Chapter Three: The N.O.S. and finding a job

Téa arrived at the apartment early, earlier than Yayoi Matsunaga, the N.O.S. officer, had expected. She had been sitting on the couch, looking at the file H.Q. handed to her a few weeks ago. She heard a door slammed open and then saw the vampire girl stepping into the room. "Well you're home early. What, did school have shorter classes today or do they let students cut school on their first day?" Téa shot her a glare before she said, "Are you working on a case yet, a case at the Bay Bridge?" She saw Yayoi blink and said, "You're pretty quick to know where I'm doing my cases huh? The rumors from schools always tend to happened don't they?" Guni appeared out of the small kitchen where she had been waiting for Téa to arrive home all day, doing nothing. "Finally, about time you show up. Next time I coming with you. There's nothing to do but lazy ass about in this miserable hell--"

"Guni!" Téa shouted, causing the little imp to stop what she was going to say. She turned her attention back to the N.O.S. officer. "Yayoi, is this what I think it is? Is that why you brought me back here to help you with?"

"Yes. The N.O.S. has been having the same problem with this case. It's baffling the chief at headquarters and we needed an expert on this. And you happened to be that expert." Téa snorted and said, "So what do I get in this in return for my services." Téa watched as Yayoi lowered the white choker around her neck. "Right here is your meal ticket. But I'm sure unless you still want to drink blood from animals and such, though I know it's not easy when you really want is some human blood and donors are pretty hard to find without arousing too much suspicion." Téa smirked as she looked at this very tempting offer. "All right, I'll help out but lets first seal the deal. I haven't had anything to feed off of except the pig's blood from this morning." Now it was Yayoi turn to smirk. "Come with me to my office." She walked to her bedroom study aside the living room. Téa took off her sunglasses. Her eyes glowed and turned yellow cat-like as she followed Yayoi in.

It was a few more disgruntle hours before classes were done and over and students were let out and heading home. Kaiba's limo pulled up at the pickup-dropoff section where everyone watched him leave as usual. Thinking he was so lucky to be rich, that what he knew but wish he didn't. Most people think that having everything in the world is everything, but really it's not. Being rich can be such an annoying bitch at times! He thought as the limo pulled away as he got in. They headed to the middle school where Mokuba, Seto's little brother goes to. A dark hair kid was waiting by the gates when he saw his brother's limo pulling up. "Ni-sama!" The boy shouted joyously as he ran into the limo, knocking his older brother down onto the floor. The two brothers laugh and wrestled. "Come on quit it Mokuba!" Kaiba cried. Mokuba got off him and took his seat beside his brother. "Where to sir?" The driver asked. Kaiba was about to say Kaibacorps when he remember that Téa, the new girl from school had asked him to drop off the assignments she had missed in those classes. She was sure strange today, and she was pretty cute too. Nani! What am I thinking, she just a girl! Yeah a girl with beautiful mystifying blue orbs that seem to express a lot of sadness in those depths... "Ni-sama are you alright?" Mokuba asked as he looked at his brother. Kaiba quickly push the thoughts asides and said, "Everything's ok but..." In the first time since they were little he was having fluttering feelings inside his stomach as he thought of her. Tea. Better get this done and over with. "...I got to drop something off at a person's house alright?" He turned his attention to the driver and told him where Téa's address was and then the driver drove down in the direction.

Téa was busy looking through the newspaper, an ad for a job if possible. Yayoi had wanted Téa to help on the cases yes, but that did not mean she was going to be handed hard cold cash for it. Even if she had offered to be Téa's volunteer for feeding and allowing her to stay in the apartment, it did not paid for her clothes, the bills, the mortgage they shared and so on. Téa had to pretend to live like a normal person with normal standards which meant with also the normal things to do in a human's life. Guni was floating about again as she looked over Téa's shoulder to see what she doing. "A job? What do you need one for and please, none of these things cut to what your capable of doing?" She stared at each job that Téa had circled. "Burger World? Cosmetic Center? Come on you got to be kidding, why even choose them?"

"They are if people are considering to hiring a sixteen year old girl." She said as she waved a hand to shoo the pixie away. Guni pouted. "Well sorry, really you still think you're mature even after a couple of centuries." Téa was about to say something to her when the doorbell rang. They looked at each other and then Téa went to the hallway while Guni hid behind Tea's hair. "Well it can't be Yayoi now, she left half an hour ago and said she wouldn't be back until 6:45." She whispered as Téa opened the door. Kaiba and a little girl or was it a boy with long hair about ten or twelve stood out in the door-way. "Kaiba!" Oh god what's he doing here? And then she saw him holding some papers in his arms, "Oh you got the work I missed at school today, oh please won't you guys come in for a sec." She moved aside as she let them both into the apartment. As Kaiba stepped in he introduce Téa to the kid next to him. "This is Mokuba, my little brother." The boy looked at her and then at his brother. "Seto is this girl your kanojo?" Téa was confused as she didn't remember much of her Japanese. Guni on the other hand had and knew it by heart. "It means 'girlfriend'." She whispered in her ear. Téa blushed and turned to see Kaiba was also blushing when he said, "No." His brother looked at him with a smirk, "Migi." 'Right...' And then looked around the apartment. Téa decide to change the discussion. She asked if they would like something to drink. "Do you have any Pepsi?" Mokuba asked. Téa nodded and headed over to the kitchen and brought out two cans of Pepsi, one regular and one diet. "Here you go you guys." She handed the Pepsis to them both and then Kaiba looked at her, confusion written on his face. "How did you know that I prefer to drink diet instead of regular Pepsi?"

"Um...because I saw you drinking a coke that was diet so I thought you like 'diet' instead." She said uneasily. She wanted to slap herself on the head. That was lame, very lame! Why must I always look into a person's mind like that without the person suspecting I know?! You should have said that there was only one regular Pepsi and thought he wouldn't mind a diet you idiot! She sat down at the table as the other two joined her. Kaiba notice the newspaper lying there with red circles. "Looking for a job huh." Téa nodded. "Yeah, I arrived a few days ago and my friend is allowing me to stay here, so I have to pay half the rent too." She drew her eyes away, feeling a blush coming on and heard Mokuba sipping his drink as he watched her. Kaiba cleared his voice and said, "My secretary last week was fired and I happened to been looking for one, so maybe you would like to have a job at Kaibacorps." Téa turned to stare at him who's eyes were on her. She smiled and said, "Yeah I would like that, but umm...what time exactly?"

"Sunset to 6 a.m."

"For the weekends?"

"No for the entire week." He said sarcastically. Her face showed she was surprised. I guess he's so serious a lot, she thought. Kaiba then did a smirk on her. "I'm kidding, you can work till close to ten on the weekdays all right and eight-thirty on weekends." Kaiba said. "You can start work on Friday. No later then four." He looked at his wristwatch. "Well better get going, come on Mokuba let's go." He and his brother left, Mokuba waved to her and said, "Arigato Téa, hope to see you again." She watched as they left and then picked up the cans and placed in the recyclable. "Well that was interesting. He looks too young to be running a company like that." Guni said as she emerged from Téa's hair, "What a bunch of weirdos!"

"Hey watch what you say Guni. It's not nice to talk about them like that. Kaiba's just a little 'different' that's all." She had heard vague rumors in the hall at school about Kaiba. He had a dark past but was also the richest guy in Domino city. So guessing that e has a reputation to keep, he give a cold impression at everyone in school, business or wherever he goes. Except for me, she thought he didn't seem to do that with me when I was assigned next to him. He smiled or 'smirked' as people saw and had passed a note secretly to her when no one was looking and pretending not to have done so and with his work, written down with his phone number. She giggled. To her he seemed like a normal guy to known. Guni sat down on the saltshaker on the table. "That guy, I swear is so clueless when it came to talking to you about the job. He was talking to the can like it was you in his hand instead of a cold drink. And his brother is way due for a haircut!"

"Don't be so harsh on them Guni. I think Mokuba's a sweet kid and Kaiba...he's an ok 'friend' to hang with, if you don't get on his bad side."

"Yeah, right" Guni snorted, then she eye her warily. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you like him more than you intend to say, but then again, you don't want him to know that you really are a v--."
"Guni please don't ever mention that to me in my presences again!" She shouted angrily. She shocked the pixie when she yelled which was rare due to her being calm and serene when around Guni and her annoying comments. "I know what I am and I don't need to be remind about it every time or every century as long as I live." She looked down at her clenched left hand that had balled into a fist and felt her nails cutting into her skin. She saw the two rings she had on her fingers. One was golden and had the crest of a bat, a creature of the night. It had blood rubies set as eyes, like the color of blood. She despite it as this was the symbol of her life, eternal darkness but it allowed her to walk in the daylight freely without becoming a pile of ashes. The other one, she couldn't remember where she got it or whom she got it from but she had always treasured it since. The sapphire stone was worn but still shine dimly in the overhead light of the kitchen. "I can't stand what I am and even if I did I still can't bring back what has been lost to me." Red tears fell down her face. Blood tears as one of them trailed down to her mouth and tasted the salty bitterness of her own tears. She used the back of her hand to wipe them away. Guni flutter over to her shoulder. "I'm sorry, I didn't really mean to say that. I know that you hunt breeds for a living and..."

"I know it's just that I can't stand the fact those nightbreeds and I are one in the same. We share the same darkness which makes me one of those monsters."

"Téa you're not a monster. You are something different from them. You help save the lives of people from the darkness. And that is what you are. A savior of the light."

Téa smiled and said, "Guess your right but..." Just then the door open and Yayoi came in. She found the two in the kitchen. "Is there something I missed?"