Elaina slept extremely well that night and woke up feeling refreshed and energized. She had not felt this good about anything in an extremely long time. She blinked slowly as she pulled her school uniform over the necklace. The Spirit had not come to bother her in an awful long time. Not that she was sorry for this, it was nice to get some peace and quiet from the tyrant. But she was beginning to worry that maybe she had only hallucinated the whole thing and she was going crazy.

"Missing me, are we?" She whirled around. The white haired man was laying on her bed smirking at her.

"Not at all." He looked at her knowingly but said nothing more on the subject.

"You seem extremely pleased with yourself. What have you done? Something extremely boring I presume?" Her life was not something he was extremely interested. She never did anything exciting, it seemed it involve a lot of sitting and a lot of papers. He had spent most of his time inside the Sennen Ring. As long as she wasn't trying to get rid of him there was no need to actually interact with her. As a 5,000 year old spirit he needed little to survive and there was not much he hadn't experienced.

"I got a promotion at my job." These words meant nothing to him. He longed once more for him to be back in his own era. But time was now lost to him. The Pharaoh had returned to his time and without the Pharaoh collecting the other Sennen Items was a mute point. He needed the Pharaoh and the Sennen Stone, both of which were unattainable. He was stuck in this place without a goal which made his inhabitance all but useless aside from toying around with his host. That had become extremely boring as of late. She didn't seem to have much will to fight back when he did decide to play. Not that he was upset with the reaction but never having any defiance from his host made it difficult to have reason to continue messing with her.

"Interesting." He made sure to sound extremely bored as to not to confuse her. The last thing he needed was for her to go into a boring monologue. He wanted to quickly escape the bright light of the sun. He preferred to do his work in the dead of night.

"Try not to hurt yourself. I may need that body later and I don't need it to be to tired." And he disappeared. Even Bakura couldn't upset her today. The day continued on completely smoothly. Almost every teacher accepted her work late after hearing what she had been doing the last few days. Even though she fibbed slightly, she was happy that she was no longer behind in her schoolwork. Kaiba rolled his eyes but smirked to himself. He supposed he didn't mind that she was now back in the running.

Elaina halted as she tried to open her office door and it was locked. She never locked her door since there was little to steal and the building was completely looked over with cameras. She pulled out the keys and opened the door. The room was completely spotless as if nothing had ever been here in the first place. All that was left was a small box with a white envelope on top. A small KC lined with silver rested in the lower left hand corner.

Elaina,
Meet me in Office 54 on Floor 51.
Sincerely,
Seto Kaiba, CEO

Elaina blinked slowly before turning around and locking the door behind her. Why had Kaiba cleared her office without telling her? Had he taken back his decision? If he wanted to fire her then why not just summon her to his office? None of this made any sense to her as she walked out of the elevator and into the long hallway. The hallway was lined with thick oak doors each with a solid gold number engraving with a matching plaque. It seemed that this was the High Executive Office floor. Why had Kaiba asked her to come here? Office 54 had no sign on the front as if it had been removed. She knocked gingerly but no answer came. She waited a moment before turning the handle and was surprised to see that it was already open.

Elaina peaked inside and was shocked at what she saw. The office was bright with white carpets and walls and was spotless as if no one had ever been inside. There were large windows behind the new cherry desk in the middle of the room. Large lush green plants sat in the four corners and atop the large bookcases. There was a hand carved crystal sculpture of a Blue Eyes White Dragon that looked as though it was custom made. She stared at the beautiful creature in awe.

"Consider it a thank you for saving me possible millions." Seto Kaiba walked through the door silently. Elaina blushed as she touched the desk gently. "This is your office now that the prior inhabitant has no use for it. Use it well." A golden plaque with her name on it rested in the middle of the desk.

Elaina Havert
Head of Accounting

As she picked it up to ceremoniously place it on the door she realized that the door was a tad too large for her short stature. Curse her extremely short legs! She didn't trust to make a food of herself in front of someone who she seemed to have finally nailed respect in. Kaiba seemed to read her mind and took the plaque from her hands and placed it firmly on the door.

"Don't make me regret this." She looked back out the large window without replying. She would do her absolute best not to disappoint him. He watched her closely as if awaiting for her to make a move. She wasn't exactly sure what he was expecting her to do. She made her way to the window and looked out. She faced the village side that showed little buildings and more trees and foliage. The trees were starting to change colors and were seas of red, orange and yellow. She had the best view in the building.

"It's beautiful." She said to herself softly.

"Yes, it is." She turned around and raised her eyebrow at Kaiba. He cleared his throat and stepped forward. "Of course it is. I couldn't have my Head of Accounting sitting in some dump. The coming investors would have a field day with that..." He trailed off for a moment as if lost in thought. She waited for him to continue. There apparently was something large going on soon that she was not aware of. Maybe this was what he had come down for. There was no reason for the busy CEO to give her an office welcoming party.

"Is there something I should be preparing for, Mr. Kaiba?" Seto gave her a look before continuing on with his speech.

"I have a future project that I have in the works that I was not planning on releasing to anyone until the foundations had been set. However, the prospecting investors in my company have decided that they wish to hold a meeting a little earlier than expected.

So I need to have someone to deal with the finances without me having to check everything over seven times. Brace may have been smart but he was arrogant. Who knows how many others discovered his secret but were discarded before they could alert me. Hmph, I will not be able to supervise you over the next week so try not to screw up. And if any investors come by to ask you questions, do try to act normal. You do represent me and this company in a larger form now. Try not to embarrass me." How many times was he going to use this on her. She wasn't going to let him down.

"Of course, sir." He smirked and walked out the door, closing it behind him. She felt a large weight lifted off of her shoulders now that she knew of his intentions. It seemed that she was here to stay and he seemed relatively pleased. As she sat down the weight of the necklace made her feel suddenly heavy. She pulled it off without a second thought and threw it into her bag. Bakura stirred as he felt his connection with his host waver. It felt as though she was farther away and he frowned. He hadn't felt any disturbance in her mind that suggested he was thinking of getting rid of the Ring. She had however seemed to have taken it off.

"What are you doing?" Bakura appeared on the desk, his legs on either side of her chair. "Why have you removed the Ring?"

"I was feeling a little hot so I decided to take it off for a while." He raised an eyebrow at him. She couldn't lie to him whether she was wearing it or not and she was telling the truth.

"Put it back on, now."

"I will in a few minutes. I haven't taken it off once in almost a month. I just need a little break." His eyes sharpened but said nothing else. He sadly could not force her to put the Ring back on. He could only fear her into putting it back on. Only if the host was physically touching skin to gold could he take over their body. However, their minds were permanently linked. She could not think about getting rid of the Sennen Ring without him hearing everything. And then he would be sure to change her mind. He disappeared and she let out a sigh of relief. She liked being free of the thing if only for a few hours while she worked. The necklace was made of solid gold and was fairly large which made it tiring to lug it around all day everyday. She generally became so engrossed with her work that she hardly noticed but today was just one of those muggy September afternoons.

The day seemed to rush by as people bustled in and out of her office all day. Some were to give her needed paperwork so that she could properly fill out the Master Accounting Book which she demanded to be rewritten. Not having the colors in proper order bothered her OCD and would not rest until she completely rewrote the book in proper fashion.

She knew she should have just waited to take it home and finish it on her own time but her mind would not let her rest. Some of the visitors however were employees bearing her gifts and praise. Apparently, Kaiba had a lot of loyal followers that worked for him. Her office was littered with every color flower and present wrapper imaginable. It was like she was getting suffocated by a rainbow. She attempted to force herself not to rearrange the flowers based on color but her mind kept pestering. By the time she had finished these two unneeded tasks it was 2am and she had not gotten any work done.

She quickly packed her things and decided, against her better judgment , to leave all of the paperwork at the office. She would work double the speed to be able to catch up on the days lost work. She would also have to remember to bring in something that could water the plants. It had gone from sticky and muggy to frigid in the matter of a few hours and she pulled her suit jacket close. Everything was within walking distance of her small apartment so she never learned to drive. The expenses of a car were vast and unneeded if she could just walk wherever she needed to go.

"Ring, Elaina." An extremely irritated looking Spirit appeared beside her and she jumped. She really needed to stop being so twitchy. She had totally forgotten about the necklace due to her workload.

"I'll put it on when I get inside." He growled. He was sick of these games. He was substantially weaker when his host was not in contact with the Ring and her simply putting the Ring back on would make him feel better.

"Now." She gave him a look and his eyes sharpened.

"I want to wait until we get inside. I don't want to take it out in the middle of the street and someone try to steal it from me. It's solid gold and obviously valuable."

"But if you would just put it on I could take over your body and send the fool who would dare try to the Shadow Realm."

"The what...?"

"The Shadow Realm, it is..." Elaina had the wind knocked out of her as she was sent crashing to the ground. Her hands and knees bled slightly as they scrapped across the rough concrete of the side walk. Her partially open bag sent the Sennen Ring sliding into the street.

"Lookie what I found." A deep voice ringed in her ears as she rolled over to look behind her. A tall man with his face covered in a jacket hood stood above her snickering hysterically.

"What do you want..." She had never been robbed before and she had hoped that she would never have to experience it. She had little on her of value apart from the necklace.

"Good question. Let me show you." He reached forward and grabbed a handful of her hair. He yanked her forward roughly so she was on her hands in knees. He continued laughing as he pulled her into the nearby alleyway. Trash cans lay scattered everywhere and the ground was dirty and dark. He pulled her by her hair into the alley like a dog on a leash. He had a firm grasp and she had no means of escape, unless she could tear the hair out of her head. She heard the sound of a zipper and she jumped. She finally understood was happening. Suddenly, she began to thrash violently. She had to get away.

Bakura ran to the alley feeling his host in distress. A tall man pushed her down onto the dirty stone floor. Her hands were being held behind her back as her clavicle was against the ground. He kept her on her knees as he removed his trousers. Bakura growled viciously, he would not allow this man to continue any further. An invisible wall hit him as he began to enter the alleyway. He whirled around and stared at the Sennen Ring discarded in the middle of the street with horror. There was nothing he could do now. He turned back with disdain. The man had pushed her suit skirt up and pulled her underwear down to her knees. Elaina turned her head towards him as the man grasped onto her hips. Her eyes were hollow and no tears escaped them. Her face was void of all emotion as if she was transferring herself into a different place. Bakura looked on helpless as the man pushed inside her viciously.

Bakura watched as blood slid down her thighs, she was a virgin. She didn't flinch as the man pushed into her and spouted off any demeaning phrase he could think of. If she could endure it, he could watch. Her eyes never left Bakuras as the man finished embarrassingly quickly and dressed himself. She lay on the ground unable to move as the man walked into the street and picked up the Sennen Ring. Bakura smirked and appeared before the man.

"How lucky am I that you were foolish enough to pick up my Ring." The man jumped.

"Who the fuck are you! I saw it first."

"I am your worst nightmare and I hope you enjoyed taking advantage of my host. It will be the last thing you ever do." The Sennen Ring floated out of the mans hands and latched itself into his chest. The man screamed as the Ring slowly began to turn, cutting a large hole around his heart. Bakura stared into the eyes of the frightened man as the light left them. The prongs of the Ring drove into the mans heart and tore it from his chest as it fell to the asphalt. Bakura stepped back as the man hit the ground. He looked at his host as she laid in the alley. There was no one around to help her and he needed her to get the Ring.

"Hurry, get up." He couldn't stand weakness and his inability to do anything in this situation made him extremely uncomfortable. She raised herself slowly and fixed her attire. Slowly, she made her way over to the Ring and grabbed it, clutching it to her chest. The blood stained her white shirt as Bakura felt his power return to him. Bakura slipped into her body silently and felt first hand the pain her body felt. Her hands and knees bled and her pelvis ached. But Bakura stood on stronger legs and walked her home after grabbing her discarded things from the sidewalk. His host did not cry or even protest as he pushed the door open and lead her to her bedroom.

"I need to take a shower." Her voice was broken and Bakura said nothing before relinquishing his power over her. Elaina pulled off her clothes and threw them in the garbage. She wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible. She kept the heavy golden around her neck, it gave her comfort knowing it was there with her. She should have never taken it off in the first place. She should have listened to the Spirit. The bathroom was bright and clean as she locked the door behind her. She was alone in the house but she didn't feel safe. The water was scalding as she stepped into the bathtub and shut the curtains. The water that pooled around her feet was brown and red as the dirt and blood slid from her skin. The steaming water stung as it hit the open wounds that were scattered across her body. Gravity was taking its tole as a thick white substance slid down her legs and she leaned out of the bathtub to vomit into the nearby trashcan. She felt disgusting.

Bakura waved away the thick steam as he appeared in the corner. His host could not see him and he watched her dispose of the contents in her stomach. She poured a thick white substance onto a cloth and the room smelled of vanilla as she began to scrub furiously at her skin. She scrubbed until her skin was raw and nearly bleeding. She was panting heavily as if she was trying desperately to scrub away the incident she had experienced tonight. She knew she was never going to be clean. She was going to be tainted for the rest of her life. Her mind that was usually attempting to keep track of hundreds of different things was suddenly very blank. She couldn't think of anything except getting clean. The spirit watched as she sat in the bathtub for hours just scrubbing at her skin. For the first time in his life he felt helpless. It was not very often that he felt the need to do something for his hosts but this was one of these times. He still needed her alive and her spirit had just seemed so torn down he wasn't sure what was going to happen.

Elaina laid in the bathtub until the water was clear and she had fallen asleep. Bakura revealed himself and walked across the room. He turned the water off and lifted her out of the frigid water. The lights turned off and the door shut behind him. The candles throughout the room lit on their own as he laid his frail host down in her bed. He wrapped her in the heavy blankets scattered across her bed. The device beside her bed that made annoyingly loud noises in the early hours of the morning shut off. He laid down as the door shut on its own and watched his host as she clutched the blankets like a child. He had done everything that he could do at this point.