Pairing: Seto/Jou, OC/Seto

Beta: JennieB - The best

Disclaimer: They don't belong to me, damn it!

Notes: Wrote for the WWC Challenge at 'A dragon's lair' group.


Wishing upon a Dark Star - prologue

The blond knew he shouldn't have come to school that day. Hell, he shouldn't have even left the bed! Without a doubt, this day was becoming the worst of his life, and that was saying something.

First, the clock had woken him late. In order to arrive on time for his first period, he had left his home without his breakfast, and had earned a scream from his dad at the doorway. Nice way to start the morning. Then, he had missed the bus, and had had to wait for forty minutes to catch the next one. In the end, he had still arrived late at school, and had received a detention. Which the teacher had made a point of announcing in front of the entire class, Seto Kaiba included.

And he became the second source of Jounouchi's problems for that day. The brunette had probably awoken in bad humor that day, and for whatever reason, he had decided that bothering the blonde would be a great way to relieve his stress. Even more so than usual. It had started in the hallway, after their first class, with the brunette calling him names; names that were new even to him!

Then, during the lunch hour, he had almost fallen on the floor with his tray, and when he had turned around, the brunette had been standing there, scowling at him, in that arrogant manner that irritated him so much.

"You should walk on your four paws, Mutt, instead of two. Dogs are not trained to walk like humans yet."

"Fuck you moneybags," the blond had hissed, his blood boiling.

"Your master should teach some manners as well," Seto finished as he had turned around and walked away.

Not even his friends had managed to calm him down. His temper had been getting the better of him with each passing second, and he had had to breathe deeply several times to keep himself from getting up and beating the crap out of the young CEO. He had succeeded, too, until the last class of the afternoon. When the bell had rung, all of the students had quickly packed their belongings while he had stood there, waiting for everybody to leave the classroom so that he could go to detention.

But, as God had already decided that that day would be the worst one possible for the human known as Katsuya Jounouchi, it was only to be expected that the brunette would get up and whisper to him, "Have a good training session, Mutt. I hope that they can teach you to catch the ball right this time."

"Shut the fuck up moneybags!" screamed the blond as he had got up out of his chair and had slammed his hands on the desk. "Go look for someone else to piss off!"

"You are no one to tell me what I should or should not do. You just a loser dog," sneered the brunette as he had grabbed his silver briefcase and had turned around to leave.

The blond had sighed, now really furious, and without thinking, he had exclaimed in a fit of temper after having endured such a ridiculous day, "I just wish that someday you can suffer the way I have in my life, just so you can learn how to treat people better." The only reply the young CEO had given to his words was a mocking snort. In turn, Jounouchi had slammed his fist on the poor wooden desk in an attempt to calm himself, and then he had grabbed his bag and put it on his back, leaving the classroom as well, and heading for his damned detention.

Strangely enough, his detention had passed smoothly; the teacher had miraculously not paid any attention to him – not that that was really all that unusual. The old man had just given him some assignments to complete which were to be delivered at the end of the period. The blond, who had been doing much better in school since he had started having study sessions with Yugi, had had no problem completing the assignment. He had soon turned in the lesson to his teacher and had left the classroom, sighing deeply, relieved that the day was finally ending. All he wanted to do right then was to get home, hopefully avoid his father, grab a snack, and sleep.

As he passed through the gates of the school, a strange noise sounded in the air, and the blond turned around, looking for the source. Through his exhausted haze, he soon realized that the strange noise was coming from his bag. He frowned when he opened it and found a cell phone inside that was ringing with some bizarre music. The frown deepened in puzzlement; Jou didn't have a cell phone. He picked the mobile and saw Yugi's name appear on the small screen. He carefully opened the cell phone and answered, "Uhn…Hello?"

"Jou, thank God you answered! I thought I would never get hold of you!" The short teen didn't seem at all confused at the blond suddenly having a cell phone.

"Yugi, buddy…something happen?" Jou asked, his brain becoming more confused by the second.

"Yes, the police found him."The voice sounded relieved, but not entirely.

"Him? Who are you talking about?"

"Are you crazy, Jou? You know I'm talking about Seto!"exclaimed the teen. "But…" The teen paused. "Look, I don't want to talk about this on the phone; could you come to the Central Hospital?"

"The hospital?!" Nowthe blond was beyond confused. Not two hours ago, he had fought with the brunette, and now he was at the hospital?

"Yes. Look, it's not that bad, but you'd better come. Seto needs you right now."

"Seto…needs…me?" The blond was starting to feel the beginning of a headache. "Look…Ok, I'm coming. In fifteen minutes I will be there."

"Great. I'll be waiting."

"Okay, bye." He hung up the mobile and reslung his bag, walking a bit faster now and hoping that he would catch the bus on time. He wanted answers, and he sure as hell was going to get them.

TBC