Run For His Money

YoukaiJilly

Seto Kaiba has only met his match in Yugi Mutou...or so he thought. When a new girl comes to Domino High, she'll make it her mission to deflate Seto's head. Although Seto constantly tries her patience she's not backing down!

ONE

"Who Do You Think You Are?"

Seto Kaiba sat silently as the hum of other cars droned outside of the jet black limo which he and his brother (along with the driver) occupied. Both of the Kaiba brothers were on their way to school. Mokuba went to a private school where he was sure not to get teased, and they were headed to drop him off first.

Mokuba had more than once questioned Seto why he bothered to go to school anymore since he was all ready smart and cunning enough to run Kaiba Corp. Seto had answered that it was for looks, but he lied to his little brother. It bothered him sometimes, but it was best to let Mokuba think that. In truth, Kaiba grew rather bored with being a prodigy. He wanted to feel like a normal teenager once in awhile.

Although, his reputation hardly allowed that; not to mention a certain group of rather annoying people that he attended school with. Yugi Mutou and Katsuya Jonouchi to name, and their little friends, Hiroto Honda and Anzu Mazaki were nothing other than a mere annoyance compared to the two boys.

As the limo pulled upside the school, Mokuba said good-bye and waved to his brother before exiting the limo and running off. As the limo rounded the corner, it jerked and Seto nearly went crashing into the seat opposite him. He opened the window that separated him from the driver and looked outside the windshield.

The driver had rolled down the window and an angry female voice made its way to Seto's ears:

"You stupid jerk! Watch where you're going, you nearly ran me over lunk-head! In case you didn't notice, the light was still red! God, don't you pay attention!"

After that, Seto heard her running away and his driver looked out the window with a stunned face. When Kaiba cleared his throat however, the driver snapped back to attention and went continued turning, heading towards the school.

As the limo pulled up to the school gates, Seto sighed heavily and exited, just as someone smacked into the metal, nearly closing the door on him. He had moved out of the way just in time, and he stared at the form in front of him. A very out of breath girl with short purple hair panted and tried to catch her breath.

"S-stupid limo...second time today I get smashed into it," she mutters to herself.

"What do you think you are doing?" asked Seto coldly, staring down at her with his icy cerulean blue eyes. She stared up at him with tired, lavender orbs. The girl tilted her head to one side, staring then brought it straight, her eyes narrowing and her mouth pulling into a slight frown.

"What did you think you were doing, nearly running me over you crazed limo boy! I could have been a road pancake!" she shouted at him, drawing more attention to Seto had he preferred.

"Ask me if I care." He replied coldly. "Now get your hands off my car, you'll leave prints."

Something hard connected with his face and Seto's head turned to the side. He was silent a moment, his eyes open in shock. He turned to see the girl's hand raised and snarling at him. He didn't notice all the other students and how they stared. All that the proud CEO saw was the angry girl that was standing next to him. He made no move to strike her back or to speak, but merely hit the limo twice and the driver started to back out.

He stuffed his hands in his pockets, carrying his bag under the arm and headed into the school. He wanted desperately to look behind him and see the look on the girl's face but kept his eyes staring straight ahead of him. He kept the girl out of his mind as he walked to class and took his seat, not paying attention to anyone else.

As normal, Yugi and his friends were crowded around one of their desks talking. The only time there was a pause in their conversation was when he walked by. Seto just ignored them as best his hatred would allow and pulled out his laptop, placing it on top of his desk to work on some of the company business before class started.

As the classroom slowly filled, and the first bell rang, the teacher still hadn't entered the room. When he did however, he leave the door open behind him. The class became quiet as the teacher cleared his throat. Seto continued to type away, he never paid attention to homeroom. There was never a need.

"Class, if I may have your attention, we have a new student. I would like to introduce you to Miss Akemi Harashi."

Seto barely looked up and went back to his computer, but then his head snapped up. It was the short-haired purple girl from earlier that morning.

"Hello, I am very pleased to meet you all-..." she was saying. As she came up from her bow, her eyes settled on Seto. "My god, it's you! What the hell are you doing here?" The angry look returned to her face and she marched over to his desk, slamming her hands down, ignoring everyone else in the room.

"This is my homeroom." Seto replied. "Do you mind? I wasn't aware peons like you wanted to attract this type of attention." He shut his laptop and stared at her.

"What are you talking about limo boy, I'm not-..." she stared. Suddenly her eyes went wide and she took her hands off his desk to cover her mouth. She spun on her heel and began to bow to everyone in the class room. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

"Uh..." the teacher said. "Miss Harashi, if you would just take your seat now..."

In a few seconds, she was sitting down with an ashamed look on her face. Her hands were in her lap and her head was bent down. Seto re-opened his laptop and began to work again as homeroom started. There were a few announcements and as usual, he paid no attention. There was a ten minute break before the first teacher came in and Seto watched over the top rim of his laptop as Yugi and his friends moved their desks together as normal.

"Hey, your name's Akemi right?" asked Anzu.

"Huh? Oh yes, that's me." Akemi said, looking up at the brown-haired girl. "Who are you?"

"My name is Anzu Mazaki. Would you like to sit with us?" she asked with a smile. Akemi nodded and Anzu led her over to the four desks pushed together on the side of one wall. "Guys, I've asked Akemi to sit with us for breaks and lunch."

"Hi! My name's Yugi." The short teenager said. He held out his hand and Akemi reached out and shook it.

"Pleased to meet you Yugi!" she said with a tiny smile.

"That is Hiroto Honda right there and next to Yugi is Katsuya Jonouchi." Anzu said.

"Hello." Akemi replied.

"Wat was dat with Mr. Cranky?" asked Jonouchi. "Yeh got a beef with him or somethin'?" Akemi glanced back at the cerulean eyed CEO. She turned back and shrugged, clasping her hands behind her back, sighing.

"Not really. His limo nearly ran into me twice today. Well, one time I ran into it. Anyway, I think I can forgive him now. Is always so cold to people?" she asked with a non-chalant wave of her hand.

"Uh huh," said Yugi. "It's probably for the best that you stay away from him. He has a very cold personality."

"That personality probably comes from being the CEO of Kaiba Corp." put in Honda. "Thinks he's better than everyone else."

"W-what! That's Seto Kaiba!" shrieked Akemi, causing the class to stare at her again. This time, even Seto looked up. "There is no way on earth that punk is Seto Kaiba! I should know I-..."

Here she stopped and covered her mouth as if she said something horribly indecent. With a stunned look on her face, Akemi dashed from the room. Yugi and Jonouchi made a movement to follow her, but Seto's voice stopped them.

"Sit down," he said, exiting the room, letting the door shut with a click. There was a hushed silence all over the classroom.

"Um, wat just happened?" asked Jonouchi.

"Wait." Seto's voice came drifting to Akemi's ears. She was sitting on the window sill, a puzzled look on her face and her head whipped up to look at him.

"What do you want?" she asked snidely.

"Who are you?" he asked her.

"You really don't know do you?" she asked. When Seto didn't answer, she sighed and pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to him. It was rather crumpled and worn. It looked quite old.

Seto opened it and his mouth formed a thin line. It was a picture of him and Mokuba, the same one that he had himself. It was when they were in the orphanage, before they had been adopted by their step-father. "So? I've seen it before." He told her. Akemi pointed to a child behind them, sort of hidden behind the others. He looked closer and his mouth sort of fell into a little o.

"That's...that's Kemi...one of our best friends at the...you're...?" said Seto un-nerved.

"Yeah, I am. Forgotten me all ready have you? I guess being such a CEO big shot would do that to you!" she snapped, yanking back the picture. "I don't know what I was thinking, coming here to look for you. It's been a waste of my time."

"What is that supposed to mean?" asked Seto in his normally cold tone. She jabbed him with her finger.

"That. You never sounded like that before. Go back to your work Mr. Kaiba. I'm afraid that I have nothing more to say to you." Akemi said. And with that, she walked back to the classroom just as then one minute bell rang, notifying all students wondering the halls to hurry back inside.

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Author's Note

Please excuse any mistakes that I make in this story. I do not watch Yu Gi Oh as much as I used to. This is the first Yu Gi Oh fic that I have ever done and I'm afraid that you'll just have to bear with me.

Normally, if my brain spouts an idea for a YGO fic, it normally contains Joey (AKA Jonouchi) as the male protagonist, because he's my favorite. However, I did think it would be fun to get someone capable of taming Seto.

Akemi's got her work cut out for her huh? Please do review this.