Author's Notes:Lui Nahtzi has made my day! Yes you may, yes! coolBeans16 is very cool beans! J'adore! And Thunderstorm101 is a genius who actually figured out a formula for the last chapter! Brilliant!

And now that I've sung their praises, a disclaimer, dedication, and devious chapter! (Hah! Alliteration!)

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Only Ari! And if you steal her and put her in a story (without permission), I have a Pocket-Sized Lawyer™ (in new and improved Kaiba-strength!) that will TAKE YOU DOWN!

Ari sighed, and shivered. It was cold, it was dark, and it was raining. I'm glad that The Boss is starting to have faith enough in me to assign me to this new lab, but…Ari sighed.

"Excuse me?" a brawny voice called from the gate. Ari turned to see that the security guard matched his voice in size and toughness. "You got business here?"

"Yes. I'm Yamada Ari. The new lab holographic imaging engineer?" she asked, slightly cowed by the behemoth's size.

He raised a bushy eyebrow before looking at a schedule and scratching his chin. Ari began to sweat in spite of her damp clothes. If I'm not on that list, I don't know what they'll do to me! I don't want to get arrested for trespassing!

The moment passed, however, as the guard gave her a friendly smile. "You're on here. Bit early, though."

Ari sneezed. "I try to be prompt."

The guard grinned at her knowingly. "A bit suspicious, don't'cha think?" His menacing stare bored into her. "'Cause if you're not Yamada, then…" He drifted off, and she got the message clearly. She began to shake in nervousness, scared of what the guard had in store for her.

Unable to take it any more, she yelped, "M-my ID! It should be in th-there! Look, please, it proves that it's me!"

His face swelled, and for a second Ari thought he was going to scream at her. She was then completely taken by surprise when he guffawed loudly.

"Wh-wh-what?" she stammered out, confused.

It took a second for the guard to compose himself, and then he still had trouble speaking clearly. "S-stop! Really! I'm just kidding. You're on here, plus a photo, so don't worry. I was just having some fun at your expense."

She turned red, but in anger instead of embarrassment. Flames shot up behind her, and she seemed to grow huge in an almost anime-like fashion. "How DARE you make fun of me like that! I am an employee in th-this company-" here she sneezed again before continuing, "-and you pull this on me! I was just promoted to this position, which I have worked HARD for, and you-you-you-ARGHHH!"

The guard was cowering in terror as she ranted, and only uncurled out of the fetal position when she whipped around to face the street. She gulped air, badly needed after her rant, and the guard grinned sheepishly as he called out to her, "Um…I can open the gate now, Yamada-san."

She turned around, more composed than she had been a moment before. "Thank you," she said with a smile, "That would be lovely."

The guard entered something into the computer in the guardhouse, before getting out and gesturing towards the gate as it opened.

As Ari waltzed into the perimeter, still smiling serenely as if nothing had happened, she noticed a sign out of the corner of her eye that read:

Trespassers will be shot.

Survivors will be shot again.

Ooh, scary. Smirking a bit, Ari whipped her head around to face the building as she strode confidently towards her new position.

Author's Note: Poor guard…but he's a gorilla, and gorillas are nice, so he'll also be back! .