Chapter Nine: New Jobs

Yami sighed as he continued to type the game code Seto had given him. His eyes started to bother him, so he closed them for a few seconds. When he was done with that he bought it to Seigyoku so she could type it again. Seigyoku blinked as he handed it to her. "It's a lot?" she asked, hoping for the right answer.

"Well…" Yami said. "It depends on your definition of 'a lot'." Yami said. Seigyoku groaned. Yami smiled at her and left. Seigyoku glared at the paper work.

"I hate you." She told it. She didn't feel like typing al that. Slowly an idea came to her.

"Here you go!" Seigyoku said as she gave the papers back to Yami.

"You typed a little slow today." Yami said as he took them.

"Of course!" Seigyoku said. "It's Monday!" She went back to the office. Yami got up and bought them to Seto. Seto's chair was turned away from him, so Seto didn't see him, but he heard him. After Yami left, Seto took all the papers out of the folder. When he touched the papers they were warm; hot-off-the-press warm. He glared at the papers. Gathering them up, he walked back to Yami's office.

"Nice try," Seto said, giving the papers back to Yami. Yami blinked, confused. He picked up the papers and felt the warmness Seto had felt. Yami cursed under his breath. When they walked into Seigyoku's office. Her chair was turned away from them.

"Seigyoku," Yami said. When she didn't turn around, Seto noticed that headphone wire plugged into the computer. Seto pulled it out and the music of the rock band, Disturbed, filled the room. Seigyoku turned when she didn't hear the music. She saw Yami and Seto glaring at her. Seto had already turned off the volume.

"Hi!" she said waving.

"That was a nice try," Seto said, giving her the papers. "Trying to pretend you typed it up by copying it on the scanner, then printing it out." Seigyoku didn't bother to look down at them. "Usually, I fire people who try to pull that stunt." Seto said. There was a moment of silence.

"I sorry," she said. (A/N: That's not an error, that's how she talks.) "But I'm just bored! I want some excitement!" Seto chuckled.

"Usually the guilty don't say anything." He said. "But I have might have something for you two…" Yami blinked.

"Two!" he said, since he had been silent for the whole confrontation. Yami and Seigyoku followed Kaiba down to the basement of KaibaCorp; the area where he test his new games. "Is this safe?" Yami asked. Seto shrugged and stopped.

"What's your definition on 'safe'?" he asked. Yami glared at him

"Don't worry," Seigyoku said, putting her hand on Yami's shoulder. "Kaiba will keep us safe!" Yami smiled slightly.

"Here it is," Kaiba said. He opened the door with a numeral password, and they stepped inside.

"Hey guys!" a voice called.

"Joey?" Yami said as he looked up.

"Yep!" The blond said when he reached his friend. Seigyoku greeted him.

"You guys are gonna run a field test on my latest game." Kaiba said.

"Cool!" Seigyoku said. "What kinda games do you do?" Yami sighed.

"Virtual Reality." He said.

"So cool!" she said excitedly. Yami sighed and groaned. "What's wrong with testing games?" Seigyoku asked, looking at Yami.

"Yeah," Joey said. "There's more money in it." Yami glared at him.

"My desk job gives me enough," he said. "What would I need more for?"

"You could start up a savings account for Yugi and send him to a bigger and better college." Kaiba said as he smiled.

"You got me!" Yami said happily.

"Yay!" Seigyoku said hugging him.

"Okay," Kaiba said typing on a wide computer keyboard. "Just pick a virtual pod and I'll start the game." The three friends got inside one of the pods and let the machine do its work. Once Yami opened his eyes again, he was in the virtual world.

"Cool, huh?" Joey asked. Both he and Yami were dressed in armor, with swords at their hips. On their chest plates were dragons. Joey had the Red Eyes Black Dragon and Yami had Slifer the Sky Dragon.

"Oh hell no!" They heard Seigyoku say. She was wearing an orange, velvet princess gown. Her waist and up was covered in armor. "I am not walking around like this!" she continued. Yami smiled at her.

"Why?" he asked. "You're beautiful."

"I don't like dresses!" Seigyoku said glaring.

"Don't worry about it," Joey said. "Let's just play the game." He started walking. Yami followed.

"We better get a good sum for this." Seigyoku mumbled as she followed them. After a few minutes of walking Seigyoku said "I don't even have a weapon!"

"Maybe you're not supposed to." Yami said.

"This might be a glitch." she said.

"Impossible," Joey said. "Kaiba made this game." Rolling her eyes, they continued. Suddenly, something jumped out from the brush and land in from of them. "It's a Blue Eyes!" Joey said. The figure reached for it head and took it off.

"A dragon just beheaded itself." Seigyoku said. The figure stepped forward. It was a virtual Seto Kaiba dressed in Blue Eyes White Dragon armor.

"Or," Yami said. "It could be a virtual Kaiba."

"Good afternoon men," the virtual Seto said.

"Yo!" Joey said. Yami chuckled.

"I see you knights are escorting the princess back to the castle."

"That's it!" Seigyoku said. "This game sucks! I'll be damned if I have to play a princess!" (A/N: My friend actually said this when I told her about this part.) Joey blinked.

"You were a tom-boy weren't you?" he asked.

"And I'm damn well proud of it!" she said glaring at Joey.

"I see your rankings are great." The virtual Kaiba continued.

"Rankings?" Yami asked.

"The dragons on your armor." Kaiba said. "Baby Dragons are for rookies, Red Eyes are for basic, Slifers are for advanced, then experts get to choose a Dragon and that's their armor."

"So," Joey said. "You're the best of the best?" Seto nodded. Joey glared at him.

"All we have to do is get Seigyoku back to the castle?" Yami asked.

"Indeed." Seto said.

"Sounds easy." Seigyoku said.

"Good luck." Seto said before disappearing.

"Let's get this over with." Seigyoku said walking ahead. Yami and Joey caught up. They walked for a little while longer, then a troll-looking monster jumped in front of them. Seigyoku hid behind Yami. "Protect me knight!" she said. "I command thee!" Yami turned around and looked at her funny. She smiled.

"What do you want?" Joey asked the troll.

"Answer my riddle…" it said. "And you may pass…"

"Okay," Seigyoku said.

"My face and hand great you everyday. I run all day, but I don't walk. I tell you something but do not talk. What am I?" the troll asked. Yami and Joey had the most confused looks on their faces. Seigyoku rolled her eyes.

"You're either a clock or a watch." The troll disappeared and Seigyoku walked on.

"Oh!" Joey said. "I get it!"

"A little slow…" Seigyoku said. Yami sighed.