A/N: OMG... I can't believe I got reviews!! I was so afraid that I'd get none, and if I did, they'd be flames, but I didn't! WOOHOO! Okay, perhaps I should calm down. Thank you to everyone that read and reviewed, it means a lot to me... I just really hope I don't stuff this fic up... Alrighty, review replies!!
Review replies:
CWolf2: (grins) I'm glad I've got the characters right do far, it's got to be one of the hardest things ever... I hope I can keep your attention through this, I'm so nervous of stuffing up... Anyway, thanks for your review!
Miryoku: I'm glad you enjoyed it, and now here's chapter two for your enjoyment! Thanks for the review!
Marin M: I agree; Téa/Seto fics are the best! Thanks for telling me who left, I'll have to work something out for why Duke is back... Thanks for reviewing!
Dustbunny3: I'll be sure to check for spelling errors. Since I'm Aussie I tend to spell things differently, but I'll check for mistakes anyway. LOL, yes, Elise is evil... (starts laughing) You're the only one that thought that, go you! Hm, I hope you enjoy how this all works out, and thanks for your review!
e hardy: I hope I don't ruin your expectations of this, but I'm glad you enjoyed the first chapter. And since you don't really like Téa/Seto fics, it's a big deal to me that you liked this. Oops, I'm rambling. Anyway, thank you for reviewing!
toboewolf7: LOL, yeah, poor Téa, what will happen? I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter, so here's the second! Thanks for reviewing!
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thefutureMrs.Kaiba: Well, here's the second chapter! Enjoy, and thanks for reviewing!
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Disclaimer: In how many different ways can I say that I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Win A Date With Seto Kaiba!
Chapter Two: The Competition
Mokuba wanted to stay up and help his brother work, even if he was going to be more of an inconvenience than a help. Seto would never be so rude to think of his brother as an inconvenience, of course, but Mokuba wasn't always a help to his brother's work. Take tonight, for example.
He had been trying to be kind by bringing Seto coffee. The coffee machine in his office had broken, you see, so Mokuba was being nice and bringing his brother a cup. When he entered the room, Seto was no where to be seen, so, curious, Mokuba had gone to look at what Seto had been working on. That's when Seto, blinded by being deprived of sleep, had bumped into his younger brother, sending the coffee all over his laptop.
A few seconds later realisation kicked in, and Seto sent Mokuba running from the office with a mere glance at him. As he was running he heard the shouts of anger and the sound of sparks from behind him, and Mokuba didn't stop running until he had reached his room. He had locked the door too, just to make sure that Seto didn't get in.
That brings us back to the present. Mokuba was standing against the door, his mop of black hair just as wild as ever. He shot a glance at the clock and sighed. It was midnight. He was lucky it was Saturday, but then again, Seto would've made sure that he was asleep if there was school the next day.
Mokuba sighed again and walked to his bed, slowly and reluctantly slipping under the covers. He shivered and curled up, hugging his Blue Eyes White Dragon plush toy as he tried to warm up. He closed his eyes, trying to will himself to sleep.
He opened his eyes when he heard the wind blowing fiercely outside, and he shivered again. As his eyes strained to get used to the absence of light, he heard a creaking sound. Mokuba hated to admit it, but he was still slightly afraid of the dark. Being kidnapped and locked away in a castle by Pegasus had had its negative affects.
Meanwhile, outside, three camouflaged figures were slipping over the fence and crawling towards the bushes, their precious equipment safely in their bags. They had been watching the guard movement patterns for around a week, and they had devised a plan that was flawless. They'd make their move soon.
Back inside the Kaiba Mansion, Mokuba was finally starting to fall asleep when a loud splattering sound came from his window. Frightened beyond belief Mokuba bolted upright, shaking. He paused for a moment, his eyes on his window, waiting to see if there was a repeat. His breathing had finally slowed when there was another bang, making the younger Kaiba brother jump again.
He moved to the window, pulling across the curtain to see the three figures, their faces hidden, throwing eggs at the mansion. Yes, eggs. There must've been at least three cartons each left in their open bags, and they seemed to be having a lot of fun. Amazingly, the security guards hadn't spotted them yet.
Mokuba turned to call for Seto, but as he did he found his older brother entering the room, a glare on his face. He instantly crossed to the window, surveying the scene. He pulled out a mobile and shouted into the phone at the guard that answered, telling him to hurry up and arrest those that were disfiguring the mansion.
The three saw the guards approaching them quickly, and Seto opened the window to get a better view. Just before the ring leader ran, he threw on last egg and shouted out, "That was for Téa ya big jerk!" Then he ran, climbing the fence quickly and running down the street.
"Seto?" Mokuba's voice pulled Seto from his angry trance, but he didn't take his eyes off the slowly disappearing figures. He looked to his right and saw the egg slowly dripping down the wall. No one could mistake the voice that had shouted out to him.
"That stupid mutt is gonna pay." Seto said, his fatigue seeming to have disappeared. He went straight to his office and picked up his phone, flicking through the phone numbers on his Teledex(1). He was going to go straight to the source of the problem.
Téa was sleeping quite peacefully when a sudden sound woke her. Her eyes snapped open and her arm shot out, hitting the top of her alarm clock. However, when the sound didn't stop, she pushed herself off her mattress and realised that the phone in her room was ringing.
Slightly confused, she picked up the phone, stifling a yawn as she answered. "Hello?"
"Gardner, what the hell did you do?!" Téa's eyes widened when she heard that voice. It belonged to Seto Kaiba; why was he calling her, and why at this time? And what was he going on about?
"Kaiba, why are you calling me at this hour?" Téa mumbled, not failing to sound angry and tired at the same time. Seto almost laughed on the other end of the phone.
"Don't pretend that you don't know. That mutt Wheeler and two of his friends came around to my mansion and bombarded it with eggs, saying that they did it for you! What the hell did you tell them?!" Seto burst out, hurting Téa's eardrum.
"Look Kaiba, I don't know what you're going on about, so don't go about making assumptions! I didn't tell them to go and egg your house!"
"They did it in your name, Gardner! If you don't take action, then I will!" With that, Seto hung up, leaving Téa in a raging mood. How dare he call her up and tell her to take action against her own friends! He was ordering her about like she was some maid of his!
Téa shook her head and lay back down. Stupid Kaiba... What the hell is his problem? Mokuba must've gotten all the kindhearted genes... Shortly after, she fell asleep her thoughts still on that cold hearted teen that she hated with all of her being.
A few weeks later...
The whole of Domino City had found out about Seto's publicity act, and it had soon turned into a national event. Even people from different continents were sending in forms, even though they ran the risk of being too late to compete. The Orphanage fund ended up receiving over one thousand dollars, and the Kaiba Mansion was sent thank-you cards every day.
Even though his partners had said that the winner was chosen at random, they had given Seto all of the forms; they wanted him to go on the date with someone he'd actually like. However, no explicit details were given, so it was basically a stab in the dark.
Seto settled down in his leather chair, sighing from exhaustion. He looked at the pile of forms before him; the stack was about half a meter high. He had tried to start earlier, but he had got a major headache from just looking at the pile. How could so many girls want to go on a date with him?
He sighed and started looking over the forms, the pile slowly decreasing as he spent hours looking over the hopeful competitors. As he looked over one of the forms, a shocked expression crossed his face. This person was a guy! Seto instantly put that form in his paper shredder; he would be surprised if that didn't haunt him for the rest of his life.
Seto put his head in his hands and cursed his partners. Why did they have to make him go through this hell? As he looked over another form, simply with the name "Elise" on it, he threw it onto the "No" pile and left; the winner was going to be announced tomorrow, but he needed to get away from it all. The "No" pile was the same size as the original pile – so far he hadn't seen a form that had caught his attention.
Mokuba watched his brother leave the house from the window, then, very curious, he entered his brother's office and looked over the piles. No wonder Seto's all stressed out, Mokuba thought, picking up a form in the "No" pile. There's gotta be at least one thousand forms altogether here!
Mokuba was about to leave the room when a familiar name caught his eye. He turned back to the pile that Seto hadn't gone through and looked at the form that was sitting on the top. He had been right, it was a familiar name; on the form it said Téa Gardner.
Why would Téa be entering though? She doesn't like Seto! But... What if she does? Why else would she enter? Well, I guess it's better than Big Brother going on a date with a complete stranger!
With that, Mokuba folded up the form and slipped it into his pocket, leaving the room exactly as it had been. His brother wouldn't know, and it would be better if he didn't. At least this way, Seto wouldn't do something rude and throw her form into the paper shredder.
Elise had managed to keep the fact that she had entered Téa into the competition a secret, but she herself was extremely excited and nervous at the same time. Going on a date with Seto Kaiba – the Seto Kaiba – had been a dream of hers ever since she had seen him on TV. Imagine if she won?
Of course, Téa found it to be the biggest crack-up of the century. There were many articles in the papers – some speculated, some guessed and others started rumours, but no one knew the real reason why Seto had reduced himself to it. It probably wouldn't boost his image very well if they knew he had agreed to do it to make him more popular.
Téa had confronted Joey about "avenging" her. It had turned out that Tristan and Duke had been helping Joey egg the Kaiba Mansion, so she gave all three an earful when Joey owned up.
"What were you guys thinking when you went out there?! You could've gotten yourselves in more trouble than you could handle! You're lucky Kaiba didn't call the police and put out an arrest warrant for you, Joey! You were asking for trouble!"
Yugi had been watching from the side, and when Téa finished he had a both shocked and amused look on his face. Neither one of the three boys felt like explaining themselves after hearing that, so they simply stared at the ground with ashamed looks on their faces.
"We were gonna use Joey's money to buy paint instead of eggs, but he spent it all on Duel Monsters cards..." Tristan muttered under his breath, and luckily Téa didn't hear him.
However, Téa gave Seto a second thought that day. He hadn't been attending school lately, even if it wasn't so compulsory for him. She almost wondered if she felt worried about him. She hadn't seen him at school since the Battle City tournament had ended, and that must've been around two months ago. Well, if ever he ever called her again at midnight, she'd ask him.
She had become watchful when Elise was around. The girl was always getting jumpy whenever Téa talked about the date competition, and she was starting to get suspicious. Sure, she had the right to be excited and nervous, but she was simply acting weird.
"They're doing a huge telecast of the announcement tomorrow at five. There've been all these articles in the paper, and Kaiba's getting more publicity than ever before. Don't you reckon it's time for him to drop this act?" Téa asked Yugi as she walked with him to the Game Shop.
"I dunno, Téa. He might not be doing this for the publicity. After all, he can just walk down the street and have girls scream and faint when they see him." Yugi replied, walking with his hands in his pockets, his eyes on the pavement.
Téa laughed but agreed with her friend; Seto Kaiba didn't need any more publicity. He was probably doing it for some selfish reason of his own, not to help anyone but himself.
There you go again with your thoughts of hatred. He has a heart, how many times do I need to remind you? That voice had returned, and her brows furrowed in confusion. Was this meant to be her conscience? Ha, if it was, it was in love with Seto Kaiba.
Wait, Téa thought, something coming to her all of a sudden. My conscience is a part of me, and if it likes Kaiba, does that mean that I like him? Téa narrowed her eyes, disgusted at herself. No, I'm not thinking thoughts like that. That's wrong, just wrong.
Téa brought herself out of her thoughts and entered the Game Shop, forgetting all her problems for the mean time as she just concentrated on Yugi and Duel Monsters.
Seto looked over the pile of forms, feeling unusually depressed. He had to miss hanging out with Mokuba so many times due to work, he barely slept and now he had this. He would be surprised if he was able to keep his eyes open when he did go on that cursed date.
He really wanted a vacation. Just some time off to spend with Mokuba; he was afraid that if he didn't let his brother know how much he cared for him, he would grow up being cold and spiteful towards everyone around him. Just like he was.
His partners had been correct in their assumptions; people had started thinking that Seto wasn't so bad after all. That made it even worse; he hated to lose, but he hated being wrong even more. But still, it could be worse; at least that stupid cheerleader Téa hadn't entered. If she won, it would be torture.
He sighed and pulled a form from the pile and phoned one of his guards. A moment later the man appeared at the door.
"Yes Mr. Kaiba?"
"Make sure this gets to the man that's presenting the telecast tomorrow." Seto said, sounding bored. He gave the man the form and then sat back in his chair, closing his eyes and falling into a dreamless sleep.
The man had placed the form into his pocket when he left, so it was quite easy for Mokuba to make the switch. He had been hiding behind a door, so when the guard came out, he silently and softly grabbed the form and slipped in Téa's in its place. He smiled triumphantly at his accomplishment, then went off to his room, excitedly awaiting the next days events.
The next day...
Téa had convinced Elise to go clothes shopping after school, just in case she was the "lucky" winner. Elise had seemed a little distressed, but she agreed to going. Téa wasn't fond of shopping, but she'd do it for her friend.
They spent quite a long time shopping, and Elise pretty much went psycho, afraid that they'd miss the start of the telecast. They caught a cab back to Téa's house, and made it in the door just as the telecast started. They had made it into a spectacular event, with it appearing on six different channels. Before they even announced the winner, they had famous bands playing songs, and almost everything under the sun.
Elise sat right in front of the TV, her nose less than thirty centimetres away from the screen. Téa yelled at her, and the girl finally moved back. The presenter appeared on the screen, and began talking.
"Welcome back! And now, the moment you've all been waiting for... We're about to announce the winner of the "Win A Date With Seto Kaiba!" competition!" The man was handed an envelope, and he opened it. "Cross your fingers, ladies all over the world! The lucky winner of the competition is... Miss Téa Gardner of our very own Domino City!"
Téa's eyes widened and she fell off the couch she had been sitting on. Slowly Elise turned around and looked at her, shock clearly on her face; her simple joke for revenge had backfired.
In the Kaiba Mansion, Seto had turned on the television just because he was tired, and the TV always put him to sleep. However, when he turned it on this time, he was jolted wide awake. How did this happen?! He went through every form, and not one of them had her name on it! How on earth did this happen?
"The lucky winner of the competition is... Miss Téa Gardner of our very own Domino City!"
A/N: I hope you enjoyed that. It was a pretty uneventful chapter, but I couldn't resist making Téa find out. If you thought it was crap, tell me so, and I'll work on making chapter three better.
(I didn't know if Mokuba was afraid of the dark, so I just made him like that here. If he isn't normally, please forgive me!)
(Also, I didn't know if Téa was a shopping freak, so I just said that she didn't really enjoy it. After all, I haven't heard her say "Let's shop!" whenever she and the gang have free time.)
(1) Teledex – Don't know if these things go by that name in other countries, but a teledex is something we have here (in Australia) that holds all of your phone numbers.
Please review, and thanks for reading!