Ok , so onward to the next chapter, Im glad you all enjoyed it, so I thought I would just keep going with this since im in the zone haha. Thank you for the reviews and Enjoy!

Ch 4

A Richer Shade of Blue

Elizabeth walked out of the airport terminal, looking for one of her best friends. She walked a few until she got tired of looking and pulled out her red cell phone and dialed an all too familiar number while walking to a quiet part of the airport. It rang a few times before an excited and anxious voice answered.

"Where the hell are you!? We're all waiting for you!"

She had to pull the phone about three inches away from her ear, knowing if she had kept it there her ear drum would've ruptured from the other person on the other line. "Well Tea, if you would just calm down, I'm sure we can figure this out, and we can find each other…" She laughed slightly, "but until then I'm going to have to ask you not to yell into my ear like that in such a fashion." Tea gasped on the other line and apologized frantically. "Its ok, I'm at gate 12…"

"ok, we'll be at the entrance waiting….oh and Liz…one thing…"

"Yes?"

"Did you ever find out which company you were working for? Just out of curiosity…"

Elizabeth walked through the crowds of people looking for the entrance while her bags in tow and her head leaning to one side adjusting her phone on her ear. "The company said that, they would call me or either send me my information to my apartment they provide for me…so as of this moment, no…I have no idea as to where I work and who I work for." She chuckled lightly. " Is there something should know, regarding who I work for?"

"Um…you really want to know…" Tea said hesitantly as the other line got quiet.

"Tea….it couldn't be that bad….." The young woman said looking over crowds of people seeing the familiar faces she knew all too well. She walked over as she hung up her cell phone and hugged her long time child hood friend and smiled as the group welcomed her as they did years ago. As she finished distributing hugs, inside jokes they walked towards Tea's jeep as Yugi, and Joey helped put her luggage in the trunk. Mai leaned on the side of the car door, filling her nails nonchalantly letting out a sigh of much eagerness.

"Tea..can you please tell her…..I'm waiting for her reaction and its killing me."

Elizabeth looked at Mai with much confusion, regarding the comment. "Tell me what…." Tea looked down, and started to go through her purse pulling out a magazine that was rolled up. She looked at her friend, and then the magazine. "You wanted to show me a magazine….couldn;'t you have just done that when I got to your house?"

"Look…….before I show you this….you have to promise me you won't throw a bitch fit…ok?" Mai laughed haughtily, as she continued to file her nails.

"Having a bitch fit is something I highly suggest is tame, considering the history they've got…"

"Mai shut the hell up……" Tea looked at Elizabeth with concerned eyes as the unrolled the magazine and pressed it to her stomach. She reached out to take it from her hands as she turned the opposite direction of her. "Hold up! Damn…promise me…you're not going to throw one."

"Fine, fine, I won't now just give me…" She took the magazine and flipped through it for a few pages and looked at Tea. "Wow…I see why I wouldn't throw a bitch fit….apparently if I take this test I can figure out if I have a low sex drive."

"Are you fucking retarded……"Mai took the magazine and closed it as she pointed to the front cover. "You're working for Kaiba…got it…Seto Kaiba, you know that guy that is in charge for Kaiba Corp." It was at that very moment, that Elizabeth started to remember every flashback, every memory, every sense that she had every made in contact with Kaiba. It was also at the moment she decided to walk back into the terminal and catch the earliest flight back to England. Regardless of the fact that she had no money to get back, and her anger was the only thing that was fueling her to do such a thing.

But knowing her friends wouldn't let her do such a thing, and knowing how stubborn she could be it took two hours to get a response from her. It then came to mind how they were going to remove her from the airport gate. It was going to be a long evening, and somehow they Tea, Mai, Joey, and Yugi knew that the moment this information was brought into light emotions will flare, and either they were going to change for the better...or for the worse.

~~~*In the Car~~*

"Tea I swear to God, if you don't turn this fucking car around now." Silence filled the jeep as the 20 year slouched in the back seat, sitting between Yugi and Joey. "Are you ignoring me…..oh that's great……." Again silence filled the car allowing and awkward moments to pass for sometime as Elizabeth crossed her arms and continued to act like a child. "This is so fucking terrible…of all the fucking places to get an internship…I get a fucking job at Kaiba Crop…congratu-fucking-lations to me….I can't-"

"Ok, shut the fuck up!" Mai said looking at her friend that wouldn't obviously wouldn't stop complaining. "You didn't know where you were working, you obviously should've figured that shit out before you got here alright!? And if it bothers you that god damn much Liz, why don't you just call your grandparents tell them to get over here get you and continue to live with them for the rest of your life, and bitch about it to them…does that sound better?"

Not being the only one taken back by the comment, Elizabeth looked at Mai and looked at her feet as she shifted uncomfortably. "…No…"

"Alright…then kindly suck it up, stop being a wuss…and work like you don't care…whats in the past is in the past…" There was another awkward silence as the group sat quietly in the car.

"I think, I speak for everyone here…..that was a lot of …F bombs you dropped there Liz…" Yugi said quietly looking out the window.

All she could do was sit in the back seat, obviously put in place about the situation by someone who made a lot of sense regarding her current job status. Nevertheless, she had no other options, she had filed her paper work, agreed to work there for a certain amount of months and there was nothing else she could do….but go into work, and pretend that nothing was wrong. She sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. "Gomennasai…….."

Everyone let out a sigh of relief and smiled to themselves seeing that she had basically subdued to the position she was put in. "Aww...It's alright Lizabeth….it happens to the best of us." Joey said giving her a small punch on the arm enough to make her smile. "And if that asshole gives you a hard time…you got us…"

"Um…Joey…I...would rather not provoke him anyway…I don't even want to see him."

"Yea, but even if he does, Im up for kicking Kaiba's ass any day" He said putting his hand in a fist.

"I'm sure Liz is capable of fighting her own battles Joey…" Tea said as she shifted to make a right turn for the upcoming corner. "And besides, if he tries anything, she won't take his shit anymore…" Everyone looked at Tea shocked at her choice of words. "What….What? I'm sure she won't……right….RIGHT?"

"yea…..sure…" There was a sense of false hope throughout the sound of their voices.

"…Wow guys….way to win…" Tea said bluntly.

"Look Liz…just do what you came here to do." Mai replied in assurance If Kaiba gives you shit...just throw it back at him…take a stab at his ego. Most guys shut up after you do that

Elizabeth laughed to herself as she realized that her friends were right. What was left in the past was left there, no need to bring it back. But deep down something was going against the warm words of comfort, and gave her an uneasy feeling. Only time would tell if the decision she made was a good one…or some sick twisted joke.

~Next Morning~

The loud shrill of the alarm clock rang throughout the room, as a long slender hand reached out to press the snooze button. As the body shifted within the contents of the covers, it rose sluggishly looking at the clock that read five o'clock. Elizabeth was never a morning person, and she came to the conclusion that she would never be one. She sighed and looked at her cell phone as she dialed an all too familiar number and waited for a voice to answer. "Bonjour. ...Nana....vous éveillez ?" Elizabeth found it easier to speak in French to her grandmother seeing it's the best language for her to understand when she's half awake and since she already knew Japanese why not top off another language.

She began to dribble on for a while until the clock read five thirty and started to lay out her uniform for her first day of work. "Nana…I have to go…I'll tell you how the first days goes….uh huh….Je vous aime aussi….bon au revoir" She hung up and sighed as she took one last look at the skirt, blouse and coat on the foot of her bed. It came neatly with a blue tie that had the logo of Kaiba Corp etched with while thread. She wanted to spit on it now…and days before she remembered dancing around thinking how great the uniform she would wear would be worn out. "I will learn to hate you day by day……" and with that last remark, she walked to the bathroom to prepare herself for the worst.

As she brushed her teeth, she decided to keep her mind busy by focusing on something rather than Kaiba Corp. The bathroom that she could call hers was beautiful seeing as it was made of marble, and decorated with the finest touch. Tea and Yugi certainly went out their way to make her feel right at home, and for that she was very thankful for it. The view was also lovely, seeing as the apartment they had looked over Domino bay, and she was glad to have that scenery to wake up every morning which was also was a nice gift to receive from them.

Elizabeth finished brushing her teeth then headed to the showing and turned it on letting the water run until it reached a temperature of her liking. As she removed her clothes she stepped in and let the warm water rinse over her body as her green eyes lazily looked at the ceiling. He thoughts were running away with her for some reason and it was beginning to agitate her, and agitation was simply something she didn't like to be bothered with. As she tried to seal the thoughts rampaging through her mind she took a deep breath and turned the shower off. It was bad enough to be in the same building but when they haven't even seen each other...talked to each other…or touched…

She stopped. "Ok Liz, get a fucking grip on reality please…it hasn't even been two hours and your sex is out of whack. She wrapped the towel around her body as she made her way to the dresser, and fixed herself up. As she looked at the uniform one more time before slipping it on, she sighed once again and made way with the fabric she called her now to forever be attire for the next few months. There she stood, in her uniform; she looked the same, but god how she felt like crap. Somehow she just knew sometime throughout this day, something was going to happen. And the sad thing is it wasn't in her control. She brushed her hair and parted it down the side just like she liked it. She put on her heals and gathered her bag filled with other paper work just in case she would be working hands on today. "If anything else goes wrong at least I know, my mood won't be shot down…" She walked out of the guest room for her nose to be greeted by freshly brewed coffee, and there accompanied by Tea was Yugi.

"Good Morning, Liz." He said happily taking a sip from his cup. "Would you like some coffee?"

She smiled and shook her head. "No thanks; I'm not really a coffee person, thank you for offering though." She headed over to the table and sat down to grab a banana and sighed while peeling it. "Tea tell me today is going to be a good day…"

"The day has barely-"

"Say it…..so I can believe…if I hear it I'll believe it……Please?" She said taking a bit of the banana trying to enjoy it.

Tea smiled and patted her friend on the back. "Today will be a good day…and you look great in your uniform."

She sighed and got up. "Alright…ITS GONNA WORK!" Yugi and Tea jumped looking at Elizabeth were some kind of mad person. She looked at the clock and saw it read six fifteen. "Well, I'm off…I will see you all later this evening." And with that she walked out the door in hopes something good will happen. Perhaps maybe someone will have dropped some ,.money...or she might see a rainbow. She sighed as she walked to the bus stop. "Maybe Im going at this the wrong way…yea…what are the chances of me running into Kaiba…yea I' m just overreacting….please let me be overreacting."

~Kaiba Corp 9:00 a.m. ~

The air seemed tense and there were looks of nervousness, countless amounts of people who looked paranoid, and many who looked like they could pass out at any moment. Elizabeth walked into the conference room and sat towards the middle of the room observing all that was going on. It was really too much to take in honestly and the more she took in the more she realized maybe she should've had that coffee.

She pulled out a book that she was reading on the airplane and continued to let her mind be whisked away in one of those stupid romance books girls tend to gush about. She never really saw the point in them but it was something to keep her from being occupied by her future co-workers hysterical uproar.

"Excuse me?" Elizabeth looked up to see a young woman no more than eighteen years old standing next to her.

"Yes?"

"Is that chair next to you taken?"

She looked next to her to see an empty seat. "Oh no, by all means go ahead." The young girl sat down and began to twiddle her thumbs nervously. By the looks of it, this probably was the first job she has ever had. Elizabeth took it upon herself to introduce herself seeing that the girl clearly hadn't talked to anyone. "This your first internship?" The young girl looked up and nodded while smiling.

"Oh gosh, yes I'm so nervous. I traveled out here from Germany, and I just couldn't pass up the opportunity. Its been a dream to work here…I know I'm young but hey, it'll be a great learning experience. Ach stopft. ......I'm Sorry I didn't properly introduce myself. I'm Adalicia….Ada for short." She extended her left hand, then took it back. "Crap…wrong hand…it's the right hand for business etiquette...Sorry."

Elizabeth laughed to herself and shook Ada's hand. "Really it's ok, I don't care. Relax, it's the first day, I'm sure it wont be that bad." That's what she thought until the lights went out and a large screen came down from the front of the room with the initials 'S.K' on it. Sounds of people shuffling to their seats could be heard, then mutterings, then silence. Suddenly an all too familiar face came on the screen. With that all too familiar smug look on his face like he resented everyone and everything except himself, his brother, and his company.

"Welcome to Kaiba Corp. I'm not going to spend a whole hour and a half of my time going on about useless shit that I'm sure you all are aware of. And if you aren't I would advise you to leave now. For not only is it a waste of your time, but it's a waste of mine and I don't like my time to be wasted on useless people." Elizabeth rolled her eyes at his comment. "As of now, you all are scrubs, which means you must work your way up the corporate work ladder. No one is going to hold your hand, and any screw up will result in an automatic dismissal from Kaiba Corp grounds."

"This man seems very straightforward…" Ada said whispering to Elizabeth.

"Nah…I wouldn't say that…" She said carelessly folding her arms as she continued to stare at the screen with Kaiba's face on it.

"If you don't think this job is your kind of working environment, like I said before. Get out. I will be meeting with you all throughout the week. Look around and observe those around you. By the end of the week, this mere 200 people will have dwindled by 90%, so don't get to close to them. You all are competitors, in a completion if you will to gain my respect, say the wrong thing and it's all over for you. I'll be meeting with you all in alphabetical order…" Elizabeth let out a sigh of relief knowing that her name was at the end of the alphabet. "I will be going by first names, to switch things up. If you have the names starting with Z-P, I'll be meeting with you on Thursday. P through K on Wednesday, K through G on Tuesday, and G through A today starting right after this. Get ready for six months of hell." And with that the screen went black and the initials S.K once again were displayed.

As the light slowing came back on the room was filled men and woman, who looked as if they were security standing by the four entrance doors. Elizabeth sat in her chair, completely taken back by the announcement, and who she was going to see today. Just thinking about it made her dizzy, she really wasn't in the mood to see Kaiba in any way, shape, or form and to know that a one on one interview was in store. Fan-freakin-tastic.

"Hey are you alright?" Ada said shaking Elizabeth out of her trance. She looked at her co-worker and nodded.

"Yea…I just felt a little queasy…that's all. So I guess we meet our boss today?" Ada nodded and smiled nervously. "Hey don't worry…you'll be fine. Trust me. Just don't act intimidated towards him…he picks up on that."

Just then a young teenage voice stood up in the front room. "Attention fellow Kaiba Corp interns. Please go to the door that has the sign with the letter of your first name. From there you will be brought to the thirtieth floor. There you will wait." The jet black haired boy walked down and continued down the middle of the isle as everyone began to move and scatter to their distributed door.

Elizabeth looked closely as him to realize that it was Mokuba. "Excuse me Ada, Ill be right back." She stood up and walked towards him in awe. "…Mokuba?" The boy looked at her as if she were some kind of alien he had never meet before, and stared.

"Yea….what?"

"Oh gosh…you don't remember who I am…do you" Mokuba cocked his head to the side trying to figure out who the woman was and he squinted his eyes a little to get a better look. She laughed a little. "Ah…I guess that's what I get…it has been a few years…since I used to live here…never mind…" She walked away as Mokuba stood there scratching his head, then having to realize who exactly who the person was.

"Wait…Elizabeth?!" She turned around and looked at him. "Holy shit…I mean…Holy shit….." Elizabeth laughed at the reaction she got from Mokuba.

"How are you?" She smiled walking back up towards him.

"I've been good….um…wow…so..I guess this was the person Seto…was keeping from me…"

"I'm sorry…what?"

"Oh nothing..haha..It's great to see you again! Glad to have you here…but um…I have to go…so…hopefully I can catch up with you later!" Mokuba said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Uh…Yea…sure…If I'm not too busy." They both laughed and Mokuba waved goodbye, as he went to take care of other problems that looked like we're starting to arise. Elizabeth walked back towards Ada and the both proceeded to the door that had the first of their names. They were accompanied by two woman, who looked like they either hadn't gotten laid in months, or they hated their jobs, but they won't quit because of the pay. Their group consisted of some four dozen people, and by the looks of It she was going to be here for a long while. She sighed as they continued the long walk of stairs to the hell floor. It was going to be a long ass afternoon and evening.

~~* 6:00 p.m *~~

"You know…you never notice the small things until you're really bored." Ada said waiting on the other side of Elizabeth. It had been nine hours since the interviews for the day started and Elizabeth was still sitting out there. Ada had gone in and out, and apparently she did well and she was glad she had taken her advice. But why the hell hadn't she gone yet, unless this was something Kaiba had planned all along.

"Really, Ada you don't have to stay…it's getting late…I would hate for you to have to walk home while its dark. I'm fine really." The red head girl shook her head to the request.

"I couldn't do that! You helped me this entire day, the least I could do is wait for you…or take you out for dinner as a thank you."

"Ada, that's sweet of you..you don't hav-"

"Elizabeth Watashi. Mr. Kaiba would like to see you." The voice on the intercom said as tension began to rise. Elizabeth stood up, and walked towards the doors that led to the office, she looked back to see Ada crossing her fingers as a sign of food luck. She walked through the doors to see a man walk past her. He looked like Kaiba had literally bashed him verbally, stomped on his pride, and threw it out the window. Even the best of the best wasn't good enough for Kaiba. It was never about quantity with him always the quality. She opened the door and closed it slowly hoping not to let it slam behind her.

She looked around the office and took a deep breath in and exhaled. Nothing had changed; it was the same office with the same things, in the same place. As she walked forward to see no one, she stood in the middle center to his desk, which coincidently also looked the same. "My god…a little variety isn't too much to ask for she said to herself."

"Then maybe you shouldn't touch my things if it's that much of a problem to you."

She turned around to see the one person, whom she was in not interest to see. Kaiba looked down at her with an expression of arrogance and malice. He walked up to her till he was about five feet away from her. "Hello, Kaiba..."

"Good evening to you Watashi." He said walking past her to his desk. " I have no time for small talk, so sell yourself. What makes you qualified for this job, and cut to the point where I actually start to give a fuck." Taken back by the response, she had to think quickly in order to keep her damn job.

"Well..In order to provide for this job I assure you I won't take shit from anyone. I am my own person, and I think quickly on my feet. What you say goes. You're the boss." It was at the last mark she saw a small smirk crawl on his face, which at that moment the wheels were turning in his head.

"That's right I am. And that being so…you should know that an employee on Kaiba Corp is not allowed to have their hair down…nor in those retarded things women call ponytails" Elizabeth looked at Kaiba as he was speaking some kind of different language.

"Excuse me…but I didn't read that in the manual."

"Its not…it's in effect starting today." Silence filled the room as she stood there as her eying the man before her. "Either fix it now…or get out." Elizabeth stared at Kaiba as if he was a lunatic.

"Very well…" She rolled up her sleeves, took a hair tie from her arm, and rolled her hair into a nicely coiled bun. It wasn't perfect but it had to do for the moment. As she did so Kaiba got up from his chair and again walked towards her. "Better?" she said bitterly giving him a look that could cut ice. He smirked as he looked into her green eyes and grabbed her wriste.

"Giving me attitude won't help you, right now Watashi. I believe I am a superior to you, so fix your attitude…" his grip tightened. "Or I can fix it for you."

"Oh Kaiba…always barking more than you bite" She said now literally death glaring Kaiba now, both adults hating the company of each other at the current moment. He only chuckled at the comment and brought her closer to him allowing their bodies to touch. He slowly lifted her chin to meet his cold blue eyes.

"Believe me sweetheart….my bite is much more effective than my bark." He said as he leaned in and kissed her unexpectedly. It was a cold and full of immense hatred act anyone could have ever showed towards her. He pulled back and smiled once again as if he had claimed something that once was lost, now found. He let go of her wrist and pushed her away from his body. "Your property of Kaiba Corp now…welcome to hell." She looked at him with disbelief of what just happened.

With that much said and done she gathered her things and walked out of the office in complete disgust and humiliation. Today was just the beginning of a nightmare, and she had so many more days to go. Kaiba on the other hand sat on the edge of his desk and smile as he crossed arms across his chest. "It's only a matter of time….only a matter of time…" He then licked his lips to taste her lip gloss, which to his dismay tasted like cherries and returned to his paper work.

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Translations

"Gomennasai"- I'm sorry….

"Bonjour. ...Nana....vous éveillez" – Hello…Nana…are you awake?

"Je vous aime aussi….bon au revoir"- I love you too….good bye.

"Ach stopft"- Oh Darn…

I know I suck…college has taken my life…I'm glad I had some down time today though. I was able to finish a chapter

Pockgirl- yea I know..I'm just getting into the swing of things gosh ;P

The Keeper of lone Wolfs- ahh I have the translation thingy at the bottom…sometimes I forget when I go back and read…_

Oblivious-Goddess- I'm glad you enjoyed it…like I said…just getting back into the swing of things

SinDRegrets911 – lol, I hope this was interesting, and yes I do speak a little Japanese. :D I like to collaborate it into my stories sometimes. ^-^

Codry- Im very glad you loved it haha ^^