AN: guess who's back. back again. shady's back. tell a friend. i thinking of changing my name btw. just a heads up for when it happens
Chapter 5
It was a little past 5:30 by the time the group made it to the Borjo Café Mokuba had raved about. They had picked little Seto and Shizuka up from their apartment and drove straight there, where a valet took Mokuba's BMW and parked it and a hostess showed them to some special VIP seating.
Mokuba, Seto, and Shizuka seemed to take the proceedings in stride, but Anzu couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed by the attention. As she followed Mokuba and the others she took in her surroundings, hoping not to look as out of place as she felt. It wasn't that she never experienced VIP service or valet parking, especially since she was at one point girlfriend to the International Duel King Yugi Mutou, but the two of them only did it on special occasions. Otherwise they'd never took advantage of their wealth or privilege.
"Here are your seats Mr. Kaiba. May I ask what you all will be drinking today?" the hostess asked.
"Uh sure, lemonade for the little one and can I get a dry martini," Mokuba said, sitting down. "And a water too."
"I'll have a diet coke," Anzu said.
"Aw come on," Mokuba protested.
Anzu rolled her eyes, "Diet coke please."
"Yes ma'am," the hostess smiled and then turned to Shizuka. "And for you Miss Kaiba."
Shizuka visibly cringed, but she managed to smile, "Uh, yes I'd like a diet coke as well."
"Ok, I'll make sure your waiter gets those drinks out to you. It's a pleasure having your family dine with us again."
With that the hostess walked away and Anzu couldn't help but wonder about the hostess calling Shizuka "Miss Kaiba". What was the relationship between Seto Kaiba and Shizuka in public?
"I want curry rice," Seto chimed, not even bothering to look at the menu.
"Ok, you'll get it then runt," Mokuba grinned.
"I'm no runt. I can beat you up," Seto shot back. "My Oji been teaching me some moves. Oh hey hey! If Katsuya-Oji and Papa got in a fight who would win?"
Anzu shot Shizuka a surprised look but both the boy's mother and Mokuba seemed to find the question highly amusing.
"I'm sure it's been settled long ago who'll win that one," Mokuba laughed.
"Whatever, Mokuba," Shizuka shot back. "Seto's gotten soft. All he does is work so I bet he has no time to train. Oniisan on the other hand is a natural fighter."
"A natural born brute is more like it," Anzu managed to cut in which earned a chuckle from both Mokuba and Shizuka.
"I think Papa because you ever see Papa arm under the coat it's like BOOM! POW! I gonna have muscle like that. I get to see papa tonight! I'm so excited!" Seto rambled.
Anzu shook her head and smiled at the boy's excitement.
"Oh, Seto's going to be in town today?" Shizuka asked. "I thought little Seto was just going to stay with the staff."
"No, he got back from Sydney last night. He was going to start working right away on the next event, but I managed to convince him to rest up and take a few days off. Besides, I'm going to be the chairman of this competition anyway."
"Papa said I can duel!"
"Duel?" Shizuka asked, more confusion passing over her features.
"Sydney?" was Anzu's first reaction. "Seto was in Sydney? Yuugi was in Sydney! You think he's back?"
"I wouldn't know. He might be still doing some promotional stuff. Just because Big Brother's off doesn't mean Yuugi is," Mokuba reasoned.
The waiter came by with the drinks and Mokuba happily took a sip from his martini.
"Thank you," Anzu said as the cup of soda was set in front of her.
"Were you all ready to order?" the waiter asked.
"He'd like some curry rice," Shizuka said for Seto. "And I'll have the eel ocha zuke."
Mokuba and Anzu orderd as well, a club turkey sandwich and a chicken and egg rice dish respectively.
"You guys are boring. Getting Japanese food at a place supposed to be western," Mokuba teased once the waiter left.
The girls ignored his banter.
"So what's this about you being a chairman for a competition?" Anzu asked, taking a sip of her coke.
"Well, as you know my Bro had opened up that school… well in order to celebrate a successful first year Seto wanted to hold a tournament that had several teirs. The "god tier" which consist of the older seasoned players like of course Big Brother, Jounouchi-kun, and Yuugi. Then there's the "academic tier" which is where the students can strut their stuff so to speak, and then the "junior academy" where it'll be kids too young to enter the academy but if they do well prize include an invitation to study there plus scholarship upon hitting the age. I'm the chairman so basically I'm just in charge of making sure shit gets done."
"Gee sounds like a big project," Anzy admitted.
"Papa said I can duel!"
"Aren't you a bit too young for that?" Shizuka huffed.
"Well he is son of Seto Kaiba," Anzu pointed out.
"Yes but who's his legal full time guardian? Whose name does he have? It's my decision and I don't see a point in him dueling."
"Aw come on, Shizuka," Mokuba reasoned. "The kid wants to duel."
"It's not even fair anyway. He's younger than all of those other kids and if he wins he'll get all this press about being Kaiba's son and all the pressure--"
"Oh come on I'm his brother and I have absolutely no pressure to do anything. You should just talk to him and see why--"
"I am NOT talking to your brother," Shizuka said sternly, her eyes lighting on fire.
Anzu was confused. Was there some further animosity between Shizuka and Kaiba that she didn't know of. As for as she knew they were on amicable terms. She soon found out the problem as Shizuka continued.
"We already talked about this before Mokuba. I don't mind Seto getting involved in his father's company, but I just don't see why it has to be this early. Just tell him that for me when you see him again, ok."
Her voice was quiet and there was a pleading in her eyes, and Mokuba merely nodded.
"Ok, Shizuka. I'll let him know."
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After dinner, they dropped Seto off at the manor. Shizuka and Seto got out the car, but she insisted that Anzu and Mokuba stay in there since they wouldn't be long. Anzu watched as Shizuka made her way to the front door and used a key to enter.
"It's weird seeing her open your front door like that," Anzu laughed.
"Is it?" Mokuba asked from the back seat. Shizuka had forced him to ride in the back and let her drive since he had ingested about 3 martinis.
"Yeah, it's like she's your family too."
"I guess she is," Mokuba grinned. "Her and little Seto and even Jou-kun. I guess we're all just weird family."
"Hey, I don't mean to pry but what do you think about Seto dueling?" Anzu asked.
Mokuba shrugged, and looked out the window.
"Personally, I don't care. I think Seto would really like it. Both Setos would. But I think Shizuka is scared."
"Scared?"
"Yeah that if she lets him stay too much with us he'll never want to go home."
Anzu frowned at the statement but Mokuba only grinned.
"What she doesn't know is that the entire time Seto's here all he talks about is Katsuya-Oji. It really gets on my brothers nerves."
With that Mokuba winked, and Anzu couldn't help but smile at that too.
-to be continued-
AN: thanks for reading!!!! please as always comments and crit and reviews are very much appreciated