Title: Super Rich Kids
Pairings: Current Trustshipping (Seto/Ishizu), Eventual Puppyshipping (Seto/Joey), Revolutionshipping (Atem/Téa), Mokuba/Alexis, Fillershipping (Noah/Rebecca), others will be determined as I write
Rating: T
Words (Chapter 14): 1,150
Author's Notes: This chapter is a little bit longer than the others (a teensy bit longer than the last) and it's about Mokuba. This is the first time I've written him at school as opposed to just with his siblings, so I hope you all enjoy. I made him friends with the GX characters because I needed to make people his own age. Also, I've finally updated the pairings part of this note…haha.
Mokuba glared as he watched his only sister stomp away from him and Noah. He rubbed his arm where he'd been nudged before adjusting his bag and grumbling out, "Well, that went well. Didn't realize I was that obnoxious."
For as long as he could remember, Naomi and him never really saw eye to eye. The memory of his adoption was always etched into his brain, where she'd been more than ready to send him back to the orphanage. True, she'd been what, eight? But it'd been nearly a decade and the designated Ice Princess still hadn't warmed up to him.
"She has a bit of a point," he heard from next to him and he scoffed at Noah's response. "We did say we'd stick together and fight back if he did this, and you've been quietly accepting it."
Okay, so that was true. They'd said that (or rather, Naomi had said that and Mokuba hadn't gone against it) but that was before Seto made all those good points.
"I know we said that, but come on, Noah. You don't think he's at least a little right?"
"Not at all."
Mokuba rolled his eyes, not bothering to respond. He could hear Naomi's words in his head – We have to fight back. Kaibas don't give up – but he wasn't so sure. She, Noah, and Seto were all so stubborn, he didn't really see this ending in peace for the three of them. But he saw both sides and just wanted to do what he was asked so it could be over. The sooner they 'learned their lesson' or whatever, the sooner Seto would let things go back to normal, right?
But he knew his stepsiblings weren't going to go along with that. They were both probably scheming their next rebellion already.
Maybe he wasn't meant to be a Kaiba…
He was lost in his thoughts when they entered the school, until he realized he was following Noah to his locker but his was in another corridor. He looked at his brother and decided to just speak up. "Hey, if I find a way home, I'll let you know, okay?"
"Uh, yeah. Same here, thanks."
Mokuba nodded, satisfied with the answer. Noah wasn't mad at him – if he was, he'd have been less civil. At least he had that on his side.
He found his locker and began putting away his textbooks, keeping only the one he needed for his French class. Learning foreign languages was fun, and something he could actually see himself using once he joined his brothers at the company, so he was actually taking more than one. The only thing he hated was that French was his first class of the day. It was too early to even learn in his own language, he really didn't want to have to switch his brain into French first thing in the morning.
The school day went more or less normal for Mokuba; he did his work with less than the usual amount of goofing off, but he figured everyone thought it was a result of his teachers telling his brother about that. That wasn't exactly wrong, but he didn't want to have to explain the details. He was doing fine blending in until lunch time.
"Alright, Mokuba. It's time for me to win my card back," Alexis declared, situating herself across the lunch table from him. He blinked for a minute – it seemed a lot longer than since just yesterday he'd challenged her and won her favorite card. Things were easier back then. You know. Yesterday.
"Right, uh. Here." He dug in his bag and slipped out a book he'd been reading, handing her the card.
She narrowed her eyes in disbelief. "That's it? You're not going to make me duel for it?"
"Nah, not really in the mood. Maybe tomorrow we will and I'll see if I can win it again."
Alexis blinked. "Well, alright then. In that case, I'm going to get lunch now." She stood back up, and headed towards the line. Her two friends whose names Mokuba still confused (which one was Jasmine and which one was Mindy?) looked confused as well, but they followed her towards the line, grabbing trays.
When they were no longer in earshot, he got a nudge from beside him. "Dude, what's up? Since when are you not in the mood to duel?" Jaden asked, oblivious to the slight glare the other boy was giving him. Not that he knew it, but the brunet had just nudged into the exact spot Naomi had.
He shrugged in response. "Just had a rough review yesterday at the conference." He didn't need to go into detail. That's all they had to know.
"I figured as much when you were quiet in class today," Syrus replied. "Was it really that bad?"
Deciding he really didn't want to discuss it, he changed the subject. "Hey, how do you all get to school?"
"My brother drives me," Syrus answered easily.
"I take the bus," Jaden answered, shrugging.
Mokuba bit the inside of his lip, thinking. "Do you think I could carpool with you?" he finally asked. "And maybe my brother, too?"
"Well, sure, but you don't need permission to ride the bus," Jaden said with a laugh.
"I'm pretty sure he meant me, Jay," Syrus stated. "I'd have to ask my brother, hold on." He took out his phone, typing out a message as the girls came back with their food.
"Ask your brother what?" one of the girls asked.
"If Mokuba could – oof!"
Mokuba figured the elbow to the ribs that Jaden just received was proper payback for the nudge. "Nothing. So, has anyone started the reading for our Lit assignment?"
They got to talking about that for a little bit. He almost didn't notice the subtle tap on his arm, but he turned to look at Syrus, who slid his phone under the table for Mokuba to read. It was from Zane.
'Yeah, sure.'
Realizing that Sy had figured out that he didn't want the girls knowing he needed a ride, for whatever reason, he was suddenly extra thankful for his friend. He smiled gratefully before pulling out his own phone, sending off a message to his own older brother.
'Got a ride. Zane & Sy Truesdale.'
He didn't have to wait long for a response.
'Think I'm gonna just take the bus.'
'You sure?'
'Yeah, Serenity said she'd show me how.'
Mokuba almost shrugged, until he realized how weird that would look, shrugging at his phone. Thinking about it, he knew Noah was weird with cars. He only ever seemed okay if he was in the backseat, driven by either their chauffer or Seto, and he never looked out the window.
Planning to ask him about it later when they got home, as well as how the bus was, Mokuba didn't push it. Later.
Author's Notes: I'm debating adding anymore GX characters in or not. I don't want them to overpower the story. I think the only ones who will show up who haven't been mentioned yet are Chazz, Slade, and Atticus, because they make sense since their siblings are already involved in the story. I've actually been torn between making Chazz a rival for Alexis' affections or just making my Rivalshipping heart happy by putting him with Jaden. Hm…