A/N: I don't own Yu-gi-oh

Chapter 4

Kaiba climbed the stairs with his wife in his arms. His mind was now working at full tilt. How was he going to handle this delicate position she had placed herself in? The girl played with fire on a constant basis and now he had to figure out how to make sure she wouldn't be harmed due to her recklessness. Simon would be roaring mad and if he was anything like her brother Aron he didn't want to deal with him. Rodgers could be controlled, to an extent. Thankfully the former CEO of DataLux was afraid of Kaiba Corp. so at least there was an edge. He looked down at her and sighed, she certainly made his life interesting.

Raine opened the bedroom door for Kaiba. He moved over to the bed and gently laid her down. She looked innocent enough in her sleep, but she really was a predator in the business field. He idly wondered what she was going to do with her new acquisition. He locked the bedroom door and then turned his attention to the sleeping vixen on his bed.

Slowly he moved next to her and stroked the side of her face. She was the single most aggravating woman he knew. She fought him at every turn. Kaiba knew if he said 'black' she would, without a doubt, say 'white'.

"Highness," he whispered against her ear. "What about your plan?"

She shifted position a bit, her eyes opened for a moment and tried to focus on his face. "What plan?" She whispered as her eyes fluttered closed.

Oh well, he thought to himself, it was worth a try. He began the task of undressing her. He should be able to derive a bit of pleasure out of the night. She had been quite a handful tonight. He crawled into the bed next to her and pulled up the blankets to cover them both. It was hard to concentrate on sleep after her promises of seduction, but he finally managed.

Iolite woke to a massive buzzing in her skull. She felt like she had just walked out of a very loud concert. Her back was against Kaiba's chest and her legs were pinned between his two. She felt his arm wrapped around her waist holding her to him. She tried to move, but with that movement came a pain that she was sure would split her skull in two. She managed to pull her legs free and then roll onto her stomach. The room was spinning. She thought of crying, however, crying would produce even more pain.

She tried to stay completely still and will the nauseousness to stop. What in the name of all that was holy happened last night? She couldn't remember anything past Joey eating the food like a madman. She remembered having a glass or two of wine so if she felt this bad Seto would feel worse. She would have smiled about that if she could have been assured it wouldn't hurt.

She was going to go back to sleep now and try to wake up much later feeling a lot better. Kaiba had other plans, he was awake in the next five minutes. He looked down at her and noticed her closed eyes. Her breathing wasn't heavy so he thought she was faking sleep to avoid him. He nudged her. She groaned.

"Are you awake yet?" He asked, now realizing the killer hangover she was facing. He smiled, that should teach her a lesson about trying to manipulate him.

She felt like he was yelling at her and quickly she moved to cover her ears. She overestimated her movements and now, though her ears were covered, her tummy was complaining loudly. A mantra ran through her brain Please don't gag…please don't gag…

She opened her eyes and looked at him. She was expecting to see him look like he was suffering from his alcohol consumption, but was sadly disappointed. In fact, was that a smile that lingered on his lips? Had he ever woken up happy before? She never could coax a smile out of him in the morning and here he was almost smiling.

She wanted a divorce.

She looked like hell. Her eyes looked like she had been crying for days. Her color was very unattractive and her hair was a mass of tangles. He stifled the urge to laugh. She was going to be in agony for the morning, which was good in a way. Now she couldn't get into any trouble.

It looked like she was about to fall back to sleep. He leaned over and kissed the top of her head before he got out of the bed. She quickly grabbed onto the sheets to steady herself at the movement. She felt like her world was being ripped apart by his movements. Her eyes flew open like saucers and she started shaking. Seto was hardly graceful and was going to kill her if he kept up the sharp movements.

He noticed how she looked like a deer in the headlights.

"What's wrong Iolite? Aren't you feeling well?" He asked with a smirk. He stood there staring down at her trembling form. His blue eyes were narrowed on her, but weren't harsh, it was more like amusement.

She hated the fact that he insisted upon screeching at her, she really wanted to die. "I'm fine Seto." She managed in a strangled moan.

He kept talking as he got ready for his shower. She couldn't make out the words only that it felt like a high pitched drill gnawing at her brain. Did he honestly expect her to respond to his yapping? When had he ever spoken this much to her first thing in the morning?

He shouted his intention to go into the bathroom and she held her tender ears again.

She hoped he would drown in the shower. That was mean, but she didn't care.

Her reprieve was short lived. He came out of the bathroom dressed and shaved with his hair still wet. He yelled that he was going down to the kitchen for coffee. Good, she thought with venom, if he hadn't left she would have gagged him.

Maybe now she would attain some peace to heal by.

No such luck.

Within 10 minutes he was back with a tray of food for her. It was the last straw. With her hand firmly planted over her mouth she bolted for the bathroom. Kaiba stood there, tray in hand, smiling at her distress. She would never forget this lesson he would make sure of it.

She barely made it to the toilet before her stomach made its unhappiness known. This was not only painful, but embarrassing as well. She finally gathered herself together and washed her face, brushed her teeth and tried to calm her nerves down. In the back of her mind she had a plan to destroy every bottle of wine in the house. She would never do this again…ever.

"You might want to put some clothes on," Kaiba mentioned as she emerged from the bathroom. He was sitting at his desk flipping through the paper and enjoying his breakfast. She looked down at herself and noticed she was only in her bra and panties. She frowned, not recalling undressing herself. He smiled at her appreciatively. Her eyes might look like hell, but the rest of her looked fairly…healthy. She blushed at his gaze.

She drew herself a bath and decided she would stay in the bathroom until he left. The warm water and bubbles were quite soothing and the Tylenol she took was beginning to kick in. She needed a few more hours of peace and quiet and then she could get on with her day.

"Are you getting out of the tub anytime soon?" Kaiba asked from the doorway. She was covered to her chin in bubbles and if he knew she was feeling better he would have been tempted to join her.

"I don't feel very well so I plan on taking it very easy today Seto." She whispered, her head still very sensitive to noise.

"You should get outside and get some fresh air to clear your head. You also have to drink a lot of water and fluids. You're dehydrated and that's the biggest pitfall of a binge." He smirked as she placed a wet washcloth over her eyes.

"It was not a binge." She growled.

"Is it a habit?" He asked with mirth.

"Go to hell Kaiba." She was tired of his baiting.

"I expect you dressed in 10 minutes. You will walk with me outside after having breakfast and tea. Then we will discuss things." He left her to her bath.

She could hardly believe that he still expected her to function after all she had been through this morning. He was showing his sadistic side and she hated it. All she wanted to do was curl back in bed and sleep until there was no more pain. She was going back to bed, that was that.

An hour later Iolite was walking with Seto outside. She was bundled, while he, in his simple trench coat walked along side of her. She still felt like hell, even her hair hurt that is why she decided to leave it down. A ponytail would have sucked the brain out of her head.

He had been lecturing her for several minutes now about the evils of alcohol and how she should now be remorseful for having tried to fool him into complacency. She would roll her eyes at his parent-like manor if they weren't sore in their sockets.

He wanted to know how she expected him to trust her if she continued to scheme like she had last night. "Speaking of which…" He began as he took her hand to lead her down the steps and into the now frozen garden that was being decked with Christmas lights. She began to zone as he droned on and on.

She had to finish designing a menu for the Christmas party. Mokuba had wanted every type of sugar-coated treat under the sun, naturally she would cave on a few things, but a hyper child isn't what she wanted for the party. She would probably want to go and buy a tree later today seeing as the party was just a week away. Mokuba had mentioned that Christmas wasn't a big deal in their household and that his big brother usually worked Christmas Eve and then for awhile on Christmas Day. She had quickly put a stop to that by issuing an ultimatum to Seto…if he worked she would lace a virus in his mainframe.

"Don't you agree Iolite?" He asked as he squeezed her hand.

Her head came up and she looked at him at the mention of her name.

He had stopped their walk and was now waiting for a response from her. His stare was intent. What the hell had he been talking about? Damn, she hated when she did this…

"Um, yes?" She responded hesitantly.

"Good," he affirmed. "Marriage is like a computer." He continued. She bit her tongue to keep from laughing at his analogy.

"You have to program in the basics, then add to it as you go along. Constantly upgrading and refining the programming..." He continued.

She listened for a few more seconds before she began to daydream again. Yugi had asked her yesterday to help him pick out a gift for Tea. The two had been dating for awhile now and they were cuter than ever. He was so sweet and she could hardly contain her smiles when he was around. She was mildly curious as to why he hadn't asked Mai for help instead of her. She wondered what type of thing he had in mind. She knew Tea's size and her taste, which would help for sure. Then again, he kept saying 'surprise' which made her think jewelry… She knew several stores that were quite nice for that type of thing. Maybe he could get her a locket with a picture of them in it. Something sentimental would melt Tea.

She wondered what Tea would get Yugi. She hadn't thought of that. What if she was getting him something that wasn't sappy and then she steered him into getting her something that dripped romance? Oh boy, that would be bad! They had to have gifts on the same level or one of them would feel foolish…

Was Seto still talking? Damn he loved to lecture her… A warm feeling filled her, would he waste this much of his precious time lecturing her if he didn't care, even just a little?

"And so, I think it would be a good idea if you outlined you day to me each morning." He concluded.

"Do you mean you want me to stand before you each morning and tell you all my plans for the day? In exact detail?"

"Yes." It was a simple answer to a complicated ruling.

"Are you serious? I have to tell about what I plan to do around the house, on the computer, with my friends, with Mokuba…that's…" She tried to find the words to describe his insane idea.

His eyes narrowed on her, anger flashing across his features. "Have you been listening to anything I've said!" He was really annoyed. She began to believe that she had missed the part of his speech when he outlined what she was suppose to report about. She bit her bottom lip and diverted her eyes. She had missed everything he had said. She nearly laughed at her own wandering mind. It was all his fault, obviously, she was in no condition to absorb anything, let alone a long drawn out speech about marriage being like a computer. Had he really made that comparison?

"All right Seto," she lamented, "must I tell you when I have to use the bathroom as well?" She was having none of this. He was her husband, not her boss and he had to start learning that.

He frowned at her, obviously not happy with her response.

"Now if we are done here I have to go out shopping with Yugi." She turned to leave him in the garden and head up to the house when he informed her that she was under house arrest because of her hostile takeover.

Hangover, be damned. She flew into a rage at him.

A/N: Hell hath no fury like a woman pissed off. Please read and review so I'm inspired to continue…thanks!