So this is my second fanfic, first Puppyshipping! Gotta love it!

I don't know any of the characters in this story. All credit goes to Kazuki Takahashi.

Anyway chapter 1...

*Puppies for a Puppy*- Littleyugiyaoilover

Chapter 1- The Puppy of Brains

It all began with a puppy.

Katsya Jounouchi, commonly known as Jou, was your average teenager. He had golden-blond hair with honey-brown eyes and spoke with a Brooklyn accent. He attended Domino High School, though he didn't get the best grades, and spent his free time hanging out with friends. He lived with an abusive, drunken father who would beat him if he said something smart or dumb to upset him in anyway. So basically, Jou tried to avoid going home if could. But when he opened his locker Monday morning, his life was to be forever changed.

It was a stuffed puppy. It was a mutt, a cross between a yellow lab and golden retriever. Even though it kind of creepy to find a random stuffed animal in your locked locker, he approved of the choice in stuffed animals, it pretty cute! It was just about then when he noticed that it just wasn't a random puppy it had something attached to its back. He flipped it over to find a note, he removed it and read:

You are a smart and clever person, no matter what anyone tells you.

Jou thought about this for a moment before tossing the dog back in his locker and heading off to class.

Math class was Jou's least favorite class. It would take all of his concentration to halfway understand the day's lesson, but today Jou didn't have much concentration on anything. The mysterious note had sent him for a loop.

'What did it mean? Who put it in his locker? How did they get his combination? Should he tell someone about it?' Jou asked himself these and other questions over and over in his mind never quite finding the answers he was looking for.

Suddenly his train of thought was lost as the teacher told him to pick a partner and put number five on last night's homework on the board. He pushed the thoughts aside and asked his best friend Yugi to help him out with the problem. Yugi nodded and approached the board followed by Jou.

It was a fairly simple problem, or so he thought for anyone else. He figured that's why the teacher picked him to do that one and the partner is so he won't look like a fool putting up the wrong answer. He picked up the chalk and began to draw the rectangular prism he was supposed to find the volume of, whatever that meant. Yugi began to write up the work, when he finished he looked at Jou concerned.

Jou turned and said, "You all done? Go ahead and sit-on down Yug." He forced a smile for good effect and continued to draw the shape. Yugi sighed and sat down, he knew whatever was bothering him, Jou wasn't about to talk about it now.

After finishing the shape he sat down and looked forward waiting for the teacher to continue. She rose to examine the work, then turned and told Jou and Yugi they did good work. Jou took a deep breath and resumed his former thoughts on who was the person who gave him the odd gift.

A few minutes later, the bell rang. Jou got up and grabbed his books and headed to his locker. He stood looking at it not sure if he wanted to open it.

'What if there is another puppy? What would this one say? What if this person is a stalker or something?' Jou thought. He was continuing to stare as a voice broke his gaze.

Kaiba. Seto Kaiba, accually. He was a tall handsome brunet with ice blue eyes. He was also one of Jou's classmates who ran the biggest corporation in all of Japan Kaiba Corp. At Kaiba Corp, they made holographic duel disk systems for the cardgame, Duel Monsters. All in all, he was a rich child CEO and loved to rub it in Jou's face.

'Great the only fucking person in the world, who could possibly make this worse,' Jou mentally cursed.

"What's wrong mutt? Forgot your locker combination? Dosen't make much difference does it, I mean how many of your classes are you failing anyway? You're about as good of a student as you are a duelist. Pathetic," Kaiba said as he was walking up to Jou's locker.

'Well it seems Kaiba is trying to be nice today, good for him,' Jou thought.

"I didn't forget it, I'm uhh…just trying to figure out what I need for next class," Jou said, trying to make it seem more reasonable.

"Well, incase you forgot, we both have History next so you'll need your book," Kaiba said, snootily as he walked away heading to class. "Better hurry or you'll be late."

"He's right. I hate it when he's right," Jou mumbled to himself as he reached for his History book and ran off to class.

History class was uneventful and Jou was just happy for lunch. Lunch was Jou's favorite time of the day because it was time for you to kick back and eat a meal. No school work, no grades, how much better can it get? Jou was sitting under his usual tree eating his sandwich, when Yugi walked up.

"Jou, are you okay? You're typically focused in math, but today you seemed so…distracted," Yugi said, not sure if Jou even heard him.

"How would someone get the locker combination of someone without being the student whose locker it is or being administration?" Jou asked, knowing that Yugi would have no clue.

"I don't know, why do you ask?" Yugi replied.

Jou told Yugi the story about the puppy and what the note said. After finishing, Yugi looked away and then looked at Jou with an optimistic face.

"I say, for now let be. You never know you might make a new friend? They don't seem to be threatening you so I would wait, but be sure and save the note!" Yugi said.

"Will do Yug, hey I have to go and work on a project. See you in biology," Jou yelled as he ran off.

So there is Chapter one. *sigh* can't think of anything interesting or witty to say here so...please review...thanks for reading!