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Chapter 2: The Way I Wanted It To Be

Definition of a sadist:

1. The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others.

2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.

3. Extreme cruelty.

He was not a sadist. It's too bad the most weakest part of himself was provoking him with those damn definitions. Yes, he did enjoy seeing Jounouchi cowering at his feet like a mutt. Who wouldn't? Two words: Ultimate Submission.

And boy, did Seto loved those words.

He also enjoyed another two words: Complete Dominance...

flashback

16 year old Seto Kaiba followed Katsuya Jounouchi home that night on Christmas Eve. And for once, he didn't care whether or not his stepfather might whip him for being late. Because, lately, he didn't care.

All he wanted was to follow his golden haired puppy.

Lately, he saw a dramatic change in Jou. He became more violent than usual, moody, and destructive. And he talked to no one, not even his new friend, Honda.

Seto wanted to know why...

He stayed distantly behind him in the darkness, reaching a bad part of town.

Seto wondered about Jou's living quarters when they reached a broken down apartment complex and when the blond teen slipped in, he followed.

The house looked like a mess: dust everywhere and clothes spewed about. Seto had stayed put by the door while Jou disappeared into what apparently was his room. The room was very cold this late in December. And he wondered why Jou had not turned on the heater. He looked around the house and came across a picture.

A picture of Jou's family.

"Dad..." he heard a choked whisper from the bedroom. Seto looked up and quietly walked into the room to see his interest on the floor next to his bed, knees to his chest.

"Dad, it's okay. I don't care about the living arrangements, just please come back." Jou cried softly into his knees. "Don't leave me like Mom did! Please!"

"Katsuya..." Seto bent down so he was leveled with the crying teen.

Jou sniffled and looked up, tears blurring his vision. "D-dad? Is that you?"

Seto didn't know what to say in this type of situation, and just stood silent. Suddenly, the wind was knocked out of him as Jou clutched onto his chest, sobbing into his shirt. "D-don't l-leave me again, p-please! Y-you're alive n-now, s-so d-don't leave!"

Seto allowed Jou to cry against him, even vaguely hugging him back. He felt a need to give Jou some sort of reassurance, or have a broken spirit draped in his arms. It was then he noticed a forgotten newspaper lain neatly on the floor reading:

Drunken Hit and Run with the subtitle: Local Resident Saves Son from Hit and Run

He picked up the paper and began to read it, baring the pictures of Katsuya and his father.

Yesterday, on December 18, Jounouchi Sr. was killed in a hit and run accident. His son, who remains unnamed, was walking home that night to run an errand when a car carrying a drunken couple, ran past a red light. His father, who was with him at the time, had pushed his son out of the way and was hit dead on by the oncoming vehicle. Witnesses had seen a glimpse of the driver as he'd stopped then immediately left the scene. Jounouchi Sr. was taken to the Domino General Hospital, who died later that night. Many would remember him as a devoted citizen and father who struggled to make ends meet for him and his son, and be proclaimed a hero among parents and children. A memorial would commence this Friday in memory of him.

Seto felt a guilt running through his veins. His conquest had just lost his father a week ago and was in denial. He had probably thought that Seto WAS his father!

He had realized Jou's breathing evened out and wondered if he fell asleep. "Katsuya..."

"Hmm...Dad?"

Seto shrugged it off. Let Jou imagine that his father was holding his beloved son, and not his most fiercest rival. "Katsuya, you need to get out of this slump."

"W-what are you saying?"

"I'm dead." Seto answered bluntly. He needed Jou to get up on his feet, to go back to the way he was. "There's nothing you can do about it."

"No!" Jou screamed clutching him for dear life. "If you hadn't pushed me out of the way, you wouldn't have died!"

"But you would have!" Seto bellowed unevenly. He felt so numb all of a sudden, like he wasn't there. He needed to roleplay as Jou's father for Jou's sake.

Maybe...for both of their sakes.

"I'm your father. It's a father's duty to protect their son's life at all costs. Even to throw away our own. What was the point of me dying for your life, if you refuse to live it!" Yes, that was probably what Jou's father would have said. Then he thought bitterly of what he said. HIS stepfather wouldn't have give a damn.

"What's the point of living if there's nothing to live for!" Jou cried out. "I barely have any friends, Mom and Shizuka are far away, I have no one!"

"You're wrong," Seto murmured. /You have me./ "You have someone here. And they're watching over you..." He was of course talking about himself. "Just play out your cards, be yourself, and get over your anger. Do something, steal from a classmate or whatever..."

He could see Jou's wistful smile as he fell asleep. Seto couldn't help but smile back as he lay Katsuya on the bed and wrapped him with a very thick blanket.

"D-dad..." Katsuya opened his eyes a bit.

"Yeah?" Seto was starting to get used to this 'dad' thing.

"Thanks, whoever you are, for being my dad one last time." Looking at the incredulous look on the stranger's dark-hidden face, he pulled out something from out of his bed and handed it to him. Seto plunged it into his pocket. "It was my dad's. He said to give it to the one who was my kindred spirit, so he can protect that person as well. Other than me and my sis of course. I think you deserve it. You saved me, thank you, and take care of yourself."

"You too," Seto murmured back as he left the room.

Jou sighed and looked at the ceiling. "I guess I can take it out on that Motou kid after break. Him and his stupid puzzle he's trying to finish..."

And with that, he fell asleep.

Seto closed the door to the apartment before he slumped down to the ground. The memories of tonight playing angrily in his head. The newspaper clutched in his hand. How Jou had lost so much...

And he said he was Jou's kindred spirit! Like they were meant to be! The Master and his Puppy.

He couldn't help it, but for the first time in his life, he broke down and cried. For his and Jou's treacherous life.

"You disgusting fag," Gozaburo whispered dangerously as he kicked Seto to the floor.

"W-what...?" Seto whispered, his breath catching him as he clutched his stomach.

Gozaburo's face upturned into a terrible smile. "You think I don't know? One of my men saw you on the floor with some...lowlife, disgusting boy! You think I didn't know you were a fag in the first place!" He kicked him again.

Seto should have known the bastard had pinned one of his lackeys on him. Another mistake that shouldn't be tolerated as a Kaiba.

"Is he your gay lover, Seto?" he sneered. "I heard he looked so much like your dearly departed puppy...maybe I should pay him a visit, the Kaiba way?"

Seto gritted his teeth and pulled on his cold exterior. "He's nothing more than a rival to me. A cheap fuck. You'd be wasting your time." The game wasn't over yet between him and his puppy. He'd be damned if he'd let some ugly fat ass get in the way of his conquest for his beloved mutt. He had to make Jou look like a nobody, someone Gozaburo wouldn't go after.

"Really?"Gozaburo chided in contempt. "You can stop the damn act. I know for a fact that you wouldn't go downtown to some cheap ass, broken down piece of shit you call a neighborhood, just to fuck a local boy. He's something special to you, isn't he? You can't hide it from me. And soon, after I put you under house arrest, I'll make sure to check up on your 'puppy', just for you to hear him scream for mercy. Or, maybe I should have a little fun with him like you 'supposedly' did."

Seto glared at him in fury. No one's going to touch is puppy. "Then, I'll just kill myself, ridding you of your future heir of Kaiba Corp. And there's no way you can get Mokuba to become a new heir because he's too old to have the business drilled into his head. Deal your cards right, Gozaburo Kaiba."

He was surprised for the first time of his life. Gozaburo laughed.

"You think I was planning on making you the future CEO of Kaiba Corporation!" he jeered. "No. You're just the catalyst to the real CEO of Kaiba Corp.!"

"What are you talking about?"Seto narrowed his eyes.

temporary end of flashback

You could say that that was the beginning of Seto's need to search for the meaning to Gozaburo's words. He wouldn't have thought Gozaburo was planning to give the corporation to his first son, Noah. He didn't know he had a son. And he had to put his game with Jou on hold to take care of his stepfather's ghost. Because he was Seto Kaiba and he demanded and worked to his best ability to have everything...

His brother's secured life so he'll never work, Kaiba Corp., and his pup.

He would never be satisfied without either of them, so the need was imminent.

flashback

Gozaboro said nothing as he kicked Seto's stomach again and again. "You. Are. A. Fuckin'. Fag. And. I'm. Going. To. Kill. Your. Puppy. Right. In. Front. Of. Your. Eyes. Like. I. Did. Years. Ago."

Seto yelped with each blow, but took those words to heart. There was no way in Hell the bastard's going to hurt his puppy!

He saw Gozaburo about to walk out the door, and he became desperate. He needed something, anything to save his pup! He subconsciously reached into his pocket and pulled out the package Jou gave him.

"It was my dad's. He said to give it to the one who was my kindred spirit, so he can protect that person as well. Other than me and my sis of course. I think you deserve it. You saved me, thank you, and take care of yourself."

His eyes widened as he unwrapped it in a haste. Jou's father's 357 Silver Magnum.

To protect him.

As the CEO began to leave, he was stopped by a sharp click to the back of his head.

"Like Hell." Seto threatened point blank range to the back of Gozaburo's head.

Gozaburo laughed again and began to move to the side toward his desk, the gun following his every move. "You don't have the guts to pull the trigger. You're too soft."

Seto growled. "Too soft am I?" He moved closer, making Gozaburo move backward. "I had beaten you in a chess game hoping that by taking both Mokuba and me, we'd have a better life than the last. You worked me to the bone, taking away my childhood and planning on taking my brother's. I'm not a child anymore and I'm more than capable of running your company right here and now."

With every step forward, Gozaburo stepped backwards. "Mokuba wanted to spend what's left of our childhood days taking care of a stray puppy, which I can recall, we were rich enough to support it and keep it out of your way. But you had prove yourself the most malevolent man on Earth by killing an innocent creature. You're not a man, you're a worthless monster..."

Gozaburo couldn't step back any further for he had reached near an open window, gun pointed right between his eyes perfectly.

"...and you're right."Seto said his frown turning into a wistful smile. "That boy IS my puppy, or future puppy to be exact. I want him, that's right, I want a BOY. I want Mokuba's happiness, I want your company, I want HIM. And if I want to, I will be ruthless to get what I want."

"You're demented!" Gozaburo screamed. "You disgusting, vile, Spawn of Satan!"

"Then compared to me, you're Satan itself! A hypocritical Satanic Vermin of Hell!" Seto spit out in venom.

Seto then smiled in a ruthless gesture. "I always get what I want, and I'm through with you. This company is mine, and it will no longer be a corporation of military weapons! No, I'll change it into a gaming corporation! It's so much more profitable. Everything's a game, Gozaburo. I'm just moving the corporation along with the rest of the real world. And you threatening the life of my pup had just cost you your life!"

It was then that Gozaburo jumped at Seto trying to get at the gun. They were fighting towards the open window and the elder Kaiba tilted Seto back against the sill, head dangling from the outside as he clutched his stepson's neck, disabling him from breathing.

"You die, Seto Himura!(1)" Gozaburo screamed as he came pulled his hand back for a punch.

Seto opened his eyes and fisted the gun. "No," he grunted. "It's your turn to be thrown out the window, Gozaburo Kaiba!" With a resounding smack, he slammed the gun on the back of Kaiba's head, lifted up his legs to send the elder Kaiba head first over him out the window.

Seto heard the screams and the sickening thud of a body being thrown from a fourth story window.

He took a shaking deep breath and looked out and saw the mangled body of Gozaburo Kaiba. Looking at the gun in his hand, turned it upside down on the bottom of the hilt to see an embroidered picture of what looked like the Jounouchi Family Symbol which was engraved with a spiraling black dragon and sparkling rare blue roses baring the Kanji characters 'Jyo'. (2) It was near to the same one as the Himura Family Symbol which was engraved with a white dragon and red Casablanca baring the Kanji character 'Hi'. Jou's family was watching out for him.

He breathed out a thank you to Jou's father for saving him.

/This must be what it's like, to have a father to watch out for you.../

Seto staggeringly looked down and muttered, "It must be a cruel irony for you. You and our puppy had met the same end. You killed the puppy, calling him a mangy mutt. And I killed you, calling you a ruthless bastard. Out the same window. The only difference is that no one's going to hold you close to them at the last moment. Because you're going to Hell."

He chuckled half heartedly. "Whose laughing now?"

As he left the room to call for authorities, all seemed to fall into place...

He was now the youngest CEO in the history of business. Kaiba Corp. was his.

He picked up the old newspaper on the ground and looked at it with expressionless eyes.

Now, as the new CEO of Kaiba Corp., his first duty was to find the bastard's who murdered Katsuya's father.

And his lips curled into the most horrific smile, contemplating the pleasure of torturing them til' their last breaths.

The once ambitious Seto Himura became the cold and ruthless Seto Kaiba...

On the Eve of Christmas.

end flashback

(1): I have no idea what Seto and Mokuba's last name was before Gozaburo Kaiba adopted them...but Himura sounds catchy doesn't it?

(2): The family crest symbol thing, comes from my real life family crest: Black Dragon, Blue Roses on the bottom of the hilt of the family weapons, which are 357 Magnum Silvers. One of a Kind!

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