Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please? It is now time for the Death-T Tournament! That's right folks. The time has come for Seto to be a bitchass, and a hot one too. XD Fangirl moment. Alrighty then... review please!
Seto was at work typing on his laptop, dealing with business deals, answering complaints, and organizing new ideas for his company. He has to meet with several business men in only a few minutes and time was on the assents. There was also Kaiba Land to worry about, especially after working on the theme park for so long. It was both his and Mokuba's dream.
Seriousness was written on the CEO President's face before noticing a presents he was trying so hard to avoid. Questions stirred in his head of how he got into his office in the first place. In fact, that was one of the questions he demanded to know.
"How the hell did you get into my office, Atem?" Seto asked demandingly at the teenager who was leaning by the window with one hand supporting him and a devious smirk.
"You invited me, remember?" Atem replied.
"I didn't invite you! CAN'T YOU SEE I'M BUSY DOING BUSINESS? I should be calling security right now!"
"But you're not..." Atem smirked before slowly walking toward the businessman. His arms still folded as he looked down at the CEO President. "are ya?" Seto's head started boiling and his pride was becoming anxious to burst out. Something was keeping him from calling security, but he couldn't figure out what. "Face it, Seto. You've gone soft."
Seto jerked up from his chair, still being looked down by those deep violet eyes that belonged to his rival. Seto NEVER went soft for anyone, not even for Atem. How dare he say that!
"Listen here! I have NOT gone soft," Seto glared factually. Atem's smirk widened as an evil chuckle escaped from his lips.
"You're lying," Atem said darkly as Seto sensed another presents, one that was far worse than his rival's presents.
"SETO!" An older man called. He was a businessman with a red suit, a deep hatred glare, a mustache and clean haircut, and a cold stare. It was Gozaburo Kaiba, Seto's worst fear and nightmare. "You run my company, change it to a 'gaming company,' and decide to mock me by making friends?"
"LISTEN, YOU PIECE OF SHIT! HE'S NOT MY FRIEND!" Seto spat while pointing to Atem who just chuckled evilly in response.
"Oh really?" Gozaburo smirked deviously as his eyes turned crimson red. "Then why have you gone soft. The real Seto Kaiba I know would've thrown this piece of white trash out."
"He's right," Atem agreed, still holding the same smirk. He grabbed Seto by the collar and pushed him against the glass window before putting his lips toward Seto's ear. "You've gone soft, Mr. President." Seto found the glass turning intangible before his feet lost balance and fell out the window over 20 stories high. As he was falling, he watched Atem watching the CEO President fall with a devious smirk and crossed arms. Seto's eyes were widened with fear as he saw his step father falling with him, still looking angry.
"I told ya you've gone soft!" Gozaburo glared. "Now you'll be facing the hell you put me through."
Seto peered down to see the ground coming closer to him. He closed his eyes and felt the painful fall hit him before waking up in his soft king size bed.
Seto was jerked up, sweat pouring down his face, and the morning sun shining through his window. He was panting the entire time. He realized that what he saw was only a dream. A dream he'd been having since he first met Atem. Having their digital pets meet only made the dreams worse. He'd never forget the exchange and the aftermath. His pet became less coldhearted and more friendly and... soft.
The CEO President decided not to worry about that, because after today, they would forever be enemies. Those dreams will finally disappear and Atem would no longer be in the way of Seto's business. It wasn't that Atem showed up in Seto's office and took advantage of him. Ever since Atem and Seto became rivals, Seto would find days off of work to visit Atem's house to practice on his gaming. Also, there was school where Seto and Atem played and played so Seto would one day defeat him. Seto never took the time to get busy on his job, because he would be spending time working on new strategies to play with Atem again. Even Mokuba thought his brother had gone completely soft. Seto never expected to develop something with Atem, especially friendship. Even Solomon didn't treat the rich boy as an important figure, but as a friend of his grandson's. The word 'friendship' sent heat through Seto's blood vessels.
Seto walked toward the window and looked out at the view. He glared and said, "Atem, after today, you will no longer become a problem to my gaming company. I can finally focus on my work."
Meanwhile, in the guest room, Joey woke up to a bright morning. The last he remembered was playing a dinner version of Russian Roulette, eatting his dinner, than passing out. Was he poisoned? It seemed like he was drugged, being experienced from being a druggie. Either way, Joey had his eyes to kill Mokuba for playing him like that.
Right when Joey was thinking about this, Mokuba entered into the room in his PJ's.
"Good morning," Mokuba grinned. "The drug should've worn off by now. Sorry about..."
"YOU DRUGGED ME YOU SON OF A..." Joey burst in anger before Mokuba shushed the blond.
"Atem's still asleep, Blondie, and I think you're gonna wanna be quiet for this one," Mokuba warned Joey before showing a devious smirk. "Listen, sorry about drugging you. I know something that will make it up to you if you follow me."
Joey cocked his eyes in curiosity as Mokuba put his index finger on his lips and signaled the blond to follow him. Joey followed Mokuba who quietly tip-toed by a curtain room. He quietly and carefully opened the door before slowly cracking the door open. Joey peered in to see Atem asleep with his arm over his stomach. His head was moving toward his right as if he was rubbing his head against something. What caught the two boys' eyes was something that would take every ounce of energy to prevent laughter.
"I'll catch my little Yugi, put him in my pocket, never let him fade away," Atem sang in a moan.
Joey clasped two hands over his mouth to prevent himself from bursting into laughter. Mokuba quickly and quietly closed the door before Joey ran into his room and laughed so loudly that tears were streaming down his cheeks. He didn't know who this Yugi was, except the fact Hanaski called Atem that from time to time, but hearing Atem sing that children's song was so golden. Joey was starting to wish he had his tape recorder for a good blackmail.
"OH SHIT! OH SHIT! I didn't even know Atem talked in his sleep, let alone sang that in his sleep!" Joey laughed loudly before kicking around and banging his fists on the bed.
Mokuba smirked while holding an ipod saying, "if you want to, we can send this on Facebook."
"Oh man, I should so use that as blackmail," Joey said while his laughter still held. He held out his hand. "If you let me have that, we'll call it even."
"DEAL!" Mokuba grinned before handing Joey the iPod. He got out his earbuds and listened to the recording of Atem singing in his sleep again. Joey continually laughed out loudly.
"Hey," a voice that came from a sleepy Atem called out in a moan. The boys turned making snickering faces. "Glad you took the drugging thing lightly, Joey, but why are you and Mokuba looking at me like that?"
"Just answer me one question," Joey smirked as Atem cocked his eyebrows. "Who's Yugi?"
Atem blushed cherry red asking, "Wha... why are you asking me this? Yugi is a name Hanaski calls me."
"Yeah, but that's not what she was last night," Joey smirked.
Atem found this awkward and weird that Joey would think Yugi, whether he knew it or not, was a girl. Atem became curious minded as he folded his arms.
"What's going on and how do you know this Yugi, whomever you think exists, would be a guy or a girl?" Atem asked.
"This," Joey smirked as he turned the volume of the ear buds to maximum so other people could ear it. He played the song Atem was singing in his sleep.
"I'll catch my little Yugi, put him in my pocket, never let him fade away," the song recorded. Atem blushed cherry red out of embarrassment and anger. Did he really sing that?
"I guess it's a guy. Since when did you start becoming bisexual?" Joey asked mockingly as Atem glared in hot-red anger.
"I'M NOT BISEXUAL YOU F***IN RETARD!" Atem shouted aloud in embarrassment. "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?"
"I recorded it while you were asleep," Mokuba snickered.
"You little piece of shit," Atem seethed through his teeth, wanting to strangle Mokuba at this point.
"So... who's Yugi?" Joey asked as Atem shot out at his friend to snatch the iPod from his hand. The blond kept using underhand techniques to prevent Atem from reaching the iPod.
"GIVE ME THAT YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
"Only if you tell me who Yugi is? You know I'm okay if you decide to become a homo."
"I'M NOT A DAMN HOMO YOU RETARD! NOW GIVE ME THE DAMN IPOD BEFORE I BREAK YOU IN HALF!"
Atem kept reaching and grabbing Joey's arms to get the iPod from him. Atem was so angry and embarrassed that he never noticed Yugi laughing in the background. Yugi was wondering if he should help his brother get the iPod from Joey. It was tempting to watch his brother grab and miss his target. The humor was too much to handle.
"Let me help," Yugi finally decided before taking over.
"You're never gonna get this, fag. Maybe I should send this on YouTube if it bothers you so..." Joey smirked before seeing his friend quivering his lips. Tears were trailing down his face. "Dude... listen I was just playing I..." With that Yugi snatched the iPod and ran down the halls, but not before sticking out his tongue. "YOU SON OF A BITCH! I'M GONNA KILL YA!"
Yugi wiped his fake tears that he learned to shed through years of spending in a lonely dark tomb bored out of his mind. He was laughing the whole time he was running. Atem was impressed with Yugi's 'play of sympathy' to snatch the iPod from Joey. While running, Yugi got out the recording and pressed delete to erase what was recorded. After that, he accidentally ran into a grumpy CEO President who just woke up.
Yugi gasped before Joey came to a stop and shot a glare at Seto.
"S... sorry, did I wake you?" Yugi asked.
"No, my room is noise proof. It has to be to live with a brother who makes the loudest of noises, unless he's pulling a practical joke," Seto said with no emotion. A smirk appeared on his lips. "Are you ready to be the first guests in Kaiba Land?"
"I am," Yugi nodded before handing Mokuba his iPod. He was disappointed to find the recording deleted.
"Good, then follow me," Seto said with a fake smile.
Yugi and Joey followed Seto into the limo that was parked by the Kaiba Mansion. Yugi and Joey sat in the back while Seto sat in the front by the driver's seat. Yugi bit his bottom lip as the limo took off. There were so many questions in his head and he started wondering what would happen. Seto seemed to be okay, but Yugi knew that he was not thinking right in the head. That's why he made this Death-T in the first place! Both Yugi and Atem hoped in their hearts that Seto could be helped in any way, shape, or form.
The limo drove by a tall building that was filled with windows and a large ball on top of the building. Yugi and Joey were amazed at the amusement park that Seto created. Even Atem was amazed. He knew too good and well and this was Seto's dream. He just felt sorry that it was going to be used to do the unthinkable. Yugi changed to Atem. Joey cocked his eyebrows, he had not noticed, until now, that Atem was acting weird again. He was having too much fun teasing his friend.
"Seto, this is amazing," Atem complimented in amazement. Seto smiled, but then caught himself turning soft again.
"Of coarse! It was made by Kaiba Corps. Everything I make is amazing," Seto said factually as Atem nodded in return.
The limo reached the grand opening as Seto exited out of the limo along with Joey and Atem. Seto smiled and waved to the fellow people as they cheered his name. Atem and Joey kept following the CEO President. Joey was starting to wonder if perhaps Seto wasn't as bad as he thought. That thought would soon change.
The trio entered Kaiba Land as special guests while the crowd cheered happily. Just as they entered through the doors, a random guy appeared from the crowd who seemed very angry.
"HEY ASSHOLE!" The random guy yelled. "Everyone maybe hypnotized by your bullshit, but I know the real truth about you, Mr. Kaiba! You stole your father, Gozaburo's, company and he became so mad that he killed himself!"
Atem immediately took the guy by the back of the shirt and dragged him into the building before pining him up against the wall. The random guy, who apparently once worked for Gozaburo, trembled in fear.
"I wouldn't be making judgments if I were you," Atem said darkly. "Did you happen to mention that Gozaburo also beat up and molested kids on a daily basis?" The guy was frozen as Seto glared deeper, but was able to show no emotion. Joey was just horrified. "I'll take that as a no. Next time, think before you speak or you will find yourself going into deep waters and it won't be from me. I'm just warning you before you get yourself hurt." Atem threw the guy back into the crowd. He faced Seto. "I didn't want any... distractions."
"Smart move," Seto smirked before they continued.
Joey walked next to his friend and asked in a whisper, "was Kaiba... molested by his father?"
Atem glared deeper and replied darkly, "I'd rather not answer that question."
"To answer your question, yes he did, but he's gone now!" Seto interrupted with a deep dark hatred in his words.
"Dude... I'm so sorry. I was molested too. I... I had no idea," Joey said.
"After today, neither of you will be apologizing or pitying me, period," Seto smirked.
"Seto," Atem smirked slightly. "I have to disagree on that statement. I know you oh too well."
Seto's smirk turned to a glare as he opened the double doors to the building of the attraction Death-T. Seto held one of the doors open for the two to enter in. Atem closed his eyes and promised himself that no matter what happened, he was going to help Seto through his problem. Seto will try to do everything in his power to make them bitter enemies, but that plan will never succeed. If it did, Seto's life will end up like his stepfather's was.
Atem entered through the double doors with Joey by his side. Inside the building was a huge stadium that the boys just entered in. They both gasped as the crowd cheered loudly, so loudly that someone could feel the movement of the sound waves. In the middle of the stadium was a large box with a dueling table in the middle for playing Duel Monsters. What made Atem's temperature drop was the person inside this Duel Box, Solomon Moto.
"Grandpa," Atem mouthed. He and Yugi feared the worst and were prepared to face them.
"Remember, we're here to help Seto. No matter what he does, keep focus on helping Seto," Yugi reminded as Atem nodded.
"Seto, what's the meaning of this?" Atem asked demandingly, keeping his emotions under control.
"Your grandpa found out about the Death-T attraction and claimed I was 'unstabled.' I thought I'd cut him a little deal. If he can beat me in a game of Duel Monsters, I'll cancel the whole Death-T attraction and get medical help," Seto smirked while rolling his eyes. "A little bit bizarre if you ask me." He then walked to the Duel Box and stood by it as if giving a demonstration. "This, is the duel box I created. I came up with the idea, thanks to your... friend. Anyways, what it does is makes the monsters from the cards become real. When you lay the card down, the monsters become to life in hologrames inside the duel box. So, it's like playing your so called Shadow Game without the pendant."
"And you're planning on dueling against my grandpa in that thing?" Atem asked with crossed arms. "Are you mad? You know Grandpa has health problems. This could be bad for his heart, especially in a cramped box."
"Then he shouldn't have agreed to duel. Atem, whatever happens to your grandfather is his doing," Seto said coldly.
"He's using Grandpa to get into your head and make you his enemy," Yugi said.
'I agree, Yugi. That still doesn't mean we should let Seto hurt Grandpa,' Atem thought with narrowed eyes.
Seto and Solomon dueled in the duel box. Solomon was determined to help Seto get his head on straight. Even the old man could tell that something was bothering Seto and he wasn't thinking straight. Solomon had seen Seto almost everyday at the game shop. He seemed happy when with Atem. What was it that was bothering Seto inside his mind? Only dueling would answer that question.
Seto drew his first card and smirked in delight. He announced, "I summon my Cyclops in attack mode!"
A huge Cyclops monster appeared in the duel box. Solomon gasped and widened his eyes in horror. Joey was biting his nails while Atem stared at Seto with worry in his heart. Solomon summoned his Hobbit to attack Seto's Cyclops. Seto lost 500 life points. Seto summoned a stronger monster, then Solomon's Hobbit was destroyed and the grandfather lost 300 life points.
"By the way this is playing, I'm not sure who will win," Yugi said.
'I know, Yugi, but let's not forget who the real person in danger truly is,' Atem warned as his eyes kept focus.
Solomon drew his next card and smirked. He drew the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and placed in in attack mode, hoping it would open Seto's eyes. Seto smirked intensively with a dark chuckle in his throat.
"Old man, you seriously have no idea who you're messing with, do you?" Seto asked coldly as he summoned a Blue-Eyes White Dragon of his own on the field. "Did Atem ever tell you I own three Blue-Eyes of my own?"
"Ah... Ah... it's... it's..." Solomon trembled in fear as Seto summoned two more duplicates of the same card. Solomon was so horrified, because of the realistic holograms of the monsters that felt so real, he trampled onto the ground and backed away until his back touched the glass.
"Looks like I win," Seto smirked evilly as an evil laugh escaped his lips. He stood up and walked on his way out of the duel box. "Did I mention that you will serve a penalty game. The actual phrase for your grandson's 'timeout' word."
After Seto closed the duel box, a bunch of monsters surrounded Solomon and growled furiously at him. He cried and trembled in fear as Atem watched in horror. Joey was about to blow a gasket, but not before Atem had something to say about the outcome.
"SETO! STOP THIS!" Atem shouted angrily as Seto turned and showed a cold glare. "GET MY GRANDPA OUT OF THAT HELL OF A BOX!"
"As I said before, he asked for it and now," Seto smirked as he took Solomon's Blue-Eyes White Dragon and ripped it in two. "I'm the only one to carry this card. Thank you for helping, Atem."
"You really have gone mad," Atem glared before staring at Solomon who was beating on the glass and screaming on the top of his lungs, but couldn't be heard through the noise proof glass. "If you don't get Grandpa out, I won't join your stupid Death-T Tournament."
"If you insist," Seto shrugged as he turned the simulation off and Solomon was on the floor of the duel box with sweat and fear trembling in his body. "I will meet you up top."
"Along with me," Mokuba smirked before joining his brother to the elevator. He turned his head and mouthed, "Please, you're my only hope."
Atem nodded in return as Joey ran to help Solomon up. Atem ran along with his friend to check his grandpa. He fought hard against the lump in his throat. He couldn't cry! Not in front of Joey and the audience. Now wasn't the time to cry. Atem pulled Solomon in his arms.
"Grandpa, speak to me!" Atem said.
"A... tem. Seto... he's not thinking... right. Something's... changed in him," Solomon muttered. He stared at his grandson and held out his deck. "T... take five pieces of... Exodia." Atem nodded and took out the five pieces of Exodia and stuffled them into his deck. He took one last glance at his grandfather. "Don't... don't give up... on Seto... H... he's been a good friend... to you. He just... needs help to realize... you'll always... matter to him."
"Did you and Professor Hawkins had issues like these?" Atem asked.
"Y... yes... we did," Solomon smiled as Atem smiled back.
"ATEM!" A familiar voice called. It was Hanaski. "I saw what happened."
"I did too," Tristan said in a glaring tone. Next to him was a small child about two or three years of age. "And we're here to help."
"Oh no, you brought him?" Atem glared angrily while pointing at the toddler next to Tristan.
"We're going with him?" the little boy glared angrily at Tristan while pointing at Atem.
"Unfortunately... yes," Tristan sighed in annoyance. "My bitchy sister wants me to babysit the twerp or else."
"Ugh! I hate her more than the kid," Atem glared in annoyance.
"Only because she was your girlfriend," Joey smirked.
"SEX PARTNER! GEEZ!" Atem corrected while yelling at the top of his lungs. "At least the kid's not mine. Thank goodness."
"Don't talk about Mommy like that!" the boy shouted.
"She was my bitch, so I can talk about her however I want, Jouji!" Atem glared deeply as the kid stuck his tongue at him. "If you're going to babysit the twerp, make sure he doesn't bitch on me or I'll send him to hell and back."
"Deal," Tristan agreed as Hanaski's eyes were widened.
The four friends ran into the elevator to the first game in Death-T. Atem stood on the floor of the elevator and put his deck in his pocket. He needed all the concentration in order to win this game. Yugi stood by his brother with determination in his eyes.
"Remember, I am to duel Mokuba," Yugi reminded.
'Right,' Atem agreed. 'And I will duel Seto last. I hope my plan works. It's the only way to save him.'
"Right," Yugi agreed.
"Atem, what's that thing around your neck?" Jouji asked curiously.
"It's a puzzle and if you touch it, I'll kill you," Atem warned.
"I'll tell Mommy."
"Then you can tell Mommy to kiss my ass."
"Mommy says swearing is bad."
"You should tell Mommy that the next time she calls me a 'son of a bitch' like all my other bitches."
"I'm telling Mommy you cussed!"
"Good, then she can f*** my ass."