Edited for spelling mistakes and a lapse in memory of dub names.

Thankyou all for the wonderful reviews, by the way. I'm afraid I didn't save any of my author's notes, but I suppose those I did mention know what I said. Still, I luff all of you for your wonderful support!

C.c


"Enjoying your food, you stupid dog?"

"Get lost, Kaiba. I'm eating…" I growled through a mouth full of food. Kaiba replied with a startled look and a low grunt.

"Seto! Where is the puppy?" I heard Mokuba yawn from across the kitchen.

"Over there. I fed him some of yesterdays left over chicken."

"You can't feed him that!" Shrieked Mokuba, rushing over and snatching the bowl from beneath me.

"Hey! I was enjoying that…"

"Give it back, Mokuba. I'm sure he was enjoying it." Kaiba answered shakily, his eyes going all shifty and trying to avoid mine. Freak…

"It might be mouldy! And he's only a puppy! He needs healthy stuff!"

Mokuba dropped the contents of my bowl into the bin and placed it into the sink. Kaiba held back a glare, then got up and opened the fridge.

"Well, what else can I feed him?"

"We can go out and buy some proper dog food!" Mokuba said, using his trademarked puppy dog eyes on his big brother, already knowing it was a pretty much definite "no" from his brother.

"No way…" He growled, turning to face me.

"Two can play at that game, rich boy!" I whimpered and put on my own puppy dog eyes. It wasn't that hard, actually, considering I'm now a dog. I bounded over and started running round his ankles (giving his left one a quick scratch). Nevertheless, he gave in pretty quickly.

"Hmmm…fine. Let's go. I'll drive."

"Well, actually, Seto…I was thinking maybe we could…well…" Mokuba said, biting his bottom lip.

"What, Mokuba?" Huffed Kaiba.

"We could…well…take the puppy out on his first walk!"

Stunned silence was all that followed. Kaiba had to really try hard to stop himself from throttling his little brother.

"F…f…fine…" He sighed, giving in again, "Have you got a leash?"

"WHAT?" I yelped, "I'm not wearing one of those! It's degrading!"

"Right here, Seto!" Mokuba said, skipping over to me and slipping the collar around my neck. He was obviously well prepared…

"Let's go…" Kaiba grumbled, following Mokuba and I to the front door.

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This is great! The air, the sun, the freedom! Well, as much freedom you can have on a leash, especially when it's controlled by a grumpy CEO. We are only half way to the shops, but I am having a great time at the moment. Even Money Bags is enjoying himself. He and Mokuba are having a complicated conversation about something I don't understand, but I'm glad Kaiba is being nice to the little guy for once. I mean, he's much nicer to his brother than he is to me or my friends, but he's still not what I would call nice.

"Hey! Seto!" In heard a familiar voice squeal from in front of us. I looked up from the ground and stopped in my tracks. It was Yugi. And he was with Anzu, Honda, Duke and Ryou.

"Guys! It's me! Katsuya! I'm right here!" I began to bark and yelp madly at my friends. Kaiba was beginning to lose control of me.

"MOKUBA! What's wrong with the dog?" Yelled Kaiba.

"I don't know!"

"Well, find out!"

"Seto! Don't let go!"

"He's pulling too hard-"

"NOOOOO!" Mokuba yelled as Kaiba lost grip of my leash and I went whizzing towards Yugi, who just stood and watched the chaos, totally bewildered.

"N-n-nice dog…" Stuttered Ryou, hiding behind Anzu.

"Watch out Yugi!" She yelped, attempting to go behind Ryou (causing them to run around in circles after each other).

I dived at Yugi, and even though I was only a puppy, I managed to knock him over.

"Down, boy! Down!" He giggled as I barked and wagged my tail at him. I jumped off and let the little guy get up, then proceeded to sit.

"He's so cute!" Cooed Anzu as she bent down to stroke me. But before her hand got anywhere near me I began to growl.

"Whoa…what's wrong with him?" Duke asked Kaiba, raising an eyebrow at me, "Is he not properly trained yet?"

"No, he's not!" Mokuba chipped in before Kaiba could speak, "But me and Seto are going to train him, aren't we?"

This request was a bit too sudden for Kaiba's liking. He gave a small sigh.

"Mokuba, I can pay for him to be properly trained, you know, and I'm sure I can get the best for him."

Wow. He wants the best for me…

"No, Seto! We need to train him ourselves! Won't it be fun?"

"No…" Seto sighed; just quiet enough for Mokuba not to hear, but certainly loud enough for me.

Well, to be honest, I didn't want that to happen either way. I could certainly try and train myself; like that would be up to Kaiba's standards (set higher than his own).

There must be some way out of this.

Lucky for me, there was, and its name was Honda Hiroto.

"I trained my dog myself," He said casually, even though he was in the presence of Kaiba, "I'd be happy to train this little guy for you."

"Really, Honda?" Kaiba said, sounding a little bit surprised (and maybe disbelieving) at his kindness.

"Well, sure! I love dogs, and I have plenty of equipment left over from last time, not to mention dog treats, so I would gladly train…what's his name?"

"Seto hasn't picked one yet…" Mokuba teased, elbowing Kaiba in the side, "Gentle hint…" He whispered, winking at his big brother.

"Take the offer! Take the offer!" I yelped at Kaiba senior, running circles round Honda's ankles and occasionally trying to jump up. Too bad for me: he's as tall, if not taller, than Kaiba.

Wow…If I get to train with Honda I can maybe try and tell him who I am (if he tries to teach me to play scrabble…)! And then Kaiba won't want me any more (you know, being his worst enemy and all)! Then maybe Honda can become my owner…or maybe even Yugi…yeah…

"Calm down!" He laughed, bending down so I could hop up onto his leg, "You're going to need to…"

So, I did what I was told. Honda smirked at me, and reached into his jacket pocket. He pulled out what looked like a bone…but it wasn't a bone…It was a …

"Dog treat!" Mokuba yelled.

What I wanna know is why Honda had those in his pocket anyway…actually, I probably don't…

"Yuck…" I barked. No use: Honda couldn't hear me, so he held the treat out.

When I didn't instantly jump for joy and snatch it out of his hand, he frowned.

"Come on: it's a nice treat for being good. If you are good more often, then you might get some more of these." He coaxed, waving the small brown object at me.

"He's a dumb dog…he can't understand you…" Kaiba growled.

"I'll show you dumb, Kaiba!" I barked, baring my teeth at the CEO, "I'll give it a try!"

And so I did.

"You like that, huh?" Honda asked as I munched away at the treat.

"Yeah…" I mumbled through a mouthful of what I presume was chicken flavoured dog junk. It was pretty darn delicious if you ask me.

Anyway, after finishing my dog treat, Kaiba agreed to let Honda train me: every Thursday night from Six Thirty until Nine.

"Great! Can I go watch, Seto?" Mokuba pleaded.

"Sure. If it's okay with you…" He said, turning to Honda.

"Sure is!" Honda replied.

"I'll be there too, if you don't mind…" Anzu smiled and gave Honda thumbs up.

"Me too!" Yugi chirped.

As for Ryou, he was still looking pretty scared.

"You are coming too, aren't you, Ryou?" Anzu questioned. She was answered with a slight whimper and an incredibly freaked out Ryou sprinting off down the road.

"Well, that was weird…" Yugi said, yawning.

"Yes. This has all been very weird…" Kaiba hissed, "But if you don't mind, I'll be buying some dog food now…"

Kaiba grunted slightly as he brushed past my gang of friends, closely followed by Mokuba. Of course, I couldn't go into the shop, so I stayed outside with no-one to talk to or play with but a bike rack, drinks machine and a few empty glass bottles.