Chapter One: Escape, Obsession and Money

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh.


Mokuba woke to the smell of something cooking. Huh? Who's cooking? He wondered. He knew the chefs didn't start making breakfast for a while. He also heard the sound of someone singing. No one in this house sings...

The younger Kaiba went to the staircase and saw his brother wearing a huge white chef's hat and a frilly pink apron that said 'Kiss the cook'. Mokuba also saw Kaiba was the source of the singing.

"I feel good... na na na na na na.. I knew that I would... na na na na na na"

Wide eyed, Mokuba tried to quietly sneak back up the stairs, but Kaiba spun around in mid song. "Mokuba!" He greeted, "Pancakes are ready!" flipping it in the pan as he spoke, like in the old movies.

Mokuba slowly took a seat, staring as Kaiba continued to sing and twirled a glass as he set it down on the table.

"Uh, Seto, are you feeling okay?" Mokuba asked.

Kaiba tilted his head quizzically. "Yes of course!"

"I beg to differ..." Mokuba muttered.

Kaiba didn't seem to hear, peering at his watch. "Time for school!" he said in a sing song voice.

"Seto, I think you should skip today."

"Why?" Kaiba asked.

"Well I don't know if you're okay…you know…mentally." Mokuba admitted.

"Nonsense! I'm sane as ever." Kaiba argued.

"Seto I don't think-" but Kaiba interrupted, screaming "YOU CAN'T KEEP ME HERE!", running out the door like a idiot.

At school:
Yami, (Yami has his own body, by the way) Tea, Joey, Tristan, and Bakura stood outside Yugi's locker, waiting for Yugi.

"Does anyone know where Duke is?" Tea asked.

"I haven't seen him." Bakura said.

"He's probably sick." Joey said with a shrug.

Meanwhile:
Duke was standing outside a local store, shaking a top hat "Please, can you spare a chopstick kind sir, or you, ma'am? How about you pretty lady?" he asked, earning a slap across the face. "I guess she didn't have a chopstick" Duke mumbled, dazed, his cheek red.

For fifteen long minutes he asked for chopsticks, not receiving even one. In his desperation, he latched on to a mans leg.

"GET OFF ME YOU FREAK!" The man screamed.

"Not until you give me a chopstick!" Duke yelled.

The man grabbed a hose (that just happened to be right there) spraying Duke with the frigid water, causing him to let go of the mans leg.

Spitting out some water, Duke yelled triumphantly "Water! That gives me a great idea!" running down the sidewalk, kicking his legs up, looking like a lunatic and tripping over his own feet. He casually got up, and kept running in the same fashion.

Back at school:
They were still waiting around by Yugi's locker, Yugi no where to be found, when Kaiba came bursting through the door, running like an absolute moron.

BOOM.

Kaiba had run straight into the wall.

"Kaiba," Yami asked slowly "Are you on drugs?"

"No." Kaiba answered simply.

"Then are you off drugs?" Tea asked.

"Tea" Tristan said (Joey was laughing very hard, quite enjoying the fact Kaiba just ran into the wall)

"What?" Tea asked.

Tristan shook his head.

Kaiba got up and started walking down the hall, singing Baby One More Time. "My loneliness is killing me... and I... I must confess, I still believe."

They could only stare at Kaiba as he disappeared down the hall, singing, Joey now literally roll on the floor in laughter.

Then Yugi popped out of no where, dawning a black shirt, black pants, and a bunch of scull and spiked jewelry. His hair was in an even crazier style that usual, and dyed a blood red.

Joey stopped in mid laugh.

"YUGI WHAT DID YOU DO?" They screamed in unison.

"I'm being evil... I'm tired of being good." Yugi said simply.

Tea thrust her head upwards dramatically. "Yugi, you're breaking my heart! You're going down a path I can not follow." and started running. She ran to the roof and jumped off, and died. (Or so it seemed. Mu ha ha ha?)

"Oh look, cookies!" Yami said, as it so happened there was a bake sale a little down the hall.

"Yay!" Yugi said, and started eating.

"Uhh... does anyone care Tea is dead?" Tristan asked

"No." Joey said simply, eating cookies with Bakura.

"Cookie?" Bakura asked, politely offering a large oatmeal and raisin cookie.

"Sure!" Tristan said, taking it.

Yami smirked and said to Yugi "Evil people don't eat cookies."

Yugi gave Yami a defiant look, sticking out his chin "Nu-uh. Evil people can eat cookies too."

"They can not." Yami argued.

"Fine. I'll be evil again as soon as I'm done eating cookies." Yugi said brightly.

Yami rolled his eyes. "Whatever…"

"You know, we should really be in class." Bakura reminded them, proceeding to class with the others at his heels.

A bit later, Mokuba came running in the school with a rather large net.

Bakura, whom just so happened to be on his way to the bathroom, stopped and stared. "Mokuba, is there a reason for the net?"

"I'm looking for Seto. He escaped, and he was acting really weird at breakfast. I'm worried he might hurt himself... or someone else. Will you help me look for him?"

"Sorry, I really can't..." Bakura started to say, but had a change of heart when Mokuba pulled out his rather thick wallet.

"There's money in it if you help me!" Mokuba smirked.

The dollar sign gleamed in Bakura's eyes. "But now I can!" he said quickly, lunging at the wad of bills. "Cha-Ching" he said gleefuly, stuffing the money in his pocket and following Mokuba.