Aoi: All right guys, this chapter gets a bit suggestive at times, but it's nothing I don't think you guys can't handle. You have been warned. Also two of my good friends, Akina Sachi and PK Phoenix, have characters based off them in this chapter. It should be fairly obvious which on is which in this chapter. Well, enjoy!
Eiko passed outside Seto's office. 'How to tell him, how to tell him?' she thought over and over. It had been a few days since Blue had shown up. Since then, Eiko had seen Seto and talked with him, but it was until now that she had the courage to tell him about it. And the fact that Red could separate her soul from Eiko's and make a new body… it was something that Eiko still didn't understand completely.
"Eiko, lovely, you're wearing out the carpet," Eiko looked up at Seto's secretary, Akina. Akina had black hair and purple eyes, and even though Eiko doubted that Akina's job made her a lot of money; she always had on the best outfits. Eiko couldn't tell if she was able to shop for the best brands, or if Akina was such a good fashonista that she didn't need expensive clothes to look good.
"Sorry, Akina, I'm just worried," Eiko looked down at the floor. "Can I ask you something?"
"I can't promise that I'll listen," Akina said. Eiko ignored her.
"Have you ever felt like not telling someone, someone close to you, about something really important?" Akina looked at Eiko strangely. "Something important to your relationship."
"Oh my God," Akina said, her mouth wide open, "You're pregnant, aren't you?"
"What?" Eiko said, taken aback. "No, of course—"
"What's going on here?" Eiko was interrupted by a short, black haired girl. Eiko recognized her; she was head of Kaiba Corp. security. Despite her dainty size, she could pack quite a punch when needed. Eiko didn't know her real name, but Izawa and Mizori respectively called her PK.
"PK, you wouldn't believe this! Eiko is pregnant!" Akina said, leaning over her desk.
"I should have known this would happen." PK said. "All those midnight trips to her apartment…" she trailed off, shaking her head. Eiko felt her face grow hot.
"Guys, it's not what you think—" Eiko started to say, only to be interrupted again.
"Don't worry Eiko, we don't think you're a slut or anything. We just think Kaiba is a hound." Even if she knew for a fact that she wasn't pregnant, Eiko felt the room spin. Eiko had never been good with this stuff; the birds and the bees were her least favorite subject. And she tried to avoid it as much as she could.
"Akina?" the voice over the intercom was familiar.
"Yes, Kaiba-sama?" Akina said, pushing the intercom button.
"You can send Eiko in now," he said his voice calm and collected.
"All right." Akina looked up at Eiko, "You may go in now."
"Thanks," Eiko said, walking towards the door to Seto's office. Eiko stopped suddenly. "Oh and by the way, I'm a virgin." She said, turning to look at the two. The two just grinned. Eiko went inside Seto's office. She found him sitting at his desk, papers spread across it.
Seto looked up from his work."Hello, Eiko," he got up from his desk and walked over to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her close to him. Eiko wrapped her arms around his neck as he leaned in and kissed her. Eiko pulled back and smiled at Seto, she noticed that he was wearing black rimmed glasses.
"You don't wear glasses," she commented.
"Akina says they make me look more professional."
"Really?" Eiko said. she snatched the glasses off his face and placed them on her own.
"Well?" she asked.
"They look very good on you," Seto said, smiling. Eiko took the glasses off and studied them.
"It don't even have glasses," she said, poking her fingers through the eyehole.
"Yeah, the lenses hurt my eyes." Eiko looked at him. She couldn't help but laugh.
"Looks aren't everything, you know." she said, placing the glasses on top of Seto's head. "And you don't need to wear them when no one else is in the office," she continued. Eiko then remembered why she had come to see Seto, "I have to tell you something." Eiko said, her tone serious. Seto could tell something was up.
"What is it?" he said, a bit of worry in his voice. Eiko took a deep breath.
"Well, you remember the 'other' Eiko." Seto's body tensed, "well it turns out she's not dead."
"What?" Seto said his voice urgent. He grabbed Eiko's hands, "What's been happening? Has she hurt you or—"
"No, no nothing like that," Eiko said, trying desperately to calm him down. "She hasn't done anything bad." Seto loosened his grip on Eiko's hands. "She really hasn't done anything, really all she's done is talk to me. And not in a threatening way either, we just talk."
Seto closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Is that it?" he said. 'Please let that be it,' Seto thought to himself.
"Well, no." Eiko said reluctantly. "There…there is another Eiko." Seto looked at her, his face filled with confusion. "On top of the other Eiko," Eiko said, explaining further.
"You're kidding me, right?"
"Nope." The voice came from the other side of the office. Eiko and Seto turned towards the sound. Red stood there, hands on her hips and a smirk on her face. She had on a black skirt and combat boots, and her black shirt read, 'I listen to bands that don't even exists yet' in white letters. "That's right, Kaiba. There is another one of me. Aren't you happy?" she said sarcastically. Kaiba just stood there with his mouth open.
"Red! What are you doing? I was going to break it to him lightly," Eiko said.
"Ah yes, the old, 'I was getting to that' speech." Red crossed her arms over her chest. "Do you mind sharing with the class on how you were even going to begin to tell your baka boyfriend that your second soul could separate from your body and create an entirely different one?" Eiko hadn't even thought of that. She looked at Seto; he was still staring at Red.
"There's two of you," he said.
"Don't get any ideas, perv," Red said, a peeved look on her face.
Seto looked back at Eiko."How long has she—"?
"I just found out a few days ago." Eiko said, already anticipating what he was about to ask. "I didn't know how to tell you. So I just avoided it. I know I shouldn't have, but…"
Seto lifted up Eiko's chin. He looked at her in the eyes."Eiko, I've never had a girlfriend."
"Shocker," Red interjected.
"But I'm pretty sure this isn't something normal couples go through. It's not like you ask anyone else what he or she did when they were placed in this situation. Heck, I don't know what I would have said if this were happening to me," Seto admitted. "I'm just glad you did tell me, instead of just blowing it off and tossing it aside." 'There are a million things I haven't told Eiko. And I don't know if I'll ever have the courage to tell her.' Set thought. He smiled. "You're better at this than I am."
"I think you do a pretty good job," Eiko said, smiling, and the two leaned in. Suddenly, Red placed her hand in front of Seto's face, so that he couldn't move his face forward.
"I concur with Eiko," she said simply. She moved her face towards Seto's. "No more midnight visits. Okay, lover boy?" Red said, not expecting an answer. Red pushed Seto away from Eiko with her palm. She walked towards a door that was clearly not the exit.
"You know that's a closet, right?" Seto asked when she reached for the door. Red stopped a second; she turned to look at Seto.
"Really? I thought it would lead me to Narnia." she said sarcastically. She opened the door to the closet and walked in, closing the door behind her. Seto looked at Eiko for an explanation.
"I guess when she wants to come back she doesn't want people seeing her disappear," Eiko said. Seto walked over towards the closet, he opened it to find it empty.
"I guess you're right," he said, closing the door. "I'll see you tonight then?" Eiko had a puzzled look on her face. "You don't really think I'm afraid of her, do you? What did you call her, 'Red'?"
"Yeah," she said, smiling. "Well, I'll see you tonight then." she said, walking out of the office. She stopped short when she saw PK and Akina standing in the same position, as they were when she entered the office. As if that wasn't creepy enough, both of them still had grins of their face. Before Eiko could say anything, Seto came up behind her.
"What are you two doing? Don't you have work to do?" he looked at Akina. "Did you get those files for me?" he asked.
Akina smiled. "Oh, Kaiba-san, I've been working here for about three years now. And I haven't done a thing since I got here. What makes you think this time will be any different?" Seto sighed.
"I'll see you soon," Eiko said as she straightened up her back and kissed Seto lightly on the cheek. Seto watched as she ran towards the elevators.
"Hey, I have a question for you two," PK and Akina looked at him. "What do you both think of Eiko?" he asked. They looked at each other for a moment, then turned their attention back to Kaiba.
"She seems like a fine girl, Mr. Kaiba," PK said seriously.
"Yes, a very fine girl indeed," Akina agreed.
"Alright, I was just wondering," He turned back to enter his office.
"Mr. Kaiba," PK said.
"Yes?" Seto said, turning to look at her.
"Do us a favor. Stop going on your midnight trips to Eiko's apartment," she said finally.
Seto looked at them."Why?" he asked, annoyed that his employees were telling him what to do.
The two looked at each other and grinned. "Well," I suppose you could go…" Akina said. She started reaching into her desk. She pulled out a small yellow box and handed it to PK. Then PK threw the box at Kaiba, who caught it easily. "Just bring those with you, would you?"
"What exactly are these?" Seto asked, not bothering to look at the box.
"For now, let's call them—" Akina started to say.
"Balloon animals," PK and Akina said at the same time.
(Continued from last authors note)
Aoi: hey Red, can I barrow that Evoker for a second?
Red: want to see what Akai's Persona looks like?
Aoi: yup.
Red: sweet. (Hands over Evoker)
Aoi: oh Akai~
Akai: what is it now sla- (bang!)
(Black bear with black eagle wings and red eyes comes out of Akai)
Aoi: OMG! It's an eagle bear!
Red: Run!
