Clash of the Game Pieces

Seto Kaiba stood outside the Kame Game Shoppe for what seemed like an eternity. He started to walk away at least three times in the twenty minute time span. He knew that the Yugi-tachi was still inside and he knew that they would see what he purchased.

Exasperated, he ran his hand through his hair. 'Damn, what's so hard about picking up a lousy game? People pick them up all the time in department stores so why is it so hard for me to pick it up here?" Seto steeled his resolve and walked toward the door. Just as he was about to turn the knob to enter, the door opened as if by magic.

Stunned, Seto stood there with his mouth agape and his eyes wide only to be greeted by the image of Joey standing in front of him.

Joey grinned mischievously as he turned his head and shouted Kaiba's arrival to the occupants inside. "Creepy Crawly Kaiba is here!"

That alone shook Seto out of his stunned shock and glared at Joey. "You deserved detention. It looks like the time didn't serve you well." Seto walked passed Joey with a smug expression towards Yugi behind the counter. The moment that Yugi recognized Seto, the moment he froze in place.

'He can't be the one to buy that game! He doesn't have anyone to play with and Mokuba….that would be just gross and unlike him at all! Maybe I'll wait and see why he's here instead.' Yugi wasn't about to make any more assumptions because the last one he made really threw him off. "Hello, Kaiba. What can I do for you today?"

Seto froze for an instant, cleared his throat and moved toward the counter. He leaned over slightly and spoke in a tone that depicted a cross between annoyance and clear embarrassment. "You're grandfather ordered a game for me and I was told that it has arrived."

Yugi's heart rose up in his throat. He felt suddenly cold and wierded out that Seto of all people would order a game like that but he kept his thoughts to himself. He put up a finger and spoke. "One moment, please." Yugi's voice sounded almost cracked as he spoke.

Seto sighed and looked at his watch. "Make it quick. I have a meeting in ten minutes." Seto lied. He didn't like being in the small shop as it was, but seeing that there was Tristan and Joey here too made him that much more uncomfortable. The wait itself seemed longer than it should be.

Three minutes have passed in silence and it was Tristan that broke the silence. "So who are you going to play it with?" he asked. He knew that it would illicit a punchy response from the already impatient CEO.

Joey blinked at the sudden break in silence, stunned that Seto hadn't tried to bite Tristan's head off.

"It's not for me." Seto's response was matter-of-fact and very monotone.

"Then who's it for?" Joey asked out of curiosity.

"Mokuba." Seto responded.

The words caused the two older teens to look at each other and back at the CEO. "What?!" Both teen's minds went straight into the gutter and assumed just like they did with Pegasus.

It was at that time that Yugi came back into the store with a paper bag wrapped game and a receipt of pick-up. Seto signed it and walked toward the door without commenting any further. It was then that Joey spouted out, "Hey, there's a roach on your back!"

Seto immediately froze and dropped the game ripping his jacket off in a flash and started to bang it on the floor. This action caused the two taller teens to burst out laughing and angered the CEO instantly. Instead of Seto hitting the two idiotic teens, he picked his game up and walked out with what wits he had left.

After the laughter died down, the two taller teens looked at Yugi with a stupid grin. "So what game did he get?" Joey asked.

Yugi shrugged and responded coolly, "It's like he said, it's for Mokuba."

Tristan didn't like being held in suspense and decided to poke a little more. "So is the perverted one?" he asked as he leaned forward. "Come on, you can tell us."

"Not unless you count "Candyland" perverted." Yugi laughed which earned him a noogie from Tristan and the three boys laughed.