Disclaimer: Due to legal issues, I must say that I don't own the show.

Random talk: A little FYI. I posted the pictures for the costumes up on my DA account under scraps.

Tuesday March 2

It was unusual not to see Kaiba early at school. With his fellow band members there already, Yuugi was worried about the teen CEO. It turned out that No Choice decided to take up permanent residence at Kaiba Manor. Made sense to them, since they had a room all set up to practice whenever they wanted to.

Yuugi saw Kohaku, Kiku, and Anzu talking by the shoe lockers. They were laughing about something, probably about the other guys. Anzu waved to Yuugi, making the other two girls notice him

"Hey, Yuugi!" Kiku said. "Anzu here was just telling us about the time Jonouchi lost a bet with Otogi."

"I wonder if Seto knows about the dog suit?" Kohaku asked. "I bet he would love it! You know he loves dogs."

"He does?" Yuugi asked, receiving nods in reply. "Wow, now it all makes sense… Speaking of Kaiba-kun, where is he? He normally comes here with you."

"Art room," Kiku said. "He has to finish something by today. Why don't you go see it? I'm sure you'll love it! In fact, you should go with him, Anzu."

"Alright, you guys have something planned," Anzu said. "Out with it."

"Oh, you'll see!" Kohaku sang. "Just go already!"

"Okay," Yuugi said. "We'll see you in class later!"

The art room was on the first floor, just like the other minor classes. It was fairly large, being able to hold two classes at once. There were large windows on one side of the room. So big that it made the whole wall look like it was just glass. Kaiba was in the middle of the room, standing in front of two canvases. There was a paintbrush in his mouth and paint on his hands and face. He didn't even notice the door opening even if he was facing it..

"Hi, Kaiba-kun," Yuugi said. Kaiba took out the paintbrush from his mouth, his eyes never coming off the canvas.

"What do I keep telling you?" he said.

"Sorry. I'm just use to calling you that. So, what are you working on?"

"Come here and see. I take it Kiku and Kohaku told you I was here. Good thing. I was hoping for some opinion on this. You too, Anzu."

"How did you know I was here too?" Anzu asked. "You never even looked up!"

"Easy. I told those two to have you come with Yuugi. Well, aren't you guys going to look?"

Yuugi and Anzu walked over to see what Kaiba was working on. They were speechless from what they saw. Both canvases looked like a professional, or something close to one, did them.

The first one was of two people on a mountain, looking down at a palace. The girl was dressed like a princess with short brown hair. The boy, on the other hand, wore a simple outfit, but with little angel wings. His hair was long with black tips.

The second was of two dragons and two people. The dragons looked exactly like the Red Eyes Black Dragon and Blue Eyes White Dragon. Each dragon was wrapped around one of the two people. The one with the Red Eyes had blond, un-kept hair. They wore a long black robe with red trim. The other one part had on a similar robe, only white and blue, and hair wasn't painted in yet. They held one another hands, staring at one another.

"They're beautiful!" Anzu said. "I knew you could paint, but not that good!"

"Got it from Otou-san. Even though he worked in an office, he true calling was the arts. This one," Kaiba pointed to the one with the dragons, "isn't quite finished. I don't know if it will ever be. The other one is the one I need your opinion. I need to know by tonight. They need the cover art for our newest album."

"Wait. You make the covers for your CDs?" Yuugi asked.

"Saves the company the trouble to come up with really great covers when I can just make them. Well?"

"It's perfect!" Anzu said. "But why do they look so familiar."

"Maybe because it's suppose be us," Yuugi said. "Cupid and Psyche. Nice job with my hair."

"It could be better. I couldn't do your hair up. It's hard not to recognize it. Well, at least that cover is done. I really wish I had the other one done sooner. It was originally going to be the cover to the Myths CD. I just could figure out what hair color it should be."

"Let me guess, silver or brunet," Yuugi said. "I knew there was a reason why that CD came out on Valentine's Day! It was supposed to be a gift for Jonouchi last year!"

"Wow… I knew you were good at figuring out things, but that good?"

"He did figure out that blood puzzle," (1) Anzu pointed out. She covered her mouth when she realized what she just said. Kiku warned her about bringing up when Kaiba was homicidal. She could see why. Kaiba was actually visibly depressed. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to bring that up!"

"It's okay," Kaiba said with a faint smirk. "I better get these out to the limo before anyone else sees them. Can't let anyone know the big bad CEO paints for fun. I'll see you in class later."

"Sure," Anzu said.

"See you later, Seto-kun," Yuugi said as he closed the door to the room. As they started to walk off, Yuugi notice the other four band members were heading their way to the art room.

"Okay, Seto!" Ryu yelled. "Now, let's see the finish product! Perfect!"

"Wait, isn't that Yuugi-kun and Anzu-chan?" Ryan said.

"Yeah," Kaiba said. "Only Yuugi recognized them. But that isn't saying much. He could solve any puzzle he's confronted with."

"Point taken," Kiku said. "Aw, you still don't know what hair color you should have in this picture…"

"I have an idea," Ryu said. "Perfect way to test our blond friend. This is what we need to do. Seto, you're going to finish the painting."

"I still can't make up my mind…"

"I'll help you with that decision. It was supposed to be you, not Angel. Plus, it's not like we're going to use it as a cover any time soon."

"Brown it is…"

"Kiku, you and Kohaku need to keep Yuugi-tachi entertained. Make sure they don't come anywhere near this room. It's just a safety precaution."

"Roger!" both girls said at the same time.

"Ryan, you need to talk to the art teacher. Ask her if she could make sure no one sees the picture until after school. Tell her to hide it if necessary."

"Want me to go now?"

"Yes, please. As for me, I'll be taking the day off along with Seto. There is much to prepare for test number two that is outside of school."

"Hey, Honda!" Otogi called out to said brunet. Honda turned around to face him.

"Oh, hey Otogi," Honda said. "What's up?"

"Nothing much. You know, I was wondering if you were doing anything tomorrow?"

"Wait, are you asking me out or something?"

"Well, I guess you could say that. Well?"

"Um, I'm free tomorrow. Hey! The others are going out to this restaurant! You know, a group date thing. Maybe we could tag along."

"You know you don't have to ask that," Jonouchi said. "I'm sure the others would be more than happy if you joined us!"

"Especially since we're going to one of the hottest night clubs there is!" Kiku said. She gave Otogi one of the coldest looks anyone could give. "Hello Otogi."

"Oh, please! How can you guys still hate me for dating your 'little brother' as you so put it?"

"Because you hurt him," Kohaku said. "And Seto is still hurt from you. We just want proof you will not hurt him anymore."

"Maybe I shouldn't join you guys. I'm free Friday if you still want to go out. Sorry about this, Honda."

"Wait! you can come," Kiku said, smiling. "We didn't know if you were coming just because of Seto or not."

"No! I realize I was not meant to be with him."

"Good answer," Kohaku said. "We all forgive you. Now, here's what's going to happen."

"This is really a stupid idea," Angel muttered. "There is no need to test him! Plus, he might get freaked out by the picture!"

"That's the test," Ryu said, putting the final touches on his hair. "If he doesn't get 'freaked out', he passes the test. It will show that he wouldn't mind if you were Kaiba or Angel. If he can't handle one, he's not worth it."

"Ryu… Why are you dressing up?"

"Hm? Oh, it's for the fans. I think they would like it if I wasn't dressed up in my school uniform this once. Well, we're here! And I'm done with my hair. Shall we go?"

"Yeah, let's get this over with."

The two left the silver limo out to the schoolyard. There were a few students just sitting out there. As soon as they saw them, all of them instantly went on their cell phones. Just as fast as the cell phones came out, faces of students appeared by the windows.

"I'm stating the obvious here," Angel said, "but how fast the fans communicate is scary."

"I hear ya," Siren said. "Look, meet me in the art room. I need to get our prince and his friends."

"I think you don't need to do that." Angel pointed towards the entrance to the school. Jonouchi was running towards the two, followed by his friends. "That was really fast."

"Angel!" Jonouchi exclaimed as he glompped the disguised CEO. Both fell to the ground, making them blush. The fan girls went to work by taking pictures of the couple with their cell phones. "What are you doing here? And why did you ditch school, Ryu?"

"Hey, Seto here needed some help with something," Siren said. "Anyways, I got a text from Ryan saying something about this painting Seto was working on. He misplaced some time ago, and we had no clue where it was! Looks like someone at our school took it. And from the sound of things, they finished it."

"Why would anyone do that!" Anzu said. She remembered the paintings from this morning and instantly figured out Kaiba had finally finished it.

"Who knows," Angel said. "You guys want to come? It really looks cool."

"Wow!" Jonouchi said. "I would love to see it!"

"You guys go on ahead," Siren said. "I think that's my fan club coming here now."

Jonouchi took Angel's hand and led him to the art room. They ran all the way due to the blonde's eagerness to see the painting. Ryan was waiting outside for them. He waved at them, making the couple slow down.

"It's in here," Ryan said. "It looks a little weird. You know how the only thing left was the hair? Well, someone painted it on."

"The nerve of some people!" Jonouchi said. "Well, at least it's just the hair. It could have been worse."

"True. Plus, it can easily be fixed. Come on in."

The canvas was set up so it was facing the door this time. Just as Ryan said, both guys had hair. The super weird thing was that the blond look more like Jonouchi than before and the other looked like Kaiba. Angel and Ryan stared at Jonouchi to gauge his reaction. The minutes passed.

"It's beautiful!" Jonouchi said. "Wait… Is that Kaiba and me? Why would anyone do that?"

"Who knows," Ryan said, smirking at the blush on Jonouchi's cheeks. He just passed test number two.

TBC

(1) The blood puzzle is a reference to Season Zero, again. I don't know if it was in the anime version, but it was in the manga. Got to love Death-T!

Random talk: Man, my chapters are getting longer… That's because a lot more is happening in a day. I guess it's because of the tests… There is a lot that leads up to just the planning. Well, next chapter is the group date! Can you say revealing dark secrets?

I really am not that happy with the ending. It sounded so good at the time... Oh well...

Tie-dyed Trickster: Thank you for your reasuring review! I was really afraid Seto was way too OOC for even my standards. To tell you the truth, I never even thought any of my fics were addicitive. I just write what I think up. (That's why I have so many fics planed!) Of course the band has to test Jonouchi. They won't let anyone hurt Seto's feelings and get away with it! Plus they kinda hated each other's guts. (I really mean kinda. You'll see what I mean...)

journey maker: For some odd reason I like to make Seto rant... Well, we need Jonouchi to pass these test! So of course he would stay true to Seto!

PlAiN-ahsie-SiMpLe: Yeah... Well, most of the test are just to see how he would react to a situation. Honda and Otogi may not appear as much as they have been. (It's been awhile since I wrote these chapters.)

Mika: Oh! I wished I came up with those ideas when I was writing this! I had to cut two chapters from this week because I couldn't think of any more test! To answer your question, I'm not sure. I never really thought about it... With the way things are going (and how I always imange him to be) I would say Seto is...

Rubi-chan