Chapter 3

The dark figure looked at the data and grimaced when he realised how low sales had been this month. He picked up his phone and dialed his most recent contact.

"Hello Seto? … Yes, did they start today? …. Good good …. and did you remember to tell them to get the designs? Remember that could be the cause of the disappearances…. I know I don't need to tell you how to do your job…. just make sure it gets done…. don't forget your place….yes…. bye"

The caller hung up the phone and laughed. The stupid fool thought he cared about the disappearances, what a joke. It was their fault for buying the opposition's products.

Now, as soon as KaibaCorp had a hold of Millennium Corp's duel disk design, they could finally have the upper hand they needed to get back on top.

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Marik looked at the design of the duel disk one more time before thinking 'screw it' and throwing the design on the desk and swiveling his chair to his work computer.

'Malik' Marik typed into the work database and watched as about 30 'Maliks' popped up on the screen. He'd hoped he spelt it right as he had only heard the white-haired boy say it that one time. He then narrowed the search to the Domino office and watched as the computer filtered through until there was one result left.

Marik clicked onto the small image and watched in delight as it filled up the page and a small bio appeared underneath it. The boy's full name was Malik Ishtar and according to the database, today was his first day. He scrolled down to Malik's work history and saw his last job was at KaibaCorp. He scrolled back up to the image and looked at it carefully. There was something oddly familiar about the boy's face but he couldn't quite place his finger on it.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Bakura walk past his office. "Oi Thief!" Marik called out. Bakura turned as he heard his childhood nickname. "Come look at my pretty; he just started today" Marik continued and Bakura entered his office.

"You better not be talking about the white-haired boy because he is off limits" Bakura threatened and stalked towards the computer.

"No no, this one is mine" Marik said pointing to the screen which contained the blown-up image of Malik's face. Bakura recognised the face from the kitchen and smirked. "He is just your type! Feel free to take him. Let me try something" Bakura said, pushing Marik over slightly and closing the image of Malik.

"Hey! What did you do?" Marik asked hastily.

"Don't you worry, you can save that photo and use it all you want later. It's my time to search" Bakura conversed and typed 'Ryou' into the search bar. Marik smiled to himself at the thought and let his imagination go wild.

Bakura filtered the results as Marik had done and clicked on the image of Ryou. He then quickly skimmed Ryou's bio but was slightly disappointed at how short it seemed to be.

"Hey! What are you guys doing?! Do you two ever work?" Yami popped his head through the door after seeing his two brothers crowded around the computer.

"Sorry your Highness" Bakura replied sarcastically. "We're just looking up the new employees that started today" he continued.

"Oh really? Anyone in particular?" Yami asked, his interest suddenly peaking.

Bakura noticed the change in body language. "Did you have someone in mind?" Bakura asked slyly and grinned when Yami started walking towards them.

"No no, who are you looking up?" Yami lied in the most unconvincing tone.

"Wow you are the worst liar. Let me guess, it's probably the short one that has similar hair to you. We always knew you were narcissistic." Marik intervened and Bakura laughed as Yami's face went red.

"Well we weren't looking him up but we can… what was his name?" Bakura asked looking up at Yami as he exited Ryou's screen.

"…Yugi" Yami replied and walked to stand behind the computer with his two brothers.

Bakura typed the name and opened up the result that came up for the Domino office. Yugi's face filled the screen and Yami made a mental note of how photogenic the boy was.

"Scroll down, I want to see his bio" Yami said and leaned over Marik. He started looking through the limited information before he heard a soft knock at the door and looked up guiltily and his worst fear was confirmed when he saw Yugi at the door.

"Sorry for interrupting, I went to your office and no one was there. We were just wondering where Mahado was because he came in before and he accidentally picked up our mind map and we need it back" Yugi said, spilling over his words slightly.

Yami tried desperately to clear his face of any guilt and quickly pressed the escape button multiple times on the computer in panic. "Of course, I'll help you find him, if he's not in my office, he's usually in the kitchen or office supplies room" Yami said in the calmest voice he could muster.

Yami walked towards Yugi and his two brothers wolf-whistled after him. Yami glared back at the two and left them alone in the room.

Bakura and Marik high-fived and turned back to the computer before Marik's face fell. "That idiot exited my report, I hadn't saved it yet. He is going to get it when we get home" Marik fumed and Bakura had to laugh. His brothers were a constant source of amusement.

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Yami and Yugi walked in silence towards the kitchen and Yami realised he probably should say something.

"So how's your first day going" "How long have you been at the company" Yami and Yugi asked at the same time. They both laughed.

"You first" Yugi said.

"Oh I just wanted to know how your first day was going" Yami repeated.

"Oh it's great! Everyone is really welcoming here. I just need to familiarize myself with the area" Yugi smiled.

"Oh that's good to here. There's a few cafes near the building if you want to buy lunch. I could show you around if you'd like?" Yami offered.

"That would be great" Yugi smiled back at Yami again as they rounded the corner to the kitchen. What they didn't expect to find when they got there was Mahado leaning close to Mana and whispering something in her ear. Mana laughed to whatever he'd just said.

"Mahado?" Yami called and Mahado quickly straightened up and looked at Yami guiltily.

"Boss! What can I do for you?" Mahado said, quite obviously flustered.

"Yugi thought you might have taken the team's mind map accidentally?" Yami questioned, trying to keep the smile out of his voice at Mahado's demeanor.

"Ah yes, I was actually just giving it to Mana…. here you go" he replied, turning back to the girl at his side and handing her the sheet of paper.

She thanked him and walked over to Yugi and linked arms with him. "Should we head back?" she asked.

Yugi nodded and walked towards the exit. He turned back to Yami "I'm holding you to that tour" Yugi said.

"It's a date" Yami replied.

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With Yugi off to look for Mahado, Ryou had excused himself from the room and made his way down the corridor. He look back at the picture on his phone of the floorplan he had been sent and turned right through a small corridor until he reached his destination. The door he arrived at was the only one on the office floor that wasn't glass and he pressed his hands against the door to see what it was made from. Although it looked wooden, the door felt like metal under his fingertips. He felt the slightest vibration coming from the door and his instincts kicked in and he pressed a small button under his belt and was quickly tugged up to the ceiling.

The door buzzed open and a man walked out. "Hey Nick, don't forget your keycard" someone's voice called out and the man held the door open as another worker ran up to him and gave him his plastic card. "Thanks" the other answered and closed the door and left the corridor.

While this was happening, Ryou silently looked into the room from his place on the ceiling and noticed the large space inside. One side of the room was lined with about 20 computers where Ryou could see workers editing what seemed to be the design of the duel disk. On the other side was what seemed to be some sort of machine but Ryou couldn't make it out before the door closed.

Ryou waited a couple of minutes until he was sure the man wouldn't return before lowering himself from the ceiling and walking away from the room. He and the others would need to get access to one of the key cards to get into the room at some point.

As he neared the end of the corridor towards the main office area he heard someone yell out behind him. "Hey, you shouldn't be down here."

Ryou turned around to see a plain faced worker who was twice his size and looked angry.

"Oh silly me!" Ryou apologized, scratching his head and tilting it to the side. "It's my first day and I thought this was the way to the photocopier. Sorry about that!"

"No worries at all" the man said, melting at the innocence that radiated off Ryou. "That area is authorised so just make sure you don't go down there again."

"Oh my, thanks for letting me know! Well I'll be off, cheerio!" Ryou smiled and walked back towards his office.

'What a nice guy' the man thought before heading back down the corridor.

A/N: It'll get more exciting soon, I swear haha! Hope you've enjoyed it so far :)