A/N: Going through a bout of writer's block yet again, which is why this chapterhesitate h short and lacking interest.

Chapter 12

"My name is Kisara and I must see Seto." Kia turned to Kaiba.

"Who is Kisara?" Her betrayed whisper pained him as he turned to her and frowned.

"Did Yugi not tell you? Kisara was the name of the girl who's soul supposedly possessed the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.." Kia's eyebrows furrowed.

"I thought all those ghosts and crap were gone!" She grabbed his arm and panicked. The vision from when she held the millennium rod hit her again like a brick wall; her lungs ran out of air, her fingertips tingled and she squeezed her eyes shut.

"Kia?" Kaiba pulled her closer and brushed a hand along her cheek. Mokuba walked up the stairs.

"Big brother, a girl called Kisara is here to see you..." He stopped when he saw Kaiba's concerned face. "Is Kia alright?"

"I'm fine.." Kia opened her eyes and pulled away from Kaiba. "I just need some water.." She walked timidly down the stairs, and was met with a blue-haired girl with indigo eyes*

"YOU!" Kisara shrieked. Kia frowned at her.

"What about me?" Kia glared at the intruder.

"You have been in contact with the replica! The energy flows through you! You must give me the rod." Kisara moved toward Kia as she spoke, holding out her hand.

"I'm giving you nothing!" Kia stepped back in anger.

"Kisara, stop it!" Kaiba stood between the two. "You said you wanted to speak with me, what did you want?"

"The rod! Marik needs it to keep me here for eternity!" She smiled prettily at him and grabbed his hand in both of hers. "He thinks I plan on staying with him, but you know I shall be staying here... With you..."

Kaiba pulled his hand from hers. "Kisara, I explained this to you already..." Her expression changed from deliriously happy to indescribable pain. "Whatever feelings Priest Seto might have had for you-"

"You mean High Priest Seto..." Kia interrupted. Kaiba turned to her in surprise. "And he held no romantic feelings for Kisara..."

"What do you mean by that?!" Kisara barked angrily at her. Kia shrugged nonchalantly.

"He was romantically connected with... Kazuko..." Kia smirked triumphantly at Kisara, who immediately became angrier.

"And how in Ra's name would you know this?" Kisara spoke dangerously low. Kaiba frowned at Kia.

"Kia, what do you mean?" He remembered Ishizu saying that Kia was Kazuko in Ancient Egypt, but she didn't clearly state how deep their relationship was.

"When I touched the replica of the millennium rod, I saw a memory. One of Kazuko's memories from Ancient Egypt. One of... My memories..." Kia looked down and blushed slightly.

"What memory?" Kaiba's hand brushed along her cheekbone as he asked his question.

"Um... A pleasant one..." Kia smiled a guilty smile and looked at Kisara. "The High Priest and I slept together, after he introduced me to our daughter" Kisara's eyes filled with tears and she stammered as she tried to speak.

"N...N-No!" Kisara lunged forward and grabbed Kia around the throat. Kaiba grabbed Kisara around the waist and her wrists, and attempted to pull her off.

"KISARA! LET GO OF HER!" Kaiba yelled. Kia fought blindly against Kisara's hands, trying in vain to pry them from around her throat. Her hands became sweaty very quickly and soon they began slipping off of Kisara's hands

"You deserve nought of the happiness of which you speak!" Kisara's voice remained calm as she held Kia's throat tighter again. Then she suddenly let go.

"Why...?" Kia rasped for air and managed the one syllable word, asking why Kisara stopped.

"Marik would never condone murder..." Kisara looked down at her hands. "I would never condone murder..."

"Kisara, leave now" Kaiba hugged Kia to him as he spoke, rubbing her back in reassurance.

"I shall leave, but I will also return... And sooner than you think..." Kisara walked backwards from the couple and made her way to the front door. "And Kia, I apologise for my actions, I allowed my emotions to control me..." She left the mansion and Kaiba growled at her departure.

"Kia, are you alright? Should I call someone?" Kaiba immediately turned his attention to his fiancée and checked her throat.

"I'm fine, really..." Kia swallowed and shook her head. "If Kisara is in town, she'll hear about our wedding. And I don't want her anywhere near us Seto..."

"'Don't worry, I'll speak to her about the replica and settle this disagreement..." Kaiba smiled reassuringly, a rare sight even for Kia and she couldn't help but smile back.

"But you can't go tomorrow!" Kia suddenly remembered it was Kaiba's birthday the following day and needed to make sure he didn't forget. Seto Kaiba always 'forgot' about his birthday, and tried to make everyone else forget about it too.

"Alright, but might I ask why?" Again, he was playing dumb. Though he wouldn't call it dumb, he would argue that Kaiba Corporation was stressful at his time of year and he forgets small details like his birthday.

"Tomorrow is your birthday. And before you say anything..." Kia ran her fingers along Kaiba's shirt. "... I already bought you some things..."

"Oh Kia, I tell you every year that there is no need for you to buy me things..." Kaiba frowned and closed his eyes.

"I know!" Kia ran into the kitchen and Kaiba looked bewildered for a moment, before following her and finding her eating a bag of Doritoes®.

Kaiba looked adorable as he looked at the cushions with shock and awe. Kia couldn't help but take a picture of the moment on her phone.

"Kia! Did you just take a photograph of me?!" Kaiba's surprised face was another adorable moment and Kia took another photo.

"Yup, twice now!" She laughed as Kaiba stood up from the sofa and tried in vain to take the phone from her hands. Distracting him by dangling her phone over his shoulder, she picked up the envelope from the coffee table and gave it to him.

"Another gift?" Kaiba shook his head and Kia could have sworn he blushed. "I'm not used to all this attention..."

"Just look at it..." she mumbled. He opened the envelope carefully and before he looked inside, he took Kia's hand and kissed it.

"Thank you Kia..." he said with utmost sincerity, then looked inside with curiosity. He pulled out the certificate and stared wide-eyed at it. "You bought me... A star?"

"Yeah... I thought it was a unique gift to buy for you..." Kia looked down in embarrassment and peered up at Kaiba throw her lashes.

"I love it" She looked up in surprise and Kaiba leaned in just as quick to kiss her. "It's beautiful..."

"Really? Oh thank Ra!" Kia threw her arms around him and squeezed him tightly.

*Indigo eyes; I read somewhere that Kisara has indigo eyes, if I'm wrong don't hesitate to correct me! :D