Chapter 2: The Will from Hell
(Emily's POV)
Finally, the lawyer came walking into the room briefcase in hand and all the men took their seats. I didn't pay attention to the younger ones who sat next or near me. The lawyer took a seat at the desk while everyone waited. He took out several papers then looked at the cluster of people.
''Thank you for coming all... even if it were for a grim reason.. First of all I wish to give my condolences to Miss Emily..'' He nodded to me as the rest of the room remained dead silent. I just nodded wanting to get this over with. ''Now, we will read this off."
He started naming names of the men in the room saying what my parents had summed to them. Some were given belongings of my parents. Other were given assets to MI, and some even given vacation homes my parents owned. I blocked most of it out until I heard something familiar...
''To our son Devan..'' The lawyer stated looking at the small print through the reading glasses that set halfway down his nose. ''We leave Mikoro Industries and the rest of the estate, and To our daughter, Emily, we leave the financial assets of the time..'' He removed his glasses and took out another piece of paper.. ''Before I continue on with the will I shall read what is to happen to all given to Devan for he had written a will himself. He only named one beneficiary... It states.. 'I Devan Mikoro hereby give all that I own and love, I place in the hands of My sister Emily whom I will know will take great care and compassion as she does with everything else'..'' He looked at me. ''Miss Emily, that means everything that Devan inherits in your parents' will goes to you..'' He told me. I nodded in acknowledgement taking in your brother's words. He left everything to me and me alone. ''Now, we shall continue with the final request of the will... And the rule was for if the children were under age which does apply. At the time of this reading, if our children are under age of 18 we hereby give all rights and custody to out dear associate Gozaburo Kaiba and his family. All assets the children inherit are to be held in a trust and divvied out accordingly'' He looked at me, and I became angered.
''I am not going anywhere near that house hold you hear me!'' I finally spoke up in rage standing to my feet. There was no way I was going through with that order. I knew his reputation, and I had come to hate someone else in that household as well.
''Miss Emily... please... The papers are already here signed by both parties that if something were to happen to your parents, Mr. Kaiba agreed to take you in until you were of legal age.." our lawyer spoke up.
''That will not be necessary...'' came a deep voice...
I turned around to see that the young man I saw earlier had stood to his feet.
''And why is that my boy..'' the lawyer questioned.
''The document is null seeing that my step-father died two years ago. A dead man can't sign a thing about adopting some kid.'' the brunet spoke up.
My anger flared as I noticed he referred to Gozaburo as his step-father. It only meant one thing...
''You are wrong young Kaiba..'' The lawyer pointed out. ''As it reads, it states with Gozaburo 'and his family' which means since that you are indeed his family, she will be under 'your' care.'' he told him.
''Like I said before, no way! I'm not going to live under that roof with him..'' I pointed at the brunet.
''I'm sorry miss but it is required or as I finish this... 'If our daughter refuses this ruling she will loose all that she inherited and forfeit all rights to being of the Mikoro family' In simple terms, you will be thrown out in the streets with nothing...now do you accept miss..'' he spoke up.
I looked at the ground thinking about my options. I looked up at the lawyer... ''I will accept, but I am out of that horrid place once I turn 18...'' I snapped walking out of the room.
(Kaiba's POV)
I made it to this reading that I was summoned to. I didn't even know this family, but according to the letter I received, my step-father knew them well. I only bothered coming so I could see what was given to my old man. When the lawyer said that I were to take care of the couple's daughter and she spoke out, I decided to get rid of this future burden. I pointed out that Gozaburo Kaiba had been dead for two years, but the lawyer once again read it and pointed out I was family. What caught me off guard was when the young woman, who appeared to be my age yelled, saying she would never live under the same roof as me. I had never even met her, so how could she know me enough to say such a thing. From what I took in those several minutes, I came to some conclusions:
One, this girl had a major attitude problem I would have to deal with personally. Two, I would have to watch her like a hawk due to her apparent despise for me. Three, until this girl turned 18, she would live under my roof. And finally, I was going to enjoy every moment I would have to toy with her.
As she stormed out of the room, I decided no time was better then the present. I slipped out only a few moments behind her and watched as she went down one of the side halls. Not wanting to be blatantly obvious, I waited just a bit longer before I started down the hall after her. She rushed into a room slamming the door behind her not hinting to even noticing me following. I carefully walked the rest of the way standing at the door she entered listening. I heard what sounded like drawers opening and closing and what sounded like her talking to herself. It was hard to make out the exact words through the door, so I reached over and slowly opened the door just enough to see inside. From what I could see, it looked like it was her room. At first, I didn't see her, but she came back into view as she walked over to a small chair popping something in her mouth & swallowing it as she sat down.
"So anything I need to know about you besides a possible drug problem Mikoro?" I spoke up slipping in the doorway.
Her head immediately snapped up and she glared right at me, "Out!" She barked.
"Would love to, but seems I'm kind of stuck with you for a couple years because somehow we are supposed know each other." I shrugged stepping further into the room, "Yet, I swear this is the first time your name has even been mentioned to me, so I wanted to see what kind of mess I was about to have come live in my house?"
"What part of 'o-u-t' do you not understand boy genius?!" She snapped getting to her feet.
"So seems you might know something about me after all." I started to laugh amused, "How?"
"Google! Try it sometime!" She growled marching up to me and pointing behind at the door I came in from, "Now leave Kaiba!"
To have her close, I could finally get a good look at her. Her surname name suggested Japanese, but I could tell she was a little more by her stature and the offness in her facial features. Given she was still short compared to me, but she stood higher than the average Japanese woman and seemed to have a little more curve to her features. Bi-racial? Most likely. With a first name like Emily it was kind of obvious. At this distance, I could make out the bright green in her eyes that stood out from the black color in her hair. At least she's easy on the eyes, so things could be worse. A voice in my head chimed in.
"You deaf asshole?" She snapped.
"Hardly," I smirked, "Just wondering if you can get any more furious, because you look as dangerous as a puffed up kitten right now."
"The road to where I give a fuck about what you think Kaiba." She growled holding up her hand so she was flipping me off then turned it so her finger pointed at the door, "Is that way, so I suggest you fuck off and get the hell out of my bedroom!"
"An attitude and a mouth. Did your parents teach you anything about manners?" I scoffed enjoying the rise I was getting out of her.
There was silence for several moments as I could see I had hit a cord. Her hardened expression faltered for a brief moment then came back even harder than before as she stepped back to a small shelf filled with what looked like small animals and grabbed one after the other throwing them in my direction as she yelled, "Fuck you Kaiba! Fuck you! Who the hell do you think you are you sadistic... narcissistic... asshole? I said get the hell out of my fucking room damnit!"
With each thing she threw at me, I side-stepped or dodged it even though I knew they were harmless. It wasn't until the onslaught was over that I realized that I had backed out into the hall.
"Now, stay the hell out!" She snapped just before slamming the door in my face and locking it.
Looking down at the small toys on the floor around me, I had to give her credit. Even as upset as she was, she managed to get what she wanted. Glancing back at the door, I could only imagine the furious look on her face and smile. As things stood, Emily Mikoro was going to be a lot more fun than I could possibly hope for.
