Note To Readers: HEY GUYS! I just got done with my Second round of Exams. And HELLO SPRING BREAK WOOHOO! It never felt so good! In my spare time, I managed to write another chapter for you all which I hope you'll like it as much as I do! So buckle up and get ready for Chapter 94!
Chapter 94:Hostile Takeover
Kaiba tore through the streets of Domino City on his motorcycle. He didn't want to waste a moment of precious time. Still, thoughts of his head flooded with Bloom and the conversation they had. For a brief second, he looked down towards the blue necklace she had given him and cursed under his breath. "THIS is why I didn't want to get close to anyone...damn it..." Though he knew all too well it was too late for any regrets. The image of Priest Seto holding Kisara haunted him despite him trying to shake it. Was it guilt? Fear? Perhaps both. He knew ONE thing for sure. He didn't want a day to come where he's wake only to find Bloom was no longer by his side. Either way, he had to place that ALL in the back of his head right now and focus on protecting Mokuba and his company.
Kaiba nearly had to slam on his breaks before running into a horde of paparazzi and reporters. "LOOK THERE HE IS!" one of the press cried from NNN . "Mr. Kaiba! Is it true that your company stole the Virtual Reality Dueling System from CW Industries?!" "Do HONESTLY believe I would steal anything from that second-rate company? If you do you're wasting time..." the CEO spat angrily as another mic was shoved into his face. "Then how do you respond to the allegations of The Dossier leaked on the Kaiba Corp website which accuses your company of conspiring to use Kaiba Corp's technology to develop weapons in order to sell them to the highest bidder?"the woman questioned as the lights flashed as cameras went off one after the other.
"Those allegations are nothing more than a pathetic attempt to smear my company's good name! I can assure you that Kaiba Corp is in NO way responsible for whatever ridiculous rumor is spreading around. Now if you'll EXCUSE me i'm BUSY...unless you want you and your cameraman to be part of a crime scene the REAL news media cover next..." Kaiba warned as he glared at them before he parked his motorcycle and met Roland at the entrance. No one dared even approach him as the security finally arrived. A wave of whispered flooded the building as the CEO entered before Roland finally caught up to him.
"M-Mr Kaiba! We wern't expecting your arrival sir!" Roland cried. "Save it..." Kaiba snapped right after he opened his mouth as they walked into the elevator. Slowly the door closed behind them. "Now...you're going to tell me EVERYTHING that's occurred in my absence...if you do so...I MAY reconsider firing you for possible conspiracy against MY company..." the blue eyed male demanded. Roland swallowed hard as he felt sweat drip down his face. "NOW ROLAND!" the CEO's loud voice startled the hired hand.
"O-Of course Mr. Kaiba! R-Right away! You see after you l-left Kaiba Corp the stock holders became uneasy about investing in the company...on count of that you've never actually been...out of office before..." Roland began. Kaiba only scoffed. "Cowards...I take a little vacation and the shareholders start buckling their knees..." the CEO spat. "Rather, instead they've turned their interests towards CW Industries...which Chris GoldenWater is hosting an opening party to show off and demonstrate their latest products." Roland told him. "No doubt he's trying to gain the upper hand in your absence..."
"It doesn't take a genius to figure out THAT much...and pray tell just what is that low life selling?" Kaiba mused. "Uh! Well according to the information gathered by our marketing team...they're producing a new high tech Elemental Dueling System. It's still in its development stages however...CW Industries is also working on a secret project with Maximilian Pegasus. What this is however we don't know..." Roland informed the blue eyed male.
"So, that's how he wants to play it does he...if he thinks he can hide anything from me...then he's dead wrong...I will applaud him for his pathetic effort in trying however...now for my next question...the press was harassing me about STEALING the design for the VR system I and I ALONE created? And that's not all they mentioned also about a Dossier which claims Kaiba Corp is manufacturing weapons...I thought I put an end to all of that when my no good step father lost the company to Mokuba and I...I want the person responsible for the website brought to me immediately is that understood Roland? Or need to repeat myself in a louder voice...?" Kaiba's words dripped with a deadly venom as he spoke.
"We need to find the source of that leak...if someone hacked into our system then we have a serious problem..." the CEO continued. "Y-Yes Mr. Kaiba! Right away. "..B-But you should know Sir that if things continue like this...we could very well be in danger on the front lines of a Hostile Takeover by CW Industri-es!" Roland nearly squeaked as the blue eyed male punched the wall as his side as the exited the elevator punching a hole right through it.
"OVER MY FUCKING DEAD BODY! NO ONE MESSES WITH MY COMPANY! AND IF I FIND OUT THAT SOMEONE WITHIN IT IS RESPONSIBLE THAN THEY'LL FACE A FATE EVEN WORSE THAN DEATH ITSELF!" Kaiba yelled before he removed his fist from the wall. "Now... fix that wall...I have other business to attend to...we'll talk later...until then plan a number of counter measures..." the CEO calmly mused before he walked to his Command Center. The blue eyed male ceased movement as he typed in a code on the door's panel and scanned his eye afterwards. "Access Approved...Welcome Back Seto Kaiba..." B.L.U his computerized assistant greeted before the door opened.
Mokuba sat in the chair next to the camera watching from CW industries security camera to keep an eye on the competition eating popcorn. "Huh?" Mokuba questioned as he heard the door from behind him open. As Seto came into his line of sight he nearly jumped out of the chair and into his brother's arms. "BIG BROTHER!" he cried happily as he wrapped himself around the CEO. Kaiba smiled sighed and hugged him back.
"Are you alright Mokuba...?" Kaiba questioned his little brother and checked him for any sort of mistreatment. "Yeah! I'm fine now that you're here ..." she murmured trying to fight the tears rimmed in his eyes. "B-But Kaiba Corp's in trouble Seto..." "...Yeah...Roland filled me in on the situation on the way here..." Kaiba assured Mokuba. "B-But then...what do we do Big Brother...?" Mokuba questioned worriedly. The CEO only smirked. "Well, that's easy..." the blue eyed male began. "If they go low...we go lower..." Kaiba narrowed his eyes and took a seat at the main computer.
Out of his pocket he took a blue disc and inserted it into the computer's disk it began to boot as an uploading bar appeared on the screen. "W-What is that?" Mokuba questioned. "A Code Breaker...I developed it back when we were dealing with Pegasus...but since then I've installed some new upgrades on it..." Mokuba only frowned. "I'm so sorry Seto...I let things get so out of hand...you trusted me with the company and I..." the younger brother's eyes filled with tears and shame glistening within them.
Kaiba let out a sigh before he got up from and chair and gently placed his hand on Mokuba's head gently ruffling it. "Don't be Mokuba...none of this is your fault...if anyone should be apologizing...it's me...for placing you on the front line when Kaiba Corp is under fire...Bloom told me how you were panicking before when she last saw you...she was worried..." "...Aw man..." Mokuba groaned embarrassed. "Hey, speaking of which where is Bloom Seto? Did she come with you Big Bro?" Mokuba questioned. Kaiba only tightened his fist at his side.
"No, I made sure to keep her as far away from here as possible...with everything that's taking place presently it's too dangerous to have Bloom anywhere near me, besides she's with Wheeler and the others so I know she's safe." Kaiba told Mokuba. "...If you say so Seto..." he murmured before the CEO turned his attention back to the computer screen and sat down in the chair. In the meantime Mokuba kept an eye on the other computer.
"Hey Seto check this out..." Mokuba told his big brother before the blue eyed male turned his chair towards the other computer screen. "What is it Mokuba?" the CEO questioned. "Look...there's this guy...with blonde hair that seems to be bribing the security guards over at the gate of CW industries...at least that's what he APPEARS to be doing anyways..." the younger brother scratched his head.
"You don't see THAT everyday..." Kaiba admitted. "Zoom in and try to get a closer look at our mysterious friend...then see if you can pull up this jokers file based on finger prints and face..." he told Mokuba "I'm on it Seto!" Mokuba exclaimed before an error came up. "...Uh oh...it looks like the file on whoever this guy is, is protected..." "Hmph...not for long with my new program installed...my Code-Breaker will get rid of the bugs preventing the file from granting us access..." "YEAH! YOU CAN DO IT BIG BRO!" Mokuba cheered with a grin as Kaiba went to work on his keyboard.
Meanwhile...
Carlos groaned as he tossed and turned mumbling in his sleep before he moved a bit too close to the edge and fell onto the floor with a thud. "OUCH..." he cried waking up before he heard giggling and looked upwards. "Aw man..." he groaned embarrassed. "Looks like I won't have to wake you up after all sleepy head." Selina teased the Mexican. "Too bad I was SO looking forward to giving you a cold shower." "Very funny Selina..." Carlos muttered as he fought to free himself from the blanket that had ensnared him in its hold.
"There's a breakfast buffet open on the main floor of the hotel. If you hurry there might just be some hotcakes lef-" Selina found herself cut off as Carlos ran past her, showered and changed his clothes still half wet. "THEN WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR!? COME ON!" Carlos cried and made a dash for the elevator grabbing Selina with him. He always did tend to have a one track mind when it came to food.
As the elevator opened the others guests started chuckling mutually. "Huh? What's everyone laughing at?" Carlos scratched his head. "Uh...you I think...you might want turn your hoodie around..." Selina suggested. Poor Carlos nearly turned three shades of red and fixed it so his hood wasn't facing the front. "W-Why didn't you say something earlier Selina!?" the Mexican cried. "Cuz, I wanted to see the look on your face." the faerie giggled.
"NOT COOL!" Carlos puffed up his cheeks "That was totally pre-caffine...no fair..." he groaned as he picked up a plate to serve his food on along with Selina before they sat down at the table the professor was sitting at drinking his usual blueberry coffee. "Amazing...it only took 5 minutes for you to get down here rather than 15 minutes..." The Professor mused.
"Hey! tracking down one of my best friend's halfway from Gardenia to Domino City builds up quite an appetite! I practically ran around all of Domino City last night! And it is FREEZING!Only to find out she's NOT here...I call bull shit..." Carlos grumbled. "We TRIED to get you to come back to the Hotel earlier...but you wanted to go off on your own..." Selina reminded him as she ate her fruit salad.
"About that..." Takuna began. "Apparently Seto Kaiba WAS seen some where in the city..." the professor told the two of them as he picked up and took a swig from his mug. "Which means...that Bloom may be here after all!?" Selina questioned as her eyes widened. "FOR REAL!?" Carlos cried with his cheeks packed with pancakes. "It's a possibility..." Takuna muttered as he light a cigarette. Carlos nearly choking from the smoke before Selina rose from her seat.
"Come on. We should go to Kaiba Corp. If Bloom IS in Domino City, the one who would practically owns ALL of it would have to know right?" Selina proposed. "Not for long..." Carlos muttered after he swallowed his food. "Chris GoldenWater is a big time CEO of GW Industries. Word is he's trying to take over Kaiba Corp." Carlos told Selina. "Really? Sense when did you become such an experts in the world of business hmm?" she questioned.
"It was on the celebrity gossip show SWE aka Stars Watched Everywhere. Uh anyways...I doubt we'd get anywhere near Kaiba Corp right now. The media's been clustered around that place trying to get the dirt on what's going down. Unless we're employees we can forget it." Carlos told Selina. "...Hmm I suppose you DO have a point...so then what do you suggest we do?" the faerie questioned the Mexican.
"Domino City is much bigger than Gardenia and with the traffic and crowds cluttering the streets, it'll be hard for to even search for Bloom..." Selina pointed out. "...Yeah, but you're a Faerie right? Can't you just use some sort of location spell tracker or something?" Carlos questioned. "...Kinda...but it takes awhile for lost and found spells to work on objects, i'm not really certain how it works with people..." the faerie murmured as Carlos drowned his eggs in ketchup.
"Not likely...there's too many people in the area for something as small as that...especially if you want it to be effective." the Professor told them. "Oh man that sucks..." Carlos sighed heavily. "Maybe not..." Selina poked Carlos in the shoulder. "Ow!" he cried before he followed the direction of her finger pointing up to the TV. Apparently the media was also shooting footage of another CEO whom owned a Choclatier from the look of it. And among the faces was Bloom's looking in the window.
"Of course! It's Valentines day! Duh! I nearly forgot. And my guess is that Bloom and her friends will be sticking around. Who knows if all goes well maybe we can finally figure out what's going on." "AWESOME! I think I saw that place earlier when I was running around! Y-Yeah it just just down the block from the bakery follow me!" Carlos told Selina. "Right behind you, see you later Professor." she waved before she hurried out of the hotel after him.
Takuna only sighed as he exhaled the smoke. "Where do those kids get all of their energy from?..." he mused before a softened chuckle came nearby as the mysterious blonde Kaiba caught sight of earlier appeared on the scene. Though the disguise he had made him almost appear like a completely different person. "So...did you find anything out?" the Professor questioned the blonde.
"It's as you suspected. The share holders are schmoozing it up at the Grand Opening party, no doubt trying to make their pockets a little deeper..." he mused. "At this rate Kaiba Corp will indeed be facing a Hostile Takeover..." the blonde told Takuna as he removed his glasses revealing it was Mirai whom served Bright of Aura. A familiar face to the party. "...Indeed..." the Professor let out a sigh. "...And what of the other thing?" Mirai only narrowed his eyes in a serious manner.
"The A.O.J is defiantly involved...no if's, and's or but's about it. I'm willing to bet that's where Chris GoldenWater is receiving his generous funding from..." the blonde told Takuna as he took a hit off his cigarette and blew it out afterwards. "If that's the case...what do you think his next move will be?" the Professor questioned Mirai.
"Well following his current pattern...he'll attack Kaiba's image directly...if the rest of his stock holders lose confidence in him then Kaiba Corp will have no choice but to merge with CW Industry to avoid going bankrupt...and that means Kaiba will no longer be in power of Domino or Kaiba Corp...afterwards he'll probably meet an untimely end...and pay everyone off for their silence..." Mirai told Takuna bluntly.
"...So that's how it is...and Chris is truly working with the A.O.J...then we simply can't allow that to come to pass now can we?" "Exactly." "The bigger question is...how are we going to keep Kaiba Corp out of Chris GoldenWater's hands?..." "...The solution is obvious, WE have to tarnish Chris's image first..." Mirai grinned darkly. "After all...EVERYONE loves a good scandal...and I know JUST the girl..."
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