Chapter Three: Black and Blue

It was lunchtime at Domino High. Yugi and the others were crowded around his desk and Spencer's temporary one.

Spencer slammed his head down onto his. "By the gods…" he gasped out. "I never thought school could be any more boring than it already was…" He lowered his voice. "And then I came to a human one."

"How's your school different from ours?" Yugi whispered to him.

Spencer lifted his head up. "Well, we don't just learn English and math and all the rest; we also learn about the essentials of the magical world, like the different special powers, potions making, spell casting…"

"Now dat would actually be interesting," Joey said.

Spencer rolled his eyes. "Not by the way some teachers teach it. And why in the world are all of the students wearing the same thing all the time?" He pointed out the boys' blue jackets and pants and the girls' pink jackets, white shirts, blue skirts, and blue bows around their necks.

"It's called a school uniform, Spencer," Yugi replied.

"Dey don't have dose in your world?" Joey said incredulously.

"Hmm…" Spencer thought for a second. "…We have something like that, except we only wear them for gym-you know, so we don't get our clothes dirty and then have our parents sending a whole bunch of angry notes to the school about how they're so irresponsible for letting us get our stuff messed up."

"But odder den dat, you can wear whatever you want?"

"Pretty much, yes," Spencer said.

"Oh, I wish we didn't have to wear the same clothes every day," Téa said wistfully.

"I don't think everyone would agree with that," Spencer said. "It might help kids who can't buy all that many clothes and such, or who don't wanna bother with the hassle of deciding what to wear in the morning."

"Oh? Who thinks that?" Bakura asked.

Spencer blushed. "Well, I'd find out, but I don't typically like to read other peoples' minds without very good reason."

The others stared at him. "You can read minds?" Yugi breathed.

"Hold it-Spencer, how many special powers do ya have?" Joey whispered.

"How many?" Spencer repeated. "Well, let's see…there's the one that I had from birth, and my strongest one: my healing ability." He laughed. "Funny, but usually those born with healing abilities don't grow up to be kings and defenders. Then as time went on, I also got telepathy, telekinesis, a little bit of super speed and super strength…oh, yeah, and I also developed this one power called sensing."

"Sensing?" Yugi repeated.

"Mmm-hmm. It's a gift which is quite helpful for someone like me who's got a high ranking in his world. Sensing allows me to find out about many aspects of a person-their personality, their feelings, their secrets and desires…"

"Yeah? What do you sense from me?" Joey asked.

"Hmm…" Spencer stroked his chin. "Well, right now you're quite a bit bored, but also happy because you've got a break…you're extremely loyal to your friends, and courageous, and good at brawling…"

Joey grinned and struck a victory pose. "Yep, dat's me."

"…but you can also be a bit of a hot head at times."

"Yep, that's our Joey," Tristan laughed.

Joey socked Tristan right in the face.

"There's that hot headedness," Spencer laughed. He leaned back in his seat and put his feet up onto his desk. "My sensing ability has never failed me."

"Hey, I want you ta really prove dat!" Joey cried. "Sense somebody dat ya haven't met before."

Spencer looked around the room. "Hmm…let's see…" Finally, his eyes rested on one particular person. He had long yet neatly-trimmed dark brown hair and cold blue eyes which only rested on the book he was reading. For some reason, he appeared to have separated himself from the rest of the class.

Spencer gave a small shudder. "By the gods," Spencer said, "who is that kid? His heart is practically cold as ice."

Everyone gave a small, nonchalant glance in the direction Spencer was looking. Joey suddenly gave a wide grin. "What else do you sense about im?" he asked, trying to hide his smirk.

"Well…I sense someone who does have quite a brilliant mind…he's skilled at business and electronics, but…he's rather ruthless; he'll do just about anything to get what he wants…and he's wealthy, but a bit too unafraid to flaunt it. In fact…I kind of get the feeling he's a bit of a spoiled brat."

Joey covered his mouth and tried desperately to smother the laugh that was coming out.

Spencer stared at him. "I take it that I'm right, and that you don't exactly like that guy, Joey," he said.

Joey just barely managed to give a small nod.

"Who is that, exactly?" Spencer asked.

"That's Seto Kaiba," Yugi replied.

Spencer stared. "Hold it…the Seto Kaiba of this world? The multi-millionaire owner of the Kaiba Corporation?"

Joey rolled his eyes. "Yeah, dat's de one."

"But…he's a teenage kid!"

Suddenly, Kaiba seemed to sense that they were talking about him. His gaze turned from the book over to the group of kids.

Spencer quickly looked away. "Geez, if looks could kill, I'd be dead by now. How in the world can anyone be so cold and nasty?"

"For Kaiba, dat's quite easily," Joey said, rolling his eyes.

"You sensed no warmth whatsoever?" Yugi asked.

"Wellll…hold on…" Spencer slowly looked at Kaiba for a moment, then quickly turned back to the others. "There's a little bit of it, but it's faint. In fact, call me crazy, but I think it might be for only one thing…"

"Aww, that must be for Mokuba," Téa said.

"Mokuba?"

"He's Kaiba's little brother," Yugi explained.

"Huh…didn't quite imagine him as the 'brotherly' type…"

"He's not, really," Joey rolled his eyes.

"I'm not what, Wheeler?"

Joey whipped around and found that Kaiba had snapped his book shut and walked over to them while they weren't looking. "Hey, who let you inta dis conversation?" Joey yelled at him.

"I have reason to believe I'm already a part of it, mutt," Kaiba replied.

Joey was about ready to pounce on him, but before he could move, Spencer stood up and yanked Joey down into his seat. "Chill out, man, that's the reaction he wants from you," he whispered into Joey's ear.

"Looks like somebody finally taught the mutt how to sit," Kaiba sneered.

Spencer turned and glared up into Kaiba's eyes. "Kaiba, wasn't it? Don't you have much, much better things to do than stand around and insult my friend?"

"You've known Wheeler for about half a school day, and already you consider him your friend?"

"Excuse me, but I have not known him for half of a school day," Spencer said. "I'm Yugi's cousin visiting from Egypt, remember?"

"Funny, but you don't appear to have any sort of accent."

"Oh, for the love of the gods, go away!" Spencer yelled at him. "You're going to make me suffocate with all of the hot air you're giving off!"

"Hmmph." Kaiba turned and walked back to his desk. Once he had sat down, he took a small glance back over to the others. Joey had gotten back to his feet and let Spencer return to his desk. He turned and shot Kaiba one more angry glare before going back to talking with his friends.

What is the geek squad up to? he thought. They just sit around their desks and whisper to each other throughout lunch, like they're trying to hide something. He looked at them for one more moment, then returned to his book. Hmmph-whatever it is, it can't be of any importance.

"I thought that would never be over," Spencer moaned. The school day had finally ended, and the teens were walking down the hallway towards the school entrance.

"Hey, I toldja dat ya might not wanna come," Joey said.

Spencer shrugged. "Well, Resheph didn't try anything out, so that's one bright part of this day at lea-"He suddenly stopped right in the doorway, his mouth wide open.

"What's wrong, Spencer?" Yugi asked.

Spencer pointed to the curb by the outside of the school. A black limo was sitting there, with its back door open. A kid with long black hair and tanned skin was sitting on the far side of the leather seat, looking out of the open door for someone.

"Who in the world takes a limo from sch-"Spencer started. Then he rolled his eyes. "Oh, wait, don't tell me…"

"Yep, his royal highness himself," Joey said.

"Thank you, Wheeler. It's good you finally know how to properly refer to those above you in rank," a familiar, cold voice said.

Joey whipped around and was ready to grab at Kaiba's throat when Tristan grabbed him under his arms and held him back. Kaiba walked past them with a smug look on his face.

"Ignore him, Joey; he's not worth your strength," Spencer said.

"Hi, Seto!" the child inside the limo said, waving to Kaiba.

"Is that Mokuba?" Spencer asked. "Those two look nothing alike."

"Lucky for Mokuba," Joey muttered.

At that moment, a black, unmarked car suddenly sped up next to the limo. The back door of the car flung open, and a person dressed entirely in black with a black ski mask covering his face jumped out. The person tore open the other back door to the limo and yanked Mokuba out of it.

Upon seeing this, Kaiba dropped his silver briefcase and dashed over to the curb, screaming, "Mokuba!"

Before he could even reach the limo, however, the guy in the ski mask tossed a bright, cherry-sized ball through the limo and out to Kaiba's feet. The ball exploded and a cloud of dark, thick smoke rose up. Kaiba shut his eyes and coughed on the smoke; as he tried to make his way through, he heard two car doors slam and a screeching of tires on the road.

Finally, when the smoke cleared, Kaiba opened his eyes to see that Mokuba and the black car had vanished. A white envelope had been left on Mokuba's former seat, marked To Seto Kaiba.

Kaiba picked up his briefcase and got into the limo. He took the envelope, ripped it open, and pulled out a letter. He read it for a few moments. An extremely angry look overtook his face. He slammed the letter down onto the limo seat, yelled out to the driver "Get to Kaiba Corp NOW!", and pulled the open door shut. With another screech of tires, the limo sped away down the street.

The other teens had watched all of this play out with stunned looks on their faces. Finally Spencer asked, "Is this…normal?"

"Only in our world," Joey replied.