Author's Note: Not much to say, I'll let the story speak for itself. It may take a couple of chapters to develop, so stay tuned!

Chapter 1: A Rude Awakening

Heavy droplets of rain fell hard and fast over Domino High school. A thunderstorm was in the midst, causing students to run hurriedly into the building in an attempt to avoid the inevitable droplets. Large puddles that promised to flood by mid-afternoon formed on the street before the school.

As the rain poured down, a small group of students attempted to wade through the water to reach campus. In an almost victorious attempt, but before they were finally able to make it across the street safely, a white stretch limo turned the corner and headed towards them at lightning speed. It made no effort to slow down as it neared the group of students, causing the crowd to scramble in all different directions. However, one misfortunate soul slipped and fell into a large pool of water in an attempt to escape the oncoming vehicle, which finally screeched to a halt at the last possible second directly in front of the school building, and inches away from the body.

Out stepped Seto Kaiba, briefcase in hand, with no regard to the figure sitting in the puddle, who was now completely drenched in water. Yugi Moto sat in the frigid rain, completely amazed at the fact he was still alive. The limo was seconds away from running him over, and he remained in the ice cold puddle, unable to move from absolute shock. The crowd had reassembled around Yugi, as certain individuals moved to help him get back up and make sure he was alright.

"You're not hurt, are you?" asked a young girl with brown, almond shaped eyes.

She offered Yugi a look of apprehension, to which he blushed and sheepishly replied, "Yeah, I'm fine. Everything's fine." Hoping to reassure her, Yugi was surprised to see the girl's face turn suddenly from concern to anger.

"No, everything is not fine. That jerk owes you an apology."

To this, Yugi blushed furthermore.

"No, no, no! It's okay. I'm fine, really. It was just an accident," Yugi protested.

Realizing that no physical damage had been done to Yugi, the rest of the group began making way towards the school building once more, with Yugi trailing in the back. The girl with the almond eyes, however, didn't move. Yugi paused and gave her a nervous glance.

"Aren't you coming?" he asked, wondering why she was still standing in the middle of the street. The young girl kept her glare at the limo driver who was now beginning to pull out onto the main road once more. She finally stopped staring when he turned at the street corner.

"That wasn't very nice," the girl said, as she finally walked from the middle of the street.

"Yeah, well… Kaiba's not a really nice guy," Yugi answered, as he followed her into the school. Large crowds amassed in the hallways as students grudgingly assembled at their lockers, putting up and taking out books they would need for the day.

Upon entering, the girl's eyes immediately landed on the tall, ominous figure of Seto Kaiba.

He was at his locker, dispensing books one by one from his briefcase, stopping occasionally to put another one back in. He seemed intent on his task of figuring out which books he would need for the day and which ones he could leave behind. The girl wasted no time as she made a straight beeline towards Kaiba. Before Yugi could stop her or even realize what she was doing, the girl was inches from away from Kaiba's face. Kaiba continued to unload his books, looking straight ahead of him, completely ignoring the fact someone was standing next to him, intently staring him down.

"Move," he finally said in a firm and commanding voice, as he shut his locker door.

"I think you owe someone an apology," the girl replied in an equally imposing voice, not budging an inch. Kaiba now turned his body towards her and took a step to tighten the already constricted gap between their bodies. He was quite a bit taller, causing him to loom threateningly over her small body when he said:

"Move. Or I'll make you move."

"You owe someone an apology, and I'm not moving an inch until you do it."

Kaiba scoffed at the girl's foolish audacity. "I owe no one an apology, and the only person who should be offering apologies here is you, for wasting my time."

At those words, the girl's brown eyes lit up with fury. "Who the hell do you think you are?" she cried out with disgust. "You almost ran over someone today and you don't seem to show the least bit of concern for your actions! What kind of human being are you?"

With this, Kaiba's own rage began to escalate. This girl was really stepping on his toes. "I think you should be nearly thanking me," Kaiba replied in a cold and threatening tone. "Another useless human being eliminated from this overpopulated earth is actually a good thing, and if I recall correctly, that little morsel of a human that was almost executed by my vehicle this morning is indeed a useless human being. I don't think I would have regretted it at all if his life form had been remo–"

Kaiba's words were interrupted by a sharp, painful slap to the face. His eyes suddenly narrowed with rage as he glared at the girl with detestation.

"Do you have any idea what you just did?" Kaiba said, in an alarmingly loud voice. The large crowd that formed around the two during their argument suddenly went completely silent. No one had ever treated Seto Kaiba like that. No one.

"You are an arrogant, heartless asshole who deserved to be slapped into reality," the girl replied in a stern and unwavering tone. "You have no right to call anyone a useless human being, and if anyone deserves to be eliminated from this world, it's you," the girl said, suddenly turning around and walking away.

"Stop right where you are, I'm not done with you!" Kaiba ordered, but it was useless. The girl walked right through the large crowd and disappeared from sight, leaving Kaiba in the center of the spectators, his cheek burning with pain that showed as a large red mark right across his face. In utter embarrassment, Kaiba's steel blue eyes glared at the crowd around him. "What are you staring at?!" he scowled, as the mobs immediately began to disperse. Kaiba was fuming. Never had he been so publicly humiliated in his entire life.

That girl was going to pay.