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# Joey: Man! How much longer is this story gonna go on for? I is gettin' bored here! CW: Look, I'll try to make it more interesting, Ok? Joey: Fine by me, just don't get me pushed off some high place again, got it? #
Seto Kaiba swung deliberately in his computer chair. He faced the gang with a familiar smirk on his face.
'And when I woke up, I thought this might be a good day for me.' He growled, 'Please allow me to introduce you to the exit, before I call security to introduce you to some painful weapon or other.'
'Is he always like this?' Xatrina asked Joey quietly.
'Trust me, I never seen him this full o' happiness and laughter.' Replied Joey.
'Please, Kaiba.' Begged Téa, 'We really need your help. Bakura's missing. We thought you could help us find him.'
'Bakura, huh?' Kaiba's eyes twinkled with power, 'He's the scrawny one with the white hair and the millennium ring, huh? To tell the truth, I think we're better off. Why would I wanna help you dorks find him?'
'Because you've still got a bit of human left in you!' Xatrina pushed her way to Kaiba's chair, looking straight into his icy blue eyes. 'Because you know you need to get a life!'
'Thank you for showing such concern, but I already have a particularly good life, or I would, if only you'd get out of it!' spat Kaiba.
'Creep.' Grunted Tristan.
'If you don't help us, no-one's gonna help you!' growled Joey, rolling up his sleeves.
Kaiba rolled his eyes lazily.
'So, here we have a scrounging puppy, a little dancer, the puppy's sister, a guy who's too dumb to put a sentence together, a spoilt blonde, a hopeless pretty-boy and a kid who seems to be Bakura's future wife,' He sneered, 'And, of course, our own little duelling monarch, Yugi. You want my help? Sorry, I am busy.'
Joey ran at Kaiba, but Xatrina got there first, punching him hard in the forehead.
Kaiba's head jerked back and he cried out in surprise.
A little skinny kid with long, unruly black hair burst in through the door. Mokuba Kaiba, Seto's younger brother.
'What are you doing to my brother?' he demanded fiercely.
'Giving him what he deserves.' Spat Xatrina.
'You know, I honestly thought I could trust you guys.' Mokuba's eyes suddenly filled with tears, 'But now...'
Xatrina stared at her feet.
'I'm sorry, kid.' She said, 'I just, well, I'm desperate for help. My best friend is gone, maybe forever, and I wanted your brother's help. He had other things to do. I accept that now. I just got a bit carried away.'
'Your best friend?' Mokuba looked up at her.
'You might know him. His name is Bakura.'
Mokuba raised his dark eyebrows.
'Ignore her, Mokuba.' Said Kaiba, rubbing his neck, 'She's not worth the time, and besides, she punches like a rag doll.'
'Oh? Want me to try again?' threatened Xatrina.
'Very funny.' Said Kaiba.
'Seto-' Mokuba began nervously, 'I know you're probably not too keen on her right now, but I'd really like to help her. Please?'
'This is the strangest request you have ever made, Mokuba, including the one about the tooth fairy.' Said Kaiba, 'I would have thought you would refuse to listen to a girl who has just hit your brother, not beg me to help her!'
Mokuba just looked at him. It was amazing what the power of unblemished cuteness could do.
'Fine,' sighed Kaiba, 'But this is the last time I will help anyone to do with you, Yugi. Got it?'
'Of course, Kaiba.' Yami nodded at his rival with respect. He'd already agreed to help when Téa asked him. That was what friends were for.
Bakura curled beneath the overhanging rock on the hillside. The stream gurgled from underneath a film of ice beside him. With nothing else to do, he reached into his pack and brought out his book.
A few pages on, he tired of it, and stowed it away again.
Well, he jolly well wasn't going to stay here the rest of his life!
He'd had his rest. Now he would keep on walking East, towards heaven knows where. This certainly was silly. But he couldn't go back.
That would put all that he held dear at risk.
He scrambled out of the little niche and continued his slippery way up the hill.
At the top, he'd be able to catch his last glance of Domino City, of the High School, of the houses of his friends, of his own house.
And of the Moncrieffs' mansion.
He wondered if they knew he was gone yet.
And of course, he'd be able to get his bearings and figure out where he should be going.
Maybe soon, he could find a way to make enough money to return to his relatives in England.
He would just have to wait and see.
# Joey: Man! How much longer is this story gonna go on for? I is gettin' bored here! CW: Look, I'll try to make it more interesting, Ok? Joey: Fine by me, just don't get me pushed off some high place again, got it? #
Seto Kaiba swung deliberately in his computer chair. He faced the gang with a familiar smirk on his face.
'And when I woke up, I thought this might be a good day for me.' He growled, 'Please allow me to introduce you to the exit, before I call security to introduce you to some painful weapon or other.'
'Is he always like this?' Xatrina asked Joey quietly.
'Trust me, I never seen him this full o' happiness and laughter.' Replied Joey.
'Please, Kaiba.' Begged Téa, 'We really need your help. Bakura's missing. We thought you could help us find him.'
'Bakura, huh?' Kaiba's eyes twinkled with power, 'He's the scrawny one with the white hair and the millennium ring, huh? To tell the truth, I think we're better off. Why would I wanna help you dorks find him?'
'Because you've still got a bit of human left in you!' Xatrina pushed her way to Kaiba's chair, looking straight into his icy blue eyes. 'Because you know you need to get a life!'
'Thank you for showing such concern, but I already have a particularly good life, or I would, if only you'd get out of it!' spat Kaiba.
'Creep.' Grunted Tristan.
'If you don't help us, no-one's gonna help you!' growled Joey, rolling up his sleeves.
Kaiba rolled his eyes lazily.
'So, here we have a scrounging puppy, a little dancer, the puppy's sister, a guy who's too dumb to put a sentence together, a spoilt blonde, a hopeless pretty-boy and a kid who seems to be Bakura's future wife,' He sneered, 'And, of course, our own little duelling monarch, Yugi. You want my help? Sorry, I am busy.'
Joey ran at Kaiba, but Xatrina got there first, punching him hard in the forehead.
Kaiba's head jerked back and he cried out in surprise.
A little skinny kid with long, unruly black hair burst in through the door. Mokuba Kaiba, Seto's younger brother.
'What are you doing to my brother?' he demanded fiercely.
'Giving him what he deserves.' Spat Xatrina.
'You know, I honestly thought I could trust you guys.' Mokuba's eyes suddenly filled with tears, 'But now...'
Xatrina stared at her feet.
'I'm sorry, kid.' She said, 'I just, well, I'm desperate for help. My best friend is gone, maybe forever, and I wanted your brother's help. He had other things to do. I accept that now. I just got a bit carried away.'
'Your best friend?' Mokuba looked up at her.
'You might know him. His name is Bakura.'
Mokuba raised his dark eyebrows.
'Ignore her, Mokuba.' Said Kaiba, rubbing his neck, 'She's not worth the time, and besides, she punches like a rag doll.'
'Oh? Want me to try again?' threatened Xatrina.
'Very funny.' Said Kaiba.
'Seto-' Mokuba began nervously, 'I know you're probably not too keen on her right now, but I'd really like to help her. Please?'
'This is the strangest request you have ever made, Mokuba, including the one about the tooth fairy.' Said Kaiba, 'I would have thought you would refuse to listen to a girl who has just hit your brother, not beg me to help her!'
Mokuba just looked at him. It was amazing what the power of unblemished cuteness could do.
'Fine,' sighed Kaiba, 'But this is the last time I will help anyone to do with you, Yugi. Got it?'
'Of course, Kaiba.' Yami nodded at his rival with respect. He'd already agreed to help when Téa asked him. That was what friends were for.
Bakura curled beneath the overhanging rock on the hillside. The stream gurgled from underneath a film of ice beside him. With nothing else to do, he reached into his pack and brought out his book.
A few pages on, he tired of it, and stowed it away again.
Well, he jolly well wasn't going to stay here the rest of his life!
He'd had his rest. Now he would keep on walking East, towards heaven knows where. This certainly was silly. But he couldn't go back.
That would put all that he held dear at risk.
He scrambled out of the little niche and continued his slippery way up the hill.
At the top, he'd be able to catch his last glance of Domino City, of the High School, of the houses of his friends, of his own house.
And of the Moncrieffs' mansion.
He wondered if they knew he was gone yet.
And of course, he'd be able to get his bearings and figure out where he should be going.
Maybe soon, he could find a way to make enough money to return to his relatives in England.
He would just have to wait and see.