Kaiba watched the glint of gold from around the man's neck. The man was rich and not above showing it of. The gaudy display of wealth would have attracted thieves if it weren't for the fact that the man also at least had the sense to hire bodyguards. Which, unfortunately, was why he was stuck here.

When he had first arrived he had barely been in this word for a few minutes before he was attacked. But he hadn't earned his black belts just because he was rich and his attacker had been really surprised by the lighting he shot from his hands. Since it was cold and had been starting to snow Kaiba decided to get answers from his attacker when she woke up. It had been ridiculously easy; apparently she didn't like the implication of being a thief. It turned out she was a ninja; a genin (which Kaiba took to mean trainee ninja) and she had just gotten a little too enthusiastic in defending her village (she was bored, apparently nothing ever happens on D-rank missions like this).

After apologising, (and asking where his hitai-ate was and what kind of jutsu he had used and how did he use a jutsu if he wasn't a ninja) she lead him to her village after Kaiba managed to convince her to let whoever was in charge deal with him (anything to get away from her chatter, surely ninjas weren't supposed to be this annoying).

Still, the constant chatter allowed him to pick up some basics and by the time they got to the village he was able to say that his farther had been a missing-nin, which is why he had a few tricks but he had never been formally trained and after both his parents died he had decided to travel. They seamed to believe him; after all they were at peace so there was no reason to be suspicious. He even got an offer of training, which he accepted; anything that would help him protect Mokuba wasn't a waste of time.

Which is how he ended doing odd jobs for money, usually for people too cheap to pay for a real ninja. Which was why he was stuck guarding such a pompous idiot. However it at least it would be the last time, since the man was currently wearing the millennium key around his neck among his other jewellery.

It was simplicity itself to cut the cord while his 'employer' wasn't looking and slip the key into his pocket. Following the man to his boat was the last of his duties and he was waiting to get paid. He didn't need the money now but it was the principle of the thing. Taking the money from the rich snob (and he had enough of rich snobs when he was one) he left before the man could realise he had been robbed. Kaiba dropped the money off with a courier-nin to send to the jonin who had trained him (Kaiba always repaid his debts) and then went somewhere private to examine the millennium key.

Unlike the other items it didn't have an eye on it. The other times he had retrieved an item he had looked them in the eye, as it were, and been transported, how could he do that with this. He turned the ahnk shaped key in his hand examining it when there was a familiar tug and flash of light.

Oh, that wasn't hard.

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