Hey I'm back! Still took me a long time, I know. Well anyway hope you all enjoy this chapter, and please leave a review!
Seto was woken up by the sound of someone knocking at his door. It was still dark outside as Seto tumbled out of bed, and walked groggily to the door. Takashi stood on the other side, looking about as tired as Seto felt.
"What do you want?" Seto asked grumpily.
"Time to get up," Takashi replied. "The kids are coming in about two hours."
"What time is it?" Seto questioned.
"It's about 6:00. Miyabi said to get dressed and meet in the cafeteria," Takashi informed Kaiba. With that Seto shut the door, and went back to his room. He quickly showered, and dressed, then he made his way to the cafeteria. Miyabi, Ryouji, Takashi, and Seto himself where the only people who had arrived so far.
"Where's everyone else?" Seto asked.
"I was wondering the same thing," Miyabi said with a scowl on her face.
"Sorry, I asked," Seto mumbled. Ryouji overheard, and tried to repress his laugher. Miyabi shot an evil look in the boy's direction, but surprisingly didn't yell at him.
"They better hurry up. The kids are going to be arriving soon, and I have some things I need to discuss," Miyabi stated impatiently, while glancing at her watch.
"It's girls. They take forever to get ready," Ryouji said.
"What about me?" Miyabi asked.
"What about Kakashi?" Kaiba asked.
"Kakashi takes forever to get ready. He's such a pretty boy," Takashi answered rolling his eyes. Miyabi looked at the three boys, impatiently awaiting their response to her question.
"Umm… you don't need long to get ready because… you have natural beauty," Ryouji said, biting his lip in an attempt to hold back a laugh. Miyabi opened her mouth to reply, but Shizuka came running in at that moment.
"I'm beginning to think you can't tell time Shizuka," Miyabi told the young girl. Shizuka's face flushed as she muttered an apology. Seto opened his mouth to defend Shizuka, but he immediately shut it again. He knew Miyabi would just embarrass him by bringing up the fact that he didn't treat people nicely either, so he kept quiet. Soon the rest of the councelors arrived; Miyabi cleared her throat and began speaking.
"As you all know, the kids are arriving today. You all have ten kids in your cabin. When they first get here, you'll need to help them get settled into the cabin, then go over the rules with them," Miyabi told the group. "Here's a copy of the rules," she said while passing out the papers. "I'm also going to pass out a tentative list of activities here. You need to find the person who has the same activities schedule as you. They will be your partner for the duration of your time here. You'll be involved in all activities together. Lastly, I'm handing you a list of the kids in your cabin, so please look over that as well. Any questions?" No one had questions, so Miyabi ended the meeting. She told everyone to eat breakfast, and then head out to greet the campers.
"Hey Kaiba," Shizuka said as she plopped down next to him. He gave a curt nod in reply. "So what does you schedule of activities look like?" she asked Seto. He slid his paper toward her without saying a word. After glancing over the list Shizuka gave out a small, "Oh."
"What is it?" Seto questioned.
"We have the same schedule," she replied.
"I guess that's okay," Kaiba said shrugging. "Better you then one of those other losers." This caused Shizuka to blush slightly, and she turned away to hide it.
"Was that a compliment?" she asked.
"No," Seto said coolly. "Just better to be with a loser I know than one I don't know."
"Are you ever nice?" Shizuka questioned.
"Umm…no, not really," Seto answered. Shizuka let out an exasperated sigh, and the two finished breakfast in silence. Afterwards they made their way to the front of the camp where the children were supposed to be arriving.
"So is your brother in your cabin?" Shizuka asked turning to Seto.
"Oh, I didn't even look," Kaiba said while pulling the list from his coat. He scanned the paper, and then nodded. "Yeah, it looks like he is."
"That's good. He'll be excited," Shizuka told the young CEO. Seto shrugged.
"Yeah I guess," he replied. Shizuka gave him a funny look, but didn't say anything. The counselors stood at the entrance of Camp Rainbow, looking down the road for signs of the bus. Seto couldn't believe he had gotten sucked into this. The whole camp thing had seemed somewhat surreal until he had seen Mokuba's name on his list. "I've got to find a way to resist Mokuba's puppy dog eyes," Seto mumbled.
"Did you say something?" Shizuka asked.
"Uh, um, no…" Seto said. However, his now flushed face contradicted his words. Shizuka giggled.
"You were talking to yourself," she stated, trying hard to keep a straight face. For some odd reason, Seto didn't feel like arguing with Shizuka.
"I was just thinking I was an idiot for getting myself into this," he told her.
"You were just being a good big brother. I think it's really sweet," Shizuka admitted. Seto felt his face heating up again. He couldn't remember the last time he had blushed this much. Shizuka seemed to have some weird effect on him, which even Seto couldn't figure out. He tried to take his mind of Shizuka by looking over the day's schedule. This, however, only succeded in making him feel worse. The events for that day included canoeing, a nature scavenger hunt, and basketball.
"Is this for real?" Seto asked Shizuka.
"What? The schedule?" she inquired. Kaiba nodded yes. "Of course it's for real," she told him.
"The kids do this stuff by themselves, and we just watch, I mean supervise, right?"
"No, we do the stuff with them." Shizuka replied. Upon hearing this Kaiba, cursed under his breath, but he didn't have much time to wallow in self pity. A large bus came into sight, bumping along dirt road. The bus soon arrived at the camp, and small children came pouring out. Seto's little brother spotted him immediately, and bolted over.
"Hiya Seto," the raven hair boy said, with a big grin on his face. The siblings began to chat about how they had spent their day apart, but they were interrupted by Miybai.
"Attention please!" she yelled. "One by one, I want the councelors to read off the names of the children who will be staying in their cabin. Kids, as soon as your name is called, go stand by your councelor. After everyone's name has been called, you may go unpack. Understand?" Dozens of little heads bobbed up and down in unison. Miyabi told Shizuka that she would be the first to read her list. Seto stood there, very bored, as name after name was called. He was the last councelor to call roll for the cabins. Mokuba, Sousuke, Shuuya, Jin, Kunio, Yamato, Minoru, Han, Gai, and Akio, were the names of the boys Seto was to be in charge of. Seto called their names, and the children slowly made their way towards him. After Seto made sure there were ten kids, he told them to follow him to their cabin. When they were halfway to their destination one of the boys, Jin if he remembered correctly, broke the silence and asked, "Hey, mister counselor! What's your name?" The question took Seto by surprise so he didn't answer right away. When he finally opened his mouth to reply, another child was already talking.
"What do you live in a cave Jin?!" the outraged boy inquired. "Of course that's Seto Kaiba!" Jin's face had a blank look on it; obviously Seto's name didn't ring a bell with him. The other boy shook his head in disgust. "He's only like the best Duel Monsters player ever!"
"Sorry Shuuya. I don't really follow Duel Monsters," Jin explained.
"Only losers don't like Duel Monsters," Shuuya told him. Seto's younger brother looked at him expectantly. He knew Mokuba was trying to tell him to stop the fight, but Seto was unsure of what to say. However, the boys kept name calling back and forth, and Jin looked on the brink of tears, so Seto unwilling stepped in.
"Hey!" he said sternly. "Don't call people names. It's not nice. Everyone has their own interests. Just because someone doesn't like all the same things as you doesn't mean they are a loser. Now apologize to each other." Jin and Shuuya both muttered sheepish apologizes to the other boy.
"Wow you handled that well!" Mokuba exclaimed surprised.
"Yeah," Seto admitted. "I guess I did."
"See being a counselor won't be all that bad!" Mokuba told the older boy. Seto highly doubted that being a counselor here would be easy in any aspect. He constantly had to deal with ten rowdy boys, had to live in a tiny room, and was forced to participate in outdoor activities. Seto was so wrapped up in thinking about how horrible camp was going to be, that he unknowingly walked past his cabin. He stopped abruptly stopped, and told the kids to turn around. The young faces looked up at him questioningly.
"I passed our cabin by," the CEO mumbled. As expected, the boys began laughing at him. "Yeah, yeah, it's hilarious," Kaiba said darkly. "Now go to that cabin," he said pointing to the building they had passed several yards back. The children ran to the cabin, flung its door open, and bounded inside. Even from outside, Kaiba could hear them quarreling over who got what bed. He quickened his pace, realizing he should probably stop the fighting before someone got hurt. He had his hand on the doorknob when a loud crash came from inside of the cabin, followed by crying. Kaiba flung the door open to see Gai sprawled on the floor and bleeding slightly. Seto made his way towards the injured boy, and gingerly lifted him off the floor. Gai had received a cut under his eye, but other than that he looked to be fine.
"All right, what happened?" Seto demanded. The kid all kept their mouths shut. "Okay fine. You better think about what happened, and I expect the full story when I get back."
"Get back from where?" Shuuya asked.
"I'm going to find someone that can take care of Gai. This cut is deep. He may need stitches. Until I get back, Mokuba is in charge." With that Seto left the cabin. He didn't know where he was going. His first instinct was to find Miyabi, but he had no clue where she would be. Actually the only person he knew how to find around here was Shizuka. He rapidly strode to the brunette's cabin, and pounded on the door. Shizuka opened the door seconds later, looking flabbergasted to see Seto on the other side. Then her eyes fell upon the small boy Seto was holding.
"What's wrong?" she asked concernedly.
"They boys were roughhousing and he got hurt," Seto explained. "I think he may need a stitch or two. Do you know where I can go to get him medical attention?"
"Bring him inside," Shizuka said. "I can stitch him up." Seto raised his eyebrow in doubt.
"Maybe I should take him to see someone who is actually certified in first aid," Seto said coldly. Shizuka rolled her eyes.
"For your information I have been trained in first aid as part of the Nurses Aid program I am taking in school," she told Kaiba. She stepped into the cabin and motioned for him to do the same. As soon as he set foot inside Seto's ears were filled with the screams of little girls.
"There are boys in our cabin!" they yelled. Shizuka quieted her campers down, calmly explaining the situation to them. When the girls were finally silenced, Shizuka led Kaiba to her room.
"I have a first aid kit in here somewhere," she told the blue eyed teen. Kaiba set Gai on the bed and asked the boy if he was okay. Gai gave a small reassuring nod.
"You're a pretty brave kid," Seto complimented, causing Gai to give a small smile. Kaiba then turned his attentions towards Shizuka who was frantically searching her closet. She let out a small "Ah ha," as she spotted the kit on the top shelf of the closet. She wasn't tall enough to reach, so she pulled out her suitcase and stood on it. Seto knew this was an accident waiting to happen. The suitcase was wobbling under the young girl's weight, and he knew it was only a matter of time before she toppled over.
"Got it!" Shizuka claimed triumphantly. At the same time, the suitcase finally gave way. Seto rushed forward, and since the room was small he got to Shizuka before she fell. He grabbed her in his arms, and they both tumbled to the floor. Shizuka wound up on top of Seto and their faces were merely centimeters apart. "Thanks," Shizuka said.
"Don't mention it," Seto replied. "You're kind of a klutz aren't you?" he added. Shizuka blushed and nodded.
"Yeah, you could say that," she admitted.
"You could have asked me to get the kit for you," Seto told Shizuka.
"I figured you would have said no," Shizuka informed him.
"I mean, but I'm not that mean," Seto said. Just then, their conversation was interrupted by the sound of someone clearing their throat. The two counselors looked over to where the sound had come from to see Gai staring at them from the bed. Seto had almost forgotten about the injured boy. Embarrassed, he gave Shizuka a small push off of him. The girl got up and immediately began cleaning out the camper's wound. Seto watched as Shizuka gracefully stitched the cut closed. After awhile she announced that she was finished. Seto inspected the Shizuka's handiwork. She had done a very professional job.
"Okay let's go back to the cabin Gai," said Seto. The boy jumped off the bed and followed Seto out of Shizuka's cabin.
"See you in a little bit!" Shizuka called after Seto.
'Bye," he answered. "Oh and thanks." Shizuka smiled, causing her whole face to light up.
"You're welcome!" When Seto and Gai arrived back at their cabin the rest of the kids were sitting around quietly. They looked relived to see that Gai was alive and well.
"Are you ready to tell me what happened?" Seto inquired.
Sousuke stepped forward. "It was my fault," he confessed. "We were both on the top bunk fighting over who gets to sleep there and we started wrestling. I pushed him and he hit his head on the edge of the bed frame. I didn't know he was hurt so I kept wrestling and ended up pushing him off the bunk. I'm sorry." Seto rubbed his temples. He sincerely hoped the boys wouldn't get in stupid fights everyday. He didn't think he could handle people getting hurt all the time. He wanted to yell at Sousuke for being such an idiot, but it was an accident, and the kid was sorry.
"It's okay," Seto told Sousuke. "But now we know what can happen when we mess around don't we?" All the kids nodded vigorously. "People can get badly hurt, so no more fighting alright?" There was more nodding. The kids looked very relieved when they realized that no one was going to be punished. The tension seemed to disperse, and everyone went over to Gai to ogle at his stitches. Seto glanced at his watch, then at the activities schedule. They had to go on a nature scavenger hunt at 10:00. Attending to Gai had taken so much time that it was now 9:30.
"Hey," Seto said, catching the kid's attention. "We have to get at the nature trail in a half hour, so hurry up and unpack. Then I have to quickly read you the rules." The kids hastily began putting away their belongings. By 9:45 everything was unpacked and the rules were read. Seto led the kids out of the cabin and towards the trail. When they arrived Shizuka's cabin was already there as well as Miyabi. Miyabi didn't look very happy, so Seto checked his watch.
"I'm not late," he said.
"I didn't say you were," Miyabi replied. Seto dropped the subject. He didn't really feel like butting heads with Miyabi at the moment. She proceeded to explain the rules of the scavenger hunt. It was going to be a contest between Shizuka's cabin and Seto's cabin. They had two hours to collect as many things from the list as they could. Miyabi then passed out their lists of items, and a digital camera.
"Some of the items are not allowed to be taken out of the woods," Miyabi explained. "That's why you have the cameras. Only the counselor can use the camera, and if it gets broken they will have to pay for it." With that Miyabi left, wishing the teams good luck. All the kids ran onto the trail, screaming excitedly. "Have fun Kaiba," Shizuka teased before heading after the kids.
"I most certainly won't," Seto said. "I most certainly won't."
So how was it? Please leave me a review! I've already begun working on the next chapter so you shouldn't have too long of a wait! The scavenger hunt should be some good old fashioned fun chaos! I hoped you liked this chapter, and thank you so much for reading.