POISON
Pairing: Kaiba Seto/ Mazaki Anzu
Summary: The famous couple is back together and their problems have been solved, but who remember what started everything in the first place?
Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or the group Groove Coverage, nor their song Poison…..but oh how I want to.
A/N: STOP! We have finally reached the songfic chapter that this wonderful story is named after. For those of you who enjoy listening to music while reading you can download the song from this link. All you need to do is remove the spaces. Have fun! – http/www. airmp3. com/download/groovecoverage /mp3/dlaf0c0
CHAPTER ELEVENGraduation. It felt like one door of his life had been closed and a fresh new beginning placed before him. As cliché as that sounded, Seto had an overpowering feeling of chains being removed and an open world at his fingertips. For the first time in years everything in his life was perfect. A prospering company, the most loving younger brother imaginable, and a girlfriend who saw all of his buried flaws but cared for him regardless. And all it took for him to realize what he was blessed with was graduation.
The Domino Convention Center was packed with graduates and their families for the after party. Some fellow students were still carting around their awards, proud to show them off. As soon as the ceremony ended Seto had quickly handed his collection of awards over to his personal bodyguard, Roland, to be stashed in his limo. The young CEO might be looked upon as a cold-hearted power hungry bastard but he wasn't about to hit the tabloids as a bragging teen relishing in such useless plaques.
Seto stood in the massive doorway, scanning the room for Mokuba. His cell phone was officially turned off for the night, after solving yet again another miniscule problem his own executive managers created at Kaiba Corp. The younger Kaiba was happily chatting away with Yugi and his grandfather, Mutou Sugoroku. Congregated around them was the rest of Yugi's posy, give or take a few family members. But his eyes locked on one person. Mazaki Anzu.
The dark blue graduation gowns had been tossed aside upon entering the Domino Convention Center, finally giving everyone a chance to bask in their glory. Anzu became an immediate favorite for all of the guys. She practically glided across the floor in a simple strapless, pink dress that hugged her in all the right places. Her hair was done up in small ringlets and held in place by bobby pins. Just a hint of makeup brought out the dancers eyes, and caused a growing need for Seto to touch her shimmering lips. All in all Anzu was dressed very plain, but it was the simple air around her that made her breathtaking.
Seto himself stood out; minus the fact that he was a CEO billionaire, and walked around like Moses parting the red sea. A week earlier Anzu had casually asked how he would dress for the big night and refused to accept his answer of whatever was in his closet. Four hours and a fifty percent decrease in pride later, he was a reluctantly proud owner of a white three piece suit with matching shoes, and a soft blue tie, to add a splash of color, as his girlfriend had put it. The only thing that compelled him to buy any of it was Anzu's reaction when he stepped out of the change room. The downside, being stalked by unwanted fangirls.
Deciding to grab a drink before confronting Yugi and co. Seto headed towards one of the many punch bowls. He sampled four of them before finding one that hadn't been tampered with and filled a cup for Mokuba.
"Any of them up to your standards, Kaiba-kun?" Seto didn't have to turn around to know Anzu would be smiling behind him. And apparently so were the majority of her friends.
"Hardly," he replied, handing Mokuba the cup of unspiked punch.
The kid downed it in one gulp. "Nii-sama?" Mokuba asked, cradling his empty cup and staring up at Seto from under his bangs. He came off as innocent. Too innocent. An internal warning system reminded the billionaire to put up a resistance.
"Yes, Mokuba?"
A you'll-thank-me-later-with-lots-of-candy grin crept onto his little brothers face. "Uh, Otogi invited everyone to his house after this and said we could go. Can we? Please? It sounds like fun. Anzu even called it a grown up sleepover. I've never been to one before. Can we go? Please!" he pleaded, pulling out his greatest weapon; his puppy dog eyes.
Seto's resistance was failing. "I don't know Mokuba. You may be full of energy but even you couldn't last in such a place." He sent a sideways glare at Otogi for getting Mokuba's hopes up.
His bottom lip began to tremble. "But there's no school tomorrow and you've been so busy at work lately. Can't we just stay for a little while?"
By this point Seto began to tune his brother out. Damn but Mokuba was a good actor. No wonder he had Seto wrapped around his little finger. With a casual glance around the billionaire realized that everyone, in some way or another, was listening in. Anzu was talking with Mai and Shizuka, while sporting the same smile Mokuba gave him a minute earlier. It would seem she was in on the plan. Otogi and Honda appeared to be scooping out girl, minus the fact that Otogi and Shizuka were an item. While Yugi, Jou and Ryou were laughing at something or someone. He couldn't tell which.
"Alright," Seto cut in, interrupting Mokuba's monologue of reasons why they needed to attend Otogi's party.
The adorable kid began to gesture with his hands. "I cleaned my room last week, with Jiro's help," That had to be a new use for a bodyguard. "I'll even do all my homework when we go home. I won't accidentally use business contracts to clean up split milk, or bother you when-"
"Mokuba." It was hard to resist the slight tugging at the corners of his mouth when big chibi eyes greeted him. "I said yes."
"We can go?"
Seto nodded his head. "We can go."
A mop of black hair latched itself around his waist, just about squeezing the life out of him. "Thanks Seto. You won't regret it." That all knowing smile was back in place, as Mokuba glanced towards Anzu.
"You know, Kaiba-kun, if you're really against going I can always return Mokuba to you at a later date." Anzu ruffled Mokuba's hair without a care in the world.
"What are you implying, Mazaki?" Seto replied, "That my presence would be preferred elsewhere? And after years of failed attempts to initiate me into your pep squad."
He'd bet half a million dollars that Anzu had begun to grind her teeth in annoyance that she wasn't able to jump him in front of her friends. The billionaire had always been the better of the two when controlling their emotions out in the open. But that didn't stop his girlfriend from being such a tease every chance she could.
"Don't waste your time coming," Honda tossed over his shoulder.
"Yeah, Moneybags," Jou agreed, "You'd jus' bring da mood down anyway."
Seto didn't even have a chance to open his mouth and respond when the back of Anzu's hand smacked him in the gut and stayed there. Apparently he wasn't the only one to notice and received a mix of sly smiles and glares from her friends.
"Careful Anzu, he just might bite," Dice-boy joked.
A deep blush spread across her cheeks at the truth of the statement. Last Monday, for example, dessert had been well worth the wait. Shizuka giggled causing Anzu's face to become an even deeper shade of red. Her hand quickly made it's way from his stomach to the folds of her dress. Although embarrassed she didn't lose her nerve to meet everyone's eyes head on.
"Guys, this is our graduation," the breathtaking brunette put on a look of determination, "If any of you start a fight I'll smack you into next week." Funny how her blue eyes ended up on him.
Jou's glare lost its anger at Anzu's threat. "An' how are we suppose ta do that?" he asked.
She motioned to the busy dance floor. "Go dance! Everybody find a dance partner and relieve some of you pent up energy."
"Does that include you, Mazaki?" The words were out of Seto's mouth before the thought finished processing in his mind.
Anzu turned to face him and time stood still. All he could hear was the blood flow pounding in his ears. "Is that an offer Kaiba-kun?"
"Consider it a challenge."
In acceptance she smiled and proceeded to the dance floor, paying no mind to if he had followed her or not. No award could amount to the satisfaction Seto would get from causing Yugi and co. to burst a number of blood vessels. Revenge was sweet.
Your cruel deviceYour blood like ice
One look could kill
My pain your thrill
Ironically their song, as Anzu always put it, began to play stating out seductively slow. With one move Seto pulled Anzu against him, back to front, just the was she liked it.
"Has anyone told you how beautiful you look tonight?" he whispered in her ear. Their bodies began to sway together. Wherever skin met it stayed, neither of them willing enough to let the small comfort of contact go just yet.
"Yeah, lots of people," she said, a casual note in her voice.
"What would you rather prefer then? Gorgeous, radiant, elegant, exquisite, dazzling, sexy…….I could go on."
Anzu laughed, smiling up at him. Her cheeks were flushed red from excitement. "All of them will do quite fine, thank you. You don't look too shabby yourself, Seto-sama."
I wanna love you, but I better not touchI wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I wanna kiss you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, I don't wanna break these chains
Grabbing hold of her hand, the billionaire spun his dance partner into the midst of fellow students and back towards him, landing the brunettes in the typical ballroom dance pose, minus any air between them.
"Reason being, I have you here to compliment me. I'm only noticed because of how breathtaking you are."
Joyful tears appeared in Anzu's eyes and she quickly blinked them away. "Okay, who are you and what have you done with the real Kaiba Seto? Flattery isn't something he spouts every day."
He frowned in an attempt to figure out what motivated him to say what he did. "Blame it on the spiked punch."
"Oh, so Kaiba Seto plus low alcohol tolerance level equals lose of ego and an added bonus of sap?"
Your mouth so hotYour web I'm caught
Your skin so wet
Black lace on sweat
His hand made it's way down her thigh, silently cursing the soft fabric blocking it from her soft skin. If it had been Friday night and they were in their club Seto wouldn't have been half as discreet. No one could blame him for wanting to. He was Anzu- deprived……… that comment was blamed solely on the spiked punch. Who knew it took days for girls to get ready for their graduation. Days that could have been put to good use.
"Hey! Watch where you put those," she scolded, removing his hand, "We're not clubbing, Seto, at least try to keep it clean."
The infamous Kaiba smirk that drove his girlfriend, and as he'd been told, his fangirls, crazy appeared on Seto's lips. "What's the problem Anzu? Don't you like the spotlight? You can't hide from me that you're enjoying it." To prove his point he ran the same hand back down her thigh and pulled her knee up against the side of his leg. Beautiful eyelashes dropped over heated eyes. But before she closed them completely her control set in and a burning fire of blue met him head on.
I hear you calling and it's needles and pinsI wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name
Don't wanna touch you, but you're under my skin
I wanna kiss you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, I don't wanna break these chains
With one hand positioned at the middle of her back and the other holding her leg against his, Seto dipped Anzu in a half circle, giving her a beautiful view of their audience. He was proud to say her shock didn't stop her dancing, even when he let go of her leg.
The dancer bit her lip. Not the way she did when she was pondering on a thought, but when she was scheming to get something from Seto. "Want to give them a show?"
"What makes you think we haven't already?" Just for fun he let his smirk reach his eyes. He may have been focusing the majority of his attention on Anzu but that didn't stop Seto from relishing in the reactions of their onlookers; many of which appeared to be close to tears; so much for a fan club.
Anzu raised her arm above their heads and wrapped it around her boyfriend's neck. "Do my eyes deceive me or has Kaiba Seto finally taken to enjoying the spotlight as well?"
"Just your presence, Anzu. Just your presence," he whispered.
Running deep inside my veinsPoison burning deep inside my veins
One look could kill
My pain your thrill
What had he ever done to deserve Mazaki Anzu? Hell had finally frozen over and pigs flew, for the day had arrived that Seto admitted to not only wanting and enjoying her company, but needing the fiery young woman to feel whole. Mokuba had it the target dead on. She did so much for him and up until that point he had been blind to it.
Suddenly everyone around them no longer mattered. It was like being surrounded by a soft haze, and everything was just……perfect. Great, he was starting to sound like a romantic.
It must have been the serious expression on Seto's face, but Anzu laughed up at him, and broke the billionaire out of his pondering. "Relax, Seto," she told him, "You're suppose to be enjoying our time together."
Grabbing onto the lower part of her dress, Seto spun his partner around, counter clockwise.
I wanna love you, but I better not touchI wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I wanna kiss you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, I don't wanna break these chains, poison
As the song finished the couple ended up in the same position they had begun in, with Anzu leaning against the CEO for a few seconds longer then needed, with the excuse of having to catch her breath. Hell, any excuse to press their bodies together was fine by him.
Too soon she turned to face him, her mask of control back in place. "Thank you for the dance, Kaiba-kun," the dancers said, politely. Her eyebrows furrowed slightly in confusion, when he couldn't bring himself to respond. "Uh, we should probably get off the dance floor now." She didn't make it further then a step back when Seto grabbed hold of her arm.
"Anzu….."
Her surprise, not only at him stopping her, but by calling her by her first name in public, was plain as day in her eyes. The billionaire never gave her a chance to reply. Instead he took a slow step towards her, brushed a fallen ringlet out of her face, and pressed their lips together.
REVIEWSsweetfiregirl: Thanks a bunch!
Princess of the Knight: Will do.
Here4TheParty: Yup, there will be a couple more chapters, but alas the story is quickly reaching the end.
thefutureMrs.Kaiba: I have to agree that Seto and Anzu fluff couldn't be better. As for having his way with you………I'll need all the details.
Sanguine Dreams: Update complete. Can I have some of that ice cream now? pplllllleeeeeaaaaaassseeee!
sempaiko: Kaiba wet is a very good thing. A lot of reasons why I stripped him to his bathing suit was for the pleasure of witnessing him getting wet. Done for people just like us.
teal4m: Thanks, and there is more to come. No worries.
yoursolastsummer: How Kaiba turned out was one of the struggles I've had with this story. He needed to be cold and intimidating, but also from Anzu's perspective, compassionate and amusing. I like to call all of his emotions mood swings, 'cause his opinion tends to remain the same but his outlook and how he lets other see him, is always changing.
Pretty Stupid Girl: At this point I'd usually crack a lame joke about them being more then back together, all thanks to my corrupted mind. But it wouldn't fit with the story. Don't let that stop you from using your imagination though. Feel free by all means.
DidiHoney: hands DidiHoney a tissue box just incase you'll need them a second time. And no worries for sap. I find that too sweet to even get down on paper.
Shipperness: no constructive criticism? I think I'm going to cry. sniff Arigato. The pool scene was actually an added chapter for all of you wonderful reviewers. I figured it had been awhile since things were hot and steamy. Secluded Sapphire: All the praise is overwhelming. You're way too nice. Seto's admittance will have to go to Anzu. She just knows all the right buttons to push. I don't think Kaiba knows what he is in for. QueenofHearts4u: Evil….yes…evil is very good. Evil laugh I took your advice on listening to coldplay and I have to agree. The lyrics are perfect and the music beautiful. Now every time I read that chapter I'll pop in their cd. Oh, and Kaiba's soaking wet abs, consider it a gift. kAnEa: Naughty Seto? Maybe he should be punished…………… Inuyasha-xcgirl: No worries, Seto isn't lying. I stole his blue eyes white dragon plushie and wouldn't give it back until he promise to do no more then the mental institution. Mrs. Bluesummers: As long as you're still enjoying the story I'm happy. And I bet your trip was worth it. Kineticfairy: What would I ever do without you Kineticfairy? Tear All I can tell you is that Poison is finally looking up. Blue Rhapsody3: Most Kaiba/Anzu stories are all about how they got together, so I decided to write a story the way I thought it could happen. And you can't have a pairing without any complications in the relationship. But you've gotta figure, one of the people is Kaiba. Any relationship with him will be tipsy. IluvsBakura: Call me prejudice if you'd like but I think of anyone in the anime Anzu's the only one who has the guts to stand up to Kaiba and she's the only girl that he could ever see as an equal. But that's just me. And I could never hate you for wanting an update. If anything I thank you. AnimeFreak172: You're more then welcome. As for Kaiba and Yami, I think they are both great, but Yami is too much believe in the heart of the cards…blah. SportZScooby: You couldn't live without it. I'm almost afraid to write an ending, now. The word epilogue is haunting me. gamergal20: You're too kind. Thanx. ydouwannanoe: Hot for a very good reason. You can't have a story without causing Kaiba to get wet. City'sKitty: stuffs face with delicious treats Nope, it's not over yet. Getting close though.