Kaiba's eyes widened. Pain seared through his body. Bewilderment overtook it. His blood ran through his veins like ice as he slowly craned his neck to the source of his pain.

Jounouchi looked at him, a bored expression plastered across his usually smug face. For the first time in his life, Seto Kaiba was at a loss for words. His mouth was open and his mirthlessly cold eyes fell upon the blond as he walked over. Clutching is leg, Seto fell to the floor and dropped the gun beside his chest. Pain swept through his body and he began to shiver violently. He was bleeding to death and he watched as his killed stood above him, remorseless. He thought for moments about seizing the gun, about firing it and avenging his death but the pain was too great and the world was too cold. It would be no good. He would die here, in a back alley in Domino and he'd never even get his lunch.

Jou rolled his eyes.

'Fucking pack that in.' His voice was patronising. 'It grazed you.' He walked a few paces beyond where the brunet lay and bent over to pick up a small object. He twirled it through his fingers a few times before walking back over, dropping it in front of Kaiba's face.

The metal canister clinked on the floor and rolled towards Seto's nose. He looked at the bullet, silver and scratched by gravel. It was bloodless. Slowly he removed his palms from his thigh. He saw the drizzle of blood across his palm and glared down at the scratch across his leg, the fabric of his pants barely frayed but enough to reveal a small hole where his skin was scratched. A thin wisp of blood had been absorbed by his pants. It looked like nothing more than a playground graze, a pitiful scratch from walking too close to a wall or a cut from catching yourself on a nail. He took a deep breath. It was the shock. He repeated to himself over and over as he slowly pulled himself to stand. He glared at Jounouchi as he dared to put the weight on his leg. It seemed to take it better than he'd expected. As he regained his posture he pulled himself back to full height and narrowed his eyes. Katsuya looked completely indifferent like he'd seen this scene a thousand times and new the ending. In fact, he knew more than the ending, he knew the movie word for word but was too bored to recite. Kaiba felt his rage bubble inside him at the jaded blond and his porcelain mask cracked.

'What the fuck did you do that for you stupid mutt!' Jou rolled his eyes and placed the gun inside his jacket. 'Fucking answer me or I'll shoot you down.'

'We've just proven that you don't have it in you, Kaiba. Even for the brief moment you thought your life was at stake, you couldn't pull the trigger.' The blond smirked. 'Now fuck off back to your world, Kaiba and stay out of mine.' Jou walked by Kaiba, the speed of his walk blowing the brown locks from sapphire eyes. Seto turned and watched. This wasn't over. He'd get Jounouchi back for this if it was the last thing he did.

By the time he'd gotten back to the office he'd already called the receptionist to have a new suit waiting for him. He refused to go into any meetings looking like some clumsy idiot who fell over on his dinner break. He was a CEO, the worlds youngest and most respected in his industry and what people thought mattered.

After changing he headed into the first meeting and stared at the men before him. Charts circled the walls full of speculations on the relations between video games and violence. Pie and linear graphs showed correlations between street crime and those who actively played games of a violent nature in their youth. Kaiba sat down and massaged his temples, it was all too ironic. He glanced at the documents below and began to scan through them, drawing lines and notes on anything important. He wasn't focussed enough to care about the actual meeting but the information seemed relevant, considering what had just happened. He felt his lips curve upward in a smile. Yes. He knew what he was going to do and he'd give that stupid blond the scare of his life. He hated street scum and he hated Jounouchi even more.

His heart stopped for a brief second as he thought back to a year ago. Back to him. Yes. Jounouchi would not only pay for shooting Kaiba, but for what happened back then.

Hey

It's short I know. I haven't been in a very creative mood again. I spent more of November out of my own county than in it and then I changed jobs and I've had alsorts of stuff going on. It's been a bit chaotic recently to be totally honest. And now with Christmas coming up the rush begins again.

I'll probably finish of 'the 12 days of christmas' from last year if anyone has a submission because they don't generally take me long. The info for it can be found on that story plus any submission info and last years stuff.

Anyway, please forgive my lack of activity. Hope you like. Yes, it is puppyshipping but I don't like to rush. Rome wasn't built in a day and neither are relationships, especially ones where you hate the other person, trust me I know, I have first hand experience!

Anyway, please R&R

Much love

AB

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