Chapter 1

There he was, running down the street. He could hear the pale haired boy right behind him. He ran into a warehouse, it was a very large one. He stood there against the far wall. Just then, a person opened the door; it was Bakura! He thought, what am I going to do now? He was leaning very quietly against the wall; so quiet he could hear himself breathing. Bakura saw him and he ran for his life. He tripped and Bakura jumped on top of him.

Suddenly, Seto awoke from his dream, sweat dripping down the side of his face. That was the worst dream I ever had as of right now, Seto thought to himself.

He got up and put on one of his most favorite suits on, black sweater, black pants, buckles on the arms, white sleeveless coat that reached down to his ankles, metal cuffs on the wrists, green belt with the logo KC on it, black boots with slight heels, buckles near his ankles, and a necklace that looked like a card, but had a picture of his little brother in it. He headed down stairs, at the table their sat Mokuba, Keke and Set.

Mokuba Kaiba was Seto's little brother; he's 12 years old with long black hair that reached to his mid back and has blue grayish eyes.

Keke Masaki was a cute girl from Hawaii, (Seto thinks she's cute); she had eyes just like him and is a year younger. Her hair black and spiked.

Set was from Egypt, he looks just like Seto except with a purple round headdress, he holds a golden staff, and wears his purple and white robe that went from his waist down to his ankles, his chest bare except a cross necklace, and golden sandals (Egyptians have to have some gold on them) . Set was a priest for the Pharaoh a while back and he's little older than Seto by about 5 years.

Seto Kaiba is 17 years old with brown hair and beautiful sapphire eyes. Most refer to him as 'Kaiba' or Mr. Kaiba. I should mention that Set and him are 6'1".

Set was sipping at his coffee, Keke was eating toast, Mokuba was drinking his fat free milk and eating the egg Set made him. (Yes, Set knows how to cook)

"I thought you were the early bird, Seto. You're usually the first one up." Said Set.

Seto replied, "I had a long night. Which is none of your business at the moment."

They all finished and headed towards the Battle City Tournament. Only Seto was participating, Keke and Set just liked to watch him duel people. Seto gave Mokuba the job to catch cheaters. Seto was with Keke and Set most of the time. They were his best friends, well they count as his family to him. Seto logged on to his computer to see what cards he could snatch from his opponents.

All these duelists are nitwits, he thought, it won't take me very long to reach the semifinals.

"So what are you going to do today?" asked Keke.

"I think I'll just do whatever," responded Seto, "there isn't very much I could be doing, anyhow."

He got up, shut his laptop and started to walk. Keke and Set following him. By the middle of the day no one challenged Seto and he was getting bored.

I guess people are too scared to challenge me.

Just after that thought, a blond on a motorcycle started to shoot with a black revolver and running right in front of him was Yugi, a kid 17 years of age, with a black, yellow and red spiky hair do with scarlet eyes.

Yugi ran screaming," Stop Malik!!"

Malik replied angrily, "Shut up! It's none of your concern!"

He started to shoot at Yugi now and he ran behind a tree. Seto was watching all of this and being very confused.

"What the..." Seto thought out loud.

Malik, a blonde with long hair and purple eyes, looked back at him and aimed right at him. Seto froze, not knowing what to do. He couldn't get himself to move. Right before the blond pulled the trigger, Keke pushed Seto enough that it didn't hit him directly in the stomach.

Keke screamed, "SETO!" falling with him onto the ground.

Set ran after Malik followed by Yugi. Keke flipped him over, blood splattered all over the floor near his hip. Seto's hand was holding his hip, obviously feeling a lot of pain. Luckily, it was just his side that had been hit.

Noting that he was breathing heavily, Keke reassured him, "You'll be fine. Just breath, Seto. When Set gets back he'll help you."

Kaiba growled sorely and sat up. She put her arms around him and continued to comfort him.

Set returned soon. "That evil nitwit got away! I'll hurt him the next time I see him! Sorry, guys."

Yugi had followed the Egyptian, returning right after he did. "I am so sorry! I didn't mean to get you hurt, Kaiba. Let me help you." He reached out to aid Seto.

Seto swatted at him. "I don't need your help!" He tried to stand, but fell back. Keke caught him. "I'm fine."

"Yeah, sure you are. That's why you lose your balance when you attempt to stand." Set said, gripping his arm.

With Keke and Set's help, Mr. I Don't Need Anyone safely walked back to the house. Yugi strolled a little bit behind everyone, still feeling slightly hurt by Kaiba's comment.

"You sure you don't want me to help?" Yugi asked while Set attempted to push Seto to the bathroom.

"No. It's fine. I can handle it. Seto always has to deal with me anyhow." Set countered, succeeding in getting Seto upstairs.

Keke and Yugi seated themselves on the couch.

"It wasn't your fault." Keke declared.

"I feel so guilty. Malik was trying to get me, not Seto. And I should've gotten hurt, not him!" Yugi ran his hand through his hair.

Meanwhile, Seto was sitting on the edge of the bathtub, afraid of the pain that would come when Set pulled the bullet out.

"I swear this will only hurt for a moment. I'm not doing it on purpose." Set tried to ease his fear, coming closer.

"Don't touch me with that thing!" He shouted back.

Set hooked an arm around his waist and plunged the tweezers into the wound. Kaiba howled and gripped the tub tightly. Set pulled it out a second later, fresh blood spilling from the injury.

"That wasn't so hard."

"It was painful!"

The priest laughed lightly. "Only for 2 seconds, though." He searched through the cabinets a bit, finding a disinfectant pad and some medication.

Seto winced as he cleaned and covered the wound. Then carefully wrapped his waist in a bandage incase the blood seeped through. Soon after, the two made there way back to where they left Keke and Yugi.

"Are you better now?" Keke inquired concernedly.

Seto nodded. "Thanks to Set."

"He still doesn't have proper balance, so I'll have to get him something to use." Set stated.

"Can't I do anything for you? I feel sooo guilty." Yugi complained.

"You can stop blaming yourself for this." Seto answered.

"Alright. Well, I have to go guys. Bye!" Yugi waved and left.

"Come on, time for bed. Both of you." Set advised, ambling Mr. Kaiba to bed.

"Good night." Keke said to the two guys and went to her room.

Set placed Seto in bed and went to his own room. The brunette stared up at the ceiling. Why me? Malik is such a jerk! I didn't do anything to deserve this. Hmm...He rolled onto his side. (not the side that was in pain, of course) Just get some sleep, that's your first priority, Seto. I can think about this in the morning...