Disclaimer: I do not own Samurai Deeper Kyo and the characters in it.

A/N:Chiwa'su. Thanks for the reviews. m(_ _)m. Sorry for the late update. I was extremely busy with work and all but this chapter is a bit longer than usual =D. And to LordPiyoPiyo, you should re-read SDK, Ototo yo. Here's the third chapter. I'll work harder next time. Please Read and Review. Enjoy.

Chapter 3: Unfortunate fate

Kyo tried to digest what just came out from Yuya. Did she just say 11-L4 Tokiwa Street? He let his mind slipped again.

"Hey, it's green now," Yuya shook his arm.

The 20 minutes journey to Tokiwa Street felt like a hundred years of sufferings for Yuya. She tried to talk to Kyo but he didn't respond to anything at all so she kept quiet. She wished that he could at least turn on the radio but was too afraid to ask. He is after all a stranger that happened to saved her from some thugs, or so she thought. Kyo took a right turn and they finally arrived at Tokiwa Street. Yuya asked him to stop by the old Tokiwa Apartment, the place where she currently resided. The building was old and grubby.

"Do you want to come up? For coffee at least," Yuya said politely.

"In that dump? Not in this lifetime," he replied bluntly.

"Fine," she chocked out and got out of the car. She turned once again to thank him but he was gone. "I didn't even know his name," she said softly, dragging herself up the stairs to the 4th floor of the old flat. When she reached her small one room apartment, she threw herself on the couch.

"What kind of mess did I get myself into now?" she talked to herself.

She laid flat on her stomach and stared on the wall. There were pictures of her late brother and her friends. She missed them. She remembered the times when her brother was still alive before she had to move to this town. She couldn't go back. She's got no one to go back to. Even when trouble tagged along, she's got no one to turn to. For no reason at all, an uninvited image of Kyo popped into her mind. She shook her head and cursed under her breath. She got up and grabbed the newspaper. "Time to look for another job."

Kyo didn't go back to his father's place that night. He went back to his own place and deliberately did it to annoy his father. He checked his answering machine and had 14 messages which he knew were from his brother. He didn't even bother to check them. He didn't even bother to turn on his cellphone. He took a cold shower and went straight to bed knowing tomorrow was going to be another hell of a day.

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The sound of the alarm could kill someone with a heart attack but Yuya was still on the couch. She wasn't sleeping, she just couldn't move. She finally rose from her uncomfortable sleeping position when the sun shone on her face. It's too bright. She made some coffee, took yesterday's newspaper and sat on the kitchen counter. She was up all night marking some of the advert in the classified section which she thought might be her potential new employer. Yuya took her cellphone and started calling some firms and agencies but most of them required someone who would work full time. She's done with working at bars and clubs and she didn't want to be in trouble anymore. The last number on her list belonged to a huge corporation which advertised on a part-time personal assistant opening.

"Good Morning, Mibu Corps. How may I help you?"

Yuya swore she could 'hear' the person smiling. "Er.. Hi. My name is Shiina Yuya. I saw the advert on yesterday's newspaper and I would like to –"

"Oh. Could you hold on a second? I will pass your call to the department in charge," the person talking to her rapidly connected her line to the HR Department.

"Jeesh.. She didn't even let me speak," she thought to herself. She was entertained by some music before somebody answered the call.

"Hai' Hai'. This is Yukimura. The person in charge of this department is out for breakfast. I just happen to pass by so I answered the phone. May I know who's there?" he chirped.

"Er… My name is Shiina Yuya. I would like to enquire on – "

"Let me guess… The part-time PA post right? Yeah yeah. Please come for the interview. Is 11am ok for you?" he asked.

"I.. I…"

"Great! I'll see you then. I'm looking forward to it. Bye. Owh.. Don't forget to bring your CV," and he put down the phone.

Yuya went numb. She didn't even get to say anything over the phone. "Ah well, at least I get to go for the interview. It's worth trying," she thought and immediately ran to the bathroom. She was in a good mood finally, hoping that today will be a good day.

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"Please obochama. My family needs me. My son is terribly sick. I have to leave. I have to quit because there's no one else who can take care of my son," Shima-bachan was on her knees.

"Shima-bachan, please… It's okay. We understand. Well, I'm sure he'll understand. Don't worry about it. He'll find someone else who will do his laundry and clean his room and cook for him. Besides, he's not an 'obo-chan' anymore Shima-bachan. Stop pampering him. He's all grown up now. In fact, he should be able to do everything himself. Right Kyo? Ahaha.. ha… ha ha…," Kyoshiro answered on behalf of his brother who's currently focusing on his laptop and not responding to anything that had been going on. Shima-bachan had told him the day before about her leaving but Kyo didn't say anything about it.

"I'm really sorry Kyo-bochama," Shima-bachan bowed and left the suite.

The sound of Shima-bachan's geta was gone and Kyoshiro immediately turned to his brother. "Kyo… You could at least say something to the poor lady. She took care of you ever since you were 5. What were you thinking? I know you're mean but you don't have to be THAT mean. I can't believe she still calls you Kyo-bochama…"

"Whatever," Kyo tried to play it cool when the real fact was that he didn't know what to say to the lady who had taken care of him ever since he was 5, who comforted him when their mother died and had followed him faithfully when he decided to move to his own place. "Anyway, what the hell are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to go to work already?"

"Ah… Yes. I've got a message for you from Dad. He said you don't have to come to work and he wanted me to see if you're okay. You've been working till midnight for 2 weeks now," Kyoshiro went to the kitchen, threw some pancakes on a plate and some maple syrup on it. "Also… I was hungry and I wanted to eat Shima-bachan's special pancake…. And to have known that she quit, ah…" He said sadly and sat next to Kyo. "Dad was not mad at you for not showing up last night. He knew you that you weren't gonna come"

"What makes you think that I care?"

Kyoshiro continued eating his pancake until there was no scrap of it left on the plate. "It's written all over your face," Kyoshiro burped. "That was good…. But… I'm never going to taste that flavor ever again…. Thanks to you," he sighed.

"What the fuck are you talking about? It's not that I asked her to leave nor did I want her to. Her son is sick. That's what she said. Live with it," Kyo said heavily.

"You're the one who won't be able to," said Kyoshiro. He looked at Kyo and realized he had the same expression as when their mother had passed on. Shima-bachan was in fact the only other person that Kyo trusted to be in his home besides his loyal companions. "Not even me or dad", Kyoshiro thought. "Well, I'm leaving now. Thanks for breakfast. Don't worry about work"

"Just leave already"

"Owh… 'Please come to dinner tonight'. Another message from Dad"

"As if I would"

Kyo went back to his room without even taking his breakfast. Since he got the whole day by himself he thought he should stay in bed. He folded his arms behind his head and stared at the ceiling. He didn't receive anymore messages after last night. What was that all about? He was in fact still curious about those messages. Did he not get anymore message because he didn't accomplish what he's supposed to accomplished? After he received the first message, he did go to The Black Alley and received another. He did save Dogface from those barfbags. He did send her to 11-L4, Tokiwa Street. Was there more to it? Did he miss anything in the message? He stood up and looked for the note that was in his jacket. He reread it many times and began to take it seriously. After 5 useless minutes staring at the notes and not getting anything out of it he decided go back to sleep. I'm thinking too much. It's just a prank.

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"My name is Shiina Yuya and I'm in my final year of studies," Yuya said confidently when she was asked of her name.

"Ahahaha… Relax Yuya-san. Would you like some sake?"

"Er… no thanks," Yuya politely refused and in confusion.

"Anyway, I must tell you that for this job, you will only have to come after 5pm. The boss doesn't like to be bothered during office hours and he will need you from 5pm onwards, maybe until 11 or 12 am?"

Quick footsteps were heard approaching the room. Huffing and puffing, the man finally managed to gather some breath to speak. "Yukimura-han. What are you doing? Why are you conducting the interview without me? Wow! Who's the hottie?"

"You were taking your sweet little time in the cafeteria since breakfast. And look at the time now, it's almost lunch time. You're lucky that Kyo-san's not here. Besides, I wasn't the one who conducted the interview. It was over half an hour ago," Yukimura stood up and walked to Yuya's side. "Yuya-san, this is the Benitora-san. Benitora-san, this is Yuya-san, the interviewee for the PA post"

"Arghh… What a waste that you have to work for Kyo-han, if only Mahiro – "

"I heard that, Benitora-san. Yukimura-san, Benitora-san, please don't scare our new comer. Besides, both of you are not in the HR Department and you're missing the meeting with the boss," said a fine young lady who suddenly appeared at the door. "Shiina Yuya-san, I was informed that you've been interviewed and had completed the forms. Muramasa-san had signed the papers so, here's your offer letter and you can start work tomorrow," said Mahiro passing a brown enveloped to Yuya.

"Really??? I got the job?! Thanks," Yuya took out the papers in the enveloped. "Wow, this is too much for a part time job. I wasn't expecting this much for the pay."

"We need you immediately. Among all the other 16 interviewees, you're the only one who met the requirements. Yuya-san, this is not like any part time job. Brace yourself before you meet the devil himself," said Yukimura while walking Yuya to the hallway.

"Yukimura-san, Kosuke-san is looking for you" said Mahiro.

"Oh no… looks like the meeting is over. I got to go Yuya-san. I'll see you tomorrow," Yukimura strode to the other way and waved at Yuya. "Oh," he turned. "Welcome to Mibu Corps," Yukira smiled as Yuya went inside the elevator.

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It's Yuya's fourth day and her boss had yet to appear. "At least they let me work from 9am to 5pm so I can still do my part-time at the drive through from 7pm to 2am," she murmured to herself.

"Yuya-san, are you busy?" It was Yukimura.

"No. Not really. I was just helping Mahiro-san with the filing," Yuya answered as she turned around and her eyes met those of blue gaze.

"This is Mibu Kyoshiro. He's Muramasa-san's son."

"Hello Yuya-san. I'm Kyoshiro. I heard you're the new PA for the Managing Director. Nice to meet you," Kyoshiro bowed.

"Nice to meet you too," Yuya replied.

"He won't be coming today. He's at home sulking because our Shima-bachan just quit," Kyoshiro explained.

"Shima-bachan?" Yuya asked.

"Shima-bachan left??" Yukimura exclaimed.

"Yes, she did. A few days ago.." Kyoshiro and Yukimura were talking about things that Yuya didn't understand at all. "Oh, I'm sorry Yuya-san. Anyway, Kyo is coming tomorrow. So you can come at 5pm," Kyoshiro finally remembered what he was supposed to tell Yuya.

"Oh. Okay. Thanks for telling me," she answered with a smile fixed on her pretty face. "I have to help Mahiro-san with the filing. Excuse me," she walked towards the file room.

The next day, Yuya arrived at Mibu Corps at 4.30pm. Mibu Corps was busy as usual with everybody running here and there, trying to do work as much as possible before leaving. Yuya met Kosuke as she walked to her desk. She was surprised to see her desk was cleaned. No more papers. No 'In-Out' basket. No laptop. Nothing. She started to think that she was fired.

"No, no. Don't be silly Yuya-san. This was you temporary desk. Yuya-san, from today onwards, you're going to sit outside of Kyo-san's office. I'll show you to your new desk," Kosuke explained and walked Yuya to her desk.

"Wow… this is not a desk. This is… this is…" Yuya couldn't find any word to finish her sentence.

"If you need anything, you can ask from Nami, she's my assistant," said Kosuke.

"No. I don't think I need anything else," Yuya answered while her eyes were fixed on the huge door that has a nameplate "Managing Director" on it.

Yukimura's whining was heard from the long hallway. He was looking for Kosuke and was happy that he ran into Yuya as well. "Oh, Yuya-san! It's your first day meeting your boss, no? I'll accompany you," said Yukimura as he pushed the door opened. Yuya waited outside.

"Kyo-san~ I've brought you your new assistant!" he chirped.

"I don't remember hiring new ones. Where's Sho?" Kyo asked.

"You fired him last week. You said, he's a pathetic loser who's really stupid, even pigs have brain better than his and that he can't even do anything you asked him to. Also, you added "go kill yourself or go cry to your mother or go feed yourself to the dogs" something like that," Yukimura tried to remember word by word. Yuya, who was waiting behind the door, gulped.

"Oh. He was stupid. Besides, I want a woman to be my assistant. A good woman who can provide good assistance," Kyo grinned. Yuya, still standing behind the door, was showered in sweat. "What's up with this guy?! I can't stand to work with another asshole," she thought.

"Kyo-san, you pervert. You didn't exactly oppose to the idea last time," Yukimura sat himself on the leather sofa, pouring himself some sake that was on the glass table.

"So? Where is this new guy?" Kyo asked.

"It's a girl. A pretty one in fact," Yukimura was sipping the small cup.

"Howh… Really?" Kyo smirked.

"Yuya-san~ You can come in now," Yukimura sang.

"Yuya… Yuya…" Kyo repeated in his head. The door was opened. A small figured girl with blonde hair bowed immediately once she entered. "I'm Shiina Yuya" she said with her head low and her eyes closed. There was no respond from Yukimura or her new boss. Yuya lifted her head. She gasped and was stunned with the sight in front of her. Kyo walked slowly towards her.

"You. Are. Fired."

Yuya's eyes widened as those words hit her like thunder.

"K.. Kyo-san, what are you doing?" said Yukimura.

There was no answer. The two of them were standing and facing each other. The silence was so loud it ripped Yuya apart.