Well, I wanted to take a break from studying for my archaeology final, so I thought I'd go ahead and do another chapter. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Yugioh and its characters are copyright of Kazuki Takahashi. I merely own this fanfic and my personal OC's.
~Two: Checkers~
"What do you mean you don't play checkers?"
"It's a child's game. I play chess." Kay raised an eyebrow at Seto as he sat at the desk typing on his laptop.
"Just because it's less difficult than chess, you think you're above playing it."
"Yes," he stated simply.
"Good lord, Seto. I knew you were boring, but I never knew you were so arrogant you deprived yourself of EVERY aspect of childhood." He narrowed his eyes at her.
"I have better things to do than play such childish games, thank you."
"Is that so? Then I'll bet you couldn't even beat Jounouchi at checkers," Kay stated with a smirk.
"Are you joking? I could beat that mutt at any game, any time, any day."
"Then why don't you put your money where your mouth is?" Kay asked, smirking. Seto shut his laptop and leaned back in his chair.
"Go on."
"You and Jounouchi play checkers during lunch tomorrow. If he wins, you have to dress up like a puppy dog for an entire day and do whatever either of us tells you." Seto twitched and grimaced at the thought of such a horrible task.
"…rrg…fine."
"Good!"
"But when I win, you and the mutt have to publically announce on my blimp that I am the greatest duelist and gamer in the world."
"Tch, fine."
"While Jounouchi is dressed as a dog and you wear a maid uniform," Seto added with a smirk. Kay sweatdropped.
"A maid outfit?" she repeated.
"Unless you prefer a monkey suit?"
"Ugh, no way! I'd prefer a maid outfit, not that I'll need one. Alright, Seto, you got yourself a deal!" she declared, thrusting her hand forward to seal it with a shake. She returned to her desk and their class began.
Eventually, lunch period arrived and she ran to the table where Jounouchi, Yugi, Anzu, and Honda were eating and slammed her palms onto the table.
"Jounouchi! Tomorrow during lunch you are going to play Seto in a game of checkers!" Jounouchi paused from eating his bowl of noodles to stare at Kay in perplexity.
"Why would I do that?" he garbled as he chewed a mouthful of ramen, causing Kay to grimace slightly before shaking her head.
"Because, if you win, Seto promised he'd dress up in a dog suit for a day and do whatever the two of us ask of him!" Jounouchi leapt to his feet, brown eyes widened in excitement.
"Whoa, seriously?"
"Yeah!"
"Then of course I'll do it!"
"Do you even know how to play checkers, Jounouchi?" Honda asked, sipping his soda. Jounouchi paused and scratched his chin.
"Uh…well…that's the one with the…board and the…pieces?" Kay paused and stared at him in disbelief.
"You…you don't even know how to play checkers?" she cried, grabbing him by the collar. "What kind of moron doesn't know how to play checkers?"
"Easy, Kay!" Yugi said frantically.
"Yugi, if he loses, Kaiba's going to make me dress up like and maid and make Jounouchi dress up like a dog and worship him publically on his BLIMP!"
"Wait, what? You didn't mention that!" Jounouchi cried. "Why would you drag me into something like that?"
"I figured even you were able to get a grasp on checkers! I never imagined you wouldn't know what it is!"
"Calm down you two," Anzu commanded as she stood up. "Look, it's simple. Tonight we'll meet up at the game shop and teach Jounouchi how to play checkers. How hard could it be?" she asked.
"And now's the part where everything goes wrong…" Kay grumbled, massaging her temples.
Sure enough, that evening, everyone was gathered at the table in the middle of Yugi's living room, attempting to show Jounouchi the basic ins and outs of checkers. And unfortunately, the blonde was quite hopeless when it came to mastering the game.
"Jounouchi, I don't understand why you're getting confused! The pieces can only move forward diagonally unless you reach the end of the board and king a piece, in which case it can move in any direction."
"I dunno, I want to move forward!"
"Ok, Jounouchi, just stop and examine your move. You want to avoid trapping your piece by your opponent's piece and getting jumped."
"At this rate we'll be in a dog suit and maid uniform in no time…" Kay mumbled, lying on the couch, playing with a Rubik cube.
"Hey, it's your fault we're in this mess!" Jounouchi snapped.
"Look, Jounouchi, it's not a hard game. Just think of it like duel monsters."
"How can you even attempt to connect checkers to duel monsters?" Honda asked incredulously.
"Hey, I'm normally pretty damn good at pulling off impossible tasks." Kay sat across from Jounouchi and pointed at his pieces. "Pretend your checker pieces are tokens, and we'll pretend each one represents 100 lifepoints. Now, each turn you can move a token. If you move a token to a space away from your enemy, it's in defense mode. If you jump an enemy, you went to attack mode and play a card to give it enough attack points to remove 100 of your opponent's lifepoints. You want to knock out all of your opponent's lifepoints and make your monsters stronger by placing them in your opponent's territory so you can eliminate lifepoints faster."
"Kay, that has to be the stupidest method of explaining checkers to anyone I've ever hear-" Honda started.
"I get it…" Jounouchi said, his eyes widened in amazement and everyone aside from him and Kay fell over.
"Seriously?" they cried. Kay smirked.
"Are you ready, Jounouchi?"
"Yes! Bring it on!"
Kay and Jounouchi stood outside the school at a table, board already set up when Seto walked outside.
"So, you came, Kaiba," Jounouchi stated, crossing his arms over his chest as a wind blew dramatically, sweeping over the school yard.
"Why don't we just get this over with, Jounouchi? I don't have much time to spare on the likes of you," Seto said coolly.
"Don't worry, this won't take long."
"How right you are. Don't worry; I've already had a dog suit ordered just for you." Jounouchi growled and they both sat down.
"Bring it on!" they both growled and the game began. (Cue 1980's montage)
The game raged on, the pieces piling up on each side as they continued to knock out one another. But before long, Jounouchi's red pieces were mounting higher and higher on Seto's side of the board and Seto continued to king each of his pieces and attacked mercilessly.
Kay chewed on her nails anxiously as she watched the game, silently praying for a miracle as Jounouchi was cornered.
"It's over mutt! I hope you're ready to announce to the world who here is the ultimate duelist and gamer!" Seto slammed his piece down and claimed Jounouchi's red king, leaving only a single man on the board.
"No!" Jounouchi cried, slamming his fists to the table. "This can't be the end…"
"Face up to your failure, mutt. There's nothing you can do to stop me now." Jounouchi grit his teeth and racked his brain for a solution to get out of this situation. There had to be something…anything…
His eyes widened.
"That's it!"
He began to chuckle and sat back in his chair, shaking his head.
"Ah, Kaiba, Kaiba. That big ego of yours has really cost you this time." Seto narrowed his eyes.
"What are you talking about, Jounouchi?"
"Just take a look at the board." Seto blinked and stared before his eyes widened in horror.
"It…it can't be!"
"You've lined up your kings perfectly for me to jump over them all and king my own piece. Which will leave you with a single man and me a king." Jounouchi gripped his piece and hopped Seto's four kings with a smirk as Seto watched in horror. "King me!"
"Way to go, Jounouchi!" Kay cheered.
"Damn it, Mutt! This isn't over yet!"
"Oh, it's over. Admit defeat, Kaiba."
"Never! I refuse to lose to the likes of you!" Seto moved his piece and Jounouchi chased him with a look of extreme determination. At last, Seto's piece was cornered and he could no longer move.
"Victory…is mine, Kaiba." Kay jumped up and down with a cheer and Seto's head fell against the table. He felt like a hollow shell, completely stunned and ashamed.
"I…I can't believe I lost…to Jounouchi…" He almost imagined the wind blowing him away as dust into the distance, but he was not quite so lucky as he came face-to-face with two smirking blondes.
"So how about that dog suit, Seto?" He grimaced and was pulled up to his feet and dragged away by the two, knowing fighting was absolutely futile…
"…woof…" Seto said as he stood in the center of Kaibaland with Kay and Jounouchi.
"Now tell everyone how I'm a far better duelist than you'll ever be!" Jounouchi declared with a laugh.
"I'm going to kill you…" Seto growled.
"Now, now, puppy. Behave yourself, or we'll have to punish you!" Kay scolded, wagging her finger and Seto resisted the urge to bite her.
"…Katsuya Jounouchi is a far duelist than I'll ever be…" Seto finally choked out, feeling the bile rise as he almost retched on the sidewalk. But he somehow held it in as passersby stared at him in confusion and amusement, some with sympathy.
"Now tell everyone that you…secretly love the Blue Eyes White Dragon and have a shrine dedicated to it in your closet!" Kay commanded, giggling.
"…I will exact my revenge upon you."
"Come on, Seto, you lost fair and square."
"Isn't there something else you two want me to do besides shout embarrassing lies to the general public?" Seto grumbled and the two exchanged glances.
"Ooh, I have something I personally want to see him do!" Kay chirped with an evil grin that immediately had Seto regret his words.
"What…is it?" he managed to grit out, silently pondering what Hellish force had urged him to splutter such suicidal words.
"Come on!" she grabbed his "paw" and dragged him away from the park, Jounouchi chasing after them.
-0-
"W-wait, you really want me to do this?"
"Yeah!" Kay straightened Seto's tie and grinned. "Perfect. You actually clean up pretty nicely, Seto." It was true. The tall, lithe teen wore a white tuxedo with a deep red, button-up shirt and a white, silk tie with the letters "KC" embroidered in silver thread.
Jounouchi handed Seto the bouquet of red roses and the chocolates, his own smirk widening.
"I'll admit, Kay, this one is pretty cruel of you."
"But it'll be so funny! And it's not like this one isn't justified."
"Yeah, you're right."
"Now go on, Seto. Exactly like we told you to." Seto sighed, shaking his head before walking out of the bushes and up to the designated house. He exhaled and rang the doorbell, his eyes half-lidded.
Before long, the door opened and a petite, porcelain-skinned girl with curly, ebony hair and pink eyes stared at Seto in excitement.
"Kaiba-kun?" she squealed, causing him to cringe.
"Hello, Minako…" he grumbled.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, fluffing her hair. "If I'd know you were coming, I'd have put on something more presentable." Seto eyed her briefly. Her face was caked on with make-up and she wore a denim skirt and a black tank top with a rhinestone star on her chest.
"I came…to ask you out on a date," he said simply. Her eyes widened.
"R-really?" He didn't answer and the excited, girlish expression was replaced with an arrogant smirk. "Well, it's about time. I knew you would never be able to resist my charms, Kaiba-kun. I am the most beautiful girl at Domino High, after all!" Seto's eyes darted to the bush where he saw the thumbs up.
"Yes, you're the most beautiful girl, Minako. If we were comparing you to a puss-filled boil and to retched-up toad." Minako froze, her jaw dropping and Seto couldn't help but smirk. "So kindly stop your irritating stalking, I have better things to do, and far better things to date. In fact, I met this lovely pole the other day. Had twice your personality and looks." Seto dropped the chocolates and flowers on the ground in front of her feet. "Enjoy that." She turned and walked off, hearing her infuriated shriek as she stomped on the box that supposedly contained chocolate, only to have a white, chunky substance explode out and coat her.
She screamed and ran inside as Jounouchi and Kay rolled over laughing.
"That was priceless!"
"I know!" Seto walked over to the two, crossing his arms as they continued to laugh.
"Are the two of you quite finished?"
"Come on, Seto, even you have to admit that was hilarious!" Kay managed to say between her giggles. He simply rolled his eyes and she stood up, dusting off her uniform while Jounouchi continued to laugh.
"Why did you even bother having me do something like that?" Seto asked.
"Why not? She's an annoying little bitch who constantly obsesses over you and tries to pick a fight with any girl that goes within ten-feet of you."
"Oh? Does that bother you?" he asked, smirking and she scoffed.
"As if! But I've seen plenty of girls cry over her bullying, and I figured this was a good chance for revenge and blackmail."
"And here was me thinking you might be jealous." Kay smirked.
"Oh? You sound a little too happy with that, Seto. Then again, you did want me to dress up as a maid for you…" she purred and relished the instant where she actually made Seto Kaiba speechless AND blush the faintest shade of pink as he took half a step back. She couldn't keep the expression and doubled over in another fit of giggles. "Oh man, too easy!"
"What's going on?" Jounouchi asked as he fished the tape out of the camera.
"Nothing," Seto grumbled while Kay merely continued to laugh at him. "Be quiet, will you?" Jounouchi looked back and forth between the two in confusion before shrugging.
"Well, I think I'm satisfied for the day. I'll see you two later…oh, and Kaiba? Don't forget my million yen."
"Yeah, yeah, you'll get it!" Seto snapped, glaring and Jounouchi grinned in victory.
Yes, this chapter was meant for humor, and I had fun with this one. I had been picking on Jounouchi a lot so I thought it'd be fun to include him in this chapter. And it was! When he and Kay team up, they can be a force to be reckoned with!
As for who Minako is, she was a rival OC I created to represent the worst of Seto Kaiba fangirls. She was only used in my FAC fanfics (which are awful, I beg of you all not to go and read them…) and maaaaaaay or may not be featured in a future fanfic idea I have in the works… -blinks innocently-
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