There's Always Tomorrow : Chapter 13 : Abduction

Seto x OC fan fiction

((Skips around)) Here's the next chapter! I have nothing more to say except that I changed the first few chapters a bit and the summary ((Nods)) Other than that enjoy the update! ((Bounce))

Disclaimer: These are starting to get annoying, nonetheless…I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! But I do own some pretty nice skins of Seto Kaiba for The Sims. And I don't own The Sims either. Ugh! On to the story.

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A few hours later, Leigha woke up to a mixture of wonderful smells entering her nose. Her eyes shot open and she nearly floated off the bed to where the smell was coming from. Slowly she sat up in bed and stretched before smiling widely at the wondrous and fantastic smells that were lingering all through the house. She threw the covers off her body, and tip toed to the kitchen and froze at the door to find Seto stirring something in a pot.

For a while, she stood at the frame of the door, blinking at the scene playing out before her. He was cooking something, and it smelled good. Really good. Seto still hadn't noticed the presence at the door and stopped stirring for a moment to look at a recipe on the counter. Running his finger down the list he made sure he had done everything right. And by the looks of the simmering pot of food, it had turned out just as he had planned.

God, this is ridiculous. I'm never doing this again and if someone comes in here and sees me like this I don't know what…I'll…shit.

While that thought ran through his head, he had turned around abruptly to get something out of the refrigerator but finally realized there was a stunned Leigha at the door. Her face blank, she continued to blink dumbly at the stiff CEO that was frozen where he was and his mind screaming curses at him mentally.

Why didn't you close the door? You moron!

There's no use because it wouldn't have helped anyway. It's not like I can run out the door before she sees me. I would've gotten caught.

But she didn't have to catch you actually cooking, you could have said something like, 'I was waiting for the cook to get back,' you nitwit.

Shut up!

Finally he grew fed up with arguing with himself, and turned back around to continue stirring the pot, this time with more ferocity. His eyebrows furrowed in frustration and anger as he glared at the bubbling substance and a frown as deep at the Grand Canyon upon his mouth. He was hoping he wouldn't be found out, but that obviously wasn't what Lady Luck had planned out for him today.

Slowly, Leigha stepped into the kitchen over to where Seto was still stirring the pot roughly and getting a few splatters on the floor and counter in the process. She looked over his shoulder at the food that was making her mouth water, and nearly drooled all over his shirt.

"Say Kaiba, I didn't know you could cook" she managed without dripping saliva all over his clothes.

Seto froze and turned to direct his glare at her. But when he noticed her smug look, he turned back around and mumbled something under his breath that sounded suspiciously like 'it's an old hobby.'

Leigha had to bite her lip from laughing out loud. She was going to be grateful for the food, but that would come later. Seeing Seto cooking was a once in a lifetime opportunity. She continued to watch over his shoulder at what he was doing. Sniggering behind his back when he sprinkled some salt into the pot, and growled back at her.

"Don't you have something better to do?" he snapped.

"Not really," she took interest in her nails as she picked at them. "Besides, this is way too priceless to miss,"

Her innocent smile bugged him to no end and finally after 10 more minutes of Leigha watching and Seto cooking, his masterpiece was finished and ready to be eaten.

It was simple enough, with chicken broth and large juicy pieces of white meat floating in the pot, and a variety of vegetables mixed in to give it more of a healthy meal. All in all, it looked good. Really good.

Leigha licked her lips in anticipation at the pot. The whole time the simmering and the juicy pieces of chicken in the broth made her want to eat it right out of the pot right then and there. She could smell all of the healthy vegetables in the broth. She sucked in a deep breath of the delicious looking soup and smiled in approval.

She turned on her heel and crossed her arms across her chest, scrutinizing and glaring at Seto.

Bring on the insults

He waited for the teasing in vain but what he got caused him to look at her in surprise.

After a few moments, her glare turned into a broad grin as she beamed at the CEO. What she said caused further shock to run after Seto as he stood with his arms crossed that were now dropping to his sides limply.

"It smells absolutely wonderful!"

She didn't know why she was so peppy, but she shrugged it off as she practically bounced over to the cupboard that held the bowls. After getting two bowls out of the cupboard, one for her and Seto, she strutted back to the pot that now had steam slowly rising from the hot soup. She dipped the ladle into the pot and poured the soup into her bowl until it touched the rim and threatened to spill over.

Smiling in satisfaction, she waltzed back to the kitchen table when she had gotten her share of soup and set herself down to have the first taste. Sure, she didn't like meat besides fish, but being so famished, she didn't care when she took her first bite out of the soup.

After chewing and swallowing and letting the warm broth slide down her throat and spread throughout her body, her face seemed to glow in happiness as she continued to finish it off at a fairly fast pace. Seto stood there watching her with a blank expression on his face. What he was prepared for were insults at how he shouldn't cook and he was going to poison her with his lack of skill. He wasn't prepared for a few comments on how it was just as delightful in taste as it was in smell.

A small smile tugged at his lips as he watched her try to finish off the rest. In the beginning she was eating at a fairly fast pace, but the more she ate the slower it got. Pretty soon, Seto heard a clang of silverware and a sigh as Leigha sat back in her chair a content expression on her face.

"That was good," she turned her eyes to look at him. Her eyes danced in glee when she noticed the small smile on his face and she stood up to wash her bowl.

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RING! RING!

"Seto Kaiba speaking."

After eating the small course meal of chicken soup in the kitchen when Leigha left. Seto made his way back to the bedroom. He had been lying on the bed; looking thoughtfully up at the canopy hanging above him when the annoying ring of his cell phone brought him back down to earth and he picked it up. His brother's maturing voice sounded over and a small genuine smile tugged on the CEO's lips.

"Seto! God, where are you? You've been gone for a couple of days! I've been trying to get a hold of you!"

Even though Mokuba was a few years younger than his older brother was; he still had the tendency to worry more about his elder than was needed. Now in his first year of high school, he spent more time trying to convince the CEO he spent too much time at the office than trying to spend as much time as he could with him at the office.

On the other line, Mokuba was pacing around in his brother's room, stopping every now and then to look at the few pictures he had around of himself and Seto from earlier years. A smile crept over his face over one particular picture of his brother and himself at the orphanage playing chess. One of the very few pictures he had of Seto smiling.

"I'm sorry kid. There's been some trouble. I promise I'll get back to you as soon as it's sorted out"

Seto rubbed at his temples when he heard Mokuba sigh on the line. As much as he wanted to return back to the mansion, he had those few things to sort out, and couldn't show his face in Domino for a while without being hoarded with questions by the media. And this Mason character…what did he want?

"I figured that much. I saw the newspaper yesterday and thought that was the reason you didn't show up last night"

Seto frowned at his brother's tired voice and sat up in the bed and switching his cell phone to the other side of his face.

"Mokuba…" he started with a low voice but was interrupted with an airy voice on the other line.

"I know what you're going to say. I did sleep but it's been stressful not knowing where you are"

Seto let out a tired sigh and didn't press the matter further and then started to rub at his temples again.

"Alright. Just don't worry about me too much anymore, okay? I'm fine, and I'll try and get home as soon as I can."

"Okay, Seto. I'll see you soon. Bye"

"Goodbye, Mokuba"

Seto hung up his phone and placed it in his pocket. Taking in a deep breath he swung he legs over the bed and stood up. He kept replaying over in his mind what happened in the warehouse. When she was taken horror and desperation found his way through his heart as he frantically searched through the darkness for any part of her.

Grunting he walked out the door to the living room, and stopped to watch Leigha resting on the couch. It seemed hardly believable that she could find rest on the couch, but her face was shown in a peaceful expression. He watched with curiosity when she wrinkled her nose and shut her eyes tighter and started to shake. Mumbles rolling out of her mouth as her trembles became violent and stronger.

Her words could finally be understood when she started writhing in the cushions in front of his widening eyes.

"No…please"

Tears now falling down her cheeks, her words growing louder, Seto finally had enough sense to lean over the back of the couch and shake her out of the nightmare. He grabbed her shoulders roughly and gently shook her until her eyes snapped open and stared through Seto at the ceiling.

She focused her watery eyes and directed them at Seto's piercing gaze. Her eyes shining with unshed tears she lifted a hand and ran it through his chocolate locks. And she closed her eyes again and let her hand fall back limply on her stomach.

Chills ran through his body and his heart beat faster when her elegant hands combed through his hair. Not knowing what to do he had frozen looming above her until her hand fell back down onto her torso. He gazed intently at her glittering eyes before they fluttered closed and she drifted back off to sleep.

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A few hours later, Leigha woke up to sharp pains in her spine. She arched her back and stretched on the cushions and sighed. The pain still lingering on her back she sat up unsteadily and took in her surroundings.

Judging by the facts that she was in the living room, and on the couch, she must have fallen asleep watching television or something of the sort. And by the fact that her back was screaming in pain, the couch wasn't the best place to take a nap.

Her dream was a memory with a few alterations, and a rather clear memory she had when she was still in high school. Her mind-started reeling in her own haunting reverie and she took in a sharp gasp and her eyes glazed over in fear and she clutched the cushions beneath her.

A younger Leigha, no older than 16 was walking carefully down a dark alley. The alley that always served as a shorter route to her home, as she strolled down jumping every time a noise pierced the otherwise eerie silence.

A loud hiss and cruel laughter made her turn around and come face to face with an older man with graying hair and dark beady eyes. His rough mustache and sour breath made her back up a few steps and she came to a halt when her back ran into a chest.

She turned swiftly again and paled when she was facing a chest, and looked up five inches to face the man that was clearly about a foot taller than her with slicked back black hair that was shiny with all of the gel and his sharp gray eyes.

She swallowed the hard lump that formed in her throat and turned to run the other way but was trapped with the other man in front of her. Letting out a yelp, the man behind her had grabbed her by the wrists and pulled her against his chest.

"What's a pretty girl like you doing down here?"

She shuddered as his slurred voice tried to whisper in her ear and she struggled against the strong hold he had on her wrists, almost bruising the tender flesh.

"None of your business! Now let me go!"

A cruel cackle escaped the other man's throat as he stepped up to her and tilted her chin skyward to have a look at her pretty neck.

"She looks delicious don't you think?"

The man in front of her asked the larger man holding her hands. A low chuckle escaped his throat as he bent down to lick on her throat. He hummed in satisfaction and turned back to the small man.

"As sweet as chocolate" he chuckled.

Her heart started beating faster and her head started spinning as she realized what was happening, her struggles started to become more violent as she kicked and thrashed to get away. A stinging slap threw her head to the right and a red handprint started to form on her cheek. Tears were stinging her eyes as the man in front started to unclasp a few buttons and she writhed under his burning touch. The grip on her wrists tightened and she winced against all of the pain.

"No…please"

She opened her eyes and came face to face with dark muddy brown eyes, and she screamed inside of her head when she realized who is was.

Mason.

"Leigha?"

Her eyes shot open at her name and she noticed Seto standing at the foot of the couch with a slightly confused expression on his face. Now she remembered why she was so cold, and she was starting to become…soft with this man. She wouldn't allow it anymore; she wouldn't let him get to her with his rare comfort. She would never trust another person ever again with all things she went through.

What had caused her to lose her defenses and her wall she had took so long to build up to crumble down into dust in front of her eyes? Seto Kaiba was just another man looking for the same thing that every other man was looking for. Why should she have to treat him any different? Because he comforted her? Anyone could do that…but why did she feel so safe around him, like nothing in the world mattered if he was there.

What's going on here?

"What?" was her snappish reply.

At first Seto was shocked at her attitude, but his eyes quickly narrowed at her voice. This wasn't the Leigha he was starting to get used to and tolerate. Her hardened eyes and scowl didn't suit her at all anymore from when he first met her in the office for her interview. He was starting to grow fond of the new Leigha he had been experiencing these past few days. As hard as it was to admit –he was starting to like her.

Seto grunted and walked up to the side of the couch with his arms crossed and a scowl of his own. His ocean blue eyes blank and expressionless as Leigha stared up at him, her defenses being brought down once again by his intimidating posture as he stared from above her.

"I'm going out," was all he said as he walked to the door.

Leigha turned around on the couch and sat on her legs, watching as her boss slipped on his shoes and shrugged on his trench coat. Her eyes wandered over his lean frame and broad shoulders and then stared at his blue eyes. Maybe…she could learn to trust him. After all he did for her, she supposed it was only fair.

"Wait," she called quietly.

He turned to face her again and her downcast eyes confused him. And Seto Kaiba despised being confused. She was just staring coldly at him, what caused her sudden change in emotion?

That last word made him shudder. He was showing too much of that as of late.

"Yes?" he asked when she still hadn't spoken.

"Can I go with? I hate being stuck here," her green eyes twinkled in hope and Seto couldn't find the words to say no. So he simply nodded, and Leigha practically jumped off the couch and slipped on her own shoes and grabbed her jacket and they made their way to his car.

"Uh…we're not taking the limo?" she looked up at him in puzzlement. Didn't Seto Kaiba always travel in style?

Her thoughts were confirmed as she noticed the black Saleen S7 sitting in the small driveway. The moon and stars reflected on its shiny midnight black paintjob and black tinted windows. She rolled her eyes heavenwards at her ignorance.

Obviously, that was a rhetorical question. Whatever was I thinking?

"We're taking my car"

"I figured. Who else would that belong to, hn?"

He smirked at her comment but continued to walk to the driver side of the car. He unlocked the car door, and pressed the small button on the panel and the passenger door unlocked with a click and Leigha slid into the leather seats.

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"Good evening, Mr. Kaiba," she matre'd greeted the tall CEO.

Kaiba only grunted in response and walked up to the podium to speak with the fidgeting waiter, while Leigha scanned the nice restaurant.

Beautiful paintings hung all over the dark red walls and hanging chandeliers were dropping from the ceiling above white clothed dinner tables. Tall candles flickered and danced across the room and china sat patiently on the cloth along with blood red napkins folded neatly on the right sides of the glass plates.

A small tap on her shoulder caused her to turn her head and stare into two dark brown eyes. Leigha gasped and spun around and came face to face with the very person that was haunting her memories and dreams.

"Mason," she breathed and took a few steps back.

"I told you you'd be seeing me again," he chuckled and stepped closer to her.

Her mind went into overdrive and went searching frantically for Seto with her eyes. She spotted him arguing with the waiter and the waiter was sweating profusely under his hard glare. She was about to open her mouth and call to him but a large hand was forced roughly onto her mouth and her call was forced into a muffled cry. But it was loud enough to cause to waiter to turn his head away from Seto and look at what was happening.

"Excuse me," he announced and Mason turned to glare at him. "I'd advise you to let that young woman go before I call security."

This caused Seto to look behind him and his eyes widened but narrowed quickly at the two people.

"Mason," he growled and stepped toward him.

"Nice to see you again, Kaiba," he said cheerily but waved his hand in a gesture for his lackey to take Leigha away. She started thrashing violently and yelling before it faded away dully after she was dragged away like a doll.

Seto made to go after her but Mason stepped in front of him and looked up smugly at his furious expression.

"Let her go," Seto hissed and grabbed Mason by the collar of his shirt lifting him off the ground.

Mason's smirk turned into an evil grin as he looked up at the towering figure of Seto. He just let out an evil cackle before two more burly men grabbed Seto and forced his arms behind his back. He struggled against their hold and gave Mason a death glare that would cause any person to want to shrivel up and die from the lack of feeling over their bodies.

"Now, now," he shook his finger, "you don't want anything to happen to Leigha, do we?"

"You better not touch her, you snake," he spat and he looked in the direction where she had disappeared.

"I won't…yet," he turned to walk away and the men that were holding Seto threw him down to the ground and followed their master.

"Damnit!" Seto roared and slammed his fist down on the marble floor.

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Yeah, I know it is kind of short but I'm leaving you with a cliffhanger but I'll get the next one out as soon as I can. Practice and stuff is gonna get in the way so I don't know when I can update.

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