Seto Kaiba, when annoyed, is not something to be trifled with! He had a temper that could make even a storm seem like a tamed little puppy, licking at his master's hand. And what is possibly even scarier was that that temper could do great damage if woken up by someone that truly deserved to be on its receiving end. And he had power to make someone's life a living hell, what with being one of the richest men on Earth. And right now, Seto Kaiba was beyond annoyed!
A few weeks had passed since he finally answered some of Mokuba's questions, and now said boy was having a few friends over. It didn't bother Seto that much that it was Joey Wheeler, who he hated, Tea Gardner, who annoyed him, Yugi Mouto, a shrimp he didn't like, or the pointy haired guy he didn't even know the name of but still annoyed him for some reason. Not that much. Maybe a little ... Not the point! No, it wasn't even the noise that annoyed him! It was the fact that Ishizu Ishtar, along with her brothers, had just arrived at his doorstep with a big box, as big as him, covered by a white, linen sheet at sundown!
Now, it should be made known that Seto Kaiba was not a person who liked surprises. They make him annoyed, and just as it was said before, an annoyed Seto Kaiba, the president, owner and CEO of the multi million company that is Kaiba Corporation, is most definitely NOT a good thing. Although, it hadn't always been this way. When he was young, like a five year old kid, he didn't mind them all that much, but he still wasn't as excited by them as the rest of the children his age. Then, when his parents died, he learned of not so nice surprises and just became wary of them. With Gozaboro, though, he started to really dislike them and always be suspicious of a 'surprise'. But then ... Then he had a really nice, really great surprise that gifted him with a friend when he found out that the statue he got can come to life in the night. With Yuna, surprises were always welcome change and he learned to anticipate them since Yuna always had something interesting to show him with her strange power. He had started thinking that perhaps not all surprises were boring or bad, only to be once again proven wrong with the theft of his best friend. So, you'll just have to forgive him for being wary and suspicious of all surprises.
"What is that and why is it here?" The brunet snapped as he glared at Ishizu.
The Egyptian woman, to her credit, barely flinched at his tone of voice. ''I have been paid by young Mokuba over there to find something and bring it here, so my presence is explained.''
Marik just shrugged with an expectant grin, annoying Seto further. ''I'm here just to see the reaction.''
''Really now?'' Seto asked in a near deadly drawl that even Joey wasn't stupid enough to ignore, but Marik might as well be a masochist, because he only grinned wider and nodded brightly with a arrogant ''yep''.
IShizu just scolded her brother, while their adopted brother, Odion, just shook his head from side to side, muttering 'master Marik' in an exasperated way. The female Ishtar turned to the CEO, an interested glint in her eyes, also curious of his reaction. As he glared at her, no one noticed the sun setting until it was almost below the horizon. ''I hope you will appreciate the trouble through which I have went through to get this statue, although I don't know why it's so special.''
That got Seto's interest, especially at the word statue, but he wouldn't get his hopes up just for them to be crushed again. Instead he looked towards his younger brother with a look of reprimand. ''Mokuba, I thought I told you to never bring up that subject with anyone, ever.'' The boy was about to apologize and explain that he wanted to make his older brother happy, but they were interrupted before he could even open his mouth.
What had interrupted them had been a strange noise coming from the box. Its sounded almost like a type of knocking, but it was soon joined by a strange scratching-like sound. Seto looked at the box in a completely new light, not daring to believe what his hear already knew to be true. The pounding got louder and he saw that everyone was staring at the box, evidently surprised by it. Ishizu even looked sick, thinking someone had trapped a human or animal inside.
Seto started moving towards the box and the sound stopped for a few seconds. All the males were prepared for a fight if it should come to that, but Seto didn't even notice them. He slowly got the hold of the sheet and tugged it off. One second later, a powerful blast tore a side wall and almost knocked the Ishtar siblings over had they not moved in time. Everyone but Seto screamed in fright when a horde of brown fluff balls with big purple eyes and green, cute claws erupted from the box. They all tripped over their own feet trying to get as far away as possible from the wooden create, while Seto could not stifle a joyous laugh.
As everyone stared at him, Seto stared at the box. Not a second later, the little army of fluff balls disappeared and before anyone could even react to that, a slim figure exited the box. The males of the group, even Seto, gawked at the beauty that now stood before them. Heavily layered midnight-black hair that slightly defied laws of gravity framed her shoulders and royal face and head, tipped on the edges with a deep red color that was only outmatched by her eyes. Golden-rod bangs ran up, left and right through her hair, framing her heart-shaped face. Her high cheekbones made her face look sharper, but still very young and sweet. She had full lips, a petite nose and tick eyelashes. Her eyes were narrow and sharp as rubies, which they outmatched in beauty and color. Her skin was flawless and the color of copper. Her figure was petite but perfectly defined, all the right junk in all the right places, a true dream of every man. Her limbs were long, slim but showed the subtle muscles that hid her strength. She held her head up high, walking with pride and majesty only someone born to rule could.
She was dressed the same as he remembered, all in linens and silk and gold and jewels, only the seemed to have grown with her. She looked stunning, and all the males were practically drooling.
As she looked around, something strange came over her exotic features, as if she knew the area. Then her eyes assessed every single person there, eyes lingering on Yugi with something akin to surprise for a moment, then in shock on Mokuba, and then she looked straight at Seto. There was shock, hope and affection there as she looked like she didn't want to believe she was with him again. But then a huge, beautiful grin lit up her face as she ran towards him.
''SETO!''
Said brunet opened his arms, hugging the life out of her as soon as she entered his embrace, laughing while he called her name, not believing it was possible. Kuriboh soon bounced over to them, even as they didn't let go of each other.
''Yuna.''
Mokuba was staring at his brother in shock, as were all the others, but none knew what to say.
But neither Yuna nor Seto could care. They had found each other and that was what truly mattered.
