It wasn't every day that Kagome got to use her skills in the present, but there were certain times that called for them. Now was one of them. Ducking under a wild swing, she swept her leg under the grown man that had crashed into her and her friends while they had been enjoying time at the mall. It wasn't every day her class went on a trip, so she had been rather pissed off when a group of grown men violently interrupted that.
She brought her elbow down on the man's stomach, knocking the air out of him. Three down, one left to go.
"Get out of the way, little girl, before you get hurt." the man's voice fit with his appearance. Gruff, deep and lacking of any personality.
"Right, says the man whose team was taken down by said girl. Kinda pathetic, especially since you were after a little boy? And you call yourselves men." she sneered at the man.
Antagonizing the opponent was a gutsy move, but it could give her the upper hand. As long as she kept her cool while the other let their anger control them... it could end in her favor. With how the man began clenching hands and gritting his teeth.
There was just one more button to push. "Did I hit a soft spot?"
The man lunged at her which she easily side stepped and brought her elbow down on his back. When he stayed down for longer than she expected, she cautiously stepped away before turning to the large potted plant. Peeking around it, she smiled down at the reason that drew the men to crash into her and her friends.
"Hey there, you doing okay?" her voice was soft to ease the obvious tension the boy was in.
Said boy jumped at her question and whipped his head about to stare at her with wide dark amethyst eyes. He blinked a few times before quickly looking around the plant to stare at the men that were still down for the count.
"Kagome-chan! I never knew you could do that!" a voice drew their attention.
Kagome's three closest friends, plus Hojo, rushed to their sides. They were quickly assessing them for injuries, to which Kagome chuckled at how flustered the boy became. When the men began to shift and groan, Kagome and her friends surrounded the boy and drew him away from the men.
"That's a lot of man power for one boy. Got a name kid?" Kagome threw her arms around his shoulders and pulled him into her side.
The boy warily looked up at her, narrowing his eyes. "Kaiba. Mokuba Kaiba."
"Well, Mokuba-kun, you're not hurt are you?" he shook his head, to which she smiled. "Good. Are you alone? Shouldn't you be in school?"
His eyes narrowed at her questions. "Why should I tell you? You are a stranger."
A laugh escaped her before was able to hold it back to nothing more than giggles. "Smart. I have a brother, he's about your age. I naturally care."
"And worry." Eri piped up.
Yuka scoffed. "And apparently defensive. Where did you learn to do that?"
Kagome chuckled nervously under her breath. "Ah... remember Inuyasha? Well, him and some others back in Jr. High."
Hojo furrowed his brows. "Why would he teach you that? You were sick, it could have worsened your condition!"
"He was worried!" Kagome's tone rose a pitch too high for her liking, but Inuyasha was still her friend despite all past transgressions.
"About what?" Hojo still carried a torch for her apparently, if how he was suddenly clutching onto her hands.
"That I would be taken advantage of." there was that, among other things, but she wasn't about to tell them about the past and her part in it.
She slowly eased her hands out of his grip. He was a great friend, but... nothing more, not since the Shikon. "Anyways... Mokuba-kun, do you need to call anyone?"
Mokuba let out a startled gasp before searching for the cell phone his brother gave him, patting down where his pockets. He let out a panicked whimper when his search showed his cell phone was missing. He paused when a cell phone was presented to him. Following it up, he blinked at the smiling blue eyes that looked down at him.
"Go on, take it. Looks like your need it." she offered him the cell phone again, where he took it.
Flipping it open, he quickly pressed down on the numbers dialing his brother. Although there was a chance he wouldn't take it, what with him calling from an unknown cell phone. He pursed his lips when it went straight to voice mail, proving his suspicions. He dialed his brother's number again, but when that proved just as successful, he decided a different rout.
"Kaiba Corporations, how may I help you?"
Mokuba felt his shoulders relax, finally he'd be able to get in touch with Seto! "It's me, Mokuba. Can you patch me through to my brother?"
He watched as Kagome raised a brow, most likely confused at his words. That meant she didn't know who he was, nor his brother. A quick glance to her friends, proved that they had some recognition however.
"Yes sir, right away sir. Patching through." the woman spoke quickly, most likely knowing or having heard what happened a few hours ago.
"This is Seto, and this better be good." at the deep, and rather frustrated, sound of his brother's voice, Mokuba perked up.
"Seto! It's-!" Mokuba could only smile the moment Seto realized it was him calling and interrupted his words.
"Mokuba! Where are you? You aren't harmed are you?" Seto was direct and to the point, as always, especially when it came to his safety.
"I'm at the mall and I'm fine. But... I can't say the same for the guys that came after me..." Mokuba looked down to where the men were now being taken away from mall security and police officers.
"Alright, I'm on my way, don't move."
Just like that, the call ended. Smiling down at the cell phone, Mokuba felt his heart pick up. As always, his brother was there for him. Looking up at Kagome, he watched as she spoke with her friends. She had been quick to come to his aid, obviously not knowing who he was or his connections. It was awe inspiring really, and she was pretty.
"My brother is on his way." he spoke up, drawing Kagome's attention away from her friends and onto him.
She smiled down at him. "I'm glad to hear that. Well, since your shadows have been taken care of, would it be possible to wait for your brother at the food court?"
Mokuba pursed his lips, she wasn't asking for anything too impossible. "Sure!"
Of course Kagome and her friends began to coo and compliment him, which he couldn't help but blush at. Accepting the hand that Kagome presented him with, he smiled as they made their way to the food court. Despite his protests, he was treated to a milkshake courtesy of Kagome while they waited for his brother.
Kagome chatted with him, simple questions were exchanged and answered. Nothing too personal, but it was pleasant nonetheless.
"So, what are you into Mokuba-kun?" Kagome leaned down in her arm, propping her chin into a raised hand.
"Dueling Monsters! I'm going to be like my big brother one day, he's the best!" Mokuba swung his legs as he took another sip of his milkshake.
"Dueling Monsters huh. I think my brother mentioned something about them a while ago. Although he's more into video games and soccer himself." she shrugged her shoulders, totally clueless about what Dueling Monsters actually was. "Well, I wish you the best of luck, and don't give up on your dreams and goals!"
She reached over and mussed up his hair, earning laughter from Mokuba even though he playfully pushed her hand away.
"Mokuba." all turned their attention to person that spoke up.
Mokuba whipped his head to the side, a large smile on his as he darted out of his seat. "Big brother!"
Kagome watched with an amused smile from her seat, though she did find it odd how Mokuba halted himself from throwing himself at his older brother. Recalling how the older of the two was named Seto, she could only raise a brow as he knelt down and checked for injuries. The interaction reminded her of the one Rin had with Sesshoumaru. Although the lord would never have knelt down, especially with witnesses.
"...is Kagome! She's the one that helped me, big brother." at Mokuba's excited voice, Kagome was snapped out of her musings.
Standing up, she smiled at the taller boy being polite like her mother taught her too. "It's a pleasure meeting you." she bowed.
"Thank you for what you did for my brother. I'll have to repay you for your trouble." his voice was deeper than she thought it would be, since she was sure he was around her age.
"Oh no need for that, I was glad to help." standing her full height, she waved her hands about.
The boys eyes narrowed on her, as if he didn't believe his words or angered at them. She wasn't exactly sure so she was slightly confused.
"I find that hard to believe. Or was this your plan all along, to use my brother to get to me?" he placed a hand atop Mokuba's head when the boy quietly spoke his name.
Furrowing her brows, she was totally thrown out the loop. "Um, no. Why would I want to get to you?"
She could hear her friends behind her, whispering about her carelessness about the situation. That just meant she would be demanding answers from them as soon as they got back to the hotel they were staying in.
"Do you honestly expect me to believe, that you have no idea who I am?" he scoffed down at her.
Folding her arms over her chest, Kagome herself let out a huff. "You're name is Seto Kaiba, and apparently some one important. Not that I care."
"Girl," he narrowed his eyes on her and she returned the sentiment. "if I find this to have been a scam..."
Having heard enough, Kagome raised up onto the tips of her toes and poked the arrogant boy in the chest. "Listen here, Mr. High-And-Mighty, Mokuba-kun was in trouble so I helped. I had no hopes or plans of getting anything out of it. I think it's high time to get off that high horse of yours." she gave one last, and hopefully painful poke as she scowled up at him
Turning to Mokuba, she offered a smile that was completely different to the aggravation she felt for his older brother. Crouching down to get eye to eye with him, she bid him her fare wells. "Well, guess this is where we part ways. Good luck on that dream of yours, Mokuba-kun!" she ruffled his hair once more before standing up.
Pursing her lips, she held back on the nasty words she wanted to spit in Seto's face. "Good bye."
Spinning on her heal, she walked away ignoring the shocked words her friends bombarded her with. Or the praises of bravery from Hojo along with his concerned questioning on how she was feeling. Rolling her eyes, she finally agreed to Eri's plan of checking out the clothing stores the mall had to offer.
Seto gritted his teeth, not sure if he should feel insulted or upset with her lack of acknowledgment to who he was. Or the lack of respect she had shown him, invading his personal space the way she had.
Deciding he wasted enough of his time thinking about the girl, he turned to his brother. "Are you sure you're not hurt Mokuba?"
"Un! Kagome-chan really did help me. She's really nice... and pretty." he slyly looked up at Seto, though mentally cried when he got no reaction.
"As long as you're alright, let's get go home." his brother was already on the phone, most likely calling someone to get information on the people that had come after him today.
Mokuba allowed himself to be led to where the car waited for them. As they passed a store window, he perked up when he noticed Kagome holding a blue summer dress up to herself. He didn't know why, but he had a feeling when it came to Kagome, that she would be good for his brother.
Although, her lack of knowledge in his brother and Dueling Monsters was going to have to change.
They had returned to their shared room, and Kagome was frantically looking through her belongings for her cell phone. Nibbling on her lower lip, she turned to the few shopping bags she had before tipping them over and looking through her purchases.
"Everything alright, Kagome-chan?" Eri's voice spoke up from her own bed.
"I can't find my cell phone." Kagome muttered as she moved onto the next bag, spreading her new belongings across her bed.
Ayumi blinked as she paused in finishing putting on her pajamas. "Maybe you misplaced it?"
Letting out a huff, Kagome dumped the last bag whining when that proved useless. "I hope so."
Yuka came out of the bathroom watching the scene unfold. "Didn't you get it back from Mokuba?"
Kagome paused her actions, blinking wide eyes at the mess that now laid across her bed. Mentally, she was going over her day in trying to recall if he did in fact return her cell phone. Whimpering, she dropped to her knees as she let her head drop onto her bed. "No."
The three friends shared a look, not at all surprised. Kagome was constantly forgetting she finally had a cell phone to begin with. She was always losing it in her own room, in her school bag, pretty much everywhere.
"Well... perhaps we could track him down and get it back?" Ayumi offered up hopefully as she leaned over to pat Kagome on the back.
"Right, and have that Seto jerk think I'm stalking him and his brother? Not only that, after your told me who he is, I'm more than likely going to need a year in advance to see him again." Kagome lifted her head enough to prop her chin on the edge of the mattress. "Though I doubt he would want to after the way I treated him."
Eri scoffed. "You had every right to be, with the way he questioned your reasons to helping Mokuba-kun. What a jerk!"
Yuka sighed as she dropped onto her own bed. "Though you have to admit, he is sexy!" she giggled when a pillow was thrown at her.
"How does that help Kagome with her cell phone?" Ayumi questioned, huffing as she ducked the returned pillow.
"It doesn't I guess... But you have to admit it!" she giggled as she sat up, dragging her pillow into her lap.
"Alright! He's looks hot! Now what about my cell phone?" Kagome cried out, wanting her blunder to be fixed though unsure as to how.
Yuka threw an arm in Kagome's direction. "See! Even Kagome admits it, and she thinks he's a jerk!"
"Guys~!" Kagome's whine died off when she let her head fall back into the mattress. She was no closer to getting her cell phone than when she first remembered that Mokuba didn't return it.
Mokuba stared down at the cell phone, that wasn't his. Now he felt bad. Was this considered theft? Pouting, he was sure if he mentioned this to Seto he would end up in trouble, and he would most likely think it was Kagome's idea all along. But the right thing to do was return it, and Seto was the only person he knew that would know how to track Kagome down.
Jumping off his bed, he made his way to where he knew his big brother most likely was. He bypassed his brother's room completely and went to the office that Seto was more than likely working in, even at this hour.
Knocking on the door, he called out to his brother. "Big brother?"
Peeking around the open door, he wasn't surprised to see Seto typing away at his computer. Most likely planning a way on making Duel Monsters better.
"Shouldn't you be in bed, Mokuba?" Seto raised a brow as he turned away from his laptop. His brother wasn't one to disobey the rules, so he wondered what caused him to do so now.
"Yes, but I forgot something today and wanted to ask for your help to fix it." his voice was quiet and tired.
Letting out a sigh, he motioned his brother into his office. It wasn't often Mokuba asked him for help, he more often than not wanted to prove himself capable. "What is it?"
Mokuba quickly made his way to his desk and placed something down before him. At the sight of a cell phone, one he clearly didn't recognized. "What is this?"
"...it's Kagome-chan's cell phone. I forgot to return it." Mokuba muttered under his breath, peeking up at him from under his bangs.
Pinching the bridge of his nose, Seto sneered slightly. He had hoped he wouldn't have to deal with that girl again, but turns out the fates were against him. Not that he believed in that sort of thing, because then it would mean he'd have to admit to being the reincarnation of and ancient Egyptian priest.
"Go to bed Mokuba, we'll talk about this in the morning." he picked up the cell and put to the side.
Mokuba offered him a bright smile and wished him a good night, obviously thinking he was now going to track the girl down to return the cell phone to her. It wouldn't be to hard for him, but it would mean more time wasted away on something so frivolous than the work that needed to be done.
Saving his work, he began his search for the girl. One thing to look forward to, was that as soon as he returned her phone to her, she would no longer be intruding his life, time or thoughts.
Kagome let out another sigh, how could she have forgotten to ask for her phone back? Dropping her head back, she looked up at the clear blue sky. It wasn't that hard to believe actually, she still wasn't used to the idea of owning an actual cell phone.
Facing forward she shook her head, no use in crying over spilt milk. Stretching her arms, she decided to enjoy the warm sun and weather instead as she waited for the others to finish up in the store behind her. They were given the day for their own personal use, meaning they could do what they wanted within reason and not need to wear their school uniform.
"Sorry for making you wait so long, Kagome-chan!" Ayumi called out as she and the others exited the store.
"It's no problem. Did you get what you needed?" turning around, Kagome smiled at her friends, glad to be distracted from her less than positive thoughts.
Ayumi held up a small hand bag, showing her prize. "Yup!"
Eri and Yuka followed out after, arguing over something or other they had found in the store. Kagome threw Ayumi a questioning look only to receive a shrug of the shoulders. That either meant Ayumi had no idea what they were arguing about, or it was something typical.
"Let's go get something to eat. There's a little cafe up the road, wanna check it out?" Kagome pointed out said cafe, it was quaint and on the corner of a small shopping district.
"Oh yes, I'm starving." Yuka answered, getting pulled out of the heated discussion she was having with Eri.
Eri giggled. "You're always hungry. Where do you put all that food!"
All the girls giggled as they made their way to the cafe, enjoying the good weather and light conversation. With their chosen table out on the sidewalk, their enjoyment continued with their drinks and treats. Although it came to a halt when a car pulled up next to where they were sitting and the driver opened the back door.
Wide eyes blinked at the scene, brows raised however when two people they recognized stepped out. Kagome watched in confusion when Mokuba jumped out and ran to her, wide smile on his face as he greeted her.
"Kagome-chan!" he didn't hold back in his greeting, shocking her when he threw himself at her and tightly wrapped his arms around her waist.
"O-oh! Mokuba-kun!" she absently returned the impromptu hug, patting his head. Looking down, she continued to blink at the wild black hair that was pressed into her stomach. Was he always this friendly in his greetings.
"Mokuba, that's enough." at the deep voice that could only belong to one Seto Kaiba, everyone turned their attention to the second passenger of the car.
Now Kagome was unsure of what to do, although she hoped this was about getting her cell phone back. She blinked when the boy pulled away from her, bright smile still in place. A brow rose when she noticed the sly smirk he was throwing his older brother, already knowing he was up to something.
"Higurashi-san." at Seto calling her her family name, she blinked up at him.
"Please, call me Kagome." standing up, she smoothed her skirts as she tilted her head to the side slightly.
He nodded his head, but instead of doing such he reached into his inner jacket and pulled out a familiar cell phone. With a happy gasp, Kagome moved forward and accepted her cell phone back from the young CEO.
"Ah, thank you!" she bowed in her thanks, offering a smile when she was done.
"I'm really sorry about forgetting to return your cell phone, Kagome-chan." Mokuba's voice drew her away from Seto, though the smile was still in place.
"It's alright, Mokuba-kun. I'm always forgetting and misplacing it. I have it back so no worries." she lightly ruffled his hair once again.
"Oi! Seto, you owe me a duel!" at the angry and sudden shout, all turned towards a group that was making their way towards them, apparently fresh from school.
A scowling blond was rudely pointing his finger at Seto followed by a tall boy with dark brown hair styled in a sort of faux hawk... thing. A girl with dark brown hair cut into a bob and a short boy with the strangest hair that Kagome has ever seen. And she had seen a lot, Yura of the hair, that hair detachment from Naraku... But apparently nothing prepared her for the wildly spiked black hair that shined red in the light with blond bangs.
Kagome's eyes darted between the blond and Seto, unsure of what was going to happen or to expect.
"Like I have the time to duel with the likes of you Wheeler. Try again when you've become someone that's recognizable in the dueling community." Seto smirked down at the angry expression that was directed at him. It was one of his stress relievers, pissing Wheeler off.
"Why I 'oughta..." Joey began pushing the sleeves of his school uniform jacket
"Calm down Joey, Seto's not worth it." Tea spoke up, though her words sounded tired like she had repeated them more than enough to annoy her.
"No! This punk is going down today!" Joey ripped his book bag off his back and tossed it to the ground.
Kagome and her friends blinked, shocked at the open display of anger and dislike the boy had for Seto. Kagome herself took a few cautionary steps away from the target of that anger, she had her cell, said her thanks and sort of wanted to make a clean get away now.
"Just leave it Joey, there's no use getting worked up when it comes to Seto." Honda seemed also tired with the display, easily reached out and snagged the back of his friends jacket to keep him from doing anything drastic... or stupid.
"Come on! Let me go!" Joey complained and struggled with his friend's hold, the group of friends still not noticing Kagome and her own group that were more or less an audience.
Kagome continued to creep back to her seat, feeling things were either going to explode and make a mess, or finally dwindle down till they all went their separate ways.
Sadly, it wasn't the latter. The boy, Joey, continued to flail about in his's friends hold in his struggles to be set free while Seto watched on in amusement. A waitress came out at the wrong moment, carrying a tray filled with various drinks and treats, and the law of anything that can happen will happen. And it all landed on Kagome.
Gasps rang about the groups as Kagome stood there trying to control herself. Whoever sound counting backwards from ten helped with anger... was an idiot. Pursing her lips, Kagome closed her eyes to the mess she most likely now was.
"Everything alright, Higurashi?" at the rather amused tone from Seto, Kagome felt her brow tick.
"Perfectly, I enjoy being a hot fudge sunday!" she hissed out as her skin tingled from the hot drinks that splashed onto her arms while a lump of ice cream landed on her shoulder only to roll down her back.
"Ah Kagome-chan, that was tea and coffee that splashed you!" at Eri's words, her friends rushed her, tenderly checking her arms.
Seto turned his eyes to the bright red blotches that lined the girls arms, no doubt scalded from the hot drinks the waitress had been carrying, to the ice cream that was dripping from her black hair and ruining her sundress. At a quiet hiss, his eyes darted up to her face. Tears welled in her eyes at her friend's gentle prodding, but she bit back on them by literally biting down on her lip.
"Look at what you did Joey!" Tea yelled, smacking the cause of the accident upside the head.
"Ow! Tea~ I didn't mean too!" at Joey's cries, Seto rolled his eyes.
"Don't apologize to me, apologize to her!" Tea pointed at Higurashi who was still under her friends care as well as the shocked waitress that was trying her best to help clean the mess while avoiding the scalded arms.
With narrowed eyes, Seto watched Joey's pathetic attempt of an apology. "Listen, I'm really sorry about that."
Scoffing, it really was pathetic, he didn't have the guts to look the girl in the eyes.
"It's alright. Accidents happen." Higurashi offered a somewhat strained smile as she tried to wave it off, hissing when her friend poked at another area that was scalded.
"Are your sure you're alright, Kagome-chan?"
His eyes snapped down to Mokuba, somewhat startled at his concerned tone. Not that Mokuba being concerned was new, but the girl herself was practically a stranger.
"I'm fine Mokuba-kun. Nothing a little shower and some aloe vera won't help." she went to pat his head, but noticed the mess of ice cream on her hand and pulled back.
"My home is just down the street, you could use the shower and I'm sure we have a first aid kit at home as well. That is, if you want to?" Yugi spoke up, his tone light
"If it's not too much trouble, then I don't mind." another strained smile from Higurashi was offered towards Yugi.
For some reason, Seto seethed at the idea but quickly scoffed at himself. He barely knew the girl and he could care less about what she did.
"Ayumi, could you check my cell phone please? I would but..." she tentatively offered her cell phone to her friend, glad and grateful when it was quickly scooped up.
"No problem." Ayumi quickly flipped it open and pressed in the key code, and checked it's basic functions. The buttons weren't sticky and it was untouched by everything. She blinked when a message popped up and clicked it. Reading through it, a smile bloomed across her face. "Yatta!"
"What? Is everything working properly?" Kagome asked when the waitress finally pulled herself away and offered another apology.
"Yup, but that's not all. Souta's team won the championship game, and he scored the winning goal!" Ayumi presented Kagome the screen of her cell that depicted a smiling young boy.
Kagome leaned in closer while Eri and Yuka tried their best to finish cleaning as much as they could before following the boy back to his home so she could clean up and get her arms treated. Her day instantly became a whole lot brighter despite her still burning arms. "This is great, I'll have to get his something to congratulate him!"
Eri rolled up the last of the napkins she had and tossed it onto the table, turning a sly eye towards two young men that felt her gaze. "Well... lucky for you, you have the top two of Duel Monsters here. I'm sure you could ask nicely for an autograph from them." she shrugged her shoulders.
Seto narrowed his eyes on the girl, not at all likely the smirk she wore. "And why would I do such a thing like that?"
Yuka, following her friends lead tossed her own last napkin and leaned against Eri. "Well, through your inaction, Kagome got hurt."
Scoffing, Seto pulled himself to his full height and crossed his arms over his chest. "I don't see how this was my fault."
"You ignored his challenge to a duel and antagonized him. He got angry and ended up knocking the waitress' tray out of her hands and spilling it's contents all over Kagome." Yuka raised a brow as she mimicked his moves.
"Still fail to see how this falls onto me." his brows furrowed when her smirk grew more devious.
"I'm sure my uncle, who happens to be a layer, would love to hear how Kagome got hurt because the Seto Kaiba was an accessory in aggravated public disturbance." her words caused everyone to gasp.
"Yuka! That's enough, it's an accident so let it drop. No one's at fault here." Kagome, being careful of her arms, approached her friend.
"And an autograph wouldn't kill him. He's blowing it out of proportion, so I plan to do the same thing. Sure the news would love to hear about this~!" she sing songed.
Seto grit his teeth, usually he could care less what the press and others thought of him. But it was still a matter of principle.
"Um, if you still want to clean up, my house is this way." Yugi spoke up, drawing everyone's attention.
"Oh please!" Kagome bowed her head and jumped at the idea.
Soon enough, the entire group was at the Kame Game shop, Kagome finally in a shower while the two groups shared stories. Seto however was questioning himself into how he got suckered into following them. Especially all for a girl he wanted to cut all ties.
"It's been a while, I wonder if Kagome-chan is alright." Ayumi spoke up, interrupting everyone's conversation and thought.
Yugi offered a smile and made his way upstairs. "I'll go check on her!"
A few minutes later, a blushing Yugi came stumbling down the stairs. The sight drew everyone's attention. "Is everything alright, Yugi?"
"Uh, yeah. I guess." Yugi turned to the three girls waiting for their friend upstairs. "Uh... One of you wouldn't happen to have... ah, extra clothing for Kagome-chan, would you?" the more Yugi spoke, the brighter his blush became.
A silence settled over the entire group, Honda and Joey blushing when the implications of Yugi's words finally managed to locate their brains. Of course this triggered Tea's anger and began to scold her friends for thinking perverted thoughts. The three girls however were telling Yugi that they had nothing.
"And I'm sure the sundress is ruined. Too bad, she just got it yesterday." Yuka sighed.
"I'm sure one of us could go back to the hotel and pick something up, but that could take an hour, if not longer." Eri bit on her lower lip as she tried to think of a way to fix the situation.
Seto sighed and rolled his eyes and made his way upstairs, quickly removing his coat while on the way. He knew that there would be yelling involved, but it was the most logical way to fixing the problem and then he would finally be out of this mess. Folding his coat over his arm, he knocked on the only closed door in the entire hallway. He waited until a muffled 'yes' answered him and he walked into the bathroom.
Blinking, he was somewhat shocked at what greeted him. Higurashi sat on the tubs edge finishing wrapping her arm in bandages, she was however having problems with the use of only one hand. Ignoring her current state, he cleared his throat and approached her. Wide blue eyes startled flew up to his and she immediately blushed.
"Let me." crouching down, tied the ends of the bandage. Quickly picking up another roll, he began wrapping her other arm and tied it off as well.
He could feel her watching his every move, which was not what he had been expecting. Instead he thought she would have avoided looking at him, cowering and screaming at him to leave her alone in her current state, that he was a pervert and the such. No, she watched his movements with an unwavering sharpness that he hadn't expected from the girl.
"Here." he dropped his coat in her lap as he stood up and turned on his heel, although he paused for a moment.
"Thank you." while she was flushed darkly, she held his gaze.
He grunted and walked out of the bathroom, he could already hear her putting his coat on as he waited for her outside in the hallway.
"You didn't have to wait for me." she looked up at him as she pulled her hair free from under the collar.
"I do expect my coat returned right away. Unlike most people, I remember when I lend out my personal belongings." he smirked at her huff.
"Right, right. I bet you also expect me to return the favor for lending me your coat." she crossed her arms over her chest.
Stuffing his hands into his pockets, leaned down the short amount to be eye to eye with her. "Not exactly, consider this the first part to a debt I owe you."
She raised a brow. "Debt? What debt?"
He was shocked that she truly didn't know what he was talking about, or had she really meant it when she said she wanted nothing for helping Mokuba the other day? Either way, he was in her debt, a position he did not like to be in.
"It doesn't matter. Come." standing up, he made his way back down towards where the others were still waiting.
"Wha... wait! Do you always speak in riddles?" she pushed herself forward, hoping to catch up, but Seto spun about when he heard her sudden cry.
"You are a magnet for trouble it seems." he let out a soft grunt as he effortlessly picked her up and swung her into his arms.
"What are you doing? I can walk you know!" she cried out and tried to move out of his hold.
"I'm sure you think so, but I would like to have my coat returned to me in one piece and not in tatters because you couldn't walk without tripping on it." he stared straight ahead as he descended the stairs.
"It's not my fault you're freakishly tall!" she huffed and crossed her arms when she finally realized her struggles were getting her no where.
"Nor is it mine if you're so tiny." he smirked when he heard her attempt a comeback.
"I'm petite, not tiny." she finally managed to grumble under her breath.
Scoffing, Seto shook his head. "Aren't they the same thing?" instead of waiting for an answer, he spoke to Mokuba when he jumped up. "Call the driver tell him to pick us up."
"What do you mean, pick us up? I can walk fine!" Seto rolled his eyes as Higurashi began to struggle once again.
"And you plan on walking back to your hotel in nothing but my coat and a towel?" he raised a brow. When she froze and blushed once again before settling down did Seto leave the shop. "That's what I thought."
The rest were left in the dust after Mokuba called out his farewells to them. Blinking at the door where Seto last was, with a girl in his arms, they all had trouble believing in what they had just witnessed. Seto Kaiba, ruthless cut throat CEO and arrogant duelist, helping another person without any personal gain. Well, at least not any gain they could see.
"Well... I guess we're going back to our hotel." Eri spoke up, still reeling their friend do it again of meeting the biggest jerk around and getting him to play knight in shinning armor.
"Let us know how Kagome is feeling, I'm really sorry you all were given such a first impression." Tea spoke up as she followed the three girls to the front entrance.
"Will do! Oh, here's our numbers and emails, we really should keep in touch!" Yuka jumped forward with a piece of paper with contact information scrawled across it.
"I'd love too!" Tea gushed, happy at having more girlfriends.
Ayumi shook her head as she exited the shop. "Looks like Hojo has some competition."
The boys were still frozen in their seats, their minds still playing the scene. Kagome in an overly large coat that had them blushing, but the fact that she was being carried by Seto had them all questioning the sanity of the universe. Just what was going on?
AN: Someone asked for Seto... here it is. Read, enjoy, and review!