"Leave a Message After the Beep!"
By: Seto's Princess

Disclaimer – I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or their answering machines… I only own the messages, as well as my OC, Maki who will appear a few times in this story.

It's been a year and I'M BACK! Well, not really, but I did stumble across an idea for this story in a review and I finally figured how to turn it into a whole chapter. So, this chapter is dedicated to angeldragonstar7, who inspired the idea for this chapter.

Also, I was debating about this, but I finally decided that I will not include Dartz in this chapter, even though he technically counts as one of the CEOs. Oh well. Sorry to any Dartz fans out there.

Italicized words are thoughts.

The name of the chapter is the answering machine it is, with the exception of chapter 7 and this one…

Warning: Freakish randomness and possibility of different languages…

Chapter 12 – CEO Communication…

After the crazy "Coffee party" at Yugi's house two days ago, everyone decided to take a break for a while. Seto made it his mission to find and destroy every single form of sugar at the Kaiba mansion while Mokuba slept. Yugi had to buy another huge can of coffee to replace the one that everyone drank. Everyone else just stayed in their homes either sleeping or simply taking naps every few hours or so.

Sunday, 3:30 PM – Kaiba Corporation Headquarters…

Seto Kaiba stumbled into his office after a three-hour long meeting. He had a major headache but still had to work, so he slumped down in his office chair and began typing away on his computer. He soon noticed a small blinking light coming from his office phone. He pressed the play button on his answering machine to see who had called him.

"You've reached Kaiba Corporation! Seto Kaiba isn't here now, so please leave a message when you hear the little beep!" Mokuba's voice sounded from the answering machine.

BEEP!

"You have three new messages… Sunday, 1:43 PM," the machine said.

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"Well hello Herr Kaiba. Zis is Zigfried speaking. I vas just calling to remind you of ze meeting ve have later zis veek. I expect to see you. Goodbye, Herr Kaiba," Zigfried said. (He is annoying but I love his accent!)

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Seto groaned. He did not particularly like Zigfried, but they were going to discuss something very important at that meeting, so Seto had to put his feelings aside.

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BEEP!

"Sunday, 2:10 PM."

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"Seto! Seto! Seto! Guess what! Guess what! Guess what!" Mokuba's excited tone said. "You know what? I don't want to ruin the surprise. I'll tell you when you come back home!"

"So, this kid is your st-"

"Maki! I'm still on the phone here!"

"Oh, sorry."

"Bye Seto!" Mokuba said and hung up.

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'What was that about?' Seto wondered. Maki had accidentally mentioned a kid. Could it be a friend of Mokuba's?

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BEEP!

"Sunday, 3:07 PM."

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"Hello there Kaiba-boy!" a familiar voice exclaimed jovially in the message. Seto rolled his eyes.

"You seem to have ignored my previous invitations in the mail, so I am calling to let you know that I will be having a little business party this Saturday and I would very much like it if you came. We are the two most influential people in the world of Duel Monsters after all. It would make sense if we had more social gatherings like these, wouldn't you agree? I hope to see you there Kaiba-boy!"

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BEEP!

Seto groaned. He had completely forgotten about the party and he would rather not go. Then again, he had nothing better planned for that day, so he might as well go. 'Perhaps I'll drag Mokuba and Maki along…' he thought to himself.

"Whatever…" he muttered to himself and opened a nearby desk drawer, digging around for a bottle of aspirin before returning to work.

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Sunday, 4:05 PM – Duke Devlin's Dungeon Dice Game Shop, Duke's Office…

"Good afternoon, Mr. Devlin." A pretty young secretary walked into the room and placed a cold glass of iced tea on Duke's desk.

"Thank you, Cherry," Duke said and gave her that sensual smile that usually turned his female admirers into plies of gawking sighing mush.

The red-headed secretary blushed slightly as she tightened her grip around the plan book in her left arm nervously. "You're welcome, sir. Is there anything else you need, Mr. Devlin?"

"Not really, thank you, Cherry. I'd like to ask you a question."

"What is it, sir?"

"You've only been here for a week, but how do you like working here so far?" Duke asked, taking a sip of his iced tea.

She smiled back. "I enjoy it very much, sir. The atmosphere here is comfortable and," her cheeks flushed slightly before she continued, "you're very kind to me, Mr. Devlin."

He smiled at her again and nodded. "I'm glad you like it here. You may go back to your desk now."

"Thank you, sir." She bowed her head slightly and scurried out of the office.

Duke smirked and looked down at his answering machine to see it blinking. He pushed the play button.

"Hello, you've reached Duke Devlin's Game Shop. If you are hearing this message, then Mr. Devlin cannot reach you now, but if you leave your name, number and the reason for your call, he will get to you as soon as possible. Thank you," Cherry's voice sounded from the answering machine.

BEEP!

"You have two new messages… Sunday, 7:05 AM," the machine said.

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"AGH! IT'S DUKE! GOOD MORNING DUKE-SAMA! WE LOVE YOU DUKE DEVLIN! YOU ARE SO HOT!" a bunch of girls screamed over the phone.

Duke smirked and listened to the screaming message for another minute. 'Ah, my daily fan club morning greeting…' he thought to himself as the message ended.

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BEEP!

"Sunday, 1:32 PM."

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"Good afternoon, Dukie-boy," a familiar voice greeted. Duke sat up and paid careful attention to the message.

"This is Pegasus, but of course you know who I am, Dukie-boy. I hope you remembered my business party this Saturday. I'll see you there. Have a nice week!"

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BEEP!

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Duke smiled brightly and called his secretary.

"Yes, Mr. Devlin?" she asked as she walked in.

"Clear my schedule for Saturday and make a note of Pegasus's business party for that night."

"Yes sir," Cheery said with a smile and left to adjust Duke's schedule.

Duke's eyes trailed to a picture sitting on his desk and he smiled at the face of a certain petite auburn-haired girl with the loud mouthed blonde brother. He smirked. "I wonder if Serenity will care to join me on Saturday."

He stood and left his office to check up on some of the Dungeon Dice games taking place in various parts of the shop while thinking of ways to ask Serenity to be his date for the party.

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Sunday, 4:56 PM – Schroeder Corporation, Zigfried's Office…

Zigfried waltzed into his office, his long pink hair flowing behind him. He was closely followed by three beautiful secretaries, all throwing random comments and schedule notices at him in German. Zigfried nodded and sat down at his desk, waving them all away.

"Ah, vat is zis? I have some messages," he mumbled to himself as he pressed the play button on his answering machine.

"Velcome, you've reached Schroeder Corp. I'm not here at ze moment, so please leave a message and I vill tend to your call as soon as possible," Zigfried's voice sounded back at him.

BEEP!

"You have two new messages… Sunday, 4:13 AM," the machine said.

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"I am… the repair-man-man-man-man… Yes! The repair-man-man-man-man!" a voice exclaimed. Zigfried raised an eyebrow in question as the message ended with no further explanation.

'Vat vas zat?' he wondered.

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BEEP!

"Sunday, 3:24 PM."

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"Good afternoon, Zigfried. This is Pegasus. I'm calling to invite you to a business get-together at my estate this coming Saturday. I look forward to seeing you there. Thank you."

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BEEP!

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'Ah, yes! Another chance to speak to Pegasus in person! Excellent!' Zigfried thought to himself and picked up the phone to call Pegasus back.

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Sunday, 6:17 PM – Industrial Illusions, Pegasus's Office…

"Ah, Funny Bunny, you always know how to cheer a man up," Pegasus muttered happily to himself as he walked into his office after watching a three-hour Funny Bunny marathon.

"Oh, well, look at this, I have messages," Pegasus said as he pressed the play button on his answering machine.

"Greetings from Pegasus. I'm so sorry, but I am not in at the moment, so please leave me a message and I'll return your call when I come back," Pegasus's voice sounded from the answering machine.

BEEP!

"You have three new messages… Sunday, 3:47 PM," the machine said.

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"Pegasus," Seto's voice said as his form of greeting. "As much as I dislike seeing your sorry face, I think I will go to your little gathering. I'll see you there. Goodbye."

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'Ah, Kaiba-boy, are you always this cheery?' Peagsus thought sarcastically and laughed at his own joke.

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BEEP!

"Sunday, 4:40 PM."

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"Hello Pegasus! I gladly accept your invitation to that party of yours. I can't wait until Saturday! Have a good week and I'll see you Saturday night!" Duke exclaimed.

Pegasus smiled. "Dukie-boy, you'll go far."

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BEEP!

"Sunday, 5:03 PM."

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"Ah, it is good to hear from you, Pegasus. I am very excited about your party zis Saturday. Yes, I vill be going. I'll see you zere. Have a nice veek! Until zen, Zigfried."

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BEEP!

"Croquet!" Pegasus called.

"Yes, master Pegasus?" Croquet asked as he walked into the office.

"Let's get started on the preparations for Saturday, shall we?"

"Yes sir."

The two men left the office as the sun began setting through the window behind them.

TBC…

YES! I finally updated this one! Well, thank you so much for reading. What's Mokuba's surprise? Will Serenity say yes to Duke's invite? Who is the mystery "repair-man-man-man-man"? I know it wasn't as funny as you might have liked. I'm dry on ideas, so anything you can offer will be greatly appreciated. Have a nice day! Until next time! Also, don't forget to visit my forum, please. Thank you. If you guys want Dartz, just let me know, and I'll rewrite the chapter to include him, okay? Thanks!