BEJ: Ha ha, all right... well. This story is one that I think will go somewhere... since the other two aren't – damn the new process! And curse school for that matter too. I don't know how many people are in high school... but I hate school SO MUCH! I sometimes wonder if ending my misery with a little Celine Dion would be better. But you do what you gotta do to go to college and get away from your family. I don't like my dad... more to the point I hate him. But enough of that! I will get on with the story, because I'm sure that's what you're all here for anyhoo. So – commence with nonsense notes!
Yorou: This story's crap.
BEJ: O.O
Yorou: You did this chapter in 50 minutes, how good could it possibly be. And I mean, look at the old ones, that says something.
BEJ: still O.O
Yorou: ... say something
BEJ: attacks
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On a particularly rainy day in Domino City, it was the coldest it had ever been. Snow was everywhere, covering everything, and people were ranking up their heat bill from breaking the heater knob in a desperate attempt to keep warm. But hey, that's New York for ya.
But a particular school, in a particular part of town... was the coldest, and still the most excited. For the fact that Winter Break would be starting in less than a week. Most kids were going somewhere with their parents, to visit family, or go skiing – something to that effect. And others were staying home with their family, doing nothing special but celebrating the magic that is Christmas. And for those who didn't celebrate Christmas, they were just looking foreword to 3 weeks of vacation!
However, one group of friends wasn't planning to spend time with their families, but each other. Spending every day of their break huddled up in one of their houses with cups of cocoa, and wrapped up in blankets their moms had knit. Every year it was the same, they hung out and exchanged presents themselves. And every year they took like... 5 rolls of film from their snowball fights, trips to the Trail of Lights, and other various activities. Afterwards, they spent the last few days after New Years just sleeping and relaxing. No one was supposed to call anyone else. It was sleep time, they preferred to be like bears and hibernate.
But this year was going to be a little different. They were planning to drive to a beach somewhere, escape the cold temperatures, and hope to find some sun. The friends were all quite pale... sun was really a necessity.
But there were still 5 days until this fun could begin! Oh the torment!
"Hey Yugi! Get back here!" Joey yelled as he ran across the schoolyard chasing his small friend who was currently in possession of Joey's backpack.
Yugi laughed as he ran further away from the blonde. But Yugi's decision to look behind him and see how close Joey was was not a good choice. He bonked right into someone, who he didn't know the identity of yet. All he knew was that the person let out a squeak when he hit them, and they let out a quiet painful cry when they hit the ground.
Yugi looked up to see what he'd feared.
Seto Kaiba's butt was on the soaking ground, and the boy did not look happy about it. The interesting part though, was that he didn't look mad – as he usually did when he got knocked down – but he looked more in pain. Yugi cocked an eyebrow at him before realizing his current position – sitting on the older boys legs, in other words, keeping him down.
"Kaiba! I'm so sorry! Here, let me -"
Seto brushed his hand away. "It's alright Yugi," he said as he tried to stand up, but only proceeded to slip in the ice he had landed in.
"Kaiba just take my hand," Yugi said, from his fully standing position.
With reluctance, Seto took the young duelists' hand and stood up. But that hurt too. Just standing had become a pain again.
"Damn..." Kaiba muttered.
"What's that?" Yugi asked, assuming that whatever Kaiba had said was directed toward him.
"Nothing," Kaiba said as he started to walk the exact opposite direction of the school.
Yugi just watched him walk away, still with that quirked eyebrow.
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Kaiba threw his books down on the table as he entered his mansion. It was freezing outside and he had just run the last of his patience for anything by having to walk home.
"I can't believe my ass still hurts..." he thought to himself.
Just then, a fairy appeared! (Kidding) Mokuba came running down the stairs. That weird happy smile stuck on his face as he ran to hug his brother.
"Hi Seto!" he said cheerfully as his arms wrapped around his big brother's waist. "What're you doing home so early? I thought you had school today,"
Seto smiled at the younger kid. "Yeah, but, I didn't feel like going... something happened. And my conscious said, 'If you go, you will kill someone'. So I figured, why go to jail when I could stay home and watch JAWS?"
Mokuba laughed. He loved it when Seto was sarcastic.
"Anyway, since you don't have school today either, my little virus infested brother, you may do whatever you want – besides go in my room. I prefer not to throw up every twenty minutes," the boy said with a smile.
Mokuba rolled his eyes as he walked toward the kitchen. "I think I've gotten better," the small boy replied, "and besides, you're probably already sick. You're covered in water and snow and I'm perfectly aware that you just walked your sore ass home from some dilemma," the younger brother said with a smirk.
Seto's eyes widened when he heard his brother say that word... ass... "Mokuba, how many times do I have to tell you that cursing is not allowed! And how would you know what happened?"
Mokuba grinned again. "Fear not foolish mortal, for I am Mokuba. I know all, see all, and I know that what you do at school that makes you want to come home is automatically classified as 'dilemma'."
Seto sighed and dropped his shoulders. "Whatever, you don't even know what grades I'm making in Trigonometry," he said in his sleepy voice.
His brother smiled. "That's because I don't care. Now you go to bed," he said as he gave his big brother a little nudge toward the stairs.
Seto did as he was told and walked upstairs to sleep.
"Maybe the pain in my ass'll go away if I nap for a while," Seto thought to himself.
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Yugi smiled and gave thanks as he accepted the cup of hot chocolate from his Grandfather. He loved hot chocolate, it made his day not only a little warmer, but it just made him happy to think about. Except when he was sleeping, for some reason, hot chocolate scared the shit out of him when he was trying to sleep – but only if it was raining.
"So Yugi, how was school?" asked Solomon as he sat down with his cup.
Yugi put the mug down and looked at his Grandfather. "I had a fine day, but something happened at the beginning of it that bothered me. In fact, it's still bothering me," he said as he began to look down at his feet.
"Yugi my boy! What is it? Is everything okay?"
"Oh, I think so. It's just... this morning when I was running away from Joey – we were playing tag – I bumped into Kaiba. I completely knocked him down in the snow, and he didn't get mad."
Solomon: O.O "Whoa..."
"I know! But rather than ya know... throwing one of his famous hissy fits... he looked like it hurt. Well, he looked like his ass hurt, when he landed on it..."
"Well Yugi that would make sense... I mean... gravity is a natural force, and all humans feel pain. But then again, I sometimes question as to whether Kaiba really is human or not..."
Yugi sighed and shook his head. "No Grandpa, he said it was 'alright'. There's something going on. Maybe, I dunno. But something is definitely going on."
"Who broke what?" Yami asked as he entered the room.
"Oh hello Yami," Solomon greeted.
"Yami! You must help, Kaiba's acting weird... again..."
"Oh not this again. Yugi, you come to me seeking therapy for him every week,"
"But this time I think he really needs it – his ass is hurting!"
Yami and Solomon: O.O "Um... thank you for sharing..."
"No – I'm serious! You find out what's bothering him! In fact," Yugi paused for a moment. "You invite him to come on the beach trip with us,"
"What?! But no one else is going to want him to come... they're all gonna get so mad at you,"
"That's not important. And I'm sure they'd love for him to come, after all, friendship is our motto. And friendship means learning that sacrifice can be for the best. How could we ever look at ourselves as humans again if we knew that we had left Kaiba here all by himself over Christmas break, much less all alone in pain?!"
"He's not alone, he's got Mokuba,"
"Not now, Mokuba's got a stomach virus and won't stop throwing up," Yugi explained.
Yami sighed. "I'll do what I can Yugi. Just not right now..."
"Fair enough. But tomorrow! You will talk to him,"
"Fine Yugi,"
"Promise?"
"I promise,"
"Promise what?"
"What?"
"What are you promising!?"
"I promise I will talk to Kaiba tomorrow," Yami said smugly.
Yugi smiled. "Good,"
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BEJ: BWAHAHAHAHAH! So any way, that's the first chapter of many... hopefully...
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