciate it because it has helped a lot. Didn't really intend to make her mary-sueish but that can sometimes come out when you least expect it. When you said that the dog reminded you of Joey, I couldn't agree more. I know I wasn't thinking of it at the time, but it makes sense now that I think about it. I know I might have some things mixed up (bad grammar as well), but once I figure out where this is gonna go and I finish it I'm probably going to go back and fix all of the problems. But all your opinions have helped me a lot. Thank you! And I'm also glad you're enjoying my story.
Silver Fantasy: I've decided to change my story for a Tragedy to Drama or…something along those lines. I couldn't really find the right word so I picked the next best thing. Thanks for the review! I'm really interested in your story. It's very good and the character is great. Can't wait for the next chapter!
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