Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ To Love the Enemy ❯ Chapter 6: Dark Thoughts ( Chapter 7 )

Once again, thanks so much for the reviews! I have my reasons behind the changed rating and you'll find out about those soon enough.

~Now to the reviews!

Vendred 13: We will see interaction between Shizuka and Kaiba soon enough and in this chapter we will see Kaiba again. Things will get creepier, be prepared for it.

Neo_elite: At the dinner there will be a Shizuka/Kaiba interaction but even before that, especially at the college. Guess who has a business meeting at the same restaurant? You guessed right. But not every chapter will have interaction.

Cherry Red Head: Damn, good luck with Psychology! In the beginning its alright, but it gets harder as you go through with it. I recently failed Psychology 223 but luckily English is my major now.

Jieli: Thanks for your comments; however Pinkstarz is the mistress of Serenity/Kaiba fics. You've heard of her, right? Well, her and other people, including you inspired me to start writing about this couple. Thank you!

Sorceress Vanessa: No I couldn't have Jounouchi getting so suspicious yet. At the dinner he will a bit and there will be an altercation between him and Kaiba. A chilling altercation alright.

To everyone else: Once again, thanks for the reviews! I never expected to reach 100 that fast already! Thanks everyone! And for that, here's a sneak peek at my fourth Seto/Shizuka fanfic that will be coming soon enough! My first vampire fic!

***Sneak peek***

The Slayer: Chinmoku No Senshi (Silent Warrior)

This strays far from the normal Yu-Gi-Oh stuff but not too far. This tells the story of Jounouchi Shizuka, a vigilante 21st century half vampire/half human vampire slayer. It's the year 2015 and vampires seek to rule over the humans especially when it involves a cold-dark hearted vampire by the name Kaiba Seto [he's not the main bad guy. Just the bad guy in the beginning.a sexy one I might add but later becomes good] and his corporation. He's a special breed of vampire-able to walk in the day light [I DO NOT OWN BLADE]. He wants Jounouchi Shizuka eliminated along with her underground network of vigilante slayers. However when a larger threat emerges that threatens Kaiba Corporations in the form of a evil demon god being released, causing an eternity of darkness and chaos, once enemies will have to join forces eventually to stop this threat from becoming reality. There will be other couples in this fic-Mai/Jou, Yami/Anzu, Ryou/OC, Mokuba/Rebecca [could someone tell me who Rebecca is?], Yuugi/OC, Bakura/OC, Otagi/OC, Malik/OC and Honda/OC. Marik, Malik's dark side is the main bad guy. This fic will have approximately 50 chapters and there will be a sequel. Oh and there might be a sequel for this story but not sure yet. There might also be a third installment of 'A Strange Crush' when Kaiba um.well proposes to Serenity.and all hell breaks loose.not spilling!

~Now to Chapter 6!

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Chapter 6: Dark Thoughts

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Kaiba Corporations

Domino City, Japan

12:20pm

Kaiba Seto grinned rather cruelly yet again as he sat down by his desk, his iceberg blue eyes scanning the information on the laptop he was working at. What intrigued him was that in four days he was to sit in a lecture hall at Odibwa College [1]. This happened to have been the same college Jounouchi Shizuka was going to-he had remembered this when he was looking through her pathetic documentations during the interview.

Perhaps he would run into the woman and definitely make sure he would put her in her place. Her innocence meant nothing to him and it was something to break rather easily, he was interested by this. He anticipated this very much and he would enjoy capsizing her to the wretched Jounouchi she was. She was horrified that he would have so much against her brother and it was also amusing watching her squirm and feel uncomfortable in his presence. She was very interesting indeed, more interested than he expected. Soon she will be back tomorrow, approximately 9:00am unless she didn't want to lose her dignity and paycheck in one day, but then again, Kaiba knew he wouldn't have to wait until tomorrow. He had just noticed that she had a business meeting later on tonight; coincidentally the same restaurant Motou Yuugi and his moronic friends were having their get-together. He may have had a small amount of respect for them now; however this didn't mean it would go beyond that small respect.

And if Jounouchi expected to get any kind of respect from him, she was wrong. Kaiba scoffed at this. She would work until all her work was finished and nothing would be out of place, otherwise she would pay an inescapable penalty for her incompetence. All of this went through Kaiba's mind as he checked his email carefully and efficiently.

She was, no doubt a very attractive woman, however her attractiveness hardly fazed him. She was a sister of a sniffling little piece of dog-shit and if she expected any act of kindness from him, she was dead wrong.

Kaiba never anticipated having any kind of mutual respect for Jounouchi Katsuya after Battle City. There was still tension between the two and in Kaiba's eyes it was something that would forever remain the same way. The mutt should know his place by now and if he didn't, then a serious problem was impending on his part.

Kaiba then looked at the time on the right hand bottom corner of the screen.

It was 12:23pm.

He grimaced tightly. Today had been slow and pathetically time-consuming. Incompetent employees had been trying his patience and there was still paperwork that had to be done, however he wanted to leave this paperwork until much later today.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door, interrupting Kaiba Seto out of his thoughts.

He narrowed his eyes.

He didn't enjoy interruptions of his thoughts.

"Come in," he said coldly, without allowing his eyes to leave the screen of the computer.

The door opened and Juni Kuzuki[2] came in the room shakily, holding the documentations she had been harshly ordered to fix properly. She was fearful of what her employer would say if the documents still weren't fixed, according to his fitting. Kaiba Seto demanded perfection and anything less than that would cause un-satisfaction and the swift firing of the employees.

"Kaiba-shachou, I-I f-fixed the documentations you wanted me to fix," the woman said fearfully, coming carefully to the desk then.

Kaiba slowly looked up then from the computer screen with a cold, monotone expression, a serious expression that looked as though it could freeze water in mid-air. This seemed to have made the woman more uncomfortable than before.

"They better be fixed Kuzuki or you will find yourself out of this building sooner than you think," Kaiba replied coldly, looking straight at the woman. "I find it rather quick you fixed everything already. Leave the folder on my desk and remove yourself from my office quickly."

"Hai..h-hai Kaiba shachou," Kuzuki replied, quickly surrendering the larger folder on the desk and left just as she had been requested to do.

Narrowed blue eyes slowly returned to looking at the screen then.

The mutt dared to try inviting Mokuba to their little excursion, however Mokuba declined to come. My brother is his own man now and he makes his own decisions. I certainly didn't force him not to go but I don't want him hanging around Motou Yuugi or the dysfunctional group that often. He must have taken up on that rather quickly.

Yes, his brother was an adult now and had the right to make his own decisions. Kaiba wouldn't allow himself to interfere in Mokuba's life unless it was absolutely necessary. But Mokuba seemed to have know what he thought about Yuugi and the others, even though he had some small amount of respect for the, now, except Jounouchi. Mokuba had asked Kaiba at one point why he was still acting this way with Yuugi and the gang, however Kaiba was never the type to give a straight answer.

***Flashback***

"Seto, you shouldn't hold any resentment towards them anymore," Mokuba pointed out, one afternoon at the Kaiba Mansion. "Yuugi and the others did a lot to help us during Battle City Tournament."

"I don't hold any kind of resentment towards them Mokuba," Kaiba interrupted firmly as he kept his eyes on the computer screen[3]. "You can't expect that just because they've gained some of my respect that I will become a one big happy family with them."
"That's not what I meant Seto. It's just the way you're still acting towards Jounouchi and everything-"

Mokuba's words trailed off when Kaiba slowly looked up and gave his brother a stern, serious expression that seemed to say that he wouldn't expect this conversation to go on any longer.

Mokuba hesitated at first and then nodded, respecting his older brother's silence.

"Fine Seto, I think I understand what you mean," he finally said. "Onegai nasai niisama."

"Onegai nasai Mokuba," Kaiba replied but his eyes had already gone back to the screen.

***End flashback***

They may have helped and saved my brother Mokuba but nothing goes beyond the little respect I just happened to show for them.

Kaiba's eyes narrowed further as his thoughts went back on Jounouchi Shizuka.

Nothing at all.

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Downtown Domino City Train

Domino City, Japan

12:30pm

Shizuka looked at her watch briefly as she rode the white/navy blue downtown Domino City train to Odibwa College. It was 12:30pm and she was on time for her class. The train was semi-empty, since rush hour had passed already. Six to seven individuals were sitting in the navy blue seats. The rest of the train was white, spotless and very, very clean. It was said that Japan had the cleanest trains and subways in the world, England coming in second place. The train was going rather fast, thundering down the tracks quickly.

As Shizuka sat there, the words she had said to Jounouchi passed through her mind.

It's a law firm.

Did she do the right thing in telling Jounouchi this? Why was she hiding this from him?

What was the real reason behind this?

Was it because of his words or her instincts?

Something in her mind warned her not to tell Jounouchi anything and she just followed the voice. Shizuka didn't know whether to anticipate the beginning of her job or not-it was an excellent internship, however the interview refused to leave her mind. Somehow, she couldn't seem to get the man Kaiba Seto out of her mind. He was a very attractive man and she was a bit distracted by how much he had become attractive. But there was something else about him and it felt sadistic as though she was looking into the mind of someone that enjoyed making someone very, very uncomfortable. She wouldn't say she was deathly afraid to go to work the next day, however a small amount of fear played in her eyes.

Shizuka decided to forget this then, closing the thoughts out of her mind. She then thought about the dinner later that night. It was going to be fun, she could tell. They were yet again having another get-together after ten years of Battle City. She wished that Mokuba would be there, however he declined. Jounouchi bluntly stated that Kaiba was the reason why the now twenty-one year old declined coming to the dinner.

Shizuka didn't know and she certainly didn't understand this. She doubted that Kaiba had anything to do with the decision but then again, she still didn't know much about Kaiba and perhaps at the interview, she had learned much more than she had dared to think about. Mokuba was an adult now and his brother having any kind of influence on that decision wasn't what Shizuka expected.

But she didn't know.

Suddenly the question she hadn't expected to come back in her mind again revealed itself.

What if Jounouchi had been right? Was this the right decision? Why do I feel so guilty about this?

Didn't she decided, however that Kaiba was perhaps having a bad day?

What was with these second thoughts invading her mind?

Shizuka sighed quietly to herself then.

I'm being paranoid. I start work tomorrow. I wouldn't know how Jounouchi would react if I told him I was working at Kaiba Corporations. I won't tell him now. This isn't something I can tell him right away.no I'm being paranoid. I'll see how work is tomorrow.it won't be that bad.

Suddenly the train made its stop after going through the tunnel for eight minutes.

The stop happened to be Odibwa, the stop Shizuka needed to get off so she could get to the college. The young twenty-four year old got up, her purse and notebook in hand and got out of the train, stepping onto the crème/red train station with its signs in Japanese characters and occasional people passing by her, rushing to get inside the train she had came out from.

Shizuka took a deep breath, refusing to allow herself to feel some kind of strange guilt she didn't have to feel. She then made her way up the stairs of the subway, unaware that her fear was about to become something more, more than she dared to think about.

Much more.

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Takshu Grocery Store

Domino City, Japan

12:40pm

Man, this is a piece of cake. Pick up everythin' an' Mai ain't got no reason ta be sending me back outside for.

Jounouchi Katsuya grinned as he thought about this, making his way down the dairy section of Takshu grocery store, with its polished white/black marbled floors and black rows filled with grocery goods. So far, as Jounouchi pushed his cart down the aisle, he was able to pick up bread and other essentials, unaware that his long time friend Honda Hiroto was coincidentally in the store as well, pushing a cart down the same aisle as well, going to opposite way right pass him because his head was down.

There weren't that mant people in the grocery store either because they were at work and were at lunch break as well.

Honda Hiroto had still looked the same way he had ten years ago, however he looked more mature with his dark brown hair, done in a cone shape like style as usual. He was wearing a white shirt and a leather black jacket with black pants and black shoes as well. He had proven himself to also grow up, becoming a handsome young man as well-twenty-five years old, the same age as Jounouchi.

Honda's head was down so he didn't notice Jounouchi, lost in his own thoughts until the two locked carts [4], making a loud, clanking sound.

Both men jumped back, ready to yell at each other for being too clumsy, however Jounouchi realized immediately who he had ran into as he looked up, seeing it was Honda.

"Honda?" he asked incredulously.

"Jounouchi?" Honda asked just as incredulously.

"Wha' are ya doin' here?"

"What are you doing here?"

"I asked ya first!"

"I would think that you're shopping Jou."

"Is tha' wha' ya were doin' too?"

Honda rolled his eyes.

"Diana is making me do this in case you haven't noticed. Man, she can get demanding sometimes and I don't mean just in bed."

"So I take tha' sex is good eh?" Jounouchi asked, poking Honda in the arm. Honda just rolled his eyes and hit Jounouchi in the arm. Jounouchi grimaced in a pretended gesture and hit Honda back.

"Man, you never changed Jou. Still the regular goofball since Battle City."

"An' ya still tha regula' showoff yaself," Jounouchi replied, knowing that Honda was only kidding. The two laughed then.

"Don' ya have work or soemthin' righ' now?"

"Work? Nah, I'm off from work and I don't have class today. It's boring without Diana home."

"Same thing' fa me. Shizuka must be on ha' way to Odibwa College."

"How is Shizuka?" Honda asked a small amount of affection showing in his voice. Honda Hiroto still had some small feelings for the young woman and he had told Jounouchi about this. Jounouchi understood the situation but these feelings were only mutual.

Jounouchi nodded.

"She's alrigh'.she jus' go' a job today at a law firm."

"A law firm?" Honda interrupted, running a hand through his hair then. "I don't think there's even law firms in Japan, at least not that many. That's pretty good. Did she say where?"

"Nah, we bumped inta each otha' on tha' street. She told me she'd tell me lata.she was actin' kinda strange abou' it though, she looked a bit spooked."

"Spooked?" Honda repeated, wondering what Jounouchi meant.

Jounouchi scratched his head.

"Yeah, like she fel' uneasy abou' tha whole thing. A little jumpy, ya know?"

"She was probably nervous about the whole interview. You know, a little after shock."

"I don' know Honda, if Shizuka foun' out abou' a job an' everythin', I would' expect she woul' tell me everythin'. I think she applied for tha' job yestaday."

"Well, why didn't you ask her yesterday and why didn't she tell you anything?"

"I don' know Honda, guess I'll ask her tanigh'."

"Do you think she sounded like she was hiding something?"

Jounouchi looked at Honda then.

"Why woul' ya think she woul' do somethin' like tha'?"

Honda shrugged.

"I'm not saying that she would but I was just suggesting."

Jounouchi rolled his eyes.

"Shizuka wouldn' do somethin' like tha'. I know ma sista. She ain't no lia'. I guess she'll tell me tonigh'. Speaking of tonigh', foun' anythin' ta where Fabio?"

Honda smirked.

"Ha, ha, very funny Jou," he replied. "I did pick out something to wear and you're not going to see me in it until tonight. Diana is going to faint when she sees me in that suit."

"Uh-huh," Jounouchi replied, nodding sarcastically at Honda' comment. "Ya really think ya goin' ta be a show stoppa' or somethin'?"

Honda smirked.

"Jealous?" he mused then.

Jounouchi rolled his eyes again.

"Yeah, sure," he replied. "I betta finish this shoppin'."

Honda nodded.

"Yeah, me too," he agreed. "Want to finish this together?"

"Yeah, whadeva. How much stuff did Diana make you ge'? I don' ge' women sometimes. They expect us ta do tha' shoppin' when it's their job ta do it."

"If I mention that to Diana, she'll beat me with a shoe," Honda replied flatly.

"Same thin' wi' Mai. She sai' she likes clothes shoppin' an' no food shoppin' so I gotta do this wheneva I'm off from work."

"What time do you have class anyway?"

"3:00pm. Why?"

"Just asking. We're supposed to meet ay Yuugi's apartment to get ready so we can go and meet the women. Hope they don't take too long."

"Yeah.I hope they don' take too long eitha. Wheneva I go wi' Mai at a fancy place an' she gets ready, its like she's puttin' on corsets or somethin'. It takes her foreva ta ge' ready. Ya know, takes her time ta ge' ready like we go' all nigh' or somethin'."

"Same thing with Diana," Honda agreed. "Eh, let's go."

The two men began pushing their carts down the aisle after Honda turned around and he untangled his cart from Jounouchi's.

"How's things wi' you and Diane?" Jounouchi asked as they went down the aisle.

Honda sighed, however it was a satisfied sigh.

"I really love her," he replied then. "I think this relationship's going to work out. The feelings I have for Shizuka aren't as strong as before."

"You know, I woulda gave ya permission ta go ou' wi' her if she had fel' tha same way abou' ya bu' Shizuka."

"Its alright Jou, you don't have to tell me. It really isn't much of a big deal. I love Diane and I'm thinking about proposing to her soon."

Jounouchi's eyes lit up in near excitement.

Man, Yami proposed ta Anzu an' Honda is gonna propose to Diane? Wai' I betta no' think abou' this before I blurt ta Honda tha' Yami proposed ta Anzu.

"Uh.Jou?" Honda asked, seeing the expression on Jounouchi's face.

Jounouchi nearly jumped, after being interrupted out of his thoughts.

"Nothin' nothin'," he replied quickly then. "Jus' thinking abou' somethin'."

Honda nodded then but slowly.

Still the average goofball after ten years.

As Jounouchi and Honda continued, Jounouchi wiped his brow then.

Man, I almos' told Honda! Baka, baka! Maybe Yuug is righ'. Sometimes I don' always keep secrets. Well at least I managed to keep this one.

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Chapter 6 finished! Chapter 7 coming up. Things get prickly for Shizuka after class.you'll see.

[1] Later on in the story, Kaiba will be sitting in Shizuka's Business Management class and that will be chilling, very chilling.

[2] Juni stands for June in Japanese, I believe. The secretary plays some role in the story.

[3] Sometimes I wonder if Kaiba doesn't get dizzy staring at a computer screen for so long. Just some wondering of mine.

[4] Coincidence Honda and Jounouchi run into each other huh? Just a friend thing.

Well byes!