Seto: I, neither anyone else from YuGiOh, belong to Shelly.

Me: That's right~ although the story itself is property of me. Enjoy chapter 2! It's a short one, but it's something, right?

Chapter 2

"Hey Yugi, how was your night?" Tristan asked as the gang walked to school. Yugi smiled, recalling his little adventure from the night before. After what happened when we left off, they had continued on for a while, and fell asleep in Yugi's room. They had to wake up early and walk to Ryou's house to grab some clean clothes, and went back to Yugi's house until they had to leave for school.

"It was pretty boring. I ate some cereal, and then did homework."

"What homework?" asked Tea. They ignored her comment, not that they did homework.

"Anyway, where's Joey?" Yugi asked, looking around. "He should have been here." The group looked around, but didn't see him anywhere. Then out of nowhere, Joey ran up to them, panting. "Oh my god, Joey, what's your problem?"

"He's after me, Yug. He's after me!" Joey panted. Tea pulled out her trusty Friendship Water and handed it to Joey to get his breath back. After gulping down the entire bottle of water, he explained everything. "I needed money, so Seto lent me a thousand bucks. I told him I didn't need that much, but he insisted. He said I could pay him back gradually over the course of a year."

"Well don't you have an entire year?" Tristan questioned.

"He lent me the money three years ago."

"Oh."

So after a quick scolding from Tea, and a lecture about friendship and My Little Ponies, they were off to school at a run, where the safety of teachers could keep them from Kaiba's wrath. Not that there were many teachers at the school, but there were some, so it helped. After running up the front steps of the school, and barely reaching the door, Seto's car pulled up and he ran up the steps after them and grabbed Joey by the arm.

"You dog, you owe me that money, and you're repaying me one way or another," Seto growled, pulling him one inch from his own face by the collar of his shirt. "I don't care if you starve for the next year, you're getting me that cash."

"B-but you're the one that gave me that much! I only needed enough to pay for my food that month! And you're rich, a thousand is nothing to you!" Joey spat back. He wriggled in Seto's grip, but he didn't loosen his clutch. Seto pushed Joey against the wall of the school building.

"I don't give a horse's rear end about the amount. I just want my money. So you're going to give it to me by the end of this week, or you're paying me back the hard way," Seto growled, centimeters away from Joey's face. He then let go and sauntered into the school building.

"What's his deal? It's been five years, and NOW he brings it up." Joey pouted, arms crossed against his chest. "I need the money more than he does." He leaned against the wall, and let himself slide down until he was sitting on the ground. "What does he need it for?"

Tristan and Tea sat next to him. "Well I think you should just pay him back so he doesn't make it a bigger deal later on." Tristan commented.

"Well I can't pay him back in a week! I guess I'll have to pay him back the hard way, whatever that is."

"Physical labor?" Ryou guessed, talking for the first time that morning. Joey shrugged. "Well we ought to get to class. We can play card games," he suggested.

"Nyeh, I'll stay out here," Joey said, waving them away. They all went inside, and about 30 seconds later, Seto came back outside. "What do you want, Kaiba?"

"I told the office you got sick, and that I would take you home," he said bluntly. "I know you won't get the money by the end of the week."

"Yeah, you're right okay? I guess I'll just pay the hard way," Joey admitted.

"So is that your final answer?"

"What?"

"Is that it? Are you saying you're going to do it the hard way?"

"…Yes."

Seto smirked and gestured to his car. "Actually, this is a fairly easy way of paying me back."

Joey stood up, confused, and followed him to his car.