Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Things Change ❯ My, How The Tables Have turned... ( Chapter 3 )

Thanks for the reviews, peoples! I know that writing a comedy/romance is kinda like mixing water and oil together, but it'll work out.

Summary: Joey and Kaiba always had, if you would call it that, a daily routine at school: Kaiba always came with an insult to him, then Joey snapped and got angry and it went on from there. One day, Kaiba comes up, looking to do the usual insults, but he is in for a rude awakening. (Not Literally)

Pairings so far: JoeyxOC, KaibaxOC.

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"WHAT!?" Kaiba roared at his brother, who was now cowering in fear.

"Seto…I just thought…" Mokuba tried to explain.

"Thought what, Mokuba? Thought that I needed therapy? That I needed ANGER MANAGEMENT!?" He screamed.

"Calm down, Seto!"

"I AM CALM!" Kaiba then realized how he's acting, as well as noticing how scared his brother is right now. "Sorry Mokuba…it's just that today has been very stressful…"

"Did something happen at school today?" Mokuba asked the elder Kaiba.

"It's nothing, Mokuba…" Kaiba said as he then walked upstairs.

"But Seto…"

Kaiba ignored the objections of his little brother as he sighed. Anger Management? Therapy? Mokuba was mad! Him, actually seeing a therphist? That was like giving the Big Five a letter which read "Go ahead, take over Kaiba Corp!" And that sure as hell wasn't going to happen… It wasn't him who had a problem, it was Joey. He was the one who ruined the routine, and he wasn't going to let it stand for it!

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At the Kaiba Land Dueling Arena, Kaiba smiled smugly as Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon stood on the field.

"Now prepare to fall like the dog that you are, Wheeler!" Kaiba declared. Even though they both had 500 life points, he felt that the victory was in the bag. Joey only had 1 monster card faced down in defense mode as neither of them had any spells or traps on the field. Now, my great beast! Destroy the dog's face-down card with Neutron Blast!"

As the fused Blue Eyes released its Neutron Blast, a wide smile formed across Joey's face. "Why thank you Kaiba?"

"For what, you fool?" Kaiba responded as then his face turned to shock as Joey's face down monster was revealed to be… "It can't be…"

"That's right!" Joey gave Kaiba a smug smile. "You just activated the special ability of my Man-Eater Bug. Say goodbye to yer Ultimate Dragon!"

"No!" Kaiba's eyes were wide in shock as both monsters disappeared from the field. Add to the fact that without any spell or trap cards on the field to defend himself, he was a sitting duck!

"Now to finish you off, Kaiba!" Joey said as he drew a card from his deck. "I now summon Swordsman of Landstar in attack mode!" The small elf-like warrior appeared on the field, must to Kaiba's shock. Couldn't Wheeler have at least the decency to defeat him with a high-level monster? Not only was it embarrassing, it was sad! Here he was, a Master Duelist, about to be defeated by, who he considered, the worst Duelist in the world who only won by luck, and to make matters worst, it was one of his weakest monsters in his deck.

"THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!?" Kaiba screamed.

"Swordsman of Landstar, attack Kaiba's directly. Wipe out the rest of his lifepoints!" Joey ordered as the small swordsman sliced away at Kaiba as his lifepoints went down to zero. "How's it feel to lose to a 3rd-Rate Mediocre Amateur?" He taunted as Kaiba was in disbelief of his loss. A crowd of people, including Joey's friends, gathered around him as they began to taunt...

"Kaiba got beat by an amateur! Kaiba got beat by an amateur! Kaiba got beat by an amateur!" They chanted as some laughed at him. Even Mokuba was there.

"Big Brother, you're so pathetic!" He said to Kaiba. "I'm ashamed to even be related to you!" Mokuba walks up to Joey. "Joey, would you be my big brother?"

Joey smiled as he ruffled Mokuba's hair. "Sure thing, Mokey!"

Kaiba was now crushed! It was already bad enough Joey humiliated him by beating him with a weak monster who only had 500 attack points, but now taking his little brother, let alone calling him "Mokey" was too far! "No!" He tried to grab Mokuba's hand, but Mokuba slapped it away.

"I don't want to be with a loser, let alone related to one." Mokuba sneered as he then walked away with his new brother and sister as well as their friends.

"Mokuba…don't leave me…no!"

Kaiba shot up from his bed, eyes wide as his face was full of sweat.

"Just a dream…" He said to himself silently, "…it was just a dream…" It was already hard enough that Wheeler's new attitude was causing him stress, but now interfering in his dreams? That was it, something had to be done!

The next day, Kaiba stepped out of the limo, briefcase in hand. Unlike yesterday, he wasn't going to let Wheeler get the best of him. After all, he was nowhere near his level. He was going to show him once and for all who was superior of the two, as well as make him an example of whoever decided to humiliate him like Wheeler did.

Speaking of the devil, there he was at his locker. Just like yesterday, Wheeler was organizing his books for the day. Today, instead of English he had Advanced Foods. Typical, Kaiba thought, of him to think with his stomach instead of his head. Well…it was time to get this over with and to put him in his place, once and for all.

Kaiba approached Joey as he took out from his pocket, what appeared to be a small milk bone.

"Here's a treat, Rover!" Kaiba said as he tossed the doggie treat to his face in a rude manner.

'Not again…' Joey thought in annoyance. Not really want deal with him. 'If pay no attention, he'll go away.'

"I showed him…" Kaiba said to himself as he turned back to see the results, but much to his dismay, he saw the doggie treat on the floor as Joey was closing his locker door, as if nothing happened. He stormed back and grabbed the treat from the ground and shoved it into Joey's face. "I said, 'Here's a treat, Rover!'"

Joey rolled his eyes. "What do you want, Kaiba?" He asked, almost in monotone.

"I wanted to see how dumb a hound like you could get, and you just proved my point! You still don't know when you're being insulted." Kaiba said, trying to push his buttons.

"Whatever, Kaiba…" Joey turned on a heel to walk off, but Kaiba slammed his hand onto the locker as he blocked Joey's direction.

"Now you listen to me you little worm!" Kaiba hissed. "This is how it's supposed to go! You do whatever you do in your pathetic life, I come over and insult you, and you start barking into a fight which causes you to land up flat on your face! Got it, Wheeler?"

"…are you done?"

At that point, Kaiba couldn't take it anymore as he then exploded. "YOU LISTEN TO ME YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT! I AM THE CEO OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES, AND AT A YOUNG AGE! I MAKE MORE MONEY A DAY MORE THAN ANY MONEY YOU'LL EVER SEE IN YOUR PATHETIC LIFE! HOW DARE YOU BRUSH ME OFF AS IF I'M SOME KIND OF INSECT! AND I REFUSE TO BE HUMILIATED BY ANYONE, LEAST OF ALL A PATHETIC IDIOTIC MUTT LIKE YOU WHO'S FATHER'S A DRUNK, WHO'S MOTHER WAS PROBABY A CHEAP WHORE, AND WHO'S SISTER IS A CLOSET-!"

"Umm…Kaiba?"

"DON'T YOU DARE INTTERUPT YOUR SUPERIRORS, BUT THEN AGAIN YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT, DO YOU DOG! I AM SETO KAIBA DAMN IT! I SHOULD BE RESPECTED AT ALL TIMES! PEOPLE LIKE YOU SHOULD BE WIPED OFF THE STREETS, IF NOT LYING BEFORE MY FEET!" Kaiba glared at Joey, "YOU GOT THAT THROUGH THAT PUNY BRAIN OF YOURS? DON'T YOU ROLL YOUR EYES AT ME! YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYES!

"…You, my friend, have lost it Kaiba-Boy!" Joey said, slightly below Kaiba's yelling as everyone was now watching...

"FOR ONE THING, I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND! AND TWO YOU DAMN RIGHT I'VE LOST IT! AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S YOUR FAULT, WHEELER!" He then feels a tap on his shoulder as he looks. "NOT NOW, CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I'M PUTTING THIS MUTT IN HIS PLACE RIGHT NOW?" Suddenly, Kaiba looked back again as he then recognized a black haired woman, who appeared to be in her mid-30s, dressed in a navy pants suit and black high heels as she glared at him. "Oh no…"

"Mr. Kaiba in my office…NOW!"

"But…" Kaiba tried to explain, but the principal's glare silenced him. Has he walked off, he looked towards Joey who had an "I tried to warn ya" look on his face.

In the principal's office, Kaiba sat down reluctantly. Wheeler had done it again, this time he was in even bigger trouble as the Principal then sat down, adjusting her wire-framed glasses a bit.

"Mr. Kaiba…" She began. "It appears that you've been acting…unusual as of late."

Kaiba only replied with a "feh" as the principal continued.

"This is the second day you've made an outburst, one that grabbed the attention of the entire student body. Now tell me, is there something that's troubling you?"

"What's bothering me is none of your concern…" Kaiba simply says.

The Principal sighs as she twirls a long black strand from the bangs of her hair. "Well…when that something, whatever it is, is influencing your behavior, which is to take things out on Teachers and Fellow Students, it becomes my concern as Principal of Domino High. Now Mr. Kaiba..." She glares. "Do you care to tell me what's going on, or is a suspension needed?

Kaiba scoffed, "A suspension? More like a blessing for me…" He knew that if he got suspended, he'd have more time to run Kaiba Corp and possibly spend some time with Mokuba.

"Okay then…Mr. CEO…" The Principal Smiled, as if she had the perfect thing in mind. "Since you put it that way…" She now opens a drawer in her desk as she pulls out a folder. "I'm going to place you in a support group."

"Let me guess: It's an Anger Management group, right? Funny, my little brother suggested the same thing yesterday."

"Oh really?" She adjusted her glasses as Kaiba continued.

"And I'll tell you what I told him! This is none of your concern!"

"I can see why your little brother's concerned." She explains. "Having too much stress could cause so much frustration that you may become aggressive, maybe even violent. Perhaps you may become prone to violence. You might even, dare I say, take it out on your little brother. Then you'll be seen as an unfit parent and family services would have to take Mokuba away and put him under foster care.

Kaiba hasn't really thought about the situation that much, but when Mokuba was mentioned, he was now deeply in fear. Mokuba lived for Kaiba, and for him to be taken away from his big brother would be too much for him to handle, especially after the fact that they've already lost their parents. Basically the only family Seto and Mokuba Kaiba had left were each other.

With a sigh, Kaiba clutched his head. "Alright then…when's the first session…"

School was out as Kaiba was leaving his final class of the day as he was now going towards his next destination: Detention. Thanks to (in his mind) Joey, he was to spend one more humiliating day in the room with the other losers and delinquents.

Speak of the Devil, Joey was leaving his last class of the day as then, a girl with Long Golden Blonde hair with the sides spilt in ponytails by red bows approached him. At first glance, she was barely as tall as Serenity.

"So you don't have detention?" She asked Joey.

"Nah, and I'm planning on keepin' it that way. That is unless Kaiba gets really desperate." He replied, not knowing that the person in question was watching them.

She giggled. "Good…now you could actually make it on time!"

Kaiba wasn't sure what was going on between them, but by the way they were acting, it was safe to say that they were pretty close. As the girl wrapped her arm around Joey's waist, a grin came to Kaiba's face. Two words came to mind: New Material.

"So when are we gonna meet your friends?" She asked, with a touch of perkiness. "I've been dying to meet them."

"Well…well…well…" Kaiba walked over with a smirk. "Looks like the dog's finally found himself a bitch." He said, looking over at the girl.

Joey sighed, "What now, Kaiba?" These confrontations with Kaiba were getting old and bland, and he for one was sick of them.

"Nice little girlfriend you got there, Wheeler. So I guess that makes you the little puppy." He says looking at the girl.

"Hey, I have a name." She retorted. "Arisa Mallovic, thank you very much!"

"Well, 'Arisa,' I don't really care who you are, but I know what you are: Just another low-class geek who should be bowing down at my feet. Wheeler knows his place, and now you know yours."

"You're right, he is a jerk." Arisa whispered aside to Joey.

"Kaiba…you are what we like to call an attention whore!" Joey stated.

Kaiba seethed as he clenched his teeth together and balled his fists. "What…did…you…call me?"

Arisa wasn't exactly happy either. "That was a bit mean, Joey."

"No, seriously. Kaiba's just doing all of these things just for attention: The name callin', the humiliatin', everything just so he can get some attention. Kaiba can't stand it when he's not the center of attention."

"But then why does he always target you with the insults?" She counters.

Joey chuckled, "You tell me and then we'll both know." He said in a you-got-me-there voice.

"Well at least I'm not a cradle rocker like you, Wheeler!" Kaiba retorted. "After all, how old is your little girlfirend, 12?" If he couldn't get him angry by insulting him, maybe he could by insulting who appeared to be his new girlfriend. "Did you happen to find your big sister's shrunken uniform in the closet or something?" He asked Arisa

Arisa narrowed her eyes. "Now I see why you would get upset, Joey!"

"You better be careful Kaiba." Joey warned. "You remembered what happened yesterday…"

"Please, your sister only caught me off guard otherwise she wouldn't have even laid a finger on me. Besides, you need to be more worried about yourself. I mean, what would everyone say when they find out that you have Lolita Complex? Let's face it! She can't be older than 12! Isn't that right, little girl?"

Joey sighed, "It's about to hit the fan, Kaiba…"

"What is she going to do to me, Wheeler? Cry, run home, and tell her mommy?" Kaiba continued to taunt, hoping to get Joey angry. However, someone was getting angry, and it wasn't him. Kaiba then once again felt a sudden force of pain in his crotch.

Arisa smiled, removing her foot from Kaiba's crotch as she watched him go down-literally! "How does it feel to be taken down by a 'twelve-year old,' Kaiba?" She asked sweetly.

Now on his knees, Kaiba was seething as he clutched the now-bruised-again anatomy of his body. This was the second time he was kicked in the groin this week: First by Serenity, and now by her! Once again, it was all Joey's fault! If the mongrel would've attacked him just as he was supposed to, all of this would've been avoided.

"Let's go Joey!" Arisa suggested.

"Good idea…" Joey nodded as he Arisa began to walk off. Joey stopped for a second as he looked at the fallen CEO in pity, shaking his head. "My how the tables have turned, Kaiba! I would call this 'sad,' but that'd be restatin' the obvious." He remembered at Duelist Kingdom, Joey at one point was on his knees in front of Kaiba. Now it was Kaiba who was on his knees before him.

"Pretty smooth coming from someone who need girls to fight for him, much less younger ones." Kaiba retorted, in an attempt to save face.

"I should've told ya this before you decided to make an ass out of yerself for the third time: I don't fight anymore unless I have to. I mean, who the hell wants to be with a psychopath who fights all the time?"

"Damn you, Wheeler…" Kaiba hissed as he had a "Now he tells me" expression on his face.

"You should try anger management, Kaibs." He suggested. "It did wonders for me."

"Damn you…" Kaiba narrowed his eyes as he watched Joey walk off. Suddenly, a familiar voice spoke from behind him.

"Are you coming Mr. Kaiba, or do you need a week's worth of detention?"

Kaiba got back up on his feet as he looked at the source of the voice. It was that blasted teacher, Mr. Morto. The teacher who gave him the additional day of detention, complements of Joey. "I'm coming…" He muttered as he reluctantly walked into the room.

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That was it for this chapter: Kaiba tried to once again get Joey angry with name-calling, as well as taking a shot at apparently Joey's girlfriend. Also, it appears that Kaiba will be going to get some help, whether he likes it or not. If you thought Kaiba already had enough problems with Joey and his teachers, wait until next chapter. I don't want to spoil it, but let's just say he has a talk with someone close to him, even closer than Mokuba.