Chapter 5: Troubles and Solutions.
With his influence Atem managed a lawsuit followed only a week after Rebecca was arrested, she had stolen client information, and messed with the files from the workers, since Sennen corporation is a safe working environment for people with a disability she needs to pay the company a high sum of money, and burn her ass in jail for a few years, in addition for sexual harassment she also needs to sit for that, and by the time she comes out, a restraining order will be placed on her to ensure she will never enter the company again.
A few days after Yugi had his job interview, Yugi and his grandfather had invited both Atem and Mana over for dinner, Yugi showed them the security system and how it worked, they both were delighted to see it working and Atem added another zero after the numbers he already had offered Yugi. He gave Yugi the freedom to buy new products and gave him a credit-card from the company with unlimited access to buy whatever he needed to buy to make the system.
From the first day and during the week that followed while he came to work, Yugi had to meet up with the team-leaders in the company and talked with them. Mostly about games so he could figure out the difficulty the codes needed to have. Then with a few adaptions at his own system he managed to create a completely new one. It took him another week to install the system in a way even the toughest mind worker could not easily crack the codes. Atem was very pleased with the result… so pleased he kissed Yugi on the mouth making the young man blush.
And talking about blushing, Yugi is blooming in more ways than one, when he came home that day his grandfather had called his friends for a party since their youngest friend finally had a job, and what for a job, one with high responsibility.
His friends stayed the night and camped out on his bedroom floor. That night he suddenly had woken up, he realised something had happened and didn't understand, so he did the only thing he always did in situations like this… he woke Ryou. "Ryou something strange happened." Yugi whispers softly feeling ashamed till no end.
"What happened then Yugi." The older man whispers back with a sleep laden hoarse voice.
"I think I peed the bed. But it feels so strange. That didn't happen in a long time and I'm sure urine doesn't feel this sticky… ieuw" Yugi whispers and hears Ryou take a sharp breath and the smell coming from between Yugi's legs told him in an instant what Yugi was concerned about.
"I know what happened Yugi, it's nothing concerning, come on, let's clean the bed and go downstairs, there we can talk a bit without waking those two." Ryou whispers pointing to Joey and Honda. They clean the bed and while Ryou goes to prepare tea, Yugi cleans himself.
Downstairs in the kitchen, Ryou and Yugi sat themself down at the kitchen table. "But I don't understand Ryou, last time I peed the bed was shortly after that one surgery." Yugi says softly.
"Yugi, calm down, you did not, and I repeat, you did not pee the bed, you simply had a wet dream."
"But… I never had one before, so why now?"
"Because back then you had to many things at your mind to think about it Yugi. And you need to face the facts, you are a late bloomer, always was always will be. Although the two of us were the first once in a relationship, you are still without a doubt the only virgin in our group. And that is nothing to be ashamed of, these things happen." Ryou soothes the younger.
"But why now? and how?" Yugi asks.
"Have you seen a person you wish to share your life with yesterday?"
"Y…yes."
"And did that sexy person appear in your dream?"
"……" Yugi says nothing but the fierce blush on his face tells Ryou enough.
"It happens when you are in your REM sleep because you dream the most lively then, I believe you and your sexy god had fun together in your dream and your little Yugi responded to that." Ryou explains softly but with a cocky smirk on his face.
"When did you had your first wet dream?"
"Shortly after we started dating, I was like you also a late bloomer."
"Yeah, but Ryou I am 20, you are older by a year and a half."
"Yugi, do you touch yourself?"
"What?"
"When you feel little Yugi act up, do you take care of it by masturbating?"
"n…no…. I don't feel right about it, I take a cold shower, and when that isn't available, I wait till it goes by." Yugi says.
"Then believe me, your wet dreams will be no joke, it can happen a few times at night that little Yugi... uh... call it for a better word will spit pleasantly. Or you must start to masturbate before bed."
"Do I tell the others?"
"Besides Alister, you are the only one I told about my late blooming period. Yugi, you need to feel comfortable about these kinds of things and don't hang it at the big clock like those two knuckleheads upstairs do." Ryou says with a serious but also reassuring smile.
Yugi takes in the words, and wonders. "If thigs didn't happen back then, would we still be together?"
"No, but not because I don't love you that way… it's just. Um…. I think our kinks are too different from each other." Ryou says
"What do you mean?"
"Well…." Ryou says hesitates a bit but then takes off his shirt. He turns his back towards Yugi who gasps in return. Scratches littering his back, and some are freshly made. "As you can see, I like it rough, Alister and I both do, you are too sweet, and your pain tolerance would not allow to do this. you need someone with a spicy character, but that spicy character needs to be possible to mix with your sweetness. Or in other words you need someone who understands you, who grounds you when needed, and who respects your boundaries in every kind of a way. I am not the right person for that, Alister and I are real beasts when we have sex together and although we use safe words, it goes so wild between us we most of the time ignore the safe word when called out."
Yugi looks a long time towards Ryou, he never thought that gentle soul was a pain addict, but then he is glad Ryou trusts him into this, and only him. "It explains why you wear a t-shirt when we go for a swim." A gentle and sweet smile shows himself on Yugi's face. "Thank you…. Also, for helping me into the company." Yugi says and hugs his friend.
"Now, who is the hot sexy person that made little Yugi dirty his bed for the first time?" Ryou asks suddenly very cocky making Yugi blush in an instant.
Then he laughs with an evil little glint in his eyes. "Okay, it's someone you and I both know, and yes I know we know allot of people together, but the colour red from a rose is pale and plain compared to theirs." Yugi smirks and walks back to his bedroom letting Ryou figure this mystery out himself.
It took Ryou two weeks to figure it out, during the team-leaders meeting, about how things go, like new rules that need to be explained to the workers among other things. The way Yugi looked at Atem made him figure it out and smile like the Cheshire cat during the rest of the meeting.
"The last point I want to discuss with you today…." Atem says and clicks his laptop showing the new and improved system with a sticker from Kuribo and the KOG signature written on its furry coat. "The code system in all offices is changed, Yugi, the newest addition to our team has become the head digital security, and in between that job he also will be designing his own games to which both are under protection from Sennen Corporation, he had talked with all of you in his first week and figured out how to fix it so not everyone can walk in without any warning at front."
"And what is the point from this new system?" Adena asks.
"Simple, there is a camera above the system, when someone wants inside and there is a meeting in any office going on and we do not wished to be disturbed, we can deny them access with a press on the button, however when I allow you access, I press a different button and the system gives the one wanting inside a code they need to crack, let's say Ryou cracks the code first he can come inside and Aaron is the next to enter, he gets a completely different code to crack. It prevents you to give the code freely to the workers who have nothing to look for in my or any office. Aaron?"
"But what if we cannot crack the code and you are locked inside?"
"Yugi, made it that you are allowed a three times try, if you indeed do not manage to crack all three times, the door will stay shut. Yugi, the developer of the system, has a skeleton key from all doors and he is to be called when needed. Arkana?"
"How will you know the person entering the room is able to crack the code given to them?"
"Good question, but one I do not answer because that will deflect the whole system." Atem says, fact is, Mana, Atem and Yugi only know this, but Yugi has given each team leader a button of his own on the penal to decide the difficulty of the code to crack. Since there are a few leaders with the same name Yugi also took a picture and placed that next to the correct name.
"And this system will only be in this company?"
Yugi tugs Atem's sleeve and the latter allowed him the lead, he stands taking over the pointer pen from Atem and klick a button showing the game-shop. "There is one company who also uses my system and was basically my Guiney-pig when I developed and improved it the first time and over the years, namely my grandfather's shop" he says and points towards the picture of his childhood home.
"Sadly, I was young and naive at the time, the previous seller took the idea and the credit for it, but Atem's lawyers made the improved system purely and only MY product. For now, Kame Game is the only company I have as my testing company, Sennen Cooperation, gets it for free since they have given me the finances I needed to make to improve the system. If I ever quit over here for what kind of a reason from this company, I have full rights to take my products with me no harms done, do I resign and Sennen corporation wants to keep the system they need to rent the system so they can still use it. If the system here also is a success, I will create more of these with different settings at the wishes from other companies and rent them to them with the update options they need to keep the system going." Yugi explains and sees Atem beaming with pride.
"Kenta?" Atem asks.
"Why not selling the system if you can make more profit out of that?"
"Good question, and one I did consider, but if I need to go to the company to check if it still works properly, then I won't get the travel, repair time, and update that goes with the system paid. If I rent the system, they need to pay me to fix the problem which allows me to get more profit in the long run." Yugi explains and murmurs of good thinking sound through the room.
"Keith?" Atem calls out the name from the blind guy at the desk who had raised his hand.
"But what if Kaiba bugs in and claims you stole his product? From what I have heard, he can be relentless. Do you have a trademark to protect what is yours?" he asks Yugi, but Atem is the one to speak up.
"Yugi was so smart to give the previous seller copies without the date of creation but added a little something when he created the system unbeknown to him at the time, to prove it's to be his, I have seen the originals and have seen the developments he made over the years to improve the system he uses at his grandfather's shop, it's better than Kaiba's, and our lawyers are insuring Yugi's system will not be claimed by Kaiba. I never understood why the previous seller could not update the system, but now I do, he could never figure how the system worked properly in the first place." Atem says laying a hand on Yugi's shoulder. "With this we maybe can kick Kaiba from the first place and claim it as ours."
"Also, you see that Kuribo?" Yugi asks. And sees the team leader's nod. "Although dark magician is known to be my favourite monster, I wanted to do something with the first monster I adored since I was a baby myself, and saw when building my first deck, Kuribo was the first card I ever pulled out of a package. KOG stands for the title I still hold to this day." Yugi says proudly with a smug grin on his face.
"How much do you wish to ask for your system?"
"Something I wish to discuss with Atem and his lawyers as soon as the system is improved till perfection." Yugi says smartly, but the price is already decided.
"Any more questions?" Atem asks
"Leon is asking were Rebecca is. And we are also curious about it." Sonia says.
"Rebecca is fired, she had stolen sensitive information evolving our workers, she is burning her ass in jail for the next ten years, and after that whenever she dares to enter a foot within the building, police will be called, and she is thrown back in jail again. Mako?"
What if Yugi isn't able to fix the system because of illness?"
"Yugi and I will look this week into a team that can work under Yugi in order to fix the security. If you have suggestions, I'd like to hear them."
"Since he has the cases that only have a malfunction at their body, why not Ryou's team?" Mana offers making the white-haired male blush.
"But what if I fail?" he asks
"Simple, we game our way out like we always do." Yugi says with a smile and a knowing look appears on Ryou's face, a smile tugs towards his eyes making Atem looking confused. But the two males leave it at that.
"Anything else?" Atem asks but when he sees no responses. "Meeting dismissed." He says and walks out.
Over the span of a year Yugi became a popular and loved worker in Sennen corporation, he was always in a happy mood when entering the building. The system turned out to be a huge success and he already has a few orders from other companies to fix it for them and keep it updated. Yugi who decided the price for it together with Atem and the company's lawyers, also decided since the systems are made in Sennen company, that they share the profit 70% 30% Yugi of course gets the 70% of it.
Atem refused at first but a talk with his team-leaders made him decide to take the 30% offer and use those for the convenient of the workers. Like special chairs, personal lockers for when they need like Yugi store their nutrition bottles close by and more things like that.
But although Yugi looks very happy, it was when Atem spoke to Ryou he learned Yugi is still wearing a mask.
And after today he is going to make an end to it, but first he has a different piggy to wash, namely his cousin….
"You stole the system from my father Muto, and I will not have that! I will send my lawyers to you for stealing from my company!" Kaiba yells hovering over Yugi who is close to crying.
It's a good thing Yugi has his office also at the top floor, only his room is like Mana only a cabinet kind of space so when something like this happens, Yugi and Mana are trapped like rats. Something Atem is now working on with his lawyers and advisors.
Atem who was talking with his lawyers heard the commotion and they ran outside to see what was going on, poor Yugi is almost hiding behind Mana who ran inside his cabinet to protect him, because Kaiba hovers over them scaring them both to death. But what makes Atem's blood boil is that his son sees this all happening. He crouches down and Heba runs into his papa's arms, then he turns to Kaiba and a strong "Enough!" makes that Kaiba stops his rant.
"It's one thing you are scolding my workers, be it within good reason! But to do it like the way you do while a three-year-old is around, that's low Kaiba! Even for you!" he says sternly pressing the head of his son against his chest looking towards Mana.
"Mana take Heba and go to Ryou, he needs your help with something, I will fix this mess." He turns to Mana handling her their still crying son. "Yugi, Kaiba and the three of you, my office!" he states in a no-nonsense voice. Yugi to scared to go against him walks over right away. The lawyers and Kaiba follow.
Atem looks to the clock and walks to the fridge placed on their floor. He takes out two bottles and walks to his office where he sees Kaiba has a made himself comfortable in his chair, the lawyers claimed the three other chairs and Yugi is standing in a corner fiddling with his bag which is peeping. Before Kaiba can begin he raises his hand, and hands the nutrition bottle to Yugi and since he is shaking too much to connect it correctly, Atem helps Yugi. Then he helps Yugi to calm down and lets him sip from the water bottle.
When Yugi is calm he finally turns to Kaiba. "Now, if you keep your volume to a minimum, I allow you to speak, but remember, Yugi stands under the company and my protection so be careful with how you speak about and towards him or I allow myself to call security and kick you out no matter if your my cousin yes or no!" Atem says sternly.
"I figured the other day when I was visiting Schroder, they had a new security system I didn't sell them but is the same my father sold to your father years ago. Schroder told me he rented the system from you, claiming that he is the developer, and he has stolen that idea from my company!" Kaiba says while angrily pointing towards Yugi who cowers behind Atem.
To that the lawyers stand like one man, "Do you have any prove your father developed the system first? Because till our knowing, the system documents in mister Muto's computer dates at least two years older than the papers your father claimed that the system was built originally!" one of them says.
"Also, we always found it strange that a system like this one was according to you not updatable, while mister Muto over the years updated the system of his grandfather without any problems which he according to the papers developed for his grandfather's game shop." The second lawyer says and Kaiba pales up for a moment. But then he takes his suitcase and takes out papers, he throws them on the table, while Atem looks at the papers from Yugi he perks up, Yugi was only 11 when he developed it the first time? that's 10 years ago!
"This is my prove that the system rightfully belongs to me, my father created it 8 years ago." The man smirks with a smug look on his face.
The third lawyer takes the papers, takes out a binoculars and with it his eyes scan it briefly before he sees the trademark watermark Yugi told them about he uses since he was in his early teen years. "Tell me mister Kaiba, for a man that practically gets 'horny' over a powerful monster like the Blue eyes white dragon since early childhood, isn't it odd that a Kuribo with the tiny name 'Yugi Muto' on the left foot is used as watermark to confirm the document isn't yours?" he says knowing full well that Yugi claimed the title King Of Games when he was only 14 and added that signature since then.
Kaiba looks stunned, he had hoped he could remove the watermark but till today no avail. He also never knew Yugi had written his own name down on the foot of the Kuribo. But he has a backup plan to answer that question, only before he can open his mouth. "And you can't blame your brother on this, Mokuba already told us he would rather pick out a strong monster like a Gandora or red eyes black dragon than a weak little Kuribo as water brand and would never use the name of a different person to prove it's his. Also, your father if I'm not mistaken used Exodia as his trademark water brand. If anything, mister Kaiba, we can sue your company for stealing mister Muto's idea. But we are willing to give you a counteroffer..." The first one states.
"And that is?" Kaiba asks hoping he can keep himself out of court.
"You call the system back from every company and tell them system is expired and the production of the improved system are rightfully bought over by Sennen corporation and they already have renewed it to the companies' contents, you pay 90% the current system is worth today at mister Muto with a fair apology coming from your company, each within a span of 12 months. If you do not agree with these terms, we see us forced to go to court!" the second lawyer states.
The third takes out a form and lays it in front of Kaiba's nose. "If you are willing to agree on our terms, we already have made a contract, as you can see it's already signed by us, and both mister Sennen and Muto. All it needs is your signature mister Kaiba." He says with a smug grin on his face.
Kaiba takes the form, he reads it and sees he is stuck to this deal, taking a pen from his jacket he signs the form and hands it back to the third lawyer. "Wonderful, I make sure a copy is sent to your company."
"You have grown Sennen, it's obvious you are willing to fight against your own blood when necessary."
"I simply protect my workers, and Yugi happened to be one of them, and if it means to fight against my own flesh and blood, then so be it." Atem says placing a reassuring hand on Yugi's shoulder gently squeezing it.
"Yeah, your right. Muto! Take good care of my bratty cousin. And I hope to see you with the next tournament, with or without that thing, your fans ask each time for the King of Games debut." Kaiba says and stunned his nephew by sending Yugi a rare smile, a smile the elder man only reserves for his little brother.
"I'll think about it Kaiba." Yugi says with a smile, but promised himself he wants to be fully recovered before he throws himself into new tournaments. "Say hi to Mokuba from me." He says while seeing Kaiba walk out the door without a word. He then turns to Atem and takes a gulp when he sees the look on his face, Yugi knows he is in trouble.
"I need you a bit longer today." Atem says and then waves him off.
Thirza-1984.
At the end of the day, all the workers are home, even Mana who went out early today to take her son home since it's her week. Yugi stands in front of the door and after a few jumps and deep breaths he knocks the door and the system pops the question, Yugi cracks the code and walks inside his boss's office.
"Sit down." Atem says with a tone in his voice Yugi can't place. He takes a seat but is confused. A knock on the door and Atem stands and walks to the door, he opens it and a woman walks inside, he offers the woman his chair and he himself sits next to Yugi.
"Yugi, I want you to meet my mother, she is a psychologist with a profession in feeding difficulties of all ages, and she is going to help you get rid of that tube once and for all." Atem says in the same no-nonsense voice he used this afternoon against Kaiba.
"Hello Yugi, my name is Amara Sennen, I have studied psychology and mastered myself on the feeding tube area. Atem told me you have this tube little over five years now?" Yugi stunned he is thrown in this without his consulting first nods a bit dumbly while sending the evil eye towards Atem.
"Oh, stop that look Yugi, it doesn't suet you and it only makes you more cuter." Atem says with his trademark smirk making his own mother laugh out loud.
Amara clears her throat. "Can you tell me how you got that tube." She asks.
And Yugi seeing he needs to sit this through, sighs and then starts... "Well..."
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