Chapter Eight
Desire and Discoveries
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Kaiba carried Aquarius to the guest room on the second floor. He kicked the door and it swung open on silent hinges. The sheets had already been turned down Kaiba noted as he tucked Aquarius in. The silk sheets swished as he pulled them up around her. He looked at her and barely kept from sighing. Her silvery blue hair was splayed over the gray pillow. Light violet eyes were hidden beneath heavy lids as she breathed slowly in her sleep. Kaiba sank down on the bed, sitting beside her as she slept. He knew he should leave, yet for some reason he seemed drawn to her.
'Her life is being threatened and all I can do is sit here and stare.' Kaiba mentally scolded himself.
Aquarius sighed in her sleep, curling closer to the heat that Kaiba was putting off. Kaiba's hand drifted down, his fingertips gently caressing her face.
'You're in to deep! Get out of there before it's to late!' Kaiba's mind screamed at him.
Slowly, regretfully, Kaiba slid off the bed. He retreated to the door, glancing furtively behind him at the sleeping beauty. Finally pulling his eyes away, he slipped out the door and back into reality.
As Kaiba made his way to the game room, he couldn't ignore the feeling of dread that seemed to be hanging over him. All of the words that both Doctor Robb and Mokuba had said floated through his head. Why would anyone want to kill Aquarius? It seemed that there had to be a larger plan that he wasn't seeing. He opened the door and stepped inside, seeing Yugi and Mokuba sitting on a couch talking quietly immediately had him suspicious.
"Have you two thought of anything while I've been gone?" Kaiba asked sitting down on the couch opposite the two.
"Obviously someone's trying to either kill Aquarius or ruin Kaiba Corp." Mokuba stated.
"Maybe they want both." Yugi murmured quietly.
"What are you talking about? Aquarius is just an average girl." Seto dismissed putting his feet on the coffee table.
"No, she's not. She is one of your major competitors. Aquarius Shale; owner of Shale Sports, Shale Technology Systems, and Aqua Motorists Inc, she's second only to you, Kaiba, we thought you knew." Yugi informed as he and Mokuba glanced at each other nervously.
'So much for not mixing business with pleasure.' Kaiba thought bitterly.
"What Yugi's trying to say, is that if she had died during your duel in front of all those people; the press would have been all over it. You'd be named a murderer, we'd have to recall all of the new duel disks and the old ones, it could have been a nightmare!" Mokuba exclaimed rubbing his temples.
"Who would do that?" Yugi asked looking at the brothers closely.
"I've got a few names in mind." Kaiba murmured tapping a finger on his chin in thought. A few board members suddenly had a lot of explaining to do.