Thanks guys for all the reviews! I'm sorry I haven't updated for awhile but I decided I'm only going to update once a week because I'm too busy to get on the internet lately. Anyways I don't have too much to say besides keep those votes in and that this was also one of my favirote chapters to write. Oh yeah I got to mix my dramatic side with my goofy side. This should be interesting.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh or any of it's characters (cuz life is cruel). However, I was gonna bid on them while shoppin ebay, but when I was watchin TV I saw this interesting commercial saying that McDonalds was havin this two for two Big Mac sale and well.......

Love Kaleidoscope

Chp.5 Monkey Games

Anzu stared down at her watch for the fifth time that day. 'Why'd I have to come so early.' It wasn't like she was anxious or anything, she just didn't want to be late, but now that she had gotten there so early she had plenty of time to think about just what it was she was doing, and the thought of that made her even more nervous. 'I can't believe I'm going to actually do this! I should have come up with some kind of an excuse. Why me?' This was as good a time as any to go through with Mai's plan and try to snag Kaiba, but the thought of spending the whole day with him almost made her sick. Good thing Mokuba would be with them, but if she couldn't handle something like this, then how could she ever get Kaiba to like her? Better yet how could she convince herself to even stand him long enough to do something like that?

"Hey Anzu," shouted Mokuba as he ran up to greet her. Anzu waved weakly at Mokuba as her eyes finally caught a glance at Mokuba's unsociable looking companion. "Sorry were a little late, Seto was taking his time!" smiled Mokuba as he rolled his eyes in the direction of his Big Brother.

'Okay Anzu girl, just try and be little nice to him for once, remember he was actually acting half decent last night' encouraged a the little voice in the back of her head.
"Hi Mokuba, Hi Kaiba, err glad to see you both." lied Anzu.

As Kaiba finally walked up to Anzu he glanced at her strangely as if to be eying her intently. Anzu felt a little nervous by this sudden attention from Kaiba as she pretended not to notice.

"Hmm, well your look kind of nice today........" smiled Kaiba slyly.

'What!?! Did he just compliment me!?!? Could I be dreaming!?!?' exclaimed Anzu to herself. Sure she had noticed a slight change in Kaiba's attitude recently, but she didn't know that he was actually turning out to be a little human. Or maybe he wasn't..........

"Did you dress up to see your monkey boyfriend at the zoo today?" smirked Kaiba, as he was obviously amused by the reaction he had gotten from Anzu. He knew exactly how to work a girl's nerves.

'That JERK!!!' thundered Anzu as she opened up her mouth to explode on Kaiba, however she was suddenly cut off.

"Seto, you promised you'd be nice today!" scolded Mokuba as he gave his Big Brother a stern look. Kaiba stared back at his brother innocently as if to say that he was. Anzu however was not at all amused by Kaiba's behavior, but she was glad Mokuba had kept her from strangling his Big Brother right there and then. Something like that would definitely never win him over.

While the unlikely group began to walk through the zoo, a cold silence began to follow them. Mokuba didn't seem to notice because he was too preoccupied with running up to every cage and taking pictures. After a few moments, Anzu stole a few glances at Kaiba. A look of plain irritation was spread over his face. 'Tch, if he's really that irritated by me then he should just say so' huffed Anzu as she began to feel a little insulted.

As the group continued to walk in silence, Mokuba finally noticed that something was wrong. "Geez Seto this is only the second time we've ever been here, and your just as quiet as you were the last time. Do you really hate the zoo that much?" Anzu looked up at Kaiba to see what his response would be, however Kaiba's look of aggravation had suddenly changed into one of distress.

"I don't know, it just smells funny here I guess," muttered Kaiba under his breath. Kaiba really didn't want to tell Mokuba what was really bothering him. 'I guess he was too young back then........'

Kaiba's response only enraged Anzu even more. It was clear to her that he was purposely giving everyone the silent treatment because of her, or at least that's what she thought. 'Fine then he can just be that way!'

"Hey Anzu look over here!!" shouted Mokuba excitedly. "This is my favorite part of the whole zoo." Anzu quickly ran up to Mokuba to see what had excited him so much.

"Oh their so cute," cooed Anzu as she walked up to the cage. "So your a fan of monkey's Mokuba?" Kaiba slowly walked towards the rest of the group, and was suddenly disturbed by what he saw. He remembered this place.

"Yeah, their my favorite, and you want to know why?" whispered Mokuba as he motioned Anzu to come closer and eyed his zoned out looking brother sheepishly. Anzu put her ear to Mokuba's face as she tried to hear his whispers. "Just between you and me, but the last time we were here, I remember I was really little and my Big Brother took me here all by himself. Well I really don't remember much that happened but I do remember the monkeys because......"

Seto stared into space oblivious to the fact that he was being talked about. Suddenly a faint suppressed memory that had been locked deep within Seto's psyche flashed into his mind. There was a reason why Seto wasn't too fond of the Zoo, and it just wasn't because it smelled funny.

The first and last time he had come here, he had brought Mokuba here because they were running away from Gozaburo. Seto remembered that during this time he was much younger, much smaller, and much......weaker. There wasn't anything he could do at the time but run.

**Flash Back**

"What's wrong with you, you little moron!?!" snarled a harsh voice. Seto held the side of his ribs in pain as he tried to recover from the blow he had just received. The pain was almost as unbearable as the tears he was trying to hold back. "I can't believe you almost lost to a fool like him!?!" Seto cast his eyes down at the floor in shame, avoiding all eye contact with his tormentor. "Tch, I know why, it's because you were distracted huh? You were worrying about Mokuba weren't you?"

During this time Mokuba had caught the flu because one night he was late coming home so as a punishment Gozaburo had locked Mokuba outside the house saying 'that if he was going to come home late he mine as well not come home at all.' It had started to rain that night, but as much as Seto wanted to run to his little brothers aid, he was being forced to finish his English lesson. Seto remembered hearing Mokuba crying by the door all night, but there wasn't anything he could do and as a result Mokuba had gotten very ill.

"First you stayed up all night watching that little good for nothing, and then you almost lose a chess match because he was distracting you? Well I guess the best thing I should do is send that little dog back to the hole I got you two from. It's not like I need him anyways" smirked Gozaburo Kaiba as he gave Seto another kick to the side.

Seto thought he felt his heart stop. His mind began to panic as he dashed out of the room, grabbed Mokuba, and ran out the door. "If you leave now don't think of ever coming back," were the only words Seto could hear as he tore through the yard with his sick little brother on his back.

As the day began to pass by, Mokuba's condition began to grow worse and worse, and Seto was getting tired from carrying Mokuba, not to mention his ribs were beginning to ache. As he continued to slowly trudge on, Seto noticed that the entrance of a nearby Zoo was being totally unobserved so he snuck himself inside. "Don't worry Mokuba, I won't let anyone break us apart" reassured Seto. Mokuba let out a faint whimper as he began to cough a little. Seto wasn't sure what to do.

"Hey look Mokuba it's an elephant!" smiled Seto hopefully. Mokuba smiled weakly back and then suddenly began to slide off of Seto's back. He didn't have the strength to hold on anymore. Seto began to panic as he quickly seated Mokuba at the nearest cage. Tears began to well up in Seto's eyes, as he began to fear for his little brother's life. As Seto sat with his head between his knees he was abruptly startled to hear a faint giggle coming from Mokuba. He stared at his little brother in shock as he saw him pointing at two creatures inside the cage.

Two monkeys were wrestling around the cage with each other as they began to fight over a banana. There antics resembled something out of a Saturday morning cartoon. Seto smiled at Mokuba, relieved that he was still conscious.

Suddenly Mokuba began to frown as the monkeys ran off out of sight. The sad look in his eyes pained Seto as he thought of the best way to cheer Mokuba up. "Hey Mokuba!" smiled Seto cheerfully. Mokuba stared at his older brother questioningly. "Guess what I am!!!" Mokuba began to giggle as he watched his big brother prance around the cage like a monkey. Seto's bright blue eyes smiled back as he watched his little brother laugh. Irritated that they were being upstaged by a goofy human, all the monkeys gathered up to where Mokuba and Seto were sitting and began to mimic him. Mokuba began to laugh even louder as he became overwhelmed with happiness.

/Your happiness is my happiness........../

In the end, Mokuba's condition got so bad that Seto was forced to return to Gozaburo. However, after being punished for his insolence, Seto promised Gozaburo he would never lose another match if he promised to let Mokuba stay. After muttering something about his feelings for Mokuba was his greatest weakness, Gozaburo agreed.

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"Get out of town" laughed Anzu hysterically as she and Mokuba burst into laughter. The thought of Seto Kaiba prancing around like a monkey was too much for her to take in. "Now that's definitely something I'd pay money to see!"

"Mokuba!?!" growled Kaiba angrily "What did you tell her!?!?" he had no idea that Mokuba still remembered that day.

"Nothing, ::snicker::, Big Bother :snicker:: I swear" giggled Mokuba through tears of laughter. His memories of the zoo were much different then Kaiba's as he had been oblivious to the real reason why Kaiba had brought him there that day. The only thing that he remembered were the monkey's and their king, Seto Kaiba.

Kaiba's anger began to boil as he stormed toward the cage where Anzu and Mokuba were struggling not to laugh. Upon seeing Kaiba one of the monkey's hopped towards the unlikely group as if he remembered who Kaiba was. "Hey Mokuba" snickered Anzu as she noticed the little monkey. "How bout' we name that one Seto?" Mokuba gave Anzu a funny look and they both began to break into laughter.

Upon hearing Anzu's remark, Kaiba about busted a blood vessel. "Don't name your little boyfriend after me!" He shouted as he pointed at the monkey. Under any normal circumstances Anzu would have started screaming at Kaiba, but as Kaiba pointed into the cage, the little monkey grabbed Seto's finger and stuck it in his ear.

Mokuba and Anzu about rolled on the floor from laughter as Kaiba snatched his finger away from the little monkey, gave it his iciest glare, and sent the little ball of fluff fleeing for it's life. When Anzu and Mokuba's finally stopped laughing, Kaiba was almost on the verge of a nuclear meltdown. "I don't see what's so amusing about watching your little boyfriend acting like a fool."

Anzu glared at Kaiba threatfully , as she rolled her eyes. "Don't be jealous because my Seto is a lot more cuter and smarter than you'll ever be" snapped Anzu as she turned and waved at the monkey which was now scratching it's butt.

"Big brother, please," pleaded Mokuba as he felt another argument coming on "I'm sorry we were laughing at you."

"Come on Mokuba don't waste your time on him, it's not his fault that he can't stand a little bit of teasing. It's funny that someone who puts people down as much as he does can't seem to take a little bit of his own medicine!" Kaiba glared at Anzu and would have gone wild on her had he not realized that he was losing all of his composure. What could he have been thinking to let a little girl like her get the better of him. He knew the best way to deal with people like her was to never stoop to their level and hit them where it really hurted.

"Well I guess it's better to be a monkey like them, than a insect like you. I guess lying around with those dogs you call friends has really affected you Anzu." Anzu was about ready to explode. Sure she could somewhat take the fact that Kaiba always insulted her, but disrespecting her friends was a different matter.

"Now you see here Seto Kaiba, don't you dare talk about my friends like that!! They have nothing to do with you!" Mokuba shook his head in dismay as he knew there was no turning back now.

"Well look who can't take her own medicine now?" sneered Kaiba as he was happy to once again receive the upper hand. He wasn't going to let this girl get to him again.

The monkeys began to cover their ears as a few of them ran and hid in the bushes. As the sound of Anzu and Kaiba's arguing filled the air the little monkeys trembled in fear as they had mistook the couples yelling for an oncoming thunder storm.

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"You know you guys should really learn how to grow up." snapped Mokuba angrily. Anzu looked at him apologetically as Kaiba muttered something intangible under his breath. "I mean I can't believe you got us kicked of the ZOO!!! You guys are worse than the animals, and their the one's who are caged up." Hearing Mokuba say it that way did make it sound kind of ridiculous. Anzu had never been so ashamed. Maybe she had gone a little too far this time, but somehow Kaiba always seemed to bring out the worse in her.

As the unlikely group exited the park Kaiba turned and gave the Zoo one last look. Had he just told the owners who he was they would have never banned them from the zoo, but Kaiba had purposely kept his mouth shut. He was happy that he would never have to return to that horrible place again. It was only a harsh reminder to Kaiba of just how weak he use to be.

"Well I hope you guys can behave at the next place we go to" grimaced Mokuba as his anger began to diminish. How could he stay mad knowing that he was about to go to the carnival?

"Oh yeah the carnival," retorted Anzu. She had really rather just go home and end this nightmare of a day, however to her dismay the beginning of her troubles only lied just inside the carnival grounds.

To be continued..............................

Heh-heh almost makes me want to draw a pic of chibi Kaiba in a monkey suite. I hope you guys liked this chapter b/c it's one of my favs! Seto is just too cute for words! (sniffles) But poor lil Seto. Why did Gozaburo have to be so mean to you? (Oh well I guess I didn't have to write about it, but then again that was just a little plot/character development previewing on my part). I just wanted you guys out there so see things from Seto's perspective. I told you guys that this is what you get when you mix humor with angst.

::Groans:: speaking of which........

Today I feel err a little sick so rather than continuing to ramble on like most writers like me like to do at the end of chapters (like?), I'll just give you guys a little sneak peek of what's to come. Don't expect me to do this again because next time I swear to not eat any more Taco Mayo so late a night (I can quit guys, really I can, really). ::Whimpers:: and this is one of my favorite chapters too.

Scene from next chapter:

The two walked together silently, as Anzu tried to think of something to say. This was actually the first time they had been alone all night. As Anzu finally thought of something she was suddenly startled by a mechanical ghost which had jumped out in front of the two.

Kaiba rolled his eyes out of boredom, however, Anzu found this gesture not at all so monotonous as she let out a helpless scream and jumped into Kaiba's arms. Cheap robotics and corny sound affects were one thing, but Anzu jumping into his arms was a completely different story as Kaiba stepped back out of surprise in the direction of a rickety looking old box..............

Quote of the Week: "Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else." (Will Rogers)