Mokuba grinned, jumping off the bench. "Well I guess that answers your question. Come on let's go." Kyira nodded, quickly grabbing her bags only to have both of them taken away from her by one of Kaiba's goons. "Come on Kyira!" Mokuba called, dragging her toward the limo. She giggled at Mokuba's eagerness, though stepping inside the limo she began to feel slightly uneasy. Although she was pretty close to Mokuba, she wasn't even relatively close to Kaiba. Looking out the window, she wondered whether or not she had made the right decision.
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Matt walked into the apartment and saw his father sitting by the couch. "Did it work?"
Mr. Ishida nodded, "Sort of, I ended up lying to her just to get her out of the apartment."
Pulling out a chair he fell onto it. "I hope this is worth it. I can see her now; she's probably completely steamed, thinking of a million ways to get back at us." Running his fingers through his hair, he sighed. "So what got her to finally leave?"
Mr. Ishida smiled. "I told her there was a spider infestation in her room."
Matt's eyes grew, "What?!"
Mr. Ishida nodded, "I had to. I couldn't think of anything else. She kept knocking on the door asking me to let her in."
Smoothing back his hair and then letting it fall back in his face Matt scowled, "Great, now she's only going to be plotting my demise."
Getting up, Mr. Ishida patted his son on the back smiling. "Don't worry; as soon as she realizes what we've done she'll forgive you."
"Forgive me? I didn't do anything!"
Laughing, he patted him again before walking to his room. Sighing Matt leaned back in his chair, "I hope this is worth it."
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Pulling up to the Kaiba Mansion, Kyira looked out the window, happy they had finally arrived. That was the longest drive of my life. Kaiba stepped out without speaking a single word and heading for the entrance. Mokuba hopped out after him, dawdled behind to wait for Kyira, as her bags were being taken out and set on the ground. "I hope you like your stay here. Come on I'll show you to the room you can stay in."
Kyira appreciating Mokuba's kindness nodded, grabbing her bags before the two, men could and hurried after the young boy. Upon entering the Kaiba home, Kyira gazed in awe. It was huge, and quite lovely. "Wow, your place is really nice Mokuba."
Shrugging he continued to lead her up the elegant steps. "There's a spare room up here you can use. It's the nicest one we have, so I hope you like it."
"Oh, thanks, but you don't have to go to all that trouble."
"It's no trouble. We really don't get any guests, so all the rooms are practically empty. A few are used for storage while the rest pick up dust." Kyira nodded following him down the hall. It was true what Mokuba had said. Although the mansion was very elegant and grandiose, it felt empty, sort of cold, and almost unwelcoming.
Mokuba seemed to be the most welcoming person around. Stopping in front of an intricate door, he opened it. "Here you go, there's lots of room here, so you should be comfy. Oh and there's a bathroom down the hall. So I'll let you put your things away, I'm going to go find Seto."
"Alright then, thanks."
Mokuba smiled, "I'm glad you're staying with us Kyira." With that, he shut the door, causing Kyira to smile. Mokuba's so cute. She thought to herself as she began to unpack. Perhaps her stay here wouldn't be so bad.
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Walking into his study, Kaiba sat down. He was fully annoyed, leaning forward; he placed his arms in front of him onto the desk. Closing his eyes, he reflected on his thoughts. Just what I needed, one of Yu-gi's little friends here. As if things couldn't get any worse. Hearing the door opening and shutting, Kaiba slowly opened his eyes, unable to continue with his thoughts, he glanced up at his visitor. Small footsteps, made its way over to the desk. "Seto." Mokuba began softly.
"What is it Mokuba?" Kaiba asked his voice dry.
"You're not mad at me right? Kyira's my friend and I just wanted to help her out."
Kaiba was silent for a few seconds. "Of course not Mokuba." He interlocked his hands. Mokuba exhaled, relieved that his brother wasn't angry at him. "What puzzles me." Mokuba stiffened slightly, he knew what his brother was going to say. "Is how you, can be friends with someone like that?"
Mokuba rolled his eyes. "Seto, Kyira is nice. She looked after me a lot when our stepfather and Noah had us trapped in the virtual world and she even risked her life to save me when the five headed dragon attacked me when the Big Five trapped you in your own game."
Kaiba rose, "That Mokuba is all in the past. The fact that you still buy into all that nonsense Mokuba is amazing. It wasn't real."
"Yes, it was, Seto. Why do you have to be so stubborn? Why can't you just believe that it was real and . . . "
"That's enough, Mokuba! Open your eyes to reality. They've obviously poisoned your mind with all of that."
Mokuba stared at his brother in disappointment. "No Seto, You're the one who needs to open your eyes." Kaiba only frowned. Turning, Mokuba walked out.
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Kyira was walking down the stairs when she spotted Mokuba coming out of the study. "Mokuba." She called out to him, though he didn't hear her and disappeared down the hall. Reaching the bottom of the steps, she frowned slightly. "I wonder what's wrong with him." Curious she walked over to the study and slowly opened the door. Peering inside, she saw Kaiba working at his desk. All he does is work. Making a face, she slowly closed the door.
"You can come in." His voice startled her, causing her to freeze in that spot. Staring at the door, she held her breath. Oh my gosh! Did he hear me? She thought to herself. "Well?!" Biting her lip she opened the door. "Have you finally come to your senses, Mokuba?" Looking up he stopped, frowning once he saw Kyira. "What are you doing here, Ishida?"
Kyira's eyebrow rose, "You told me to come in."
"I did not. I told Mokuba to come in."
Making a face Kyira rolled her eyes. "Fine then, I'm gone."
Kaiba stared at her. "Have you nothing better to do than spy on people?"
Kyira stopped and turned back at him, "What?! I don't spy on people."
"If not, then why were you opening and closing the door?"
Kyira was getting annoyed now. "I saw Mokuba going off looking a bit upset, so I decided to see what in this room upset him. Besides even if I did spy on people, I wouldn't spy on someone like you." Now she was getting angry, spitting out everything that came to mind.
Kaiba smirked, "Is that so. Well Ishida you don't need to worry about my little brother. It's not your concern."
That was it, Kyira had reached her limit. Docile and patient though she was there was only so much she could take. Closing her eyes she tried to hold back her anger. "You know Kaiba, I can see why everyone dislikes you so much."
"Not really my concern, Ishida."
"And why Mokuba's upset." She finished.
Kaiba rose from his desk and headed for the door. "You don't care about anyone else except for yourself. Not even for Mokuba."
Kaiba snapped his head sideways and stared at Kyira. "That's nonsense, Ishida Mokuba is the only family I have. What do you know? Stop trying to play the family psychiatrist if you don't even know what you're talking about."
"Is that so? Have you looked around lately, Kaiba? No one is here, not even Mokuba. You're alone! And you'll always be that way. Not even Mokuba will stay here for long if you keep that attitude up!"
"I've had enough, Ishida! I didn't let you stay her so you can lecture me with your nonsense."
"Fine then, I'll leave. That way you can enjoy your solitude. You just did it again Kaiba. Every time someone tries to get close to you, you just chase them away. You just better hope that you'll have Mokuba with you, though I doubt he'll stay for long." Turning around, quickly, before Kaiba could say anything else; she walked out slamming the door behind her. It wasn't like her to say such harsh things, but at the moment she didn't care. She'd just have to feel guilty about it later. Storming up the steps, she headed for her room, quickly grabbed her suitcases and started to pack.
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Kaiba stood there rather dumbfounded, staring at the closed door. He was rather surprised by her harshness, having known her for sometime now, even though it wasn't by choice. "What does she know? I don't need anyone. I've gotten this far all on my own and I don't need anyone hanging around that will hold me back."
Having heard the entire racket, Mokuba hurriedly made his way back to Kaiba's study. "Seto?" Kaiba looked at his brother. "I heard yelling, what happened?"
"Nothing to concern yourself with, Mokuba." Walking out of the study, Mokuba followed behind him still concerned. Kaiba stopped in midstep, looking up at the stairs.
Kyira had just reached the bottom of the steps, her bags in her hands, ready to leave. Glaring at him, she tightened her grip, fury still boiling inside of her. "Thanks for letting me stay here, but I think I've over stayed my welcome." She said coldly, walking right passed them, and out of the Kaiba Mansion.