(Lilo: *Happy smile* my new story! Yay! I am so excited! *chuckles evilly* ah, Kaiba, get ready for some serious torturing! ^_^ The format of this story will also differ from 'SPHGTH' … I just didn't like writing in that kind of style that much so ya! No hard feelings, okay? And please, tell me if u see a mistake (and the paragraph that it was in) cuz I really want to be at least grammar-correct and stuff like that. Spelling is my weakest point since I type really fast and end up with words that don't really fit … ehm, on with the story! ^_^

Marikue: agh, well then, shall we begin?

Disclaimer: Lilo does not own Yu-Gi-Oh or Elimidate.

~ The Day Before~

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            "MOKKKKUUUUUUUUUUUUBAAAAAAAAA!!" Kaiba took in a few forced breathes and tried to keep his anger down. Oh, what he would do when he would get his hands on his dear younger brother's neck!

            "Damn" Mokuba muttered under his breath, sitting in the cupboard upstairs, praying to whatever gods up there at the moment who actually listened to save him from his older brother. He, Mokuba, did NOT plan for his sibling to find the exciting news out so soon! He hoped that he would be out of the house by the time Seto would discover the surprise and then have a major tantrum and only then a mental breakdown … but he guessed that his plan didn't go as planned …

            "Only wait until I will get my hands on you, my dear brother!!" Mokuba could hear his older sibling climbing up the stairs, the stairs that led to the cupboard that he was in. Those evil stairs that made him fall over and make a noise on his way to his hiding place that gave him away!

            "Evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil stairs!" Mokuba chanted to himself, promising that when he will get back, he would get the interior designer to remove them…  

            "I know where you are" Kaiba said in a sing-song tone, on the brink of metal breakdown. This was supposed to be his free week from work for the first time in what, 20 years?

            "No, no, no" Mokuba repeated under his breath, his heart going at a 1000 beats per second. "No, you don't know!" the younger Kaiba pleaded, knowing that he was doomed, doomed to the bottom of all the hells that one could come up within a thousand years. Oh, what a jolly beginning! He could already hear the footsteps of his older brother getting closer and he could already picture Seto standing over his dead body with a bloodied knife, stream coming out of his ears, a content smile praising his face … shuddering, Mokuba thought of a way to escape the grave that he, himself, dug oh-so nicely instead of thinking of the way that he was going to die.

            "Ah, so close" Kaiba taunted, his hand enclosing the doorknob of the cupboard door. He would take his sweet time and enjoy this while he could.

            Mokuba shut his eyes tight and tried telling himself that Kaiba wouldn't do anything that drastic but when it came to Seto, especially when you set him off… Mokuba shuddered again, remembering what his older brother was actually capable of. This was really, really bad. Ah, all that was left now was to keep his cool and try and act innocent while being determined. Suddenly, there was a movement of that very evil doorknob and the door swung open. As Mokuba predicted, Kaiba was standing there, steam coming out of his ears and he had that kind of gleam in his eyes. The only plus was that Kaiba didn't have a knife. That was very, very good.

            "Now" Kaiba said in a serious tone but Mokuba knew better. That voice … it could only mean that Mokuba was in very deep trouble. Unless ….

            "MOKUBA, HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME????????????????? I TOOK THIS WEEK OFF SO THAT I COULD RELAX AND ENJOY MYSELF BUT YOU TOTALLY SCREWED EVERYTHIGN UP!!!" ah, unless Kaiba stars his 'fit'. Now it would be a piece of cake … well, at least it was worth a try…

            "Ah, big brother" Mokuba said while his older sibling continued to scream as if he was being tortured or something. Honestly, if Mokuba knew that Seto would react like this, he would've never called that agency …

            "What?" Kaiba barked after some of his anger disappeared. He was panting slightly, trying to regain his I-am-the-coolest-and-I-don't-give-a-damn mask but so far, all he managed was to breathe rigidly and hope that he won't have a heart attack or better yet, suffocate himself … if it was even possible.

            "Look, Seto, this is your chance to get away from all of your work and actually have some fun." Mokuba tried to reason and waste time while waiting for the limo that was supposed to take him to the airport for the flight to Britain with his friend. If the limo didn't arrive soon, he would be screwed and might even end up with a couple of broken fingers … his brother wasn't always as nice to him as everybody thought he was. Sometimes, Seto could be a real psycho.

            "I took this week off not to have fun but to relax!" Kaiba said all of this through tightly clenched teeth, trying to make his sibling understand that one wrong move can cost him dearly … cost him that flight to Britain.

            "Seto, please tell me what is so wrong with spending a week in all-girls company? I mean, guys your age would give practically anything to have such opportunity …" Mokuba trailed off, knowing what was to come next. His brother always said the same thing every time Mokuba threw that one at him and Mokuba could never counter that one. He was cornered. Dang.

            "Oh, what's wrong?" Kaiba shifted slightly, putting his hands onto his hips and Mokuba saw a gap through which he could escape … when that damn limo would arrive! "I can tell you what's wrong!" Kaiba began and Mokuba grimaced. This was turning out to be a very long morning. Too long for his likes.

            "Seto?" Mokuba said meekly, not wanting to have a guilt trip this early in the morning, for it was only 9 o'clock but it seemed like that it inescapable.

            "NO, you listen to me!" Kaiba barked. "I work so that we will be able to live like we do right now! So that you would have a better future! Do you know how many times I wanted to just give up and don't care about anything? To just forget … but I go back to work because I don't want you to have the childhood that I had! And what do you do with everything that I do to you? You shove it away, for you it being there as if it is just supposed to be there! Well, let me tell you something! You are wrong! And what happens when I decide that I have enough and take a week off of my work? You stick me into some stupid TV show with a bunch of girls! How am I supposed to react?"

            "I know, I know, but you never answered my question" Mokuba said and suddenly he could see the limo slowly entering the drive way to their front doors. 'FINALLY!' Mokuba screamed in his head but tried to keep his face neutral.

            "Which one was it?" Kaiba said, caught off guard.

               "What do you have against girls?" Mokuba said, leaning forward.

               "HUH?" Kaiba asked, completely in shock, caught of guard and knocked from his mental balance. Suddenly, Mokuba went into a head-dive right between Kaiba and the wall, managing to get past his brother and start running down the stairs. "Oh no you DON'T!" Kaiba yelled, turning around and trying to catch up to his little brother. Suddenly, Kaiba knew why his brother sometimes referred to this set of stairs as 'Inhumanly evil and possessed' because at that very moment, when he was about to grab Mokuba, he tripped. Yes, he tripped and tumbled down the stair with an unimaginable and indescribable speed. What was most important and weird was that Mokuba managed to escape the collusion and after descending a couple of more stairs he practically flew over his brother's sprawled body and ran with everything that he had to the main exit of the mansion.

            "Have fun!" he shouted over his shoulder and ran out of the house, running straight for the still moving limo and not waiting for the driver to open the door he simply jumped in and screamed as loudly as he could.

            "DRIVE!!!!!!!!!"

            Of course, being the younger Kaiba, he could command people around and he was thankful for it for the driver sped up almost instantly, practically flying out of the Kaiba manor and onto the busy streets of Tokyo. Starring through the glass at the back of the luxury car, back at the mansion, Mokuba noticed that Seto managed to ran out of the house but he obviously couldn't stop him anymore unless … Mokuba gulped. Unless Kaiba was really pissed and decided to follow his younger brother to the airport or worse! Cancel the flight! Even though Mokuba was sure that all Seto did was simply slump to the ground, the younger Kaiba could never be too sure. He just hoped that his plan would work and his brother would have fun….

            "I hope he won't be too mad when he will find who the contestants are going to be …" Mokuba spoke to himself, leaning against the leather and trying to relax his muscles. He really hoped that this week would change his brother … just a bit … but what if Seto found why they all entered … Mokuba shuddered, not wanting to think about it. Maybe they will keep their mouths shut? They better …          

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            Kaiba slid to the floor and he just sat there in a trance, starring at the limo in which his brother escaped. His brother made it seem so simple, as if all he did was sit in the office of Kaiba Corp., drink coffee and from time to time think up some new games or computer programs, software and hardware, then create some other stuff that is related to electronics and that was all. In truth, Kaiba was under much, much more stress than it usually seemed and he always tried to keep his little brother away from it. However, sometimes, he just cracked, not being able to hold it any longer and then he would be found sulking in the darkest of all rooms, trying to pull his thoughts together.

            "This isn't a great time to go into the 'I-want-to-die' mode again" Kaiba told himself as he rose from his position on the ground and headed towards the house. He needed a dose of Tylenol because otherwise, he doubted that his head would be able to remain in once piece from all of the pain that it was getting. It was bad before, but after falling down the stair, Kaiba realized that he would rather have the pain that he had in the morning instead of this. Besides, it wasn't only the head that was hurting now… it was also his left knee and his right shoulder.

            "Damn my ex-father …" Kaiba muttered under his breath. He knew those stairs were evil when you were thrown down but when you actually fell on your own, it hurt even more. He hated that staircase ever since he was a child … ahhhh, the sulking mode again. Kaiba mentally shook himself and grimaced as more pain filled his head. After he reached the kitchen, he automatically opened one of the drawers that were above the sink and took out a small bottle of painkillers, swallowing all three pills at the same time without water and then slowly making his way to the couch in the living room. The moment his head hit the pillow, the cell phone that was in one of his trench coat pockets rung and Kaiba had no choice but to pick it up.

            "This is Kaiba speaking" he said in his usual cold voice, wanting to struggle the person on the other side of the phone.

            "Mr. Kaiba?" the man said excitedly, as if it was an early Christmas.

            "Yes, who are you and what do you want?" Kaiba asked in his usual manner, not liking the fact that the other guy's mood was better than his.

            "I am one of the workers from 'Elimidate'! You do know that tomorrow you will have the privilege ..." the man began but Kaiba cut him off.

            "Cut that to the point, I don't have all day" Kaiba snapped. He was in a bad mood for heaven's sake! Couldn't they just leave him alone? It was a bloody morning! "God," Kaiba mumbled to himself, "I am starting to think like that white haired freak … in his dubbed version …" the man on the other side of the phone sweat dropped.

            "Mr. Kaiba?" He asked again. "Are you all right?"

            "I will be alright when you will shut you @#$%^& mouth up" Kaiba replied, being extremely pissed at the other man who was trying to butt into matters that did not concern him.

            "Yes, yes", the man squeaked. "All I wanted to say that there is a package that will be delivered to you today with the times and details of the contest and other things. We will meet you tomorrow! Have a good day!" the man put the phone down as quickly as he could and Kaiba, well, Kaiba smashed his own phone into a pulp.

            "My life sucks" he said and tried to sink further into the pillows. The painkillers were finally taking their effect and soon Kaiba could be found asleep on the couch, not realizing that tomorrow will change everything that he knew and then toss it out of the window. Oh, what a day tomorrow will be!

(Lilo: I am trying to 'perfect' myself, or at least try … I just want to make it different form my other story. Lol, don't worry, this IS a humor fict, it's just that the beginning is kinda darkish cuz Kaiba isn't a 'cheery' man and I am struggling to capture his character and I think that I am failing miserably … but hey, it's worth a try! ^_^ heehee, this story will have a major twist in the end! Lol, sorry, but I just can't hold it for so long! Lol, I think that this is it … and for those who have seen elimidate, I want to say that I will change the rules around a bit … you will see! ^_^ anyways, see ya!

Marikue: ya, and R&R)