Shieldshipping (Jonouchi x Shizuka x Seto)
Shizuka had made quite a few mistakes in her life, but none so big as the ones she made today. Her first mistake was to take Jonouchi with her when she went shopping for groceries, as he continually tried to convince her to buy junk food. Her next mistake was to stop by a clothing store on the way home to look at a dress she had seen the other day and see if it was still on sale, and then having to leave after Jonouchi made a scene about the prices in the store. Her last (hopefully) mistake of the day – and the worst one – was to talk to Seto Kaiba while her brother was in the bathroom.
She had seen the tall brunette from across the road, glancing back and forth at the traffic before he started to cross with that sure, clipped stride of his.
"Kaiba-kun!" she called, waving to him.
He paused, glanced up with his blue eyes, and nodded at her. She had thought that would be the end of it. Sure, she had started keeping contact with him more since Battle City, but that didn't mean much. But then he had walked over to her.
"O-oh, good morning, Kaiba-kun," she stammered.
"Morning," Kaiba said.
"U-um, what brings you out to Tokyo? I thought your company was in Domino."
"It is, but the Schroeder company is in Tokyo. We're trying to come to some kind of agreement before we run each other out of business," Kaiba said with that familiar sardonic tone. "I came for a meeting with von Schroeder."
"Oh...that sounds...interesting," Shizuka said.
Kaiba half-smiled.
"You're not very good at lying. It was about as boring and productive as watching paint dry."
Shizuka blushed a bit. The wind blew, and some dust blew up from the street. Shizuka coughed as it blew into her eyes, and started to blink. Her eyes started watering.
Kaiba seemed about to say something else, but then a loud 'hey!' caught their attention. Jonouchi stalked over from the shop behind them. He stepped between his sister and his rival like a shield, shooting daggers at Seto.
"What do you think you're doing, picking on my sister?" he said.
"Katsuya...it's okay, he wasn't –" Shizuka mumbled behind him.
"Shush, Shizuka, just let me handle this."
Seto Kaiba matched Jonouchi's stare, icy harshness against flaming daggers.
"I wasn't doing anything to you sister, Jonouchi," Seto said. "Unless talking to someone is suddenly considered harrassment."
"Well you don't have to act so high and mighty about it!" Jonouchi shouted. "From what I was seeing, you were making Shizuka cry!"
"G-guys, please don't fight in the middle of street...please don't...no one was making fun of me..."
"She got some dirt in her eyes."
"Likely story!"
"Well, why don't you ask her, then? Shizuka doesn't tell lies."
"And how the hell would you know that, Kaiba?"
"Because I see her everyone and then, and it doesn't take a genius to understand Shizuka."
Shizuka blushed at that comment. Was he calling her shallow? Or was he just being his normal bluntly obvious self?
"I oughta smack you a good one!"
"Oh, please do. Give me a reason."
Shizuka tugged desperately at her brother's sleeve, but he shrugged her off. His face was getting red faster than she could say "tomato."
"You wouldn't know the first thing about fighting out on the street, ya pansy rich boy!"
"And you probably wouldn't know the first thing about self-defense, which I am well-trained in. Why don't you scurry away with your tail between your legs before you make a fool of yourself."
"Why you –"
Shizuka shrunk in on herself, wishing she could just disappear. People were starting to stare. How could she have been so stupid as to try and talk to Seto while she knew her brother was nearby? Why couldn't they just get along? And why couldn't they just listen to her for once?
She sighed, hugging herself against the chilly spring breeze. Then she settled down to watch the two of them continue their fight, hoping that they wouldn't get into a fist fight in the middle of the street...
A/N: These threesomes involving Shizuka are starting to get repetitive...I probably could have come up with something better, but I have a whole bunch more to write tonight if I want to stay on schedule. Next is Shameshipping (Rishid x Ishizu x Marik).
