Chapter 24 : Two versions

Seto stared out the window of his room, off in the distance, but he was not looking at the scenery, Anzu's words wouldn't stop plaguing his mind. She was pregnant, pregnant with his child. Aside from all the problems and complications it would cause, considering Anzu's situation, he didn't know what to think of all of this. After she told him, he stared at her dumbfounded, he had no idea what to say, what could he say? They were not a couple or anything, they just made love once and he wasn't really proud of his lack of self-control that night. After a moment of silence he had left her, he needed time to think things trough.

For the past hour he stayed there, looking at nothing. He sighed, for now, he should concentrate on helping Anzu out of this mess, that was his top priority for now, everything else could wait. He turned his eyes away from the window and resolutely grabbed his phone, ready to make a few phone calls to help Anzu.

The situation was edgy; her pregnancy proved that she had a relationship with another man, in that case: him, that certainly wouldn't help her. He was sure the police knew about this and he had to find a way to turn this to his advantage.

Anzu was worried; she didn't know what to think anymore. Since she told Seto about her pregnancy he said no word to her. That was one week ago and all week long she barely even saw him, he was gone before she woke up and still wasn't back by the time she went to bed. She wished he would at least speak to her, so she had an idea what to expect, perhaps he was mad at her, which would be one more thing to add to the already long list of problems she caused him. No doubt he didn't plan on having a baby just yet, and especially not with her, they weren't even together and to top it all, back then she was engaged with a man she is now accused of killing.

If only he'd say something. After she told him, he left without saying a word, neither showing sign of happiness or anger, he just left, how she wished he wasn't so damn good at hiding his emotions. At first she didn't mind it too much, she figured out that he'd need some to think about all that, but after one week she still had no idea what he thought. With everything that was going on was it too much to ask for one bit of certainty in her life? Soon she could end up in prison for the next 25 years, if only she could be sure her baby would be fine no matter what.

It felt weird, ever since she found out she was pregnant it was like what happened to her didn't matter anymore, she kept thinking of the baby, what was good and bad for it. She didn't feel ready to have a baby either, what if she wasn't a good mother? What if something bad happened to it?…What if Seto wanted nothing to do with it and she end up in prison?

"Are you worried?"

"Huh?" Anzu blinked and turned her head to look at Mokuba, who was sitting next to her in the limo.

The younger Kaiba smiled kindly. "I asked you if you were worried. You've been staring at nothing for the past 15 minutes." He explained.

Anzu blinked again. "Oh…" She had spaced out again, she kept doing that lately, but who could blame her? "Yea, I guess I am worried." She stared outside by the window. Her trial was to be held today, a part of her wished that she wasn't known around the world, then her trial would not have been for another two years at least, but another part of her wished this would just end quickly, the stress was killing her. Of course that wasn't really the main thing bothering her, but Mokuba didn't know about that.

"You shouldn't be." Anzu looked at the smiling kid once again. "Seto took care of everything, you will be alright."

Anzu looked down, she wished she could be as convinced as Mokuba. There wasn't any trace of doubt in his eyes, all she could see was complete trust in his brother.

The limo finally stopped, though it was too quick to Anzu's liking. Outside, dozens of journalists were waiting in front of the door, policemen were doing their best to keep them from blocking the door. The driver opened the limo's door, bringing Anzu back to reality, he stretched out his hand to help her, Anzu accepted it. The driver led her through the reporters, making sure to keep her safe as Mokuba followed close behind.

The calm of the law courts did nothing to ease Anzu, she followed the driver to a door leading to a small room. There, she saw Seto waiting with another man she recognised as his lawyer, the driver signalled for her to get in, she did so hesitantly. Mokuba gave her one last smile before leaving with the driver, leaving Anzu alone with Seto and his lawyer.

Seto looked up at her after his brother left. "Good, you are here." He approached her, there was a stern look on his face as he looked down at her. "Listen to me." He started, Anzu looked up at him and stared in his eyes, they looked so cold, nothing like what she had seen the few last times she saw him. "No matter what they ask you, I want you to tell the truth, about everything, is that clear?" Anzu stared at him questioningly, she wasn't sure about what he asked of her but she nodded nonetheless. "I have to go, stay with Jordan and do exactly as he tells you." He gave her one weak smile and left without giving her the time to answer or say anything.

Anzu gave Jordan an unsure look as he grabbed some files and put them in a pile. Noticing he was being watched, Jordan looked up and smiled politely at her. Anzu noticed just how young he was, she hadn't realise it the last time she saw him, he looked to be only a few years older than Kaiba, she wondered if he really was capable of helping her.

As if reading her thoughts, the young lawyer spoke. "You should know Mr. Kaiba only settles for the best of the best. Trust me, I am that person, in all the years I have been working I have never lost even one case and I certainly don't intend to start now." He grabbed the pile of paper and put it in a document holder, placing it under his arm. "I believe Mr. Kaiba already told you this, but I don't want the slightest lie out of you, if you can do that, no matter what question you are asked, then you'll be out of here in no time." Anzu nodded just as she did when Kaiba asked her the same thing. "Alright, it's time to go."

Anzu followed him, he led her through a hallway full of doors, Anzu wondered how he even knew where he was going, all these doors looked exactly the same to her, finally he stopped in front of the fifth one and entered. Anzu followed him in the courtroom, it was loaded with people, she recognised her friends, along with Seto, she also saw Raven's parents as well as some others who were either journalists or random people who came to watch.

Trying her best to ignore all the eyes on her, she followed Jordan to the dock, she sat silently, watching as Jordan took out his sheets and placed them on the desk, soon after, the Judge entered the court and everyone stood. Anzu's first impression was that this man was old enough to be her grandfather, his hairs were completely white and his face was full of wrinkles. He had such a stern look that Anzu doubted even Mokuba's infamous puppy dog eyes, had he still been a kid, would have been enough to move the Judge.

Once he was seated, the Judge read out the accusations against Anzu and asked the prosecutor if she was ready to start. The prosecutor stood up with a slight nod and advanced in front of the Jury. Anzu was surprised to see that the prosecutor was actually a woman, she had long blond hair styled in a tight bun and a kind figure, however, Anzu was sure there was a lot more to her. They wouldn't have given her this case if she wasn't competent.

The woman eyed the jury and discretely took a deep breath before starting her opening speech. "Raven Daisuke was a promising young man, heir to the largest artist agency of the country, he was intelligent, generous and caring. He had everything anyone could ever wish for, including a fiancé he loved with all his heart; he gave her everything he had. However, to this woman he was becoming less and less a source of profit and more of a weight to Mrs. Mazaki's ambitions until, for her, he had to disappear. Anzu Mazaki wasn't satisfied with what he was giving her, she wanted more and most importantly she didn't want to be indebted to him for the rest of her life. What's why she killed him, she planned everything to get him out of her life permanently. She will try to convince you that it was an accident, but don't be fooled by her, she cold heartedly planned the death of her fiancé." Once she was done, the prosecutor went back to her seat and sat down, sending a smirk at Anzu's lawyer.

Jordan didn't react to the prosecutor's action, Anzu wondered if he even listened to her, he did not look up once during her speech. The young lawyer stood up and took the place the prosecutor occupied in front of the Jury. "It's true that Raven Daisuke was a respectable young man, in appearance at least. However, away from the public eyes, he was a different man, he was short tempered, jealous, possessive and even violent. We have proofs that Mr. Daisuke has been physically abusive toward Mrs. Mazaki for years, that night was only one more manifestation of Mr. Daisuke's bad temper. When he arrived home that night, he found my client about to leave him for good, of course he wouldn't allow such a thing to happen and the violence escalated until Mr. Daisuke took out his gun. The only thing Mrs. Mazaki did that night was fight for her like, she refused to let him kill her. My Client never plotted to kill him, she had no motive, she gained nothing from his death. What happened that night was nothing more than a regrettable accident."

Anzu eyed her lawyer suspiciously, wasn't the fact that Raven was violent a damn good motive? What was he getting at?

A few seats behind her, her friends seemed to think the same thing. "Hey Seto." Joey whispered to his brother-in-law, who was sitting on his right. "Isn't it dangerous for Anzu to tell everyone that Raven was violent?"

Seto glanced at him for a second before turning his attention back to the front. "Not if you are trying to prove it was legitimate defence, which is the truth, by the way, and the only way out for Anzu.

Joey crossed his arms as a frown appeared on his face. "Sounds like a risky bargain to me, you should have just gotten rid of the body or something."

"And by doing so I would have destroyed all hopes of getting Anzu out of this should anyone discover anything. Actually, the prosecutor is in a tight spot as well, since all this was set into motion by Raven's parents it means that she was practically hired by them so she can't go and tell everyone that Raven was a violent bastard, which makes it all the more easy for us." Kaiba smirked. "Trust me on this, Anzu will be free in no time."

Dun Dun DUN….no wait…..that doesn't make sense here. So, first time in god knows how long that I update this fast. Of course I could have done it a little longer…but I just reached the end of what I had wrote on my fanfic book and it might take me a few days to decide on how to go next. Yup, I started writing on paper before typing it on the computer….which I believe shows in the quality of what I write (basically means that I stay more focused and do shorter sentences that make more sense lolll) (but I might be wrong lolll) Ok, so after someone pointed it out, I checked myself over for mistakes...though from the review it sounded a lot worst than what I found out...but maybe I'm just hopeless with grammar (search me how I got A on grammar on my national French exam)

So….I had predicted only this chapter and an epilogue…..but it appears there will be at least one more chapter before the epilogue….maybe two. Drop in a review, you know how good it makes writers feel.

By the way, My little Tibby, who was bitten by my parrot is going extremely fine, she might eventually lose the tip of one of her finger, but she'll live without it…and I think she will be more traumatised by the medics I give her than from the bite (seriously, the smell of that medication makes me want to throw up…and I have to make her drink it)