Chapter 4: Trouble is in the Air
Nakuru opened her eyes and turned to the clock next to Mokuba's bed. 11:22, well at least Mokuba knows how to live out summer vacation. It seemed as soon as Tea had the thought Mokuba started to wake up. She felt him move around in his bed and eventually open his eyes. He looked around his room and spotted the brown cat on his left hand side.
"Hello Nakuru," he greeted, "I didn't know you were sleeping with me, I hope I didn't crush you."
The raven haired boy pulled the covers off himself as he sat up. Getting off of his bed he examined his clothe. "I don't remember sleeping in this? Oh! I must've fallen asleep in Seto's office again."
Mokuba then began to undress. Oh no way Tea! You are not watching Mokuba undress, that is just wrong on so many levels. Nakuru closed her eyes and waited to hear the sound of pants getting put on. You accidentally saw Kaiba naked but he's the same age, or older so it's not wrong. Wait what am I thinking of course it's wrong, how could it not be wrong? Tea couldn't help but notice her body temperature go up as she thought of what happened a few hours ago.
When she heard the sound of a zipper she opened her eyes half way and saw a fully dressed Mokuba trying to tame his hair in the mirror.
"You think I should get my hair cut Nakuru," Mokuba asked as he used his right hand to try and flatten his hair. "Seto always said I should get it cut."
Not being able to respond Tea tried to picture what Mokuba would look like with short hair. First she just pictured Mokuba's hair color on Seto, but it didn't turn out too good. After a few more pictures came into mind, Tea thought it best that long hair suited the younger Kaiba.
After hanging out with Mokuba for a couple of hours Tea was starting to get bored. She tried many times before to get to Seto's office but Mokuba always noticed when she tried to leave. Currently Mokuba was doing what looked like a word puzzle, Tea chose now to leave. She quietly crept out of the room and raced down the stairs to Seto's office. She approached his desk that still felt eerie, she got to the tower and was about to turn the power on when,
"Nakuru… what are you doing in here?" Mokuba stood at the door and quickly ran in before the cat did any damage to Seto's things. He picked her up and looked over the desk, "Did you touch anything Nakuru?" Again he studied the desk, "Something doesn't feel right…" Mokuba trailed off.
Tea felt him shake just slightly and then he left the office. Well at least she wasn't the only one that thought something was wrong with the room.
Mokuba left the room and headed out the front door where a limo was waiting. Standing next to the open door was a butler, "Good day Master Kaiba."
"See ya later." Mokuba responded brightly.
Where are we going? Nakuru looked around the large limo, it had everything you could ever want. It had a mini fridge, a cupboard filled with food and a TV that had a built in radio. Wow, I wish I was rich. Why didn't I wish to be rich instead of wishing for this. She looked herself over, I'm such an idiot sometimes.
The limo ride was a pleasant one, the ride was smooth and there was a comfortable silence. It was weird how only after a day or so Tea felt almost at home. She kind of felt she was apart of the Kaiba family in some small way, probably because of how nice Mokuba was treating her and surprisingly how nice Seto was. The buildings outside the windows seemed to get larger as the limo came to a halt in front of a huge business building.
Mokuba exited the limo with Nakuru in hand and Tea quickly recognized the building as the Kaiba Corp. building. Mokuba strode through the front doors and walked past the main desk where a woman greeted him warmly, "Good day Mokuba."
Mokuba stopped and walked back to the desk, "Hello Elizabeth! Is Seto in a meeting right now?"
The woman searched through some paper work on her desk and after a moment responded to Mokuba, "Mister Kaiba already had his morning meeting."
"Thanks" Mokuba waved goodbye and left for the elevator. Nakuru watched as the elevator went all the way to the top floor. The doors opened and Mokuba got off and headed down the hallway until they reached another desk where no one sat. Mokuba looked down at Nakuru, "Seto's secretary… she was fired just last week." Right across from the desk were two large wooden doors one had a gold plate on it that read: Seto Kaiba.
Mokuba knocked. "Enter" was the only response. Mokuba opened the door and peeked inside. Nakuru couldn't see anything because her view was blocked by the large wooden door. But she could still hear, "Mokuba?"
"Hey Seto," Mokuba then entered the room fully giving Nakuru view to the whole office, which was also huge. Just like everything else Seto Kaiba owned. "How has everything been going big bro?"
Seto leaned back in his chair and rubbed his temples, "Fine. Just been working on some modifications for the new duel disk."
Mokuba noticed the stress his brother was under he also noticed him rub his temples an action he only did when something wasn't going right. "Is everything okay big bro?"
Seto looked at his younger sibling, the look on Mokuba's face seemed to calm him some. Mokuba was so innocent, he didn't yet understand the complications of running a business. When Mokuba asked him again if everything was okay, he finally decided to answer.
"Not really Mokuba, apparently some information about the duel disks are missing. I must have left them at home, but I should've had a copy here."
Mokuba set Nakuru on the desk before he approached his brother, "Why didn't you call? I could've brought it over. You know I always come here around now."
Seto looked at his brother, "And I also happen to know that you like to sleep in till noon or so." A small smirk came to his lips.
Mokuba gave a sheepish grin. "Well it is summer after all…"
Nakuru walked over to Seto and hopped onto his lap. He gave a little 'omf' not expecting the cat to jump on him and absentmindedly started to stroke her, Nakuru gave out a small purr.
Mokuba smiled at how his brother got so close to an animal in such a short amount of time. He often wondered if that cat was an angel, come down from heaven to help him and Seto out. His mother was dead after all, maybe this cat was her in an animal form. Mokuba shook the thoughts from his head, "Hey Seto is it okay if I go play in the dueling tech room?"
Seto looked up from Nakuru, he had been staring at her while he was petting her, "…sure."
Mokuba started toward the door but hesitated, "Hey Seto?" He turned to face his older brother who now had a concerned look on his face.
"What is it Mokuba?"
Nakuru noticed the warmth in his voice.
"Do you want to go to the park?" He started fiddling with his hands as he waited for Seto to reject the offer.
Seto watched his brother from across the room, he smiled as he watched Mokuba fiddle with his hands. "Sure Kiddo the park sounds nice."
Mokuba's head shot up, "Really? You mean it?" Mokuba's face was now radiating with glee.
Seto chuckled, "Yeah but I'll need to bring my laptop to finish up some things. That okay with you?"
"Of course," Mokuba ran over to Seto and grabbed him by the arm, "this is going to be so much fun! Can we walk there too?"
Seto who was wrenched out of his comfortable chair stood causing Nakuru to almost fall to the floor if it weren't for his fast reflexes, "Hang on Mokuba not so fast."
But Mokuba wasn't listening he was to busy tugging Seto out of his office.
It was a beautiful day at the park. The sun was shining the birds were singing and Mokuba was running around being the child he was. Seto on the other hand had parked himself at a bench under a tree where he could keep an eye on Mokuba and work at the same time.
Seto sat there working away, he just couldn't figure out why a piece of information on the duel disk was missing. He remembered uploading the software in his very own office. His office! That was it, how could he have been so stupid? He must have left the disk in the computer and didn't transfer it over to his computer at Kaiba Corp. He gave a sigh of relief, if someone would have gotten a hold of that information something bad could have happened.
Now that Seto's nerves were slightly calmed he could work on the design of the duel disk, his last one (the one from Battle City) was good and everything but it was a little too big in Seto's opinion. The duel disk he designed to play Pegasus with was much more compact.
Nakuru watched as Seto worked away on his laptop currently looking at designs for his new duel disk. She really didn't know how much effort making one of those things was. Next time I use one to duel Yugi I'll definitely appreciate it more. She also noticed how many girls would walk by Seto and stare at him with hopeful eyes. Every once in a while Seto would look up to find Mokuba and he'd make eye contact with a girl, she would wink or wave and Tea even saw one girl blow Seto a kiss. Of course he would roll his eyes at every attempt the girls made. Tea couldn't be more happy at the reaction Seto gave every girl.
Seto finally decided on a design when Mokuba came running up to him, "Hey Seto?" he asked out of breath.
"What is it Mokuba?"
Mokuba placed his hand on his knees and leaned over to breathe better, "Can I get some Ice Cream, there's one of those little trolleys right over there." He pointed with his finger toward the other side of the park.
Seto sighed, "Can you wait till I finish?" He started to work again, his question being more a statement than a question.
"I can go by myself bro. It's not like it's night time or anything, plus it's right across the park nothing will happen to me I promise."
Seto looked up from his laptop into Mokuba's pleading eyes, those stupid eyes they always rendered the older Kaiba helpless. Not wanting to get sucked in Seto quickly avoided his eyes back to his work, "fine" he mumbled.
"Yay!" Mokuba started to run off when Seto's voice stopped him, "You better come back quickly, I'll give you five minutes."
Mokuba smiled at his brother, "That's all I'll need." He waved and was off to get himself the biggest chocolate ice cream he could find.
Seto shook his head as he watch Mokuba run off, "That ice cream is going to have him wired for the rest of the day" he said to Nakuru.
Oh how Tea wished she was her normal size she would have given Seto the biggest hug she could muster. He was cute when he was around his brother, why didn't she see it before? All those times he risked his own life to save Mokuba and not once did she notice. It made Tea a little envious that Mokuba had Seto to care for him so much. Her parents were like total strangers, she wanted Seto to care for her like he cared for Mokuba.
Nakuru blinked, had she just thought that? Did she really want Seto to care for her like that? No it couldn't be, she was not starting to feel something for that creep, that gorgeous, nice, wealthy creep. There was no way. Nakuru turned to go after Mokuba when she saw a woman approach Seto's bench.
When the woman got fairly close Seto peeked out of the corner of his eye and sighed, did they really have to disturb him? Couldn't they just walk by and stare like they usually do? The woman sat down next to Seto, nope looks like they have to make everything difficult.
Nakuru noticed the bleach blonde hair on the woman and the fact that she was wearing cheap red lipstick that looked like it was bought at the 99 cent store. This girl was most definitely not someone Kaiba needed to waste his time on.
Seto noticed that the woman was starting to move closer to him. He mentally groaned at the thought of actually having to talk to her. All these girls ever wanted was either money or to hook up with him to have a good time and then get money. He was about to turn to the woman when Nakuru clawed at the woman next to him. She jumped and screamed. Seto sat there shocked, he looked at Nakuru who met his gaze and just gave an innocent meow. He smirked, having a cat wasn't such a bad thing after all.
Nakuru saw the approving look Kaiba gave her, she continued to hiss and claw at any woman that dared come near him. Triumph ran through Nakuru as no more woman bothered Seto, he was able to finish his work and spend some time with Mokuba. From where she was on the bench the two brothers looked so cute together.
A strange feeling came over Nakuru as she noticed a man behind a tree watching the two brothers. If she didn't know better she could have sworn that she smelled him. A bigger sniff confirmed her assumption as she recognized the smell. It was the same smell in Seto's own office. Was Kaiba being stalked?
The car ride home was nice and peaceful. But Nakuru couldn't shake the funny feeling she got when she thought about the man at the park. If he was in the mansion did he take Seto's disk? Was that why he was in his office? Nakuru couldn't put her finger on it, or her paw really. All she knew was that she needed to get to a computer and fast. If Yugi could reverse this wish she might be able to tell Kaiba and he can do something.
The next few days were spent at the mansion. It had been almost a week since Nakuru had come and she was starting to feel more at home here than at her own home. Mokuba was so nice to her and the way Seto acted made him seem more human than she ever thought possible.
"Mokuba, have you been in my office lately?" Seto called from his office.
Mokuba was playing his Bloody Roar 3 when Seto's call interrupted his winning streak. Nakuru laughed to herself as she watched Mokuba get a K.O. He sighed in defeat and then headed toward the office.
When he entered the room it was a complete mess. Everything was thrown around and in the middle of the mess stood Seto. He looked very frustrated and on the verge of exploding.
"What's up Seto? Can't find something?" Mokuba held Nakuru in his arms as he walked around the office admiring his brother's handiwork.
"A disk Mokuba, I can't find the disk with the information on the new duel disk. I was sure it was in here. I forgot about it until today but it's not here. I haven't been in my office for almost a week and now it's not here. Were you in here before?" Seto looked about ready to pull out his hair, his hands were continuously running through it as if that would solve his problem.
Nakuru had never seen him like this before. She was able to get to Kaiba's computer earlier that week and checked her e-mail. Yugi had responded but it was nothing that could have helped her. She couldn't tell him that she was turned into a cat and now lived with the Kaiba's. Besides even if Yugi did believe her she had to stay here and figure out what was going on with that strange man.
In an abandoned factory near the harbor of Domino the blonde man sat in front of a computer. He sat back in his chair and opened the disk drive were he carefully placed a blue disk with the Kaiba Corp. logo on it. The new duel disk layout and programming filled his screen as the man quickly starting typing. The phone rang and he carefully picked it up.
"Yes."
"Luke? Is everything ready for the virus upload?" Answered a male voice on the other line.
"Everything is in place, the virus will be uploaded to the disc and then I'll make sure to place it back at the Kaiba Mansion tomorrow night when I do my shift."
"Excellent, you'll be properly thanked for your work. I'll contact you tomorrow."
The dial tone told Luke that the call was ended yet he still held the phone to his ear. After a minute he slowly lowered it and turned it off. He then went back to his computer.
Finally I finished another chapter, this one reveals a little bit of my plan for what's going to happen. Stay tuned.