In a dark room there was a man sitting on a throne, his face shadowed and hidden, while there were two other men arguing in front of him"You said she'd be dead!" he hissed
"I never promised she'd be dead as yet! I will fulfill my promise you bastard." the other man snapped. They glared at each other.
"Aknadin, calm down. Don't kill Zorc over petty inner fighting. I will make sure Zorc's promise is kept, even if I have to sully my hands myself." the man said. Aknadin and Zorc glared at each other before bowing to the man on the throne. "Yes my lord." they said in unison.
"That's better." he chuckled, picking up a goblet "Now make sure our contacts are still, loyal." the man said, swishing around the drink before taking a sip.
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Kisara sneezed. The weather had gotten colder and that seemingly cold weather that they had two weeks ago was now regarded as warm. She wrapped her scarf tighter around her neck. After another trip to the Flowress shop with Seto she had gotten this pretty scarf. It turned out having friends who owned expensive businesses gave good gifts because Vivian had also made Kisara wear a pair of Vivian's designer earrings as well. Kisara still wore a dress, a short gray one that you couldn't even see because her slate coat just covered it. "Have a nice day Kisara-san." Kozato said, driving off. Kisara's smile went unseen because of a certain blue scarf. "Kisara-san." Roland said, escorting her to the elevator. Recently there had been several incidents pertaining to a man dressed in a business suit asked females for help only to mug them. One said she almost got raped. After that Seto made sure that a lot of his body guards were at the front.
Kisara frowned slightly when the elevator opened. In her office were a bunch of people in taking apart the glass walls. Kisara walked into her shared office to hear Nishioka say to one of the older workers, "For the last time buzz off and do what you're supposed to!"
"What's going on Anii-san?" Kisara asked. Nishioka narrowed her eyes at Kisara and turned away. Kisara was shocked at the older lady's cold reception. She walked into Seto's office which they were apparently done with. "What's going on Kaiba-san?" she asked
"Look through the glass." he said. Kisara though wondering at the strange request turned and looked through the glass. It looked normal. She turned back to him and tilted her head to the side like a cute puppy would. "Go around and look inside here now." Seto said. Kisara walked back into her office and tried to ignore Nishioka's harsh glare and looked where Seto was. She gasped. Instead of looking inside she just saw foggy glass. She went back inside. "Neat, but what is it for?" she asked
"Rumors are going about a person who infiltrated several gaming companies and looted a lot of data. Normally I wouldn't be worried about this but with my new duel disk coming out shortly I'd rather not have anything leaked out." Seto said
"Apparently this guy has been hopping companies a lot." Nishioka said, popping inside. In a stroke of memory, Kisara remembered hearing something related to the subject.
"I remember hearing something like that!" she exclaimed, her eyes glowing and her face slightly rosy. Seto and Nishioka turned to her. "I actually got kicked out of a lot of companies." Kisara admitted
"Why?" Seto asked, not entirely worried
"Because that guy kept on riding on my coattails so to speak. Everywhere I went he followed me." Kisara said, fidgeting suddenly regretting saying anything
"Aha! I knew it was you. They didn't think it was a girl." Nishioka snapped, pointing accusingly at Kisara
"You must have faked all of your recommendations."
"I didn't! Pegasus-san was the first break in my work. He helped me get all the recommendations because he believed me." Kisara whispered, fidgeting with her dress
"I don't believe her. Strife-san you are done here and can go back to Industrial Illusions" Nishioka said, turning her back to the girl
"I know the guys name though and who he works for but I guess I'll go now." Kisara said, stumbling out
"Wait, you know his name?" Seto asked. Kisara shrunk back.
"No, it's nothing." she said about to leave
"Kisara." Seto said. She sighed and walked back as slowly as she could.
"His name is Toda Kado." she whispered
"I first saw him in Industrial Illusions. I left because Pegasus-san said I should work my way to Kaiba Corp if I wanted to be on top."
"It's Pegasus-san! He sent her here and sent that Toda Kado here as well." Nishioka interrupted
"A-A-Actually after that I went to Black Clown and he was there too. He said that Pegasus-san sent him to watch over me. I told him I was fine and I had Duke-kun so he left." Kisara said. Seto stiffened at Duke's name. "W-W-When Duke-kun broke up with me I went to Schroeder Corp. Herr Schroeder was very accommodating, but when I was there I saw Kado-san again. I accidentally got myself locked up in Schroeder Corp after closing and I saw him talking with Herr Schroeder. They were talking about..." Kisara trailed off
"Kisara?" Seto said
"I probably shouldn't have said anything. Gomen. Goodbye." she said, bowing. Seto quickly hopped up and grabbed her arm.
"Kisara, nothing will happen to you despite what Nishioka says." Seto reassured her, glaring at Nishioka. Nishioka huffed and turned away. "T-T-They were talking about some files that I heard had gone missing at the Black Clown and Industrial Illusions. K-K-Kado-san said that he was going to go with tail me to Kaiba Corp and grab some files from here as well. I c-c-c-confronted Herr Schroeder about it and he, he um, he said that he would fire Kado-san and make sure he never worked anywhere again. I'm not sure if he did fire him but he did um, set me up with some nice recommendations... I probably shouldn't even have this job..." Kisara said, looking down. Her bangs covered her face but she shook violently. "A-A-Are you crying?" Nishioka asked. Seto slid back into his chair and typed. "Toda Kado." he said "Joined in with the other secretaries." Kisara slowly walked over to the desk and looked at the screen "He had tried to take some files and failed. Left a print on the firewall." Seto smirked. Kisara sniffed.
"I'll get him!" Nishioka growled, storming out. She popped back in. "Sorry to accuse you Kisara, just trying to not lose my job over my idea." Nishioka apologized before leaving again.
Kisara wiped her tears. "I have some work to do." she said, starting to walk away before stopped at her wrist. Seto got up and pulled her to him. "Sorry about that Kisara." he whispered. Kisara blushed. Seto never apologized. "I-It wasn't your fault Seto-kun." she whispered
"Normally I find when people try to hack Kaiba Corp pretty quickly but I have been busy lately." he said. Kisara face flushed and she looked down. He tilted her head up and kissed her softly. "Don't worry Kisara." he said before separating from her. Nishioka walked inside. "I got him. He's fired and his career is ruined for good." Nishioka grinned. Seto nodded and sat back down. Kisara took long strides to quickly pass Nishioka and go to her desk. "Geez Seto, no rules much?" Nishioka said blandly
"Screw the rules I'm rich." he smirked.
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The white haired girl mindlessly did her work, mostly sending everything to Nishioka. She was thinking about Zigfried. Suddenly her computer beeped and she fell out of her chair knocking over a coffee cup. Nishioka glanced at Kisara before turning to her over piled work. Kisara righted herself in her seat and squinted at the writing. Her eyes were knocking together after her lack of sleep. "Anii-san do you have any glasses I could use? My eyes aren't working very well." Kisara asked
"Kisara-san are you turning older than me?" Nishioka sighed, opening a draw and handing Kisara a small bag. The girl opened the bag and placed the glasses on her nose. She yelped as her brain was attacked with blurry patches. She quickly withdrew the glasses and returned it to its bag. "Never mind, Anii-san. I think I'll be fine." Kisara said, handing the bag back. Kisara looked at the screen again and blinked. Her eyes quickly adjusted after being shocked awake by the glasses. "Oh! We have been invited to a party. I'll send you the email." Kisara said. Nishioka tapped a message on her keyboard before getting up. "I'll be right back." Kisara squeaked, suddenly wishing she didn't drink all those cups of coffee. Nishioka stifled her laughter and nodded. The older lady walked into the other office and disappeared from Kisara's view.
Kisara came back with a cup of coffee in her hand. 'And you'd think I'd have learned my lesson.' she thought, walking back into her office.
"Kisara-san!" Nishioka said from the back office. Kisara walked into the back office and saw Nishioka standing to Seto's right. "Anii-san, Kaiba-san." she said, bowing
"Kisara-san do you know that the party is being hosted by Schroeder-san." Nishioka said. Even though you could debate that her skin was already pale, Kisara managed to make her skin color whiter than her hair. "What's the matter?" Nishioka asked
"It's just that Mika-chan and Osaka-chan have a play that they want me to see on that day. I'm sorry Anii-san." Kisara said, bowing
"Then who is Seto-kun going to go with?" Nishioka pouted
"If you will give me the pleasure to assume this, Kaiba-san probably went with you Anii-san and therefore does not need me to be present with him at this party." Kisara said, backing away. Nishioka opened her mouth but quickly shut it. "I will be right back Seto-kun!" she squeaked, rushing out of the room with her legs closed. Seto rolled his eyes. "I must be getting back to work." Kisara said, walking away
"Kisara, why are you afraid of Schroeder?" Seto asked
"W-W-Who said I was scared of Schroeder-san?" she squeaked backing out
"Anyway I really do need to work I'm already backed up as it is." Before Seto could say anything Kisara already was back in her section of the joined offices and tapping away on her computer. Seto glared at the girl. 'Damn.' he thought
A girl rushed passed Kisara. Kisara looked up just to recognize the visitor. 'Isn't she one of the girls who came here during the interview?' Kisara thought. Kisara looked through her inbox until she saw an email from earlier that day from the girl. 'Oy, she shouldn't have anything to deliver up here.' she thought, getting up. She looked into the office to see the girl avidly chatting with Kaiba who was receiving the parcel. "Oy, didn't Anii-san tell you to send everything up by email?" Kisara said, marching over to the girl
"Just because you work on the top floor doesn't make you any better than the rest of us." the girl said sassily
"Actually, it does. I worked harder than the rest of you to get up here. Me just being here shows that I'm one of the best." Kisara snapped
"Oh really? I don't think Kaiba-kun thinks that." the girl said, attaching herself onto Seto's arm. The teen CEO cringed, loosening himself from the avid fangirl. Most of the time Nishioka was here to take care of them. "You are not supposed to, but required to send things up by email. Anyway he's mine so back off!" Kisara said, marching between the girl and Seto. Seto shrugged and rested his chin on Kisara's head. The girl glared at Kisara before storming out.
"'He's mine?'" Seto smirked. Kisara blushed and wriggled out from under him. "Someone can be mine because I don't puppet with people's hearts." Kisara said
"Like Devlin's?" Seto asked
"Well," Kisara started, walking closer to the side wall that overlooked the city, "he wasn't my puppet, but apparently I was his." She looked over her shoulder and said, "Being a puppet is not something I want to go through again." Seto understood the meaning and smirked. He walked over to her and embraced her. He placed his chin on her head again. "Who said you were a puppet?" he whispered. He spun her around. Kisara rested her head against his chest. Her heart threatened to break her rib cage as Seto lifted her head up. "You definitely aren't mine." he smirked, bending down to kiss her. 'S-Should I e-e-even be doing this?' Kisara thought pulling away. Thankfully Nishioka's steps saved any awkwardness from the situation. Kisara quickly dashed into her chair just as Nishioka walked into the office. Kisara nervously tucked her hair behind her ear as Nishioka stalked past her. She breathed out softly as she saw her boss' back disappear behind clear glass.
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Kisara opened the door to the streets. She took a deep breath. "Fresh air." she purred. Suddenly she heard thunder in the sky. 'There goes that.' she said, dashing for cover under the awning. "Agh, were's Kozato?" she grumbled
"Need a ride?" someone asked her
'Oh why have the gods abandoned me?' Kisara thought turning to her left "K-K-Kaiba-san." she stuttered. The CEO leaned against the wall beside her. "Do you need a ride?" he repeated.
'Seto and me in a car alone...' she thought. Her thoughts suddenly turned to what had happened earlier that day. 'Shouldn't risk it.' she thought "No thank you Kaiba-san. Ichikiwa-kun should be here soon to pick me up." she said. He nodded and faced the bustling lot. She sighed. That was to close. A limo pulled up and Seto walked towards it. He then stopped and said, "Are you sure you don't need a ride?" Kisara nodded and smiled. Before the brunette could move more than a meter (because they use metric system ya know?) Nishioka dashed ahead of him with a phone to her ear. "Sorry Seto-kun! There's a disaster and I need to be there." the bustling senior secretary exclaimed. Nishioka was in the limo before her boss could voice his disagreement and seemed to be animatedly yelling at her driver. 'Oh shoots.' Kisara thought as Seto walked back to her. Thankfully the disgruntled teenager walked past her and back into the building. 'Now's my chance.' she thought, digging through her purse for her phone. 'Please pick up please pick up.' she thought as she held the phone to her ear.
"Hello?"
"Oy, Ichikiwa? It's me Kisara. Could you come over and pick me up from KaibaCorp?"
"I would love to Kisa but Okawa and I are in a meeting right now and I'm not supposed to be on my phone. Sorry Kisara. Anyway can't you just call for a limo or something?"
"There are like, no available limos. Plus I wouldn't dare try to take one from some of these people. Normally Kozato is here to pick me up..."
"Can't you ask Vivian?"
"Vivy is probably in a meeting with the Flowress'. And if she wasn't she'd be on the couch and wouldn't get up even if the penthouse was on fire."
"I'm sorry then Kisa, there's nothing I can do."
"Okay Ichikiwa, talk to you later."
"Bye Kisara."
"Well that totally wasn't a waste." Kisara grumbled "Maybe I could walk..." Kisara gazed at the entrance. A group came out including the girl that she had chewed up before. 'Good luck finding a limo.' she thought grimly, twirling her white hair around her finger. Unfortunately the girl noticed Kisara. "Oy, aren't you that girl from the top floor? Strife-san? Not as tough as you boasted, ne?" the girl said, turning to Kisara
"Um, I think you have me mistaken for some other person." Kisara said, sliding away. The other girl chuckled cruelly. "See this brat?! She probably was using some sort of hologram back up there." the other girl said. Kisara whipped out her phone and typed up a quick message. 'Gods please save me!' Kisara thought as the other girl and her group got closer
"You don't look old enough to be here brat. Are you sure you're not looking for the high school?" the girl taunted
"I think they forgot to ship your degree." another person jeered
"You mean she must have escaped from a lab! Do you see her hair? I doubt it's dyed."
"Maybe she came from a place for delusionists."
"Are you saying she came from a asylum?"
Kisara kept on taking baby steps back away from her advancing tormentors. "Oy Kaiba-san!" Kisara blurted, rushing through the group. Of course Seto actually wasn't there but it worked to get her back closer to the doors. Her phone beeped and she read the message. 'Please come quick.' Kisara thought, tucking her phone away once more.
"Think you're tough, ne?" the other girl said, catching up to Kisara
"Maybe you should just go back to whatever country you came from because I doubt you came from Japan." the girl laughed. Kisara heard the door open and turned around. It was a man who quickly got into a limo.
"Oy pay attention to me!" the girl snapped, gaining Kisara's attention once more. In the corner of her eye she saw a limo pull up. "Bye!" Kisara said, dashing for the limo only to be beat by another woman.
"'Bye!'" the girl taunted as one of her cohorts pulled her back. The door opened but this time Kisara didn't look. She was to focused on the people determined to make her miserable. Kisara's jaw dropped and she tilted her head in surprise when she saw the whole group bow. "K-K-Kaiba-san." the girl stuttered, bowing again.
'Well that explains it.' Kisara thought, turning around. "Oy Seto-kun. Took your time getting here, ne?" Kisara said, dashing behind the brunette CEO
"Unlike you I have a thing called work I need to do." Seto smirked
"I'm Nakatani Rai." the girl said suddenly. Rai Nakatani was shorter than Kisara and had blue hair. Her hair was lighter than Nekoette's while much darker than Kisara's. Nakatani was wearing a dark blue long sleeve tuxedo dress with a charming silver belt. She had long diamond tear earrings and silver high heels. Seto completely ignored Nakatani yet her eyes sparkles as if he confessed his undying love for her. "Anyway Ichikiwa-kun said he couldn't make it because of a meeting." Kisara sighed "Are you sure you don't need a ride?" Seto asked, completely ignoring the spasming fangirls behind him. About to say yes, Kisara remembered why she didn't want to go with him. (think about this now... you in a limo by yourself with the guy you like and it's highly probably he likes you back, is this all to smart?) "I can walk. I have my umbrella." Kisara said, proceeding to take her fold able umbrella from out of her bag "You know Kaiba-san, I could use a ride." Nakatani purred. Like the heavens (or author) was denying Kisara's pleas, the skies poured without mercy. All of the girls screamed and rushed for cover under the awning. "What the heck. You know what Seto let's go." Kisara said. Seto smirked and proceeded to the first limo that pulled up. Kisara slid in after him and waved cheekily to the others. Nakatani glared so viciously at Kisara that the white-haired girl ducked to avoid the fierce look.
"You definitely took your time." Kisara huffed, crossing her arms
"I was working." Seto said, rolling his eyes. Kisara shook her head and looked out the window.
"There's a lot of traffic." she commented
"Which means it will be a while before we reach our destination." he sighed
"We should do something fun in the mean time!" the girl exclaimed, turning to her car mate. Seto bent down and took out his laptop and placed it on his lap. Kisara groaned and partly lied down on the seats. She looked out the window at the slowly passing skyscrapers.
"I'm bored." she complained after a while. Seto bent down and took some papers out of his suitcase and tossed them on her lap without looking away from his computer. Kisara sat up and glared at the CEO. "I just came from work. I don't want to see any more files or folders until the next day." she said, tossing them back
"I don't know how you can just work everyday non-stop!" she groaned, lying back down
"It's the way I grew up." he said. "So you'd think you'd want to run away from it all..." Kisara whispered, her voice growing soft. Seto turned his head slightly and watched the girl. "If I had a chance to run away from my childhood, I would."
Seto frowned. Come to think of it he knew nothing of her childhood or her past. "N-Never mind though. Must have really made the mood dreary." she quickly rambled. Kisara looked back through the window and tried to busy her thoughts. "Seto-kun, can't the driver play some music?" Kisara asked after a while
"The driver can't hear you. This isn't like most of the other limos you probably have went in. It's sound proof in here." he said
"Sound proof?" she muttered "Anyway do you have any drinks in here?" she asked
"These types of limos are designed for the more senior KaibaCorp employees meaning the drinks are most likely liquor." Seto said, opening a cabinet
"Wow!" Kisara exclaimed, picking up a bottle and draining it. Seto finally looked up from his laptop and glanced at her weirdly. Kisara giggled and dropped onto the seats. Seto removed the bottle from her hand and returned it to the cabinet. He closed it and went back to his work. "Seto let's do something fun together." the drunk Kisara giggled. He ignored her. She pouted and whimpered. She shimmied over to where he was. "Aren't you hot with that high collar?" she asked, pulling it down
"Kisara..." he said, warning her. She pouted again and sat down. Kisara then pushed Seto's laptop onto the seat on his other side. "Kisara!" he snapped. Kisara sat on his lap and straddled his legs. She cupped his face and kissed him. 'Screw work.' he thought, kissing her back. Kisara then moved to his neck and he flipped her under him. "Kaiba-san, we have arrived." the driver said over intercom. Kisara slipped out from under him. Seto pulled her back and bit her neck.
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"Seto, Kisara!" Mokuba said, tackling Seto
"I swear..." Seto grumbled, struggling to detach koala Mokuba
"Seto why's your collar down?" Mokuba asked, letting go of his brother. Seto immediately flipped his collar up before Mokuba could see anything. "I have to go work." Seto said leaving
"Where is he going?" Kisara asked
"Probably to the basement. Toji-san asked him to work on that fantasy virtual reality thing. You could go with him if you want." Mokuba said, walking into the kitchen. Kisara nodded her head and unsteadily followed the fast-paced brunette.
He heard steps echoing his as he walked into the basement. 'She followed me...' he thought, slowing down. He was shortly joined by the panting girl. "You, walk to, fast." she panted, leaning on him. He rolled his eyes and continued walking. He opened the door to the basement and she saw several items being covered by cloths. "W-What's this?" she asked
"The door to virtual reality. I had it demolished before but Mokuba apparently kept a back up file so I'm going to upload it now." Seto said, walking over to a computer
"So you're going to go into a computer?" she asked
"You are." he said, turning back to her
"Oy Seto no! I don't trust machines!" she squealed as he pushed her over to a cloth covered container
"You don't trust me?" he asked
"I. Don't. Trust. Machines." she said through gritted teeth while digging her heels into the ground. He threw the cloth off the machine and opened it. The machine was cocoon shaped. "Seto!" she screamed, flailing her arms and legs as he carried her over to the machine. She was deposited into the machine and the lid was closed. She glared out angrily at him with tears in her eyes. "You won't die." he said with an eye roll. Surprisingly she could still hear him albeit he was slightly muffled. "Let me out." she whimpered
"Mazaki-san went in there and she's still alive." Seto said before leaving her sight. "Seto!" she squealed, trying her best to sit up. She couldn't see him because the glass blocked her view. She lied back down and tears started spilling from the sides of her eyes. He came back over. "Want some more liquor?" he smirked. She pouted. "I'm sending you in now." he said, leaving her sight again. She sighed and snuggled back, blinking her tears away.
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"Do you know your job?" Zorc questioned. The two men nodded. "But remember, I never said we were taking it. Give us the location of the target and we will see if we will take it." one of them said. Zorc laughed. "Fine. That's fair enough." he said before walking away. A knife flew to the two men's feet. Attached to the knife was a note. The other man picked up the note and read it. "We have the location." he chuckled