"He's gonna get it!"

"That's nice, Jou." Honda said off-handedly.

"I'm serious! That prick is gonna pay for doing that to me!"

"You've been saying that all month, Jonouchi." Honda said. "If I wasn't sure about you, I would think you were in love with the guy. That's why you took it so personal." He laughed at his own little joke. Me, on the other hand, I blushed. Luckily for me, Honda's face was stuck deep within the bowels of a porno mag he swiped from his old man.

"I just want him to pay..." I said.

"How?"

A smile spread across my face. "By Duel Monsters!" Honda sighed in disgust.

"God, Jou. You too? Jeez! Why is everyone obsessed with that stupid game? Why have you let the otaku bug bite you too?"

"I actually think the game is cool." Someone said, standing at my door. Honda rolled over on my bed and saw Shizuko walk in. His mouth fell open and his cheeks started to blush slightly.

"Y-- you do?" Honda choked out.

"Yeah." Shizuko smiled. "I mean, it's kinda cool. I'm glad my oni-chan is into it." She walked over to the bed and sat down beside me. Honda freaked since she was close to him as well.

"Well... I think they're cool, too!" Honda said quickly. I rolled my eyes behind my sister's back.

"Really?!" Shizuko seemed excited.

"Oh, yeah." Honda breezed. "I think it's great. I even just gave your big brother some pointers."

"Really?" Shizuko turned to me. Deciding to go along with it, I forced a strained smile across my face and nodded my head slightly.

"Yeah."

Yeah, right. -.- Bull. Shit.

But my little sister ate it up. "That's so cool!" She marveled. "Maybe you can duel me sometime, Hiroto-kun!"

"Definately." At that point, Shizuko decided to leave and leave the two of us alone. I shot Honda a cold look. He feigned ignorance and shrugged. "What?"

"Touch my sister," I said quietly, my voice dripping with venom. "And you die."

"Whatever." He said happily, opening up his porno mag again and looking at it. I wanted to hit that stupid jerk for looking at my sister the way he did.

Prick.

I met up with Seto after school the following Monday. I stood there and said nothing; only glared. Finally I got his attention but he only spoke to me when he got overly annoyed. "Do you want something, mutt?" He sneered. "Cuz if you don't, go away. You're breathing in my air."

I shook with rage and hatred. "I challenge you, Seto Kaiba!"

"Challenge me?" He asked bemusingly. "To what? A Pee-wee baseball game?"

"TO A GAME OF DUEL MONSTERS, YOU PRICK!" I yelled. "If I win, I want you to leave me and Yugi alone! I never want to hear you call me a mutt again!"

Seto stood there with that know-it-all wise-ass smirk on his face. He never said anything; just looked at me. It was as if he was sizing me up; seeing what I was worth. Finally he said something. "Okay." My mouth dropped. I had not really expected him to say alright. Well... maybe not at FIRST. I had planned to beat him up until he had surrendered. Seto laughed at my appearance. "Are you deaf as much as you are brainless and amatuerish? I said okay."

"I HEARD YOU!" I yelled at him. "Stop making fun of me!"

"I have only one condition, though."

"What is that?" I spat.

"If I win, I get to fuck you." Once again, my mouth dropped open. That was the LAST thing I had expected him to say to me. Seto merely smirked again. "It's a deal then. C'mon. My limo's waiting outside for me. Come with me. We'll go to my house. We can duel there in private." Dumbfounded and not able to think straight, I followed him like a puppy dog. I had agreed, without meaning to, to his request.