Katsuya Jounouchi, better known as Jou, was just meandering down the sidewalk during the season's first thunderstorm. He didn't have an umbrella because his father forgot to wake him up and he didn't want to be late. Sighing, the blond stood at the corner waiting for the walk sign to flash so he could get home and out of his uniform. Amber eyes closed and a large splash hit the blond.

"Gah!" The blond looked to see the car's license plate and glared, "Kaiba, you bastard, get back here!"

It was too late, the car was already gone. The blond sighed again and crossed the street and ran to the apartment complex. Jou jumped two steps at a time up to the third floor and pulled out his key.

He walked inside and dumped his backpack on the ground. Yawning, the blond noticed his father had already claimed the couch for a nap, to this he frowned and went to the kitchen instead.

The blond had just settled down to a nice peanut butter, banana and jelly sandwich when his dad walked in.

"How was the hell hole you kids like to call school?" The dirty blond asked his son.

"Wonderful." Jou muttered sarcastically before biting into his sandwich.

"Any nice girls?"

"Not really, most of them are skanks." Jou mumbled.

"And the others that aren't?"

"All after Kaiba."

"You mean that CEO with the large ass tower whose only your age?" The man pulled out a carton of milk and poured some in to two glasses.

"The very same bastard." Jou finished his sandwich and drank the milk; "I've got homework, you going to work tonight, Pop?"

"Yeah, your on your own for dinner. You could order pizza, if you've got enough cash for it. Hell knows I don't."

"Right," Jou went back to grab his bag and headed down the small hallway and into his room. He sat down on his bed and began to try to figure out the difficult math equations.

"I guess I'll just talk with Yuugi about it during lunch." The blond finally gave up on it and threw it back in his bag before quickly finishing of his science and history assignments.

The blond finally collapsed into his bed and fell asleep.

Seto Kaiba was driving down the street shortly after school. He had purposely driven the long way and followed slowly behind the blond teen he constantly referred to as a dog. When at the corner, he pushed his speed higher and went straight into the puddle on the side of the road, covering the blond instantly with water.

The brunet only had a second to glance in the rearview mirror to see the blond shake his fist and shout something before he got too far ahead. Smirking lightly, the brunet pulled up to the gates of his mansion and exited the car.

"Big brother!" Mokuba shouted and latched himself onto his brother's waist.

"You want something." The sixteen year old stared at his younger brother who backed away and poked both index fingers together.

"Ano, Haku-kun and I were wondering if I could go to the movies with him and some of my other friends and sleep over at Haku's tonight.

Kaiba blinked and smiled, "fine, I suppose you want to mooch money as well?"

"That would be nice..." Mokuba smiled at his brother while laughing slightly. His brother pulled out a twenty.

"And not too much sugar. I don't want to drive Haku's mother to insanity again.

Mokuba shouted a sure as he made a mad dash up the steps. Seto snorted and went off to his den to work.

Walking to his desk, he looked at the picture Mokuba had insisted on having put there. It was a picture from almost half a year ago from Battle City. Yuugi, whom they later found out was Yami, Malik, Jou and himself were all in it. Yami and Jou were in the center standing next to each other, both had serious faces on. Malik looked relieved to be back to himself and held a small smile and then there was himself. He looked like there was no touch of emotion what so ever in his body.

He got his schoolwork done in less then half an hour. He may be a computer genius, but when it came to history, he was a little rusty. The 'great' Seto Kaiba did have a part in schooling he trouble in, even though it was somewhat easy. Sitting back, the brunet noticed all of his business work was done so his sapphire eyes flickered back to the picture.

Picking it up, he put it in a drawer so it wouldn't distract him. Noticing it was about midnight, the brunet picked himself up and went up to sleep. It was the first time in a while he would get in six hours. The brunet fell into a dreamless sleep.

"Jou! Hurry up!" Anzu shouted to the blond who was at his locker. The blond grinned and caught up with the others, his books hanging in his right hand at his side.

"Well, are we going?" He asked sarcastically and Honda rolled his eyes in amusement. Anzu smacked him before walking into homeroom.

"Hey Yuug'!"

Yuugi looked up at them and gave them a small smile, "I was going to call you Jou but I forgot, did you need help with last nights English?"

"Nah, but Math, yes." Jou shrugged and sat in a seat next to his multi-colored haired friend.

"Why wouldn't a dog have trouble in English?"

"Kaiba, you bastard! One of these days I'm going to kick your sorry ass!" Jou shouted at the brunet who snorted.

"The only thing I would imagine you wanting my ass for is in bed, and that I wouldn't let you." Kaiba muttered

"We all know your preference Kaiba, so stick up your own ass, or rather whatever whore you've got hiding in your house. I'm sure Mokuba would be more then willing to be,"

Jou bit his tongue and felt the coppery taste of blood. Kaiba had slammed him against the lockers and was holding him three inches off the ground.

"Don't ever, say something like that, about Mokuba, again." Ice eyes held a malicious glint.

Jou glared at him before smirking.

"What are you smirking at you miserable mutt?"

"Eat the tile Kaiba."

A swift kick and lots of running to the classroom, neutral territory for them, which they had agreed upon.

Kaiba walked in with a small limp and glared at the blond. Jou smirked before going back to talk with Yuugi.

"Jou, you shouldn't make him so angry, and I don't really think you should have made that comment about Mokuba, it was a little unnecessary." Yuugi scolded him lightly.

Anzu huffed, "he deserved it really, always singling you out Jou, it's like he has a crush on you or something."

Kaiba heard this, the brunette had purposely said it louder then needed. He glared at the girl, "A crush, on that miserable mutt? I would like to point out that I'm telling him what he is."

"You seem to do it everyday, you have been since we were freshmen, don't you think you've told him enough?" Anzu questioned him.

Jou looked at him, "so you have a crush on me eh? Well that explains why you seem tense all the time."

Kaiba went silent before sitting down and reading his book.

"Guys, lets just leave him alone." Yuugi muttered.

"Yuug, what's wrong?" Jou questioned his friend as he sat down again.

Yuugi sighed, "nothing..."

"That ain't a nothin', I may not be the quickest in math but I know when somethin' is buggin' my friends."

"It's just...never mind alright, lets just get down to business on that math homework."

Ok, so how did you all like the first chapter? I've been toying with this for a little while. I hope you enjoy this chapter, remember to review!

For those that are just reading this, this story is a prequel to 'A Late Night Moment' you don't have to read it right now. But if you follow this story, then I can guarantee you will want to read the first chapter. Seeing as how I'll probably just copy and paste it on to here for the epilogue.

Ja Ne!