A/n: okay I'm resorting to a pun for the girlfriend's name. Yes I'm that bad...
Forever in Light: It comes full circle.
''
Fifteen Minutes earlier
Seto watched from his limo as Anzu and Yugi walked by.
"Alright Pharaoh, if you don't want me to hurt her I suggest you do what I say."
Pharaoh's heart was pounding.
Did Seto Kaiba really have his girlfriend?
"Just let me talk to her."
Seto smirked and placed the phone up to the girl's ear.
"Pharaoh? I don't know what you did to this guy but please do what he says."
Secretly he handed her ten twenties and nodded his approval.
"Okay you heard her. Agree to do what I say, when I say it and I'll let her go right now. Decline and I'm not sure what will happen but you can bet it won't be pretty."
Pharaoh growled.
"Alright. I'm listening."
Seto smirked.
"You can go now."
The driver opened the door for her as Seto knocked on the window and she left.
"Now...Anzu and Yugi should be arriving shortly so we have to make this quick. Unlock the door and take the bells off at two thirty and walk away. You need to make sure that Bakura and his younger brother Ryou are at the store tomorrow morning at nine. Am I understood?"
Pharaoh glanced up as Yugi called out to him.
"Right, I'll call you back. Tomorrow morning at nine, yes I'll make sure."
Seto smirked as Pharaoh hung up.
"You know where we're going, let's move."
''
Anzu was in mid stare down with Pharaoh when a flash of blond curls and sobs practically tackled him.
He brought her over to the couch in the back room and sat her down.
"Cleopatra, are you all right!"
Anzu and Yugi blinked at each other as they walked in too.
She clung tightly to Pharaoh, sobbing uncontrollably.
"I was so scared!"
Pharaoh tried his best to calm her.
"What did he do to you!"
She shook her head.
"Nothing really. I was on my way home when this man grabbed me out of nowhere and dragged me into the back of a limo where Kaiba was!"
Unseen by the other three Anzu's eye began to twitch.
'He's got a thing for kidnapping...that scares me. Now I think I'm scared to find out who the other person will be.'
She shivered as a thought crossed her mind that almost made her sick.
"I hope it's not his driver. Not that I have anything personal against the guy but yuck!'
And suddenly as she watched the woman she realized she was acting when money fell out of her pocket.
"Then he gave me two hundred yen and told me not to go to the police!"
Pharaoh nodded and kissed her ear softly.
"It's okay now. I don't know why he didn't just ask me, but we'll do what he says."
Yugi looked confused.
"What does Kaiba-san want?"
Pharaoh glared at Yugi for using that suffix.
"He's not our friend Yugi, stop calling him that. You don't have to show him any courtesy. He wants me to take the bells off the door and unlock it at two thirty this morning and then for some odd reason he wants both Ryou and Bakura to be here before we open at nine."
Anzu glanced at the clock.
"Hey guys, speaking of Ryou, he'll be worried if I'm really late so I better get going."
Yugi looked over at her.
"Shouldn't I walk you home?"
She shook her head.
"I'll be fine."
Pharaoh looked up at her suddenly.
"He's not there actually. He got a strange phone call right before Kaiba called me. He ran out saying he was going to the graveyard."
Anzu was beginning to think it was a mistake to leave Seto with the plans of how everything was going to work.
Of all the places he could have sent him, why the graveyard!
'I really need to get out of here though...alone too.'
Suddenly she looked up at Pharaoh.
"Besides, I'm sure she wants your undivided attention. Exes tend to get in the way."
She turned to the door but he stopped her.
"You know that's not true."
Anzu shook her head.
"Pharaoh...just don't okay? I'm happy with Ryou but I am still trying to get over you so just leave me alone and let me lick my wounds in peace."
Before he could get in another word she was gone.
''
Anzu approached her door at dusk and reached into her purse to grab her key.
'Act, on. Okay Anzu, just remember it's all staged.'
She was startled as she heard Seto's voice beside her.
'How does he hide so well? I really didn't see him, even though I knew where he was.'
Her heart began to race a little faster.
"Good evening Anzu."
She looked up in shock as Seto stepped out of a dark corner he'd been standing in.
"I've been waiting for you. Usually you arrive home at a quarter of six after walking Mutou home. I'd say you went to the store but you have no bags with you."
Fear froze her to her spot as he slid up to her, a lust driven smile twisting his face.
He could see the fear in her eyes.
'It's just an act. Anzu, calm down!'
"What do you want Kaiba-san?"
He gently pushed her up against the door and quickly snatched the key out of her hand, throwing it too far behind him for her to reach.
She let out a cry as he breathed in the perfume on her neck.
"You."
She tried to scream as his hands trailed under her shirt along her back, but before she could usher a sound he pressed his lips hard over hers.
He grabbed her wrists with one hand as she tried to shove him away.
He leaned closely to her, whispering.
"I'm so much stronger than you are Anzu, don't fight me. I don't want to bruise that beautiful skin of yours...I want to savor the cool feel under my lips."
She then attempted to knee him but too quickly he spun her around and held her firmly in place.
For a moment he paused.
'Damn...I can feel her trembling. She's really scared.'
He leaned closely to her ear and whispered only loud enough for her to hear.
"I'm not using the sedative. Once we get into the limo we'll take a break."
She whispered his name to let him know she understood.
"Kaiba san. Please stop."
He ran his thumb across her bottom lip as he kissed her neck.
She let out a soft whimper as he pulled her backwards toward the steps.
"What do you want with me?"
He stopped and turned her to him again with a wicked laugh.
"I'm just toying with you doll, I need you...relatively unharmed or I won't get what I really want."
She tried to fight but again he turned her away from him and pinned her tightly to his chest.
"Why are you doing this to me then!"
He smirked while his hand slid across her stomach.
She could feel his hand slide into his pocket, his strong arm pressing heavily on her flesh.
"To make sure Ryou knows I'm for real. Is there anything you'd like to say to him right now? He'll be watching this tomorrow."
Her eyes went wide as she spotted the man with a video camera.
"NO! Let go of me! Someone help!"
He turned her head and kissed her from behind, biting her bottom lip gently.
"Goodnight Anzu..."
She didn't have time to think before she felt a small prick in her neck.
For a moment she really did feel on the verge of fainting, but this was a distinctly different feeling from the first time.
"Ryou...please save...me."
She let herself go limp in his arms and he carried her out to the waiting limo.
Once the car began to move she opened her eyes and sat up.
Seto refused to look at her until she touched his hand softly.
"It's okay Seto, I'll be fine."
He took a small scarf from his pocket and pressed it to the tiny needle prick on her neck with a sigh.
It hadn't bled much, but he didn't feel right just leaving it.
"I just...I felt you trembling in my arms. I can't believe I missed that the first time. I feel so guilty now."
He slid a little closer to her and wrapped his arms around her.
He sighed deeply as he stared down at her.
"You're still shaking."
She rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.
"I'll be okay. I just keep reminding myself that it isn't real this time. I guess reliving it just brought back those emotions. I just have to ask you one thing."
He nodded.
"Anything at all."
She looked up into his eyes.
"Let's sleep in that room again."
He laughed softly.
"I can do that. We'll have dinner first."
She closed her eyes and rested her head in his lap.
"I think I'll sleep a little until we get there. I was really dizzy for a few minutes there and I think that's warn off into tiredness."
He gently brushed his fingers over her hair.
"And being dragged back into your body that spent a long day at work...I'll wake you later."
He pushed the button to lower the window to the front.
"Take the longest rout you can find."
Satisfied with a
"Yes sir"
He closed his eyes and leaned his head back.
'A nap does sound rather nice right now.'