"Joey stop!" Kei wrapped her arms around his waist in an attempt to hold him back "You promised!"

Joey stopped dead in his tracks. He did promise he'd never fight again, but couldn't this be an exception? This was his enemy after all. He sighed. There were no exceptions to promises. He placed his hand over Kei's. She took it as a sign that he wasn't going to fight and slowly let go, stepping to his side. Her eyes fell upon a tall short haired brunette with piercing blue eyes. He wore a black shirt and pants with a purple trench coat. He seemed to study her every detail from top to toe and back up again.

"Are you the mutts girlfriend?" His voice was deep and harsh

"Excuse me?"

His eyes never left her as he repeated "Are you the mutts girlfriend? Do you need me to say it slower?"

"No, you don't" Her eyes turned to the ground "And no, I'm not"

He turned his gaze to Aya. "What about you?"

"What's it your business?" Aya snapped

"I didn't think the mutt was capable of getting a girlfriend" He smirked

"Stop calling him that…" Kei said in a voice just above a whisper "He's not a mutt…"

"Oh?" He took a step closer to her. Joey stepped between them.

"No chance, Kaiba" He glared at his enemy

Seto peered around him at Kei, her eyes were still fixed to the ground. He then looked at Aya. She just glared at him. He turned on his heel and walked off.

Kei sat in class staring into space. She wasn't thinking about anything in particular, she just didn't need to pay attention. She could pass English easily. She jumped slightly as someone sat next to her. She forced herself back to reality and turned her gaze to…Seto Kaiba.

"Why are you sat next to me?"

"Weren't you listening?" He snapped

"No" She said simply

"We've been paired up to study" He growled

"The novel? I don't need to, I know it"

A smirk slowly crept on Seto's face "I need some help though" He knew she knew nothing about him, how smart or cunning he was. She sighed.

"Fine, I'll help you" She had turned her gaze back to the front of the class and didn't notice the smirk. She began to think how bold she was then compared to earlier in the morning. Maybe because she knew he couldn't do anything to her while they were in a classroom. Then it clicked. They'd have to study at each others houses. The bell rang. She gathered her stuff and left the room to meet Joey and Aya at her locker. When she arrived there she dumped her books in and collected her Biology ones. She slammed the door and let out a small squeak of terror as Seto Kaiba stood there.

"Scared?" He smirked

"No…startled" She took a step back. He followed her.

"You took off before we could arrange a time to study"

"W-well…" She took another step back. Again, he followed. He grabbed her by the shoulders and pinned her to the lockers.

"You'll wait for me here, after school. We'll go to mine, we can tutor each other" He smirked, seeing in her eyes she was petrified "Understand?"

She nodded. He brought his face close to hers, their cheeks touched.

"I didn't hear you" He whispered, sending shivers down her spine

"I-I understand…"

"'Ey! Get away from her, Kaiba!"

Seto looked at Joey from the corner of his eye and stood up right "Don't forget" He walked off, taking one last look at Kei before heading to class.

Kei's legs suddenly gave way and she dropped to her knees. She looked at the floor, tears threatened to fall. She had been in situations like that before, but that one, that one was the worst. She felt a gentle grasp on her chin and was forced to look up. Her eyes met Joey's. "I'm ok…" She whispered before he could ask. She slowly got to her feet. Her legs still felt wobbly, Joey steadied her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. Aya picked up her books and stood beside Joey. They all slowly walked to class.

"What was that about?" Aya dared to break the silence

"I'm studying…at Kaiba's…"

"What?" Joey looked down at her "Why? Why are going to his to study?"

"Joey…" She pleaded, still looking at the floor

"I am calm" He voiced raised a little. Kei slowly looked up at him "…Ok maybe I'm a little hysterical"

"The teacher put us together" Kei explained feeling a little more relaxed with Joey

"Then you should be careful" Aya protested

"Way ahead of you there, Aya" She sighed

"Why don't you do a binding spell when you get home?"

Kei looked at Aya "I'd need a photo or something, but…" She looked at the floor again "I've tried binding spells before, they never seem to work" She started to think about the Pagan 10 fold law- do something bad, it comes back to you 10 times worse, do something good, it comes back 10 times better. "I guess I deserve this for disobeying Joey…" She thought to herself.

What does Kaiba have planned for Kei? And what did he mean by 'tutor each other'? Find out in chapter 8!