Dishes Best Served Cold
It had only been a few days since Katsuya had moved into the Kaiba mansion, though it was only semi-official so to speak. Tension had risen between the two teens in the house, though most of it was in the form of one glaring at the other while the other attempted to keep hold of a semblance of normalcy in the home. Waking up in room that his old bedroom could have fit in four times, regardless of the fact that he was 'paying rent' for it, just was not normal. Particularly since he was fairly sure that 'paying rent' was just another way to keep Mokuba's older sister from kicking him out; after all, if he had to pay rent, then he obviously still needed a job, regardless of the fact he was in school. Right? Or... Something.
Honestly, now he was confusing himself.
It was shortly after those few days however, just when things had settled into a decent routine, that his (and possibly Yugi's) luck managed to kick it into gear once again. At the moment, he'd just gotten over his previous injuries- something told him that given Kaiba's recent disappearance from school though, things were going to pick up. That tended to be how things worked after all. So really, not just 'pick up', but 'pick up really soon'.
As in, he thought as Yugi chatted to him about the fluctuating rumors on the 'Ultimate Game' Kaiba was supposedly making, things-are-going-to-pick-up-faster-than-a-cheetah soon. "So," Yugi was saying, pulling the teen from his thoughts. "What do you think the ultimate game is?"
He scratched his head, frowning. "Psh, knowing he-him? Probably somethin' teh inflate his giant head!" Katsuya snorted, hands in his pockets as they walked back from another go at the arcade. It'd become a sort of tradition, going there on his day off work. "Anyways, don' worry about it Yug... If anythin', I think I should be the one worried, seein' how I work at the guy's house..." He shuddered, while Yugi gave a light laugh in response. Very worried actually. Watch, it would flip completely, and he'd be the only one spared from a death ray or... Or something. Honestly, he had no clue.
Before the boy said anything more however a rolls pulled up beside them, one of Kaiba's chauffeurs stepping out. The teens froze, blinking as the chauffeur gave Katsuya an odd look. "Interesting seeing you here, Jonouchi-kun," the middle aged man stated, his usual impassive tone sending a few chills down Katsuya's spine. "I had no idea you were well acquainted with Mutou Yugi."
Yugi blinked. "Er... Me?"
Yea, because one sentence in and there wasn't already bullshit seeping from the guy. "Nyhhhh... What's this about, you know full well I'm best buds with this guy!" As the chauffeur chuckled lightly, he scowled. Something was up, what the hell was it...
Suspicions aside as the man gestured towards the car, back doors opening, he said nothing more on that at all. "Please," he told them, "Step in; I was sent by Seto Kaiba-sama to retrieve Mutou-san, but I see no harm in transporting an employee as well." Of course he didn't. Because hey, not like he had to know the people working at the house as it was, being on security right?
The teens shared a glance, Yugi merely blinking again. "Kaiba-kun..." They stepped in the car, Katsuya leaning back in the seat as they took off. "Why would Kaiba call us though," the boy asked, apparently forgetting the fact that Katsuya was only there because... Well, he had been there. "I mean, I know he hasn't been at school lately but..."
The chauffeur focused on his driving, taking a turn before speaking. "That is understandable," he said with a seemingly detached tone. "Seto-sama has been very busy with important work as of late. And of course, he IS the CEO of Kaiba Corporation at this moment, so needless to say the workload can get rather intense..." Was that sarcasm in there?
Katsuya frowned lightly, looking at the front a moment. "I guess that makes sense but... He's balanced everything so far right?" At this point, Yugi tapped his shoulder, and he turned. "Eh, what is it Yug'?"
"Well," he said with a shrug. "I was just wondering what exactly it was that KaibaCorp does; I know it's a large company, but no ones ever told me what it DOES..." That's right, he never told him... Granted, he'd kinda assumed Yugi knew but all the same.
A voice from the front interrupted them, and Katsuya jumped at the tone that Mokuba was using. It was oddly... Cynical, the voice. Though he didn't think any of it was directed at him if Yugi's current discomfort was any sign, it was still fairly intense to just be sitting there as the boy gained a look oddly similar to his older sister. Rather, similar to his older sister when she had that 'I'm about to completely beat the shit out of you with my MONEY' look on her face. "'Large' doesn't even begin to cover OUR company, Yugi!" He turned back to the front, the mirror moving to make him visible in it as they continued to drive. "KaibaCorp is the top entertainment company in the world; nothing beats us in games and leisure! And speaking of games..." He gave a dark smirk, Yugi visibly shrinking back with unease. "We had fun last time neh?" If by 'fun' he meant TRAUMATIZED. Seriously. What... What was he doing? "But no worries... You guys are my special guests, and the first to hear the good news!" Katsuya swallowed as the boy continued, an odd smile coming over Mokuba's face. "To tell you the truth, the big project that my older brother's been working on is finally complete- tomorrow is the Grand Opening!"
At this, Katsuya blinked. Grand Opening? He hadn't heard anything about that. "Grand Opening," he repeated with a slight frown. "For what?" Though after saying that, he had an idea...
"Well," Mokuba said with a grin, "My brother's really thoughtful! He wanted his friends," (Katsuya held back a scoff at this, catching too many fallacies in the statement already) "To have a great time... So you're invited to the 'Night Before' party Yugi, along with any friends you've brought along!" For a brief moment, Katsuya tensed. The look Mokuba had given him through the mirror wasn't the same as the one he'd given Yugi, but there was something... Something dark there, laced with a determination he rarely ever saw mixed with such an expression. And quite frankly, it was beginning to scare the shit out of him.
Yugi's voice interrupted his thoughts, the boy gulping before he nervously questioned Mokuba on the events. "Kaiba-kun," he said, addressing Mokuba by his last name as well. "What sort of project was this..?" That was a good question. A very good question. Mokuba would probably not answer it.
The boy shrugged, the car pulling up towards the house now. "It's a secret," he said, smirking. "A surprise, you understand what I mean right? I can't tell you!" As Yugi nodded in response, Katsuya frowned. Something did not seem right. At all. He had no time to voice this however, as the Chauffeur stated they had arrived. Huh. Time moved quickly when you were in a car...
And why Yugi, why were you so trusting of this, he screamed in his mind. Hell Mokuba was his employer and he was feeling off!
"WOAH," Yugi shouted as they looked through the windows. "IT'S HUGE!" They exited the car, Mokuba grinning as he gestured to the now open front door.
"Come on in," he said, a crowd of maids and butlers standing in the foyer to greet them.
While Katsuya continued to look around semi-suspiciously, his friend looked around with wide-eyed amazement. "Wow! It's like a royal palace here!" He turned, watching as the crowd of servants bowed down before them. Weird, the blond thought as Mokuba bragged to them about the crowd being his servants. He'd never seen this kind of welcome before- what was with the heavy attempts at intimidation? ...Wait scratch that, it was already blatantly obvious that Mokuba hated Yugi... (He should probably say something...) Even so, what the hell was going on?
At that moment the butler at the front who Katsuya recognized as the old butler from his first trip here, 'Hobson', stepped forwards to greet the pair. "You're Yugi-sama, correct," he said with his usual, even tone. The honorific visibly caught Yugi off guard, and Katsuya found himself looking over Hobson with a raised eyebrow. Since when was Hobson sent to greet people..? Wasn't he like, Kaiba's private butler or something? Hell, the only reason why he'd met the guy was because of his involvement in his first time there. "I have orders from Seto-sama to see to your every comfort this evening. You need only ask, and I will do my best to aid you." He rubbed his hands as he said this, while Mokuba turned to the servant with an odd look. As in the 'Mokuba still had his sister's eyes' look. Seriously it was scary...
"Neh," he said, tone oddly calm. "Hobson, where's my brother?" Katsuya's frown ceased to ease up as the butler told him that Seto had gone to lay down, having worked for days without rest. The expression Mokuba had... Maybe it wasn't the same as it usually was when being told something like this because Yugi was there, but it seemed as though he'd known the answer before hand. Possibly even... Planned it like that. Mentally, he beat himself over the head, teeth grinding as he shook it. Stop being so paranoid!
Mokuba shrugged, turning to the others. "Bad news, Yugi-kun, Jonouchi-kun..." (Jonouchi-kun?) "It looks like my brother won't be partying with us tonight after all. So it looks like you really are MY guests tonight!" They weren't already?
And since when did Seto Kaiba 'party'? The woman had emotions of solid iron.
As Yugi nodded, the statement somewhat calming him down, Hobson spoke again. "For now, shall we prepare dinner Mokuba-sama?"
"Oh yea!" Katsuya instantly brightened, knowing full well what kind of meals the house tended to have. Probably one of the major pluses of staying here... Even if Mokuba rarely convinced his sister to let him in anything more than the staff kitchens where the ramen was kept. "That'd be great, I'm starvin'!" Maybe it was that soup from last night... Though he had to wonder where all the leftovers went from the sibling's meals. Not to mention why the entire household had such a penchant for 'western' food. Either way, hey, food time! As in 'Kaiba family' food time and not 'raid the staff kitchen for supper'; he couldn't feel nervous about that!
His employer grinned, an honest smile that calmed him down a little more coming over the boy's face. "Huh? Why didn't you say so before then," he said as he led them to another room. "In that case, prepare to eat some of the best food in the world!"
The blond grinned, ignoring the fact that the room they were heading into wasn't anywhere near the kitchen. "An' when he says 'Best in the World'," he said to Yugi with a grin, "He really means it!"
Yugi beamed. "It really is like being in a royal palace!" Damn straight.
"Hey," Mokuba shouted to Hobson as they moved, "Prepare the appetizers!" Yes yes yes!
Hobson nodded. "Yes sir," he said with an odd look that once again disagreed with Katsuya's stomach, "I will prepare them at once..." Suddenly, he wasn't quite as hungry...
As he stared at Mokuba with a regained expression of suspicion, he could have sworn he heard the boy say 'Looking forward to it...'. Yugi in the meantime, remained oblivious, cheering loudly as they were brought to sit at a round table. Huh. This wasn't the dining room.
The blond visibly drew back as he looked at the food on the red and black round table with a look of confusion and shock. "Time to eat," Mokuba said with a cheer, the others not saying anything as they stared. "Well," the boy said, a look of mirth on his face at the pair's reactions. Ok. What was with this..? "Dig in! Eat as much as you like," he said, before the expression became eerily malicious again. "Is what I'm supposed to say... But that would be boring! Instead, we're going to play a game!" WHAT. Oh come on...
"A game," Yugi said with a blink, Katsuya frowning as he looked over the food in silence. A kiddy meal, spaghetti, pancakes... Burger, pizza, and a parfait. Besides the fact that this food was very very different from what was usually served... Mokuba hated this kind of food! Well, aside from the parfait at least, but why would he play a game with these? Nonetheless he remained silent, watching as Mokuba nodded and continued to 'smile'.
He spun the table slightly, before clarifying. "See this table," he began. "You usually find them in Chinese restaurants. The three of us will take turns spinning... When it stops," he continued, "You have to eat the dish in front of you." Like a roulette wheel. Ahaha, and it was black and red too. Still. This food.
Katsuya frowned lightly, before attempting to put a bit of humor into the conversation with a forced smirk. "Oi Mokuba," he said with a slight grin. "You didn't poison anything did you? I just finished recovering from last time!" Not that this would actually happen of course- he was pretty sure Mokuba would sooner do that to himself than someone he'd hired.
As Yugi appeared to briefly consider the possibility of that actually being the case, Mokuba laughed loudly at the false accusation. "Hahaha! My guests don't have to worry about anything like that," he told them. "In all actuality, there's a treasure hidden in one of the meals." Mokuba leaned back on his chair, smirking. "The one who finds it wins, and then we can eat our REAL supper!"
He grinned. Ok! So REAL supper would be the initiative for him in this case. "In that case, lets eat!" As Mokuba motioned for him to go first, he grabbed the table and flung it. "Here I go! HIYAH!" The table spun rapidly, colours blurring. Eventually however, individual shapes could be made out again before slowing down to stop with the kid's meal in front of him. Complete with Mount Fuji shaped rice pile, and a little Japan flag. Ick. "Awwww rats!" And he had to eat it on top of the motion sickness that spinning had given him!
Mokuba smirked, idly playing with the syrup bottle at the side. "Jonouchi-kun, if you don't eat it all, you're out... It's the rules," he said with an odd smile on his face. "Besides," he added, tone oddly cold. "Maybe you'll get the prize..."
"Yea yea," he said dismissively, grabbing the plate and starting. A few bites in, he blinked. "Huh," he said, before continuing. "Not bad... ...Hn..." He frowned, looking around the table as his vision abruptly began to swim. "What th' hell..." Woah... Um... Colours... Swirling everywhere... Wow that was trippy... Was... Was this what drugs did?
...Wait, shit, he shouldn't be taking drugs...
Yugi jumped, grabbing his friend as the blond began to tilt off the chair. "J-Jonouchi-kun! Jonouchi-kun, what's wrong!" Nothing man... Woah... Yugi's hair was really weird when it spiraled... Though now it was all beginning to fade rather than spiral. Woaaaaaaahh...
...What the hell was in that food...
Laughter came from the side of the table as Katsuya slumped at the end of the table, the last words he heard being something along the lines of 'grand prize' before he finally fell to sleep.
As Katsuya slipped into a blissful state of unconsciousness, Mokuba laughed almost maniacally, Yugi looking at him in shock. "What luck," he said, knowing full well that luck had nothing to do with the dose of desflurane he'd spiked Katsuya with. "Jonouchi-kun won the grand prize!" He grinned madly, going on with the comfort that the anesthesia would keep Katsuya unconscious while the game continued. After all; Yugi and Katsuya were best friends! If Katsuya saw what he was going to do to Yugi... He mentally shook it off, instead drinking in the complete shock on his opponent's face.
"W-What... What did you..." Yugi stood frozen, Mokuba merely laughing coldly from his seat.
"I poisoned that meal," he said, continuing with his slightly white lie. "Along with one other on this table! This game is 'Russian Roulette Dinner'," the boy continued with a grin. "And that poison will take its full effect in just 30 minutes!" A lie of course he thought as he looked down at Katsuya's sleeping form. In reality, 30 minutes would be when the teen woke up. He'd explain everything then. Everything, and then everything would be fine! And Yugi...
Yugi stood stiff at the end of the table, the usual tenseness that Mokuba recognized from before he saw the 'Other Yugi' occurring. "You want to help Jonouchi-kun, right," he said with a smirk. Any second now... Any second and 'he' would appear. "Beat me, and I'll give you the antidote!" There was no way he'd lose this time, he told himself as the boy across from him gritted his teeth. No way, this time, he would beat the other Yugi, and he'd make his sister proud and everything would be fixed and-
"MOKUBA," Yugi suddenly roared, the change clearly having taken place. "Doing this to not only my friend but to someone who considered you as a friend as well... I'll never forgive you for this!" Of course he wouldn't! That wouldn't matter though! Because in the end...
He merely smirked, pointing at the wheel as he continued fingering his syrup bottle switch. "Yea yea," he said with a grin. "But as we talk, Jonouchi-kun is coming closer and closer to the light at the end of the tunnel..." The boy chuckled darkly, watching as Yugi continued to seethe. "There's still five dishes left, Yugi-kun... And it's your turn!" Should he play this out? Or just get it over with?
The teen appeared to stare at him blankly in his rage a moment, before spinning the wheel before him. Mokuba opted not to use the 'switch' this time; it'd be better to simply let Yugi bring his own demise for now he decided, watching as it landed on the spaghetti. "Go on," he said with a grin. "Eat!" Yugi glared, before eating the small plate in silence and finishing it off easily. Mokuba's grin grew, the boy laughing. "Safe," he called, leaning forwards in his seat. "That one wasn't poisoned!" As the teen continued to glare at him, he decided to taunt Yugi further, grinning. "Was it good Yugi," he said with a sneer, continuing. "It's like a life or death feast, isn't it? If you don't die after eating the food, be happy... Because the next one could be your last!" In fact, with luck, the next one would!
Yugi merely glared, growling as the boy fingered the syrup bottle and spun the wheel. "My turn next," he said with a grin. Watching the table spin, Mokuba lightly tapped the syrup bottle to stop the wheel, watching as it landed on the chocolate parfait. No way he was eating anything else. Besides, it was always fun to eat dessert before a meal! "YEA!" His opponent watched with suspicion as the boy took the ice cream, grinning. "My favorite!" He continued to grin, before digging in eagerly. The boy froze however, as the teen pointed to his bottle with a frown.
"Mokuba," he said, eyes narrowed. "What's in that bottle?"
Choking slightly on the last bits of his parfait, he turned to look at the teen. "It's a syrup bottle of course! For the pancakes!" Shit! No way he'd guessed what it was there for already!
The teen raised an eyebrow, crossing his arms. "It's empty..." Of- Of course it was! But ahhhhhh what did he do now?
He put up a poker-face smirk, inwardly panicking. What to say what to say... Darn it! He laughed, before coming up with a quick cover story. "That's because it's been used already! Didn't you notice the pancakes were already covered?" Mokuba watched as Yugi looked at the table, grunting slightly as he noted the pancakes were indeed covered with thick syrup. There. That fixed it. "When you eat the poisoned dish," he continued with a grin, "This bottle will fill; you know what they say right? The misfortune of others is like sweet syrup! Ahahaha..." Ok, maybe he shouldn't have added that part... (But it sounded so cool...) This was bad, he thought as Yugi continued to watch him skeptically. Really bad, he needed to finish this soon..! Katsuya would understand when he woke up right? Yugi had to go, he just had to..! Why, with Yugi gone, Seto would finally... Finally... "Now, your turn Yugi!" That's right, he told himself. He'd end it now, making Yugi eat the poisoned burger. After all, so long as the switch was here...
"Mokuba," the teen suddenly said, pulling him from his thoughts. "This next move will end the game... At the same time, we'll both eat what's in front of us, understand?"
The boy nodded. That wouldn't be a problem... He could easily finish this before Katsuya woke up! Besidse, he had planned to sabotage Yugi's meal already! There were only five minutes left, but he could do it. Though he didn't want to think of what would happen if they couldn't get rid of the body fast enough... "Alright then," he said with a smirk. "That sounds good..." Yugi apparently realized how short his time was however, spinning the table with a nod.
"Let's go then!" As the wheel spun, Mokuba froze- a loud cracking noise was heard, and he looked down as something 'gold' flew past to smash through the switch. No... He looked up, watching as Yugi smirked, his puzzle no longer around his neck. No no no no no, this wasn't happening! The colours blurred, but a faint 'gold' line could be seen around the wheel, before the puzzle dragged it to a slower pace. No... No!
The wheel stopped, no longer controlled by anything other than fate as the hamburger dish stopped in front of him. Impossible... This was impossible..! Not again, he couldn't, not again..! "I got... I got..!" He stared in shock at the pyramid shaped gold puzzle attached to the table, looking across to Yugi in shock.
"What's the matter," he said with a smirk, crossing his arms. "I've already finished my meal- I suppose it wasn't poisoned... Now then," he said, expression becoming incredibly dark as Mokuba shrank back in fear. No... No not again...
So dark so dark so dark, he wasn't there again, he wasn't he wasn't... Dark... Nothing but darkness, so cold...
So cold..!
"Why haven't you cleaned your plate?"
He swallowed. The poison, the fatal poison that would send a person writhing in pain for an hour before killing them off. Yes, the poison had had an antidote, being one that could seep through the skin as easily as it could be ingested but... Not again... Not again! "Alright... Alright," he said shouted, reaching for the hamburger in fear. Anything but that week of silence and darkness he'd had before, anything... "But first," he said, pointing at Yugi with a crazed grin. "Don't think you've won... Death-T begins tomorrow... And when Katsuya wakes up, I'll make sure he knows just who you really are!" And nothing else! The truth... The truth would be revealed, and then... And then...
Yugi merely glared as the boy grabbed the burger, before taking a solid, determined bite from it and freezing in pain. A few maids who had been standing at the side of the room ran in as he fell to the floor, screaming. Hurried whispers were passed between the two before Mokuba was dragged out- And the vial of 'antidote' was left harmlessly on the table, and as the teen picked it up and replaced the puzzle around his neck, he frowned. "Water..." It was nothing but water... And...
Had he called Jonouchi 'Katsuya'..?
"Hnnng..." He jumped as Katsuya began moving, slowly getting up with his back turned on the teen. "God my head feels like I shoved it in a blender 'r somethin..." And then baked in an oven, before whoever did it realized that it didn't work that way. So they put it through a garbage disposal.
What are you planning, Kaiba, 'Yugi' thought to himself with a frown, before turning to face Katsuya. Mokuba... Why had Mokuba lied about the poisoning? He said 'in half an hour, he'll be dead', and instead Katsuya was waking up. He said, 'this is the antidote', and instead the maids ignored it completely to pull the boy away. And this 'Death-T'... He continued to frown, placing the antidote back on the table and narrowing his eyes. Whatever. For now...
The energy in the room seemed to shift, and a few seconds later the teen was looking around in confusion. "Jonouchi-kun," came the 'real' Yugi's worried cry, and he tackled the blond just as he stood up. "Jonouchi-kun! You're alright!"
"Ack... Sheesh, gimme a sec, I'm still seein' spots..." Katsuya shook his head, looking at the now mostly empty table surrounded by broken glass. "What the hell happened anyways..?" Half the food was gone... And, um. Mokuba was gone.
He shook his head, eyes wide with worry. "I don't know... Mokuba said he'd poisoned you and..." Yugi shook, grabbing his head in a panic. What happened? He'd blacked out again, what HAPPENED? "I... I just don't know what happened after that!" The blond looked down at him, frowning lightly. Poisoned... He'd just been joking, why would Mokuba... Poison him?
At that moment, Hobson came in, his odd expression on his face again. "I've come to escort you to another wing of the building," he said stiffly, eyes fixed almost entirely on Yugi. "Due to the... Events... Of this evening," he said with a well hidden sneer, "The 'party' has been cut short." His frown deepened. Events, what events? Nothing had happened! "Also, Jonouchi-kun," the man said, turning to the boy with a considerably lighter gaze. "Mokuba-sama would like to speak to you later on..." Yea, so would he actually... The teen frowned; he had a lot to ask now. A hell of a lot.
He nodded. "Yea, alrigh'... Jus' let me talk t' Yugi for a moment." Hobson nodded stiffly, muttering a '5 minutes only' as he left while the teen turned to Yugi with a blank stare. "So... You don' have a clue what happened either huh..." Well didn't that just suck. All he knew was that he'd been poisoned somehow and... Looking at the clock he was missing a good half-hour of his life. Wonderful.
For a moment, a guilty look flashed over Yugi's face, but he shook his head. "Not a clue... But, Jonouchi-kun..." He looked up with a pale expression, gulping audibly. "Jonouchi-kun, are you sure it's alright to stay, I mean..."
Katsuya nodded, though his expression was just as unsure as his friend's statement. "Yea... Heck, he didn' so much as poison me as knock me out right? Which means he obviously wanted me alive but unconscious for some reason..." For some reason. He frowned, watching as Hobson came back. "I'll see yah in th' mornin', alrigh?"
The boy blinked, before nodding. "H-Hn!" At that, he let Hobson lead him away to whatever wing he was going to be stuck in. Alright... Now then. Katsuya turned as one of the maids motioned for him to follow, a scowl set on his face.
As Seto would say; it was time to talk 'business'.
AN: NONE SHALL BE SPARED. 'Desflurane' (Desflorane? Man, I spelled it perfectly up there, what's wrong with me now?)... Actually used in hospitals for handy things like this. Is it just me, or are Mokuba and Seto's 'smiles' in early manga the absolutely shining example of the 'Stepford Smile'. You know... The one that is really fake, and really creepy? The one where it's like 'Please stop smiling... NOW.'
Some may wonder when Jonouchi got so paranoid. I'm pretty sure it happened around day two of security duty; also, living in the same house as Kaiba has the effect of dragging his paranoid-brain to the front kicking and screaming... An act that makes him considerably more perceptive. Sadly, his normal brain keeps kicking his paranoid thoughts to the side, causing things like that dinner to happen anyways. D'OH.
AHHHHH internal bleeding~ Apparently it gets you a house. Those in the manga-know will realize what's coming next... And likely be grinning madly. I know I am. (Or maybe that's just me...) Also... Jonouchi on drugs.
Woah man... Yer hair does weird things when it's spiralling...
Usagi's Handy Manga Guide/Corner!
So incredible it gets its own section.
First off, a lot of dialogue from Mokuba's end (And ESPECIALLY from Yugi's) is actually from the Manga. This chapter is completely (Well, almost completely) built around the manga chapter titled 'Russian Roulette Dinner'. Or... Or something like that. Originally, Jonouchi is technically conscious the entire time; just... In a heck of a lot of pain from a hefty dose of fatal poison, so he probably isn't paying any attention to Yugi/Yami Yugi switching AT ALL. As it is, even this early on in the fan fic, Mokuba's obviously got a soft spot for Jonouchi sooooo...
Fatal? Fatal you say? Well, let's assume you don't like the guy and go with it! - Yami Yugi folks. Always assuming the worst, OHHHHHH.
Hobson, who you may recognize from an earlier chapter by name only, is a butler who appears to essentially be 'the guy' that Kaiba has for butler-y things... For the sake of 'accuracy', I haven't changed that. So many people who utterly detest this guy (People who also... Probably read the manga) will notice that I am trying very very hard to keep him in a neutral position; because we're going to be seeing more of him than the manga shows. (Mostly because it's Kaiba's house. WHOOOO.)
Oddly enough, most of what Yugi says early in the chapter (About the house I mean), was supposed to be Jonouchi's dialogue in the manga. At the same time though, both of their mouths are open, so it's kinda implied that both are speaking... So really, all I did was shut the mutt up. They're also apparently kept there overnight in the manga, which made sense after a few pages of the chapter, but not so much to start. It's one of those things where you think 'Hey, why did Yugi actually stay there..?' (In FanFic-Land, the reason is that he's not completely sure Mokuba's heart was into poisoning... Thus proving that yet again, Yugi's positive nature can lead to his DOWNFALL... Helps that he can't remember Mokuba's burger actually being poisoned.)
See you next time!