Darkness and Inspiration
Kohari: Here it is. Chapter...11? Wow. I didn't think I'd make it this far. Oh, and I'm on everyone's hit list at school. Not that you need to know that.
Mokuba: Why?
Kaimonetstaska: She said something stupid, the dumb cracker.
Mokuba: What'd she say?
Kohari: Put it this way. I was referring to raccoons. They tend to dump over trash cans for food.
Mokuba: Not getting it.
Kaimonetstaska: No one did.
Kohari: If I die, it's because of some misunderstanding. Hope you guys won't mind if I get myself killed.
Mokuba: Not on purpose.
Kohari: No, not on purpose.
Kaiba (Seto): She'd do us all a favor.
Kohari: Oh, can it.
Kaiba: I-
Kohari: I know. You can do anything you want because money is power.
Kaiba: You finally understand.
Kohari: Well, time is money, and you're wasting time right now.
Kaiba: Oh, sh-t! –runs off to do work-
Kaimonetstaska: Nice.
Kohari: Wasn't it, though?
Mokuba: -looking at computer screen- We took up a whole page with this.
Kohari: Cool!
Kaimonetstaska: -sigh- Kohari does not own—
Kohari: I already told them I wasn't doing that anymore.
Kaimonetstaska: Oh. Oh, well.
Kohari: Here goes numbuh 11!
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Chapter 11
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Anzu lay with her hands behind her head while she tried to sleep, staring at the ceiling, lost in thought. She sighed. Wow. What would Yugi and the others think if they knew she had a job with the hugest company in the country right now? She could just imagine Yugi, "Congratulations!" and Joey, "Say wha?" (in anger) and Tristin "Knew you could do it." Even Ryo (Ryou, whatever. He's Ryo to me.)would be supportive, "That's great, Tea." She smiled. She had some wonderful friends. So lucky.
The night faded fast, and she was super tired when she slapped, rather than pressed, the snooze alarm that morning. She was supposed to start early that morning. Yesterday had been Saturday. This made Sunday. A day that used to be a day of complete and total rest for her.
"Anzu! Time to get up, sweetie! Want to be nice and punctual for that new job of yours!" her mother called to her, causing Anzu to groan with annoyance. True, Kaiba did like his workers to be on time. And we're talking one second late could mean hearing the words "You're fired!"
She felt like crap as she pulled on a random outfit, fixing her hair up all nice and pretty. She may not have to worry about a uniform, but she still wanted to make a good impression. She hoped Yugi and the rest didn't have plans for today that involved her. She debated calling, but she told herself, "Nah." They can find out for themselves.
She kissed her mother good-bye as she grabbed a milk-n-cereal bar on her way out (she had already brushed her teeth and yaddayadda.). "Bye!" she called, then stuffed the bar in her mouth so that she could slip on her shoes. She ran out the door, being careful not to slam it.
"Hey, Anzu!" she heard a voice call out to her, and she turned around. "What's up?"
"Oh, hey, Bakura! How's it going?" she answered cheerfully.
"It's okay, I suppose. Where are you headed off to?"
"New job." She rolled her eyes in the fashion that said 'Work, fun but so annoying.'
"Really?" he asked with much curiosity. "Where at? I hope you won't work yourself too hard."
"Kaiba Corp.," she responded as though every teenage girl got a job with a huge company like that. She got the reaction she wanted. He was impressed.
"Wow. That's great, Tea." Exactly as she had predicted.
"Thanks. Oh, but don't tell the others, yet. Please? I'd like to tell them myself," she requested, like a ditzy blond (no offense meant by this! Don't wanna be on another hit list, especially since I'm a blond too).
"Of course. We especially wouldn't want to inform Joey. I can see it now, 'What da? Wit' dat jerk?'" Ryo laughed. Anzu giggled as well. It was quite funny to hear Ryou (For some reason, just can't help typing Ryou) mimic that accent of Joey's. He had also hit the nail right on the head. Joey probably would react that way.
"I guess I'll see ya later, then?" (Anzu)
"I suppose I should let you go. Don't want to be late, right?"
"Right," Anzu laughed. "Bye!"
"Later!"
They went their separate ways, and Anzu rushed to work. She walked casually into the building just as the clock struck eight. Kaiba was at the front desk discussing something with the clerk. She was giggling, though he was scowling. When he saw her, he told her something and she stopped chuckling and resumed her business-as-usual manner on the computer as he approached her. It was then that she realized that he had been waiting for her.
He arrived beside her, and suddenly she got uncomfortable. "Let's go." She followed him down a hallway.
"So what was that all about?" she asked him, a little jealous, as he pushed the button to summon the elevator.
"No idea," he told her as he stepped back. "Crazy person. Amazing how stupid some people can be."
"What did you tell her?" she pressed on while they stepped in the elevator. It was just the two of them and he chose the button for the top floor, where his office was.
"She asked me about the weather. And then how I was. I told her it was as boring and frustrating as usual." He shrugged her off. The rest of the ride was silent. The joyous ding signaling they had reached the top cheered her up a little. It could be so depressing with him around.
"Your duties are to do whatever I or the secretaries feel you need to do. Clear?" He stated rather than asked as he sat down to his desk and began typing on his computer, bringing up files on data and experiments with a new form of the duel disk.
"Um..." he glared at her for a second. "Yes. Crystal," she somewhat stuttered. He went back to his work. "So, uh...what do I do now?"
"I don't care," came the cold reply. 'That was nice,' Anzu thought sarcastically.
She wandered around his office, inspecting various plaques and certificates from the Kaiba that had adopted him had been awarded. He glanced at her constantly as she touched some of them, reading them with intense curiosity.
Eventually... "Come here." She looked at him. She remembered Mokuba's words: 'If he ever asks you on a date, please say yes.' Was he about to ask now? She walked over.
"I need you to take these papers to Mrs. Sigmon (A/N: This was my old science teacher's name, really young.). She's the one at the desk right outside." He handed her the folders. She took them in stunned silence for a moment. "Well? Get going." She snapped out of her trance and left immediately. She noticed out of the corner of her eye that he was shaking his head and saying the word "pathetic."
What had she been thinking? Of course he wouldn't ask her out. No way. And even if he had, what about Yugi? She handed the papers to the secretary, smiling a "you're welcome" in response to her thanks.
Just as Anzu was walking away, Mrs. Sigmon called out to her. "Do you think you could run down to the front desk, first floor, and ask Ms. Michelle to check on the new shipments? Thanks." Anzu nodded and took the elevator, doing the task.
Turns out Ms. Michelle was the woman Kaiba had been talking to that morning. She gave Anzu quite a few noticeable death glares as she scanned the computer for the information, printing out the data and handing it to her. It was apparent that the young secretary had a crush on Kaiba and thought Anzu was a threat.
Anzu retreated back to give the stuff to Mrs. Sigmon before a riot started, and then back to her boss. Kaiba didn't give her much else to do that day, and didn't talk except to give her assignments. Finally, the time came to leave. Anzu was worried when Kaiba didn't even look up from his work.
"Um, Kaiba?" He looked up for a moment, then went back to typing and formatting and all that good computer stuff. "It's 5 o'clock."
"Point?" Heartless creep.
"It's time to go."
"You can leave." He kept his answers short and to the point.
"What about you?" she asked just as she had her hand on the doorknob.
"I'm working overtime."
She looked down at the floor, almost disappointed. Suddenly, she had a strange urge. She released the door and strolled over to him, unaware that Mokuba was there, and watching from the barely open doorway, peering through the one inch-thick "window". She laid a little peck of a kiss on his cheek, then smiled at him, walking off.
Mokuba smiled, too, but hopped back a few steps before she came out, acting like he had just gotten there and was about to walk in. "Hey, Tea!"
"Hey, Mokuba!" That was all that was said. She left, grinning widely for some strange reason even she couldn't comprehend.
Mokuba wandered into the office. "Hey, Seto!" His elder brother "hn"ed in response. "So how did it go?" Seto glared at the kid for a moment, then went back to his work. "You know, you need to get out more. Like Yugi."
At this, Seto pushed in the keyboard as the computer shut off, and stood up. "Don't ever mention Yugi to me," he growled slowly.
"Because he's Anzu's boyfriend?" Kaiba stopped at the doorway for a minute, then left, Mokuba following closely after.
They ended up going to the café that Kaiba and Anzu had gone to, at Mokuba's request. Somehow they ended up right behind Yugi's little gang, without their noticing. They heard a conversation going on as an amateur duelist from their school came over to their table (Yugi's).
"Hey, Anzu! Heard your boyfriend there won another title," the jock (yes, he is) commented.
"He's not my boyfriend," Anzu corrected in a friendly manner. No attitude or anything. Another jock joined them.
"Oh, yeah. That's right. She's been running around with Seto Kaiba."
"Uh-uh!" Joey stood up. "No way our friend been hangin' wid dat punk!"
"Calm down, Joey!" Anzu encouraged. "And, no, I haven't. I was just hanging with him for one day."
"It's on now!" They heard Joey say threateningly.
"Yeah. No way some rich kid like that'd go for some ugly loser like that!" The two jocks laughed, getting the guys in Yugi's group riled up. "See ya in school. Losers!"
"Don't listen to them, Anzu," Tristin comforted when they were gone.
"Yeah, dey just jerks," Joey added. "Like Kaiba."
"I don't think you're ugly, Anzu," Yugi put in.
"It's upsetting how some must insult others to make themselves feel superior." This came from Ryou.
"Thanks, guys," Anzu said. She sounded close to tears. There was silence for a while before they all started a merry little dinner conversation. Then they left.
Mokuba looked at Seto. He looked ready to pummel the next jock that came their way. And he also appeared to be scheming a plan. Like another date just to teach those real losers a lesson.
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Kohari: Reviews, please!
Mokuba: Yes, please! If you don't, then Seto can't hook up with Anzu again.
Kohari: So yeah! Review! And-
Mokuba: I wanna say it, too!
Kohari: Okay.
Together: Byes!