Chapter 4: The Miracle Pup

* I do not own the Yu-Gi-Oh series nor will I ever sadly. *

It just so happened that the instructor lined Kaiba and Mokuba up next to Maximillion. Little did he know that he was making the worst choice possible.

"Okay class," the teacher began, "My name is Richard. I have been training dogs for the past fifteen years. I have always loved starting the class off by going down the line and having everyone tell what their name is, what their dog's name is, and how they came to have the dog."

"Great." Kaiba mumbled under his breath.

"What was that?" asked Richard.

"Nothing."

"Well since my attention is on this end of the line anyway, how about you start us out, mister…?"

"Kaiba. My name is Seto Kaiba. This is my brother Mokuba and his dog.."

"Our dog," chimed in Mokuba.

"Fine. Our dog Dragon. I have been informed that he is a pure breed black Labrador. He came to be ours because Mokuba found him on the road and brought him home. There. Is that all you wanted?"

"That will do Mr. Kaiba. Thank you for sharing. Now to your friend," stated Richard as he cast a side-long glance in Maximillion's direction.

"Ah well as for me," began Maximillion, "I am Maximillion Pegasus and this furry fellow is Tiny. He is a Neapolitan Mastiff. I found him abandoned in an alley and decided to keep him." At this Maximillion noticed all eyes were on him and Kaiba.

"So you both rescued your dogs?" inquired Richard. Both men nodded. "You should get to know each other better. Seems like you have something in common. Maybe your love for dogs will bring you together as better friends."

"Oh Kaiba-boy and I are amazing friends already." began Maximillion.

"No we aren't Pegasus nor will we ever be. Can we just move on? I thought the point of this class was to train the dog." said Kaiba bluntly.

"Fine then. We shall move on to the rest of the introductions." Once the introductions were finished, the obedience class finally began.

"Well," inquired Croquet, "how was the class?" Maximillion plopped ungracefully into the limo and sighed as Tiny jumped in right alongside him.

"Honestly, horrible. Yet entertaining as well."

"Go on."

"Kaiba and his brother were there. They now own a dog as well. Or should I say the dog owns them. They named him Dragon. Leave it to Kaiba to be overly obsessed with a certain card. And boy is he hopeless. He sits when you say lay down, growls at all moving objects, and I think he sees everything as a potential mate. The dog Dragon isn't much better." Maximillion chuckled at his own joke.

"How did the young Tiny do?"

"Erm.." began Maximillion. "Well he can sit and lay down just not when you tell him to. " At this Tiny let out a small bark as if to say that he disagreed with the poor marks he was receiving. Maximillion reached over and ruffled his ears a bit. "Aww you know I love you Tiny." Maximillion laid back on the seat to take a nap before they reached the airport. As he was just drifting off, he heard Croquet say to the dog "Thank you." Maximillion decided he would question him about this later.

Croquet's POV during the car ride

Boy his boss looked tired. He could tell that the class had been eventful. Maximillion never plopped when sitting. Croquet knew that he found it to be undignified, so something must have happened.

"Well how was the class?" The answer he received surprised him. "I guess all powerful business men own dogs now," he thought. The dog barking in defiance amused him a bit. Maximillion does not realize just how much that dog is like him when he was a child. Maximillion was mischievous as a lad, always knew how to find trouble it seemed. The pup was the same way.

His ears must be deceiving him. There is no way that his master, his boss, his friend just uttered the phrase "I love you." He had not heard Maximillion say that since, well since she had been alive. "This dog is a miracle worker," he thought, "to take such a broken man and in such a short time heal his wounds so much." It had been over seven years since she passed and all that time, not even in a joking manner, had Maximillion been able to bring himself to say those three words, ever. Croquet was astounded, nay dumbfounded, so much that all he could do was mutter his thanks to the pup. Croquet had been trying for years, even stooped so low as to buy a goldfish for his boss, yet had never been able to make him love. Now, without him knowing, his master was again able to do what Croquet had deemed impossible. Even though it was only a dog, it was a start. Maximillion Pegasus was loving again.

A/N: Well I am very very very very sorry that it has taken so long to update! Hopefully all of my readers have not abandoned me at this point. Please read and review if you feel like it (hopefully you do). Next chapter will be up much sooner than this one I promise! Also I am about to post up a new story so if you like Pegasus check it out. Thanks all!