Hey guys! Sorry for not posting, I've decided to redo the story because I just realized how badly written some parts were. I thank 'She Who Loves Pineapples' for pointing this out because now I realize what's in my stories is what I was accusing others of. Enjoy the re-written story, and see if you can spot any differences (if any!)
The girl sighed as she ran her hand through her long, dark ivory black hair. Here she was at the place where not only herself, but a lot of people could only dream to be. The taxi that had dropped her off here had long been gone, seeing as rush hour was starting to kick in. At first her steps were timid but then she started converting into her normal long stride towards the building. As she opened the door the sounds of the city soon faded into a rumble and the sounds of people and phones took its place. She walked into a line with another group of people and waited her turn. Soon enough she reached the front of the line. "These are my papers." she said with a smile, handing them to the receptionist. After a quick look over the receptionist handed her back the paper and pointed to a group standing near the elevators. "You'll be leaving shortly." the receptionist informed the girl as she headed off to her group.
A few more people joined them before a lady came down from the elevator. "Hello everyone, my name is Nishioka Anii, I will be helping you all settle in (hopefully) and find a secretary who you will be happy to work with (and who will want to work with you). Please follow me into the elevator." Nishioka said pleasantly. The girl stared at the secretary. She seemed nice enough and she certainly was tall, at about five feet seven inches give or take. Nishioka's hair was a pleasant honey brown, and in the sunlight it even looked golden. Her hair was just passed her shoulders and was in beach curls with bangs framing her face. She was wearing a classy gray dress that was mid thigh with a black belt. She had diamond stud earrings complemented by her diamond necklace.
The girl wasn't exactly listening to Ms. Anii per se, but she did hear her say "absolutely no relationships at work" and "if you value your potential job here, then do not do anything that's not work related" and so on. She ran her hand through her black hair as looked out of the window. The elevator apparently had a view of the city. 'Classy.' she thought before taking notice of herself in the shimmering polished glass. She took notice of her hair, straightened with a slight wave in it, her gold earrings (which were probably not half as real as Ms. Anii's), her light baby blue dress (similar to a secretary dress except it's all one color), and her matching light baby blue heels. 'I hope I look professional enough.' she thought, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear.
(A/N: I know normally people depict Seto's office on the top floor but I'm not exactly sure if it was on it's own up there, but in this story it isn't. So, yes, please do not flame I know the inaccuracy of this story but isn't that what fanfics are all about?)
The doors of the elevator opened up to the bustling of individual cubicles. "Follow me!" Nishioka said heartily. The group followed her down the aisle of cubicles.
'I feel like I'm in the Red Sea of Cubicles.' the girl thought, noticing the abundance of them. Nishioka led them to the biggest offices. "This is my office, and through that doorway," she said, pointing at the doorway of the back wall, "is where our boss works."
The girl took notice that there was no door and the back wall was entirely glass. Also the back room seemed devoid of its owner. Ms. Anii coughed. "Sorry!" she squeaked, turning her attention back to the patient secretary.
"As I was saying," Ms. Anii started, her voice full with amusement, "One of you, will be lucky enough to work with me as well as the boss. All of you will in point of time see him but my assistant will be meeting directly with him everyday so I do not need any squeamish fan girls. Okay?"
The girls nodded. "Moving on, there will be one of you per floor. I'm not saying that there will be a new assistant for every floor, just for some. Here's my phone number in case you need any help. I'll be right back after I phone for some of the other secretaries to come up here." Nishioka said, going around the other side of her desk and picking up the phone.
She listened to the seemingly endless chatter of her cohorts as they talked about the situation. "I wouldn't be surprised if I was picked, after all, I'm not a girl so I can't fan girl. But Ms. Anii is fine." a guy whistled
"I hope I get picked. I'm just to beautiful to resist." one of the girls said, fluffing her hair up. Those were the conversations she heard. 'I can't believe that these idiots are competing for this job. I just hope that their just trying to get over nerves.' she thought, looking at her perfectly manicured sky blue nails.
"So this group of people are the new ones?" she heard a new voice ask. She heard squeals from the girls and envious grunts from the men as she turned towards the entrance of the office and saw her new boss, Seto Kaiba. "Mr. Kaiba." Ms. Anii said, bowing and coming from around her desk. "Since the double of work (or the firing of half the secretaries from the other departments) we needed a bit more hands. Hopefully they all will pass your requirements and can even out the workload."
"You mean tripling it? Adding half-baked college students doesn't make anything easier." Seto snorted
"Actually, they all came from top notch companies. Some of them even came from you business allies." Nishioka said, sporting a small smile
"Are you selecting one of them for help?" he asked. He got a nod in reply. He shrugged and walked into his office.
The other secretaries came into Nishioka's office. "Could I have her? She seems competent." one of the guys from the lower part of the building asked
"Which one?" Ms. Anii asked. She had been setting up quick minute interviews and wasn't paying attention to anything else outside her to-do bubble. "The girl with the blue dress." the guy said
'Oh shoots he means me.' she thought, turning away from them. 'Just tune them out.' she thought, staring into Seto's office instead. Surprisingly, he beckoned her inside. Eager to get away from the guy, she squeezed through the group. She bowed. "Mr. Kaiba?" she asked, staring into his much colder, blue eyes
Seto got a weird feeling as she stared at him. He took note of her eyes. They were auburn, honey, and brown colored. They looked pretty, but something was off about them. "So where are your papers?" he asked, breaking the silence
"M-my papers?" she stuttered
'Oh great.' he thought, 'Just when I thought I finally found another person with sense.'
"Oh right, here." she said, taking them out of her briefcase and handing them over. He looked through them.
'Interesting, very professional. A lot of good recommendations.' he thought
"Excuse me, Mr. Kaiba." Ms. Anii said "But one of the other guys wants to see her."
"Tell him she's staying up here." Seto said, chucking the papers onto the other side of his desk. Ms. Anii raised an eyebrow but listened. She told all of the people to gather somewhere else (that's not important) since she had to talk to her new assistant. All of the girls glared daggers at the dark haired beauty but she just tossed her head and turned away from them.
"So who recommended you?" Ms. Anii asked, going behind the desk with Seto.
"Well, after I graduated I started in small home run companies but I built myself a name until I was working for the top business people." she said proudly
"Like who?" Ms. Anii asked again. The girl sifted through her papers until she found five sheets. She handed them over. "Recommendations from modeling company, Schroeder Corp, Industrial Illusions, Black Clown, and that's to name a few." she boasted. Seto smirked.
"Your name isn't on any of these." Nishioka said, looking through the pages. Before the girl could answer her phone started ringing. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry I gotta go!" she squealed, dashing from the office. Seconds later she came back and dropped a card on the desk. "I am so sorry!" she said again before rushing out again. Nishioka picked up the card. "She left her name on it Seto, and her number." Nishioka said. Seto glanced at his secretary. Other than his brother she was the only person to call him by his first name.
"I wonder what was more important than getting a job here..." Nishioka pondered as she put the number in hers and Seto's phones. "Anyway Seto you still have to go." Nishioka said. The teen CEO groaned. "Why?" he moaned
"It's only one more year. Come on, suck it up. Think about poor Mokuba!" she said with a laugh.
The girl urged the taxi driver to go faster. "I'm sorry miss, it's the traffic!" he said in reply to her constant berating.
"You know what I'm getting out here." she said, giving him her fare and exiting. The driver shook his head as she took off through the alleys. "I'm gonna be so late!" she panted, running as fast as she could. In one hand she held her suitcase, in the other was her pair of heels. "Excuse me, Sorry!" she apologized as she cut people off. She managed to unlock the door to her apartment quickly. She closed the door hastily and rushed into her bedroom. She took the dress off as fast as she dared and put on her uniform. She took out her earrings and put a blue bow in her hair. She hopped over to the door with a bagel in her mouth while she tried to put her other shoe on. She grabbed her special homemade cappuccino from off of the table and exited the apartment. A twist of her keys and the door was locked. After that she shot of like a racehorse. Somehow not choking as she gobbled the quick meal down she panted for air as she stopped in front of a giant building. It was faint but she heard the ringing of a bell. 'No, no, no, no!' she thought, racing again.
When their teacher walked into the room, all of the students quieted down. "Good day class." the teacher said with a smile
"Today we have a new student." At this the students were set in a hub, all chattering about who s/he was or where s/he were from while Seto just rolled his eyes. 'For once they decided to join the school at the beginning of the year and not the middle of it.' he thought
"It's probably a freshman." he heard the girl sitting to his left say. That girl in particular, was called Nekoette. (A/N: YES I'm bringing Nekoette back -u-) Seto looked at the girl. He had dated her in the past. But as he said, in the past. They had a mutual relationship but she still tried to get back together with him which made him start to like her even less. Seto just rested his head on his desk closing his eyes. 'Maybe I should just catch up on sleep.' he thought.
"H-H-Hello. I-I'm Kisara Strife."
BTW, Kisara Strife is my favorite Blueshipping author. You should read her story, Paper Roses. This may or may not be similar, but I do not mean to copy! I try to give credit when credit is due. And remember, check out Kisara Strife!