Title: Legally Blond

Pairing: Eventual Puppyshipping (Seto/Joey), past Snareshipping (Duke/Joey). Sideships: Persevereshipping (Duke/Téa), Ardentshipping (Tristan/Serenity), Puzzleshipping (Yami/Yugi)

Rating: T

Words (Chapter 6): 2,860

Author's Notes: Thank you again to everyone who reads! Whether you're letting me know you do or not, I appreciate it. We're past 500 views on and 275 hits on AO3! I've also written 6 chapters in a little over a month so I'm really proud of myself. This is exciting. It took me long enough, but here it is: the chapter where I introduce not only the Great and Powerful Seto Kaiba but also the Always Wonderful Yugi Mutou. That part with where he meets Yugi is actually the part I mentioned a while ago that I began writing, but I had to add the part before it…you'll see what I mean. I hope you all enjoy!

Joey's POV:

I stormed out of the building, accidentally slamming the building door behind me. I couldn't believe it, the first day and I had already gotten kicked out of class. My first class, even, all because I was about two minutes late. My damn alarm didn't go off and I managed to get ready and get to the building a lot quicker than I thought, without even eating anything, but still. Apparently even one or two minutes was too late for Crowler. Duly noted.

I kicked the nearest trash can in frustration before collapsing onto the bench beside it.

"You know, damaging Tokyo Law property is considered vandalism and I could send you to the dean." I turned to glare at the nonchalant voice behind me. The man it belonged to was a bit taller than me, with brown hair and piercing blue eyes. If I wasn't so irked, I might have appreciated how handsome he was, but his demeanor only added to my agitated mood.

"Yeah? What are you, some kind of teacher's pet?" I asked, rolling my eyes and turning back around. If I wanted to sulk, he should have the decency to leave me alone.

"Teaching assistant, actually," he replied coolly, and my eyes widened a bit. Shit. Which means he actually did have the authority to turn me in for vandalism if he felt like it. That just made my day even worse.

"Well, whoop-di-doo, look at this hotshot," I mumbled, and by the scoff I heard behind me, I could tell he heard. I just secretly hoped he wasn't actually a TA for any of my classes, or he could really make my life hell.

"What are you even doing out here? Most students sleep in if they don't have class. Unless you should be in class and you're not."

I didn't appreciate the accusatory tone, so I turned back to glare at him. "If I could be in class, I would, but obviously, I can't, so can you just leave me the hell alone already?"

He looked me over for a moment, raising an eyebrow, before he looked back at the building behind us. A smirk came over his lips and he crossed his arms. "How late were you for Crowler's class?"

I was taken aback for a good half a minute by him being so spot on. It made sense, thinking about it, he probably knew his colleagues well and chances were, he went here as a student, too. "Not that late, he hadn't even closed the door. Maybe two minutes," I answered quietly.

"With him, two seconds is too late. It's rare he doesn't kick someone out the first day. Try to get there five minutes early, he takes note of that."

I was surprised this guy, who frankly seemed like a total jerk, was offering me any help at all. Maybe it was because he was a teaching assistant and it was like, his duty to help first years, but he certainly didn't seem the type. "Thanks," I said, expression softening. That smirk hadn't left his mouth though. "Any other advice?"

"Who else do you have?"

"Oh, uh, Banner, Pegasus, and Hawkins."

"Banner's pretty laid back, but he's no pushover. Do your work and show up and you'll pass easily, and talk to him about whatever comes up in class. He likes to see his students reach their potential. Hawkins is very by the book, so don't skip your readings. There's a lot of notes and he talks fast so if you aren't prepared, you'll get in over your head quickly. Speak up in Pegasus' class, even if you disagree with him, he likes to see your thinking more than anything. If you do it with confidence and good reasoning, it'll put you on the map for his internship."

I nodded along, not asking about this internship because I already felt pretty stupid. I had Banner in the afternoon, so at least I wouldn't be totally screwed, he hadn't assigned anything yet, but I didn't do the readings for Hawkins yet, so I'd lucked out. I still had until tomorrow. "Thanks."

"Just don't screw it up. I wouldn't appreciate knowing I wasted my breath." I took that as his 'you're welcome' as he walked away, squashing down the resemblance my mind gave between him and Crowler with his words. To compare a guy who looks like that to Crowler would be a crime.

"Hey, wait!" I called. "You didn't tell me your name, or who you teach with?"

He didn't turn around, just turned his head enough where I could see his profile (and that smirk that was back, what an ass). "You'll see."

As he continued walking, I rolled my eyes and slumped back on the bench. "That wasn't an answer." I shook my head and sighed, pulling out my phone. I answered Serenity's text (Good luck, Joey, have a great first day!) and sent one to Ryou and Tristan, already starting to miss them, even though they'd just helped me move in yesterday.

Tristan answered immediately, asking if I'd seen Duke yet. I said I hadn't, and no sooner did I press send than I heard the all-too-familiar voice.

"Joey?"

I looked up, trying to give my best friendly smile to my ex. There was no reason to not be cordial. Right? "Hey, Duke. How's it going?"

He furrowed his eyebrows, sitting down on the bench next to me. "I'm good, how are you? What are you doing here, are you here to see me? If you'd called, I could have made time between classes…"

I almost couldn't believe it. He thought I'd just came to visit him? "Oh, uh, nope. Not here to see you. I go here, actually."

He chuckled for a minute until he realized I wasn't laughing along with him. "You're serious? You got into law school? Tokyo Law?"

Ouch. But I wouldn't let that hurt me like it used to. "What, like it's hard?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. "Yeah, I did, and so far, I think it's pretty cool. I can see why you were excited for it."

Before he could respond, the door close to us opened and students filed out. A tall brunette girl waved goodbye to a shorter blonde and came over. Duke stood up and greeted her with a tight hug, and I recognized the girl as Miss Gardner – the one Crowler got to say I should be kicked out of class.

She looked at me and seemed to have noticed who I was as well, and defensively, I found myself standing up, straightening my bag on my shoulder.

She, however, didn't look all that rude now that she wasn't under Crowler's stare. "Oh, my gosh, it's you. Listen, about before, I'm so sorry, that really isn't me. It's just Crowler…you understand, right?"

Duke looked confused as he looked back and forth between us. "You two met?"

"Uh, kind of. We have class together," I answered. "So I guess you're…?" It was pretty easy to figure out, the way she was hanging all over him. This was clearly the girl he was back together with. Figures.

He suddenly looked uncomfortable. "Um…Joey, this is, um."

The girl, not realizing how awkward this was suddenly getting, spoke up. "Oh! I didn't even realize, I'm being so rude, I'm Téa." She held her hand out to me to shake, and I took it, giving her my best smile. She really did seem nice enough. It was when I took her hand that I noticed something on it, though.

Something shiny and frankly, gorgeous.

"This is Téa," Duke continued, as if she hadn't just introduced herself, "my fiancée…"

My throat felt like it was closing up, but I really didn't want to make a scene right now. My pride wouldn't let me. It was clear Téa was basically clueless as to who I even was, because she didn't seem spiteful to the point of just flashing this without a care.

"I just realized, I'm late to call my sister," I lied. "I have to go." I turned and immediately began powerwalking away from there, not even noticing where I was going.

"It was nice meeting you!" I heard Téa call, and I wished I could even fake it enough to return the sentiment.

I really couldn't believe it. Fiancée? The bastard was already engaged? I bitterly thought of calling up Serenity for real to let her know how right she actually had been. Duke had been getting a ring from his grandmother. We were just naïve enough to think it would be me he'd ask to marry.

I shook my head, wiping my eyes. I didn't want to allow myself to cry over him, especially in public, but I couldn't help but feel so stupid. I'd always thought we seemed too good to be true, and I guess we were. And to think I'd believed his little, 'we just ran into each other and the feelings came back, it was sudden,' bull. You don't get your family heirloom engagement ring from your grandmother for a sudden rekindling.

I took a deep breath, stopping on a bench on the sidewalk. I leaned back and looked around. I actually had no idea where I'd been headed when I started walking, and now I didn't know how far I'd gone or how to get back to campus. "Great. Let's just add this on to the list of things I'm stressed about," I mumbled to myself, biting my lip as I took in my surroundings.

I spotted a restaurant that looked almost like the one I worked at back home. I found myself drawn to it, and as I stepped in, my mind started to calm itself. This was probably the closest thing to home I had right now without having to call up my sister or my friends from Domino. I knew if I did that, I'd feel overwhelmed by Tristan's anger and Serenity and Ryou's sympathy and break down completely. I couldn't handle that right now.

"Uh, hi, hello. Please, take a seat anywhere." I blinked out of my thoughts as I heard a small voice pipe up. I looked down at the waiter, a little surprised by how short he was. I briefly wondered how old he actually was but pushed that aside for now, that wasn't the most important thing. I nodded at his request and gave him a quiet thank-you, finding a booth by the back.

Within just a few moments, the waiter came back over with a glass of water and a menu, and it was then I realized how hungry I actually was. Skipping breakfast to make it to Crowler's class had been a total waste. "Hi, I'm Yugi, and I'll be your server today." For a moment, I was reminded of Ryou, had he been shorter with different hair. This waiter gave off the same vibe. "Would you like anything to drink, or is just water good?"

"Oh, um, just water's fine. Actually, I already know what I'd like to eat, too."

He seemed a little surprised, but his smile widened as he pulled out his pad. "Awesome, what can I get you?" I ordered a burger deluxe with extra fries, and he skipped on over to the cooks to give them the order. I immediately began to feel better, thoughts of the crappy first day pushing themselves out of my mind.

I pulled my phone back out, going to the group chat my friends and I had, and sent a quick message. 'If/when you guys visit me, I have the perfect little diner I wanna take you to.' Granted, I hadn't actually tasted the food yet, but still.

The bell over the door dinged again and two younger teenagers came in, and I could tell from first sight that they were punks. They just had that look about them, one of them with very large glasses and blue hair, and the other with a red beanie covering messy brown hair. Yugi greeted them and they took their seats about two booths away from me.

Growing up in a neighborhood like mine, plus working in a diner like this, I liked to think I could tell when people were up to no good, and these two weren't.

I kept an eye out as Yugi took their order and then went to give me my food. He seemed either really oblivious or too trusting, and he was also the only waiter that seemed to be on duty today. I began picking at my fries, not really paying attention to them. I watched as Yugi walked around the counter to make two milkshakes. He put them and a can of whipped cream on a tray and headed back over to their booth, but before he could place the tray on the table, he tripped.

Well, he was tripped. I saw it almost immediately, the blue haired kid sitting a little too close to the edge of the booth had stuck his foot out. I jumped up on instinct, catching the tray in one hand and Yugi's arm in the other.

The kids looked at me in shock, they clearly had assumed Yugi would just fall on his face. They couldn't have known how good my reflexes were. Neither did Yugi, his big eyes were wide and appreciative. I set the tray down and settled him on his feet.

"Hey, you know, you shouldn't sit so close to the edge," I said, though I was trying my best to let the kid know I wasn't being casual about it. "Someone could get hurt." They both nodded and moved in closer to the window. "You alright, Yug'?"

"Yeah, thanks to you!"

I shrugged, not wanting to make a big deal of it, and motioned for him to come back to my booth. "Can you sit until they're done?" I knew when my boss was actually there, I could never, but sometimes when he wasn't and it wasn't too busy, I could sit down with Tristan and Serenity.

He nodded in response, sitting down across from me. "How'd you get there so fast?" he asked, looking back at the other booth.

"I saw it coming. Here, have fries."

He scrunched his eyebrows up at me. "You saw it coming?"

I lowered my voice and shrugged again. "They looked like troublemakers, so I watched them. One of them tripped you. Little punks. You're not eating. I don't offer my food to people often, eat some fries."

Yugi's eyes widened and then he did what I think was a glare (he was pretty cute; it wasn't all that intimidating.) "Those jerks. I wish I could have spit in their shakes." He pouted and took a fry, stuffing it in his mouth. I laughed and shook my head. I knew that feeling all too well. "You're really nice. Not a lot of customers are. That was probably weird of me to say…"

"Nah, it's fine. I worked as a waiter in a place like this back at home. I know the feeling. The name's Joey, by the way. Joey Wheeler."

"Nice to meet you, Joey, and thanks again. So, you're not from here? Where are you from?"

I suddenly got a little embarrassed, having to admit it. "Er…Domino, I don't know if you heard of it…" Chances are he had, and all bad things. Tokyo wasn't far from home, close enough where everyone knew Domino was somewhere you didn't willingly go.

Surprisingly, Yugi nodded and didn't drop his smile. He didn't seem scared or anything. "Yeah, I used to live there, actually. I was a kid, though, I don't remember it." Lucky him. "Then I moved in with my grandpa out here. What'd you move out here for?"

I didn't want to push and ask why he had to move in with his grandpa as a kid, so I just took the question as it went. "Oh, I actually started law school today." That felt even weirder to admit than that I was from Domino City.

Yugi's eyes widened. "Wow, that's so cool! At Tokyo? I heard that's really hard to get in, good for you!" He was honestly impressed by me. That was new, I'd felt my sister and friends be proud of me for it, but no one had ever been impressed before.

"Eh, it's not that big a deal," I insisted, though feeling pretty good about myself. "You just gotta work for what you want."

Yugi took another fry before looking back at the teens. "I should go give them the check before they try to skip out."

"If they do, I'll pound them," I offered and he laughed.

"You're supposed to be a lawyer, maybe we could just sue instead."

I shrugged and chuckled. "Hey, I'm still a lawyer in training. I already know how to punch." Despite the violent talk, I think Yugi could tell I was kidding around, because he didn't seem scared or disgusted by me or anything.

I had a feeling I might have just met my first Tokyo friend.

Author's Notes: Okay, spoiler alert for those who haven't actually seen Legally Blonde: the characters I equated Duke and Téa with don't end up together, so I'm wondering if I want to break that and keep them together or not. Hmm…any suggestions? I like them in theory but I don't know about in this instance. There's also the possibility of him and Rebecca because I made her older and them with just about 3 or 4-year age difference? Ugh, decisions. I hope you all liked my intros for my loves Seto and Yugi. A couple more chapters and I'll bring in Atem.