Title: In the Moonlight

Author: RyuSenshi aka Hisoka DragonHawk

Starting Date: 6/4/06

Summary: Though most see him as a cold hearted jerk, Seto Kaiba has a lot going in in his life. He's borederline of losing everything he's ever known. Can another blue-eyed brunette help him climb up from the depths of his losses?

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh. I do not own ANY of the characters, except a couple of space fillers, whom I'll introduce in the begining of the chapter that the fillers appear in. The only thing that is 100 MINE is the song that this story revolves around, which will be in later chapters.

CHAPTER 1

Seto Kaiba sat at his desk, sighing at the sight of his laptop. He was home, in his room, doing what he did every day. Mokuba would be asleep by now. I should be too, it's almost 4 a.m. and I have to be up before 8... he thought to himself.

He had school that day, which he could very easilt have missed and still kept up his top of the class status. He'd be out of there for good in a little over a few weeks, but that never mattered to him. What mattered was keeping his company running, which if stock kept falling, it soon would not.

Seto walked through the hallways the next morning in a sort of trance. His mind was on his company, and how he would tell Mokubam should the worst occur. He didn't realize when he bumped into something, knocking it over.

"Watch where ya goin' ya jerk!" Joey sat sprawled on the floor glaring.

"I'd suggest you get up mutt, no point in staying down there, no one's dumb enough to scratch your belly. You might bite them and give them rabies." Seto shot back. I don't need this right now... Kaiba turned to walk off, but before he got far, Joey had gotten to his feet, only to grab Kaiba's arm with one hand, and take a swing at him with another. Seto was caught off guard, and the blow to his jaw only pushed him to the limit.

It was almost an hour before the principal called Seto in to speak with him. "Sit." the bald heavyset man instructed Seto. " You knwo your behavior was unacceptable! You were top of your class Mr. Kaiba! And you go and do something so ignorant that got that status taken away from you!" Kaiba sat silently only catching enough to realize that everything he worked for was going to be taken away. His company, even his valedictorian status. All of it, would soon be gone. "Mr. Kaiba, your status of being top of the class, is being given to..."

Tea was at Domino's Mall looking for her perfect prom dress. Mai was with her, and complaining about Tea not being able to find a dress almost as much as Tea herself. "What was wrong with the one you just had on?" Mai asked.

"I think the point to clothing is to keep certain things covered." Mai let out a sigh as Tea responded. "Well, we've got one shop left. If you don't find anything there, you're going to have to order it off of ebay...And as much as I love to shop, I am NOT going through this mall again to find you jewelry."

This time was Tea's turn to sigh as they walked into the store. As they walked towards the section for women's formal dresses, one in particular caught Tea's eye. As she tried it on, the midnight blue accented her eyes perfectly. The halter top covered enough to satisfy Tea, but revealed enough to catch a few eyes. The sparkles that ran down the skirt of the dress went well with the beaded floral embroidery of the top. The entire dress, including the beads, was midnight blue.

Mai was finally releaved when Tea came out satisfied. They quickly found matching shoes, as well as most of her jewelry. The only thing that she could not find, was a necklace. "Don't worry about it, we still have a couple of weeks before Prom. You're bound to find something. besides, you gotta come back next weekend to find something for graduation. You are valedictorian after all..."

"About that Mai. I feel bad about it. I know Kaiba was rude to Joey, but I also know that Joey threw the first punch. I don't think Kaiba should have been punished like that..." As if on cue Tea looked up to see Kaiba sitting on a bench in the food court staring intently at the small television.

"Today, Kaiba Corp. stocks have reached an all time low. We're here with one of Setp Kaiba's lawyers. Can you tell us what Mr. Kaiba's plans are if the stock gets any worse?"

"Though I cannot state this as complete FACT, If stock goes down any further, we have advised Mr. Kaiba to sell off his company." As soon as this statement was made, Seto saw Tea standing with tears in her eyes as she looked at him. For some reason he noticed the dress in her hands, and before she could say anything to him, he rushed passed her quickly before she could notice the tears in his own.

Later that night Kaiba was sitting in his office again. Mokuba was home tomight. He'd heard the news report, and immediately came home to be with his brother. "Big brother, what are we gonna do?"

"We'll be fine Mokuba, go to bed." Kaiba's voice was distant.

Mokuba shrugged, and went to his room. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed the first number. he was relieved when the female voice answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey Tea, umm...I was calling to ask you a favor..."

"What is it Mokuba? Name it and I'll do anything I can."

"It's Seto..."

That wasn't as long as I hoped it would be. I'm hoping that the next chapter will be a little longer. It's hard to write stories in chapters, for me at least. I'm more used to writing in short story no chapter format.

As for the song that will be in later chapters (this will be at the end of EVERY "chapter") it is 100 MINE. If you guys would like me to send to a copy, of the lyrics, give me your email with your review, and I will email the lyrics to you with MY signature. They are also on my deviantart page with the "publish" date on it so anyone who thinks about using it, and does without my permission, will be in HUGE trouble. Muchos gracias, and if ya wanna, leave me a review.