Rath- Hello, ff.net. Thankies to those who read/reviewed/whatever my story!

Set- Indeed.

Rath- Well, some one is oh so enthusiastic. Okay, so enjoy chap. 2 of What may Rise!

Set- Before Rath-ey forgets, -We no own Yu-gi-oh-

Seto Kaiba. After seven years, I finally meet him again in high school.

'Feh, bet the bastard ditched us, let's go to town now.' Jouno grumbled.

'Er, let's just go look for him. He's probably run into some trouble or something.' I say. So we leave the wall and walk around the school trying to find him. We strode down the hallways, peering in and out of the deserted classrooms and empty hallways. Nobody. We came to the tenth grade locker hallway.

Jouno whistled 'innocently' and began to bang against each locker till he came to Seto's, er, I mean Kaiba. What would he want to me to call him? No, wait, I will stay on topic… Am I obsessive? I wonder, I mean, he pretty much is in my mind about 24-7, no, wait, not on topic! I mentally slapped myself and looked at Jouno, but practically face faulted. The guy was staring at the lock, er, rather glaring at it and attempting to unlock it. Ah, yes, this is one of my best friends.

Soon enough, Yu-gi, Honda and I were drawn towards the lock.

'I think the first number is 12.'

'I think its 5.'

'But it didn't click!'

'Click?'

'You four better have a good explanation for attempting to break into my locker.' I'm sure the rest of the guys were as surprised as I was. I snapped around and came face-to-face, ah, okay, who am I kidding? I'm short. Face-to-chest with Seto Kaiba himself. Okay, try not to blush, try not to blush. I gulped and reclaimed my dignity, or, what ever was left of it after being caught trying to break into his locker.

'Look, we have been waiting for you since, like, a hell of a forever!!' I frown at him. Jounochi must add in.

'Yeah, buddy! Weh' looked for ya' and waited about fiten' stupid minutes! Ya' snot nosed money bag!' Oh, yeah, Jouno, get him Tiger.

'What were you four doing?' Wow, he doesn't curse. Even I can't do that. I also can't help but look him up and down. Business suit. This guy has got to be kidding.

'Uh, Kaiba, don't ya' think that you should dress…' Yu-gi is also looking him up and down.

'Normally…?' Honda inserts for him.

'I have a meeting afterwards that requires my attention. I must be there, 7:00 sharp. I don't intend to be late.' He says as if we should have known. Doesn't he usually wear trench coats to work? Guess he had a change of heart…

'Yeah, well, y' look like a freak.' Jouno said, crossing his arms to show his stubborness.

'Well, I don't have any other change of cloths, so suck it, dog.' I tried to ignore Jouno being held back from putting a hole on Kaiba's head by Honda and Yu-gi. We heard footsteps in the background. Ryou. Oops, we must have forgotten…he was arriving late he said…

'Hello, how are you all?' He asks, smiling and obviously still trying to ignore the violence and tension in the situation, and the fact that we almost ditched him. He choked back a polite laugh when he looked at Kaiba.

'Dare I ask….?' He smiled.

'For that comment, I'm borrowing your cloths.' Seto, great, there I go again… Kaiba walked over and pulled Ryou over to his locker by his arm.

'WHAT?!?!' He yelled. Everyone stopped to stare. Well, that was very odd indeed…

'News headlines, local high school boy raped by local CEO and President of Kaiba Corp. Seto Kaiba himself.'

'Oh, Honda, don't be such a pervert!' I scold, cuffing his head. 'You know Ryou always brings an extra change of cloths…'

….Several minutes later…

So we walked down the streets of Domino, talking and laughing like normal teenagers. Oh, hell, what am I saying?

Se- Kaiba was carrying his oh-so-fashionable brief case, which obviously had his suit in it. He was wearing his starched white shirt and a pair of jeans that looked skin tight. Why Kaiba should never wear Ryou's pants. As for poor Ryou, the guy was glaring at Kaiba the entire time, well, if you could consider it a glare. More of a pout.

Jouno was ready to strangle Kaiba of he came with in one foot of him, strutting along, trying to give the impression that he was indestructible. Our history test proved him wrong. Honda, was 'calm', okay, on edge, ready to keep a fuming blond away from our favorite guy in the case he did loose it.

Yu-gi, was being innocent as usual and trying to talk loud enough into the cell phone so his Grandfather could hear him, but not so loud so that he wold draw a dew stares. As for me, yes, I'm sure I was being a freak too. And I'm sure no matter how hard I try; teenagers like us will always have a few glances and 'tsktsks'. We walked into a rather large bookstore. Jazz music played in the background. We all headed towards the manga section (duh). Which self-respecting teen wouldn't? Amazing how different all our tastes are. So there we are, all reading our manga, not caring at all when a loud sound reverb-berates around the aisle.

'I'm hungry.' Jouno says, plain and clear as day. A disgusted moan was heard over from Seto.

'You're always hungry, mutt.'

'Hey, guys, let's not start another fight and just go get somethin' to eat, okay?' Yu-gi said. So we went to a small restaurant. A place where Jouno and Honda could pig out all they wanted and we wouldn't have to pay for the bill the rest of our lives, okay, maybe a day in Seto's, but an eternity in ours. Seto sat across me. Wonderful… Literally and sarcastically. A, I may stare at him the entire time, which may prove to be my undoing and B, I swear this world is trying to prove something. But he's my friend. So, I can stare. See how he's changed, right? All old friends do that…don't they? They see how each other has changed.

'So, uh, Kaiba…' I say, trying to start with the digging of Seto, as I will put it.

'Yes.' He answers more of a command if I ever heard. Well, that little aspect seems to have stayed with him…

'So, what do ya' do outside of school?' I ask. Wait lemme guess…

'Work, Mokuba.' Yep, I was right.

'What do you eat?'

'Food.'

'What's your favorite color?'

'Blue.'

'Do you-'

'Stop asking me such stupid and time wasting questions.' I sigh and rest m cheek on my hand. Impossible, he is impossible. But, I stop, I didn't want him to think I was just another nagging, stupid girl. A thought came to me as I sat there, looking out at the window. I'm gonna take a shot in the air.

'So, do you like space-crafts? My favorite is the Apollo…' Oh, yeah, Anzu, wonderful! You sounded sooo smart! I bit my lip as the rest of the gang stared at me like I was a nut job. Oh, yeah, I'm sure I'm not that far from actually being one… Seto, looks most surprised. Maybe I had brought some memories… Just maybe.

' Apollo?' He said looking at me like I was beyond help of any doctor in the world. There was a long and very nerve-racking silence.

'Dammit, 6:55! I have to leave now.' With that, he got up and left, getting a few stares at our table, wondering what we must have done to make him leave so abruptly. I wince, at both his harshness, and the fact that I didn't bring anything out of him or revive my Seto. My Seto? Where in the world did that come from? Oh, no… Wait, I do not have a crush. No I do not… I do not! I do not, I do not, I do not! I mean, I have though of him a lot…and not just recently. For a while now… But no, he's a friend and nothing more. Just a friend. Isn't he?

Rath- Okay, there we are, I hope you all enjoyed it!

Set- That was a rather, odd, chapter.

Rath- Don't worry, the excitement is soon to come. Watch as Anzu attempts to 'get to' Kaiba.

Set- Great.

Rath- Okay, so here are a few notes.

As for Kaiba's trench-coats, he will get them back. Don't worry trench-coats fan! ^_^ Teafan123- Can't e-mail you, I swear, e-mail address hate me. Even though I dislike Anzu, she just fit I guess. *shrug* Dunno. Okay, well, review, thanks. Ja ne.

Set- Later.