Angels and Dragons
By Samuel Davis
Chapter 3: The Decision
Hey everyone yes I'm still alive and well, it's just been so long since I've had the inspiration to write a new chapter!
I do not own any of the yugioh characters in this story, I do however own the story in its idea and plot so I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed making it
Serenity had been at school since early morning and as per usual for their rag tag group they meet up at Yugi's Grandpa's card shop for some card playing, chatting, and general hanging out.
She walks up to the quite familiar door and knocks quietly sighing inwardly dreading the flak she will soon be receiving.
Our favorite little spiky haired boy opens the door with a cheery smile, "Hello Serenity glad you could make it!" He takes her jacket for her and places it on a coat tree. Serenity replies "Thanks Yugi, ummm are Tristan and Duke here?" "yes they are…and they really want to talk to you about something as does Joey, is something wrong Serenity because if it's their constant flirting I can straighten them out for you" "No Thanks Yugi I can handle this, trust me it's not as bad as one would think." "Ok but just let me know how it goes" the spiky haired shorty heads off elsewhere to chat with his current interest Tea.
Serenity sees the tall blonde she calls brother with a taller gentlemen with brown hair that strangely enough forms a point and knows him to be Tristan, and the other man in the scene is a pompous airhead who is good looking and knows it using that to get the women he wants, he has brown hair that seems to shoot off everywhere just right.
"Hi Joey" serenity says. Tristan tugs on his collar and swallows shoving over to make room "Go ahead and sit here if you want Serenity" has one of those corny smiles that you can't help but laugh at. Duke then takes a chance and follows suit pushing Tristan over to make his own space "Of course she'd like to sit here thanks bro, don't worry Serenity I've kept it nice just for you" finishes that off smoothly with a wink. Serenity just pulls up a chair from the dining table "Nah I'll be fine with just this." Tristan then opens the topic rather bluntly "So I hear you got a job for that ignorant prick Kaiba…and I thought my boss was bad" he finishes with a mild laugh. Duke adds in "Yea give it like 10 days he'll have you broken and leaving that place back home" Serenity replies "You know all you guys do is bad mouth him at every chance you get, doesn't it matter to you how much he's helped us in the past? Or are you all too ignorantly deluded to comprehend just how kind he can be?" Tristan and Duke both laugh and
Tristan says "Him? Kind? Really Serenity I know your hard pressed to see good in everyone but come off it he's a self righteous tight fisted scum bag with a stick up his butt, your just too naive to see that"
She scowls and replies bitterly "Well your no better, all you do is say how much you despise him, when your best friend Yugi has often regarded him respectfully, well I don't need your justification and that is that!" she yells storming outside not before saying a polite farewell to her host Yugi.
Joey then says finally "Give it two weeks, she won't want to stay there by then and it will be back to normal"
Serenity storms off to work since it's her first day on the job, hoping her visit with friends would be enlightening to after school before work but it only left her in a huff. She turns on some tunes on her MP3 player and walks casually into the office of Kaiba Corp. "I'm here for my first day mam"
Amy looks up seeing the young enthusiastic worker, "Well as your Kaiba's new secretary since I've been promoted to assistant manager to this floor for accounting I'll leave it to him to detail your job, top floor the big door you can't miss it" she says smiling "Don't worry, people think he is all tough and no non-sense but if you earn his respect it will become a lot easier and it's not even that hard to start with" smiles again and continues working on details for the funding of the company and the details of where the revenue goes
Serenity nods and takes the elevator up and sees a few cubicles with workers to the right and left is another hallway but her attention is drawn to the room across from her with a pair of large glass doors with the image vaguely of a man working at a desk taking a deep breath walks into the room.
Kaiba looks up at Serenity as she walks in sitting down "Wheeler, so you're to be my new secretary. Did you see your desk before entering?"
Serenity nods only
Kaiba then says "Well that is where you shall be working, your job will consist of scheduling events with people and booking places for meetings should I request it as well as keeping me scheduled, I will also have you direct all calls to me and visitors should I wish to speak to them, other than that your just to keep me and my work schedule flowing smoothly into each segment, should I need more services you'll be notified but other than that just go get set up in your new office and keep personal effects reasonable and to a minimum but decorate your desk as you see fit, welcome to your new job at Kaiba corp." with that mouthful said he continues working on his documents
Serenity nods saying "Very well sir thank you" exits the room and places a bag on the table and pulls out a calendar with animals for each month and a few family pictures mostly of her and Joey smiling as she sets them all down. Pulls out a laptop and connects to the internet with the code given from one of the other employees and starts to look up whatever information she thinks relevant like good restaurants of a higher class for meetings and also works on typing to improve her speed in regards to making documents. Her day remains mildly non-hectic as she works doing a few things, chatting with a few of the others and leaves around her final hour and begins heading to her ride, her friend Mai Valentine who is currently dating her older brother was kind enough to offer her a ride till she can work on a more consistent one
Mai then says in the front seat of her Corvette "So how was your first day with the beast?" Serenity replies "It was…fine, he was reasonable and helpful and even gave me some advice to keep working fluent and to keep stress with work down. He's been really nice to me so far"
Mai smiles thinking "Well you are easy to get along with, I'm anxious to see just how this plays out" chuckles to herself
Serenity replies "and just what is that supposed to mean?"
Mai says back slyly "Oh nothing" chuckles some more as they have a mild conversation dropping Serenity off at her house going into her house and smelling dinner on the table goes to eat "Well was I in time for dinner mom?"
Her mother replies "Well I knew you'd be back late so I reheated some of the Lasagna for your return, do enjoy it after a hard work day, speaking of which how was it?
Serenity replies "It was fine mom, not as brutal as I thought it would be and I like my co-workers and my boss is really not bad he's just serious about keeping a low stress and well flowing office and that is not hard to reason with if anything it helps"
Her mom says "Well your brother is still storming about it, and he's staying the night at Duke's with some friends so he won't be here tonight to fume…just go finish your homework and sleep well dear" she finishes with a smile
Serenity smiles back "Thanks mom" gives her a tight hug and finishes her meal and homework later and then drifts off to sleep after playing a few games on her laptop
Kaiba finished working late into the night seeing it's midnight he turns off his computer and takes a drink of his coffee and heads to his convertible and begins driving home slowly. As he does one thing keeps popping into his mind, images of a fiery red head so sure of herself working diligently in her desk. "She is a good worker, I can't justify firing her. I'm sufficiently glad I didn't, ugh I wanted to much to yell and berate her but I couldn't bring myself to do it" slamming his hand on the middle area between the front seats "WHY COULDN'T I?" he screams. Many thoughts arise but the only consistent one scares him to the core, "it's too soon to know if that is the reason, she is definitely not like the others, she's kind and strong and stands up for herself but has the gentle touch to be as soft as an angel but can be as fiery as an inferno when she defends her friends and family. I hope either way, there is a chance this could be something, friendship or otherwise I don't want to lose her." He drives into the night and coming to his room and falling asleep instantly as he hits the bed