Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! it rightfully belongs to Kazuki Takahashi. I only claim ownership of Kiara Katsuhiko and Lily Katsuhiko. The idea of this fanfiction was inspired from the manga Midnight Secretary.

Chapter 1 - Hardworking Secretary

A knock resounded on the door, cobalt eyes never left the computer screen, another knock, the left eye twitched, and there was one more knock. The incessantly timed knocks caused more twitching of the left eye as they continued to focus on the computer screen in front of him. "What is it?!" came the voice of the male. It was more of a shout but the door opened to reveal one of the people from the outside staffing agency. "What do you want?" again the question was as cold as the cobalt eyes.

The man visibly gulped, "Mister Kaiba, the new secretary is here."

"I don't need a secretary."

"But sir!" Those cobalt eyes stared at the man, he shivered in spite of himself as he turned to face the young woman who was standing behind him. "I truly am sorry miss to have dragged you all the way from your other interviews. Perhaps we can try another building, there are plenty in Domino City."

A delicate voice stated confidently, "I'd like to show my worth before I'm thrown out like trash." At this Kaiba glared at the man who, once more, shivered involuntarily. The man was gently moved aside by a pale hand on his bicep, he moved aside with a slight blush on his face, and this prompted Kaiba to quirk an eyebrow at the man. In his view stepped a young woman with extremely pale blue hair pulled back into a braided bun, her face was delicate with pale pink lips, and the most vibrant shade of blue for eyes he had ever seen. The only thing off setting from her facial appearance were the glasses that she wore on her face, slim square lenses that seemed to only hide her natural beauty. She was wearing a dark gray knee length pencil skirt, a long sleeve white blouse, and a dark gray vest over the blouse. Once more her voice was full of confidence, "Allow today to be a trial run before you decide to be rid of me, sir."

A hand covered his lower face from view, hiding there was a smirk at her audacity, but it seemed that she was not going to be deterred. Stubborn isn't she? Without missing a beat he replied, "Fine. Today is your trial run, if you're less than perfect then I'm throwing you out." She nodded, bowed to him, and left the room with the other man. Once the door was shut, Kaiba looked at the door, "This is going to be interesting." This time he openly smirked since there was no one else in the room.

However before he could continue his work in peace, the door was flung open, he looked up to see the young woman, she bowed to him, "My name is Kiara Katsuhiko, Mister Kaiba." With that she closed the door again which prompted him to give that arrogant smirk once more before turning back to his work at hand. This is going to be very interesting indeed. Let's see what can I have her do first? Hmm...ah I know. He pressed the buzzer on his desk, "Katsuhiko, there are binders on your desk. Go through them and make sure they match up with what's in the database left by the prior secretary. If nothing is there then input it by hand but I want it done within an hour."

There was no pause as she replied, "Yes sir." Kiara had been waiting for him to call her so once he gave her a task, she smiled to herself, pushed her glasses up on her nose, and began to go through the first binder. Inputting the data with the accuracy of a medical transcriptionist. Her blue eyes never left the binder pages and her fingers never left the keyboard unless it was to turn to the next page. Once the first binder was done, she immediately started on the next one, after all he had said he wanted it finished within the hour. "At least I can finally make use of this talent of mine. Mother was right, Kaiba Corps is the company for me," she whispered to herself.

As the final binder was set aside, it was replaced into its proper slot, when she turned around there was an envelope in front of her. Kaiba was standing there looking down at her, "Katsuhiko make copies of this and distribute them to the names on the outside of this envelope. Do it as fast as you can." She nodded while giving him a smile and taking the envelope from him. As she left, her heels clacking on the ground, he noticed that the desk was absolutely clean, the binders organized, and everything in its place. "Hmm...she might actually be useful. She might be the only one that's useful especially with documents relating to the second Kaiba World construction."

Minutes passed by as he continued to think about how useful she was going to be to his plans on the second Kaiba World. He was about to turn away when the very same envelope was placed in his path, his cobalt eyes traced it to the delicate face of his new secretary. "Originals and a copy are inside this envelope, the other copies were distributed personally to the people on the list. Is there anything else that you require of me at the moment sir?" That smile on her face, she was so full of herself and Kaiba took the envelope before disappearing into his office once more. His door was slammed shut which prompted her to chuckle, "Oh he's going to be a fun one indeed."

Hours passed and Kiara had done everything that her employer asked of her, it was nothing unusual that she could keep up with his demands, and presently she was drinking a vitamin supplement for energy since she could feel herself getting weak. It doesn't help that I'm anemic and can't do much running around in the sun but this is just what I need to perk myself right up again. It's always helped me a great deal and having two in my bag is the best. She didn't have anything to do so she had cleaned out all the drawers of the desk and made sure everything smelled fresh and clean. Tomorrow I'm decorating this desk with blue roses so that it's a bit more cheerful in here. She finished her liquid supplement, tossed it into the trash bin located under her desk, and was about to return to her computer but his cold voice came over the intercom.

"Katsuhiko call Roland and tell him to ready the limo in thirty minutes. There are some documents in your e-mail. Read them over." She nodded even though she hadn't affirmed his request, somehow she knew that he knew she would get it done. Once the call had been made, she immediately opened up the e-mail he had sent her and began reading it. Thirty minutes later he exited his room and looked down at her. "Get your things, you're coming with me." Without another word, she grabbed her messenger bag, put it on one shoulder, and followed after her employer. People dodged him in the halls, she watched as they all stared in disbelief at her, and it was then that she realized the employees were all afraid of him mainly because of the scowl he wore on his face. The elevator ride down was quiet, she had nothing to say to him, and he to her. Out in the lobby, however, that all changed as he said quietly, "We're going to a dinner with Duke Devlin and Maximillion Pegasus."

Blue eyes stared at him as they continued to walk through the lobby, "Why take me? I'm just a secretary on trial."

"Because you're competent and it may allow those two idiots to leave me alone long enough to conduct business. You're also going to be taking notes as well." His demeanor was gruff but Kiara couldn't help the chuckle that escaped her, his cobalt eyes glared at her as she turned her face away from him, despite the fact that she was a capable secretary, he had a feeling there was more to her than she was letting on. They approached the limo, Roland opened the door for them, Kaiba climbed in first, followed by Kiara, and the door was shut.

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The private room was quiet with only the sound of the air conditioner being heard, it was unsettling, Kiara simply sipped at her water that was provided, while they waited for the arrival of their other two guests. Kaiba leaned over and whispered, "You know who they are right?"

She glanced at him from the corner of her eye and replied just as quietly, "I read their individual files as well as their company files and any other information that would be relevant to tonight's discussion about using Kaiba Corps holo technology to be used in such a way that would allow Dungeon Dice Monsters to be produced holographically." As they took their respective spaces, he could only stare at her as she sipped her water once more. As if reading his mind she added, "I told you to allow me to prove my worth and I hope that I have been up to your expectations so far. Don't expect any less than perfection from me. As for the talk of taking notes, I have something far more technologically advanced." She reached into her bag, pulled out a slim silver device, and placed it on the table. Kaiba recognized it as a tape recorder, "Before you say anything, it's a digital one. Everything is stored on a memory card and it has the best clarity you can imagine."

The CEO of Kaiba Corps was impressed with his new secretary although he would never say anything or show any outward emotion of the sort. Before he could say anything, the two awaited guests arrived, before they sat, Kiara stood up. "Good evening gentlemen, my name is Kiara Katsuhiko and I am here in accordance with Mister Kaiba as his secretary. I do hope that you are not concerned that the coming conversation will be taped for the records."

One brown eye was happily shining at the greeting from the fair skinned maiden, "The pleasure is all mine Miss Katsuhiko. I do not mind if it is taped since that was Kaiba-boy's request." He took his own seat while the other male with greenish black hair and striking green eyes merely stared at her.

"Duke Devlin, pleased to meet you," he said in a smooth voice. He went to reach for her hand in order to kiss it but she made a quick tactic of turning to the side so that she could sit down once more. "Clever. I don't mind at all either." He took his own seat while Kiara waited for their waiter to jot down their own orders. While they looked at the menu, Duke asked, "So Kiara how long have you worked for Kaiba?"

"Please address me as Miss Katsuhiko as I do not know you and this is a business dinner." Luckily the menu was hiding Kaiba's face as there was that involuntary smirk once more. But by her voice he could tell that she was smiling. One quick glance told him that she was while she had closed her menu and stared at Duke. "Mister Devlin I am well informed of your, ahem, tactics towards those of the female genre whom you find attractive. The only problem lies in the fact that you are always after said female genre despite what they look like. So please address me properly next time and I have only worked for him today."

"Oh you are so polite and harsh at the same time, I really like that Miss Katsuhiko," replied Duke as he closed his menu. "Only today?" He looked at Kaiba who had closed his menu as well, "Do you plan on getting rid of her like the others Kaiba?"

"No," came his flat tone. Even though others would have been surprised by it, Kiara simply sipped her water, and looked at Pegasus who had been staring at her. "Katsuhiko is the best secretary I've seen employed at Kaiba Corps. She's an indispensible asset." The creator of Duel Monsters could tell that this made the younger woman happy but the light in her eyes.

Pegasus asked quietly, "Miss Katsuhiko, you are very intriguing."

"Thank you Mister Pegasus, it is an honor to be considered as such by someone of your eccentricity," she replied with a warm smile.

The creator grinned, "Oh yes, I do like you very much."

"And I like you for if not for you then there would be no Duel Monsters card game to play."

This sparked an interesting topic for everyone at the table as Pegasus asked, "You play?"

Kiara nodded, "I've played since I was a small child and always carry my deck with me. It would be a disgrace to call myself a fan and avid player if I did not carry my deck with me." Pegasus laughed heartily until the waiter arrived to take their orders upon which Pegasus said that ladies should order first. "Thank you, you are too kind. I would like to have the soup and salad. Soup being the cajun tofu chili and the salad would be the chopped chinese salad with no meat please. For dressing I'd like the orange ginger if you would." He nodded with a smile on his face and proceeded to jot down the rest of the orders. Once he left the others stared at her and she gave them all a questioning look.

"You could have ordered anything Miss Katsuhiko. Why did you order that?" asked Pegasus.

She gave a sincere smile, "Because I'm vegetarian." The looks she received from them only prompted her to chuckle quietly so she wouldn't disturb anyone else despite the fact that they were in a private room. "Don't be so shocked, I have my reasons that I'm unwilling to share at the moment. So please continue with this business proposal of holographically induced games of Dungeon Dice Monsters." At this she picked up the tape recorder and just as Kaiba was going to start talking about it, she hit the record button. Pegasus only watched in fascination as she kept silent, listening to everything that went on between Duke and Seto, and she even sipped her water quietly.

The dinner progressed smoothly until it was time to leave, Kiara stopped the tape recorder, packed it into her messenger bag, and put it over one shoulder. She looked at the other two men and bowed to them, "It was a pleasure to meet you Mister Pegasus, Mister Devlin." Duke grinned and Pegasus merely inclined his head to her.

"It would be far more nice to see you at the Charity Ball that Industrial Illusions will be holding in a few months," replied Pegasus. At this Kaiba only huffed in annoyance but Kiara had said that only time will tell if they would be able to attend. "You are too polite my dear. Please keep in touch Kaiba-boy! I look forward to working with Kaiba Corps and you once more Miss Katsuhiko." She nodded while Duke had said something similar before they parted ways. Kiara followed after Kaiba and Duke was standing next to Pegasus. "Ah, they make a cute pair."

"I hope you mean a business pair because I'm going after her."

"We'll see what I mean in time Dukey-boy. Let's go for now."

Meanwhile Kaiba sat in the limo with Kiara, "Did you get everything from the office?" Kiara nodded to him but gave him that questioning look once more. "Then tell Roland your home address, you can start working on the tape recording tomorrow morning. Keep it safe." She nodded once more while scooting forward on the seat to tell Roland where she lived. There was more silence until they arrived at her desired location.

"Thank you for the evening meal Mister Kaiba. Have a good night and I shall see you in the morning," she said to him before getting out of the limo. Roland had closed the door and Kaiba could hear her, "Thank you so much Roland. You didn't have to do this for me. Please take care on the drive home there is supposed to be a freak thunderstorm." He responded to her politely as she began to walk away from the limo, Kaiba rolled down the window to see where she lived. It was a condo complex that only had three stories, he watched as she dug out her key card, and entered the pedestrian gate before rolling up the window.

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Tired cobalt eyes stared at the cup of coffee that was placed in front of him, they traveled to the young woman with pale blue hair and sapphire eyes. There was a smile on that delicate face, he took the cup from her, and stomped into his office. The door slammed shut once more, she looked at the other employees who happened to see the exchange, she gave them a heartwarming smile before returning to her work at hand which was transcribing the tape recording from the prior night. Once it was finished she printed it, picked it up, and placed it in the proper folder while e-mailing a copy to Kaiba.

"Katsuhiko, there are some important documents in the research department. Retrieve them for me."

"Right away sir." She left it at that while taking the copy of the printed documents of the talk from the last night. Heels clicked against the floor as she made her way into the elevator, once her index finger hit the proper button, she watched as the doors closed. It was a matter of minutes before she arrived on the floor. Once there her blue eyes found the person she was looking for, picked up the documents, and proceeded to return to her floor. The doors opened, she stepped out, and immediately felt a presence behind her. Kiara turned around only to be pushed against the wall by an employee she had no name for. "What can I help you with? I'm very busy."

His voice was low and raspy, "You're a pretty one aren't you? But a bit of a prude. Always wearing those long skirts and long sleeves. Anything to cover up but I know better."

At this Kiara huffed, brought up the two envelopes, and smacked him on the top of his head. He blinked a few times, "Don't get the wrong idea. I'm here to do my job for Mister Kaiba, I have no intentions of betraying the trust that he's put in me by even considering a thing like you." She shoved him backwards with strength that he didn't know she had. "Please excuse me." Kiara immediately left as quickly as she could, she only paused by her secretarial desk momentarily to retrieve a small aerosol bottle. The man pinned her against the wall once more, she huffed once more, and brought up the small can before he knew what had happened, she pressed down on the button.

The man screamed in agony as the mace burned his face, she turned around, knocked on the door, and entered when she was told to come in. Kiara closed the door behind her, approached Kaiba, and set the documents on his desk. "Here you are sir, documents as requested along with a paper copy of the meeting last night."

"What's in your hand?"

"Mace."

"Why do you have mace in your hand?"

"One of your employees was sexually harassing me so I took matters into my own hands," she replied truthfully. At this she noticed that he became very angry, something she didn't think he would do considering it was just one employee.

"Where is he?" His voice was dark as she pointed to his door, he left his desk, and stormed out of his office. Kaiba glared at the man who was writhing in pain on the ground. "You're fired. Security will gather your things and drop them off at the hospital along with you." He was about to call the security team himself until he noticed that they had just exited the elevator. Kaiba looked over his shoulder at Kiara to see that she had placed his phone back into the cradle. The CEO approached her, "You called them?"

"I had a feeling you would do that to him so it was preemptive."

"What if I didn't do that to him? Then you would have called for nothing."

There was a gleam in her eye as she pushed her glasses up on her nose, "Mister Kaiba when applying for a secretarial job in any company, one should always do their research on the company. Searching for the employee history is just one of many items to take into consideration." She smiled at him, excused herself, closed the door for him, and returned to her desk outside now that it was quiet once more. The mace was replaced into her drawer but what she didn't know was that her employer held a hand over his face to hide the smirk that appeared there. This woman was definitely interesting to the CEO of Kaiba Corps. When he took his seat once more, he immediately began doing research on her.

Silence befell the employees after the fiasco with the man, Kiara was silently typing away on the computer, doing some transcribing for her employer, and she paused. Blue eyes looked up at the people in front of her, they eyed her warily, and she couldn't help but let out a sigh. "I was only protecting myself," she muttered before feeling a dizzy spell come over her. A hand was placed on her head as she reached for her bag, the flap was tossed open, the zipper pulled open, Kiara pulled out a supplement, and flipped the flap closed once more before zipping it shut. Once the cap had been turned open, she immediately set to drinking a quarter of it before returning to her work at hand.

Kiara had a feeling that Kaiba was going to come out of his office soon so she finished off her drink, tossed the bottle in the bin under her desk, and heard the door knob turn. He emerged and looked down at her, "I've finished the work you requested. Is there anything else to do?"

"No you can go home."

She gathered her bag and bowed to the CEO, "Then have a good night Mister Kaiba." She pushed her chair in and left the office while the other employees hurriedly gathered their items as well. While waiting by the elevator, she saw the horde of people of coming, and decided that it would be best to wait in the stairwell. Just as she ducked inside, the door shut, and she tried to open it but realized that it was a one way fire escape. Kiara sighed, removed her shoes, and began to descend the stairs at a reasonable pace so as not to harm her feet.

Once the woman had reached the bottom of the stairs, she slipped her shoes back on, exited the stairwell, and headed through the lobby doors. Saying good night to those who had greeted her first with it but once outside, she took in a deep breath, and winced. Her feet hurt slightly and she knew that she would have to soak them and treat them before going to bed.

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Feet were lifted from the warm salt water, once they were dry, aloe socks were slipped over them, and she flopped onto her bed. She knew that her mother was out working the late shift again so she made sure to make plenty of food for her when she returned home. Her eyes wandered to the glasses on her bedside table, she sighed, and crawled under the sheets, wondering if she would ever get to see her mother awake during the daylight hours. Her eyes slipped closed to the beating rhythm of the rain that had begun to fall outside. It was her lullaby until it eased off into the early morning hours when the gray clouds dispersed to reveal the morning sky.

Kiara sighed as she sat at her desk at Kaiba Corps, she was typing once more but the rainy weather had her down, it was bad enough that her mother was sleeping when she awoke, and now her beautifully pinned hair had begun to curl due to the humidity. Pieces were beginning to poke out everywhere from her braided bun. Another sigh escaped her and she muttered something unintelligible under her breath, despite her current demeanor she was still as swift as ever as Seto Kaiba's private secretary.

"Why do you keep sighing like that?"

That particular voice was one that she was never going to forget, her eyes never left the papers that were she was typing up. "Because the humidity in the air is making my hair curl and it feels depressing." It was a straight forward answer and one that the CEO didn't think she would give but he noticed that her smiling face was still ever present, even with the depressed air she held around her. Once he retreated back into his office, she sighed once more, and pulled out her supplement. She drank it within a few minutes before tossing the bottle into the trash bin. Her typing soon ceased as she had finished with it, placed everything in a neat stack, and headed into Kaiba's office. When his cobalt eyes looked up at her, she had already placed the items on his desk, "Here you are sir. Everything completed and up to date as you requested." She turned on her heel and it was then that Kaiba noticed her bun was a mess with various pieces of hair sticking out here and there.

"Katsuhiko." She looked over her shoulder at him, "Fix your hair. It's untidy." Kiara smiled warmly at him, nodded, and left the room by gently closing his door. Once more Seto turned to the information he had on hand of her from human resources. "Hmmm...interesting. Only lives with her mother, father abandoned them when she was ten, and her mother actually works as a..." His eyes grew astonished, "..maid. How intriguing." He quickly looked up the place that her mother worked at, memorized the address, and made a mental note to visit sometime.

In the meantime, Kiara was in the ladies restroom, her hair was down, and she was in the process of braiding it once more. Other employees had come and gone while she was in the process since her hair was down to her lower back. Sometimes it's such a hassle but mother does so love to brush it when we're home together. She was smiling as other secretaries entered, one of which stopped to stare at her long hair.

"Kiara, you hair is so beautiful!"

"Ah thank you. I take very good care of it but no matter how much care I give it, the rain just seems to over write all that."

The woman laughed, "I understand how you feel. My hair is the exact same way! That's why I keep it short but you can see it's still curling."

Blue eyes looked over at it and she laughed, "I see! But having naturally wavy hair really doesn't help either. And that's why I'm here redoing all this. Mine has a tendency to stick out in all sorts of ways." The two women laughed before the other woman had to leave and Kiara nodded to her. Once the braid was finished, she wrapped it up on top of her head, and secured it in place once more. "There all done and smooth." She left the washroom, returned to her desk to find a pile of papers, and she only smiled at it. Kiara immediately sat down and began to do the work left for her. As the day progressed, Kiara had finished all of the work required of her, she opened the door to Kaiba's office, and stated, "I have finished for the day. If there is anything else?" He shook his head while she nodded, "Then I shall be leaving. Don't stay too late." Kiara closed the door before turning around and gathering her items.

The moment that she left, Kaiba immediately began to pack his things, he wanted to see her mother, and her place of work. So he called for Roland, the limo would be waiting downstairs, the CEO grabbed his laptop, placed it in its bag, and headed out of his office. The moment that he reached the limo, he got in, and Roland began to drive to the afore mentioned location.