Jewels: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
"I'm not getting out of this car," I told Akai as we sat in the limo outside the Kaiba mansion.
"You have to," he said, "You're a lucky winner, and you can't take that back…plus think of it this way; you get a vacation."
"Yeah…a vacation where I'm being watched and any of my faults will be pointed out," I said looking at him like he was completely nuts.
"Faults? What faults? You're perfect," he said.
"On any other day I would go 'aww that's so sweet' but I don't plan on winning," I said, "So today I feel that you're just saying that to get me in the mansion."
"You're completely right…now get out of the car," he said.
"I don't wanna…" I whined.
"Whining is not becoming of you," he said, reaching around me and opening the door.
"See I won't win…"
"Get out of the car."
"No."
"Get out."
"No."
"Don't make me do this the hard way."
"Don't make me laugh, you wouldn't dare try anything." He sighed and got out of the car and next thing I knew I was having to hang onto the opening of the car for dear life as he was pulling me by my ankles. "Akai! Let me go!"
"I didn't want to have to do this the hard way Krystal!" he said, "But I'm doing this for your own good."
"This is not for my own good!" I snapped, "Seto Kaiba is a cold-hearted prick and I want nothing to do with him!"
"Believe it or not, he's more compatible for you than you know! Now let go of the car this instant!" he said giving one more hard tug.
My hands slipped and I went flying right into him with a classic 'oomph'. "You're an ass, Akai," I said, standing up and moving away from him.
"You'll thank me later," he said as he grabbed my bag out of the trunk.
"I doubt that," I retorted, heading back towards the car door, but he got there first and shut the door with his foot.
"No ma'am, you need to march right towards that mansion," he said sternly.
"I should fire you for talking to me that way," I said, shocked that he said that.
"You could…but how interesting would your life really be without me?" he questioned, using a suitcase to push me towards the mansion.
"Saying as you're really my only friend…" I started realizing how sad that sounded.
Once we reached the mansion doors we were let inside and led right to the bottom of the stairs, where the other girls were standing also with someone with them to help them get settled in.
"You're late," Kaiba said, looking down at me from the top of the stairs where he was leaning against the banister looking down at all of us.
"I try to be on time next time," I said sarcastically, earning a sigh from Akai.
He scowled and looked at Mokuba who was also standing at the top of the stairs. "Now that we're all here it's time to explain the rules of the second round," Mokuba said, "As you know, for the next couple of weeks or so, you will be staying here in the Kaiba mansion…during that time, Seto will get to know you better and one by one he will eliminate who he thinks is not best suited for him."
I leaned forward and looked down at my 'competition' and I knew that it wouldn't be long before I was voted off this proverbial island, which was just fine with me. Each of the other five girls I recognized right away, and how Akai could ever say I was compatible for Kaiba when I was going up against these girls…I didn't know.
The first bachelorette was Casey Lee Howard; she was a 22 year old, 6'0", blonde haired, blue eyed model from New York City. Tall, beautiful, thin…she would make the perfect 'Trophy Girlfriend' for any business man that was in the public eye on a daily basis.
The second bachelorette was Valerie Hayashi; At 23 years old, and about 5'7" with long raven black hair and bright green eyes, she would definitely be a catch for any man in Tokyo (where she's from)…the fact that she was the heiress to a major corporate accounting company, made her an even better catch for Seto Kaiba.
The third bachelorette was Akiko Kimura; being 23 years old she was the youngest fashion designer in Domino City, and to most of the bachelors in the fashion world, she was also the most beautiful. An average height of 5'8", dark brown hair and bright blue eyes…if Seto eliminated her, it wouldn't be so bad since she has a row of men waiting for the chance to go on a date with her.
The fourth bachelorette is Sarah Miller; Owner of The Miller Medical Group. Being 5'9" with red hair and green eyes wasn't the thing that everyone was impressed about…it was the fact that she was the owner of a successful corporation at only 21 years old in London, England. With her business smarts her and Seto would either work well together, or clash completely.
The fifth bachelorette was Alanna Maxwell; as the Heiress to the Maxwell Shipping Corporation, you would think that the brown haired, brown eyed, 5'6" 22 year old that had beauty and money would have all the smarts to back it up. She's known to everyone to have more money than brains…she's not stupid…but she's not…bright.
And then there's me. I'm the shortest one of the group at 5'4", brown hair and brown eyes, and I'm 23 years old. I never considered myself to be a beauty among beauties and I never had guys throwing themselves at me. And I was a writer; out of all the heiresses and models and singers and all the famous people at the ball…he chose a writer. I may be a best seller, but Seto Kaiba and a writer…how does that sound to you? Especially a romance novelist; I spent my days creating stories of love, affection, and the thought of a strong handsome man sweeping a woman off her feet. While he spent his days in his office being a self-centered prick (it wasn't a secret that he was a cold-hearted bastard).
"Since we're all here…" Kaiba started, sounding unamused by all of this, "There are some basic…ground rules we need to lay."
'Of course,' I thought, curling my lip, 'He has to be in charge of everything.'
"During the day I will be working, I have a company to run; so that means I will either be in my office at KaibaCorp. or in my office here. While I am working, do not try to contact and/or interrupt me…that will lead to immediate elimination," he continued.
A smirk crossed my face. Immediate elimination? It was perfect…all I had to do was disturb Kaiba at all.
My joy was short lived though…I could feel Akai's eyes on me and I looked and saw him with his arms crossed looking down at me with that 'you do it and you're dead' look.
"Second…you have free roam of the mansion, but there are rooms that are locked. Do not try and go in those rooms," he said, "And finally, if you have complaints…talk to Mokuba."
And with that, Mr. High-and-Mighty turned and left; you could obviously tell that he wanted nothing to do with any of this…but he was stuck doing it, probably because of Mokuba.
Mokuba gave a shake of his head and then looked at all of us. "Well, as you know I as well have work at Kaiba Corp, so Roland here will show you to your rooms and let you get settled…and then you may explore." He went to leave and then back tracked. "Dinner will be at six." He finally left and Roland led us all to our rooms.
"I prefer my room…" I said looking around as Akai started opening my suitcases, "I would just leave my stuff in there….I won't be here long."
"And I am sure you will be," he retorted looking over his shoulder and dropping some clothes on the bed.
"What makes you so sure of that?" I questioned.
"I'm just sure…" he said with a smirk.
"I really hate it when you smirk like that," I said.
"I have no idea what you are talking about," he said.
-A While Later-
"Well at least the garden is nice," I said to myself as I walked through the gardens behind the mansion. After Akai had left I needed to just get out of the mansion for a while; the others were exploring the inside, but to me it was just like any other mansion I had been in. "Oh, happy day, a hammock!" I said running over and laying down in a hammock that was tied to two perfect shady trees, "Now this, is the comfort of home."
'Hey Krystal, hey Krystal, hey Krystal'
I sighed and pulled my phone out of my pocket and saw Funny Bunny hopping around my screen as he said 'Hey Krystal'. "Did you call to give me advice on how to annoy 'Kaiba-boy'?" I asked, answering the phone.
"Of course not," my Uncle said with a chuckle, "Why on earth would I do that?"
TO BE CONTINUED…
Jewels: So…I hope you liked the chap. and I hope the descriptions of the other bachelorettes were okay :) I tried my best to figure out some good matches for Seto.