Before I forget... Usagi will NOT have a dueling deck and most of this is going to be action that happens BETWEEN dueling. I cannot write a duel to save my life, and I've always been more of a collector than a player. On an unrelated note I have 26 completed chapters of this.
Usagi wasn't the only one staring at the bizarre showdown between the two "dragons" as she had mentally dubbed them. Mokuba's jaw had dropped so wide that he was having trouble closing it in disbelief.
Why, you might ask?
Usagi had invited her boss to spend Christmas at her house (Kaiba had opted to rent a hotel room, rather than risk staying overnight) and at some point they had run into Hibari Kyouya, aka the reason why she was able to survive Kaiba's wrath.
The second Hibari saw Kaiba, there was an immediate tension as the two sized each other up.
Mokuba was just shocked that Usagi wasn't kidding in the least when she said she dealt with a much more violent and bloodthirsty version of his brother in her home town. He never thought he'd meet someone who had the same aura his brother did on a bad day.
"Wao. You're acceptable, carnivore," said Hibari after a moment.
Kaiba smirked in return.
"Oh god... there's two of them now..." said Mokuba horrified and amused at the same time.
"This is why your brother doesn't scare me in the least. Hibari-san is way more terrifying because he doesn't discriminate about genders when he bites someone to death," deadpanned Usagi amused.
"Bites?" repeated Mokuba in disbelief.
"His favorite catchphrase is to claim he will 'bite to death' for any number of reasons. Which usually involves someone getting their ass handed to them via his tonfas. He's leagues above the lackeys the idiot board of directors hires as bodyguards... I bet he could beat all of them up and only feel lightly winded, if that," said Usagi without hesitation.
Hibari smirked at the open praise of his skills.
Kaiba smirked.
"Now there's an idea. I know half of those idiots are double dipping and some of them are absolutely pathetic. And a competent bodyguard is hard to find," said Kaiba.
"Not interested," said Hibari.
"You would get paid for biting fake carnivores to death and humiliating the ones they have, as well as scaring the hell out of their board simply by being there," Usagi said simply. "Plus I'm sure that the Boss has no interest in trying to interfere in your territory."
"I don't like to crowd with weaklings, small rabbit," said Hibari giving her a stare down.
"His favorite animal is a dragon and he scares his employees almost as much as you scare the citizens of Namimori simply by existing. At the very least you can get free entertainment simply by walking up behind people and scowling at them like he does and possibly making them faint from the horror of there being two of you," said Usagi dryly. Mokuba was nodding in absolute agreement, his shock giving way to an evil grin.
"...Tempting."
"There are no uniform requirements and I mostly just want you to keep the rabbit and my brother from being kidnapped by idiots," said Kaiba.
Hibari blinked.
"Acceptable, carnivore," said Hibari.
"We should really stock up on the disposable cameras for later, right Mokuba-kun?" said Usagi grinning. He nodded emphatically, his evil grin wide.
This was going to be hilarious.
Mokuba and Usagi were outright cackling while Kaiba just looked plain smug as they set Hibari on the worst troublemakers from the Christmas parties.
No one dared to skip out on the clean up when the first idiot tried it...and was promptly bitten to death with zero sympathy from the Boss.
The fools had been warned that they would have to clean up their own damn mess.
But the best part, the absolutely best part, was the fact people were slowly starting to realize Hibari was cut from an almost identical cloth as Seto Kaiba himself.
Except this one was far more violent.
"I'm increasing your raise, little rabbit," said Kaiba once he had his fill of the misery of fools.
"Eh? Raise?" she said confused.
Mokuba snickered.
"You lasted a full half year even after big brother snarled at you more than once, and passed the loyalty test. Then you introduced him to someone who can provide endless entertainment and scare the hell out of those leeches on the board of directors. Anyone who can pull that off more than deserves a raise," explained Mokuba.
Usagi blushed, which had Kaiba eyeing her oddly. The little rabbit was decidedly...cute...when she was flustered.
Hibari came back several hours later looking very pleased with himself.
"Just think, the next board meeting is in two days," said Usagi grinning.
Mokuba cackled outright. This was going to be great!
"Quick! Let's start setting up the cameras so we can catch all of it for later!" he said, dragging Usagi off.
Hibari and Kaiba sized each other up.
Kaiba handed him a small wad of bills. Kyouya smirked as he accepted the payment.
It was nice to be paid for ending his own boredom. He would have to thank the little rabbit for the entertainment.
(In China Fon had a horrible feeling go down his back. Something absolutely terrifying had happened, and it involved his nephew. Except it didn't feel as though Kyouya was in danger, oddly enough.)
Two days later...
Usagi was desperately trying not to laugh, and Mokuba wasn't much better.
It was official. Usagi had created the Unholy Alliance between dragons.
It was the most...peaceful...board meeting he had ever had with these "leeches" as Mokuba so happily referred to their board of directors. All because he brought in a new bodyguard for his little brother.
He had to put up with the rent-a-thugs these idiots always insisted on. They had no room to complain if he happened to hire someone by far more competent.
Kaiba's lips twitched upward with anticipation.
Competent and entertaining.
Seeing a sixteen year old beat the living hell out of ten adult men who specialized in being little more than hired thugs for scum just made his day.
He knew the bastards were obviously double-dipping when it came to their contracts, but they weren't his guards so he ignored them.
"Wao. You didn't tell me that their guards were so spineless. I barely had a work out," said Kyouya...though he was smirking evilly.
This "body guarding" thing wasn't too bad at all. He got paid to end his boredom and keep an eye on a small animal from his territory. That and he got to match himself with another carnivore who was so very entertaining, odd obsession with a herbivore's card game aside.
He could respect the man's favorite "monster" though. It was hard not to appreciate an apex carnivore such as the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"...Little rabbit, what exactly is this supposed to be?" asked Kaiba twitching at the papers in his hands. It wasn't the terrible test scores that had him appalled, it was the notations left by the so-called teacher.
Whoever graded this was beyond incompetent.
"My math test. Nezu-sensei (she said the word like it was a joke) is a complete jerk that loves to mock me because I have the lowest grades in class. He's always bragging about the fact he came from a high level college like it's important without being able to teach competently," said Usagi annoyed.
Kaiba twitched. He knew her grades were bad and barely passing, but what if the problem wasn't with her ability to study but incompetent teachers? Some of these answers were half-correct, but they were marked as all wrong without even bothering to explain what part she didn't get right.
Instead it was full of ridicule and negative diatribe from someone even he could tell was highly incompetent simply from the wording alone.
He needed to have a word with Hibari about this.
A few hours later...
"The teachers at the school are barely acceptable, and the only reason I haven't dealt with the issue is because I have an agreement with the principal to limit my attacks to the students who break the rules or crowd against me," said Hibari flatly. "I've had numerous complaints about that fool for months."
Kaiba twitched.
"Which means the little rabbits grades might not actually be a sign of her actual intelligence."
"The fact that the lesser herbivores and the fake carnivores in the school bully and harass her don't help either."
"Hypothetically how would you react to transferring to the school I attend with the little rabbit?"
"Why?"
"It's boring and you'd have all the entertainment of forcing the Disciplinary Committee to actually do their jobs. And if you happened to skip in order to remind the idiots back in Namimori who's boss I could honestly care less so long as you keep my brother and the little rabbit safe."
Kyouya's grin was terrifying. He could expand his territory and kill his boredom. Though if he thought about it, Usagi was a part of his original territory, so it was less about "expanding" and more "insuring" his territory was safe.
The girl was a small animal from his school after all.
(In China, Fon had another weird feeling that something had happened to Kyouya, but it wasn't a bad thing. More like a weird sense of relief which had him finishing his assignment early to go find out what the hell was going on with his nephew.)
Yugi Muto wasn't very impressive to look at...unless you were talking about his hair which despite what the adults might think was in fact natural. His grandfather had to bring out old baby photos for them to believe it, but by now no one really asked questions about it.
To be honest he had always wondered why it was so weird too.
So when a girl wearing honest-to-god bunny ears and an actual tail walked in, he barely batted an eye.
He'd seen weirder in the mirror.
And then came the terrifying part.
There was a second transfer in their class with her, and this guy reminded him way too much of Seto Kaiba. Worse, he had all the same markings as a violent delinquent, and Yugi had the worst luck with those. It wasn't his fault he was so short! It was genetic!
"We have two new students with us. I would like you to greet..."
"Sorano Usagi! It's nice to meet you!"
The girl had a rather friendly, cheerful smile which combined with the ears made her look like a happy bunny. It was a cute image and something about her made everyone have their eyes on her expectantly.
"Hmph. Hibari Kyouya," said the colder teen. He looked dismissive and bored.
Yugi made a note to stay as far away from him as possible.
"Ehehehe... word of warning, Hibari doesn't like people crowding him very much and he will react badly if you do. I'm only saying it as a disclaimer though..." said Usagi very nervously.
"Herbivores should know their place, little rabbit," said Hibari flatly. His eyes were glinting with the promise of violence. Yugi had to fight back a shudder. He hated fighting.
Though near the end of the last period (which was PE, and Yugi was planning to skip since it was basketball) he found himself cornered by the Disciplinary Committee.
They were planning to hassle him for "protection money".
Yugi scrunched up his face, preparing for the hit that never came.
Instead he found himself hiding behind a very angry Usagi and a bored looking Hibari.
"Wao. Not even a full day and already I have new toys to play with," smirked Hibari. "The Disciplinary Committee here is a pathetic pack of hyenas."
Yugi watched with amazement/horror as Hibari proceeded to beat the older and bigger students to a bloody pulp with terrifying ease. He almost flinched when he felt the small pat on the head.
"Small animals should be protected."
Usagi openly giggled at Yugi's confusion.
"Hibari-san is scary... but he goes easier on small animals and little children. It's the bigger, louder kids he tends to go after more," explained Usagi. "Give him a week and I guarantee that the Disciplinary Committee here will fall under the same way the one back home did."
"Wait... which one am I?" asked Yugi confused.
"You fall under the category as small animal," said Usagi. "Which means as long as you're never late and don't break any of the rules he actually cares about, you'll never have to fear being bitten to death by Hibari. You're not interesting enough for him to challenge."
"...What about Kaiba-san?" asked Yugi.
"They're dragons sharing hunting grounds. Mostly because the Boss' territory is his company and to a larger extent his brother, while Hibari's territory is Namimori and the students he protects as head of the Disciplinary Committee there."
"Why's he in Domino then?"
"Who said he had to quit his old job as head of the Committee back home? As far as he's concerned, he's mostly here to insure that one of his small animals is protected from any annoying carnivores that are trying to use me to get to the boss," said Usagi.
Yugi thought that one over. Yeah...he was having trouble seeing anyone convincing someone as scary as Hibari-san to do anything he didn't want to do.
"I have to ask... is that hair natural or do you style it?" she said finally.
"It's natural. My gramps had to bring baby photos before my middle school teachers believed me when I said I wasn't styling it... I ended up having to bring them myself for high school because the teachers threatened to give me a buzz cut,"said Yugi tiredly. Then he blinked. "Wait, boss?"
"I'm Seto Kaiba's personal secretary. I accidentally wore these ears to the interview, and then his brother told me that no one would care about the headband since my main job was to keep people trying to steal his precious time away by forcing them to schedule conflicting appointments. My real name isn't Sorano Usagi, but I agreed to use it since I'd rather my old nickname never followed me here," admitted Usagi. She pulled at one of her ears. "I consider these my good luck charm at this point."
Yugi worked her name through his head.
"Was your real name worse than being literally named 'Sky Bunny'?" he asked.
"No, but the moniker that most of the students at my old school was awful. Everyone knew me as 'No-Good'."
Yugi winced. Yeah, he could relate to why she didn't want that particular name to follow her here.
"Do you like games?" he asked hopefully.
"Not the violent ones, but I do like puzzles. I never really had friends before I was hired by Kaiba-san," admitted Usagi.
Yugi perked up at that. Maybe now he'd have someone who'd play with him during recess. He always brought games with him, but everyone always thought they were too childish.
By the end of the week, everyone was terrified of Hibari Kyouya, and Yugi had a new best friend who didn't mind spending lunch playing games with him.