Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or any of the characters so don't sue me:D

Black And Blue

"What's the holdup?" shouted Seto impatiently as he sat in the back of his limo on his way to KaibaCorp "I'm supposed to be in my office in the next ten minutes!"

Traffic in downtown Domino was always pretty heavy in the mornings. Traffic was especially bad in the business district and at times it would come to a complete halt. Seto absolutely hated the situation since he was used to getting to his office at exactly 8am every morning. Unfortunately it looked like today wasn't going to be one of those days since the traffic wasn't moving at all.

"I'm sorry sir but there's a traffic jam due to the Obsidian Inc employees again" said the chauffeur as he tried his best not to crack under the cold harsh glaze of his boss "They're trying to get into the underground parking lot but they've backed up all the traffic"

"Obsidian Inc..." thought Seto as he quickly narrowed his eyes and looked straight out the window at the enormous line of cars backed up for several blocks "They've been nothing but trouble since they expanded"

Obsidian Inc was nothing new since the company had been around since Gozaburo Kaiba had been the CEO of Kaiba Corp. It had been a fairly small pharmaceutical company and oddly enough no one knew who ran it. Azure Inc was the biggest pharmaceutical in town, so Obsidian just lived in it's shadow.One day Obsidian Inc secretly began to buy out it's competitors one by one. After several years Obsidian Inc had grown to a considerable size but there was still one obstacle in it's path. Obsidian Inc was a very large company, but as long as Azure Inc was around, they would only be second best.

"I don't know who the CEO of this company even is" thought Seto himself as he continued staring out the window as traffic began to move again "But after what they did to Azure Inc..all I'm certain of is that they're ruthless"

Indeed the day when Obsidian Inc was finally able to buy out their biggest rival finally arrived. Azure Inc had been having a bit of trouble since the person currently acting as CEO was nothing but a greedy fool with no real interest in the company. The CEO of Obsidian knew that this was the opportunity they had been waiting for and that it was time to dive down and make the kill. They weren't able to buy out the entire company as they would have wanted, but they managed to get more than enough of it. The once small Obsidian Inc was now at the top, while it's once mighty rival now lay shattered in pieces. As a monument to their triumph, the small building that had served as their headquarters was demolished and a new one was constructed in the same spot. The new Obisidian Inc building looked like an enormous black obelisk and it towered menacingly over all of downtown Domino. It was also a constant reminder to the companies all around that if they weren't careful...they too would end up like Azure.

Seto of course wasn't intimidated like all of the others when he saw the building like many others. In fact the building sometimes even reminded him of himself since they had one thing in common. They had both managed to overthrow a powerful enemy and rise to greatness. Now they were each the top of their league and there was practically no one who dared to challenge them.

"They may be ruthless" thought Seto as he frown and stared at the Obsidian Inc building as they drove directly in front of it "But not as much as I am"

The frown suddenly turned into a slight smirk as the Kaiba Corp building finally came into view. It was the start of another day...another day being at the top.

"Obsidian Inc.." thought Raphael to himself as he frowned and gazed out the window of his office at the tall black obelisk "Who's behind that company? Who?"

Now that Raphael knew that Obsidian Inc was behind the downfall of his father's beloved company, he was determined to know more about them. Unfortunately no one even knew who the CEO of the company was, not even their name. It was almost impossible to fathom that such a large company could be run by a mystery CEO, yet it was exactly what was happening. Raphael tried not to give it too much though at the moment since he had other things to worry about.

"Sir?"

"Hmm?"

"I'm so sorry to disturb you sir" said the same senior corporate lawyer that assisted Raphael with all the legal and financial matters as he entered Raphael's office "I have the end of the month financial report and I'd like to review it with you"

"I'm sorry but I'll have to review it later on" said Raphael as he glanced down at his watch and realized that it was almost 9am "I'm going to have a meeting with Constantina in a few minutes"

"So you know sir?" said the lawyer with a surprised look on his face as he adjusted his glasses and looked up at the tall blonde man "I'm sure you were very pleased when you found out"

"What are you talking about?" said Raphael with a look of confusion on his face since he didn't quite follow "I called her here to talk about her behavior yesterday"

"Sir, Constantina's fashion line as "eccentric" as it brought in more money than anyone else" said the lawyer as he looked up at Raphael with a happy look on his face "The stocks have gone up and this company is moving up once more!"

Raphael blinked in complete disbelief at what he was hearing. He personally didn't care for Constantina, her clothes, or any aspect of the fashion world. It was something he didn't understand and honestly didn't care to understand. He was only putting up with everything since he wanted to protect what was left of his father's company. So it was a complete shock to hear that this crazy woman could actually be Azure Inc's salvation. Although that still didn't excuse her behavior towards Amelda...

"Well I'll be leaving now sir" said the lawyer as he quickly made his way to the door but not before turning around and smiling "I don't want to risk running into Constantina"

"At least you can go somewhere and avoid her" said Raphael with a slight chuckle as he looked at the older man leaving "I have no choice but to stay here"

"Alright it seems like everyone is here today and on time!" said Miss Esmeralda happily as she looked at her roll sheet "Lets get started shall we?"

After the embarassment suffered the previous day, Tea made it a point to get to class on time from now on. Fortunately now that she knew exactly where all of her classes were. Best of all she had met Alex so there was definitely no way she could ever forget since he had almost every class she did.

"Alright class right now I'll be doing a simple dance routine" said Miss Esmeralda as she walked to the center of the classroom "So I'd like you all to follow as best as you can"

Miss Esmeralda began to dance very gracefully and she was obviously a very accomplished dancer. She seemed to think that her dance routine was simple when in reality it was anything but. Many of the girls tried their hardest to follow her dance routine, while others got it very quickly. Tea tried to follow the dance routine as best as she could...but then something suddenly came to her mind.

"Why am I having those weird dreams with that weird lady in black over and over?" thought Tea as she continued dancing as best as she could "Why do I keep having it? And why does it seem to keep changing?"

Tea dismissed the dream as pure and utter nonsense brought on by watching too many soap operas at first. It seemed like pure nonsense but then why did she keep having it? Why did it always involve the lady in black and the young man named Odysseus? Strangest of all though was why did the dream seem to be unfolding in a strange way...almost like a story? Could it be trying to tell her something? Or was it really nothing more than her imagination running wild? Tea's mind continued to wander but she was snapped back into reality by a sudden cry from the teacher.

"Oh Tea you're doing marvelously!" cried out Miss Esmeralda excitedly as she continued doing her dance routine "Oh and Arielle you're doing quite well also"

"Oh wow you're actually here today on time?" said Arielle in a very sarcastic tone of voice as she gazed over at Tea with her blue-green eyes "How ever did you manage?"

"I just went to bed on time you know" said Tea with a defiant look on her face as she looked straight at her while still dancing "Instead of staying up and smothering poor innocent boys who don't want anything to do with me... like some girls do"

No one else was really sure what Tea was talking about, but Arielle knew exactly what she meant and it infuriated her. For years Arielle was used to be the best at whatever she tried. She loved being praised, admired, and getting everything she wanted. Now it seemed like Tea was getting in her way and trying to take away her glory and something more important as well. She didn't know exactly who this girl was and where she had come from, but just the fact that she was hanging around Alex made her certain of one thing.

"I hate you so much!" thought Arielle as continued dancing but not before she shot Tea the coldest most hostile glare humanly possible "I hate you, I hate you, I HATE YOU!"

"Who the Hell does she think she is?" thought Tea to herself as she returned an even deadlier glare and continued with the dance routine"I hope she never gets Alex or any other guy for that matter...no guy deserves to be stuck with her"

Tea wasn't about to let some crazy girl intimidate her. She had done nothing to her at all, so Arielle had no right to attack Tea for no reason. Tea knew that this girl most likely hated her since she thought that she was trying to take Alex away from her. But how could that be? She had barely met the boy the day before. But if Arielle was looking for trouble...then she'd find it.

"Class we have a new student who couldn't be here yesterday" said the teacher as he addressed his entire health class which consisted of teens from every single grade "But she'll be joining us today so please make her feel welcome"

A few of the kids groaned, while others snickered, and a few of the guys seemed interested since it was a girl. Mokuba was curious to see who the girl was, so he turned his attention to the door. Suddenly a very pretty girl made her way into the classroom in the trademark pink blazer and blue skirt that all the girls in Domino High wore. She had long auburn hair, light brown eyes, an extremely pretty face, and she seemed a bit shy. She just stood there nervously while many of the boys grinned at her and the girls just stared at her jealously. Mokuba looked at her too and realized that she looked familiar.

"I know I've seen here but where?" thought Mokuba as he looked at the girl standing at the front "Wait a second...can it really be her?"

"This is so scary" thought the girl as she looked at the entire class in front of her "Then again this is the same high school where my big brother graduated from"

"Alright I've already assigned a seat for you Miss Wheeler" said the teacher as he looked at his seating chart "You'll be sitting next to-"

"Serenity!" suddenly cried out Mokuba without thinking now that he realized that it was indeed Serenity Wheeler "Remember me?"

"Mokuba?" exclaimed Serenity who was surprised at the fact that she had run into someone who knew who she was "Is that really you?"

Serenity and Mokuba had met during the Battle City Tournament thrown by his older brother. It was a great time for Serenity since it was her first chance to see Joey duel after she got the eye operation she needed. Now two years had passed since that time and she had just moved back to Domino and was living with Joey. Now that she was seeing Mokuba again she remembered something. She remembered how Mokuba seemed to idolize his older brother in almost the same way she idolized hers.

"Mr. Kaiba I don't appreciate outbursts like that" said the teacher as he looked over at Mokuba for a moment "You know that I could give you detention for that right?"

"Sorry Mr. Foster..." muttered Mokuba since he knew that doing just about anything in Mr. Foster's class seemed to result in detention "It was an accident"

"Oh the other hand though it's good that you two know each other" said Mr. Foster as he smiled and turned to Serenity "Your seat happens to be next to Mr. Kaiba"

Joey had warned Serenity all about Mr. Foster and his tendency to give detention for almost anything so Serenity quickly made her way over the empty desk. Mokuba smiled at her and was only able to wave since he knew that even one more word out of him would land him in detention. Mokuba still had the same cheerful smile, violet-blue eyes, and messy raven black hair. The only difference was that he had obviously gotten alot taller. Serenity just smiled back at him and knew that any conversation would have to wait til recess. Hopefully they would be able to get to know each other better now and possibly be friends.

"Well the day's just started and it's already going better than I hoped for" thought Serenity as she smiled to herself and pulled out a notebook and a pen "I guess Joey was right when he said that I'd have nothing to worry about"

"So where is she mate?" exclaimed Varon looked around Raphael's office and noticed that no one else was there "It's 9am so where's Constantina?"

Varon had been so excited the he got up at 5am and was already fully dressed by the time Amelda even woke up. He then got revenge for all the times Amelda rushed him by barely giving him time to dress before dragging him out the front door.

"Hopefully far away from here" muttered Amelda who was very annoyed at Varon for dragging him out of the apartment "Far far away"

Raphael just shook his head and was about to speak, when the door to his office flew open and there stood Constantina looking as strange as ever. Today she was wearing a black blazer, a black skirt, black heels, black gloves, and to top it all off a black hat. The hat though happened to be the most ridiculous thing that any of them had ever seen. It was black, relatively flat, about the size of a large pizza, it had a black feather on the side, and it was tilted to the side making it look more like a flying saucer than a hat. It was a miracle that she was able to fit through the door.

"Well I'm here like you wanted Raphael dahling" said Constantina in a nonchalant manner as she sauntered into the office and headed towards Raphael "Now what did you want to speak to me about?"

"This is it mate!" whispered Varon gleefully as he pulled Amelda aside and anxiously awaited "She's gonna get exactly what she deserves!"

Suddenly Constantina stopped in her tracks and looked over to the side. What happened next was something that Varon never expected would happen to him in a million years.

"Oh aren't you cute?" cried Constantina as she suddenly reached over and pinched Varon's cheeks as hard as she could "You remind me so much of my precious little son!"

"LET ME GO!" shouted Varon as he pulled free and ran behind Raphael's desk as quickly as he could and pointed at Amelda "Why don't you do that to him instead?"

Constantina just shrugged her shoulders and immediately turned her attention back to Raphael. She considered Raphael a big tasteless oaf who couldn't possibly understand her work. Unfortunately she knew her behavior the previous day had angered him. So she just stood in front of the tall muscular blonde man and prepared for the worst.

"I wanted to congratulate you on your sales this month" said Raphael as he took a deep breath and tried to keep his composure "You should be very proud"

"What?" said Constantina as she blinked her eyes in disbelief for one moment since she had expected Raphael to scream at her "Are you serious dahling?"

Raphael nodded his head indicating that he was serious which both relieved her and immensely pleased her. Unfortunately not everyone took the news as well as she did.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT RAPH?" suddenly screamed Varon who had not expected to hear that "AREN'T YOU GONNA YELL AT HER?"

Varon was completely frantic since she had been looking forward to seeing Constantina get what she deserved. Instead she got congratulated! How could this be? What was going on? Varon felt ripped off! He wanted an answer and he wanted it now! Raphael gave Varon a stern glance for one moment, but then it softened a bit and seemed to say "I'll explain everything in awhile".

"Oh Raphael dahling I'll get started on my fashions for next season!" said Constantina as she quickly began to make her way to the door "I'll outsell everyone in this country! Just wait and see!"

Constantina was on her way out the door, when she noticed Amelda standing closeby. She knew very well that she had reacted in a less than acceptable way the previous day, and now it was only fair that she apologized. Constantina cautiously walked over to him since she knew that he was mad at her, but then she realized another thing: Amelda was extremely attractive. She had never really seen him until the previous day and even then she hadn't paid much attention to the way he looked. Now she couldn't believe that she had done such a thing to him. His face, although feminine looking, was incredibly handsome and his grey eyes were absolutely stunning. He was also very tall and had a very nice body. Although his hairstyle was a bit unusual...

"Oh my..." said Constantina as she suddenly blurted out what came to her mind as she looked into his grey eyes "I'm sure that both the boys and the girls fall in love you dahling!"

"WHAT?" shouted both Amelda since he didn't know whether this insane woman was complimenting him or insulting him "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO-"

SLAP

It all happened so quickly that everyone just stood there staring in complete disbelief. Constantina had slapped Amelda on the butt! She then gave a naughty grin, adjusted her hat, and happily skipped out of Raphael's office and headed towards the elevator. Suddenly Varon burst into such wild laughter at what he had seen, that he nearly collapsed. Even Raphael had to smile at the entire situation since it was pretty amusing, although Amelda didn't think so.

"She...slapped...my butt" said Amelda who still had a look of horror on his face which soon turned to one of anger "WHY DID SHE DO THAT?"

"I think that's her way of saying that she's sorry for yesterday" said Raphael with an amused chuckle as he looked at the distressed look on his friend's face "Although a handshake would have been more appropriate"

Amelda just shook his head in disbelief and made a mental note to himself: Stay at least 10 feet away from Constantina at all times.

How the mighty have fallen..." thought a lone woman as she stared out a window in her office at a building in downtown Domino's business district "Now all that remains is a memory of the past..."

The woman had a bird's eye view of the entire business since her office was located on the top floor the building she was in. The cars, buildings, and everything in general, seemed like insignificant toys in the prescence of the jet black titan. There were a few other freakishly tall buildings, but none like the one she was in. The nearby Kaiba Corp building was one of them and at one time had been the tallest in all of Domino. The only other building that seemed to come close was a lone sky blue building not too far from the Kaiba Corp building. It was precisely what her attention had been focused on.

"The great blue is now lost in the darkness!" said the woman as she laughed and her green eyes seemed to fill with sadistic glee "Surviving in name only"

BUZZ

At that moment the woman's train of thought was broken by the buzz of the intercom located on her desk. She quickly went over to the desk, pressed the button, and decided to see what the secretary wanted. She had been waiting for some very important information since the day before, and hopefully now it would be ready.

"Is it here?" said the woman as she quickly sat down in her large black leather chair and made herself comfortable and pulled a loose thread from her solid black dress suit

"Yes Madame it's here" said the secretary in a rather cold and monotone tone of voice which seemed to lack any kind of human quality "I'll bring it in right away"

At that moment the door opened up and a tall blonde woman with cold pale blue eyes entered the room. She was also clad in a solid black dress but she was carrying a yellow manila envelope in her hands. She simply walked all the way over to the desk, placed the envelope down, and exited the office without saying a word. The woman cautiously picked up the envelope, opened, it up and began to read the paper inside. When she got to one part though, she couldn't believe her eyes. The new CEO of Azure Inc was the son of the original one! How amusing...

"Oh it would seem you're too late Raphael" said the woman as she curled her red lips up into an amused grin and stood back up once again to gaze out the window "I destroyed your father's company...and if necessary I'll destroy you"

She then threw the papers back down on the desk and continued enjoying the view of the world below her from atop her majestic perch.

One Month Later

So far Tea was still living all alone since there was absolutely no sign of her mother. She hadn't called, written, or e-mailed her even once during this entire period of time. Tea wasn't completely alone though since Yugi, Tristan, and Joey spoke with her frequently and hung out with her whenever she had time. Time didn't seem to be something Tea really had though since she was very busy at school. Everything was going pretty well for her at school...but there was one thing that continued to trouble her.

"Odysseus did you hear the news?" said a fellow chemist as he ran over to his companion "The boss is pleased with your new neural serum!". "The boss?" said Odysseus as he put down a small beaker he had been holding"Very funny Fausto". "But it's true!" said Fausto as he quickly took a seat on a stood near Odysseus "She should be coming here any-". "Good afternoon Odysseus" suddenly said a female voice accompanied by the sound of footsteps made only by women's high heels "You and I have much to discuss". Odysseus quickly stood up in complete disbelief while Fausto quickly scrambled off. "Madam...to what do I owe this honor?" said Odysseus who still couldn't believe that the boss was actually there and she wanted to speak to him. "I hear you've created something very important recently" said the woman as she looked up at him with her green eyes "A neural serum am I correct?". "Yes madam" said Odysseus as he looked at her and pulled a small vial out of his labcoat"It should be able to cure various neural disorders when-". "When given in small doses" chuckled the woman as she adjusted her fur stole "Anyways I have a proposition for you and this new serum". The woman spoke while Odysseus cautiously listened, but when she got to one part he was shocked. "What?It's not meant to be used as that!" said Odysseus with a look of horror on his face "Why on Earth would anyone use it for that?". "That's none of your concern" said the woman as she narrowed her green eyes "Now will you tell me how it's made?". Suddenly Odysseus made a realization that would change everything. "You...I know exactly who you are!" said Odysseus frowned and looked over at the boss "You're..."

"Tea?"

"Huh?"

"Hey Tea are you feeling okay?" said Alex with a worried look in his grey eyes as he gently tapped her on the shoulder with his pen "You've been spacing out alot today...is something bothering you?"

Tea then full snapped back into reality and suddenly remembered that she and Alex were in the library. Tea and Alex had become pretty good friends at that point and they began to study together. Tea was the first friend Alex had made since arriving at the University of Domino, so he really enjoyed her company. Tea had grown very fond of Alex as well since he was was a very kind person. Unfortunately today Tea's dreams seemed to be getting most of her attention so she was unable to focus.

"I was just remembering a weird dream I had" said Tea as she randomly began to scribble something on a nearby piece of paper "You know what I mean right?"

"Uh...not really" said Alex as he closed his eyes and gave a slightly embarassed grin "I can't really ever remember what I dream about"

"WHAT?" cried Tea completely forgotting that she was in a library as she glared right at him "YOU CAN'T REMEMBER YOUR DREAMS?"

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh!

"Nope" said Alex sheepishly as he noticed the death glares Tea was getting from almost everyone sitting nearby "I have no clue what I dream about"

"You know what you are right now Alex?" whispered Tea as she tried her best to keep from getting thrown out of the library by the other students "Someone that I'm very jealous of"

Alex just smiled, shook his head, and laughed a bit, but he quickly quieted down when he noticed that he was attracting some death glares of his own.

To Be Continued...

Author's Note: Thank you so much for all of the reviews! They're very helpful and I appreciate them very much. Phew! This is the longest chapter I've done for this story to date. Ahh but thankfully midterms are over so I'm happy. Anyways there's probably going to be alot more OOCness in the later chapters(maybe not) so just a fair warning in case there is :D