Allie: Hey! I hope everyone liked this chapter. The reviews were quite nice, but hopefully, I am aiming for maybe five to ten reviews every chapter! Thanks!

I DO NOT own any of the Yu-Gi-Oh characters except for the O.C. whoms name will be later reveled. If you have any thing in specific you want for the story, ex" better grammer, more romance, more action, etc, please tell me so! It will help out alot! Thanks

"Yo Kaiba" a cheerful voice stopped him as he made his way to his black limousine down from the school. The voice belonged to the one and only, Joey Wheeler, the human mutt. Standing between his friends Yugi and Tristan, he looked rather excited.

Seto Kaiba could only wish his next assignment could include the mutt and inc. Very defiantly, he turned, "what?" he stated plainly, forcing his icy blue eyes to meet the mutts chocolate brown orbs, the blond blinked, and pointed downward with a pudgy finger.

"You dropped that" he said quietly, Seto waited, however, following, there was no insult, no annoying questions, none whatsoever. to say the very least, Seto Kaiba had never seen Joey act so nice towards him, but it never reached his face.

His eyes caste downward and he spotted a large vanilla envelope, with simply the name 'Kaiba' written in neat plain cursive. While he stood staring at the envelope, questioning the mysterious object's whereabouts, Joey had bent down to scoop up the envelope for him, before his fingers even reached the crisp paper, it was snatched off from the cement into Seto Kaiba's hands.

The look of both surprise and both amazement showed on Joey's face as he looked at the taller boy. "I don't need your help Wheeler" Kaiba muttered irately, before placing the envelope in his briefcase, continues his pace to his limo, trenchcoat flowing gracefully behind him. He never saw the strange look, which had, in fact taken over Joey's face.

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While in the safety of his car, Seto Kaiba's curiosity reached the best of him, and he carefully popped the envelope out of his briefcase. Once again, his name greeted him as he stared at the object ahead of him. Coolly, he ripped the top of the envelope off, and glanced inside.

There were two slits of rice paper; the top piece simply read a phone number, while the bottom, a picture of a random girl. Glancing quickly at both, he pulled out his black cell phone, dialing each digit, he pulled his phone to his ear to await the voice.

It only two rings this time, a beautiful voice answered. It was a girls voice, very soft yet mild at the same time, however she sounded slightly nervous, "who it this?" the voice asked, judging from the sounds of it, the girl was around her mid twenties, Seto briefly wondered if he dialed the right number, his thoughts were cut short however when she repeated her question, however this time with slightly more force. "Kaiba" he answered quickly, hoping if he was indeed correct with his guess of the stranger, she would at least not recognize his name.

There was a pregnant pause, then the girl spoke again, " he was not expecting you so soon, but he'll be right out", Kaiba nodded inward, though he was the lairs most powerful and propionate assassin, he never discovered the name of his master.

Kaiba stared at the picture again, was the girl on the phone the girl in the picture? But he uneven sounds of the girls breathing brought him back to reality, if she at least could not remain silent, he should start a conversation. "What are you to him?" Seto asked gruffly, his voice showed no indication of care, but inward, he was rather surprised his leader was in any relationship of the sort.

There was another pause, much longer this time, as if the girl seemed to ponder this question herself, "I guess, I'm his girlfriend" the girl again spoke, but her voice seemed to quiver, as if the question upset her deeply. There was an awkward pause, broken by the sound of light footsteps, Seto knew he, was here.

"Sir?" Kaiba began lightly. He had always given much respect to the man, he never knew why, but his instincts he always trusted, gave him good results. "Drukui, my are you early" the voice greeted him, the voice was usually cheerful, which Seto could never understand why. "Sir, what is the meaning of the envelope?" Kaiba questioned, careful not to let emotions get in play, "ahh, I thought it was clear, my clever Drukui? She is to be your next assignment" the voice spoke, sounding both relaxed and pleased. It was strange; his leader never before sounded so…happy.

However that made no exception to his current task, control was not what he had in mind. "But Sir! She is so young, what has she done for us to take away her life?" Kaiba questioned as he further studied the picture of the girl.

Indeed she was young, maybe his age; she seemed full of life and love, reminding him much of Mokuba. In all his years of assassination, he has never had to kill one so young. "Dear Drukui, for someone so clever, you are clearly missing the point" the voice taunted, seeming more pleased by his assassins confusion. Seto Kaiba was not one to be messed with, as he growled lightly, "and what is the point '?" He demanded, getting angrier by the second.

He was not one to usually be rifled up, only one person in the whole word could do this to him, and it was the man on the other line. The voice seemed to smirk, before in a suddenly downright serious voice spoke, "your new mission is not to kill her, but to protect hr." His order was met with silence.

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The house was just as average as any others, lying in a peaceful curve in Domino. It was a large house, beautifully built, and from the looks of it, belonging to the residents of a rich business man. It was a mystery however, when the wonderful family whom resided in that house disappeared exactly 5 years ago. Nobody could understand why.

The father was a successful engineer for one of the most promote companies in all of the world, he was a carefree man, always following in what he believed in, the mother was a beautiful and kind creature, so cute and bubbly anyone loved her. She was a favorite of the neighborhood, offering her help to the poorest souls. And there was a daughter; she was an average child, pretty and rather shy. She had a big heart for all creatures, and could make anyone smile.

The Daowsh were so popular, their disappearance resulted in panic. Who, everyone wondered, would want to hurt this wonderful family? Finally, the blame lay on the house, whom was rumored to be haunted, for many whom have entered have been telling tales of voices among the walls, strange melodies, each cross passer hearing a different tune. The result was truly mystifying; other police officers that stayed in the house too long would vanish in just two weeks. In fear of everything that's happened, the mayor could not hire anyone brave enough to destroy the house, which is why it still remains, eluded from the others, covered with beautiful ivory and trees. However, the Daowsh have not disappeared at all. It was just no one was looking in the right place.

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Ten feet beneath the bottom of the house, a young girl sat huddled in the corner of a small room, she was wearing rags of what use to be a beautiful feather white coat. The room was dimly lighted of candles, their wax making a slippery carpet on the dirt ground. In one corner of the small room was fruits and meal bars of many kind, all looked very fresh. The girl herself looked to be a teenager, with slightly curly raven hair. Her smudged skin and the dust covering suggested she had not taken a shower in long periods of time. In the whole room, there was one very small pocket watch, kept carefully on a large rock. Next to the stone were numbers written into the soft dirt. Very carefully, she took out a piece of rice paper from her pocket, stared at it, as if trying to discover the secret beneath the message. There were only two words on the paper, they read: Midnight shadow.

Allie: This is NOT a Joey/Seto fic, I admit the pair is cute, but I am not too big of a fan of Seto being gay... (please don't hurt me JS fans)

However, there is an important reason for Joeys acts, and no, he is not an assassin!