A/N Hi Everyone... I know I haven't written for a very long time and I am hoping to make that up. Fingers crossed this story is good and you all enjoy it. Please leave a review, I always love hearing back from you!

Please note that I do not own YuGiOh or the characters therein except for my own plot and characters. Any similarities to anyone alive or dead is purely coincidental.

Chapter 1 The Woman with Green Eyes

It was a normal day at the office for Seto Kaiba so far. The 28 year old was as busy as a young CEO of a huge multinational company would be. It was almost lunch time and with the morning having been filled with back to back meetings, he was looking forward to the break. As was the daily routine, Mokuba, Kaiba's younger brother and vice president of Kaiba Corp, entered through the heavy wooden doors into his office.

"Hey bro. You ready?" Mokuba asked.

"Yeah." He picked up his coat and left the office.

Mokuba and Kaiba stepped out into the glorious sunshine that bathed Domino City. They stepped off the curb just as Roland, Kaiba's driver, got into their town car to take the two brothers to their usual lunch spot.

Just then a black panel van caught Kaiba's attention. It swerved around the corner with screeching tyres and he could clearly see through the front windscreen that there was a scuffle taking place in the van. The van swerved this way and that, the driver trying to maintain control despite the chaos ensuing inside.

The van was about pass by the brothers but the door slid open with force and out tumbled a woman who landed heavily at Kaiba's feet. She looked up through her mess of raven hair at piercing blue eyes.

Kaiba bent down to assist the woman but Mokuba was immediately at her side helping her. She looked at them with the frightened eyes of a doe and tried to push away but Mokuba's grip was firm.

"You shouldn't try to get up miss. You took quite a spill."

"Please don't hurt me." She said.

"Why would I hurt you?" Mokuba replied.

"Roland!" Kaiba called. "We need to get this woman medical assistance."

"Yes sir. Shall I call an ambulance?"

"No." said Mokuba. "She was obviously trying to get away from someone. A hospital may not be safe."

"Mokuba, we know nothing about her."

"So?" Mokuba turned to his brother, "I'm not suggesting taking her home; just somewhere private." He then turned to her and gently asked, "Do you think you can stand?"

She nodded to him that she could. There was something about him she felt she could trust.

Kaiba looked at Mokuba helping the woman, a woman. He always admired Mokuba's readiness to help those in need even though he would never express it. He would let Mokuba do what he felt was necessary but would make sure that he was safe doing so.

"Roland, call the Domino Park Hotel and book a suite. Tell them we'll be there in a few minutes." Kaiba ordered. "Mokuba we need to get her in the car. Before we get a crowd."

"Yeah, you're right." Mokuba gently helped the woman to her feet and walked her to the car. "C'mon in you go." Once he was sure she was in properly, he buckled her in and closed the door.

He climbed in on the other side of the car just as Kaiba got into the front seat. Roland started up the car and drove off in the direction of the luxurious Domino hotel.

Kaiba looked at the woman through the rear-view mirror. She had a faraway look in her bright green eyes. Her ebony black hair was unruly and matted. Her skin was fair and her body slender. She had a strong jaw line but her face appeared gaunt. Wherever she was, if she was held, was somewhere where they had not fed her much. She wore a dirty, stained white knee length tunic and her feet were bare.

Kaiba realized that if they walked into the hotel with her looking like that, they would really set chins wagging. He shrugged off his long purple coat and handed it to Mokuba.

"Here, put this on her. We can't walk in with her looking like that."

"There is a baseball cap behind your headrest Mr. Mokuba. You could hide her hair with that."

Both Kaiba and Mokuba looked at Roland questioningly. "I don't always dress in suits sir." He smiled awkwardly.

The woman could barely process all that was happening. She felt incredibly lucky that these strangers were helping her but she did not know how long her luck would hold out for.

"Here's what we are going to do. Roland you will go check in for us while we remain in the car. If they ask you how long we are staying, book it for a week. Once you have the room key, you will drive us into the hotel garage and park at the highest floor shortening the period in which we may be seen. Once we are in the room, I want you to call a doctor here. Pay him what you have to Roland, we need the doctor's discretion. Are we clear?"

"Yes sir."

"Once the doctor has been we can get some food into her and answers out."

Kaiba's plan worked like clockwork and soon they were entering the suite at the hotel with no one having seen them. Mokuba seated the woman on the couch and delicately removed the cap she wore.

"Roland make the call." Kaiba ordered.

"Yes sir." He responded pulling the phone out of his jacket pocket. He quickly spoke to the receptionist then the doctor and passed on the details of their whereabouts. "Sir, he will be here in 20minutes." He informed Kaiba.

"Good." Kaiba replied as he opened a soda that he got out of the bar fridge and handed one to Mokuba who was making a call to reception.

"Good day. I would like you to bring up a toiletry set to the Park Suite please." Mokuba requested in a call to reception. They informed him that it would be delivered momentarily; he thanked them and hung up.

The woman still looked like a frightened deer so Kaiba thought it best to hold back the questions until later. This whole incident had taken him away from his usual routine, he knew that he would end up working late into the night but he would not let Mokuba handle this situation on his own. He was not yet sure if he wanted them to be involved yet or not.

Finally, the doctor arrived with a knock at the door. Roland ushered him in.

"Hello." The doctor greeted, shaking hands with Roland then Mokuba. "I'm doctor Eldrich." He then turned to greet Kaiba who was his usual cold self.

"Look I don't have much time so if you could get on with this, I would appreciate it."

The doctor nodded and made his way to the woman sitting on the couch.

"My! Dear what has happened to you?!" The doctor exclaimed as he took a look at her. "I think it best if we examined you in the room." He said as he led her to one of the bedrooms that led off the living area.

The doctor was gone a while. Kaiba sat impatiently, waiting for them to emerge. Mokuba paced the room while Roland looked out the window.

After what seemed like ages, the two of them re-entered the room.

"Well, I'm not sure what's going on here but this woman has been through a great deal. There isn't a whole lot I can prescribe apart from electrolytes for the dehydration and anti-inflammatory painkillers. She also needs to get some proper nutrition. I suggest we start with a shower and a meal. Nothing hectic, basic food like chicken soup, vegetables that sort of thing should be fine."

"What about her injuries when she fell out onto the road? She took quite a spill." Mokuba enquired.

"She did and there is superficial bruising. Nothing to be worried about."

"Thank you doc." Mokuba said shaking his hand. "Here's my card. Please forward the bill to me."

"Will do. Good afternoon gentlemen."'

Roland saw the doctor out and Mokuba handed her the hotel toiletry pack. "There are towels and a robe in the bathroom."

She quickly but quietly took the pack from him. The solace the bathroom provided was welcoming. She stepped into the hot steaming shower and scrubbed her fair skin clean. She washed her hair and scrubbed her teeth. It felt great to be clean. To wash away the weeks of her ordeal. The woman staring back at her in the mirror looked like her but different. She looked thinner than she ever had but the biggest difference was the dead look of her eyes. She towel dried her hair, combed it through and dressed in the robe.

She could not believe that she had fallen into the path of Seto and Mokuba Kaiba and they had been good to her even though they had no reason to be. She also knew that they would want answers and it was only fair that she provided them. She braced herself and walked out into the living area.

"How do you feel?" Mokuba asked as she took her seat on the sofa.

"Better, thank you." She responded softly.

She was able to speak now and Kaiba thought it was time he stepped in. If Mokuba was to help this woman any further, he needed to know what risks were attached.

"Do you know who we are?" Kaiba asked her in his low growl of a voice.

"Yes." She replied.

"Well then, you need to start talking because whether you meant to or not, you have dragged Mokuba and I into something with you and I need to know what that is. I need to know if we help you or leave you here."

"I understand."

"Seto!" Mokuba interjected.

"No Mokuba. She could be involved in something that we don't want any part of."

"But Seto-"

"No Mokuba."

"He's right. I'll answer any question you ask."

"Good." Kaiba replied. "Firstly, who are you?"

"My name is Lara. Lara von Schroeder."