Haha, quick update again! I like how this is going. Don't blame me.

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Mokuiba: Glad you like it! His wish should be revealed in this chapter.

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I think this story is doing better than any other I've written! Thank you, all my wonderful readers! You're the best! (gives everyone Blue-Eyes pancakes)

Note: Yami's thought-speak is in bold since ff net won't let me do two slashes in a row.

Onward we go!

Chapter Four

Yugi smiled happily at his blonde friend and retrieved his deck from the depths of his pockets O' DOOM!

Jou leaned back in his chair and flipped through the deck as Yugi ran off to talk to other people. He has a life other than Jou (contrary to popular belief, but true!)!

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Seto fidgeted nervously in his seat. He knew his puppy would fulfill the task. When had he ever dared break a promise?

"...Mr. Kaiba, are you listening?"

Uh-oh. Caught daydreaming by the scariest math teacher ever known to walk the earth, Mrs. Engel. This does not bode well.

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Jou finished switching out various cards in Yugi's deck and placed it on the desk. He opened his notebook and started doodling, when suddenly a shout came from seemingly nearby...

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"MR. KAIBA, YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW TO PAY ATTENTION! SIX WEEKS OF DETENTION FOR YOU, YOUNG MAN!" Mrs. Engel shouted, voice echoing through the halls and reaching Jou at the opposite end of the school.

"Debbie," Seto began, using her first name, as he tended to do when trying to get out of the rare detentions he received. "Today has been miserable for me, particularly because no one seems to acknowledge that it is my birthday," –he internally scolded himself for trying to use it to his advantage- "and I have had trouble focusing. Please forgive me, just this once."

Mrs. Engel sighed and waved her hands slightly in response. Seto quirked an eyebrow.

"Fine, no detentions," Engel muttered, walking back to the front of the class to continue the lesson.

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Jou blinked in disbelief (having only heard the shouting). His Seto, getting detentions? He grabbed Yugi's deck again and replaced his Kuriboh with Bob the Wonder Cow (who I actually don't own).

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The rest of the class with Engel flowed smoothly. Seto answered questions here and there and corrected Engel when she did a problem wrong.

When the class was over, Seto walked calmly to the doom that was... Physical Education!

He walked commandingly through the locker room and into his own private changing room (he paid the school twice the building price so they'd let it be his only) and slipped into his gym uniform, a boring grey shirt and navy blue shorts.

Seto walked out to the gym and sat in his assigned spot, awaiting the energetic puppy who had broken the school record for fastest mile run three times – he beat himself a lot.

Jou exited the locker room and sat in his spot, next to Seto's (again, the teacher thought they hated each other, and this one happened to think fighting was healthy for boys their age). Seto had written a message in 1337 on his hand-

"I escaped those detentions with Engel."

Jou's jaw dropped. He mouthed the words "How easy?"

Seto simply smirked. Then he pulled a pen from nowhere (plot device, Mr. Frodo, plot device) and wrote a second message-

"It helps being a diplomat."

Jou raised an eyebrow in a Seto-like way.

Another message-

"Did you sabotage the midget's deck like I asked?"

Jou nodded.

"Good boy," Seto said as their PE teacher, Mrs. Swaney, entered.

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/Yami, I'm concerned./ Yugi thought-spoke to Yami.

And I once had a fish named Hama Drias, your point is? Yami replied.

Oh, gosh, I don't own the fish comment, that belongs to my fifth grade teacher (Sorry, Mr. Seibert!)
/Yami, I think Kaiba looks happy!/

OK, now that is a cause for concern.

/Uh-huh. What do you think?/

I say we confront him directly and challenge him to a duel.

/Yami.../

What?

/...never mind.../

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Jou was at the front of the class, doing demonstrations for the next unit – Frisbee.

Seto couldn't help but let a grin sneak onto his face. The puppy was demonstrating Frisbee. He nearly laughed when the mutt almost dropped one and caught it in his teeth.

The rest of PE went well. Seto and Jou practiced with each other, Jou telling stories about when he was littler and how he used to do stuff like this all the time, and other such nonsense. Seto nodded and pretended to listen, but was thinking about how he was going to get Yugi to duel him.

He didn't know Yugi was plotting the same thing.

Must... stop...

Ha, this is the longest chapter I think!

Hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

I look forward to reading your reviews! (wink wink)