Shatter dreams
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Chapter 18 – The truth
Seto walked through the hospital halls and took each turn as he remember a couple days ago when he came to visit Kairi. Today he decided to visit her again like he promised and same as last time he didn't come empty handed. With flowers grasped tightly in his hands he took one last turn and the sight he saw stole his breath. "Kairi, where is she?" He asked the nurse walking by.
"You mean the captain of the winged angels? She was released this morning" The nurse explained the empty room.
"Do you have any idea where she is now?" Seto hoped for a precise answer that he would get from his servants and computer programs.
"No, after the patients have been release we don't quite keep track of their every movement" The nurse answered sarcastically.
Seto turned away and found the room to still be empty. Should he dare ask Yugi and the pathetic group? Why did he care so much? Did he finally realized that no other woman would have change the way Kairi did for him or even cared about him and not his money as Kairi did. But lady luck was on his side as he saw who he recognized to be one of Kairi's teammate.
"Excuse me, do you know where Kairi is?" Seto wasted no time in pursuing them for an answer.
"I remember you, you were talking to Kairi before the race. Yeah I think she back at the hotel." The girl which Seto recognized was called Kristina. She was headed back to the hospital to pick up Kairi's charts and medical updates for the doctors back in America so they can successfully watch over her condition.
Without a simple thank you Seto took off to the only hotel a famous traveling group would be staying. The limo driver scared of questioning Kaiba he did as he was told. When the hotel was in sight Kaiba spotted Kairi not in the hotel, but walking down the street with another man. Immediately he knew what was going on didn't need any further clarifications. If he indeed needed more knowledge of the situation it would be a insult to him and his company. "Back to the Kaiba mansion" With one quick and swift motion of his hand.
The driver nodded into his rearview mirror not exactly sure if Mr. Kaiba had seen his motion he turned the corner back towards the mansion.
"Thanks again for dinner Ryu, it was so much better than the hospital food" Kairi rubbed her stomach as she thought it grew several inches.
"Hey if it weren't for you I wouldn't be walking around like this" Ryu smiled. "Besides I was planning on asking you out after the race, it was just a minor set back"
"Really?" Kairi surprised. "Aren't we supposed to be rivals? I mean winged Angels and the Demons?" Kairi joked as she leaned back into her chairs as she watched the waiter place the change on the table indicated they should be getting ready to leave.
"It's a sport rivalry, I mean the people in the sport don't have to be rivals, they can be the total opposite" Ryu stood up as he helped Kairi out of her chair and into her jacket. "I'll walk you back to the hotel."
Kairi thankfully nodded. "You're such a gentlemen, hardly a demon at all"
"And you are every bit like an Angel" Ryu complimented as they walked through the entrance of the restaurant and towards the hotel she was staying in a couple streets down.
"So I guess nobody won the race huh?" Kairi hopping on to another subject.
"As far as our team considers it, the Angels won" Ryu slightly bowed. "But of course we will have a rematch soon after you have fully recovered. So we will meet again sooner or later. You might as well keep in touch with me" Ryu smiled as he knew that wasn't exactly the most subtle way of asking her to be committed to him while they were apart.
A flash of guilt ran through Kairi's spine as those words left his lips. A picture of Seto sitting next to her bed watching her sleep with the stuff animal in his hands waiting for her to wake up so he can give it to her personally raced through her mind for a moment. She knew there was something between them even if he say there was nothing.
"Something wrong?" Ryu asked as they stopped in front of the hotel.
Kairi smiled. "We'll definitely keep in touch but I'm afraid not in the sense you would like" it was like speaking in riddles, but each other understood the other perfectly.
"And why have you come to this conclusion?" Ryu didn't seem upset at all, he bowed slightly so that his head was dead even with Kairi and their proximity decreased.
"Well because I haven't gotten all my memory back yet. I mean what if someone in the past that I haven't remembered yet? Or that I'm…" Kairi began to trail off. She looked upon Ryu for a angry emotion, but there was none.
"I understand completely" Ryu smiled as he stood up straight again. "We'll keep in touch and the day you fully recover we shall race again. And whether there is a man in your life at that time I'll win you over if it's the last thing I do" Ryu smiled.
"Thanks, I'll see you around then" Kairi smiled as she hoped into the building. She waved goodbye and set off to her room.
But before she could get very far a man in a black uniform at the front desk called her as though he was waiting for her. "Kairi!"
"Yes? Do I know you?" She asked him as she scanned his face for any sign of recognition.
"I was sent here by Mr. Kaiba. He has wished me to take you back to the Kaiba mansion so that you and he could talk."
"Kaiba wishes to talk to me?" Kairi pointed at herself making sure she didn't hear wrong.
"That is correct Miss…" The driver never knew her name.
"It's okay, I'm not sure of it myself. Are you taking me back to my hotel after we have out chat?" Kairi asked the driver.
"Yes, of course"
"I guess. I kind of wanted to ask him something anyways. I guess this is the time to do it" Kairi shrugged off.
The driver took Kairi to the nearby limo that he parked at the hotel. Kairi was amazed at the generosity she got. A limousine just to take her to Kaiba's house? Was he trying to impress her?
"Wow did you order the limo just for me?" Kairi asked as she got into the back and rolled down the window that separated her and the driver.
"Uhh, no this is Kaiba's personal limo and I'm his personal driver" he answered in a usual manner. He thought that was a odd question for everyone in Japan knew that Seto Kaiba owned his own company and was richer than anyone.
"Oh" Kairi kind of disappointed that if wasn't for her and it wasn't to impress her.
The ride to Kaiba's mansion wasn't very long and it came quite quick in Kairi's mind as they drove past many beautiful places that caught her eye.
"We're here" The driver opened the door like a gentleman. Kairi stepped out and looked at the mansion and realized why he had his own personal limo. It turns out that Seto was waiting for Kairi at the entrance to his mansion. Although he knew she was coming, when he saw her he felt that he wished he didn't make her come because he lost all ability to speak.
"Hi Kaiba" Kairi said sweetly
"We need to talk" Kaiba led her straight into the kitchen where a maid was waiting there to take orders, well that what it looked like to Kairi. Kaiba motioned for her to sit down at the table before beginning.
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