Disclaimer: I still don't own Yugioh or any other themes, companies or characters mentioned in this story... let's face it, it's all made up xD

AN: A month since Chapter 1...

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Filing and Fretting

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"KaibaCorp Industries, Mr. Kaiba's office," Clover answered, chirpy as always.

It's been a month since she started, and things were going well. The emails were filtered and processed, the calls were screened and the postal service was relieved to hear Seto Kaiba was no longer personally suing them. It was a well-oiled machine that seemed to run off cappuccinos and ink.

"Hi, Clover!"

"Mokuba! Let me put you through-"

"No, it's okay. He's busy right now, I just need you to give him a message from me."

And this latest development was the best of all. Mokuba went back to school full-time, now that Seto had a new assistant slash secretary. He could take part in after-school sports again and, best of all, have free time to hang out with his friends.

On the second day of Clover's arrival at KaibaCorp, Mokuba had personally interviewed her. Now, Mokuba's not exactly as business-orientated as his brother, but he was an excellent judge of character. So, Seto was kind of shocked to see the pair of them battling it out on Tekken 4 after fifteen minutes of meeting each other.

The young secretary was in charge of both Mokuba and Seto Kaiba's schedules, but she juggled it expertly. Although, one standing rule that Mokuba had introduced to the office was still in place, his brother must spend at least one hour a day relaxing… that was one rule Seto found a bit hard to keep in place and gave his assistant a little too much pleasure to enforce. Mokuba had long since picked a side for this little battle though and kept tabs on it. Usually he'd come visit the office during Seto's Meditation Hour, just to make sure.

"I won't be able to make it to the office today, we have a Board meeting," he said.

"Right… this is for the new duel disc, isn't it?" she said and quickly jotted down the notes for reference, "Are you at Mystel Graphics right now or do you need the limo?"

"You can send the limo after school," he replied and sighed, "Can you just check with Seto… they're going to be using Dreamcatcher software for the card displays and projections, but I'm not sure if it's compatible with the holographic software Seto has…"

"Alright, I'll check with him now…"

"Oh and ask him if he completed the order for the blade and if he wants the Field Trap Card slot to be magnetized or spring."

The young brunette gave a nervous laugh and finished her notes, "…I'll just pretend I understood everything you just said. But, don't worry, I'll give him the messages."

"Thanks, I need to get back to gym class. We're doing an obstacle course today," Mokuba's excited laugh sounded over the phone.

"That's awesome! Go kick some butt!"

And that was it, she hung up and quickly gathered the notes. She walked up to the office door and quickly rapped twice, "Mr. Kaiba?"

"Come in."

"Are you busy? Mokuba has a couple of questions for your new duel disc design."

He looked up from the monitor and leaned back into his chair, "Go ahead."

"First he'd like to know if your holographic projection software is compatible with Dreamcatcher. Second, did you complete the order for the blade. And third, do you want the Field Trap Card slot magnetized or spring?"

"The latest version of Dreamcatcher works best, and tell them not to bother if they're just going to convert an old version into a newer one, it completely distorts the pixel display. The blade order is done and I had it ordered as magnetized, the springs start to stick after two hundred duels."

She nodded and grabbed the papers from his outbox, "I'll send him the message right away."

"Maki, make sure to confirm each delivery," Seto said and motioned to the outbox papers in her hands.

"Will do."

And that's how, two hours later….

"I'll stop call you as soon as your boss confirms he received the notice," Clover countered airily, all the while finishing up the latest memo from the CEO to the board members.

"I already told you, he read it!" the personal assistant on the other line countered angrily.

"That's fantastic," Clover agreed, "Then he can just send a 'read report' to Mr. Kaiba's work email."

"Why the hell does he have to send a report when he already read the damn thing!? It's just to confirm the payment for the construction of the new duelling arena. Kaiba already has the receipt and everything…"

"It's company policy that everyone that has received emails from KaibaCorp must reply with a written 'read report' or confirmation. And besides, it's to confirm that you know what you'll be building, where you'll be building it and for what cost. It's just a simple assurance letter."

"Fine! Check your fax!"…. and they hung up.

"Thank you," she quipped and finally hung up too. She quickly swivelled in her chair and grabbed the latest fax. 'Dear Mr. Kaiba….. We read your' … [colourful swearing]… 'letter and we confirm that all details therein are correct. – Motoko Engineering and Construction'.

She quickly called them back and thanked them for their letter, hung up with a grin and filed the letter as is.

It was a good day today. Reports were filed, notices were sent and costs were cut. Glorious.

Clover Maki may not be clued up on Duel Monsters, but she loved her job and everything within it. When she took over from the last secretary of Mr. Kaiba, Miss. Anderson, everything was a mess. There were no dates, no categories, no file names or nothing. It was a swamp of nameless, dateless documents. But, a week and two all-nighters later, it was fixed... at least, the chaos of Mr. Kaiba's secretary's desk, her computer and all immediate office documents were fixed.

The meeting minutes, deals, company memos, licencing agreements and projects each had their own separate cabinets. The weekly meetings and schedules were up on the –previously unused- whiteboard. The contacts were colour-coded by regular use and their specific trades…

The only thing now left, was the filing room. A office filled from top to bottom with documents upon documents. Some as old as Gozaburo's time as CEO… and that was a long time ago.

So, the following day, when Kaiba took the jet to London for a business meeting for the week, it was Mr. Kaiba's newest secretary who decided to finally tackle it. She first sorted boxes by name, then dates. Slowly categorizing each document she came across. By day three she was ready to give up. It was like, the more she sorted through each box, the more overwhelming the disorganization became. Documents from 1966 were mixed with documents of 2000's.

"Damnit! Why the hell would they stuff duel disc manuals in with income tax statements!" Clover exclaimed and tossed the documents in their correct piles.

"It might be because Seto's last secretary wasn't much of a paper-pusher," Mokuba's voice suddenly appeared in the room.

Clover's head shot up, an awkwardly embarrassed look on her face, "Hey."

"I brought you some pizza, if you want?" he said and looked at the chaos of paperwork in the room, "It looks like you need it."

"Three days and it's just getting worse…" Clover sighed and took a bite of the cheezy pepperoni pizza. She was currently lounging on Seto's sofa with pizza box in hand. She kinda understood now why Seto chose this particular office furniture piece. It was velvety smooth and super plush couch … it was probably Mokuba's choice though.

"Seto doesn't like to file papers, so he just saves everything he needs on his computer. Everything else just gets thrown away," he said and shrugs. Mokuba Kaiba was presently typing away on Seto's computer, sending his brother updates about the construction of the duel disc and checking up on the stock prices.

"I did all this work for nothing?"

"No, I wouldn't say that. Seto once mentioned there's a by-law of the company, that gives the original creator or board members a chance to re-take control of his company if certain criteria are fulfilled…" Mokuba said thoughtfully and furrowed his brow in thought, "We bought the company fair and square, but we still need the original hardcopy agreements, if something like that would ever happen."

"… I'm sure your brother would've made a back-up…"

"Me too, but it's always good to have the original files on-hand."

She sighed and rolled her neck, "Well, I guess it's time to get back to work…"

"You need any help?"

"Nah," she grinned and waved the pizza slice, "I'm all fuelled up. Thanks."

"Later!"

But, a few minutes after Mokuba had left, another man stormed into the lobby. At this point, Clover had locked up Kaiba's office and was back at her desk, finishing up the savoury gift from her boss' brother.

When the man didn't even pause at her desk and simply stormed by, she quickly dropped the slice in the box and stood between him and Kaiba's office door.

"Get out of my way, I'm going to give that little punk a piece of my mind!" the unruly man growled, his glasses askew and his face red. Definitely a picturesque Hulk.

"Sir, calm down. Have a seat, do you want a cappuccino or something?" she said smoothly, motioning to the seating area in front of her desk.

"I don't want a cappuccino and I'm not going to sit down! That Kaiba brat just revoked my partnership of the company! I'm not just going to sit by and let that happen!"

"Sir, he's in a conference with clients overseas, I doubt he'd change his mind if you barge in on him now," she countered and put her hands on her hips.

"The hell with that! He thinks he can just push everyone around-"

Clover finally flipped open her phone and pressed KaibaCorp's security's speed dial number, after a second they answered, "Security, send Alex as soon as you can… there's a man at Mr. Kaiba's office who's about to break down the door, he looks very angry!" she exclaimed, a frightened expression gracing her face.

"We're on our way!"

The man in the office though, quickly decided that breaking down Seto Kaiba's door might not have been the best course of action. "No, no! You don't need to do that!" he exclaimed and put his hands in the air, "I'll wait…"

Clover nodded and quickly replayed the message, "He's calmed down, it's alright… yes, I'll let you know if there are any problems," she said and shot a glare towards the man.

His clenched his jaw, but said nothing.

Deciding the action was over, as well as the rest of her appetite, she started back to the filing room after washing her hands in the adjacent kitchenette.

The ex-partner, who had been sitting in the lobby reading Popular Mechanics to pass time until his boss would magically open the door, looked up, "Where do you think you're going?"

"Mr. Kaiba is still in a meeting," she said, neglecting to tell the man that that meeting was currently taking place in London, "Besides, It's going to be tea-time soon, I'll let him know you're here if I come back… okay?". A little mischievous smile graced her face, she loved her job so much.

She headed off to the filing room, feeling rested and ready to tackle the mountain of unsorted paperwork again, leaving the frustrated man seated in the deserted lobby.

It took him a while to realize what she'd said though, "Wait… if you come back?"

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Look out for part 3!

Seto Kaiba might be coming down with a migraine...