Title: Virtually Perfect

Author: Wintersslayer

Rating: PG-13

Pairing: Seto/Yami

Spoilers: None that I know of.

Warnings: Some language maybe

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh.

Summary: AU- Seto Kaiba's the greatest duelist ever- no one comes even close to besting him. So, Mokuba creates a hologram to challenge his big brother. However, no one ever expected the hologram to develop feelings...or for Seto to return those feelings.

Status: 2/?

A/N: Sorry this took me so long to do! Dang classes are just bombarding me with homework. Bleck. Oh, last chapter for some reason the little divisions of sections I had here and there wouldn't upload onto the Fanfiction site. Nargh. And I can't seem for the life of me figure out how to get the symbol things to upload, so I'm going with the ever-so-dorky-and-obvious caps method. Stupid comp...grrr.....

Thanks so much for all the nice reviews! Those made my day(s)! Thanks again! ;)

Anyways, here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy!

START OF CHAPTER

Chapter 2

Seto Kaiba stared rather dumb-founded at the very real-looking hologram standing a few feet in front of him. He was still finding it hard to believe that this person standing before him was not a person at all, but rather a computer-generated image. He thought and strategized for himself, had his confident attitude down cold, and looked real and solid in his rather sexy attire of leather. Wait a minute...where did that just come from?! Seto blinked his eyes a few times while shaking his head a bit in an effort to clear it of that last really weird thought.

Yami too stared back at the tall duelist, his head cocked to one side a bit, perplexed as to what the big deal was. He wasn't quite sure why the boy kept staring at him. Did he have something stuck in his teeth or something? He suspected though that it was because when he had tried to shake his hand, he had gone right through him. He guessed that would cause anyone to freak out just a bit. Still, the guy worked and dueled with holograms here, so what exactly was the big deal in meeting one? Contemplating further, he remembered his creator, the boy's younger brother he now knew, saying that he was the "newest" in hologram technology. So perhaps the holograms that Seto had always worked with didn't, couldn't respond to him the way he could. Perhaps they did not have "personalities", but were rather just there.

The silence was starting to get to Mokuba, who was anxious of his brother's opinion of his creation. From the looks of it, he was definitely surprised that Yami turned out to be a hologram. His face after seeing his hand pass right through Yami's was absolutely priceless. His big brother rarely got caught off guard, and it seemed that Mokuba had managed to accomplish that. Nervously, he cleared his throat. "So Seto, what do you think? I created Yami especially just for you, since you were so bored by all your human challengers."

"Amazing..." was the first description that popped into Seto's mind, surprising him, but delighting his brother.

"Really? You really think so? That's so great! I knew you'd like him." The dark-haired boy grinned ridiculously, beaming at his brother then towards his creation, then back towards his brother.

"Yes. I'm curious as how you managed to make him look so real. It really is quite accurate." He took the few steps in between him and the hologram, now standing directly in front of him, to inspect him a bit further. The hologram stared back with a curiosity that matched his own.

The boy beamed some more at his brother's interest. "Well, I combined the hologram technology that you use in your duel disks with that of the realness created in virtually reality games."

Seto nodded as his brother continued in great detail. The kid definitely had the smarts that ran in their family. As Mokuba talked, the duelist walked around the hologram, studying him from different angles. The figure was flawless. Perfect. Not a single mistake in the projection of light particles. Seto stopped once again in front of the hologram, lifted a hand and gingerly moved it towards his chest, still amazed as his hand went right through the chest as if nothing was there.

Yami suddenly chuckled, startling both Kaiba brothers. He smiled a bit. "Your hand is in my heart."

Seto immediately withdrew his hand, surprised.

The younger Kaiba brother smiled and said gently, "Yami, you don't have a heart, remember?"

A sad look briefly flitted across garnet eyes, noticed only by one of the brothers. "Don't I though?" he whispered, again only heard by one. He looked away.

Seto noticed the sadness in Yami, and for some reason that disturbed him. He didn't like seeing him sad. He cleared his throat, intending to change subjects quickly. "Mokuba. Tell me now, what is Yami being projected from?"

Mokuba brightened once more. He pointed to a KaibaCorp logo pin that he had on his vest-jacket. The pin only measured about an inch in height and width. "From this. As long as one of these is around, his image can be projected anywhere, any time. Even in the outdoors. It's the same with your duel disks, how duels can be fought anywhere. This way, Yami can go anywhere that we go."

His taller brother looked at him quizzically. ""We"?"

The boy nodded, withdrawing something from his pocket. "Uh-huh. I made an extra KC logo pin for you as well." He held out the item for Seto, beaming rather suspiciously.

Seto took the item and studied it closely. It was like a very very small version of the hologram projectors that he used for his duel disk system. Shrugging, he pinned it onto his jacket. He wasn't exactly sure where Mokuba was expecting him to take Yami. After all, Yami couldn't exactly go around in public avoiding being touched. Wait a minute...that was how he went about his days usually, only making physical contact with anyone other than his brother when absolute necessary. What was his ever-scheming brother up to now?

"One more question, Mokuba. Is it just me, or does Yami resemble rather closely to Yugi Mutou?"

Mokuba's big smile faded, his face turning slightly red. "Well, uh....you see...it's just that..." he trailed off, turning even redder now.

"He has a crush on this Yugi person."

Once again, both brothers were caught by surprise at the hologram's words. Seto raised an eyebrow while his brother's mouth dropped open. Maybe it was a mistake giving Yami the ability to think for himself. Furthermore, it was definitely a mistake to be blabbing about his crush to the hologram as he created it. Had he known Yami would be such a big-mouth, he would've kept his mouth shut on the topic.

Yami shrugged, continuing. "Yugi was his inspiration, but Mokuba wanted a completely different look for me. Something that would...match his brother." He cocked his head to one side, a perplexed expression on his face. "I'm not really sure why though. Anyways, he gave me the personality to match."

"Oh," was all Seto said. He glanced at his brother, whose eyes were wide at Yami's little explanation. So his brother has a crush. How...interesting. No wonder he was always so enthusiastic about coming along with him whenever he dueled against the mutt. He just hoped him having a crush on Yugi wouldn't mean that he'd be expecting him (Seto) to hang around even more with Yugi and his dorky group of friends. He'd have to though, if he wanted to keep an eye on Mokuba...What a headache that would be for him.

Seto cleared his throat once more. "Well, Mokuba, I'm quite impressed by your creation. You did an excellent job. I'll have to upgrade my skills and strategies to beat him. I appreciate the new challenge." He smiled fondly at his little brother. "In the meantime, what do you plan on doing with Yami?"

"Well...actually Seto, I was kinda hoping he could hang around you, go with you to school tomorrow." He saw his brother's eyes widen, and hurried on. "See, social skills are really hard to input into a program, so I was thinking that he could learn how to be more social from you."

"You want me to teach Yami how to be social?" His brother must know by now that he was one of the world's most anti-social people. He absolutely hated socializing.

The boy nodded. "Yup. Come on Seto. Please? He can't hang around me, cuz he's too old. He needs to be around people his own age anyways."

"But Mokuba, do you really expect him to go out into the public?"

"As long as no one touches him, it'll be fine. This way, we can also see how effective his program really is, in the public sphere. See how many people we can actually fool."

Seto shook his head. "I don't know, Mokuba. It'll be difficult avoiding having others touch him."

"You avoid being touched by others every day." Mokuba gave him his best pleading look. "Pllleeeaaaaaaasse, Seto? Please? I really want Yami to become more...human. Even more real. It'll really improve his programming."

Seto could not resist his brother's look. "Fine then. We'll try it for one day, I guess." He sighed. Suckered by his brother once again, it seemed. "What's his story going to be? After all, he can't just have appeared out of nowhere."

Mokuba pondered this for a moment. "Just say he's a friend visiting from..." he thought of somewhere really far away, "...Egypt. Yeah, say he's from Egypt."

"Why Egypt?"

The boy shrugged. "I dunno. Yami kinda looks like he's from somewhere exotic anyways, don't you think?"

"I guess. Very well then. He'll come with me to school tomorrow."

Mokuba brightened up considerably, running over to give his brother a big hug. "Thanks, big brother! I knew I could count on you." He released Seto, then fished something else out of his pocket. A small computer disk of some sort. "Here, this is Yami's program and files. Put it into your laptop. That way, if you need to download any new information into him, you can. You know, so he won't be too out of place and clueless about what's going on."

Seto took the disk from his brother. He then turned towards the hologram, who had been rather silent lately. "So Yami, how does this all sound to you? Ready to experience the real world?"

Yami nodded. "Yes. It should be quite interesting. I'm looking forward to it."

The tall duelist sighed. Yes. He had a feeling it would be interesting as well. And in the very back of his mind was the nagging feeling that Yami could end up being rather hurt from this, if the world found out that he was just a hologram. He was certain the world would not react so... kindheartedly towards him. He had already witnessed once today that this hologram had feelings that could be hurt, as he was slightly when Mokuba mentioned that he didn't really have a "heart". He knew Mokuba didn't mean any harm, that he was referring to an actual physical one. Even more concerning for Seto was that he actually had any concerns whatsoever for this hologram. He didn't give a damn about anyone else besides his little brother, and for him to show even the slightest concern for a hologram was rather puzzling, if not really weird. He had to wonder what exactly Mokuba had in mind when creating Yami, whether it was to match him in a duel...or to match him in life.

END OF CHAPTER

Wow, I actually was able to do this in one night. Yay! Hope this wasn't too boring or bad then.

Well, with all the homework I have, not sure when I'll be able to get the next update up. I'll be thinking about it though, planning it out in my head (sorta anyways).

Any comments or suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks for reading!