Necropolis demon
Disclaimer: Don't own YuGiOh…don't care! As long as I can dream!
Necro: I'm kind of nervous with this fic, I didn't really get a lot of ideas for this so just like before, this is pretty random but if you'd like to make suggestions please feel free. By Ra help!
The GameChapter 1 Big Brother
"Good morning Mr. Kaiba." The board of directors all greeted together the moment the brunette entered the room. "Good morning, sit down." Came the CEO's gruff reply.
"Now then, we are all here to discuss things that are happening within KaibaCorp." Kaiba took a folder from his briefcase and passed it to his secretary, "Some coffee do you mind?" he brusquely ordered.
They all spent that morning talking about KaibaCorp's budget for future projects and discussed issue's concerning the hazards of using the duel disk system. Everyone in the room were all tense with the breakfast meeting since Kaiba only arranged for breakfast meetings when things were really serious, the last time they had such a meeting; Kaiba fired two secretaries and had threatened to fire the board.
"Mr. Kaiba, I assure you that KaibaCorp is running as smooth usual." A man in a suit with a mustache assured.
Kaiba took a sip of his coffee and moved his gazed from the cup to the man, "Is that so? Then tell me…why is our duel disk sales decreasing?" he asked, his voice low and dangerous and his eyes serious.
The man with the mustache was taken back, looking directly to those blue orbs of Kaiba's could send anyone to a coma, he spoke no more and looked down on his shiny black shoes.
"Mr. Kaiba…it's just that duel monsters…um" Another man, this time with a bald spot spoke up, slightly hesitant to face the brunette.
"Duel monsters is what?" the brunette inquired, fiddling with the mug in his hands.
"Well…it seems to be decreasing in popularity so…not that many people buy duel disks anymore." The man answered somewhat timidly.
Sighing and putting down the mug in his hands, Kaiba turned his gaze to everyone in the room and spoke coldly, "Now that is exactly the reason why I'm hosting this new contest…so that we can release a new game for the public, the contest will simply be publicity for the winning game that we'll be releasing."
"But still sir…"
"But what?" the CEO spat, glaring at the man who dared to question his idea.
"I…d-don't you think that Illusion-"
"Oh please, Pegasus will have to deal being the second best in the gaming industry, he already has 'Dungeon Dice' doesn't he? KaibaCorp is number one in the field of holographic technology production…now is the time to take the next step." The brunette smirked and sat up straight, "if this contest can bring up a game so unique, so brilliantly crafted that this game will exceed duel monsters, KaibaCorp will be recognized even more in the gaming world."
"Mr. Kaiba, there's a call for you" Kaiba's secretary handed over a cell phone to the CEO.
"Yes this is Seto Kaiba speaking…I see…again? Very well then…I'll personally check on them." With that he abruptly ended the phone call and glared at the board of directors. "Well…it seems that we've lost three more computers…they say there was a malfunction." He glared.
"Tell me…why are we losing so many computers? It's only been two weeks and we've already lost five new ones!" the brunette snarled, everyone kept themselves quiet in order not to infuriate the teen even more.
Kaiba sighed exasperatedly, "I'm going to personally check on the computers today, if anything like this happens again I swear I'll fire each and every one of you!" the brunette scolded, getting up from his seat and grabbing hold of his suit case.
"You, I want you to reschedule that meeting I'm suppose to have with that Korean representative this afternoon, tell them the meeting will take place a week from now, the same time in the afternoon." He told his secretary who frantically scribbled the details of the meeting on her clipboard.
With a hot temper and a mood for firing unsuspecting workers, Seto Kaiba stormed out of the room to attend to his business elsewhere.
At school, Ryou was still at it with his little project. It was finally lunchtime and he decided to go to the school roof and continue his work there, call him a nerd but he really was obsessed with his project, in fact he was so obsessed that he skipped both his breakfast and now his lunch.
Typing and typing all day long, his eyes finally gave in so he decided to take a break. Putting down the folders and wooden models resting on his lap, he looked up the sky and imagined that the clouds were pillows…so sleepy…
"Hey Ryou!" a sudden blond screamed in his ear.
"Ahhh! Joey!" out of surprise, Ryou fell back and accidentally hit the back of his head on the wall, "Ow!"
"Are you all right?" Tea asked with concern.
"I'm fine…just a little bump." Replied the white blond as he nursed the back of his head.
"Sorry man, I didn't mean to startle you." Joey apologized.
"As if! You shouted in his ear!" Tristan, the guy with a point on his head playfully batted the back of Joey's head.
Ryou laughed and set aside his work, he really needed a rest anyway. Just then, Yugi approached the teen and asked him about his work.
"So what is that Ryou?" Yugi gestured towards the pile of folders beside the white blond.
"Oh these," the pale teen grabbed one of his folders and handed it to Yugi, "these are just some stuff for my entry."
"Entry?" Yugi opened the folder and took a peak, "A game…for KaibaCorp? Does this mean that you're planning to join Kaiba's contest?" the shorter boy asked.
The white blond nodded and smiled at his tri color haired classmate, "I'm really hoping to win this contest." He said, "I'm sure you can win! These are great!" Yugi said excitedly as his eyes scanned the pages of the white blond teen's work. The others took a peak at Ryou's work as well and were astonished to see the product of their classmate's hidden genius.
"Wow! These are really amazing! You're sure to win that contest!" Tea told Ryou excitedly.
"I hope I can at least make the preliminaries." Replied Ryou.
"Preliminaries?" asked the female brunette.
"Yes, only game entries that are qualified and approved by KaibaCorp can be submitted. KaibaCorp will only choose the best game entries for the contest, they wont let a participant with a low-grade entry join."
"Ouch, so that means your entry has to be one of the best so you can join then…that's hard." Tristan spoke up.
"I know…I really hope I can do well." Replied the shy teen.
"Don't worry Ryou, these are excellent! You're sure to win that contest!" Yugi cheered enthusiastically.
When their break was over they all headed back to their classroom, once again trapped in a boring old discussion. During a lecture, Joey was sleeping, Tristan was already yawning, Tea was scribbling on her notes, Yugi was pretending to listen but was actually day dreaming, and Ryou was day dreaming just like Yugi.
Just staring at the clear blue sky without a single worry for the world, that was what Ryou did; he stared there blankly into space thinking of more things to add to his game. He thought about some ideas on how to summon the creatures…would you have to summon it on the next turn? Would it be able to attack the moment it's summoned? Would every piece have different attacking patterns? Would…
Just when another question was about to pop into Ryou's head, the teacher threw a piece of chalk at him.
"Ow!" he snapped back to reality and stared at the chalk that landed on his desk.
"Ryou Bakura! Please pay attention and stop day dreaming." The strict female teacher who had her hair in a neat bun scolded as Ryou rubbed his forehead; that was the second time that day he got hit on the head.
"I'm really sorry sensei, it won't happen again." Ryou apologized, straightening his position on his chair.
"Good, well I'll go easy on you since this is the first time, as punishment I want you to bring Seto Kaiba his homework since he's absent again. Will that be all right with you or should I ask someone else?" the teacher inquired.
"Oh, it's fine with me sensei." Ryou replied with a smile as the teacher walked over to his side and gave him a friendly tap on the shoulder; though that certain teacher was strict she was really nice…that is if you weren't Joey.
After school, Ryou headed to the Kaiba mansion, slightly scared to enter the cold-hearted CEO's home. The mansion was enormous and Ryou could've sworn it was bigger than his school, it was big and white which was kind of creepy actually but you could see its magnificence outside. The house had a somewhat foreign design, a tall bar gate and high walls, security cameras watching people pass by, there was even a fountain in front of the mansion that had a statue of a Blue-eyes White dragon spitting out water.
Hesitantly, Ryou rang the doorbell by the gate instead of using the intercom, suddenly the intercom jolted awake and a voice came out from it. "State your business please" came Mokuba's voice through the speaker
"Um…it's Ryou, Ryou Bakura…err Kaiba's-" Ryou replied through the intercom.
"Ryou? You're one of Yugi's friends right? Come in, hold on I'll get the gate opened." Mokuba excitedly spoke up.
With a creaking sound, the towering gate opened automatically allowing Ryou to enter. The white blond teen walked up the cemented path towards the front door; he walked up a flight of steps and was greeted by Mokuba who immediately opened the pair of double doors to personally welcome the white blond visitor.
"Come in!" Mokuba welcomed, Ryou entered and was in awe. The insides of the house was even better, it had a European design and all sorts of expensive antiquities adorning the corners. The living room had a cozy fire place and on the center wall was a towering portrait of Kaiba and Mokuba: Kaiba was sitting on an antique wooden chair with one leg crossing over the other, wearing a brown trench coat while Mokuba was standing by his left, wearing a white button down shirt tucked neatly into his brown shorts with a brown formal suit for his upper half to match the shorts.
"So what brings you here Ryou?" the younger Mokuba asked with a smile.
"The teacher asked me to bring Kaiba his homework for today, he was absent you see." Ryou replied, reaching into his bag and handing over the CEO'S homework.
"Thanks." Mokuba placed his brother's homework on the coffee table, "Would you like something to drink?" he asked warmly.
"Um, no thank you Mokuba, I'm fine." The white blond humbly declined, "I better get going then." The teen turned towards the door but was held back when he felt a hand grasping on the sleeve of his blue long sleeved uniform.
"Do you have to leave so soon?" Mokuba asked solemnly, sadness showing in his eyes as he looked up the teen.
"Well I…" Ryou looked at the poor boy's face, he really looked like he was about to cry and so the teen decided to stay for a while. "I guess I can stay for a little longer." Immediately, Mokuba's face lit up.
The two spent their time together playing a couple of video games and stuff, perhaps a game of duel monsters or two and a game of hide and seek. Ryou managed to do his homework as well as play with the boy. The white blond and the young Kaiba also spent some time talking, Mokuba talked a lot about his brother, about how Kaiba was always too busy to play with him or too busy to tuck him to sleep at night. Ryou really felt sorry for Mokuba, he knew what it was like to be lonely since his father was always away…it always made him feel empty. Finally it was around eight when the two were in the living room solving a jigsaw puzzle when they heard the sound of Kaiba's limo.
"Looks like Kaiba's here…well look at the time," Ryou glanced at his watch "I better get going." He got up from the floor and bid the boy farewell. Just then, the older Kaiba entered the moment Ryou was about to leave.
"What are you doing here?" Kaiba asked grumpily, glaring at the slightly shorter teen.
"I-I came over to bring you your h-homework Kaiba." The white blond timidly replied with his head low, trying to avoid eye contact.
"Thank you, you may leave now." The brunette thanked but not really meaning it.
The pale teen sauntered towards the front door when Mokuba suddenly spoke up, "Ryou, can you help me with my project tomorrow?" the boy asked.
"Don't bother, I'll help you with it Mokuba." Kaiba suddenly spoke up.
"Please? Can Ryou come over tomorrow and help? Please big brother." Mokuba pleaded.
Kaiba sighed exasperatedly, waving a dismissing hand. "Fine, if it's ok with him."
"Oh…um, I guess I can come over tomorrow, the same time after school?" the pale teen asked, Mokuba nodded.
When Ryou was finally out of sight, the older Kaiba quickly turned to the younger Kaiba, "You didn't have to ask help from him, we could finish your project just fine without him." The brunette said.
"Well, I want him to come over tomorrow, am I not allowed to have friends over?" Mokuba replied almost angrily, heading upstairs.
"Where do you think you're going, aren't you going to eat your dinner?" Kaiba asked as if he was scolding the kid.
"I already ate dinner with Ryou." At this, Kaiba said nothing upon hearing Mokuba's gloomy tone, "Good night." With that, Mokuba went to his room without glancing back at his brother.
For the first time in his life, Seto Kaiba stood there seemingly hurt though he didn't show it, watching his younger brother's retreating from. Mokuba didn't pester the CEO to play video games nor did he pester the guy to help him with his project…the boy didn't even wait for his brother to come home from work and eat dinner with him. For once, Kaiba seemed to long for his little brother to bother him; he just felt so out of place.
The next day, Seto Kaiba was still absent due to his busy schedule, the teacher had asked Ryou to bring the CEO his homework again and so Ryou did. School wasn't any different than usual, they took notes, had a new lesson and the seating arrangements were changed when Joey got on the teacher's nerves. After school, the white blond teen headed to his classmate's mansion to deliver the brunette's homework and help the younger Kaiba with his project. They spent the afternoon building a Styrofoam model of the solar system and again played a few video games.
It really seemed that Ryou was doing a much better job of being a big brother than the CEO ever could; this, Kaiba noticed when he arrived home from work. Upon arriving, Kaiba headed straight to the dinner table, knowing that Mokuba always made his projects there. When the CEO got there, he felt a sudden twinge of frustration when he saw his classmate smiling and sitting across his little brother, gluing on a couple of stars onto the Styrofoam project.
"What can I do to help Mokuba?" Kaiba said as he placed his suitcase on the dinner table.
"Oh, there's no need for that, me and Ryou already finished it see?" Mokuba proudly showed to his brother a model of the solar system, hand painted and labeled.
"Perhaps we can eat dinner now?" Kaiba inquired in his usual grumpiness, trying to change the subject.
"No thanks, I'm full. We already ate dinner earlier, Ryou offered to cook today, he's a really good cook." The black haired boy beamed.
"I better get going then." Ryou got up from his chair and picked up his school bag to head towards the door.
All of a sudden, Kaiba spoke up, "I'll give you a ride, come on." He walked past the pale teen; who struggled to keep up with the older boy's long strides. Ryou waved goodbye to Mokuba who also did the same and followed Kaiba. They both got inside the limo and sat there in silence. Kaiba told the driver a few things and occasionally asked for the pale boy's address.
While inside the limo things were very quiet between the two until Ryou spoke up to break the awkward silence, "Thank you for offering me a ride home Kaiba." The teen thanked, bowing his head.
"It's the least I could do to thank you for bringing over my homework and for helping Mokuba with his project." The brunette replied in monotone, staring out the window and watching the passing cars.
"Um…that reminds me, I gave your homework for today to Mokuba." Said Ryou, the other teen gave a nod and turned his attention back to the window.
Ryou felt really uncomfortable around the famous CEO, sure people say the guy was mean, cold-hearted, grumpy, grouchy, some say obnoxious and such, the white blond just really felt so out of place. Kaiba wasn't actually as hospitable and bubbly as his younger brother now was he?
Finally turning to a corner, the limo parked in front of Ryou's apartment. The white blond teen got out of the black car and thanked the CEO once again before turning back to enter the building.
"Kaiba…um I just wanted to tell you…um about Mokuba…" he inhaled nervously, "He really loves a lot and I just want you to know that he's a good kid but recently he's been…lonely because you're always not around."
Without a word, Kaiba exited the car and glared at the shorter teen. To any other human it seemed like Ryou was helping the CEO but to the brunette's eyes it was an insult having Ryou; the guy who seems to be a better brother than he was, point out that he; Seto Kaiba was causing his little brother's loneliness.
"Are you saying I'm a bad brother?" the brunette asked in a low threatening voice, glaring daggers at the shorter teen. He was obviously offended and was stressed due to constant working; now he was pouring out his frustration at the teen.
"N-No! That's not it!" Ryou quickly stuttered, "I was just saying that…you should spend more time with Mokuba." He said softly, Kaiba glared at him even more causing him to quickly speak up in defense, "Well, that's Mokuba told me!" he said in a small voice.
Kaiba continued to glare at the teen, who started fidgeting uncomfortably, hesitantly Ryou spoke up and apologized, "I'm sorry if I offended you Kaiba…but it's the truth, good night." With that Ryou went inside and headed to his room.
Necro: Well then, there's the first chapter for you guys, I hope it was all right. As you can see, Kaiba doesn't like Ryou that much now doesn't he? It's because he feels that Mokuba's replacing him with the white blond. Mokuba is kind of sad and lonely because his brother is always too busy to spend time with him and so he develops a little anger towards his brother who's clueless about the boy's situation. Ryou just got caught up between the two Kaibas and in Kaiba's eyes, seems to be a better brother than the brunette.
Did you understand? It's simply a matter of Kaiba being jealous of Ryou who he thinks is taking over his role as Mokuba's big brother.
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