Strange Beginnings, but Happy Endings

Summary: AU Anzu is a surgeon in the daytime, but a deadly thief at night with her colleague, Meia, a lawyer. Atemu is the leader of the top gang in Japan, Crimson Dark, who is now partners with Azure Lightning, Seto's gang. What do they have in common? They want The Key.

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Disclaimer: Not my characters, except Meia, and the storyline is mine. Hope you enjoy this.

Chapter Two:

"As the police arrive at the scene, there were no clues of whatsoever of a break in, but from what was told, an untraceable phone call was made to the police station saying that there was a break in," the news said, while a brunette hummed, cooking breakfast. "As believed, this is once again, the work of the renowned jewel thieves, Sapphire and Opal, otherwise known as the Gem Assassination, and as is their style, they were the ones who called the police station themselves. However, there is no other facts known about them, other than the fact that they are female, and is in their twenties."

"Meia!" the brunette called, setting up two plates of eggs and bacon, along with hash browns. "Breakfast! And hurry, or you'll once again be late to court!"

"Coming!" a purple haired girl yelled, pulling on a black jacket. She was wearing a white buttoned blouse, and a jacket over it, and with her plastic glasses, she more than looked the part of a lawyer, especially with her long hair in a bun. Although the only unprofessional thing about her was her lavender – purple hair, the face she has in court dares others to criticize it. She immediately sat down, and ate her breakfast, practically swallowing it whole without even a bite, while still reading her folder, although amazing still polite.

"Don't know how you do it," Anzu said, shaking her head, and eating herself.

"Do what?" Meia asked, looking up from her plate. "And man do you cook the best food ever!"

"Thank you, and do that," Anzu said, referring to her fast consumption of the food, and meanwhile still keeping her polite stature and reading her notes.

"Nani?"

"Never mind," Anzu said, smiling.

"By the way," Meia said, flipping the folder over and opening it again, memorizing the contents. "While typing this up, I checked our accounts."

"And?" Anzu asked, tipping her head slightly.

"The fool paid up," Meia smirked. "I made the replicas and the idiot didn't realize that it was fake."

"Heh," Anzu snorted. "Just like any other idiot."

"Yes, and you're right," Meia added, stopping and staring at Anzu. "No one did recognize the difference. Since it's one of a kind, and only a handful of people have caught glimpses of it, and seen pictures of it, they never realize it." Meia said, slightly laughing.

"Yeah, but it was because of your handiwork," Anzu said, laughing as well. "I mean, come on! Do you actually think that I'm gonna part with my gemstone!"

"HELL NO!" Anzu and Meia yelled laughing.

"Oh Shit!" Meia yelled. "I'm late!"

"Good luck!" Anzu smirked. "It'll take a miracle to get to the courthouse in," she paused looking at her watch. "Four minutes!"

"Shut up!" Meia yelled back, running out, leaving a laughing Anzu cracking up. But suddenly, she popped her head in and yelled, "Have fun meeting Dr. Vain today at work! Hope you partner up with him in every damn thing you do!" She yelled, sticking her tongue out, very unprofessional like.

"Hey!" Anzu yelled, standing up, preparing to tackle the girl.

"Later!" Meia yelled, running out again.

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"Hi," a pretty blonde said, suavely, and suggestively. She had blonde hair (duh) that slightly curled at her waste, and her blouse was a low v-neck. "Me and my friends were like, planning to go to the café over there." She said, nudging her hips slightly, and pointing at some other blonde and a pink haired girl. "Care to join."

"No!" the tall ice cold blue-eyed male said, merely walking past her. 'God!' he thought. 'Why the hell did he make me go through this.' He was walking through the streets of Domino and practically every street he walked on, there was always some girl hitting on him. 'When I find that bastard I'm going to strangle him.' He thought. 'What is wrong with the world today? Isn't there any women here who has any decency left!' Luckily, Kaiba found the café and as fortune would have it, there was the prissy blonde behind him, turning into the café as well. He slowly walked in, hopping to god that she was no where near him, but it would seem that all heaven and hell is against him today for the blonde and her friends were seated right behind his tri-colored haired acquaintance, who merely gave them a grin, which of course made them all giggly.

"Atemu," Kaiba said, sitting down. Unfortunately, he could see the blonde behind Atemu who glared at him.

"How was your findings?" Atemu asked, knowingly, stirring sugar into his coffee.

"Nothing." Kaiba said irritably. "Its as if they don't exist. All their dealings are through the internet, irretraceable. The only thing that even proves that they exist is that they stole the gems, and that they exchange it in for the money on the black market, and as soon as the money is sent into the false account, its gone into another practically a second later." Kaiba growled. He spent the whole night searching everything he could on the girls, however, all he got was nothing. "I even hacked into the police files, to get the voice of the caller, but nothing came out. I only found that they work through a bar, there they get the offers of the wanted goods. The highest bidder will get the good stolen for them, and that's it."

"I believe that I told you myself that these thieves are special," Atemu said, smirking.

"If you want these girls on your expenditures how the hell are you going to locate them?" Kaiba asked, curious.

"You know as well as I do that as long as the person made a move, however subtle, there are always a way to trace it back to them," Atemu said, grinning, as he slowly drank his coffee.

"You already found them!" Kaiba came to realize, yelling.

"Yes, and no," Atemu replied. "Yes, I found the way to trace them, but no, I haven't exactly gotten a. . . reply." He said, making Kaiba raise an eyebrow. "Well, if we're going to wait for the news, we might as well eat, since I believe you hadn't eaten anything since yesterday morning?" and as if on cue, a waitress immediately came over.

"Would you like a drink?" she asked, handing them the menus.

"I'll have some black coffee and your pancakes deluxe." Kaiba ordered, only looking at the first thing he saw.

"I'll have some eggs and bacon, along with your hash browns," Atemu said, slightly sneering at the way the girl stares at Kaiba, and especially at him. "And if you'd be kind enough, would you mind getting me a refill?"

"Of course," she said, slightly blushing., leaving immediately.

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"Dr. Mizaki, I'm telling you, its fate," Dr. Vancent, or should we say, Vain said, his auburn hair, with blonde streaks, falling lazily in front of his eyes. And he had the right to be vain too, especially with his green eyes that shined, and any girl would most likely fall for his physique alone. . . had he don't talk about himself half the time, and pay attention to you when you speak. Or maybe even not hit on every girl he think is up to standards even on a freaking date with some other girl. Unfortunately, ever since Anzu worked at the Domino Hospital the bastard won't stomp harassing her, apparently, he was her next target to bed, or should she say, victim.

"No," Anzu said, hurrying to her office, although her office was just down the hall, it seemed as if it was an endless hallway, and her office was at the end. "It's not fate because I've done too much to be punished like this."

"Come on Anzu," he said, grabbing her arm.

"Don't call me Anzu," Anzu snapped. "And, unless you want your ass sued for sexual harassment, you better let go of my arm." She said, venomously, causing him to immediately withdraw.

"I'll stop bothering you if you just go out to dinner with me," he said, trying to catch up with her even more hurried strides.

"Ever heard of the expression, a snowball's chance in hell, when the stars turn green in a yellow sky, or when hell freezes over?" Anzu said, exasperating, "Well pick one!" and with that, she ran to into her office and slam it into his face. "This is all Meia's fault. If she hadn't jinx me, that bastard wouldn't have been my partner for the last two emergency surgeries this morning!" Just then, her cell rang in her drawer. 'Speak of the devil.' She thought, seeing that it was none other than Meia.

Her office was of a rich white color. It had three huge metal drawers where she kept her files, and a would have been neat desk if she bothered to fix it, and if she did, it would reveal a desk made of the best wood, that was of a deep color, and the best quality. Behind her desk, was a glass wall where she can look over the hospital's gardens where patients go to breathe in sunshine and get not too strenuous exercise.

"What do you want?" Anzu asked, still angry, as she sat down on her chair, spinning so that she could view a couple of her patients.

"What I did I do?" Meia asked on the other side.

"You made me go with Vain that's what!" Anzu yelled, hoping that she would go deaf, too bad, she didn't realize that Meia already had that suspicion and had already removed her phone away from her ear.

"You mean it actually did?" Meia asked, laughing her head off on the other side.

"Shut up! You do realize that this means your near future death don't you!"

"How about I treat you to lunch in exchange for my most sincere apology."

"…."

"Alright, how about this, you go to lunch with me, he doesn't get the chance to ask, and I'll cook dinner."

"Hell no. you cook dinner? I might as well jump off a twenty stories high building than die the torturous death of your food poisoning."

"First off, my cooking is not that bad. And fine, what do you want than?"

"Uh, how about finding out who the hell is checking us all over the place?"

"What do you mean?"

"You don't know? I thought that you were just hiding it form me."

"Uh, no. What's going on?"

"There's been a couple of checks on us. Two actually. One was a couple weeks ago, but since they made no move, I ignored it. But now, there's a second one, and its getting suspicious."

"Oh, gomenasai Anzu chan. I was too busy with this morning's murder case for weeks that I must have not check on that or even notice."

"No worries. I saw you working last night, and the last week like mad. So how'd it go?"

"I won, but just barely. Since there was not enough evidence to punish him, I had to use the assumptions, and Lee criticizes every one of them. It took forever to finally convince the jury."

"Isn't that's what lawyers are suppose to do?"

"Yes, but that lawyer has no heart."

"Could be because he's known as Heartless. And he is your worst enemy, how else was he to do things. I mean, aren't lawyers are suppose to be without passion, heart, and emotions."

"Hai, but I am not that kind of lawyer, and I will never be."

"Meia, you don't show whatever emotion in court at all, so what are you talking about."

"Yes, but he just takes whatever has the potential to make him more famous, or more money. I choose clients with my heart, no matter how emotionless I am or look."

"I know, I just wasn't sure you did."

"…."

"Anyhow, its over, and done with. Let's go eat lunch!"

"Yes."

"I'll drive!" the two yelled.

"Meia! No! You are a crazy driver, I don't care whether you're a lawyer! You're still a crazy driver!"

"You don't let me drive, I'll just use my own car, and inadvertently drive into you! And don't think I won't!"

"I know, especially since you did already and all."

"All right, I'll give you five minutes to get down, otherwise, I'll really live up to as the crazy driver you keep calling me."

"Please let me survive another drive with her!" Anzu prayed, not talking to anyone in particular.

Anzu's POV

Heh. She still doesn't think that she is the heartless lawyer of Domino. Yeah, she fights with passion, everyone knows that, and only accepts certain clients, but still. She fights blindly and will win despite the odds. But I guess I'm no better. I save people, yeah, but, I guess I find it as a conquest. Heh. I guess we're alike in that matter that makes us partners. But, did we form the Gem Assassination based on a whim for the more challenging aspects of life?

End of Anzu's POV

"Doctor," a red headed girl suddenly called out from behind the door.

"Come in," Anzu said, immediately busying herself with task of arraying her table, shaking out the idle thoughts from her mind.

"Dr. Vancent wants me to give this to you and asked you whether you could join him for lunch?" she said, placing cherry blossoms onto the table.

"Shizuka," Anzu said, nodding her to sit down. "You know that this isn't part of your job description."

"Well yes but…" Shizuka said, her long red hair, covering her eyes as she looked down.

"You are a nurse, not a personal secretary, and you've been what, getting his laundry, buying his lunch, everything. I bet, that those flowers you brought was asked to be brought to me."

"Yes, but…," Shizuka said, her shy voice getting smaller.

"I'm sorry Shizuka. But, you are a really good nurse." Anzu explained, lowering her voice. "I've seen your profile. You've got the best grades, and have extremely high recommendations."

"Arigatoo," Shizuka said, smiling shyly. "And you're the best surgeon here. I just got the grades."

"No, you got the grades," Anzu said, smiling, seeing that she have finally looked up to see her eye to eye. "Just haven't got the experience. You know, half of the recommendations here, are from very good friends of mine. Especially Q."

"You know Q!" Shizuka asked, loudly.

"Yes, and he assured me exactly what I saw. Even while you were running the Vain's- I mean, Vancent's – errands, you always squeeze in time to help whatever nurse or patient that needed your help, and always had the patients first priority in mind. The only thing that was holding you back was your timidity."

"Well I …"

"No worries. But would you mind if you transfer over to me?"

"Well, it would be great to work with you but. . ."

"Don't worry about him. I'll deal with it, but I think that you would make a great nurse and that we will work great together in the operations room."

"Thank you!" Shizuka suddenly yelled, smiling. "I had always wanted to work with you ever since I got here, but I was told that I was too inexperienced."

"Well, sometimes enthusiasm for something makes up for it, and you will build up your experience in time. Besides, because of your effort in everything you do, I think that you would rise one day anyway, I just want to speed up the process so that we could save more lives. And not only that, I think that we would make excellent friends as well. I mean, for one thing, you picked out my favorite flowers, and have a nice caring personality, and isn't plotting or gossiping like the others here."

"Thank you again Doctor."

"No we're partners now. It's Anzu."

"Thank you! And would you please thank that purple haired lady for me. I have a feeling that you know her."

"Purpled haired? You know Meia?" Anzu asked surprised.

"Not exactly. You see, she told me that you liked cherry blossoms when I went downstairs today."

"When?"

"Oh, just now."

"Oh shit!" Anzu yelled, immediately standing, grabbing her bag, and throwing her white coat onto the chair. "Sorry Shizuka, I'll see you tomorrow morning. Here's my number, and if you have any trouble transferring form Vain – Vancent, just call me, although there shouldn't be a problem. Kay? Kay bye!" she rushed, leaving a laughing Shizuka behind. "Oh, and Shizuka!" she yelled back in the hallway.

"Yes?" Shizuka yelled back, giggling at the once full of posture doctor, not running like hell down as if a ghost was chasing her.

"Tell that doctor, that if he was the last guy on earth, I wouldn't go out and eat lunch with him, but instead go les!"

"Yes doc- Anzu – chan!" Shizuka yelled, back laughing.

A/N: sorry this took so long. But I couldn't find the chapter and had to type up a new one. Yes, shizuka is serenity, and yes, she does play a part in this, that's why I put her in here. Please tell me if the story is going too slow. You will see the four together in the next chapter.