Disclaimer: I dun own Yu-gi-oh. Duh.

Pikazoom: *yawn* Gosh...what time is it?

Yami: 3:13 am...

Seto: O_o why are we up so late?

Pikazoom: *shrugs*

To my ONE reviewer:

Fate- Sorry I confused you. Yes, there are two Setos. One is an OC and that was the scientist. The second one is the one we all know and love ^_^

Note: Seto is EXTREMELY OOC. He's afraid of quite a bit of things O_o

Chapter 1: Fear.

"Do you feel better now? You were suffering from pneumonia." Yugi placed his hand on Seto's forehead. "You feel fine. Now, do you remember anything? A phone number? Address maybe?"

Seto thought for a moment. Blank. "No," he replied sadly.

"I see," Yugi sympathized with Seto. It must be hard having no memories to turn to.

"I...didn't get your name."

"It's Yugi. Yugi Mutou." Seto just nodded in affirmation. "Hey, are you hungry?" Seto nodded again. "Okay. What would you like?"

Seto slowly stood up and asked, " Can I...come with you?" Yugi smiled and nodded. Seto followed Yugi as he happily bounded down the steps and walked into the kitchen.

"Hi Jiichan (Grandpa)!" Yugi said happily.

"Hello Yugi. I see your friend woke up," Jiichan responded.

"Yup! Come on Seto, you can help yourself to breakfast," Yugi said, handing Seto a bowl and spoon. Seto just nodded.

After breakfast, Yugi told Seto, " I have to go to school now, but you'll be fine here, ne?" Seto nodded slowly. Yugi said, "We'll probably enroll you at my school...you look about my age." Seto blinked in confusion. How old was this kid anyway? He was awfully short...he thought for a second and said, "I think...I'm...fifteen..."

"Honto (really)? Then that will make it easier! Ja ne (See you later)!" Seto just stared after him...

In just a week, Seto was enrolled at Domino High. It was a quite a miracle, because a ton of information was missing. They decided to put him in the freshman class just to be safe.

"Come on Seto! You're going to be late for your first day of school!" Yugi called. Seto walked down the steps in his uniform. It was a blue button-up shirt with matching long pants.

"I'm ready..." Seto responded quietly.

~~~Yugi's POV~~~

The walk to school was very strange. Seto hadn't been out of the Game Shop since I dragged him in there unconcious. When we got to the street, he panicked. After I got him to calm down...he started mumbling about cars...I guess he's afraid of them...I told him not to be afraid, but he still looks a bit nervous.

~~~End POV~~~

"...H-hi, my name is Seto," Seto said nervously. Here he was, standing in front of the whole 2-B class getting stared at by numerous people, especially girls (can you say...'fangirls?'). Yugi gave him a thumbs up for luck and Seto felt his insecurity fade away slightly.

First thing of the day: Math. Seto was bored in this class...it just didn't seem too interesting. However, his boredom was noticed by the teacher.

"Could you answer the problem on the board, Seto?" the teacher, Ms. Sasaki, asked.

In an instant, numbers raced through his mind and less than a second later, Seto replied, "156." Whispers shot through the room. Who was this guy? No way he could've gotten it that fast on his own! Is he some kind of genius?

Second period: English (well, this IS set in Japan). Once again, Seto found himself bored. Somehow, teachers spot boredom like vultures spot roadkill.

"Seto? Since you look so interested, maybe you can translate this," the teacher said.

"Hello, my name is Steve. It is very nice to meet you. What is your name?" The teacher's glasses fell off his face in surprise.

And so, the the routine continued on and on until lunch.

"Seto!" Yugi called.

"Hello Yugi," Seto replied.

"Do you want to eat lunch with me and my friends?"

"Sure."

And so, Seto found himself surrounded by strangers and Yugi. Nobody spoke until the blonde with the big hair said, "Hey, are you that genius kid everybody's talking about?"

Seto replied, "I don't know," and went back to his lunch. More silence.

"Maybe you guys should introduce yourselves," Yugi suggested.

"Honda Hiroto (Tristan)."

"Ryou Bakura (Well duh)."

"Anzu Masaki (Tea)."

"Jounouchi Katsuya (Joey)."

"Otogi Ryuji (Duke Devlin)."

"It's...nice to meet you." Seto finished his lunch, thanked everyone for allowing him to eat with them (so polite), and then walked outside of the cafeteria. He sighed with relief that school was almost done. He suddenly noticed a rather large shadow looming over him, so he looked over. The first thing he saw was a fist. He went flying into the cafeteria doors.

"Bet you got a lot of money on you," said a rather large guy. No wonder no one else was here...Seto stood up when the guy came at him with a pocket knife. Seto defensively held up his hands, and the knife slashed at his left palm. Suddenly, out of instinct, Seto punched him, and the guy, surprisingly, passed out. Seto sighed with relief and turned his attention to the pain from his left hand. He froze. His eyes widened...blood...a piece of a memory flased through his mind.

"Otousan..." a boy whispered. The car had flipped over. He was crushed under part of the car...his father was dead...blood...blood everywhere...he passed out...

"Seto?" Yugi said as Seto frantically ran through the cafeteria. Concerned, Yugi followed him.

Seto ran into the bathroom and turned on the water. He put his hand underneath the gushing water and rubbed at the blood furiously.

"Seto? What's wrong?" a voice asked. Seto whirled around to see Yugi standing there. "Are you okay?" Yugi walked up to Seto.

Seto held out his hand and said in a childish manner, "Blood..."

"Are you afraid of blood?" Seto only nodded. Yugi responded, "Let's take you to the nurse okay?" Seto nodded again and turned off the running water.