Flames: Chapter 5

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"I like eggs" Jou said happily "And egg salad sandwiches" He bit into his sandwich, the gang shook their heads.

"Jou? Do you ever think about anything besides food?" Otogi asked, flipping his hair behind his shoulder, if Ryou didn't know any better, he could have sworn the Dice Master was flirting with the blonde.

Well of course he is, baka! He's been obsessed with Jounochi for several months now. Bakura growled in his head. Where the fuck have you been?

Being buggered by Malik had me slightly distracted. You know he has a biiiiig dick and just having it up-

Show off. I really should have let you helped me defeat Pharoah. You have such a dark side. It's kind of sexy.

Duh

"Ummmm, sex." Jounchi grinned.

"Yeah and a certain billonaire with a hard-on for winning?" Honda gibbed.

"Shuddap!" Katsuya blushed deep red. Otogi frowned at the pointy-haired moron. "I do not think about Pegegus. At all. Ever."

"That wasn't the billionaire I was talking about" Honda nudged and pointed to the cafeteria doors, where Seto Kaiba just walked in. "I was thinking a little younger." Jou blushed harder and took a bite of his sandwich, whose egg salad filling went shooting out the back and into Yugi's face. Jounochi starting apologizing as Yugi wiped his face clean and Ryou, Honda, and Otogi howled with laughter.

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Artemis walked into the cafeteria, alone. Apparently the principal of the school could not be bribed or suckered with thinly veiled threats into letting Butler stay by his charge's side. That sucked, big time. Bakura stood and waved at him. Artemis nodded at his fellow thief and started walking toward him, but stopped as he pulled even with Kaiba's table. He leaned over the billionaire. "Hello Kaiba-boy." He whispered. Seto stiffened visually. "Missed me?"

"I don't know what your up too, Fowl, but believe me, I will stop you."

"Your pretty when your flustered." Artemis grinned at him, sitting down across from him.

"Go away."

"Invite me into your house and I might." Fowl removed his foot from his shoe.

"No, vampire."

"More Fae than vampire lately. I'll find another way, Seto, believe me I will. And it will be so much easier then just let me in." Artemis ran his foot up the inside of Kaiba's leg. "Now. Rather." Artemis slummed in his chair. "Later. Or maybe later would be better for the both of us?" His foot massaged Kaiba's crotch, the Japanese boy's organ reacted to the attention and to Fowl's lowered voice. Artemis, of course, felt the fruits of his labor and blessed (or is that cursed?) Kaiba with his slow smile. Seto clenched his fists against the table and glared back at the other blue eyed boy.

"Stop that!"

"Ummm, no." Artemis smirk grew. "You find me fascinating, you know, and I will use that to my advantage." That stopped Kaiba from being distracted by Fowl's foot.

"I did some research on you."

"Really?" Artemis was politely interested. After all the conversation was about himself.

"It seems you are an expert thief who is never this straight forward. So you either meet you match with me or you're not Artemis Fowl. Which is it?" The businessman said. Artemis smiled.

"Your human, Kaiba. No human has ever gotten the better of me. Your little toys are… decent, I will give you that. I'm better, it would be childsplay to hack into your systems and retrieve the files I want. After all I am on a time schedule. But, if I do not toe the line with this, and do not do it properly," Artemis gestured open handedly toward Kaiba. "Give you a supporting chance one might say, my friend Holly would beat me three ways to Tuesday. So would Butler, come to think of it, which means I would have to fire him, the first in twelve generations. Breaking tradition and leading to that suicide thing, whatyoucallit?" Artemis knew exactly what he was talking about and smirked to show it.

"Hara-kiri" Kaiba growled. "Baka"

"Ah yes, slipped my mind."

"Somehow I think that nothing ever slips your mind, Fowl."

"True, so true." Artemis stood and started walking toward Bakura and his friends, but then stopped. "Kaiba, how about dinner tomorrow night, strictly business, my treat? You choose the place." Seto narrowed his eyes.

"Fine."

"A minimum of three people, unless you want to invite someone else."

"Three?"

"You, Butler, and I."

"Not trusting?" Fowl gave him a tight smile.

"If you were me, would you be? Call Anzu's house. I'll be there. Bye Kaiba-chan." And the thief walked away.

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"WHAT the HELL was that!" Jou asked. That Irish boy was talking and smirking at his Kaiba. Artemis sat down at the table, shrugging.

"Kaiba-san and I have a business arrangement. A game, if you will."

"A game? What kind?" Honda asked. "Yugi could win it." Yugi's eyes went glazed for a second, probably talking to the Pharaoh.

"I don't think I would want to, Honda."

"It's true." Ryou said. "My father used to play it back in England. It's the type of game when you're rich and have a lot of time on your hands."

"Not to mention strategy." Artemis said. "It's almost like chess, capture the flag and a treasure hunt."

"Really?" Yugi looked interested.

"Yes Kaiba has to protect what I have to steal."

"That sounds hard." Honda said "Kaiba's smart, he would probably move whatever it is if you got close."

"Really?"

"He'll cheat." Jou said. "Especially if he has something to lose from it."

"So I need a Libra." Artemis leaned back.

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"Yugi Motou is a World Champion with games with strategy, like Duel Monsters. He had only lost three games, one to Kaiba, a Duel Champion in his own right, one to Pegasus, the originator of Duel Monsters and once to a man named Dartz, all three of them cheated, and in a rematch, Motou defeated him. If there is anyway to beat Kaiba and find the weapons ask him." Butler said. Artemis nodded as he pulled on his uniform that morning.

"You look into his company, the entire thing, past, present and future goals. I want to know everything about Kaiba, most likely he'll use strategies build up from the ones he used in the past."

"Of course, Artemis. Have a good day at school. Don't show off to much." Artemis glowered his friend.

"Do I ever?"

"Ask Miss Short." Artemis' scowl deepened.

"Butler, go procreate unilaterally." Butler laughed pushing Artemis out the door.

"No thanks, Artemis, I'll wait until you're legal." With that he shut the door in Artemis' face.

Fowl still blushed at the mere memory of that morning. Ryou caught the faint coloring on the other thief's face and nudged him. Artemis snapped out of the flashback forcibly. "What's a libla?" Jounochi asked

"Libra, a balance." Honda supplied. "A distraction for the distraction."

"Something simple." Yugi said. "If your plan is too complex, Kaiba will see right through it."

"A smoke screen?" Ryou asked.

"Yes but the main attack cannot come from behind the distraction." Yugi said. "Use whatever your plan B is first then use plan A."

"A blank…hmm. Motou-san, one day you and I have to play chess." Artemis said. Yugi smiled. "You are an esteemed strategist, Motou-san. Are the rumors true?"

"Of course they're true!" Jounochi said. "Undefeated! Yeah!"

"Not what I heard." Artemis said. "I heard he was defeated three times against cheaters. If he was truly undefeated I would have less respect for him. A winner who loses the minor things has lessons that he can use in the greater battles of life."

"That is very wise, Fowl." Ryou said.

"Yes, my friend, Holly, is very wise. Not that I would tell her that. She's incorrigible as it is." The boys laughed as the bell rang.

"See you all after school at Grandpa's shop. You can come too Artemis, see if we can help you against Kaiba." Yugi said.

"Thank you, Motou-san." Artemis bowed. "It would be an honor." And they went to their separate classes.

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Tropic: Hiya, here it is, long time coming, heh?

Fae- another word for fairies. Also called the Fair Folk, Little Folk, and the People. Artemis is hinting at his connection to fairies.

In the UK and in Asia it is improper to use first names with people you don't know well or aren't friends. Artemis is trying to mess with Kaiba. He does it again calling him "Kaiba-boy" and "Kaiba-chan", names Pegasus called Seto to imply that he is superior to the young business man, unwittingly Artemis is doing the same thing. Later at the dinner he will throw Kaiba more off by wearing skimpy leather pants! Woo-hoo.