Sprayshipping (Seto x Ryouta x Shizuka)

Shizuka liked fish. They didn't even know that they were just inside a tiny version of the ocean. Nothing at all could faze them, not the child with his face pressed against the glass, or the infant trying to poke at them through the barrier, or the too loud voices of arguing couples.

Shizuka pressed her fingers against the cool, see-through wall. She was staring a particularly pretty yellow and blue fish when suddenly – there was a face in the water in front of her!

She yelped and jumped back. The tan-skinned boy blinked at her. She blinked back. Then he pushed upwards and disappeared from view.

Shizuka's heart beat much too fast. What had that boy been doing in there? Inside the tank? What if there were sharks, or jellyfish or something? She stepped back from the glass. Maybe she would go see the dolphins instead...

As she turned around, she smacked straight into someone – someone very tall.

"Oof," she said. "Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there...?"

As she stepped back and looked up, she found herself looking up into the sharp, irritated blue eyes of Seto Kaiba. Her face blushed bright red.

"I-I-um, I'm sorry!" she said again, bowing this time. He was scary! If only he would stop looking at her like that – !

"Spare me the waterworks," he said. He folded his arms. "You're the mutt's sister, aren't you?"

"Huh?" Mutt? Who was mutt?

Kaiba blew out.

"Jonouchi. You're Jonouchi's sister."

"Oh, yes. That's me. I'm Shizuka Kawai."

He raised his eyebrows. Shizuka could guess why.

"My mother went back to her maiden name," she said.

Kaiba didn't really respond to this, but shifted his eyes elsewhere. His stance said the conversation was over, but Shizuka couldn't help but wonder...what was he doing here in the aquarium? Did he have a big company to work at?

She swallowed.

"Um...so...what brings you here?" she asked.

His irritated gaze sent another blush running across her face. She looked down, muttered a sorry, and started to back away.

"Hey, is this guy bothering you?"

The voice and the smell of salt made Shizuka glance up. Oh, it was the boy who had been inside the aquarium! His spiky black hair was dripping wet; only his goggles kept his bangs from falling into his eyes. Water dripped off his folded arms onto the floor, and his baggy shirt clung to him from wetness.

"Oh, uh, no, it's okay," Shizuka said.

"I don't think it's okay," the boy said, tightening his stance. "Hey you. What do you think you're doing, making a girl upset like that? Just because you're the high and mighty Seto Kaiba doesn't give you that right."

Kaiba looked at the boy like he was something slimy and he didn't want it to touch him.

"I'm sorry, have we met?"

"No, but anyone who's anyone in the dueling world can recognize that ridiculous coat."

Kaiba's mouth tightened. Shizuka felt her pulse jump.

"No, no, really, it's okay, he wasn't bothering me, actually, I was probably bothering him –"

But neither of them seemed to be listening to her.

"Just because you run a fancy-schmancy company doesn't mean you have the right to act like you've got a stick up your ass," the boy said.

"You smell like fish," Kaiba said.

"Is that the best insult you can come up with? Of course I smell like fish; I work at an aquarium!"

"I don't have time for this," Kaiba said, growling and looking at his watch. "Go play with the dolphins or something."

"Stuck-up prig!"

"Do I have to call a restraining order on you?"

The bickering continued, back and forth, back and forth. Shizuka's head followed the action as though she were at a tennis match.

"Really," she whispered throughout it. "Really, it's okay. Can you just – please, are you listening to me? Stop, you're bothering other people...you're both making a scene...are you even...do you even know that I'm here...?"

She was starting to feel dizzy – people had gathered around, giving disapproving looks. They still weren't even listening to a single word she was saying!

It was too much. Everyone was staring, and the boys wouldn't stop fighting, and no one was listening –

"Just – STOP!"

It came out so loud that even Shizuka was surprised. Both boys froze with their mouths still open.

"That's enough!" she said, feeling so upset that she was shaking. "Both of you listen, right now! Kaiba-san, just because you don't like my brother, doesn't mean that you have to act like suck a prick to me! And my brother is not a mutt!"

Kaiba just stared at her, the shock plastered on his face like he was a statue.

"And you – I appreciate your kindness, but I didn't ask for help, and I don't need it now! So please, just listen to the person that you're trying to help to make sure you're actually helping before you make a scene!"

The tan boy also stared at her, though his shock was a little less evident than Kaiba's.

"Now if you two would like to keep arguing, be my guest, but I am leaving," Shizuka huffed. "And I hope you both know that you've managed to ruin a perfectly good day."

And, still trembling, she turned on her heel and stomped away.

The fish still didn't even blink.

"Oh, go...be angry or something," she muttered at the fish.

They just stared at her and swam away.

A/N: Shizuka is such a reverse tsundere. She's sweet on the outside, but God help the people that get her angry. :D Not that the canon actually supports this, but I can see it happening...after all, she acts a lot like Fluttershy, and Fluttershy has her moments of epic insanity. (yay, I finally made a pony reference in this series! XD) Next is Spoilshipping (Pegasus x Rebecca). That is...possibly the creepiest shipping I've seen thus far...