Jewels: As usual…I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!


On the rare occasion that I did my own shopping, I usually enjoyed getting out and looking at clothes, perfumes, and jewelry (and Uncle Max would always tease me because, even though I had enough money to buy out any store I wanted, I always like shopping sale and clearance items). But today…was not a day to enjoy shopping.

As I looked through clothes racks I kept looking up at what Casey Lee was doing. It appeared that she was just shopping and trying to have a good time…she was picking out clothes for the other girls and getting opinions for herself, but she was being way to friendly.

"Krystal, this would look so cute on you," she walking over with a blue short sleeve shirt, "I think it will even show off a little bit of cleavage."

"Um…excuse me?" I said.

"Well…" she started, before getting that usual Casey Lee look back on her face, "You're a busty girl…"

I looked down at my DD and wrinkled my nose. "So?"

"It's not horrible to show them off a little bit…" she said.

'Ah ha! I knew she was going somewhere with this!' I thought. "Well I hate to break it to you Casey Lee…just because I'm busty, doesn't mean I go around showing them off like they're some sort of accessory…when men talk to me, I'd rather them look at my face."

She scowled.

"It doesn't hurt to-," she started but I held up my hand.

"Yes it does…" I said, "If you have respect for yourself, other people will have respect for you."

She took a step back and looked me up and down. "They're the only asset you have anyway…" She turned and went to her own shopping.

'Trying to pick out clothes for me that I wouldn't normally wear,' I thought, angrily looking through the rack in front of me, 'Sure I wear dresses or shirts that show a little cleavage sometimes, but…I knew she was up to something! She wants to make one of us look like a slut.'

The rest of shopping was uneventful, well except for when Sarah slapped Casey Lee so hard that she was knocked back and landed flat on her ass (she's just about had enough of Casey Lee).

"Why are we at Kaiba Corp.?" Akiko asked as our limo pulled up outside of Kaiba Corp.

"That would be my doing," Sarah said, before getting out of the limo.

We followed her and headed to the top floor where Kaiba was waiting for us, looking highly annoyed that once again he was being interrupted at work.

"Are you sure about this?" Mokuba asked, looking at Sarah.

She nodded before turning to us. "Something has come up back at work, and something that I can't deal with via satellite…so, Krystal, Akiko…Casey Lee, good luck, and I hope to see each other again..." she stopped and looked at Casey Lee, "Except for you." After that she headed to the elevator and got in and waved as the doors closed.

"Well it looks like we can move the next elimination challenge to Saturday," Mokuba said. We looked at him and he gave a slight smile.

-Mansion-

"I don't want to be in the final three," I said to Akai as I laid on my bed staring at my computer upside down.

Akai sighed. "If I had known what had happed a few years ago, I would have never made that RSVP."

It was my turn to give a sigh. "It's alright…maybe in the off chance that I win, which I find highly unlikely, maybe I can make something right…I don't know how, but maybe I can."

"That's the Krystal I know…being all optimistic," he said with a smile, "Now what's this challenge?"

"Well from what Mokuba described, Seto is "graciously" taking time out of his busy schedule tomorrow to stay here at the mansion and throughout the day he will talk to us and observe us as we go on with our daily lives," I replied, "He wants us to do what we would normally do on a regular day if we were at home…that includes working."

"He wants to see the real you…interesting," he said.

"Not really…this is Seto Kaiba we're talking about," I said, "He's a business man and he's not going to go on a date or get into a relationship blindly, he's going to want to know every aspect of the woman he goes on the date with. That means background checks and close observation of her daily life so that he knows whether or not she's a hard worker like he is, because you know he's not going to be with someone who's lazy."

"It's going to be an interesting day isn't it?" he asked.

"Yeah…it is," I said.

-The Next Day-

A tall man with brown hair entered Kara's office and sat down in front of her desk. He wasn't like a usual client; a tailored suit, designer shoes, and a smug look that told her that he was a man of high importance. She had seen the type before when she worked for the FBI, she could spot that type from a mile away…

"Do you have to stare?" I questioned, looking over my shoulder at Kaiba who was sitting in a chair not far behind me watching me work.

"Do you think I want to be sitting here doing nothing while you type away, writing your little romance novel?" he questioned.

"We're in a library," I said, motioning to all the books, "Find one to read."

"Do I make you uncomfortable?" he questioned getting closer to me.

'Yes…' I thought, but was silent.

"Interesting…" he said before moving away and heading towards the exit and leaving me alone in the library.

'Oh he has no idea how uncomfortable I am around him,' I thought, before going back to my computer.

-Later That Day-

I had spent most of the day in the library working on my "little romance novel" as Kaiba put it, and as per the challenge stated every once and a while he came to observe me (though he only spent about five minutes in the library at a time, most likely due to the fact that he realized that all I would be doing is writing).

By about four o'clock I felt kinda hungry so I decided that it was a good time to take a break. As I walked through the mansion I realized that it really was business as usual; passing the living room I saw Casey Lee in front of a white background screen, a photographer telling her to pose this was and that, and several makeup, hair, and outfit coordinators. In the dining room on the other hand, Akiko was surrounded by her assistants and designers that work for her and they were looking over sketches, and there were several mannequins and rolls of fabric.

'Definitely business as usual,' I thought before going to the kitchen, grabbing a snack, and heading back up the stairs. As I headed down the hallway I ran right into Kaiba.

"There you are," he said.

I stopped and looked at him. "Did you take a nap?" I questioned, not able to stop myself as I saw the mess that was normally his finely pressed suit.

He looked down. "Yes…not that's it's any of your concern," he said trying to straighten out his suit.

I sighed and set down my plate on the small hall table. "Here, let me help," I said, remembering all the times that my Uncle had fallen asleep in his suits. I reached out and smoothed out the shoulders of his suit and when I went to move towards his tie he had done the same thing and our hands touch.

We both froze and looked at each other before he suddenly grabbed his head like he was in pain.

"Kaiba? Are you okay?" I questioned.

After a minute he finally looked at me and when he did he had rage in his eyes, he then grabbed my arm firmly. "How do know Pegasus?" he growled.

"Kaiba, you're hurting me," I said, looking down at my arm.

"Answer me!" he snapped, his grip getting tighter, "How do you know you know Pegasus?!"

"He's my Uncle okay!" I said, my eyes starting to water, "I know what he did and I'm sorry!"

He pushed me back and I fell to the ground. "Get out of my sight, and get out of my mansion!"

I got up quickly and ran to my room, tears pouring down my face. He scared me…and the quicker I got away from him, the better.

TO BE CONTINUED…