Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh is the property of Kazuki Takahashi.

Random talk: Arg! This dial-up is killing me! I don't even want to waste time looking up new fics to read!


Monday February 23

It was raining when Yuugi woke up. It wasn't a fun thing to run to school during this kind of weather. He went downstairs after changing to get four umbrellas ready just in case one of his friends forgot theirs. The first to arrive was Anzu with her pink umbrella.

"Hey, Yuugi!" Anzu said.

"Hi," Yuugi replied. "You should hear No Choice in person! They are so cool!"

"You got to see them practice? Lucky! No one gets to see them practice!"

"I know! Otogi-kun came over afterwards. He really did date Angel. The band really doesn't like him for that… Evidently, he blackmailed him."

"Let me guess, Angel is Kaiba, right? It's just way to obvious."

"At least I wasn't the one who told you. How did you figure that out?"

"Call it women's intuition. Really, how could Otogi do that to him? No one deserves to be blackmailed."

"What about blackmail?" Honda said as he and Jonouchi ran up, soaking wet.

"It just that Yuugi heard that the reason Angel dated Otogi was because he was blackmailing him," Anzu said.

"He what!" Jonouchi yelled. "I'll make him pay! No one does that to my Angel!"

"Wow, someone is overprotective…" Honda said.

"Sorry, I just I hate the idea of what Otogi did. He shouldn't have done that."

"I know," Anzu said. "Hey, let's go to school now. We can talk more about this there."

"Here," Yuugi said. "Looks like you two need an umbrella."

"Thanks, man!" Jonouchi said. "I owe you one."


The classroom was packed with students already. Many just wanted to get to school before the rain decided to really come down. One place that was strangely popular was Jonouchi's desk. On top of it was a small white box with a blue ribbon wrapped around it.

"Looks like Echo is back to his original tactics," Honda said.

"I smell cookies!" Jonouchi said, running to his desk. He ripped open the box. "Sweet! Chocolate chip cookies!"

"Hey, a note!" Anzu said. "I hope you like them. Echo. Wow, it's actually simple. No riddle or anything complex."

"Guess he didn't have time," Honda said.

"Who knows…" Jonouchi said. "Anyone wants some?"

"Maybe later," Anzu said. "Hey, why don't we do something tonight?"

"Can't," Jonouchi said. "Got a date with Angel." Everyone just stared at their blond friend. "What? He did give me his number. What else do you think I would do with it?"

"He does have a point," Honda said. "When you get a number like the way he did, that means the person wants to have a date."

"It's true. The thing is, it's more of a get-together. The whole band is going. I have to meet them at the arcade at 7."

"Sounds like fun!" Yuugi said. "Hope you have fun!"


"Thanks for coming over on such short notice," Kaiba, dressed up as Angel, said.

"No problem," Yuugi said. "You are having a date with Narcissus."

"True. I would stick around and help Mokuba out with his project, but accepting the date was his idea."

"Oh, Anzu found out about you. I didn't tell her!"

"I know. Damn women's intuition. I get that from Demona and Biyako all the time…"

"Hey, can I ask my question now before you go?"

"Question? Oh! That question. Okay, shoot."

"I think I'm starting to get use to your personality changes."

"That tends to happen. The question?"

"Right! I was wondering why you don't play on the school soccer team? I read your profile on your official fan site and it said you love to play soccer."

"I knew I shouldn't have given them that interview… The sad thing is some of those member are also Kaiba Seto fans."

"Wow… I wonder how they would react when they find out you're the same person."

"I wonder that myself. Well to answer your question, I just don't have time. Between the band, Kaiba Corp, and Mokuba, I just don't have time to play. Hell, I barely have time to play Duel Monsters anymore! Trust me, if I could play soccer, I would. Sometimes I wish I could be a normal teen. Imagine Kaiba saying that now!"

"Jonouchi-kun would say it's the end of the world!" Yuugi laughed. "That's why you're going on a date with him?"

"Yeah." Angel blush. "Hey! That was two questions! Ah, no matter. Mokuba would have told you anyway. Now, I need to go or I'm going to be late."

"True… Have fun, Kaiba-kun!"

"Call me Seto! Everyone does when I'm not in business mode, as Mokuba puts it."

"Al-alright! Bye, Seto-kun!"

Angel smiled and left the mansion. Yuugi could hear Mokuba laughing from behind.

"Oh the irony!" Mokuba said through the laughs. "You're his rival, yet he lets you call him that! Maybe Jonouchi really is good for him."

"I guess so."

"I really hope Nii-sama's knight in shining armor will accept him. He really deserves to experience true happiness once in awhile. Whenever he's with him, he's really happy. I mean, when he isn't business mode. When he acts like a normal teen and with Jonouchi, he really happy."

"Sounds like you met Jonouchi long time ago."

"We did. I'll let Nii-sama tell the story when he's ready. Maybe wait until after the concert."


TBC

Random Talk: Why does everything I want to do end up happing earlier than I planed it? At first, Anzu wasn't going to find out about Kaiba being Angel until the 28th! Then, she was going to find out the 26th. I keep changing dates around! This time, I'm sure I got everything down!

journey maker: Thank you! I'm glad you are enjoying this fic!

PlAiN-ahsie-SiMpLe: Well, Otogi is still trying to get Seto all to himself... He doesn't want to do anything to get on his bad side... This includes telling Jonouchi who Angel really is...

Mika: Well, yeah. I'm sorry I love to leave you guys in the dark... About their costumes, wait until their stage costumes. It's a little different. If fact, I might even draw them and post it on DA! (Of course, I am not going to do it in Photoshop...) Why did you think I went with Kaiba being an angel? It's totally unexpected. Plus I wanted to draw him with small angel wings! And I had a really cute idea for Demona.

Rubi-chan