Seto's Birthday Party

3 days later, Wed.

"McGonagall really piled on the homework this time!" moaned Ron, walking out of the classroom. His bag split open and his papers and text books went everywhere. "Oh, man!"

"Yeah, I can't believe how much work we have to do these days!" said Harry, helping him pick up his things. "And Madam Hooch just told me to start getting a Quidditch team together. Apparently I'm the new captain."

"Not really a surprise though is it? But with all this homework you won't have much time for sports."

"It is much more homework then we used to get in Japan." Sighed Yugi.

"Actually, I find the challenge quite refreshing." Smiled Hermione. Everyone stared. (chirp chirp) "What?"

"I don't mind either." Smirked Seto. "With my superior intellect it is not even a challenge. I was already at collage level before we came here while you losers were still in high school."

"Hey! You were in high school to!" said Ryou.

"But I would have headed on to collage if it weren't for the stupid government." He said.

"But-"

"Just drop it!" Seto snarled all of a sudden. Everyone backed of. Seto stormed away.

"What is with him these days?" asked Malik, scratching his head.

"He seems really edgy." Said Yugi.

"More like rabid!" exclaimed Ron.

"I know what's bothering him." Said Emily quietly. They all looked at her.

"What? Tell me tell me!" whined Malik.

"Okay, but you guys have to keep it a secret! If he finds out that I told you, he'll be so mad!" Emily said, hesitantly. They all nodded. "His birthday is in two days."

"Whoa! How did you find that out!" gasped Yugi. "He never said anything about that to us."

"Well, last night I woke up to get a drink of water and I saw Seto and Mokuba sitting in the Common Room."

Flashback

"Seto, come on. Why won't you tell them?" Mokuba said.

"It is of no importance." Seto said, frowning.

"But shouldn't we celebrate it?"

"No."

"But it's your birthday on Friday!"

"I said NO."

End flashback

"His birthday… Wow, why didn't he say anything to us?" pondered Yugi.

"I don't think he's the kind of person who would want a celebration for his birthday." Said Ryou timidly.

"Hmmm… I wonder…" Emily said smirking with a glint in her eye. The others exchanged worried glances. "What if we give him a surprise birthday party?"

"Are you crazy!" Ron gasped.

"No, wait I think she's on to something here." Harry said smiling.

"Actually I think it might make him more friendly towards us." Malik said.

"Heh. Good luck with that." said Yami appearing beside them.

"I think I agree with Yami." Said Ryou.

"You're way to timid hikari." Said Bakura, also appearing. Hermione shuddered. Why did they have to keep appearing randomly like that?

"TORTURE!" yelled Marik, apearing right beside Hermione. She shrieked.

"Heh Heh Heh! It's so fun scaring people!" Marik chuckled evilly.

"HEY! You shouldn't do that to people!" yelled Yami, tackling Marik.

"Gerrof baka Pharaoh!" Marik shouted through the struggle.

"Don't start a fight without me!" laughed Bakura, jumping in. Everyone else anime sweatdropped.

"Anywey…" Emily said, turning to the others. "How about we do it in the Gryffindor Common room? After dinner."

"Sounds good to me. But how many people should come? Will it be a big party or a little one?" said Harry.

"Definitely big. Why don't we get as many Gryffindors as we can to come?"

"I'll get Ginny to help with that. She's getting pretty popular these days." Ron mumbled a bit jealously.

"Of course, Mokuba will have to be in on it." Piped up Ryou.

"GAAA!"

They turned to see Yami with Marik in a headlock, and Bakura with Yami in a headlock. They had toppled over on the floor.

"Wait, I hear someone coming…" said Hermione. They listened. Sure enough, there were footsteps coming closer and closer.

The spirits dissapeared just as none other than Malfoy rounded the corner. He glared at them suspiciously as he slowly walked away, as if looking for something, lingering the most on Emily. They held their breath, trying to look innocent. When he was finally gone they all sighed with relief.

"That was a close one." Harry commented.

"Malfoy really creeps me out." Emily said shuddering.

"Lets get out of here and set up that party." Hermione suggested.

Friday, Seto's POV

I sat down at the dinner table in the Great Hall. So far, none of the others seemed to know about today. They had all acted normal. I knew that if those geeks found out it would be all 'Happy Birthday Seto!' and 'Lets have a party!'. Bah. I had no need for parties. Although as I ate my meal I noticed they were exchanging glances and smiling. Also, Emily seemed extremely giddy today.

'Huh, she looks very pretty when she laughs. WHAT AM I THINKING! Grr'

'You know it's true.' Said a little voice in my head.

'No.'

'Yes.'

'No!'

'Yes.'

'I can't believe I'm arguing with myself!'

'Maybe you're crazy.'

'I'm not crazy.'

'Then just admit it, you did think Emily is pretty.'

'Shut up.'

"SETO!" I heard someone yell.

"Huh?" I said looking up. It was Emily and she looked frantic. "What do you want?"

"Something's wrong with the egg!"

"Jeez, what did you do!" I got up but she was already running out of the Great Hall.

"Follow me!" she yelled. I reluctantly followed her. We got to the portrait of the Fat Lady and Emily said the password. The portrait opened and she stepped aside for me. I was about to go in but It was pitch black inside. I looked around to ask her what the meaning of this was but she had dissapeared.

I sighed and stepped into the darkness. The portrait closed behind me, leaving me without any light. I felt my way around until I was in the middle of the common room. I heard someone whisper.

"One, two, three!"

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

Normal POV

The lights blared on and everyone jumped out from their hiding places. Seto jumped about a foot in the air. The entire common room was covered in decorations including balloons and a big sign that said 'Happy Birthday Seto'. There was a gigantic cake with a Blue Eyes White Dragon on it. Almost half of Gryffindor House was there.

Everyone waited for a reaction but all they got was Seto's face turning pale. Then green. Then red.

"Who told you?" he said in a deathly calm voice. Everyone kept quiet for a second and then:

"I did silly!" piped up Emily. She walked out of the crowd, carrying a present.

'Crap, she's the last person I want to see right now!' Seto thought angrily. But he wouldn't let them see his frustration.

"I overheard you and Mokuba talking about it." Emily said grinning at him. Oh, she was loving this.

"I'm leaving." Seto said, trying to stalk up to the dorm. But his path was barred by Mokuba.

"Seto… Please? For me?" he whimpered, looking up at him with puppy dog eyes.

"No."

Mokuba stuck out his lower lip.

"Not going to work."

Tears started welling up in Mokuba's eyes.

"NO!"

Mokuba started crying. "You've gotten so mean… I don't know you any more…" he sobbed.

"Oh, no Mokuba please don't cry! Come on, I'll stay, just don't cry!"

"Really?" Mokuba sniffed, whipping his face with his sleeve.

"Yes."

"YAY!" Mokuba yelled, cheered up immediately. Everyone else clapped and whooped.

"Let's get this over with." Sighed Seto. The rest of them grinned and pulled him over to the gigantic cake.

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear Seto

Happy Birthday to you!

Everyone was cheering for him to make a wish. Reluctantly, he blew out the candles. To humor them, Seto wished that he were anywhere but here. Sadly, when he opened his eyes he was still standing there over the cake.

Now it was time to cut the cake. They handed him a knife. As soon as he got it, he handed it to Emily.

"You do it." He muttered. She shrugged and started to cut, handing the pieces out on little paper plates. Seto sighed and sat down with his piece.

'Why did they do all of this?' he thought. 'I've never been this nice to them before. At least Tea isn't here, because then she'd start up with one of her stupid friendship speeches.' (No offense to Tea fans, this is just what Seto thinks)

He took a bite and frowned. How did they know his favorite flavor was dark chocolate? Mokuba.

"PRESENTS!" some random person yelled. It was followed by a cheer from the crowd. Before he new what was going on he was pulled over to a large table covered in presents.

"Here, open mine first!" said Emily, grinning. She shoved a huge present wrapped in blue into his arms. Seto stared at the 36x36x36 in. box he was holding. He rolled his eyes and tore of the paper to reveal… a cardboard box.

"Oh really, you shouldn't have." Seto said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. He opened the cardboard box. Inside it was another present wrapped in red. He tore the paper from that box revealing another cardboard box. He opened the box and inside was another present wrapped in Yellow. Seto frowned. Would this ever end? He kept unwrapping and opening until he finally came to a small 5x5x2 box. He unwrapped it and opened the box.

There was a heavy silver amulet inside, attached to a chain. It was bordered with Ancient Egyptian symbols and had a dragon carved in the middle. The amulet was pure silver, except for the Dragon's eye which was a beautiful sapphire.

"Th-thank you." He stuttered, before regaining his composure.

"It's supposed to give you strength." Emily smiled. Suddenly everyone started talking again.

"Open mine next!"

"No, mine!"

"Come on, open some more!"

When no one was looking Seto slipped the amulet around his neck, hiding it under his shirt. Then he started to open the other presents. They included a heavy book from Hermione, a gigantic prank kit from Fred and George, and a broomstick from Harry. Not that he couldn't have just bought all this stuff anywey.

"Hey, let's play a game!" said Ron, once all of the presents were open.

"Oh, I know a fun Muggle game!" said Hermione.

"Do you mean what I think you mean?" asked Mokuba with excitement.

"Yep! Truth or Dare!"

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