Summary: Jounouchi found this peculiar necklace, and suddenly Kaiba always runs into him…Learning about each other's past brings them closer together.
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Seto/Jounouchi, hint of Yugi/Yami
Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, just like everyone else…

Notes: Hope you enjoy

Chapter 1

"Jou, earth to Joey…JOEY!" Mai snapped as Jou was daydreaming on his and Mai's two-month anniversary date. Jou had no idea why he was daydreaming a lot. He had a lot on his mind though. His alcoholic father beat Jou to a pulp for some extra cash to set aside for a trip, which was unknown to Jou. Jou thought that this trip was very important to his dad because usually he used every cent for his alcohol fix. He wondered where he went, and was too scared to ask, he didn't want to add to his now fading collection of bruises. Jou was glad that his dad had left, but he didn't know when he was coming back. 'Hopefully never,' Jou thought.

Then, Mai let out a big sigh and started drumming her fingers on the table. Jou looked at her with a blank stare. She was indeed captivating, but Jou felt like something was missing. He didn't know what it was. When Jou first asked Mai out, the relationship was magical. They were never apart. But somehow the magic disappeared.

Jou started fiddling with his new necklace. It was a blue and black choker with chain loops on it. The pendant was shaped like a diamond and it was a cold icy blue color. The blue reminded him of something, but didn't know what.

Surprisingly, he found it on his secret route to school about two weeks ago. He didn't like taking the bus because his friends would always pester him about him looking depressed. He thought that if he walked to school, it would get the day's frustrations off his chest so that he could be ready to face his friends. Sometimes he needed more time to get the stresses off…

"Enjoying your cold food, mutt?" Jou jumped and turned to see Seto Kaiba with his signature smirk he always gives Jou. "You haven't touched your food at all, I see."

"Go away, Kaiba! This is none of your business!" Jou yelled. The blond was surprised to see the brunet here. One because he has been missing from school for about two weeks now, his guess is something to do with KaibaCorp. And two, this was one of those "cheap-nice" restaurants. Since Kaiba was a multi-millionaire, this would be the last place Jou would find him.

"The poor lady is bored out of her skull, dog! You should at least pretend you're interested in her!" Kaiba mocked.

Kaiba always seemed to push Jou almost over the edge. It was his specialty. Kaiba and Jou always bickered at one another, but today, it's gone too far…

Jou was about to unleash his anger but Mai yelled, "Look Kaiba. For your information, this is our two-month anniversary and Jou is just preoccupied about his father now and I have no problem with it. So just…leave us alone!" Mai glared at her date, "Let's go."

Jou was completely shocked on what Mai just did. Mai stormed out of the restaurant, Jou quickly paid the bill and ran after Mai.

Seto Kaiba looked toward the door that Jou just went through…

…And smiled.

"Mai! Mai! Wait up!" Jou yelled in between the breaths from running.

Mai suddenly stopped, turned around and slapped Jou right across the face. It burned like crazy. "What the hell was that for?" Jou exclaimed.

"That. Was for me having to stand up to Kaiba for you since you said nothing."

"But you didn't give me a―"

"You weren't gonna say anything, I know it. You are just too worried about your own ass and only thinking about yourself and not me! I'm your girlfriend for Ra's sake!"

"I was going to stand up for yo―"

"You know what, just forget it. Forget it. It's over." Mai turned around and walked away leaving Jou standing there drowning in his thoughts. 'What just happened?' 'Why does Kaiba have to ruin everything?' 'Was she even worth standing up for?' 'What the hell was Kaiba doing there anyway?'

Jou knew he couldn't win her back, nor wanted to…

Seto sat down at the now vacant table of which the unruly couple just left. He ordered a simple martini for his accomplishment. He took a sip, but wasn't as good as he thought it would be. He pulled his laptop out and double clicked on the eye icon on his desktop.

"There you are…" the brunet whispered to himself.

"Soon, you'll be mine."

Author's Notes

Hope you enjoyed this; it's my first story.

Don't know when the next chapter is coming up, I'm in the process of moving…so it may be a while

-Tiawyn