Hello and Salutations people of fan fiction. I'm so happy people enjoyed this story! I just love, love, love Ella Enchanted! Mix Kagome and Kaiba and the mix and it's just too good to be true. Now, onto another matter. People, seriously what is with you guys and not reviewing. Some of you I get Author Alerts, Story Alerts and every other thing in the sun but a tiny little review. My lil hearts breaking!! Hahaha, not really but a review would be nice. Well Enjoy!
Oh and I don't own the storyline of Ella Enchanted though anything remotely new and all idea belongs to me.
Last Time:
"Ladies and Gentlemen," she began "I am Kagome Higurashi, representative of Tashio corp. I do hope we can get this contract finished nice and quick lest Mr. Tashio or I change our minds and we decide to take your company apart piece by piece."
Jaws dropped and eyes widened by Kagome had eyes for only one person. Her eyes locked with the furious ice chipped eyes of Seto Kaiba and her smirk tuned into a full blown sadistic smile. 'Let the games begin' Kagome thought with glee.
Now:
Why am I here again? Kagome thought as the chairmen, and woman, of Kaiba corp. drowned on and on and on and…well, you get the point.
Seriously, why? Inner Kagome cried fountains of tears as boredom consumed her. Oh hey, look at that! A fly. Hi mister fly, how are you? I bet you're having more fun then I am…I wonder how long this meeting will take? Oh, there you are again mister fly, you sure are lucky flying around and-
"Miss Higurashi?" the female spokesperson asked tentatively as she and the rest of the board, including a very annoyed Seto realized that Kagome was definitely not paying attention.
"Hm?" Kagome said with a lazy smile, eyes drifting off the fly and towards a very angry Setos face.
"Was Mr. Tashio," Seto spat the name out as he crossed his arms over his chest, "So willing to drive us away that he sent some of the likes of you to try and persuade us into signing a contract with his company?"
Kagomes eyes took on a frosted look as she straightened herself in her seat, giving him a cold smile. "If I recall Mr. Kaiba," Seto narrowed his eyes at the way she said his name, "It was your company who sent us a letter, asking us if we were interested in taking in your company."
One representative palmed his face and groaned. The others muttered and one even went as far to quietly comment that they sounded like an old married couple.
Seto opened his mouth to retort but was cut off when the door flew open, smashing into the wall of his boardroom once again. He could distinctly hear one of his board men mutter to the other "If it was a fad to be slamming doors?".
"Sorry I'm late!" Kouga panted "See the strangest thing happened I was-"
"Saving an old woman from a near death experience by wrestling the crocodile that attacked her in the middle of the street?" Kagome questioned with an amused smile. Kouga blinked a couple times before throwing his head back and giving a wolfish laugh.
"Really you'd think that you'd have over used that incident by now," Kouga muttered sheepishly a while after. He turned towards the shocked board with a large grin. "Got the party started, eh?" Kagome snorted as if to say ' yeah right'.
Kaiba pressed two fingers to his temple, gently rubbing up and down. These people were crazy, off their rockers. No way was this girl the representative of the biggest and most wealthy company of Japan and no way was this man CEO of the company right behind it.
And so another hour went by with more debating, a little arguing mixed in with some subtle pen stabbings. All in all, it was a pointless meeting. In Kagomes perspective. But, the black haired girl found herself carefully looking over the young features of Seto Kaiba one too many times. Unknown to her, the older Kaiba brother was in the same predicament.
After what seemed like forever the meeting was wrapped up and another date was scheduled to discuss the merging once again. Kouga walked next to Kagome as she briskly walked out of the building.
"My men found some interesting news concerning Kaiba corp." he said suddenly. Her eyes slid over to him and she raised an eyebrow. A signal for him to continue.
"Apparently they want to build another huge arena for the game they're so famous for. Duel monsters I think?" He told her.
"Koga I should care about this why?" she questioned, stopping to regard him. He looked at her for a long moment.
"Kagome," he began gently "They want to demolish the Kawasaki Orphanage. The same one Inuyasha, you, Sango and Miroku had built five hundred years ago. You thought it was destroyed and you're right, it had been but they rebuilt it. But now, Seto and his company want to demolish it and build the arena in it's place…"
The ex-time traveler froze as a look of horror passed over her face. The orphanage. Her orphanage? Rage reared it's head as she clutched her brief case tightly. So many memories were buried there, and they were going to destroy it?
She blinked away the rage clouding her eyes when Koga handed her a slip of paper with an address on it. Koga gave her a small smile before walking away. Looking down she deduced it was the address for the orphanage. Smiling Kagome quickly made plans to get home as soon as possible, change and then take a nice stroll to her little house of memories.
Mokuba walked into the backstage area of the arena a few meters outside of Kaibaland, Seto only a few steps in front of him. He could hear his older brother murmuring to himself, thinking aloud. Mokuba risked a look outside and nearly face faulted at the number of screaming girls declaring their love for his brother. There was one in particular with horribly orange hair and blue eyes that seemed to scream the loudest.
"Seto," Mokuba whimpered, scared at what the girls might try this time. "Why are we here again?"
"To promote our new plans for Kaibaland and Kaiba corp. dear boy," his uncle said with a large, smile. Mokuba shied away from his uncle. He was a strange man he was, especially with that weird looking crow parrot thing that talked that he had on his shoulder. That thing was plain freaky!
Seto just nodded in agreement before ruffling his little brothers hair, smiling a little. His uncle murmured something underneath his breath before grabbing an irritated Seto and dragging him out. Mokuba winced as the volume of the screeching escalated.
If there's a god he thought Please, please, please don't let the fan girls get Seto this time. Please!
Kagome strolled through the forested area, walking along the trail not having a care in the world. After she got home she changed into a knee length white summer dress with yellow blossoms. She topped off the outfit with some lace up heels and her big white straw purse. She twitched only a little when she heard screaming not a few miles far from where she was. Really, what was going on?
Back at the arena, Seto and his uncle waited a long while until the screams died down.
"As many of you know today Kaiba corp. has…" and that was the beginning of what seemed like an eternity's time worth of a speech. When really, it was only fifteen minutes. At the most.
"Hey!" a girl in the crowd yelled, interrupting Kyo. The elder man gave a tight smile. The girl turned towards Seto.
"Mr. Kaiba!" she squealed and Seto winced internally "Are you a fast runner?"
"Not particularly so," Kyo said with a large smile, answering the girl for Seto. "Why?"
There was a long silence and Seto twitched a bit. Then, there was a loud shout of "Get him!"
Faster then the speed of light the older Kaiba brother jumped down from the stage and started running away, the fan girls close on his trail.
"Not again…" Mokuba mumbled. He pulled out his self phone, getting ready to call the police, firefighters, and hostage control people.
Shit, shit, shit! Seto cursed in his mind, over and over again. He continued running down the forest path, not chancing a look back to see if he lost them or not. If he did, that one second could be his downfall. He continued to run, farther up the path he saw another young girl. Seto grabbed her and dropped them both behind a tree, breathing heavily. His body was tense as he heard the screaming girls rush by.
The older Kaiba brother relaxed a bit further, taking in the scent of vanilla and jasmine. He spared a glance down at the girl he was holding and came face to face with none other then Miss Higurashi herself.
They stared at each other a moment, Kaiba panting trying to get his breathing under control. It was Kagome who snapped them out of their reverie. She pushed his hand away from where it was covering her mouth.
"Mr. Kaiba," she remarked dryly, running a hand through her hair before dropping it with a huff.
"Please," Seto said with a hint of sarcasm "Call me Seto, or even Kaiba. Mr. Kaiba makes me feel like my…father."
He stood up, brushing himself off before helping her up. Well, trying to anyways.
"I don't need your chivalry!" Kagome said moodily, standing up and brushing her dress of. Thankfully it hadn't been stained in the fall. Really, there she was walking alone, minding her own business when this idiot came running up, grabbing her and hiding behind a tree!
"Charming," he snorted, crossing his arms over his chest. He looked at her expectantly with a raised eyebrow.
"If you think I'm apologizing you've got another thing coming buddy," she snapped walking away, forgetting about her purse.
"Well there isn't much I can do about that now is there?" Seto remarked walking along next to her. "Except maybe reject Mr. Tashio's contract of merging with my company."
"Charming," she replied with a smirk, walking away "But you always seem to forget to it was your company who wanted to merge."
"Now wait a second," he snapped. Kagome inwardly groaned when her body froze up, the 'curse' taking lead. "Get back here."
She sharply turned on her foot and strode back towards him. "Yes?" she snapped. Seto regarded her for a moment in silence.
"You know," he said "Millions of girls would kill to be in your place right now. You're the first girl who hasn't fainted, screamed or cried at the sight of me."
Kagome looked him up and down for a moment. "Then maybe I've done you some good" she said simply before walking away. Seto was shocked still for a moment before following her with a small smile.
The raven haired girl continued walking until a realization hit her. She stopped in the middle of the dirt road that was made for smalls cars and other lesser vehicles. "Where's my purse?" she asked aloud before turning, regarding the place Seto had tackled her. "It's over there, of course."
"Please let me," the older Kaiba brother said with a bare roll of his eyes "It would be the chivalrous thing to do. Don't move a muscle."
Kagome inwardly cursed as Seto turned around to retrieve the bag, leaving her frozen in the middle of the road. She looked around waiting for Seto. That was when she heard the ominous roar of an engine. Turning her head as much as possible she say a very fast car approaching. And it didn't look like it was going to stop.
"Uh, Seto?" she called out hesitantly, trying to move her legs. The car was getting closer. "Seto!" she called desperately. She turned, looking at her doom.
"Mr. Kaiba?" she said in a small voice. For the second time that day one Seto Kaiba tackled one Kagome Higurashi to the ground. The car sped by without so much as slowing down. Kaiba looked down at her, visible irritated.
"Why didn't you move?" he snapped, searching her face for any injuries. "I-I would have," she stuttered "If it weren't for you and your obvious love of tackling me! That's the second time today you realize."
Seto pushed himself off her to sit on the grassy hill. "Well my deepest apologies," he said "I'll remember that the next time I save you."
"Next time?" Kagome questioned "I don't think there will be a next time."
"I highly doubt that considering you seem to have a penchant for getting into trouble Miss Higurashi," he remarked dryly.
"Just Kagome," she said, grabbing her purse and straightening up.
"Cousin Kagome?!" a voice screeched. Kagome turned to see Kouga and Ayames daughter, Megumi holding Mokuba in a vice grip. They agreed it was best to call them cousins instead of aunt and niece in public. It wouldn't make sense since they almost looked the same age.
"Come here this instant!" Megumi said childishly, letting go of Mokuba. The young boy scrambled away and ran towards his brother just as Kagome stiffly got up and briskly walked towards Megumi.
"What are you doing here?!" the bratty she wolf in disguise hissed at her god aunt. Kagome raised a cool eyebrow. "I'm on business here, for Sesshomaru." she replied.
Megumi huffed, tossing her orange locks over her shoulder. She slyly glanced at Seto. "Well I see you've met my future husband," she remarked with a giggle. Kagome turned to see Seto staring intently at her.
"Yeah…"she said trailing off "Good luck with that." Megumi squealed as Kagome walked away. She turned to regard Seto only to see him and Mokuba walking away in the opposite direction. "Hey, wait!" she cried.
Kagome regarded the time on her watch and sighed. It would be too late to go to the orphanage today, maybe tomorrow. She had some files to look over and people to meet.
Mokuba stared at his brother from across the limo and let out a huff. Ever since the incident with Kagome his brother was being more stuck up than usual, and it was bothering him.
"Seto what's up with you and Kagome?" Mokuba asked unsurely. Setos eyes snapped up and rested on his brother. "How do you know Kagome?" he questioned his little brother.
Mokuba shrugged, "We hung out a couple days ago it was really fun we went to the amusement park then.."
As Mokuba continued to list the things he did with Kagome Seto found himself the tiniest bit awed. What woman in her right mind would do something like that, and with a child she didn't even know? Unless it was to get to him?
Unlikely, Seto thought to himself, She seems to hate my very existence.
xXxXx The Next Day xXxXx
Kagome sat in empty boardroom idly twirling a pen in her hand. She had come early, since she had nothing else to do, and was waiting for the board to arrive.
"They should be coming any minute now…" she muttered to herself.
"Is it customary to talk to yourself, Miss Higurashi?" a dry tone asked. She stood up and turned around, coming face to face with none other then Seto Kaiba.
"Only when I'm extremely bored, ," she replied sweetly, with an undertone of venom. Seto snorted and strode towards his seat, the one at the head of the table and directly across from Kagomes. He watched as Kagome strode towards the large window and he followed her, intent on getting some answers.
"Tell me," Kaiba asked "What is my brother to you?"
Kagome was quite before letting out a small laugh. Seto decided that it was a nice laugh, one that reminded him of wind chimes.
"Mokuba is a friend to me. He was very upset that day Seto, and I think it may have something to do with you," she responded quietly.
"What would you know of something like that?" Seto snapped irritably. Kagome turned to look him straight in the eyes and for a moment he was left speechless.
"Family is a very important thing. At times when we are busy we take them for granted, but only when they are taken away from us do we realize how important they are to us, don't lose Mokuba, because I know it will kill you from the inside out," Kagome said to him softly. They stared at each other some more before Kagome brushed past him, muttering something about coffee. Seto stared after her for a long while before a smile stretched his face.
He was now determined to figure out the intriguing enigma that was Kagome.
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