Seto Kaiba sat in his study hall class with nothing to do but continue his plans for Kaiba Land; the virtual reality amusement park that he promised his brother that they would make. He had the hard part already done, programming the system and getting rid of the bugs. NPCs that said only the same line every time you spoke to them was a very, very difficult problem to overcome. It was a good thing that he already had that completed from his last game project to work off of for Kaiba Land, they were now into calculating the cost of this virtual wonderland, something Kaiba was sure was not going to be a problem.
So he really had nothing to worry about, but work was the only thing that could keep his mind off of…less productive thoughts. Yes, he thought of her, a lot actually. Ever since that time where she was tied under a crate as some sort of insurance for Yugi's duel. Something happened then, and consciously Seto had no idea what it was, but he felt a sort of obligation to save her. He had masked this confusion well when he said that it was bad for the tournament to have such factors in it.
He disliked thinking about her so much; it was like a disease poisoning his mind. He had a company to run, and thoughts about some idiot girl who would never leave him alone about his policies were not healthy business thoughts. Her incessant babbling about "friendship" and "strength from friends", all it did was annoy him. His power came from himself; all he needed was his own strength, as a duelist, as a CEO, and as a man. He needed no one to help him, nor did he want their help.
He thought back to one class ago, Tea, that girl, what was wrong with her? They had a mutual agreement not to talk to each other, so why did she ask him for an answer she obviously knew? He honestly didn't have the answer, and he figured that it was probably for the best. That odd situation was best forgotten.
" Well…" Kaiba thought, " At least this time she didn't rant on about friendship."
Author's Note: Thanks to the people who gave positive reviews for the first couple of chapters, nothing helps push a writer to perform more than that. The main pairing? I'll let you think about that! Could destiny and that fortuneteller prove unstoppable, or can little Yugi overcome fate? Stranger things have happened!