Tell Him - Complete

Chapter Four - Third Ranked

Be warned everyone, there's a duel in this chapter. It was a long and very difficult process and I have to say my admiration for Kazuki Takahashi rose when I realised just how hard it was to write a duel out - and he drew all of his. 

^_^ thanks to all of those who have been reading~

Chapter Four – Third Ranked

It appeared that Pegasus was happy to view her sketchy ideas and praised her on the amount she sent him and insisted that she continue to send him rough sketches in case he saw an idea that he approved of. He liked having discussions with his artists it appeared – he believed that only artists can possibly understand another artist.

With that problem off her chest she felt a little better and the pressure was definitely lighter on her now and didn’t feel the need to produce a complete and proper picture so soon. But now she had another little problem to solve – when she was going to drop in on Yami Motou.

She’d researched the address and found that it was to a little store called Kame Game Shop. It was fitting that the King of Games lived in a game shop, but it was odd because the shop barely had its own website. It was such a little known store despite who lived there – and he probably worked there too. Every duellist had to pay for his deck one way or another. The thought, though logical, confused her to the point that she found it amusing.

As anxious as she was to meet him she was also hesitant.

Not only that but to get there she would need a ride of some sort. And to get a ride she’d need to borrow one of the mansion’s cars. But if she did that Seto would definitely find out about her little trip. But she knew that it was very possible to ensure that no one told Seto of her little trip. She was the unofficial mistress of the household – Mokuba and Seto being the Masters – so she could get her way as well.

Despite the nerves she couldn’t back away now that she was so very close.

Just after lunch the Monday afternoon after Mokuba gave her the address she found Roland and quietly asked for a favour. “But please, promise me that you won’t tell Seto.” She pleaded.

“Certainly, Miss Kaiba.” Roland replied, bowing to her.

Victoria smiled. Hopefully Seto would never know. “Thank you.”

And with that sorted out she ran back to her room, pulled on her favourite brown boots that came up to her ankles over her thigh high white socks and then added a black jacket. She was already wearing a short, black, pleated skirt with an olive green top that had strings tied up around her neck. She knew she would be duelling so she slipped on black arm bands to counteract the metal of the duel disk.

The duel disk that Seto gave her was then placed securely in a backpack along with a sketch book and a thin fabric pencil case. She could get inspiration anywhere and she learnt long ago to just carry a book everywhere she went. She grabbed her card case and strapped it around her thigh, covering the top of her left sock. And once she was finally ready for the chance of a life time she headed out the door.

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Though she had never been to many parts of Domino City, this area was particularly remote compared to where she had been. Thankfully it was far enough from the mall she’d visited weeks before and far enough from home as well as Kaiba Corp. to ensure that Seto would never know.

As they were drawing close to the address, Victoria asked Roland to stop the car and that she would call when she was ready to be picked up. Roland was confused to her actions, but didn’t question her as he left her on the side walk and drove off.