Hired Help
Seto Kaiba, teenage CEO of one of the largest companies in the world. Young, rich, handsome, and needing a personal secretary. Enter Tsubaki Uchimura, a young, but hard-working girl who's been sent to take dictation from our favorite Duelist. But possibly, could this "Working" relationship turn into something more…? R&R! (Note: JAPANESE NAMES ONLY!)
Okay people, let's get one thing straight before I start here:
English. Names. Are. A. No. No.
I will use the Japanese versions, so here is a key for those who have not seen the subbed version or read the manga:
English Japanese
Yugi Moto – Yugi Mutou
Joey Wheeler – Jounuchi Katsuya
Tristan Taylor – Honda Hiroto
Tea Gardner – Anzu Mazaki
Serenity Wheeler – Shizuka Katsuya
Seto and Mokuba's names are the same. Thank goodness 4kids didn't mess with those…
OKAY! There we go…away with bad dubbing, and ONTO THE STORY!
Chapter 1 – Hired Help
"Uchimura-kun…"
"Ka-Kai-Kaiba-san…?"
"Uchimura-kun…I love you…"
How had he gotten himself into such a situation? Confessing his feelings for his secretary? It was ridiculous and so unlike him. And what was worse about the entire ordeal was that he actually harbored those feelings inside of him. Where had this all begun? It was a bit of blur…flashing before his eyes. But somehow…he was able to remember. It had started about two months ago…
"Yes…yes I'll need a personal secretary by the end of the week," Seto explained to the man over the phone. He nodded his voice monotone as the other voice spoke to him over the line. "One that can live me with me in my house…yes…I'll need them all the time." He nodded again, "You say they've got one recommended? Who?" The voice spoke two words and Seto sighed, "Another screaming fan-girl I suppose…" He paused as the person on the other line spoke, "Yeah…I bet she's "entirely professional". Can't wait to see her…Kami-sama…" He hung up the phone, gave an exasperated sigh and opened his lap top. As he signed onto his e-mail, he saw that the man he had been talking to had already sent the secretary's resume. He smiled lightly. Smart guy…he knew that Kaiba didn't like to wait.
He opened the file and scanned over it. "Uchimura Tsubaki…" He spoke calmly and softly, almost tasting the name. A small knock on the door made him immediately shut the lap top, "Come in Mokuba. I'm not working…not hard anyway."
"Hey Seto?" Mokuba asked, coming into the room, "Why does someone else have to live with us?"
"I need someone to write important things down for me," he explained, "Like my shadow who writes down my every word."
"I can do that!" Mokuba insisted, taking out a piece of paper from his pocket and spreading it out on the table. He snatched a pen from Seto's desk and looked at him intently, "Say anything! I'll write it down!"
"Thanks for trying," he told him and Mokuba began to feverishly write.
"Thanks…for…try—Hey!" Seto snatched the paper and smiled, throwing it in the trash.
"Mokuba…she'll only be staying with us for a while," Seto explained.
"It's a girl?!" Mokuba shuddered, "How old is she?" He peered at Seto, and Seto, not knowing the answer, flipped up the lap top and read the resume. "Umm…16…"
"Hey! Why is she working for you when she's still in school?!"
"She's a prodigy in the secretary business," Seto told him, reading the resume and scrolling down the pages, "Called "The Human Tape Recorder". Seems she specializes in dictated writing."
"I don't want a girl living with us!" Mokuba told him, "She'll probably try to get married to you!"
Seto gave a rare laugh at that one, and then ruffled his little brother's hair, "Believe me Mokuba, I'm not getting married any time soon."
Mokuba, still not convinced, jumped out of the chair he was sitting in and went behind Seto's desk to look at the resume. He gave a chuckle, "I guess I don't have to worry about anything."
"Why not?" Seto asked, trying to find what Mokuba was looking at on the page.
"Look at her!" Mokuba rudely pointed to Uchimura's picture and Seto followed his finger to study what the boy was pointing at. "She's so ugly! You'd never fall for a girl like that!" Seto looked at the picture, and realized something… He hadn't even noticed that the girl was very plain. Seto didn't think she was "ugly" but he could tell where Mokuba was coming from. The girl had uneven hair in two loose braids that was colored light brown, like light tree bark, and eyes that were a dull hazel. She wore glasses and was frowning in the shot. "See?"
"Umm…I guess…" Seto shrugged, "Anyway this is ridiculous, I wouldn't "fall" for her if she was a super model, now get back to playing or whatever." Mokuba frowned and walked sullenly out of the room, closing the door behind him. But before it completely closed, he peeked his head back into the room.
"Will I have to share my room with her?"
"No Mokuba…she'll have her own room, now please, I have to work."
"Kay…" Mokuba nodded and ran out, closing the door behind him. Seto, noticing his little brother was now gone, looked back at the picture of Uchimura and frowned.
"She's not…ugly…" Seto told himself and then shook his head and shut the lap top, "This is ridiculous…I'm going to Duel a bit…"
"A-a-a-re you sure this is the house?" a small, meek voice asked as she looked outside of the taxi cab she was in.
"Well Miss, this is the Kaiba Corp. Residence…" the taxi driver told her.
"I'm sorry!" the girl apologized, "I just…I'm just such a screw up… I don't want to mess up on my first day…"
"I know the feeling Miss," the taxi driver laughed as the girl got out, dragging her suitcase with her. "Goodbye, and good luck at your work!"
"You too sir!" the girl bowed, and when she lifted her head, her glasses shined in front of her hazel eyes. She was none other than Tsubaki Uchimura, Seto Kaiba's new personal secretary. She looked the part too, in her brown woman's suit and black high heels. She clumsily made her way up to the front door and rung the doorbell. A voice spoke over an intercom box on the side of the door.
"Name?"
"Uhh… Ts-Tsubaki! Uchimura Tsubaki! I'm Seto Kaiba's personal secretary!" She spoke loudly in the intercom and in a few seconds, the door flew open.
"Welcome," the voice said and Uchimura looked inside the elaborate and beautiful mansion. She took a wary step and then, with more courage, stepped fully inside the house.
"Umm…hello?" she spoke softly.
"WAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"AAHHHHHH!" Uchimura screamed and fell back as Mokuba ran out, red paint smeared all over his face, scaring her half to death. "WH-WHO-WHO ARE YOU?!"
"I AM THE EVIL DEVIL OF THE KAIBA HOUSE!" Mokuba chanted, "STAY AWAY OR ELSE!"
"B-but I can't!" she told him, and he looked at her oddly.
"Why…why not?" he asked her.
"I have to work!" Mokuba fell over, but he quickly regained his scary disposition.
"LEAVE NOOOW OR SUFFER THE WRATH OF—"
"The wrath of what?" Mokuba stopped as he was picked up by the neck of his sweater by Seto, who was sweating, as though he had just been working out. "Mokuba…what are you doing?"
"M-Mokuba?" Uchimura asked disbelieving, "So…so you're not a demon?"
"You really thought that my little brother in red paint was a demon?" Seto asked as Mokuba ran to the bathroom to go clean up on Seto's orders.
"Well…he was believable," she laughed, still on the floor, "He scared me half to death!"
"Let me help you up," Seto sighed, extending his hand to Uchimura, who gratefully took it. They both blushed as their hands made contact, but Seto quickly pulled Uchimura up and she let go of his hand.
"Thank you Kaiba-san," she bowed to him. "My name is Tsubaki Uchimura, and I'm your new personal secretary. When you want me to get started I will."
"How about now?" he asked sternly and she blushed.
"O-oh! Of course…let me just get some…paper…" she rummaged through her briefcase and pulled out a clipboard that held a pen, "Go ahead…"
"That took a while…" he told her and she blushed and looked at her feet.
"I'm sorry sir, I'll do better next time!"
"Don't do better next time," he told her, "Do better now."
"Ye…yes sir…"
"Basically," he explained to her, "You'll follow me around and whenever I want you to write something down, you write it. But don't annoy me by writing down my every word either…when I say "Uchimura" and then speak, you'll write then."
"Yes sir!" Uchimura nodded defiantly, determined to prove she was a professional. "Umm…but sir…" she spoke up and Seto turned around, "You can call me Tsubaki if you want to…"
"I don't want to," he told her, "We're in a working relationship, nothing more. Now, I'll show you your room."
"Woah!" Uchimura laughed as Seto opened the door, revealing an emerald green room with a four poster bed and an elaborate wall design. An oak wood dresser and vanity table was also in the room, and a green and golden tapestry hung from the wall. In the corner of the room were a computer and a printer. "This is beautiful Kaiba-san! Thank you so much!"
"It's a spare room," Seto shrugged, "Do whatever you like, but I expect you downstairs in ten minutes."
"Umm…okay!" Uchimura nodded, "Where should I meet you?"
"Meet me in my office," he told her, "There are some things I want you to organize for me."
"Yes sir!" she nodded once more, her glasses shining with resolve, "I'll be right down sir!"
"Good." He shut the door and listened as Uchimura feverishly ran around, putting her things away as not to be late. He chuckled and walked downstairs slowly.
"EXCUSE ME KAIBA-SAN, I DON'T WANT TO BE LATE TO MEET YOU!" In a gust of wind, Uchimura ran by Seto down the stairs, only stopping after she had gotten to the bottom of the stairs. She blushed and her glasses fell askew on her face. Seto walked casually by her, still blushing and looking stupid. He opened the door and motioned for her to come in.
"Coming?" He asked her and she blushed and nodded.
"I-I-I-I'm really sorry!" she told him, bowing, "That was so stupid of me…I just didn't want to be late…"
"I admire that you take your work so seriously," Seto told her, not flashing a smile, but she returned him one anyway.
"Ahh!" she laughed, "Thank you so much Kaiba-san!"
"Now get in here," Seto motioned to the door and she went in and sat down in the chair in front of the desk. Seto followed her and sat behind his desk. He looked at her over it, as if they were at some sort of job interview, then, without taking his eyes off her, he opened a drawer and threw what looked like a scrapbook at her. "Organize that, will you? I want it by stars…my last secretaries did it by Hit Points…"
"Umm…of course!" she opened it up to reveal lots of Duel Monster Cards.
"That's my 2-3 Deck Book," he told her, "I keep loads of them… You'll have organized them all by the time you're done here…but of course there's much more that you'll have to do…"
"Of course sir!" Uchimura nodded and looked down at the book. She paused and then looked up, "Excuse my incompetence sir, but I have a question!"
"What's that?"
"Just what in the world are stars?!"
BANG. Seto gave a very rare fall over as the secretary sweatdropped while looking at the cards. "See these…?" he sighed and pointed at the stars on one of the cards, "Organize them…least to most…"
"Oh!" she laughed, "I get it! I apologize for my incompetence!" She looked at the first page, and started to carefully take out each card and organize them into piles. Seto watched her silently, but she didn't waver, even under his gaze. Finally, after about five minutes, he spoke.
"I'm surprised you don't know about Duel Monsters…" he told her and she looked up, "When you're working for me…arguably its best player."
"Duel…Monsters…?" Seto had to restrain himself from falling over again.
"You know…the card game?"
"Hmm…I've never played a card game before…" she admitted, now placing the cards into the book, "I've never had time…always working."
"Do you like games at all?" Seto asked her.
"I can't really say," she told him, smiling slightly, "I've never played one." She stopped herself and blushed, "I'm so sorry for becoming so personal with you Kaiba-san! I'll know my place in the future."
"You've never even played one game?" he asked her, a little disbelieving. She fitted the last card into the book and held it out to him.
"Here sir, I've finished! Should I start with my next project?" She asked him, and he looked at her, and then at the book. He snatched it, flipped through it and then, closed it sharply. "Good…you'll be perfect… Now, for your next assignment, come with me." He grabbed her wrist, making her blush, and led her up the stairs to her room. "Get changed into something more comfortable than that."
"KA-KAI-KAIBA-SAN?!" she screamed, blushing as red as a beet.
"Just get dressed!" He told her, throwing her into the room, "And meet me in the basement."
"Umm…okay sir…" she paused and he closed the door.
"Umm…sir…?" Uchimura asked, now dressed in a tee shirt, jacket and sweat pants, "I'm here sir…" Uchimura looked around the dark basement, not finding her employer anywhere. "It's so dark…it's kind of scary…I wonder where Kaiba-san is…"
All of a sudden, the lights flipped on and Uchimura's eyes widened as she saw that she wasn't in a normal basement at all. She was in a basement full of games! Video games, card games, dice games, any game you could imagine. She looked around for her employer. "D-do you want me to dust these sir?"
"No, I want you to play them." A voice came from above her and she saw none other than Seto standing on a large platform above her. She gasped and blushed once more. "And write an extensive report on each of them." She looked at him, a little befuddled. "Since it's your first day, I've decided to give you an easy assignment. I expect every report on every game typed and ready to hand into me first thing tomorrow morning." Uchimura smiled and nodded.
"Yes sir!" She ran to the first game, "I won't let you down sir!"
As she played the games and took notes on her clipboard, Seto gave a chance smile and then yawned. "Uchimura, I'm going to take a nap. Remember those reports!"
"Yes sir, tomorrow morning, on your desk!" She yelled to him and he walked down the platform stairs to the basement door.
Clack, click, clack, click, clack. Seto's eyes fluttered open as he heard the sound of typing from the other side of his wall. He remembered that he had fallen asleep hours before and he glanced at his alarm clock which read, "3:53 A.M." "Who's typing?" he asked himself and, rubbing his head, he got up, in his pajamas, and walked through the halls. He looked in his office, but there was no one. He looked in Mokuba's room, but Mokuba was sound asleep. He walked all throughout the mansion, and stopped at the final place possible, Uchimura's room. He turned the knob slowly, not making a sound, and looked in to see a computer screen glowing, only blocked by Uchimura's figure typing. Next to her were piles of papers and her glasses were folded neatly next to them.
"Uchimura…?" Seto asked and Uchimura jumped out of her seat.
"Oh Kaiba-san!" she looked behind her chair and Seto noticed she had dark circles under her glossy eyes. "Did I wake you up? I'm so sorry! I'll try to be quieter! I was just typing up the reports you told me to do!"
"Uchimura…" Seto yawned, "It's four in the morning…don't you want to go to sleep?"
"But I can't!" Uchimura told him, "Not until these reports are done!" Seto looked at her disbelieving. "I told you I'd have them on your desk by morning! I can't let you down!"
"Uchimura…" Seto spoke softly and then walked up to her. He leaned close to her face and it grew red, "You know what?" he asked and she shook her head. He flashed a charming smile, "You're kind of cute…without your glasses."
Uchimura blushed furiously and Seto gave her a small wave, "Don't kill yourself."
"N-N-No of course not sir!" She told him and then feverishly began to type on the computer, her face still as red as a tomato.
Kaiba walked down the stairs that morning, still remembering finding Uchimura working late last night. He smiled slightly and walked into his office.
But there were no reports on his desk… "Uchi…Uchimura…?" he asked. "No way would she forget…she's way too dedicated for that… Could it be that…she…?" He bounded up the stairs past his office and up to her room. He knocked violently. "Uchimura! Uchimura!" No answer. He started to sweat. Who would want to kidnap her? For ransom? That seemed ridiculous…but possible. "UCHIMURA, I'M BREAKING THE DOOR DOWN!" Seto ran backwards, and then, his shoulder braced, he ran into the door, knocking it open.
"AAAGGH!" Uchimura screamed as her head shot up from the keyboard where a small pool of drool had formed. She spun around to see Seto standing in front of her, her door busted open. "Kaiba-san…I just told you a few minutes ago that I…" she paused and glanced at her clock which now read "9 A.M." "OH CRUD!" She looked at her computer screen and gasped, "I DIDN'T FINISH THOSE REPORTS!" She looked liked she was about to cry as she threw herself down on the ground in front of Seto. "Go-Gomenasai!" she apologized, "I promised you'd have those reports and I failed…I…I'm so sorry…" Seto looked at her as though she was nuts. Did this girl really think that those silly reports were really worth all this? He was going to throw them out the minute she had given them to him. What was with her…? "I…I understand if you want to fire me!"
"Uchimura…" Seto spoke softly and then, smiled to himself. But then, he plastered a scowl on his face, arching his eyebrows, "You've failed me for the last time."
"Yes sir!" she bowed again, "I'll clear out as soon as possible!"
"One more screw-up and you're fired!" he told her and her head threw itself up. She blinked away the tears forming in her eyes and looked at him.
"Ne…next time?"
"Yes…now get yourself off the ground and come to breakfast for Kami-sama's sake," he sighed.
"Oh thank you Kaiba-san!" Uchimura threw herself on Seto, glomping him.
"Hey, hey, watch it!" Uchimura blinked and looked up at the man she was glomping. She blushed once more, and this time, her cherry red face matched Seto's. He blushed furiously and Uchimura quickly got herself off of him.
"I…I'll be down to breakfast in a moment…" she told him softly, "I just need to get dressed…"
"O-okay…" he nodded and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. He sighed and looked back at the door. "What is with that girl? She's nuts…"
A/N's: Chapter finished! My first Yugi-Oh story! I LUV SETO! I think Uchimura and him are cute together…
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Chapter 2: One's First Day…