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Chapter Four

There was a moment of stunned silence after Delia's announcement.

Then, Kaiba laughed.

Delia growled. How dare he laugh? Never mind that it was a nice laugh, one that sent tingles along her skin, but how dare he? Nothing was funny, was it?

"Delia, this is really not a good idea," Hara said beside Kaiba, who had calmed down. Now, he only had an arrogant smirk on his face, one that Delia couldn't wait to wipe off of him.

"I never have good ideas!" Delia shot her twin a death glare before continuing, "But Duke is going to duel Mr. Kaiba under certain conditions."

"What conditions?" Kaiba asked.

"You two will play Dungeon Dice Monsters. If Duke wins, then you will refuse to tutor me. You must give me one month of freedom while telling Mom that I'm actually studying. After that month, you will tell Mom that you quit."

"And if I win?"

"If you win, I'll start doing what I'm supposed to and stop causing you any trouble."

"That's not good enough," Kaiba said with a smirk.

"What else do you want?"

"If I win, not only are you to stop causing me trouble, you also have to work for my company three hours every day after you're done studying."

Delia thought about it. If Duke loses, then her life was ruined however long she stayed in Kaiba Corp. However, since she was the one to challenge Kaiba, she would never back down, so she replied, "It's a deal!"

Kaiba grinned triumphantly. Hara looked absolutely shocked, and so did Duke.

"Let's go then. I suppose the only place that has a dueling arena is your little shop, Devlin. We will take my limo," Kaiba said and left first.

Delia turned to Duke and said menacingly, "Now you must win, Duke. You have to. Otherwise I'll die working under him!" She grabbed his arm and dragged him with her.

"Delia, what were you thinking? Don't you know that Seto was the number one duelist in the world?" Hara asked as they headed down the stairs.

"Seto? You're calling him Seto? Just whose side are you on, Hara?" Delia glowered at her twin. "And you said he was the number one duelist, so that means somebody must've beaten him. Besides, I doubt if Kaiba have even played Dungeon Dice Monster before."

"That's not the point. Seto is the kind of person that learns anything quickly. Duke wouldn't have any advantage."

"Whatever! What's done is done! And stop calling him Seto! He's Kaiba. He's the devil incarnate! You're my twin! You're supposed to be on my side!"

Hara rolled her eyes at Delia's histrionics. "Geez, he's not the devil incarnate. Besides, it was your fault to begin with. You should've just gone to study obediently. Then nothing like this would've happened."

"Exactly. If this didn't happen, I wouldn't have the chance to get out of this stupid contract Mom made with him."

"Don't blame me when you lose," Hara said, giving up.

When they were almost outside the school, several other kids saw them and came over. A pretty cute guy with blond hair asked, "Hey Duke, where're you going?" Then he noticed Delia and jumped back. "Wow! Hara, there're two of you!"

"Oh, hi, Joey," Hara said with a smile. She pointed at Delia. "Meet my twin, Delia. Delia, this is Joey."

"Hi, nice to meet you!"

Hara then introduced the other three kids that came with Joey. One of them was named Tristan. He was a bit taller than Joey and had short brown hair kind of spiked at the forehead. The girl with them was Tea. She had brown hair also. She seemed extremely friendly with Hara. The shortest guy among them was called Yugi. He had spiked hair with three colors: yellow, black, and red. It was kind of weird, but pretty cool nonetheless.

From the way Hara talked with them, Delia could tell that they were already good friends. While she was happy for Hara, she didn't want to waste any more time here. She wanted to get the duel over with.

"It's great to meet you guys, but I'm sorry, we really have to go," Delia interrupted Hara's conversation with the gang. She grabbed Hara with her other free hand. She had to literally drag Hara away from her new found friends.

"Sorry!" Hara waved to them as they disappeared from sight.

"What took you so long?" Kaiba was already standing in front of the limo with his arms crossed. He had apparently been waiting for a while from the dark expression on his face and the way he tapped his foot impatiently.

"Don't look at me," Delia bit back. "We ran into some of Hara's friends on the way. I had to drag her away from them."

"Kaiba!" Delia wanted to groan when she recognized the voice.

She turned and there he was, Joey and the gang.

"Wheeler, what's a dog like you doing here?" Kaiba was as arrogant as usual.

"Kaiba, I think they are in this school," Delia said wryly. He really was the same with everybody. She didn't understand why Hara was so infatuated with him. Sure, he was good looking, well, hot, but that didn't make up for his conceited personality. "Anyway, let's go! I can't wait to see your defeat!"

"Wait! What do you mean by Kaiba's defeat?" Yugi shouted after them.

Delia didn't want to explain, but she didn't want to be that rude. After all, they were Hara's dear friends. She'd doubtlessly see them again in the future. "Duke and Kaiba are going to have duel playing Dungeon Dice Monsters. Now we're going to Duke's shop." Something occurred to her just before she got in the limo, something that would annoy Seto Kaiba further. "If you want to come, I'm sure Mr. Kaiba wouldn't mind taking you with us. There's plenty of room in the car."

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Yugi asked as he was about to get in.

"Oh yes, Seto doesn't mind," Hara was quick to reassure her new friends.

Delia hid her laugh behind a cough. Kaiba looked absolutely murderous, but he didn't say anything but just sat there stoically. Maybe he really didn't want to shatter Hara's illusion of him. However, Delia didn't mind. She absolutely loved pissing off Kaiba, so she'll take whatever she can get.

For the entire ride, Hara talked with her friends and occasionally with Kaiba while Delia caught up with Duke on the past year. Time passed swiftly as she engrossed herself in Duke's stories. It seemed that her friend had done well in the past year, opening up his shop after perfecting his game program. She could only wish that eventually she will be as successful as Duke.

They were in front of Duke's shop in no time. Kaiba said nothing as he left the car. Delia, being as excited as she was, made everyone leave the car quickly so that she could see Duke's shop. She had never been there before. As she followed Duke, she looked from left to right, never getting enough.

"Wow, that's so awesome!" she exclaimed, stopping by one of the dueling arenas and watching the game. "Duke, you have to teach me how to play this! It looks so fun. I can't believe you made it!"

She and Duke walked in the front of the group, hand in hand, like a couple who's been dating. However, there was nothing but friendship between them. They were just so used to each other that everything came natural to them, even after a year of separation.

Finally, they arrived at the private dueling arena where only Duke and several others have access to.

"Good luck! I'm depending on you!" Delia patted Duke's shoulder.

"Thanks." Then he got on the platform that rose up to the control panel.

Hara was the only one standing by Kaiba wishing him luck. Traitor! Delia mouthed the word when she saw, but Hara only shrugged and turned away.

"Now, shall we start, Kaiba?" Duke asked as the machine started.

"Let's get this over with, Devlin," Kaiba said from his side of the arena.

"All right. I'll let you go first."

"Hmm!"

The game began in earnest then. Since Kaiba wasn't accustomed to throwing the dice, Duke gained a great advantage. He had about three monsters on the field before Kaiba even summoned one. However, even as Delia gloated and cheered for Duke, she noticed that Kaiba never lost his cool. Soon Kaiba had two level three monsters on the field protecting his heart points.

From there on it was a fierce battle between two top-notch duelists. They both lost two monsters before Duke managed to destroy one of Kaiba's heart points with a Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress.

"Yay! You rock, Duke!" Delia shouted and jumped in joy. "Take that! Kaiba!"

Kaiba merely glanced at her for a second before returning his attention to the game. Minutes later, Delia realized that Kaiba wasn't as unfamiliar with the game as she had thought. He managed to use one of the monster's special moves to destroy one of Duke's heart points, making the game even. As they continued to duel, Duke summoned some sort of black hole that allowed him to transport his monsters. With this, he took the lead again by destroying Kaiba's second heart point.

From that point on, Delia found her attention focused more on Kaiba than on Duke. She kept telling herself that it had nothing to do with the fact he looked even sexier when he was completely focused on defeating Duke. In fact, she was watching for the time when Kaiba gives up and realizes that he would lose the game no matter what. She was not thinking about how perfect his body looked, with broad-shoulders that led down to a trim waist and long legs.

No, definitely not.

However, she had to force herself to tear her eyes away from Kaiba. That was when she noticed that Hara's eyes never left Kaiba. Her twin was completely in love with the jerk. Might as well. That way, Delia had a reason to never think about Kaiba in any sort of romantic way, no matter how handsome he was.

She turned her attention back to the duel at hand, just in time to see Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon firing at Duke's last heart point.

"No!!" She couldn't hold back the shout. "Duke! How can you lose? You created the game, damn it!" She glared at her best friend, who looked very apologetic.

"Sorry, Delia, I tried my best."

She sighed, depressed. Great. Now what? Oh yeah, now she had to not only study under Kaiba, but also work for him too. Her life was going down the drain.

Looking at Duke's worried expression, she forced a smile. "It's OK, Duke. I guess you really couldn't beat him. Don't worry. He won't kill me." I hope not.

"Well, you want to have dinner tonight? It'll be on me," Duke asked in order to cheer her up.

"That's great! I'd love to!"

However, Kaiba would not let her get off so easily and said coldly from behind her, "Sorry to break it to you, Devlin, but she's working for me. It's almost time for her to start."

"What? It's only the first day! I never said I'd start right way!" Delia yelled.

"I never said you won't. Since I win, I get the last say. Now let's go! You've got three hours of work to do." Kaiba caught her wrist in a death grip and literally dragged her to the car while she fought him all the way there. He pushed her inside the limo harshly and climbed in after her, shutting the door behind him.

"What's wrong with you? I just met him today! I don't care if you don't have friends, but you can't stop me from hanging out with mine!" Delia began to scream and yell.

Finally, Kaiba was sick and tired of her rant and stopped her by pinning her back on her seat. He leaned close to her and hissed, "I don't care about your little friends, Delia. When I say you're working for me, you're working for me."

Delia didn't hear a word he said. Instead, she was way too aware of just how close he was. She could hear his heartbeat, or was that hers? God, why haven't I noticed how blue his eyes were? She felt herself drowning deeper and deeper as she stared into his blue orbs. Her breathing was starting to quicken. She hoped he would pull away after speaking, but he only leaned closer. His eyes shifted down to stare at her lips.

"And I don't like it when you're so close to Devlin," he whispered, more to himself than to her. Just when she thought he was going to kiss her, he pulled back sharply.

"Kaiba…" She was completely speechless as she stared at him. She could still feel his warm breath against her cheek.

He was back to his old cold self. Whatever had just happened between them was gone. "You can be with your friends after work, but as of now, you're working for me. I do not want you to slack off."

The car stopped in front of Kaiba Corp just then. Delia said the only thing that was safe before getting out of the car, "Yes, Mr. Kaiba."

She had no more time to think about what had happened in the car the rest of the day, since Kaiba loaded her with work. He assigned her an office that was right beside his own. He still placed guards outside of her door even though she'd promised to not run away anymore. He just didn't trust her, and he had a good reason.

Kaiba also taught her how to use most of the programs he designed for the company as well as the game programs so that she could actually do something productive. However, she forgot most of what he taught her the next minute. Her brain just wasn't used to holding so much information that was forced on her. Not to mention, she often found herself lost in his deep voice and staring at his handsome face in a dreamy state so that she didn't hear anything he said, but she'd never admit that to him or even to herself.

As soon as the three hours were over, she jumped out of her seat and out of the room lightning fast. She left the building before most of the people in the company had even walked out of their office. She was so fed up with work that she could die any minute.

Later that night, lying in bed, her mind wandered back to that moment in the car.

What did he mean by he doesn't like it when I'm close to Duke? That's none of his business. Then she remembered how Kaiba had been furious when he found her on the roof with Duke. At that time she just thought he was angry because she skipped, but now, it seemed a bit unreasonable that he lost his cool over a small thing like that.

Could he be jealous? The thought came unbidden. Delia squashed down the happy feeling that spiked inside of her at the thought ruthlessly. That's impossible. He had no reason to be jealous.

"What are you thinking about?" Hara's face suddenly appeared on top of her. Delia stared at her own face. She and Hara looked very much alike, just what one would expect of identical twins. However, Delia had dyed her hair brown years ago while Hara still retained her natural born black hair. Delia was also a bit taller than her twin and had more of an athletic build while Hara's figure was more girly and soft. However, they both had the same pixie-like face with wide gray eyes.

"Nothing," Delia replied. She didn't want Hara to know that she was in any way attracted to Kaiba. And she wasn't. Today must be a fluke of some kind. She was just without a boyfriend for too long. "So, what's going on with you and Kaiba?" she asked Hara, changing the subject.

Hara blushed prettily, which was one of the few expressions the twins didn't share. Delia never blushed. "Nothing, we're just friends."

"Yeah, friends." Delia rolled her eyes at the blatant lie. "You know, you two are perfect together. You two can talk about your computers all the time. And I bet he wants an obedient girlfriend that did everything he commanded. You're perfect for that!"

"Hey!" Hara shouted, offended.

"I'm joking!" Delia said quickly before Hara could hit her. "But still, you guys are all computer geeks, including Duke."

"I just wish you'd let me teach you, then you'll know why I love it so much," Hara said and sighed.

"No thanks. I'd rather not be addicted to a machine."

"You won't be addicted. It's…" Then Hara started listing off the many pros of computer programming. Delia lay back in bed and nodded when it was appropriate. When Hara gets started, she wouldn't stop until she was finished, which suited Delia just fine.

Delia fell asleep within minutes.

A/N: It'll be a while before I update again, since I'll be out of the country for about a month.

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