Chapter I: The beginning of the End
It was late. Very late. Nearing the hour of 1:00am. A stout silence was roaring over the limo. He was so tired. And he felt guilty. He broke his promise to Mokuba.
'Seto! You're working way to hard! You need rest!' The conversation began to repeat itself in his head.
'I have no choice Mokuba! Running a company takes a lot of time out of my schedule. I just happened to remove sleep from my things to do list.'
'Big Brother. You can't keep going on like this.'
'I must go to this meeting Mokuba.'
'Promise me you'll be home before 11:00.'
'I promise.'
His concentration was broken by a loud THU-CKA-CHING. Seto got out of his limo to find the front end of it in flames. Winston, his butler, was trying to put it out. But it only got worse. The fire spread all over the brand- new black limo. Then it began to rain. The rain slowly put out the fire, to reveal a. slightly.. Ok, ok, the car was totally destroyed. Ironic enough, this all happened in front of an Auto parts/ Repair store.
"Well," Winston sighed. "At least we won't have to walk home. seeing how it's servile miles away." Seto stayed silent. He was becoming very angry. 'Could I have any worse luck?' he thought as he and his butler approached the store. Turns out. he could.
"Oh. Ya. This is just perfect! My car sets fire in front of a Auto Repair shop. THAT'S NOT EVEN OPEN!!!!" In all of Seto's blind anger, he kicked the door.
"HOLD ON!" came a voice from inside, "Violet, get the door." There was a pause, "Lilly, you left the sign on again!"
"Sorry."
The door opened to divulge a young woman with red hair. "Hello," she yawned pulling her hair up, "How may I help you?"
"Oh, thank god!" Kaiba said calming down a little. "My car set fire outside your shop. Could you help us out?"
"Please have a seat." She opened the door wider so Seto and his butler could come inside. Both of them rushed inside to escape the falling droplets. "I'll go get your car." She looked out side, "Or. what's left of it."
She brought what she could into the garage. After which she came back inside to find her Perfect Sister flirting with their customer. She couldn't blame her. He was good looking. 'And he's way out of my league.' She thought, wishing she looked more like her sister, Rose. She wished she had curly red hair, green eyes, and was over 5' 7". But, she had straight hair, her cousin's eyes' of violet (From witch she got her name.) And was only 5'4". So she banished the thought and sat down next to Rose.
"Ah, Violet, how good of you to join us." She squealed in ever such fake delight. "This is Mr. Kaiba, and is man slave, Prinston."
"Actually, I'm his butler, Winston." Winston corrected.
"Don't care." Rose said threw gritted teeth.
"How's my limo?" Seto asked turning his attention towards Violet. She felt herself going red. No guy outside of the family ever spoke to her directly. ever.
"Ummm. you see, it. It was completely destroyed." She looked down. "Tomorrow, I can take you to where ever you need to go. Before I go to school that is." She finished quickly. Rose looked like she could strike at any moment. But Violet was saved at the last second.
"No need," Said Kaiba. "We'll call a cab, won't we?"
"Of course sir." The conversation seemed only a few minutes long. Before they new it, everyone was saying their good-byes.
Violet left for school and Lilly and Rose waved good-bye to Mr. Kaiba. Guilt coursed threw Seto's veins like poison once more. He thought of what he could say. But Mokuba was to smart to fall for his excuses.
Winston opened the door allowing Kaiba inside his mansion. And the first thing he saw was Mokuba standing by the stairs with his arms crossed. "Your late, Mr. Kaiba." He squawked shoving his brother aside.
"Do you want a ride young master?" Winston asked surprised by his actions.
"I think I'll walk." And he did just that. He walked all the way to Domino High. He was walking so fast he ran straight into.
"Yugi!" he gasped. Mokuba had been so furious with his brother; he didn't pay attention to where he was going. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you."
"That's alright. I'm sorta hard to see." He said picking himself up. "Have you seen Joey?"
"No but you better find him quick."
"Why?"
"He's so stupid he'll get himself lost if you don't!" Mokuba walked off laughing at his own joke. Yugi knew this was partly true so he set off to find Joey. Not to long after he set out on his quest, had he completed it. Joey was flirting with a very familiar face.
"Violet!!!" Yugi screamed. Violet turned around at just the right moment as Yugi jumped onto Violet in what was assumed to be a hug.
"Little Yugi!" she wisped back, "Good to see you to," she said with difficulty. "But, I can't breath."
"Oh, sorry!" He said releasing Violet. "How ya been cousin?"
"Okay, I guess. I'm a little tired though." And she explained about Mr. Kaiba's visit to the shop.
"And the funniest thing is, you" she said pointing at Joey, "always said he was hideous. He was gorgeous." Joey couldn't contain himself.
"Heya, Yug, ya cousin has a thing fer Kaiba!" he rolled in laughter.
"So what if I do." she scoffed. "It's not like I have a chance, Rose has a thing for him too. And you know how she is." She sighed. "Besides, if he's as rich as you say he is, I have no chance."
"Don't say that." Yugi said patting his cousin's hand. "Joey said I had no chance with Tea' and look at us now!"
"That's not very comforting." She said coolly they had a. bumpy relationship.
"We're working on it!" The bell rang signaling start of classes, so they said their farewells and went their separate ways.
The lunch bell rang. Students poured out of classrooms like water from a faucet, Violet meet up with Joey and Yugi at the usual lunch table. The Seto converse started once again.
"I'm tellin' ya," Joey said through a mouthful of food. "You're wasting your time."
"Why's that Joey?" Yugi asked for Violet.
"You see." He continued stuffing his face. "Kaiba's gay. So, he won't fall in love with you. If anything," he shoveled more food into his seemingly endless mouth. "If anything he's in love with Yugi."
"Ridiculous." Violet half whispered.
"Well," Joey swallowed his mouthful. "What are you doing for your presentation in science?"
"Not telling." Said Violet, "It's a secret."
"Well Yugi?"
"I made a volcano that squirts strawberry jam." He said heavily. "Not very creative. What about you?"
"I don't know." Yugi and Violet exchanged dark looks.
"You haven't started?" they chorused.
"Don't look so grim." Joey said moving the remains of his food (which wasn't much) around on his plate. "It's due in a week."
"Joey," Violet began, "It's due today." At these words, Joey sprayed his milk down his front.
"That's okay." He said sopping up the milk. "The universe provides."
It was late. Very late. Nearing the hour of 1:00am. A stout silence was roaring over the limo. He was so tired. And he felt guilty. He broke his promise to Mokuba.
'Seto! You're working way to hard! You need rest!' The conversation began to repeat itself in his head.
'I have no choice Mokuba! Running a company takes a lot of time out of my schedule. I just happened to remove sleep from my things to do list.'
'Big Brother. You can't keep going on like this.'
'I must go to this meeting Mokuba.'
'Promise me you'll be home before 11:00.'
'I promise.'
His concentration was broken by a loud THU-CKA-CHING. Seto got out of his limo to find the front end of it in flames. Winston, his butler, was trying to put it out. But it only got worse. The fire spread all over the brand- new black limo. Then it began to rain. The rain slowly put out the fire, to reveal a. slightly.. Ok, ok, the car was totally destroyed. Ironic enough, this all happened in front of an Auto parts/ Repair store.
"Well," Winston sighed. "At least we won't have to walk home. seeing how it's servile miles away." Seto stayed silent. He was becoming very angry. 'Could I have any worse luck?' he thought as he and his butler approached the store. Turns out. he could.
"Oh. Ya. This is just perfect! My car sets fire in front of a Auto Repair shop. THAT'S NOT EVEN OPEN!!!!" In all of Seto's blind anger, he kicked the door.
"HOLD ON!" came a voice from inside, "Violet, get the door." There was a pause, "Lilly, you left the sign on again!"
"Sorry."
The door opened to divulge a young woman with red hair. "Hello," she yawned pulling her hair up, "How may I help you?"
"Oh, thank god!" Kaiba said calming down a little. "My car set fire outside your shop. Could you help us out?"
"Please have a seat." She opened the door wider so Seto and his butler could come inside. Both of them rushed inside to escape the falling droplets. "I'll go get your car." She looked out side, "Or. what's left of it."
She brought what she could into the garage. After which she came back inside to find her Perfect Sister flirting with their customer. She couldn't blame her. He was good looking. 'And he's way out of my league.' She thought, wishing she looked more like her sister, Rose. She wished she had curly red hair, green eyes, and was over 5' 7". But, she had straight hair, her cousin's eyes' of violet (From witch she got her name.) And was only 5'4". So she banished the thought and sat down next to Rose.
"Ah, Violet, how good of you to join us." She squealed in ever such fake delight. "This is Mr. Kaiba, and is man slave, Prinston."
"Actually, I'm his butler, Winston." Winston corrected.
"Don't care." Rose said threw gritted teeth.
"How's my limo?" Seto asked turning his attention towards Violet. She felt herself going red. No guy outside of the family ever spoke to her directly. ever.
"Ummm. you see, it. It was completely destroyed." She looked down. "Tomorrow, I can take you to where ever you need to go. Before I go to school that is." She finished quickly. Rose looked like she could strike at any moment. But Violet was saved at the last second.
"No need," Said Kaiba. "We'll call a cab, won't we?"
"Of course sir." The conversation seemed only a few minutes long. Before they new it, everyone was saying their good-byes.
Violet left for school and Lilly and Rose waved good-bye to Mr. Kaiba. Guilt coursed threw Seto's veins like poison once more. He thought of what he could say. But Mokuba was to smart to fall for his excuses.
Winston opened the door allowing Kaiba inside his mansion. And the first thing he saw was Mokuba standing by the stairs with his arms crossed. "Your late, Mr. Kaiba." He squawked shoving his brother aside.
"Do you want a ride young master?" Winston asked surprised by his actions.
"I think I'll walk." And he did just that. He walked all the way to Domino High. He was walking so fast he ran straight into.
"Yugi!" he gasped. Mokuba had been so furious with his brother; he didn't pay attention to where he was going. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you."
"That's alright. I'm sorta hard to see." He said picking himself up. "Have you seen Joey?"
"No but you better find him quick."
"Why?"
"He's so stupid he'll get himself lost if you don't!" Mokuba walked off laughing at his own joke. Yugi knew this was partly true so he set off to find Joey. Not to long after he set out on his quest, had he completed it. Joey was flirting with a very familiar face.
"Violet!!!" Yugi screamed. Violet turned around at just the right moment as Yugi jumped onto Violet in what was assumed to be a hug.
"Little Yugi!" she wisped back, "Good to see you to," she said with difficulty. "But, I can't breath."
"Oh, sorry!" He said releasing Violet. "How ya been cousin?"
"Okay, I guess. I'm a little tired though." And she explained about Mr. Kaiba's visit to the shop.
"And the funniest thing is, you" she said pointing at Joey, "always said he was hideous. He was gorgeous." Joey couldn't contain himself.
"Heya, Yug, ya cousin has a thing fer Kaiba!" he rolled in laughter.
"So what if I do." she scoffed. "It's not like I have a chance, Rose has a thing for him too. And you know how she is." She sighed. "Besides, if he's as rich as you say he is, I have no chance."
"Don't say that." Yugi said patting his cousin's hand. "Joey said I had no chance with Tea' and look at us now!"
"That's not very comforting." She said coolly they had a. bumpy relationship.
"We're working on it!" The bell rang signaling start of classes, so they said their farewells and went their separate ways.
The lunch bell rang. Students poured out of classrooms like water from a faucet, Violet meet up with Joey and Yugi at the usual lunch table. The Seto converse started once again.
"I'm tellin' ya," Joey said through a mouthful of food. "You're wasting your time."
"Why's that Joey?" Yugi asked for Violet.
"You see." He continued stuffing his face. "Kaiba's gay. So, he won't fall in love with you. If anything," he shoveled more food into his seemingly endless mouth. "If anything he's in love with Yugi."
"Ridiculous." Violet half whispered.
"Well," Joey swallowed his mouthful. "What are you doing for your presentation in science?"
"Not telling." Said Violet, "It's a secret."
"Well Yugi?"
"I made a volcano that squirts strawberry jam." He said heavily. "Not very creative. What about you?"
"I don't know." Yugi and Violet exchanged dark looks.
"You haven't started?" they chorused.
"Don't look so grim." Joey said moving the remains of his food (which wasn't much) around on his plate. "It's due in a week."
"Joey," Violet began, "It's due today." At these words, Joey sprayed his milk down his front.
"That's okay." He said sopping up the milk. "The universe provides."