Chapter 2:

Seto stepped into the classroom, filling rather tired. But nightmares plagued his dreams, and the nightmares were based on the thing Seto hated the most: Gozaburo.

He clenched his hand tightly as he made his way to his desk. He took out some headphones, his MP3 player, a book, and was now sitting at his desk listening to the classics like Beethoven and Cannon in D. His book was also a classic, Shakespeare's Hamlet. He loved the riddles in the words and how sometimes they could just roll off his tongue.

But despite the music, he could still hear the sound of Jounouchi's voice coming from the door of the classroom. He was laughing obnoxiously loud, and Seto noticed a few other students cringed.

Jounouchi desk was unfortunately next to Seto's, and so the Yugi-tachi ended up sitting by him for the moment.

Jounouchi laughed again, and this time Seto calmly shut off his MP3 player and pulled off his headphones. He closed his book and looked at Jounouchi.

"Mutt. Shut. Up." Seto said simply with warning on the edge. Jounouchi made that, 'shtch' noise, and then turned his nose up. "Shutup yourself you rich snob."

"Well, I was 'shutting up' until you came here an interrupted me from 'shutting up'. Mutt." Seto glared with a smirk on his face.

Jounouchi took the bate. He growled, and then raised his fist. He growled again, and then brought down the fist until it made contact with Seto's jaw. The taller teen stumbled a bit, and then regained himself. Thank you Jounouchi. I needed that. Seto thought.

Seto felt some blood come down his mouth. He wiped it, leaving a smudge of red. He smirked. "Bad dog. I'm going to have to put you down. Now let's see, where's the closest vet?"

Jounouchi growled again, then made another fist. Honda realized this, then grabbed Jounouchi and held him back until he calmed down in a sense.

Damn Honda. Seto thought bitterly. His face smirked again. "So now monkey-boy is protecting you. Well, at least he's smart." Seto taunted.

Honda growled. "I just don't want no blood to be spilled again. But you're asking for it Kaiba-kun."

'Bout time you realized it. Seto thought again. "Listen here you filthy little animals—"

Now Yami growled. "Can you not see that they are trying to protect you?! You asked for this fight, and all Honda-kun is trying to do is stop it!" Seto closed his eyes in response. Yami growled again. "Open your eyes and look at me Kaiba-kun!"

"I shut my eyes in order to see." Seto then opened his eyes. "A quote by Paul Gauguin." He chuckled. "Now if you'll excuse me." Seto grabbed his book and shoved the headphones back into his ears, the classic music pouring in. He sat down and pulled out his laptop.

"What the hell is your problem?!" Jounouchi shouted. "You're a stupid little loner Kaiba-kun!! A stupid little orphan!"

Did that hit a nerve. Seto's eyes went wide. No one had called him that. Except for Gozaburo.

"You stupid little orphan! You're a freak! A little orphan freak! You have no family! No friends!" Gozaburo shouted.

Seto's eyes had tears in them. "Mokuba-chan…"

"That other orphan boy?! Fuck you Seto! Fuck you and your brother! You're an orphan Seto! No family, no friends! No one! You. Are. Just. An. Orphan!!" Gozaburo raised his arm up and slapped Seto hard, then began kicking him until he was sure the boy learned his lesson, which wasn't until Seto was way past unconscious. He was out cold for two days. He just knew that Mokuba had been sent off to a camp and wasn't coming back until the end of the week, which was in just three days. Seto would have plenty of time to heal in that time, since he was a fast healer.

Seto's eyes were still wide. His hands were shaking. Suddenly, he stood up and began to beat Jounouchi to a bloody pulp. "Don't you dare ever call me that again!"

Even when Seto knew Jounouchi had had enough, he began to kick him. Honda gasped, then began tearing Seto off of Jounouchi. Yami had to help. Jounouchi was sitting up, but had tears in his eyes. His ribs hurt, but he knew they weren't broken. Besides, his father did worse.

When they had pulled Seto off of Jounouchi, they realized Seto had his eyes closed and breathing harshly.

"Dammit Kaiba-kun!" Yami shouted. Seto froze, and look at the shocked mess in front of him. "Ohmygod. Jounouchi-kun—ohmygod. I'm so sorry. Ohmygod…" he was staring at Jounouchi with wide eyes.

Yami knew about personality-changes, but this was just crazy! Seto then shook his head and began to back up. "Nonononononononono…" he kept repeating over and over.

I'm turning into him. Seto thought. Seto continued to back up, and then he ran out of the room.

Yami didn't even bother to follow. Something was wrong with Seto, but he was too worried with Jounouchi. Him and Honda helped pick up Jounouchi, hearing Anzu's sobs and Yugi's crying.

They helped him to the nurse, and they had to leave him there. Honda thought of writing out an incident report, but Yami shook it off. "He looked scared after that incident. Something else happened, and it really was Jounouchi-kun who made the first punch." He had said.

Meanwhile…

Xavier opened his eyes and made it obvious that he was bored. About a week from now, they were going to get Yami and try to be accepted by Seto Kaiba, though they didn't know how they would react.

A knock came from the hall and Xavier put on a warm smile. "Come in," he said.

Logan walked in, his blue looking hair greased to make it shiny in the light. He rubbed the back of his head. "You know how you told Jean to keep on watch of those kids we're after on Cerebro. Well, looks like that Kaiba kid and that kid Yami's friend got in a fight. I think something is wrong with that Kaiba. You sure he would be safe to come here? He beat that kid pretty badly."

Xavier messaged his temples. "We don't know what type of power he holds Logan. And we should try and get him before Magneto does."

Logan humphed. "Well, don't think I'm going to give him the easy treatment. And if he gives me an attitude, he's going down."

Xavier smiled, knowing Logan was over-reacting. "I'm sure he'll be fine. We still have week left, so begin enjoying it."

Domino City…

Yami made his way around the school, searching for the tall kid with brown hair. He had volunteered to search for him, since Anzu would kill him, Honda would kill him, Jounouchi would kill him, and also because if they sent Yugi or Ryou, they wouldn't know what to do.

So far, Seto wasn't anywhere. He had checked everywhere too. But at lunch when he had gone back into the classroom that the incident had taken place at, Seto stuff was nowhere.

The rest of the day was uneventful. Just as Yami had finished his homework and was about to call the Kaiba mansion, the phone rang. He heard his Sogoroku answering it, and then heard his name being called. He raced for the phone.

"Yami speaking." Yami said with a bit of edge just in case it was Seto.

"Yami Motou?" A small chuckle, "Hello. My name is Charles Xavier. I run a school called Xavier Institute for the Gifted. It appears you have special abilities Mr. Motou."

Yami was a bit taken back. "I've heard of that school Xavier-san. For mutants? Well, I all ready know I have special abilities. I have no need to go into a school to control them." He replied with calm, but his voice was dipped in seriousness.

"Mr. Motou. This school is not for you to learn to control them, but rather make them stronger. Besides, wouldn't you like to be around people who have abilities just like yours?" Xavier asked.

Yami had to laugh. "You misunderstand Xavier-san. These people you speak of have powers nowhere close to mine. I'm not talking about in strength or anything like that, but mine is a far different breed from yours."

Xavier thought for a second. "Perhaps you can come then just for the fun of it. Maybe increase your school education, and perhaps just to make more friends."

Yami laughed again. "I have plenty of friends here."

Xavier sighed. Yami for a second thought he had given up. "Listen Yami," Xavier began. Yami noted the seriousness in his voice and the danger of how far his calmness could go. "You do have extreme powers. But the reason we want you here is because there are other people who could try to use that to take control. We want you to know that we are the good guys Mr. Motou. We can do as you want, but we really need you here."

Yami rolled his eyes. "I'll leave you to talk to my Ji-chan. If he says yes, I'll go. But I want to take a few people with me. If that cannot be arranged, then I will say no right here and now. And no, they are not mutants."

"As I said, we can do what you want. Do these people know of your powers all ready?"

"These people do, in fact, know of my powers. But I fear leaving them here can put them in danger. It has happened many times before. Their names are Katsuya Jounouchi, Mazaki Anzu, Hiroto Honda, and my brother, Yugi Motou."

"Fine. They are accepted. But they better be able to keep a secret Mr. Motou, or I will erase some of their memories."

"I assure you Xavier-san. They will do as they are told. No hold on, and I will get my Ji-chan for you."

Yami left downstairs, calling for Suguroku, who answered. The two adults had a small discussion, until it was agreed that they could all go.