Despite being a man of his stature, Kazuya generally had a crappy life. He would wake up in the morning, check his inbox which was usually filled to the BRIM with hate mail, check his hundreds of voicemails which were always some sort of death threat, then get dressed and go to his crappy job as CEO of G Corporation, a job which everyone hated him for because he took the position by killing their many beloved executive members.

He lived every day with a proverbial knife at his neck, and it only made him more depressed than he already was. At this point in his life, the only thing he had to wake up in the morning for was the desire to destroy his father/sworn enemy Heihachi and capture his son Jin, who held the other half of the Devil Gene he sought after to make himself complete. Nothing else really mattered to him: his job, the people around him, even his martial arts training. Since he was in charge of his own army and had the Devil power, the desire to practice Mishima Style Karate had faded from his life.

Kazuya literally had nothing.

It was a day like any other, with CEO Kazuya walking down the hallways of the G Corp main headquarters, ignoring the hateful looks he got from all directions.

Hmph... pitiful insects.

Kazuya kept his eyes forward, a look of total indifference frozen permanently on his face. He adjusted the collar of his short sleeved purple button-up shirt a few times as he made his way to his personal elevator, which took him all the way to the top floor.

As Kazuya rose upwards in silence, his mind wandered. He thought about what he would do today: wage war on his enemies, declare martial law on an unruly territory, maybe ruin some poor kid's life and make them swear revenge? None of it really sounded appealing to him. Maybe he would just plant his face on his desk and let sleep overtake him...

Kazuya opened the door to his office, preparing to set his plan of "face meet desk" in motion. Unfortunately... his desk was full at the moment; there was a large, female shaped obstruction laying across it.

"Hey, Kazzy~!"

Kazuya's eyes rolled when he saw who had invaded his office and knocked all his papers on the floor. Laying on top of his desk, legs raised in the air, same red dress as always, was none other than his recently hired pain in the neck who had been recruited for security purposes and just to generally help out around the place. She hadn't done much of that, though; all Anna seemed interested in was being a complete nuisance.

"Anna..." Kazuya muttered, his voice ice cold as usual.

"Hmmmmmm?"

"What are you... doing...?"

Anna giggled as she rolled over on her stomach, her cleavage smooshing against the desk and emphasizing it big time.

"Hee hee hee... I just thought you'd like something to look at while you work today~"

Kazuya looked away in annoyance. "Woman, I don't have time for your shenanigans. Now get out of my office and make yourself useful before I fire you."

Anna's face turned to a pitiful pout. "But Kazzyyyyyyyy!"

"OUT!"

"Hmph! Fine! Just so you know, I'm not wearing underwear. YOUR LOSS!"

Anna angrily stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Kazuya breathed a sigh of relief as he plopped down in his chair, laying his face against the same desk his "bodyguard" was just laying on.

"Damned woman... who does she think she is..."

Kazuya sat there in silence for a while, his mind just wandering like usual. This time, the topic was Anna... notably, why the hell he had hired her back. It had been more than 20 years since the two saw each other, back when Kazuya was still head of the Zaibatsu. Someone had put a hit out on him and Nina Williams was hired to pull the trigger. Luckily, her sister Anna Williams would do ANYTHING to defeat her, even applying for a job with a man who literally let the Devil inhabit his body. With Anna as his bodyguard, Nina's assassination attempt was thwarted.

It was around this time that the two had gotten to know each other a little. Admittedly, having Anna around wasn't the worst thing in the world; she did her job well, plus she was good to look at. They got along pretty well back then, until Anna went into cryosleep and they never saw each other again. Until now...

It had happened out of the blue; Nina was hired by the Mishima Zaibatsu, and Anna followed suit at the snap of a finger by applying at G Corp. Since Kazuya acknowledged her skills as a fighter, he appointed her as his second in command much like Jin appointed Nina as his. At the time, he hadn't really considered their history together as a factor in his choice. But now... he WAS thinking about it.

All these memories flooding back suddenly made Kazuya feel a bit...nostalgic. Suddenly, he was feeling a bit of regret for chasing Anna out of his office like that. Maybe... just MAYBE... he could try and appreciate her a bit more. After all, she was one of the only people on the face of the Earth that was actually loyal to him. After all these years... she came back to him.

"Anna." Kazuya called out.

There was no response.

"ANNA! I know you're outside my door!"

"What do you want, sourpuss?" Anna called out from the other side.

"I want you to come back in."

"Wh-what...?"

"I mean it. Come back into my office, now."

"Are you gonna bitch at me? Because I'm not hearing it."

"Just come back in!"

After a few seconds of silence, the doorknob slowly turned and the door crept open. Anna walked back inside, no longer with the flirtatious attitude. She was as serious as Kazuya; he brought that out in most people.

"I'm sorry..." Anna said meekly, looking away with a scowl.

"You didn't do anything. It was just me... I'm just stressed out lately." Kazuya replied, his face still stoic.

"Well, I was trying to cheer you up, but obviously you don't-"

"You can come sit on my desk."

That widened Anna's eyes a bit. She looked over at Kazuya, like she was looking at a different person.

"What was that? I didn't quite catch it."

Kazuya rolled his eyes and grunted. "Will you just... just come do whatever it is you were doing in my office, okay? Just do what you want!"

Anna's eyebrow raised as a tiny grin crept on the corner of her mouth. "Uhh... who are you and what have you done with Kazuya?"

Kazuya put his hand to his chin and scoffed. "I'm just humoring you, that's all. I value you as an employee, so I'm just trying to stay on your good side. You Williams are unpredictable, after all. I don't want to wake up one morning with a red dot pointed at me."

"Heh heh heh... I wouldn't do that to you, Kazzy darling~" Anna cooed as she approached the desk. But instead of sitting there, she had a much different seat in mind.

Kazuya tensed up when he felt Anna's warm bottom plop into his lap and her arms wrap around his neck. Anna was a flirt, but she had never gotten THIS close to him. He didn't say anything though; he was going to tolerate it. Maybe it wasn't so hard to.

"Ah, Kazuya... how many years has it been?" Anna whispered, pressing her head against his shoulder.

"It's been... two decades." Kazuya replied softly.

"You know why I came back, don't you?"

"You hate your sister?"

"Tch, is that all you think of me~?"

Kazuya didn't reply to that one. He just sat in silence, baiting Anna to answer the question herself. He was genuinely curious as to why else she would come back besides to get one over on Nina.

Anna leaned down and pressed her lips to his ear. "Tell me... are you happy to see me again? Be honest now."

Damn! Anna turned the tables on him! She was trying to get him to open up; something Kazuya hadn't done to anyone ever in his life. Dammit, what does he do?! Such a crafty bitch she could be... lower his guard with flirting, then drop a bomb on him.

Staying calm and collected as always, Kazuya cleverly gave her a half answer.

"I hired you back, didn't I?"

Anna gave a cute pout, as that was clearly not the answer she was looking for. Nonetheless, she gave a sultry giggle and nuzzled his neck.

"Hee hee hee, you are such an asshole. Don't you ever get rid of me, kay? If you do... I WILL kill you. Don't you think I can't. I'm more competent than my sister~"

"Hmph, I believe you..." Kazuya scoffed, a grin spreading on his lips.

"Are you being sarcastic?"

"Get off of me."

"Answer me, Kazuya!"

"Get OFF! Go do some paperwork or go kill some Tekken Force soldiers."

With a growl, Anna got off of Kazuya and made her way to the door. "I'm not done with you, Kazuya. Tonight, you're buying me drinks and I'm not taking no for an answer!"

Before Kazuya could open his mouth, the door slammed. He was left there with his thoughts, and there were quite a few swarming in his head at the moment. Anna was a hard woman to read, but it seemed like she was trying to get close to him. Sure, she had flirted with him quite a bit back then too, but this was on a new level. She always knew where to draw the line, but this time she was actually taking Kazuya out of his comfort zone.

"What angle is she playing...?" Kazuya muttered to himself. With a loud sigh, he decided to just take Anna off of his mind and focus on putting stuff back on his desk. Whatever she was playing at, he would just have to figure it out tonight.

TO BE CONTINUED