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"I have to say…I'm slightly disappointed," Kaiba said, as he stood at the top of the stairs, "Even though none of this was my idea, since I'm going along with it, I chose six women who seem to have impressive…I guess you could say…résumés. But even though it is only the first day, after today's lunch, I have decided that one of you has to go…because I was not impressed."

I looked to my left at the others and they were standing there looking completely nervous, though Casey Lee seemed to be less nervous than the others…

"Miss Hayashi…you are eliminated," Seto said, expressionless, "Though your background as the Heiress to the Hayashi Accounting Company is impressive, your lack of knowledge and interest in the game of Duel Monsters is not. If I had known this information before hand, I would not have invited you."

'A bit harsh, but understandable…Kaiba's company is based around Duel Monsters,' I thought, as Valerie went running out of the room crying.

"Mr. Kaiba, if you don't mind me asking…who impressed you the most?" Casey Lee asked.

I rolled my eyes and then looked up at Kaiba who had his usual scowl on.

"I don't think you want to know that," he replied, "But I will tell you…that it wasn't you."

I heard laughter from behind me and looked over my shoulder and saw Akai who was unsuccessfully hiding his laughter.

"Put a muzzle on that dog of yours," Casey Lee sneered, getting in my face.

"Dog?" I questioned, looking at her and then back at Akai, "He reminds me more of a cat…and don't take it out of him just because you didn't get the answer that you wanted." I turned and walked out of the room followed by Akai.

"I remind of a cat, eh?" he questioned.

"Well you do have the qualities of one at times," I replied.

"I'll take that as a compliment," he said.

"You should…" I said.

He just shook his head and gave a slight chuckle "Well I'm going to go…I want you to be good and not worry about the book right now."

"But I have to worry…"

"Don't…think of this as a vacation, only with competitive rules attached."

"This isn't a vacation…a vacation has margaritas and an ocean view," I said as he started to walk away, "This is a hell of perfume and hairspray. I won't be surprised if we all spontaneously combust."

"You'll make the best of it, Krystal…you always do," he said walking out the door.

'Ass…' I thought, crossing my arms.

SETO'S POV

"So who did impress you the most?" Mokuba questioned, following me into my office.

"Does it matter?" I asked.

"No…I was just wondering," he replied.

"Why?" I asked.

"It takes a lot for someone to impress you bro," he replied, crossing his arms, "And if one of the girls impressed you…they're already on the right track."

"Let's get one thing straight, 'impressed' was the word Miss Howard used…not me," I said, putting Valerie Hayashi's picture in the trash, "But Miss McKinley…she's the only one out of all them with the most knowledge of Duel Monsters." I picked up the picture of Krystal and looked at it. There was something so familiar about her…but I couldn't place it. "There's something different about her…" I said, "Dig more into her background and see what you can find."

"She knows a lot about Duel Monsters and you want me to dig deeper into her background?" Mokuba questioned with a blank face.

"Yes," I replied flatly, "And don't ask questions…just do it."

"Whatever…" he agreed before leaving the office.

'There's something so familiar about her…' I thought before tossing the picture with the others and turning to my computer.

-A Couple Days Later-

KRYSTAL'S POV

"I will never tell Akai he was right," I said, flopping on the bed. Over the past couple of days I had tried my best to take things easy, forget about my new book, forget about Jenna, forget about…everything. I just needed a vacation, and so far going with that was working.

"THOSE ARE MY SHOES!" I heard from the hall.

Except for that…the only thing that wasn't like a vacation was listening to the other girls bicker and fawn over Kaiba. Luckily if things got bad I could just lock myself away in my room and hope that sooner or later Kaiba would give me the boot.

"GIVE THEM BACK THEY'RE MINE!" I heard.

'Just close your eyes Krystal, drown them out,' I thought closing my eyes.

DREAM

"We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now, and tried to reach beyond the emptiness, but neither one knew how. We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to time, reliving in our eloquence, another 'auld lang syne'…" I sang as I sat in front of the grand piano in the Duelist Kingdom Castle, my feet not even close to touching the floor.

"That was beautiful," I heard, stopping my playing and turning to see Uncle Max standing in the doorway clapping.

"You really think so Uncle Max?" I asked.

He smiled. "Your Aunt Cecelia could hear you from the room and she thought it was magnificent as well."

I frowned. "How is she today?"

"Now well dear," he said walking over and patting the top of my head, "But if you continue your beautiful music I'm sure it will make her much better…better than any medicine ever could."

"You really think so?" I questioned.

A reassuring smile appeared on his face. "Yes I think so…"

I smiled and turned back to the piano. "Then I'll play the best that I can!"

"Uncle Max we shouldn't follow him!" I said pulling on the back of his shirt as he tried to follow a strange man.

"Stop Krystal," he said grabbing my hands as we walked down a staircase, "He may have the answers that we need."

"But he said we wouldn't find them here," I said, pulling back.

"I'm sure that's not what he meant," he said.

We got to the bottom of the stairs and the strange man turned and looked at us. "I told you, you would not find what you are looking for here…now I will test you to see if you can stand the test of a Millennium Item."

At the man came towards Uncle Max with a gold object in his hands other men grabbed myself and Uncle Max, separating us.

"Uncle Max!" I screamed.

"Let her go!" he yelled.

"Only if you pass the test will you and the girl be freed," the man said, placing the gold object up to Uncle Max's left eye.

"UNCLE MAX!" I screamed as he let out a bloody curdling yell.

END OF DREAM

I sat straight up and looked around the now dark room. "It was just a dream."

The day that my uncle got the Millennium was one of the worst days of my life…and even now that that thing is good and gone, it still haunts me.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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