Kate woke up that morning in a very good mood. It was going to be her first day at a new school and she was looking forward to meeting all the new people. Before deciding what school to go to Kate had done her research. Domino High was not one of the larger schools in the area so it would be easy to get to know the people at the school. Plus Kate had found out that the two top duelists in the world went to that school, Yugi Mutou and Seto Kaiba. Kate knew that she was no match for either of them so a duel would be out of the question but meeting them would be a wonderful experience. They both had to be incredibly intelligent people and hopefully not antisocial, although she had heard rumors about Kaiba.

Kate finished tying her bow and looked at herself in the mirror. 'Ew,' Kate thought as she pulled at the skirt, 'it's hideous.' She gave into her ugly uniform wearing fate and went into the kitchen to get herself some breakfast to go. After making sure her book bag was fully packed Kate grabbed a bagel and headed out the door and off to school.

Kate had been slightly disappointed when she had realized that the school was not only ridiculously close to her house but that most people walked to school anyways. She had been looking forward to driving her new blue convertible to school. She looked back at the garage door sadly as she walked to school almost tempted to drive it anyway.

After about a ten minute walk Kate made it to school, she located the office and went inside to get her schedule. The secretary, a blonde woman who looked to be in her late thirties, was talking on the phone. Kate idly noticed that the nameplate on her desk identified her as 'Jill'.

As she hung up she turned to Kate with a smile, "Hello, may I help you?"

Kate responded to the woman's smile immediately, "Yes, I'm Kate the new student. Is this where I can get my schedule?"

The woman told Kate that it was as she began to shuffle through the papers on her desk. Eventually she pulled a paper out and triumphantly handed it to Kate. "We're a bit busy at the moment so my desk has been suffering neglect," Jill said and winked, "But I found it and I also located a map for you to use." Jill snatched another paper off her desk and handed that one to Kate as well.

Kate looked at the papers. 'First class of the day, Calculus, yuck.' She turned to the secretary with a smile "Thank-you for your help."
Jill went back to her work, "No problem dear."

Kate left the office and walked around the school trying to locate her first class. Thanks to the map she was able to find the Calculus class before school started. She walked into the classroom and introduced herself to the teacher as the new student. He asked her to wait until the bell rang and then she could find herself a seat. Kate looked around and noticed that Kaiba was in her class. He even had an empty seat next to him! Kate frowned slightly as she realized that whoever sat in that seat was probably running late or absent so she took the seat in front of it. That one was behind a girl with dark brown hair and next to a boy with messy blond hair.

The blond leaned over and introduced himself as Joey Wheeler, duelist extraordinaire. His name didn't seem all that familiar to her but she smiled and introduced herself as well before the teacher called the class to order.

The next two classes were rather dull, P.E. and World History. Neither of those classes had the gorgeous Kaiba in them and Kate still hadn't seen Yugi Mutou. As Kate walked into Physics she crossed her fingers hoping that she'd finally get to meet the famous Yugi but to her disappointment he seemed to not be in that class. However she did perk up when she saw Kaiba and an empty seat in the back of the room again. In her head Kate went over what she knew about Kaiba and the rumors she had heard about him.

Seto Kaiba, former top duelist now ranked at number two. He certainly wasn't lacking fangirls though. Kate knew that many women would be willing to marry him, not just because of his looks but because of his massive fortune. One of the top duelists in the world and one of the richest men in the world, Kate had heard plenty about him in the papers. She also had heard about his famous antisocial behavior. He was reported to have no friends or, and the fangirls did love this part, girlfriends. Kate wondered if he really was antisocial or if he just didn't have time for people.

Kate snorted as she remembered the 'heart of ice ready to be thawed by me!' theory that some of the girls at her old school had. She seriously doubted that was true for anyone. She headed straight for the seat and sat in it ready to see what was true about Kaiba.

Kate looked over at Kaiba, "Does anybody sit here?"

Kaiba looked up from the book he was reading to give her an ice cold glare. "No, and I'd like to keep it that way." He went back to his book.

Kate inwardly pouted. So he was antisocial, drat. She leaned over a bit to see what he was reading. She couldn't find a title but she did see Nietzsche written on the side.

"Hey, wasn't he the guy who hated women?"

Kaiba didn't even acknowledge her statement so Kate elaborated, "I've heard of him but I'm not sure if he hated women or not. I'm fairly sure that's what I learned in European History but my memory with names isn't that great."

Kate would have tried again but class had started. Kate decided that she was just going to have to try again later.

Later at lunch Kate found her opportunity when she saw Kaiba sitting alone at his own table. She walked directly to his table and sat down across from him. The whole lunch room quieted considerably, no one ever had the guts to sit with Kaiba. After awhile they decided that Kaiba was just going to ignore her so they went back to talking, with one eye still on the table. Just in case he got pissed off, nobody wanted to miss a show.

Kate also realized that Kaiba wasn't even going to look up from his computer. So she decided to make the first move.

"Hey, I'm Kate. I never got the chance to introduce myself earlier," she smiled at him on the off chance that he'd look up at her.

He didn't look up but at least he responded this time.

"I will not date you."

He thought that she was a fangirl! Now that was just offensive, Kate hurried to correct his mistake. "No. I'm not –"

"A duel," Kaiba looked up, "is also out of the question. You aren't worth my time."

"No! I'm not looking for that either," Kate met his eyes, "I just felt like talking to you since you so ignored me so adamantly earlier."

Kaiba gave her a look that said he didn't believe a word of that and then went back to work.

Kate decided to try again, "so hey, I've heard Nietzsche is fascinating."

Kaiba continued to ignore her and she became a bit angry, "Listen, I'm trying to talk to you. Would it kill you to respond?"

Kaiba didn't even look up at her, "Go away. You're annoying."

Kate hadn't quite lost control of her temper, "maybe if I wasn't the only one having the conversation here."

Kaiba continued to type. Kate rolled her eyes, 'okay so he's an antisocial workaholic. Do I really want to somehow get to know him?' She looked over at him, it would be a challenge and she did so love her challenges. 'Oh yes,' she thought, 'I'm going to get to know Seto Kaiba.'

So Kate kept trying all lunch but eventually the bell rang. Finally losing control of her temper she slammed his laptop closed, almost onto his fingers, and stormed off.

Kaiba watched her stomp off wondering how someone who knew who he was could possibly manage to treat him that way. It had almost seemed like she thought that he was a regular person. He looked down at his laptop. She certainly wasn't afraid of making him angry. He shook his head. She probably wanted something from him. So he pushed her to the back of his mind as he put his stuff together and walked off to his next class.

Authors Note
This chapter has officially been edited and is now up to my current writing standards.