"Love is Sweet Salvation"
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I know, I take awhile to make updates...but it adds to the suspense right? lol! There I go again, making up excuses! To be honest, I've been up to a lot of things...like maintaining a website...I've actually been thinking about making a Serenity/Seto site...does that sound like a good idea? My dad has also incouraged me to write a REAL book (I printed out this fic and he was like, if you can write that much, you should write a book!) So yeah, I have begun my fiction story...By the way, I won't make a Tristan/Bakura fic...too many people against Shounen Ai...teehee! Actually, to be honest, I've already started one a long time ago that people are begging for me to finish! Sorry! Oh well...on with the story!!!
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Seto Kaiba led the others out the back door. Music blared and plastic cups lay scattered on the fine wood deck. 20 teens splashed around in the Olympic-sized pool, making more noise than the stereo was capable of. Games of Marco Polo and pool basketball were in play. Those who weren't in on the action were bust talking in groups or swimming laps.
As the older teens approached (Seto and the others) everything seemed to stop. All eyes focused on the newly-arriving group. Seto carefully made his way around to a long side of the pool. Cautiously, he dipped the tip of his right foot in to test the temperature. He removed his foot from the water, made his way back over to his group, and smiled.
"Alright, it feels like bath water...im not sure whether it's from the sun or the amount of urine in it, but you all can jump on in."
Joey quickly darted off and dove right in. Tristan immediately followed. The bobbed around and attacked each other in the water, dodging this way and that to escape the grasp of one another. As the two young adults continued their water fight, Te`a and Yugi also jumped in...but in a more shallow area of the pool for Yugi's sake. Bakura on the other hand, being the gentle boy he was, made his way over to a set of stairs leading into the pool.
Kaiba's mind screamed in utter satisfaction. Joey was too busy with Tristan to pay attention to much else, Te`a and Yugi were busy with each other, and Bakura couldn't do anything anyways! Simply perfect, just as Seto had planned. Now for step two. He had to get Serenity to go with him inside the house. Being the genius that he was, it would be a piece of cake! He had everything planned out...worked out the bugs and ran over it again and again in his mine. This plan was surefire! Nothing could screw it up!
As Serenity readied to jump in and join her brother in the fight against Tristan, Seto grabbed her small shoulder. Startled she turned around and swung her hand to slap whoever it was. Seto snatched her tiny hand out of the air before it landed upon his cheek and she giggled and blushed.
"Sorry Seto..." She blushed an even darker scarlet, "You startled me."
The tall brunette just smiled, "Nah, don't worry about it. I shouldn't have grabbed you so suddenly. I just need a favor real quick."
Serenity's eyes lit up, "Yeah? What is it?"
Seto Kaiba looked cool and calm as his plan unfolded, "I have some more snacks inside that I need to bring out here and all of the maids are busy, so I'm stuck doing it. There's quite a bit of stuff so I'm going to need some help..."
A look of worry fell over Serenity's features. Going into Seto's house alone again...she remembered what Seto had tried to do when she stayed the night. Should she trust him? Probably not...easy, she could just get Joey to do it!
"Sure," Serenity's face beamed, "Just let me go get Joey and he can h-"
"NO!" Seto interrupted causing Serenity to jump, "I mean...don't bother your brother. He's having fun. The snacks aren't very heavy."
"Yeah...okay..." Reluctantly, Serenity allowed Seto to drape his arm around her and lead her inside the Kaiba Mansion. Everyone else was too caught up in fun to notice that the two had gone missing.
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Little Seto and Noa followed the two inside, still unseen. They held in giggles at what they were going to do. Seto Kaiba might not like it too much, but little Seto and Noa were going to have the time of their...uh...after-lives.
As Seto brought Serenity to the kitchen, he faced her and pulled her closer to him, "Serenity, I love you so much...I want to be with you forever..." His voice held great sincerity as he looked into Serenity's large, chocolate eyes.
Little Seto snuck up behind the millionaire and commenced to grab the taller boys butt and move away. Seto Kaiba's eyes went wide but then narrowed into a more feisty look, "Oh...you like that huh?" Serenity raised an eyebrow. She had no clue what he was talking about! With no idea what he was getting himself into, Seto placed his hand on Serenity's rear...and got slapped hard.
"Serenity jumped back, "WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM?!?!?! SOME KIND OF TOY?!?!?!"
Seto just stood there, in shock, with his hand over his left cheek. His mind was shrouded in utter confusion, "I don't get it...you did it to me...but I can't do it to you?"
Serenity looked around like a paranoid child, "I didn't do that to you..." Both raised an eyebrow and proceeded to move their eyes this way and that, looking for an explanation as to what just happened. Finding nothing, Serenity brought her mind back to why they had gone inside in the first place.
"Um Seto?" She began, still a bit uneasy, "Where are the snacks?" As she spoke, she dug her toes into the carpet.
Sweat beaded up on Seto's forehead. He needed to act fast. Surely they had SOME sort of food left! He quickly waved his hand to signal for his girlfriend to follow. He lead her around to another part of the kitchen where cabinets lined the walls. There just HAD to be chips in there! Impatiently, he dug around in each one, pulling out bag after bag of chips, and getting a bowl or two for the dip.
He silently cursed to himself. His little plan had been demolished by someone's evil-minded prank! Now he was stuck carrying a boat-load of food for the little moochers in his pool. He sighed and stood up. Both of them had their arms full as they made their way out of the kitchen.
A passing maid stopped and tilted her head curiously, "Mr. Kaiba? Why are you carrying all of that? Isn't that OUR job? We weren't busy or anything, you could have just asked us to do it for you..."
Seto nearly dropped the load that he carried. Serenity spun on her feet and glared at him suspiciously. Seto's eyes opened wide, "Don't lie to me! I know that you were VERY busy!"
The maid shook her head, "No, we haven't been busy since we cleaned up the mess in the dinner hall."
Seto became furious, "YOU WERE BUSY!!! GOT IT?!?!?!"
Te maid hopped back in terror, "Y-yes sir!" She hurried off before another word could be said. As the clatter of her high-heels faded away, the tapping of Serenity's foot could be heard.
Seto gave her a surprisingly innocent look as he waited for her to turn out questions.
Serenity put her load down and Seto copied, "Alright Seto, I know that you're up to something and I think that it would be in your best interest to tell me exactly what! That maid was CLEARLY not busy, and it is pretty obvious that your intentions were not to help you carry things outside! Am I right? I mean, don't even BEGIN to think that I didn't see your intentions when I stayed the night with you! It's all so clear now! You're just one sick pervert!!! Am I right?!?!"
All the while, Seto got more and more nervous. Tears stung the backs of his eyes. He'd been found out...or had he? All he had to do was act cute and calm and deny every accusation. Simple.
"Serenity, sweety..." Seto Kaiba began his 'innocense' act, "You should know by now that my intentions are nothing but good, and that I wouldn't even DREAM of doing anything that you would be against! You have to understand that I am MUCH more sophisticated than your average guy! I want nothing more than to hug or kiss every now and then. I have nothing more on my mind! As for when you slept over, I just wanted to wake up with you by my side...made me feel like you were my wife."
It was bought. Serenity's eyes welled up with tears, "Really? Oh Seto, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to get all suspicious like that! I wanna be with you forever too!" She quickly wrapped her arms around them and gently swayed side to side as she buried her face in the brunettes chest. The millionaire unleashed an unseen smirk of satisfaction as another brilliant idea came to mind.
"I have an idea!" Seto shrieked with an unusual excitement, "Let's go get my camera and we can take pictures during our little get-together and then we can make an abulm! Does that sound fun?"
Serenity jumped back and did a little hop as she giggled, "That would be beyond awesome!"
"Alright," Seto pasted an adorable smile on his face as he voiced his next words, "It's in my room, you can come with me and help me find it." As he led the way, Serenity followed close behind. She skipped along joyously, but little did she know of Seto Kaiba's true intentions.
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Two people stood up from hiding behind the kitchen counter. Two giggling children to be exact.
Noa raised his video camera, "This is gonna be the best prank ever! I can't wait to see the look on Joey Wheeler's face when he sees THIS!!"
Little Seto, who had also been rolling with laughter, ceased at once, "Wait a second...How are we gonna get Joey to watch it? It's not like we can just lay the tape on a table with a big note that says 'WATCH ME'."
Noa scratched his head..."well, we were both raised by Gozaburo Kaiba and if there's one thing he taught very well, it would have to be game techniques...somehow, we can tie the two together to come up with the ultimate plan..."
Little Seto looked to the floor as though he were searching for an idea, "We need to do something that Joey wouldn't be able to ignore...something that makes him take a good look at the tape...something that didn't make ghostly forces look responsible..."
Both poltergeists contemplated the many idea's that past through their minds..."I GOT IT!" Little Seto screamed aloud. He pulled a very startled Noa over to him and in two seconds, told him the whole idea.
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Out in the pool, Joey and Tristan had stopped there little wrestling match after 10 minutes without a winner.
Joey sat up on the edge of the pool and looked around, "Ahhhh....dis is great. A nice relaxing day by da pool...here wit Yugi, Tristan, Te`a, Bakura and...SERENITY!!!!" Joey shot up to his feet and the others quickly faced him after hearing the shout, "My sista is gone! GRR...I'M GONNA KILL YOU KAIBA!!!!!!!!" As he began to stomp off toward the house to confront the taller boy, an object came from nowhere and slammed into the blondes skull, causing him to come crashing back into the pool.
As Joey came back to the surface, he placed a hand over the wounded area, "What da heck was dat???"
Tristan, who had made his way out of the pool to help Joey take on Kaiba, was now inspecting the projectile, "Woah...you guys aren't gonna believe this, but it's a tape!"
The others came over to them. Mokuba and the others went back to their games. Joey ran to join Tristan, "No way...it IS a video tape! Whadya think's on it? Ya think dat we should watch it?"
Yugi put his hand on his chin to think, "Well, I'm sure that Kaiba wouldn't mind..."
Joey's face turned beet-red, "Hold up Yuge...I gotta deal wit moneybags first!!! Come on Tristan! Let's kick some rich-guy butt!"
The two boys marched off looking all high-and-mighty and the others shook their heads.
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Little Seto and Noa banged there transparent heads against the side of the house. Their plan had gone wrong. Joey was supposed to watch it BEFORE taking on the big guy! It was all Yugi's fault!
Little Seto picked up the neglected tape, "Should we throw it at him again? You've got to admit, it WAS pretty funny." After a moment of silence between the two, Little Seto's sapphire eyes sparkled, "Noa, I've got an idea that is destined to work! Think, we're ghosts, right?" Noa nodded. "And we can get into places unseen, right?" Noa sighed, but nodded again. "And we can touch things, right?"
Noa was getting impatient, "YES SETO!!! WE CAN DO ALL OF THAT!!!! WOULD YOU JUST GET TO THE FREAKIN POINT ALREADY?!?!?!"
Little Seto waved a finger, "Calm down, this plan is sure to work! Just think for a moment, what is something that THOUSANDS of people are likely to see?"
Noa's eyes lit up as well, "I get it now! That is too cool! We're gonna nail 'em for sure this time!"
Both boys secured their blackmail tape and scurried away. They were going to have to do some fast thinking for it too work, but that wasn't an issue for two child geniuses. Just what exactly was their plan to nail Seto Kaiba for toying with Joey's sister? Why, the answer is laying right before your very eyes. Could it be that you were not as smart as Noa and you couldn't figure it out? Well, DUH!!! Chances are, no one understood...so let me say it.
The evening news.
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WOOOHOOOO!!!! That was the LONGEST chapter that I have ever written! I hope that it makes up for my writers block that I suffered from, lol! Anyways, if you haven't already done so, please take a look at my other fanfictions (if you are against shounen ai -boy love- then DO NOT read "When You See The Light". All the others are safe lol! Um..they all kinda center around Kaiba cuz...HES MY FAVOURITE!) I hope that you like them! Anyways, don't forget to keep a lookout for the next chapter, and as always, rate and review!!!
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I know, I take awhile to make updates...but it adds to the suspense right? lol! There I go again, making up excuses! To be honest, I've been up to a lot of things...like maintaining a website...I've actually been thinking about making a Serenity/Seto site...does that sound like a good idea? My dad has also incouraged me to write a REAL book (I printed out this fic and he was like, if you can write that much, you should write a book!) So yeah, I have begun my fiction story...By the way, I won't make a Tristan/Bakura fic...too many people against Shounen Ai...teehee! Actually, to be honest, I've already started one a long time ago that people are begging for me to finish! Sorry! Oh well...on with the story!!!
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Seto Kaiba led the others out the back door. Music blared and plastic cups lay scattered on the fine wood deck. 20 teens splashed around in the Olympic-sized pool, making more noise than the stereo was capable of. Games of Marco Polo and pool basketball were in play. Those who weren't in on the action were bust talking in groups or swimming laps.
As the older teens approached (Seto and the others) everything seemed to stop. All eyes focused on the newly-arriving group. Seto carefully made his way around to a long side of the pool. Cautiously, he dipped the tip of his right foot in to test the temperature. He removed his foot from the water, made his way back over to his group, and smiled.
"Alright, it feels like bath water...im not sure whether it's from the sun or the amount of urine in it, but you all can jump on in."
Joey quickly darted off and dove right in. Tristan immediately followed. The bobbed around and attacked each other in the water, dodging this way and that to escape the grasp of one another. As the two young adults continued their water fight, Te`a and Yugi also jumped in...but in a more shallow area of the pool for Yugi's sake. Bakura on the other hand, being the gentle boy he was, made his way over to a set of stairs leading into the pool.
Kaiba's mind screamed in utter satisfaction. Joey was too busy with Tristan to pay attention to much else, Te`a and Yugi were busy with each other, and Bakura couldn't do anything anyways! Simply perfect, just as Seto had planned. Now for step two. He had to get Serenity to go with him inside the house. Being the genius that he was, it would be a piece of cake! He had everything planned out...worked out the bugs and ran over it again and again in his mine. This plan was surefire! Nothing could screw it up!
As Serenity readied to jump in and join her brother in the fight against Tristan, Seto grabbed her small shoulder. Startled she turned around and swung her hand to slap whoever it was. Seto snatched her tiny hand out of the air before it landed upon his cheek and she giggled and blushed.
"Sorry Seto..." She blushed an even darker scarlet, "You startled me."
The tall brunette just smiled, "Nah, don't worry about it. I shouldn't have grabbed you so suddenly. I just need a favor real quick."
Serenity's eyes lit up, "Yeah? What is it?"
Seto Kaiba looked cool and calm as his plan unfolded, "I have some more snacks inside that I need to bring out here and all of the maids are busy, so I'm stuck doing it. There's quite a bit of stuff so I'm going to need some help..."
A look of worry fell over Serenity's features. Going into Seto's house alone again...she remembered what Seto had tried to do when she stayed the night. Should she trust him? Probably not...easy, she could just get Joey to do it!
"Sure," Serenity's face beamed, "Just let me go get Joey and he can h-"
"NO!" Seto interrupted causing Serenity to jump, "I mean...don't bother your brother. He's having fun. The snacks aren't very heavy."
"Yeah...okay..." Reluctantly, Serenity allowed Seto to drape his arm around her and lead her inside the Kaiba Mansion. Everyone else was too caught up in fun to notice that the two had gone missing.
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Little Seto and Noa followed the two inside, still unseen. They held in giggles at what they were going to do. Seto Kaiba might not like it too much, but little Seto and Noa were going to have the time of their...uh...after-lives.
As Seto brought Serenity to the kitchen, he faced her and pulled her closer to him, "Serenity, I love you so much...I want to be with you forever..." His voice held great sincerity as he looked into Serenity's large, chocolate eyes.
Little Seto snuck up behind the millionaire and commenced to grab the taller boys butt and move away. Seto Kaiba's eyes went wide but then narrowed into a more feisty look, "Oh...you like that huh?" Serenity raised an eyebrow. She had no clue what he was talking about! With no idea what he was getting himself into, Seto placed his hand on Serenity's rear...and got slapped hard.
"Serenity jumped back, "WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM?!?!?! SOME KIND OF TOY?!?!?!"
Seto just stood there, in shock, with his hand over his left cheek. His mind was shrouded in utter confusion, "I don't get it...you did it to me...but I can't do it to you?"
Serenity looked around like a paranoid child, "I didn't do that to you..." Both raised an eyebrow and proceeded to move their eyes this way and that, looking for an explanation as to what just happened. Finding nothing, Serenity brought her mind back to why they had gone inside in the first place.
"Um Seto?" She began, still a bit uneasy, "Where are the snacks?" As she spoke, she dug her toes into the carpet.
Sweat beaded up on Seto's forehead. He needed to act fast. Surely they had SOME sort of food left! He quickly waved his hand to signal for his girlfriend to follow. He lead her around to another part of the kitchen where cabinets lined the walls. There just HAD to be chips in there! Impatiently, he dug around in each one, pulling out bag after bag of chips, and getting a bowl or two for the dip.
He silently cursed to himself. His little plan had been demolished by someone's evil-minded prank! Now he was stuck carrying a boat-load of food for the little moochers in his pool. He sighed and stood up. Both of them had their arms full as they made their way out of the kitchen.
A passing maid stopped and tilted her head curiously, "Mr. Kaiba? Why are you carrying all of that? Isn't that OUR job? We weren't busy or anything, you could have just asked us to do it for you..."
Seto nearly dropped the load that he carried. Serenity spun on her feet and glared at him suspiciously. Seto's eyes opened wide, "Don't lie to me! I know that you were VERY busy!"
The maid shook her head, "No, we haven't been busy since we cleaned up the mess in the dinner hall."
Seto became furious, "YOU WERE BUSY!!! GOT IT?!?!?!"
Te maid hopped back in terror, "Y-yes sir!" She hurried off before another word could be said. As the clatter of her high-heels faded away, the tapping of Serenity's foot could be heard.
Seto gave her a surprisingly innocent look as he waited for her to turn out questions.
Serenity put her load down and Seto copied, "Alright Seto, I know that you're up to something and I think that it would be in your best interest to tell me exactly what! That maid was CLEARLY not busy, and it is pretty obvious that your intentions were not to help you carry things outside! Am I right? I mean, don't even BEGIN to think that I didn't see your intentions when I stayed the night with you! It's all so clear now! You're just one sick pervert!!! Am I right?!?!"
All the while, Seto got more and more nervous. Tears stung the backs of his eyes. He'd been found out...or had he? All he had to do was act cute and calm and deny every accusation. Simple.
"Serenity, sweety..." Seto Kaiba began his 'innocense' act, "You should know by now that my intentions are nothing but good, and that I wouldn't even DREAM of doing anything that you would be against! You have to understand that I am MUCH more sophisticated than your average guy! I want nothing more than to hug or kiss every now and then. I have nothing more on my mind! As for when you slept over, I just wanted to wake up with you by my side...made me feel like you were my wife."
It was bought. Serenity's eyes welled up with tears, "Really? Oh Seto, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to get all suspicious like that! I wanna be with you forever too!" She quickly wrapped her arms around them and gently swayed side to side as she buried her face in the brunettes chest. The millionaire unleashed an unseen smirk of satisfaction as another brilliant idea came to mind.
"I have an idea!" Seto shrieked with an unusual excitement, "Let's go get my camera and we can take pictures during our little get-together and then we can make an abulm! Does that sound fun?"
Serenity jumped back and did a little hop as she giggled, "That would be beyond awesome!"
"Alright," Seto pasted an adorable smile on his face as he voiced his next words, "It's in my room, you can come with me and help me find it." As he led the way, Serenity followed close behind. She skipped along joyously, but little did she know of Seto Kaiba's true intentions.
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Two people stood up from hiding behind the kitchen counter. Two giggling children to be exact.
Noa raised his video camera, "This is gonna be the best prank ever! I can't wait to see the look on Joey Wheeler's face when he sees THIS!!"
Little Seto, who had also been rolling with laughter, ceased at once, "Wait a second...How are we gonna get Joey to watch it? It's not like we can just lay the tape on a table with a big note that says 'WATCH ME'."
Noa scratched his head..."well, we were both raised by Gozaburo Kaiba and if there's one thing he taught very well, it would have to be game techniques...somehow, we can tie the two together to come up with the ultimate plan..."
Little Seto looked to the floor as though he were searching for an idea, "We need to do something that Joey wouldn't be able to ignore...something that makes him take a good look at the tape...something that didn't make ghostly forces look responsible..."
Both poltergeists contemplated the many idea's that past through their minds..."I GOT IT!" Little Seto screamed aloud. He pulled a very startled Noa over to him and in two seconds, told him the whole idea.
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Out in the pool, Joey and Tristan had stopped there little wrestling match after 10 minutes without a winner.
Joey sat up on the edge of the pool and looked around, "Ahhhh....dis is great. A nice relaxing day by da pool...here wit Yugi, Tristan, Te`a, Bakura and...SERENITY!!!!" Joey shot up to his feet and the others quickly faced him after hearing the shout, "My sista is gone! GRR...I'M GONNA KILL YOU KAIBA!!!!!!!!" As he began to stomp off toward the house to confront the taller boy, an object came from nowhere and slammed into the blondes skull, causing him to come crashing back into the pool.
As Joey came back to the surface, he placed a hand over the wounded area, "What da heck was dat???"
Tristan, who had made his way out of the pool to help Joey take on Kaiba, was now inspecting the projectile, "Woah...you guys aren't gonna believe this, but it's a tape!"
The others came over to them. Mokuba and the others went back to their games. Joey ran to join Tristan, "No way...it IS a video tape! Whadya think's on it? Ya think dat we should watch it?"
Yugi put his hand on his chin to think, "Well, I'm sure that Kaiba wouldn't mind..."
Joey's face turned beet-red, "Hold up Yuge...I gotta deal wit moneybags first!!! Come on Tristan! Let's kick some rich-guy butt!"
The two boys marched off looking all high-and-mighty and the others shook their heads.
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Little Seto and Noa banged there transparent heads against the side of the house. Their plan had gone wrong. Joey was supposed to watch it BEFORE taking on the big guy! It was all Yugi's fault!
Little Seto picked up the neglected tape, "Should we throw it at him again? You've got to admit, it WAS pretty funny." After a moment of silence between the two, Little Seto's sapphire eyes sparkled, "Noa, I've got an idea that is destined to work! Think, we're ghosts, right?" Noa nodded. "And we can get into places unseen, right?" Noa sighed, but nodded again. "And we can touch things, right?"
Noa was getting impatient, "YES SETO!!! WE CAN DO ALL OF THAT!!!! WOULD YOU JUST GET TO THE FREAKIN POINT ALREADY?!?!?!"
Little Seto waved a finger, "Calm down, this plan is sure to work! Just think for a moment, what is something that THOUSANDS of people are likely to see?"
Noa's eyes lit up as well, "I get it now! That is too cool! We're gonna nail 'em for sure this time!"
Both boys secured their blackmail tape and scurried away. They were going to have to do some fast thinking for it too work, but that wasn't an issue for two child geniuses. Just what exactly was their plan to nail Seto Kaiba for toying with Joey's sister? Why, the answer is laying right before your very eyes. Could it be that you were not as smart as Noa and you couldn't figure it out? Well, DUH!!! Chances are, no one understood...so let me say it.
The evening news.
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WOOOHOOOO!!!! That was the LONGEST chapter that I have ever written! I hope that it makes up for my writers block that I suffered from, lol! Anyways, if you haven't already done so, please take a look at my other fanfictions (if you are against shounen ai -boy love- then DO NOT read "When You See The Light". All the others are safe lol! Um..they all kinda center around Kaiba cuz...HES MY FAVOURITE!) I hope that you like them! Anyways, don't forget to keep a lookout for the next chapter, and as always, rate and review!!!